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Late Monday, as the government neared a midnight deadline triggering a shutdown, the House voted to appoint conferees to negotiate a solution to the funding crisis. These conferees would form the House contingent of a "conference committee" of Reps and Senators tasked with hammering out a compromise to reopen government. On Tuesday morning, the Senate is expected to reject the House outreach.
From the beginning of the funding debate, Senate Democrats and President Obama have refused to negotiate, or even speak with, House Republicans. On Monday, Speaker Boehner finally received a phone call from Obama, the first in more than ten days. Obama's message was simple: he's not going to negotiate.
The pundit class waxes poetically about the beauty of "compromise" as if it is some kind of divine writ. Of course, "compromise" is only binding on Republicans and conservatives. Democrats are never under such pressure. Harry Reid can stand before reporters and proudly proclaim to the public that he has no intention of even talking to Speaker Boehner about the funding debate and no one will think the statement warrants a follow-up question.
Not only did Reid refuse to even speak with Boehner as the government approached its spending deadline, he slow-walked his chamber through consideration of House proposals to keep the government open. Twice, he chose to take the weekend off in response to House action, rather than work through the weekend and buy precious time for talks.
Rejecting a conference committee with the House should put the lie to Reid's farce. Convening a conference committee doesn't obligate either side to actually reach a compromise. It does, however, provide a mechanism for talks to begin. Eventually, those talks will have to begin if the government is to reopen. It obviously makes sense to start sooner, rather than later.


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Dr. Mark Eagleton, brother of U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, D-Mo., died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 58.
Dr. Eagleton, a prominent St. Louis physician and radiologist, died at Mari DeVilla Retirement Center in suburban Ballwin.
He was disabled by a stroke and retired from practice in 1973.
Surviving are his wife, four children, two brothers and four grandchildren.

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Spotlight Speaker: Andrew Neugebauer, Director of Product Management SAPBy: Cynthia Gill on May 14, 2018
Andrew Neugebaur
Director of Product Management
Spotlight Speaker at TECHSELECT DC - May 17, 2018
Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) Cloud Overview including Subscription Model Support
Andrew Neugebauer has been active in the Enterprise Data Management industry for over 20 years. He is currently a member of the SAP ASE product management team and his focus is on executing a long-term cloud strategy for SAP ASE for the SAP Cloud Platform and third-party cloud environments.
SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) continues to extend its footprint into the public cloud environment. Learn about certifications with the major cloud vendors to provide new ways to use it for dev/test, disaster recovery and production environments. Learn about our cloud strategy, new licensing models (including subscription pricing), use cases and best practices.
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text: This highly anticipated update has now been released on the iRacing members site. The update includes numerous fixes and updates but the one most iRacing fans have been waiting for is the new tyre model preview that is being rolled out with the new NASCAR Nationwide model. The new tyre model has been worked on by David Kaemmer and his team for over a year and they believe that this new model is extremely authentic and will improve the feeling of being connected with the road surface and consider it may well be the most significant development in the iRacing service since it started in 2008. This new tyre model will eventually be included on all cars in the iRacing v2.0 update touted for release in August 2011 but for now iRacing fans will be able to put the new tyre and the new Nationwide car through its paces. David Kaemmer had this to say about the new tyre model: The full release notes for this update are as follows:


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Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Westwood.
Our newspaper information for Westwood is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westwood. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Westwood. Our list contains 4 papers that were published within Less than 2 miles<1> of Westwood.
The following newspapers were published within Less than 2 miles of Westwood.
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Published In Bountiful [Davis County] [Map]
(About Less than 2 miles to the north of Westwood)
Years of publication: 1892 to current
Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11930754
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Catalog Card for the Davis County Clipper
Holdings for: LCCN SN85058089
Years of publication: 1984 to current
Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12099385
Catalog Card for the Davis Reflex-Journal
Holdings for: LCCN SN85058148
Years of publication: 1983 to 1985
Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11829167
Catalog Card for the Lakeside Review
Holdings for: LCCN SN85058072
Published in 1892
Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11930735
Catalog Card for The Little Clipper
Holdings for: LCCN SN85058088
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Agrokor: Launching a Spellbinding New E-Commerce Brand Based on SAP Hybris Commerce
Today, no retail brand is complete without a strong e-commerce strategy. This is the reason that Agrokor d.d., one of the largest retail groups in Central and Southeast Europe, launched a new brand: Abrakadabra.com. This innovative marketplace, built on the SAP Hybris Commerce solution, offers customers in the Croatian market an outstanding shopping experience.
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Manor house at Valencia´s Town Hall Square. Amazing views and and a historical building are part of this great property of more than 330 sqm. Great living rooms, marble floors, high ceilings with mouldings, 3 independents house entrances and big Windows open to the Town Hall Square. A great entrance hall, 2 big living rooms and a nice full light studio are part of the social area. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms (one of them in the master bedroom and includes walking closet), a wide private living room, a great kitchen, independent laundry room, boiler room and service entry. Fully structure refurbished in 1996, electric shutters, A/C (splits) and gas central heating. The building has an historic facade totally refurbished, 3 elevators and concergie. 2 parking place availables (not included in the Price).
The property, part of the historic-monumental ensemble of the city, has a privileged location in the heart of town City Hall square. Leisure areas, shopping, restaurants, art... everything the city can offers you without moving of your own house. Direct access to main public services.
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I've been out of commission for the past couple days. Nudgie passed her stomach bug on to me and I've been feeling really crappy. (No pun intended!)
But, I'm back.....feeling a bit better, finally. And ready to be accountable for my last few days.
So, the past few days, I've been really good about tracking what I've been spending since pay day. I found this great online tracking program that's been very helpful. To check it out, click here. I was a little bad at not writing things down right away, but one morning, I just sat down with my receipts, check book, computer and documented every cent. Big step for me.
Normally, I start off with good intentions and then lose steam. I forget to write things down so then I'm very vague about our bank balance. But really -- it was just sheer laziness. Then I would be stuck with a wallet full of receipts that I didn't track. I'd get frustrated and just throw them away.
But not this time. I made a point of writing everything down and putting it into my online spending diary. Seeing that little pie chart is helping me to see where all the money is going.
But in spite of my small victory with tracking. I did fall off the wagon. The other day, I went to Barnes and Noble and spent $60. Unplanned spending. Stuff I didn't need. Books for the girls. Two books for me. Why? I don't know. I didn't need any of it. I ended up putting the stuff I bought for the girls in our Christmas closet -- meaning they'll get them for Christmas. My two books are sitting on the ever-growing pile of "to read" books that I've been
Funny thing is - just that morning, I'd gone through my huge stockpile and made an even bigger pile of books that I was going to list for sale on eBay. Let me go over that again.....I just got RID of over 40+ books to the eBay pile and then an hour later added two more books to my stash. What kind of insanity is that?
It's the insanity of compulsive spending. There's no rhyme or reason to it. But I'm hoping (and praying) that by writing this blog that I can start to peel away the onion-like layers of my problem. That I can be accountable.
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::Breath & Balance::
I am absolutely obsessed in living a life of balance. Although it is not always easy it is a concept I live by. When one says "everything in moderation" that goes for everything in life. From foods, to health, and the way you live. To indulge sometimes is okay, but to do it often is uncessary. For example, eating foods is good, but to over eat when you are full is more then what your body needs. To excercise is great, but to excercise without allowing your body to rest and recover will cause injury. Physiologically, rest and decreasing stress is healthy. However, sometimes you need that extra burst of cortisol as an energy booster, and to heighten our memory functioning. Like yin and yang, you cannot run one without the other. Sometimes, life's happenings are out of our control, but consider what you can do to change to the situation and what will make you most happy. Just doing yoga itself does not mean you are balanced, it is a method to help find balance in one's life. Everyone defines balance differently, but the reality is ::happiness is the key:: try to live the best life you can and find your sense of balance::


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Beck and I are thrilled to announce the arrival of Varda Maureen Grace Bowers at 11:52am today. Weighing 9lb 11oz and delivered by cesarean section. Both are currently resting comfortably!
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Registration for the April 15 race opened on Monday, September 10, for runners who met their age and gender qualifying standard by 20 or minutes. In the first 24 hours of registration, 2,300 of these runners submitted their application. On Wednesday, registration opened for runners who met their qualifying standard by 10 or more minutes. This morning at 10 a.m. Eastern time, registration opened for runners who met their qualifying standard by 5 or more minutes. Registration for all 5-minutes-or-faster qualified runners remains open until 10 p.m. Saturday, September 15.
The BAA expects to open registration to all time qualifiers Monday, September 17 at 10 a.m., says marketing and communications director Jack Fleming. That registration period will remain open until Friday, September 21. If after that time there are still qualifier slots available, registration will re-open on Monday, September 24, and remain open until the field is filled.
As Fleming notes, the figures above are runners who have submitted an application. They don't count as officially registered until the BAA verifies their qualifying performance. The list of current entries is available here.


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Kumkum Bhagya 30th May 2016 Written Episode Update
Kumkum Bhagya 30th May 2016 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
The Episode starts with Dadi and Dasi coming to meet Sarla. Dasi asks how are you? Dadi says Indu told that she never saw your Kumkum Bhagya marriage hall. Sarla asks Janki to make Dasi see the marriage hall. Dasi goes with Janki. Dadi says I couldn't talk to you infront of Indu, and says you was blamed as you are supporting Pragya. Sarla says I took blame on myself, so that Pragya can protect her marriage and Abhi from Tanu. Dadi praises the values which Sarla have given to Pragya and thanks her. She apologizes for the troubles which she has gone through. Sarla asks Dadi never to leave Pragya and protect her from Tanu's attacks. Dadi asks her not to worry and says God is with us. She says Abhi and Pragya are together even though there are many problems. Dasi comes back and asks Sarla to make her
Doctor checks Dadi and says she is fine. He praises Pragya for taking so well of Dadi. Abhi smiles. Dadi also praises Pragya. Abhi asks Doctor to check Pragya and says she has slipped. Doctor checks Pragya and says she is fine, asks Abhi to take care of Pragya. He says she needs husband love and jokes. They go downstairs. Doctor tells Abhi and Pragya that Dadi's BP is high and something is bothering her. He asks them to take care of Dadi. Pragya thinks if Dadi is worrying about Sarla and me, thinks to take extra care of Dadi. Mitali tells Tai ji that her stomach is having pain. Tai ji asks if she is pregnant. Mitali asks if she is not happy with two kids. She says she is having bal rok..since childhood. She says whenever I hide something, my tummy gets pain and swollen. Tai ji asks her to tell. Mitali asks her to promise not to tell anyone and tells that Tanu has stolen the money. Tai ji is shocked and says we will tell everyone and Police. Mitali says Tanu has taken my pic with the money and blackmailed me to stay silent. She asks her to forget about telling anyone.
Dadi falls down the stairs. Pragya shouts Dadi. Abhi comes there. Pragya says Dadi has fallen from the stairs. Abhi calls doctor. Doctor checks Dadi and says we shall shift her to hospital. Abhi says I will call ambulance. Doctor says his hospital is far and suggests him to take Dadi to nearby hospital. Mitali says that hospital is 5 star hospital…and very costly. Abhi says it is okay. Tai ji asks Abhi to get money first. He asks Pragya to give money. Pragya says the money which she has was stolen, and asks Akash to bring 15 lakhs. Akash tells that today is a holiday. Abhi gets angry on her for not keeping money at home. Abhi asks money from Tai ji, Taya ji, Akash, Mitali and Raj. They make an excuse. Abhi begs infront of everyone and says someone please give me money. I will give double money. Doctor says ambulance will come. Tanu thinks she will help Abhi and gain his confidence, goes to room. Mitali thinks where is she going?
Tanu thinks abhi might announce their wedding date seeing the money. Mitali comes to Tanu's room. Tanu says you are after me when everyone is looking after Dadi. Mitali says I came to praise you, and says you are going to help Abhi with the stolen money. Tanu says dadi fell for her and says she will marry Abhi now. Mitali thinks her luck is good. Pragya calls Mr. Seth and asks him to send cash. Mr. Seth says he will send money tomorrow. Pragya says I have called all the clients, but nobody can send money today. She says we will take Dadi to hospital and then think about money. Just then Tanu comes and gives the money. Abhi and Pragya looks on surprisingly.
Precap: Akash tells Abhi and others that Tanu have stolen the money and shows the money loaded suitcase. Tanu is shocked.
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YOU might think the six-seat Garden City Cafe at West 40th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, with its cheerful, snow-schmutzed awning and its prominent A.T.M. sign, is a greasy spoon. But you could not be more wrong. There, in its window, shimmers an 8-inch-by-10-inch blue "A" from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the beacon that certifies the ultimate attainment of kitchen purity.
And in a trifecta of wholesomeness, the two restaurants directly to its north have also proudly posted their new A's — the Tagine Dining Gallery and the Troy Turkish Grill.
Indeed, under the department's six-month-old restaurant grading system, nearly 60 percent of some 24,000 restaurants in the city have inspection scores that rate an A, from a liberal sprinkling in Chinatown to a true sanito-palooza of nine blue A placards in the food court at Grand Central Terminal.
Meanwhile, some of the city's most highly regarded restaurants have struggled to get on the A list. In December an inspector disturbed the hushed precincts of Corton, which The New York Times gave three stars, to dispense 48 points for a possible C grade. Similarly, restaurant Daniel, the winner of four stars, received an initial B score of 19 in November. Even the haute Bernardin, another four-star winner, received a B score of 22 in August. Each endured derision from food bloggers for a few weeks before earning A grades on later inspections.
Two other three-star restaurants — Le Cirque, with a score of 30, and Gramercy Tavern, with a score of 35 — were assessed enough violation points to earn C grades. On Dec. 7, Esca, another three-star restaurant, received 25 points on its first inspection and 18 points on a reinspection three weeks later. (The scores would earn the restaurant a B.)Continue reading the main story
Under the new rules, a restaurant that is assessed fewer than 14 points earns the blue A. The green B designates a score of 14 to 27 points, and the orange C means the restaurant had 28 points or more. Restaurants that don't earn an A can wait for a reinspection, without posting any sign, as is the case with Le Cirque, and can appeal an unsatisfactory ruling after reinspection if they, like Esca, post a black-and-white "grade pending" sign.
If there is an apparent preponderance of A's, it is not because the city is trying to be generous, said Daniel Kass, a deputy health commissioner. "There are more A's at this point," he said, "because the A's get issued immediately."
Still, might the A-rated mom-and-pops have any advice for their struggling fine-dining brethren?
"Steaks have to be well done," said Hector Gonzalez, 26, the counterman at Garden City Cafe. "That's how our customers like them," especially the house signature, the Original Philly Cheese Steak ($6.95).
If fine-dining chefs who worship rare porterhouse shudder at this recommendation, consider their reaction to guidance from Tony Araujo, an owner of Sparks Deli in Long Island City, Queens, which on July 28 was the first restaurant to receive an A grade.
"Salads should be frigid, below 41 degrees," Mr. Araujo said.
And if fine-dining destinations try to tweak their offerings, Conrad Strohl, the owner and manager of the A-rated Café Edison at 228 West 47th Street, can help.
"My counsel to fancy restaurants is that they have to serve pastrami the correct way," Mr. Strohl said. "Tell them to come to me for advice."
However welcome such advice might be, owners of high-end establishments complain that the system does not take their size or complexity into account.
"There is a one-size-fits-all mentality here that really doesn't correspond to reality," said Drew Nieporent, an owner of Corton, Nobu and other top restaurants.
Andrew Rigie, the director of operations of the New York City Chapters of the New York State Restaurant Association, said that "if you have 50 people working in the kitchen and 49 of them are fine, but one is walking back from break and has forgotten to put on their hair net — then they're going to get a violation."
But not all the citations against fine-dining establishments cite a lack of head coverings. Both Le Cirque and Gramercy Tavern were found to have flies and "conditions conducive to attracting vermin," and inspectors also found roaches at Gramercy Tavern.
Still, even Vincent J. Mazzone, the owner of the Chicken Masters barbecue emporium in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, sympathized with the big guys.
"It just makes sense that fancy restaurants have much more to keep track of," said Mr. Mazzone, whose restaurant had only 2 points on its last inspection, before the grading began last summer.
But Mr. Kass of the health department said that "big or small restaurants, all have to have a sanitary kitchen," adding that there is "no basis for believing a smaller restaurant has an easier time."
And an A isn't a guarantee of riches. "We haven't experienced any increase in business," said Toni Gallo, an owner of the 135-seat Tagine Dining Gallery. "And some customers can be sarcastic. They'll say, 'The city gave you an A, but you'll have to prove it to us tonight.' "
If restaurateurs think a C would be pure anathema, Janet Cook is still a customer of the Pomodoro Italian Grill at 518 Ninth Avenue, which racked up 50 points last September and 56 in October and has an orange C in the window.
"I really never notice it," said Ms. Cook, an artist who works around the corner from Pomodoro — which had a six-deep ordering line during a recent lunchtime. "I've been coming here for two years and the food quality is good."
The department declined to say how many A, B and C grades have been given, although when it unveiled a $3.2-million restaurant-inspection Web site last summer, it trumpeted the transparency of its restaurant statistics. "We are evaluating the data," said Susan Craig, a spokeswoman.
The mayor is expected to address the issue of letter grading today in his annual State of the City address.
But the Web site, nyc.gov/health/restaurants, shows that, as of Tuesday, 12,469 restaurants had scores that would give them an A; 7,892 earned scores that would rate a B; and 1,665 have scores that would qualify as a C.
Mr. Rigie said, "It could be better explained on the Web site that these scores are preliminary, or to wait until the grade has been adjudicated, before posting." But Mr. Kass said the public had a right to inspection results, adding that "many restaurants have spent a lot of time on their inspections, and that's what we'd hoped would happen."
More restaurants are paying for consultants as well. According to several operators, restaurants — depending upon their size and the length of the contracts — can spend from $150 to $2,000 yearly for advice on navigating the process, and more for representation at administrative hearings.
"A lot of the consultants have picked up more business," said Laurel Cudden, owner of Grade A Safety in Manhattan, a restaurant consultant, "because restaurant operators are hungry for more direction and more coaching." But restaurateurs have continued to complain that the new system is time-consuming and expensive, with far more fines being assessed in the process of inspection and reinspection.
The chorus of criticism has been such that a group from the restaurant association has, for the first time, met with health department officials — three times over the last five months.
And thousands of restaurants are waiting to be graded. Mr. Mazzone of Chicken Masters is expecting an inspection "any day," he said, and is looking forward to it "like root canal." What would he tell restaurants with a more complex menu array than his inventory of chicken, ribs and burgers?
"That's simple," he said. "They should move to Jersey."Continue reading the main story


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10 Lessons In Living Well
In the book Seeing Through The Fog, Ed Dobson talks about life and the struggles that we will all face. Instead of allowing negativity to consume us, Dobson encourages others to live well because we can not live forever. It is about having gratitude for each sunrise, birthday, and knowing God. It is about holding onto hope when circumstances cause pain. Here are lessons to help you live well and make the most out of your life.
Pastor Ed Dobson has spent his life preaching sermons, but this book is not a sermon. He has spent more than ten years with a debilitating illness, but this book is not about grief. He has found joy in the midst of sorrow, but this book is not about looking on the bright side.


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Heres just one reason to hate religion
I was at work when this short ugly wimp of a boy came to me with his usual holier than thou attitude.
He told me that he would never marry a divorced woman. Well every woman in my family was divorced and remarried. I felt insulted because no woman of any description in her right mind would want to marry someone as short and ugly as he was.
He argued with me and his signature saying after someone disagreed with him was "you just keep thinking like that".
I could have killed his little scrawny ass but I didn't want to lose my job and I just left the little a******.
Yes its in bible that your not supposed to marry a divorced woman. The bible also talks about talking snakes and jackasses and other unbelievable nonsense that no one in their right mind would believe happened.
Is there anything good about your religion other than the promise of some vague paradise after death? Either that or a similarly vague eternal H*** that this kind just loving all forgivine god has in store for non christians?
I doubt if I'd like Heaven if it was populated by wimps like the a****** in my story.
I'm glad I'm an atheist.
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Religion is the refuge of the ignorant.
We can no longer confess on this website. They have removed naughty posts and if you try to confess something nothing happens.
I feel the same way, and by coincidence I am short and ugly too. It is what I believe, and believe me I wish I did not. My religious beliefs have a hold on me. it does not mean that I look down on anyone who is divorced. Life and relationships are hard.
There are some wonderfull and gorgeous woman and I think then men who end up in their lives, beds and hearts will be lucky indeed. I just can't be that man. Maybe I am losing out because of it. Maybe I am a fool, let you know after I die.
God doesn't need small-minded or narrow-minded humans to speak for him. In fact, he doesn't need humans to speak for him at all. I understand your objection to your co-worker's approach, and the pointless (and incorrect) insult paid to you and your family, but please understand that he wasn't speaking for God, whether or not he believed himself to be doing that. Yes, religion is imperfect, but only because man is imperfect. Don't allow this self-righteous moron to sour you on a possible relationship with God.
I completely agree with you.
If everybody thought like me at least no one would stick their nose in other peoples business.
I'm sorry people think differently than you.
I hate it when people express there dearly held beliefs to me too. Why can't everybody think like me!
You should have killed him. I'm tired of all this logic and reason bullshit. Let's act like Stalin and Lenin and prove our way of thinking is right via genocide and discrimination.
The day everyone thinks like you will be the day we achieve world peace, end world hunger, and end mindless violence. Individuality is the cause of all suffering in the world and it's so overrated.
Um, I really hope you were joking? Lets be like Stalin?? And that genocide would achieve world peace? You are not right in the head and need to get cheacked out. You have a gear or two missing. SMH
I hate blacks for the same reason - because one of them was once a j*** to me.
That is why racism is so popular in our country. That is like me saying I hate whites cuz one of them style from me but u forgive, forget and learn a lesson. U r a very close minded person for thinking that way


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Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying - Foreword
We live in an era in which science and technology have had a tremendous impact on all our lives. Science, a great product of the human intellect, and the wonderful tool of technology, are expressions of our greatest gift—human creativity. Some of their effects, such as developments in communications and health care, have been wonderfully fruitful. Others, like sophisticated weapons systems, have been unbelievably destructive.
Many people have believed that science and technology could solve all our problems. Lately, however, we have witnessed a change in attitude. It has become clear that external progress alone cannot bring mental peace. People have begun to pay greater attention to inner science, the path of mental investigation and development. Through our own experience we have arrived at a point where there is a new awareness of the importance and value of inner mental qualities. Therefore, the explanations of the mind and its workings presented by the ancient scholars of India and Tibet are becoming increasingly valuable in our time. The strength of these traditions is related to developing mental peace. Science and technology are related to material progress. But a combination of these two can provide the complete conditions for obtaining real human happiness.
The series of meetings that we have called "Mind and Life" have been going on for several years. I consider them to be of crucial importance. It is not so long ago that many people viewed common science's objective knowledge and the subjective understanding of inner science as mutually exclusive. In the Mind and Life meetings experts from both these fields of investigation have come together to exchange their experience and different points of view on topics of common interest. It has been a pleasure to discover the great extent to which we have been able to enrich each other's understanding. Moreover, our meetings have been marked not merely by polite curiosity, but also by a warm spirit of openness and friendship.
On the occasion reported in this book we met to discuss sleeping, dreaming, and dying. These are topics that absorb scientists and meditators alike, but are also universal elements of human experience. We all sleep. Whether we acknowledge it or not we all dream. And certainly every single one of us will die. Although these issues affect us all, they retain a sense of mystery and fascination. Therefore, I am sure that many readers will be delighted to be able to share in the fruit of our discussions. It remains only for me to express my gratitude to everyone who has contributed to these meetings so far, and to repeat my earnest hope that they will continue to take place in the future.
His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
March 25, 1996
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It wasn't anything UNLV did wrong, but more what Georgia Tech's Ollie Schniederjans did right that ended the Rebels' season Friday.
He was tied with UNLV senior Kevin Penner through 18 holes. In sudden death in the quarterfinals of match play at the NCAA Men's Golf Championship, Schniederjans hit his second shot to within 2 feet of the hole, while Penner's shot was within 12 feet. Penner missed his birdie putt, and Schniederjans made his, giving the Yellow Jackets a 3-2 win at the Capital City Club in Milton, Ga.
Georgia Tech, the No. 2 seed, will face No. 3 Alabama, a 4-1 winner over No. 6 New Mexico, in today's semifinals. In the other semifinal, top-seeded California, a 3-2 winner over No. 8 Arizona State, will meet No. 5 Illinois, which eliminated No. 4 Texas, 3-2.
"It's a tough way to end," said Penner, who had rallied from one down to tie the match with a birdie at the 17th hole. "I wanted the match in my hands, and I let the team down."
UNLV coach Dwaine Knight refused to let Penner shoulder the blame.
"We wouldn't be here without Kevin," Knight said. "He was tremendous this week, and he will be difficult for us to replace."
The Rebels got wins from sophomore Carl Jonson (4 and 3 over Seth Reeves) and freshman AJ McInerney (2 up over Shun Yat Hak). Jonson's match was tied through 10, and he then won the next three holes and clinched the victory on No. 15. McInerney never trailed and was 3 up through 11.
"They played really well," Knight said. "That was some of the best golf we've seen from Carl, and AJ was showing how good he really is these last two days. He has immense talent."
Sophomore Kurt Kitayama and junior Nicholas Maruri had UNLV's other losses. Kitayama, the hero of Thursday's round with his eagle at No. 18, fell to Anders Albertson, 2 and 1. Maruri lost to Bo Andrews 3 and 2 in a match that was tied after 13 holes.
"It was a great match," Knight said. "The guys played really hard, but in match play, a missed putt or a missed shot can cost you, and we left too many missed opportunities out there."
UNLV's future looks promising. Four of five starters return, along with sophomore Zane Thomas. Plus, Knight will welcome a promising recruiting class, led by Foothill High School's Taylor Montgomery.
"It'll be fun to see who takes over and leads this team next year," Knight said. "We've really come together as a team in the last 40 days, and I'm pleased to see we were competitive this week.
"We gained some toughness, and to win a national championship, you have to be pretty tough. Our goal is always to be a national championship program. We're getting closer to being that caliber program again."
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Recalculating Profits: Business Models: Gross Profit Rate Model - Example
The model used most often to establish likely omissions and recalculate takings is based on gross profit rate. There is a basic pattern to such models, although the model for every different trade, indeed every individual business, will require tailoring to fit the particular circumstances. The basic pattern is illustrated by the following example.
An SA return covering the first period of trading of a trader who runs a general store, selling groceries, cigarettes, toys and stationery etc, is received. The return is risk assessed by the Risk Team and selected for a full enquiry as the GPR, derived from the Standard Accounts Information, is 11%. This figure is lower than the gross profit rates generally achieved for similar local businesses. Even allowing for substantial cigarette sales this level of GPR seems unlikely.
The SAI shows gross sales of £112,410 and cost of sales of £100,036. A Section 9A enquiry is opened into the return.
An early meeting is arranged with the taxpayer and his agent. It has already been established that the taxpayer has kept no records of drawings and therefore the accountant has used a substantial balancing figure when preparing the accounts.
During the course of the meeting, held at the business premises information is obtained from the taxpayer about the business.
At the outset it is important to discuss in detail the aspects of the business which may ultimately impact on the business economics model. Through careful questioning the taxpayer's policies on pricing, product mix etc is established and every possible likely explanation for the lower than anticipated gross profit rate is explored including:
- change in product mix - selling goods with lower MUR.
- Change in pricing policy - price cuts, discounts.
- Pilfering and burglary (shrinkage).
- Wastage.
- Competition.
- Inexperience.
- Poor stock at the commencement of a new business.
- Factors beyond the trader's control - for example recession.
These explanations are tested and where found credible an adjustment made. Where appropriate the taxpayer is asked to provide evidence or further details to allow quantification of the adjustments required to be taken into account in the model.
Analysis of a sample of purchase invoices (agreed to be typical) shows the following product mix:
|Percentage of mix
|Stationery and toys
Rates of mark-up for each category are agreed, relying heavily on purchase invoices, current costs and selling prices (This content has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000) for verification.
Mark-up on cigarettes is easily agreed at 10 per cent. There is no cut-price policy.
Groceries present more of a problem because there are varying rates for different products and they need weighting in favour of the most common items. Eventually, after further reference to invoices, it is agreed that, on groceries generally the mark-up would be 18 per cent.
Similar discussions produce 25 per cent for confectionery and 35 per cent for stationery, toys etc.
(These percentages are only illustrative)
The expected gross profit (in cash terms) is worked out by applying the different rates of mark up to apportioned purchases, or by marking up total purchases by the overall mark-up rate, that is:
After giving due consideration to the variety of explanations offered by the taxpayer and making adjustments to the provisional model to accommodate those which can be verified or are considered reasonable, the business economics model still points towards a higher GPR than that shown by the figures returned.
The trader has shown that, his gross profit, after adjustment for VAT, should be in the region of £16,000 whereas the return shows only £12,374. He objects, on the grounds that the method is too imprecise and cannot show the true profit.
The ultimate aim of the enquiry is either to verify the figure in the return or where it can be shown that the records are incomplete to substitute a more accurate figure. If this cannot be achieved by negotiation the enquiry officer can ultimately amend the return figure under TMA70/S28A. The taxpayer may then appeal.
In this example the enquiry officer acknowledges that the business economics exercise based on the sample period may not be precise but remains satisfied that the records are unreliable and that they are entitled to base their estimate on appropriate evidence.
The taxpayer is offered the opportunity to present a revised calculation based on a detailed analysis of the whole year's invoices (or some other representative period) using the agreed mark-ups if he wishes to undertake the task. The taxpayer, after discussion with the agent, decides not to pursue this.
After further discussion, the understatement of profits (allowing for the approximate nature of the calculations and reconsidering the adjustments for wastage etc) is quantified at £3,000 for the year.
The above example is very simplistic and merely provides an outline of how a GPR model can be used in negotiations.


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National Renderers Association (NRA) members traveled north of the border to the bustling city of Toronto, ON, Canada for the group's spring meeting in early May, which was hosted by Canadian renderer Rothsay and NRA Chairman Kevin Golding, president of Rothsay. Mixed in with the business meetings was a networking dinner sponsored by Rothsay at Toronto's CN Tower's revolving restaurant at 1,151 feet up in the air. The breathtaking views gave a reprieve to the hard-hitting discussions held back down on earth during the group's committee and board meetings.
The challenges faced in international markets were addressed by the International Market Development Committee (IMDC), beginning with Peng Li, NRA regional director for Asia, who provided an update on China's tallow ban. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is further along completing export protocols with China than the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHS) is, which has indicated the potential import requirements being developed with CFIA may be applicable to U.S. tallow exported to China. In July 2010, China lifted its ban on tallow from countries classified by the World Organization for Animal Health, or OIE, as "controlled risk" for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), but has been slow to finalize import requirements. Meanwhile, China's association for the detergent, soap, and surfactant industry has worked with various entities to prompt the country's government to open the market for U.S. and Canadian tallow due to the extremely high price of tallow from Australia, which is running 200 percent higher than U.S. tallow prices. The NRA is coordinating with APHIS to expedite the negotiations.
German Davalos, NRA regional director for Latin America, reported there is no U.S. or Canadian ruminant meat and bone meal being imported into Mexico and the country's largest importer is looking for more porcine meal from the United States despite tight supplies. Mexico beef exports are expected to be up by 17 percent in 2011 even though its OIE BSE classification is the same as the United States and Canada. Mexico is BSE and foot and mouth disease-free and is working on changing its OIE categorization to "negligible risk." Davalos also reported that Colombia and Peru are now importing poultry by-product meal.
There is much optimism in Europe as Bruce Ross, Ross Gordon Consultants, informed renderers that the European Union's (EU's) new animal by-products regulation that went into effect March 4, 2011, is offering export opportunities for U.S. and Canadian renderers, primarily in biofuels, pet food, and oleochemicals.
"While the new rules are in place, the practicalities are being introduced gradually on both sides of the Atlantic," Ross commented. For example, a marker for tallow for biodiesel use must still be approved, and EU authorities must be convinced of the absolute safety of animal fats for oleochemical use. Ross underlined the importance that the new by-products rule does not address or alter the EU's ban on use of processed animal proteins in animal feed.
Kent Swisher, vice president, NRA International Programs, recapped the global scene, explaining that in 2011, 42 percent of IMDC's funding for export markets will be spent in Latin America, 45 percent in Asia, six percent in Europe, and four percent throughout the rest of the world. Swisher is an advocate for preventing market losses rather than regaining them after they've closed. He reported that Indonesia is currently the largest protein market for U.S. renderers, something that could be of concern and viewed as risky. Egypt used to be the second biggest protein market, and now it doesn't import any animal protein meals.
Perhaps of greater concern to the IMDC is consolidation of the rendering industry leading to fewer members thus less financial backing, and the lack of packer-renderer support. The committee and NRA's international activities (i.e., seminars, product samples, and travel) are funded by IMDC membership and federal programs that provide matching funds. For the last few years, IMDC has been operating on lower membership dues supplemented by reserve monies that are quickly running out. Committee members discussed various options, and ultimately decided to recommend to the NRA Board of Directors to fund IMDC through NRA dues instead of IMDC member dues. This would make the committee a voluntary committee without a dues requirement. The board will consider the recommendation as it works through possibly restructuring the NRA dues this year.
The Animal Protein Producers Industry (APPI) Committee reviewed its protein meal testing program, which is designed to check the rendering system, not every load produced. Dr. David Meeker, senior vice president, NRA Scientific Services, said widespread testing of rendered products for Salmonella is not necessary and would be cost prohibitive.
"Rendered products are an easy target to blame, but simply eliminating those ingredients is usually not the answer," Meeker stated, referring to last summer's egg recall. He recommended that APPI members put two testing regimes in place – one to verify the cooking process at the cooker, and another to verify the sanitation process at load out.
Meeker highlighted the new Food Safety Modernization Act signed into law in January 2011 that creates a new food safety system with broader prevention mandates and accountability. The act emphasizes partnership with industry and consumer groups and farm to table responsibility, and requires food producers to perform third party laboratory testing. The Food and Drug Administration expects many challenges due to the enormous workload of creating guidance documents, reports, and new rules.
Meeker attended an industry meeting held by FDA and his key observation was that the centerpiece of this new act is the requirement for all food, feed, ingredient, and pet food facilities to identify food/feed safety hazards and develop written guidelines to control them with third‐party audits, such as is already being followed by many renderers via the North American Rendering Industry Code of Practice. NRA and other groups emphasized several key points to FDA, such as feed is different than food, industries vary greatly so "one size" will not fit all, the handling of records and confidentiality of business information is important, guidance documents are necessary so industry knows what is expected of them, and some provisions of the act are not compliant with World Trade Organization rules so some difficulty with trading partners is expected.
NRA's Communications Committee addressed the need to educate others on the rendering industry through a video, continuous press releases, and alliances with other agriculture organizations such as the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, World Wildlife Fund, the Grandin Foundation, Farm Animal Welfare Network, and even a few environmental groups since rendering is a "green" industry. The committee will investigate options and costs and make a decision at a future date on how best to move forward.
Robert Vogler, Valley Proteins, chaired the Environmental Committee meeting and provided an update on a wide variety of rules and standards that could affect renderers. The "tailoring rule" sets forth the scope and timetable for the applicability of greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations to different sources. Beginning July 1, 2011, all sources capable of emitting 100,000 tons per year of GHGs are subject to Title V permitting, and modifications increasing GHGs by 75,000 tons per year will be subject to prevention of significant deterioration, or PSD, permitting, which requires the use of best available control technology that, for GHGs, is fuel switching or energy conservation.
Vogler also discussed other Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) activities, including burning fat as fuel under new solid waste regulations (see page 29); boilers that burn liquid fuels required to use maximum achievable control technology; stormwater and spill prevention, control, and countermeasure plans; and a clean water guidance document issued at the end of April that extends EPA's jurisdiction on waterways to include ponds on private property. He said enforcement is a high priority at EPA as is rulemaking, but that Congress is currently conducting oversight hearings on EPA's escalated activities.
Biofuels Committee Chairman Chuck Neece, FUMPA Biofuels, touched on the various tax schemes currently in place throughout the United States to encourage the use of biodiesel, from local tax abatements to retailer subsidies at blender pumps. Todd Moser, Rothsay, recapped Canada's federal program that mandates the use of two percent biodiesel in petroleum diesel beginning July 2011, creating a yearly 15 million gallon market. Several provinces also have mandates, such as British Columbia's two percent blend.
"Since 2006, there has been some fairly steady progress in Canada, but not a lot of domestically produced biodiesel is being consumed in Canada," Moser disclosed. "Biodiesel follows the money – it's exported to the United States to take advantage of credits after taking advantage of Canadian credits."
Grease theft was the topic of discussion among the Legislative Committee, where it was disclosed that most states do not have specific laws relating to the theft of used cooking oil. Currently, California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, and Virginia have grease theft laws in place with bills pending in Oklahoma and Rhode Island. Many renderers believe state manifests will help with the problem; currently Illinois and California have manifests for trap grease only, but California is expanding its manifest to include inedible kitchen grease. The committee agreed to develop a model state law that NRA members can take to their individual states for possible development.
Michael Koewler, Sacramento Rendering, informed the committee about a push by California's waste disposal industry to include meat scraps from retailers in their collection of organic material, which currently is comprised of vegetable products. California's renderers are keeping a close eye on the initiative and if necessary, will educate lawmakers on the biosecurity concerns of the proposal.
At the NRA Board of Directors meeting, Koewler presented on behalf of the Pacific Coast Renderers Association a $21,000 check to the IMDC and $17,000 to the Fats and Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF). Vogler then presented to FPRF a $10,000 donation from the Eastern Region Renderers Association.
Research Facing Challenges As Well
FPRF held its Research Committee and Board of Directors meetings in conjunction with NRA's gathering. Chairman Carl Wintzer, G.A. Wintzer and Son Company, reported that the foundation had a record financial year in 2010 thanks to higher rendered product prices and campaign efforts by previous chairman Gerald (J.J.) Smith, Valley Proteins, and FPRF President Dr. Sergio Nates. Wintzer remarked he sees opportunities in secondary protein products from wastewater, of which a research project is being conducted at Clemson University's Animal Co-Products Research and Education Center (ACREC).
Nates informed members that currently there are only two ongoing at-large projects that will be completed in April 2012, and that no other at-large projects have been proposed to FPRF, something of concern to the foundation. Although several projects are being conducted at ACREC, the second three-year contract is due to expire June 2012 and members were divided about whether to renew the contract. Smith reminded attendees that at the beginning of the partnership with Clemson five years ago, 60 percent of research funds invested were earmarked toward finding new uses for rendered products that were not feed related due to concerns over possible more stringent government regulations due to BSE. Since those fears never were realized, projects focusing on biosecurity and other new uses have been performed. As part of the debate whether to renew the contract, it was noted that FPRF directs the research at ACREC so perhaps the industry hasn't done a well enough job communicating its research needs.
In defense of ACREC, Meeker highlighted an incident last summer when the egg contamination episode broke where APPI was able to get an interim report from a Clemson researcher who was working on a Salmonella project. He was able to use the research data when conducting media interviews to assure the public that rendered products were safe and not the cause of the contaminated eggs.
After much debate, it was ultimately voted on not to renew the contract with Clemson.
NRA and FPRF will hold their fall meetings jointly October 17-21, in Tucson. AZ.
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In addition to cutting coupons from the printed weekly ad, customers can access weekly ad coupons online by visiting Michaels.com. Click on the weekly ad tab on the company's home page, and select coupons to print or text to a phone. Michaels coupons eligible for online use include a promo code customers can apply on Michaels.com. Customers can increase their savings by joining the company's email list to receive coupons via email.


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Taxco, in full Taxco de Alarcón, city, northern Guerrero estado (state), south-central Mexico. It lies on the slopes of Atache Hill, at 5,758 feet (1,755 metres) above sea level, in the Taxco Mountains.
The place was a mining centre in pre-Columbian times. The Indian settlement (Tlacho), together with the settlement founded by the Spanish in 1528, became the city of Taxco and was one of the first early mining centres to be inhabited by Spaniards. The city prospered in the 18th century, its silver mines producing great wealth under the leadership of the family of José de la Borda, a miner of French descent. It was the birthplace of the 18th-century poet and dramatist Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza, memorialized in its full name.
The city is still renowned for its silver, but copper, zinc, lead, and fluorite are also mined in the vicinity. Taxco is primarily known for its fine silver handwork and other crafts, being recognized as the outstanding centre for silverwork in the Western Hemisphere; the ancient craft was revived there in the 1930s by a U.S. resident, William Spratling. Because of its colonial character, with its fine Baroque church of Santa Prisca and other churches and buildings lining its steep, narrow, cobblestone streets, it has been declared a national monument and is a tourist centre as well as an art centre.
Taxco is also a commercial centre for the area, which yields corn (maize), beans, sugarcane, and fruits. It is located 12.5 miles (20 km) north of Iguala, through which the expressway between Mexico City and Acapulco passes. Pop. (2005) 50,415; (2010) 52,217.


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v/a :: Too Gangsta For Radio
Label: Death Row Records
Author: Steve 'Flash' Juon
Gawwwwwwwd damn. What else can you say when you realize that
Death Row is still in business? It's hard for Suge Knight to
collect a check in prison - where does all of the money go?
Apparently to the "Prisoner Fund" if you read the liner notes;
where wrongfully convicted inmates can apply for help in
obtaining their release. The logic here is a bit twisted though
-- the application to receive help is IN THE ALBUM ITSELF.
How many locked-down inmates are going to be buying new CD's?
Ours not to question why, just to let their accountants multiply.
If anybody knows how to come up on a hustle, no doubt it's Suge.
With Dr. Dre's help, the label built a reputation for hardcore
take-no-shorts rap and booming beats that sold millions of copies.
They also have the sole claim to being Tupac Shakur's last record
label while he was still alive; and for each of their compilation
albums (such as last year's "Chronic 2000") they seem to unearth
another song or two of his to release. To the Row's credit, the QDIII and
Big Hutch produced "Friends" and QDIII produced "Thug Nature" are
both above average 'Pac songs in terms of the NEW Tupac
songs to come out. The latter is actually an interpretation of
Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" that would have been right at
home on his "Makaveli" album or as the B-side of a hot single.
However, this is not a Makaveli LP or a Tupac EP -- it's a 17 song,
19 track long compilation album of various artists on Death Row;
and the Row is bitter. If they were any more bitter, they could
open their own brewery. With no shame and plenty of malice, Death
Row bombs on anybody who was "down" but left for greener
pastures. Specifically, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg catch the most heat.
On the album's "Intro" they have a skit where a scared-sounding
Snoop imitator cowers in fear of Suge Knight's release date.
If you don't like homosexual fantasies though, stop reading now. "Fuck Dre"
features a wannabe rapper getting it up the asshole from Andre Young himself
while Dre's "Fuck You" from "2001" is playing in the background.
You gotta give the Row credit for audacity though -- the entire
song is a parody of "Forgot About Dre" from the beat right down
to the triple cadence raps and the chorus. The strangest (and
perhaps most ridiculous) accusation though is that Eminem is a
card-carrying KKK member on the intro to K-9's "Gangsta'd Out."
At least the intro is more interesting than the silly song.
Tempting as it might be for Dr. Dre to file a lawsuit here, it
would only give credence to what the Row is trying to say.
Hopefully Andre will take the high road; in fact, he can
probably listen to these songs and laugh. If Dr. Dre wasn't
making millions of dollars while Suge Knight was behind bars,
they probably wouldn't be mad like this. I don't know if you
can exactly stick them with the label "haters" or not but it's
safe to say that this album will be lucky to sell one-tenth what
Dre's "2001" does worldwide. Tupac is dead, Dre and Snoop are
gone, and none of the label's next generation has star power.
There are a few good songs here, but as a whole they come from
sources outside of Death Row. When you hear Treach and
Scarface on Crooked I's "Gangsta Rap" or the Daz produced "Murda For Life"
by Ja Rule and the Murderers, you know what's up. When you hear
Tha Realest trying to sound like Tupac on "Fuck Hollywood," you
know what's up too. Above the Law APPEARS to be down now
though, so the Row has one credible and successful artist.
Including ATL's "Everywhere We Go," Big Hutch produced three of the
album's first four songs -- all except for "I Ain't Fuckin' Wit Cha"
by C.J. Mac. It's no coincidence Hutch's work is the best
part of the album. It's also worthwhile to check the Ant Banks
produced "Real Type Gangsta" by Mac Shawn - it's another bomb
from the Bay. It's also the last highlight on here.
This album is painful in many ways. It's painful to hear the
voice of Tupac Shakur speaking from beyond the grave. It's
also painful to see his record label trying to eke out a few more
album sales by releasing his material two songs at a time.
It's even more painful to see how a rap label that was once at the
top of the genre in sales and artistry reduced to talking nasty
about the people who abandoned ship. Death Row certainly understands
that controversy sells - artists like Dre, Snoop, 'Pac and Kurupt
built Death Row's empire by feuding with everybody from the
Fraternal Order of Police to C. Delores Tucker. Tucker won't care
if Death Row calls Snoop a bitch or Dre a faggot though because silly
name-calling hurts nobody. It would only be controversial if any
of the artists who were called out responded (verbally or with
physical threats) and it's unlikely they will since the Row comes
off as desperate to spur record sales by starting a war.
Their feelings may be genuine, but their motives ring hollow.
We don't encourage bootlegging but if you only bought this
album for the new 'Pac shit; get these two Tupac
songs here from any other source and save your money.
Even at $12.99 the admission price is still too steep
for a collection which will by and large put you to sleep.
Music Vibes: 5 of 10
Lyric Vibes: 3 of 10
TOTAL Vibes: 4 of 10
Originally posted: November 8, 2000
source: www.RapReviews.com
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My Favorite Flirts is a feature that lets you reach your favorite Flirts easily from My Account or on 1-800-TO-FLIRT.Manage My Favorites
(1 Reviews)
I'm Tabitha, but most
people call me tease, brat, or Tabi. I've known for a while that I am
submissive at heart. I love the feeling of submitting yourself to
another's desires, fantasies, and whim. There is nothing like not being
able to resist someone inching you towards ultimate pleasure and/or pain.
I love submitting.
However, I was raised a
spoiled little Daddy's Girl and I have a bratty streak a mile long. I want
to give you the reigns, but I need a man who will take the reigns from me not
just walk in and pick them up. Think you can do it? I hope so.
I've waited too long for my Prince Charming and his strong willed ways.
I would love to share:
Mutual Enjoyment
Public Displays of Love
Bisexuality (Yours or mine!)
ultimate Submission to you
you have to call first . . .
try to keep the kitty happy while she waits to be fed. . .
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Skip to comments.Pelosi on Raising Debt Ceiling Unilaterally: I Would Do It in a Second, But Im Not the President
Posted on 01/05/2013 5:30:57 AM PST by Olog-hai
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that she would raise the debt limit unilaterally in a second if she were president of the United States.
Pelosi and other Democrats have suggested that the president could bypass Congress and unilaterally raise the debt ceiling by invoking the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which states, The validity of the public debt of the United States shall not be questioned.
The next battle in Congress will be raising the debt ceiling, after the deal to avert the fiscal cliff failed to address the borrowing limit. President Obama said he will not negotiate on raising the debt ceiling, while Republicans have insisted on matching any raise with greater spending cuts.
Although the U.S. officially hit its debt limit of $16.394 trillion on New Years Eve, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is imposing extraordinary measures to stall exceeding the debt ceiling until Feb. 28, giving Congress not much time to foster an agreement.
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The question is; while the debt cannot be questioned, what about other more..."discretionary" spending? While we need to be good for our debts, nothing says we need to spend on all the other unconstitutional "benefits/entitlements" that are in place.
The question is; while the debt cannot be questioned, what about other more..."discretionary" spending? While we need to be good for our debts, nothing says we need to spend on all the other unconstitutional "benefits/entitlements" that are in place.
$16.394 trillion in the hole and the dems want to keep diggine,they need to take the cure of spending they have no logic.
Color them Greece.
For the 'Rats, this, like EVERYTHING else they do, is about crisis and agenda, and nothing to do with either the 14th nor the debt nor the debt ceiling. Indeed, if there was no such thing as debt, the 'Rats would be using some other aspect of government, even if it had to be about pistachio nuts, as long as their agenda was serviced.
The 'Rat agenda item of destruction of the Constitution, further enlargement of the government, furthering their power is the agenda item here. The debt topic is the crisis.
[oh, and by the way, if the 'Rats were determined to use 'pistachio nuts' to proceed, the enemedia would in an instant help out to make it so]
What is the common denominator here? they are all democrats.
ALL democrats want to make the government all powerful and at the same time take away all our individual rights and freedom. Democrats want the government to own everything ( that's called socialism).Everything democrats do is to empower government and at the same time dis-empower the individual. the individual is small and already powerless and the government is so huge and powerful and idiot democrats think the government needs to be made bigger and more powerful. wtf is wrong with these idiots?
When will we realize that the threat to our freedom and survival is the democrat party?
Queen Nancy needs a lesson in civics.
Better yet, her district needs to stop paying her for the representation that she seems so willing to cede to her emperor.
1. democrat senator Feinstein's bill to take away our guns.
2. 8 more bills by democrats to take away our guns.
3. democrat Obama and the news media's fake fiscal cliff to tax the rich (a marxit progressive income tax)
4. Obama's FDA, and EPA cracking down on businesses and Americans to take away more of our freedom and ability to do business
5. democrat Pelosi and its call to give Obama power to raise the debt limit( a dictarorial power)
6. Democrat Obama planning to take away our gun rights
There are much more , just some of the top of my head
democrats are the main threat to freedom
All later day additions to the original Constitution and Bill of Rights have proved worthless, ill-advised or disastrous.
Hard to answer a Post about Nancy Pelosi without getting banned.
I have to self censor anything I say about her because there are not enough words fit to print that can describe this old hag.
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Add back in the deletion, and you get:
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.
So the validity of public debt not "authorized by law" may be questioned, and since the law sets a cap on the amount of debt, debt in excess of that cap is entitled to no constitutional protection.
Not that the Supreme Court cares what the Constitution says.
Let's see what Nancy is hiding behind that little ellipsis.
, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion,
Since we aren't arguing about whether the readmitted southern states should have to pay for Civil War debts, the operative words she is trying to bury are "authorized by law". It looks like her entire argument is based on ignoring the fact that debt must be authorized by law, which requires a majority vote in both the House and the Senate, not a mere approval by the President.
Personally I would like to return to the pre 1917 law when each issuance of bonds had to be separately approved by Congress rather than allowing the Treasury to run a tab. Now the Dems want to throw away the limit on that tab.
The federal gov't is a racket, a con game, a stacked deck...and we keep saying "hit me"!
She does not know the difference between the "debt" and the "deficits" she is advocating... and, with Harry Reid's collusion, is incurring deficits unconstitutionally by spending without a budget.
This is a straight-on Civil War, and I f****g mean to win.
The debt is what we already owe, not what we promise to spend. The terms pelosi misunderstands intend to direct the government that it must repay its borrowed money. That is the plan. With no increase in the borrowing limit, the US will easily be able to make its Social Security payments and scheduled interest payments on the debt from continuing tax receipts. We will not default, because we will be repaying out debts. The walk around money for Obama voters- that might be a problem.
Maybe her problem is not her understanding, but her intent to obfuscate.
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Infrasense, Inc., a national leader in infrastructure nondestructive evaluations, has recently completed GPR data collection for 116 bridge decks throughout Montana, covering nearly 900,000 square feet. The Infrasense survey crew is currently working to collect infrared thermography data on 119 bridge decks across 4 different regions of Wisconsin. The total deck area for the Wisconsin work amounts to over 1 million square feet, which would have taken months to evaluate using traditional methods such as sounding. But these decks are surveyed in only a few weeks with the Infrasense subsurface scanning system. Following data collection, the NDE data is processed, and subsurface damage is then quantified and mapped using Infrasense's proprietary software systems. The final delamination/ deterioration quantities and maps allow bridge engineers and managers to both prioritize future repair, rehab, and replacement efforts, as well as scope out the extent of repair for contracts being put out to bid.
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) data is collected at highway speeds, making it the fastest NDT technology to estimate rebar depth, corrosion conditions and deteriorated concrete. The GPR data is collected in a series of lines spaced 3 feet transversely across the width of the deck, with each line representing a cross sectional slice of the deck at a particular offset. Decks in good condition consist of strong and uniform radar reflections from the rebar. GPR data with weak and inconsistent reflections indicate rebar-level deterioration in the bridge deck.
The infrared data is collected in a series of passes across each deck, with each pass covering a deck width of between 12 and 15 feet. Surveys are performed at normal driving speeds to prevent lane closures and traffic disruptions. During the survey, regular visual data is collected synchronously with the infrared data, so that surface features such as staining and patching can be differentiated and mapped in the infrared images.
Ground penetrating radar surveys and infrared data provide transportation agencies with accurate and comprehensive bridge deck condition information, enabling effective preservation, rehabilitation, and replacement decisions. With large bridge deck inventories, highway agencies have primarily relied on visual inspection. Since the mechanisms of deterioration occur below the surface, subsurface investigation is most effective to evaluate the estimated lifetime of these bridges.
Highway agencies have begun to move away from employing sounding (chain or hammer) to identify delaminated areas for project-level rehab. Although sounding has proven reliable, the labor and closures required for a sounding survey makes it prohibitive for obtaining data of a large number of decks. Also, sounding is not effective when there is an asphalt overlay.


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Nigel McLoughlin was born in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, in 1968.
His collections are At The Waters' Clearing (Flambard Press/Black Mountain Press, 2001); Songs for No Voices (Belfast, Lagan Press Poetry, 2004); Blood (Bristol, Bluechrome, 2005); Dissonances (Bluechrome 2007); and Chora New & Selected Poems (Derbyshire, Templar Poetry, 2009).
He is co-editor of Breaking The Skin: 21st Century Irish Writing (two volumes, by Black Mountain Press, 2002), and has been shortlisted for The Patrick Kavanagh Award, and twice for the Hennessy Award.
He presently teaches in the UK.
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Loan relationships: computational rules: GAAP: changes of accounting policy: 'tainted' HTM assets
'Tainted' held to maturity assets
CFM21570 explains that if a company sells or reclassifies more than an insignificant proportion of its held to maturity assets, it must reclassify all of its remaining held to maturity assets as available for sale and so use fair value accounting. This 'tainting' lasts for the remainder of the accounting period and for the next two years. After that, any such assets that the company still holds can once again be classified as held to maturity.
Regulation 5 of the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3271) allows a company to ignore the 'tainting' for tax purposes, and to continue computing loan relationships credits and debits on an amortised cost basis.
The regulation applies where in an accounting period
- a company disposes of less than 10% of its held to maturity assets, measured on an amortised cost basis (the reference to 'greater than 10%' in the original version of the regulations was an error); and
- as a result, the remaining held to maturity assets are reclassified as available for sale.
The effect of the regulation is to disregard for tax purposes both fair value changes in the assets that are taken to equity during the period that they are classified as available for sale, and accounting adjustments when the assets are reclassified from held to maturity to available for sale, or back again. But the company can elect, within 90 days of making the disposal, that the regulation will not apply, in which case CTA09/S308 will apply in the normal way.
The application of this regulation is likely to be uncommon in practice, since only a minority of companies are likely to hold loan relationships that meet the stringent conditions for held to maturity classification.


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Discussion in 'New Member Introductions & Site Assistance' started by sixmoore, Oct 21, 2010.
I am working with a droid x that is frustrating the hek out of me!
Can you explain your issue - I am sure we can hep
Sent from my Original Droid using the Exclusive Droid Forums App (Available Free in the Market) :wink:
Welcome! Sorry you are having issues with your X. Have you looked in the forum under the X section for assistance?
up until tuesday my droid x was a great phone, for some reason i cannot get email any longer unless i am connected to the wifi at my house. I upgraded the firmware to 2.2, but the problem existed before then. I have a trouble ticket out to verizon, but no help yet. I dont understand, nothing changed on the phone, and all of a sudden i am getting authentication errors, or just timing out trying to retrieve email. Help would be greatly appreciated.
Are you able to access the email account via a computer? If so, are you have the same issues?
I can access email no problem from my laptop, and i can access my gmail email no problem from my phone. It is my personal account from dslextreme, that is the issue. I was on the phone with tech support yesterday for about 2 hours, and they say everything is fine on there end, verizon says maybe they need to check their network, and issued me a trouble ticket. I can text, browse, send and recieve sms messages, just can't access personal email. the real quirky thing about it is that it downloads the messages that come in over night, but during the day, just craps out.
So you can access dslextreme with your laptop and during the night your phone receives email from dslextreme. Have any of the settings changed? It seems like your phone is set to receive batch delivery at off hours.
i certainly didn't make anychanges, and it is set for data push?


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Rep players of the year winners
Congratulations to the following players for being awarded their teams Best & Fairest players during the Junior Touch Rep season
10 Boys - Joel Shereb
12 boys - Riley Jones
14 Boys - Andrew Steele
16 Boys - Blake Taaffe
18 Boys - Brent Hibberd
10 Girls - Indiella Roberts
12 Girls - Emily Kirby
14 Girls - Jocelyn Kelleher
16 Girls - cassidy Atkins
18 Girls - Isabelle Kelly
20 Girls/open womens - Maddi Crowe
From the list of Best & Fairewst players the following players were award Players of the year for Juniors and seniors.
Junior Boys - Andrew Steele
Junior Girls - Jocelyn Kelleher
Senior Boys - Blake Taaffe
Senior Girls - Isabelle Kelly
Thank you to everyone that attended the Touch rep presentation and Sports Club season Launch. Another well attended event from everyone involved with Touch.
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Krispy Kreme reported an earnings beat on Wednesday but missed on revenue. The company reported first-quarter earnings of 24 cents and revenue of $132 million.
Wall Street expected the company to deliver quarterly earnings per share of 22 cents on $136 million revenue, according to consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters.
Krispy Kreme's stock price was up more than 5 percent in extended trading hours.
What is the company's stock doing now? (Click here to track its shares.)
The company changed its earnings guidance for 2016 to 80 cents to 85 cents. Net income for the fiscal year 2016 is expected to fall between $55 million and $59 million.
In the U.S., same-store sales increased by 2.3 percent while international franchise same-store sales fell 2.2 percent. The company's store count also increased by 3.3 percent since year end to 855 stores, including franchises.
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In the earnings release, the company's chairman, James H. Morgan, said that sales were affected by a harsh winter.
The company's stock price has fallen 11 percent year-to-date while the stock price of Dunkin' Donuts has been up about 24 percent.


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The Board of Directors is the governing body of the ACCME. It is charged with setting the strategic direction for the organization and leading the ACCME in identifying, developing, and promoting standards for quality continuing medical education.
The following is a listing of the current members of ACCME's Board of Directors:
Ron Ben-Ari, MD
Carol D. Berkowitz, MD
Marilane Bond, EdD, MEd, MBA
Steven Craig, MD
Gary L. Filerman, MHA, PhD, Treasurer
Linda Gage-White, MD, PhD, MBA
Hal B. Jenson, MD, MBA, Vice Chair
Sandhya Malhotra, MD
Jeffrey Mallin, MD
Lewis Nelson, MD
Robert H. Perelman, MD
Richard Pieters, MD, MEd
William Rayburn, MD, MBA, Chair
Victor I. Reus, MD
David A. Swankin, JD
Michael Zanolli, MD
Suzanne Ziemnik, MEd
Government Representatives to the Board
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So here it is
After a lot of work from Sinead Lawless and Dominique Coulter, I have my new website!
Im very excited by it as its totally different to any I have had before. I will be more hands on with it and will be keeping it updated regularly.
If you want to follow my blogs from here in, this will be the only place you'll see them!
I am starting a new chapter in my career as a soloist so all details will be here and all tour dates too!
Thank you for all your support through my career and I look forward to hearing what you think of the site!
For now
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
About Paul
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His talent as a singer has taken him far and wide, and some of the many highlights include performing for dignitaries such as Emperor Akihito of Japan, Former Irish President's Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson and most recently for United States President, Barack Obama and Speaker of The House, John Boehner.
Paul is an avid sports fan and performs regularly at large-scale and high profile sporting events such as six All-Ireland Finals in Croke Park,and many International rugby games in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. Internationally, he has performed Anthems for the Pittsburgh Steelers, The Phillies, The Brooklyn Nets and Barcelona FC. He is very proud now to be a regular at TD Garden, for the Boston Celtics basketball team.
In 2007 Paul became one of the original soloists in the hit show Celtic Thunder. He toured North America and Australia with the group and had six #1 World Billboard albums.
He has since left the production and his following album "THIS IS THE MOMENT" debuted at No.1 on the World Billboard Charts and was shortlisted for a Grammy Nomination.
This was followed by his first solo tour of North America and is fortunate to continue performing for audiences throughout America. It's safe to say, Paul has gone from strength to strength. In 2013 Paul filmed his first solo TV special for Public Television called "THIS IS THE MOMENT LIVE" in Pennsylvania with his orchestra, and musical director Phil Coulter.
The show has since been aired throughout the United States and as far as Australia.
Last year Paul's latest album THINKING OF HOME reached the top of the iTunes,Amazon and World Billboard Charts and he has just been named for the second time in three years, The Irish Tenor Of The Year by the Irish Music Association.
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Timings: Mondays to Fridays 10am to 9pm, Saturdays 9am to 5pm, Sundays 10am to 5pm.
Website: http://www.carrefourlaval.ca/home/index.ch2
Located on the north shore of Montreal.
A huge complex that contains more than 300 shops, including boutiques, restaurants, and retail stores. Prices vary by the type of store you visit - designer brands are obviously much more expensve than local products.
Items on sale range from the latest fashion to houseware and furniture, and from beauty products to electronic and musical entertainment. Recommended stores for men are Ernest and West Coast. Women can shop for trendy outfits at Laura, Jacob, and Guess. Other notable boutiques are Costa Blanca, Espirit, and Freedom - these offer fashionwear for both genders.
Stores selling brands include Aldo, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Tommy Hilfiger, and Zara.
When you have shopped till you begin to drop, you can re-energize yourself at more than 20 of the restaurants scattered across the mall. These include international food chains such as KFC and Subway as well as local diners like Tiki Ming, Amir, and Kojax. Cafe Romy and Baton Rouge are two restaurants operated by the mall management.


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MODCo developed a comprehensive multi-channel media plan to launch the Brighthouse brand in the US market. The campaign includes television, digital, mobile, print, SEM, social media and trade advertising.
MODCo has built first to market 360 programs with major media partners such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and CBS, showcasing the new Brighthouse brand story through interactive content and high impact executions.
Massive launch in April 2017 and growing.
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Tight gas-hunts in sweet spots
Curtin University researchers are part of a key group of scientists set to investigate and make recommendations for future successful tight gas exploration in Western Australia.
The group, consisting of researchers from Curtin, UWA and CSIRO and led by Curtin's Associate Professor Reza Rezaee from the Department of Petroleum Engineering, will work with Whicher Energy to study tight gas sands of the South Perth Basin.
"Although historically it has been too difficult and uneconomical to produce, as energy prices rise and a shift from coal to gas energy sources is experienced, tight gas is now being viewed as a resource with great potential," Associate Professor Rezaee said.
Tight gas is known as an 'unconventional gas resource', along with coal seam gas, shale gas, and basin-centred gas.
"It is a natural gas which is difficult to produce in commercial scale due to the nature of the sandstone reservoir," he said.
"The lack of permeability in this rock locks the tight gas underground, making it difficult to drill a profitable well.
"In order to get at the tight gas, we need to find a 'sweet spot', a place where a large amount of gas is accessible. We can then use various means to create a pressure change in the well which sucks gas out of the surrounding rock and into production pipelines."
Curtin scientists will review the geology, wire-line logs, geomechanics and drilling issues of the Whicher Range field with Whicher Energy, and map the tight gas sweet spots working alongside the UWA team. CSIRO will perform the petrophysical lab work associated with tight core.
The project is funded by the State Government's Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) while the Western Australian Energy Research Alliance (WA:ERA) will administer the funds over the one-year contract.
"Research into innovative solutions for the extraction and production of tight gas is of high priority for the State," Head of the Curtin Department of Petroleum Engineering Professor Brian Evans said.
"At Curtin, we are committed to working with industry to see if tight gas deposits can be accessed and still be profitable.
"This area of 'unconventional gas' is of high priority for Curtin research, which has been highlighted by the more than four-fold increase in our research staff dedicated to gas developments in petroleum engineering over the past two years."
Curtin University was a major sponsor of the Good Oil Conference, held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle from 7-8 September 2010. Curtin researchers hosted a technical session at the conference on Gas – Coal Seam, Tight and Unconventional Gas Issues where tight gas, shale gas and low temperature separation methods were among the topics discussed.
Source: Curtin University
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