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The telephone continues to be the primary means of communication with customers, suppliers, and other business contacts, and most companies continue to rely on the phone for a high proportion of turnover. A business telephone call can therefore contain information as important as that in any fax, letter or email, but unlike these 'black and white' communications which are diligently archived, a telephone call is often subject to memory alone.
In terms of the law, a verbal contract is no less binding than a written one, but enforcing a verbal undertaking or agreement requires proof of what was stated (or not stated).
In large financial services organizations it is therefore standard practice to record all telephone calls, as the reduction of risk is of primary importance in this business sector. And until recently, it was only these large organizations which could justify the investment required for a voice logging system.
The Truelog system takes advantage of the latest advances in computer and IT technology to provide a product which is affordable across the entire business spectrum, and an increasing number of companies are enjoying a competitive advantage through the use of this technology.
What are the Business Benefits of a Truelog system?
A Truelog system works continuously in the background, recording every telephone call into and out of your business. With the enormous data capacity of hard disk drives available today, it can store several years of a company's telephone calls on a single hard drive.
Consider the advantages of being able to play back any telephone call which has taken place in your business:-
Any authorised PC user can have immediate access to their own calls, heads of departments can play back all calls within their departments, and top management can have access to all calls across the enterprise.
Any user can annotate a call with relevant comments for later reference, and these comments can be viewed and edited by other users who are authorised to access the call.
Finding a specific call is as easy as entering its details in a user friendly program on your own computer, and the system will retrieve it across the network in seconds. Using a Truelog system, you can find and review a telephone conversation with the same ease as that of an email.
As a starting point, a Truelog system addresses the following basic requirements:-
Once a Truelog system is installed, the office telephone system becomes a fully validated communication medium. All business which is conducted on the company telephone is securely archived and can be easily verified at any point in the future.
However, the Truelog system is more than just a Voice Logger – it is also a useful business tool which provides a range of additional benefits:-
View the Costs of Outgoing Calls
Unlike a simple call management system, a voice recording will always identify with complete certainty who was responsible for a particular call, even if the call was made from a fax machine, or was made using someone else's PIN number.
Identify Faulty Lines on your PABX System
Faulty lines can be costly when they prevent a prospective customer from getting through to your sales department.
The Truelog system allows the working state of the PABX lines to be viewed at a glance. Where internet access is available, the system will report to a monitoring server at TeleRef's offices on a regular basis to confirm correct operation.
View your Unanswered Calls
The Truelog system will keep track of all incoming calls which are unanswered, and where Calling Line Identification (CLI) is activated on the incoming lines, the number of the calling party will also be logged. This allows potential customers to be called back and any loss of business to be avoided.
Analyse your Incoming Calls based on the Number Dialled
This unique feature is very useful where a business places advertisements in multiple publications or media, as it allows calls to be selected on the basis of the response from a specific placement.
It is equally useful for companies which use individual telephone numbers for different incoming call queues (e.g. support lines for multiple products).
With ISDN or SIP lines equipped on the PABX, individual 0800 or 086x numbers are used for each placement. The Truelog system then allows the calls for each individual advert to be identified (i.e. selection by called DDI number) regardless of which extensions or agents actually received the calls. This allows the response from each publication or advertising medium (or a specific call queue) to be precisely quantified.
Memory Refresh
The Truelog system allows any number of users to play back their own calls.
Review a past telephone discussion, establish the exact date and time when a specific call took place, recover information which was jotted down during a call and subsequently misplaced etc.
Being able to play back their own calls is particularly useful for staff who handle customer enquiries in a busy environment. Such staff are often forced to take a new call before completing the processing of a previous call, and if there is any uncertainty about a customer's requirements they can quickly listen to an earlier call to confirm the customer's query, instructions etc.
Reduced Call Costs
Installing a Truelog system to record all calls on the company phones always leads to a reduction in private calls.
Basically, when employees are informed that all calls are being recorded, they will no longer feel comfortable with using the company phone for personal calls.
In businesses where telephone usage is not tightly controlled, the introduction of a Truelog system will lead to a significant reduction in telephone costs. These savings happen automatically and do not require any ongoing management – i.e. costs are reduced, and remain reduced, with no further effort being required.
In some cases, these savings may even exceed the amortised monthly cost or rental of the system, providing an immediate return on investment.
Improved Productivity
Many employees spend a large proportion of their working day on the telephone, discussing issues which are unrelated to their job with colleagues, suppliers, customers, friends etc., often relying on an over-worked receptionist or voice mail system to take messages from customers
When employees are informed that a recording system is installed, unnecessary telephone chatter is reduced and cell phones are used for personal calls.
It is worth considering that if just thirty minutes of unproductive telephone discussion are eliminated in a day, this translates to more than ten hours per month. This effectively adds a full working day to an employee's work month.
Improved Sales Performance
A Truelog system provides sales managers with the means to analyse both successful and unsuccessful sales calls.
As a sales training tool, the system allows a manager to evaluate sales calls together with the salespersons involved, identifying any areas of weakness, the need for further training, etc.
And the training of new salespeople is simplified when they can listen to selected calls made by other experienced salespeople, addressing the different categories of sales which they will encounter.
Improved Customer Service
The Truelog system provides an effective means to monitor staff interactions with customers, allowing any problems in this area to be identified and addressed.
If your business includes any form of a customer contact centre, your staff will always be at their best when they know that their calls are recorded, ensuring a higher level of professionalism.
The Truelog system keeps track of the ringing time for each incoming call, allowing call answer times to be constantly monitored. And where ISDN lines are used, the system will even keep track of which party hung up first (e.g. verify whether a customer did in fact 'slam the phone down').
When a customer complains about being handled badly on the phone, or about having been given wrong information etc., it is a simple matter of listening to the call to verify the complaint.
If the complaint turns out to be unjustified, it is equally simple to email the call to the customer (and the first time this occurs, you will have immediate 'buy-in' for the logging system within the department concerned).
Optimisation of Telecommunication Cost Structures
The Truelog system incorporates tools to measure and analyse call traffic across your various lines and services, and TeleRef will apply these tools to investigate whether your existing cost structures are optimized. Simply put, we are motivated to maximise your Return on Investment from a Truelog system.
As a starting point, many businesses waste considerable amounts every month on the rental of unnecessary Telkom lines. However, the Telkom account is probably the most confusing monthly statement which gets handled by any creditors department, and it is common for even the most competent financial administrators to merely verify that the final figure is in line with expectations, without attempting to understand the bewildering array of rentals, usage, discounts and rebates.
With a Truelog system in place, any excess lines, and any scope for benefit from Least Cost Routing alternatives, will be quickly identified. As an example, it is common for businesses to end up with excess lines after migrating to high capacity Primary Rate ISDN lines. When growth dictates the installation of such 'PRI' lines, the old Analogue lines are usually kept going until customers and suppliers become familiar with the new telephone numbers. However, these old Analogue lines are often completely forgotten, even years after the letterheads and business cards have been changed. As a result, the line rentals remain on the monthly account, needlessly reducing many a bottom line to the benefit of Telkom.
Truelog not only provides the information needed to correctly 'dimension' the Telkom, GSM and VOIP lines in accordance with actual call traffic requirements, but also provides a means to analyse the measured call traffic ratios, allowing any over-spend to be identified and addressed.
In some cases, the savings from the reduction of excessive lines alone may approach or exceed the monthly cost of a Truelog system.
Uncover Suspicious or Fraudulent Activities
From an internal perspective: - e.g. the unauthorised disclosure of business information, and from an external perspective: - e.g. questionable enquiries, malicious calls, nuisance calls, etc
Centralised Recordings Database for multiple Branch Offices.
Where Truelog systems are deployed at branch offices, and each office is equipped with an ADSL line or a WAN connection, it takes only a few clicks of the mouse to connect directly to each system from the head office, whether to monitor and listen to live calls, or to play back historical calls.
Truelog branch office systems can be configured to replicate their call records to the head office on a real-time basis, and to transfer audio files after hours (so as to reduce bandwidth usage during the day). Any branch calls which need to be played back at head office during the same day will be uploaded on demand. At head office, the system provides an integrated database of all calls across the enterprise.
Facilitates 'Compliance' for businesses in the Financial Services sector.
In this sector, businesses are required to keep detailed and verifiable records of their interactions with clients, and in the event of a dispute, the onus always falls on the financial services provider to prove exactly what was stated. As a result, it has become common for a principal to insist that its brokerages and business partners implement a telephone call recording system in order to obtain or retain accreditation. But apart from any regulatory or compliance aspects, the availability of telephone call recordings is important from a risk-management viewpoint, as it reduces the possibility of damages from unwarranted claims.
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A bag of cement costs only P163 last week. Suddenly hardware stores increased it by P5 to P168. Yesterday, it rose again by another P5 to make it at P173.
This P10 price rise in matter of days is totally unjustifiable.
Cement prices are the highest in the country compared with those of our neighbors like Vietnam, Indonesia and China. No less than the World Bank has noted the stiff price of cement in the country.
I blame this on the three foreign giants that control the local cement industry – Holcim, La Farge and Cemex.
To protect us – consumers – from this monopolistic pricing, I believe it is now high time to allow importation of cement.

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This past month, I've been experimenting with a new skincare routine. First off, washing my face regularly! I get super lazy at night, but I've been trying to start the routine before I'm too tired to care. Second, I got La Roche-Posay's Eau Thermale on super-sale at the local drug store. It's basically French mineral water in an aerosol can. Très chic and perhaps très silly. It feels nice, though.
Lastly, I added Royal Rose Hydrating Serum, sent c/o Valentia. I've only been using it for about 7 days, but so far I'm really happy. It's definitely good for sensitive skin, as they claim. I haven't seen any increase in redness and no rash, which is always a risk for me when I try new products. They recommend using it at night, but since it's so lightweight, I like to wear it under my make up.
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It's lightweight and absorbs quickly
Soothes & calms
Contains only natural ingredients
If you have sensitive skin, I really do recommend giving this one a try!
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Episode 9
The Walking Dead • Ash vs. Evil Dead • Stranger Things
Keeping with the flavor of Halloween season, the Vultures circle a selection of contemporary horror TV shows. In this episode we discuss The Walking Dead, Ash vs. Evil Dead, and Stranger Things – three wildly different and successful horror television shows. So kick back, throw on your chainsaw hand, grab Lucille, and get ready for a casual conversation in the Upside Down. Groovy!


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Finally we have completed all the approvals required to operate Fighter Flights out of our base at Omaka Airfield, Blenheim. It is the culmination of a lot of work by a number of people and my thanks go to the continuing support and stewardship of NZ Warbirds and our Base manager Ryan Southam. The flights are operated by Warbirds Ltd as they hold the Part 115 approval. This is a landmark day for Fighter Flights and we are pleased to be able to officially offer rides in what we think is the most exciting Warbird available in New Zealand. Of course we are unashamedly biased so book a ride and come and see for yourself. It could be you in the back enjoying this thrilling experience.
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The key detail Ron Johnson hopes Wisconsin won't remember
Sen. Ron Johnson (R), running for re-election in Wisconsin, is one of Congress' more vulnerable Republican incumbents, and polls show him trailing the Democrat he defeated in 2010, former Sen. Russ Feingold (D). Johnson, however, is flush with cash, which he's eager to put to use.
And while not every campaign commercial deserves special attention and scrutiny, the Wisconsin senator's newest spot is amazing for an important reason. Roll Call reported:
Republican Ron Johnson is a first-term U.S. senator from Wisconsin. The voters back home wouldn't know it watching his re-election campaign's first TV ad.Even for a time when incumbent lawmakers try to distance themselves from their job titles, Johnson's new ad takes that approach to an extreme. It doesn't once mention his work as a lawmaker or even identify him as a senator.
That may sound like an exaggeration, but it's not. The Republican's re-election ad is carefully designed to give viewers the impression that he's not already a senator.
In the spot, Johnson makes literally no references to any work he's done while in office; he doesn't identify himself as a senator; he doesn't note any Senate achievements; and he doesn't mention that he's running for re-election.
Instead, the far-right Wisconsin lawmaker and committee chairman boasts in the ad, in the present tense, "I manufacture plastic," which is sort of true, except for the fact that he also currently helps shape federal laws from Capitol Hill.
He goes on to say, "I've stayed put, right here in Oshkosh, for 37 years." Left unmentioned: the last six years in which he's been a powerful Beltway insider.
It's tempting to assume that Johnson would take some pride in the work that's he's done as a senator, but the GOP lawmaker is instead going in a very different direction, apparently hoping that Wisconsin voters forget that they've already voted for him – thereby allowing the Republican to pretend he's a businessman outsider.
And if this sounds vaguely familiar, it's because Johnson isn't the first to try to pull this trick.
Long-time readers may recall this piece from four years ago, featuring a variety of Republicans in Congress running re-election campaign ads that pretended they weren't in Congress at the time.
My personal favorite was this spot from Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Mich.), who didn't want voters to know he was a congressman, and who blasted his Democratic challenger who'd never served in Congress as a "career politician." (It worked; Benishek won re-election.)
The New York Times reported at the time on the larger phenomenon: "Bragging about one's voting record used to be a staple of political advertising, and a career in Congress was worn as a badge of honor. But this year, many House candidates are deciding not to mention their service here, a blunt acknowledgment of the dim view that a vast majority of voters have of Congress."
Not one of these incumbents, however, was a sitting U.S. senator. As best as I can tell, Ron Johnson is the first Senate incumbent in recent memory to run ads predicated on the assumption that his constituents don't know he's already in office.
Johnson appears confident he hasn't made much of an impression on Wisconsin voters over the last six years – as if that were a good thing.


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3/6/2018 - In advance of National Car Care Month in April, Federated Car Care Center American & Import Auto Repair conducted a well-attended women's car care clinic on Feb. 10 at its location in Johnson City, Tennessee. From all the positive feedback received, the clinic was a big success, according to Tim Smith, owner of American & Import Auto Repair.
Federated Extends Entitlement for Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway Through 2022
3/1/2018 - Federated Auto Parts announced an extension of its entitlement sponsorship of the fall Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway (Richmond). The Virginia-based company has partnered with the track for an additional five years through 2022. The 2018 Federated Auto Parts 400 on Saturday, September 22 will mark the seventh consecutive year of the entitlement sponsorship, and the race will move two weeks later into the playoffs for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
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Conductor and Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck has been awarded the International Classical Music Award 2018 "Artist of the Year". This has been officially announced today, 18 January 2018, by the ICMA.
Manfred Honeck: "It is a great honour for me to receive this prestigious award from leading international music journalists. I am very grateful that my work is being appreciated and distinguished in this particular way."


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How to Pay
Payments may be made by using any of the methods below.
Please note: The George Washington University does not accept payments over the phone.
The eBill System
Your Student Account eBill allows you to make payments 24 hours a day via electronic check or credit card. Electronic check payments carry no fee; credit card payments carry a 2.85% fee ($3.00 minimum) that is charged by our processor.
Bank Wire Transfer
As a result of the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, some currencies may be temporarily unavailable. Due to the rapidly changing nature of these interruptions, please review the Western Union COVID-19 Currency Update webpage for an up-to-date list of impacted currencies.
The university accepts bank wire transfers via the Student Account eBill solution. Payments made via the Student Account eBill solution will be reflected on your student account upon receipt of the wired funds.
Users paying in an accepted international currency will be able to lock in their exchange rate for 72 hours. Students and authorized users electing the wire payment method and selecting US Dollars as their currency option, regardless of the country of origin, will be assessed a non-refundable service fee of $20. This fee will appear as a separate transaction on the transmission form. For directions on how to submit a bank wire transfer through the Student Account eBill, please see the following instrucitons:
Payments via AirWallex or other third party processors are not recommended at this time. If your payment is submitted via that vendor and creates a credit balance on your account, you will only be able to apply that credit to future charges or to your GWorld card balance. If paying by wire, we strongly encourage you to use the Bank Wire Transfer option available via Student eBill to ensure your payment is posted to your account in a timely manner.
Please note that international wires are not currently accepted from the following countries*: Cuba, North Korea, Iran, North Sudan, South Sudan, and the Crimea region of Ukraine.
*The countries listed here do not constitute a full or final list and may change at any time without prior notice to adhere to U.S. sanctions.
Electronic Check
When making a payment using the electronic check payment method the user is prompted to enter a valid bank ABA Routing Number and Account number. By completing this payment process, the user is authorizing GW and its third party vendor to initiate a one-time Automated Clearing House (ACH) debit transaction from a designated checking or savings account to pay tuition, fees and other charges. Please note that corporate/business accounts cannot be used. Electronic check payments made through the eBill system will be reflected on the student's account immediately.
Credit Card
The university accepts credit card payments directly via the Student Account eBill solution. When making a payment using the credit card payment method, the user is prompted to enter a valid credit card information. By completing this payment process the user is authorizing GW and its third party vendor to initiate a one-time credit card payment to pay tuition, fees and other charges. The user is also authorizing GW's payment processor to charge a 2.85% (minimum $3) non-refundable PayPath Payment Service fee. This fee is assessed by our processor and will appear as a separate transaction of the cardholder's monthly statement. Please read our Credit Card FAQ here. Credit card payments made via the Student Account eBill solution will be reflected on the student account immediately.
Please note that PayPath credit card transactions processed via the Student Account eBill solution cannot be cancelled or stopped once the payment has been submitted.
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The university no longer accepts credit card payments from government agencies, corporations, and embassies sponsoring students enrolled at the university and paying directly to the student's account. Credit card payments will be accepted if the student's charges are billed directly to your government agency, corporation, or embassy as a third party sponsor through our Third Party Billing office. Sponsors not billed through the Third Party Billing office would be required to have their students establish them as an authorized user on their Student eBill to process the credit card payment via the PayPath payment option. See our Authorized User Access webpage for more information on how to be setup as an authorized user. See our Third Party Billing webpage for more information on deadlines and sponsorship requirements.
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The university accepts personal checks, cashier's checks, traveler's checks, and money orders. Checks should include the student's GWID and the top portion (coupon) of the most current bill, which can be printed from the Student Account eBill.
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Please be sure to write your student GWID on the check. Payments made via check will be reflected on the student's account when the payment is processed.
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The Creators – Amy Chu – Writer, German Erramouspe – Artist, Brittany Pezzillo – Colours, Tom Napolitano – Letters
The Players – Kato, Mulan
The Story – Britt Reid is missing and the underworld of Century City is becoming highly unstable without his presence. Something has to be done.
The Take – It is a new era for the Green Hornet as Amy Chu and German Erramouspe take the man out of the equation to present a slightly different, yet familiar story. The book opens on a mystery as Britt Reid has disappeared with nobody able to get a bead on the man and that includes his best friend and partner, Kato. At the moment, Kato and his daughter Mulan are doing their best to hold the city together, but without a figurehead like the Green Hornet at the helm to keep everyone in line, the city is not what it was. Kato realizes that something must be done, that it needs a Green Hornet to take the place of the man who held the mantle, until that time he may return, if return he does. Chu writes a good story, one that introduces the readers to all the key players in the game, sets up the premise and executes it well, the only problem being that long-time readers of the character have seen this before. Once upon a time, Kato took on the role and here, Chu looks to repeat that, though it is not exactly Kato that does so this time around. There is a good mix of action and drama throughout, Erramouspe transferring it to the page in a manner that is both exciting and eye-catching. Some of the best parts in the book are those between Kato and Mulan, father and daughter and the characterization Chu develops is perfect as you immediately care for the two. There is also a sense of history in the book, perhaps due to the fact that it takes place many years after Reid and Kato were in their prime and with Kato having a daughter, but along with that is the revelation that even if Britt should return, perhaps he is simply too old to continue as he once did and that a replacement is warranted. There comes a time when everyone, hero or not, has to settle down and retire and maybe now, while Britt is gone and Mulan looks to be taking over, that time is now. While there is no cliff-hanger present, there is enough curiosity built up over the course of the issue to warrant coming back for more and seeing just where it is that Erramouspe and Chu are taking this.
Worth It? – Yes
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Covering the Spectrum of Spiritual Needs
When facing a cancer diagnosis, many people turn to their faith to cope. This can be a confusing and difficult time, and religion offers some patients a way to find hope and answers. Spirituality often provides a framework that helps patients make sense of their diagnosis. Others may question their faith at such a hard time. For all of these specific needs, Pastoral Care at Roswell Park assists patients and their loved ones through comprehensive and personalized spiritual support services.
Our team is here to help you better understand how your faith can guide and comfort you during your journey with cancer. Some of the ways we help patients include: hosting interfaith services and gatherings, visiting patients during treatment and being compassionate listeners for those who just need to talk, and connecting patients and loved ones with other resources in our religious community. We've assisted patients who have requested baptisms or other faith rituals. These are just a few examples of how we can accommodate the needs of our patients and families.
While our team is made up of clergy from several different faiths, we understand that it would be impossible to have a staff person to represent every religion and spiritual need. That's why the Pastoral Care team is dedicated to building a team of consultants in our community that represent a wide range of faiths. When a patient approaches us for help, we can turn to this network to find a clergyperson who can best meet their needs.
More and more, physicians understand that spiritual and emotional support is an important part of a patient's overall care plan. Research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology in 2007 demonstrated that patients who had spiritual support reported a higher quality of life than those who did not. That's why Pastoral Care works as part of the entire care team at Roswell Park, consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers and more.
Caring for the heart, mind and soul of our patients and their families is our mission. If you or a loved one could benefit from spiritual support of any kind, please contact the Pastoral Care team at 716-845-8051.


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THERE was global outrage after Outlander was snubbed for a Scottish BAFTA nomination.
Outlander is based on the series by American author Diana Gabaldon and tells the story of Claire Randall, a combat nurse from World War 2 who "falls through time" and finds herself in 1743.
The drama has been filmed in locations all over Scotland with a cast that includes, amongst others, Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan.
Filming for the upcoming Starz original series adaptation began in early October 2013, when it was dubbed Scotland's Game of Thrones.
The time travel series, which is said to have given the Scottish industry a £40million boost, has been hailed as a global success.
But it failed to get any nominations ahead of the 20th Scottish BAFTA ceremony in Glasgow honouring the very best talent in film, television and games produced in the country.
Find out why Outlander should have been nominated for a Scottish BAFTA award in the gallery above.
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Meyer "Mike" Bloom
January 14, 1915
New York, NY
June 5, 1993
Paterson, NJ
1931-32 Trenton High School - New Jersey (High School)
1932-33 Trenton High School - New Jersey (High School)
1933-34 Trenton High School - New Jersey (High School)
1935-36 Temple University (College)
1936-37 Temple University (College)
1937-38 Temple University (College)
1937-38 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1938-39 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1938-39 Hazleton (TCL)
1939-40 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1939-40 Washington Brewers (ABL)
1940-41 Washington Brewers (ABL)
1940-41 Baltimore Clippers (ABL)
1941-42 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1942-43 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
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1945-46 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1945-46 Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1946-47 Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1947-48 Baltimore Bullets (BAA)
1947-48 Boston Celtics (BAA)
1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers (BAA)
1948-49 Chicago Stags (BAA)
1949-50 Philadelphia SPHA's (Independent)
The center for the Trenton HS team starred for three years at the school before heading to Temple. He joined up with the SPHA's after graduating, beginning a lengthy professional basketball career that last through the 1940's. He is commonly regarded as the finest Jewish player in baskeball history.
After his basketball days, he invented a pipe cleaner (pat. US3414926), which these days is known as a snake to clean out pipes.
He was married to at least twice (first wife Gertrude?), and had a son who died as a teen in a shooting accident, and a step-son who died in a car accident.
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Obituary, Baltimore Sun, June 11, 1993


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Honda Enlists Pioneer Electronics To Join 2002's Civic Tour With Multi-Platinmum Rock Band Incubus
Pioneer Electronics supplies audio system for all-new 2002 Civic Si custom-designed by the band
Honda's second annual Civic Tour kicks off this week with Southern California rockers Incubus providing the live music and Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. providing the sonic sound inside the all-new 2002 Honda Civic Si as they travel to 50 arenas across the United States. The multi-platinum rock band custom-designed and autographed several 2002 Honda Civic Si's, each of which includes a complete Pioneer audio system. One lucky fan will be awarded an Incubus Civic Si through a national online promotion at the official Civic Tour Web site, civictour.com.
Pioneer system features:
- DEH-P8400MP: single CD player with MP3 and WMA playback capability, motorized dual display, Organic EL display and XM ready.
- TS-D160R REV speakers: four 6.5 inch coaxial speakers with aramid fiber cones, large polyester fiber soft dome tweeters and unique 6-spoke grill.
- TS-W3041C: 12 inch subwoofer with Voice Coil Cooling System.
- GM-X564: 4-channel 480 Watt bridgeable amplifier.
"Partnerships like the Civic Tour give Pioneer a way to connect to young music fans," said Michael Townsen, vice president of marketing for mobile entertainment at Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. "Incubus provides the music and Pioneer replays it through an awesome sound system in the Civic Si."
Incubus' Civic Si will be featured at each concert of Civic Tour, which began on April 11 at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. Incubus fans will be able to log on to civictour.com for tour dates and to check out a virtual view of the car. The Civic Tour is a unique promotion for both Honda and Pioneer to reach the increasingly important youth market.
Pioneer's Mobile Entertainment Division is the leading manufacturer of audio, video and information products for in-car use. Its focus is on the development of new digital technologies including audio video, navigation, and satellite radio, while maintaining its strong heritage in products for car audio enthusiasts and competitors. The company markets its products under the Pioneer and Premier brand names. When purchased from an authorized dealer, consumers receive a limited warranty for one year with Pioneer products and two years for Premier products.


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Tampa Bay Watch is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of the marine and wetland environments of the Tampa Bay estuary through scientific and educational programs. These provide hands-on educational experiences for bay area students of all ages through school field trips and summer camps that build environmental literacy and encourage stewardship while educating students about marine science and habitat restoration.
Please join us Wednesday March 27th, 7-9pm for a special wine tasting benefiting Tampa Bay Watch. We will be tasting 15 amazing wines with charcuterie. $25 for advanced tickets, $35 the day of the tasting. Half the ticket sales and 10% of the wine sales during the event will benefit Tampa Bay Watch. Get your tickets below or at Winesmith.


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There may be a couple parallels here:
- Robert McNamara's F111 fighter bomber which was initially designed for multiple services.
- Efforts to rationalize bureaucracy by combining organizations, like the USDA Infoshare effort which aborted.
Blogging on bureaucracy, organizations, USDA, agriculture programs, American history, the food movement, and other interests. Often contrarian, usually optimistic, sometimes didactic, occasionally funny, rarely wrong, always a nitpicker.


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The corners of my mouth
curl up in a warm spiral
spiraling steam on the tea
echos of familiar voices
I hear from different lips
tell it with your own
thriving style
it curves my brain back into itself
delightful arcuate fasciculus massage
Broca and Wernike link arms
and happily skip down
the street you crafted with your pen
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Feet are a truly amazing part of your body. They bend and flex, they compress and spring with each step you take. They are a marvel of arches and bones. Sturdy, yet flexible. They carry us through life. Happy little servants carrying our wonderful body around through our lives.
Our culture has a weird relationship with feet. They are often seen as ugly, dirty and even offensive. But from my perspective they are one of the cleanest parts of your body. After all, you don't pick your nose with your toes. Not even the limberest yogi wipes their bum with their feet. Hands do not get the same bad rap that feet get, by far.
I see feet very differently. The bottoms of your feet tell me a story. Every lump and bump, callous and freckle, is a wealth of information of where you have been and where you are going. I marvel at how feet are reflections of our lives. I see this in every pair of feet I treat. Issues in the body show up in the feet, like a mole over an area connected to an old health problem, or callouses protecting a sensitive emotional past. It is all there, like a map that shows me your journey so far.
The really cool part of feet is that they are always constantly changing, just like we are. I see this even from the start to end of a session. They are different feet than when I started. They are more flexible, softer, more resilient. When people are ready to change, I see it in their feet first. There is a subtle magic at work and I get to witness it, to facilitate it. I give people the nudge, and they do the rest. It is like helping someone move and all you do is tell them to lift with their legs and hold the door open; they do all the heavy lifting.
And lift they do. I am amazed at the courage people have to change and grow, to become more of themselves. More awesome, less bullshit. More following their own heart, instead of everyone else's. To sit down at a person's feet is a huge honour. It is sitting at their soul.
In our society, we spend a lot of time worshipping the feet of great sages and saints, and we spend a lot of time gazing at babies feet. But I think everyone's feet are worthy of that much love and respect. Everyone is both sage and infant, deserving of our full attention and our loving kindness.
So love your feet, be nice to them, and they will carry you to many grand adventures.


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July 21, 2016 – Father Who Impregnated His Daughter In Maryland Lagos Arrested
Lagos State Police officials have arrested 36-year-old Kennedy Michael for allegedly impregnating his teenage daughter, Maria Michael.
The resident of 5 Kode street in Mende area of Maryland Lagos reportedly procured abortion for his daughter to cover up his crime.
The suspect was arrested after a neighbour, identified as Uche, whose 18-month old baby was reportedly violated, reported the matter, on discovering that Ijeoma Ndukwe, Michael's lover, assisted in procuring abortion for his teenage daughter, Maria.
Police investigation revealed that Michael started sleeping with his daughter in 2013 until she got pregnant.
Police alleged the suspect started sleeping with 13-year-old Maria when she was 10. Upon discovery of the pregnancy, the suspects, Mr. Kennedy Michael, and his wife, who happens to be the stepmother of the victim, quickly took her for abortion."
Those who assisted the teenager to get abortion have been arrested.
The victim is now under protective custody in a shelter.


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This is the Sacrament in which personal sins committed after Baptism are forgiven. It results in reconciliation (and renewal) with God and the Church (our sins offend both God and His Body and Bride, the Church.) (US Catholic Catechism for Adults, Glossary) The minister of reconcilation represents both Jesus Christ and His Body, the Church; and for this reason we confess to Christ through Christ's anointed and appointed minister.
There are four steps in the Sacrament of Reconciliation:
- We are saddned for our sins and a desire of the heart to change our ways.
- We confess our sins and human sinfulness to the priest. (He is under a sacred vow never to act on or reveal what is mentioned within the sacrament)
- We receive and accept forgiveness (absolution: The priest repeats the words of Jesus Christ, "your sins are forgiven, go in peace") and absolved of our sins, we also renew and restore to its original purity our relationship with God and to others.
- We celebrate God's everlasting love for us and commit to perform some small penance expressing our sorrow and a desire to be more authentic followers of Christ. Sin hurts our relationship with God, ourselves and others. As the Catechism states:
The sinner wounds God's honor and love, his own human dignity…and the spiritual well-being of the Church, of which each Christian ought to be a living stone. To the eyes of faith no evil is graver than sin and nothing has worse consequences for the sinners themselves, for the Church, and for the whole world. (CCC 1487, 1488)
A mature understanding of sin includes reflecting upon our thoughts, actions and omissions as well as examining the patterns of sin that may arise in our lives. With contrite hearts, we are also called to reflect upon the effects of our sins upon the wider community and how we might participate in sinful systems.
Contrition and conversion lead us to seek a forgiveness for our sins so as to repair damaged relationships with God, self, and others. We believe that only ordained priests have the faculty of absolving sins from the authority of the Church in the name of Jesus Christ (CCC 1495). Our sins are forgiven by God, through the priest.
The Spiritual effects of the Sacraments of Reconciliation include:
- reconciliation with God by which the penitent recovers grace
- reconciliation with the Church
- remission of the eternal punishment incurred by mortal sins
- remission, at least in part, of temporal punishments resulting from sin
- peace and serenity of conscience, and spiritual consolation
- an increase of spiritual strength for the Christian battle (CCC 1496)
Individual confession with a priest is the principal means of absolution and reconciliation of grave sins within the Church. The Sacrament of Reconciliation frees us from sinful patterns of behavior and calls us to complete conversion to Christ. Reconciliation heals our sins and repairs our relationships.
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I've been procrastinating. Jen has been done her blog post on exercise for at least a week. I just started today. I think that sums up my commitment to exercise quite well actually. Hurray for New Year's resolutions (see my previous post)!
Exercise means working out. It means working towards getting fit. It makes a lot of sense. It really does. Ultimately, getting fit means being able to do stuff, like climbing a few flights of stairs without looking like you just ran a marathon. It should be something we all do. Regularly. Every. Day.
BUT WE DON'T. I don't anyway. I have grandiose plans. I research exercise plans. I get my monthly Men' Health and totally commit to doing their monthly workouts. I get my basement ready. And then…
…nothing. I do nothing. Oh, I might do some exercise for a month or two. My record is probably six straight months. But then, I stop. I get injured, or I get sick, and then that's it. The habit is broken.
It's funny really. I have such willpower for other things. But not exercise. Despite my supposed rational approach to things.
However, I will try. I will get this thing going again, because I must. I don't want to be that guy who can't run for more than a minute or who can't bend over to cut his toenails later in life. Do you think Jen would mind doing that for me?
Let's see if she talks about it in her blog on exercise!


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Oz is now available in Oz! As March on Oz™ continues its world tour, it will shortly (within hours) be available for purchase by players in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Singapore through Apple's App Store. We hope players in those countries will now join the march and, in the words of one player-reviewer, agree that "It's very hard not to love this game as it has everything I or anyone gaming in the mobile world has been looking for.."
Oz is now available in Oz!
November 15, 2012
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We are now for sale from the US to the EU to Russia in the App Store!
November 7, 2012
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What a year+ it has been for our studio. When we first started work on March on Oz™ a year ago, we were a collection of individuals, most of who had never worked together before. Additionally, many of those folks had no experience making games professionally. Now we are a team and one that can proudly point at MoO and say "I worked on that!" MoO is not an earth shattering, OMG revolutionary, "One game to rule them all" game but what it is a fun, gorgeous, lovingly crafted and humorous iPad game that will continue to evolve over time. As of late yesterday night, gamers from across North America, the EU, and many other fine places that I still have not had a chance to visit, could buy the game from Apple's App Store.
Launching a game, whether MoO or even an MMO, is only the beginning of the process. Over the next few months, MoO will see more units, more mini-games, and most importantly more difficulty levels. These new units and settings move the gameplay more toward the "action-reaction" kind of games and less like the "build it and watch the fun/frolic" kind of game. Moreover, once you have seen "Ski-jumper N.O.M.E." in action, you will smile, a lot. That's one of our goals with MoO, to create a game that can be played by casual players as well as gamers who want a lot more A/R in their games, especially for our PC version (coming down the road a bit, we hope, on Steam!). In the meantime, if you have an iPad2 or newer version, please check out our game and if you enjoyed the game, please do not hesitate to review/rank us on the App Store!
My thanks to everyone at City State Entertainment and especially to my co-founder Andrew Meggs, for bringing MoO to life. It has been a great journey so far and I know it is going to get even better.


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Friday, October 15, 2010
Best Halloween Stories
What do you think are the best Halloween stories and books? Let me know in the comment section below.
Click here to view the article: http://kunst-en-cultuur.infonu.nl/feestdagen/24671-griezeligste-halloween-verhalen.html.
26 comments:
- Moonlight: The Halloween Cat by Cynthia RylantReplyDelete
- Scaredy-Cat - Splat! (Splat the Cat) by Rob Scotton
- Halloween Cats by Jean Marzollo
- Branigan's Cat and The Halloween Ghost by Steven Kroll
- Garfield's Halloween Adventure by Jim Davis
- The Halloween Kittens - Maggie Kneen
- AnonymousOctober 15, 2010 at 8:32 PM
And the prize for the best Halloween story ever goes to... Satan's Little Helper. In this movie, a kid becomes unknowingly the helper of a masked serial killer. He thinks that all the murders are fake and just jokes.ReplyDelete
For me I love to go back to my childhood and read Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 17, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Will have to check your story out--sounds scary! IMO, the best story is the Legend of Sleepy Hollow... shorthalloweenstories.comReplyDelete
The best storues are the made up ones, fun with a group of peopleReplyDelete
Hey Vanessa congrats for the book! I will definitely buy it!ReplyDelete
In my opinion, the best Halloween stories are The Halloween Feast by Steven Wedel, The Last Ride by Paul Melniczek and the scariest of all... The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving!
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2010 at 9:21 PM
Drowned Sorrow is not the sort of story you should read late at night. I usually don't get spooked by books; I don't get truly scared. But then I started reading it after midnight. Do you know how bad of an idea that was? It was an extremely bad idea. I swear, when I was reading it, I thought I was seeing things from the corners of my eyes. For the rest of the night, I refused to leave my room, even when I was dying of thirst :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 6:29 PM
Clifford's First Halloween is one of my favorite Halloween stories. Clifford is a little red puppy -- too small to dress up for Halloween. Your kids will be delighted as Clifford crawls into a pumpkin and becomes a barking jack-o-lantern. Lots of fun!ReplyDelete
Being from South Alabama I have to say any of the Kathryn Tucker Windam ghost books.ReplyDelete
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How cool is it that the journalist named your book!!!ReplyDelete
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- SandrineOctober 10, 2011 at 11:57 AM
In Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree eight boys set out on a Halloween night and are led into the depths of the past by a tall, mysterious character named Moundshroud. They ride on a black wind to autumn scenes in distant lands and times, where they witness other ways of celebrating this holiday about the dark time of year. This story is a Halloween classic!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 10, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Thanks for stopping by my blog hop http://babyfeetandpuppybreath.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
I love reading Halloween stories to my little girl, great post.
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Thank you and have a blessed week.
To me the scariest stories are the ones told by my elders when we were young (made up ones about things that can be found on our surroundings).ReplyDelete
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The scariest stories I heard were at camp many many many, well U get the message LOL. Hopping over from the Monday Mingle Blog Hop. Following you via GFC. Please stop by my blog sometimeReplyDelete
What wonderful company to be in! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Thank you for linking up with Makes My Monday with your good news!ReplyDelete
My favorite Halloween story would have to be the Winnie the Poohs Halloween story.ReplyDelete
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I like the Widow's Broom by Chris VanAllsburg. Great story. Every year my kids are surprised by its ending.ReplyDelete
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- JenniferOctober 31, 2011 at 5:34 PM
The Halloween picture book Los Gatos Black on Halloween will send shivers of delight down the spines of older children who thrive on creepy stories and illustrations. The influence of her childhood in Mexico is reflected in the paintings by illustrator Yuyi Morales. Elements of the Day of the Dead celebration can also be found in the text by author Martha Montes, who was born in Puerto Rico. This picture book would make a wonderful Halloween read-aloud, as well as a read-alone, for 8-12 year olds who love scary stories and pictures. It is scarier than most picture books, which is why I don't recommend it for all ages or all 8-12 year olds.ReplyDelete
- JenniferOctober 31, 2011 at 5:36 PM
Another favorite is the Halloween story A TIGER CALLED THOMAS. This charming story by Charlotte Zolotow is about Thomas, a little boy who moves into a "new house on a new street" and never ventures from his front steps because he thinks his neighbors don't like him. Day after day, he watches children playing and neighbors walking by. When Halloween comes, he is surprised to find that his neighbors, children and adults alike, recognize him, despite the tiger mask he hides behind, and want to be friends. He goes home a happy boy.ReplyDelete
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Great list of stories, old but gold!ReplyDelete
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CHICAGO—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of their updated analysis of Illinois' General Assembly Retirement System (GARS).
"We are in the middle of our 8th month without a state budget, so there's understandably an awful lot of discussion about the sad state of Illinois' financial health presently and how we got here. But we really don't have to look too far to understand the problem – just look at the lengthy tenure of legislators like Michael J. Madigan (D-22, Chicago) to see how this system continues to this day. To paraphrase one of the most famous lines from Shakespeare's Hamlet, 'Something is rotten in the state of Illinois,' and the rot is clearly from the head down," said Jim Tobin, founder and president of TUA.
"For more than four decades, Madigan and his ilk have enshrined the theft of taxpayers' hard-earned dollars in an unsustainable government pension system at the expense of everyone else in Illinois. This is not a retirement system or a safety net for civil servants. This is theft, protected by government edicts and perpetuated by the immoral and unethical tax thieves that shuffle through the revolving doors in Springfield."
"If Boss Madigan cared one bit about his constituents, we would have had pension reform decades ago, not to mention a current state budget, and then perhaps we wouldn't have a pension crisis at all."
"Let's be clear about what this pension cabal is and what it is not. Six-figure government retiree pensions are not 'for the children.' This system isn't about the 'poor civil servants,' and it certainly isn't about fairness. The government pension Ponzi scheme is about the reelection of powerful legislators, the expansion of their voter base, and the money that pours in from donations," said Tobin. "Just a quick look at some statistics from the GARS pension data analysis will shock Illinois residents and taxpayers."
- A seat in the Illinois General Assembly is a part-time job
- The average pension is $52,449
- The average years of service are 14.5
- The average age of retirement is 60
- The average amount that employees contributed to their own pension fund is $61,177, or 4.7%
- The average estimated lifetime payout is $1.3 million*
- Total number of GARS pension beneficiaries is about 420
- 51 collect pensions in excess of $100,000
- 180, or 43% of retired legislators, collect pensions in excess of $50,000
- As of the end of fiscal year 2015, GARS was 16.4% funded
"John Kass of the Chicago Tribune often refers to Illinois' Speaker of the House as the Khan of Madiganistan, and for good reason. Madigan conducts himself like a warlord and has done so for decades. If he had an ethical bone in his body, he never would have supported the Constitutional Amendment that launched the era of runaway government pensions and began the state's financial downward spiral. Even after that woeful Constitutional Convention in 1970, the Khan of Madiganistan has had countless opportunities while in his leadership role as Speaker of the house and as a legislator for the past 45 years to limit the perks given to state retirees, much less reform the system that is driving taxpayers from the state like refugees seeking a fresh start."
"It is criminal that our legislature, under Madigan's leadership, allows this to continue," said Tobin. "Part-time legislator pensions shouldn't be as lavish as our data shows, but unfortunately for taxpayers, this is the financial trouble we are facing."
"Arthur L. Berman, former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate, still tops our list with a mind-boggling $235,829 annual pension benefit! If that wasn't bad enough, the lifetime accumulation of those lofty payments will, over a normal lifetime, reach a cool $3.7 million. His contribution to that gold-plated pension was only $109, 293 – less than half of what he will receive in one year!"
"Dan Rutherford, former Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, the Illinois Senate, and former Illinois Treasurer until January of last year, is near the top of the list for estimated lifetime payouts. His very generous annual pension of $132,616 will accumulate to more than $4.9million over a normal lifetime thanks to that very lucrative 3% cost of living adjustment. He contributed only $173,209, or 3.5%, to that very rich payout, which is barely more than his annual pension."
"Jim Edgar, former Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois Secretary of State, and the 38th Governor of Illinois, has collected a substantial chunk of Illinois taxpayers' dollars since his retirement in 2001. Edgar's current annual pension – $156,331 – is almost equal to his total pension fund contributions during his time in government, $164,657. The former governor has already collected in excess of $1.8 million and he is on track to receive more than $4.7 million over the course of his retirement. Edgar has also advocated for higher taxes, including hiking the state income tax, to deal with the budget impasse and the government pension fiasco, both of which can be directly traced to his policies and those he supports."
"It is plain to see the conflict of interest in having legislators, who are supposed to vote on our behalf, benefit from the very system that enriches them and impoverishes the rest of Illinois. There are a handful of legislators in the current General Assembly with some moral fiber who have declined to participate in the pension system, and we applaud their integrity, but that short list does not include Boss Madigan, the Khan of Madiganistan."
"Are you listening, Speaker Madigan? Where is our budget? Where is the government pension reform? Where do your loyalties lie?" Tobin challenged, "Before the Illinois General Assembly considers even discussing a new income tax on retirement benefits or raising the state income tax, the state's political elite better be aware that residents won't stand for it, and Taxpayers United of America will lead the charge against the continued pillaging of taxpayers."
*Lifetime estimated pension payout includes 3% compounded COLA and assumes life expectancy of 85 (IRS Form 590).


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A Classic Southern Wedding | Clover Forest Plantation
- Preston + Katie
You know it's going to be a hot day when it's 85 degrees at 11am. I left the house and prepared myself for a long day in the sun. Despite the heat, I was excited! Preston and Katie are a sweet couple. I've loved them since day one and they were getting married at a location that I have never photographed before….and I LOVE THAT! New places mean new ideas and that's fun for a photographer! I couldn't be one of those photographers that shoots at the same venue 15 times a year! I need some variety in my life and so Clover Forest Plantation sounded exciting to me! I drove through some country roads and then I saw it. It was gorgeous. Tucked back in the rolling hills of Goochland county is a 17th century plantation


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Chinese can refer to:
Chinese (汉语/漢語; Hànyǔ or 中文; Zhōngwén) is a group of related but in many cases mutually unintelligible language varieties, forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese is spoken by the Han majority and many other ethnic groups in China. Nearly 1.2 billion people (around 16% of the world's population) speak some form of Chinese as their first language.
The varieties of Chinese are usually described by native speakers as dialects of a single Chinese language, but linguists note that they are as diverse as a language family. The internal diversity of Chinese has been likened to that of the Romance languages, but may be even more varied. There are between 7 and 13 main regional groups of Chinese (depending on classification scheme), of which the most spoken by far is Mandarin (about 960 million), followed by Wu (80 million), Yue (60 million) and Min (70 million). Most of these groups are mutually unintelligible, although some, like Xiang and the Southwest Mandarin dialects, may share common terms and some degree of intelligibility. All varieties of Chinese are tonal and analytic.
The Sinitic languages, are a family of Sino-Tibetan languages, often synonymous with the group of Chinese varieties. They have frequently been postulated to constitute a primary branch, but this is rejected by an increasing number of researchers. The Bai languages and possible relatives, whose classification is difficult, may also be Sinitic; otherwise Sinitic is equivalent to Chinese, and the term may be used to indicate that the varieties of Chinese are distinct languages rather than dialects of a single language.
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Addressing the public Suresh Prabhu said, Konkani's have always been visionaries and it reflects in four nationalized bank which are serving the nation. Mother tongue need to be promoted and build life around it to become successful.
Minister RV Deshpande said that, Education stands on the quality and merit, if you fail to get those then education that you pursue is of no use.Today you are provided with various facilities by your parents and organizations like Vishwa Konkani Kendra which needs to be utilized by the young generation.
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Keeping Up with Gunners on International Duty
Good day from wherever you're reading. Well as you already know there's no Premier League action this weekend owing to Euro 2012 playoffs, 2014 World Cup qualifiers and a queue of international friendlies.
With just about the whole first team away on international duty, except most notably Mikel Arteta, here's a quick round-up of how most have fared so far bearing in mind there are more matches still to play before returning to Colney.
Park Chu Young scored for South Korea AGAIN. Well, I guess that's not news considering his International form.
Meanwhile, in a playoff match for a spot at Euro 2012, Czech captain Tomas Rosicky led by example with a sterling performance for the Czech Republic with both assists in a 2-0 win over Montenegro in Prague.
Wojciech Szczesny had a busy game and conceded two well taken goals from the impressive 'why always me' and Gianpaolo Pazzini as Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland fell to a 2-0 defeat to former world champions Italy.
Skipper Robin van Persie meanwhile fired blank along with his Oranje mates as Switzerland held a wasteful Holland to a goalless draw.
Elsewhere, Laurent Koscielny earned his first cap with the French national team in a 1-0 win over the United States in Paris while Thomas Vermaelen was involved as Belgium beat Romania 2-1 in a match that saw Razvan Rat miss a last minute penalty for Romania.
Andrey Arshavin's Russia played out a 1-1 draw with Euro 2004 winners Greece while Alex Song's Cameroun won 3-1 at home to Sudan in some of the other friendly matches played on Friday night.
No injuries to report so far… thankfully, as we look forward to world champions Spain at Wembley against England, while on Tuesday night Robin van Persie's Holland face bitter rivals Germany in the top pick of upcoming matches involving our players.
That's your lot for today. There's really nothing happening besides the Internationals.
Oh! PHW says that there will be no contract talks with Van Persie until the end of the season. I wonder what you guys make of that, are we going to witness Nasri-gate all over again? Time will tell.
England-Spain is the game to watch today! Promises to be a cracker! 7 more days before proper football returns to our screens.
I can't wait!
Posted on November 12, 2011, in News, What's happening and tagged Alex Song, Euro 2012 playoffs, international friendlies, Laurent Koscielny, Robin Van Persie, Tomas Rosicky. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
i can't wait 2 see boys back not injured so God help us
PHW is the worst Chairman Ever!! .. Park Chu Young would be a success @ Arsenal FC..Thanks for the update gooner memoirs.. L8r y'all
great to hear dem perform in national colours,keep d bullets shooting,UP GUNNERS!!
I think the RvP situation is ok i think our champs football is a must for a new contract, although i think wenger will make him stay out his contract even if he doesn't sign. But his heart is at arsenal you can see that, its hugely different from cesc and nasri who were mentally elsewhere! I think RvP will sign in the last few weeks, we as fans need to leave the speculation aside and focus a bit on the performances of the team and get behind them. We all know that the tabloids will never shut up so gunners fans need to show the strongest suppoort possible and encouragement for a side that is showing massive promise. that will help robin and the rest know where they belong!!
vjvery happy to read this coment.thank god no injury.
ccome on gunners fans this seseon is ours to celebrate.never be carry away by the big names in m/city. We must pull them down


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The project at the intersection of Big Blue and Wiltshire to raise the road and add turn lanes could get started as soon as July.
The other, at the intersection with Barberry, is still in the design phase, so Village Manager Paul Schofield will suggest that the work get kicked to 2018 to avoid construction during the winter equestrian season.
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The 2°C Climate Goal is the most prominent environmental limit value in the world. Since the 1970s, this breakoff point between acceptable global warming and absolute disaster has gained momentum in both science and international politics.
This year's first ETIAtalks panel discussion on 27 November 2015 picked up on the hot topic of the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) currently underway. More than 120 guests gathered at the Diplomatic Academy (DA) to engage in the expert debate led by the panelists Stephan Sicars (Director of the Environment Branch at UNIDO), Renate Christ (former Director of the IPCC Secretariat), Johannes Wahlmüller (Climate and Energy Spokesperson for GLOBAL 2000), and Helga Kromp-Kolb (Head of Center for Global Change and Sustainability at BOKU Institute of Meteorology), and moderated by freelance journalist and DA student Teresa Reiter.
Christ praised the engagement of COP21 host France for setting the stage allowing preparatory meetings and negotiations to commence far in advance of the COP21 itself – a strong contrast to the Danish management of the Copenhagen Conference in 2009, remembered by former negotiator Christ as a dramatic failure "to produce any outcome document". Wahlmüller expressed optimism over the novelty that countries can decide their individual contributions themselves. Sicars emphasized the remarkable change in rhetoric of the big polluters China, India, the United States, and Canada.
Still, he saw the world steering at 3°C at best and Kromp-Kolb pointed out that even 2°C are not desirable as true consequences of such a rise remain highly contested. Scientists are uncertain, whether it is even humanly possible to stabilize global warming at any level at all. "2 degrees is a political compromise," she stated, hoping that current trends of 'divestment' from fossil fuels will pick up pace. Wahlmüller mentioned the positive impact on health and energy security this would have for economies, contributing to a "society worth living in".
All four experts repeatedly stressed the role every one of us can play in mitigating climate change. "We need to change the way we think," said Sicars. Suddenly, climate scientist Kromp-Kolb surprised the crowd with a simple exercise. She asked the audience to cross their arms twice and then to purposefully change the arm that had previously been above. A shuffling movement spread across the Festsaal. "See, to change your habit, you have to think," she said – met by resounding applause and faces shining with recognition and new dynamism.
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The Charms of George Armstrong Custer
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
The nineteenth-century cavalry officer George Armstrong Custer, who was a general at twenty-three and dead at thirty-six, has probably been the subject of more books than any other American, Lincoln excepted. All until now move swiftly through the brilliant feats of arms of the Civil War career that made Custer a national hero to focus instead on his last hours. Every schoolboy used to know that Custer died in 1876 on a hill overlooking the Little Bighorn River in Montana with five companies of the 7th Cavalry dead to a man around him, killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. Only a single cavalry horse was found alive on the field.
Custer was the commander so the failure was his, the result of overconfidence and wrong decisions. He had divided his regiment into four groups before sending them into battle, exposing each to defeat in turn. He issued a promise to support the detachment of his second-in-command, Major Marcus Reno, with "the whole outfit," but failed to give it any support at all. He did not know where the village was that he was planning to attack, or how big it was. He did not know how to reach the village from the bluffs that lined the eastern bank of the river. He believed in error that the Indians were poised to run, not stand and fight. Custer's own detachment never crossed or even reached the river, much less the village on the other side. In fact, he never actually attacked the Indians at all. They rode out instead to meet him, sent his soldiers reeling back, pursued them up the spine of a long hill, and finally overwhelmed the desperate remnant in about the time, a Cheyenne war leader said later, that it takes a hungry man to eat his lunch.
When news of the disaster spread by telegraph in early July during a national celebration of the Centennial in Philadelphia, the country could hardly believe it. A century of excuse-making promptly began. Two popular images cast the disaster in a heroic light—a chromolithograph commissioned by Anheuser-Busch that hung over bars throughout the land, and a movie still of Errol Flynn playing Custer in the final scene of They Died with Their Boots On. Both depict Custer as the last man standing, wearing a buckskin jacket, hatless, sword in hand, and surrounded by stacks of dead savages.
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Have you ever considered why your trip to the grocery store always costs more than anticipated? You go to the store needing a couple items and end up leaving spending three times more than you planned. Why is this you ask? It all has to do with the location of the milk.
The Secret Grocery Stores Don't Want You to Know
If you ever have gone to a grocery store just for milk, you will recall walking to the far back corner, opposite the entrance. Marketers and store merchandisers know that if they can get you to walk through aisles in the store to get the necessities, you will almost always, without fail, spend more money than you anticipated.
5 Ways to Know You've Been Duped by Grocery Store Marketers
- You chronically buy a little snack. On your way to the milk, you see those popsicles in the frozen section. Since they cost next to nothing, you buy them. Not because you need them and not really because you wanted them, but because they were there and they were cheap.
- Where there's a BOGO, you can't resist. If you see that buy one, get one sign, you have to buy one. How many times have you bought something that you never would have bought in the first place because you got another free? While BOGO deals are a great way to save, they are a great way to spend money you otherwise would have retained for a better purchase.
- You end up throwing away non-perishables. This is embarrassing, but we have all done this. Soups, sauces and pastas are on a great sale so you buy more than you need. The sit in your pantry, untouched for years. When you finally decide to purge your pantry, you find those baked beans that were buy 2, get 3 free are all expired, and you only used one can.
- You need a breath freshener. When you're standing in line looking at People Magazine, you realize that your breath isn't quite as fresh as it could be, so you splurge for the Tic-Tacs or the pack of gum. If you would just go three aisles down, you could get a bulk pack for about fifty cents more. But, the convenience catches you every time.
- You forgot why you went shopping. This one is super embarrassing. If you have ever forgot why you went to the store in the first place, you are a victim of smart marketing. They overwhelm you with desire so much so that you buy a little bit of this and little bit of that. When you get home, you find out you did not even get the one item you actually needed.
4 Ways to Just Buy the Milk
While we all are guilty for buying more than we should at the story, there are ways to conquer the marketers sneaky schemes.
- Walk down the dog food aisle. Do your best to find your aisle where you are not tempted to buy something in. Maybe that's walking around the perimeter of your grocery store because meats are rarely an impulse buy. For you, it could be a trip down the dog food aisle or maybe down the cleaning supplies aisle. While there are gimmicks around every turn, pick the road filled with least temptation.
- Make a list and stick to it. Indeed this sounds simple, but why don't we do it? Simply make a list of what you need and do not deviate. No matter how good the sale is, stay the course. If you really need something, write it on a second list and come back to the store later that week. After all, sales are typically at least one week long.
- Eat before you shop. You have heard this tale many times but it is true. Most grocery stores are laid out so that when you walk in, you walk through produce then bakery. Why? Because typically both of those sections are filled with beautiful aromatics that get your salivary glands going. In addition, many stores will include samples in these sections to induce a bit of hunger. If you eat before you shop, you are more likely to avoid the bait.
- Shop with a buddy. Accountability is one of the top ways to make sure you leave with only what you came for. A good friend or spouse that shops with you may be quick to slap your hand when you reach for that extra large candy bar you both know you do not need.
Shop Smart – Just Buy the Milk
With these warning signs in mind, you are now equipped to face the crafty marketers that make you buy far more than you should at the grocery store. As a little test, go to your pantry and just take a look. How much of that food did you buy impulsively? If you put these saving principles into practice, I guarantee that you will quickly see a decrease in your monthly grocery bill.


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Stroll through some of the peaceful, picturesque gardens of Marrakech
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Experience the historical, natural and culinary highlights of Marrakech on a full-day tour with lunch. Stroll through the most picturesque gardens, wander the labyrinthine streets of the Medina and relax over lunch in a traditional restaurant.
Start at the beautiful Majorelle Garden, and admire the vibrant cobalt-blue architecture set against the lush green vegetation. Next, go to the peaceful Koutoubia Gardens and stroll to the towering minaret of the mosque. Admire the grand residence of Dar El Bacha Palace on your way to the narrow streets of the Medina. Discover myriad treasures on the maze of streets, where vendors sell freshly-cooked street food and craftsmen produce goods to be sold at the souks.
Break for lunch of an authentic Moroccan tagine, cooked slowly in a specially-shaped vessel to create mouthwatering aromas and distinctive flavors. Walk off the calories in the nearby neighborhoods on the way to the 19th-century Bahia Palace. Marvel at the grand courtyards and gardens, before going to the bustling square of Jemaa el-Fnaa. Watch the buzz of daily life among the market stands to conclude your Marrakech experience.
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