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Weeding. It's a term all library folk know, even if it's referred to in different organisations by another term. Such as culling. Or disposing. Or deselecting. Or 'managing the collection'. You get the idea.
For as long as libraries have held books there has been the vexed question of what to do with them as they age, fall out of favour, become politically incorrect or just don't fit the organisation's purpose any longer. Vexed because it seems a waste to get rid of 'perfectly good books' but also a waste to keep them on the shelves taking up valuable space year after year and not actually being used. Of course, libraries now have to deal with this issue across many more media than just books – but it's specifically the 'traditional' and tangible media such as books, DVDs, videos and other physical objects I'm talking about in this post.
The rationale behind the disposal or weeding section in a library's collection development policy is to ensure the collection remains up to date, current and most importantly, meeting the needs of the library users.
In my prac placement at a NSW TAFE library, one of the projects I was given was to assess the collection in one particular subject area and make some decisions about what to keep and what really had to go and subsequently, recommend any acquisitions to then fill the gaps. The subject area was childcare, the faculty had recently changed the courses so that some of the material in the library was no longer needed and much of it was potentially out of date. Budget restraints meant that much of the AV material in this subject area was still on video (and the library provided facilities for students to watch these on site as most people don't have access to VCR's at home anymore). The process of watching bits of these videos, studying the course outlines and recommended reading lists, liaising with faculty and building up a picture of what was contained in the collection was for me, a fascinating process. One 12 video series was packed off to the head of the faculty on campus to determine whether the material was still useable but most of it I was able to make decisions and recommendations on my own.
The issue of censorship and subjectivity comes into this a lot. Just because the 80's fashions in a particular video had me and the other staff in gales of laughter doesn't mean the content isn't sound. However, I had to weigh up whether the material would have any credibility with our students, as they have grown up with digital media, good sound and sophisticated techniques. All the solid content in the world is immaterial if the students dismiss it as old or boring at the opening credits. (One memorable video from the travel industry collection featured mustachioed men in short shorts and long socks playing deck tennis on a cruise liner and rendered the entire library staff helpless with laughter – it was all so very 1980's!).
Sometimes making a decision about what stays and what goes feels perilously close to deciding who gets to read what, which starts to feel like censorship…. It's all very well deciding that as a particular book was published in 1980 and has only been borrowed 3 times in the past 10 years that it's probably no longer relevant to the collection but … what if… ?
This is the point at which it is good to remind oneself of the needs of the actual users of the library:
- Perhaps that book relates to a subject that is no longer offered by the college? Easy – get rid of it!
- Perhaps there's 3 copies of later editions? Sure – toss it out!
- Perhaps it's aimed at a university level student and as such, isn't really what TAFE (in this example) students are looking for? Well… maybe, but what about that one student who does want to go the extra mile – you know, the one who's doing this course as a pathway to university… can I really deprive them of the chance to use this fabulous, albeit a bit old, resource?
And so the internal struggle starts up again….
There's not really a straightforward answer. A good Collection Development Policy allows you to select and dispose somewhat dispassionately – after all, you are just following the rules. … I think. At MPOW, the library is on the move in the next 6 weeks or so. It seems to me that 's a good time to do some weeding.
In closing, an excellent example of just what to DO with all those old videos that come off the shelves:

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Travel reviews by The A Family from UK
We had the most wonderful time.
On this trip, I visited Tanzania & Zanzibar between 11-Jun-2011 and 26-Jun-2011 and I travelled with 3 other people.
We had the most wonderful time, it was a very special trip and did not disappoint.
We loved being on safari, the choice of camps was inspired and I would definitely choose similar camps next time. The Zanzibar beach lodge is a real gem, another excellent suggestion.
The only disappointment was the Zanzibar Palace Hotel which I would most definitely not recommend.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
The service was excellent and I have already recommended Expert Africa to friends. I will certainly use you again.
Many thanks for a wonderful trip!
I stayed at and have reviewed:
|Overall rating
|Lake Manze Adventure Camp, Tanzania
12-Jun-2011 review: Lake Manze Tented Camp review
|Mdonya Old River Camp, Tanzania
16-Jun-2011 review: Mdonya Old River Camp review
|Mchanga Beach Lodge, Zanzibar (this camp has since closed)
20-Jun-2011 review: Mchanga Beach Lodge review
|Zanzibar Palace Hotel, Zanzibar
24-Jun-2011 review: Zanzibar Palace Hotel review


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Love's Rhythm by Lexxie Couper
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Genre: Action/Adventure, Contemporary
Length: Full Length (194 pgs)
Other: M/F
Rating: 4.5 stars
Reviewed by Dahlia
His music moves the world. Can his love move her heart?
Nick Blackthorne knows all about words of love. They're the reason he's the world's biggest rock star. The irony? He turned his back on love a long time ago, lured away by the trappings of fame.
An invitation to a friend's wedding is a stark reminder of how meaningless his life has become. When he enters that church, there's only one woman he wants on his arm—the one he walked out on a lifetime ago. But first he has to find her, even if all she accepts from him is an apology.
Kindergarten teacher Lauren Robbins once had what every woman on the planet desires. Nick. Their passion was explosive, their romance the stuff of songs…and it took fifteen years to get over him. Then out of the blue Nick turns up at her door, and all those years denying her ache for him are shattered with a single, smoldering kiss.
But molten passion can't hide the secret she's kept for all these years. Because it's not just her heart on the line anymore…and not just her life that'll be rocked by the revelation.
Nick Blackthorne made his choice. Fifteen years ago, he chose to become a rock star and walked away from the woman who was the love of his young life. Now he's a man in his mid-thirties on the verge of making a comeback after a two-year stage absence and he finally realizes what he's been missing. The women, the money, the fame, none of it means anything to Nick in this new sober light of day. After hitting rock bottom in his personal life, Nick is determined to at least apologize for hurting the woman who was his musical muse. Will she accept and maybe just maybe take him back?
She was supposed to have the happy-ever-after with the rock star. It wasn't supposed to happen this way, but Lauren Robbins has moved on. Her life was forever changed the day Nick walked out of her life and chose the life of a rock star over their relationship. Then again, a few months after that fateful day someone else entered her life and became the center of her world. And so she had even more reason to move on even if the memories make it sometimes impossible. However, Lauren's stable life is about to get rocked by the one man who still holds a place in her heart.
Sweet, romantic, humorous, emotional, and erotic, this story has everything that a story of reuniting two lost souls should have. It's incredibly hard not to get sucked in to this love story from the first page and the pacing makes it an unstoppable read once started. Nick's epiphany is a long time in coming and his journey towards redemption is bittersweet, but extremely hot. While Lauren musts rectify the decisions she made and battle logic versus heart. Wound recovery and trust needs to be rebuilt if they are to have a chance, yet their physical rhythm together is instantaneous and magic.
A sigh-worthy tale with plenty of witty dialogue, appealing characters, and a reunion to end all reunions. This story is a memorable read from start to finish and any contemporary romance reader who hasn't given Lexxie Couper's stories a try should most definitely do so.


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Vacation season is among us and that means busy schedules and travel leaving us out of our usual exercise routines. Don't give up on your fitness goals and don't get stuck inside at the gym at the hotel. Grab a resistance band that packs away easily in your bag and work up a little sweat in the sunshine!
Bicep Curls
Shoulder Press
Rear Shoulder Pull
Leg Press
Resistance bands don't take up much space and can provide a great work out any where you are. Pick up the right weighted one for you, I started with a lightweight one with several repetitions. I picked mine up from ProSource, they have a great selection and great prices.
All opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive payments for leads/sales. For more information please reference my disclosure page. Photo Credit: Anthony Machcinski. Check out more of his work here - Photos by Anthony Machcinski. His work is beautiful and each photo has a story behind it.


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Dawn Lorenz B.A., M.A., M.O.M.
How I Got to Where I Am
Besides loving and spending time with my family, I have had three passions in life: writing, teaching and seeking/sharing the truth about the world around me. I started writing when I was in second grade, insisting that one day I would both write a book and become a journalist. My love for writing led me to major in English and minor in journalism at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. After graduating from college, I still wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to write about; in fact, at that time, I wasn't even sure who I was!
I needed time to soul search while learning about the world, so I did some traveling. I started by living in Australia for 5 months while interning at Flicks Australia, a film production company in Sydney. Before returning back to New York, I made some stops in New Zealand and Fiji. Still unsure as to what my future held for me, I took random jobs and found myself in Italy for a two week trip. When I got back from Italy, I knew I had to get serious and somehow ended up going back to school to get my Masters in secondary education. I say "somehow" because there was a point in time when I insisted I never wanted to be a teacher. I got a job at a small school district on Long Island, where I loved going to work everyday and found myself passionate about teaching my students not only how to read and write, as is a standard part of being an English teacher, but also in teaching them things about the world around them.
It was when I was pregnant with my first child that I realized that I wanted my teachings to reach more than just the students in my classroom. At the same time I was researching and learning a lot about the ways of our world as it is now, with modern medicine, chemicals and procedures versus the safer, more traditional ways of times past. A lot of what I was learning made me, at times, just plain mad because it was such important information that I knew a lot of other people didn't know about, like the chemicals used in our foods, clothing, cleaning products and household furniture and appliances and how toxic they really are. I also become aware of all the unnecessary medical procedures pushed upon a pregnant woman and her unborn child that is accepted as safe and mainstream. The more I found, the more I wanted to share. That's how this website started; I wanted to create a place where I help children by educating their parents. I now realize I was meant to be a teacher all along.
I should mention that I didn't just happen blindly onto the natural living scene; I was raised that way. My mother has been a Doctor of Naturopathy for most of my life. She owns a store called Healthy Alternatives where she councils people on nutrition, herbs, supplements and homeopathy using her her knowledge and kinesiology to guide people to fueling their body with nutritious foods and healing any ailments with food and supplements. I worked many years, on and off, at the store. Due to the nature of the business and the other services offered at the store, I have been and continue to be surrounded by amazing healers in the form of massage therapists, reflexologists, chiropractors, aromatherapists, Reiki Masters and acupuncturists. Though I am not an expert in any of these fields, I have learned a lot from the amazing people in my life and have a deep respect for these practices.
What Now?
In the first ten months since I've started this website, the universe has been kind to me! In July of 2011, the Editor/Publisher of The Great South Bay Magazine saw my website and asked me to be a columnist on natural living for her magazine. Then, in December, 2011, the producers of Suzanne Somers Breaking Through saw this site and invited me to talk with Suzanne on her show. Both of these experiences opened a lot of doors and have led me to offering consulting and speaking engagements where I share my knowledge with mostly young parents as they start on their journey of trying their best to live a toxic free life.
Interested in booking a speaking engagement or at home/phone consultation? Please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com. (At home consultations are currently available for the Long Island area. I will soon be expanding into Manhattan.)
Topics of Interest Include: Healthy Eating, Without the Chemicals and Added Junk; Ridding Toxins in Your Home; The Importance of Natural Birth and Breastfeeding; Getting your Children to Eat their Veggies; Becoming Aware of Possible Toxins Around your Baby/Toddler; Choosing Safe Products for Your Baby; Creating a Green, Safe and Baby Friendly Baby Registry, Replacing Foods Containing 'Hidden Junk' with Healthy Foods
Advertising and Sponsors: I accept advertisers and sponsors for this page, but they MUST be in line with what I preach. All products and services must be safe and non-toxic! They MUST also be things that I would use/provide for my own family. Please e-mail me at email@example.com if you are interested in being a sponsor or advertiser on my site!
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[Update: for those who read Spanish and are late to this Anderson melodrama, there is a chronological account, long, here. Hat tip Alpha.]
Today we had an hallucinating moment.
At a book signing Isaias Rodriguez declared non-plussed that all what he did on the investigation of the assassination of Danilo Anderson was legit. Any new evidence that might come up today was just the latest media manipulation. Apparently CNN and other are now "transnational media" serving Bush and which main goal is to destabilize Chavez. Apparently chavismo thinks that high of itself....
In other words any information is disqualified because it comes form the US. And it is put out because this year is an electoral year (note: most years are electoral years with Chavez). Ah! and the FBI, yes, the FBI, has a plan for that called "shock and awe". I kid you not. When I was watching Isaias I could not get the words as he probably took perfect pleasure in massacring them (they are in English, you know, the language of evil). I had to wait to see it written to confirm the "awe" part.
Meanwhile the star witness, whose words were enough because Isaias personallysaw sincerity in his eyes, was declaring at the prosecutor office. We had to wait until a few minutes ago when it was over to hear the first info on the deposition. Apparently the star witness, Giovanny Vasquez, was offered money then to say all sorts of things that today he denied under oath. In other words, the people that are in exile, the ones that have been prosecuted, the ones that have been jailed, the ones that got killed, all of these judicial decisions were prosecuted on false witness charges and are as of today void or need to be voided fast. Probably even including the Guevara brothers trial.
Of course, I never believed Vasquez then, I do not see why I should believe him today. But the credibility of his words come from the pretense of Isaias who knows he is done with, that a side of chavismo has decided to throw him to the wolves. We have seen that before, remember? Even Tascon, the ultimate blackmailer is a nobody these days...
Conclusion: the Anderson Case is over. Unless some new evidence comes front, it will now slowly but surely go into oblivion. Whoever planned that has had plenty of time to cover his or her tracks. More importantly, the corruption web around it is so deep that an omerta of sorts will take place.
The only suspense is how fast the charges will be lifted and whether the Guevara brothers will get at the very least a fair trial without the deposition of Geovanny Vasquez included. The other question is who will pay for that. Honorable people have been put at the index and have lost YEARS of their lives running for their life or trying to rebuild their reputation. Isaias Rodriguez has built one of the biggest judicial travesty of history and someone some day will have to pay for that. I suspect that people like Patricia Poleo will now go to international court to get Isaias ass. I think jail is too good for him. Then again he knows so much that do not be surprised that if he has an "accident" or is named to some embassy and never returns. Because if Isaias falls, a lot of people within chavismo are going to fall.
In a way evil triumphs: the murderer will never be known but that the innocent is released at the end will be a compensation of sorts and too many people will swallow it, fish, bait and hook.
-The end-
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
The Danilo Anderson case collapses: who is going to pay for ALL the wasted lives?
Posted by Daniel at 4:42 AM
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Another beautiful Kaiser Idell..
Two very different rooms with the same Kaiser Idell 6556 desk lamp…
…and it looks fabulous in both the boho and more gritty industrial.
I have been under the weather lately, but hoping to get back to my lamp restoration madness soon. I really want sort out those lamps I have sitting in the studio pronto, so I can get my own 6556 up and running…I just love the shape!
As mentioned in a previous post, I am being a little ADHD about my lamp restoration, but am too excited about all these projects to be systematic!
Today's post is on the third type of lamp that I am currently restoring, the magnificent…the wondrous…. Kaiser, by the prolific Christian Dell.
I managed to get 2 Kaiser Idell 6556s in one fell swoop from a German auction a few weeks back, which was very, very exciting!
Here are a couple of examples of the ones I got from images of mint condition ones online so you can see the shapes side by side:
Though they are the same model number, the cream 6556 has a wider, shallower shade and base, whilst the grey's shade is narrow/deeper which makes the angle across the bottom more pronounced. This one is my favourite of the two in its proportions.
At one point in its long life, the grey one was black like the example shown above, as you can see the black showing through under the silver. Well, when you can't see the steel, that is!
It is in need of quite a bit of lovin'. Still deciding what to do with that poor puppy. Thinking I will strip it down to the steel and just polish the metal a bit before sealing and rewiring.
I began my Idell restorations with the cream one, which is only a bit scratched and dinged and still has most of its original paint in good nick.
The facelift started with giving the lamps a once over with sugar soap and scrubbing the bloody h*ll out of them with baking soda to remove scratches.
The 'before' shots were tricky to photograph, but it looked like someone had tossed the lamp in with some other metal things (the other lamp, probably!) and the shade and base were both covered with black/grey scratches and one side of the shade had a green paint mark as well.
Here are the before (well, in progress scrubbing, as I remembered to take the shot after a few minutes of work!) and after:
I managed to get ALL of these out with the baking soda and a lot of scrubbing. It was pretty amazing watching it come clean. Highly satisfying. Never underestimate the power of baking soda!
The downside of using the abrasive, which you can see in the shot above, is that it took a couple of layers of paint off – which was great for scratch removal- but dulled the finish to matt. This was easily brought back up to a great shine with some beeswax polish, a soft cloth and more elbow grease.
Check out the shine!
Lastly – checking the electrics. Amazingly this lamp worked perfectly with no loose connections or frayed bits. This is pretty unusual so am guessing it might be newer than I first assumed, or had been rewired.
It was my first introduction to the German wiring colours – black live, red ground, grey neutral. Interesting how every country has its own colour conventions for these, and some, like the UK, have switched them around through the years. Weird. Nice of them to keep it easy for people not to zap themselves!
It was pretty obvious that the black was live, as it was the only wire connected to the switch.
In the end, though all was in working condition, I couldn't help myself and had to add some fluorescent orange flex to give it a little…oomph.
And here she is (cue angels singing):
Easiest one down, only 4 left to go. Gulp.


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Current M.S. Student Advisees
Fairbanks, Jeremy – jeremy.fairbanks at gmail.com
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In the first installment of our 'How To…' series, we will take a look at how to wrap presents. To some it's a doddle, but for others it's a chore that fills them with dread.
In 7 steps, we will talk you through how you wrap presents, and even add a little flourish at the end. Our guide comes courtesy of instructables.com (Source), and includes a helpful gallery of images.
1. Measure and Cut
May sound like an obvious step, but it's as good a point as any to start!
Place the gift in the middle of the wrapping paper, ensuring that you have enough space for the left and right sides to meet in the middle with a little overlap.
2. The First Folds
Fold one side of the paper into the middle, and bring the other side in as well, so it overlaps. Tape into place.
If your cutting isn't especially neat, you can slightly fold the edge of one of the sides of the paper so it displays a neater edge when taped into place.
3. The Bottom Edge
Depending on the gift you're wrapping, you may have some excess paper on the top and bottom of the paper. Trim according, ensuring enough paper is left for the next step.
Fold one edge in, and crimp into place. Repeat the same on the other side. You should end up with a "V" shape, or a "\__/" shape depending on the amount of paper. Fold the top flap down, and overlap the bottom edge over it. Tape into place.
4. Repeat
Repeat step 3 with the top of the present. After this step, the present is basically wrapped, and you could stop here if you wish. However, steps 5, 6 and 7 will help embellish your gift.
5. Crimp
In order to make the edge nice and neat, run your thumb and index finger along every edge, crimping slightly.
6. Add a Bow
The easiest step! Bows can be bought which have adhesive stickers on the back, so the bow can be placed wherever you wish.
7. Add Ribbon
The final step: Add a ribbon by wrapping around the gift. When the ribbon meets, twist the strands together and wrap around the gift again, at a 90 degree angle to the first wraparound. Do a double knot to keep the ribbon in place and add a bow to hide the knot.
There you have it! A simple guide to wrapping presents this year. Are there any tricks that you've learnt to help with wrapping? Let us know in the comments.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Two of five police officers involved in the 50-shot fusillade that killed an unarmed man on his wedding day appeared before a grand jury Monday.
The shooting that killed Sean Bell and wounded two of his friends prompted community outrage and questions about police tactics. The survivors claim the officers never identified themselves as police before they opened fire.
The first officer to appear, Detective Paul Headley, left the closed-door session feeling "relieved that he had the opportunity to tell his version of events," said his attorney, John Arlia. "Clearly, it has been a toll on him and his family."
Headley, 35, did not speak to reporters after testifying for more than two hours.
Officer Michael Carey, 26, arrived a short time later accompanied by Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
"He will go in there and tell his story as a police officer and put some facts to some of the fiction that ran on the streets," Lynch said.
The grand jury called the officers in the order of the number of shots they fired. Headley fired one round and Carey fired three. They were to be followed by Marc Cooper, who shot four times, Gescard Isnora, who fired 11 shots, and Michael Oliver, who shot 31 times.
Last week, the grand jury heard from the two survivors, Joseph Guzman, 31, and Trent Benefield, 23.
Bell, 23, was killed before dawn after his bachelor party at a topless bar where police had launched an undercover operation in response to complaints about prostitution. He was to be married later that day.


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I made it a goal for myself this year to try and test out more online stores and different fashion pieces, since both, I rarely do because they make me feel anxious. So when the other month I found a couple of pieces I quite liked in Yesstyle I thought "why not?" and order them. And since most of you on Twitter voted for a try-on haul here it is.
Surprising I've never really worn anything red! I used to think it wouldn't suit me since my skin tone can be rather pink and I blush a lot so I kind of steered clear of that certain shade range, but this top is making me fall for the colour, and I can totally see myself wearing red more often; it just feels so put together.
The next of the order is this black Cutout Crop Top. Now for the price of this I wasn't expecting much, I just wanted a cute top that I could wear under some of my oversized jumpers, and though you can tell it is not expensive from how the padding in the cups is loose within the material it still fits pretty well. I've worn this twice now and both times people have said how nice it looks, so it really does show you can buy nice things for not too much money.
The only thing I would have to say that I have a problem with for this product if that the side part of the cross is slightly too long and are loose against my body, it's not the easiest thing to explain. I can't complain though for the price and it is something that I can quite easily fix up with either a hand needle or sewing machine.
Pairing quite well with the cutout crop top is this white Print Zip Jacket from Cloud Nine. It is a kind of rain mac sort of fabric with these black prints on it that I'm still trying to figure out what they mean. I definitely fell into the trap of it looks nice on the model so I want to try it out. But that wasn't such a bad thing this time.
For anyone who knows me offline will know this isn't my usual style. But then what is my real style anymore? I felt like trying something different and going by what my flatmate said about it, I feel like it's going to be a piece I wear more and more. Though maybe I shall wait till it gets warmer since the material isn't very thick and definitely wouldn't keep me warm in the weather the UK is having at the moment.
The last of the fashion pieces from this order is this black Hoop Accent Felt Beret from Frome. I haven't worn any kind of hat in ages but a beret is one of my favourites to style. And after seeing loads of them on my Pinterest I kind of wanted to try them out again. This one has cute hoop detailing along one side which I thought brought that little bit of something else to an otherwise simple black beret.
Literally, everyone I've shown this beret to has complimented how cute it is, and even my mother -who's not much into fashion - said how much this style suited me. So it has a big double thumbs up from me.
In all this order wasn't so bad. All the pieces came out good and I can't wait to incorporate them into more outfits of mine.
As I mentioned at the beginning I'm planning to try out more online clothing retailers this year, so if you have any suggestions please let me know.
- Sophie
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One of the additional pleasures of buying second-hand books is finding something interesting, sad or funny left behind by a previous owner. People use all sorts of things as bookmarks (including bookmarks) and then forget about them.
Grumpy Cat?
The back of this cat illustration has part of a children's story printed on it, so I can only imagine it was cut from a book and then used as a bookmark. Someone has carefully outlined part of the image with bright-red stitches.
Cat 'bookmark' found in this Daily Mail annual for boys and Girls published in 1952.
How about you? What do you use as a bookmark? Have you ever found a lost bookmark?


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Say it three times. Go ahead, try it. I can barely say, "Dust Witch Punch," one time.
Pam Grier starred as the Dust Witch in Something Wicked This Way Comes. She has the power to mesmerize with one look. I imagine she keeps an elixir for those immune to her powers. Let's pretend it's a fruit juice cocktail. Since the Dust Witch has an affinity for spiders, I think spider ice cubes are perfect here. You can find spider ice cube trays at dollar stores. Here is a mocktail for the kids which can be mixed up all autumn. The adults can use wine instead. Okay, that would be sangria. You like sangria, right?
1 part sparkling cider
grape juice
Fill the spider ice cube trays with grape juice and freeze at least six hours. Pour the white grape juice and sparkling cider in a punch bowl with the spider ice cubes. Add a splash of grenadine to each cup then a serving of the punch. Serve the punch in transparent cups so the kiddos can watch the purple spiders bob.
The spider grape juice ice cubes will melt pretty quickly. Perhaps grape koolaid would freeze better? Or you can just use water.


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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
LInked Hearts--Love
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Thank you so much for joining in with my Love, Love, Love challenge with this sweet card. Love the interlocking heart diecut.ReplyDelete
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That is great paper and I love how you filled the jar with it. Very nice and happy to see it on the Tuesday Throwdown challenge this week.ReplyDelete
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North Broward County Chapter of The Links, Incorporated raise $40,000
Past presidents Kathy Eggleston, Linda Houston Jones; current president Earlene Striggles Horne, Speaker Mayor of Baltimore Rawlings Blake and organizers; Dorothy L. Ruffin and Margaret Roseburr.
Submitted by JoeAnn Fletcher
Recently, the North Broward County Chapter of The Links, Incorporated (NBC) hosted more than 400 supporters, family and friends at their annual fundraiser and 20th Anniversary Luncheon.
The event, held at the Diplomat Golf and Tennis Club in Hallandale Beach, Fla., recognized the chapter organizers, Margaret Roseburr and Dorothy Ruffin, as well as the remaining charter members who are still active: Bernice Bailey, Phyllis Berry, Frances Blue, Lynda Jackson Browne, Mildred Bryant, Frederica Dixon, Marina Hagan, Linda Houston Jones, Jacqueline Myles, Gloria Smith, Myrielle Smith, Doris Pettiford (Pattie) Wesley and Emma Winston. Roseburr and Ruffin accepted a Key to the State of Florida from State Senator Chris Smith on behalf of their fellow charter members for the group's vision to establish a chapter of The Links to provide service in northern Broward County.
Guest speaker for this auspicious occasion was Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake who is the 73rd President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Secretary of the Democratic National Committee. Rawlings-Blake, herself a member of The Links, Incorporated and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, inspired the audience by addressing The Links' National Theme, Building A Healthy Legacy: Our Prescription for the Future. Other special guests included the Southern Area Director of The Links, Incorporated, Anne Turner Herriott and the ninth National President, Regina Jollivette Frazier. The chapter also recognized Amirah Rashed their 2014 National and Southern Area Poster Art Contest Winner in Category III (Grades 7-9), and Andrew Burt their 2014 Southern Area Winner Category II (Grades 4-6). These winners are the result of a long-standing partnership with Ramblewood Middle School and art teacher, Rosemarie Mc-Kinstry.
"With the assistance of our village, we are proud of the impact we have made in Broward County since 1995 that includes tutoring and mentoring students, conducting health and financial seminars for the elderly, hosting empowerment conferences for women and donating scholarships," said President Earlene Striggles Horne. She also thanked the steering committee and event chairs, Houston Jones, Tamara Gant and Emma Winston for their dedication and hard work.
Because of the generosity of their supporters and many sponsors, lead sponsors included McKinley Insurance Services and Alison Clarke DeSouza, MD Office of Obstetrics & Gynecology, funds raised from the luncheon and silent auction will be used to support the programs of their five facets — The Arts; National Trends and Services; International Trends and Services; Services to Youth; and Health and Human Services. The monies are earmarked for providing needed services to the local and international communities and college scholarships to graduating high school students.


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Networking is an essential activity in the meetings industry. It's often the value-added aspect to a meeting that attracts attendees and helps them learn and build business relationships outside the formal education sessions. Networking also extends well beyond meetings themselves, and is an integral part of success in the business world.
But networking is mainly for extroverts, right? Not always. Plenty of people are introverts (including lots of people in the meetings industry), yet they can succeed just as well in networking by employing strategies that work for them.
Vinay Kumar, a self-described introvert who is a first-generation immigrant from India, has written about the ways he has successfully leveraged networking to get ahead in the association community. He currently runs Vinay Kumar Associates, a firm focused on helping small women-owned and partnership-based service businesses as well as associations increase profits and productivity while improving quality of life. His mission is to help build healthy businesses and healthy relationships.
"Lacking the gift of the gab, I am poor at making small talk," Kumar says.
"If you were to look up the words quiet, dull, and boring in Webster's, you'll probably find my picture right next to them. Furthermore, being on the quiet side, one of my biggest fears in taking a client out to lunch is what if we have total silence and I don't know what to say. Yikes! Talk about sending chills up my spine!"
But the success Kumar has achieved belies his self-deprecating style.
He offers these tips to his fellow introverts:
- Be clear on what's comforting for you. For example, if you don't like hanging out at the bar, then don't take your clients there. Your discomfort will come through. You will not enjoy it nor will your client. I select places that suit my style as often as I can. Also, I only ask individuals out to lunch with whom I am comfortable. If I do have to take someone out to lunch and I have a strong feeling it'll be uncomfortable, I'll ask a colleague to join me, someone whom I feel will get along well with the client.
- Plan something unique and memorable. When I discover someone likes Indian food, I'll often take 'em to some hole-in-the-wall Indian restaurant that sells tasty Indian cooking, a place a non-Indian would probably never discover or go on their own.
- Always be on the lookout for challenges, personal or business, your clients may be having. For example, over 15 years ago, one my clients had adopted a daughter from overseas, who was having trouble learning English. Once I understood the challenge, I realized it's very similar to what my daughter had faced. To help her learn, we had purchased a series of cassettes, which had helped her immensely. As my daughter didn't need them anymore, I hand delivered them to my client, and they helped her daughter immensely, too. Today, even after all these years, every time I run into this client, she makes it a point to update me on her daughter's progress and thanks me for the tapes. She still remembers. I feel happy that I made a difference, and it's been good business too.
- Send out, by snail mail, handwritten thank you cards. They are so rare these days, making them even more special. In today's time where nearly everything seems to quickly become a commodity, standing out from the crowd becomes an increasing challenge. Sending out handwritten cards really helps you stand apart and makes you memorable.
- Send information such as articles that you may have read that will be of interest to your clients. Again, by snail mail whenever possible, with a short handwritten note, saying something like, "Hey Myron, thought this might be of interest to you – Vinay." It demonstrates to clients you're thinking of them, which you are. By the way, this doesn't have to be just business-oriented. It can be of a personal nature also. Again, the key is to be authentic and from the heart.
- Send white papers and articles that you have written. If you haven't written any, I urge you to do so. It's one of our top-secret weapons to sales success, especially for us introverts. In the end, no matter how much you and the client like each other, the client has to find business value in the relationship. Of course, many such relationships turn into lifelong friendships. First, however, is providing the business value. By sending out such materials that you have written, you are positioning yourself as the expert in the field, and that's something we introverts do so well. So leverage it to the max.
"Look, my fellow introverts, we may not be the life of the party," Kumar says. "We may not be the ones going to games screaming for our teams, and we may not be the ones who can easily 'wow' folks at a gathering.
But when people know you can help solve their problems, that they can count on you, that you'll take the time to truly listen, they'll be heard, and you take the time understand their challenges and then help them solve them, you'll be well on your way to making your relationships strong, baseball tickets or not.
The key to success is to continually add value to other's lives. As you do that, many will do the same for you. That's the key to success and fulfillment."


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Can you see the bee?
Summer is almost here and this is what you`ll find on my front yard!.. After the most beautiful blossoms they turn into this mouth watering fruit!. This tree is perennial so I looses all the leaves over the winter and then it blooms this cute pink small flowers and then it grows leaves again and finally the peaches grow…Love Summer! Enjoy your last days before summer break!


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This guest post by friend, colleague, and contributor, Matt Robert has a five-star rating. Check it out…..
A meditation "practice" isn't called a practice just because it's something you're supposed to do every day, like brush your teeth. It's practice for a performance, like that of a concert pianist or a pro basketball player. What's the performance? It's that moment that occurs in the real world when you're not meditating— the moment after a stressful encounter at work when you start to visualize hitting the liquor store on your way home. The performance is making a choice, a decision under stress: will you be able to not react reflexively out of fear or anger? Mindfulness practice is training to be more open to all the possibilities a given situation presents—not just those possibilities we see from our own habitual frame of reference, with our own personal blinders on. It's practice to take a look at what we're telling ourselves. It's practice to act mindfully in real life.
In the beginning, meditation is useful just to relax the mind and body. In a busy world, we seldom spend time just sitting quietly. We're always on the go. In meditation we bring the physical activity down, and consequently let the mind rest more in its natural state—closer to being free of judgment, opinion and the restless activity of the stories we constantly tell ourselves. This can come about just by focusing the mind on an object of attention, like the breath or a mantra, or a point in space. It's simple, but not easy.
The more time one spends doing it, the more thoughts and emotions become recognizable as discrete objects instead of part of an amorphous blob of cognitive gobbledygook. In CBT-based recovery approaches, one technique is to name your "addictive voice" or disturbing urge. It becomes a thing, a person, a tangible adversary—the thing that gets triggered in you and seemingly drives your car to the liquor store without your permission. Mindfulness practice helps us recognize that adversary at the early stages of its waking up and entering the room.
People in recovery meetings who engage in some kind of meditation or mindfulness practice frequently report examples of becoming more mindful of problematic behaviors and being able to sidestep them. One person got into a terrible fight with his wife that involved throwing dishes. His anger got to a level where he just put on his coat and headed for the door knowing full well where he was going. But this time his practice paid off. At this "performance" time, he just paused for a moment and looked at what he was doing, noted his feelings, and realized it was not what he wanted to do in the long run. He took off his coat and sat back down.
Another person was experiencing alternating episodes of fear, anger and resignation whenever she had to use her sober-lock device to start the car. Every time she had to blow into it, it reminded her how badly she had screwed up. Every now and then the device also gave her a false positive, which led to tremendous anxiety. Her anger and fear caused her to imagine going down the road to relapse on the F-it express, with a string of false positives as the catalyst. So she began meditating a few minutes before she had to start the car, took some deep breaths, and this fearful, resentful reaction began to dissipate.
Every time people can maneuver through one of these episodes, whether it is spawned by high emotion or a passing thought, another brick is laid in the foundation of their recovery.
Addendum by Marc: The neuroscientific research on meditation is a bit of a hodge-podge, but two brain changes keep showing up. There is a network of brain regions called the default mode network, which includes some posterior regions not involved in paying attention. We spend our time lazing about these regions when we are day-dreaming, fantasizing, wondering or worrying about the past or the future, imagining ourselves in different scenarios, but not paying attention to the present moment. When people meditate, and especially when they start to get good at it, the default mode network turns off more readily, and regions of the prefrontal cortex (especially the left) turn on. The left prefrontal cortex is where we go when we are paying attention. But the brain changes in another way. With meditation, there is increased communication between the prefrontal cortex and many other regions. That means that our increased focus on "now" can alter our habits, redirect our memories, and clarify perception and action — seeing and doing.
Most important to people fighting addictions, meditation increases self-control. The perspective and insight provided by the left prefrontal cortex organizes thoughts and actions, so that we can act in our own best interests because we see things more clearly. Behaviors that get us in trouble show up on the larger map of possibilities as trouble spots. That doesn't fit! Going to that party in this mood is a recipe for disaster. Hanging out with Dave does not fit with an overall game plan to stay clean. Your left prefrontal cortex knows all this. With meditation, it develops the skills to bring that information to bear whenever you need it. We learn to bring focus together with experience and action — and that's a powerful arsenal for people who are trying to remain safe from their demons.


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Sam Pitroda
How many districts in India would have one-stop crisis centers to resolve problems being faced by women?
Expand DIC. (Hint: Industries)
District Industries Center
Which state organised All India Street Food Festival?
Expand NAVSI. (Hint: Vendors)
National Association of Street Vendors of India
Which Indian state plans to digitally archive all films that have been made since inception of the industry?
Kannada films of the State of Karnataka
Who is the present Chief Justice of Orissa high court?
Chokalingam Nagappan
Expand NBA. (Hint: News)
News Broadcasters Association
Expand USIBC. (Hint: Business)
US India Business Council
Who became the 3rd fastest Indian to reach the milestone of taking 100 wickets in Test cricket?
Pragyan Ojha


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Wildfire was formed in 2000, when four former members of J.D. Crowe's New South began working as the house bluegrass band at Dollywood — Dolly Parton's east Tennessee theme park.
After two years there, they hit the bluegrass circuit, playing festivals and concert halls across the country.
Today, band members include Robert Hale, Curt Chapman, Greg Luck, Chris Davis and John Lewis.
All but Chapman are vocalists as well as instrumentalists.
Hale wrote the first track, "Home Again," about a man who's been gone too long and finds he doen't fit in in the city, and "Three," about a man who finds that there's about to be an addition to his family.
Most of the songs are bluegrass versions of country and pop hits from years ago.
From the pop charts, there's The Boxtops' 1967 hit, "The Letter"
Country hits include Loretta Lynn's "They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy Anymore" from 1974, Cal Smith's "The Ghost of Jim Bob Wilson" from 1976, Mel Street's "Small Enough To Crawl" from the 1970s, Keith Whitley's "I Get The Picture" from 1985 and "A Bible and A Bus Ticket Home" from Collin Raye in 1994 and Confederate Railroad in 1998.
There's the gospel of "Driving Nails" and the bluegrass of Carter Stanley's "Nobody's Love Is Like Mine" and Elmer Burchett Jr.'s "Dollar."
Another good album by a good band.
Look for it in stores on Dec. 9.
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Red, color of Christmas.
To wear, why not, with white gloves if you want complete the look, this Grazzia'Lliani nightdress (which exists also in pyjama, click on the picture to view it) is a perfect festive outfit: lace and tulle are harmoniously mixed to create a nightdress majestuous and blazing.
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The first Christmas my wife Maggie and I spent, down here in Lizard Holler, was exceptionally memorable. Even though I asked her for her hand in marriage the Christmas before, this was the first we spent together as a true unified whole. Always the practical and pragmatic spirit that Maggie is, she had assumed the role of Santa Claus and gotten me one of the ultimate male toys that is essential to living, and surviving, in the woods. I found a brand "spanking" new, canary yellow Poulan chainsaw, complete with a carrying case, lounging under our Christmas tree. Maggie's knowing smile seemed to beckon me to release my manly "lumberjack" testosterone and "fire that sucker up!" Much to my surprise, after carefully following the instructions, that "sucker" fired up on the second pull of the cord. I felt proud! "Power" was in my hands and eagerly I looked forward to pursuing the manly tasks Maggie had set before me.
Almost all new motorized machines, nowadays, are factory tested and ready for service right out of the box. Americans expect this attention to detail. Few will ever fail you when they are brand new. After attacking with a fervent vengeance all the dead limbs, trees, underbrush, and the rest of Maggie's "honey do's" over the next month, my new toy lay idle for a long while. One day, after an early Summer thunderstorm, a tree fell across our road, delaying our usual swift exit to work. This was the beginning of the time when my chainsaw transcended the role of machine and took on the human attributes of being a mentor…a Zen mentor.
I had read Robert M. Pirsig´s book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" many years before, but let's just say I have slept since then. "No problem!" I spoke in a confident voice to myself. "I'll pull out my trusty Poulan." Oh what a warm and familiar feeling my hands encountered gripping the handle and the pistol grip. I securely placed my foot in the saddle, pumped the primer bubble, cocked the choke, and pulled the starter cord. The rest you can probably ascertain, my toy "did not" start like it had when it was new. I was, to say the least, a little disheartened. My next approach was less than a "mature" approach. Pull, pull, pull! Nothing. Okay, stop, reset all steps, and make SURE the on/off switch was on. Pull, pull, pull! Nothing. Okay, stop, reset all steps…at this point I realized "today we were going to be a little late for work." Why not just wrap a chain around this tree and drag it off the road? Well, it was just a little TOO large for that approach.
"DAMN!" I cried out to the universe around me. "I am smarter than this!"
Pull, pull, pull! Nothing. Pull, pull, pull! Nothing. Pull, pull, pull! Nothing…It was then I first heard the voice of my new Zen master, Master Poulan. "Chef Larry, …Chef Larry. Stop. Pull yourself together! If you use the chain tool that came with your chainsaw and clean my spark plug, I will return to you your manhood."
Laying exhausted in the middle of the dirt road, next to the fallen tree, my Chef uniform soiled, I reflected on the prudent advice that Master Poulan had given me. I obediently followed his simple instructions and just like it was Christmas day all over again, my toy started right up on the second pull of the cord.
Zen, basically meditation, is a very powerful tool in our everyday lives. No, we cannot always stop and meditate to solve our everyday crisises. Yet, Master Poulan had taught me a very valuable lesson that day. Slow down…and start afresh. Haste makes waste. I was reminded of that lesson which I had learned many years earlier in my childhood. I still allow everyday occurrences to sometimes slow my "mature" actions. Master Poulan, my new Zen master, brought back from my memory lessons that my parents had taught me along the way as a child. These lessons helped form me into the reasonably, functioning adult that I aspire to be today.
"Patience, little Larry, patience. Patience is golden."


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So I was just about to finish packing up my basement when I realized that I hadn't put a post together last night.
And so here is the purchasing department list.
(Submitted by Nadia)
1. You are not allowed to bring in a cape for a buyer.
2. Even if your boss was the one to call him Captain Stupid.
3. You are not allowed to sing with headphones in.
4. You are not allowed to sing with only one headphone in.
5. You are not allowed to sing off key.
6. you are not allowed to sing.
7. You are not allowed to take home samples of 190 proof alcohol.
8. No chatting online.
9. No emailing.
10. No bypassing filters.
11. No Internet use at all.
12. No laughing.
13. No listening in on when your boss insults people.
14. No Laughing when the buyer calls the VP of IT saying it's a computer error when he just forgot his password.
15. Not allowed to tease the VP for not answering the buyer's phone calls anymore.
16. Not allowed to eat quinoa for breakfast at 7am.
17. Not allowed to bring in last nights dinner for breakfast.
18. Not allowed to eat weird food for breakfast.
19. Don't annoy the boss… he will take your scheduled vacation days away.
20. Don't laugh at him in front of his superiors when he threatens this.
21. Don't mock him when he asks if you got your vacation in writing about him not having it in writing to take it away.
22. Don't mock the boss in general.
23. Don't ever have rubber bands on your desk.
24. Don't give shoot them at the boss even though he started it.
25. Don't throw staplers at your boss… he's not that coordinated.
26. Don't mock the buyer when he can't staple a stack of papers so you have to do it for him.
27. Don't tell the buyer his daughter is a tard for dating the guy she is and that you happen to know from high school.
28. Don't say "I told you so" when it ends poorly.
29. Don't tell your boss he happens to have the same last name as your biological father.
30. Don't tell the factory crew who already call him your daddy/uncle.
31. Don't take the toys they get as gifts to hit them with.
32. Don't flip the buyers screen upside down.. he can't fix it.
33. Don't try to skip meetings the buyer will be in with you… you will just have to train him later. Even though he sat in the meeting with you and asked more questions.
34. Refusing to teach the buyer how to change the ring tone on his cell is not an option.
35. Same goes for reading text messages.
36. And again for checking the voice mail.
37. You are not allowed to laugh hysterically when your coworkers devour last nights screw-up, horrid tasting dinner.
38. You are not allowed to talk to the buyer… he can't work and talk at the same time.
39. You are not to make complex spreadsheets your boss can't figure out.
40. Even if what he asked for was that complex.
41. No laughing when you boss goes on a rampage about your coworkers that can't do their job right.
42. No asking to take the buyer's job since you did it a lot better when he was out, even though you are not trained.
43. No streaming music.
44. No lying about the music being temporarily downloaded from a channel and not actually streaming.
45. No going to the ultra exclusive RnD parties without bring back food to feed your boss.
46. No making fun of the QC Director the 5th time you caught him sleeping at his desk.
47. No hoarding tissue boxes in your desk.
48. No stealing pure powdered caffeine.
49. You are not allowed to go by your birth name if your boss changed it and it caught on.
50. You are not allowed to change your boss' name or any coworker's name in retaliation.


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Soooooooo Not only did my camera decide to stop working last week but our internet was off for 1 day and now the router will no longer work either! So I ONLY have internet on my computer. That seems okay, right? NOT! I use Instagram alot to post review photos and other fun pictures and they show up on the sidebar of my blog. I now have a Marilyn Monroe photo that my daughter Instagramed (accidentally lol) on her birthday almost 2 weeks ago and a photo of my fiance and our best-friend. I'm itching to add new photos to my instagram! I don't have internet on my phone because I never saw the point in spending money on something when I'm not away from the house enough to truly take advantage of the Wifi. I'm a WAHM who barley leaves my house, I have Wifi at home along with my phone and cable.... But I have now went just over a week with no wifi! We have no Netflix, no Laptop at night before bed, no Instagram, and no cool new apps to keep me busy when my daughters insist that I watch them climb a tree that they climb daily! We're pretty sure that all we need to do is get a new router but our budget won't allow one right now, just like it won't allow for a new camera. I'm hoping that I can get my camera working again because it's wasn't cheap and I consider my camera another child so I'm extremely lost without it!! My phone camera has NOTHING on my baby aka my poor poor sickcamera!
This girl is in major need of a working camera and some wifi!!
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The days of the Evansville IceMen playing at the spacious Ford Center in downtown Evansville appear to be in jeopardy.
Late Monday evening, a story developed regarding a dispute between the IceMen and Ford Center.
Currently, negotiations have stalled and time is ticking. The IceMen need to have a lease in place by December 1 so they can give the league dates for games.
Here is a press release from the IceMen earlier this evening:
"The Evansville IceMen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Ottawa Senators and AHL's Binghamton Senators, have enjoyed providing the excitement of professional hockey to the City of Evansville at the Ford Center. The IceMen are most particularly appreciative of the fans, the IceMen Maniacs and valued season ticket holders. The IceMen have also enjoyed the use of the City's state of the art facility and plan on bringing a championship trophy through its doors very soon. However, Evansville stands to lose its hockey team.
"When we signed our lease for the Ford Center in 2011 we had already moved 22 families to Evansville based on some good faith negotiations with the City. After we moved those families, and at the last minute, we were presented with different terms and told to sign or lose the opportunity. We signed a lease that was not in our best interest, but we have honored it. Now that lease is set to expire and we need to be treated fairly in the new lease," said Ron Geary, owner of the IceMen. "The current lease and price threaten our ability to bring our fans a premier ice hockey team and at the same time run a business," said Geary.
In order to have a team for the 2016-2017 season, the IceMen must have a lease in place with the City and dates of games to the league no later than December 1, 2015. The IceMen started negotiations on the new lease with the Mayor's office in February. The City has proposed no terms to the IceMen for the new lease. "The ECHL conducted a study for the 2011-2012 season showing the IceMen paid the highest rent in the entire league – $650,000. The median for the league is about $152,000." said Jim Riggs, IceMen COO. "The City receives about $1.2 million each season for IceMen games in rent and food and beverage net income," said Riggs.
The team has lost money every year. "I don't mind investing in the team and in the City, but after spending millions with no return on the investment we need a lease that is fair and does not take advantage of the IceMen. The only reason we lose money is because we have the worst lease in the league," said Geary. "At the same time, we have the best fans in the league so we are going to continue to try and get something reasonable even though the Mayor's office has been pretty tough to work with over the years. We tried to renegotiate in the past but got nowhere," said Geary. The City put a clause in the lease that if the IceMen even tried to renegotiate in the first two years of the lease the IceMen would have to pay the City's legal fees. "Bottom line, I want a championship team here in Evansville. But we cannot continue to operate in financial loss because of an overpriced lease," said Geary.
"We are going to do everything possible to provide the City and fans a great team for the 2016-2017 season. We hope we give our fans what they have come to expect – a premier hockey team and a great game day experience. We remain hopeful we can achieve great things on the ice and eventually bring a championship to the City," said Riggs. The IceMen will not sign another lease with such high rent. Without a lease and dates, the league will move forward in 2016-2017 without the Evansville IceMen. "We hope that is unnecessary but it remains a reality," said Geary. "Our attempts to negotiate over the past 40 weeks have resulted in nothing. We are going public because deadlines are approaching and the fans need to know what Evansville stands to lose. We need our fans support. We need the City to get reasonable, start negotiating in earnest and get this lease in place," he said."
The Sin Bin is working this story from every angle possible and will have more on this story as it develops.
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Safety issues delay plan to deepen Durban berths
Transnet will have to go back to the drawing board on the issue of deepening the berths at its Durban container terminal following reports that two of its environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports were rejected by the Department of Environmental Affairs.
Transnet National Port Authority (TNPA) chief executive Tau Morwe said on Friday that safety issues were delaying the deepening of berths. "We cannot compromise on safety."
The freight logistics parastatal's plans to deepen the berths from 12.8m to 16.5m at a cost of about R21.3 billion was projected to accommodate the use of larger vessels carrying more than 10 000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), which have become a growing trend among shipping companies. At the moment, big vessels have to employ a strategy of entering and exiting the port not fully laden and at high tide. This has been regarded as unsafe and costly for vessels.
According to media reports, the department has questioned the risks of a rise in sea level due to climate change. It also warned Transnet not to start any building at the berths until the final environmental assessment had been approved.
Morwe said Transnet had sent out about 33 EIA reports, and only two had been questioned. "We are in discussions with the department in order to give some clarification on some issues raised." In the interim, Transnet would be looking at other possible projects.
"While the project around berth deepening has been deferred, it gives us an opportunity to look at other projects around creating capacity at the terminal," Morwe said.
He agreed that it did not make sense for vessels to enter the port not fully laden, saying it created efficiency and logistics problems.
"Now that the deepening of the berths has been delayed, perhaps we should look at other projects, such as expansion of the terminal to Salisbury Island and maybe Maydon Wharf."
For the 2014/15 year, the TNPA will spend about R2.4bn on various projects including maintenance and other capacity expansion projects at the Richards Bay port.
Morwe said Transnet would also focus on the dig-out port plans in Durban, adding that the group was in discussion with a number of landowners around the area where the new port would be built. The plans to construct a dig-out port are driven by growing congestion at the Durban container terminal, which handles about 2.7 million TEUs of cargo a year. This is expected to rise to about 12 million TEUs by 2019. – Business Report


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That's right, kids, I now have a complete run of Amazing Spider-Man. Yes, that's including Spidey's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy # 15.
The really interesting thing (to me) is that the last couple of issues I needed to collect to complete my full run of this series were not the lower-numbered (earliest) issues, but the ones that came out in the mid-to-late '90s. In fact the final issue I needed (the one I received today) was actually Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 #25. For some reason this single issue has proven to be harder to track down than some of the more "exotic" issues.
Near as I can figure (because there really is nothing extraordinarily special about it as far as I can tell), is that it came out at a time when Marvel was playing everything close to the vest and (quite literally) only printed what was ordered. Thus proving that scarcity coupled with demand is what determines pricing, not price guide guides or hype.
I've been looking for this particular issue for well over a year now, but most of the time that I saw it (when I could actually find it), the issue was priced well beyond, not only what I was willing to spend for it, but way beyond what the issues on either side of it were commanding.
Sure I wanted it, but no, I simply was not going to pay that much for the issue. As it turns out, I didn't have to (over)pay for it. Even as I searched for it at conventions, I stalked it online at auction sites. I did see it a couple of times priced lower (and missed the bid), but more often than not, I saw it much higher. Finally, the other day I saw it at a reasonable price (a touch higher than I was hoping to pay for it, but not so much so as to make acquiring it painful), so I snatched it up.
Now I just have to look over the other Spider-Titles to see what's missing and then set about filling in those holes as well.


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Dear Rashad,
My lawyers have informed me that your lawyers did not respond to the letter requesting $15,000 in reduced attorney's fees for the filing of that frivolous lawsuit against free speech and against the truth.
So now, Rashad, my attorneys filed a motion in Fulton County Superior Court asking for fees.
But Rashad, it's not for the $17,232.45 that was quoted before. Oh, no, my friend.
My lawyers increased the amount. Actions have consequences; and the consequence for not taking action in regards to the June 5, 2012 letter from the law firm of Austin & Sparks to your attorneys, Rashad, is this:
My lawyers want $24,967.45, and I'm sticking you with the bill.
Rashad, you can read the legal justification behind this $24,967.45 bill for attorneys' fees and costs below:
Andre Walker's Motion for Attorneys Fees Filed on 2012.06.14
Actions have consequences, Rashad.
15 June 2012
Another Open Letter to Georgia Democratic Party Political Director Rashad Richey
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At Anglia Ruskin University, we celebrate the diversity of our population. We have developed Student Snapshots using registration data from our students.
Like a photograph, Snapshots give an impression of our student bodies on the day they were taken and serve as a rough guide to the diversity that can be found across our campuses.
The Snapshots reflect data on a range of characteristics including age, caring responsibilities, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief and sexual orientation. ARU has started collecting data on gender identity which we hope to reflect in later versions of the Snapshots. We are also reviewing the words we use to ask for some of the data, as feedback indicates it isn't clear to everyone and this may be affecting the quality of the information we receive.
This data has been taken from our student record system, ASTRA. Students declare this information themselves during the registration process. Please note that the 2017/18 figures do not include students from Cambridge Ruskin International College and Globe Education Services. Students who are enrolled on courses where the location is recorded as 'Distance learning' are not included in the snapshot.
For an explanation of the different categories found in our snapshots, please read our guide.
If you have any feedback or questions on the Snapshots, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
The November update includes a new indicator showing the percent of students from a low participation neighbourhood.
In creating the faculty-based snapshots, and as a result dealing with lower numbers of students - there are more instances highlighting the application of our methodology. It is important to note that where percentages are under 1%, they are subsumed into the 'other', or equivalent, categories where possible. For example, in terms of religion any individual categories with a response rate of less than 1% (eg Spiritual) are subsumed into the Other Religion or Belief category. In applying this same logic to all categories, we therefore run the risk of colleagues assuming that – for example – 'there are no students that have declared their religion as Spiritual' when in fact there might be, just less than 1%.


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Neymar Jr. scored on his Ligue 1 debut as Paris Saint-Germain comfortably won the away match against Guingamp 3-0.
Having failed to submit his registration in time to feature last weekend, PSG had to wait until the season's second week to see their new superstar 222-million euro ($261 million) signing from Barcelona get onto the pitch on Sunday," reports Efe.
The visitors predictably controlled the game throughout, with Neymar heavily involved in much of Unai Emery's side's better moments.
The Brazilian enjoyed the freedom of the pitch, often drifting inside from the left flank to influence proceedings from more central positions.
Defender Marquinhos came closest to opening the scoring in the first half, smashing a header onto the upright from Neymar's floated cross.
The breakthrough came shortly after the half-time break when Neymar's through-ball was diverted into his own net by Guingamp's Jordan Ikoko.
The world's most expensive footballer then created the game's second goal as Edinson Cavani ran onto Neymar's incisive pass and put the result beyond doubt.
Cavani then returned the favour, laying the ball into Neymar for a tap in, in the game's closing stages.


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Drinking more than two bottles of Red Label! | Hangover Story
This is a user submitted story. Hangover School has nothing to do with this, we are just passing it along.
It was a night after music exams! Me and my cousins drank two bottles of Red Label, some shots and beers! Woke up at 6 am at the hotel with only 2 hours to go to the hearing exams! The fridge was massacred, I had no pants and I was wearing for some reason a Hello Kitty watch! I was with my cousin and the thing is that when we got down a pitbull tied in a rope attacked us! The guard told us that we brought it there at around 5 am! Called my other cousin who could remember and he explained us that we picked a fight, played darts (and broke 15 glasses as a result) puked all the way and then he left us! Still don't know how I lost my pants, I got this Hello Kitty thing and this… dog!
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.... Virginia is just one of two dozen states with bans on foreign laws moving in their legislature. Last week, a similar bill made its way out of Florida's House Judiciary Committee, amid protests from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Florida Bar's Family Association, and the ACLU. A third measure preventing the use of foreign law in U.S. courtrooms headed toward a vote in the Georgia House of Representatives.
But as the debate in Virginia shows, the tide could be changing. Lawmakers have had to revamp their approach since an Appeals court struck down Oklahoma's earlier version as discriminatory for specifically mentioning sharia law.
In order to pass constitutional muster, the new bills are written with broad-strokes prohibitions, which have had the unintended effect of drawing other religious groups and business interests into the fray. [The Washington Post] Read more


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Drive-By Viruses Major Online Threat
In the past you could avoid most email viruses if you didn't click on a link in a spam email or open its attachment. You could open the email, read the contents, delete it and you were fine.
No so anymore. "Drive-by" viruses are becoming more common, infecting computers when the user simply opens the email. While you can be victimized by a drive-by virus when opening an email, it's not the only way.
Often computers are infected without the users knowledge when they visit a particular website or click on a deceptive pop-up, thinking they are closing it. The consumer is unaware of what is happening until the virus takes control of the device.
FBI Scam
In Connecticut, Attorney General George Jepsen says a number of his constituents have reported being victimized by a drive-by virus delivered by email that looks like it's from the FBI. In this case, the virus installs what is known as "ransomware," software that seizes control of all computer files until the victim pays a "ransom" to free the data.
In this particular case the virus immediately locks the computer and displays a screen stating there has been a violation of federal law and that the user's IP address was identified by the FBI for viewing child pornography and other illegal content.
The message then demands money through a prepaid money card service as a "fine" to the U.S. Department of Justice.
"Our office has received complaints from consumers who we believe have been victimized by this malicious email scam," Jepsen said. "It's important for consumers to be informed and to exercise caution to protect themselves from scams like this. Never click on a link or open an email attachment from someone you do not know and trust. I would urge any Connecticut resident who receives this email to report it immediately."
Links and attachments
In addition to not clicking on links or attachments, consumers should immediately delete any suspicious emails without opening and reading them. Not only are these viruses used to extort money, they may continue to operate on the computer and could be used to commit online banking and credit card fraud. Infected computers may not operate normally, and users may require the assistance of a local computer expert to remove the virus.
The FBI is cooperating with the National White Collar Crime Center on this issue and wants to hear from victims. You can reach their website here.
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- Sorry about entrappin' ya like that. I just hadda make sure you wuz the kinda guy we wanted up on the eighth sphere...
- -- Vindicator
- -- Vindicator
Appearing in "In Heaven (Everything is Fine)"
Featured Characters:
- Malebolgia
- Vindicator / Little Jessica (First Appearance)
Other Characters:
- Kimberly (Single appearance)
- Larry (Single appearance)
- Claudette (Single appearance)
- Bob (Single appearance)
- Soul-Trapper (Single appearance)
- K3-Myrlu (First Appearance)
Plot Synopsis for "In Heaven (Everything is Fine)"
Billy Kincaid is reborn in Hell. He drops out of a green goo and immediately kills animals to cover his naked body. He is continually and randomly terrorized by flashbacks of Spawn killing him.
He runs into a half-naked woman and small group of individuals. A small girl explains to them about the culture of hell as they are systematically picked off. A Soul-Trapper takes people off to the Sixth Sphere of Hell to sing for them. Others are picked off by the Prime Nomad to serve as hardware in a macro computer on the 10th, and highest sphere of hell.
As Billy sleeps, he's continually haunted by the vision of Spawn and wakes up. As he looks at the small girl, he decides to kill her to satisfy his itch. The girls sheds her skin and congratulates Billy for finally passing the test.
The Vindicator reveals his true form as one of the five Phlebiac Brothers. He escorts Billy to the Either Sphere of Hell where he will serve in Malebolgia's army. When Billy sees the costume he has to wear resembles Spawn's, he freaks out and runs away. Vindicator casually explains the suit is a K3-Myrlu suit that is a continually evolving parasite that will combine with his central nervous system for life.
- This issue is dedicated to Don and Maggie Thompson.
- The title of this story is a reference to the song In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song).[1]
- No trivia.
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Recommended Reading
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Document Type
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Publication Date
The value premium is well established in empirical asset pricing, but to date there is little understanding as to its fundamental drivers. We use a stochastic earnings valuation model to establish a direct link between the volatility of future earnings growth and firm value. We illustrate that risky earnings growth affects growth and value firms differently. We provide empirical evidence that the volatility of future earnings growth is a significant determinant of the value premium. Using data on individual firms and characteristic-sorted test portfolios, we also find that earnings growth volatility is significant in explaining the cross-sectional variation of stock returns. Our findings imply that the value premium is the rational consequence of accounting for risky earnings growth in the firm valuation process.
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Copyright held by the authors.
Recommended Citation
Alcock, J., Steiner, E., & Tan, K. J. K. (2011, December). Future earnings growth volatility and the value premium. Paper presented at the 24th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, Australia


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