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In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.
I don't think I have to convince anyone of how big this is. Star Wars returned to prominence last year with The Force Awakens. Along with two additional episodic films within the next four years, three spinoff films, or Star Wars stories, were to be released as well. The first of those three films was Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a prequel to A New Hope, dramatizing how a group of rebels stole the plans to the Death Star.
It's easy to be skeptical of a film with a new, original story fitting within the Star Wars universe but it worked very well. Nothing felt unfamiliar or looked out of place when compared to past films. The biggest challenge it had to face was introducing new characters which we knew little to nothing about. The film started off by depicting how the lead, a woman named Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), came to be. Jyn's father Galen (Mads Mikkelsen) was taken away from her at an early age by Empire Director Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn) to continue his work on the Death Star, forcing her to mostly fend for herself. The film then quickly traveled amongst the remaining characters until they inevitably came together.
This fact brings up one of the few faults of the film. Even though the film introduced new characters, the film barely gave us enough time to make any type of connection, making some less memorable than others and lessening their impact. The only characters getting any real attention were Jyn and Captain Cassian Andor (Diego Luna). They were the first to meet and their relationship blossomed from there. Andor and the rebel alliance needed Jyn because of her connection to her father. They needed her to get to him as he had a message for the rebels about the Death Star.
Everybody knows what followed but this was easy to forget as the story was exciting to watch, exploring new areas within the Star Wars universe. This all was to try and find Galen. Characters clashed as they all had different intentions for Galen as some saw him as good and some evil. The knowledge of the Death Star caused immense strain within the alliance as they disagreed on the appropriate course of action. Because of Jyn's affiliation with her father, convincing dignitaries proved to be a tough challenge.
The film's great production values were most evident in its many action sequences. They were all very well done and thrilling. From the shooting, the explosions, and the many space battles, the film had a lot to offer. These sequences were heightened by the immersive cinematography and sound design. A massive battle sequence during the last third of the film, simultaneously taking place on land and in the sky/space was the best representation of this. It almost felt like a WWII film from the way it was shot.
It wasn't that the other characters weren't important, it was just that the film didn't give them a fair opportunity to shine. They still had their moments, however, as they did occasionally have their moments. Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed) was the Empire defector who delivered Galen's message, Chirrut Îmwe (Donnie Yen) was a wise, blind man who could fight using the Force (allegedly), and Baze Malbus (Wen Jiang) was his friend and bodyguard. All five had good chemistry but the film could have gone much further with them as a little more character development would have strengthened their relationship.
The acting was good with Jones and Luna being the standouts. Jones was perfectly capable of carrying the film and Jyn's emotional load. She was relatable and her progression was compelling to watch. She and Andor are the only characters with any complexity and depth and Jones and Luna did a great job at bringing these to life. They were both strong characters who would often butt heads and their chemistry made this relationship even more believable.
Yen as Îmwe and Jiang as Malbus stole some scenes but Alan Tudyk as Andor's reprogrammed Imperial droid K-2SO stole more. He brought some much needed levity to the film with his many witty and sarcastic lines and he wasn't just a comic relief character but was also a useful one. Mendelsohn was good as Krennic in limited screen time. Forest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera stood out for the wrong reasons as he and/or his character simply did not work.
Overall, this was still a great entry in the Star Wars series which fans should be familiar to fans and that non-fans should also enjoy. It introduced many new characters that could have been handled a little better.
Score: 9/10
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Hurricane sandy: one year on
One year ago Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey and New York, destroying coastal communities and causing tens of billions of dollars in damage.
Wall Street remained closed for two days, and parts of Manhattan lost power for over a week.
Now, on the first anniversary of the storm, Columbia University scientists warn that New York City remains highly vulnerable to hurricanes.
Many residents along the shoreline of New Jersey and New York have still not fully recovered from the devastation left by Hurricane Sandy.
It took several weeks or in some areas even months to restore power and rebuild flooded homes.
Many residents are still awaiting insurance and governmental aid payments.
While day-to-day life in New York has returned to normal, Columbia University scientists warn that the island of Manhattan and the surrounding areas are still highly vulnerable to future hurricanes.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) KLAUS JACOB, Lamont Observatory, Columbia University
"The city as vulnerable as it was before. Why? Because we really haven't done any engineered changes. Maybe we are a little bit better prepared but still is vulnerable."
While the US Army Corps of Engineers is working on a 40-million dollar project to rebuild beaches in parts of Queens and Brooklyn, U.S. government funds are also paying for boardwalk reconstruction efforts along the New York and New Jersey shoreline. However, much more needs to be done to make New York more resilient against storms.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) KLAUS JACOB, Lamont Observatory, Columbia University
"There have been a few houses raised along the coast line and there have been a few sand dunes restored, but I say restored which means, it brings us back to practically where we were before storm, but when you look at the infrastructure, the transportation system, subway and so on, no engineering measures have been put in place since. That is not surprising because engineering projects take a long time, first to design, then get them through the whole process and then, implementing them."
New York City is planning to build temporary storm walls along parts of the island of Manhattan.
However, making the subway and tunnels flood-proof will be a several-billion-dollar investment and take 5 to 10 years if the funds are even made available by the local and federal governments.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) KLAUS JACOB, Lamont Observatory, Columbia University
"It gets more tricky when you come to neighborhoods like in Staten Island or on the Rockaways. They have to make decisions like should you raise entire neighborhoods, should you put levees around them or should you buy out the neighborhood. Any and all of those options are on the table right now but they are being worked out."
The scientists had warned city officials years before hurricane Sandy of the potentially devastating impact of a hurricane making landfall over the city.
They hope that their recommendations will be heard now.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) KLAUS JACOB, Lamont Observatory, Columbia University
"We told in a report two years before Sandy that this is exactly what will happen, so nobody can say they didn't know – nobody wanted to know. But the information was out and we tried to make sure that that information gets to the right people. It even got to the right people but they shoved it aside and if we do that and continue to do that our economic situation will be impacted by these kind of events that are in part regular weather but in part also due to climate change and sea level rise. If we don't address those issues, we will have severe economic impacts and setbacks."
Hurricane Sandy had a diameter of roughly 1,100 miles, making it the largest Atlantic storm on record.
An analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York estimated that the storm caused a loss of physical capital worth 75 billion US dollars. And that makes it the second worst storm after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.


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Public Document Recording
Due to COVID-19 Countywide protocols, the Clerk's Office will be closed beginning Monday, March 16. We will attempt to reopen as soon as possible.
The Clerk & Recorder's Office facilitates recording of public documents, including deeds, deeds of trust, power of attorney, statements of authority, releases of deeds of trust and liens. We also record Marriage Licenses.
Every document recorded by our office is assigned a unique reception number. If you are searching for a document, and you do not have a reception number, we will refer your request to a local title company or private searcher. Please note that our office does not conduct extensive document research.
Recording and request fees are listed below, and on this printable document.
Document Requests
- Summit County's Recorded Documents and Index are not available online at this time.
- Requests are processed only when time allows, on a first-come, first-serve basis and only once we receive a written request via e-mail. We highly recommend contacting a searcher if you have a pressing deadline/need for the recorded documents as staff is focused on recordation and indexing. If you don't have the reception number(s) for the document(s) you need, or need your documents in less than 72 hours, click here for a list of record searchers.
- To obtain a reception number for a document, you can search the property schedule via the Summit County Assessor and GIS site. If you cannot find the schedule, or need more information/documents about a property that requires searching our records, we highly recommend contacting an independent searcher or title company.
- The Clerk & Recorder also maintains three public search stations and a vault open to the public at our Breckenridge office for searching our index during business hours. Computer-based searches date back to Jan. 1, 1990.
- Full payment is required before we transmit documents.
- If you need assistance with searching for documents, you can always come see us at our Breckenridge office location just a block off of Main Street Breckenridge and we will gladly assist you in person!
- Plats: $5.00
- Recorded document printed from index: $1.25 when made by Clerk staff
- *5 times cheaper to self-serve* 25¢ if self-served at the public terminals
- Non-Marriage Recorded Document Certification: $1.00 per document
- Marriage License certification and copy: $3.00 each, must have been issued and recorded in Summit County
Our office accepts cash, checks and credit/debit cards. There is an additional convenience charge for all card transactions. If you prefer electronic copies of documents, we can accommodate you via e-mail.
Recording a Document
You may submit documents electronically, by mail or in person to be recorded. Please check our list of recording requirements below to prevent rejection and ensure high quality and timely recordation. Documents are recorded on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Documents may be electronically Recorded (submitted electronically) through Simplifile. Contact Simplifile at 1 (800) 460-5657 or online at www.simplifile.com. If you record with our office regularly, we highly recommend this method of recordation as it provides an almost instant turnaround of your document for a nominal fee.
By Mail or In Person:
Checks are accepted as form of payment by Mail, cash/check/credit or debit cards are accepted in person. There is a processing fee for credit or debit cards for 75¢ + 2.25% per transaction.
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Summit County Clerk & Recorder
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Summit County Clerk & Recorder
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208 East Lincoln Avenue
Breckenridge, Colorado 80424 (FedEx or UPS)
Hours of Operation: Recording Desk
Mondays through Fridays 8:00am - 5:00pm
Closed on observed holidays
Requirements: If the following recordation requirements are not met, all documents and correspondence will be returned.
1. Completed Documents. Our office does not provide forms for legal documents, nor does staff provide assistance in filling out legal documents/templates. Our office can refer customers to local title companies and attorneys that specialize in real estate recording upon an e-mail request to the Recording Desk. Submit TD-1000s together with applicable documents to the Clerk & Recorder, we will forward to the Assessor's Office. TD-1000s (Transfer Declarations) are not required for timeshares.
2. Correct Fees are submitted with original documents to be recorded. C.R.S. 30-1-103. Checks are required to be made payable to "Summit County Clerk", properly dated and signed. Applicable State Documentary Fees should also be included with the Recording Fee Payment. For transactions with consideration over $500.00, 10¢ per $1,000.00 should be included with payment. C.R.S. 39-13-102. Check out the right side of this webpage for detailed information about Recording Fees. *Even if there is no consideration on the document, but there is consideration on the TD-1000, it is required to submit the State of Colorado Documentary Fee.
3. Correct Margins should be accommodated in the format of the document(s) submitted for recording. A top margin of at least one inch and all other margins at least 1/2-inch is required. C.R.S. 301-10-406(3)(a).
4. Return Mailing Address indicated on the document's front or reverse side. Self-addressed, stamped envelopes assist staff in the return of original documents once recorded. SASEs are not required, but are greatly appreciated.
Recording Fees
Recording fees are statutory. Fees can vary depending on the type of document that is being recorded. The fees listed below include any applicable surcharges. State Documentary fees (required on transactions with over $500.00 consideration) should be calculated and included with recording fee payment.
- Real Estate and other Standard Documents: (Per Document)
- $13.00 for the first page
- $5.00 for each additional page
- Mining Documents i.e. Affidavits of Labor and Location Certificates (Per Document)
- $8.00 for the first page
- $5.00 for each additional page
- 25¢ per claim
- Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Documents
- 1-2 pages filed hard copy $13.00 flat fee
- 3+ pages $18.00 filed hard copy flat fee
- ANY page length filed electronically $8.00 flat fee
- Plats (Subdivision/Lot Line/Town Boundaries)
- $13.00 for the first page
- $10.00 for each additional page
- Land Survey Plats are not recorded, but are deposited for a fee of $10.00 + an indexing fee of $10.00 per page for the County Surveyor per BOCC Resolution 89-41
Municipal Real Estate Transfer Taxes
The towns of Breckenridge and Frisco collect transfer taxes on real estate transactions within their town boundaries. Even if you believe that your transaction is exempt from their municipal tax, routing your documents through their Finance Departments is generally required by the municipality for an exemption stamp before recordation. Questions or concerns about RETT? Contact the respective municipality directly.
Click: Town of Breckenridge RETT (Real Estate Transfer Tax)
Finance Department
Town of Breckenridge
150 Ski Hill Road
Breckenridge, CO 80424
(970) 453-3182
Click: Town of Frisco REIF (Real Estate Investment Fund)
Finance Department
Town of Frisco
1 Main Street
Frisco, CO 80443
(970) 668-9127
Plan Ahead - Holiday Closures2020 County Office Closures/Observed Holidays: (closure is for the entire day unless noted)
Election Day (Presidential Primary) - March 3
Memorial Day - May 25
Election Day (State Primary) - June 30
Independence Day - July 4
Labor Day - September 7
Indigenous Peoples' Day (formerly known as Columbus Day) - October 12
Election Day (General Election) - November 3
Veterans' Day - November 11
Thanksgiving Day & Day After - November 26 & 27
Christmas Eve - December 24 (open 8am-12pm, closed in afternoon)
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Ice-T shares his thoughts on rap & pop in relation to his upcoming documentary, as well he gives his take on Nicki Minaj pulling out of Summer Jam.
Ice-T's documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap will be in theaters this Friday, June 15th. We've already seen some clips from the movie, including Eminem freestyling, Nas freestyling and even Ice-T himself spit a few bars.
He recently spoke about the movie to Time, and the origins of rap: "In the movie, Mos Def quotes Q-Tip: 'Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop.' The true origin of rap is counter-culture. The true origin of rap is say something that they're not saying on the radio. So when you kind of blend into what popular culture is doing, you're losing the power of hip hop."
He continued to talk about if rap can be popular without becoming pop, "I think that a rap aficionado, the hard-core rap fan, will always go away from pop, in the same way a hard-core jazz fan will never think Kenny G is really a jazz artist. You gotta kind of know there's always going to be that purist who's going to be like if it ain't beats and rhymes, if there ain't a DJ, then that ain't hip hop. I understand it. I've never really been into pop rap but, hey, if that's what some of these artists want to do, that's cool, but then they can't feel like they're going to be welcomed in that hard-core club where it's really just spitters."
"We've got to keep rocking the boat," Ice said. "We've got unemployed people, we've got a black President, we've got election year, we've got Occupy Wall Street. If you're just going to rap about 'I got money and we balling,' and all that, you're not doing with it what it was meant to do. It's meant to rock a party, but it was meant to change the world."
He also commented on the whole Nicki Minaj debacle at Hot 97 Summer Jam this year, and he supports Nicki's decision. "Rap will always be critical of itself," he said, "That's just part of it. The Nicki Minaj situation, I think that was not a good call. If they don't want to respect her, I don't think they should have invited her."


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cracked keel
Yeah old post but I concur, welding the crack wouldn't be a permanent fix it will likely crack again at the base of the weld. The rods previously mentioned are called alumalloy, they work like brazing and use less heat than TIG welding. They used to have an infomercial on tv using them to fix all sorts of things. Different scenario but I welded a Jon boat for a guy where the ribs were worn through from dragging the boat on ground, that was about 5 years ago and still no leaks but that's not the same as a stress crack.
Yes , I agree the cheapest and easiest method to repair the aluminum keel is to weld it. Rather than just welding the crack which was mostly due to wear I bent a piece of aluminum and welded it to the keel. This also reinforced it. Fellow tells me he still has the boat and no leaks. His keel is mostly worn out from dragging it on the shore. Hope this helps.


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By Howard Schneider and Michael Flaherty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers, already struggling to assure investors that they remain on track for a mid-year interest rate rise, will find the task has just become harder with their peers in Europe and elsewhere headed in the opposite direction.
The swelling ranks of central banks cutting rates and ramping up stimulus make it more difficult and riskier for the Fed to proceed with plans to end crisis-era policies, according to Fed analysts and former staffers.
It is not unusual for central banks to be out of synch at times, but the deepening divide between the Fed and much of the rest of the world is unprecedented, heightening the risks and uncertainty surrounding the Fed's plans, economists say.
The European Central Bank's decision on Thursday to pump 60 billion euros ($68.17 billion) a month into the faltering euro zone economy just deepened the divide. The stimulus rivals the size of the quantitative easing program the Fed ended only three months ago in a sign of confidence about U.S. economic recovery.
The euro fell below $1.14 after the ECB announcement, its lowest level since July 2003, while interest rates on long term U.S. bonds continued their recent nosedive.
"The foreign outlook...has darkened. And that will make this decision - lift off, the path of interest rates thereafter, how you communicate it – harder," said Jon Faust, director of the Center for Financial Economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a former adviser to Fed chair Janet Yellen.
"It will be doubly important for the (Fed's policy setting committee) to communicate how it is thinking about risks flowing from abroad, because we are facing a truly unique constellation of circumstances."
The Federal Open Market Committee meets next week, and is expected to repeat that those risks from abroad have yet to throw the U.S. recovery or their rate plans off track. U.S. central bankers have been adamant on that point over the past several months despite tumbling oil prices, ebbing global growth, and market expectations that the Fed will eventually capitulate and delay its first rate increase since 2006.
U.S. policymakers have insisted that as long as the economy continues generating jobs, growth will remain on track and inflation eventually would begin to rise toward the Fed's two percent target.
But next week will test whether, in fact, they are willing to swim against the current in conditions that get tougher by the week, and also if they can make their case convincingly.
The ECB is not the only one pulling in the other direction.
The Bank of Japan and a host of important secondary players - Canada, India, Turkey, China, Denmark, and Switzerland among them - have cut interest rates recently, often surprising markets and showing how unpredictable conditions have become.
The steps those banks are taking will make the mechanics of raising U.S. rates more challenging: lower rates and massive new liquidity overseas will lure investors to U.S. assets as the higher-yielding safe haven of choice, pushing down the very rates the Fed will try to increase, and driving up the value of the dollar.
They could also hurt U.S. jobs and growth, the indicators the Fed arguably cares most about. Fed officials have downplayed the dollar's strength, noting that the United States is less reliant on trade than other developed nations, and able to count more on domestic demand.
Yet the impact could be significant.
Bank of Canada's surprise rate cut on Wednesday knocked down the Canadian dollar against the U.S. currency below 81 cents, adding to a drop of 15 percent since mid-2014. Canada is the United State's largest trading partner. It also shares supply chains in the auto and other industries that allow jobs and investment to shift to the cheapest source.
Other countries may follow along soon, driving up the value of the dollar further and making U.S. goods more expensive.
"The pressure on other commodity-dependent central banks to follow suit will likely rise in the coming months as they wipe the dust off their competitive devaluation playbook," said TD Securities analyst Millan Mulraine.
The Fed will also now have to contend with a potential flood of money from investors looking to the United States as the global economy's sole bright spot.
U.S. bond rates have been falling in recent months. Hundreds of billions of dollars that will be created by the ECB and potentially other banks in coming months may be headed this way, meaning even more downward pressure on market rates and dollar strengthening that the Fed will have to deal with when it decides to hike.
There are other risks as well.
If Europe, Japan, China and other economies fail to respond to more stimulus, it would reinforce the notion that the world has moved into a permanently lower gear, so called "secular stagnation" - a bad omen for U.S. wages and growth.
The World Bank also warned last week that developing countries "may be tested" in coming months if investors decide to shift from emerging market stocks, bonds and businesses into U.S. assets.
In the tidal struggle that is developing over the direction of global interest rates, investors last year already pulled a quarter of a trillion dollars out of emerging markets, according to a recent report by the Institute of International Finance. Cross-border investment is expected to fall again in 2015 as a Fed policy shift approaches, according to the IIF.
"We have not lived through a period of such wide monetary policy divergence...We don't have a good roadmap for how this plays out," said IIF chief economist Charles Collyns.
If Fed tightening proceeds, it could lead to market turmoil, potentially undermining global growth and, in the extreme, the U.S. recovery. "The markets could wake up one day and make a substantial and abrupt move and it could have quite a negative impact."
(Additional reporting by Jonathan Spicer in New York and Ann Saphir in San Francisco; Editing by David Chance and Tomasz Janowski)


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Readability and comprehension are essential when creating text-based projects. Therefore, these abstract fonts for Photoshop imitate real-life reading materials, such as folded paper, and other similar optical illusions, to increase the attraction and readability factor of your text. Bold,rounded text and abstract fonts for tattoos are also available, which use abstract characteristics, yet do not compromise on the legibility or readability of the text itself.Some, on the other hand, strive to remove negative spaces within the text, thereby highlighting the simple text. These abstract templates often build effects on flat typefaces so that both readability and impact go hand-in-hand.
Calligraphy fonts are intended to create visual art pieces related to writing. It is an age-old technique of writing which uses a flat edged pen or a broad pointed pen to create artistic letters. The letters are made in thin and thick lines, depending on the curve of the stroke. Some abstract calligraphy fonts include Bucanera, Panama, Symphony, Zyphyte etc.
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These typefaces are commonly used for running texts, in which a handwriting effect needs to be made. With the help of fluid strokes and running patterns, they are much like cursive fonts, and look pretty much elegant. Some of the popular fonts in this category include Angelique Rose, Lucemita, Distant Stroke, Easy Rider, Xiomara etc.
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There is a huge range of abstract fonts available here for download. Just select the font appropriate for your purpose, download it in your system, and apply it to the text that you want to write in it. It will have an immediate effect on the type of text you create with it. The key is to choose the right font according to the purpose.


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Poker Hand Rankings - Winning Poker Hands in Texas Hold em
Beginning players need to start their education in Texas hold em by knowing the order of winning poker hands and their ranking, from lowest to highest. This is a simple process of memorization, and as you become more familiar with poker hands through experience, you'll be able to read the board in an instant.
All forms of poker share the same hand rankings, i.e. whether you're playing Texas hold em, stud, Omaha, or five card draw, the available poker hands one can make and their relative ranking always remains the same.
One source of confusion for beginners is the number of cards in a poker hand. Poker hands always consist of five cards, even in games like Texas holdem or Omaha where the player can choose from more than five cards in building his/her hand. In Texas hold em, for example, you're "holding" two personal cards and sharing five community cards with the other players at the table. That gives you a total of seven cards to choose from, in which to make your best five card hand.
Now, all poker hands are five card hands. Even the poker hand with the lowest rank, called a "high card", is in fact a five card hand. High card is when you have no pair, straight or flush: five mismatched cards of varying suits. If your hand consists of an ace, a queen, a ten, a five and a deuce, and they are not all the same suit, you have a "high card" ace. You'll beat any other player that does not have an ace in their hand. If, in fact, another player also has ace-high, you'll compare your next highest card (in this case the queen), to see who has the best hand. You continue in sequence down through all five cards to determine who has the best hand. If your five highest cards are exactly the same as the other player's, you have a tie and split the pot.
The following poker hands chart illustrates the poker hand rankings in order, from the strongest possible winning hand to the weakest hand:


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Lock-In November 2012
78 youth from the Lakes Vicariate came together on November 2 for a night of prayer, fun and Reconciliation. Youth from St. Anne's Ortonville, St. Dan's Clarkston, St. Rita's Holly, and Our Lady of Refuge Orchard Lake played tennis, basketball, volley ball, hand ball, wallyball, ping pong, and water games, just to name a few. They ate pizza, chocolate and bagels. They renewed friendships from mission trip, past lock-ins and softball. They went home tired and happy... and for some... with a few less sins on their soul. Thank you to all the adults who helped facilitate the evening and a special thank you to Fr. Thomas Flynn for offering our opening prayer and Reconciliation.


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OTTAWA - The newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada was sworn in Thursday in a quiet private ceremony.
A news release from the Supreme Court of Canada released Friday evening said Justice Clément Gascon was sworn in as a judge on the High Court before Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin a day earlier.
The release said a "formal welcome ceremony" will take place on a date to be announced.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Gascon's appointment last week.
The Quebec appeal court justice didn't appear before a parliamentary committee as the selection process is being reviewed because of the controversy over the botched appointment of Marc Nadon.
A court challenge of Nadon's appointment resulted in a ruling that the Federal Court of Appeal judge didn't meet the specific criteria for Quebec judges laid out in the Supreme Court Act.
The behind-the-scenes details of the appointment process involving Nadon bubbled to the surface, exposing an unprecedented — and very public — spat between McLachlin and the Prime Minister's Office.
The Conservatives suggested McLachlin inappropriately tried to make contact with Harper to discuss potential legal problems with Nadon's appointment.
The comment prompted many members of Canada's legal community to jump to McLachlin's defence and condemn Harper's handling of the matter.
Justice Minister Peter MacKay's office said the appointment process, initiated in 2004 by the previous Liberal government, was under review as a result of ``recent leaks'' — an apparent reference to a Globe and Mail report that gave details of the shortlist of candidates that included Nadon's name.


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Sukhothai was the first ancient capital of Siam (now Thailand), from 1292 – 1438. It's name means the "Dawn of Happiness" and its people thrived under the rule of King Ramkamhaeng. Over centuries it has expanded to include several amazing temples, including large buddha statues in various poses and chedis of different sizes. We had an opportunity to hire bicycles and ride around this UNESCO listed heritage site. More information below.
After leaving Bangkok we took a less direct route to Sukhothai via Phitsanulok. We had decided rather than fly we would take the train to from Bangkok north to Phitsanulok and then a bus to Sukhothai. It turned out to be a good move. We started out by taking a second class train for about four and a half hours. We were a bit surprised because we were served snacks and then a meal consisting of fish balls with fish sauce and some sort of other fish tasting meat with rice with water. It was interesting to see the countryside pass by and seeing people working in the rice fields. We also had a fun travel companion who was even more curious than we were.
About 150 km north of Bangkok we reached Lopburi home to the Monkey Temple, Prang Sam Yot, which is a Khmer style temple with three prangs which represent the three Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. This temple was later converted to Buddhism and taken over by hungry Macaques who are fed by locals (knowingly) and tourists (sometimes unwittingly). Unfortunately we did not have time to stop and look around this interesting city, but next time we do intend to visit.
Upon reaching Phitsanulok we needed to transfer to a bus, fortunately for us using our very limited Thai and the much better English skills of the bus driver we managed to catch a local bus to the main coach terminal. At the bus terminal we caught a bus that was very fabulous with all kinds of decorations and good luck charms, but lacked air conditioning. This proved to be of little consequence as all the windows were and both doors were open the entire rise and household fans swiveled down from the roof. The bus trip was meant to take one hour but ended up being a bit longer because of the random stopping to pick up people waiting alongside the road, and the stop we made to pick up a load of very large truck and tractor tires which were even loaded onto the roof. While this seemed somewhat unorthodox to us the other passengers were not surprised, and for us it added to the excitement of the trip.
Once reaching Sukhothai we wasted no time having a wander into the walled old city where most of the old temples are located. We only had about an hour before the sun started to set with some very dramatic skies as seen in the photograph below.
Old Sukhothai was fantastic and more than worth the trip! There is quite a bit to see and the entire site is very large and contains ruins of 20 wats including the grandest, Wat Mahathat. After one of the best dinners of our trip I came back to take photographs of the various wats at night, only to be foiled by heavy rain after only 30 minutes. One thing I did find out is that my Yongnuo flash triggers managed to trigger my two flashes more than 100 metres away, even through the starting rain. Looking at the back of the camera looking at my exposures I realised that I left my flash filters at home and without them there was a very noticeable colour disparity between the flash colour and tungsten lights as can be seen in the photo below.
The moral of that story is to pack some filters, but even with the best packing checklist it is possible to miss something. Had it not started raining I intended to try to adjust the flash colour with some sort of alternative filter, read this as orange Fanta label. I also needed to use a snoot or gobo to concentrate the light onto the statue rather than get the light spill on the shrubs. Oh well.
The next day we got an early start and took our hired bicycles through the Old City and even made it outside the walls to a very old looking temple that had quite a variety of buddas in various poses and a three prangs in the Khmer style. As we wandered around the ancient temples we noticed that we had the place almost entirely to our selves, the only other people were the grounds staff doing maintenance on the gardens. It wasn't until 11 am or so that other tourists started arriving, and only in very small numbers.
This brings me to an important point, if you are planning on visiting Old Sukhothai it is far better to stay there rather than new Sukhothai. Having said that I think the entire day we saw a total of 20 other tourists, so not exactly a stampede. Of course we were not there during the peak tourist season. Here's a photograph of Wat Mahathat the main temple in the park.
It was interesting to see the state of preservation of the various temples, some of them dating back as far as early 1200's. Compared to some of the old buildings in Europe the temples in Sukhothai were in a much poorer state, possibly due to the building techniques and weather conditions rather than maintenance. A good example of this is the photo below that shows remains of what was once a reclining buddha.
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NWC gets financing pipeline from NCB
The National Water Commission (NWC) has announced the establishment of a $15 billion local bond facility through National Commercial Bank Capital Markets Limited (NCBCM).
The NWC said that the facility would enable it to become more financially viable to allow for the rebalancing of its loan portfolio and to reduce its use of government guarantees.
Speaking during a press briefing at Jamaica House on Tuesday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that a significant portion of the money would be used by the NWC to finance capital projects.
Holness listed pipe-laying, sewage, water treatment, and general repairs as some of the projects to be undertaken islandwide now that the NWC is financially stronger.
"That means that the people who I see in East Rural St Andrew, and the people who I hear complaining all over Jamaica that they don't have water, the NWC is in a better position to provide that," he declared.
"But more than that, because it is now a financially viable asset, it does not have to depend on government support or revenue to do it. It can now engage on equal footing with the private sector through public-private partnerships because it has a stronger balance sheet to execute these projects. This transaction sends a great signal to the market" he continued.
Earlier, the chairman of the NWC, Senator Aubyn Hill, said that the facility would also allow for the installation of 450,000 new smart metres.
Hill underscored that the NWC had a very large book of debt in foreign currency while all its revenues were in Jamaican dollars.
He noted that between 2013 and 2016, the total foreign exchange losses of the NWC was J$7.76 billion.
The senator pointed out that NCBCM won the bid after a request for proposal was issued to four local banks in March last year.
Conditions given and met by the winning bank
- There is no government guarantee for the new facility.
- The currency must be Jamaican.
- A substantial tranche of the offering must carry a 40-year tenure (J$5 billion of the J$15 billion will be repaid in 40 years at 13 per cent).
- Part of the proceeds of the bond must be used to pay off a portion of the syndicated loan, which two of the banks that were invited in the RFP, had.


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Scrapbooking hat pins can be easily and quickly made from supplies from your sewing box. No sewing needed. Just a dab of glue, a head pin or a paper clip and some beads.
Making these hat pins for cardmaking or to add to your scrapbooking supplies can be rather fun and addictive. Once you start making these decorative straight pins, you begin to see other materials that you can use to make them.
How To Make These Hat Pins for Scrapbooking?Here I used jewelry making beads, and pom pom for this project. It is most likely that you will find other charms, trinkets or found objects to make some personal scrapbooking hat pins. You can also make your own unique beads from polymer clay. If you don't have any jewelry head pins, just straighten a paper clip or use a sewing pin. (I don't really like to use a sewing pin because it is rather sharp and one can accidentally pricked oneself when leafing through the scrapbook pages.)
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When using bead drop with the hole running horizontal at the tip of the bead, just like the one in the picture above, use jewelry making wire and twist the wire together to make the pin. If the bead drop does not stand upright, dab a bit of glue at the tip of the drop to glue it to the wire.
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Update -- this is crazy -- I have been importing my emails with the "import emails with different values for attributes." option since I want to include each person's location. I tried an import with just email address, using the "import emails with the same values for attributes." option, and lo and behold, the confirmation email is perfect. So what's going on that the one confirmation doesn't strip the \s, but the other does. I guess I'm going to have to go ahead with just email addresses.
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There are certain months that have obvious potential for big news, and June looks like one of them. November 2014 was another one, and this month's iteration of The Oil Big Five follows up on many of the themes that were raised then.
We reached out to Platts oil editors and analysts worldwide to see what they were keeping an eye on in June, and these topics came back as immediate responses. We hope you're tracking them as well, and be sure to leave us a comment and let us know your thoughts on the issues below or on Twitter, using the hashtag #oilbig5. If you're not as concerned about these topics, then let us know what you are watching and what we should be watching as well.
1. OPEC's June meeting
We all remember what OPEC did in November, when it decided to stick by its planned output numbers despite falling crude prices. Now, as one of our top oil editors asked, "Will it have the guts to stand by the policy for another six months?" June 5 will mark the 167th OPEC meeting, and a cadre of Platts editors are in Vienna to cover the meeting, as well as events beforehand. Various national officials have been making statements about the current state of oil – such as lambasting US sanctions against oil-producing countries, or saying that the second half of the year could bring more balanced markets. Here's your chance to make a guess: What will OPEC decide about production this time around, and what effects could it have on global markets?
2. Iranian crude oil
June 30 is the target deadline for Iran and six world powers – the US, China, Russia, the UK, France and Germany – to negotiate for a comprehensive deal on nuclear issues that could include lifting sanctions against Tehran that have stifled Iran's crude landscape. With the decision soon approaching, Iran's deputy oil minister, Rokneddin Javadi, has said that Asia would likely be a main market for additional crude output after sanctions are lifted, and the country is sending officials to meet with various potential importers. A senior official at refiner Idemitsu Kosan recently said a senior delegation from the National Iranian Oil Co. is expected to visit Japan for crude oil marketing; Iran's oil minister has had talks with various international oil companies in Vienna, including Total and Lukoil; and Indonesia is seeking crude supplies from Iran (although its imports are not conditional on sanctions getting lifted). Will a deal be met, will sanctions be lifted, and where will the new influx of Iranian crude go? Can an already oversupplied global market handle more?
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Big interest in Singapore fuel oil derivatives could have a ripple effect into the physical market later this month. The daily volume of FOB Singapore high sulfur fuel oil cargoes traded during the Platts Market on Close assessment process hit a record high June 2, and the first day of the trading month also saw Asia fuel oil derivative volumes traded during the Platts MOC process hit a record daily high of 750,000 mt. ICE Clear Europe-cleared Singapore HSFO June derivative contracts hit 18.585 million mt on May 20, up from 9.627 million mt on the same day a year ago. In light of the wide interest for June Singapore fuel oil derivatives contracts, traders have said they expect trading activity for physical fuel oil cargoes in June to surge, too. One trader said one of two things have to happen: either paper has to drop, or physical has to rise. What do you think will happen?
4. China's oil demand
China makes frequent appearances on The Oil Big Five, and this month's topic is about its crude oil imports, which increased significantly in April. Overall April crude imports rose 8.6% year on year to 7.4 million b/d, marking the first time China passed the US as the world's biggest importer of crude oil. According to calculations by Platts, apparent oil demand in April grew 5.4% year on year to average 10.48 million b/d – mostly led by strong rises in light ends and jet fuel/kerosene. But the big import and apparent demand numbers come despite a prevailing grim outlook of the country's economy, with Q1 GDP growth at 7% and looking like there will be a similar pace in Q2. Is there really scope for a strong recovery in Chinese demand, and if so, what's driving it?
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In mid-May, nearly every refinery in the Los Angeles area was undergoing maintenance, and the extreme supply constraints in the Los Angeles jet fuel market pushed the LA jet differential on May 15 to a record high of NYMEX June ULSD plus 65 cents/gal, the highest since Platts began assessing LA jet fuel in 1987. In a bold move, some market participants even went to the airlines themselves to ask for extra barrels, a buyer at a major airline told Platts. The beginning of June brought swings the other way, though; the LA jet fuel differential was down 10.50 cents to NYMEX July ULSD plus 2.50 cents/gal on June 1. US Energy Information Administration data released June 3 showed West Coast jet fuel stocks fell for the sixth straight week in the reporting week ended May 29, though, with imports failing to overcome overall draws, but ships carrying jet fuel are bound of the West Coast. How will the LA jet market look at the end of June and going into the rest of the summer?


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Manufacturing? Now you've gotten actual parts or Prototypes, a patent or some other form of protection, and positive response to your product. It's time to produce and sell your invention!
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Also if you can lock the large icon to its background would help. I have to delete the weather object altogether if I don't unload DX before running some 3d games like Microsoft Labrinth from the plus pack. What happens is the large icon will move off its background to the middle of the screen, and can't be moved back. I tryed to lock it but it crashes DX.
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Housing recovery: The last act
August 27, 2009
I was discussing yesterday just what will happen to the bottoming out of the housing market after all the tax credits, foreclosure mitigation programs, and rock-bottom mortgage rates end.
I argued the small rush of newcomers seduced by a bottom, and the improving economy (and therefore more relaxed lending) might be enough to hold sales and prices steady.
But then I found out about the administration's plan to use 4.2 billion of stimulus funds to buy foreclosed homes and turn them into federal subsidized housing. By my quick calculation that's about 40,000 houses at $100,000 each, which is about 6% of current inventory, a big enough share to support the market.
Seems like a perfect plan to me: Ensure sustained recovery, put foreclosed homes to use before they fall in disrepair, help people who did the worse through the crisis, and expand a helpful government program on the cheap.
Bernanke and German stimulus
April 4, 2009
Simon Johnson makes an excellent point:
Remember this. If you run an expansionary fiscal policy (building bridges), I have an incentive to free ride (selling you BMWs) and not engage in a similar fiscal stimulus. But if you run an expansionary monetary policy, your exchange rate will tend to depreciate, putting pressure on my exporters and I'll be pushed – by BMW-type producers – towards providing a parallel monetary stimulus.
Europe will come around. But 1 trillion to Eastern Europe and Latin America from the IMF will help a lot for now.
Lonely stimulators?
March 6, 2009
Justin Fox at Time complains that Outside the U.S. and China, there's not all that much stimulating going on, and is concerned that "much of the money will leak overseas as we spend on imports but others don't buy our exports". Here's a sampling (% of GDP):
Spain 8.1%
China 6.9%
United States 5.5%
Japan 2.3%
Germany 1.6%
France 1.3%
Russia 1.1%
United Kingdom 0.9%
Australia 0.9%
Italy 0.3%
Brazil 0.2%
I think we should take ability to stimulate into consideration: China has 2 trillion saved in USD-denominated assets so they're in an excellent position.
The U.S. has the unique advantage of the dollar as reserve currency and perception of treasuries as ultimate safe harbor (other than gold), so it can borrow magnitudes more than most at a much cheaper rate without exchange rate fluctuation risks.
AC 360 a dud
March 3, 2009
I just watched Anderson Cooper 360 where for twenty minutes the discussion was whether the continuing market slide was an indication that Obama's handling and policies were duds.
Not once did they mention that in just the last week we've had 2 more bank bailouts, the largest quarterly loss in history, 'worse than expected' home sales numbers, several dividend cuts, more mass layoffs, worst ever car sales, Warren Buffet having his worse year in 44 years career, and his declaration that "the economy will be in shambles throughout 2009".
Each of these can easily knock the market a couple points. If anything I'm amazed we've had some days with minimal losses.
No no no, according to the three guests (including a WSJ editor) the market was passing judgment on poor leadership, coming tax increases and a stimulus package that is really only "one-third stimulus".
Perhaps they're just regurgitating the CNBC take, with no real analysis of their own. Or maybe the fight with 'special interests' is now full on.
I wonder what these guests will say when the market makes any gains: The market loves higher capital gains taxes!! Yeah right.


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A trained dancer, Fosse attained success as a choreographer and director of stage and screen musicals. He set records with Tony and Academy Awards won for his work, including Pippin, Cabaret and Chicago. Fosse took an early fascination with dancing, showing uncommon ability. His parents supported his interest, registering him in proper dance training. By his early teens, Fosse was dancing professionally in local clubs. It was here that he was first exposed to the topics of vaudeville and burlesque performance. He was still in boot camp when the war came to a conclusion. After meeting his military necessity, Fosse settled in NYC and continued to pursue dancing. He married and divorced twice while fighting to build his profession.
The initial couple of parts that Fosse landed were as portion of a Broadway chorus. In 1953 he appeared briefly in the MGM film musical Kiss Me Kate (1953). Fosse choreographed the 1954 show, Pajama Game, that has been directed by George Abbott. Fosse's signature style, which incorporated intricate moves and vision drawn from vaudeville, was immediately popular. His next musical, Damn Yankees, was another smash. Fosse invented a working relationship with top dancer Gwen Verdon that will span his career. Both wed in 1960 and had a daughter, Nicole.
Extremely successful by 1960, Fosse still faced resistance from director and producers who considered his content was overly suggestive. He chose to take on the function of director along with choreographer so that you can keep up the integrity of his artistic vision in Hollywood along with on Broadway. His following musicals contained Sweet Charity, Cabaret and Pippin. Fosse won Tony Awards for direction and choreography because of his work on Pippin: His Life and Times (1981). He also won an Emmy because of his theatrical production of the television variety show Liza using a Z (1972).
Fosse composed three added stage musicals before his departure. He survived a heart attack, suffered during rehearsals for Chicago, to compose and choreograph the autobiographical movie All That Jazz. His later productions are not as successful as earlier work. Big Deal, Fosse's last musical, was especially badly received. Fosse is still among the very distinctive and powerful choreographers ever, recalled through Broadway revivals and screenings of his work.


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Not sure how this occurred, will see if I can get some of them back via backups. Will have to automate blog backups and keep weekly snapshots
Twitter's use for SMS sending and receiving
Hong Kong is unique in the sense that whilst we have insane mobile penetration of 154.4 %, there is a huge price difference between voice plans and SMS plans.
Depending on a third party long distance provider, it is actually cheaper to call up somebody and speak for a few minutes (HK-US charges are 7 cents/min and an SMS costs at minimum HK$ 2) and convey more than send a SMS to that person
Thus, I find Twitter's SMS integration very useful. I tell my family members to sign up to Twitter and then also enable their mobile devices. In India, Twitter has a shortcode 5566511.
In HongKong, wifi access is very ubiquitous via the GovWiFi program as well as efforts by FON as well as PCCW, HongKong's dominant telco provider so hopefully with the upcoming launch of the iPhone in Hong Kong it can help me by allowing me to have access to Twitter
Using a La Fonera as a sandbox SSID to provide safer access for visitors in the office
I was chatting with Ali Ebrahim over IM and mentioned to him that the La Fonera was quite useful as a quick mechanism to provide a sandbox SSID for visitors to his office who wanted to connect to the Internet. I'd like to elaborate on the exact mechanism
Offering access via the office WLAN or even via a wired connection opens up the risk of having an external entity access to an office's internal network. I'll leave it to your imagination as to what could possibly go wrong here (virus infection, internal file shares visible etc).
Whilst it is always possible to deny any form of Internet access to a visitor, it is possible via a La Fonera not only to provide access but at the same time be secure.
You may rightfully ask
Won't it require the visitor/guest to be a fonero , that is run La Fonera/Fonera+ at his/her home/office so that he could connect to our office's FON Access Point ? This may preclude the majority of visitors to an office
The answer is
- Use the Friends and Family mechanism available by logging in on the FON User Zone.
The Friends and Family mechanism in the FON User Zone enables a fonero to setup local users on his FON Access Point with an associated password. This username and password is specific to that FON Access Point. You just need to setup one username/password. Multiple users can connect to that FON Hotspot via that username/password. I recommend modify the captive portal page to inform people about the username/password. The La Fonera defaults to having the bandwidth limited to 512 Kbit/sec to the Internet for connections made via its FON_whatever SSID. Connections made to the public SSID FON_whatever are on a separate VLAN and users cannot see any open shares on the office network.
Thus with this mechanism, one could allow access to the Internet to visitors/guests in an office environment by having them connect to the open FON_whatever SSID and still have them separate from the office internal network. You should keep your private SSID secure using WPA2 and use a difficult to guess password. It's best to change the default password which is the serial number of the La Fonera as well as the default private SSID which is MyPlace
BTW, If you are using FON, I really recommend the Devicescape Connection Manager. It makes connecting to FON Hotspots pretty much a no-brainer. I really wish providers like Y5Zone and PCCW in Hong Kong would work with Devicescape and get their hotspots supported in the system. I've seen a number of their customers asking in the forums how to get Devicescape working with such hotspots. I'm also looking forward to a proper iPhone Devicescape app when Apple officially allows it
A brief interlude with Yahoo Pipes
Friend and fellow jamaat member Ali Ebrahim recently setup an instance of the Venus RSS aggregator to create Planet Bohra. He had pulled the twitter feed for mumineen.org but my grief was that when I clicked the link from inside Planet Bohra, I would be sent to the twitter page and not to the final destination.
I thought I would have to hack Planet to get around this. Thinking for a few minutes, I realised that maybe I should munge the twitter feed via Yahoo Pipes and started playing around with it (I had never used Yahoo Pipes before).
A short while later, I had something which did the trick and Ali was able to incorporate into Planet Bohra.
I should try and get together with Ali and see if we can do something more interesting via Yahoo Pipes.
Got one year free access to Encyclopedia Britannica
Found out via this post on Techcrunch, that Encyclopedia Britannica was now free for bloggers and those bloggers accepted into the program can provide direct links to articles within Britannica and its available to their readers in its entirety.
I applied into the program and got accepted and I thought I'd link to what Britannica writes about my community Dawoodi Bohras and compare that to what is available via Wikipedia.
Gaining control of your phone via HongKong's Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance
It's been a hassle being interrupted at the most inconvenient time by a tele-marketeer in Hong Kong who calls at every hour conceivable.
A couple of months ago, I came across this page at OFTA's (Office of the Telecommunications Authority) website which described the procedure for registering a telephone number in the do-not-call registry.
It's been peaceful ever since. So to all my readers in Hong Kong, if you haven't done so, register your telephone numbers at the earliest.
Some gotchas when using AirDisk with Airport Extreme
Got this via Ali Ebrahim who recently purchased a Time Capsule but the information should be valid also when using an external USB disk connected to an Airport Extreme Base Station
Basically it is that for the AirDisk you have some options:
- Entire disk password
- User account based passwords
You'd generally want to do (2) and the gotcha is that you can't switch between the two without wiping all data on the disk clean.
Another gotcha is that you can't migrate your existing TM backup to an AirPort enabled AirDisk. Meaning that whatever history is stored in your existing TM backup would be lost.


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- Match Report - Llanelli Town v Caerau Ely
With four goals prior to the half time break, the Reds were virtually home and dry, and the second period proved to be something of an anti-climax, as they failed to add to the tally, despite creating numerous chances.
Following the midweek defeat of leaders, Penybont, two of the three players forced off through injury were deemed to be fit enough to start, with Antonio Facciuto and captain Joe Clarke in the line-up, the only absentee being Kyle March.
Jordan Vickers signed during the week from Cwmamman United was named on the bench, and came on for the final 25 or so minutes, during which time he displayed some nice touches.
It took only 8 minutes for the opening score, with Lee Trundle finishing with an emphatic strike past goalkeeper Scott James when a clearance by Chris Thomas found him in space.
Chris Jones then shot narrowly over the visitors` goal when Facciuto set up the chance, while James was called into action when an initial shot by Trundle was blocked before James Loveridge met the rebound, but the keeper managed to keep it out.
Well on top and in control of matters with some ease, the Reds were then stunned when their opponents levelled on 16 minutes following a Nathan Mathias free kick which bounced awkwardly in front of Craig Morris and which he allowed to roll free, allowing Sam Cowley to find the net from point blank range.
Despite this setback, the hosts continued to create chances with Loveridge being put clear by Trundle, but he knocked the ball too far, allowing James to come off his line and divert it for a corner.
An even better chance then fell to Jordan Davies at the near post when Clarke drove in a cross, but he somehow managed to put it wide when it seemed easier to score.
Home nerves were then settled to some extent when Trundle got his second in the 24th minute, when his first attempt was charged down but bounced kindly into the air for him to head into the roof of the net.
Six minutes later, Robert Thomas swung over a delivery which found Clarke, and he took it on before slotting his finish beyond James.
Loveridge then pulled up with an apparent hamstring problem, being replaced by Jordan Follows, before the visitors went close to reducing the deficit with a Mathias set piece from fully 30 yards whistling just wide.
Having survived this, the Reds increased the lead in first half stoppage time when Jones found the bottom corner from the edge of the box after James had pushed clear a shot on target.
Comfortably ahead at the break, Trundle was denied his hat trick when Lewys Ross Miles cleared off the line after Davies created the chance, prior to a further home change which saw Vickers make his debut for Kyle Graves.
James brought off a good save to push out a Follows goal bound strike, before the striker had another great chance when put clear by Jones, but was unable to apply a decisive finish.
A final home substitution saw Luke Morgan come on for Clarke, but just before the close, Follows had a further opportunity of getting on the scoresheet, but again failed to find the net when on a one-to-one with the keeper.
Another precious three points for the Reds, but they need to work on their finishing as goal difference could prove to be vital at the end of the season.
Morris; Graves (Vickers, 64); Facciuto; R. Thomas; C. Thomas; Bevan; C. Jones; Davies; Clarke © (Morgan, 73); Trundle; Loveridge (Follows, 35);
Subs. not used; Samuel; L. Jones.
James; Maynard ©; L.R. Miles (Davies, 80); Thomas; Bridgeman; Mathias; Ajijedidun (Reffel, 77); Evans; B.R. Miles; Cowley; Outlaw;
Subs.not used ; Corne; Williams.
Llanelli Town – Trundle, 8, 24; Clarke, 30; C. Jones, 45+3.
Caerau(Ely) Cowley, 16.
YELLOW CARD Caerau (Ely) Mathias.
REFEREE Owain Phillips (Cardiff).
The Reds entertain Goytre next Friday evening, kick off 7.30 p.m.


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"So you still believe in life; thank God, thank God!" says Dunya to her brother Raskolnikov, in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.
That belief, that affirmation of life, is not a given– not in Dostoevsky's novel, not in our world today, not in the lives of people we know, not even in our own lives. The catalog of outrageous suffering is long, and believing in life will always will be something of a leap, a jumping out over a deep, dark chasm. Time is a mercy: temporal distance softens the stabs of shame, grief, regret and loss that accompany our days. Compassion is an even deeper balm, the salve (salvation) of shared burdens and pains.
Raskolnikov's answer to his sister is equivocal: "I did not believe in it, but just now, as I stood with my mother's arms around me, we both wept; I do not believe, but I have asked her to pray for me. God knows how that comes about, Dunechka; even I don't understand any of it."
He can't affirm life intellectually ("I don't understand it"), but he has believed in life through his body– with his mother's arms around him, and in tears. Sometimes that's all we can do, and it's the best we can do: to hold and be held, and weep.


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In the wake of University of Missouri defensive tackle Michael Sam's revelation that he is gay last week, there has been a huge amount of conversation driven by the news.
Would NFL players be okay with a gay teammate? Would the distraction of having Sam or any other gay teammate in the locker room be something that teams would worry about? All sorts of questions have been asked, and all manner of people, both anonymous and named like Chicago Bears GM Phil Emery and many others, have answered them.
In that vein, ESPN did an anonymous poll of 51 players and asked them a series of questions about the topic of having a gay teammate. The most notable statistic from the group is that 44 of the 51 players surveyed said that a player's sexual orientation doesn't matter to them. 39 of the 51 also said that they would be comfortable showering around a gay teammate.
From those positive numbers though, there were a couple of negative ones. 32 of the 51 players said that at some point during the 2013 season they heard a teammate or a coach use a homophobic slur in conversation. 21 of the players surveyed also said that they didn't feel that a gay player would be comfortable in an NFL locker room.
Despite those not-so good numbers on the latter two questions, there were plenty of positive contributions from players who participated in the ESPN survey. Here was one in particular that stood out:
"According to one starting receiver, "Whoever takes [Sam in the draft] should have an open talk at the beginning of camp, where everybody can ask what he's comfortable with, what offends him, what boundaries there should be. When it comes to race, people already know the boundaries, to a certain extent. But I don't think football players are overly familiar with what can and can't be said around a gay person."
That paragraph perfectly encapsulates why it's so important that Sam decided to come out prior to joining a team. It gives all NFL players, but especially the team that drafts him, the opportunity to express any concerns that they have, and to work through them in a professional manner. NFL players aren't just robots, but rather are human beings who have the same questions about new things as anyone else does.
This is a great conversation for the NFL and its players to have, and only good can come out of there being more opportunities to discuss these issues.


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text: Hi, various big code changes/additions have been committed as trivial by others in the past, so I am considering to follow the same policy and declare all of my future patches as trivial and commit them instantly if I feel like it. That would surely speed up development for me. Comments/Flames/Applause welcome. Regards, Carl-Daniel


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Michael Jackson
Human Nature
Michael Jackson
Off The Wall / Thriller
Various Artists
25 Jaar Pop Muziek 1983
In the studio with MJ
Last night i witnessed some wonderful stories of Brad Sunderberg during his 'In the studio with MJ'It started of really cool. Everybody was able to get free drinks and some snacks. Brad greeted everybody and then started of with a little story about Neverland. How he installed amazing speakers at the front gates of Neverland.
During the seminar there were some amazing audio clips of:
> demo Jam
> demo Earth Song
> original Someone put your hand out (which was really cool to hear!!)
> session which turn out to be Give in to Me
> Multi-tracks of Bad and Blood on the dance floor
There were also some videos shared, which brad recorded himself:
> Michael singing the lead vocals to Childhood (best moment of the night!!)
> Christmas at THE HIT FACTORY in New York
> Gospel choir singing for They dont care about us
This night was really amazing !! It seems a lot of money this 150 USD. But trust me, it worth every penny


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Genuine Origin
In 2014, our parent company, Volcafe, undertook a two-year initiative to research and develop a global approach to sustainably sourcing high-quality coffees. We developed a farmer support organization to provide direct technical assistance to producers, helping them to improve — and to continually improve — their coffee quality, farm productivity and yields. We named this new sustainable sourcing strategy the Volcafe Way.
Volcafe Way is now active in Africa, Asia and Latin America. More than a sustainability strategy, it's the way we do business. We take a "root cause, root solution" approach, working directly with coffee farmers to assist and train them in sustainable production techniques and good agronomy practices, as well as in making the best uses of their land for future generations.
Every time you place an order with us you'll be receiving top-quality coffee. We cup at every stage of production, while the coffee is still at origin, and we cup again in the U.S. before and after the coffees arrive. Genuine Origin coffees are packed in GrainPro bags and sealed in easy-to-move, easy-to-ship 65-lb boxes at origin. Once boxed, they remain sealed until you open them.


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Academic Rank:
Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC
Clinical Chemist, Laboratory Medicine, Pathology & Medical Genetics, Vancouver Island Health Authority
Victoria General Hospital
Academic background
- Fellow of Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, 2008
- Clinical Chemistry Postdoctoral Training Program, University of McMaster. 2007
- PhD, Shanghai Medical University, China. 1995
- MS, Jiangxi Medical University, China. 1988
- MD, Jiangxi Medical University, China. 1984
- Yang L, Ball G, Hoag G. Development of a rapid LC/MS/MS method for 46 drugs of abuse screening in urine CLINICAL CHEMISTRY. 2013 Vol. 59 (10) Supplement: A127.
- Yang L, Ball G, Hoag G. Simultaneous LC–MS/MS assay for the detection of olanzapine, clozapine and norclozapine. Clinical Biochemistry. 2012 Sept; 45(13-14):1124.
- Rodríguez-Capote K, Balion CM, Hill S, Cleve R, Yang L, El Sharif A. Utility of urine myoglobin for the prediction of acute renal failure in subjects where rhabdomyolysis is suspected: a systematic review. Clin Chem. 2009 55 (12): 2190-2197.
- Gao YJ, Yang L, Stead S, and Lee RMKW. Flow-induced vascular remodeling in the mesenteric artery of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2008 Nov; 86(11): 737-44.
- Yang L, McAssey K and Grey V. Subclinical hypothyroidism and Down syndrome: A case report. A newsletter from the Pediatric and Maternal-Fetal Division of AACC 2006 Mar;24(1):7-8.
- Yang L, Gao YJ, and Lee RMKW. The effects of quinapril and atorvastatin on artery structure and function in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats. Eur J Pharmacol. 2005 Aug 22; 518(2-3):145-51.
- Yang L, Butcher M, Simon RR, Osip SL and Shaughnessy SG. The effect of heparin on osteoblast differentiation and activity in primary cultures of bovine aortic smooth muscle cells. Atherosclerosis. 2005 Mar; 179(1):79-86.
- Yang L, Gao YJ, and Lee RMKW. Quinapril effects on resistance artery structure and function in hypertension. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2004 Dec;370(6):444-51.
- Osip SL, Butcher M, Young E, Yang L and Shaughnessy SG. Differential effects of heparin and low molecular weight heparin on osteoblastogenesis and adipogenesis in vitro. Thromb Haemost. 2004 Oct; 92(4):803-10.
Primary Research Area
Metabolism & Nutrition
Secondary Research Area
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
Research Interest
- Clinical Chemistry
- Clinical Toxicology
- Therapeutic Drug Monitoring


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Next month sees the return of the Fleet Food Festival on Sunday 29 May 2016. Held at the Views in Fleet and back for its' third year, this culinary feast of fabulous food, cookery demonstrations, mouth-watering master classes, tasty talks, family activities and live music runs from 10am-5pm and is just £2 for adults and £1 for children to attend.
This year's festival features a packed programme with Cookery Theatre demonstrations on bakery and butchery, as well as some delectable seafood and even Thai cooking. The Talks and Tastes marquee includes sessions on the wonderful world of mushrooms, as well as insights into Charcuterie and the huge impact home grown herbs can make on your cooking. To keep the kids entertained there will be free craft activities in the Jungle Book Family Crafts marquee and for the adults the Pint'n'Pimms tent is sure to be a winner. New for 2016, there are pre-bookable Indulgence sessions available where you can taste a variety of wines and spirits, accompanied by sumptuous canapes and interesting talks from the passionate producers and retailers of these delicious drinks. To find out more and book your place visit the Festival website.
Further afield in Hampshire, the annual Alresford Watercress Festival takes place on Sunday 15 May and brings together thousands of visitors to celebrate watercress – the superb locally grown, delicious and versatile crop. The entire centre of New Alresford becomes a huge street festival with a large food market. One of the highlights of the festival is the street cavalcade with jazz musicians, Morris dancers and local school children accompanying the Watercress King and Queen who sit on top of a horse and cart. The children will be handing out the first of the season's watercress harvest to festival-goers. This year's cookery demonstrations feature well-known chefs from local eateries including the Marwell Hotel, Kyoto Kitchen in Winchester and the Hoddington Arms in Upton Grey. Entry to the festival is free and if travelling by car you can take advantage of the park and ride service from Ropley to Alresford with either a free ride on the Mid Hants Railway 'Watercress Line' or, during peak times, a free coach ride into New Alresford.
Fleet is a thriving community and as part of the Hart district in Hampshire is consistently voted as one of the top places to live in the UK. If you are looking to relocate to Fleet or its' surrounding areas then why not check out our properties currently for sale, as well as some comments from happy customers who have sold their property through Check 4 Houses.


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My Artistic Statement
I am making an Enlightenment Capsule for the audience to meditate inside — virtual reality in which people can experience ideas . . .
I want to connect with contemporary life through the technology we have now.
I paint fragments with varied levels of connection to reality. Within that parameter I am probing relationships between connection and separation, similarity and difference, image and self.
I usually don't plan things in advance; I just let it happen,sometimes waiting, sometimes wandering around until the right moment arrives. It arrives when I feel the energy, accumulated from that precise time and place, in my body. Then I immediately start a work.


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No inspection woes
Thursday was an easy enough day at my regular job. It was at the most distant of the worksites on my rotation, about 30 miles to the east. My first trip out there in my new-to-me Toyota. One thing I have noticed is that the fuel economy is much better than it had been on my Subaru. In part that's because the Subaru had all wheel drive, which increases fuel consumption, and in part because it was old.
Friday was my day off as usual, and I brought the Toyota in for its first inspection. When I registered it last week I had gotten a ten day temporary inspection sticker. Logically speaking, I had no reason whatsoever to be concerned, as the car was in fine shape with low mileage. Yet I was still ever so slightly worried. I guess that's because the last few inspections with the Subaru were a bit troublesome. Old fears die hard, and all that.
Friday evening I went to the gym for some weight-loss exercise. I did a 22- minute course on the stationary cycle, a course that went through what looked like Mayan ruins and had some steep upgrades. By now I've (more or less) mastered changing gears on the cycle, which can make it both more challenging and more realistic. I finished with 20 minutes on the elliptical.


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