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Colorado Springs Grizzlies v PAC Rugby
The Division-1 match for third place between Grizzlies and PAC yesterday at Infinity Rugby Complex in Glendale was a lopsided affair with this year's premier promotee, PAC, putting half dozen trys down against a single by the Bear. The Front Rangers from Platte Valley and Conifer claimed show position on the final 2015 Rugby Colorado High School chart in a definitive manner: PAC backrow lock Gray Lincoln dotted a tryple, loosehead prop Nate Colley a brace, and replacement Mark Ellerbrook grounded the last, while standoff Davis Price was successful in four-from-six conversions and 38-7 the victory over the Springs on a soggy Kettle paddock.
A break to space by the PAC inside center brought the play into Grizzlies business district (within 10 meters of goaline) before tackle and breakdown enabled Lincoln the snatch from the back of the loose, his powerful dash out wide and the cross-and-grounding that meant, along with Price's conversion, a 7-nil lead to the mountain men with eight minutes gone from referee Dave Fellows timepiece.
Grizzlies were experiencing difficulty reaching the gainline due largely to the competence of the PAC defense, though abetted by a slippery pill and the shifty, slidey pitch. Springs on the hunt with lineout inside the 22, but the ball was expertly turned over at breakdown and Lincoln smashed his way to space and outpaced the chase for three-quarters of the length of the field to touch down his second try of the match; with Price spot-on the completion, 14-0 for PAC in the 17th minute.
PAC were assessed a yellow card and thus down a man when Grizzlies patient, plodding packwork brought the action into PAC's business end of the stadium. Five punishing pick-and-goes by Colorado Springs until three-quarters, Ashkon Golabi, scooped and sprung across goal to touch down for flyhalf Cal Robeson's additional deuce and 14-7 for PAC at minute 25.
The big, roaring Lincoln grounded his hattryck at the close of the first thirty; with Price perfect in completion just now, 21-7 the way accounts stood as Fellows sounded the midpoint break and lads were off to lockers for hydration, instruction, and ideally, inspiration.
PAC's fierce intent at breakdown coupled by Grizzlies inability to make their gainline and maintain possession the difference at the half.
A blistering counter by PAC's fullback and savvy support from the front row had loosehead Nate Colley in position to ground in the seventh minute of the second stanza: 26-7 to PAC now.
Five more for the leaders as replacement Mark Ellerbrook dotted for a 31-7 advantage seven minutes on, and a final grounding by Colley (converted by Price) for a 38-7 record at Fellow's final whistle.
Home – Try: Golabi; Con: Robeson;
Guest – Try: Lincoln (3), Colley (2), Ellerbrook; Con: Price (4)
Match Official(s): Dave Fellows (Referee); Autumn Gardner, Mark Huff (RAs); Tom Coburn (CC)


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This thread will be updated all day, so keep refreshing it as the day goes along. Just a quick note, if I omitted a source it is due to a previous report with no recent updates. Here are your injury updates for tonight:
Injuries Tonight
Detroit Red Wings
- Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula, Jason Williams, Dan Cleary, Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall and Jonathan Ericsson all absent from tonight's lineup. [Mlive.com]
Chicago Blackhawks
- Niklas Hjalmarsson likely back in the lineup. [ESPN Chicago]
- Ben Eager, Dave Bolland and Adam Burish still out.
St. Louis Blues
- Eric Brewer and DJ King still out, expected back after Christmas.
Vancouver Canucks
- Per Jason Botchford, Michael Grabner reassigned to Manitoba.
- Pavol Demitra at home seeing a specialist.
- Alexander Edler could return tonight.
Hope you enjoyed our latest Injury Updates. You can help NHLHS stay alive by visiting our sponsors to the left.
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Now that the Corvette is pretty much sold, I will have it for a few more weeks, but John will get it some time after the Solo Nationals, I am trying to figure out what comes next?
I was thinking something along the lines of a used BMW barge, maybe a 5 or 7 Series, but Terec reminded me that I have to stick with the Z in whatever I purchase, so if I want a bimmer that pretty much leaves me to a Z3-4 or 8, and I really don't want a convertible.
Here's how my Z fetish has panned out since 2001.
1999 Camaro Z-28
2005 Tahoe Z-71
2004 Corvette Z06
I still have the 240Z, and am not sure what it's fate will end up being, but what do I do for a daily driver? I would like something nice, comfy, has some power, but doesn't have to be a race car. What do you think I should do? It doesn't necessarily have to have a Z in it, but that would be cool too.
Thanks to all our sponsors, perhaps one day CorvetteZ06.org will gain some life (a new ride) but for now check out our latest ride SpecFRS.com


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neighborhood. Initially, the real estate venture, a $6.6 million investment, did not appear to be lucrative. But Pyramid CDC raised a portion of the money and took out a loan to broker the deal.
Under Caldwell's leadership, The Power Center has become a buzzing shopping center that is now home to a J.P. Morgan Chase Bank branch, a private school, a family health clinic, a pharmacy, an optical center, office suites, and a large banquet facility. The Power Center pumps about $14.5 million into the local economy annually, attracts 9,500 shoppers monthly, and employs 257 people.
Despite those who question mixing businesses and faith, church leaders like Jakes, Maclin, Long, and Caldwell represent the black community's only line of defense against apathetic politicians and failing institutions. They are the last bastion of social entrepreneurs, creating businesses that appeal to congregants' spiritual needs and providing jobs within African American communities.
"Some people say that is not in the Bible," says Caldwell. "Almost one-half of the parables in the New and Old Testaments deal with money. We are representing in the 21st century what the Lord said and did in the New Testament."
Churches must institute a strong system of checks and balances to ensure that those at the helm are held accountable for the financial dealings of the ministry, says Danny Freeman, author of Building Wealth through Spiritual Health. The following are some recommendations:
Churches with budgets over $250,000 should hire an outside firm to conduct annual financial audits and share the information with parishioners, recommends Daniel Borokoff, leader of the American Institute of Philanthropy in Chicago.
Pastors should grant authority and leadership positions to laypeople within their congregations who have the expertise to help govern church-affiliated businesses and nonprofits, says Preston Williams, a retired Harvard University Divinity School professor.
To avoid conflicts of interest, an outside board of directors should monitor church businesses and all executives of church-affiliated business should be fully disclosed, says Freeman.
John Walker, chief creative officer at Tennessee-based Chitwood and Chitwood, says a pastor should be paid a regular salary not compensated by a pastor's aid club fund committee. He believes it's unethical to pay cash out of the offering bucket to an evangelist or to use one offering basket for pastor and one for the church. Good financial accountability has record keeping that tracks how money is collected and distributed and leaves a paper trail of receipts.
The use of fundamental business principles are essential for church deacons and trustees. "Good financial operating procedures make sure that the funds are extended properly and consistent with ministry priorities and overall financial posture," says Stanley Featherstone, a deacon at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Prince George's County, Maryland.


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Here is a statement of Egoroff's Theorem:
Egoroff's Theorem. Suppose that $\mu(X) < \infty$, and $f, f_1, f_2, f_3, \ldots$ are all measurable complex-valued functions on $X$ such that $f_n \to f$ almost everywhere. Then for every $\varepsilon > 0$, there exists $E \subseteq X$ such that $\mu(E) < \varepsilon$ and $f_n \to f$ uniformly on $E^c$ (the complement of $E$ in $X$).
Is it possible to replace the "$\mu(E) < \varepsilon$" condition by "$\mu(E) = 0$" in the statement and still have the theorem be true? I suspect that the answer is no, but I am having trouble thinking of an appropriate counterexample.


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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - King College posted a team score of 311 in the only round of the Outback Steakhouse Intercollegiate at the Hombre Golf Club Tuesday to finish fourth in the team standings.
King got a three-over-par 75 from Josh Bamberger (Waterloo, Canada) to lead the squad as he was tied for third.. Richard Powell (Hixson, Tenn.) was next with a 76 in a tie for eighth. Adrian Kibsey (Winnipeg, Canada) carded a 77 to place 13th with an 83 from Tyler Welsh.
The Tornado finished a shot behind Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) University as Flagler (Fla.) College won the team championship with a 307. Flagler came into the event No. 35 in the Golf Coaches Association of America rankings. Central Alabama Community College was second with a 308. King was able to beat No. 7 Columbus State (Ga.) and No. 21 Armstrong Atlantic (Ga.) by a shot. No. 33 St. Edward's (Texas) finished seventh with a 316.
All the golfers had to face the course with 15 mph winds on a wet course that saw the first round scheduled for Monday rained out.
King will play at the St. Andrews Spring Invitational on Feb. 21-22 in Pinehurst, N.C. at the Woodlake Resorts.


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Played around with a fun new look using my Irresistible Me clip in extensions! I'd forgotten what I looked like with long hair; and this time, it's longer and more voluminous than ever 😉
With this crazy long hair, I just had to go for a hippie/70s vibe. Honestly, it was that or a mermaid theme, and I'm fresh out of a tail 😛 So, I doubled up my flower prints, put on some bell bottoms and platforms, and went exploring around a local park. Definitely a throwback look – in more ways than one. Back a few decades, and back before several snips of a scissor relieved me of much of my hair 🙂
I absolutely love taking inspiration from previous decades and fashion fads. Everything is cyclical they say, (whoever the illusive "they" is), which is something I adore. Vintagey/throwback styles are a great love of mine, even if I don't alway dress it, they're still my favorite. AND I have to say I'm obsessed with these Anthropologie bell bottoms, they're so incredibly soft, comfortable to wear, and make me feel so nice.
I also finally got to wear my DIY flower sunglasses, which you can make —> here!
This Look: Hair Extensions//Irresistible Me – Jeans//Anthropologie – Top//Forever 21 – Shoes//Urban Outfitters
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OSHA has issued a final rule to revise its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulation.
What the Rule Requires
This rule requires employers in certain industries to electronically submit injury and illness data. OSHA intends to post the data from these submissions on a publicly-accessible website (although they will not post any information that could be used to identify employees). The rule also incorporates the existing statutory prohibition on retaliating against employees for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses and requires employers to inform employees of their right to report work-related injuries and illnesses free from retaliation.
Why is OSHA Issuing This Rule
OSHA's goal is to change unsafe behavior to safe practices. That's the goal of this rule as well. Behavioral science shows that when information is made publically available, people tend to take greater responsibility. So that's OSHA's reason for publishing the injury data—to motivate employees to increase attention to safety. The rule also contains provisions designed to better prevent employers from retaliating against employees who report injuries.
Also keep in mind that a decrease in injuries means less lost time and better insurance rates—so it helps the employers in the long run.
These provisions became effective August 10, 2016, but OSHA has delayed their enforcement until November 1, 2016 in order to provide outreach to the regulated community.
How the New Reporting Requirements Will be Phased In
The new reporting requirements will be phased in over two years:
Organizations with 250 or more employees in industries covered by the recordkeeping regulation must submit information from their 2016 Form 300A by July 1, 2017. These same employers will be required to submit information from all 2017 forms (300A, 300, and 301) by July 1, 2018. Beginning in 2019 and every year thereafter, the information must be submitted by March 2.
Organizations with 20-249 employees in certain high-risk industries must submit information from their 2016 Form 300A by July 1, 2017, and their 2017 Form 300A by July 1, 2018. Beginning in 2019 and every year thereafter, the information must be submitted by March 2.
You can read the full text of the rule here.


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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is shutting down SheiKra until February 15 to give the ride a fresh coat of paint.
The rest of the park's attractions and roller coasters will remain open during normal operating hours.
SheiKra one of the tallest roller coasters in the United States, opened in 2005. Railing and sections of the floor were removed to increase the ride's thrills in 2007. It features a 200-foot drop at a 90-degree angle and reaches speeds of 70 mph.


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Planet City Software Delivers "E-COMM-KIT"
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Planet City Software in Montreal, Canada, delivered its new E-COMM-KIT, calling it "E-Commerce with Eeze" that "brings e-commerce to the masses without massive overhead."
The E-COMM-KIT provides simple tools needed to set up a commercial Web site, including more than 100 templates and Web icons, as well as Web design tutorials. In addition, it includes ready to post banner ads, provides users with the ability to easily create online promotions and search engine links, and also offers simple financial features to keep track of sales (fully portable to most popular accounting packages).
The application can be used in conjunction with a Planet City-provided back office support system, or with any other back office system the user wishes.
Other features include a client database that allows businesses to keep track of their customers, an inventory control system to monitor sales and product inventory levels, and credit card authorization facilities that use the latest generation security protocols on the Internet.
Planet City Software said it plans to focus its sales and marketing efforts for the E-COMM-KIT towards computer resellers, as these are the sales organizations which most small businesses approach to learn more about developing an e-commerce site. Pricing was not disclosed.


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February 19, 2020
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Headway Cambridgeshire provides specialist day services, community services, advice and support, to adults with brain injury across Cambridgeshire. We also provide support and information for families and carers of those with acquired brain injury.
If you or someone you know has a brain injury and you live outside the county of Cambridgeshire, you can access support and advice from one of the local Headway groups, all registered charities, across the East of England.
Headway Bedford
Tel: 01234 310310
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Headway Cambridgeshire
Tel: 01223 576550
Email: email@example.com
Headway Essex
Tel: 01206 768797
Email: email@example.com
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Headway Hertfordshire
Tel: 0300 330 1455
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Headway Suffolk
Tel: 01473 711125
Email: email@example.com
Headway Luton
Tel: 01582 876729
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Headway Norfolk and Waveney
Tel: 01493 442994
Email: email@example.com
If you are seeking information on the effects of brain injury outside the East of England, you can contact the national organisation: Headway - the brain injury association, who also have links to national Headway Groups on their website.
Headway – the brain injury association
Tel: 0115 924 0800
Email: email@example.com
Headway - the brain injury association
Helpline Tel: 0808 800 2244
Email: email@example.com
" Ever since Headway has been involved, my son's life has completely turned around. "


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A little later than usual but here I am with another two episodes from the SGC, with one starting a minor subplot and another a standard filler with both sadly squandering some of their potential.
The episode starts with Carter giving a lecture at the Air Force Academy on wormhole theory, with the students believing it all to be theory only. At the end of the lecture one of the students, a cadet called Jennifer Hailey, takes a further interest in her equations, pointing out that the calculations are wrong on the board. While her professor rebukes her for questioning Carter's work Carter herself agrees, realising she had jumbled up a fraction on the board, and takes an interest in the young woman.
Teal'c and O'Neill meanwhile are deployed to an off-world science mission to relieve SG-2 who are glad to finally rotate back to Earth, having had enough of the civilian scientist in charge who refuses to observe military oversight and constantly makes demands for extra requisitions. While checking out a series of caves in advance of the civilian team the two of them encounter a Will-o'-the-wisp like creature that appears to be harmless but they decide to play it safe, stopping the civilians from exploring the cave.
At the Academy Carter meets with the CO, who also was there during her training, to gain knowledge about Hailey who he confirms that while the cadet has the intelligence and potential to become a great Officer her disciplinary issues, which stem from boredom and the lack of challenge, risk getting her thrown out the Academy. Despite meeting with the cadet in attempt to encourage her to stay on the straight and narrow Hailey later breaks another cadet's nose, threatening her with immediate expulsion. Carter decides to meet with Hailey again to measure her dedication and, deciding that she is worth the effort, manages to get her clearance to see just what she could end up working on, the Stargate Program itself.
On the science mission the civilian scientists are interrupted by the appearance of one of the Will-o'-the-wisp creatures which can seemingly go through any material and decide to go after it, despite the prior warnings of O'Neill. In a clearing they find a large collection of the creatures, which the lead scientist decides to go into the center of. Seemingly finding no threat O'Neill goes to meet Carter, who has brought Hailey with her, and brings them back to the field unit to study a captured Will-o'-the-wisp the scientist gathered which is later released due to fears it may be intelligent life. O'Neill's earlier caution however is later justified when one of the other scientists is killed when a group of the creatures repeatedly attack him by flying through him.
The science mission retreat to one of the metal field structures as the swarm approaches the base, using a generator to electrify the walls as the creatures seem to avoid electrical fields, and hunker down to think of a strategy to deal with them. Hailey and Carter come up with competing theories as opposed to why the creatures became violent with Carter believing the creatures of territorial and therefore waiting will make them worse while Hailey believes their behaviour is due to the EM field of the planet. Either way O'Neill knows that waiting will put everyone in danger so decides to make a run for the Gate, taking a zat blast to function as a temporary shield against the creatures. While he makes it to the Gate he is almost overwhelmed by the creatures before Teal'c saves the day, allowing them to dial the Gate and use its EM field as a shield over the area, allowing the successful evacuation of the base.
Prodigy marks the introduction of a fairly small and sadly later unused element to the franchise that I think could've worked really well which is the idea of the 'next generation' of SG Personnel. Up until this point apart from a few random SG member deaths the setup of the SGC has remained largely stagnant, with no new blood arriving onto the scene. Cadet Hailey however represents the fact that the Air Force is always growing and bringing in new personnel and eventually that means so will the SGC, stealing the best and brightest from this pool of potential recruits. This idea however only sees a couple more appearances in season 5 before being ignored entirely until the major cast changes in seasons 8 and 9.
The monster from the episode was also a nice change. Up until this point the visible biological 'threats' they've faced have always been some form of sentient life so the appearance of quite a basic form of life in the form of the Will-o'-the-wisp creatures switches the threat as it behaves entirely instinctually with the team unable to communicate with it after they seemingly provoke it, forcing them to abandon the planet. The episode also uses this to play with the idea of science always trying to find an answer to questions which in this case leads to the death of one scientist and endangerment of those on the base, effectively putting forward the idea that sometimes it's more useful to get out alive than to take actions that are dangerous just to be proven right.
Overall the episode is one that had a sadly squandered idea for the future of the show but is still a good standalone one, largely looking at how the selfish search for an answer can end up putting people in danger.
Assorted Musings
· The scene at the start was a cameo by the then actual Air Force Chief of Staff General Michael Ryan. Wouldn't be surprised if this real-world military connection helped fan the growth of the 'TV show is cover' conspiracy.
· When the scientists find the initial swarm in the woods if you look closer behind the scientist on the right you can see a car doing a turn in the background.
Quote of the episode: "Are you ready O'Neill?"
"No. Give me a warning."
"I am going to shoot you." – Teal'c and O'Neill
We begin with what seems a routine MALP exploration of a new planet. While it all seems normal to begin with, finding signs of an advanced civilisation, the MALP suddenly starts travelling through the air and is brought to some kind of electrical hub, with the resulting surge getting sent back through the Stargate which ends up shocking Carter and Harriman. After being released from the infirmary Carter gets to work trying to work out what actually came back through the Gate, with it slowly becoming clear that a hostile alien force has rooted itself inside the base computer system and is attempting to gain intelligence on the SGC, with it later revealing its work during a briefing. Realising the potential damage it could cause to base security Carter conducts a complete purge of the SGC computers and restoring them from clean backups.
Upon restoration of the backups they find that while the purge of the main computers was successful the unknown entity has managed to survive by constructing a makeshift computer out of MALPs and connecting itself to the emergency lighting grid. Aware that they don't know what it is, Carter decides to use a keyboard to communicate with it while O'Neill is one standby to cut the power. After only a couple of questions however the entity starts electrocuting Carter and O'Neill cuts the power.
After being placed in the infirmary they realise that the entity has moved once again, this time into Carter's brain. Through Carter the entity is able to reveal its purpose at the SGC; to find out and eliminate the threat to its planet and is now using Carter as a host to prevent the others from trying to kill it again. It turns out that the entity's race is able to be damaged by radio waves that the SGC uses with the MALP, therefore viewing it as a threat to their race. While Daniel attempts to take a more balanced approach O'Neill, fearing for Carter's safety, threatens the entity with claim that they'll send through countless MALPs through the Gate to its world unless it leaves Carter immediately. The entity, with motives unclear, leaves the observation room and enters the hallway, where it remotely interfaces with the MALP room computer, with O'Neill zating Carter twice as a result.
Following this Carter is placed on life support but shows no sign of brain activity, with the others discussing whether they should respect her wishes and pull the plug. During a subsequent reboot the makeshift mainframe starts activating, with it becoming clear that Carter was placed on the mainframe by the entity in exchange for not sending more probes to the planet. Hooking Carter up to the mainframe they manage to transfer her consciousness back to her body, with the SGC as a result keeping their end of the bargain and locking out the entity's planet from the SGC computers so no one can ever return there.
Much like the previous episode Entity largely focuses on a threat that hasn't been seen before, in this case a form of life that exists as some form of computer. This allows some new possibilities and also brings up just how vulnerable to this form of life the SGC is, being an underground bunker that is totally reliant on computers not just for basic operations but also to maintain life support from the surface. Given the possibility of this new form of life it's a shame it was largely wasted however, not only with the show never visiting this race again but also it quickly became another 'Carter is host to an alien' storyline with it finishing in much the same way as with Jolinar; the controlling entity sacrificing itself to save Carter in return for a deal with the SGC.
While the potential was wasted to a degree and the mechanics of how the entity moves around the Earth-based systems being somewhat hard to believe I did enjoy the variety of technical props that were placed in the episode, such as the jury-rigged computer mainframe used by the entity to protect itself.
One thing the episode does do right however is once again bringing back the differing views between O'Neill and Daniel on how to resolve situations they know nothing about, with them both being proven right and wrong. In O'Neill's case he was right that the threat of force would allow Carter's rescue but wrong in thinking the entity was trying something while for Daniel he was right in O'Neill jumping the gun but his peaceful settlement was a disaster waiting to happen as the rest of the entity's race would've likely attacked as soon as the Gate was opened.
Overall this was very much a standard filler episode for the season that had potential but never takes advantage of it and is sadly rather forgettable as a result, even with some interesting visual design and dialogue.
Assorted Musings
· My god, they actually got computer systems relatively correct for once when it came to their plan to purge the alien.
· Directly contrary to the previous musing how this alien managed to use Earth-based computers in a flash is stupid.
Quote of the episode: "Forget to change a light bulb, Siler?"
"Not my job, sir."
*Sees O'Neill's face
"Yes sir, light bulb, very amusing." – O'Neill and Silar


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Social Media Marketing For Lawyers Part 1: How To Make Linkedin Work For You
As a law firm, it's necessary for your brand to be professional. And when it comes to social media, that's what LinkedIn was built for. Now, building a great website is always the first step towards dominating your online presence, but the natural next step is to promote your firm on LinkedIn. As a social media platform, LinkedIn is meant to foster communication between professionals – whether it be about services, industry news, or personal promotion, LinkedIn is a community built on working connections. When it comes to promoting your law firm on LinkedIn, there are three principles you should keep in mind to not only attract new clients, but to help build your brand and presence on the world's largest professional social media site.
Build Relationships
LinkedIn is all about networking, and you need to be able to develop and maintain a web of relationships of potential clients, current clients, and peers to help you stay in touch with your market. A good method of engagement is with the "Group" feature. This allows you to create a message board where you can provide exclusive content and discussions for its members. Groups can serve different purposes for the different kinds of members you invite. For example, one group could be for current clients, where you provide updates and current news on ongoing issues specific to them. Another could be for potential clients with a message board so they could ask questions and interact with your firm directly.
If you're not ready to create your own group, there are many groups specifically for lawyers and specific legal issues. These groups are a great place to engage with peers, answer questions and showcase your expertise. For example, Trial Lawyer Network for Lawyers and Attorneys is a large group with almost 9,000 members. Some groups are open to all, other groups require your membership to be approved. Don't join groups simply to self-promote or promote your firm. Get to know the community and interact with current discussions or conversation before promoting yourself.
Publish Your Work
With 332 million members, LinkedIn is a highly trafficked publishing platform. If you have a knowledge center on your website (and you absolutely should), then LinkedIn is a great way to promote it quickly and cheaply. In February 2014, LinkedIn announced that it had acquired Pulse, the highly popular news aggregator, and along with it came Pulse's media publishing platform. This new platform allows for a wider scope of content to be published by LinkedIn users to their followers. If you post original articles that are linked to your website or your LinkedIn profile, they can show up not only on the sidebar of your connections' pages, but also on the LinkedIn Pulse feed. This is a great new feature because it connects your postings with your company and employee pages on a much wider scale than merely providing a status update. With some simple SEO strategy, you can plan your posts to reach a wide-ranging targeted audience in a quick and easy way.
Create a Referral Network
Make sure to have your attorneys keep up connections with their individual LinkedIn profiles. If a potential client is looking for a reputable firm and one of your employees has a shining review from a connection saying, "I've referred this attorney many times", then it will go a long way towards getting new business and publicly promoting your firm. Again, LinkedIn is and always will be about connections. No matter how much you advertise, there are few things more valuable than a previous client endorsing your skills and referring you to a potential client. It helps to expedite the relationship building process, and using LinkedIn allows your firm to be publicly praised for its successes. Once you establish your presence on LinkedIn, you'll be surprised at how much LinkedIn will do the work for you.
Read part two of our social media marketing for lawyers series here: The Twitter Machine.
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25th February, 2016
MATCH Alliance Event – Berth South Melbourne
The MATCH Alliance held a great event this morning.
We would like to thank everyone who attended today
A special thank you to Sue Barrett from Barrett Consulting for providing everyone with excellent advice on how to sell better and also to Darren Lipton from Telstra Elsternwick for being a sponsor and a great Alliance Member.
MATCH Alliance Member & Event Sponsor Darren Lipton with
the Chairman of the MATCH Alliance, Ronnie Lewis
Sue Barrett presenting to the MATCH Alliance
group this morning
If you would like more information about Sue Barrett's organisation and how they can assist your business in creating a more effective sales strategy, please visit: http://www.barrett.com.au/
To secure great advice and a great deal for your mobile plan or home internet, contact Darren Lipton at the Telstra Elsternwick store on (03) 9533 0100
If you would like to know more about MATCH Alliance please visit: http://www.matchalliance.com.au


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Poor, poor Edith. She had an especially bad time of it in last night's episode of Downton Abbey.
At the start of the show, Edith (Laura Carmichael), the ugly duckling middle Crawley sister, is to be married and she's aglow with happiness. Her intended is Sir Anthony Strallan, an older, always slightly ill at ease widower with a permanent arm injury from the war. Inexplicably, Edith has long carried a torch for him.
Neither her father, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville), the Earl of Grantham, nor her grandmother, Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith, who in real life nabbed a Golden Globe for her role at last night's awards ceremony), the Dowager Countess, is thrilled with the match. Both think Anthony too old and dull.
"She'll be a nurse and, by the time she's 50, she'll be wheeling around a one-armed old man," Robert complains to his wife, Lady Cora (Elizabeth McGovern).
Turns out, Lord Grantham isn't much of a fortune teller because Edith is stood up at the altar. (Was this finally karmic payback for her sending that tell-all letter to the Turkish embassy revealing that Mr. Pamuk had died in sister Mary's bed way back in season one?) An almost tearful Sir Anthony begs off just as the minister begins the wedding ceremony. "I can't let you throw away your life like this," he tells Edith.
She pleads with him to change his mind, saying she knows they'll be happy together.
The Dowager Countess swings into action: "Don't stop him from doing the only sensible thing he's done in months," she admonishes Edith. "Wish him well and let him go."
With that, Sir Anthony makes a solo exit from the church, with a loyal Carson (Jim Carter) looking daggers at him.
Upon returning to Downton as a still unmarried woman, Edith runs upstairs, tossing her wedding veil over the second floor railing in a dramatic gesture worthy of Sarah Bernhardt. She collapses onto her bed weeping.
"You are being tested. Being tested only makes you stronger," Cora says, attempting to comfort her. Edith continues to blubber.
Downstairs, the staff expresses support for the jilted Edith, disdain for Sir Anthony, and gratitude that they now get to dig into the fancy spread that Mrs. Patmore (Lesley Nicol) had labored over for the now canceled wedding day feast.
"What's it to be," the cook asks a tableful of fellow servants, "lobster, duck or asparagus?"
The other major plot thread running through the episode is the continuing question of whether Downton Abbey will have to be sold now that Robert has lost the Crawley stash due to bad investments. In preparation for, ahem, being poor, the Crawleys head over for a picnic at a nearby smaller mansion they own, to which they'll move if they have to downsize. Gazing at the new digs, Tom (Allen Leech), the former chauffer turned Crawley son-in-law, dryly observes, "To most people, it looks like a palace."
All the worry about selling Downton is for naught, it turns out. The estate is saved when Matthew decides – after needless plot complications and wife Mary (Michelle Dockery) making like Miss Marple – to accept an inheritance left him by the late father of Lavinia, his fiancée who died in season two. Matthew then tells Robert he wants to give him the inherited moolah to save Downton. The older man says he'll accept the money only as an investment by Matthew. "We will be joint masters," he tells his son-in-law. They shake on the deal.
Other storylines: Carson and Lady Crawley learn that Mrs. Hughes may have cancer. Carson tells the housekeeper not to overtire herself and Cora reassures her that, if she indeed turns out to be sick, there will always be a place, and people who care, for her at Downton.
Thomas (Rob James-Collier) and O'Brien (Siobhan Finneran) keep dueling, with Thomas planting a false story that O'Brien is looking to leave her post as Cora's maid. And Daisy has a crush on the new footman, Alfred (Matt Milne), as yet seemingly unreciprocated.
Loyal Anna (Joanne Froggatt) continues her efforts to uncover evidence that might free Bates (Brendan Coyle) from jail, traveling to London to interview a Mrs. Bartlett (played by Clare Higgins, a terrific British stage actress), a friend of Bates' dead wife. In the pokey, Bates' surly cellmate attempts to set him up by planting contraband in his cot, a plot Bates is able to foil thanks to a timely warning from another prisoner.
And do-gooder Isobel Crawley (Penelope Wilton) is still trying to reform prostitutes, this week by teaching them how to operate sewing machines. Ethel (Amy Nuttall), the former Downton maid who had an illegitimate baby, shows up at Isobel's refuge center but runs off before saying why she popped by.
The episode ends with Mrs. Patmore letting Carson know that, good news, Mrs. Hughes doesn't have cancer after all. "It's a benign something or other," Mrs. Patmore explains helpfully. Mrs. Hughes then looks on in amusement as a relieved Carson polishes the silver and, uncharacteristically, sings a jolly song aloud to himself, bellowing the refrain, "She stole my heart away." Any chance that's musical foreshadowing?
Best line by the Dowager Countess: "Sybil, vulgarity is no substitute for wit."
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Joan Rivers' Pre-Recorded 'Celebrity Apprentice' Episodes will Still Air
Joan Rivers will appear on tv months after her death in two episodes of reality series Celebrity Apprentice.
The Fashion Police co-host died last week aged 81, but she will continue to be seen on tv screens because she acted as businessman Donald Trump's boardroom adviser in the upcoming series of the reality show.
Rivers, who won the 2009 series, will assist Trump for two episodes. He previously announced on Twitter, "We just finished shooting a new season of Celebrity Apprentice and happily for all, Joan plays my advisor in two episodes… She was great!"
A broadcast date for the series has not yet been announced.
Rivers was laid to rest at a memorial service in New York on Sunday.
According to New York Post gossip column Page Six, her daughter Melissa held an intimate gathering at the comedienne's home following the funeral.
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Another Reason Why We HomeschoolFebruary 8, 2008
Homosexuals Just Want to be Left Alone (Part 3)October 25, 2007
In England you are no longer allowed to be a foster parent unless you promote homosexuality.
More examples of wanting to just be left alone here and here.
Homosexuals Just Want to be Left Alone (Part II)October 20, 2007
A while back I pointed out that in Britain it was now illegal for private Catholic schools to teach that homosexual behavior was morally wrong. I argued that the homosexual agenda has never been about toleration but about forced acceptance and approval by everyone. Many howls of protest went up that I was making too much of things.
Well, now we have some more examples proving my point.
- The City Council of Philadelphia has revoked a 75-year-old ordinance letting the Boy Scouts rent a building for a $1 a year on the grounds that the Boy Scouts discriminate against homosexuals. The Scouts will now have to pay $200,000 a year for the space. You would think that a group which has aggressively worked to prevent problems that have plagued the Catholic Church would be applauded for their efforts but instead they are vilified and have had city privileges revoked in Boston, San Francisco and now Philadelphia.
- The high court in Massachusetts has ruled that parents don't have a right to remove their children from public school homosexual indoctrination classes even on religious grounds. The court said that if they want to avoid the classes they have to leave the public school system.
- California has just passed a law requiring all school text books to remove anything that might appear to discriminate against or offend gays, lesbians, bi-sexuals and other ambiguous sexual groups. This includes cross dressers.
- San Francisco has forced Catholic Charities to work with Gay-friendly adoption agencies for placement with homosexual couples and the city council unanimously passed a resolution condemning the Church for being "anti-gay."
This isn't about toleration. This is indoctrination and forcing the "religion" of homosexuality on everyone under the guise of equality.
You might want to send a note to the Philadelphia City Council to let them know that their actions against the Boy Scouts just exposes their hatred for anything that doesn't conform to their indoctrination agenda.
Homosexuals Just Want to be Left AloneMarch 6, 2007
Just in case you still buy that line:
After this April's implementation of the Sexual Orientation Regulations (SOR's), British religious schools may no longer be allowed to teach school children that the Christian viewpoint on sexual morality is "objectively true," a government report says.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights, made up of members from Parliament, has issued a report on the implementation of the regulations recommending that religious schools be required to modify their religious instruction to comply with the government-approved doctrine of "non-discrimination."
Although religious schools will be allowed to remain open and may continue to give instruction in various religious beliefs, instruction must be modified "so that homosexual pupils are not subjected to teaching, as part of the religious education or other curriculum, that their sexual orientation is sinful or morally wrong."
The report says the regulations will not "prevent pupils from being taught as part of their religious education the fact that certain religions view homosexuality as sinful," but they may not teach "a particular religion's doctrinal beliefs as if they were objectively true." Published February 26, the report says, "We do not consider that the right to freedom of conscience and religion requires the school curriculum to be exempted from the scope of the sexual orientation regulations."
With the Equality Act 2006, the government empowered itself to create regulations making it illegal for anyone providing goods, services, facilities, premises, education or public functions, to discriminate against that person on the grounds of sexual orientation. The SOR's are scheduled to come into effect in England and Wales and Scotland in April of this year after a ratifying vote in Parliament. They came into effect in Northern Ireland January 1.
It has never been a matter of just being left alone. It has always been full, unconditional approval and promotion of the homosexual lifestyle. This year the Democratic-controlled congress will most likely pass federal non-discrimination laws for homosexuals. It's only a matter of time before your first amendment rights will be subordinated to approval of the homosexual agenda.
If you doubt this can happen in America, the Massachusetts's Supreme Court ruled a couple of weeks ago that children in public schools MUST attend classes and take material that promote homosexuality as acceptable. According to the court, the only way parents can avoid indoctrination is to remove their kids from public schools, they aren't allowed to opt out because it might make homosexuals feel bad.
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Juliet Stumpf, professor of law, chimes in on federal immigration enforcement in a New York Times article about the Obama administration's Priority Enforcement Program, which ended the Secure Communities programs ahead run into constitutional barriers and policy quagmires. The new program, nicknamed PEP, establishes three priority tiers for enforcing immigration law domestically and mandates of that Immigration agents follow those priorities.
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I spent nearly a year researching project bluebird & artichoke & I still have what I would consider a healthy amount of skepticism regarding many sources of information on the subject, all I would say is be careful who you believe.
Originally posted by MonarchSlave
First of all, I need people who are not skeptics on this subject.
I need someone who knows how the Illuminati works, what they do, and how they hide themselves. I need someone who knows how they hide in plain sight in the music industry, how they run the media, and how they control peoples lives. I need someone who understands how deed seeded their influence in society really is, how they can easily plan murders, events, anything and how every neighborhood has Illuminati watchdogs. This is not a laughing matter, I am entirely alone in this and even my own mother was in on the programming.
Are you sure you were forced or otherwise manipulated into wearing the butterfly clothing? also is it possible that your mother simply thought butterflies were pretty?
Let's begin with the basics. As a child I was made to wear plain dresses with a single butterly on them, I was given a butterfly necklace for my 13th birthday (when one is considered a woman), and my mom would adorn me with butterfly barrettes. The butterfly is a symbol of Monarch programming, and it is an image that is supposed to represent the soul, many Monarch slaves within the music industry discreetly wear a butterfly in some form. The butterly of course is related to the name, "Monarch programming".
Monarch children are subjected to varying degrees of torture, some more severe than others depending on how in depth the family is with the Illuminati, some of which are undergone mild programming even if they are from an outer family for the sake of keeping them servile. Children who are chosen for this are expected to have higher IQ's than most and an innate ability to connect to the spiritual and therefore are programmed early on to ensure they do not become "free thinkers". If a child becomes a free thinker, the next series of events in their life are staged in order to lower their morale and get them to commit suicide. They are often given planned areas to live in, planned spouses or boy/girlfriends, and everything down to their very school teachers are carefully selected.
I'm sorry to hear of your suffering but am glad you're still here to talk about it
My father was an alcoholic, he abused all of us children, and I was subjected to a lot of abuse as a kid.
how do you know it was done on purpose?
Before that I was subject to my mom and dad screaming at eachother on purpose to induce a sense of trauma before I was even able to speak.
This caused me to be very shy, withdrawn, speaking only when spoken to, servile, scared, and extremely emotionally sensitive.
As I grew up I was subjected to types of media that would encourage an overly sexual nature, being shown many Illuminati made movies such as A Clockwork Orange when I was no more than eight years old. This did not work for the most part because I was shy and therefore inconfident with my body, so I remained innocent, however I was in many ways encouraged to engage in masturbation. Being told not only that it was normal, but healthy and good for me. In general, I was taught many things that when I turned 15 I would outright reject.
The phase from 14 to 15 is actually quite dramatic, and cannot be psychologically explained because one does not go from being a relatively 14 year old girl to suddenly being an anti-Illuminati anti-government 15 year old is, dare I say, a spiritual transformation. All the prior programming compeltely backfired and suddenly I was aware of more than I would have been had I been raised a normal child. My teachers and peers would mock me, call me weird, and tell me I was insane for thinking that the government did 9/11, that they control too many aspects of our lives, etc etc, and most assumed I was just trying to be rebellious and cool. However, they were severely mistaken.
At this point in time a friend of mine had told me "give me your soul", handing me a white sheet of paper, I signed it, being indoctrinated into being an atheist at the time, and went on with my life, thinking nothing of it.
Years later this document was relinquished and holds no legal ground whatsoever anymore, if it had any in the first place.
This next chain of events in my life after that moment were too positive to be normal. I was not the most attractive girl, I was not likable, I was goth, reserved, people were afraid of me, others mocked me, but all in all no one liked me. But nonetheless suddenly after that I had people asking me on dates, popular people wanting to hang out, guys that I know would NEVER like me asking me out. I had people offering to pay for my #, all kinds of stuff.
My teachers knew things about me I never told anyone, sometimes I would catch them slipping up and saying # they couldn't possibly know. I was bullied by the staff because of my beliefs, they couldn't change my mindset and so they subjected me to police state like rules and threatened useless things on me.
It was only recently I noticed during these years, my neighbor's van a few doors down was a private company of his, a plumbing company, but the logo was a crosshair with the letters MM stacked on top of eachother within the crosshair. The guy was obviously a Mason, but I had never noticed that the logo was a threat to me and a message to the neighboorhood that I was "in the crosshair" of their "sniper", they had me in their sights, basically saying they were pointing their gun at me because I was getting out of line.
Not shortly after that I undergo intense demonic attacks that are akin to being shot in the head, just after I reach what I thought was a state of pure enlightenment. Aka, I found God.
Then I drop out, meet my first boyfriend, turns out he's a Mason and he was only sent to date me for the sake of putting me in a vulnerable position spiritually. He leaves me and the next thing I know, boom, lights out. He spoke in the same way they speak in music videos when they're using cryptic Illuminati language, basically speaking Babylonian, although at the time I had no idea about this language.
Now I'm seeing people coming out with music relevant to my assault that no one will understand except them.
People can call it insanity, but I need legitimate advice and I need people to spread the world on what they do.
This isn't a joke, this is real, the music industry, media, they're all Luciferians and would rather KILL a monarch slave than let them go. The fact I found out about all of this was never supposed to happen to begin with.
I. Need. Help.
Originally posted by kalunom
I wish I could put this delicately, but I can't. You are not that important.
The local Masonic plumber does not have you in his crosshairs, songs are not being written for you by mainstream musical artists, and usually, butterflies are just butterflies.
It sounds like you had a difficult childhood and I'm sorry to hear that, maybe try just paying more attention to your own self and not the craziness surrounding you. Best of luck.
Originally posted by clintdelicious
Im sorry but noone is so important that every single person in their life is carefully selected etc. If you think about it is doesnt make any sense as pasrents from home can brainwash their kids into pretty much anything without needing the enlistment of teachers and boyfriends etc. I dont want to be rude to you but I believe that you have a fairly severe case of paranoia, this would explain why you think every person you come into contact with you believe is involved in the conspiracy. Noone is that important im afraid let alone you. The music industry is run by these people? Thats funny because most music moguls children go on to be very outgoing people so I wouldnt thnk that they were raised in such a way as you have described.
Let me guess you became aware of the conspiracy after reading about then nwo on the internet?
This caused me to be very shy, withdrawn, speaking only when spoken to, servile, scared, and extremely emotionally sensitive.


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Schools like Notre Dame and Stanford are making plays for some of the state's top recruits.
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Some see a legacy of hate and exclusion behind the mascot many consider a school tradition.
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Corky Kell Launches High School Football
Georgia's high school football season officially begins Saturday with the Corky Kell Classic – five back-to-back games at the Georgia Dome. It's a tough time for several communities where football players have died in recent weeks. Jon Nelson from GPB Sports talks about those teams and looks at season ahead.
Thu., August 22, 2013 7:00am
Funeral Set For Football Player
Funeral services have been set for a suburban Atlanta high school player who suffered a deadly spinal cord injury during a preseason football game. The junior at Creekside High School in Fairburn fractured a vertebra in his upper spinal cord during a scrimmage Friday night, investigators in the Atlanta area's Fulton County Medical Examiner's officials have said.
Tue., August 20, 2013 5:00am
Why Did Teen Football Player Die?
State authorities in Georgia say they're investigating the death of a high school player who suffered a spinal cord injury during a preseason football game near Atlanta. Medical Examiner's officials said 16-year-old De'Antre Turman fractured a vertebrae in his upper spinal cord during a scrimmage Friday night about 15 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta.
Mon., August 19, 2013 7:00am
Blunt Force Trauma Killed Football Player
Authorities say a high school football player who died after a scrimmage suffered blunt force head and neck trauma. An investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office says 16-year-old Deantre Turman fractured a vertebra in his upper spinal cord during a preseason scrimmage Friday night.
Sat., December 15, 2012 5:37pm
Class AAAA Final: Sandy Creek Rolls Past Ridgeland
Sandy Creek left no doubt this time. After close, low-scoring affairs in their first two state championship game wins in 2009 and 2010, the Patriots closed out the Class AAAA final today at the Georgia Dome in the first half in a 45-10 whitewashing of Ridgeland.
Fri., November 30, 2012 9:02pm
Friday Recaps: Norcross Rolls, Tucker Falls
The semifinals are set after an exciting night of football. The Elite Eight saw Camden County fall to Norcross, Marist eliminate Stockbridge, Gainesville's DeShaun Watson put up unbelievable numbers once again and Tucker lose a heart-breaker to Northside-Warner Robins. See our recaps below for information on these games and more.
Fri., November 23, 2012 8:04pm
Friday Recaps: Grayson Upset, Packers Win Thriller
Overlooked North Gwinnett played a near-perfect game in upsetting defending state champion Grayson tonight in Gwinnett County. Colquitt County, meanwhile, won another thriller over a metro Atlanta team, this time Newnan. See our recaps below for these and more.
Fri., November 9, 2012 8:09pm
Friday Recaps: Indians Survive Hillgrove, Lovett Clinches
In the final regular season weekend of 2012, there were a lot of important games throughout the metro area. Several teams clinched playoff spots and/or region titles tonight while others salvaged their seasons with wins in the last game of the year. Find out what teams won and what players starred in tonight's Friday night football roundup:


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The turnout for primary elections in Minnesota is noticeably low, hovering around the mark of 10 percent of registered voters heading toward the polls.
Were it not for our local races, the ballot in McLeod County would be remarkably bland, with just a race for a Republican candidate for U.S. Congressional District 7 in Minnesota, and another for a Supreme Court associate justice.
To the Editor:
When I attended the candidate forum last week in Hutchinson, I could hear the excitement in Brad Wick's voice as he shared his plans for the future of this county. Brad wants to build on the foundation of our many assets, he sees so much more potential for McLeod County. Brad wants McLeod County to be the envy of Minnesota, he wants other counties to desire to emulate what we are doing here.
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Being a county commissioner is a big responsibility. After many words of encouragement, and much thought, I decided to run for this office for the people of District 4 in McLeod County.
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I fought hard in stopping the $22 million jail project (originally $25 million) and tried unsuccessfully against the $7 million remodeling project.
It just did not seem to make sense in spending millions on tearing down what looks like nearly one-third or more of, hopefully, a well-planned addition built in the 1970s by our previous commissioners. When this brick structure addition was built, many called it Glencoe's Holiday Inn.
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Many thanks to all the faithful donors who donated at the Glencoe Community Blood Drive on Wednesday, July 27 — especially those who braved the downpours to enter the building during the afternoon.
Right now, the city of Glencoe isn't planning a levy increase for 2017, according to City Administrator Mark Larson.
The mayor and City Council met last Wednesday, July 27, as the city's finance committee.
Larson did note, while presenting a preliminary 2017 budget, that he does not yet have figures for bond payments on city projects. Larson said the city is still waiting for information from the county and its bond counsel.
"But right now, we're not anticipating any levy increase," Larson said.
Silver Lake is planning another three days of fun-filled events as its annual Pola-Czesky Days celebration opens Friday, Aug. 5. This is the 47th year of the celebration.
Friday evening activities include the start of the kickball tournament and the popular toilet bowl races. Both start at 7 p.m. The kickball tournament is at the softball field, and the toilet bowl races are held on Main Street near the auditorium. A street dance featuring Menace will follow the toilet bowl races.
The McLeod County Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC), which is comprised of the five McLeod County commissioners, considered a short-term plan to restructure the solid waste department with two additional full-time employees. SWAC met Wednesday morning, July 27.
Pat Melvin, county administrator, said the restructuring of the solid waste department is actually part of a long-term plan to place solid waste, environmental services and the planning and zoning department all under the same umbrella.
The Tuesday, Aug. 9, primary election will pare down the field of candidates for McLeod County commissioner in Districts 3 and 4.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. that day.
Each district has three candidates, and the primary election will determine the final two candidates in each district. Those candidates will appear on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.
The joint purchase of a material grinder with the city of Hutchinson could help McLeod County on its way to becoming a processing center for agricultural plastic, boat wrap and other plastic materials.
The McLeod County Solid Waste Advisory Committee, which consists of the five county commissioners, met Wednesday morning, July 27, and heard that the county has been awarded a $600,000 facilities capital assistance program (CAP) grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to help it develop an auxiliary building and purchase equipment for processing the plastic.
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Cost: $0.99
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Active Ingredients: Caffeine, Guarana, Taurine, B-Vitamins
Taste Rating: 8.2
Kick Rating: 7.8
Final Judgment Rating: 8.0
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Rip It Energy Drink Review
Rip It Energy drink comes in several flavors including atomic pom, lime, citrus and sugar free versions. I will stick with reviewing the original Rip It Energy drink. They do not have a very large distribution channel so you probably won't see them in too many convenience or grocery stores. Well I did find one of these drinks at a local store and here is what I think of it.
Rip It Drink Review: Taste
This citrus flavored drink is slightly carbonated and goes down pretty good for a 16 ounce drink. The fact that it is 16 ounces means that it has to taste good or you would have a hell of a time choking it down. I enjoyed the citrus taste of this drink, as it kind of had a bubble gummy aftertaste that is actually pretty good. All in all it stacks up pretty good with the other citrus flavored drinks like NOS, Kabbalah and Vault. I will give it a healthy 8.2 out of ten on the taste scale.
Rip It Energy Drink Review: Kick
It tasted good and went down smoothly for a 16 ounce drink. All in all I was hoping that the kick would be great as well, especially since it was only $0.99. Well I was not disappointed but it was not the strongest energy drink I have ever tried. The kick that the Rip It Energy Drink gave off was a little above par. However, it did not take to long to kick in and it lasted about two to three hours before the effects started to wear off. The Rip It Energy drink review for kick will get a pretty good kick score of 7.8. This drink would be a great after dinner drink to get you through the remaining hours of the day.
Rip It Energy Drink Review: Final Judgment
All in all this is a pretty decent drink. The taste was pretty good for a citrus drink, and the kick was fast acting but not the strongest. On the other hand you can't beat the price of $0.99. I don't know if this is the actual price or if the store just had a promotion running. If you can find one of these drinks I would recommend buying them based on what you get for price. It will get the job done and save you money at the same time! I will have to give their other flavors a try as well, the Atomic Pom sounds original. Final judgment 8.0, efficient drink, great price! I will let everyone know if I can get my hands on any of the other flavors!
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VISTA — After three quarters of declining revenue projections, Vista's city staff have put together a draft 2009-2010 budget which they hope will get them through another hard year.
The $65 million budget, presented by City Management staff at the May 25 City Council meeting, is nearly $5 million leaner than last year's. Fifty-nine employee positions, one fifth of the city's roster, are unfunded. The open positions in Engineering and Community Development reflect the current construction slowdown. Others, like the cuts in parks and facility maintenance, will be more noticeable with cleanings and refurbishments scheduled less frequently.
Public safety takes up 60 percent of the city's budget and hence has suffered the largest reduction — around $3.5 million. Eight sheriff's station positions are unfilled, although none of them are duty officers. Patrol areas will remain unaffected and the popular gang resistance and junior deputy academy programs will continue, City Manager Rita Geldert said.
Four of the six of the fire department's inspector positions remain unfilled but no suppression personnel or "firefighters" have been cut.
"Public safety's one of the No. 1 priorities of the City Council and we just opened two new fire stations," Assistant City Manager Patrick Johnson said. "We want to see a reduction in our response times."
Vista is still moving ahead on a variety of projects, largely funded by the half-cent Proposition L sales tax. The new Civic Center building will be finished in the summer of 2010. Fire Station No. 1's seismic refit and remodeling will be done in March 2010.
Redevelopment is continuing apace with 400 new homes planed for South Santa Fe and new mixed-use projects planned for downtown and on East Vista Way. The newly revamped Moonlight Amphitheater will be open year-round.
The proposed budget still contains a deficit of just more than $1 million. Although fiscal reserves were used to balance last year's and next year's budgets, Geldert said the city could not allocate any more for fear of damaging its credit rating. Instead, the fire department has been tasked with finding more government grants. Geldert also said she hoped negotiations with the city's three labor unions would help narrow the budget gap.
The draft budget will appear before the council for final approval June 23. That won't be the end of the story, however. Geldert noted that it was possible city revenues could decrease even more, requiring more mid-course corrections as the year went on. Worse still is an impending $1.8 million funds grab by the state to shore up its own sagging budget.
Notwithstanding those concerns, the bottom line is that the city has a relatively stable revenue base of $51 million but expenditures of around $58 million. That shortfall will have to be addressed at some point, Geldert said.
"We have to have a balanced budget," Johnson said. "We've reduced expenditures by $8 million over the course of this last year, so we'll have to find more ways to become efficient or we may have to do service level reductions."
"(I) don't see any light at the end of this," Councilman Frank Lopez said. "We need to continue to be tough and tighten up that belt."
New Vista budget reflects hard times
VISTA — After three quarters of declining revenue projections, Vista's city staff have put together a draft 2009-2010 budget which they hope will get them through another hard year.


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After reading Andrew's excellent Roundup on alternative desktops (p30), I'm not sure how I feel about the way desktops are going. I'm still surprised, for example, that both Gnome and KDE developers made such massive changes to their desktops, when for many years the old versions had worked brilliantly. KDE 4.9 is stable, but it still takes a lot of effort to make the environment your own. And despite Microsoft staking some of its future on it, I don't like Gnome's homogenous touch interface. I accept that tablets and
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If you've read the blog post below, you'll know that I'm heading off to Weißbier-land. Well, this opens up a new position at Linux Format Towers -- we're looking for a Digital Media Editor. In a nutshell, you'll be the next Me, creating the multi-booting DVD, writing articles for the magazine, helping out with the websites and buying the odd round at the pub.
We're just about to get started on issue 153 of Linux Format, and it'll be my last working full-time on the magazine. It's been an amazing journey since I joined back in 2005, when we were working on issue 70 (with Debian 3.1 on the cover!). So much has changed in the world of Linux, and the sheer amount of talent in the free software community continues to astound me. Great days lie ahead.
We've had many wild and wondrous things posted to us here at Linux Format Towers. One chap sent an unlabelled SD card in an envelope, which contained pictures of viking battle clothing. Then some random department of government pen-pushers inadvertently sent us a warning that our office was violating RoHS directives. (Or perhaps they were just referring to Effy's lunch.) But today we received the coolest thing of all from Paul Williams (aka Heiowge), and here it is...
There's a lot of talk about Firefox's ever-increasing version number, and it made me wonder: what piece of software has the biggest version number of all? A brief scan of my Xubuntu 11.04 box suggests than XTerm, at version 268, has the lead, although I'm sure there's something bigger out there. And in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter - how good the software is, and for how long it is supported, is a bigger issue.
We've had a complicated relationship. In the early days it was great - you made the web better, and you brought about games and videos that couldn't be done in any other way. Well, I spent some time hanging out with RealPlayer, which was pretty good when I had dialup and I could listen to foreign radio stations. Those were good days. But RealPlayer gained weight and became annoying.
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Alabama's participation in the BCS National Championship game in the Rose Bowl is very special, and not just because it is the national championship, but because it's the first time Alabama has played for the National Championship in the Rose Bowl since 1946.
It all started in 1926, the game that has been called the one "that changed the South." Alabama, being a Southern Team, was not supposed to win because Southern teams were thought to be no match for teams in the North. Alabama beat Washington in that game and continued to return to the Rose Bowl to win most of the games it played there.
The Tuscaloosa News has a very good story about Alabama's football history. You can check it out by clicking this link.
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CINEBENCH is a real-world test suite that assesses your computer's performace capabilities. MAXON CINEBENCH is based on MAXON's award-winning animation software, CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia and many more.
MAXON CINEBENCH runs several tests on your computer to measure the performance of the main processor and the graphics card under real world circumstances. The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores and is available for Windows (32-bit and 64-Bit) and Macintosh (PPC and Intel-based).
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text: Fiery25123 0 Posted December 15, 2017 Hello CM forums! I just picked up this lovely case and I'm so excited to begin working with it!! +___+ Does anyone know if the Masterbox 5t is compatible with other Masterbox 5 parts? I'd like to mod mine, so I'd like to know what options are open to me. (Sadly, Masterbox 5t mods are INCREDILY HARD TO FIND!!! O__O) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Making a Big Deal Of NBC's Cash Flow
Welcome, Comcast, to the problem Jeff Zucker faced before you canned him as CEO of NBCUniversal. No matter how well the company does, if the NBC Broadcast network is running fourth in the ratings and its profits are poor, that's all some people are going to talk about.
Case in point: after Comcast released its earnings Wednesday, analyst Craig Moffett of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. published a research note that said: "The core of the programming business is NBCU's cable networks unit, and results there were good. But the face of NBCU is the broadcast network, and while investors were braced for a weak result, they didn't disappoint in disappointing."
How much red was in the Peacock's tale? The broadcast unit-including the network and the stations-had negative cash flow of $7 million, compared to positive cash flow of $70 million a year ago. According to the company, "the loss reflected increased investment in primetime, news programming and local stations, as well as acquisition-related accounting revisions totaling $24 million."
According to Moffett, NBC's "revenue of $1.5B was in line [with expectations]… but the network barely turned a profit on an EBITDA basis, and managed to miss even its paltry 2.8% consensus margin expectation. Meanwhile, some big 2011/12 season bets like Playboy Club have already flamed out… and early ratings of replacement programming are even worse. Lest anyone harbor any illusions to the contrary, turning around a network can take a long time."
NBCU CEO Steve Burke said that the advertising business continues to be strong, particularly national advertising. "We're 90% sold out for the Super Bowl. We're seeing lots of demand for all sorts of cable and broadcast advertising, so that continues to be a bright spot," he said.
But while ad sales at NBCU's cable networks were up 9.5%, sales were flat at NBC, reflecting higher pricing that was partially offset by weaker primetime ratings plus lower political advertising at its TV stations.
To be fair, Comcast, from CEO Brian Roberts on down, seem intent on making the investments necessary to make NBCU, including the broadcast network, successful.
Asked by an analyst during Wednesday's earnings call if Comcast would be making more than the $300 million in investments in NBCU that the company talked about at the beginning of the year, Roberts said there might be more good reasons to spend and we "certainly don't want tobox ourselves into not being able to make those investments when they present themselves."
One such investment was spending $600 million for the Spanish language rights to the World Cup in 2015 through 2022. "This investment should be profitable for Telemundo, a real game-changer for that business and an opportunity for our company," Roberts said.
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text: Two isostructural series of lanthanide metal-organic frameworks denoted as SUMOF-7II (Ln) and SUMOF-7IIB (Ln) (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, and Gd) were synthesized using4,4',4 ''-(pyridine-2,4,6-triyl)tris(benzoic acid) (H(3)L2) and a mixture of H(3)L2 and 4,4',4 ''-(benzene-1,3,5-triyl)tris(benzoic acid) (H3BTB) as linkers, respectively. Both series were characterized using powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermal analysis (TGA), and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Photoluminescence measurements show that Eu-MOFs demonstrate a red emission while Pr- and Nd-MOFs display an emission in the near-infrared (NIR) range. On the other hand, La-, Ce-, Sm- and Gd-MOFs exhibit only a ligand-centered emission. The average luminescence lifetimes in the SUMOF-7IIB series are 1.3-1.4-fold longer than the corresponding ones in the SUMOF-7II series. SUMOF-7IIs show a good photo- and thermal stability. Altogether, the properties of SUMOF-7II and SUMOF-7IIB render them promising materials for applications including sensing, biosensing, and telecommunications.


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Afghan Clerics Label Suicide Attacks a Sin. Then, a Bomber Strikes Their Meeting.
Top clerics and religious scholars also declare country's 17-year war illegal under Islamic law
KABUL, Afghanistan—A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber struck a meeting of Afghanistan's top clerics and religious scholars in the capital on Monday, killing 14 people shortly after the large gathering declared such suicide attacks a sin and the country's 17-year war illegal under Islamic law.
The Afghan branch of Islamic State said through its Amaq news agency that it carried out the attack, which occurred as the meeting of the Afghan Ulema Council was adjourning and attendees were departing the assembly grounds. The Taliban, Afghanistan's largest insurgency, denied any involvement in the bombing.
Islamic State's affiliate here, which has claimed responsibility for a spate of attacks in Kabul in recent months, is under intense military pressure from U.S. Special Forces and from stepped-up U.S. airstrikes in eastern Nangarhar province, its Afghan stronghold.
A senior Afghan security official said 17 people were also injured in the bombing at one of the exits from the meeting grounds, near Kabul Polytechnic University in western Kabul.
Sayed Ehsan Tahiri, spokesman for the government's High Peace Council, said the meeting was attended by some 3,000 religious figures from across the Central Asian nation. He said he escaped the blast by a matter of seconds. "God has given me another life," he said.
Shortly before the attack, the convocation had issued an Islamic ruling, or fatwa, declaring suicide attacks forbidden.
"Suicide attacks, explosions for killing people, division, insurgency, different types of corruption, robbery, kidnapping and any type of violence are counted as big sins in Islam and are against the order of the Almighty Allah," they said.
Suicide bombings are a relatively recent phenomenon in Afghanistan, having been rejected as a form of combat during the uprising against the occupation of Soviet forces in the 1980s and the takeover by Taliban forces in the mid-1990s.
Rather, they became a feature of the Afghan war in the mid-2000s, as the tactics used by Islamist militants against U.S. forces in Iraq rebounded here.
The clerical gathering also denounced the 17-year war in Afghanistan as illegal under Islamic law, calling it nothing but "shedding the blood of Muslims," and urged the Taliban to take up the Kabul government's offer of unconditional peace talks.
In perhaps the most public peace overture since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 to remove the Taliban from power, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in late February offered political recognition to the Taliban in exchange for a stop to the fighting.
The Taliban hasn't replied formally to the bid. It has said it will only negotiate with the U.S. since, it says, America is the main engine of the war and the Kabul government is illegitimate.
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Appeared in the June 5, 2018, print edition as 'Afghan Clerics Targeted in Deadly Bombing.'