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Behind the Rising Price of Polyester
For years, the primary indicator of polyester fiber or filament cost was the fluctuation in petroleum prices. If the price of a barrel of oil increased, so did the price per pound of the base synthetic ingredient: polyester staple fiber (PSF).
"This last eight months has been different," says Alasdair Carmichael, president of the Americas division of the U.K.-based PCI Fibres. "Oil has been increasing, but the rate of increase at the fiber level has been greater than the increase at the oil level." A new factor has come into play in the past year, and it's surprised industry watchers. The price increases this year are demand-driven, Carmichael says, and the additional demand is due, in large part, to a shortage of cotton.
CLICK HERE to read the full story in Specialty Fabric Review.
Global Economic Scenarios Ranked
The Canadian economy finished 2010 on a stronger footing than expected, but economists continue to remain on alert, hoping a firm global economic recovery will take hold before the next crisis hits. Threats from black swan events, such as the BP oil spill that threatened to derail the world's largest economy last year, can never be predicted — which is just as well. After all, when it comes to what could happen in 2011, there are already enough major risks on the radar to keep central bankers up at night. Canadian Business ranks the "biggies" here.
The Fibre Price Sheet
The economic climate is still recovering, yet retail trends seem to be rolling along in step with the changing seasons. But what is really going on in the retail industry? Fibre prices are escalating and the front of house is trying to retain its steady compusure while the back of house is scrambling to make production ends meet.
"Once these higher fibre prices filter through the supply chain, it's going to be painful," said Gary Raines, vice president of economics and analysis with FCStone Fibers & Textiles. "Who's going to crack first? Will consumers willingly pay higher year-over-year prices for apparel? I'm not sure. 2011 is shaping up to be unlike any year we've seen. There is a major disjoint between retail trends and what's happening on the fibre side." – WWD.com
Both synthetics and cotton will soon be out of the question if prices continue to rise at such a dramatic rate. Iti's now time that farmers, designers and manufacturers begin to look for economically vialable alternatives.
Our own fibre, CRAiLAR® Flax is soft like cotton, has a similar color, possesses similar performance traits and is cool and comfortable to wear year-round. CRAiLAR® Flax and cotton look the same, fit the same and wash the same. Still, CRAiLAR® Flax fibres shrink less than cotton fibres do, wick moisture better, and have increased dye uptake meaning they take less chemicals to reach the same color levels.
With cotton prices currently well over a dollar per pound, flax is a cost-effective raw material for fibre
production. We estimate that we will be able to provide CRAiLAR® Flax at approximately $0.90 per
pound making it an economically viable complement to cotton.
The revolutionary all-natural CRAiLAR® process is non-polluting and consumes a lot less energy and
water than it takes to produce other natural fibers. While CRAiLAR® Organic Fibres are strong and
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chemicals used within the CRAiLAR® process have been approved for use as textile auxiliary agents
according to the Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS). GOTS approved inputs are screened for
prohibited toxic chemicals such as aromatic solvents, heavy metals or fluorocarbons as well as
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). All substances must also comply with strict toxicity and
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A current trail with rearing calves confirms again the potential of PROVITA LE, the probiotic for calves. There could be observed a significant improvement in daily gains and feed conversion rate of animals. Hence the health Status of animals could be improved.
Trail design at FH Bingen
80 male calves were divided into a control and trail Group and within 7 weeks all animals were fed with the same milk replacer. PROVITA LE was additional added in the milk replacer of trail group. The concentration ofthe milk replacer was 125 g per l water. 8 liter was the maximum intake. After the 6th week the calves were weaned. The animals receive TMR adlibitum at trough. The calves were housed at an Age of 14-21days.
recorded data
Following datas are documented: daily intake of milk replacer/ animal/ day, weekly amount of TMR per Group, additionally single animla weight with digital continuous scale. The health Status would be recorded as subjective evaluationat daily control corridor.
Result: better feed efficincy
Using PROVITA LE during the trail Periode higher daily weight gains were measured. Both Groups started at nearly similar average weights of 63 and 63,1 kg/ per animal. The control group weight finally in average 108,1 kg. The final weight of the group with PROVITA LE was about 5,1 kg higher. The daily grins increased 90 g,this means 11,1 % form 805 g to 895 g. Due to the fact that in the first weeks the intake of the milk replacer was identically and the intake of the TMR was very low, the calves in the trail group have a higher weight gain also in this period.
Result: Better feed efficiency
After the suckling Periode the calves also have a higher feed intake (+ 5,8% dry feed). The Energie efficency (the energy Input for on kg of weight gain) was calculated on the basis of dry matter intake and daily gains. The calves of the trail group fed 5,8 % mor of the dry-TMR and the daily gain was 11,1 % higher than in control group. So the energy intake was with 25,4 MJ ME per kg ingrowth reduced about 8 % (s.chart).
Result better health Status
Overall the health status was well, but the number of animals with dairrhea and medical Treatment were 17 in the control group and only seven in the trail group. The evaluation of faces showed no differences between the group.
Die ohne PROVITA LE gefütterten Kälber in der Kontrollgruppe des Versuchs benötigten ca. 6 Tage zusätzlich, bis sie das Gewicht der Versuchskälber erreichten. Verursacht eine Fütterung ohne PROVITA LE also einen höheren Futterverbrauch und eine um eine Woche längere Beanspruchung des Stallplatzes, entstehen dadurch höhere Kosten. Der höhere Aufwand an tierärztlichen Maßnahmen stellt einen weiteren Kostenfaktor dar. Die Ergebnisse der Versuchsgruppe unterstreichen das große Leistungsvermögen von PROVITA LE. Die Kälber sind gesünder, entwickeln sich schneller und einheitlicher.
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Leadership often requires us to have hard conversations – sometimes at our initiative, and sometimes at the initiative of others. When those times happen, I must always check myself to make sure my heart isn't moving in the wrong direction during the conversation, especially because I don't like confrontation in general. Here's what I must watch for:
- Allowing anger to arise. I know when my heart begins to pound a little faster, my blood pressure starts to rise, and my facial muscles begin to tighten. If I let it get out of control, I'll respond in an unhealthy way.
- Moving toward "shut down" mode. Sometimes it's easiest for me simply to end the conversation and ignore the issue. That's a copout, however.
- Building to build a defensive wall. This especially happens when the conversation turns to critique me. I have a tendency to bow up and prove myself right before I genuinely hear the concerns of others.
- Deflecting blame toward the other person. When I am, in fact, guilty of creating a problem, I too often cast blame on others before taking responsibility for my own actions.
- Tuning out the other person. Sure, I'm there in the room during the conversation, but my mind is elsewhere. I'm listening more to my inner thoughts than to the person talking to me.
- Whitewashing a needed apology. It sounds something like this: "I'm sorry that you felt hurt by my actions" or "I regret that my stand caused anguish for you." In both cases, the "apology" is seldom genuine.
- Talking more than listening. When I talk more than listen, I tend to come across as the teacher more than the concerned, caring brother in Christ – and I miss an opportunity to shepherd well.
- Making only brief eye contact. That's one way I know that the conversation is stressing me out. If I'm looking around or over the other person, I'm not as engaged as I need to be to bring resolution.
- Seeking to "win" the conversation. The confrontation becomes a competition, and my naturally competitive spirit kicks in. A need to win makes a healthy conversation almost impossible.
- Talking without praying. That wrong response might be, in fact, the deepest wrong. My lack of prayer is a confession that I don't need God's help – and the conversation inevitably remains difficult.
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Santa usually only visits well-behaved children, but this year he's decided to drop in on the website of PC manufacturer Dell.
Sata - aka Santa - according to Dell
An eagle-eyed Register Hardware reader has discovered that the search term "SATA" will prompt Dell's US website to ask customers "Did you mean: "santa"?
We didn't realise that the credit crunch had affected Dell so badly that it felt necessary to advertise Santa's services alongside its own goods. Or, perhaps Dell's struck a deal with jolly old Saint Nick to put its Inspiron Mini's into stockings this year?
Dell's Santa suggestion
Clicking on Dell's Santa suggestion brings up different products each time you try it, with our last attempt feeding through to a purchase page for videogame Mall Tycoon.
Dell's Santa/Sata festive mix-up also works on its European website.
Thanks to reader Charlie for spotting this one.


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About Me
Jeanette, a Broker with over 20 years experience, is committed to providing excellence in real estate service to her clients. Her knowledgeable, honest, caring approach has been key to her success in real estate in addition to being a Lifetime Million Dollar Producer and recipient of the Graduate in Realtors Institute (GRI) designation. She is a member of the National Board of Realtors. Jeanette is thankful for the many awards and designations, but none is as rewarding as the smile on the face of a homeowner after completing a smooth move.
After getting her Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University, Jeanette entered the real estate profession in 1978. She began working in new home construction and expanded to corporate relocation and the existing home market. Jeanette gets excited working with large families and new homebuyers. "My family has always been very active in sports, church and community activities and I love to help other families find their perfect home so they too can get involved in their community."
Jeanette lives with her husband of 30 years, Ed, in Williamson County. They have three children, John works in the mortgage business, Brent is in dental school at the University of Tennessee at Memphis and Brittany is a freshman at the University of Georgia. When Jeanette is not working, she enjoys mission trips, sports, boating, traveling, and gardening.


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Dance Studio Named to Honor MaryLu Clayton Rosenthal
Dance Studio Named to Honor MaryLu Clayton Rosenthal
The Rosenthal family honors her legacy with endowed scholarships in music, dance and theater.
(October 11, 2011)
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Ginny Mahasin,, Roberta Hawkins, and Robert Rosenthal look at the plaque honoring MaryLu Clayton Rosenthal. Photo by Peter Phun.
Students at the University of California, Riverside will benefit from that legacy of love in a dance studio named in her honor and with endowed scholarships in music, dance and theater. Mrs. Rosenthal, known affectionately by her family as Potchie, died in October 2010 at the age of 79.
A reception on Monday celebrated the naming of a dance studio in the UCR Arts Building for Mrs. Rosenthal.
"Dance and music were a very important part of who she was," said her husband, Robert Rosenthal, distinguished professor of psychology at UC Riverside. "She started very young and was active in dance all of her life."
The gift from the Rosenthal family naming the dance studio honors her love of the performing arts and will help support students in those disciplines, her family said. Subsequent planned gifts will fund scholarships or fellowships in music, dance and theater.
"With these scholarships, MaryLu's spirit will continue to inspire the dancers, musicians and writers who make the world more beautiful, interesting and worthwhile," her family said. "The family would like to share her legacy with others as generously as she shared her love, talent and patience with them."
The Rosenthals have three children – daughters Roberta Rosenthal Hawkins of Moreno Valley and Virginia Mahasin of Mountain View, Calif., and son David Rosenthal of Boston – and six grandchildren.
The Rosenthal family gift will support students, underwrite performances, and help to fund much-needed equipment, said Stephen Cullenberg, dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
"Generations of future students, dancers, and performers who work and create in this dance studio will come to know MaryLu through the creative activities they undertake in this very unique space," he said. "This donation provides greatly needed resources to support our academic mission. In difficult financial times all facets of the university are affected and unfortunately the performing arts are not insulated from tough budgetary decisions. Because of this, the Rosenthal family gift will have an even greater impact and will provide resources that would otherwise not be available to our students and faculty."
Mrs. Rosenthal began tap dancing as a child and played the saxophone, violin and piano in her high school orchestra, band and jazz group in Norwood, Ohio. She continued to play the piano and dance throughout her life, and taught tap dancing to senior citizens when she was in her 50s and 60s.
She played the piano every day, favoring the tunes of Gershwin, Porter, and Rodgers and Hammerstein, her family recalled.
"It's a universal truth that the kitchen is the heart of the house, and since MaryLu was the heart of the family, her piano was, appropriately and for years, in the kitchen," they wrote. "A former classroom teacher, librarian and a life-long learner, MaryLu's home was lined with books on film, history, art and architecture, novels both humorous and mysterious, from Regency to Noir. She read them all, loaned many, bought the family more, and deeply respected good writers. She rarely admitted that she was one of them, but MaryLu's letters, cards – often watercolors she'd done herself – and e-mails were smart, witty, sensitive tokens of cultural breadth, down-home wisdom, and maternal care; many were kept and reread and will continue to inspire us."
Robert Rosenthal stands at a piano in the dance studio at UC Riverside that bears the name of his late wife, MaryLu Clayton Rosenthal.
A UC Riverside student dance group performs at a celebration of the gift to the campus. Photo by Peter Phun.
The University of California, Riverside (www.ucr.edu) is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment has exceeded 21,000 students. The campus opened a medical school in 2013 and has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Center. The campus has an annual statewide economic impact of more than $1 billion.
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Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership!
Congress is currently considering a new sweeping "Free Trade" agreement—the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)—that has been negotiated in secret and is being "fast-tracked" through Congress. Since "fast-track" authority was granted, this NAFTA-style corporate power grab will be an up-or-down vote only with no public input or hearings & virtually no debate.
So-called "free trade agreements" have dramatically increased the profits of multi-national corporate agribusiness at the expense of U.S. farmers & farmers around the world. These trade deals take power away from our local & state elected representatives & puts decision-making power into the hands of an international unelected, unaccountable body—a virtual corporate, global constitution!
Tell them to support family farms and our democracy–STOP the TPP!
Senator Blunt (202) 224-5721
Senator McCaskill (202) 224-6154
Call the Congressional Switchboard at (202) 224-3121
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If you recently had your name legally changed and need to update your Upper Iowa University username and email address follow the steps below.
You will have to log in to the myUIU portal and update your personal information.
Once updated in the myUIU portal you will need to contact the HR Department provide your supporting documentation. Once your record is updated you will need to submit a Username Change Request ticket. The IT Services Department will then contact you with your new account information.
Updating your Personal Information
- Login to myUIU
- Hover the cursor over the user profile icon and click 'Personal Info'
- Click the 'Biographical Info' tab within the 'My Info' portlet
- Click the pencil icon to the right of the word "Details"
- Update your newly changed name in the 'Name' field
- Click the 'Submit' button


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A MOTHER woke to find a 1.85m-long python wrapped around her two-year-old daughter yesterday morning.
Tess Guthrie, 22, from Lismore on the far north coast, was woken by her cat hissing at 3.30am and discovered the python wrapped three times around her daughter Zara's arm, who was sleeping in the bed with her.
At first she thought it was a dream but soon realised the horror and grabbed the snake by the head to pry it off her child, which caused the reptile to bite Zara three times on her left hand.
"After we went to the hospital and Tex came, they found the snake sort of down behind the bedside table and in-between the wall but I don't doubt he was there for days," she told the local TV station.
Zara was treated at Lismore Base Hospital and released yesterday morning.
Tex Tillis, from Tex's Snake Removals, who removed the reptile, said the coastal python, or carpet snake, wasn't trying to hurt the child.
"The snake, not in any way, shape or form, had intended to eat the baby - it was trying to have a group hug," he told The Daily Telegraph.
"Pythons, underneath their bottom jaw they have a row of sensors which enable them to see the world in terms of infrared pictures. So in the dark they're going to see a baby as this warm spot."
Ms Guthrie said she had noticed that her cat had been behaving out of character in the days leading up to the python's appearance.
"She's a very resourceful lady," Mr Tillis said. "She tried to grab its head but got six inches down which left the head to bite the baby.
"When you grab a snake, a snake in its reptilian brain thinks, 'anything that can grab me can also eat me'."
Mr Tillis estimates the python to be 5-10 years old: "by no means a big fella - they grow much, much bigger."
But Ms Guthrie insisted that the reptile not be killed and instead it was released back into the wild about 5km from the house.
Mr Tillis said: "Not only is she courageous and gutsy but she's compassionate."
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Death Penalty in Indiana
The state may seek a death sentence for murder by alleging the existence of at least one aggravating circumstance. Between 1897 and 2009, a total of 94 men have been executed in the State of Indiana for capital offenses.
The current death penalty law was enacted in 1996 by the Indiana General Assembly. The current method to carry out the execution is by lethal injection.
- Death Penalty Sentencing Procedure (IC 35-50-2-9)
- History of Death Penalty in Indiana
- Executed Offenders (1897 – 2009)
- Executed Offenders Statistics
- Current Death Row Offender Ratios
Death Row
Offenders sentenced to death in Indiana are housed at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, IN. There are nine men and one woman (housed in Ohio on a life sentence) currently under sentence of death in the State of Indiana. All offenders on Death Row are classified as maximum security and housed in single cells.
*There are no executions currently scheduled in Indiana.
Execution Process
When an Execution Order is received from a Court of Law, and all appeals have been exhausted, the State of Indiana makes preparations to carry out the sentence. All executions take place just after midnight at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, IN.
Before a scheduled execution, an additional officer is assigned to Death Row to observe the offender under sentence. Prior to the execution, the offender is transferred to a holding cell, adjacent to the execution room. The holding cell is where the offender is offered a visit from a spiritual adviser.
The current method of execution is lethal injection. Indiana uses a three-drug protocol to carry out execution orders: Brevitol - to induce unconsciousness; Pancuronium or Vecuronium Bromide - to paralyze the respiratory system (stop breathing); and Potassium Chloride - to stop the heart.
Additional information on the death penalty and statistics can be found here, or by visiting www.clarkprosecutor.org or www.Indiana.gov/ipdc


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In continuation of our last post reporting the first evening of Purav Ang Gayaki Utsav 2012 – 2013, let us now proceed to the second evening of the festival, held on 28th October 2012 at Chowdhury House, Calcutta.
The first participant of this evening was Smt Pallabi Ghatak, who started her presentation with a thumri on raaga Mishra Bhairavi (bansuria kaisi bajai ri) and next switched to a dadra on raaga Pilu (nath bisar balam).
Smt Santa Kundu was the next participant and she opened with a thumri on raaga Desh (mora saiyyan bulawe). Her second presentation was a dadra on raaga Majh Khamaj (aisi bedarda se).
The third participant was Smt Sohini Roy Chakraborty, who started with a thumri on raaga Mishra Khamaj (mori maano batiyaan) and then presented a dadra on raaga Kaushiddhwani (shyam tohe najaria).
The last participant, Smt Nandini Chakrabarty, a deciple of Smt Poornima Chaudhuri, presented a thumri on raaga Majh Khamaj (ab ke sawan ghar aa jaa) and ended the evening's program with a dadra on raaga Bhairavi (jao main tose nahin bolun).
Throughout the two days covered by the festival, the accompanists Sri Jayshankar Mishra (tabla) and Smt Paromita Mukherjee (harmonium) worked tirelessly and brilliantly with all the eight participants.
A word on the Mrs Paromita Mukherjee – she was so magnificent at her harmonium skills that some of the alankars sounded more like being played on a flute rather than a harmonium! A disciple of late violinist Sri V G Jog, she left Calcutta a while back and now lives in Delhi. While Bengal should mourn losing her, we should be equally proud of her as a great Bengali artiste.
As in the past, the VSK Baithak 2012 – 2013 at the Chowdhury House was a delight for the audience. Superb aesthetics, great hospitality, attractive floral appointments and closeness to the artistes created a warm, cozy and homely atmosphere.
To illustrate, here's a photo of the auditorium. This photo is a bigger one than the rest and was created by joining three normal photos. Click on the photo if you want to see its bigger version.
We wish luck to all the participants and congratulate Sri V S Kapur on his sincere efforts to revive this particular tradition of Indian classical music. Hope to see you all next year!
Update (05 Nov 12):
The photo of the auditorium is not being displayed for some reason unknown. This may be because of a WordPress bug which can't resolve different formats of posts (Standard, Gallery etc.). However, here is a separate link for the photo if you want to have a look.


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Archives. Archives of this blog in reference to C.R. I really don't know what to say right now. I am truly befuddled. I don't understand. I don't understand why or how he did it. I don't understand why God is taking all these people away from me. I don't understand why some people have to die so young, and why some people want to die so young. I don't understand why this occurrence is affecting me so much after what he did to me, both while we were dating, and while we were friends. Maybe it's because B.L. told me that it's because he was drinking and smoking pot too much, and that M.T. is headed down the same road, because the only time you drink and smoke pot is when you want to forget something (which, by the way, isn't true. People do those things for many reasons.. wanting to forget is only one of them). We all knew about how he got out of the Marines: as K.H. likes to put it "We saw his discharge papers. The Marines knew his suicide attempt was fake. They knew he was full of shit." Bet they didn't know he was bipolar. Bet they didn't know he had a kid. Bet they didn't know that the attempt was serious, that he needed a lot of psychiatric help that he couldn't afford because he spent all his money on drugs and alcohol, and that the next time he tried, he would succeed. He needed hospitalization. He needed friends, and I just blew him off because of the way he acted towards my later boyfriends. The way he treated me wasn't enough to make me stop talking to him. No, it had to be poor treatment of someone I knew, someone who was close to me, someone I loved, for me to stop giving him chances. I don't understand. He had so many friends (or so it seemed) who were there for him when things got tough, even if I wasn't one of them. I don't understand how none of them could see what was going on, and stop him from doing it, or at least call the fucking suicide hotline. People aren't supposed to die when they're 20. They aren't supposed to die when they're 17. They aren't supposed to die when they're 56. People die when they're old, when they're in their 80's or 90's. It's like a moving snapshot. When someone disappears, the things they had affected in the shot stay the same. You know that person was there, you can see it in the pictures she pinned to the walls in her room, or the little baby boy he fathered. Nothing changes. They just disappear. And what you see in the picture is what was behind them. The background.
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Random Things That Have Been Bothering Me Recently
Rapidly approaching finals. Sorority-obsessed friends. Sardines with an ex. Trying to move on. Sometimes it feels so difficult, I feel like I can't do it. It's been two weeks now, since that night he broke my heart, that night he told me he just didn't feel the way he used to, that night I left him standing in the hall after he said what he did, that night he went back upstairs and took five shots, one right after the other, for God knows what reason. Two weeks, and I still breakdown. I still cry. I still look back and wish he loved me, wish I hadn't screwed things up by making him angry after that night, wish, as I'm flirting with all the guys around, that we could get back together, that, because of those five shots, he was upset about that night. I think my problem is that I'm stressed. I might have failed my physics exam on Friday, through no fault of my own. Rotational acceleration vectors point where? How do you find angular velocity? Why are you writing things on the board, then not explaining them, or changing them and not telling us that you did, after we already have the wrong thing written in our notes? Molly tells me I don't need him, tells me that I'm beautiful and sexy, and that there's someone better for me. Suzanne tells me I'm talented, that not many people can take the classes that I'm taking, and work as hard as I do. I see through it though. Everyone at Willamette (besides the ones whose parents can pay for their schooling out-of-pocket) is working just as hard as me, taking the same classes that I am, passing those classes. I came here dreaming math dreams, dreaming science dreams, and in taking one, two, three classes, those dreams are dashed. I can't do multi-variable calculus, or proof theory, or physics. I'm not interested in chemistry, linear algebra, or biology. No. I pick the two majors that my parents think have the fewest job options, the majors that I get the most crap for. I don't care if everyone's worried about me! I'll make it through, and I don't understand why you don't trust that that's the case! All I'm asking for is a little support, moral, not financial. This whole year, you've lent me twenty-five dollars. Twenty-five. I will make it. If there's one think my mother has taught me, it's determination. I can major in anything anywhere. All of Willamette's majors are offered at places like Western, or any other liberal arts college. I chose Willamette for a reason, and I'm going to stay for a reason. I finally feel like I belong somewhere, even if I only belong here for three more years. And I'm not "just like [my] father". If you want to say that to me again, remember how you reacted that summer day on the way to work when I said those exact words. Remember how much it hurt you to hear it, how much you cried. Then take that pain, and multiply it by, oh, maybe ten, maybe one-hundred, and know that that is how much you hurt me every time you tell me that (and you have on more than one occasion). It hurts because that is my legitimate fear, my worst phobia. Either that I will end up like him, or I'll end up with someone like him. I want you to know that I'm not, and I won't. My friends, even though they haven't met him, know that I'm not just like him. How can you even see a similarity? He asked me on the phone the other day to come see him after finals were done, even for a few days. I told him no, that I didn't have time because I would be busy working. Working for next semester's tuition. He asked what a few days would hurt, and that's when I ended the conversation, because I wanted to tell him so badly that I didn't want to come. But I was in a line, waiting to get lunch. I think you would agree, that isn't the most appropriate place to tell someone something like that. Then there's L.B. The sorority girl. She's beginning to abandon us for her "sisters" and new friends. I can understand how she feels, as I've found my family in the theatre here. But that doesn't mean I don't miss her. We were never the closest, but I guess she feels that M.Z. and I are drifting away as well. We are all acquiring different interests, yet the A's still talk to all of us. We still have dinner together. Dinners that I'm beginning to dread, because I can't get a word in edge-wise when L.B. and M.Z. are talking. Fucking girls. I am one, so that's kind of hypocritical, but when you are so self-absorbed that you can't see that one of your friends is in just as much pain as you, you deserve to lose touch with her. But I guess it isn't fair to call you self-absorbed because I didn't know that you were suffering too. If you ask me, it's your own fault. You're the one who takes on so many activities, the one who can't say no. Well, on second thought, maybe I can call you self-absorbed, because that's all you ever talk about. You. And maybe the reason why I didn't know how you were feeling is because you aren't talking to M.Z. or me truthfully anymore. But, as I said before, things change. People change. I guess you get used to it. Or you should, anyway.
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The question: My son has caught the flu at school. He's not in great shape, there's been vomiting and he has a high fever. What's the best way to get him better?
The answer: This is the perfect time of year to be talking about influenza treatment and prevention. Every winter we experience an epidemic of influenza, and this year is shaping up to be the worst flu season since the H1N1 scare of 2009. You can quickly find out about rates of influenza in your particular region by going to websites like the Public Health Agency of Canada's FluWatch or even Google Flu Trends.
Influenza is a severe, highly contagious viral infection that targets the nose, throat and lungs. Classic symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, headache and muscle aches. Although vomiting can be associated with the flu, it is rarely the primary symptom. As such, your son may need to be assessed for other conditions, including pneumonia.
Children with the flu can usually be treated at home with fluids, rest and doses of acetaminophen and/or ibuprofen as needed. The importance of keeping your child home from school or daycare cannot be overemphasized, as this infection is highly contagious. Frequent hand washing is critical in preventing the spread of this illness to others. Don't worry if your child doesn't have much of an appetite for solid foods for the first several days. Keeping him well-hydrated with fluids is more important than eating at this stage.
Children can usually return to school once they have been fever-free for at least 24 hours, are drinking well and have an energy level that will allow them to participate in school activities.
There are some groups that require special consideration: Infants who are less than 2; children with underlying chronic medical conditions (like asthma and diabetes); pregnant women; and children of Aboriginal descent. While the flu can be severe or deadly for even the healthiest of individuals, it can be particularly devastating for these groups.
I advise parents of children who fall into one of these categories to seek medical assessment at the first sign of possible flu symptoms. The reason for this is that these high-risk children may be candidates for an antiviral medication that can decrease the severity of their illness, and prevent hospitalization and complications like pneumonia. The medication oseltamivir, better known as Tamiflu, can be prescribed to infants, children and adults, but must be given within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms to be most effective.
Of course, the best strategy of all is to avoid getting the flu in the first place. Frequent hand washing, eating well, regular exercise and a good night's sleep will go a long way toward keeping your family healthy during the winter months.
It's also not too late to be immunized against the flu. All children six months and older should be vaccinated annually. Children older than 2 who are otherwise healthy can get their vaccine in the form of a nasal spray rather than an injection. The nasal spray, known as FluMist, not only avoids an unpleasant injection, but it also provides superior protection against the flu.
Dr. Michael Dickinson is the head of pediatrics and chief of staff at the Miramichi Regional Hospital in New Brunswick. He's a staunch advocate for children's health in Atlantic Canada through his involvement with the Canadian Paediatric Society.
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Maps (final version)
Posted by: MIKE JOHNSTON
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Hey, Saskatchawan has phones now. :P
I'm going on a shoot in Wyoming late September if that counts towards complete domination of the US. South Dakota is out of the question though!
Hey Mike - I'm posting from the Northwest Territories in Canada now....
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There is an app out there that will track the location of the IP addresses of the people visitng your site. You could track this in real-time. It is called clustrmaps and allows you to have a small map on your site highlighting where your visits are from.
I'm from Wyoming...but now live in Texas. Sorry... :-( I'll send a link to a friend back home so that you can color another state!
Let me fill in Laramie, Wyoming for you.
Least I can do for the enjoyment I get from this site.
Hey Mike--posting this from Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Svalbard is a territory of Norway. It's the grey lump pretty much directly North of the Scandanavian peninsula. (Don't live here, just arrived last night at the start of an arctic photographic jaunt.)
Darn, had I noticed this earlier I could have put Zambia on the map! Just imagine that lone blue island in the middle of Africa!


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Update 13/7/15
On Friday 10th July (true to form) Lord Lawson called for the refusal by Lancashire Council for planning permission to allow Cuadrilla to frack to be overturned. Lord Lawson and been a strong pro-fracking and climate change denial influence in the national media since 2009 when he launched the GWPF.
Read more about it at DesmogUK.
Original FFCV Post:
It might not be obvious that rather than David Cameron or George Osborn it has been Lord Lawson and his Global Warming Policy Foundation which has led the pro-fracking / pro-fossil-fuel / anti-climate-science assault in the British media. The GWP-Foundation and the GWP-Forum generate pro-fracking & anti-climate-science news, aided and abetted by anti-climate-science blogs, which is taken up by journalists in papers such as the Telegraph (Christopher Booker), the Daily Mail (Christopher Booker), The Times (Matt Ridley) whose articles are then re-reported by the GWPFs in a maelstrom of nonsense to confuse and misinform the public. As a former journalist Lawson knows exactly how to do this. The GWP-Foundation (Director Dr Benny Peiser) eventually fell foul of the Charity Commission which ruled that "The website could not be regarded as a comprehensive and structured educational resource sufficient to demonstrate public benefit", and so the GWP-Forum was spun-off (Director Dr Benny Peiser) to continue the misinformation party.
So how have the GWPFs promoted fracking and how is local journalist Christopher Booker involved? The GWPF were quick off the mark in 2011 with Matt Ridley's GWPF report 'The Shale Gas Shock' followed up by relentless pro-fracking / anti-climate-science web posts. (NB Matt Ridley writes reports for the GWPF and is on their 'Academic Advisory Council' despite the fact that the GWPF has no academic credentials. He also sits in the Lords and writes for the Wall St Journal).
Taking a sample of all of the GWPF's web site news stories between 10th March and 3rd July 2013 paints a picture of the cynical promotion of shale gas. During this period there were 633 website postings from 235 discrete sources. A great many of the news items represented are journalistic reportage, journalistic opinion, and climate sceptic blogging. They are based on existing information from the web cherry-picked to support the GWPF's climate sceptic, pro-fossil fuels, anti-renewable energy position – all in the name of "educational charity".
So, during this period what was the top topic of the GWPF's web site postings? Given the GWPF's mission you might be forgiven to expect it to be high quality analysis of climate mitigation policies but no the subject most frequently reported on is Shale Gas.
What were the main sources of this information? The first 5 most frequently referenced sources are: The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Wall St Journal, The American Interest Blog and the Bishop Hill Blog.
So if the Daily Telegraph is the most often referenced source who is the most often referenced journalist in the Telegraph? It is local journalist Christopher Booker.
Who is Christopher Booker? Christopher Booker is a Somerset based journalist who writes regular anti-climate-science and pro-fracking articles in the Telegraph and the Daily Mail. He has also written a number of the GWPF's anti-BBC reports. Note that the GWPF ignores any Telegraph article that is not climate sceptic or which is pro-renewable energy.
Together with others such as the Bishop Hill Blog's Andrew Montford, who also writes reports for the GWPF, the GWPF and its associates such as Booker and Ridley weave a tautology of pro-fracking anti-climate-science hyperlinks that inflates itself out of all proportions to become a vocal minority in the news media. This vocal minority has a disproportionate influence on public and MP opinion to the extent that party policy may be perverted. The withdrawal of subsidies for onshore wind being a case in point.
The GWPF's call for the government to treat shale gas as Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, giving the Secretary of State the final say on planning rather than local councils, is an ominous sign of what may be to come.
NB The graphs and stats in this post is based on the content of the GWPF web site between the 10th March and 3rd July 2013.
(The characterisation by the GWPF of environmentalism as eco-facism and climate science as a new religion is another story.)


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Under the deal, Snapdeal will be selling LED bulbs on its platform at Rs 99. The move will lead to an increase in the distribution of LED bulbs, strengthening the DELP programme.
About the partnership, Rahul Taneja, vice president, category management at Snapdeal, said, "Snapdeal is proud to be chosen as a partner by the Power Ministry to support its DELP program. We continue to add products and services on our platform which are in sync with changing consumer preferences and lifestyles. With our unmatched reach in metros as well as tier 2 and beyond, and our huge customer base, we will be able to support the Government achieve its target of replacing incandescent bulbs with LEDs. We will further contribute by spreading awareness of long-term benefits of energy conservation through our platform and social media channels."
EESL's MD Saurabh Kumar said, "Our goal is to reach out to as many people to realize the goal of an energy efficient India. Our partnership with Snapdeal is an attempt in this direction. In today's time, e-commerce is a platform for maximizing reach and I am hopeful that this partnership will make the programme more accessible to the people and drive it across the country."


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I am a comic book collector and happy to be one. I might say "proud" if I hadn't, over a year ago, switched to reading digital as opposed to print comics. I feel a bit robbed of the tactile sensations of the hobby – of the turn of the page, the sneaking look to the panel a page over, the bagging and shorting and stacking and filing. Though I read my comics in a different medium than I used to, I still treat each Wednesday (comic book delivery day to specialty shops around the country) as different from the other days of the week. I subscribe and now, rather than go to the comic store to be handed the books pulled for my "Hold Slot," I click a button on my iPad and watch them download.
Then I read them.
Rare is the week that I don't read them all between Wednesdays and some weeks I have, well… let's just say more comic books in my digital downloads than a grown man should. Comic book legend Will Eisner (creator of The Spirit) is one of the most influential men even to put pencil to drawing board in the pursuit of making comics. So influential was he that the industry awards (think the Oscars or the Emmys or the Grammys) are named The Eisner Awards. He called comic books "sequential art," perhaps because he became embarrassed by his profession when he had to admit what he did for a living. This is my weekly reaction to the comics I read.
Comics I Read Last Week:
The best comic I read last week was
Secret Empire #5.
Writer: Nick Spencer
Artists: Andrea Sorrentino and Rod Reis
I have been burned by my own expectations when reading "big, event" comics from Marvel and DC in recent years. These are self-inflicted burns, to be sure. No one forces me to buy these events and no one sets my expectations higher than I.
It was with significant wariness that I approached Secret Empire especially considering that, at the heart of the story was the so-called "Hydra Cap" – the Captain America who believes he has been a Hydra sleeper agent for his entire life. He has taken down the heroes of earth by capturing them, by killing them, by stranding them off planet and he and his Hydra cronies are making their moves at world domination. I saw this description and I thought, eh, I read this before. From DC. When it was called Forever Evil and it was not terrific then.
But I still bought it.
The fifth issue has made me glad I did. It is here that the series has won me over. I am engaged in this story. I am enjoying the twists and turns and I am genuinely curious as to how it will all turn out. Spencer has woven any number of interesting threads into this narrative, and I am very intrigued to see it through to its conclusion. He has me guessing as a read and that is what I want from a comic.
The art in the series has been good, if uneven. I am not sure that Andrea Sorrentino is the right choice for this kind of packed panel, wide screen action. He is a good artist, to be sure, but his style better serves a smaller book, in my opinion.
Rod Reis has a few pages here, too, and they are discordant and set off from the main narrative. The discordance is intentional and Reis' work is very good, perhaps so good that one wishes the two artists had flipped duties.
I will wait and see what comes out of Secret Empire, if it is the catalyst that shakes up the Marvel Universe or if it all too easily restores the status quo in it.
But, for now, I am interested and this was the book I thought about the most last week.


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If you know me, then you know I can't live without Starbucks. Conveniently for me, my boyfriend is my barista, but I also like to show my love for coffee in other ways.
This tee from the Pretty Print Shop is so sweet and perfect!
I got it on pre order, but I think they are re stocking soon, and they also have some amazing fall surprises in the works. Follow them on Instagram for updates (and to see my photo!)!!
They also make shirts for kids and babies, so if you want to match your mini me, this is the place for you!


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A Mini Daytona Beach of the North
Over the years I've encountered numerous folks from Southeast Michigan who have fond memories of heading to the beach in Caseville. The park's waterfront offers a large sandy expanse with plenty of room to build sandcastles, play touch football, rent kayaks and swim the day away. Its proximity to the large campground and short distance to town means it's frequented by many visitors. It's one of the most Instagrammed and Facebook Selfie spots around.
Vista of Fun, See and Be Seen
While you can't drive on the beach you can park close enough to get a great view of sunsets or the fireworks shot off the Caseville breakwater pier on July 4th. During the annual Cheeseburger festival, key events such as the cardboard canoe race and the sand sculpture draw large crowds. If you're hungry there is a lunch stand that offers some of the best French fries around.
A Beach Close to Everything
The beach is only a portion of this large city-side park. Caseville County Park sits on 40 acres, it hosts a large full-service campground with large portions of it covered with a tree canopy. Many campers bring their boat along as launch ramps are available at the nearby marina, as is fishing off the Caseville Pier. The park also features pavilion rentals and offers a few prime beachfront sites. The park also has an open-air theater which provides live entertainment during Ribstock BBQ competition in June and Caseville Cheeseburger festival in August. Once here you can reach all attractions by foot or bike as the city has sidewalks throughout.
Related Stories for Caseville Beach
- Bay Port Fish Sandwich Festival
- Huron County Nature Center
- Port Austin Butterfly House and Gardens
- Caseville's Union Memorial Statue


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Always give the reader something to see, hear, taste, smell or feel, something to remember. An old car is better if it's green and white, if its fenders are a darker shade of green and its tires are shiny whitewalls. Do you see?
Give your writing room to breathe. Don't have pages and pages of blah, blah, blah without switching paragraphs. It's hard to read, and you're not Shakespeare. In fact, Shakespeare wouldn't have been so unkind to his readers.
You don't need attribution for every bit of dialogue, but occasionally help the reader and say who's speaking. Remind your reader who Bessie Mae and Big John Jones are. Be courteous.
Give us drama. Don't give your hero a happy childhood, a happy tour of military duty, a happy marriage and an even happier work life. Make him suffer or worry a bit. Let your reader empathize with him. Give us a reason to read your writing.
Use active verbs. Don't have your hero make his way here and there. Let him amble, stroll, bumble or slither. And occasionally use an interesting word like sumptuous or persnickety. Be interesting.
And let your reader laugh occasionally. Wouldn't Stephen King see humor in horror or J.K. Rowling see something funny or frightening in magic?
Finally, when you're done, quit writing. Edit your book, and when it's ready, find an agent or a publisher. The world is awaiting your book with bated breath.
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A middling breeze wafted churned dirt, dusting riders in dusty anonymity. Obscured, galloping hooves pounded past. The riders turned crosswind and stretched out over the plain conjuring a thousand year old picture in my eyes; the darkened silhouettes of nomads bolting over the steppe. Horse racing.
A crowd of locals, and visitors from outlying regions mix in the stands and ramble trackside sizing up the horseflesh before they stake their bets. The flag drops; equine hustlers careen up the straightaway. Moms, Dads, kiddies, politicians, lamas, workers, drinkers, and gamblers find a perch on wooden seats or at the trackside rail. With each lap, the flock chirps encouragement and advice to their chosen champion. I meanwhile, scout the infield chatting up waiting racers and event staff alike to learn more about the traditions of Surharban.
Surharban is a sports festival annually celebrated by the Buryat people. It is the Buryat version of Naadam in Mongolia. Wrestling, Archery and Horse racing are the main events, complemented by concerts, dancing and singing and various other cultural traditions. Check out "Surharban: Hitting the Mark" to experience a day of festival under a mean Siberian sun!
Buryats are horse people, and are proud of their rides. There is a horse breed named for the Buryat people. They are related to the horses the Mongols conquered the world with and can be described thusly: longhaired short horses. The Buryat breed stands a hand or two higher than their Mongolian cousins, but they are still short. When racing these small statured runners, Mongolian peoples have deemed it proper to rock a pigtail between the horses' ears. That is steppe style racing.
There are approximately twelve races of differing lengths at Surharban. The horseman who left a lasting impression on everyone was horsewoman Otkhon Zhargal, whom I have dubbed the "Determined Firecracker". A young lady of 12 or 13, she rode in two races and masterfully controlled both, bringing home two gold medals. Otkhon Zhargal was a cool customer, managing each race with steely aplomb. Psychologically, she ruled the race. Physically she put down any crowding/jockeying shenanigans with a quick elbow and an iron will. Take that boys! You'd better practice all year if you wanna win the crown from Firecracker.


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Ethical and Legal Aspects of Marketing Activity in the Field of Dental Healthcare Services
Geangu, Iuliana Petronela, Dumitru, Ionel, Gârdan, Daniel, Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice
Over the years some aspects regarding marketing activity in general have been considered as being part of a concept named "deceptive marketing." This was the term addressing to a variety of marketing practices considered deceptive and in many cases that become illegal, like - unjustified rise of prices, deceptive advertising, low quality and unsafe products promotion, lack of protection for low-income customers etc. The present article addresses the issue of unethical marketing practices customized for the dental healthcare services. The authors present the main types of ethical and legal issues that may be encountered in marketing in general, and then they customize carefully these issues for dental healthcare field. These particular elements are highlighted specifically in the context of a special relationship that is built between patients and doctors in healthcare services
Keywords: ethical issues, deceptive marketing, sugging, hugging, dental healthcare services
1. Introduction
Marketing seen as a set of principles and essential function of nowadays companies has had a constant evolution from both perspectives - the conceptual one and the practical one. Although the scope of the marketing concept has been constantly expanded and its integration into the corporate philosophy was deepened, it was inevitable for some criticism to appear in the context of complex social and cultural evolutions after the '50.
This criticism was mainly related to the movement of consumerism and other unfair commercial practices from the perspective of business ethics.
2. Ethical and Legal Issues of Marketing Activity
The need to regulate economic activity has existed since the dawn of human civilization, exchange relations between sellers and buyers being subject to many abuses. In the context of business activity, marketing practices have become a very important and prominent issue after 1950. In the same period of time, the expansion of mass production and mass consumption was at the very beginning, after the crisis of the Second World War. From this point further, until the present time, the socio-economic trends have determined a rapid and constant evolution of marketing activity.
Thus, at the conceptual and also operational activities level, marketing has been developed in such a way as to respond to the challenges that these changes have raised.
The complexity of the issues rose by the analysis of the principles of business ethics in general and marketing in particular requires a synthetic approach, within the framework of this article being highlighted just some of the aspects of ethics and legality of marketing activity.
Addressing the sensitive issue of respecting and promoting ethics in marketing activity can result at the level of at least three major directions:
- A differentiation of unethical practices by the nature itself of inculcated rules (non-observance of generally accepted norms and values)
- There is a differentiation of unethical practices within each particular aspect of marketing activity in its entirety (we can talk about ethics in the marketing communications, in marketing research, pricing or distribution policies and of course at the level of production processes)
- Unethical practices can be differentiated also according to subjects who may be affected directly or indirectly (consumers, competitors, shareholders, society as a whole etc.)
Considering the perspective of an individual organization that substantiates its marketing activity, ethics and law issues can be analyzed in terms of the marketing environment.
Thus we have ethical issues relevant to the internal environment - organizational culture, communication with own employees, communication with stakeholders, implementation of marketing mix
A second relevant category in terms of the organization's marketing environment is the ethical issues that may arise as a result of networking between the organization and its external environment, both in terms of microeconomic and macroeconomic dimension. …


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Tomotherapy uses technology that is very similar to a CT scanner. During the tomotherapy process, the patient lies down on a special couch that constantly moves through a rotating ring which contains a linear accelerator. As the ring rotates, the linear accelerator sends a beam of radiation to the tumor. What is the advantage of Tomotherapy?
Tomotherapy uses a single, rotating beam of radiation, unlike other systems which may use up to seven fixed beams. With a single radiation beam, tomotherapy ensures that the highest possible dose of radiation is sent directly to the tumor. The Tomotherapy Hi-Art® System allows physicians to adjust the radiation beam to precisely target the tumor of each individual patient.
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- Treatment Planning — Before undergoing Tomotherapy, state-of-the-art 3-D imaging software identifies the exact shape of each tumor. At this point, the physician also determines the proper amount of radiation to use on the tumor, as well as suitable amounts for surrounding healthy tissue. The Tomotherapy Hi-Art® Planning Station then determines the proper pattern, position and intensity to use for the radiation treatment.
- CT-Guided Patient Positioning — Patient positioning plays a crucial role in successful radiation treatment. Before each treatment, the Tomotherapy Hi-Art® system enables physicians to take a special CT scan known as a TomoImage® to identify the tumor's location and, if needed, make last-minute adjustments to the patient's position. This is an invaluable tool, as tumors may shift between sessions, requiring a different position each time. The Tomotherapy Hi-Art® system ensures that every radiation session is just as effective as the previous one.
- Treatment Delivery — Tomotherapy is comprised of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) using a spiral delivery pattern. Through a linear accelerator, radiation is rotated around the patient numerous times. A computer-driven device known as a multileaf collimator moves in relation to the linear accelerator. The multileaf collimator contains two sets of connected leaves responsible for controlling the radiation beam while the patient lies on the treatment couch, which slowly moves through the Tomotherapy machine.
While radiation therapy has been used as a cancer treatment for over 80 years, it still faces the same challenges:
- How can physicians ensure that the radiation is reaching the tumor?
- What's the best way to minimize damage to healthy tissue surrounding the tumor?
Tomotherapy and our experience is the solution that sets us apart, providing our clinicians with the latest method of delivering radiation therapy.


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The Nostalrius debate reached its head a while ago when a sh*toload of Vanilla server martyrs banded together in a wild mob to throw themselves off a cliff in a staged outcry of unrest over Blizzard's decision to shut down Nostalrius. See video:
Well, Blizzard, expectedly so, is busy making final preparations with Legion; but that didn't stop them from putting aside some time to play through a dungeon on Nostalrius. Here's what the WoW team of execs had to say about their experience:
"We got to play on the server for a little while," he divulges. "It's really cool, they did an incredible job of building an experience that feels classic and authentic and that's incredibly hard to do. The painstaking effort it takes to research old videos to try and figure out what the data was because it doesn't exist anymore so you have to pull it out of the nether to put that experience together.
"The leadership team got together and we did a Stratholme run. John Hight [production director on WoW] was a Hunter and had a level eight pet and pulled half the instance, wiped us a few times. It was like, 'why is the whole instance pulling? Oh it's your level eight pet!' J [Allen Brack, VP and executive producer] was our priest, he's like [casting buffs] and then sit and drink for 45 seconds, cast again, sit and drink," he chuckles. "It's funny, we laugh at all that but it was a very moving experience because it's nostalgic and we all have very fond memories of playing that, that's when we were hardcore and all that stuff."
Game director Tom Chilton also went on to offer up his take on Legacy servers:
"I think it's something that interests Blizzard and we've always had the thought that it would cool to do a classic server or a Burning Crusade server or a Lich King server or whatever.
"It's difficult to pull off and the real cost in terms of our ability to do stuff for the existing game or our ability to do other new projects would be meaningfully affected if we decided to put our resources behind that. Unfortunately, it's not just the push of a button."
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Thursday, 30 August 2018
MPOV: One Perfect Rose (Fallen Angels #7)
Goodreads rating: 4.02/5
First published: 1997
Author: Mary Jo Putney
Genre: Historical romance
The book is about Stephen who is ailing and has only months to live. All his life, he lived by the rules and in the end, it has costs him much. So for once in his lifetime, he wants to live without rules and left home for a few weeks of reckless living without informing anyone except for his servants. As fate may has it, he met Rosalind who is a stage manager for her family's Fitzgerald Theater Troupe and both of them, unknowingly, fell in love.
The angst, anxiety of being sick and not knowing when he'll die. Unknown to Rosalind that Stephen is actually a duke. The journey they had to endure to be together in the last few months was agonisingly harrowing. At times, the flood gate nearly broke down and I had to hold back especially since I'm in the public, reading this during my commute! This book has all the right dose of ingredients making it into a perfect recipe for romance. Everything just right, not too much nor too little, not too detailed nor too gory, it has simmered into perfection.
Although I've read many romance novels, this is most likely the first time which I've truly enjoyed from the start to the end, salivating each and every page. It had me wanting to flip to the last page just to know the ending! Gosh definitely testing my patience LOL! It did had me thinking how the story will end i.e. with a wrong diagnosis and all but I did not expect that little twist towards the end. That definitely brought the novel to another level!
The only part not as believable was when Rosalind was 3 years old, with those flashbacks about how her parents died, her saviour Maria and Thomas, her scavenging months, etc. It would have been better if she was aged a little older i.e. 6 then it would have been much better. Anyway, it's just a small peck of the novel.
To be honest, I would not have picked this up if it's not for KLBAC Romance Book Discussion pick. Apparently this is one of the member's all time favourite and now I know why. It has all the concoction to be one of the best with the right measurement of fluffiness. So endearingly swoon worthy if you asked me!
I seldom detoured from my usual favourite authors for romance as I do have lots in my TBR to read. Well, too much to read with so little time... most reader's trauma! I would safely say Mary Jo Putney has officially gained a rank on my favourite romance authors list. Having found out this is book no 7 of Fallen Angels series, I might just go hunting for the rest! There goes my TBR!!!
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Keyshia Cole and Trina Has Been Snubbed From Awards.
The BET Awards 2011 were announced yesterday, and let's just say Keyshia Cole and Trina are not happy with the network. The ladies took to Twitter to share how they felt after being excluded.
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Game's "Red Nation" Video Banned From BET, MTV
Game's "Red Nation" Video
BET and MTV aren't feeling Game's "Red Nation" video.
According to HipHopDX, Game's new video has been banned from both networks due to too much gang violence.
Either network made an official announcement about banning the video, but Game let his frustrations out on Twitter. Read the rest of this entry
BET's "The Game" Renewed For 22 More Episodes
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Chalets in Summer
There is so much to see and do, the weather so glorious, the views so spectacular and the atmosphere so much more relaxed than winter, we have never fully understood why a summer holiday in Meribel has remained one of the best kept secrets in the travel industry for so long. Our beautiful chalets are available to rent for the summer months and provide the ideal setting for a family holiday or a stay with friends (See our Guide to Summer Activities in Meribel). The chalets are available on a self-catered basis and come equipped with everything you need for a perfect summer holiday in the Alps.
Chalet du Vallon
This lovely chalet, built in traditional Savoyard style is in the heart of the pretty hamlet of Méribel Village. It has four luxury ensuite rooms + a small single room. The main living dining room is exceptional spacious and opens out onto a gorgeous sunny balcony which has spectacular views of the Méribel Valley. The kitchen is well equipped with induction hob, full size oven and microwave, dishwasher and an American fridge-freezer. The chalet has wifi, a modern entertainment room with Sky channels, DVD player and film library, steam room with adjacent power jet shower, laundry room with washing machine and dryer and plenty of space for bikes. There is also private parking adjacent to the chalet.
Méribel Village is a perfect location for a summer holiday in the mountains as it has everything you need – the bakery, which is one of the best in the Alps is just 2 minutes walk and there is a small local supermarket as well as a great restaurant just round the corner from the chalet. In the summer months the free bus service to Méribel and the village of Les Allues is in operation. See Full Chalet Details
Chalet Trois Ours
Our flag-ship chalet provides ideal accommodation for a luxury holiday in the mountains. There are five beautiful ensuite bedrooms, all of which can be made up as doubles or twins to suit your requirements. A spacious and extremely comfortable sitting dining room with surround sound music system and access to an enormous sunny balcony with mountain views. The kitchen is well equipped with induction hob, large oven, dishwasher, microwave and large fridge.
The chalet has a gym with running machine, exercise bike and free weights and a spectacular home cinema room with high definition screen, Sky channels and a film library. In addition there is a steam room with adjacent jet power shower and an outdoor hot tub with views of the slopes. The chalet is directly on the piste so is perfect for walkers and mountain bikers. There is parking by the chalet and plenty of space for bikes. See Full Chalet Details
What's Included?
- Both chalets have a selection of games, books and local walking maps and come equipped with deck chairs and sun loungers, picnic sets & rugs and a BBQ
- The price for the week's rental includes all linen (including swimming towels), welcome pack and end of week cleaning
- Prices are for rental on a self-catering basis. If you do require breakfast service or catering during the week please let us know when booking
- Please note that we do require a security and breakage deposit


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So much has happened down at the allotment since I last posted that I hardly know where to begin.
The last we saw of head-scarved Harry, he was ashen-faced and coke-addled following his bodged gender reassignment. The Lady of Shallot was disembodied in the shed, dreaming of a handsome hobby-horse-boy she'd glimpsed on another plot.
Harry and Shally's romance was beginning to look as unpromising as some of my own youthful encounters. I wondered if things could get worse between them. Then they did.
Harry gave birth. At least, I assume that's what went on, as a mini Harry appeared on the neighbour's plot.
Delightful though it was to anticipate the patter of tiny whatever passed for scarecrow feet, I felt sorry for the Lady. The loss of her entire body over a year ago had affected her chances of getting pregnant. Also, what son-of-a-broomstick had fathered Harry's child?
There were suspects. First was Ranking Roy, with his rasta hat and black plastic dreads. Second was Stan from South Park, as wide as he is tall but no doubt a good laugh. But somehow, neither of these two latter-day tatterdemalions seemed likely. From behind the neighbour's shed, I gave mini-Harry the once-over. The vacant gaze, the smile that didn't quite reach the eyes. The spooky cool. Where had I seen that before? The answer was clear. In hobby-horse-boy, the Lady's new love.
It was a betrayal of some magnitude. But what could I have done to prevent it? Nothing. A human gardener simply can't prevent scarecrow shenanigans. In your presence they loiter and loaf but when your back is turned, it all happens. Trying to stop it is as impossible as making rain fall in a drought, or buying just enough seeds and no more.
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Breakaway – Practical Crime Safety
Duration: Half Day Program
We believe in giving people the ability to protect what they value most – themselves and their loved ones. Citizens are not always aware of the dangers that surrounds them and are not prepared to defend themselves. The IACSP Practical Crime Safety training program provides tools and techniques in addressing the threats posed by criminals threatening the daily lives of citizens.
The aim of the program is to educate people on how to avoid from becoming victims of crime and how to evade and handle physical attacks and aggressive types of violence. Anyone can protect themselves and their loved ones without the risk of getting hurt in the process.
What is Breakaway and How Does it Work?
"Breakaway – Practical Crime Safety" creates awareness, and sharing of expertise and knowledge about crime safety by offering practical tools for protection to the public. Violence increases by the day, even in areas that used to be safe. Every person can be a victim of attack and certain groups have a higher risk.Combine this motive with unawareness and thus unpreparedness and we have a recipe for disaster.
Topics covered are:
- Safety for your home, and neighbourhood and also how you would handle an intruder into your home.
- Online safety, Bank safety, Mobile phone safety (Current cyber crime techniques, Bank scams and also current mobile phone scams)
- Public place safety( eg. How to identify 2 way mirrors in public toilets especially for women and also how to identify potential threat in public spaces)
- Safety in public (eg. When you get in a taxi, elevator, while jogging or walking)
- Personal belongings(eg. How do you carry your handbag, wallet, laptop bag)
- Driving (eg. How should you park you car and why? what are the current car theft techniques)
- What do you do if you are attacked?
- What do you do if you are witnessing a crime?
What you will learn:
- Easy & Effective – Breakaway Techniques are extremely easy to learn and effective when put to use.
- No physical injuries – you and your attacker will not be injured in the process of you breaking away as this technique does not involve hitting or grabbing.
- Practicality – you will learn the most practical and easy way to escape or out- manoeuvre yourself when you are grabbed or choked.
We place more emphasis on the psychological and emotional preparation that is needed in order to calmly face these types of encounters.
Practicing the techniques alone is not enough, participants need to be mentally and emotionally prepared and react accordingly when faced with danger. During an attack our emotions tend to go out of control. To avoid that, we will put participants through stages of psychological and emotional scenarios to prepare them.
Participants will be given scenarios to practice how to escape from a grab of an attacker while being pulled down.
We would like to emphasize that our techniques requires "NO physical force".
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- Understand current crime techniques.
- Focus on using the subconscious mind to help reduce victimization.
- Understand the differences between reacting to crimes and seeking to prevent them from occurring.
- Employ personal safety techniques that can reduce the likelihood of victimization.
- Learn how to escape without physical force.
- To maintain public awareness of crime at public areas/home and provide preventive safety measures to reduce crime.
Participation for workshop is open to both men and women age 18 and above.
Each session will be conducted by 1 Head trainer and 2 assistant trainers.
Female assistant trainers will be present during each session to assist the female participants.
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Red is the color of the Italian national team. Red are Ferrati and Ducati, and both havae shared their principal sponsor, Philip Morris, for years. But times change, cigarette brands no longer exist on motorcycles and cars, and PMI has been focusing on the Mission Winnow project for the past year.
The term can sort of throw you off. You can read it as "win now", but it actually has several meanings, like blowing the chaff from grain or even removing people or things from a group until the best are left. Keep the positive, get rid of the negative. A campaign that aims to renew the image of a company that, like it or not, has always been linked to cigarettes and to the tobacco industry.
We talked about it with Riccardo Parino, Vice President of Philip Morris Global Event Partnership. We started from sports and from the 2019 budget, with Ducati winning the World Championship for the third time, behind Marquez.
"Our relationship with Ducati is very collaborative," Parino explained. "We have to be an element of support for important decisions at certain times, but we don't want to get into the details. The year started with the expectation of aiming for the title. It was a season in which Ducati didn't so much understand its limits but what its ability towards making progress with other riders and other teams was."
What do you expect from this upcoming season?
2020 will be a year of transformation. We also wanted to put more things together this year, but now the important thing is to understand what the plans for the future are. I believe what's important is not just winning, but taking part until the last race, and I think this can be achieved."
Will the Mission Winnow brand remain on the Desmosedici's fairing? We saw it disappear and reappear this year.
"We launched the campaign a year ago in Formula 1 and then with Ducati in the MotoGP. It's an important challenge and not something trivial for us. Returning to motor sports is a campaign that has nothing to do with our products. It's a message. We were aware that doubts and controversies would arise, so when there was a risk of speculation, we pulled out . We don't want controversies with governments and institutions."
Do you think the public understood what you wanted to express?
"Our message is not easy, starting with the name. We wanted an uncommon slogan, like our campaign. We want to be known as a company that wants to progress in a scientific way. We were aware that it would take time. The MotoGP has an audience of 300 million people, and the public welcomed our message when they realized that it was not a commercial campaign. We saw it on our website and on our social networks. People were curious about our campaign."
Is this the right time for this message?
"For a tobacco company, it was an epochal step. As a tobacco company, we're always categorized, but we want to open a dialogue with people and change the image they have of us. We wanted to try, attracting other people to this world."
"We'd like to change this sport, in the sense of making it become a platform for companies to discuss different topics, from which to launch different messages. We want to do it next year, building a sort of 'scientific garage', where various figures will intervene, bringing their own experiences."
What is the key point?
"Information. The most important categories must be defended, like minors, and all others must be informed about the consequences of their decisions. So, we need to introduce educational aspects. This is not just sports or entertainment, but a movement of people who work in various fields to improve themselves."
Phillip Morris's contract with Ducati will expire at the end of 2021. What are its plans for the future?
"I confirm that this is a three-year project, and I can add that the MotoGP is a world in which it's still worth remaining."


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This is a lot easier to write given that he's is performing at an average-ish level in 2012, but it's still mind-boggling: Barry Zito was named one of the 50 highest-earning athletes in America recently.
Sports Illustrated did their annual list of the 50 biggest moneymakers in American sports, and Zito checks in at No. 36.
Actually, it's "T-36" -- Zito is tied with Carl Crawford, which is kind of awkward considering the performance level from both guys thus far in their huge contracts.
Also making things a little easier: Zito is down on the list! In 2011, Zito was 33rd on SI's ranking. So people got paid, I guess.
"Married actress Amber Seyer in the offseason, his ERA has been lower than during any of his first five seasons with the Giants, including last year's career-high 5.87," SI notes.
The magazine points out that Zito made $19,000,000 in salary this season and, along with $1,000,000 in endorsements, the left-hander sits at an even $20 million for 2012.
Even with his strong-ish performance this year, that doesn't quite seem fair.
On the bright side, at least the Giants are playing well: there are three Phillies ahead of Zito, as well as a Twin (Joe Mauer) and, most inexplicably, Vernon Wells checking in at No. 17.
So even though he's ridiculously overpaid, it could be argued that Zito isn't the worst value in baseball anymore. Yay!


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All American Festive Brunch - Sat 14th Dec
Saturday December 14th
America might have made brunch the most fun meal of the weekend, but we've elevated it with a festive Yorkshire twist. Take a moment out from the mad dash of Christmas for a relaxed meal with friends in the warm ambience of Eric's.
Saturday 14th December | 11am - 2pm
Two courses £18, three courses £20
Book online or call 01484 646416
Eric's Nutty Granola with Greek Yoghurt, Honey & Blackberries
Eric's Porridge, Caramelised Banana, Honey
Croissant, Jam, French Butter
Eric's Fat and Fluffy French Toast, Winter Berries, Maple Syrup & Chocolate Ganache
Full Breakfast - Cumberland Sausage, Smoked Maple Cured Streaky Bacon, Smoked Black Pudding, Thyme & Garlic Grilled Tomato, Buttered Field Mushroom, Sautéed Potatoes, Baked Beans, Spinach, Scrambled Eggs, Toasted Granary
Full Veggie Breakfast - Thyme & Garlic Grilled Tomato, Buttered Field Mushroom, Spinach, Sautéed Potatoes, Hummus, Guacamole, Fried Halloumi, Baked Beans, Toasted Granary, Scrambled Eggs
Chargrilled Lemon & Pepper Marinated Turkey Open Flat Bread, Smashed Avocado, Bacon, Cranberry Mayo
Eric's Eggs Benedict, Toasted Granary, Parma Ham, Poached Egg, Hollandaise
Eric's American Style Pancakes with Streaky Bacon & Maple Syrup
Eric's BBQ Pulled Pork Flatbread, Sweet Potato, Spinach, Wild Garlic Mayo
Smoked Salmon, Scrambled Eggs, Spinach, Hollandaise, Toasted Granary Sourdough
Eric's Triple Chocolate Brownie, Chocolate Sauce, Caramel Fudge Ice Cream
Warm Waffle, Maple Syrup, Banana, Malted Milk Ice Cream
Eric's American Style Pancakes, Butterscotch, Berries, Strawberry Ice Cream
Sticky Toffee Pecan Tart, Toffee Sauce, Vanilla Ice Cream
Sticky Toffee Pudding, Caramel Sauce, Fudge Ice Cream
Vanilla Crème Brûlée, Eton Mess Ice Cream, Poached Berries
Eric's Warm Bakewell Tart & English Custard, Bakewell Tart Ice Cream
White Chocolate & Raspberry Cheesecake, Blueberry Compote, Blackberry Panna Cotta Ice Cream
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