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Hi my name is Natasha and I have fed your quality feed to my horses for a long time now, and thought you may be able to use my story in an advertisement or nutritional advice or even if not, just to thank you and show what your products (together with a loving owner) can do for horses (although I'm sure you're aware how wonderful your products are).
I have a 31 year old TB that came to me in a very, very poor condition last year in early October (2009), he was literally (matted hair), skin and bone, you could see every bone on his body, how he'd survived I don't know. Not only this, but he has one dead eye (hence the fly masks), he's half deaf and he has no teeth (or where he does have teeth, he has no opposing teeth, so they are useless for eating in any case).
In the five years prior to me having him, I've watched him and tried giving advice to the owner to no avail and in that time, I'd never seen him out of a mozy walk. Within a week (actually I noticed it at 3 days, but didn't take the first photo until a week) of being at my place he'd picked up weight and looked a lot better. He quickly started trotting, canter and even galloping up into his stable; often rears up and bites out at the other horses (it's so nice to see him "living").
So I thought I'd send you some photos of proof of what a loving owner and your feeds (he's fed Pryde's Old Timer, my other 3 horse are fed EasiResponse), together with Equilibrium mineral mix etc (oh but my RSPCA case horse has A LOT of water added to his feed, basically a mash, as he has no teeth to chew and digest it properly). The first few photos are weekly, so you can really see how quickly he progresses and the last is at 9 months (I'll probably take another photo next month, when it's a year....).
No horse people (saddle fitters; instructors; dentists; vets; friends and family) can believe that it took such a short time to get him so good. His white is whiter, his coat is looking heaps better and now he's enjoying life like a horse (or any animal) should, I don't even mind him rearing etc, as it means he's feeling good and has the energy to play...... and I've (together with your food) have done that.
The photos are taken more or less in the same spot in his paddock each time and all photos were taken with the same mobile phone/camera, as I really wanted the photos to be as an exact likeness (even if the camera wasn't the best) - so there wasn't any trick or deceiving photos.
Any way a big thank you to your company providing such a great feed, who said you can't put weight on old horses (this guy has no teeth and he's put a heck of a lot of weight on). All my horsey contacts after seeing these photos ask what I feed and I gladly say Pryde's and equlibrium. What progress.......
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The employee asking for the copy has a complaint against the other employee.
Posted 11-09-2011
Ann Kiernan replies:
No, I would not recommend this. The complaining employee is entitled to be kept up to date on the status of the internal investigation, to be informed of the outcome, and to be advised that, if the complaint was substantiated, corrective action will be taken. The other employee has privacy rights, even if the complaint is found to be valid.
Note that in the event of litigation, all relevant documents, which may well include the entire personnel file, may have to be produced.
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Rookie is no longer publishing new content, but we hope you'll continue to enjoy the archives, or books, and the community you've helped to create. Thank you for seven very special years! ✴
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Silver (Ag cub.), Zacatecas, Mexico. Filamentous with Acanthite and Quartz on matrix. 2x1,5x1,2 cm; 8g.
Source: Simone Citon
Contributor: John Gray
Acquired: 26 September, 2008
Text Updated: 28 September, 2008
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According to our importer Royal Coffee, "Most of the coffees from Nyeri develop and mature slowly producing extra hard beans. This quality is evident in the cup which is why Nyeri is traditionally known as the heart of black gold coffee." This coffee has hints of raspberry and grapefruit and screams "Sweet Corn" in the grinder. It is also very "fresh" smelling on the pour over bar. It has a round, smooth acidity (brightness), big syrupy body and a clean crisp finish. Roasted on the light side of Full-City Roast, but not quite a City Roast. If you like this one, try one of our Ethiopian coffees next. With each of these rare coffees, you are in for a real treat! Try a bag or cup today!
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A Universal Echo from Appalachia
When the Roman Catholic bishops of the world gathered at the Second Vatican Council, they articulated the Church as "the people of God" – not only the pope, bishops, and priests, but the entire people of God. They further articulated, in Gaudium et Spes, how the Church was to be present in the modern world; and their key was dialogue.
Since 1970, members of the Catholic Committee of Appalachia (CCA) have been in dialogue with the people of Appalachia. We meet them where they are: in the hills and hollers; in small towns and big cities; in the coal mines, factories, schools; and on front porches. As we listen to their stories, we hear the cry of the poor, the excluded and the forgotten. It has become increasingly easier to hear Earth's cry, too, and indeed that of the entire cosmos. In listening, we come to find their stories resonate deeply with our own and we learn from them how profoundly empowering storytelling can be.
Now the People's Pastoral website is a sacred, safe place for us to continue the dialogue. Here, we gather up that cry and give it a public voice; and we invite you to add yours to it. Do you struggle, too? Are you an advocate for Earth or others not being heard? It's easy. Tell us what it's like to be you in your place. We will share them all through the Pastoral and the People of God will have one voice, a universal echo from Appalachia, that invites the church to respond in action.
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Green Ridge Campground on Shadow Mtn Reservoir, near Grand Lake, CO/
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Shadow Mountain Reservoir is a high elevation lake like the nearby Lake Granby; siting at 8300' elevation. About 75 campsites are mostly single family units for up to 8 people but include 1 double and 1 triple capacity site in Green Ridge Campground. Although 3,000 new seedlings were planted since 2008 there is still little shade due to pine beetle damage. Campsites accommodate tents and RV's with no electrical hookups. The campground has vault toilets, drinking water, garbage dumpsters, a dump station and a boat ramp. The campground is generally open from mid-May through the end of September. Some sites may remain open through late-October if weather permits.
Campers enjoy hiking and horseback riding on nearby trails that access the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Enjoy fishing for kokanee salmon and a variety of trout including rainbow, brown, mackinaw and cutthroat. A dock for fishing on Shadow Mountain Reservoir is available within the campground. The Colorado River can also be accessed from the campground.
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Monitoring and controlling data usage of corporate devices will contribute to a substantial decrease in the company expense. The Mobile Expense Management feature from Hexnode will help enterprises record the call history and data usage logs along with periodic reports.
Every incoming and outgoing call details of the devices will be reported on a daily basis. The phone number, name, time duration, date, and location will be the parameters that will be monitored and reported. This feature becomes extremely useful in scenarios where company provides the SIM or pays for the phone usage of the employees.
The enterprise can define limits to data usage - both Wi-Fi and Cellular data. This can control the use of company Wi-Fi or Cellular data for purposes that are unrelated to work. The data usage reports of employees can be obtained on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
In addition to Wi-Fi and cellular data restriction, the data usage of certain apps can also be restricted. Non-work related apps like social networking apps which utilize a lot of data or app updates etc can be restricted with this feature.
Tracking the call history and data usage will provide the company with a clear idea about the data usage. With this information the company can apply cost effective data plans and limitations which will neither be too restrictive nor liberal.


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Most of the times when I cook a pork roast I go for the traditional Bavarian "Krustenbraten". This recipe has some similarties but it uses a liquid you would not normally associate with pork: dry vermouth. But it works.
Low Maintenance
Actually I wanted to make pulled pork last weekend. But it was pouring at the time when the barbecue smoker would have needed to be fired up, with no improvement in sight. So I had to resort to Plan B. I deliberately made a "dry" roast because any basting would interfere with the delicious crust of herbs and spices that will develop.
Since the crackling of Sunday's suckling pig roast was not entirely satisfying, the issue needs to be tackled now. As a main cause for the crust only being partially crisp I suspected my refraining to use the convection feature of my oven. To verify this hypothesis I made a Haxe with convection today.
Yesterday was sausage day in the TFF Research Kitchen. I also made Blutwurst, more on that soon in a detailed report. After this exhausting work I didn't really fancy cooking today, so I took care of leftovers.
For my recent weisswurst making session I needed pig skin which I took off a small piece of pork belly. I pondered several possibilites to take care of the remaining meat and decided to try something I have never done before: "braising" without liquid.


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The high demand for large screen devices in the last couple of years compelled manufacturers like Samsung to keep rising the bar leading to what it is today its biggest 5.5 inch phablet the GALAXY Note II.
This morning, South Korean OEM has announced a new mobile product – GALAXY Grand, a 5 inch handheld with a mid-range screen resolution (480×800), but with premium hardware. It is powered by an 1.4GHz quad core Exynos 4412 processor with 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal phone memory, 8MP camera, NFC, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and Android 4.1 Jellybean.
GALAXY Grand is 9.8mm thick at its 169 grams and it will be released in Korea for now (it is a global model) on all three major carriers as SHV-E270S, SHV-E270L for a undisclosed price.


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Designs with Henna Color accents: extra 25%
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Custom designs and freehand-work are also available by request.
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A new study shows the combination of faith with therapy leads to real change.
As a Christian relationship coach, I know the power of lasting emotional healing comes from having a foundation of faith in God combined with the understanding of one's behaviors and temperament. It is this strong dynamic that allows those seeking help to believe that therapy will work. Belief gives one the courage to change — especially negative mindsets. For couples, the problem is often engaging in destructive behaviors that we know are wrong. The ultimate goal for healing is learning how to break free from those behaviors, applying the knowledge learned in counseling to create a new pattern and making that change stick for the long haul. Faith is the glue that makes everything come together.
Relationship patterns repeat, for example, even if you know you should not be with someone who overreacts and takes out his anger on you, the go-to thought pattern is rationalizing that your love will be motivation for his eventual change for the better. After all, you rationalize, he is sincerely sorry every time he loses his temper. Because that feeling of tension, anxiety and not knowing what will happen from one moment to the next is familiar, the tendency is to ignore the heart's pull away from the fire and allow your mind to justify that wrong behavior.
In a recent New York Times article, the topic of belief in God and responsiveness to mental health treatment was explored. Researchers at McLean Hospital asked people to rate their spirituality by answering the question: To what extent do you believe in God? It was not surprising to me that the results published in The Journal of Affective Disorders show that those who valued faith were less depressed after treatment because of their high expectations. In other words, they believed they would be healed.
These findings are valuable because many people seek advice when the bottom has fallen out of their lives — often when they are having relationship problems. Without the understanding that all trials are spiritual battles, the tendency is to mentally understand the information from counseling, but real-world application is met with resistance or inconsistency. This then leads back to the familiar way of relating to life's challenges. The result? You are still stuck. You end up knowing why you do what you do, see the hole you are about to fall into, but do not have the strength to go in another direction and avoid the outcome. Keep Reading...
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Harish is a Designer & WordPress Developer from Mumbai. He runs a web design agency Dreams Media and is currently working on his WordPress theme store Dreams Online Themes. He can be found writing about random stuff on on his personal website HarishChouhan.com and on Twitter @harishchouhan. Currently he is also curating a Flat Website Design Gallery at FlatTrendz.com.
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Contemporary kitchens by Binns Kitchen + Bath represent the finest Canada has to offer. The initial point to preserve in thoughts when thinking about cabinet maintenance is that you will want to bear in mind to clean up any spills or stains as soon as they happen, as this will help minimise staining and damage to your cabinets. Dark-stained cherry cabinets look conventional, but clean-lined Shaker-style doors and basic hardware add contemporary flair. Contemporary kitchens usually incorporate light-colored wood combined with metal accents.
And if you would like to browse about the various kinds of modern kitchen cabinets that had been made from wood, a single of the best internet sites that you could check out is Armstrong exactly where they ensure that you will have fantastic designs and fantastic high quality at an cost-effective cost. My husband and I are in the approach of remodeling our residence and appropriate now we are gathering ideas for our kitchen, I want a a lot more modern style, which all these examples match what I like.
The decrease cabinets and island have been sprayed the exact same cream as the walls, and upper cabinets were removed in favour of floating shelves. After the initial style consultation we will give you with 3D drawings of your chosen contemporary kitchen to assist you visualise how the completed kitchen will appear. Start saving some of your favourite kitchen tips to ideabooks and quickly you'll find out how to place together the excellent kitchen for you and your residence. Direct Kitchens manufactures all cabinetry in it`s own Melbourne, Bayswater factory.
Local carpenter Crisow von Schulz constructed the galley cabinets for this houseboat from a single elm tree. The contemporary kitchen cabinets accessible at KBS combine the simplistic types of the 1940s with state-of-the-art technologies. Ease of use extended to accessibility, with far more than half of NKBA designers specifying accessible or universal style characteristics into kitchens during 2015. Classic ended 2014 as the fourth most popular kitchen style, although a quarter of designers will do fewer classic kitchens in 2015.
Contemporary kitchens are light and airy with recessed lighting and occasional accent pendant lights, which brighten up an eating or kitchen prep region. To maximize your space, you can include cabinets in your island, acquire spice racks, set up hanging pot racks, insert pullout storage and invest in a cart. Contemporary kitchens typically incorporate an island that sits in the middle of the floor space.


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In projecting different conceptions of regional integration the Trans-Pacific Partnership and China's "One Belt, One Road" initiatives compete not just with one another but also potentially challenge ASEAN centrality, as well.
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One key element of a successful business is a strong marketing strategy, a plan of action that fits the specific industry, and for the healthcare provider, it can be quite comprehensive. The trick is to capitalize on "word-of-mouth" however that can be quite tricky considering your main competitor is your chosen insurance providers. The objective is to get people walking through the door, so you can provide them with an amazing patient experience, in which they will share with others.
This begins with a strong digital presence. The internet is where people go to find you, and learn all about the services you provide and the majority of those people can and will research their decision before they choose.
- Online search for healthcare providers is the 3rd most popular internet activity
- 80% of American web users look online for health information
- 44% of American web users look online for information about doctors or other health professionals
Don't panic, you have some control of how visible you are on the web and it all comes down to the quality of content you have online.
Your website is the digital face of your practice, therefore it should look good. When a potential patient is scrolling through the multitude of providers, it only makes sense that you will be judged based on what your website is saying about you:
- A professionally designed website delivers a sense of comfort and stability. You want those visiting your site to feel you are well established, therefore a well-designed site with a medical appearance will ease the prospect into further review.
- Your website should not only explain all your services, it should also be informative. When someone is looking for a medical professional, it's because they need to. They want answers, it's your job to give them a source and provide them with a solution to their problem.
- Online appointment scheduler. Provide them a way to set an appointment and half the battle is one. (21% of patients book appointments online.) If they find a nice website for a provider that has answers, and they can set an appointment immediately, problem solved.
- Provide them with the ability to preregister, saving them and your practice valuable time.
A great website can do most of the work for you by making it simple for the patient to see the value in what you provide.
Today, ensuring your website is mobile ready is vital for success.
- 1/3 of patients search via phone or tablet
- 44% schedule an appointment via mobile device
People are relying more and more on their phones to do virtually everything, so when they start searching for a doctor, your website better be view-able on their phone.
Interesting fact, 58% of healthcare providers use blogs to educate their patients. Blogging is a great way to drive traffic to your website, especially when you are writing about specific symptoms and conditions.
- 41% of searches start with symptoms
- 38% of searches start with specific conditions
Your blog should be informative enough for the reader to find value in what you are writing, and give them a sense of comfort in your ability. Educate your future patient on how you can help and provide a link that directs them to your appointment scheduler , you may find yourself hiring more staff to handle the overflow.
Social Media
People are talking about your services, and they are doing it at an unprecedented rate. Before social media it was just informing those they knew and came across. These days, one person can inform literally 1000's with one click. 12% of all your clients can and will post online about an experience at your office, make sure it is a good one.
Social media plays a role in your visibility as well. The more traffic linking to your site, the better off you are when it comes to search. It's High School all over again and the popular kids are getting all the attention. If you want to be seen, be sure you're dating the quarterback.
These days one cannot survive on Facebook alone. Your digital presence should be everywhere. I realize this takes time, I suggest either outsourcing or hiring someone to do it. The ROI is priceless and your practice will benefit in a multitude of ways.
Your social media and blog should contain plenty of video.
- YouTube traffic to healthcare providers has increased 119% year-after-year
- 30% who watched a video booked an appointment (have a link to scheduler)
- 43% watch testimonials
- 64% watch to learn about your practice
- 56% watch videos to learn about procedures
Video drives online engagement and if you're not providing something, you're missing a great opportunity. Have a variety of video's that will educate your prospective clients on such things as:
- What you do and how you do it
- Symptoms/conditions/treatments
- How to deal with health insurance companies
Follow your videos up with testimonials and have a link directly to the appointment scheduler and you have a recipe for success. I suggest using a high quality photographer for all your video and image needs, this will add an even more professional appearance to you and your practice.
Direct Marketing
As a healthcare provider, your efforts cannot be focused on digital alone. Many providers have great success using direct mail campaigns to inform the neighborhood on:
- Who they are
- What they do
- How to reach them
- Provide special offers and free consultations
Direct mail is a cost effective way to reach a very large target audience and will surely bring in plenty of new clients.
Be sure you have plenty brochures and rack cards on hand. Share them with like-minded services, so they may help get the word out about your business. Creating a couple strategic alliances with your fellow healthcare providers is a great way to grow your business, so be sure you have plenty of high quality marketing collateral to share, making it simple to connect with you.
Get involved with the Community
You are a healer. That is an amazing profession, and if you show the people you generally care about them, than they will follow you for life.
Get involved with the community by helping out with school organizations, local events and sponsor a local sports team. Show the people you aren't doing it for the money and the people will love you.
The Message
The message you are sending is key. If you're your message revolves around
wellness and preventative care, your missing the mark. All human behavior, at it's root is related to escaping some form of pain, therefore as a healer provide them with relief.
People don't seek out a doctor for entertainment, they do so because they need you. You entire strategy should revolve around how you can help by providing a solution to whatever ails them. They won't waste time seeking you out, they want answers and they want them now. Make it easy for them to find you and your half way there.
Pain is a great motivator, so be great and sharing how you relieve it. If you're focusing on your digital content, be sure to provide solutions to the pain. If you're sending direct mail, your message should acknowledge their pain and your call to action should direct them to your practice so you can take it away.


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Enjoy today. But please remember why it's called Memorial Day.
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Thank you for posting this. I come from a very long line of veterans starting with the Revolutionary War. Our family motto is, "Wanna Fight?" I grew up in the military and always went to school on base. I remember several times when a crying mother and the principal would come to the classroom door and call a child out. They never returned. I found out later most of their fathers had been killed in duty and that was why they disappeared. I think about them, and their parents, a lot on days like this. I feel so blessed I never got called out of the room. I hope everyone has a safe and happy Memorial Day.
And if the schools actually taught history anymore...
Thank you. Without them we could not be speaking/writing to each other today.
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Urban Landscapes of Chicago by Andres Marin
Andres Marin is an amateur photographer and architect based in Chicago, USA. Andres received his Bachelor of Design in Architecture from University of Central Florida in 2012 and Master in Architecture from University of Michigan in 2015. He uses Nikon D7000 camera and Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 lens. Marin shoots a lot of urban, cityscape and landscape photography.
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Over in the Investor Stemcell Forum, participants are engaged in a bit of a fracas concerning whether Advanced Cell Technology of Santa Monica, Ca., has ever failed to receive a CIRM grant.
The trigger for the discussion was a piece on the California Stem Cell Report concerning the selection of a new chair for the $3 billion California stem cell agency.
The June 2 item said, "Bond financier Jonathan Thomas says he would liquidate his holdings in Advanced Cell Technology of Santa Monica, Ca., an unsuccessful applicant for CIRM funding, if he is elected chairman of the California stem cell agency."
For the record, Nature reported on Nov. 29, 2010, that ACT has applied several times for CIRM grants but never was approved. In 2008, the California Stem Cell Report carried an item about how an ACT scientist publicly complained that a financial conflict of interest played a role in one grant denial.
The California stem cell agency refuses to disclose the names of rejected applicants. The winning applicants are only identified by CIRM after the board acts on their applications.
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text: Share: Comments Print April 30, 2014 at 4:10 PM Seattle gets first Bitcoin ATM Posted by Brier Dudley Seattle is getting the first bitcoin ATM in the Northwestern U.S. on Thursday, giving local users of the virtual currency a convenient way to swap it for cash. The world's first bitcoin ATM opened last October in a Vancouver, B.C., coffee shop. That location reportedly handled $100,000 worth of transactions in its first week. Similar setups have since begun sprouting around North America, although an early installation in New Mexico apparently only operated for a few months. Seattle's Bitcoin ATM will begin operating Thursday at the Spitfire sports bar on Fourth Avenue in downtown Seattle, where opening demonstrations are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Transactions up to $3,000 will be handled at the kiosk. It will be available from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. Las Vegas-based Robocoin, maker of the system being installed at Spitfire, earlier announced plans to open an ATM in Seattle by the end of February. The ATM is being operated by a venture called Coinme, which promising that transactions — cash to Bitcoin, or Bitcoin to cash — will be processed within 10 minutes. Spitfire is owned by Jonathan Sposato, a Seattle tech investor, entrepreneur and veteran of Microsoft and Google. We'll have to see if Sposato starts accepting bitcoin as payment for beer. Comments | Topics: bitcoin, seattle


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The VDL 6000 AIS Airborne transponder is developed for aircraft installation for use in Search and Rescue (SAR) and coastal surveillance missions and greatly enhances surveillance of large areas. The localization and identification of all AIS equipped vessels supports increased national security, environmental protection, and the possibility of rescuing vessels in distress.
The SOTDMA technology is used in the AIS transponder which broadcasts and receives information about all AIS equipped vessels within VHF coverage.The information received is easily plotted on an electronic charting display system. This gives a surveillance capability that was not possible prior to AIS.
The Airborne AIS transponder is the result of our extensive experience of avionics and is designed and produced to the same high demands as our VDL 4000 avionic transponders.


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Capita plc, the UK's leading customer and business process management company, has issued its interim management statement covering trading and financial progress to date in 2013.
Update on performance
Capita has made a positive start to the year securing £660m of new major sales wins including contracts with the Cabinet Office, Carphone Warehouse and the University of Strathclyde. The bid pipeline of the company remains strong and comprises opportunities across their target markets, particularly in central and local government and in the private sector, primarily in retail, utilities and financial services. To date in 2013, Capita have acquired 7 complementary businesses for a total consideration of £165m, enhancing propositions to their clients in their existing and developing markets and supporting the delivery of further organic growth.
The Group is making good progress across key financial metrics as anticipated in the preliminary results statement issued on 28 February 2013. Due to strong major sales performance in 2012 and to date in 2013, Capita are placed to achieve organic growth in line with expectations for the full year 2013.
Delivering organic growth
In the first 19 weeks of 2013, Capita secured 4 new major contracts with an aggregate value of £660m (2012 Q1 IMS: 6 new contracts totalling £823m). These include:
Bid pipeline: This pipeline is a snapshot of major bid opportunities, worth £25m or above and capped at £1bn, where Capita have been shortlisted by the client to the last 4 bidders or fewer. As at February 2013, the bid pipeline stood at £5.2bn (£4.8bn Nov 12) comprised of 27 bids of which 98% related to new contracts and 2% to renewals.
Securing value enhancing acquisitions
The acquisition of small to medium sized businesses supports Capita's long term organic growth by providing entry into new markets and enhancing their sales offering by adding further scale and complementary capabilities to the Group's service offering.
To date in 2013, 7 companies have been acquired across a number of areas including justice and emergency services, customer management, education and workplace services for a total cash consideration of £165m. These include:
The market for customer management and BPM remains very active in the UK with government and commercial organisations under pressure to maintain and develop efficient operational models which deliver quality services while achieving value for money.
This buoyant sales environment underpins the board's confidence in the Group's long term performance and growth prospects. The Group remain on track to deliver strong growth in 2013 as a result of major contract wins and acquisitions completed during 2012 and to date in 2013 and anticipate continued strong progress into 2014 and beyond.
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Below are answers to common questions. Please review this document first before contacting Research Program staff as we are a small staff and, in general, are unable to discuss individual projects prior to or after the submission of an application. We encourage applicants to use resources such as mentors, grant officers, and peers.
About the Grant Program
What areas does the ATS Foundation Research Program fund?
- ATS Foundation Research Program funds research interested in advancing the knowledge and understanding of the fields of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. We encourage applications in basic, translational, and clinical science, pediatric and adult medicine, and patient-oriented and public health topics.
- Please refer to the Grant Opportunities section for more detailed information on grants available.
What projects are currently supported?
- For a list of current and previous awards, view the ATS Foundation Research Program Recipients section.
When does the grant cycle open?
- The annual grant cycle opens in the Spring, usually in April. To receive information on the grant cycle and grant opportunities, please sign up for the mailing list.
How much funding will the ATS Foundation provide for my proposal?
- The amount of funding varies by grant type. Please refer to the Grant Opportunities section for more detailed information on grants available.
What are the deadlines for proposals?
- The 2018-2019 ATS Foundation Research Program anticipated timeline is:
|April 22, 2019
|Letter of Intent Period Opens
|June 17, 2019
|Deadline for Letters of Intent
|August 2019
|Invitation from Scientific Advisory Committee for Full Applications
|September 20, 2019
|Full Application Deadline
|November 2019
|Grantee Notification
|December 2019
|Grant Start Date
What percent of applications are awarded funding?
- The ATS Foundation Research Program is highly competitive. About 20 percent of the applications submitted result in funding.
Should I apply if I think my area of research is atypical for Research Program grantmaking?
- Yes, please consider applying. The diversity of research among our awardees may surprise you.
- Grants are offered in all three pillars of the ATS: pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
- Grants are offered for basic, translational, and clinical science.
- Grants are offered in pediatric and adult medicine.
- Grants are available to international and domestic applicants.
- Grants are encouraged in basic, patient-oriented, and public health topics.
- Those interested in Nursing Research are encouraged to apply. There is a grant specifically targeted for nurses, more information here. Please consider the NIH National Institute of Nursing Research a resource for strengthening your application: https://www.ninr.nih.gov/training.
My funding request does not fall under any of your programs. How do I submit it?
- The ATS Foundation Research Program currently does not make grants outside our funding mechanisms.
Grant Eligibility
What are the eligibility requirements for an ATS Foundation Research Program Grant?
- While specific eligibility requirements vary by award type, all ATS Foundation Research Program grants (except MECOR, Nursing Award, and Grants for Hire) must meet the requirements in the Eligibility Criteria section.
May I apply if I am not an ATS Member?
- Yes. However, at least one of the key personnel must be an ATS member at the time of application, and the principal investigator must be a full ATS member at the time the grant is awarded
- Applicants to the Grant for Hire programs do not need to be ATS members.
May I apply if I am not a US Citizen?
- International applicants are welcome to apply (except to the partnered American Lung Association in Oregon and Barst grants).
- US-based trainees must hold a visa that spans the project period of the grant.
What qualifies as a "junior investigator"?
- A junior investigator is defined by the following:
- within 12 years of last terminal degree (e.g. MD, PhD, DVM)
- sub-specialty training (e.g. fellowships) does not count as terminal degrees
- exceptions may be considered if there were extenuating circumstances (e.g. absence from the field for parental leave)
- if you believe you have extenuating circumstances not related to sub-specialty training, submit a letter of intent and provide the explanation when prompted under "Special Circumstances"
May I apply if there are gaps in my work history?
- Yes. Your Letter of Intent application allows you to explain impediments to your past productivity in a section titled "Special Circumstances." This may include factors such as family care responsibilities, illness, disability, and active duty military service.
Are there any grants for senior investigators?
- While the mission of the ATS Foundation is to support junior investigators, some of the partner grants are open to investigators at any stage in their career.
- The 2019 portfolio offers two such grants:
- ATS Foundation/Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grant
- ATS Foundation/Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network Research Grant
- Additional grants may be added, subscribe to our mailing list for updates on new award opportunities.
- Please refer to the Grant Opportunities section for more detailed information on grants available.
May I apply for an ATS Foundation Research Program grant if I have received one in the past?
- Yes, however recipients of currently-funded ATS Foundation Research Program grants are not eligible. Individuals who have received two Research Program grants are not eligible.
May I re-submit a proposal?
- Yes, as long as you meet the eligibility requirements, we strongly encourage you to re-apply. If you received written comments on the proposal, be sure that you address those concerns in the resubmission.
May I hold grants from other organizations?
- Simultaneous submission of grants with scientific overlap is allowed, but if multiple applications are funded, then the applicant must notify the ATS within one month of formal notification of award. A subcommittee of SAC will assess the degree of overlap. In the case of significant scientific overlap, the applicant will have to choose between the ATS Foundation Research Program grant and the other grant. Budgetary overlap is not allowed.
Application Forms and Process
How do I access the letter of intent/full application forms?
- For all ATS Foundation Research Program grants, MECOR Awards, and Grant for Hire Program Grants the letter of intent and full application forms are found on the Foundant Technologies Website.
I missed the letter of intent. May I submit a full application?
- The following grants do not have a letter of intent stage and except full application submissions: ATS Foundation/American Lung Association Research Grant, ATS Foundation/ResMed Research Award in Remote Monitoring and Management of COPD, Pulmonary Hypertension Association Barst Fund Grant, ATS Foundation Nursing Research Award, and MECOR Awards.
- For the Unrestricted Grants and most partner grants (except those mentioned above), you must submit a letter of intent and be invited to submit a full application.
- If you missed the letter of intent stage please sign up for the mailing list and look out for the next cycle which opens in April.
I have been invited to submit a full application but I am having trouble accessing the full application form.
- To access the full application form, you will need to use the same login and password that you used for your letter of intent submission.
- Full application forms are found on the Foundant Technologies Website.
May I apply for more than one of the ATS Foundation Research Program awards?
- Applicants may submit multiple scientifically distinct letter of intent (LOI) applications, but ATS will extend at most one invitation to submit a full grant application to each applicant. We recommend you limit your number of submissions to focus on one quality, well-prepared grant proposal.
- You may NOT submit the same application to multiple categories. In choosing a category for your submission, please review criteria for each award and pick the category most appropriate to your budget and timeline.
May an institution/department/lab submit multiple applications?
For key personnel, how is "percent effort" defined?
- "Percent effort" is defined by the percent of salary support on the project. If a person is receiving no salary support be sure to indicate that. You may also note the percent of time involved in the project.
Can overhead and/or indirect expenses be allocated from ATS Foundation Research Program grants?
Who constitutes as a "signing official"?
How many letters of reference/support will I need?
- The letter of intent does not require any letters of reference/support.
- The full application requires two letters of support and allows the ability to upload letters from collaborators.
Where can I find the necessary application forms?
- All forms can be found in the Application Documents Section.
What documents/uploads does the letter of intent application require?
- The letter of intent requires:
- Certification of Faculty Employment
- Biosketch of PI
- Biosketches of Key Personnel
- The letter of intent does not require a Budget Form or Signature Form
- All forms can be found in the Application Documents Section.
- For more detailed instructions refer to the Full Application Instructions page
What documents/uploads does the full application require?
- The full application requires:
- Biosketch of PI
- Biosketch of mentor
- Biosketch of co-investigator (up to two)
- Research Plans
- Literature Cited
- Budget Form
- Lab Resources and Equipment
- Two letters of reference/support
- Signature Form
- The full application does not require Certification of Faculty Employment
- All forms can be found in the Application Documents Section.
- For more detailed instructions refer to the Full Application Instructions page
Will I receive scores or written comments?
- Due to the high volume of proposals at the letter of intent stage, we are unable to provide scores, written comments, or customized feedback to applicants.
- Applicants that are invited to submit a full application will receive their score upon notification
Are staff members available to discuss my application before or after submission?
- We are a small staff and are unable to discuss individual projects prior to or after the submission of an application. We encourage investigators to use the resources available to them, including mentors, grant officers, and peers.
- The ATS Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) leads a rigorous, NIH-style review process to identify the most impactful research proposals that the ATS Foundation Research Program receives. Please consider the NIH "How to Apply" section a resource for strengthening your application: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/format-and-write/write-your-application.htm.
If my question was not addressed who do I contact?
- If your question was not answered here, email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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North Raleigh: Community
Granados: North Raleigh roads make no sense to me
I have been driving for about 19 years, and I remember vividly the run-up to getting my license: driver's ed, the learner's permit, sneaking the car out the day before I turned 16, wrecking it and being grounded for months.
Ah, those were the days.
Seriously, though, the license meant a kind of freedom that I felt denied in North Raleigh. I lived way down Creedmoor Road, essentially in the middle of the forest.
While I was thrilled to finally have transportation, finding my way around wasn't easy. My friend Mark, who lived off of Falls of Neuse Road, would help me navigate, but sometimes he'd tell me to find my way own way. I never could.
Sense of direction was never something that came to me intuitively. All these years later, I still have a tendency to get lost in familiar territory. Just ask my wife.
Having said all that, I think some of the blame should go to North Raleigh. I found it impossible to understand the numerous side roads and shortcuts that help the experienced driver navigate the area.
I knew Creedmoor Road, Six Forks Road and Falls of Neuse Road. Take me anywhere else, and God help me.
Downtown Raleigh, on the other hand, I find much more intuitive. Some people find the one-way streets off-putting, but not me. The grid-like setup is much easier than North Raleigh's winding roads.
I wondered if I was the only one who experienced this contrast. So I asked around.
Jennifer Smart has lived in Wake Forest for 17 years. She said it's easy for her to get around North Raleigh, although all the development has made things a bit harder.
"I will get lost when I'm looking for a specific street address in a newer neighborhood where there aren't familiar landmarks," Smart wrote in an e-mail. "However, the larger roads are easy. Signs are well-placed and not difficult to follow. I have little anxiety driving in this area."
Take her to downtown Raleigh, however, and you get a different story.
"My anxiety goes way up when I drive in downtown Raleigh, where the construction projects, one-way streets, and heavy traffic ... is just a lot to process behind the wheel."
Strike one against me.
Jake Wenger of the North Raleigh School of Music said he is comfortable with North Raleigh driving, though he did note that some people find the streets' numerous name changes confusing.
"Why give the same continuous street three different names? Duraleigh/Millbrook/New Hope?" he wrote in an e-mail.
He blames some of the problem on bad drivers.
"I feel like a lot of people aren't paying attention," he said. "There's a lot of rubbernecking, lingering at green lights and people not realizing that you're supposed to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk."
As a musician, Wenger spends a lot of time downtown. Late-night traffic can get tricky, he said.
Strike two. Mostly, anyway.
Julia McGovern, owner of North Raleigh's Poppyseed Market, doesn't think North Raleigh or downtown is particularly difficult. But if you're asking her to pick a winner, I'm afraid downtown ain't it.
"I do think that there are people that just forgot the driving rules: like four-way stop, who goes first," she told me via e-mail. "Another common one for me every day is the right-of-way at an intersection with no lights. People just don't know."
If you're keeping score at home, that was three strikes and I'm out.
So if you see me driving aimlessly around town, well, now you know why.
Alex Granados writes about people, places and traditions in North Raleigh and beyond. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Previously, we addressed why rotating your water storage was so important. However, we had a lot of questions from people asking how to set up water storage. Here are a few tips to consider:
Type of container
Size. Make sure that the container is big enough for your needs. It's recommended that you have 14 gallons per person in your family.
UV coated. You want to make sure that light isn't getting in to your water. This can increase the possibility of contaminant growth inside the container or barrel. You want to make sure that it's dark inside that tank!
Material. Besides making sure that you have a UV coating on the barrel, you'll want to make sure that it's BPA free. With some containers, BPA can seep into the water and create some problems.
Quality. You'll also want to make sure that each of the containers is durable and won't warp, crack or split easily.
Preparing the container
When you first purchase the tank or container, it might come with preparation directions. To ensure that the inside is clean, you can use a mild dish soap and clean water to wash out the inside walls, base and lid of the container.
We recommend using a water preserver to keep your water safe for 5 years. If you don't use a water preserver, you'll have to rotate your water storage every 6 - 12 months.
Installing the container
Place the tank or container in it's final resting place.
You'll want to place a wood board or block between the barrel and the cement. If you don't, toxins from the cement can seep into your water supply. Don't store water barrels directly on cement!
Fill the container half way. After you fill it half way you can check the seams the valves on your container, if you have them. (This is when you add the preserver.) Once the seals are checked, fill the rest of the container.
If you're container is larger, you may want to strap the barrel or tank to the wall. This will prevent it from falling in an earthquake. I've seen many photos out there of people who staking their water barrels on home-made shelves and if you do this, you need to make sure that they are strapped down securely in case of an earthquake.
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|Joey Grado and Liam Thibeault
photo by Lisa Webb / Southwest Shots Photography
"If you're looking for a snazzy, jazzy musical comedy, look no further than Catch Me If You Can, based on the autobiographical book and movie of the same name...While this show didn't run that long on Broadway, it has proven quite popular in regional theatres..Actor's Youth Theatre's production stars two multi-talented teens who deliver excellent portrayals of the two leads: a young con man on the run and the FBI agent trying to catch him.....The score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman has several memorable tunes, as well as many that are character specific or plot focused..The book by Terrence McNally touches on the important plot elements and turning points in Frank's life. While I like how the relationship between Frank and Carl is dramatized, the ending, showing what happened to them, feels a bit rushed and forced. There are also a few slow moments, especially the scenes with Hanratty and his fellow agents. But these are just a few quibbles in a fun and jazzy show. Director Julie Clement keeps the show moving at a quick pace..Joey Grado is Frank, and Liam Thibeault is Hanratty. They both excel in their roles, have great singing voices and charisma, and form a strong rapport with the audience. They also display a very good relationship with each other, even though one is the cat and the other the mouse...Jasmine Bassham is Brenda, the girl Frank falls in love with, and she delivers a lovely version of a beautiful ballad, "Fly, Fly Away," that perfectly captures the need to run away from something and to find oneself. ...The choreography by Corrinne Mann, Kristen Malarkey, and Marcus Ellsworth is fun, inventive, original, and somewhat period specific. However, the minimal set design and dark lighting (the use of a spotlight is good, but there are many times when the supporting cast are barely lit) don't quite evoke the idea of a 1960s variety show. ..Catch Me If You Can may not have proven popular in its initial Broadway run but it does have a catchy score, an intriguing book, and characters that actors can sink their teeth into it. With excellent performances by Joey Grado and Liam Thibeault, the Actor's Youth Theatre production is a thoroughly enjoyable theatrical endeavor." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)


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Conditioners are widely used in both electrical and hydraulic circuits. In electronics, they're referred to as signal conditioners; in hydraulics, they're called fluid conditioners. Fluid conditioners consist of filters, heat exchangers, and, sometimes, fluid heaters. These were described last month and compared to their electrical counterparts: electronic filters and heat sinks. No other fluid conditioners exist, but it's a much different story for electronic signal conditioners.
The term signal conditioner, ingrained in electrical jargon, has no standardized definition. Countless devices can be, and are, called signal conditioners. Some more common devices and synonyms include amplifier, buffer, impedance matcher, clipper, clamper, rectifier, isolator, demodulator, modulator, pulse-width modulation, and on and on. Needless to say, not all will be covered in this introductory discussion on analogies. Though no analogous hydraulic device exists for the many electronic "signal conditioners," we'll discuss those that are in play today.
The Two Most Important Electronic Functions
In this context, electronic refers specifically to the myriad solid-state devices, such as radio and TV transmitters and computers. They use silicon and germanium elements that perform the functions. Rectification (unidirectional current) and amplification are the two basic functions from which all others emanate. Complete circuits are constructed by adding all the necessary external resistors, capacitors, inductors, switches, etc.
Diodes and rectifiers: Diodes are silicon-germanium devices (solid-state junctions) that pass current in one direction, but block it in the other. Thomas Edison discovered the diode effects in his quest for an electric lamp. Later, the phenomenon was used to create vacuum-tube diodes that provided rectification. They prevailed in electronic circuits until the invention of the transistor and the subsequent explosion in solid-state electronic technology.
3. Diodes conduct in the direction of the schematic arrow when using conventional current. The anode must be at a higher voltage than the cathode in order to conduct.
Edison noted that with a filament glowing in an evacuated bulb, a third conductor placed inside could be made to conduct current with applied voltage of one polarity, but blocked current in the other direction. It was a solution looking for a problem, which did not come until the invention of radio in the early 20th Century. The Edison diode required the high temperature (hundreds of degrees) of the bulb filament in order to conduct current.
The process is called themionic emission, wherein the electrons in the heated element are said to "boil off." Therefore, they can be attracted to any additional conducting element that is positive with respect to the heated element. The vacuum-tube diode conducts when the heated element—the cathode—is negative, and the other unheated element—called the anode—is not.
The anode must be positive relative to the cathode for conduction to occur. In contrast, solid-state diodes conduct current in both directions at room temperature, making them infinitely more useful than hot vacuum tubes. A diode junction is nothing more than the intimate contact of two pieces of silicon, each with a different "doping agent" (deliberately added impurity) in each piece. The result is a diode. Diodes can be so small that it is possible to integrate millions of them onto one solid-state chip no larger than a fingernail.
The schematic symbol for a diode (with descriptions provided to explain operation) is shown in Fig. 3. If you recall, conventional current assumes that a fictitious positively charged particle moves around a circuit. Electron flow is the opposite, and electrons move in the opposite direction to conventional current.
4. Shown are volt-ampere characteristics of a typical diode for positive voltage difference. Diode bias voltage is inherent in the semiconductor junction and must be overcome before free flow can exist.
The apex of the diode arrowhead is the direction of conventional current free flow. It requires that the anode voltage be higher than the cathode voltage. Another way of saying it is that the voltage difference across the diode must be positive relative to the anode. The diode is said to be "forward biased" and will be in free flow if it exceeds the forward-bias voltage inherent in the silicon junction.
Figure 4 illustrates the typical volt-ampere characteristics of a diode with a conventional-current designation. It is normal in both silicon and germanium junctions that a small forward voltage must be applied to the anode in order to overcome the junction threshold. The amount of voltage depends on the semiconductor material. It is 0.5 to 0.7 V for silicon diodes, but between 0.1 and 0.3 V in a germanium diode.
Check Valves
5. An inline check valve uses a hollow poppet to conduct free flow. With no pressure on the inlet side, a very weak bias spring forces the poppet into a sealing seat with a positive metal-to-metal contact. It will open only when the pressure on the inlet side exceeds that on the outlet side, in addition to overcoming the bias spring.
The hydraulic check valve is analogous to the diode. The check valve lets fluid flow in one direction, but prevents flow in the opposite direction. The cutaway drawing in Fig. 5 shows the principles at work in a high-pressure hydraulic check valve.
6. The schematic symbol for a check valve is an implied ball that fits into a seat.
At very low pressures, a very light spring biases (pushes) the poppet closed to create a positive, metal-to-metal seal. When the pressure on the left side of the sketch acting on the end area of the poppet exceeds the spring force (bias), the poppet moves to the right (off the seat) to let fluid flow from left to right. The poppet shown has been hollowed out to allow for drilled passages from the poppet bevel into the interior chamber to carry flow in the check valve's "forward direction."
If pressure on the outlet side of the sketch is elevated, the pressure acts on the rear area of the poppet, forcing it more firmly into the metal-to-metal seat and thus assuring that there will be no flow from right to left in the drawing. Figure 6 shows the schematic symbol for a check valve, and mimics the actual function of the valve. It consists of a circle (shown as a ball in this case) that lifts off its seat and allows flow in the free-flow direction when the inlet is at a higher pressure than the outlet. Orientation is the same in both Figs. 5 and 6. Figure 5 shows the bias spring, which may or may not be shown in other schematics.
Figure 7 contains the pressure-flow characteristics of a typical check valve and shows the effects of the bias spring. The differential pressure must exceed the effects of the bias spring before free flow can occur in the forward direction. Once free flow starts, the weak bias spring allows the poppet to move to its full open position. Once this occurs, the check valve performs as a fixed-opening orifice.
7. The check valve will be in its free-flow condition any time pressure exceeds that required to overcome the spring bias.
Not all check valves require the bias spring. In cases where gravity helps seat the poppet in its closed position, the spring can be eliminated and free flow will occur whenever pressure exceeds zero.


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Poinsettia plants are not suited for cold weather unless they are kept indoors during cool weather. The plant can be damaged by temperatures below 50 degrees.
The poinsettia plant is native to Central America. In its natural climate, it sometimes grows to over 10 feet and looks more like a bush or shrub. The plant that many relate to Christmas has been bred over the years to be smaller and more pot friendly than it's naturally occurring counterpart. To keep a poinsettia alive, one must keep it indoors and only place it outside once any chance of frost or cool weather has passed.


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Dreams of a Calico Mouse
Publisher's Summary
Author Dorien Grey, née Roger Margason, has had a life-long love affair with words, which he uses to paint large murals of books and to paint small, intimate portraits of the human condition and the human heart. His subjects range from spiders to sinking ships, from longings for lost loves to letters written in the sand with a bird-quill pen.
While all human beings have unique life experiences which set them apart from every other human, there is a universality of hopes and dreams we all share.
These poems are intended as small mirrors in which it is hoped you may catch glimpses of yourself.
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- Robert
- 10-07-13
Delighted! Wonderful poetry!
What made the experience of listening to Dreams of a Calico Mouse the most enjoyable?
Mr Margason is an excellent wordsmith. His inner world of beautiful, detailed thought comes to you in the measured soothing voice of Mr Schine in a most pleasing fashion. He speaks of love, desire, and aging, with a tender worldliness that I found friendly and warm. You go to places exotic and fanciful, you meet with characters kind, and unkind, bold and fragile. Mr Margason is sensitive, subtle, and keenly observant. Whatever one's sexual orientation, the issues of attraction and desire, of persistent longing, of success and rejection, are clearly universal, and Mr Margason handles them with wisdom and wit, and with careful attention to the craft of poetry. All this gives Mr Schine a vehicle in which to give an admirable performance. This work, his voice, is a pleasure to listen to. Musical, tastefully understated emotionally; just the right notes. I replay the file often, and I'm sure I will continue to in the future.
Who was your favorite character and why?
The boy with the poppyseed rolls; he is beautifully drawn, inside and out ( in the first-person, and the third person) I often return, mentally to that little cafe in that far away land- it's so beautiful!
What does Jeff Schine bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, though I like to have the pause button handy. I digest a bit more slowly than the momentary break between the individual pieces allows.
Any additional comments?
Treat yourself. This is very good. I do recommend it!
- Victor J. Banis
- West Virginia
- 06-07-13
Poems to savor again and again
Lots of people know Dorien Grey as the writer of elegant mystery novels. I too am a fan of his mysteries, but I have also long enjoyed the occasional poem he shared with his fans, so it was a treat to have an entire collection of them to savor—better yet, I had the probably unique experience of both reading them in print and listening to them in audio at much the same time.
First, let me say that savor them I have indeed. The offerings are an eclectic bunch, short, long, humorous, poignant and even, at times, somewhat scary, in the sense that they bring their readers/listeners face to face with some elements of themselves they might well rather not have faced.
As to print versus audio…well, I have long held the opinion that there are very few (and this is true even among some very fine actors) who can do poetry justice reading it aloud. I'm not sure exactly why that is. It is just as true in music. There are many very fine singers who can do wonderful things with a melodic line, but there is a very good reason why Sinatra was inevitably singled out for his "phrasing," which mostly means making the sung line sound natural, even conversational, while at the same time preserving its beat, the rhyme—in short, the poetry of each song.
I wish I could say that Jeff Schine does as masterful a job with Dorien's poems. He doesn't. Nor is he ever truly bad – indeed, except for his insistence on pronouncing po-em as "pome" he is often quite good, sometimes heartbreakingly so, as in the two bookended poems titled Fate 1 (The Boy with the Poppyseed Buns) and Fate 2 (The Man in the Spanish Café), which I confess gave me a catch in the throat.
Bottom line, in the real world, this is a collection of really first rate poems, delivered about as well as one might ask in today's not so artful world. It isn't quite 5 stars, but too good to rate as 4 stars, so I am cheating a bit on the side of the angels. All in all, highly recommended.


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It is true what they say the good do die young. Ms. Lala Brown was on the brink of greatness before her life was snuffed out. If you are not familiar with her name I'm pretty sure you know her voice. She was the female lead singing with Lyfe Jennings for his song S.E.X. LaLa was only 21 years old when she and her producer/boyfriend were found murdered in the basement of their studio. She leaves behind a daughter, Amirrah. You can learn more about her on her myspace page.
MILWAUKEE - A familiar voice to Milwaukee R & B fans has been silenced.
Twenty-one year old Yolanda "La La" Brown and her producer, 22-year-old JeTannue Clayborn, were found dead in their recording studio Friday night.
Milwaukee police say both were found in the Loud Enuff Productionz studio at 55th and Lisbon. Both had gunshot wounds and had been dead at least a day before being
discovered. They were reportedly dating.
JeTannue's mother, Dina Chambers, describes him as energetic, with an eye toward making music his career. "He loved music. He loved people. He was very kind. They called him "Koo Laid" because every time you saw him, he was smiling."
Autopsies were scheduled on both Clayborn and Brown, but the results have not been released. (Source)
Yolanda Brown's family also set up a trust fund for LaLa's
5-year-old daughter Amirrah Airreal Brown. Donations can be sent to:
Lee or Maria Brown
3322 N. 38th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53216
Lyfe Jennings f/ Lala Brown - S.E.X


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Arrest Made In Huntington Village Murder Investigation/
A Brentwood man has been arrested for killing a Bay Shore man in Huntington village yesterday, Suffolk police said.
Samuel White, 32, of Brentwood, is charged with first-degree manslaughter less than a day after police allege he killed 39-year-old Edwin Rivera. White is scheduled to be arraigned today at First District Court in Islip.
Police said White was arrested at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, but did not provide further details.
Two pedestrians found Rivera bloodied, unconscious and lying next to his 2015 Mercedes on Clinton Avenue in downtown Huntington at around 3 a.m. Wednesday, according to police. The driver's side door of the vehicle was open, and it was parked facing southbound on Clinton, a one-way northbound street.
Rivera was brought by the Huntington Community First Aid Squad to Huntington Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police said Rivera's body was turned over to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.


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Other Gold Diggers of 1933: Girl Missing (1933)
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on September 20, 2016
In the first scene of Girl Missing (1933), Guy Kibbee tries to seduce Mary Brian with the line: "I don't feel fatherly, I feel…hotcha!" And so begins this randy, money-grubbing, mystery-solving pre-code starring Brian and motormouth Glenda Farrell. They are two out-of-work chorus girls indulging in some gold-digging to leach cash from old lechers. But in the wildly convoluted plot that races through 68 minutes, they get roped into the murder of a mafia bookie and the disappearance of a society dame (or so she seems). It's a trial run for Farrell's tamer post-code Torchy Blane (nine films between 1937 – 1939) movies, in which she played a sassy investigative newsgal sans sexual innuendo. In Girl Missing Farrell machine-guns her dialogue to mow down con-men, con-women, and anyone else who has the misfortune to walk past her in the frame. It airs tomorrow on TCM at 6:15AM, and is also available on DVD from the Warner Archive.
Opiate of the Masses: Silk Stockings (1957)
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on August 9, 2016
Silk Stockings (1957) is remembered less for what it is than what it represents – the end of the Golden Age of MGM musicals. It was adapted from the last musical Cole Porter wrote for the stage, contains Fred Astaire's penultimate leading performance, and was director Rouben Mamoulian's farewell feature film. Viewed outside of that melancholic context, the film is a peppy Cold War burlesque that turns the ideological battle of Communism and capitalism into a decision between cold logic and effortless entertainment (guess what wins). Astaire reunites with his Band Wagon co-star Cyd Charisse to solve East-West relations through dance and expensive undergarments. An enormous hit in its time, it was the highest grossing musical to ever play Radio City Music Hall, but its reputation has suffered since. Silk Stockings deserves a better fate than to be an answer to an end-of-career trivia question, and Warner Archive is helping by releasing it on Blu-ray. It will also screen on TCM this coming Sunday, August 14th, at 6PM.
Love Triangle: It's a Date (1940)
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on August 2, 2016
William A. Seiter made companionable films, ones populated with sly comic actors given room to work. He started directing silent short comedies in 1915 and ended working on the television sitcom The Gale Storm Show in 1960. In between he was a sensitive shaper of star personas, from the Dadaist antics of Wheeler and Woolsey through the stubborn independence of Ginger Rogers. Less known today are the four 1940s musical comedies he made with star Deanna "Winnipeg's Sweetheart" Durbin, a cute Canadian teen with a legit soprano singing voice who became a sensation, and was the highest paid actress in Hollywood by 1947 (she retired the following year at age 26). Warner Archive released the first of these, It's A Date (1940), on DVD last month, and it's a divertingly funny love triangle, pitting mother (Kay Francis) and daughter (Durbin) against each other for a plum acting role as well as the love of Walter Pidgeon. The set-up is a frame for Seiter and cast to hang gags on, and the deep bench of character players includes Eugene Pallette, Samuel S. Hinds, and S.Z. Sakall.
Injustice Department: Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on May 31, 2016
In June of 1967, Thomas Leonhard's children disappeared. They vanished along with his ex-wife and her new husband. A year later Leonhard would learn that they were given new identities as part of the FBI's Witness Protection Program. A cement mason in Buffalo, New York, Leonhard spent the next eight years in State and Federal courts trying to win the right to see his two kids. This remarkable story became the subject of Leslie Waller's true crime novel Hide in Plain Sight, which James Caan would adapt for his directorial debut in 1980. Caan wanted the film to be a "cinema verite kind of thing", so he shot the film on location in Buffalo, with most of the film unfurling as a low-key docudrama, sticking to the everyday details of Leonhard's life. United Artists considered it too arty and a money loser, so it did not receive the full support of the studio, despite largely positive critical notices. It has been available on DVD from Warner Archive for a few years, but what led me to Hide in Plain Sight was the Buffalo News' list of the top ten films shot in Western New York. Buffalo is my hometown, and it hasn't had much luck on the silver screen, aside from Vincent Gallo's idiosyncratic Buffalo '66 and some turn-of-the-century Edison shorts (I am partial to A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition (1901)). Locals have always been most proud of The Natural (and its use of Parkside Candy Shop), but for me, Hide in Plain Sight presents a more complete view of the city, from the bars to the factories to the zoo.
Lost and Found: The Man and the Moment (1929)
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on May 3, 2016
The light comedy The Man and the Moment (1929) was considered lost until a dupe negative was recently discovered at Cineteca Italiana di Milano. This part-talkie from First National Pictures was restored in 2K by Warner Bros. at L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in Bologna, and was released on Warner Archive DVD last month. A charming proto-screwball comedy, it's about a marriage of convenience between a rich playboy and an impetuous adventuress that ends up destroying planes, boats and nightclub aquariums. Made during the transition to sound, it exemplifies the stereotype of that era's stiff, static line readings. It has snap and vigor in the silent sequences, and grinds to a halt for dialogue. This is not aided by leading man Rod la Rocque, who is a debonair charmer in the silent sequences and a wooden statue during dialogue. His co-star Billie Love is more of a natural, and she waltzes away with the film.
Blu-ray Blues
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on March 8, 2016
Blu-ray is dead. Long live Blu-ray. Last month a new home video format was released to replace it: Ultra HD Blu-ray, which offers quadruple the resolution of regular old BD. Compatible only with 4K televisions and UHD players, the new format is likely fated to become the niche of a niche. The original Blu-ray was never ensconced in most Americans' living rooms, instead becoming the choice of collectors, cinephiles, and home theater geeks. DVDs were still too new and cheap, and the rapidly expanding accessibility of streaming video made the relatively expensive Blu-ray an afterthought. Today Blu-ray and DVD are considered as interchangeable formats, lumped together in narratives of physical media's decline (according to DEG combined sales dropped by 12% in 2015 – though it is still a six billion dollar business). Anecdotally, it is remarkable how few of my film friends own a BD player, even though their prices have dropped to DVD levels these last few years. As audiences seemed to shrug at BD, Hollywood studios became wary of investing too much in the format. They were nearly twice as expensive to author, so new releases made it to Blu-ray, but library titles would have to wait. It has taken a few years, but the Blu-ray dam is leaking a bit, if not yet broken. Take for instance, the recent releases of Otto Preminger's Where the Sidewalk Ends (via the Twilight Time label, only available for purchase through Screen Archives), and Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess, released courtesy of the Warner Archive.
Jean-Claude Killy in Snow Job (1972)
Posted by Kimberly Lindbergs on February 11, 2016
After winning three gold medals in the 1968 Olympics and two FIS Alpine Ski World Cups Jean-Claude Killy, the French championship skier, received international fame and acclaim due to his agility, speed and unparalleled technique on the slopes. He was also a skilled endurance sports car driver who competed in the 1967 Targa Florio and the 1969 Le Mans 24 Hours race. Besides his award worthy sportsmanship, Killy was an attractive and charming man, which helped bolster his reputation and companies as diverse as Rolex, United Airlines, Schwinn Bicycles, American Express and Chevrolet offered him lots of money to endorse their products. He appeared in printed advertisements as well as television ads and on countless magazine covers including four issues of Sports Illustrated between 1967-1969.
Naturally, Hollywood took notice and in 1971 Warner Brothers decided to produce a film that would make use of Killy's impressive skiing talent and international appeal. The film was titled Snow Job (1972) and I recently had the opportunity to catch up with it thanks to Warner Archive Instant streaming.
Accused: The Wrong Man (1957)
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on February 9, 2016
The Wrong Man was promoted as Alfred Hitchcock's first film based on a true story, and the director went to great lengths to secure its authenticity. To shoot the story of Manny Balestrero, who was falsely accused of robbing a life insurance company, Hitchcock shot the film on location in NYC, and cast supporting parts with many of the actual participants in the case. The movie strives for "reality", and much of it plays as a heightened kind of docudrama, focused through Balestrero's POV as he is arrested, processed, and put to trial. Manny's world of Manhattan night clubs and his Jackson Heights home shrinks to the space between his shoes on the ground of his jail cell, seen with impressive clarity on the new Warner Archive Blu-ray. Manny's resemblance to a hold-up artist has undone the life he had built over forty-three years, as his wife suffers a nervous breakdown from the stress. For no reason at all, a void has opened up and swallowed him whole.
Pre-Code Comedies: Fifty Million Frenchmen, Gold Dust Gertie, and Her Majesty, Love
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on February 2, 2016
In 1931 the vaudeville circuit was dying out, and Hollywood was poaching its performers and routines. Needing content for the new sound technology, studios would string together comedies around a collection of old stage bits. Anarchic, chaotic, and scattershot, these films will do anything for a laugh, and they occasionally get them. The Warner Archive has just released three of these pre-code sketch films on DVD, all from 1931: Gold Dust Gertie, Her Majesty Love, and Fifty Million Frenchmen. They feature actors who cut their teeth in vaudeville, including the comedy duo Olsen & Johnson, one-liner artist Winnie Lightner, and W.C. Fields, who made his sound film debut in Her Majesty Love.
I Am Also A Fugitive From A Chain Gang: Hell's Highway (1932)
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on November 3, 2015
In 1932 the treatment of prisoners on chain gangs became an issue of national import. In January Robert Elliott Burns published I Am a Fugitive From a Georgia Chain Gang!, which recounts two escapes, eight years apart, from brutal prison camps. Warner Brothers would rush to adapt it into I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang for a November release. In June Arthur Maillefert died inside a "sweat box" at the Sunbeam Prison Camp in Florida, a chain wrapped around his neck and wooden stocks nailed around his feet. The camp's captain was charged with first degree murder and found guilty of manslaughter, sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. Calls for reform reverberated across the country, and the film studios were eager to capitalize on the nation's interest. Universal was developing Laughter in Hell (which I wrote about here), adapted from a Jim Tully novel, while RKO was fast-tracking Hell's Highway, which combines Burns and Maillefert's stories into a narrative they hoped not to get sued over. Prizing speed above all else, RKO got Hell's Highway into theaters first on September 23rd, beating Fugitive to screens by almost two months (Laughter in Hell didn't arrive until January of 1933). Brought to the screen by the famously combative director Rowland Brown, Hell's Highway is cynical and punchy, but compromised by studio meddling. The Warner Archive has made Hell's Highway available on DVD as part of "Forbidden Hollywood Volume 9″, the latest in their series of pre-code DVD sets (it also includes Big City Blues, The Cabin in the Cotton, When Ladies Meet, and I Sell Anything).
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Top 10 'Turnaround' Housing Markets
October 26, 2012
Western states continue to dominate, showing some of the fastest paces of recovery in the nation's housing markets. With inventories falling, national median list prices increased 2.54 percent year-over-year during the third quarter, Realtor.com reprots.
The site released its rankings of the top 10 turnaround towns, based on third quarter housing data of median list price increases, inventory levels, and employment rates.
1. Oakland, Calif.
2. Sacramento, Calif.
3. San Jose, Calif.
4. San Francisco
5. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash.
6. Bakersfield, Calif.
7. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, Calif.
8. Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.
9. Fresno, Calif.
10. Miami
View more information about what is making these housing markets some of the biggest turnaround housing markets in the nation at Realtor.com.
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Warranty. HotelHome has a 31 year reputation as a designer and manufacturer of high quality products, here in Australia and also with some exclusive products manufactured for HotelHome by specialty mills offshore. Our sales for the last 31 years have been predominantly to the Interior Designer and Hotel / Accommodation industry, where we have always enjoyed accolades from all of our clients in Australasia for the high standards and longevity of our products. We do not wish to spoil our reputation now that the company is also offering our premium product direct to discerning consumers, looking for something very special and different to what is normally available in retail stores and online.
We will of course honour our obligations under the Australian Consumer Law and provide our customers, at our discretion, with an exchange if the product purchased is somehow flawed in manufacturing, or a minor repair if possible. We do ask our clients to choose our products carefully, because in some cases products are made to order and as manufacturers, we do not offer a change of mind policy. If there is a small manufacturing problem which is not major, we may choose to repair the item within a reasonable time.
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On this day in economic and business history…
The era of video games began rather quietly one day in August of 1972, when the first Magnavox Odyssey consoles began to show up in Magnavox stores across the United States. These primitive systems, which sold for $99 each (equal to about $550 today), soon became a hit with fun-seeking consumers. By the end of the year more than 130,000 systems had been sold — a number that might have been higher had Magnavox not deceptively promoted the systems as compatible only with Magnavox televisions. The Video Game Console Library offers some interesting detail on the technology behind the Odyssey:
The Odyssey has no real specs. It contained no processor or memory. The box was made up of transistors, resistors and capacitors. Odyssey used cards that contained pin outs to change game settings. Plastic overlays that could be placed over the TV screen created graphics and color, but the actual display consisted of white squares (paddle and ball) on an all-black background. The Odyssey originally came with six game cards and a 36-page user manual for the 12 additional games offered for the system.
Imagine that — you had to put plastic sheets on your TV screen just to have a background! Despite these limitations, the Odyssey continued to sell respectably well. By the end of its initial production run in 1975, Magnavox had sold about 330,000 Odyssey systems.
The video game era was only getting started, though. Shortly before Magnavox released its Odyssey to the public, the company distributed a few units for demonstrations. It was in May of 1972 that Nolan Bushnell happened across one of these demonstrations in Burlingame, Calif.
That chance occurrence led to the creation of Atari a month later — and to the first lawsuit in video game history, which Magnavox filed against Atari and its partners in 1974 after discovering similarities between its patented table-tennis Odyssey game and Atari's Pong, which had become the video game industry's first true hit. Atari avoided legal damages by signing a licensing agreement, but Magnavox would sue many other early video game developers over table-tennis game infringements. Between awards and patent-licensing fees, Magnavox eventually earned nearly $100 million from the table-tennis game — much more than it ever made from sales of the original Odyssey.
More fun than you can fit in a ten-gallon hat
The first Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX) amusement park opened its gates to a few lucky Texans in Arlington (west of Dallas) on Aug. 1, 1961. The park had been built at a breakneck pace under the guidance of oilman and real-estate investor Angus Wynne, Jr. It cost $10 million and took up a 212-acre tract, and it was initially planned to only be a temporary development before the land could be converted into an industrial park. However, things didn't quite work out that way, and Six Flags Over Texas not only became the genesis of the Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX) franchise but also helped develop the very concept of a modern amusement park.
Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX)'s $2.75 admission price ($2.25 for children) was all-inclusive, allowing access to any ride in the park. Until this was first tried in Arlington, amusement parks had charged on an a la carte basis, with separate admissions fees for each ride. The park also introduced log flumes, mine train rides, loop-the-loop coasters, and river rapid rides to the amusement-park lexicon. Its six historically and ethnically themed areas, represented by the six sovereign flags that had at various times flown in the state, also provided a unifying concept for the park, and the idea of themed areas also caught on in the industry. Within a year and a half, Wynne made back his personal investment in the park and decided to keep it around for the long term. Six Flags Over Texas attracted more than 17 million visitors in its first decade of operation and established itself as the state's top for-profit attraction.