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Title: Hooking Up
Author: Helena Hunting
Genre: Romance
Publisher: Swerve
# of Pages: 304
Release Date: November 7, 2017
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Amalie Whitfield is the picture of a blushing bride during her wedding reception–but for all the wrong reasons. Instead of proclaiming his undying love, her husband can be heard, by Amalie and their guests, getting off with someone else. She has every reason to freak out, and in a moment of insanity, she throws herself at the first hot-blooded male she sees. But he's not interested in becoming her revenge screw.
Mortified and desperate to escape the post-wedding drama, Amalie decides to go on her honeymoon alone, only to find the man who rejected her also heading to the same tiny island for work. But this time he isn't holding back. She should know better than to sleep with someone she knows, but she can't seem to resist him.
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I really wanted to like this book but honestly it was a struggle for me to get through. I've read some of Hunting's other novels and trust me when I say that no one is as surprised as me that this book just didn't work for me. I did not read the first book in the series and part of me wonders if that would have changed my thoughts on this one. Hooking Up definitely works as a stand-alone but I think it would have helped me connect with the characters more had I had more of the back story.
Right away I felt like there were way to many coincidences in this story. Magically the two main characters are thrown together multiple times. Some of these times were really organic and worked for the characters. While other times were just too farfetched for me. I also felt that the timeline of this story was way too rushed. Some books a quicker timeline can work out really well but for this one I just can't find the justification.
Hunting had some great characters but I found that they were very surface level. I think that Hunting could have dove deeper into the characters and maybe found more reasoning for their actions. I didn't feel an emotional connection to the characters and for me that's a necessity. What it all comes down to for me is the fact that this story just didn't feel realistic enough.


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I'm worried about Noah Syndergaard.
On it's face, this probably seems rather ridiculous. After all, through the first three weeks of this season, you'd be hard pressed to find a better pitcher, or for that matter, a better story, than the six-foot-six flamethrower from Mansfield, Texas, by way of Asgard. Yes, the man they call "Thor" has only added to his mythology thus far in 2016, allowing just five earned runs in 26 innings of work thus far, while striking out 38 batters, and posting a fielding independent pitching mark of 0.82.
Of course, if you're a visual learner, you could just as easily discard the numbers in favor of a glance at backup catcher Kevin Plawecki's chest, recently branded by a Syndergaard fastball that found its way past the catcher's mitt. Or, if cultural capital is your measuring stick, you can instead marvel (pun very much intended) at Syndergaard in Times Square, dressed in full Norse God apparel, glad-handing alongside Elmo and the Naked Cowboy in a rather surreal attempt to promote himself, SportsNet New York, and by extension of course, a certain cinematic universe that's showing no signs of slowing down. (Brace yourself for Thor: The Slider of Odin, coming to theaters sometime in the summer of 2018.)
So, to summarize, Noah Syndergaard is a young, charming, dynamic ace with multiple plus pitches, who has confounded all who face him, while capturing the public's imagination. What, then, is the problem exactly?
Well, that is exactly the problem. And if that doesn't make any sense to you, I understand completely.
You just must not be a Mets fan.
To cheer for the Amazins, over the course of the last decade or so, has been an exercise in sports nihilism. The excruciating collapses of the 2007 and 2008 seasons soon gave way to a long malaise, equally painful, but in an entirely different way. A talented franchise that just couldn't close the deal soon transformed into one that wasn't capable of competing whatsoever. Egregious money management by the team's ownership group transformed a high revenue club into a corner-cutting cellar dweller, forfeiting the inherent advantages of baseball in the Big Apple. As if that wasn't enough, the club soon developed a reputation for pollyannaish assessments of its own future, and being less than candid when it came to injury concerns.
The end result, season after season, was a team that just couldn't seem to get out of its own way. Call it realism, call it fatalism, call it #LOLMets, call it what you will, but for some time now, the Flushing Faithful have been trained to expect very little from the orange and blue. To plummet, spectacularly, from a position of strength, is one sort of heartbreak. To wonder if a team will ever return to that pinnacle again is something else entirely.
But a funny thing happened last season, in the midst of all the negativity. Namely, the Mets' rebuilding efforts began to bear fruit. Make no mistake, a "Moneyball" strategy is much more palatable when it is required by small-market realities, rather than forced upon a franchise thanks to a series of greedy, short-sighted money grabs that go catastrophically haywire. Nevertheless, in 2015, General Manager Sandy Alderson's plan to rebuild the farm system, invest in pitching and defense, and maintain financial flexibility, all started to come together.
Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, and the aforementioned Syndergaard emerged as the core of one of the most gifted young rotations in recent memory. Sensible spending on productive players like Curtis Granderson, Juan Lagares, and the Lord of the GIF, Bartolo Colon, kept the team in the race. And just when it appeared, midseason, that a lack of offense might doom the team to once again fall from the pennant race, the arrival of highly-touted prospect Michael Conforto, and a fortuitous deal for Yoenis Cespedes, the living embodiment of swag, provided just enough punch to send the Mets on a magical run, all the way back to the October Classic.
And so, naturally, the glory of a World Series return soon gave way to a tragicomedy of errors. Harvey, the enigmatic young hurler criticized all season long for having the nerve to look out for his own health, was brilliant, right up until the moment that he wasn't. Lucas Duda, that most calm, composed, unflappable of first basemen, suddenly struggled to keep the ball within the outer boroughs in the season's most crucial moment. And Daniel Murphy, who'd managed a rather passable Babe Ruth impression for most of the postseason, reverted instead to Bill Buckner by month's end, making a series of costly mistakes that left an entire fanbase, once more, wondering what might have been.
The end result, after a proper period of reflection, was a feeling quite familiar to any Mets fan… A good bit of hope, dashed of course with plenty of paranoia. For the first time in years, the club is objectively, undeniably, built to succeed in the years ahead. Young pitching depth; plenty of offense; versatility across the diamond, and perhaps, miraculously, should the team continue to draw, an eventual end to the budgetary limitations that have so hamstrung the franchise.
And yet, as ever, there is of course the question of whether any of this will ever be enough. They are still the Mets, after all, which is to say they are Don Quixote tilting at the windmill, Wile E. Coyote sitting atop the rocket, and Charlie Brown lining up to kick the football, all in equal measure. We, as their fans, are bracing for the failure, always. You may tell us how silly that sounds, in an era of logic and reason and advanced metrics. We may even agree with you.
But until you've walked in our shoes, you're in no position to judge our coping mechanism.
Over the last few weeks, even as he blows away everyone in sight, a certain narrative has begun to take shape around Noah Syndergaard, one that has nothing to do with long hair, comic books, and Mjölnir. No, the topic of conversation is velocity, and the fact that Syndergaard, by a rather healthy margin, now boasts the hardest fastball, and slider, in the game. On its face, the best pure "stuff" in all of baseball should be a cause for celebration. Instead, plenty are wondering if this sort of physical dominance is truly sustainable, or if it's only a matter of time before problems develop in that immensely valuable right arm.
"Physical freaks come along once a generation," a rival General Manager explained, in Tom Verducci's excellent exploration of Syndergaard's future, "He's either that or this is not sustainable. The odds tell you that it's not sustainable… Right now, he stands alone with his stuff. Nobody sits at 99 mph and throws a slider 93… The question is, does he hold up?"
It's a fair question, and one that's grounded in plenty of past precedent. This is an era, after all, where pitch counts and innings limits are carefully managed, where Tommy John surgery often seems like a right of passage, where injuries are simply the cost of doing business when asking the human body to perform the decidedly unnatural act of hurling a cowhide sphere past the greatest hitters in the world. Syndergaard's rotation-mate, Matt Harvey, himself arrived on the scene as one of the most eye-opening fireballers in a generation, only to miss the entire 2014 season after elbow reconstruction. Questions about his own decline in velocity have continued throughout this season.
All of which is to say that yes, there are plenty of reasons to worry about Noah Syndergaard, that have everything to do with the game he plays, and nothing to do with the uniform he wears. Still, one can't help but be a little more concerned, given his home at Citi Field. Just call it "Mets-phobia". We fret a little more, we stress a little harder, we watch our team with oh, I'd say about 15% more dread.
Currently these Mets are winners of nine of their last ten games, taking care of business, and closing quickly on the Nationals, a team they are expected to battle for the NL East crown all season long. They are solid, they are strong, they look, at present, like every bit of the contender they were expected to be. And yes, make no mistake, Ya Gotta Believe.
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Maruti's royalty to Suzuki to increase further3 min read . Updated: 25 Jul 2010, 11:12 PM IST
Maruti's royalty to Suzuki to increase further
Mumbai: India's biggest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, will be paying a higher royalty to its Japanese parent Suzuki Motor Corp. after the government removed a cap on the amount local companies pay their overseas partners for transfer of technology.
Suzuki and other foreign companies had been seeking more liberal royalty norms, capped at 5% of domestic sales and 8% of exports, for several years, Maruti Suzuki chairman R.C. Bhargava said.
In April, the ministry of commerce and industry issued a notification removing the cap and permitting Indian companies to pay royalty to their technical collaborators without seeking prior government approval.
"Suzuki decided that Maruti Suzuki India would now conform to Suzuki's global royalty payment strategy," Bhargava said in a telephone interview.
Royalty payments have been typically calculated as a percentage of net sales and derived from the use of an asset or a fixed price per unit sold, minus the value of imported content.
After the notification, Suzuki got a free hand in fixing the technical fee it can charge Maruti Suzuki on newer and existing models.
Typically, new models attract a higher fee. As the model matures in its life cycle and the investment on fixed costs is amortized, royalty on the model is reduced, eventually exempting it from the fee. With the exception of the Maruti 800, Omni and Gypsy, all models in Maruti Suzuki's stable attract royalty.
Maruti Suzuki's net sales for the three months ended June 2010 were Rs8,050.6 crore and recurring royalty was 5.1%. Maruti paid Suzuki Rs123.6 crore more during the quarter than what it would have paid without the revision in the royalty rate. The net royalty burden for the quarter was Rs413 crore, 81% higher than in the same quarter last year.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2009-10, royalty as a percentage of net sales was 3.6%. The deregulation came into effect from December, requiring Maruti Suzuki to pay an additional 0.8%, or Rs65 crore, retrospectively for the four months to March.
According to Vineet Hetamasaria, vice-president of research at Mumbai-based brokerage Pincmoney, a subsidiary of Pioneer Investcorp, the royalty burden on the company, which had been rising due to the addition of newer models in its product portfolio, is set to rise further with no cap on the upper limit.
"This is a structural change and will have a recurring impact," he said.
In fiscal 2009-10, Maruti paid royalty on 86% of its total unit sales, 5 percentage points more than a year ago. The company had sold 1.18 million units in the domestic and export markets.
Experts say the entire Indian automobile industry will feel the impact of the deregulation.
Other auto makers with foreign collaboration, such as ToyotaKirloskar Motors Ltd and Honda Siel Cars India Ltd, are not listed in India and don't have to disclose figures.
"It impacts not only every international model launched in India, but also part makers which have foreign collaborations and supply to auto makers directly or indirectly," said Pankaj Chadha, director of the automotive practice at global consulting firm Ernst and Young.
It will even cover model launches from Tata Motors Ltd's Jaguar and Land Rover stables in India which are governed by the country of origin rule relating to where the models are designed and developed.
As the move inflates the cost per model for Maruti Suzuki, the company might have to build the higher royalty payment into the price of its automobiles, Bhargava said. But the car maker hasn't taken any call on pricing action yet.
In the three months ended June, the higher royalty burden, among other factors, singed Maruti Suzuki, which said profit fell by 20% to Rs465 crore from Rs583 crore a year earlier. The company's earnings were way off the estimate of Rs653 crore by five analysts polled by Mint on 21 July.
Still, Ernst and Young's Chadha said the liberalization of the royalty regime was a positive move.
"It incentivizes the (foreign partners of) auto makers for better model launches at a quicker pace," he said.
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Let us try to remember Everyone who has suffered due to this date 9/11/09-not just those World Trade Center Victims but the millions more that were affected too…..
Those parties as always do include: the victims of the WTC, firefighters, the police, and volunteer rescue workers of the World Trade Center of course….but this year lets try and remember EVERYONE effected by the events on this day.
That list of the directly affected would also include:
1. The US, UK, and foreign soldiers that were lied to about WMDs and have had to suffer and or perish due to Bush's 'misinformation' i.e. the great big Bush lie.
2. Let us not forget the nearly 1 million innocent women and children of Iraq and Afghanistan than that have been relentlessly bombed and shot and killed on a daily basis since Bush's "War on Terror" or "War of Terror" began.
3. Let us not forget those innocent Arab Americans and Muslims that were victims of senseless hate crimes committed racist "Patriots", fed by the war of hate.
4. Finally, those who were racially profiled and held without just cause, other than a skin color….and then held in the notoriously terrifying Guantanamo bay…treated guilty until proven innocent.
If this is, in fact, our real 'time for change' I ask you to change not just your actions but the way you think about things and remember…..because those who don't remember the 'real past' or 'real history' are destined to repeat it again and again.


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On Friday TEAMango won Wales Start Up of the Year for Professional Services! This was one of my proudest moments, having all of our passion and hard work as a team being recognised.
TEAMango was born in 2015 and, since then, there's been lots of ups and downs. It's taken sheer grit and determination, but we're successfully on a scale up journey now.
I don't have all the answers (does anyone?), but I can offer some advice to those on a start-up journey. Here are my top 10 tips.
1) Know your 'Why' from the outset.
Why are you creating/growing your company? Why would people want to buy from you? Why would people want to come and work for you?
2) Determine your values/principles from day 1.
Know what kind of culture you want to develop. Always stick to your values – words and actions!
3) Scout out your team well in advance of recruiting them.
It's important you plan your resource to fulfil contracts and build credibility. Some markets are particularly tough to hire in, so get ahead of the game.
4) Know your numbers.
Build in a weekly update. Understand your cash flow and forecast. When you're suddenly responsible for paying people every month it can get scary, but provided you are proactive and controlled, you'll be fine.
5) Believe in yourself.
Your confidence can get knocked – especially when you don't (can't) win every lead or order. Accept you'll make mistakes. Make sure you learn from them and focus on your progress to date. You CAN do it!
6) Understand what you are good at and NOT good at.
Surround yourself with people that can fill your gaps. Use a tool like CMe colour profiling to identify your blind spots. It's a strength to know and acknowledge your weaknesses.
7) Understand your market.
Do your research and plan how you are going to engage with potential customers. Be prepared to adapt this as you test the market.
8) Network like crazy.
Meeting people face to face is always the best way to engage, gain buy in and raise your brand profile.
9) Use your team effectively.
Define roles and responsibilities, identify gaps and support their development. Learn to let go – empower your people to take accountability.
10) Persevere!
It takes time to grow a company and you'll have times when you want to give up. Review your approach and market regularly and stick with it.
I hope this proves useful.


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As 2013 begins, now's a good time to look at the future prospects for the stocks you own. If you don't know where a company's headed in the next year and beyond, then it's impossible to make an informed decision about whether you should add the stock to your portfolio -- or sell it if you already own it.
Today, I'll look at R.R. Donnelley (NYSE:RRD). The business services company had a nightmare experience in 2012 as a major mistake earned it unwanted notoriety, but the bigger threat to the business comes from generally poor conditions throughout its industry. Below, you'll learn more about R.R. Donnelley's prospects for 2013.
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Analysts appear to see R.R. Donnelley as more of a value play than a turnaround candidate. From a fundamental perspective, they don't see sales rebounding and expect continued pullbacks in earnings per share as well. Yet with a very low forward valuation, the stock could rise more than 40% if it approaches analysts' target price.
The big reason that R.R. Donnelley attracts so much investor attention is its huge dividend yield. With a yield topping 11%, the publishing company is among the top five yielding stocks in the S&P 500. Unfortunately, like postage-meter specialist Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) and rural telecom giants Frontier Communications (NASDAQ:FTR) and Windstream (NASDAQ:WINMQ), R.R. Donnelley has investors wondering if its services business can avoid becoming obsolete. Just as mail has given way to electronic communication and landlines have ceded ground to wireless telephony, Donnelley's traditional printing business looks increasingly outdated as online publishing picks up steam.
Donnelley is doing its best to adapt to changing conditions. Its purchase of Edgar Online last year was a recognition that the company needs to evolve to the digital age. But with COO John Paloian stepping down from his management role as of Dec. 31, Donnelley will need to reorganize its internal structure to meet the challenge more squarely.
For Donnelley to have a better 2013, it will need to find a way to reinvigorate its catalog, magazine, and other print businesses while finding ways to boost its online presence. Without success in those areas, even an 11% dividend won't be enough to make shareholders happy.
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Kohler, which has been making bathtubs and bathroom appliances since about 1883, has a new toilet that will quite possibly take your breath away. Called Numi, the toilet "marks a new standard of excellence in the bathroom," according to the company.
At first glance, it's just a sharp, if slightly irregularly shaped, white box that you could easily find on the set of Star Trek. But it's a toilet–one that features motion senses that raise and lower the lid on its own, feet-warming vents, a retractable bidet that includes both "multiple options for water spray pattern" and a heated air dryer, a deodorizer, a heated seat, illuminated panels, speakers and a plug-in for your MP3 player as well as touchscreen controls that allow up to six user presets. Prices vary, but most outlets I've found sell Numi for $4,792.50.
I've told you about Numi, the very pinnacle of the Great Toilet Pyramid, so you'd understand some context of how I spent the last couple of weeks. Toilets–and by extension, the restrooms that enclose them–can be clean, functional and even pleasant. While most people even in this country, which still somehow enjoys a higher standard of living per capita than any other in the world, can't afford to install Numi in their home, they can still, er, relieve themselves of any excess baggage in a comfortable environment.
Now the County of Maui's public parks? Not so much. This is despite the county's park maintenance budget (which we all pay for) pulling in about $3 million a year for the last few years.
Structurally, most public park bathrooms are the same. Most are built with cinder block walls; most are open at the top, allowing free (and often chilly) ventilation. They are strictly functional constructions–tile floors and simple sinks, mostly. Stall doors (where available) were often simply pieces of wood (painted repeatedly to hide graffiti) that opened and closed with the help of a heavy spring.
As part of a research project that was certainly eye-opening, I conducted spot checks of the public restrooms at 17 of the county's parks. While some of the restrooms were clean, others were decidedly–and disgustingly–not.
Few of the restrooms I visited had soap dispensers; none had hot water–the easiest method of killing bacteria when washing hands. Toilet tissue was pretty uniform, but paper towels were rare. Paper sanitary sheets for toilet seats were, as I expected, non-existent. As for the toilets themselves, they ranged from spotless to overflowing with residue from previous visits.
What follows are the notes from my expedition to Maui's backside. Proceed with caution.
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Hanakao'o Beach Park
Locals call this place "Canoe Beach," and the restroom pavilion is on a small bluff with great vistas of Lanai and Ka'anapali. On my visit, my nose caught a strong odor of urine long before I got inside. Like most beach park restrooms, there was plenty of wet sand on the floor. The sinks, though clean, lacked soap dispensers and paper towels. Also, the handle on one of the urinals seemed to have been jury-rigged with wire.
Malu Ulu Olele Park
That the County of Maui refers to the restrooms at this park on Front Street in Lahaina as "comfort stations" is beyond laughable. You know the restroom in that first Saw picture? That place is the Four Seasons compared to this place. People on the nearby sidewalk can smell the stench of urine emanating from inside, which looks like it was last cleaned when Nixon was president. Oh, and the men's room features an actual urinal trough. I'm pretty sure the accused terrorists in Guantanamo have better restroom facilities than this dump.
Honokowai Beach Park
Not to get too graphic here, but one of the toilets in this restroom was simply not usable. It had been used–that was very clear–but touching any surface inside, to say nothing of the toilet handle, was clearly asking for trouble. Heaven help anyone on the beach (and it was pretty crowded the day I went) who found the need to go.
Launiupoko Beach Park
Go here if you want to see an old-style urinal that runs clear down to the floor. The layout inside was curious, with two large stalls, separated by doors, that each contain a sink. It's kind of nice, but when one stall doesn't have any toilet paper (as was the case here), it's gonna cause problems. For that reason, you might want to try the portable toilets they have outside–one of which is massive.
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Kalama Park
The restrooms near the ball fields were pretty clean, though one toilet was filled with paper. The restrooms in the main park were also clean, but both facilities lacked soap dispensers and paper towels.
Kamaole I
Sigh. Who builds restrooms without stall doors? The people who put together the facilities at Kam I! Look, I can deal with sinks that only have cold water and no soap or paper towels, but putting a door–even just a piece of plywood–on the stall has got to be some sort of priority.
Kamaole II
Okay, forget what I said about Kam I–that place is paradise compared to Kam II. This place not only lacks a stall door, but a stall wall as well. Let me be clear: the restroom has a sink, urinal (low flow) and toilet, all in the same room with no partitions whatsoever. Oh, and did I mention that there's not actually a front door, either? You could just walk in and see some guy with his pants around his ankles, staring up at you with a look frozen between fear and embarrassment. Are you kidding me?
Kamaole III
Located just down the street from the travesties known as Kam I and Kam II, Kam III features a new restroom building that's everything you want in a public restroom. The stalls not only have doors, but they have light doors that move easily and latch securely. Of course there's no soap or paper towels, but the toilets have actual privacy! Rejoice!
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4th Marine Division Park
This sprawling Haiku park, which during World War II was the home of the 4th Marine Division when it wasn't out assaulting the Marianas and Iwo Jima, has pretty mediocre restrooms. The toilet had some kind of hazy green film in it, and the sinks lacked both paper towels and soap.
Hookipa Beach Park
Most county restrooms don't have mirrors. But this one had dulled metal plates. Guess it's cool, but whatever. There also wasn't any soap or paper towels, which make getting your hands clean kind of a challenge.
Keokea Park
These restrooms looked fairly new, with gray stall doors. The toilets and urinals were clean and there were plenty of paper towels, but no soap.
Harold Rice Park
First off, the restrooms here offer some of the best views on the entire island. Stand in front of the restroom pavilion, and you can easily see both coasts of Maui. But inside, it was a disaster: no soap and paper towels and a toilet full of solid material that hadn't been flushed in who knows how long.
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Kepanawai Park
These restrooms are large, with lots of sinks and stalls. The place was mostly clean, but there was fresh graffiti on one stall door. There was also a large, green insect of some kind perched on the trash can near the door. Cool!
Papahaku Park
There was no odor here, but the toilets were less than clean. At least there wasn't any paper on the floor.
Keopuolani Regional Park
There are a variety of restroom pavilions in this 110-acre park, all of which lacked soap dispensers. In the restrooms over by the baseball fields, the paper towel dispenser in the men's room was empty. The restrooms by the kids' playground equipment were fine. Those overlooking the MACC were also lacking paper towels.
Kahului Park
The good news is the restroom features a low-flow urinal. The bad news is that there was soiled paper on the floor of the toilet stall.
Kanaha Beach Park
These restrooms, with exterior walls covered in brightly painted images of fish, were a pleasant surprise. Sure, there was a lot of water on the floor–there's a changing station inside. But the toilet was clean. Most surprising of all, there was a bar of soap–an actual bar of actual soap–at the sink.


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Charlotte 13, Durham 1. The Bulls managed only 5 hits and Chris Seddon got knocked around pretty good last night. Seddon gave up 8 hits and 7 runs (5 earned) in 3 innings. Delmon Young and Kevin Witt each had 1 hit.
Birmingham 6, Montgomery 5. Mitch Talbot, acquired in the Aubrey Huff deal made his 4th start for the Biscuits. He worked 6 innings, allowing 6 hits, 1 walk and 3 runs. He struck out 6.
Visalia 6, Lancaster 1. Reid Brignac and Evan Longoria each had a double and 2 RBI. Brignac went 2-3 and is now hitting .326. Longoria went 1-3 and is now hitting .327.
SW Michigan 5, Kane County 3. Greg Reinhard struck out 8 in 5 innings. He gave up 2 hits, 3 walks and a run.
Hudson Valley 3, Lowell 0. Another strong start for Jeremy Hellickson as he continues to prove the nay-sayers wrong about small right handed pitchers. He pitched 5 scoreless innings, giving up 3 hits and 1 walk. He struck out 6. He now has an ERA of 1.96.


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In California, a man is dying of terminal cancer. He says that the reason for his cancer is that he worked with Roundup, a weed killer produced by Monsanto that is based on glyphosate. And it seems a jury of his peers agrees with him, as he has recently been awarded a significant amount of money. Additionally, judges across the country have allowed the cases of thousands of other people to go forward. However, the reality is also that the link between Roundup, glyphosate, and cancer aren't all that clear.
Just How Carcinogenic is Glyphosate?
Dewayne Johnson, the man who has won his case against Monsanto, was the first trial of its kind. Days later, hundreds of other lawsuit were allowed into court as well. In them, plaintiffs state that they worked with Roundup, one of Monsanto's bestselling products, and that the glyphosate in the produce led to them developing cancer. They also claim that Monsanto was aware of this risk and falsely marketed their product as safe. Dewayne Johnson will likely die soon as a result of his non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and others have already died before him.
Johnson was a school groundskeeper near San Francisco, a position he held for some two years. He used Monsanto regularly as part of his job and he claims that Monsanto failed in their duty of care by not warning about the carcinogenic effect. According to Johnson, he would use the product as often as 40 times a year, using, at times, hundreds of gallons for each application. Johnson started work in 2012 and, by 2014, he was diagnosed with NHL. Two years later, he could no longer work and decided to file a lawsuit against Monsanto.
According to his lawsuit, he has suffered severe and permanent injuries, both emotional and physical. He has also suffered significant financial lost, in part due to his inability to work and in part due to his high medical costs. These expenses will continue until the day he dies, which is likely to be within the next few months.
What about Glyphosate in Food?
Here is where things start to get a little bit difficult. According to reports, glyphosate is a probable carcinogenic. However, it is also found in numerous foods, including Cheerios and in Ben & Jerry's ice cream in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, and France. The Health Research Institute has reported on this, stating that it has found its way into foods because it is used to weed kill around the wheats and oats used the create the foods.
According to the Organic Consumers Association, levels in the Ben & Jerry's ice creams were high enough to cause health risks. Meanwhile, a woman has sued the Cheerios manufacturers, claiming the same.
Is Glyphosate Carcinogenic?
The big question, therefore, is whether or not glyphosate is a carcinogenic at all. Critics are quick to say that it is, and that Monsanto was aware of it. However, it seems that the scientific community is struggling to come up with a definitive answer themselves. So far, there have been numerous reports for both sides of the argument, including:
- The European Food Safety Authority from the European Union, who stated in 2015 that their peer review experts, except for one, found that it was unlikely that glyphosate is a carcinogenic and they did not feel it was necessary to classify it as such. However, the studies they peer reviewed were relating to consumables.
- The International Agency for Cancer Research (IACR) from the World Health Organization (WHO) said in that same year that glyphosate was a "probable carcinogenic" for humans. They referred specifically to the herbicide version and linked it to NHL. They based this on evidence from Sweden, Canada, and the USA, which showed that, since 2001, there had been an increase number of people diagnosed with NHL who used glyphosate-based weed killers as part of their agricultural work.
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated that glyphosate was a "possible human carcinogen" in 1985. However, in 1991, an internal committee rescinded this. Consequently, it was relabeled. Then, in 2015, they reviewed this and once again came to the conclusion that it was not carcinogenic.
How Come the Findings Are So Contradictory?
The IACR's report on glyphosate has been the most damning of all. As a result, countries all over the world took Roundup off their shelves and even banned its sale. They took various pieces of evidence into account for this decision, including the fact that evidence demonstrates that glyphosate can be genotoxic. This means that it can cause genetic damage, which can lead to cancer.
However, just one year later, experts in pesticide residues from the United Nations and the WHO stated that they believed it was unlikely that glyphosate poses any kind of carcinogenic risk. However, their research was based on consuming glyphosate in their diet. Looking more specifically at NHL, it is undeniable that those who handle Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides, have higher incidences of this type of herbicide.
Yet, according to the WHO itself, the findings of the IARC and the WHO/UN team of experts are actually not conflicting at all. Specifically, this is because the IARC looked at potential cancer hazards to those who had some exposure. The 2016 review looked at the actual risk at a specific exposure level, i.e. that found in foods. According to the WHO, it should come as no surprise that the same chemicals have different effects depending on how they enter the system and at what dosage.
Not just that, the two groups used different data sets to base their conclusions on. The IARC used published research only. The 2016 group, by contrast, also looked at unpublished data. One of those studies is still waiting to be published, being a study that states there is no link between NHL and glyphosate. Had that study have been published already, then perhaps the IARC conclusion may have been different. In fact, this has been confirmed in a report by Reuters and U.S. National Cancer Institute emeritus scientist Aaron Blair. The IARC, meanwhile, has not commented on this.
There have been numerous other conflicting reports, including:
- The National Institutes of Health's Agricultural Health Study, which looked at health issues and cancer prevalence among 89,000 farmers and their families in North Carolina and Iowa.
- The European Chemicals Agency, which said in 2017 that the scientific data currently available was not sufficient to draw any carcinogenic conclusions.
On the other hand, the EPA has not yet finished their assessment.
How Much Is too Much?
The problem is that each agency as their own measurement targets in terms of determining how much exposure to glyphosate is and is not acceptable. For instance, the European Food Safety, the UN, and the WHO used an "acceptable daily intake". Meanwhile, the EPA refers to a "chronic reference dose". The latter is the dose that, over the course of someone's life, will cause a low chance of a risk. The formed looks at how much extended exposure would result in no risk.
So this is where a difficulty lies. The EPA stated in 2002 that a chronic reference dose of glyphosate should be below 1.75mg per kilogram of weight per day. However, this was for all health effects, and not for cancer specifically. For cancer, the UN and the WHO agreed that 0.5mg for kilogram of body weight per day was the maximum. The European Food Safety Authority, meanwhile, says that an adult weight 175 pounds could directly ingest as much as 40mg per day and not have any ill-effects, and that a child or someone half that weight could ingest 20mg.
This is where things become really difficult and why there are now also lawsuits against food manufacturers. Cheerios, for instance, has been found to have 1,125.3 parts per billion (ppb), which equates to 0.032mg in a 28g serving. This means that, according to some reports, an adult could eat 1,270 servings of Cheerios every day. However, according to other standards, it would be far less than this.
Then, there is the fact that how someone is exposed to makes a difference as well. The main exposure route, according to the WHO, is through food rather than pesticides. However, this is because of the way in which the chemical behaves when added to liquids and solids. So yes, it is present in food but unlikely to cause a cancer risk, whereas it seems that the presence in pesticides is perhaps less likely to happen, it is also more likely to cause cancer.
What about Monsanto's Opinion?
Monsanto has claimed throughout that their product is completely safe. They say that, over the past four decades, they have completed numerous environmental and toxicological studies and each of these have demonstrated the "strong safety profile" of Roundup and glyphosate in particular. They state that toxicity levels to humans and to non-plants are incredibly low, even with long term exposure. They also state that it is not an endocrine disruptor and does hence not cause cancer.
However, Monsanto also produced the so-called "Agent Orange", used in the Vietnam War, which is now known to have been a significant carcinogenic. They also manufactured DDT, which is now also classified as a carcinogenic.
Contact a Roundup Lawsuit Attorney
Exposure to the weed killer Roundup has been shown to cause Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and other cancers including some types of Leukemia. Call us direct or complete the form above if you think your diagnosis is related to Roundup.
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – IARC Monographs Volume 112: evaluation of five organophosphate insecticides and herbicides (March 20, 2015). Retrieved from http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/iarcnews/pdf/MonographVolume112.pdf.
- Cancer agency left in the dark over glyphosate evidence (June 14, 2017). Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/glyphosate-cancer-data/.
- Agricultural Health Study (n.d.). Retrieved from https://aghealth.nih.gov/about/.
- Glyphosate not classified as a carcinogen by ECHA (March 15, 2017). Retrieved from https://echa.europa.eu/-/glyphosate-not-classified-as-a-carcinogen-by-echa.


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In dusty brown, the Sayuri range offers up the Moleskin, a darker take on its typical pretty floral. Florals complement the muted mocha shade perfectly, in mustard limes, mint greens, and yellowy whites, forming a unique and contemporary blind not to be missed.
Combine cosiness with fresh, modern style in your guest bedroom by teaming the Moleskin with matching white walls and choosing woods in teams similar to the blind's background. Then accent with mints and mustards to bring the scheme to life.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Booking Through Thursday
What's the most romantic book you've ever read?
(Mind you, I don't mean the hard-core stuff you hide in plain wrappers under your mattress. I mean True Love, Romance, deeply emotional, heart-tugging, and all that stuff.)
And, secondly, did you like it? Is it your usual kind of reading, or did it take you by surprise?
I don't know if they are my favorite couple in all of literature, but the ending of One Day by David Nicholls really made me stop and think about the power of a true connection. It was a searing observation of treasuring every moment.
I'm looking forward to the upcoming film adaptation starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess.
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Hey! I'm a new follower! Anne hathaway and jim sturgess!! love them both, i hope they have good on-screen chemistry together!ReplyDelete
check out my blog (im a new blogger!) for a chance to win a signed bookmark by author Tera Lynn Childs of the forgive my fins series!
I was going to buy this book a while ago and I stupidly flicked through it and read the end - it really put me off. I may watch the film though because I love Anne Hathaway.ReplyDelete
Here's my answer:
I don't read much romance, but I'm looking forward to this book!ReplyDelete
This was actually a difficult question for me. I just couldn't choose one. Check out my answer for this week's Booking Through Thursday.ReplyDelete
I do not know the book you mention but I'll search.ReplyDelete
I haven't come across this one before. thanks for stopping by mine.ReplyDelete
hmmmm...might have to check this one out. Thank you for visiting my place.ReplyDelete
Ohhh, sounds like a good book!ReplyDelete
I haven't heard if this book before, but it sounds good.ReplyDelete
Sally, Bev Hankins, the social frog, Pepca-ReplyDelete
thanks a lot for commenting.
Lindsay Cummings- I did stop by your blog,thanks for coming by.
Bermudaonion- hope you like the book.
Lori- It is hard to just pick one.
Paula- glad you hopped by.
Cmash- thank you to for coming by.


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Thailand Explored has published a guide to Bangkok's night life providing readers with information on the city's famous bars, nightclubs, and bustling markets. The guide offers detailed reviews of four of Bangkok's popular night spots. These include Soi Cowboy, Nana Plaza, Patpong, and Soi 11.
The review of each nightspot provided by Thailand Explored is objective and gives useful information on the positives and the downsides, their distance from the nearest Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) station, how long it will take to walk to and from different parts of the street, and average drink prices. The guide also provides links to best hotels in the area, particularly for the Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza nightspots.
The first nightspot reviewed by the site is the Soi Cowboy, which according to the guide is one of Bangkok's oldest nightspots. Soi Cowboy is a 150-metre road crammed with 40 to 50 bars and Go Go's. Drink prices are on a par with other popular nightspots around the world at 180 Baht ($5.50) and are easy to get to, only a short walk from the Asoke BTS station.
Nana Plaza is located on Soi 4 and consists of 3 floors of adult entertainment where the main clientele looks for the more raunchy aspect of Bangkok's nightlife. Apart from Nana Plaza, visitors can walk further down Soi 4, and find many bars and restaurants, which include live music venues, and sports bars showing the UK and American sports.
Patpong Market is made of two streets; Patpong 1 and Patpong 2. The market is long and stretches from the Sala Daeg BTS stop to Patpong 1. However, the area is more famous for its adult entertainment, and previously had a seedy image where traders ripped unsuspecting tourist out of their hard earned dollars. But, Patpong has cleaned up its act where drinks are now charged as ordered and has become a mainstream tourist spot.
The last nightspot reviewed is Soi 11 and 13, which consist of more traditional bars and nightclubs usually found in western capital cities. The bars range from carts selling cheap cocktails and beers through to expensive super clubs such as Bed Bangkok.
Thailand Explored is a tourist review site that provides information on accommodation and attractions located in the country including Phuket and Pattaya as well as Bangkok.
Interested readers can read the full Bangkok nightlife guide at: http://thailand-explored.com/bangkok-nightlife-guide-2015/
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...there's really no reason for that considering the Game Boy Color is much more powerful than the NES.
I'm sure there's a lot less to work with when you're converting a DMG game, as opposed to writing a GBC-exclusive game from scratch.
I don't think you need to be so anal about ensuring there's no color bleeding (i.e. green in the ocean around the edges of the islands, red on the walls, etc.) It would look a bit off, but the way you have it right now, it looks like an NES game, and there's really no reason for that considering the Game Boy Color is much more powerful than the NES.
What you gonna do for Space Zone? That's kinda devoid of colors to begin with. Can we see some screens of what you got in mind?
I was shocked to learn the monochrome GB even had palettes at all, considering it... can fit all its "colors" in one palette. :PBut maybe they considered it was at least useful for fade effects and such?(not unless they were THAT forward-thinking to think they'd eventually release a color version... someday)
Excited to play this!Hope the original SML gets a real color hack someday
I managed to make the overworld look a bit better, I hope you prefer it this way. It isn't finished yet, but I think there isn't much room left for improvement. Spoiler:
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How Far Should You Go to Accommodate Your Hypnotherapy Clients?
Happy Hypno-Tuesday! Cal Banyan is back with Meredith Locher for another episode of Hypnosis Etc. on www.CalBanyan.com.
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In this episode, Cal and Meredith talk about the obligations and boundaries as a hypnotist to their clients. They discuss what "enough is enough" and "not giving enough" to clients are, and also situations like session flexibility, client running the sessions, and more. Cal shares how far he would usually go to accommodate his clients and the exceptions he would make with some clients. He discusses the obligations you have to fulfill to your clients. Meredith and Cal make a good point about not bending backwards too much for your clients as it may affect the hypnotist-client relationships.
Lastly, Cal and Meredith talk about dealing with a client that has Dissociative Identity Disorder. They share how they would work with such clients and what process of hypnosis they are going to use to help them. Things discussed in today's video:
- What are your obligations to your clients?
- Hypnosis Training Video #354: Boundaries on the Phone with Potential Hypnosis Clients
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Share any obscure/underground Black Metal bands with fellow metalheads. \m/
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guess absurd is pretty underground. this song is somewhat funny got a pretty melodic "happy" sound \m/
heres a more black song from absurd
another one from veles . its a one man band apparently
My all time favorites would be Daylight Dies and death
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You'll find a 5 track EP for free download on the page as well.
PS. just in case someone doesn't know it: Absurd and Graveland are national socialistic bullshit
Politics left , right or what ever orientation, music is music, putting off artistic creations because of politics seems pretty stupid, I mean if you like a painting and later learn the painter is in the "torture kittens party" would the painting all the sudden be ugly? I for one appreciate art for what it is and if I like it from the beginning it would be a bit hypocritical to change mind cause I later learned the artist has other political values than myself


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Debbie Hearn is our herbalist, owner and operator. As a child, Debbie had spent over 3 years living in the country town of Wittenoom, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. From 1950 until the early 1960s, Wittenoom was Australia's only supplier of asbestos. As a result of living in Wittenoom, Debbie was told that she would not live much past the age of 38 years. After orthodox medicine had nothing to offer victims of asbestos, and as a result of this shocking revelation, Debbie began studying with Master Herbalist Kathleen Dunn in 1990. Debbie then began a personal mission to find an alternative for prevention of asbestos cancer and since 1992 has been practicing Deep Tissue Bodywork, later becoming a Naturopath and Medical Herbalist in 1994.
Qualifications Refresher in Chinese Medicine Theory and Acupuncture - Endeavour College Perth - 2013 Graduate Diploma in Health Science (Herbal Medicine) - University of New England 18 months 2005-6 NLP Practioner (2006) Advanced Diploma of Herbalism & Naturopathy (2002) Refresher in Acupuncture - AIHM 2003 Diploma of Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine - Dunns Herbal College 1990-1994 Clinical Training Diploma of Ortho-Spinal Practice or D.A.T.A (Dragon & Tiger Alignment) - Dunns Herbal College Subjects: Anatomy, Body Chemistry, Oriental Theories - Acupressure & Acupuncture, Acupressure, Herbology, Disease & Prognosis, Aromatherapy, Oriental Bodywork Diploma of Nutrition - Dunns Herbal College Subjects: Herbology, Body Chemistry, Oriental Theories - Diagnosis Techniques, Anatomy, Diseases and Prognosis, Iridology Other Subjects Studied: Aromatherapy, Bach Flower Remedies, Kinesiology and Permaculture.
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It's really hard to miss that the Irish have a new blasphemy law that took effect at the start of the year. However, it's relatively easy to miss that there was a reason, even a moderately good reason, aside from religious prejudice that the law was made. Thers, at Whiskey Fire, isn't going to let us do that.
I am rarely happy with calling laws like this "backwards" or "medieval," because it's rarely a helpful way of understanding exactly why stuff like this gets proposed, or what the stakes are in any specific dispute. And I insist: It is always the specific dispute that matters, not how it fits into preconceived ideological frameworks, even ones I'm sympathetic to.
Go read for an interesting lesson in Irish history and modern sausage making.
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TBS Orders New Sitcom "Your Family or Mine," Starring Kyle Howard, Kat Foster, Richard Dreyfuss and JoBeth Williams
New Series from the Producers of Friends, Will & Grace, How I Met Your Mother and Happy Endings Puts Unique Twist on Domestic Comedies
Your Family or MineTBS has given the greenlight to Your Family or Mine, a new domestic comedy with a twist starring Kyle Howard (Royal Pains, My Boys), Kat Foster ('Til Death, Royal Pains), Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl, The American President) and JoBeth Williams (Poltergeist, Dexter). Based on an enormously popular Israeli comedy from Keshet International, the series is being executive produced by Greg Malins (Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Will & Grace); Jamie Tarses (Happy Endings, Franklin & Bash); Keshet's Rubi Duanias, Yaniv Polishuk, Avi Nir and Ran Telem; and Teddy Productions' Tamira Yardeni. Your Family or Mine comes to TBS by Sony Pictures Television, Jamie Tarses' Fanfare Productions, Keshet International and Teddy Productions.
TBS has ordered 10 episodes of Your Family or Mine, which is slated to premiere in 2015. Originally created by Rubi Duanias and Yaniv Polishuk, the comedy centers on Oliver (Howard) and Kelli (Foster), a young couple with two daughters. Oliver and Kelli are living proof of the adage, "When you marry someone, you don't just marry them, you marry their whole family." Putting a unique spin on domestic comedies, each episode of Your Family or Mine will focus on a different side of the family, one week with Kelli's family, the next with Oliver's.
Oliver's parents, Louis (Dreyfuss) and Ricky (Williams) Mansfield, never make visits comfortable for Kelli, who grudgingly endures inappropriate remarks from gruff retiree Louis and thinly veiled insults from Ricky. Time spent at the Mansfield household also includes frequent encounters with Oliver's brothers, the cocky Jason (Danny Comden - Dirt, I'm With Her) and the dreamy Blake (Andrew Lees - Dance Academy, Home and Away).
"Your Family or Mine breathes new life into the domestic family comedy format with its innovative 'one week with her family, the next with his' format," said Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). "This series brings together an ideal ensemble of young talents and award-winning veterans, along with a remarkable production team led by hit-maker Greg Malins, our frequent collaborator Jamie Tarses and our new friends at Keshet International."
About TBS
TBS is basic cable's reigning champion among young adults in primetime. Available in 101 million households, TBS features original scripted comedies like Cougar Town, Ground Floor, Sullivan & Son and Men at Work, as well as American Dad!, which will become a TBS original series in late 2014. TBS also features original unscripted series like King of the Nerds, Deal With It and Bam's Bad Ass Game Show, as well as the upcoming CeeLo Green's The Good Life and Funniest Wins. In late night TBS, is home to the Emmy(R)-winning series CONAN, starring Conan O'Brien, and The Pete Holmes Show. The TBS lineup also includes popular contemporary comedies, such as The Big Bang Theory and Family Guy, along with blockbuster movies and championship sports.
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Skrill, formally known as money bookers made a major announcement today which shocked the online gambling market. Skrill has purchased Ukash, one of their major competitors. It was revealed today that they have signed a deal to acquire the voucher company for an undisclosed amount. Many people are curious as to how many Skrill is paying in order to acquire Ukash and what they will do with the pre-paid cash company in the future.
Skrill stands as one of the largest online banking transaction service companies in the industry. Though they offer their services to many different areas of the internet their largest market in the online gambling industry. It seems that Skrill is purchasing up their competition in order to acquire the entire market and just not one company as last year they purchase PaySafeCard. That acquisition is still going through its approval but it seems that in a number of years time Skrill plans on becoming the main entity in the market.
Skrill has yet to make any statements regarding their moves in the future but the CEO of Skrill did note that they are planning a high growth in the pre-payment market. That Skrill wants to become the world's largest online cash replacement company in the world. This wouldn't be a bad thing through as Skrill is by far the safest method if you are an online gambler and if they consumed the market you wouldn't have to worry about any issues with your transactions in the future. We shall keep you updated on if Skrill makes any future acquisitions.


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The City of Jackson announced a new partnership with the Kiwanis Foundation of Jackson to fund the construction of the City of Jackson's first disc golf course to be located in Ella Sharp Park. The announcement is the culmination of work undertaken by a committee formed in late 2013 to investigate the possibility of a course adjacent to the Ella Sharp Golf Course Clubhouse.
"We believe the Kiwanis Course will be a destination place much like Kiwanis Park," said Therese Hesslau, vice president of the Kiwanis Foundation Board and 2012 Citizen of the Year. "We're glad to continue to give back to a community that has so much to offer."
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Disc Golf Coming to Jackson (August 2015) http://www.jtv.tv/disc-golf-coming-to-jackson/
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Disc Golf Tournament on Tap for This Summer (January 2015) http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2015/01/jackson_disc_golf_tournament_o.html
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the general who will oversee U.S. forces in a war against Iraq are expressing confidence about a U.S. victory, should President Bush make the decision to use force against Iraq.
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Army four-star General Tommy Franks appeared before reporters at the Pentagon after talks at the White House with President Bush about military strategy.
Neither man would give any indication whether war with Iraq is imminent.
But General Franks says U.S. troops and their coalition partners are ready.
"Our troops in the field are trained, they are ready, they are capable, and if the President of the United States decides to undertake military operations with the coalition mentioned by the Secretary, there is no doubt we will prevail," General Franks said.
Some 230,000 U.S. military personnel are already in the Gulf region, poised to strike Iraq, with some 60,000 more prepared to move to the area shortly.
Those forces include five aircraft carrier battle groups, with a sixth on its way.
General Franks says those forces are ready to strike immediately if ordered to do so.
"If the President of the United States decides to undertake action, we are in a position to provide a military option," he added.
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld declined to say whether it was time for U.N. inspectors, aid workers and even journalists to leave Baghdad.
But Mr. Rumsfeld says there is still hope for achieving the goal of Iraqi disarmament without use of force.
"It could happen because Saddam Hussein could decide to leave the country, it could happen because some of his close associates could decide that he ought to leave the country, it could happen because his forces might decide that it doesn't make sense to fight for a regime that won't be there," Mr. Rumsfeld said.
Neither man is willing to predict how many casualties there might be, if there is a war,
They pledge U.S. forces will seek to minimize collateral damage and civilian casualties through the use of advanced precision-guided weapons and even non-lethal devices.
But General Franks notes Iraq has placed military equipment close to hospitals, schools, mosques and other civilian infrastructure. He says that type of what he describes as "ruthless" action is a variable outside of U.S. control.


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Welcome to Cougar Town! Actor Ryoo Seung Bum has revealed that he was recently in a serious relationship with a woman 14 years his senior!
During a June 18 Seoul press conference (pictured) for his upcoming feature film Intimate Enemies, the 34-year-old actor said that he had recently broken up with 49-year-old Virginie Mouzat — a well-known French journalist who works as the Fashion Director for Vanity Fair France.
According to the New World star, the relationship lasted a year and eight months after they met in 2012 during one of Ryoo's modelling jobs in France.
The couple started dating after his split with actress Gong Hyo Jin.
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A spokesman at Management Soop — the talent agency repping the actor — says that that they were unaware of neither the relationship or the breakup.
But good news for the single ladies — Ryoo Seung Bum says that he's officially on the market again.


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Atomic orbitals: 4p
The shape of the three 4p orbitals. From left to right: 4pz, 4px, and 4py. For each, the copper zones are where the wave functions have negative values and the gold zones denote positive values.
For any atom, there are three 4p orbitals. These orbitals have the same shape but are aligned differently in space. The three 4p orbitals normally used are labelled 4px, 4py, and 4pz since the functions are "aligned" along the x, y, and z axes respectively.
Each 4p orbital has six lobes. There is a planar node normal to the axis of the orbital (so the 4px orbital has a yz nodal plane, for instance). Apart from the planar node there are also two spherical node that partition off the small inner lobes. The higher p-orbitals (5p, 6p, and 7p) are more complex still snce they have more spherical nodes.
The origin of the planar node becomes clear if we examine the wave equation which, for instance, includes an x term in the case of the 4px orbital. Clearly When x = 0, then we must have a node, and this by definition is the yz plane.
The origin of the spherical node becomes clearer if we examine the wave equation, which includes a (20 - 10ρ + ρ2) term. When (20 - 10ρ + ρ2) = 0, then we must have nodes. We can solve this to show nodes are at ρ = 2.5 + √(5/4) and 2.5 - √(5/4). Since for the 4p orbital ρ = 2Zr/4 (Z = effective nuclear charge, r = radius in atomic units), then the nodes are at the radii, r, = (5 + √5)/Z and (5 - √5)/Z atomic units.
The Orbitron is a gallery of orbitals on the WWWThe OrbitronTM, a gallery of orbitals on the WWW, URL: http://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/orbitron/
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I will be in and out this late afternoon and evening, first to attend a Shoreline Community Meeting that concerns possibly turning the street I use to get to my home into a one-way which would make getting in and out a nightmare, and then second to reload CentOS onto a new server I'm trying to get operational at the co-location facility.
We changed the motherboard and the new motherboard has a different Ethernet chip and we've already tried to rebuild the initramfs manually and it didn't fly. So I'm just going to reload this machine as it has nothing important on it yet. This machine will be used to provide virtual machines to customers.
If you call, PLEASE leave voice mail, I will be out around 5:15PM, back in briefly around 7:45PM, and out again by around 8:30PM. Please also leave how late it will be okay to call you back.


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We're back with a second edition of FIRST LINE FRIDAY? do you enjoy reading this meme? if so, please let me know!
So, what's it about?
First Lines Fridays is a weekly — obviously — feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words where we dare to ask: What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author, or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? It is a meme that allows us to explore the world of fiction.
I myself judge books by their author, cover, and notoriety. So, seeing people do this challenge for months has had me pick up some pretty amazing books.
How it works?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be a current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page.
- Copy the first few lines, but don't provide any other details about the book just yet — let's see if it hooks the reader in!
- Finally…reveal the book!
Lets go,
"As she woke up in the pod, she remembered three things. First, she was travelling through open space. Second, she was about to start a new job, one she could not screw up. Third, she had bribed a government official into giving her a new identity file. None of this information was new, but it wasn't pleasant to wake up to."
This actually sounds REALLY interesting? I like how it gives you some facts about the character, but they're all ones that leave you asking more questions. This really makes me want to continue the story.
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past.
But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptilian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running. Life on board is chaotic, but more or less peaceful – exactly what Rosemary wants.
Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime: the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet. They'll earn enough money to live comfortably for years… if they survive the long trip through war-torn interstellar space without endangering any of the fragile alliances that keep the galaxy peaceful.
But Rosemary isn't the only person on board with secrets to hide, and the crew will soon discover that space may be vast, but spaceships are very small indeed.
SO, HAVE YOU READ THIS BOOK? Does this make you want to?
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THE best and brightest from the local accountancy sector were on show earlier this month at the Singapore Accountancy Awards. This is the second time the awards have been held, following the inaugural edition in 2014.
Organised by the national accountancy body, the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), the awards are a mark of excellence for businesses and individuals while promoting good practices and strengthening the branding of the profession and industry. The initiative is supported by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and the Singapore Accountancy Commission.
The winners were unveiled at a gala dinner held in conjunction with the Singapore Accountancy Convention 2016. The event was officiated by Teo Ser Luck, Minister of State for Manpower and ISCA adviser.
Lee Fook Chiew, ISCA chief executive officer, said: "The accountancy sector has been identified by the Committee on the Future Economy as playing a vital role in Singapore's economic development. Through the Singapore Accountancy Awards, we honour these outstanding organisations and individuals, who represent the best in the sector, for their contribution towards the profession and Singapore's business landscape."
Themed "Ovation for Excellence", the awards is made up of two main categories: "Business Excellence Awards" and the "Individual Excellence Awards". The Business Excellence Awards seek to honour accounting firms that stand out for their dedication to building a distinguished practice.
In this category, PwC Singapore emerged as the winner of the Best Practice Award (Open Category). "I think one of the most important factors (to sustain excellence) is to never rest on your laurels, but instead, to constantly strive towards being the best we can be. We purposefully look for ways to improve all aspects of our business, build stronger relationships, and exceed expectations at every touch point with our clients," the firm said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Crowe Horwath First Trust clinched the Best Practice Award (Large Practice Category), for putting in place dedicated and tailored staff programmes.
"Our pursuit of excellence in whatever we do is driven by our core values of caring, sharing, investing and growing. We set high standards for ourselves and we continuously invest in our people so that they are able to maximise their potential," Crowe Horwath said.
For the Best Practice Award (Small & Medium Practice Category), Ardent was a repeat winner. "We believe that giving recognition to SMPs inspires firms like ourselves to actively continue to evolve to meet the challenges of the changing business and regulatory landscape," said Ardent.
Other winners of the Business Excellence Awards included Deloitte Singapore, Ernst & Young, Nexia TS and Precursor Assurance PAC in the Innovation Award category, and CA Trust PAC for the Outstanding Growth Award.
Individual Achievement
The Individual Excellence Awards, meanwhile, aim to commend professionals who embody strong leadership and professional qualities, possess sound technical knowledge and experience.
Kon Yin Tong, managing partner of Foo Kon Tan, and Yeoh Oon Jin, executive chairman of PwC Singapore, were joint winners of the Outstanding Practitioner Award for their contributions to their firms as well as the broader sector.
Mr Kon has contributed significantly to the sector and profession, especially the Singapore Qualification Programme, where he is an examiner, as well as being the chairman of the SAC Singapore QP Council, and Singapore QP Learning and Assessment Committee.
He said: "Over the years, I have had the opportunity to learn from others, and share what I have learnt with yet others. Through various appointments, I have met many experts in their respective fields of work and as collaborators, we have learnt and enriched one another to better our work."
As for Mr Yeoh, he has helped to drive improvements to audit quality of the public accountancy profession as a board member of ACRA, and a member of the Public Accountants Oversight Committee.
"I strongly believe in giving back to the society and am glad to have been given the opportunities to do so. In 2014, I was humbled to receive the Gold medal by ISCA for my dedicated and long service."
The Outstanding Professional Accountant Award went to Chua Sock Koong, group CEO of Singtel. According to the award citation, "her story would be an inspiration to any accountant who aspires to reach the pinnacle of the business world one day".
Said Ms Chua: "My training in accountancy has given me a solid foundation to understand business, appreciate the science of finance and the risk-reward trade-offs involved in managing businesses well. These are valuable skills that I have gone back to, time and again, as my colleagues and I took on the challenge of growing Singtel beyond the shores of Singapore."
Other Individual Excellence Award winners were Belinda Teo for the Young Accountant in Practice Award and Andy Neo for the Young Accountant in Business Award.
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