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BAGHDAD (World News) - Two mortar bombs struck a square filled with Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 38, police and hospital sources said.
Although overall violence in Iraq has dropped, Sunni Islamist insurgents with links to al Qaeda are still capable of lethal attacks and hit Shi'ite targets to stir up the kind of sectarian pressure that almost led to civil war in 2006-2007.
Sectarian tensions have been high in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. forces in December, with the country's main Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs locked in a political crisis that threatens to wreck a power-sharing deal.
Sunday's attack occurred in Quraish Square in Baghdad's northwestern Kadhimiya district, where pilgrims were gathering ahead of a religious festival to mark the anniversary of the death of mediaeval Shi'ite imam Moussa al-Kadhim.
Police sources said the death toll could rise.
During the same religious pilgrimage in 2005, about 1,000 people we re killed when rumors of a bombing on the Bridge of the Imams - which leads to the golden-domed shrine - triggered a stampede that clogged the river below with bodies.
An Interior Ministry source said security forces had been put on high alert and that a tight security belt was in place around Kadhimiya in a bid to prevent further attacks on pilgrims walking towards the Imam Kadhim shrine.
A vehicle ban, excluding emergency vehicles like ambulances, would be imposed in Kadhimiya from Monday and anyone entering the area would be physically searched, said the source, declining to be identified.
At least 26 people were killed and more than 190 wounded last Monday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car outside a Shi'ite Muslim office in central Baghdad.
A group that monitors online communication among insurgents sai d on Sunday Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq had claimed responsibility for the attack on the government-run Shi'ite Endowment, which manages Shi'ite religious and cultural sites.
The U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group said the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) group also said in the statement posted on Islamist websites that it had carried out 39 other attacks targeting Iraqi security forces and officials in Baghdad between March 24 and May 21.


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CLEMSON, S.C. (Jan. 1, 2012) – In a repeat storyline from its loss just over a week ago at Tennessee, the ETSU men's basketball team had a BCS conference foe on the ropes but was unable to seal the deal Sunday afternoon at Clemson.
Leading by nine points early in the second half, the Buccaneers scored just 17 points over the final 17 minutes as the Tigers turned up their defensive pressure and took a 65-58 victory over ETSU inside Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Bucs, who dropped to 5-7 overall on the season, fell to 0-8 all-time against Clemson and continued a trend of playing the Tigers tough only to fall in the closing minutes on the road. Meanwhile, Clemson improved to 8-6 on the season.
"We're close, but we just have a few things we need to shore up," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow. "We just didn't execute offensively, we committed too many turnovers and couldn't get a defensive stop when we needed it. In both the Tennessee game and this one we played well at times and led by eight and nine in the second half. We aren't panicking, and I still feel really good about what this team is capable of this year."
The loss overshadowed another fantastic game for ETSU seniors Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) and Tommy Hubbard (Boston). Sollazzo scored a career high 27 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out five assists, while Hubbard netted 19 and hauled in eight boards. Meanwhile, Clemson got a game-high 22 points from Devin Booker.
For two teams who have built a reputation this season for strong defense, the game opened with both the Bucs and Tigers shooting lights out from the floor and trading the lead multiple times over the first 10 minutes. ETSU ultimately grabbed the advantage at 21-20 with 9:51 left on the clock and never relinquished the lead for the rest of the half, even though both teams struggled offensively at that point.
In fact, after Clemson tied the game at 28-28, the Bucs closed out the half with four unanswered points highlighted by a traditional three-point play from Hubbard, making it 32-28 at the break. In the first half, ETSU shot 48 percent from the floor and 73 percent from the foul line, while out-rebounding the Tigers 18-14. Sollazzo scored 16 points in the first half, while Hubbard added 13.
Meanwhile, Clemson shot just 37 percent from the floor and 33 percent from 3-point range, but the Tigers forced 11 ETSU turnovers to keep the Bucs from building a larger lead.
In the second half, ETSU opened on a 9-4 run to make it 41-32 with 16:04 left on the clock. However, Clemson ramped up its defensive pressure at that point and used a 12-2 run of its own to regain the lead at 44-43, while also grabbing the momentum in the process with 11 minutes left in the game.
ETSU did not back down though, as a Cooley basket regained the edge for ETSU at 45-44. However, Clemson went back ahead by four at 51-47 with 5:49 left and later pulled ahead by as many as 10 at 65-55.
For the game, ETSU committed 20 turnovers but shot 46 percent from the field and was even on the glass (30-30) with the Tigers. Clemson's biggest advantage was on second chance points, as the Tigers outscored the Bucs 16-5.
The Bucs will return to action at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, taking on USC Upstate in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. For more on ETSU men's basketball throughout the season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.

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'RV Capital' Looks Inside Itself for Recovery
October 8, 2010 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on 'RV Capital' Looks Inside Itself for Recovery
For 20 months now, Ed Neufeldt has kept the photograph in his wallet as a reminder of a promise made but not yet kept.
The small, scuffed print shows Neufeldt standing next to Barack Obama on Feb. 9, 2009, the day the U.S. president came to this recession-battered slice of the American heartland and assured its anxious residents the economy was soon going to improve, PrimeMedia News reported.
"One of the first things he said to me was, `I'm going to get you back to work,'" recalls Neufeldt, a 64-year-old father of seven. "But I really don't think he helped me get back to work at all."
Neufeldt makes this statement more out of disappointment than anger.
Like many other longtime residents in this county of 200,000, located about two hours east of Chicago, Neufeldt had been counting on Obama's $787-billion stimulus bill to jolt the U.S. economy into recovery.
Known as the "RV Capital of the World," Elkhart became a symbol of the Great Recession when its signature industry was slammed by a brutal combination of economic factors in 2008 – $4-a-gallon gasoline that sapped demand for gas-guzzling motorhomes, a consumer-credit squeeze and a collapse in Americans' discretionary income.
The local unemployment rate shot to 18.9% in early 2009 from under 5% in 2007, turning Elkhart from one of the most prosperous industrial areas in the country to one of its most desperate.
"It was dire," says Dorinda Heiden-Guss, president of the Economic Development Corp. of Elkhart County.
Neufeldt was among the recession's earliest victims, laid off after 32 years working on the assembly line at Monaco Coach Corp., a maker of high-end recreational vehicles.
He received six weeks in severance pay and then turned to unemployment benefits to support his family.
In all, 1,400 workers lost their job at Monaco – one of several companies to close its doors or slash workforces.
The economic carnage in Elkhart caught Obama's attention even before he was president. He visited the county twice as a candidate while courting voters in Indiana, a traditionally conservative state that he carried in the 2008 election.
Obama has visited twice more since entering the Oval Office, first to plead for the stimulus shortly after taking office and then again in August 2009 to announce a $39-million grant for the production of electric delivery trucks in the county.
But almost two years after passage of the stimulus, the economic recovery remains uneven in Elkhart — with signs of hope tempered by ongoing struggle.
The county's jobless rate has fallen amid a welcome upswing in the RV industry and the arrival of some "green" manufacturing jobs. Even with the modest surge in economic activity, unemployment stood at 13.4% in August.
"Consumption has been pretty weak coming out of this recession. Consumers and households have decided to hunker down, and I think they will remain hunkered down for a while," says Bill Witte, an associate professor in economics at Indiana University Bloomington.
"That will have an impact on discretionary expenditures, which include things like great big RVs."
In Nappanee, a town of 6,700 in southern Elkhart County, street signs advertise a food drive to aid residents struggling to make ends meet.
"I don't think the recession is anywhere near being over," says Larry Thompson, Nappanee's Republican mayor.
"Even those who got their jobs back, they might be getting those jobs back at $10 less an hour than what they were making, and maybe their spouse, husband or wife didn't get their jobs back at all," says Thompson.
Debate over whether the stimulus worked — or is working fast enough — has dominated the political conversation here ahead of next month's congressional elections.
Just two years after Obama won Indiana, Democrats are at risk on Nov. 2 of losing the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Evan Bayh.
According to a September poll by Rasmussen Reports, Republican Senate candidate Dan Coats is leading Democrat Brad Ellsworth by 16 points. In Indiana's second congressional race — which includes part of Elkhart County — incumbent Democrat U.S. Joe Donnelly is in a close race against Jackie Walorski, a Tea Party favorite one local resident described as "Sarah Palin on steroids."
"The stimulus is a hard sell to the guy that is unemployed," acknowledges Democrat Dick Moore, mayor of the city of Elkhart.
"As people go back to work across the country, the first thing they are going to provide for is their needs. What we make here in Elkhart, Indiana, can be considered a want, not necessarily what you need. So we will lag a little bit."
Still, Moore says the stimulus has provided a vital boost – launching infrastructure projects that are rejuvenating the city's streets, schools, airport and municipal buildings.
He also credits Obama for raising Elkhart's national profile – saying it has paid off by driving interest among entrepreneurs looking for a place to locate new businesses.
On a recent morning, the local newspaper reported a start-up recreational vehicle manufacturer was bringing 40 new jobs to Elkhart after receiving tax breaks from the local government.
Think, a Norwegian electric carmaker, has announced plans to begin North American production in 2011 in Elkhart, promising another 415 local jobs.
"We have been through a lot of these cyclical times with the RV industry. We have always survived," says Moore.
Indeed, there have been other success stories.
Prime Time Manufacturing, a start-up company backed by investor Warren Buffett, has 125 employees and is producing three lines of recreational vehicles in facilities left vacant at the height of the recession.
Challenger Door, which supplies companies making RVs and transit buses, rose from the ashes of another failed firm. It has hired 120 workers in Nappanee.
"Three-quarters of the workers were actually from the old plant and out of work," says Merlin Yoder, Challenger's president.
Some local officials say new businesses are thriving despite the stimulus, not because of it. Other companies that sought stimulus funds are still waiting for the money to be released, says Heiden-Guss.
"This county, in particular, has gone around government in order to get things done. They are entrepreneurs," she says.
Among some local businesspeople, there is grumbling about the administration's decision to give $39 million in stimulus to Navistar, a large truck manufacturer that acquired Monaco Coach, the failed RV maker.
After Obama announced the money would be used for state-of-the-art "Made in America" electric trucks, it emerged that the first vehicles were largely assembled at a company factory in Coventry, England.
"It was a scam," says Wilhelm Cashen, vice president of Livin' Lite Recreational Vehicles LLC, a small local company that designs light camper trailers for Jeep.
"The government gave (Navistar) $40 million. They went to Europe and built the truck. They didn't do anything here."
Among critics of the stimulus, Neufeldt may be the most surprising. He gained national prominence after being asked to introduce Obama during his first presidential visit to Elkhart.
"I came away feeling he was really going to turn this country around," Neufeldt says. He felt that way until about three months ago.
Still unable to find full-time work in the RV industry, Neufeldt now juggles three part-time jobs in the town of Wakarusa. He delivers bread to local stores, cleans the office at a local medical clinic and is helping Cashen with the launch of the company making Jeep trailers.
Neufeldt makes enough money to afford the $400-a-month premium to provide health insurance to his wife and two children who remain at home. But he can't afford the extra $500 a month it would cost to obtain coverage for himself.
"It took me a year to get back to work. I didn't get back in the RV industry. My first job, delivering bread, had nothing to do with the stimulus at all," Neufeldt says, who recently attended a Tea Party rally headlined by anti-Obama broadcaster Glenn Beck.
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The man stands balanced precariously on a rock as the waters of the mighty Fraser River rush by. Holding his 3.5 metre pole, he watches attentively. Suddenly, with a flick of his wrists, he nets a silver shadow. So continues the ancient tradition of salmon fishing for the St'át'imc people at Bridge River dating back thousands of years. It's also the beginning of a new tourism opportunity called Xwísten Experience Tours.
In a world overrun by manufactured tourist attractions, the word "authenticity" is starting to gain attention. Many tourists want their travel experiences mixed with some history or meaning. At Fish Rock, just north of Lillooet, travellers interested in the history of British Columbia's native people can learn a great deal.
Xwísten (HOY-sten) Experience Tours highlights two historically significant sites to the Bridge River people. The first is the Fish Rock fishing grounds used by the St'at'imc (STAT-lee-um) to harvest salmon; the second is an archeological village site containing the remains of 80 pit houses (s7ístken) inhabited as recently as 200 years ago. Both sites teach valuable lessons about the past and the future.
A tour of Fish Rock allows visitors to observe the St'át'imc's rich culture and history; it also shows how the precipitous decline in the number of salmon in the Fraser River has been detrimental to native people while serving as a warning about the importance of sustainability.
"We have to respect the fish and Mother Earth and the mighty Fraser River," guide Sandra Terry explains. "If you don't respect this, you won't get any fish next year. At the beginning of the season, we throw back the first fish we catch and say a little prayer in honour of the finned ones and the river."
High above the river from a viewing platform, visitors can watch the 11 bands of the Bridge River people working to harvest and dry their annual catch. The aroma of the fish is strong, so with luck you may catch sight of visiting bears come to dine on leftovers.
Terry also takes visitors to a pit house in the St'at'imc archeological village site.
The University of Montana has been studying the site since 2003 and has provided a lot of information on its history. The aboriginal peoples of this region used pit houses primarily as a warm haven during the cold winter months. Pit houses are North America's oldest known permanent housing, warm in winter and cool in summer, each housing dozens of people.
"The houses were built by digging a circular crater in the ground several feet deep," Terry says, "then a log structure was put over top with a wooden roof sealed with various materials from the forest. The entire structure was then buried with only an access door at the top and on the side. The door on the top was used by men and the door on the side for women, children and elders to enter."
Also known as quigllies (from keekwulee, the Chinook jargon word for "beneath") the pit houses appear today as circular depressions in the ground. Quigglies were typically located where solar exposure, water supply and access to fish, game and gatherable foodstuffs were favourable. Diggings at Keatley Creek, north of Fish Rock, have shown its origins to be as old as 4,800 B.C. No one lives in them today, but quigglies are important landmarks in the broader context of First Nations land claims, proof of ownership and native sovereignty.
Europe's invasion began with the Gold Rush in 1858 and the building of the Douglas Road to transport miners to the Fraser Canyon. With the newcomers came numerous diseases to which the St'át'imc had no immunity.
The smallpox epidemic of 1862 decimated the St'át'imc population, killing off entire villages and families. While Lillooet became a boom town, the St'at'imc nearly disappeared.
Then the Bralorne Gold Mine opened in 1887 and cyanide used to extract gold ore poisoned the fishing grounds of the St'át'imc. In 1960, the Bridge River was dammed and its water diverted to Seton Lake, both events causing incalculable damage to salmon habitat. Much of Vancouver's electricity comes from this dam, and many subsequent clear-cuts ruined the forests and damaged wildlife. Yet financial compensation was not paid to the St'át'imc. The miners and forest companies move on, but the St'át'imc people still remain.
"You don't want to over-harvest, or you won't have anything for the future," Terry says at the end of the tour. "It's the same for berry picking, deer or moose meat, or anything. If you don't respect the land, you will have nothing for the future."
In July and August, all the St'át'imc bands still gather to catch migrating salmon at Fish Rock, sharing the fishing grounds and wind-drying their catch for winter use.
With little compensation for the environmental degradation of their traditional territory, and few available jobs, salmon remain an important part of the St'át'imc food supply.
To complete the Xwisten tour, visitors can partake in a barbecued salmon dinner with rice, salad and bannock bread. To top off the feast, a traditional dessert of whipped soapberries (sxúsum) is served that's just as tasty as the salmon.


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Errr, not looking to start any wars here, I'm genuinely academicaly curious. Also, I'd feel stupid for not talking about this one more time.
So, me and Darvin (and a few other guys I bet) are really interested to know why Spirit Pact is the way it is. Devs, could you enlighten us?
We agree that it's underpowered. Whether it's the piety to CP ratio, or the fact that it's only workable with enough worthless conversion fodder ala spoons (and those not exactly being commonplace), the consensus seems to be that noone's been able to figure it out in a meaningful way for the duration of the testing. I used it in the new Crusader Bronze, but that just made me feel bad because the only time I felt like using it made sense was in such special circumstances.
Me and Avatar suggested a subdungeon with nothing but a bunch of non-efficent but numerous conversion fodder to support it a little better at one point. That idea went nowhere (or did it?)
So what's the deal? What's the hazard of a more piety-to-CP efficent spirit pact? I've played a lot of CP powerhouses over the time of the beta, I've done VGT with transmuters and I can see potential abuse of CP with Goblins and Humans, and not much else (New Wizards potentially). But I still think that even a buffed Spirit Pact wouldn't break anythign major... Or am I wrong and you know this? Maths? Divination? Pre-implementation testing info you haven't shared?
Not saying anything needs to be done, just really, really curious... Plus, if anyone knows what the deal is or has an interesting theory - go right ahead, I'd love to hear some CP mongering theorycrafting. All's been quiet on that front for a long while, and most people haven't really figred out the Transmuter yet...


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Alabama 79 Arkansas 68
Razorbacks Fall At Home
Alabama 79 Arkansas 68
Rodney Cooper scored 17 points Thursday night as depleted Alabama held on for a 79-68 win at Arkansas.
The win is the second straight for the Crimson Tide, which played without leading scorers JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell for the fourth straight game due to suspensions.
Alabama (18-9, 7-6 Southeastern Conference) trailed 39-35 late in the first half before going on a 19-2 run to go up 54-41. It then was able to fight off a late run by the Razorbacks.
Andrew Steele scored 15 points for the Crimson Tide, while Nick Jacobs and Trevor Releford had 14 each.
The loss for the Razorbacks (17-11, 5-8) is their second straight at home after opening the season 17-0 in Bud Walton Arena. BJ Young led Arkansas with 21 points and five assists.


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Lady Hermon should stand for Labour
Lady Sylvia Hermon, who has represented North Down as an MP for the Ulster Unionist Party since 2001, did not really surprise anyone by not seeking to be reselected as the party's candidate for the upcoming election. She has been vocal in her opposition to the alliance between the Ulster Unionists and the Conservative Party, under the label Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force, from the start. Lady Hermon herself has been much more closely aligned with the Labour Party in the House of Commons, and had never considered herself to be a Tory.
Having now confirmed that she does not intend to stand down, it would make sense for her to officially stand as a candidate for the Labour Party. This would give a refreshing choice to the electorate of North Down, between two parties not primarily defined by their position on the national question. Of course, it would do no good for the long-term chances of a united Ireland for them to get used to thinking in terms of British political parties, but it should be welcome nonetheless.
Politics in North Down has long been exceptional, given that the population is so Unionist that it matters less to them than to others in Northern Ireland, such that they elected the only Green Party MLA in 2007, or that political mavericks have been consistently elected at Westminster. From 1970 to 1995, the constituency was represented by James Kilfedder, one-time auditor of the College Historical Society, and leader of the one-man Ulster Popular Unionist Party. He died in 1995, on the day that the Belfast Telegraph featured an article outing him as gay. He was succeeded by Robert McCartney, leader of the one-man United Kingdom Unionist Party, an anti-devolutionist party briefly supported by Conor Cruise O'Brien. Mr McCartney proved that he was no gentleman when he stepped in front of Lady Hermon to speak on the day of the count of the 2001 Westminster election, rather than allowing her give her victory speech.
So North Down politics is not really representative of Northern Ireland, but an election between Lady Hermon for Labour and Ian Parsley, who had stood for the Alliance in the 2009 European election, for the Conservatives, would definitely be one to watch.


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What's for dinner? It's a question most of us ask every day. With evening routines packed full of extracurricular activities, chores and preparation for the following day, we don't always have as much time as we'd like to make dinner. Fortunately, a quick, delicious and healthy meal can still be an option for your family, even when you're short on time. All it takes is a little planning, some common ingredients and one trip to the grocery store. Here are five dinners to take you through an entire work week:
Start the week by putting your slow cooker to work for you. Slice off the tops of four to six bell peppers, but don't throw them out. Remove the seeds and stuff each pepper with a combination of lean ground turkey or chicken sausage, grated cauliflower, carrots, onion and garlic, plus fresh herbs, salt and pepper. Put the pepper tops back on, arrange the peppers securely in a slow cooker, pour a large can of low-sodium chopped tomatoes over them and cook on low for eight hours. Dinner will be ready when you walk in the door.
Soup can be a quick way to have dinner on the table in minutes – and it allows you to use up vegetables that may be near the end of their shelf life. Try a Broccoli Cheese Soup (recipe follows), a classic favorite that the whole family will enjoy. There's minimal pre-cooking required – simply steam the broccoli, measure the remaining ingredients, put them in your blender. Blend until smooth, pour into bowls and garnish with extra steamed broccoli florets and bit of grated cheese. For a heartier meal, chop and add grilled chicken chunks. Serve with crusty bread and a salad for a complete dinner.
Whole-wheat pasta with basil walnut pesto is a crowd pleaser. Take fresh basil, Parmesan cheese and walnuts and puree with garlic, olive oil and lemon juice in your blender for a quick and easy sauce. If there are stuffed pepper leftovers, chop and heat for a tasty pasta topping. Make a large batch of pesto and you can use the leftover portion later in the week.
Throw together a chicken stir-fry for another quick weeknight meal. Chop up your favorite vegetables, including extra cauliflower, onions and carrots from Monday's stuffed peppers and broccoli from Tuesday's soup. Saute the vegetables with cooked, cubed chicken and a mix of soy and teriyaki sauces. Serve over rice and offer a spicy chili sauce for those who like it hot.
You've made it through the week. Why not treat your family to pizza? Top a ready-made, whole-wheat pizza crust with your leftover pesto sauce, cheese and any toppings you'd like. Add peppers, mushrooms and vegetables you chopped for the soup and stir-fry to create a veggie delight. Follow the cooking instructions on the pizza crust package, and you'll be ready to kick off your weekend in no time.
With a bit of planning, you can shop once and have your dinners set for the week. Buy canned or frozen fruits and vegetables in bulk and try to prepare at least two meals using the same ingredients. Even with hectic schedules, families can prepare and sit down to a satisfying meal every night of the week.
Broccoli Cheese Soup (Yields two cups)
1 cup (240 ml) milk, skim or low fat
1/3 cup (40 g) shredded, low fat cheddar cheese
1 cup (100 g) chopped fresh or frozen broccoli or cauliflower florets, steamed
1 teaspoon diced onion
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon chicken or vegetable bouillon or soup base
Place all ingredients into a blender in the order listed and secure lid. Blend until smooth.


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Where did the time go? It seemed only yesterday when I did the last Miniature Monday! Apparently, it's been two weeks since I've updated my blog! Heehee!
Well, here's a miniature rocking horse for your viewing pleasure. I'd been looking around for a nice sized horse for my dolls at those antique places for some time now. (I think horses are such majestic creatures.) Instead, I found a rocking horse. So, I said, why not! I found this one at the Stratford Antique Warehouse. I'm tempted to repaint it into a black stallion with gold trims but it looks kinda cool as it is so I'm holding off on that idea.
As you can see, my dolls may be divas at times but it doesn't mean they're afraid of letting that inner child loose when the occasion calls for it.
Happy Monday!


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Moberly's history
Thursday, February 14, 1963
•The Missouri Power and Light Company held its annual joint meeting of the general safety committee and the district safety committee yesterday in the Assembly Room of the Reed Street office.
•William D. Green, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, will become a member of three state C of C committees including education, industrial development and highways, streets and roads. He said these committees "have a great impact on the economy of the country and are especially important to Moberly."
Sunday, February 14, 1988
•James W. Stone, public relations officer for the Moberly Association of Life Underwriters, received a proclamation from Moberly Mayor Jack Valentine declaring February 14-20 as Life Insurance Week at Moberly. The proclamation recognizes that life insurance forms a base of financial security for Americans. Moberly's proclamation is in support of a similar proclamation issued by Missouri Governor John Ashcroft.
Friday, February 14, 2003
•The main administrative building at the Jacksonville Cemetery is nearing completion along with all other buildings on the property site. Cemetery Director Jerry Quigley said the project is slated for completion in July.
•The former Mega Market grocery store in the north part of Moberly is scheduled to open soon under the name of Patricia's Buy 4 Less IGA.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
•The Boonslick Chordbusters, the Columbia chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, delivered singing valentines to people at Central Christian College of the Bible as one of its annual fundraisers. Members of the quartet are David Fincher, Tarry Koutz, Robert Tompson and Brian Sevits.
•The Higbee Fire Department responded to a call at the Higbee school Sunday night and found evidence of a break-in. On February 10 at 11:10 p.m., it was reported to the Sheriff's Office that Higbee Fire Department had responded to a smoke detector sounding at the Higbee School music building. The building was checked by the department and no fire was discovered. It was found that the smoke detectors had been set off by a fire extinguisher. Firemen noted that the building had been tampered with and called the Sheriff's office.


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Veteran lesbian-feminist agitator Ivy Bottini reflects on some of her best of times, while AIDS Quilt founder Cleve Jones recalls some of his
worst of times.
Discovering "Strong (gay) Love" songs from the 1970s UK and US; Waxing rhapsodic about KG MacGregor's new lesbian romance novel; Reading Janet Mason's "Tea Leaves"; The UN moves to block trans executions, gay couples sue for happiness in Singapore and Taiwan, a Nevada federal judge decides that marriage equality scares off straights, and more LGBT news from around the world
The U.S. Supreme Court takes the bait for marriage equality; The Mexican Supreme Court's Oaxaca ruling portends national wedding rights, elder lesbians are first in line for their Washington marriage license, a Black gay couple joins the "Jet" set, an Israeli gay couple finally gets permission to end their Canadian union, "Sulu" advocates among the "Archies", and more LGBT news from around the world
Ricky Martin enjoys La Vida Activismo at the United Nations; Uruguay lawmakers leap for marriage equality in a landslide, equality activists summon Obama to the Supreme showdown, Ukrainian homophobes attack a "no promo" demo, Uganda's Parliament won't "Kill the Gays" this year, and more global LGBT news; plus Janet Mason reveals the SAGE wisdom hidden in her "Tea Leaves", and queer comings and goings in 2012
Our "NewsWrap" crew took some time off for the holidays, but they'll catch up on some of the news in or affecting global LGBT communities in 2 weeks.
On this week's special show, JD Doyle, of "Queer Music Heritage" and "OutRadio" fame, serves up some delicious seasonal music by proudly "out" performers from around the world to help make your yuletide gay!
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This Guy Holds Patents On Popcorn Chicken, Steak-Umms And Dozens Of Other Cuts Of Meat
from the meet-the-guy-who-patents-meat dept
Gagliardi appears to hold somewhere around 40 patents on various cuts of meat, all starting from back in the day when he tried to make the meat in Philly Cheesesteaks easier to chew, and supposedly came up with the product that eventually went on to be marketed as "Steak-umms," which were popular when I was a kid. As for "popcorn chicken," well that's US Patent 5,266,064, for a "Method of making a food product from the thigh of a bird and food product made in accordance with the method." And, if I'm reading it correctly, that patent should have expired earlier this year. Assuming that's the case, you may now be able to make your own popcorn chicken without infringing. How exciting.
Of course, for some of us, this still seems ridiculous. Is the progress of the "useful arts" really being promoted by giving a monopoly to someone figuring out new and different ways for fast food joints to chop up their chickens?


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A 64-year-old Minnesota man was charged Monday with murder for killing two teenagers who he said broke into his Little Falls home, shooting them in the head, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
"If you're trying to shoot somebody and they laugh at you, you go again," Byron David Smith of Little Falls told investigators, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
Smith was charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Haile Kifer, 18, and her cousin, Nicholas Brady, 17, both of Little Falls. The teens were shot on Thanksgiving Day, but their deaths weren't reported until Friday. Read More


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TrustedHealth needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 137 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
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We develop, manufacture, and market cutting edge natural health products. Our products are 100% all natural with no additives or fillers. We believe that that most cosmetic skin care products are ineffective and potentially harmful. So we are here to change the way that people think about their skin care products.
We want to appeal to middle age women concerned with the condition of their skin, but we also would like to appeal to younger women as well.
We would like a logo to represent our new product - Skin Original.
The idea of the product is to feed your skin live nutrients rather than trying to alter your skins composition with chemicals.
We would like to incorporate a green leaf.
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1.This logo will be used on our product label that will be on a brown glass bottle.
2. The ingredients in the product are as follows: 100% pure botanical oils of almond, apricot, olive, avocado, orange, lime, and lemon. The ingredients in this product are living cold pressed oils.
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WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. today
WHERE: Pocono Environmental Education Center, 538 Emery Road, Dingmans Ferry
DETAILS: Explore nearby breeding pools for salamanders, frogs and egg masses. Nets and collection jars will be provided for gentle, up-close study. Wear boots and clothes that can get a little muddy or wet.
INFO: 570-828-2319; peec.org
WHEN: 9 a.m. Saturday
WHERE: Meet at Henry's Woods Parking Lot of Jacobsburg State Park.
DETAILS: Join Lou Mazzante, articles editor of Bicycling Magazine, for a clinic on the basics of mountain biking. Learn about the right gear, trail etiquette and keys to a successful, safe and fun ride. Includes a trail ride at Jacobsburg. A bike, helmet and extra inner tube are required.
COST: Free
INFO: Registration required. Call Rob at 610-746-2805.
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Meet at State Game Lands 127 parking area, the first large parking area on the left driving north on Route 423.
DETAILS: A long shuttle hike (about 7 miles) over gentle terrain, much of it along the western side of Tobyhanna Creek. There are many stream crossings. See Warnertown Falls from the opposite side of Tobyhanna Creek.
COST: Free
INFO: Contact John Whipple, 570-350-2977; Fran Whipple, 570-350-2967; or poconooutdoorclub.org.
WHEN: 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Meet at the bog parking lot off Cherry Lane Road, north of Route 611, Tannersville.
DETAILS: Signs of spring will be everywhere in this unique wetland habitat. Do not wear open-toed shoes or sandals.
COST: $4, Nature Conservancy and Monroe County Environmental Education Center members and children under 12; $6, nonmembers
INFO: Preregistration required. Call 570-629-3061; see mcconservation.org.
WHEN: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday
WHERE: Monroe County Environmental Education Center, Running Valley Road, Bartonsville
DETAILS: Leisurely walk on one of the many trails at the 166-acre Kettle Creek Wildlife Sanctuary.
COST: $3, MCEEC members and children under 12; $5, nonmembers
INFO: Register by calling 570-629-3061; see mcconservation.org.
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WHEN: 1 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Nescopeck State Park, Drums. Meet at park office.
DETAILS: Join renowned botanists Dr. Ann Rhoads and Dr. Tim Block on a wildflower adventure in the park. Sturdy footwear and water are recommended for this hike.
COST: Free
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In a continuing effort to purge GM traits from the rice industry, the Arkansas State Plant Board has banned the rice variety Clearfield 131. The measure passed on a 6-5 vote at a March 2 emergency meeting and came after lengthy board deliberation and often emotional testimony from farmers, seedsmen and millers.
Bred to harness a natural mutation to tolerate the Newpath herbicide, Clearfield varieties have provided growers new tools to fight yield-sapping red rice. Many farmers facing red rice infestations consider the Clearfield technology a godsend and have set up farms around it.
At this late date — with rice planting already under way in Louisiana and only several weeks from beginning in southern Arkansas — such Clearfield-heavy operations must scramble for cropping options. And with Cheniere already sidelined this growing season, those options are rapidly narrowing.
In 2006, Cheniere and CL 131 accounted for 26 percent of Arkansas' rice acreage.
The Arkansas Plant Board's latest action stems from the furor that began last August when the USDA announced a GM trait, Bayer's LibertyLink (LL) 601, had been discovered in the U.S. rice supply. The trait — at levels around six grains per 10,000 — was later linked to the very popular Cheniere variety.
Despite U.S. government insistence that the LL traits are safe, some foreign markets, most notably the European Union, balked at taking U.S. rice. The U.S. rice industry has since worked to assure trading partners and to clean up the seed supply.
As part of that effort, in late December 2006, the Arkansas Plant Board banned Cheniere for the 2007 and 2008 growing seasons and mandated genetic testing of all seed stocks. It was during those tests that the GM problem with CL 131 (at even lower levels than in Cheniere) emerged.
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With that background, on Feb. 21, the Arkansas Plant Board's seed committee recommended the full board adopt a measure allowing the planting of "clean" CL 131 seed (seed without lab detection for a LibertyLink trait, or seed with positive detections at, or below, a very low threshold).
The seed committee's recommendation was also made with the understanding that one of Arkansas' top two rice co-ops would take "clean" CL 131 from farmers, something that turned out not to be the case.
Just as significant, at the March 2 meeting, Darryl Little, Plant Board director, informed the board that additional testing data had been received.
"This has been a very difficult issue for everyone involved," said Little. "And it has evolved. I know I've heard a lot of comments about it being late in the game. But we're gathering information on a daily basis that can impact the market and marketability of our rice crop and can impact a grower if he plants a variety that will be adversely impacted in the marketplace.
"The (Arkansas) legislature charged this agency with protecting the rice industry from characteristics that can be in that rice that will adversely affect it on the world market."
The state's legal definition of characteristics of commercial impact is: "Characteristics that may adversely affect the marketability of rice in the event of commingling with any other rice and includes, but is not limited to those characteristics: (A) that cannot be identified without the aid of specialized equipment or testing; (B) that create a significant impact in their removal from commingled rice; and (C) whose removal from commingled rice is not feasible."
"This is the exactly the situation we're dealing with in Cheniere," said Little. "As sampling data began coming in relative to CL 131, we were looking at data on a lot-by-lot basis. That all changed last week, a few hours before the seed committee met."
It changed because of an APHIS (USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service) announcement indicating LLRice 62, a trait different than that found in Cheniere, had been detected in CL 131 head-row seed.
"That essentially means the variety contains LL traits," said Little.
In earlier testimony, Chuck Wilson, Arkansas Extension rice specialist, explained the significance of head-row rice and the APHIS discovery.
"Head-row seed is an early increase in the seed generation process," said Wilson. "With head-row seed, specific, individual heads are selected and planted in rows. One panicle plants one row. Selections are then made from those rows that conform to the specifications of a particular variety."
Head-row seed is four generations prior to the production of certified seed.
"Another issue I've been asked to talk about is the potential ramifications of finding LL rice in that early generation. If you assume, because it's Clearfield rice, that it was a simple, mechanical mixture, each one of those generations of seed increase has had two applications of Newpath. You're talking about four generations of Newpath application and we're still finding LL 62 in the current seed supply.
"Thus, it seems logical to assume that we're now dealing with a certain percentage of Clearfield rice that has both the Clearfield gene and the LL gene."
More questions
Little also informed the board of a letter from BASF sent to him and Cindy Smith, deputy administrator for USDA's Biotechnology Regulatory Services. In the letter, BASF references "a registered-grade lot of CL 131 that tested positive in three of four pools with the 35S-bar test. The 35S-bar test is the broad screening tool used to detect LL traits.
"So the laboratory had three of four positive pools in the 35S-bar test and went back to try to identify specifically which LL trait was in the sample. They tested it for LLRice 62 — which had already been determined to be in CL 131 — and it wasn't LL 62. They checked it for LL 601 and it wasn't LL 601."
Shortly before the Plant Board met, Little received an e-mail from HorizonAg, the Memphis-based company responsible for Clearfield varieties. The e-mail reported on further testing "done on the same sample. The laboratory determined the LL trait in the Clearfield sample isn't LL 06."
The three LL traits being ruled out is significant, Little explained, because, "there are only three LL events that have been deregulated: LL 06, LL 62 and, just last fall as the result of the detection in Cheniere, LL 601. So, apparently, whatever is in this sample isn't any of these deregulated events and we don't know what it is. That could be an additional problem with the marketability if and when it's identified."
Searching for answers
Early in deliberations and with a unanimous vote, the board adopted the following motion: "The ASPB shall determine eligibility for planting of rice seed for the 2007 planting season in the following manner: All laboratory reports shall be evaluated using GIPSA standards to determine eligibility for planting."
For those needing clarification, said board member Mark Waldrip, "what this means is … if there's any detection, at any level, in any sub-pool, then the sample is determined to be above 0.01 percent and to be ineligible for planting. Basically, it amounts to zero-tolerance."
Little asked for more "guidance related to whether this information related to CL 131 that's just come out in the last few days causes that variety to fall under the ban we placed on Cheniere."
With a vote on banning CL 131 looming, Waldrip explained why he was against it. "Tough decisions" will be required of "farmers. For my part, I don't want to make the decision for that farmer. I want him to make that decision, for him to have the ability to buy rice seed that has tested, to the best of our ability, zero. Because we're essentially not talking about lower than 0.01 percent now; we're talking about 'zero.'"
Waldrip also pointed out even lab-cleared CL 131, if allowed, would likely be planted on only the worst red rice fields. "With all the publicity surrounding this, if a guy doesn't have to absolutely have Clearfield, he won't plant it. I wouldn't."
While admitting the hardships a CL 131 ban would bring to many, board member Ray Vester warned that "next year, if this turns around and commodity prices are lower, this GMO will create a two-class system of seed in the selling of rice. It won't make one pay a premium, it'll make one be at a discount below the other. Then, we'll have people buying that discount and pushing our whole market down and we'll be selling rice at loan, or below."
After more debate, the board voted on the motion that "we direct staff, from this point, to consider CL 131 as a variety with LL (traits)."
The final vote was 6-5 in favor of adoption, with board chairman George Tidwell forced to break the tie.
Editor's note: Farmers' and millers' testimony before the Arkansas Plant Board will be contained in coming stories in Delta Farm Press and at http://www.deltafarmpress.com. For more information on the Feb. 21 seed committee meeting see: http://deltafarmpress.com/news/070301-cl131-session/#.
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - FYI- Apostille Service for traveling students Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in FYI- Apostille Service for traveling students Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Travel View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message michaelko23Joined: 12 Feb 2009Posts: 2 Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject: FYI- Apostille Service for traveling students I was recently hired to go to Korea to teach. I needed to get an apostille for my criminal record. I attended UC Irvine, CA. Anyway, my friends said I had to go to numerous of places to get it done. I didn't have time because I had to pack. You have to get live scan, then wait for the letter and get an apostille. I found this place and they took care of everything. My fingerprints/background check and apostille. http://www.apostillepros.com/ Just FYI Now, I'm off to S. Korea. Wish me luck. Hopefully, the food is good. What type of food should I expect? Any good? I heard Korean BBQ is good. I'm Asian-American. Born and raised in the O.C., southern california. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Travel All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Much of the controversy surrounding the new requirement that employers offer employees who work 30 hours a week eligibility to health benefits in January 2014 has focused on the burden it places on the company's bottom line. The requirement hinges on a new definition handed down by the federal government designating full-time workers as employees who work 30 hours a week—a designation that companies often consider part-time—and raises the question as to whether come 2014 this current group of part-timers will opt-in or opt-out.
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Currently only slightly more than half of part-time workers who are eligible for health benefits through their jobs currently enroll, according to a recently-released survey released from ADP's ADP Research Institute of more than 300 large employers. With today's part-time workers comprising 23% of the workforce and 15% of these part-timers being eligible for benefits, only 8% opt-in.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that businesses with more than 50 full-time workers offer health insurance to those working at least 30 hours a week or face a prorated $2,000-per-year per-worker fine. Because of this, many surveys and research has shown that businesses will trim the hours of full-time workers and curb hiring.
The high cost of health care makes employee-sponsored coverage a coveted benefit for many workers, but might not be the most desirable for part-time workers. Spouses supplementing the family income of a primary breadwinner or young workers still going to school typically comprise the part-time segment. These workers may not need coverage because they are covered under the benefits of a working spouse or a parent.
Affordability is also a huge factor for this group of workers, says Christopher Ryan, ADP Strategic Advisory Services' chief strategy officer and study co-author. Part-time employees, particularly those living on their own, spend their pay checks on rent, to buy groceries or other consumables.
Come 2014, if employees elect the coverage, a certain percentage of their paychecks will be dedicated to benefits. The health care reform mandates the employee contribution cannot exceed 9.5% of a person's individual income. That's considerably less than current contributions for some employees who pay as much as 24% of their premium, experts claim, but it's still a chunk of money when taken out of an on-average part-time paycheck, which according to Simply Hired's Pay Scale, could be as low as little more than $8.00 per hour.
But how employer's respond to the mandate with their employment practices has a domino effect on workers' pocketbooks, says Mark Cesarano, managing consultant at the Savitz Organization. Whether an employee opts in or not may be less of a consideration than his or her concern about a reduction in working hours and likewise, a lesser paycheck.
Complying with the law by funding the health benefits of newly eligible employees would inevitably spike an employer's overall cost of doing business, says Ryan.
What's more, the new health care law is not just a benefits issue, says David Marini, vice president, ADP Strategic Advisory Services. It impacts a company's entire human capital strategy and the way an organization manages its workforce. Employers will have to evaluate the administrative practices like payroll or other compliance reporting which will contribute to the cost of doing business.
The mandate forces employers to think through their workforce management procedures with part-time or seasonal workforces to determine which part-time or contingent employees work 30 hours or more each week. Employers will need better tools to manage their businesses and evaluate during look-back periods established by guidelines from whether a part-time, contingent or seasonal employee is eligible for benefits, says Ryan.
The IRS has also established regulations to prevent employers from finding loopholes to the mandate. For instance, Cesarano says employers cannot arbitrarily stop an employee from working 30 hours in any given week.
That being said, in some cases, some employers are already cutting part-time hours for low-income workers and this has given part-timers particularly in industries like food services a cause for worry.
Food service companies like Olive Garden and Red Lobster owned by Darden's Restaurants and some Wendy's and Taco Bells have pulled back employee hours, but faced backlash from consumer groups who claimed the intent of these actions was to avoid giving lower-income workers benefits.
Some consumer organizations may be marshalling their forces to fight companies from gaming their lower-wage workers to avoid a small penalty, says Kathleen Stoll, Families USA's director of health policy.
But it is necessary to remember there is a strong business case for mandates that come out of ACA. It is important to communicate this message to employers, says Stoll. For example, having and using a health benefit leads to a healthier and more productive workforce, which in turn reduces a company's need for and cost of recruiting and development. "Our role is not shaming businesses but rather to help employers see the law is good for workers."


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This will be old news to many, I'm sure, but I have recently discovered the Shock Totem series of horror and macabre tales on Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Shock-Totem-Curious-Macabre-Twisted/dp/1448621747/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1375433960&sr=8-2&keywords=shock+totemThey are available as paperbacks or e-books(my preferred format) and are a perfectly twisted and evil series of short story collections by some well-known authors as well as lots of lesser-known and sick new voices in horror. There are also interviews with various authors in each issue as well. If you're looking for a break from the 500-page opus, or something to fill the time on the throne, I have found this to be a great series of fun, bizarre stories with something for everyone. From "The Music Box" to "The Dead March" to "Thirty-Two Scenes from a Dead Hooker's Mouth", there is everything from whimsical to seriously creepy to unmentionably horrific. And there's even a Holiday Issue.
I really like Shock Totem too. I've purchased every issue so far. My friend Damien has a story in the 7th issue, which comes out this week.It's nice to hear about people still reading and enjoying short fiction!
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Harry's has a ton of awesome products available online and in our store, but have you have wondered what our bestsellers are or which products the employees use? The answer is that our staff uses a variety of our products on a daily basis, but I have asked 5 of my fellow staff members to pick out their favorite product and to give us some insight as to why it is their favorite product.
1. Benchmade 15020-2 Bone Collector picked by Jordan
Here's what Jordan had to say:
"I am a huge fan of the Benchmade Bone Collector 15020-2! It does a great job of combining modern functionality and old world charm. The cutting edge D2 blade steel offers an extremely durable yet razor sharp factory edge, and the AXIS locking mechanism gives some of the smoothest action I've seen in a folder. The walnut handle is simple, functional, and elegant. It looks great and fits comfortably in your hand. On top of all that you are getting a knife that is made in the USA, with a lifetime sharpening guarantee and a lifetime warranty on the knife through Benchmade. This knife is great for collectors and for people looking to put it to work. You really can't go wrong with this knife and it comes at a great price of $132.99."
2. Condor Urban Go Pack picked by Andrew
Andrew says,
"The Urban Go Pack has a simple, yet functional design. I like that the pack is made of a high quality nylon and has many practical features for everyday life including an independent pocket for a laptop. This pack has space for essential equipment like first aid kits. This bag can be used as a school bag or as a nice day pack for hiking."
3. Decorative Metal Signs picked by Carl T.
Carl says,
"I like all the cool metal signs we have in the store. There's so many cool vintage signs, everything from superheroes to classic military posters. We've also got some pin up girl signs! I love all the superhero signs and have more than a few hanging around my house. These signs are great for any man cave or collector of military memorabilia. And thanks to the never ending variety of signs, I never get bored with trying to figure out which one I'm going to buy next!"
Please note the selection we have online are just examples of what we have in store. We have over 50 different signs to choose from in our Dearborn location!
4.Bates GX-8 Waterproof Side Zip Tactical Boot picked by Adam
Adam loves this boot because:
"This uniform boot is super comfortable and extra durable. At an affordable price you're getting real leather, a GORE-TEX waterproofing system, and a slip resistant outsole. This is the perfect boot for people working in the first responder field, like police or EMTs, or for anyone wanting a high quality black boot. The GX-8 is my kind of boot."
5. Simmons 8 x 24 x 50 Zoom Binoculars picked by Carl Douglass (Available in store only)
Here's what our most well known employee had to say about these binoculars:
"These Simmons Binoculars are my personal favorite! It has the capability of using them for sporting and casual events, they are also great for nature observation, like bird watching. The zoom offers you the opportunity to have multiple binoculars. They are durable and very easy to use."
These are just five of the products adored by our staff. Stop by the store to check out everything we have to off and get more information on our favorite products. Our staff is highly trained and more than willingly to assist you in finding YOUR favorite product!


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Dick Nesvold of Sleepy Eye was one of nine professionals inducted into WOCCU's executive volunteer corps.
Recognizing the extraordinary efforts of a few exceptional people to improve and support the credit union culture abroad, the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) recently bestowed a southern Minnesota Credit Union CEO with an international honor.
Dick Nesvold, CEO of SouthPoint Federal Credit Union in Sleepy Eye, was among a group of nine credit union professionals who were inducted into WOCCU's International Executive Volunteer Corps (IEVC). The IEVC recognizes industry leaders for their dedication to international credit union development and volunteer service with WOCCU.
"World Council volunteers are vital to international credit union development and to building a global community," said Brian Branch, WOCCU President and CEO. "Partner credit unions receive tailored, one-on-one training in critical areas. At the same time, the seasoned professionals who lend their expertise bring a unique international perspective back to their credit unions."
Nesvold is one of three Minnesota credit union representatives who participate in an ongoing exchange between the Minnesota Credit Union Network (MnCUN) and the Paraguayan Credit Union Association Central de Cooperatives del Area Nacional Ltda. (CENCOPAN).
This partnership was established in 2004, through the World Council of Credit Unions and it allows credit union representatives from both countries to share ideas, knowledge, insight and experiences.
The group has met with officials in Paraguay several times and, most recently, a contingent from Paraguay was in Minnesota to gather regulatory and credit union operations insight from the state's regulators, MnCUN staff and other credit union professionals. During the November exchange, Nesvold and SouthPoint FCU staff played host to the Paraguay group and was one of several Minnesota credit unions the group visited.
IEVC members are affiliated with WOCCU's volunteer activities and International Partnerships Program, which formalizes credit union movement partnerships throughout the world to share best practices in operations and product development.
Inductees have demonstrated at least a three-year commitment to furthering WOCCU's international credit union development efforts. Nesvold has volunteered four assignments abroad. IEVC members must have hosted at least four international credit union professionals at their individual credit unions within the previous two years.
SouthPoint Federal Credit Union is a financial institution serving those individuals and businesses that live, work, worship or attend school in Brown, Redwood, Renville, Nicollet, Sibley, Blue Earth or Le Sueur counties. For additional information visit southpointfed.com or call 877-794-6712.


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The deadline for local commercial real estate brokers to enter the 12th annual Pinnacle Awards is Friday, Feb. 15.
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council will honor those top producers in the industry at an April 25 ceremony at the Memphis Country Club, 600 Goodwyn St.
All commercial brokers who hold membership in the Commercial Council are encouraged to submit an application by 5 p.m. Friday. The rules have not changed since they were revamped in 2010.
Applicants must have produced new real estate brokerage business of $2 million or more during 2012. It's based off of the actual lease value created per broker or the cumulative total of larger sales as well. For instance, a five-year-lease for 10,000 square feet and $20 per foot would yield a lease value of $200,000.
Applications, signed by the principal broker, are confidentially submitted to Buddy Dearman, partner with Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, 999 South Shady Grove Road, suite 400, Memphis, TN 38120. A signed PDF may also be emailed to Dearman at email@example.com.
Dixon Hughes Goodman has been doing the vote tabulation pro bono since the Pinnacle Awards came into existence in 2002. The anonymity is a large reason applicants are so comfortable in submitting their production information.
"We go through and review the applications – there's a lot of statistical information on there about all of the different transactions that the broker participated in," Dearman said. "MAAR sets the way the formula allocations work."
For example, if two brokers worked on the same sale of a piece of property, MAAR has a certain sharing percentage it uses within its offices at 6393 Poplar Ave. Those formulas are factored in to determine a person's annual volume as it pertains to total business done.
"We don't go back and check that data because we don't access to those records," Dearman said. "What we do is check the math on the application to make sure that it's correct, then we put them in basically an Excel document and sort them by the various categories to determine the category winners."
Winners will be announced in a supplement of the April 26 issue of The Daily News and the April 26 issue of The Memphis News. The Daily News Publishing Co. Inc., parent company of The Daily News and The Memphis News, is again sponsoring the Pinnacle Awards.
The Pinnacle Awards include the President's Award, Newcomer of the Year and an inductee to the Commercial Hall of Fame. MAAR Commercial Council will again be celebrating the Community Impact Award, Pinnacle Producers Club, as well as the Pinnacle Producers Club Life Members – those who have been elected to the Top 25 Pinnacle Awards List for any five years.
Up to three top producers in each real estate category will be recognized as members of the Pinnacle Elite. The top producers will be recognized as Brokers of the Year for their area of production (retail, office, industrial, land, investment). All of the members of the Pinnacle Elite will be recognized on stage and will receive plaques.
Applications are available for download at www.maar.org/pinnacleawards. Co-chairmen Steve Guinn (683-2444) and Tony Argiro (761-8190), both of Highwoods Properties, can answer any questions about the application process.
An application fee of $75 must be submitted with each application. This fee also covers the cost of the Pinnacle Awards reception ticket.
Last year, MAAR Commercial Council presented 24 Pinnacle Elite awards to brokers whose transactions produced more than $913.5 million – $70 million more revenue than in 2011.
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Rams with Decisive Win on Senior Day
Farmingdale State - 11, Baruch College - 4
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball team (19-13) overpowered non-conference opponent Baruch (3-23) on senior day this afternoon in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams were led by senior captain Keith King (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) who went 4 for 4 at the plate, scoring two runs and recording one run batted in. King was a homerun short of the cycle in his last home regular season game at Farmingdale.
Senior infielder Luis Feliciano (Bronx, N.Y./Park West) went 2 for 3 on the day with one RBI and three runs scored. Senior Frank Italiano (Sayville, N.Y./St. John the Baptist) was 2 for 5 at the plate, scoring three runs and recording two RBI's in his last regular season game as a member of the Rams. Junior Mike Dietrich (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) contributed for Farmingdale with a 2 for 3 performance at the plate.
Starting pitcher Drew Dellanegra (Shoreham, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River) recorded the win for the Rams. Dallanegra allowed two earned runs and six hits over five innings.
The Rams travel to Staten Island on Wednesday, April 23rd for a non-conference game at 6:00 pm.


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Valka is a town in northern Latvia. It is the capital of Valka district. The town lies 164 km from Riga on the border with Estonia. Valka and the Estonian town Valga are actually one town, divided by Estonian/Latvian border. The border was marked out in 1920 by an international jury headed by British Colonel Tallents.
With approximately 6500 people it is one of the smallest district centres in Latvia.
Get in
The train (the nearest station is Lugaži - 3km from the centre) and bus connects Valka to Riga. The train station on Estonian side connects it to Tallinn through Tartu.
Get around
There are busses serving the town but actually the best way is going by foot or bycicle. At the end of 2007 the new route running through Valka and Valga will be openned.
There is nothing much to do in Valka at the moment, however, it's a must to visit the Estonian side of the town once you are here. Nevertheless the town council is being consistent to develop their town. The new International Studies Centre of University of Latvia will be located in Valka which brings foreigners to the town.
- Guest house "Otra elpa", 12 Zvaigznu Street
The area code for the town is 47. The local public library has a public internet access (address - 22 Rigas Street)
Get out
Valka is the only place in Latvia where one can get by train to Estonian capital Tallinn, but you have to cross the border to get to Estonian side of the town.
The town of Smiltene in Valka district is worth a visit.


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A Guide to Choosing the Right Furniture for Fitted Bathrooms in Kimberley
A fabulous design feature for many bathrooms, fitted bathroom furniture can bring structure and storage to a previously cluttered space. With its sleek, clean lines and coordinated looks, it's easy to see why it's popular in so many households in the Kimberley area.
Quality bathroom furniture, a range in a high gloss white finish with chrome handles, is sold in the UK by a few different suppliers. Ranges like this are simple but striking: they'll go with any accessories and decoration you choose but still look good in their own right. Maybe you are upgrading the whole room, or are looking to install a new shower room, wet room or mobility bathroom, we can help and advise you for any situation.
If you're struggling to know what items of bathroom furniture to choose, begin by thinking about how you use your bathroom. A vanity unit is a standard piece and, in ranges like the Windsor, comes in a few sizes so you can go for the one that best suits you.
If you have a small bathroom, you'll need to stick to a smaller vanity unit, but if you've a little more space, you could opt for a wider basin area, or go all out and choose two basins, each with their own mirrored cabinet above. Allowing two people to use the bathroom at once, this could reduce the pressure on a rushed work-day morning, or make personal grooming into a social experience in the evening.
Cabinets also come in a range of sizes: you can choose floor level storage units in different widths or cabinets that are mounted higher on the wall, out of reach of children or in easier reach for members of the household who might have difficulty bending to a floor level cabinet. We are happy to advise of the options available for you in the Kimberley area.
Tall cabinets are a boon if you have a lot of items to store: keep your daily use items at easy reach height, and store bulkier items that you don't need to access every day high up in the cabinet, or low down near the floor. These marvellous pieces of bathroom furniture take up very little floor space, but their height has a tardis-like effect on their interior capacity.
A WC unit is useful for finishing off a fitted bathroom: it hides out of sight your concealed cistern and associated pipework so that only the fitted toilet bowl is on show. This brings a sleek look to your bathroom design, but still allows for ease of access for future maintenance work on your toilet cistern.
To ensure that your bathroom is usable once it's been fitted, you should leave a 600mm gap for user access to both your basin and toilet, and 700mm alongside your bath. Of course, if there's only one person using the bathroom at once, these gaps can overlap.
If you're not sure how your bathroom layout will pan out in practice, try drawing outlines of your intended bathroom furniture in chalk on the floor and walls and walking round and through the 'new' room. This will help you have more confidence in your planned design – or spot any flaws.
For free advice and help with your design and questions about the best solutions for your bathroom makeover in Kimberley, call Fitted Bathroom Solutions Derby on 01332 806986, or visit our website www.fittedbathroomsolutionsderby, or email email@example.com.
Our experienced designers and fitters have years of experience in the Derby area, and we offer a free design service.