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"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder."- E.B. White
Inspiration comes to me via many different sources...I am grateful when it flows with ease and I do my best to honor the Muse when it makes itself known. The things I am most passionate about inspire me endlessly. I am drawn to the mysterious colors of the ever changing sea, the graceful majesty of trees and the organic lines and patterns in a Gustav Klimt or Egon Schiele painting. I have deep reverence for the natural world around me and I am greatly inspired by the delicate patterns that are often revealed in the ordinary. Look closely and you will see elements of these details within the brushstrokes of my distinctive style and a deeper level of beauty than what originally meets the eye.

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Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP)
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development supports the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) to assess student performance in the core subjects of reading, mathematics and science.
PCAP assesses 13-year-old students in all provinces and one territory (Yukon) in Canada. It provides a valuable information base on student achievement at a national level and tells us how our curriculum is compared to other jurisdictions across the country.
Two years after this assessment, this same group of students is assessed at the international level through the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA).
This provides some information about student progress over time.
PCAP 2013 - Prince Edward Island results (PDF)
PCAP 2013 media release - PEI students lead the country in improvements in reading and math


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Hamilton approach to FIA over Hungary pole 'regrettable': Lowe
HOCKENHEIM (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton's move to seek clarification about team mate Nico Rosberg's controversial pole lap in Hungary from the F1 governing body's Charlie Whiting was misjudged and regrettable, his Mercedes team said on Friday.
"It's my understanding that Lewis did go and see Charlie," said the team's technical chief Paddy Lowe Lowe, referring to the International Automobile Federation's (FIA) Formula One race director Whiting.
"But it wasn't in any way to seek a review of Nico's lap - it was for his own understanding of what should be done in the future, how that should work for him in the future.
"I think that was regrettable," added Lowe who said Hamilton should have got any information he needed from his team.
Rosberg took pole position for the last race in Hungary, going faster on the lap on which he set his benchmark time despite encountering double waved yellow flags deployed to warn drivers about Fernando Alonso's McLaren which had spun.
Rosberg was investigated after the session but stewards deemed he had slowed down sufficiently and allowed him to keep pole.
Hamilton, who was on provisional pole at the time and abandoned his final attempt at seizing the top spot, contacted Whiting after the session.
But the Briton said it was merely to seek clarification on how much a driver had to slow for double waved yellow flags and not to prod stewards into taking action against Rosberg.
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
78-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of a chest mass.
She described progressive dyspnea on exertion over the past several
years that she attributed to deconditioning. She had an occasional
cough productive of a minimal amount of clear to yellow sputum. She
denied wheezing, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, hemoptysis, fever,
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of coronary artery disease. She had been admitted to the hospital in
March 1996 for cataract surgery and was noted to be hypoxemic. She had
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In January 1997, she was admitted to the hospital for evaluation and
management of an embolic cerebrovascular accident. She did not have
carotid artery disease. She was a former smoker but quit 30 years ago.
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The French economy stalls in the second quarter
The French economy stalled in the second quarter unexpectedly as consumer spending plunged and investors returned to focus on the second largest economy in the euro area. Consumer spending fell by 0.7%, while exports were flat. Investment was the only significant contributor to growth, gaining 0.9%.
The French National Statistics Institute Insee reported today that the Gross domestic product came flat in the second quarter compared with the first quarter expansion of 0.9% and below expectations of 0.3% expansion.
On the year, the GDP expanded by 1.6% and was revised lower 2.1% from 2.2% and below market expectations of 2.0%.
President Nicolas Sarkozy's target of 2% growth for 2011 may be jeopardized by the slowdown, which is a key component in the government's plans to reduce its deficit. Credit default swaps on French bonds doubled in the past six weeks because of concerns about debt and slow growth also it caused the yield spreads against German bunds to rise to a record this week as speculation rise that the French top credit rating might be cut although rating agencies maintain a stable outlook for the AAA French rating.


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5 Bedroom Villa in Luxor Egypt Large 5 bedroom property built in 2008, with 2 reception rooms, one could be converted to a further bedroom, kitchen, dining room, two bathrooms, ground floor terrace and fully tiled roof terrace. The 4 bedrooms on the first floor all have large balconies, with views of either, The Nile or The Theban Hills. The master bedroom is ensuite (to be completed) and has a side room which could be a walk-in wardrobe or child's bedroom. The bedrooms and receptions rooms are approx. 4 x 4 m. Kitchen 4 x 3.5 m dining room 4 x 3 m. Bathroom downstairs 2 x 2 m, bathroom upstairs 2.75 x 2.5 m, ensuite 2.5 x 1.7 m master bed side room 2 x 2 m. The plot is approximately 1000 sq. m, the property occupies 286 sq. m. on two floors plus roof and terrace. The outside space currently has a border of orange and guava trees allowing for development of additional buildings, a swimming pool and garden. The terrace approx. 10 x 3.5 m, semi circle is ideal for sunrise yoga and a relaxing breakfast, and anytime BBQ. The roof terrace is ideal for sunset yoga and a relaxing view of sunset over the Theban hills. The property is in Suel on the West bank of Luxor. It is a 15 minute drive to the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and the Ferry to Luxor. The ground floor has previously provided rental income. The first floor is fully tiled, all electric, plumbing and satellite services are in place only the bathroom requires completing. Local contacts can assist with organising transport, guided tours, and any further developments. About Luxor: Luxor is a city on the east bank of the Nile River in southern Egypt. It's on the site of ancient Thebes, the pharaohs' capital at the height of their power, during the 16th–11th centuries B.C. Today's city surrounds 2 huge, surviving ancient monuments: graceful Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple, a mile north. The royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens are on the river's west bank.
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The Bally Who?
The Dragon's Den
July 22, 2005
The Bally Who? need to practice more often. They have the amount of musical talent required to make them a memorable band, but it's being squandered through laziness.
Local Rock band The Bally Who? weren't at their tightest Friday night at The Dragon's Den, but that's understandable. They were breaking in new bassist Nobu Osaki, who's better known around town for his Modern Jazz work. Osaki, who switched between electric and double bass, was barely present in the mix. On purpose? Because Osaki was still learning the material? It looked he was having an easy and a fun time with it. The effects-drenched guitars played by vocalists Rene and Jacques Dufourc drowned him out. In such a small space, the guitars cut off the music's balls.
Luckily for the band, even when they're not at their tighest and the bass isn't coming through, at least their energy and positivism make up for what's lost. It's disconcerting to watch the band members throw each other looks for musical changes. On the other hand, it's nice to see that they're comfortable enough with one another that they can change up the speed of an ending on the spot. There's an insatiable, exploratory, child-like gleam in Jacques' eyes, so if they're not completely locked in with one another, that's OK in a weird way. The band's CONTROLLED sloppiness(a la Sonic Youth) is an indicator of their adventurousness.
The Bally Who? rocked out and had their noisier moments with "Get Up Fall Down" and "Untitled Bout" from their first release, "You is President." Most of the concert, though, the band played new material that was softer and less hard rocking than their older stuff. It's less intent on being straightforward. It drifts in the back of your mind. Somewhere between a ballad and a rock song, a Jazz influence is definetely in play.
M.C. Bryan Spitzfaden spread the band's message of "Yes" as usual. His rambunctious monologues were enjoyable song buffers. He creates a nice sense of community within a concert by encouraging chanting and crowd participation. Spitzfaden handed put pieces of trophies and numbers representing the number of audience wishes that would come true.


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If there's anyone on the planet who knows what it takes to make a bitchin' looking zombie, it's Greg Nicotero of KNB Effects, and recently the man sat down for a Q&A with AMC regarding its new series, Frank Darabont's adaptation of the Robert Kirkman zombie epic The Walking Dead.
"The Walking Dead" is based on Robert Kirkman's popular comic series. It chronicles the months and years following a zombie apocalypse. Frank Darabont is the project's writer, director of the pilot, and exec producer with Anne Hurd and David Alpert also exec producing. KNB will be handling the effects, and Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey DeMunn, IronE Singleton, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Chandler Riggs, Steven Yeun, Michael Rooker, Emma Bell, Adrian Kali Turner, Linds Edwards, Keith Allen Hayes, and Jim Colemanare are all set to star.
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Q: You've been creating zombies for George Romero for years. What made you want to tackle The Walking Dead?
A: I've been best friends with Frank Darabont since before he directed The Shawshank Redemption, and we share a similar interest and nostalgic devotion to George Romero and Night of the Living Dead. We started talking about this project probably three or four years ago, when Frank was talking about wanting to do something different with zombies, and what we could do to make these guys look fresh and original. And from then on, it's just been like, "Hey man! We get to create zombies!"
Q: How do these zombies differ from the ones you created for Romero?
A: We used the graphic novel certainly as inspiration. We've always tried to push the envelope, and because I've done so many other projects it's always one of those things where you finish a movie and go, "Oh man next time I know how we can make it better. And after that I know how we can make it even better than that." We've taken everything that we've learned on all these other projects, and applied them in terms of using new materials and new techniques – even something as simple as a zombie getting shot in the head: We really sat down and worked through the best way to make that look realistic and practical.
Q: What was your solution?
A: Well in the '70s they just put squibs on extras' heads and detonated them. Then you got to the point where if you had to use explosive squibs it could only be on a stunt person. But for The Walking Dead, we're going for a very specific physical type: Every zombie that we see is really tall and really thin and really gaunt looking. One of the story points is that these characters have been dead for so long that they're starving, and will eat virtually anything. They'll eat a horse, they'll eat a rat. So we built this self-contained head-hit rig that runs off compressed air. You fill a tube with blood, and then you use a foot pump to get a really great blood spray. You can clip it on to anybody that you want, and then all of a sudden you have instantaneous head wound.
Q: One of the more infamous scenes in the comic is when the zombies do in fact eat a horse. What was that like to shoot?
A: It's almost like a Piranha attack – it really was like a feeding frenzy. We had thirty extras leaning over this prosthetic horse that we created, and they started ripping its insides and its entrails out and going crazy. They were sticking their heads in it and their hands in it. I kind of whipped them into a little bit of a frenzy before we shot, and it was funny because at one point I walked over to Frank and I'm like, "Dude, these guys are so amped up you better shoot this quick before they tear the horse apart!"
Q: What did you do to get them so pumped?
A: They saw me loading the horse. We made all these silicone guts and entrails and organs. So I came over with this big giant box of entrails and a big giant bucket of blood and I started soaking everything and stuffing all of it inside the abdomen of the horse. And literally, the more stuff I put in there, the more excited they were to reach in and start pulling it out. So by the time they had seen everything loaded and the stomach was all filled and there was blood on it, it was like "Ready. 3, 2, 1. Go!" Instantaneous gore.
Q: Frank described how hot it's been in Atlanta. How does that affect your make-up?
A: The make-ups that we're doing are relatively bulletproof. But when people start sweating or rubbing their necks, you do have to go in and touch people up. It's tricky. I can't remember when I've worked under these circumstances, especially shooting in the daytime. Most zombie shows like this, they're shot at night. So to have a zombie TV series in broad daylight, running down Peachtree Avenue in downtown Atlanta, it's challenging. Everything has to stand up to pretty tough scrutiny.
Q: We featured a gallery of concept sketches showing a zombie decompose. Will the zombies go through that change as the series progresses?
A: One conversation that Frank and I had at the beginning of our prep was, How far do I take them… We want to be able to show the degradation of these zombies over time. So some zombie make-ups are a little more fresh-looking, some are a little more decomposed looking. This is the first time we've ever actually gone through and hand-picked the actual zombies that will be featured. It's one thing to glue prosthetics on somebody's face, but if you have somebody who's got a lot of character and they just have a really great structure to their face, it's great. We'll go to dinner and a waitress will go by, and we're like, "Man, she'd be a great zombie."
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Kelly on Temple, Season Openers"Well, we're all excited about game week here at Notre Dame, and certainly getting back on the field for our football team after a loss is the best recipe for any football team. It's been a long time since we played that last game, and a lot of work, a lot of preparation leading into this first game against Temple.
"We're playing an opponent that certainly, with Coach (Matt) Rhule taking over, we don't know a lot about. We do know this: That Matt tutored under Al Golden. We know the success that Al has had, and I have a great deal of respect for Al and his program and the discipline and organization that the Temple football team is going to have in this game, as well as working for Coach (Tom) Coughlin, you know that this football team is going to be ready.
"They return a lot of players from last year. We don't know exactly what we're going to see. We think we do, but I think this is one of those openers where we're going to have to kind of make some adjustments along the way, and they've got some good football players. You know, I think the things that we look at, first of all, in the opener is playing the game the right way.
"Last year we understood how important it was to get off to a great start, play the game the right way, attention to detail, play with great effort and enthusiasm, and the watch word for us will be to play the game clean. Don't turn the football over. Make sure that we're efficient in the special teams game, and hopefully more than that this year. Hopefully we can turn some special teams plays into some big plays.
"I think we all know openers tend to have some mistakes in them. We need to play a clean opener against a team that obviously is coming into Notre Dame Stadium and has nothing to lose, and our players understand that going into it. So a well-coached football team, very good offensive line, big, physical group.
"They return three out of five starters up front; a big tight end, a physical running back. They've got three wide receivers that have proven themselves in their program. They wear low-digit numbers, so we know that that means something to their team and to their program. From a defensive standpoint they return one of the best linebackers in the Big East last year, the old Big East Conference, and of course Levi Brown is a guy that can get after the quarterback.
"Again, personnel for Temple, they showed that they can compete with anybody in the Big East last year, and you know that last year we had to take Pittsburgh into overtime last year, so we're going to have to play well against a team that's coming into Notre Dame Stadium wanting to show very well for their first year head coach. Again, from our standpoint it's an opener, it's where we start the 2013 season, and it's important that we get off to a good start."
Q. You've had two spotless openers and one that was turnover-ridden. I'm sure going into all the games you felt well-prepared. What is it about game week that can, I think you've used the analogy before, turning the keys over to your teenager? What can you do to make sure they take care of the football?
"Well, I think you have a lot of veterans that have been in those openers and have experienced what the level of play is. Look, everything is built on expectations. Expectations start and end with how we do things on a day-to-day basis, not leading up to Saturday but how you do things on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and so we have a number of players that understand what those expectations are through practice and through how we handle ourselves in meetings and classroom and on this campus.
"They've been immersed in that on a day-to-day basis. So into year four, there's not as much of a concern that all of a sudden we're going to forget how to handle ourselves."
Q. You said you were prepared to play a lot of people on Saturday. Given the weather forecast, it's going to be very, very hot, are you prepared to play even more people than you anticipated?
"No, I think we're going to play the guys that we believe at this point going into practice today that have shown that they're ready to play. I don't know that anybody is going to get themselves off that status today. I think we have a really good idea.
"I will tell you this: It's a lot deeper than we've had at any time. I think that there's five running backs that can help us play. We feel like there's a number of players at the receiving position that can play for us.
"So I think we've got a lot more depth than we've had at any time coming into the season at this point."
Q. Temple is one of several teams you're going to play this year that had to devote a lot of time during camp on figuring out who the quarterback is going to be. Being someone that's gone through that several times, how much more time are you able to give overall production-wise during camp when you don't have to go through that?
"Yeah, I think it's a very good question. The things that you can work on that you don't get a chance to really focus on, for example, communication with your wide receivers and getting in the right play; movement within the pocket, really focusing on, for example, with Tommy, his ability to extend plays. Where you're focused on reps and calling plays and evaluating who the starter is from one to two, there's so many other things that we were able to work on this year knowing who our starter was.
"I know what Coach Rhule was having to go through. I've been through that many times. It's nice that we're able to work on many more things that help our quarterback position out leading into game one."
Q. Are there any challenges that come from playing against a team with a new coach?
"Oh, absolutely. I think I know more about Eastern Michigan's defense than I do anybody else. Coach Snow, who's their defensive coordinator, was at Eastern Michigan last year, and I found myself talking in terms of what Eastern Michigan was doing, and clearly obviously that's not their talent pool. They've got Temple players.
"So there's that unknown. Clearly what they did at Eastern Michigan, they might be doing something totally different this year at Temple, so there's that unknown. Obviously with a new quarterback, a new offensive coordinator who comes from Tennessee Chattanooga, there's so many different variables that go into the opener first of all. Now add a new staff, a new head coach. So we have to be on guard, and from our standpoint we've got to take care of what we do. What's very fortunate for us is that we go against a defense that runs both three-down and four-down, and that helps us a lot in our preparation. But again, we're going to have to be ready to make adjustments on the fly."
Q. Some of the young guys obviously have to worry about Temple and that's kind of what they're focused on. Do you worry about any of the veterans looking ahead to Michigan?
"Every day. Every single day I talk about-- I'm not that far removed from South Florida. That's what I do. This is my livelihood, so I think about all those things.
"We focus on Temple, I talk about it every day. I talk about the importance of playing this game and focusing on this football game. It'll be a topic of conversation again today, tomorrow and every day leading right up to the Temple game."
Q. You changed the format game day last year with the walk around and won't have the team mass this year-- "We'll have the team mass."
Q. But not on Saturday. With these little tweaks, when you came in did you take a whole analysis of the program and say here are maybe some things that are not getting us at our maximum or optimum level on game day?
"Certainly, yeah. I mean, we have distinctions that we'll never change, that we never want to change. We're always going to have mass. It's important. It's part of the fabric of Notre Dame football. It's part of our mission. There's certain things that will never go away as it relates to Notre Dame and its traditions.
"What I was looking for were simply better ways to manage leading up to the game itself. We've been able to work together to give our student athletes the best schedule leading up to kickoff. That's simply been in. Not to exclude anything or take away anything that is important to our traditions or our history but simply give our student athletes the best opportunity to be successful when we kick that football off."
Q. In your fourth year here, this is pretty broad, but what do you think might be the most important gains during your time that have helped the program?
"I just think the ability to manage the 24 hours leading up to kickoff. You know, the pep rally and the luncheon and the demands on the players' time and getting all of those things accomplished. They're great things and we want to do them all. We want to be part of them. We want to be actively involved in them. We just wanted to make sure that they fit in a schedule that allowed our players the opportunity to really focus in on game time without being overloaded.
"I think we've come to a nice schedule in working with our administration that our players have a very similar schedule now that mirrors what we do on the road and what we do at home."


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Those were the good ol' days!
The Wall Street Journal:
"US economic output tumbled in the first quarter as businesses cut back sharply, marking the nation's worst six-month contraction in 51 years…
"The 6.1% annualized decline in gross domestic product came as the home-building sector continued to deteriorate, business investment in buildings and equipment plunged and firms drew down inventories at the fastest pace since the start of the decade."
But wait…51 years ago was the decline of '57-'58. According to our sources, that recession – though frightening when it began – only took 3.2% off the nation's GDP. And it ended after six months.
Perhaps we should look back and see what heroic acts on the part of Congress and the Fed cured that recession so quickly.
What's this? The record shows that Fed did almost nothing. According to Jim Grant, though the Fed cut its key rate to 2.25%, the total monetary stimulus provided by the Fed during that period amounted to zero. On the fiscal side, however, Congress boosted spending, adding to the deficit the equivalent of 3.2% of GDP.
In other words, faced with an equivalent downturn, the feds of yesteryear cured the recession of '57-'58 – or it cured itself – with a total exertion of barely one-tenth what they are doing today.
But it was a different world back then. To make a long story short, the great boom was just beginning…the Empire was still rising…its currency was still backed by gold…and its books – both federal government registers and national trade accounts – were in balance.
That was also when Detroit's invitation to "see the USA in a Chevrolet" still had advertising punch. We remember the ads on television…those sleek new automobiles (Detroit came out with brand new models every year)…with their big tailfins and their wide, comfy ride…tops down…roads open…no seat belts – those were the good old days.
General Motors was the biggest and most profitable automobile company on the planet…an icon of American capitalism and its industrial success.
But what's this? Today's news tells us that not only is GM to be nationalized, it and Chrysler are to be taken over by the UAW! Ah…at last…Marx's dream has come true. The workers – at least those in the United Automobile Workers union – are taking over the means of production. Between the government and the unions, General Motors will be almost entirely in the hands of the sweating proletariat.
To that end, a dear reader wrote in this morning and said: "GM will not disappear. Just a slight change to what it represents: Government Motors."
Along with the story – in the Financial Times – comes a photo of the UAW on strike in 1937. It's a 'sit down' strike…so we see them sitting down in the factory…comfortably resting on Chevy seats while reading the paper.
But these are the good new days.
Imagine if we'd had to write these daily reckonings during the Eisenhower years. What would we have said? We couldn't rant about government debt – the feds were running balanced budgets and paying down the debt from WWII. We couldn't fret about trade deficits either – we were running huge trade surpluses. Nor could we wag our finger at consumer spending and personal debt. People were spending money – but they were earning it. The savings rate was healthy. And total debt stood at only about 150% of GDP. Now it is close to 360%.
What a dreary time. There was nothing and no one for a sensible economist to laugh at. Vice President Richard Nixon pledged to fight the recession of '57-'58 with "whatever action is necessary to stop the economic downturn and stimulate the recovery of the recession." But, the government's efforts were very modest. Besides, it was still 14 years before Nixon took out his knife and stabbed the gold-backed monetary system in the back. Back then, the people were freer…but the government was more constrained. There were still limits on what mischief a reckless government could get up to. A country with a pile of dollars back in the '50s had no worries. It could turn them in to the U.S. Treasury and receive gold at the statutory rate. Its only risk was that the foreign treasury might run out of gold before it got there. This was no risk in the case of the United States of America – it had cleverly sucked in the majority of the world's gold in exchange for goods and services (hint…many of them made loud noises) during the two world wars.
But all of that has changed now. No one wants to 'see the USA in a Chevrolet' anymore. They prefer BMWs. And hybrids made by the Japanese. Now, the U.S. government runs the biggest deficits in history – intending to buy its way out of a recession that, so far, is no worse than the Eisenhower recession of '57-'58. Next week, the feds will hold the largest auction of Treasury debt in history. They will raise $71.6 billion…on their way to doubling the U.S. national debt over the next five years. The U.S. savings rate is nowhere near as high as it was in the '50s and '60s…but it least it has one. Savings disappeared completely during the final years of the Bubble Epoque. Now, Americans are saving 5% again.
The savings rate in the United States isn't good for our friends in the Far East. Not at all. In fact, according to Merrill Lynch, China's economy didn't grow at all in the last quarter of 2008. And it's still contracting fast, ever since the start of this year.
If the American and European consumers don't loosen their grip on their wallets, the Chinese 'miracle' could be reversed. And the effects on the battered U.S. economy will be much worse than the impact the Asian currency crisis of 1997 had on the United States.
While Shanghai stocks haven't yet collapsed anything close to what we're seeing on this side of the ocean… it won't be long before they catch up.
And now the poor Chinese sit nervously on 1.4 trillion dollars – wondering what to do with it. They buy a few factories…they cut a few deals. But they cannot readily exchange their dollars – neither for gold nor for anything else that doesn't have a $ sign on it. As soon as they begin the trade in any substantial volume, the object of their exchange will shoot up in value…while their dollars will plunge.
The total value of all the gold ever mined is only about $4.4 trillion, for example. The United States is still the largest holder…but it has only 8,133 tons of the stuff…for a total value of $240 billion. So, if we did the math right, the Chinese could buy up all the entire U.S. gold reserve and have about $1.2 trillion left to spend.
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The March jobs report brought more good news: a 215,000 net increase in jobs and a 5 percent unemployment rate. That good news, however, is accompanied by new research suggesting that most of the new jobs are temporary.
Farmers Mutual Insurance, headquartered in Ellinwood, has elected Mark Rondeau of Great Bend and Ruth Teichman of Stafford to their Board of Directors.
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For 60 years, the deadline for income tax returns has fallen in the middle of April. Yet this year, as usual, many Americans will put off filing their taxes until the last possible minute.
USA Today recently reported that there are over 86 million scam calls made every month in the U.S. Add to that number the millions more of email and text scams, and the number is truly staggering. No one is immune from scams. The poor, the elderly, the sick and everyone else can fall victim to the crooks that are constantly trying to get access to others' money.
Mike Siefkes, son of Great Bend residents John and Gloria Siefkes, is now mayor of SeaTac, Wash.
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Thursday, March 26, 2015
Baby Love Virtual Tour with Suzette Riddick
Getting to know Suzette Riddick
1. What's the hardest thing you've ever done?
Tell a patient's family that their loved one has passed on.
2. What was the last experience that made you a stronger person?
I can't get into the details because it's work related. However, having to work in an environment where I'm the minority (African American and a woman) and being excluded is difficult. Some days it's an uphill battle, especially when everyone around me wants to pretend we're all playing on an even field. If I was weak and unconfident in my abilities as a nurse practitioner, I would have given up a long time ago.
3. What story does your family always tell about you?
Oh Lord have mercy, lol! My sister always tells the story of how I tricked her into licking a dog biscuit. It was a late Friday night and we were pretty bored as we sat at the kitchen table. Suddenly my eyes just happened to stray to the box of treats on top of the refrigerator for the family dog. As the youngest girl of the family, I can now admit I had some impish ways. So, this is how it went down…
"I wonder what a dog biscuit taste like?" My sister hunches her shoulders.
"I don't know." "You want to try one?"
"No! I don't want to try one. Are you crazy?" My sister objects as she wrinkles up her nose. I laugh at her reaction.
"Come on…if you lick one, I'll lick one, too." I say ever so convincing. I guess we were both curious because my sister agrees. The women in my family are tiny, so at the age of twelve I had to drag the chair to the fridge so I could reach the box. I grab the box and drag the chair back to the table. I grinned at my sister, slid the box across the table and told her she could go first since she's the oldest.
Taking the doggie treat out she looked at it, closed her eyes really tight and darted her tongue out so fast there was no way she even tasted the darn thing, She slides me the box and grins.
"Now it's your turn." The little brat that I am, I start shaking my head. "I'm not licking no dog biscuit! That's nasty!" My sister's face turns a deep crimson. I can only imagine what she's thinking as she threatens between clenched teeth, "You better lick that dog biscuit!" LOL! Of course I ended up licking that stupid dog biscuit!
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Suzette's love for the genre and a need to find a place of escapism is what encouraged her in 2008 to write her first novel A Special Summer under the pen name Victoria Wells. After receiving positive feedback from readers eager to know what was going to happen next with the characters, she was inspired to write the sequel, When Love Comes Around. And before she knew it, the Love Conquers All Series was born. From this series Second Chance at Love was nominated for an Emma Award for E-book of the Year. Currently Suzette is working on a new series titled Love at Last.
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What would you do if your husband of seven years didn't share your desire to have a baby? You've tried everything to persuade him to your way of thinking, but nothing you say or do is moving him.
Tired of her man's refusal to give her what she wants, Bianca Benjamin takes things into her own hands. When Wesley Benjamin a no-nonsense, career military man comes face to face with her betrayal, will love be enough to save their troubled marriage?
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13 comments:
- Renee Spivey said...
LaShaunda, thanks so much for hosting Suzette today!
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:45:00 AM
- sevab7 said...
That dog biscuit story is hilarious. You should find a way to get that in one of your books.
I am sorry you are experiencing covert racism/exclusionism at your job. As a black female, I understand perfectly...and if you are smart, skilled, and confident, it kills them.
Anyway, good luck on the rest of the tour and on your new book.
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 10:20:00 AM
- sevab7 said...
By the way, loved your stories as Victoria Wells. Haven't read this one yet, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it also.
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 10:28:00 AM
- Gaye Suzette said...
Yes, thanks LaShaunda for hosting me! 😄
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 10:49:00 AM
- Gaye Suzette said...
Hey Severine! Thanks for continuing on the tour with me!
Lol, my sister would kill me if I put the dog biscuit story in a book!
Thanks for understanding. I refuse to dumb myself down to make someone else feel comfortable.
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 10:56:00 AM
- Rhea Alexis Banks said...
:-) that was a good one....I like the word impish, mmmmm.
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 2:21:00 PM
- Gaye Suzette said...
Thanks Rhea. 😀
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 2:50:00 PM
- Kiera Northington said...
Suzette, that dog biscuit story has me crying over here! That so sounds like something my sister and I would have done!
I'm sorry that you are having to go through things at the job. It seems like the more things change, the more they stay the same!
It was fun getting a chance to read about you!
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 4:45:00 PM
- Gaye Suzette said...
Lol Kiera! Gotta love sisters! Thanks for joining me on tour!
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 7:11:00 PM
- Alexandria Cephus said...
Hi Suzette, I agree with everyone else the dog biscuit story was hilarious. That sound like something my and my sister would have done to my brother. By the way I finished Baby Love and I absolutely loved it.
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 8:53:00 PM
- Alexandria Cephus said...
Suzette this is Portia Cephus.
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 8:57:00 PM
- Tiffany W said...
Suzette, I loved the dog biscuit story!!! It was so funny!! I can't wait to read Baby Love it is up next!!!
- Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:27:00 PM
- LaShaunda Hoffman said...
Thanks everyone for stopping by and being a part of Suzette's blog tour.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015 3:29:00 PM
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- Carl Bytes said...
If only solar panels are cheap. Bye bye Meralco :)
- June 11, 2012 at 8:39 PM
- Sumi Go said...
How I wish we can also install solar panels at home. This would cut down (or even complete cut off) electricity expenses! I don't have an idea how much a solar panel costs though.
- June 12, 2012 at 4:12 PM
- Hazel said...
Solar boards could be a bit more expensive but worth the investment, aside from its benefit for users who can do their share of helping the environment. There is just too much threat of global warming now.
- June 12, 2012 at 5:11 PM
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I love that we can save our power with this solar :-) We have solar panel to use in our in-ground pool and it saves us the pool heater and of course the electricity too :-)
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This technology is really attainable only if we have a budget for it or the government will fund for it :) Most people abroad are using this already, its really helpful
- June 12, 2012 at 6:20 PM
- Gizelle said...
Our city government gives about 10,000 euro as help to families who opt to setup solar power...well...we need the house first before availing. lol
- June 12, 2012 at 10:03 PM
- Lizzie said...
Glad to know that there are lots of alternative sources of energy. Using solar power is environment-friendly, too!
- June 13, 2012 at 3:06 PM
- Che Ramos said...
I've always thought of having a solar panel in our home but i know it's very expensive. this would really help our environment lower down electricity bills
- June 13, 2012 at 8:12 PM
- Eugene Constantino said...
This would've been a nice power resource alternative. If only the government funds for this kind of stuff.
- June 13, 2012 at 11:50 PM
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Sustainability is the thing today. This natural technology has to be enhanced and taken care of for the next generation.
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Our first stop on our "Road trip with Nana" was the Georgia Aquarium. We stayed at a hotel that included passes. We went first thing in the morning, which was a great decision as it gets quite busy later. The aquarium was quiet and the kids were able to see the exhibits without any trouble. There are knowledgeable guides throughout that were very helpful answering their questions too.
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CKE Inc.
Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee Charter
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of CKE Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), has adopted this Charter for the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the "Committee") on July 25, 2012, to be effective as of the closing of the Company's initial public offering of common stock pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This Charter supercedes all prior charters in connection with any previously existing compensation and corporate governance committee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. This Charter shall be made available on the Company's website.
I. Purposes
A. Compensation. The purposes of the Committee regarding compensation matters are to:
(i) review and evaluate, and otherwise assist the Board in the discharge of the responsibilities of the Board with respect to, employment and compensation agreements, plans, policies, and programs of the Company and its subsidiaries; and
(ii) assist the Board in the discharge of the Board's responsibilities relating to compensation of the officers and key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as members of the Board.
B. Corporate Governance. The purpose of the Committee regarding corporate governance matters is to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities regarding:
(i) the identification of qualified candidates to become directors of the Company, consistent with criteria approved by the Board;
(ii) the selection of nominees for election as directors at the next annual meeting of stockholders or a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected;
(iii) the selection of candidates to fill vacancies and newly created directorships on the Board, as well as the selection of directors to serve on the other committees of the Board;
(iv) the identification of best practices and recommendation of corporate governance principles, including giving proper attention and making effective responses to stockholder concerns regarding corporate governance;
(v) the development of guidelines setting forth corporate governance principles applicable to the Company (the "Corporate Governance Guidelines"); and
(vi) oversight of the evaluation of the Board and management.
II. Powers and Authority
In addition to the powers and responsibilities expressly delegated to the Committee in this Charter, the Committee may exercise any other powers and carry out any other responsibilities delegated to it by the Board from time to time consistent with applicable law and the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Committee is delegated all power and authority of the Board as may be required or advisable to fulfill the purposes and responsibilities of the Committee. The powers and responsibilities expressly delegated to the Committee in this Charter or otherwise shall be exercised and carried out by the Committee as it deems appropriate without requirement of Board approval and any decision made by the Committee (including any decision to exercise or refrain from exercising any of the powers delegated to the Committee) shall be at the Committee's sole discretion.
III. Composition and Qualifications
A. The Committee shall consist of at least three (3) members, all of whom must be members of the Board. One of the members shall serve as the chairperson of the Committee. The Board shall appoint the members of the Committee. The chairperson of the Committee shall be designated by the Board, or, if no such designation is made, shall be selected by the affirmative vote of the majority of the Committee. The Board may remove or replace any member of the Committee at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board.
B. As long as the Company is, and elects to be treated as, a "controlled company" as defined by Section 303A.00 of the Listed Company Manual of the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"), the members need not satisfy the independence requirements of the NYSE. However, if the Company is no longer, or elects not to be treated as, a controlled company, the Committee members shall satisfy the independence requirements of the NYSE to the extent and within the time periods specified by applicable law and rules.
C. Each member of the Committee shall have experience, in the business judgment of the Board, that would be helpful in addressing the matters delegated to the Committee. Members of the Committee shall also comply with other applicable requirements, including those of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the NYSE.
IV. Responsibilities – Compensation Matters
A. Except to the extent explicitly otherwise retained by the Board, the Committee shall have sole authority, and is entrusted with the responsibility, to:
(i) review and approve corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of the Company's chief executive officer (the "CEO");
(ii) evaluate the performance of the CEO in light of such goals and objectives; and
(iii) determine and approve the CEO's compensation level based on the foregoing evaluation.
B. The Committee shall make recommendations to the Board with respect to non-CEO executive officer compensation, and incentive-compensation and equity-based plans that are subject to Board approval.
C. The Committee shall establish or recommend to the Board the financial and other performance targets that must be met in connection with annual bonuses and, as applicable, other performance-based compensation plans and arrangements of the Company and its subsidiaries that may be in effect from time to time.
D. The Committee shall review and recommend to the Board, for the CEO and the other officers and key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries:
(i) all material benefits, option or stock award grants and perquisites; and
(ii) all material employment agreements, severance arrangements, change-in-control agreements, and confidentiality and non-competition agreements.
E. The Committee shall review and recommend to the Board a succession plan for the CEO and development plans for other key corporate positions as shall be deemed necessary from time to time.
F. The Committee shall have the sole authority to retain or obtain the advice of compensation consultants, independent legal counsel or other advisers, as it deems appropriate in connection with the discharge of its duties. The Committee shall be directly responsible for the appointment, retention, termination, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser. The Company shall provide for appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, in its capacity as a committee of the Board, for payment of compensation to any of the advisers employed by the Committee.
G. The Committee shall act as administrator as may be required by the Company's incentive compensation and equity-related plans in which its executive officers may be participants, subject to the Committee's right to delegate some or all of its powers and authority as may be provided in such plans.
H. From time to time the Committee shall review the adequacy of this Charter and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval.
I. The Committee shall produce a compensation committee report on executive officer compensation, as required by applicable rules to be included in the Company's proxy statement or annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC.
J. The Committee shall set and review the compensation of members of the Board.
K. The Committee shall conduct an annual performance evaluation of the Committee's own performance.
V. Responsibilities – Corporate Governance Matters
A. At an appropriate time prior to each annual meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected, the Committee shall recommend to the Board for nomination by the Board such candidates as the Committee, in the exercise of its judgment, has found to be well qualified and willing and available to serve.
B. At an appropriate time after a vacancy arises on the Board, a director advises the Board of his or her intention to resign from the Board, or there is a newly created directorship resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors, the Committee shall recommend to the Board a person to be elected by the Board to fill such vacancy or newly created directorship whom the Committee, in the exercise of its judgment, has found to be well qualified and willing and available to serve. In addition, the Committee shall also be responsible for recommending to the Board the directors to serve on the committees of the Board.
C. For purposes of the two preceding paragraphs, the Committee may consider the following criteria, among others that the Committee shall deem appropriate, in recommending candidates for election to the Board:
(i) personal and professional integrity, ethics and values;
(ii) experience in corporate or financial management, such as serving as an officer or former officer of a publicly held company;
(iii) experience in the Company's industry and with relevant social policy concerns;
(iv) experience as a board member of another publicly held company;
(v) academic expertise in an area of the Company's operations or financial or other areas relevant to the Company;
(vi) practical and mature business judgment; and
(vii) such other criteria as the Board or the Committee may from time to time determine.
The Committee shall identify candidates without regard to any candidate's race, color, disability, gender, national origin, religion or creed.
D. The Committee also shall monitor compliance by the directors of the Company with such Board membership criteria.
E. In addition to the foregoing, the Committee, to the extent that it deems necessary or appropriate, shall carry out the following responsibilities:
(i) review the performance of each current director and consider such performance when determining whether or not to recommend the nomination of such director for an additional term;
(ii) assess the size and composition of the Board and its committees;
(iii) when and if appropriate, consider and recommend the removal of a director for cause, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the Corporate Governance Guidelines;
(iv) make recommendations to the Board regarding governance matters, including, without limitation, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, this Charter and the charters of the Company's other committees;
(v) develop and recommend to the Board the Corporate Governance Guidelines;
(vi) develop and recommend to the Board a policy regarding the consideration of director candidates recommended by the Company's security holders and procedures for submission by security holders of director nominee recommendations;
(vii) review governance-related stockholder proposals and recommend Board responses;
(viii) oversee the Board in its annual review of the Board's performance (including its composition and organization) and make appropriate recommendations to improve performance;
(ix) evaluate the Committee's performance on an annual basis, including its compliance with this Charter, and provide the Board with any recommendations for changes in procedures or policies governing the Committee; and
(x) review and assess this Charter and submit any recommended changes to the Board for its consideration.
F. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, if the Company is legally required, by contract or otherwise, to permit a party to designate one or more of the directors to be elected or appointed (for example, pursuant to rights contained in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or the Nominating Agreement effective as of the close of the Company's initial public offering of common stock pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, among the Company and Apollo Management VII, L.P. (the "Nominating Agreement")), then the nomination or appointment of such directors shall be governed by such requirements.
G. The Committee may retain any independent counsel, experts or advisers that the Committee believes to be desirable and appropriate without the approval of the Board or management. The Committee also may use the services of the Company's regular legal counsel or other advisers to the Company. The Committee shall have the sole authority to retain, amend the engagement with, and terminate any search firm to be used to identify director candidates, including the sole authority to approve such search firm's fees and other retention terms. The Company shall provide for appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, for payment of compensation to any such persons employed by the Committee and for ordinary administrative expenses of the Committee that are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties.
VI. Meetings and Procedures
A. The Committee shall meet at the call of its chairperson or two (2) or more members of the Committee. The chairperson (or in his or her absence, another member selected by the attending members) shall preside at Committee meetings and set the agendas for the meetings. Meetings may, at the discretion of the Committee, include members of the management of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, independent consultants, and such other persons as the Committee or its chairperson may determine, but no such persons are permitted to vote. The Committee may meet in person, by telephone conference call, or in any other manner in which the Board is permitted to meet under law or the Company's Bylaws. The Committee shall meet at least twice per year and more frequently as required in order to fulfill its responsibilities and complete the activities required by this Charter.
B. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Committee shall act on the affirmative vote of a majority of members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. The Committee may also act by unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting.
C. The Committee may determine additional rules and procedures, including designation of a secretary of the Committee or any meeting thereof.
D. The Committee shall make regular reports of its actions and any recommendations to the Board, directly or through the chairperson.
E. The Committee shall keep minutes of all meetings and of all actions taken by the Committee, file such minutes with the Secretary of the Company and make a copy of such minutes available to the Board.
F. Each member of the Committee shall be paid the fees, if any, set by the Board for his or her services as a member or a chairperson of the Committee.
VII. Delegation of Responsibilities
In fulfilling its responsibilities, the Committee shall be entitled to delegate any or all of its responsibilities to a subcommittee of the Committee, to the extent consistent with applicable laws and the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Corporate Governance Guidelines.


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and then I finally click order ....
I have a problem with the nbme software though because when I try to do this, it does NOT allow me to... if I press enter to get to the next line, it does not work...so to submit the same order like above I have to do:
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go to click order so window opens and then
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The effect of germination conditions on the morphology of Coffea arabica L. somatic embryos mass-produced in a 1-l temporary immersion bioreactor (RITA®) was studied with emphasis on direct sowing in soil. Using germinated embryos, direct sowing resulted in a highly successful conversion of embryos into plants. A culture density above 1600 embryos per 1-l bioreactor positively affected embryo morphology by causing higher embryonic axis elongation (+4–5 mm). At this density, the addition of a high concentration of sucrose (234 mM) 2 weeks before sowing promoted an increase in effective plant conversion in soil (78%) and a vigorous vegetative growth of the resulting plants. Furthermore, direct sowing reduced handling time to 13% and shelving area requirements to 6.3% of the values obtained by conventional acclimatization of plants developed on gel media.


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Casey Container Corp. (CSEY) is "One to Watch"
Casey Container Corp. engages in the design and custom manufacture of biodegradable PET, HDPE and other plastic polymer preforms, bottles and containers. These products are for use in the bottled water, beverage and consumer products industries. The Company offers biodegradable plastics packaging solutions using the science of the EcoPure® additive and technology. Founded in 2010, Casey Container Corp. has their headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.
For Preforms, the Company manufactures bulk and custom PET preforms, ready to be blown into bottles at a client's facility. For Plastic Bottles, they manufacture finished PET food-quality bottles. They also manufacture Plastic Containers for household cleaners, shampoos, facial cleansers, lotions and other products.
Casey Container Corp. includes the best-of-class Eco-Pure® additive in all of their plastics. They do this through a strategic alliance with Bio-Tec Environmental. Casey Container Corp. blends innovative biodegradability technology with traditional plastics manufacturing to deliver an environmentally responsible product.
Currently, the Company is seeking funding to build manufacturing facilities in Florida and Arizona. The anticipation is that preforms and fully blown plastic bottles and containers will be available in Third Quarter 2011. PET plastic will be available initially. Casey Container Corp. plans to expand rapidly into other thermoplastics such as HDPE (high-density polyethylene).
EcoPure® is a second-generation additive. When added to a resin type during the manufacturing process, it renders plastics biodegradable. The EcoPure™ technology used to make the Company's plastic packaging solutions biodegradable are useable with polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP), polyethyeleneterapthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and most other types of polymer.
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