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Meet the Team
Mark Smith joined CMA in 2007 and is now Branch Manager at CMA specialising in the senior and interim finance market. Having graduated from Reading University with a 2:1 in Sociology, he decided to pursue a career in recruitment. Mark thoroughly researched the industry and was particularly attracted by CMA's honest, professional and ethical approach to business, together with the prospect of future career progression within the group.
Mark was initially responsible for transactional finance vacancies before working within the part and newly-qualified market. He soon established a reputation for a dedicated and reliable approach with clients and candidates alike and his continued development and ongoing success within CMA has led to his current remit within the senior finance market.
Outside work Mark is a keen sports person and enjoys testing his mental stamina and physical agility. He has a keen interest in martial arts in which he has both trained and competed. Mark currently maintains fitness levels with his latest extreme sports passion of kite surfing.


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Why You Should Download the Minecraft APK?
If you play games at all then love having them in your pocket. They are just fun to play whenever you have a free moment. But, some games are simply loved by everyone. Minecraft is one of these incredible games. In the few short years since its creation it has become the #1 game for multiple platforms. You now can take this building game with you. This is possible because of the Minecraft APK. But, why should you download and install the Minecraft APK on your android device? Let's us give you 3 quick reasons to start playing this wonderful building game.
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The mobile gaming market offers many wonderful choices. We all have moments when having a game available can help stave off boredom. For instance, those long waits in the doctor's office can simply drive you mad. But, getting into a fun game and then all of a sudden being at a point where you only have a choice to wait for hours simply makes you want to pull your hair out. But, you don't have to experience this anymore. You are now reading the source of your salvation. This APK provides a source of entertainment that will always be ready and waiting for you. It also helps that it is tied to one of the most popular games available. It is up to you.
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Labor Day Weekend Recap + Weekly Meal Plan
Hello Friends! I hope you had a wonderful three-day Labor Day Weekend! We were able to head out of town for the weekend, and have a *few* pics to share if you're interested in that kind of thing… Friday afternoon, we picked the kids up from school and wanted to do something a little different! We headed straight to Michael's and let the kids pick out some craft kits and supplies for a little Friday night crafting. We hit up[Read more]


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- You re-enter Dr Obadiah's laboratory and engage the young blonde assistant in conversation. You ask her about her relationship with the Doc, which puts her on the defensive – you also discover that Obadiah has had issues with this colleagues.
- Searching the rest of the lab, you find a tiny shred of metal on the bench which housed the device, and a condescending note to the Doc from one of his colleagues in CygNet Research, a man named Dr Morris.
- As you leave the building, you notice the blonde assistant has dropped a gold fountain pen from her bag. You place it in the building's mail slot – she'll find it later.
- You decide to follow up the Dr Morris lead, and head over to a run-down net-cafe to do some research on the scientist.
- You pay for the use of a console and for a rancid but energising cup of coffee. Your web search reveals that Morris is a young and gifted scientist, with no bad press to his name.
- A young man with a gun bursts into the cafe, shouting for everyone to give up their cash and belongings. You decide to take control of the situation, persuading the boy to give you the gun and run away – he doesn't have to get into trouble.
- The youth nervously hands over the weapon and dashes out of the door – hopefully he's learnt his lesson. The customers and the cafe's owner are very grateful – the owner lends you a hand with your search on Dr Morris, finding evidence that the young scientist has been criticised for his cut-throat strategies and willingness to trample those in his path.
- You make your way out of the net-cafe and start out towards the CygNet Research headquarters on the other side of town – but how will you get there?
Sunday, 27 November 2011
Time to Die: Story Summaries - Votes 1-11
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Date: Sunday 24th November 2019
Time: 6am start
Course Description: Participants in the 50km event will complete three loops – the first a 10k loop is the same as the Lightning Strike 10k course. The 10km course comprises of a route that skirts around the lower slopes of Mt Stromlo, providing some beautiful scenery with a few undulations, but nothing overly gruelling. The second loop is a 20km loop and is more challenging as runners travel around the western part of Stromlo Forest featuring amazing views of the Brindabella mountains before ascending the western side of Mt Stromlo to take in all of the glory of Canberra. Some of the major climbs will provide a test for all runners and include the "Out-Back", "The Prelude" and "The Mother", runners then descend a fast few kms back to the event hub before undertaking the third loop. The second loop is the same as the 30k course. The third loop – the final 20km loop travels east along the Molonglo River and climbs through the Arboretum to the top of Dairy Farmers hill, providing a stunning view of Lake Burley Griffin, before returning through pine forests to the event hub and the well-deserved finish line. The course will be well marshalled and marked to ensure that runners can run carefree and find their way.
This event will be a tough 50km race and is intended for accomplished runners who are capable of running a marathon in under 4.5 hours. Although there is no qualifying performance required to enter the 50km event, in order to receive what will be a highly sought-after finishers medal and t-shirt, competitors must complete the course in under 6 hours. It is important that runners are aware that a strict cut-off time of 3:30 hours will be applied as competitors pass through the 30km point. Any runner outside this time will be considered to be a 30km event finisher.
Aid Station: Drink stations are approximately every 5-7km along the course and will provide water, Hammer Sports drink, and lollies.
Course Limits: The field will be limited to a maximum of 200 participants.
Performance Expectations: Runners will need to be trained up to run this event and finish in the 6 hours time limit. There is a cut off of 3h30m at the 30km mark.
Rewards: All runners who registered before November 9 will receive a 50km finishers t-shirt (RRP $35), a finishers medal, and a post race snack station consisting of fruit and munchies.
Loop 1 0k – 10k
Loop 2 – 10k – 30k
Loop 3 – 10k – 30k
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For over six years we have been SE Portland's hub for new and used records. We stock a meticulously curated selection of everything from house and techno to boogie, italo disco, darkwave, indie rock, soundtracks, and much more – always bringing fresh new & used selections in daily for your listening pleasure.
We buy, sell, and trade records & cassettes seven days a week, and we are always happy to special order items if you're after something specific. We also offer gift certificates – a perfect gift for the record collector in your life.
Clinton Street also sells vintage receivers, turntables, speakers and more. Our stereo technician has over 10 years of experience working on stereo equipment & stocks the shop several times a week with an emphasis on the classic '70s and early '80s era of sound.
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LEE Sujin portrays characteristic melancholy and anxiety through timid but wicked girls. When she studied in the UK, she saw film stills of They Call Her One Eye(1973). Inspired by the film, she works on Bitches series with strong-looking but actually weak women motif.
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text: Terms of Use Privacy Policy Hide Recommended Summer Reading 2014 Summer Reading 2014 Summer Reading 2014 Last Stories And Other Stories (William T. Vollmann) Motor City Burning (Bill Morris) Jet Set (William Stadiem) Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace (Nikil Saval) California (Edan Lepucki) My Struggle: Book Three (Karl Ove Knausgaard) On The Road (Jack Kerouac) Orfeo (Richard Powers) Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion) A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway) Your Fathers, Where Are They? And The Prophets, Do They Live Forever? (Dave Eggers) Mr. Mercedes (Stephen King) Summer House With Swimming Pool (Herman Koch) The Black-Eyed Blonde (Benjamin Black) Living With A Wild God (Barbara Ehrenreich) California (Edan Lepucki) Michael McKenna June 12, 2014 Share Tweet Flip 0 Shares There is something about the long, hot days of summer that can be almost ominous. As the pavement shimmers and the horizon warps in the heat, one can't escape the suspicion that this is potentially unsustainable, that it all might come crashing down. In Edan Lepucki's debut novel, the perpetually summer city of Los Angeles does exactly that, leaving a young couple named Cal and Frida to endure the privations of shack-bound solitude. They are able to scrape by and eke out a precarious existence until Frida's pregnancy forces them to seek solace amongst other survivors. Sometimes, the worst thing about the world ending is not that everyone is gone, but that some of them are still there.Available at Amazon.com Prev Next Recommended Reading Entertainment News Trending News: There's Going To Be A New Harry Potter Book Recommended The Best Of Books, TV, Beer, Booze & Food In August 2015 Recommended 10 Classic American Books Every Man Should Read Recommended Why Every Man Should Read the Works of These Female Authors Fun Lists 12 Romantic Flicks You'll Both Love Streaming on Valentine's Day


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Eltham Footwear Fitting Specialists has been servicing families in the north east suburbs of Melbourne for more than 35 years. We are a Clarks Platinum Store, stocking one of the largest ranges of Clarks children's shoes. Other children's shoe brands include
Start Rite, Roc, New Balance, Red Bootie, Puma, Diadora, Grosby Slippers, Jiffies Ballet Slippers, Bata gumboots, Beeko and quality European Labels.
Our large school shoe range includes Clarks and Roc Boots and we stock black and brown school shoes all year round in genuine full and half sizes with c,d,e,f,g,h width fittings. We are North East Melbourne's school shoe experts and have Melbourne's largest range of brown school shoes. Our staff are fully qualified and experienced shoe fitters. We will measure and check current footwear and advise the correct shoe and the best fitting for growing feet.
Eltham Footwear also stocks quality and comfort brands for ladies and men, including Ziera, Ecco, Rockport, Rieker, Hush Puppies, Florsheim, Julius Marlow, Kubo and Planet.
We specialise in comfortable shoes that are light, flexible and most importantly, fit correctly.
Eltham Footwear also maintains a family fitting history and we offer a free in-store podiatry service.


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In my last post, I wrote about the process I'm going through right now of totally re-writing a story that I first wrote almost nine years ago, and that got me to thinking about a common trap that writers fall into (and I'm as guilty as anyone).
Writers, especially new ones, often have a story, the story, that they want to write but which they hold off on because they feel that they aren't good enough yet to do their story, their perfect, precious story-baby, justice. This is a noble thought, sort of. Except that if you can't write any of your stories now because you're not good enough, there's no way for you to put in the work to get good enough.
I feel like this idea often comes out of some strange belief that once you write your story, that's it: there's nothing left to do. But that isn't true at all. Writing the story down is often just the first step in what can be quite a long process of edits and re-tooling, if not re-writing altogether.
There's nothing to stop you from revisiting a story, even years later. Sometimes you'll write something, and it just won't quite work. Maybe you can't figure out what the problem is, or maybe you know exactly what the problem is and know that you don't have the skill to fix it right then, but that doesn't mean that you won't be able to fix it later.
So if you've got that story that you don't think you can write yet because it needs to be perfect, maybe instead just give it your best shot now. It might not be perfect, but you won't be able to see where it isn't working until you've gotten it down.
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Tips from Tash and Elle of TheyAllHateUs.
This look could make you very happy, confused or you might just hate it (bad memories maybe?), but with the new wave of plaids, skillful layering and faded florals, our favourite designers have returned us to the time of grunge. So, think loud hints of colour, chaos and clashing prints. This slacker style with a decadent twist is a look we love to love.
It's actually really easy to pull together and although you can get it on the cheap by raiding your boyfriend's wardrobe or your local thrift shop, you can also embrace the designer interpretations by going grunge luxe.
It's artfully messy, hobo-meets-hipster chic and, best of all, it's a look you will feel very comfortable in.
If you're not 100 per cent convinced, here are 10 pointers for getting the look:
Tash wears Opening Ceremony cardigan, Paige denim shirt, Bassike T-shirt, Isabel Marant Etoile jeans, Tony Bianco boots and Ray Ban aviators.
1. Tie a denim or checked shirt around your waist.
2. Mix animal prints with monochromatic or dark check prints.
Elle wears Stella McCartney dress, Senso boots, vintage cap and Globe Skateboard.
3. Wear textured knitwear super slouchy and oversized.
4. Try hints of bright "electric" colours.
Tash wears Ganni coat, Paige denim shirt, Rag & Bone black jeans, Céline sunglasses and Nasty Gal ankle boots.
5. Wear dark floral dresses in soft silks or chiffon.
6. Make a beanie your most important accessory.
7. Wear distressed black denim.
8. Go for plaid – try an oversize statement coat.
Elle Wears Isabel Marant Etoile dress, Cameo beanie, Comme de Garcon clutch and Senso boots.
Tash wears Equipment shirt and Helmut Lang pants, Birkenstock sandals and Scanlan & Theodore knit.
Elle wears Iro cardigan, Vans sneakers and Cameo beanie.
9. Wear drop-crutch sweat pants.
10. Go for casual shoes – slip on sandals or skater-inspired styles.
This is a blog by Tash Sefton and Elle Ferguson of TheyAllHateUs.
Photography by Caroline McCredie.
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I truly feel bad that I sat on my hands when I conducted this interview and attempted to leave the promotional work to an intoxicated poker
obsessed lazy partner like, well, our English friend. Sherri deserved better. Hopefully, in time, this section on this website will get her
and this interview the exposure it truly deserves.
This interview truly is amazing. Sherri is so candid. I call her "one of a kind" in my private life wen asked about her character and I think it fits.
She's funny, truthful, but always polite. Just simply a true class act.
-- The show opens with a little Harlem Heat music to remind people of the Sister Sherri days. Just then, James introduces the show reminding the listeners to stay tuned after the Sherri Martel interview for a recap featuring the return of Daniel Edler to discuss Daniel's first show his new promotion IPW UK. James then sets the stage for Sherri to join the show.
-- Randy "Macho Man" Savage leads us in to the Sherri interview with a little Pomp & Circumstance. James then introduces Sherri to the show officially.
-- Sherri is doing okay. She then asks where James is from. James says Arizona. Sherri says she is up in the Tennessee Mountains these days. They then discuss the weather in their respective areas. It's a fun monotonous free change for TII to be so relaxed with a guest.
-- Sherri wasn't really a wrestling fan growing up. She explains it was either going to the wrestling matches or taking her sister roller skating. She didn't like baby-sitting and neither her sister or her were enjoying it so they started going with their mother to the matches.
-- Some of her favorites were Ric Flair, Blackjack Lanza, The Monroes, and several others. Everybody in the Mississippi area was what she grew up watching. Bill Watts ran that territory.
-- When James asks how she decided to get involved in wrestling, Sherri says she thought the interview was to promote her web site. James promises her they would get there. Sherri laughs and answers his question. She remembers thinking, "I can do this." She then goes on to say it was a lot of fun and it still is a lot of fun. She mentions loving the crowd reaction she gets be it positive or negative. She then manages to throw in a quick plug of http://www.SherriMartel.com.
-- James opens the lines for Sherri to plug the site. Sherri, laughing, talks about the site with pleasure. She says it is the first time she opened a web site of her own. Adam York, who runs http://www.mrwrestling.com and also makes her wrestling attire and where she invites everyone to get their attire from, is helping her run the site. She goes on to say how amazing the Internet is for everyone and how it has changed the world.
-- "Lots of blasts from the past," says Sherri when questioned on what her site has on it. She goes on to say they have tons of pictures on there from 1979 through today, pictures of people one might be surprised to find on the site, friends and foes, and a diary where you can keep up with her regularly. Sherri mentions she is nicer in her diary than she would've been because she's older and a little less mean. There also is a store for those looking to get their holiday shopping done with great photos and items for sale. http://www.sherrimartel.com.
-- Fabulous Moolah was a big part of training her. She was there from August 1979 until 1980. She gives her credit for training her for 6 to 8 months. She explains all the different styles she learned and how Japan is different from the States.
-- Larry Zbyszko helped get her in the AWA. He felt she had a little bit of potential and thought she just needed to learn how to do wrestling interviews. She feels wrestling was still a male dominated profession then so getting a chance was important.
-- "Larry was wonderful," said Sherri when James asks how they got along. She says they used to hang out a lot. She credits Larry for helping her with her interviews. She then tells a story about when she and Larry were close, he had just bought a beautiful new car. On the road, they stopped to get a cup of coffee. Well, Sherri was putting sugar in the coffee and Larry took off quickly and Sherri spilled the coffee all over his brand new car. "Oh, he was so mad at me!"
-- Sherri then goes on to say Cathy Gagne always loved Larry and one night she put a "lip lock on him like you would not believe." She says it must have been true love because Larry and Cathy are still married after all these years.
-- Sherri briefly explains her history in how she got to be Buddy Rose and Doug Sommers' manager. She then goes in to saying how she used to have a 2 and a half minute interview scheduled and she'd go for 2 minutes and forget what she was to say at the end. Sherri then does an impression of Doug saying, "Sherri, can't you get your interviews right? We're going to be here all day long!" She also mentions the "Sherri Martel Blow Away Diet" when talking about Buddy Rose. She mentions how she just saw Buddy in New Jersey recently and how great it was. She regrets not having a chance to talk with him more that night.
-- Sherri explains how the boys, Buddy and Doug included, were like her big brothers and kept her out of trouble though she admits to doing some stupid things most people in their 20's and 30's do. She explains how words cannot explain how much people who see you at your worst as well as your best end up meaning to you.
-- Sherri then goes on to talk about the Midnight Rockers -- Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty. She mentions when the marquee reads, "Buddy Rose & Doug Sommers with Sherri Martel VS The Midnight Rockers," everybody involved had to be there. She explains the fans paid to see all 5 involved and without a piece of the puzzle, something was missing. But, when talking about everybody involved in that marquee, Sherri says, "My life is much better having known them."
-- "Money." That is Sherri's answer to why she left the AWA to go to the WWF. She explains how Vince, in the wake of his father's passing, was thinking about tomorrow for the wrestling business and was changing the game by having people like Cindy Lauper involved. She wanted to be there and whatever went on with Wendy Richter, which she doesn't get into, opened the door for her to come in.
-- "It didn't matter to me one way or the other as long as I had a job," was Sherri's response to if she wanted to be a manager or still wrestle at that point.
-- Sherri feels she came in with a lot to offer. She felt she had the total package and just needed someone to mold her. She credits Vince McMahon for being the one who molded her. She then goes on to say how Vince always gave her the leeway to do what she wanted with the character which was great for her because it was her doing what he wanted but in a way that was still her own.
-- Sherri says she liked Randy Savage a lot. She mentions that both Randy and Elizabeth were scorpios and both very intense and jealous of one another yet still very much in love with each other.
-- "She should be here. She's another one of those people that made my life better by being a part of it," said Sherri about the passing of Elizabeth. She goes on to say she still has a locket Randy and Elizabeth gave her the night their program ended -- Wrestlemania VII.
-- Still on Elizabeth, Sherri mentions having to sneak her through airports and such to keep people from her. She says above all else, she knows she was her friend. "I miss her. I miss her so very much."
-- When asked if she thinks Lex Luger was involved, Sherri says she doesn't know. "He knows, she knows, God knows."
-- "Ted was exceptional," says Sherri about Ted DiBiase. "He was a gentleman through and through."
--Sherri enjoyed working with Shawn Michaels. She feels he is the total package. She goes on to talk about some of the things he and Marty used to do that annoyed everyone like pull the hotel fire alarm and make everyone evacuate at 4 in the morning. She chalks that behavior as being a part of growing up.
-- She mentions how fortunate was to work with those who would let her get her spots on.
-- Sherri loved her time in ECW. She feels ECW was more lenient with what they would let the women do and she liked that. She says Terry Funk can slap her around anytime and Paul Heyman has a great wrestling mind.
-- The show then breaks to a commercial informing you of the archives where you can hear interviews with Ric Flair, Marty Jannetty, Randy Savage, Bruno Sammartino, Ted DiBiase, Rob Van Dam, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Madusa, Missy Hyatt, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Francine, Sting, and countless other top level wrestling superstars right now for free. All at http://www.theinteractiveinterview.com.
-- "There's no comparison Once you worked for Vince, there's no comparison working for somebody else," says Sherri comparing the WWF and WCW. She thinks WCW did the best they could with what they had but doesn't know what they were thinking at times.
-- Sherri considered it an honor to work with Ric Flair. She considers him a friend and says she learned a lot from him.
-- "My two big brothers," said Sherri about Harlem Heat. She is still friends with Stevie Ray and Booker T. She goes on to tell the story behind her being their valet. When she went to WCW, Kevin Sullivan wanted her to be the manager of Ron Simmons. But, this was the time of Nicole Brown and OJ Simpson so they thought that might be pushing it a little. So, after Flair, "instead of putting me with one big old black guy they put me with two big old black guys!"
-- Sherri said it was great working with them because nobody ever messed with her or even said anything about her. They were like her big brothers protecting her.
-- When asked why she left WCW in 1997, she says "I got fired." James asks if it was something she had done and she says it was and says, "I pissed Eric Bischoff off and he pissed me off and that was just it."
-- "That's another one of those golden pretty boys that gets an idea in his head that he wants to be a wrestling promoter and thinks he is God's gift to Vince McMahon," says Sherri about the owner of the now failed South Eastern Championship Wrestling.
-- The show then roll into some word associations. In most cases, I don't transcribe any word associations but I'll make an exception in this case for a few names that received first class answers.
-- Missy Hyatt: She really wants to read Missy Hyatt's book. She can't find it anywhere. Anybody want to give it to Sherri as a gift?
-- Shane Douglas: When she worked with Shane in ECW, she used to always picture herself on the operating table and having "Dr. Martin" walk in wearing wrestling boots, tights, and getting ready to operate. She then tells a story about Shane at a buffet they went to where when Sherri went to go fill her plate, Shane put spaghetti sauce on her seat to embarrass her. "I got him back a couple times, though!"
-- Marty Jannetty: He and Shawn did a lot of mischievous things of late. She says she is happy she can pick up the telephone and call guys like him.
-- Curt Hennig: She remembers him from when Buddy and Doug the AWA tag titles. Back then, she remembers Curt Hennig and Scott Hall pulling a major rib by hiding Nick Bockwinkel's AWA championship belt in the snow making him the champion without a belt. The belt was found in the Spring time when the snow melted right where they had left it. "The world was a nicer place with him in it."
-- Road Warrior Hawk: "Oh God. They have a hell of a card up there, you know?" Sherri remembers a tape they made as a part of South Eastern Championship Wrestling where Hawk went around and was making fun of people in the wrestling business. James mentions having this video as well and how Larry Zbyszko said something about Hawk surprised Hawk was alive. Sherri replies quickly by saying he is still alive as long as we keep him in our hearts. The video we are speaking of is available on http://www.smartmarkvideo.com as well as a fantastic even longer shoot style interview with Sherri available there as well.
-- Plus word associations such as Candi Divine, Eric Bischoff, and Vince McMahon. Want to know what she said? You'll just have to listen!
-- Jake "The Snake" Roberts brings James back as he is joined by Daniel Edler for the first time. Daniel discusses his experiences running IPW UK located at http://www.ipwuk.com and gives us a taste of the card. Coincidentally, both Daniel and James have a photograph a piece up on the "Hosts" section of the official TII website -- See the handsome faces behind the sexy voices!
-- After the IPW UK talk, Daniel and James then run down the upcoming No Mercy pay per view giving their predictions. They then talk about the horrible blue ropes of WCW in 2000 and explain James self destruction over the past day or so in a fun segment. The show wraps up with "No Mercy" by LA Guns off their self titled record.
-- A special TII thank you to Sherri for this interview and an invitation to all TII fans to check out http://www.sherrimartel.com for all things Sherri related as well as an invitation to check out http://www.mrwrestling.com for all your wrestling attire needs!


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So remember my To Do List? I actually did something from it! Again! I'm on a roll here or something.
Actually… I didn't exactly do the sewing kit idea from a mason jar, but I did do a sewing kit!
I have several sewing kits. I
have had two in my bag just for in case, as well as a larger one for bigger work, needle and thread special for bead-work, and various bits and pieces hanging around.
The two in my bag go through a lot. Over the last three years, they've gotten all cracked to hell. When it was pointed out to me that the mason jar idea probably won't travel too well, I decided to modify my idea and make a replacement for my cracked plastic travel kits. Because fabric
doesn't shouldn't crack. (if you have heard of an instance of fabric cracking, please let me know)
It's all disorganized! Oh no!
… not anymore!
I started with your basic zippered bag. I used denim and cotton fabric. I like the pretty orange color.
It's about as tall as the old kits, and three times as long. (I have a pocket it fits really nicely in, and didn't want to give up the shape)
I then inserted some extra denim pieces, about 2/3 of the length of the piece, to give the pins and needles something to cling to.
I ran it through the sewing machine a couple times to keep it in, and created a small pocket for the two little pairs of scissors (not that I don't also carry a better pair) and the needle threaders.
I added some straps to run my old bobbins of thread through, and picked out some buttons to safety pin to the bottom of the straps.
Ah safety pins… They're doubly useful for keeping the kit together, and for use if I need them. I have quite a few of them just "loose" in the kit, but I've also got them securing the straps and buttons.
You can see where the needles (threaded and not) go, and the pins. I've got both straight pins and safety pins, and I figure it should do for an "in a pinch" sewing kit.
And the best part is I've got a big safety pin to secure the whole thing closed!
Really, I'm quite pleased with the results. No buttons or elastic to break, just replaceable safety pins, and fabric!
What do you think?
UPDATE: As part of my revamp project, I actually completed the original mason jar sewing kit project from the list. Check it out!


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OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has signed a letter with 50 other attorneys general from across the United States and Puerto Rico, asking for federal legislation to allow money from prescription drug settlements to return to the states.
The letter, addressed from the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Sen. Orrin Hatch and Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, asks for money recovered from pharmaceutical fraud settlements involving the prescription drug benefit known as Medicare Part D be returned to the states.
The NAAG estimates that over the last decade, the federal government has recovered tens of millions of dollars in fraud and over payment from cases involving Medicare Part D drugs. As part of the federal law, the states were required to pay a portion of the costs of prescription medicines but were not included in recovery settlement of false claims.
Attorney General Hunter said change in legislation is needed to ensure a fair partnership with the federal government.
"When Medicare Part D went into effect in 2006, the law did not include a reimbursement for the states after fraud charges had been settled," Hunter said. "My colleagues throughout the United States and I encourage Congress to make the necessary changes to return a portion of this money to the states, which will enable us to put that money to use protecting more citizens."
According to the NAAG, over the past decade states have contributed approximately $80 billion in payments to the federal government for prescription drugs covered by the Medicare Part D program. In 2017, payments from states are expected to rise to over $11 billion.
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In the world of bicycling, the on set of wireless technology has make the bicycle power meter a more commonly available and less cumbersome device. Many cyclists are attaching these devices to their bicycles to gauge their performance in the field. Still, many cyclists of all levels are wondering what is the best bike power meter. The answer is a matter of research and some shopping around, but to get what is best for your bicycling adventures, it will take some foresight and planning to get it done exactly the way you need it.
The best bike power meter is of course entirely dependent on what you need out of a bike power meter. If you are only a hobbyist or looking to improve your health a bit more, you likely don't need a top of the line advanced bike power meter, as these power meters can cost quite a bit and can be damaged or lost just parking a bicycle in the wrong part of town. For most hobbyists who simply want to gauge their victories, large and small alike, one does not need the most advanced power meter for a bike they can get unless they are fortunate enough to not be hurting for money in these trying economic times. There are a number of uncomplicated power meters for cycling out there, most of which consist of a simple digital read out, sometimes capable of being connected to a wireless device.
On the other hand, if one is desperately out of shape to the point of being a health risk or is intending to become a serious bicycle racing competitor, amateur or otherwise, one should likely get a more precise, advanced bike meters intended to measure shifts both up and down with a great deal more accuracy than a power meter for bicycles found in a typical neighborhood cycling shop. You can read more at www.powermetercity.com. These power meters are far more useful for measuring performance into the slight degrees in which the most high end competitors measure themselves in, making them important for would be contenders in the field of bike racing. If one is not in a place to become a serious contender though, a less accurate meter will likely suffice.
Other questions to contemplate about your bike and the power meter other than simply its accuracy is its connectivity. Most of these devices run on wireless devices and while this technology is getting cheaper and more widely available, older wired models are still available. Additionally, even wireless devices do not connect to the same wireless devices and knowing which of your wireless devices connect to your bicycle power meter can be important.
Some lower end models connect to very specific devices or through very specific programs, oftentimes put out by the meter's manufacturers. For more detailed information on technology products and reviews, visit Best In Tech. These programs do have a tendency to be difficult to work with. Conversely, higher end products tend to work fairly easily with a number of other popular programs and devices, such as Android and iPhone smart phones, enabling one to examine their power statistics from their phone, as well as easily compare previous performances to more recent ones.


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Few stars could boast a track record of turning in solid performances ranging from understated intensity to completely unhinged with such consistency as actor Sam Neill. Beginning with his work as a member of the New Zealand National Film Unit, Neill began to make a name for himself in his homeland with small films like "Sleeping Dogs" (1977). After moving to Australia for various film and television work, he received international exposure with the third entry in the popular "Omen" horror series as Damian Thorn in "The Final Conflict" (1981). From there it was on to a nearly uninterrupted run of impressive performances alongside some of film's biggest stars in projects such as the underrated "Dead Calm" (1989), co-starring Nicole Kidman, and the Academy Award-winning "The Piano" (1993), featuring Harvey Keitel and Holly Hunter. Neill then headlined one of the biggest blockbuster films of all time as the levelheaded Dr. Alan Grant in Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" (1993). Almost effortlessly, he would continue to move from genres ranging from horror (1995's "In the Mouth of Madness"), to comedy (2000's "The Dish"), to historical drama (the 2007 season of Showtime's "The Tudors"), and back again...
Few stars could boast a track record of turning in solid performances ranging from understated intensity to completely unhinged with such consistency as actor Sam Neill. Beginning with his work as a member of the New Zealand National Film Unit, Neill began to make a name for himself in his homeland with small films like "Sleeping Dogs" (1977). After moving to Australia for various film and television work, he received international exposure with the third entry in the popular "Omen" horror series as Damian Thorn in "The Final Conflict" (1981). From there it was on to a nearly uninterrupted run of impressive performances alongside some of film's biggest stars in projects such as the underrated "Dead Calm" (1989), co-starring Nicole Kidman, and the Academy Award-winning "The Piano" (1993), featuring Harvey Keitel and Holly Hunter. Neill then headlined one of the biggest blockbuster films of all time as the levelheaded Dr. Alan Grant in Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" (1993). Almost effortlessly, he would continue to move from genres ranging from horror (1995's "In the Mouth of Madness"), to comedy (2000's "The Dish"), to historical drama (the 2007 season of Showtime's "The Tudors"), and back again with apparent ease. Over the years, the once supposedly camera shy Neill had steadily become one of the most welcome international presences on screen - be it film or television - of his generation.
Born Nigel John Dermot Neill on Sept. 14, 1947 in Omagh, Ireland (County Tyrone in British-occupied Northern Ireland), "Sam" moved with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand when he was three. After attending boarding school at Christ's College in Christchurch, Neill studied English literature at the University of Canterbury. Emerging from university, he became a member of the New Zealand National Film Unit and began directing documentaries, making only occasional forays in front of the camera - at the time he was crippled by stage fright - in fringe productions and short films. Finally, after six years with the film unit, Neill took to acting with a passion, landing the lead role in Roger Donaldson's "Sleeping Dogs" (1977), New Zealand's first feature to receive a theatrical release in the United States. Soon after, the actor relocated to Australia where he first gained acclaim for his performance as a turn-of-the-century rancher in Gillian Armstrong's "My Brilliant Career" (1979), opposite Judy Davis as a headstrong young girl determined to maintain her independence. Neill's performance made an impact, in particular on film icon James Mason, who contacted Neill and encouraged him to come to London and take on an agent. Neill took the venerable actor's advice, and as a consequence won the lead in "The Final Conflict" (1981), the third entry in the "Omen" franchise. Neill's portrayal of the adult anti-Christ marked his U.S. debut, and while the film was the least successful of the series, it undeniably gained him international recognition. In another, even darker tale of terror, Neill played the suspicious husband of Isabelle Anjani in Andrzej Zulawski's cult psychological horror film, "Possession" (1981). Back in Australia, Neill next worked alongside future megastar Mel Gibson in "Attack Force Z" (1982), a World War II action adventure also starring B-movie veteran John Philip Law.
For much of the 1980s, Neill added to his steadily growing résumé with a mixture of feature films and television projects. In the U.S., he took part in an adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's medieval classic "Ivanhoe" (CBS, 1982), co-starring friend and mentor James Mason. Across the pond, Neill turned in a highly regarded performance as Sydney Reilly, Britain's first super-spy, in the fact-based, 12-part series "Reilly: Ace of Spies" (PBS, 1984). The following year, Neill was cast alongside rising star Meryl Streep for the first time, in the post-WWII romantic drama "Plenty" (1985) - one of Streep's few early missteps. Back in the States, Neill made more television appearances with a pair of miniseries among them; first, chewing the scenery with Peter Strauss in a tale of rivalry and greed, "Kane & Abel" (CBS, 1985), and later in the dismal "Amerika" (ABC, 1987), a cautionary tale about a Soviet takeover of the United States. Reunited with Streep in the gripping "A Cry in the Dark" (1988), Neill played the husband of a woman (Streep) who claimed that her child had been attacked by a wild animal, only to later be accused of the death herself. In the tear-jerking "Leap of Faith" (CBS, 1988), Neill played the husband of Anne Archer, a woman diagnosed with cancer who begins looking for answers not provided by modern medicine. Continuing with his string of stalwart husband roles, Neill delivered an understated, yet intense performance in the nautical thriller "Dead Calm" (1989). Based on the novel by pulp writer Charles Williams, "Dead Calm" starred the then barely known Nicole Kidman as Neill's resourceful wife, a woman who finds herself kidnapped by an insane murderer, who then commandeers their boat, leaving Neill to die, trapped on a sinking vessel. As the crazed Hughie, Billy Zane's over-the-top portrayal may have stolen the scenes he appeared in, but it was Neill who the audience rooted for every step of the way.
Neill began the next decade with a supporting role in his first truly big budget U.S. feature, "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin. Adapted from the Tom Clancy military thriller, the film was a blockbuster hit and upped his profile substantially. After contributing to Wim Wenders' muddled, near-future science fiction road movie "Until the End of the World" (1991), Neill did time on director John Carpenter's utterly forgettable "Memoirs of an Invisible Man" (1992). During this busy time, Neill managed another stint on the small screen with "Family Pictures" (ABC, 1993), a family drama co-starring Angelica Huston. Allowing him to film again in New Zealand for the first time in 14 years was the spellbinding romantic drama "The Piano" (1993), in which Neill played a decidedly unsupportive husband this time around. Co-starring Harvey Keitel and directed by Jane Campion, "The Piano" was a favorite with critics, earning Oscars for both young actress Anna Paquin and its star, Holly Hunter, as a mute woman sent to 19th Century New Zealand with her daughter, due to an arranged marriage. Neill's profile was on the rise, but it was in the role of a skeptical paleontologist trapped on an island with blood-thirsty, bio-engineered dinosaurs that he entered the pop-culture zeitgeist in a big way. Adapted from the best-selling novel by Michael Crichton, "Jurassic Park" (1993) marked Steven Spielberg's rip-roaring return to the action adventure genre he had mastered in the 1980s with the Indiana Jones films. Neill was perfectly cast as the work-obsessed man of science who suddenly finds himself the protector of two very frightened children. Just as with "Dead Calm," he provided a sense of measured rationality in an otherwise frighteningly chaotic narrative. The attention that followed the massive success of "Jurassic Park" resulted in Neill landing one role which proved he had truly arrived - a voice cameo on "The Simpsons" (Fox, 1989- ) in 1994.
Going against type, Neill next played a wild bohemian artist in the Australian-made "Sirens" (1994), co-starring Hugh Grant doing his usual flustered best as a sexually repressed minister, and supermodel Elle MacPherson as one of Neill's playful muses. Reteaming with horror-meister John Carpenter, Neill played an insurance investigator sent to look into the disappearance of the popular Stephen King-esque horror writer Sutter Kane (Jürgen Prochnow) in "In the Mouth of Madness" (1995). Although not a box office triumph, it marked a return to horror form for Carpenter, and provided Neill with another chance to illustrate his impressive range as an actor. That same year, Neill turned in an over-the-top performance as the rogue King Charles II, the benefactor - and later, bête noir - of Robert Downey Jr., in "Restoration" (1995). Neill returned to documentary filmmaking with "Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill" (1995), commissioned by the British Film Institute as part of its "The Century of Cinema" series. He reunited with Judy Davis in the Australian black comedy "Children of the Revolution" (1996), and made another entry into horror as a possessed space scientist in the visually stunning, but surprisingly tedious, "Event Horizon" (1997). Neill then delivered an all-out performance as the title character of "Merlin" (NBC, 1998), a $30 million special effects-laden miniseries, for which he earned critical kudos and an Emmy nomination. The actor also turned in a solid, albeit thankless, performance as Kristin Scott Thomas' understanding husband in "The Horse Whisperer" (1998), starring and directed by Robert Redford.
Neill continued to undertake challenging roles in a wide variety of projects. He was well cast as the wealthy man who brings home a robot to aid around the house in the Robin Williams futuristic dramedy, "Bicentennial Man" (1999). Neill also earned critical praise for a pair of Australian-produced films - "My Mother Frank" (1999), in which he essayed a chauvinistic, conservative college professor who butts heads with a fifty-something co-ed (Sinead Cusack), and "The Dish" (2000), as the cardigan-wearing scientist in charge of the telescope that was to relay signals of the American moon landing in 1969. And although he skipped the second installment of the juggernaut franchise, Neill revisited his role as paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant in "Jurassic Park III" (2001). Neill continued to keep busy with a variety of low-profile Aussie and European productions, playing Victor Komarovsky in the English miniseries adaptation of "Dr. Zhivago" (PBS, 2003) opposite Hans Matheson and Keira Knightley. However, Neill continued to resurface in Hollywood productions, like the romantic comedy "Wimbledon" (2004), in which he played tennis ace Kirsten Dunst's ambitious, overly protective father. In British filmmaker Sally Potter's sexually and politically charged romantic drama "Yes" (2005), Neill played the English politician husband of Joan Allen's character, who enters into an affair with a Lebanese exile. A daring and provocative endeavor, its use of iambic pentameter alienated audiences. Continually attracted to Australian features, Neill gave a standout performance as the heavy in "Little Fish" (2005), playing a bisexual crime lord putting the screws to a former heroin addict (Cate Blanchett). Neill put the wizards cap back on for "Merlin's Apprentice" (Hallmark Channel, 2006), in addition to playing the rugged and freethinking Mr. Pettiman in "To the Ends of the Earth" (PBS, 2006), a "Masterpiece Theater" miniseries about the doomed voyage of a British warship traveling from England to Australia.
Always convincing in period pieces, Neill stole the show as the scheming Cardinal Wolsey, top advisor to King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), in the first season of "The Tudors" (Showtime, 2007-2010), a lavish historical melodrama depicting the conflicted monarch prior to his split from the Catholic Church. The veteran film actor then took a chance as a recurring cast member on a pair of network television series. "Crusoe" (NBC, 2008-09) revisited Daniel Defoe's classic shipwreck tale, and "Happy Town" (ABC, 2009-2010) was a mystery series that aspired to be "Twin Peaks" as channeled through Stephen King. Tellingly, both series were canceled almost as soon as they premiered. Neill was soon back in theaters playing a cold-blooded bureaucrat in the apocalyptic sci-fi horror effort, "Daybreakers" (2010), depicting a future in which humans are raised as cattle to feed the ruling vampire class. Neill followed up by voicing the role of Allomere in director Zack Snyder's animated fantasy adventure, "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" (2010).
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Awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1991, he has stated, "The only award I have ever been thrilled to receive was the OBE ... given to me four days before my father died of cancer. It made him proud of me and I'm pleased he knew about it."
His great-great grandfather aided in burning down the White House during the War of 1812.
"I am deeply into pop culture, especially pop music. I think Dion's 'The Wanderer', for me the great 60s rock and roll song, will probably endure much longer than most of the stuff we actors do. Pop music is like the sense of smell--the most potent trigger for memories. Anyway, I was at one of these Oscar parties and I was so excited to meet Mick Jagger, I blurted out, 'Mick, I've always wanted to meet you. I saw you at such-and-so in 1964 ... ,' and immediately his expression completely changed and he snapped, 'Great,' or something like that. I went and buried my head in my hands. How could I be so inane?" --Sam Neill, in Movieline, December 1997/January 1998.
"The one thing I find sad when I come to Los Angeles, though, is realizing that the world is populated by millions of people who want to be actors and never will be. It's unbearably sad to live your life and not be able to do what you really want. And it's a particularly American thing, I think, to advise people to follow their dreams. You ought to be careful advising such things, because people have all kinds of entirely unrealistic dreams. As a result, so many people here think of themselves as losers, which is the worst thing you can be called in America. If you divide society into winners and losers, 98 percent of the people will feel like losers. That attitude is particualrly prevalent among athletes ... I dread the Olympics coming to Sydney. I can't bear the thought of all these people coming and having medals stuck on them, while the others are sent back to obscurity." --Neill in Movieline, December 1997/January 1998.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan predicts that the unemployment rate will push past 10 percent and stay at that level for a while.
"Pretty awful" is how Greenspan describes Friday's report that the unemployment rate has risen to 9.8 percent.
He says the growing number of Americans who have been out of work six months or longer is of particular concern because jobless workers lose skills over such a long period.
Greenspan says he would advise President Barack Obama to focus on
getting the economy going, but not to go too far. He says a second
economic stimulus is not called for because less than half of the
current stimulus is in effect and because the nature of the recovery is
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Greenspan spoke Sunday on ABC's "This Week."
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Here's another green smoothie recipe to add to your repertoire! The sweet base of this refreshing blend is pineapple. If you have a powerful blender, make sure to use the pineapple core. The core contains more bromelain than the outer flesh. Though tough to chew, blending it up in a smoothie is a great way to add this digestion enhancing, anti-inflammatory enzyme to your diet. Another powerful addition to this smoothie is cilantro, known to assist in the removal of toxic heavy metals from the body. Together, with a splash of lime, you'll be recharged and ready for your day!
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InfraStrata plc is providing an update on its activities on Petroleum Licence PL1/10 in Northern Ireland.
All the regulatory approvals and other permits, including the site lease, are now in place for drilling the Woodburn Forest-1 well this coming winter. The timing for the drilling is dependent upon securing a drilling slot for the rig and completing the funding.
With regard to funding, it is disappointing to report that Larne Oil and Gas Limited, who exercised an option to acquire an interest in the project in September 2014, have run into funding difficulties and will no longer be participating in the project. The licence interest for InfraStrata will therefore revert to the pre-farmout 45% level with a 15% working interest carried by existing partners Terrain Energy Limited and Brigantes Energy Limited. InfraStrata also holds a 50% beneficial interest in adjacent offshore licence P2123.
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Yoenis Céspedes looks to be the 1st back-to-back-winner since Ken Griffey Jr. in 1998 and 1999.The 2014 Gillette Home Run Derby gets going at 8 p.m. ET from Target Field in Minnesota (ESPN and WatchESPN).
The competition features some new rules this season.
Five players from each league bat in the opening round, with seven outs instead of 10. The player who hits the most home runs from each league gets a bye to the third round. The two players with the next-most home runs go head-to-head in the second round. The head-to-head winners will face their league's top seed in the third round, with the winners from each league going against each other in the final round.
Here's a look at the numbers for each of the 10 participants.
Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays
Bautista will captain the American League team. The last four Home Run Derby champs have been from the American League. The last NL winner was Prince Fielder in 2009. Bautista was the runner up to Fielder in 2012 when Fielder was a member of the Detroit Tigers.
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At Target Field (Min. 50 PA)
Bautista is a huge fan of Target Field. He has a .966 slugging percentage and 11 home runs in 59 at-bats there.
A player's home run park percentage is the percentage of stadiums at which a home run would have gone over the fence under calm conditions (70 degrees Fahrenheit, no wind). Of the 31 players to hit at least 15 home runs in the first half, Bautista has the highest home run park percentage, 94.7 percent (meaning on average, his home runs would have been out of 30 of the 32 parks).
Yoenis Céspedes, Oakland Athletics
Céspedes, the defending champion, is looking to become the first back-to-back winner since Ken Griffey Jr. won in 1998 and 1999.
Céspedes hit a total of 32 home runs in last year's Home Run Derby, which was eight more than any other contestant.
Last 5 HR Derby Winners
Target Field has a shorter power-alley in left center field than last year's host park, Citi Field (377 feet versus 385 feet), though it does have a slightly longer distance to the foul pole (339 feet versus 335 feet). Twenty-six of Cespedes' 32 home runs in last year's Home Run Derby were hit to the left of center field.
Cespedes has not shown the power he showed in 2013. Last season, he averaged 403 feet per home run. This season, he's averaging 383.5 feet per homer.
Josh Donaldson, Oakland Athletics
Donaldson has 20 home runs this season, with 15 coming on the inner half of the plate, or off the inside corner.
Donaldson would be expected to pull the ball on Monday night, but he has very good opposite-field power. His seven home runs to the opposite field are one shy of Nelson Cruz for the major-league lead.
Dozier will be trying to join Ryne Sandberg as the only players to win the Home Run Derby in their home ballpark. Sandberg did so in the early days of the event, in 1990.
Dozier's home runs have a distinct characteristic. He likes to hit them on pitches up at his shoulders and above. His six home runs on pitches above the top of the strike zone are twice as many as anyone else in the majors.
In contrast to Dozier, Jones likes the ball low. Eleven of his 16 home runs (69 percent)have come against pitches in the lower-third of the strike zone or below. The only player in the majors with more such home runs is Mike Trout with 16.
Jones is trying to become the first Orioles player to win the Home Run Derby since Miguel Tejada in 2004.
Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies
Tulowitzki finished tied for the NL lead with 21 home runs in the first half, with 14 of them coming at Coors Field.
He's trying to become the first Rockies player to win the Home Run Derby.
Frazier has already matched his career high for home runs in a season with his 19 at the All-Star Break. Though he'll likely take aim for left field at Target Field, he might poke a few out to the deepest parts of the park. Frazier has seven home runs to straightaway center field this season. Only Carlos Gomez (eight) has more.
Justin Morneau, Colorado Rockies
Morneau is the only left-handed hitter in this year's Home Run Derby.
Seven of the past nine and 14 of the past 18 Home Run Derby winners have been left-handed hitters. The only right-handed hitter to win in the last six Derby's is last year's winner, Yoenis Céspedes of the Oakland Athletics.
Morneau is very familiar with Target Field from his time with the Minnesota Twins. His 20 home runs there are second-most by a left-handed hitter, trailing Jim Thome's 24.
Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers
Puig hit 12 home runs in the first half, but he hit them pretty far, averaging 417.3 feet per home run (fourth-best in the majors).
Puig's shortest home run of the first half was 390 feet, making him one of two players to hit 10 home runs and have all of them calculated at 390 feet or more (Jay Bruce is the other).
Giancarlo Stanton, Miami Marlins
Stanton averaged 423.8 feet per home run in the first half, the best of anyone in baseball with at least 10 home runs.
Longest Avg HR Distance- 2014 Season
He also led in average speed off bat (109.5 miles per hour), 425-foot home runs (nine) and 450-foot home runs (five).
Stanton's 484-foot home run on April 4 is the second-longest home run of the year (Mike Trout, 489 feet on June 27 is the longest).


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Stress can be caused by many factors. The situations that cause stress are known as stressors. Stressors may appear in the form of negative impulses that prompt the body to react in a certain negative manner. A hectic work schedule or a bad relationship can be identified as stressors. They levy a very high demand on the body and hamper the physical, psychological and emotional well being of an individual. Interestingly, stress varies according to an individual's perception of the causes. What may be stressful for one person may not be stressful for another. While external factors are usually attributed to be the major cause of stress, we must be mindful in remembering that stress can be self generated too. Let us discuss the causes of stress in more details.
Stress caused due to external factors
- Lifestyle changes: frequent relocation, ineffective time management, unhealthy eating habits and lack of sleep and exercise are some of the common lifestyle problems that may cause stress.
- Work: increased pressure and responsibility at work, clinching deadlines, finicky clients, high performance demands from top management, frequent travel, unhealthy interpersonal relationships with colleagues or clients and discouraging atmosphere can cause stress at work.
- Difficult relationships: rocky relationships have been known to be the biggest cause of emotional and psychological stress and if not dealt with effectively, it can affect behavior of a person and lead to chronic illnesses such as depression.
- Financial problems: financial difficulties can cause a lot of stress especially when you are unemployed, need to pay bills, make mortgage payments or support a family.
- Hectic schedule: being on your toes round the clock can cause a lot of physical stress and exertion. Lack of rest or sleep due to a busy schedule that leaves you with no time to relax can result to stress.
- Family and children: taking care of family, children and domestic responsibilities can be stressful. Taking care of children - their demanding needs, schooling, hobbies and extra circular activities may become stressful for parents. Taking care of an ill spouse or family member simultaneously with other work can also become a source of physical and mental stress.
Stress caused due to internal factors
- Unrealistic expectations: setting idealistic goals for oneself that cannot be met or expecting others to behave or react in a particular manner may trigger stress.
- Perfectionism: having high expectations and trying to excel at everything can exert the body and mind immensely and cause stress. The inability to achieve self-set goals may cause a sense of failure which can become a contributing factor of stress.
- Lack of assertiveness: a negative attitude, negative self talk, uncertainty in attitude and behavior can trigger stress.
- Pessimism: negative thoughts about oneself, low self esteem, lack of confidence and fear of failure can cause emotional and psychological stress.


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I have some recommendations for children's books that promote the Gospel in a unique and effective way. My two year old son does not regularly go for the many Bibley books we have around. I usually have to pick them out for him; his favorites these days are the Seuss books and the Fly Guy books. So these recommendations are more from me and not from his three-year-old mind.
My Big Book of Bible Stories, by Phil A. Smouse – Got this one from Truth for Life. Try to find the audio online of Alistair Begg reading the Ruth story. The book contains 17 stories from both the Old and New Testament. They are rhymed to the tune or style of Dr. Seuss. We would read them at dinner times with our two little boys.
The Jesus Storybook Bible, by Sally Lloyd Jones – I have this one on my e-reader. The way she works Jesus into all of the familiar stories is great. Our fave story is the one about the little girl that Jesus raises from the dead. Sally clearly shows the kindness and compassion of Jesus. She also fits in a reference to Lord of the Rings, by stating that Jesus is in the business of making the sad things come untrue. Amen!
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Just a side note… Be sure to have a hymnal or other songbook in your home in order to sing some songs together as a family. My son is so excited to pick songs from the hymnal and then end with Luther's "Mighty Fortress" as he affectionately calls it. He has all the first verse memorized. The fun part for me is trying to sight read some obscure hymn that I've never heard before, just because my son picked it. All the while my wife sits nearby and laughs.


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1956 Royal Albert Bone China in Moss Rose Pattern
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Teen Stars Photo Album
This is an old magazine, and I'm afraid it has lost it's cover over time. A couple of pages have been removed, no doubt to be posted in a locker or taped up onto some young teenager's bedroom walls. But there are still plenty of photographs to moon over. Each teen icon takes up a whole page all to themselves. Most are in black and white, but several are in color. There is one page of wallet sized photos to clip and carry in your wallet.
This collection of posters includes: Robby Benson, Kin ShrinerJimmy McNichol, SteveGuttenberg and Bruce Jenner, Peter Barton, Jimmy Baio, Pam Dawber, Robin Williams, Cheryl Tiegs, Rosanna Arquette, Missy Gold, Charlie's Angels, Matt Dillon, Kristy McNichol, John Schnieder, Tom Wopat, Stephen Clark, Greg Harrison, Grant Wilson, Janet louise Johnson, Denise Miller, Gil Gerard, Rick Anderson, Charlene Tilton, Catherine Bach, Jeff Conaway, Tony Danza, Shaun Cassidy, Benji, John Travolta, Andy Gibb, Scott Baio, The Bee Gees, Tim Van Patten, Brooke Shields, Olivia Newton John, Chuck Billings, The Pennys, and The Popsicles.
I'm asking $25.00 for it because it has a lot of people who are currently in the limelight featured in this magazine: Caitlyn Jenner when she was known as Bruce, Robin Williams, Matt Dillon, and John Travolta, to name a few. See photos below.
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1979 DC Comics
Superman - The Movie
This magazine has been leafed through often by some young hand, and has a lot of dog-eared pages, and several of them are loose. The pages have yellowed with age, but they are all present and accounted for, including the Centerfold of a flying Superman. It has articles discussing the stars, costumes, set designs, and special effects. It's mostly black and white, but there are a lot of color pages as well. There is an article on Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York, Production Designer John Barry, Costume Designer Yvonne Blake, and Composer John Williams.
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Student Right to Know Rates
In compliance with the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-542), it is the policy of our college district to make available its completion and transfer rates to all current and prospective students. The rates for the Fall 2010 Cohort are:
Completion Rate: 31.32%
Transfer Rate: 27.47%
Beginning in Fall 2010, a cohort of all certificate-, degree-, and transfer-seeking first-time, full-time students were tracked over a six year period. Their completion and transfer rates are listed above. These rates do not represent the success rates of the entire student population at the College nor do they account for student outcomes occurring after this six year tracking period.
Based upon the cohort defined above, a Completer is a student who attained a certificate or degree or became 'transfer prepared' during a six year period, from Fall 2010 to Spring 2016. Students who have completed 60 transferable units with a GPA of 2.0 or better are considered 'transfer prepared.' Students who transferred to another post-secondary institution, prior to attaining a degree, certificate, or becoming 'transfer prepared' during an eleven semester period, from Spring 2011 to Spring 2016, are transfer students.


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PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Putnam County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit has two new pure-bred German shepherds along with two new vehicles, thanks to a donation from a Patterson family, said Putnam County Sheriff Don Smith.
Joseph Stilwell and Monika Stilwell also paid to have the dogs—a male named "Lex" and a male named "Kato"—flown from Holland to the U.S., along with an obedience trainer, said Capt. William McNamara.
The Stilwells' donation also included monies used for the training of the dogs and their handlers in narcotics detection, tracking and patrol.
Lex is assigned to Deputy Sheriff Vincent Dalo, and Kato's partner is Deputy Sheriff Christopher Irwin.
Deputy Dalo and Lex attended the New York State Police K-9 Academy in Cooperstown, and Deputy Irwin and Kato attended the Orange County K-9 Academy, with the cost of their training covered by the donation.
In addition, the donation included funds for replacement of two unserviceable police vehicles with two new K-9 equipped vehicles and for the purchase of bullet-proof vests for the dogs, McNamara said.
The two new police vehicles include 2017 Ford Explorers, each fully equipped with a kennel cage, special dog mats, a temperature-sensing system that activates an alarm and automatically lowers the vehicle windows if the temperature exceeds a safe level, and a remote-controlled door opener that allows the deputy to release the dogs from the vehicle from a distance, he added.
In total, the monetary donation and the value of the trained purebred dogs are estimated to be about $120,000.
"On behalf of the taxpayers of Putnam County and the citizens who will be served and protected by the K-9 Unit, I express my sincerest gratitude to the Stilwell family for their most generous gift," said Smith.
The Sheriff added that he was unaware of any other previous donation to the county of this kind, and noted that "it is a donation that will really help make the whole community safer."
Ms. Stilwell told the Sheriff that she emigrated years ago from Poland to the United States and that she never takes the freedoms and the safety of this country for granted. She went on to say that her family was making the donation for the K-9 Unit because they wanted to give something back in gratitude for and in support of community safety.
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Eight people, including four from the Mid-Hudson Valley, have been charged with a total of 140 counts related to the trafficking and possession of cocaine, and a ninth person was arrested on drug-related charges stemming from a major trafficking ring in which drugs were brought from New York City to Wappingers Falls, according to authorities.
One of those arrested is a well-known resident of the Wappingers Falls community.
The money from the sales was funneled to the Dominican Republic, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday in the case dubbed "Operation Snowfall," said state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
"We know this is a multimillion-(dollar) operation," Schneiderman said.
Referring to Wappingers Falls, he said this was "a major operation for a community that size."
According to papers filed in Dutchess County Court, the drug operation was run by a husband and wife, Robert Garcia and Adalgisa Hernandez, from their apartment in the Washington Heights section of upper Manhattan. The couple also allegedly used rented apartments in another building to stash the cocaine and conducted in-person transactions.
The Attorney General's Organized Crime task Force, the state police and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security found a large customer base in Wappingers Falls. Michael Novick, a well-connected member of the southern Dutchess community, where his sister sits on the Village Board and his brother is a police officer, is charged with directing co-conspirators to travel to Washington Heights several times each week, buy several ounces of cocaine each time and bring the narcotics back to Wappingers Falls for sale.
Once the narcotics arrived in Wappingers Falls, Novick would sell them to a number of customers and resellers in the area, frequently using Chubby's Deli at 28 Market Str. as the base of operations, according to the charges.
Charged in the indictment were Novick; Thomas Bonelli of Highland; Richard Bernal and Timothy Long, both of Wappingers Falls; and Garcia, Hernandez, Juan Prado and Denny Gabriel Rojas Martinez, all of New York City.


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Unavailable since 1982, this former 'video nasty' follows a group of scientists and students on a journey into the Colombian jungle. The aim of the expedition is to prove that cannibalism does not exist, but when the explorers stumble across a lost tribe they find graphic evidence which points to the contrary. Directed by Umberto Lenzi, the man behind 'Eaten Alive!', 'Deep River Savages' and 'Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave'.


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Tellem neckrest (Profile view)
Tellem burial caves Tellem granary Video Maps
Neckrests are among the oldest surviving wooden objects in West
Africa. Found in burial caves in the Bandiagara cliffs (see
pictures), high above Dogon villages, neckrests are attributed to the
Tellem people who preceded the Dogon in the cliff. The Tellem did not
live in caves, but they used some for funerary rituals and burials,
and others in which they built mud-brick granaries for millet storage.
Burial caves contained many objects that were offered to the
deceased : bowls, potteries, necklaces, bracelets, rings, and
iron staffs. Neckrests may have been objects of high status, because
only a few caves contained them. Curved rest, vertical support with a
projection from the central post, and a rectangular base, such as
this, is a very rare and unusual form (probably reserved for male
11th / 14th
Object #4336
Origin :
Mali (Bandiagara cliffs, Teli)
Type :
Ritual items
Ethnic group :
Tellem / Dogon
Material :
Dark-brown eroded wood
Size :
W = 14.8 inches; H = 4.4 inches
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Colleen McCartney, a graduate assistant at the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, wrote this week's post. For the past two years one of Colleen's principal responsibilities at the Museum has been the upgrade of the Hands-on Archaeology Lab. When I became the Director of Chucalissa in 2007, I wanted to develop a hands-on experience for visitors to explore archaeology. Over the past 9 years some 20 or so students and volunteers have contributed to various aspects of the project that first opened in 2008. As I wrote about last week, the most recent iteration of the lab officially premiered on April 16. Below, Colleen describes the upgraded facility.
The BADLab at the C.H. Nash Museum
by Colleen McCartney
The hands-on archaeology lab at the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa began its first iteration in 2008. In that initial project, under the direction of Museum Director, Robert Connolly, after clearing out a room used at the time for storage, the space was transformed by graduate assistants, led by Jennifer Graham to create a hands-on learning experience. The room had several stations filled with deaccessioned educational artifacts that visitors could handle and observe. However, after a few years the room needed an update to incorporate lessons learned from the initial project. As a result, the current lab renovation began in fall of 2014.
I signed on as the project coordinator when the most recent renovation process began. In the first few months we gutted the room, which included ripping out cabinets, replacing the floor, painting the walls, and moving file and map cabinets to the repository. Designing the layout of the room was completed during the clearing out stages.
My fellow graduate assistant Elizabeth Cruzado Carranza and I planned out several features for the new lab. With the guidance of our Collections Manager Ron Brister and Robert Connolly, our 'Big Idea' or theme was From the Field to the Museum. We wanted visitors to understand and experience the process of excavating artifacts to storing and exhibiting the materials in a museum.
Over the last two years we have worked to create the current manifestation of the hands-on lab. The influence of Ron Brister has been instrumental in developing not only the lab, but several other projects at the C.H. Nash Museum. As a result, we have officially renamed the exhibit, the Brister Archaeology Discovery Lab, or as we lovingly call it, the BADLab.
When you enter the BADLab you begin with our stratigraphy wall to the right. The wall features sediment panels from the excavation trench at Chucalissa. There are also text panels and high-definition photographs of the trench by Katie Maish. To learn more about this feature, see Robert Connolly's post from last week.As you continue through the lab you reach the sifting and sorting tables. These tables demonstrate the process that archaeologists use to gather and analyze artifacts after excavation. By sifting through buckets of sand with artifacts visitors get a hands-on experience of an archaeological process. Then the visitors take the artifacts they sift and move to the sorting table where they analyze their artifacts at the lab station. This activity includes completing analysis forms that each visitor takes home. These stations also include banners that describe why archaeology is important, the methods archaeologists use, different pottery types, a timeline of Chucalissa and other information. Continuing through the lab visitors come to a weapons wall that has hands-on replicas of prehistoric Native American weapons. This display is next to cases containing type collections created by the Memphis Archeological and Geological Society (MAGS). The collections include prehistoric ceramic and stone tool types along with historic bottles that can be examined by visitors. Above the cases is a didactic panel that describes the process of cataloging collections in a museum repository. It is significant that the type collection was created by MAGS. The avocational organization was initially founded in the 1950s around archaeological interest in the Chucalissa site. MAGS continues to be active at Chucalissa in not only volunteer work but also in financial support. For example the type collection cabinets were purchased with a very generous $2000.00 MAGS contribution. Next to the MAGS collection cases is an exhibit focused on cooking and food of the prehistoric people of Chucalissa. Developed by Elizabeth Cruzado Carranza, this exhibit features tools and vessels used to hunt, gather and cook the food of prehistoric Native Americans along with examples of the various food types. Intern Jessica Johnson painted a prehistoric house mural as a backdrop for the exhibit.
The fourth lab wall features a sensory bookcase. Each section of the bookcase features specific types of furs, feathers, shells, dolls and tools. This bookcase is very popular with children and offers teaching opportunities for all ages. This final lab section also contains a work desk for the graduate assistants and information binders on everything from ceramic and lithic analysis, archaeological processes and more for the visitors to gain detail about archaeological collections and processes.
A highlight of the BADLab is "pull out" exhibits designed for quick set-up on a rotating basis or for special group interest. These more portable exhibits cover topics such as ceramic analysis, trade and exchange, and lithic analysis. Created by two of our interns this past semester, Emily Woolsey and Gabriel Short, the exhibits provide a more detailed discussion of a specific topic. For example, with the lithic pull out exhibit, visitors are able to handle artifacts containing sickle sheen, trace of use wear, as well as different tool and raw material types.
The Brister Archeology Lab is a unique opportunity for visitors to have a hands-on experience of archaeological processes in a museum environment. By going through the lab visitors get an appreciation of the process of an artifact moving from the field to the museum, deepening their understanding of archaeology and museums. We attempt to use authentic artifacts as much as possible drawing from our deaccessioned educational collections. When you are in Memphis, stop by and visit our new exhibit!
Colleen McCartney can be reached via email at: cmccrtny(at)memphis.edu


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Damion Crawford gets Straight Forward on radio
Former Member of Parliament, Damion Crawford has landed his own radio talk show on Nationwide Radio FM.
The controversial politician, announced on Tuesday morning that his show is set to air for the first time on May 25.
Earlier in May, Crawford tweeted that he would be hosting a radio programme but released no further details.
"A now the place mash up… they gave Damion Crawford a radio show. Him alone and the mic… Crawford & Company and ur my company. It's shelled," he announced then.
The news comes after Crawford expressed a desire to host his own radio show last month while lamenting that his schedule as a lecturer at the University of the West Indies may prevent this.
"Straight Forward with Damion Crawford" will air three times weekly at 8pm.
The former State Minister in Tourism and Entertainment also said his show will be "working ppl talk radio".


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With only two units, a hopper/cyclone and a dust collector, the unit is extremely durable and offers a more flexible solution compared with larger, more expensive machines. The system is capable of recovering solids up to 2" in diameter over distances in excess of 300' (dependent on particle size, material type, volume and air supply pressure).
The unit requires minimal maintenance as the Airvac has only one moving part. The unit is also safe for use in potentially flammable areas as it does not require an electrical power source. The system meets all safety requirements and noise limitations operating at 85 dB at 6'.
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Material is recovered through the gulper suction head and is drawn into the cyclone through the rubber lined hose. The fine dust is then separated from the heavier particles, which fall into the hopper. The hopper is fitted with a dump valve, which is operated using an adjustable timer set to the rate of recovery.
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Skill Builder : A Birder is Born
How to get started in birdwatching.
By Bernadette Noll
There are all manner of ways in which one can get lured into being a birdwatcher. Perhaps you were bit by the birding bug while sitting in your own backyard or while watching a documentary on public television. Maybe you got it from a friend or family member whose addiction, er, um, hobby, was just too big to ignore.
However you got the idea, there are simple steps you can take toward your desired goal of being a bonafide birder. A warning, however, before you embark: Just know that birding can be a slippery slope, going quickly from an interesting pastime to a full-fledged, life-altering obsession. Read on but consider yourself warned.
To get started you only need two things: a good pair of binoculars and a decent field guide. There are nearly as many field guides as there are birds, and while some cover the entire country, many are divided by region: east, west, southern, central, etc. There are state guides available also, especially for a birding state like Texas. Look online or go to your local bookstore or library to get an idea of what guides cover your area. If you think you'll bird all over North America, you'll want to get a guide such as The National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America or, the book quickly becoming the birder's bible, The Sibley Guide to Birds, with over 6,000 paintings by David Sibley. Some of the more popular field guides also include the Peterson field guides, the Stokes photographic guides and the Kaufman guides, which are enhanced photographic guides.
Whichever guide you choose, get familiar with it before heading out into the field. This way you'll be able to learn its layout and be ready to identify traits such as beak shape, habitat, flight patterns, migratory patterns and bird calls. Studying the birds in the book will give you a definite advantage when you go out into the field.
With a little research, you can find optics that suit your needs and your budget. You can get help selecting binoculars by visiting a local optics shop. If you prefer shopping online you can get information at such Web sites as OpticsPlanet.net or Betterviewdesired.com, an independent Internet journal of birding optics reviews.
Some things to remember when searching for birding binoculars are image quality, durability and weight/size/ease of use. If you plan on carrying them around all day, you'll want a pair you won't mind toting. There are different types of straps available, which can also impact your usage. The price of optics can range from $20 to more than $1,000, with quality binoculars beginning at around $250. Buying used is one way to get a little bit more for your money – just make sure to buy from a reliable seller or test them before purchasing.
Before heading out, check for an Audubon Society chapter in your area. They may have a local bird checklist to learn what birds you can expect in your region in different seasons. They may also have classes or field trips or be able to hook you up with an experienced birder who is interested in passing on his or her knowledge and love of birding. Take advantage of any opportunity to go out with more experienced birders, as they will be able to help you learn the basics of spotting, listening to and identifying the birds around you.
When it comes to birding, perhaps the best way to learn is to start local, even in your own backyard and learn the features of the birds around you. Study online at such sites as the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (www.birds.cornell.edu). Use your field guides too and go quietly out into the nearby fields, forests and parks, letting your ears and eyes be your tools. Once you get started, it is just a matter of study and patience in learning to recognize and appreciate the splendor of the many birds around us.


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The Endgame - Full White Genocide Documentary
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