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Washington, DC (August 5, 2014) – In the wake of a National Right to Work Foundation-won U.S. Supreme Court victory in June, government union bosses from across the country are now abandoning their forced dues demands on home-based personal care and childcare providers.
On June 30, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in a case concerning whether Illinois homecare providers can be forced into union ranks against their will. The case, Harris v. Quinn, is a class-action lawsuit litigated by Foundation staff attorneys and filed by eight Illinois care providers after Illinois Governors signed executive orders rendering them vulnerable to unwanted union representation.
The Court struck down the scheme, ruling that individuals who indirectly receive state subsidies based on their clientele cannot be forced to pay compulsory union fees. The Court's ruling renders unconstitutional similar homecare unionization schemes in effect in at least 14 other states.


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Microsoft Office 2010 carries on the "new tradition" of Office 2007, with its easier-to-use screen design that features tabs instead of menus and toolbars. In this lesson, you'll get familiar with Word 2010, which can act as a gateway to all of the other Office programs. And in the process, you'll create a simple but great-looking flier.
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John Ellison and UIAA president Frits Vrijlandt before Ellison received a UIAA award in recognition of his role in founding Climbers Against Cancer (Photo: UIAA)
24 May 2014, MUNICH, Germany: John Ellison's refusal to be bowed down by the cancer, instead establishing a charity that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from climbers and mountaineers, has been honoured by the UIAA – International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation.
The award which was handed to Ellison at a meeting of the UIAA Management Committee in Munich on 24 May 2014 notes that Ellison is being feted for his outstanding efforts to bring together the global family of climbers and mountaineers to raise funds for research to fight and beat cancer.
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer more than two years ago, Ellison has spent the past year and a half building a legacy in the form of the organization Climbers against Cancer which was founded in January 2013.
In its first year, Climbers Against Cancer (CAC) has raised nearly $350,000 (USD) through creative fundraising efforts which include the sale of more than 13,000 t-shirts and hoodies worn today by climbers around the world.
Vrijlandt said the UIAA has chosen to honour Ellison for his dedication and persistence in founding a charity that has united mountaineers, ice climbers, rock climbers, boulderers and sport climbers as well those who pursue the sport for competitive or recreational reasons."Every now and then someone comes along who transcends divisions and Ellison, through his personal battle against cancer which he has fought with such dignity and that wonderful smile, has taught us all the true meaning of what we are all about," said Vrijlandt.
Vrijlandt said he was particular touched by a quote that Ellison uses on the organization website: "Only when you've been in the deepest valley can you know how magnificent it is to be atop the highest mountain."
"It was a pleasure for me to share the story with the Management Committee and hopefully together we can take the charity forward and raise more funds and awareness to help with the fight against cancer," said Ellison.
Ellison has explained his reasons for founding his charity with these words:
"Whilst thinking about the possibilities of 'Climbers Against Cancer' as an idea I remembered the saying 'strength in numbers' and how the world of climbing as a family has so much power to deliver a message across the globe."
"If, as a group of friends, we come together and support 'CAC' it can help others in the future by raising awareness and funds to further research into finally finding a cure for cancer! Being open about my own predicament has helped others feel more comfortable in discussing this disease and whether talking to adults or children I have seen a huge change in attitude."
The UIAA profiled Ellison earlier this year here.
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one of the gayest hairstyles known to man
"Jimmy got a frohawk? Man, that kid's a fag."
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a retarded hairstyle
Mr. T has a frohawk and P Diddy/Puff daddy/Diddy had one for about a week.
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A hairstyle cultivated by emo or pop-punk kids. They're usually too big of pussies to get a real mohawk, but want to show how "punk" they are by having a stupid haircut.
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Decisionmaking About General Damages: A Comparison of Jurors, Judges, and Lawyers
Roselle Wissler
Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Michael J. Saks
Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Allen J. Hart
Amherst College
Michigan Law Review, Vol. 98, p. 751, 1999
The research reported in this Article investigates jurors' perceptions of injury seriousness and awards of general damages, and compares them to judges' and lawyers' responses to the same injuries. We developed regression models for each group of decision makers to determine which attributes of the injuries had what degree of impact on injury severity judgments and on awards. The models also examined how differences in geography, demography, and experiences affected decisions. The models showed a remarkable degree of similarity among the decision-making groups when evaluating the severity of injuries. That is, jurors, judges, and lawyers largely relied on the same injury attributes in similar ways and gave them similar relative weight. When it came to translating injury perceptions into monetary awards, however, more differences among the groups appeared, and the predictive power of the models declined. The findings suggest that the differences between jurors' awards and those of the other groups do not reflect fundamental differences in decision making, but rather a loss of consistency in translating perceptions of injury severity into damages. That loss of consistency likely can be attributed to the fact that jurors lack the frame of reference created by other cases that is readily available to judges and lawyers. The article concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of the findings.
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Legendary Fender Rhodes sound and Hammond B3 adds a calm and pleasant atmosphere.This track is both uplifting and sentimental. With folk guitar and quiet rhythm and traditional pop instrumentation, it gracefully builds on a soft, tender opening into a passionate, emotional final swell, all the while remaining poignant and nostalgic.
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No one feels he deserves it... its grace, pure and simple... but the Light loves us anyway.
- Were you looking for the Paladin ability, [Holy Light]?
Light is a cosmic force that is generally manifested as holy magic. Pure Light dwells in a realm outside the borders of reality, but shades of its presence are found in the physical universe. In contradiction to the Shadow, it is still bound to the Shadow on a cosmic scale.[2] The counter-balancing force to Light is Shadow.
Religion Edit
Holy Light by some cultures, it is also a non-theistic religious form of philosophy with adherents among the Alliance and some members of the Horde. The organization closest related to the Light is the Church of the Holy Light.
Overview Edit
The followers of the Holy Light do not worship any gods. Instead, it is a philosophy, training its followers to seek perfection within themselves. It is very much an active practice of virtue rather than a passive worship. Those who follow it closely gain spiritual awareness and guidance, allowing them to lead others.
The Holy Light teaches that there is a connection between the self and the universe. This connection manifests as what we feel through both senses and emotions. When a person is moved, through seeing something breathtaking or feeling love for another, that emotion connects him to the universe. Experiencing the emotion ensures that he exists, as something within him felt the emotions or processed the sensual awareness. Because he exists, so must the universe that gave him that feeling. From there, he can act upon the universe, causing more changes to create feeling in others. Thus, the followers of Holy Light seek to make the world a better place by being true to their own emotions.
The next step in recognizing this connection between the self and the universe is developing the goodness within and without. If one wishes for happiness, one must work to better the universe to make others happy. Experiencing the glory and beauty of the world will in turn tap into the inner beauty and glory within one's soul. However, giving in to greed, despair, and unhappiness will only darken the universe. The Holy Light is the glory of the universe reflected upon the soul and mirrored back onto itself.
Holy Light practitioners consist mainly of humans and draenei. There were once many high elves and dwarves practicing the philosophy, but their numbers have dwindled in recent years. As high elves traveled further into the darkness of their arcane magic addiction, some fell from the Holy Light. Others continue the worship in the form of priests and paladins. The dwarves have replaced the Light with the study of their progenitors, the titans. The night elves are too new to the Alliance and too entrenched in their own worship of Elune and the other Ancients to consider the Holy Light in large numbers, and it is unheard of to think of Horde races following the philosophy with the notable exception of a few trolls such as Zabra Hexx.
Members of the Church of Light follow a philosophy called the three virtues.
Identity of the Light Edit
While most followers of the Holy Light do not worship any gods, the power apparently does come from some sapient being, or beings, or force, known simply as the "Light" for lack of a better description.[3] (APG #?) One source of the Light (though not the only one) is the race of beings known as the Naaru. During the draenei's exodus from Argus, Velen and his followers were imbued with Light-given knowledge and powers by this (otherwise unknown) race of incorporeal beings.
God, who was revered by the Clerics of Northshire Abbey during the First War[4] (W1Man #?), appears to be synonymous with the "Light", and just another way of describing the source of the power, though it is likely connected to one of the Creation Myths. However, "God" has lost its usage since then, as most followers of Holy Light no longer believe in any deities.
Some Knights of the Silver Hand apparently believed that, "...after death, a mage's soul would be condemned to the same pit of darkness shared by the mythical demons of old. This no matter how pure their soul might have been otherwise."[5] (DotD 19) Essentially, damnation.[5] (DotD 39) Members of the church would sing the hymn Deo Gratias, "Thanks be to God". A leading paladin, Duncan Senturus, believed that tasks and paths were often chosen by a "higher power".[5] (DotD 44) He believed that evil things were ungodly and devilish.
The young High General Abbendis seems to believe that the Light is some kind of sapient entity with a will, which it expresses in ways that that are not meant to be understood. She writes that it calls to her in the The Path of Redemption and The Diary of High General Abbendis, saying "Come to me...". She believes that it is able to take notice of believers' good deeds, works and prayers. She states that the force of its voice has clarity and sense of purpose. However, the entity that calls her may be something else far more sinister, as she discusses in her diary that it commands her to abandon the Scarlet Crusade to its doom, an act she believes is dishonorable.
God EditGod was the original belief in the Warcraft game-play series, as the Humans were known as devout monotheists. Strangely enough, the religion, Church of the Holy Light, became non-theistic. God would be ultimately diminished in the notion of the Warcraft universe, as well as the nature of Angels is diminished. This was probably for marketing purposes, as the Church of The Holy Light was obviously heavily based on the real-life Christian god and it could possibly off-put some people.
Most references to God, and hell, heaven etc. references were not re-used or appear to have been retconned to mean other things, so in lore, the current (Holy) Light is represented as a philosophy rather than a theistic religion (with perhaps the exception of a few individuals). See Belief retcon.
History of worshipping The Light EditLordaeron was the home of the Church of the Light, influencing both Lordaeron and Quel'Thalas with its teachings. The Church birthed the Knights of the Silver Hand; but the Knights and the Holy Light were unable to stop the Scourge, as Lordaeron and the Knights fell underneath the decayed boots of the undead. The Church now has a new central location in Stormwind, but there is little in the form of organized study and worship of the Light on Kalimdor. The Draenei have also, apparently, followed the Light for over twenty-five thousand years, but little is known of how similar or different their practices may be to those of the Azerothian races. From what we have seen by a certain Draenei speaker in Shattrath, proper worship of the Light included purging infedels which is something usually associated more with the Scarlet Crusade. But we can also think that the Scarlets follow a certain form of Light worship as opposed to the popularized or "Argent" interpretation. But going into that would mean a whole debate on what The Light wants its followers to do.
Many remaining paladins who served the Silver Hand and now make their home in Kalimdor are attempting to form a new Church, but the going is slow. As the study of the Holy Light was more of a philosophical pursuit than a faith, the destroyed Church in Lordaeron resembled a library instead of a house of worship. Its texts were destroyed along with the Church, many of them burned, most of them buried under thousands of pounds of rubble. What with the wars, settling a new Alliance stronghold and dealing with frequent skirmishes, the remaining scholars and priests have found little time to work on transcribing old information into new books for initiates. Most young followers of the Holy Light learn by experience at the heel of a more experienced person instead of in libraries surrounded by texts.
Some self-appointed sages are taking up the mantle of rewriting the pontifications on the Holy Light, but there is no regulation or overseer. There are fresh looks at old ideas, as well as old ideas copied word for word by diligent old priests with perfect memories. As one would expect, sometimes these old scholars clash when someone realizes that the texts are beginning to contradict one another. This is the tension within the Church; younger priests feel the Third War gave the Holy Light a chance to renew itself just as the Alliance was renewing itself on Kalimdor, while others demand to keep the old traditions.
Secular citizens care little for the debates, but prefer that their rituals to remain the same. With everything around them changing, faith represents one of the few constants.
Soldiers of The Light Edit
Speculation Edit
It is possible that the clerics and some Knights of the Silver Hand found their basis of "God" from one of the creation myths of Azeroth, as well as knowledge of the "angels". Several references (including a reference in World of Warcraft within the in-game book "Mythology of the Titans") state that some in Azeroth believe that the universe was created by "a singular, all-powerful entity" (though several other creation myths are given as well).[6] (W3Man 133)[7]
Though not explicitly stated it is probable that what is called "Shadow" magic by the inhabitants of Azeroth is itself a fundamental force directly opposed to the holy light, if this were true it would go a long way in explaining the fundamental building blocks of the Warcraft world as being based on a sort of dualism, meaning that the universe was created by the fusing of two diametrically opposed impersonal forces.
Or perhaps the Light, as seen by Abbendis, is not a person but a thing that grants power and teaches morals and values. A god, by definition, doesn't have to mean THE god when used in a sentence. The nether has also been used in the place of "hell" by some characters. Warcraft III spoke of a Hell implying an afterlife for the damned, which must mean there was one for the good. That also implies a being who judges their eternal soul for the afterlife.
Sun god Edit
The Sunwalker taurens equivocate the lack of reverence to the sun god An'she with the absence of Tauren priests and paladins. An'she or the sun may be an aspect of the Holy Light (or vice versa).
The High Elves Edit
It is speculated that High Elves are among the most powerful priests and paladins on Azeroth, given their connection to the newly purified Sunwell. The elves are especially adept in utilizing magic in combat, combining their prowess in casting and their inherent connection to the Sunwell, they could likely be some of the most effective healers and light-wielders on Azeroth. This is not so of Blood Elves in regards to their fel-taint.
Other connections Edit
The perspective of the practitioners of the Holy Light may be closely linked to agathism in its philosophy, where the end result is good, even with the evil in between. It is also tied to holism, process theology , psychometrics (on oneself), humanistic psychology, transcendentalism, and theological overoptimism.[citation needed] The philosophy shows characteristics of real-world philosophies and religions, such as Transcendence, Pantheism, and the Society of Friends (Quakerism).
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The Accrual Anomaly
Patricia M. Dechow
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
Natalya V. Khimich
Drexel University
Richard G. Sloan
University of California at Berkeley - Haas School of Business
March 22, 2011
This paper provides a practitioner-oriented review of the accrual anomaly in Sloan (1996) and related subsequent research. We begin with two simple examples that illustrate the computation and interpretation of accruals. We next review Sloan's (1996) original paper and related subsequent research corroborating Sloan's interpretation of the accrual anomaly. We next summarize research providing alternative explanations for the accrual anomaly. We finish with a brief discussion of the practical implications of this research.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 36
Keywords: Accrual, Anomaly, Earnings, Stock Prices
JEL Classification: G12, G14, M41
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The CR Johnson Healing Center, the High Fives Non-Profit Foundation and IRIE Rafting Co. present the CR Johnson Birthday Rafting Trip, Friday, Aug. 10. The day will begin at the IRIE Rafting Co. headquarters (11253 Brockway Road, Ste. 103, Truckee at The Rock) at 8:30 a.m. and conclude in the afternoon at the CR Johnson Healing Center (10775 Pioneer Trail, Ste. 108, Truckee).
The day will include a Class II-III+ whitewater rafting trip on the lower Truckee River (Boca to Floriston) followed by a catered lunch from Full Belly Deli at the CR Johnson Healing Center.
Local professional skier CR Johnson was born on Aug. 10, 1983 and enjoyed an amazing career in the freeskiing community until his passing on Feb. 24, 2010. His incredible energy led to a legacy of positivity and a sense of community embodied in the CR Johnson Healing Center.
"It is amazing working with the High Fives Foundation to put together this awesome rafting trip to honor and carry on the legacy of our fallen friend CR," said Frank Wohlfahrt, owner of IRIE Rafting Co.
Cost is $69 for adults, $64 children 14 and under. Tickets are available at www.raftirie.com or 530-582-4900. Proceeds to benefit the High Fives Foundation – CR Johnson Healing Center.
About CR Johnson Healing Center
The CR Johnson Healing Center is a program service of the High Fives Non-Profit Foundation that provides resources for athletes in recovery from sport-related injuries. Resources include: physical therapy, acupuncture, massage, personal training and more. Visit www.crjohnson.org.
About High Fives Non-Profit Foundation
High Fives Foundation is a Tahoe-based 501.c.3 non-profit organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for athletes who have suffered a life-altering injury while pursuing their dream in the winter action sports community. Visit www.highfivesfoundation.org.
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From the Lower Truckee Gorge to the Middle Fork of the American, they've got the whitewater rafting trip to suit your style and your budget. Half-day Class III trip on the Truckee River with the family? No problem. Multi-day wilderness trip on the Carson River? Done. Full-day Class IV on the American River with the girls or boys? What are you waiting for? Visit www.raftirie.com.


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Setting: Avanti Nail spa in Franklin Tennessee I wanted to give "Tu" a little bit of an extra tip to thank her for adding some teaboobing to the leg/foot massage portion of my pedicure. It was an unexpected surprise.
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Similar to tea bagging (where a male places his testicles in an individuals mouth). Here a female places her breast over someones mouth who is unaware.
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David Boehm is now SESVanderhave's research and development manager-U.S., responsible for the planning, implementing and monitoring of all R&D and breeding activities within the United States. He'll also collaborate with universities, USDA researchers, and the U.S. sugar industry. Boehm is based in Fargo, N.D.
Boehm is a graduate of North Dakota State University with degrees in plant science and communications, and a master's degree in plant science in
wheat breeding. He previously was key account manager with Syngenta
and regional business manager with AgriPro Wheat. Boehm also has held communications and agronomy posi- tions with the North Dakota Grain Growers Association and ConAgra. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Minnesota Crop Improvement Association.
Aipperspach is a horticulture graduate of North Dakota State University, where he also earned a master's degree in plant science, specifically horticulture production. He previously was a research assistant with the NDSU potato breeding project as well as a
landscape designer and sales associate with Signature Landscapes in Fargo. Aipperspach has also spent time in Uganda East Africa teaching middle school agriculture and biology, as well as horticulture production to local Ugandan farmers.


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Explore the principles of perspective guided by artist and architectural illustrator Jeff DiCicco, and learn to draw depictions of depth so convincing, you feel as though you could step inside. Delve into the process of establishing a vanishing point and a horizon line by using a ruler to draw precise orthogonal and transversal lines. Then sketch a recessional grid system that arranges three-dimensional shapes and architecture in illusionistic space. Create precise, realistic interior and exterior floor plans from one-point perspective, and learn Jeff's expert tips for alignment and accuracy. Then, discover two-point perspective with a cityscape exercise and rendering of a private residence. Learn the powerful system of perspective, and gain the tools to portray life as seen by the human eye!
Meet your instructor, artist and architectural illustrator Jeff DiCicco, and gain an overview of how perspective creates the illusion of depth and dimension in fine art. Next, dive into an exercise that will acquaint you with measuring rules and drawing techniques that you'll use throughout the class.
Learn to apply the principles of one-point perspective by measuring and drawing a recessional grid system that allows you to draw geometric shapes in 3-D and situate them in illusionistic space.
Learn to translate an interior floor plan into an illusionistic room by establishing a vantage point, implying a cone of vision, and taking accurate measurements for walls, doors and windows.
Analyze an exterior rendering to discover its underlying perspectival system and learn to apply these rules and techniques to build an aesthetically beautiful exterior drawing.
Take your skills to the next level as DiCicco walks you through the basic application of two-point perspective. You'll create symmetrical and asymmetrical grids and learn to place geometric objects at varying vantage points to offer different views.
Use two-point perspective to draw a private residence from the floor plan up. Starting with reference images, you'll plot the main structure using vanishing points and angles that you'll use to create a vertical depiction.
Picking up where you left off in Lesson 6, you'll add in windows, steps and finer details such as shingles as you complete the exterior features of the house.
Now that the exterior of the residence has been established, DiCicco walks you through ways to add a driveway, walkway, retaining wall and landscaping, incorporating challenging angles and perspective issues that will utilize the new skills you've learned through class.
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ATHENS, Ga. - Four of Stetson men's tennis players won singles matches on the second day of action at the Southern Intercollegiate on Saturday.
Junior Nathan Debut and sophomore Cahit Kapukiran both defeated UCF Knights in consolation play. Debut topped Jose Sangroniz 6-0, 6-1 and will play Sunday at 8:00 a.m. against FAU's Will Neuner. Kapukiran, meanwhile, will take on Sean Karl of Tennessee at 8:00 a.m. after defeating Jesse Flores 6-2, 6-3.
Sophomore Simon Julin also won in consolation competition, winning his singles match 6-4, 7-5 against Barry's Romain Costamagna. He will take on Portland's Reid deLaubenfels at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Senior Hans Adrian Riseng was the final Hatter to win on Saturday, defeating the College of Charleston's Matt Daly 7-5, 6-2. He advances to take on Sean Bacha of Florida Atlantic at 10:00 a.m.
After winning his first round match of the tournament on Friday, sophomore Egor Panyushkin fell to Sala Sanches of Clemson in the round of 16 on Saturday. Sophomore Laurynas Antropikas and junior Chester Espie also lost singles matches.


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Decdperserij, has set the standard for independent CD and DVD manufacturing for musicians, businesspeople, and film-makers among Netherlands. And rapidly increasing their customers and offer service of additional products to provide customer single platform to make artist music or video project stand out from the crowd.They were looking for a technology partner to help them create a completely customized platform for their customers where they just have to click.. click and wait for product to be delivered.The same way, Very strong back-bone for fully customized back-office that has a full tracking system, linked to their factory for up-to-date product information, built a system that allowed for customized automated E-mails to be generated. **Challenge** - Product's having different configuration for various categories - They required completely customized order and check-out process that match with their industry and need - The experience had to be seamless between initiating project to delivering project/order.That needs highly customized and stable order process. - They required a stable platform that can handle high peaks in traffic and ordering - They required split shipping concept to their Website - They required to Increase customer loyalty and happiness by rewarding purchases, referrals, visits .
Because Magento gave them over 70% of what they needed out of the box, Decdperserij could focus on the custom modules that manage their , - Online customer accounts that retain order details, including exact printing specifications, for quick and efficient reorders - Stronger promotional and product-bundling capabilities - Created a custom filtering solution that allows products to be filtered by multiple categories at once, creating an improved user shopping experience - Created Customized module for product view to order and more streamlined checkout that aligned with Decdperserij's business flow - Created a custom module for shipping - Split Shipping . Customer can split single order to deliver multiple address. - Back office is fully customized to provide unique and easy access to the admin users that include customized dashboard,customized reports as per their need. - The user interface is very important aspect of the website.Flow/Navigation of the website need to be designed for considering any type of users or customer. It shall provide dialogue boxes, help screens, radio buttons, drop-down list boxes and spin buttons for user inputs The fully customized admin panel for Sales-Person.One of the great advantages is that the architecture of this platform allowed salesperson to drop right into the solution, so that, once those orders came in from custom piece[s], they are plunked right into the existing order management process.
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Happy Users, Better Sales Customer feedback on the new sites has been almost uniformly positive. As a result, sales and revenue have consistently risen. Decdperserij was able to launch their online existence in just five months and they have been very pleased with the extensibility and modularity of website including out-of-the box functionality for managing product catalogue, Different process of managing order management, range of built-in payment modules, newsletter integration, and one-stop interface for managing content. They've seen an appreciable increase in mobile conversion rate as well as a decrease in cart abandonment. Their newly launched - website and order funnel has led to an increase of the conversion rate by +38% in 2014
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Decdperserij was able to launch their on-line existence in just five months and they have been very pleased with the extensibility and modularity of website including out-of-the box functionality for managing product catalogue, Different process of managing order management, range of built-in payment modules, newsletter integration, and one-stop interface for managing content. They've seen an appreciable increase in on-line conversion rate as well as a decrease client & staff complaints. Their newly launched - website and order funnel has led to an increase of the conversion rate by +38% in 2014
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its the power of being so awstruck by something so amazing one is in awe seeing it!!
Chase Hunter Delgadillo is the awesomest person to ever walk this planet!!
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adj. The superlative of awesome.
The awesomest widget exceeded all expectations.
po Helioseismology Децембар 31, 2005
The coolest person in the universe.
Ronald Hopkins is one of the most awesomest people in the universe.
po Spam Freak Фабруар 10, 2010
To be more awesome then awesome itself.
You are the awesomist boss!
po matt Новембар 2, 2003
Awsome to the "est" degree!
Tang thinks the Chinese are the awesomest.
po cz Новембар 30, 2004
"awesomest" meaning the most awesome of the all, the one and only awesome. Similar term being "bestest".
You are the most awesomest girl ever
po www-thisflighttonight-com Август 28, 2010
To be ten times better at Unreal Tournament than anyone else.
Dude, you owned Ramon....you are the awesomest.
po Jeffrey Flower Јануар 9, 2004
It is a way of describing something or someone for example
Out of Alex and Shannon, Alex is the awesomest
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A Camden mother who temporarily lost custody of her baby after a 2010 child-endangerment charge decapitated the boy and then committed suicide Wednesday, just months after getting her son back.
Chevonne Thomas, 34, placed the head of her 2-year-old son, Zahree, in the freezer and called 911, ranting incoherently before fatally thrusting a knife into her own neck about 12:30 a.m., authorities said.
In 2010, Thomas, a 1996 graduate of Northeast High School in Philadelphia, was arrested on an endangerment charge after she told police she was high on drugs, "blacked out," and could not remember where she left her baby, court records show.


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by Ethan Newberry on Dec.06, 2011, under acting, are you serious, blog, daily fun, funny videos, holiday, improv, sketch, tuesday trailers
Here is the most recent Thad's Thecrets that I posted to my main channel. It's the HOLIDAY EDITION, "Thadsmas Thecrets".
Do you want to celebrate THADSMAS too?? Print out some of the ornaments below and decorate your tree!! Then, post some pics of your creations and post them to my Facebook Fanpage!! I WANT TO SEE SOME THADSMAS CHEER!
Directions: Right click and Save As the images below. Print the ornaments twice. Cut them out. Paste back to back. Put on the top of the tree or on branches. Easy.


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Lil Wayne's health issues are continuing to plague him.
The Grammy-winning rapper was taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles late Tuesday-night, TMZ reports, after suffering a single seizure. Wayne, 30, was treated and released early Thursday morning, according to the site.
Reps for the rapper did not immediately return PEOPLE's requests for comment, but a source told PEOPLE Wednesday afternoon, "Wayne's great."
In March, Wayne (real name: Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) was hospitalized for several days after suffering from a similar issue. Though reports indicated he was in critical condition, multiple sources told PEOPLE he was recovering fine. "Lil Wayne is doing well, thanks for your concern," a rep for the rapper said at the time.
Following the initial health scare, Wayne revealed in a radio interview that he's epileptic. "This isn't my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh seizure," he said. "I've had a bunch of seizures. Y'all just never hear about it."
Despite his medical condition, Wayne has kept up with promotional appearances for his new album I Am Not A Human Being II. In early April, he made his first public appearance post-hospitalization in Miami, where a source said he looked "healthy and fresh-faced." And on April 26, he was seen enjoying a Lakers game in L.A.
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Someone who is queer and being a weirdo at the same time.
That motherfoya is a major queerdo cuz he beats off to car magizines
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A person that is a Queer, and a weirdo at the same time. Used as a description for name-calling. Also the last name of a famous teenager from Texas.
"Oh, that Justin, he's a queerdo."
af Edwardo Sanchez 15. august 2006
A concept or state of mind meaning to be strange in the dearest of ways. One is queerdo simply by feeling queerdo.
A father uses the term 'Liza Minnelli' as a swear word. This father is queerdo.
af SURPRISEqueerdo 16. juni 2011
queer and weirdo
That kid is such a queerdo
af matt lenzen 25. maj 2011
An abnormal homosexual person.
Mix of queer and weirdo.
Mix of queer and weirdo.
Person 1: "Did you hear about Juan acting strange at the gay bar?"
Person 2: "What a queerdo!"
Person 2: "What a queerdo!"
af XxF3ARM3xX 17. januar 2014
A queerdo is a queer and a weirdo in one person. Usually annoying as hell
"Yo that guy is such a queer and a weirdo"
"You mean queerdo?"
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A camp person who is a little strange.
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Dude have you seen that girl Sam? I hear she's totally DTDBS
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DownTown DoucheBag; The act of popping ones collar, having your pants below your ass while wearing a belt, wearing shoes that are tied loosely, wearing your sunglasses indoors, wearing ANYTHING Ed Hardy, wearing your baseball caps cocked to the side, getting tribal tattoos, being a guido, styling your hair with way too much hair gel, and spending way too much time making sure your chin strap is a perfect line... And if you wear a beanie during the summer, you may think that you are a scenester but you're really just a douchebag.
No, I don't feel like going downtown for the bar crawl, there will be too many DTDBs
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1.)to increase or augment
2.)to decide or take action on
2.)to decide or take action on
1.) "Yo boss man, when you gonna be up'n our pay?"
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2.) "I'll be up'n your pay when they up'n make up'n a word."
dcskeeler가 작성 2007년 10월 19일 (금)
U People Network
A lot of black programs come on UPN.
T. Reid가 작성 2004년 05월 19일 (수)
(N.) A network that was trash from the beginning and is rotting garbage today. They actually used to have alright shows up until like, 2001. After that, nearly every damn show turned into the exact same thing! (young, black female or male in the city with sassy, and comical, yet unfunny friends.) And for some reason, each one is unseemingly worse than the last. How long will it take until they premiere a lineup that's as bad as bad TV can get? I say, a year.
The lineup of BAD shows on UPN: Parkers, One-on-One, Girlfriends, Half-in-Half, All-of-Us, Abby, Buffy, Next Top Model, Enterprise, Twilight Zone, Rock-Me-Baby, The Mullets, and WWE Smackdown.
The Lineup of GOOD shows on UPN:.......
The Lineup of GOOD shows on UPN:.......
G-Union가 작성 2003년 07월 15일 (화)
Untalented Performers Network
shit station featuring scads of shitty black sitcoms
shit station featuring scads of shitty black sitcoms
UPN sucks ass
Jack Sparrow가 작성 2004년 04월 10일 (토)
A TV network. Subsidy of WB.
The UPN Network shows Smackdown!
Diago가 작성 2005년 02월 03일 (목)
u pick a negro
i was watching the all the shows upn monday....THE PARKERS, ONE ON ONE...ect
Jeb081387가 작성 2003년 07월 12일 (토)
a sorry excuse for a network..
you watchin upn again? u phuckin nigger...
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cold, chill, damp, dungeon-like
As the future professor needed constant warmth and his roommate required a temperture close to absolute zero there was only one answer. The radiators were drilled and the valves removed, resulting in an ikthsonate state for all in the room.
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- 1-1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 2 tablespooons vegetable oil
- 1 egg, separated
- In a bowl, combine cornmeal, flour, baking soda, sugar and salt. In another bowl, beat buttermilk, oil and egg yolk; stir into dry ingredients. Beat egg white until stiff peaks form; fold into batter. Let stand 10 minutes. Pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto a lightly greased hot griddle; turn when bubbles form on top of pancakes. Cook until second side is golden brown. Yield: 16 pancakes.
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"a Sicilian. people from Italy. we called them zipps cuz they'd zipp in and zipp out. they didn't like to talk much. they'd only get down to buisness or take care of someone then leave on the next plane out."- Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonnano
pete-"what about that thing across the way?"
tommy-"don't worry about it, i know a zip who can take of it."
tommy-"don't worry about it, i know a zip who can take of it."
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Pimp ass negro who slaps the shit outta weak bitches
come watch zipp slap the shit outta macross.
Anonymousによって 2003年05月11日(日)
Short for Zipper heads, which is a slang term used in the vietnam war for the people of vietnam.
"Damn Zipps have got us surrounded, come out guns blazzing!"
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Bozeman, Montana was built up around the Bozeman Trail, an offshoot of the Oregon Trail through the Gallatin Valley. The founder of both the trail and the town, John Bozeman, saw possibility in the region and began building in 1864. The beauty and bounty of Bozeman quickly attracted residents and visitors and continues to draw guests today.
Surrounded by mountains and rivers, Bozeman offers fishermen and hikers an abundance of options. Fly fish for trout on the Gallatin, Yellowstone, and Missouri Rivers. Follow Highway 191 for views of snow-capped mountains in Gallatin Canyon. Stop and hike the Lava Lake Trail in the summer months - walk past waterfalls and a sun-lit little lake. Explore dinosaur fossils and habitat displays at the Museum of the Rockies. Drive a little ways west to Norris and the Water of the Gods natural hot springs. Soak and sip a beer while watching wildlife run by.
Line up early for maple bacon or fresh strawberry treats from Granny's Gourmet Donuts. Visit Z's Meze Market for traditional Turkish fare, from coffee and hummus to gyro platters and baklava. A local beer and a bison burger will set you right at Montana Ale Works.


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MARTINSBURG - There's now a way to help the local family who lost their home and personal belongings Sunday morning in a fire at Apple Knolls Estates, according to Tuscarora Elementary School PTA President Christina Chappell.
Chappell said there has been an "outpouring of support" since people learned about the fire which occurred when the Souvanthong family had been hosting relatives for a family celebration.
"One of their children is a second-grader at our school and it really touched us to know how badly their home was hit. It really was a devastating fire, they pretty much lost everything," Chappell said, adding that neighbors are also trying to help the family with clothing, housing and meal accommodations.
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Neighbor Melody Stephen-Hassard sorts out some of the clothing donations that have been given to help the Souvanthong family who lost their home and belongings in a fire Sunday morning. Financial donations are being accepted by the Tuscarora Elementary School PTA because one of the family's children is a student there.
"This is such a heartbreaking thing to have happen to anyone, but it really hits home when it is someone in our school family," she said.
Teachers and staff -as well as other PTA officers - are also doing their best to help, but the goal is to do as much as possible now at this critical time, Chappell said.
That means reaching out to others in the community who may know the family or simply want to help them rebuild after the fire, she said.
Social media has been helpful because many people have already expressed a desire on Facebook to see what they can do, said Chappell, who formerly lived in the neighborhood off Dry Run Road where the fire took place.
As a result, an account has been established to accept community donations, she said. Checks can be made payable to Tuscarora Elementary School and mailed to: Tuscarora Elementary School c/o The Souvanthong Family, 2000 Tavern Road, Martinsburg, WV 25401.
There's also a PayPal account under Tuscarora Elementary School PTA and the email address is firstname.lastname@example.com, Chappell said.
Neighbor Melody Stephen-Hassard is currently using part of her downstairs to store clothing donations for the family - everything from baby's outfits to men's suit jackets.
She said donations have come primarily from other neighbors and individuals, but Toys for Tots also dropped off some items for the family's children.
"When you look at the house, it pretty much tells how bad the fire was. There's just not a lot left of their house," she said, sighing as she looked across the street to the burned-out structure.
"But we are a really close community and everyone here in Apple Knolls want to do whatever they can to help make a difference," Stephen-Hassard said.
- Staff writer Jenni Vincent can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 131.


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New WTC PATH Platform Unveiled
The first platform of the new World Trade Center PATH station officially opened Tuesday, providing commuters a first glimpse at part of the transportation hub that has been a controversial focal point of downtown redevelopment.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the World Trade Center site and operates the PATH rail system between Manhattan and New Jersey, unveiled Platform A of the new station on Tuesday morning.
The new station will eventually replace the interim station currently serving riders at the World Trade Center and will feature new escalators and elevators, as well as modern lighting, illuminated signs and public address systems, the authority said.
The station is the centerpiece of the approximately $4 billion transportation hub project, which will eventually include an airy main hall designed by architect Santiago Calatrava and subterranean connections west to offices and retail across West Street, and east to connect with nearby stations of the New York City subway.
The Port Authority is opening the hub in phases as the skeleton of the "oculus" that will hover over the main transit hall continues to rise. The building is scheduled for completion in 2015. The West Concourse, linking the temporary PATH station to the complex at Brookfield Place, opened last year.
The transit hub's completion will mark the end of a contentious, costly and delayed construction process.
New York State and Port Authority officials first requested funding for a permanent PATH station from the federal government in 2003.
In 2005, the Federal Transit Administration projected that the transit hub would cost $1.92 billion, be covered entirely by federal funds, and be in operation by 2009. In practice, construction has moved slower and costs have risen far above early estimates, requiring amendments to Mr. Calatrava's original design.


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The smartphone world is filled with handsets running ARM processors. Many of the most popular smartphones around including the iPhone 3G S and the new Palm Pre run ARM-based processors. A new ARM processor architecture is due to hit next year that will greatly increase the performance that smartphones offer.
The new processor is the ARM Cortex-A9. The current Cortex-A8 used on devices like the Palm Pre and is a single-core processor. The A9 set to debut early in 2010 is a dual-core processor. ARM says that while the new A9 architecture is a dual-core chip, it will still offer users increased battery life in daily usage compared to current single-core ARM processors.
The reason the processor can offer significantly higher performance and still give better battery life is due to the construction of the new A9. The A9 will be built using a 45nm process whereas the current A8 uses a 65nm process.
ARM wireless segment manager James Bruce told CNET News, "You'll definitely see handsets shipping with a dual-core A9 in 2010." He continues saying, "the A8 is just a single core while the A9 will be dual-core, all the way up to quad-core to give smartphones an even bigger performance boost."
The new A9 processor operates inside the 300-milliwatt power envelope that is the golden rule in the mobile phone industry. By comparison, the wildly popular Intel Atom processor needs 2,000 milliwatts, but future Atom versions codenamed Moorestown will bring Atom power levels to the realm of smartphone usability.
Other than performance improvements of compared to that of the A8, the A9 will also allow smartphones to support 1080p video along with HD video recording and playback.
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When you walk into a barbecue place in upstate New York and the guy behind the bar is wearing a cowboy hat, you might consider that a good sign.
The hat's just a tiny part of what makes Desperados feel right. There aren't many full-service restaurants in the Village of Angola, but fans of smoked meat in the Southtowns might be pleased to find that one is a bona fide barbecue place.
The Desperados building is a century old and counting, and the insides are decorated to fit the part, with saddles and steer horns and other Western accoutrements that seem at home among all the old wood trim. It wasn't all shiny like instant decor chain restaurants, more like crunchy western. Only the bathroom sinks seem oddly modern.
We descended upon Desperados for a late weekday lunch, and ordered with abandon in a nearly empty dining room.
Rack of spare ribs ($20.95 with two sides), check. Pulled pork sandwiches and pulled chicken sandwiches (large $6.49, one side), check. A beef brisket plate ($12.99, two sides) rounded out the meat selections. Desperados sells barbecued "Kansas" chicken, too, but it's not available until after 4:30 p.m.
Sides ($1.99 a la carte) add much to a barbecue bonanza, and we ordered a round of cornbread, plus southwestern beans, corn pudding, coleslaw, mac and cheese, and a special side, cinnamon mashed sweet potatoes. Soups sounded good on this frigid day, and we asked for bowls of chicken gumbo and chicken wing soup ($3.75), and a cup of spinach tortellini ($2.75).
The chicken gumbo was a welcoming, hearty bowl of soup, but it lacked the dark toasty undertones of a great gumbo's roux base. Plenty of chunks of chicken, bell peppers and soft rice, though.
Chicken wing soup turned out to be rich and creamy with a pepper-sauce tang, vaguely reminiscent, in a lighter way, of nacho cheese. It sported nuggets of smoked chicken, but more would have been welcome.
Everyone grabbed a piece of the moist, pale cornbread, sweet with a honey soaking. It would have been better warm, but it was still the first thing gone. Corn pudding looked similar, but this slab was richer, with corn kernels and more sweetness.
The mac and cheese was soft elbow macaroni in a Velveeta-esque cheesy sauce. The beans had a noticeable dose of smoke, and I could have lunched on a bowl with a big hunk of cornbread.
The coleslaw was cold, sweet and crunchy cabbage and shredded carrot, with lots of celery seed. The sweet potatoes were reminiscent of sweet potato pie filling, aromatic with cinnamon.
The main event was the meat, of course, and our amiable server pointed out that there were bottles of sweet, spicy and smoky barbecue sauce on the table.
Our carnivores tore into the spare ribs with abandon. The pork was extremely tender, such that the meat was breaking off the bones as I tried to slice between them. The ribs had the sweetness of slow-cooked pork, but no crust to speak of, and I like more smoke flavor permeating through my barbecue. I was the dissenting vote, as they were the nearly unanimous favorite of the meal among our stable of eaters.
The brisket, sliced thin and fanned out on a plate, was tender, with a few streaks of fat running through it, a good thing in my book. The slices were moist and popular. Again I wanted more smoke, and again my companions judged me too picky.
The pulled pork was moist and tender enough, but rather bland, and we reached for the sauce bottles. The pulled chicken was terrific, well seasoned without resorting to the gloppy barbecue sauce coating you often encounter.
Desserts included peanut butter pie, peanut butter brownie, cranberry pie and rice pudding. The kids loved the nutty, creamy mousse of the pie, while the peanut butter brownie, in cupcake form, met but did not exceed brownie standards. The rice pudding was too hot to eat when served initially, but cooled to a creamy cinnamon pudding with lots of raisins. I liked the cranberry pie the best, a buckle-style dessert with dense cake over tart berries and walnuts.
Desperados will scratch that barbecue itch, even if smoke freaks like me end up wishing for more woodsy flavor.
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22nd September 2011 06:54 PM #1
How to make an informed decision on vaccination
At the Pregnancy and Parenting Network today we explored many issues around vaccination. One of this issues raised was how do we make an informed decision whether to vaccinate or not vaccinate your children. I must admit this is an issue that I found challenging as a parent. I read widely and became more and more confused. Some of the suggestions from today's group on the best ways to inform yourself are:
- Read the Australia Vaccination Website
- Read information on the NSW Health Website on immunisation particularly the information on the incidence of the diseases and mortality rates of each disease
- Dr Sears book on Vaccination
- Talk to a supportive doctor on vaccination
For me the best source of information is the book Childhood Vaccination. This book is written by Dr Lauren Feder. Lauren provides both the pro vaccination view point, the anti vaccination view point and provides some really valuable information of her own. How did you make an informed decision on vaccination?
22nd September 2011 11:32 PM #2
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The Feder book is a great read and presents things really clearly. It's a decision that I consider to be ongoing in my case, and something to continually reassess, as it is so hard to set a level of 'acceptable risk' of potential disease or potential side effects when it comes to our children.
2nd October 2011 03:51 PM #3
I also found the Childhood Vaccination book to be an informative and helpful read about vaccination. It can be hard to make an informed decision when there are so many personal opinions and scare tactics being pushed along with the information about the benefits and risks of vaccination. As Mel said, it's definitely wise to continually reassess the situation bases on each child's health and your family's circumstances, and handy to know it's a decision that can be changed along the way if necessary.
I have also heard of some families choosing to use homeopathics in place of vaccination to help prevent diseases. Harbord Homeopathic Clinic on Sydney's northern beaches runs a program providing homeoprophylaxis alternatives.DD Nov 09 ~ home waterbirth
8th January 2012 09:34 AM #4
Vaccine Choices
The first time I even thought about whether I had a choice to vaccinate my children or not was when I was interviewing a midwife. Prior to that I'd just assumed that all children are required to get vaccines and assumed I'd just follow my doctor's direction in vaccinating our children.
My midwife told me a story about a family she had seen at the park, who had a child that was handicapped. The cause of the child's handicap was a severe vaccine reaction.
This midwife shared with me that there are choices to be made about each and every vaccine, and that each vaccine comes with it's own level of risk. Then she said something that helped me make my decision not to vaccinate our children. She told me to think about how I would feel if I gave my child a vaccine and she had a serious vaccine reaction - autism, paralysis or even death.
She then asked me to think about how I would feel if I chose not to vaccinate, and my child contracted the disease and there was a serious outcome from the disease.
After doing a LOT of research on the potential benefits of vaccines versus the potential adverse reactions, I decided that I would feel better if my child ended up getting a disease that had a poor outcome. It took a lot of research to come to this decision, but basically I didn't think I'd be able to live with myself if I chose to give my child a vaccine and they had a very bad reaction to it.
It's important to do research on every vaccine that you might consider giving your child because some have more risks than others, and some provide more potential protection than others.
When a vaccine is given, it does not always provide immunity. Many parents think that once their child is vaccinated they are protected from the disease they were vaccinated for. However no vaccine offers complete protection.
We initially decided not to vaccinate when our first child was born. We felt that if our children contracted the Chicken Pox that this was a fairly mild disease for children under the age of 13, and if they actually got the disease that they would build up a higher immunity to it as compared to the protection a vaccine might give.
But when our first two children hit their teens, we decided to vaccinate them for Chicken Pox because we felt the risk of them contracting a serious case outweighed the risks of vaccinating them at that age.
We also made sure to boost their immune system before having them vaccinated to reduce the risk of vaccine reactions. Here's a forum thread with more information about this and it talks about when you should vaccinate your child.
Do your research and then make the decision that's best for you and your family. If you'd like to try to find a health practitioner that will support you in your decision of "non-vaccination" or "partial vaccination", take a look at the Health Professionals supportive of vaccination alternatives thread or you can search for one through the Find a Practitioner page.
Warm regards,
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I found the book to be really good and I have to say I think that where I live everything is different, but I chose to vaccinate, because no one wants to see their child sick and I was vaccinated as well. I basically have researched everything in full detail before I made the decision, but I knew that once I had my kids I wanted them to be able to go to school and be healthy. Now some of the vaccinations are not good, because i don't think all of them work but it is better for them to be able to go to public school and not be at home over a shot. I find it sad that they will not let your kids attend school because of these reasons.
Always make sure that you are informed and make your own decisions about it, you should not let any one influence you to vaccinate your kids if you do not want to.
8th January 2012 11:14 AM #6
Hi Lucky120,
I noticed that you are in California (USA) and I know that parents in California can sign a "personal beliefs" exemption form if they do not want their child vaccinated for personal reasons. In Australia you can sign a "conscientious objection" form.
California - http://www.gval.com/legal.htm (California Health and Safety Code Section 120365). This is the "personal beliefs" exemption in California law.
The exemption is fairly easy to exercise. Each student in California is required to submit a "California School Immunization Record" to be admitted to school (California Health and Safety Code Section 12-375).
On the reverse of the form is the following statement: "I hereby request exemption of the child, named in the front, from the immunization requirements for school/child care center entry because these immunizations are contrary to my beliefs. I understand that in case of an outbreak of any of these diseases, the child may be temporarily excluded from school for his/her protection." To exercise the exemption, you simply sign the immunization record under this statement.
There is another exemption which is available, although it is more difficult to exercise because a medical opinion is necessary. If immunization is "contraindicated", that is, considered to be potentially harmful to the child for medical reasons, an exemption is granted upon the filing with of "a written statement by a licensed physician to the effect that the physical condition of the child is such, or medical circumstances relating to the child are such, that immunization is not considered safe, indicating the specific nature and probable duration of the medical condition or circumstances that contraindicate immunization..." (California Health and Safety Code Section 120370).
The exemption may be religious, medical or conscientious objection. To claim these objections requires a form to be signed by your GP stating that s/he has 'counselled' you on the risks of not vaccinating. This form can be obtained from Medicare or Centrelink offices. "
Austrialia conscientious exemption form in pdf format http://www.hic.gov.au/CA256976001D06..._objection.pdf
Medical Objection link ... http://www.hic.gov.au/CA256976001D0618/Lookup/PDF_GENERAL_ACIR/$file/cfrm_acir_contraindication.pdf
The forms above can be found at: http://www.hic.gov.au/yourhealth/forms/index.htm
For all other Countries and States this website is a great resource:
You also said "I find it sad that they will not let your kids attend school because of these reasons." I just wanted to clarify that our choice to homeschool had nothing to do with vaccines and as a private school, we are required to keep the same vaccine records for our children that public schools do.
It's great to hear that you researched everything ahead of time - what's most important is that you make an informed decision that's best for you and your family.
You mentioned that you believe that some of the vaccines are not good. Did you choose to only vaccinate your child(ren) with only some of the vaccines and not others?
Warm regards,


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In a vacuum, there's not a team in baseball that wouldn't like to have David Price. Based on talent alone, he's one of the game's true aces and would have a spot reserved for him in any rotation in the game.
Baseball, of course, is not played in a vacuum, and there are many other variables that factor in to whether or not a team has realistic interest in David Price. Be it their record in the standings, their payroll, or his impending free agency in a year and two months, Price is not a fit for every team right now in his current state, regardless of his talent. It's the economics of baseball that make him less desirable to some than others.
Some of this will change in a matter of months. The re-setting of the standings back to 0-0 come November has a wonderful effect on the state of a team. There are organizations, the Rangers and Red Sox perhaps among the top of the list, who could very well have interest in a player like Price for next season, when they are likely to be competitive, but have little use for him this year in what have turned out to be lost seasons. There are others still, teams like the Padres and Twins come to mind, who are far enough away form contention that won't have interest in Price even with the optimism of a blank slate in front of them.
But the Tampa Bay Rays are looking to move Price now, this season, before the trade deadline in 10 days, because with more than just two months remaining on his contract and Price pitching well, his value will never be higher. It diminishes with each passing day that brings him closer to becoming what is sure to be a very expensive free agent.
The Rays have done this before. They know the drill. They have a blueprint on how to trade a star player for prospects. It's a part of how they function, jettisoning their increasingly expensive stars who don't sign team-friendly deals early in their careers for future stars who might. It's a way to ensure they are always relatively competitive while functioning with a low payroll. It's not an ideal plan, but it's the best one for the resources with which they have to work.
We've seen them do this before, and we know what they want. The Rays want a package of players, but unlike most teams trading away veterans in July, the Rays are not in a full-scale rebuild. They don't want just any prospects - they need at least one who is ready to play in the majors right away. At the very least, he needs to be someone who can be an regular contributor to their 2015 roster, much like Wil Myers was as the centerpiece of the James Shields trade before the 2013 season.
That requirement further eliminates potential trade partners for the Rays. Even with some deep farm systems, there are many organizations that don't have a centerpiece player that will meet the Rays immediate requirements. Additionally, as the Addison Russell/Rays rumors show, one top prospect isn't going to be enough to get it done. The rest of the package will have to be significant as well. There have been rumors as well surrounding non-contending teams like the Cubs as potential suitors for Price, but I don't buy them. That's a deal that is more likely this off-season when there is time for extension talks during the negotiating process.
So for now, we need a potential contender with a major league-ready impact prospect and a few other second-tier prospects to include in the trade. Finding this may be harder than we think.
Lacking the Big Prospect
The Braves, Nationals, Brewers, Giants, Angels, Tigers, Yankees and Blue Jays could all be considered contenders to varying degrees, but none of them have the kind of ML ready impact prospect the Rays likely want. Only the Nationals, with Lucas Giolito, have a prospect talented enough to at least start a conversation, and he's a good enough prospect that the Rays would likely listen, but it would take a shift in their organizational philosophy to go that direction. The closest a team on this list would come to getting a deal done for Price would likely be the Blue Jays, with Aaron Sanchez currently in Triple-A, but with questions about his ability to remain a starter, he's likely just short of what the Rays are looking for.
One Big Prospect, but Not the Package
The Orioles and Indians both have the one key piece the Rays covet. For the Orioles, it's Dylan Bundy, who may not be ready to join their rotation right now, but will be soon and certainly could be by next season. He's not as major league ready as they may like, but he's pretty darn close and pretty darn good. For the Indians, it's Francisco Lindor, who could put a stop to the Rays revolving door at shortstop. He's still in Double-A, but his glove has been major league ready for years and could absolutely hold his own in the majors right now. At worst, he'd head to Triple-A for the rest of this year and open the season at Tropicana in 2015.
The problem for both teams is that there's a major drop off after that. The Orioles could offer prospects like Eduardo Rodriguez or the extremely-talented Hunter Harvey, but it's unlikely that they'd want to part with more than one top pitching prospect. The Orioles have virtually no impact position players in any of the top levels of their minor league system. Bundy may be enough to start the conversation, but they won't get much further than the A's did in the Russell conversation.
The have a little more to offer, though their best options are equally far from the majors. Clint Frazier would be enticing, but he's had an up=and-down season in Low-A ball this year and that would constitute trading the top two prospects in the system, something the Indians are unlikely to do. A package around Lindor and Tyler Naquin might be interesting, but it's not enough and the Indians system offers virtually no pitching, unless the Rays want to take a chance on Danny Salazar. Even still, it feels like it's a significant piece short.
The Pirates
The Pirates get their own category because they have the need and the talent to get it done, but probably won't. Their farm system has taken a hit with the injury to Jameson Taillon and the promotion of Gregory Polanco, but it is still strong. The Rays would probably ask for Polanco, which would get shot down quickly. Still, even among just prospects still in the minors, the Pirates may have enough. Nick Kingham doesn't have the highest ceiling, but he is just about major league ready and could join the Rays rotation next year. Tyler Glasnow has a much higher ceiling and will be in Double-A next year, not exactly major league ready but a good enough prospect to make the deal a possibility. The Pirates have enough depth that they could offer the Rays virtually any other combination of prospects they could desire, from Alen Hanson to Luis Heredia to Reese McGuire, just to name a few. It's a deep system with lots of flexibility.
But the Pirates won't do it. Neal Huntington has been remarkably conservative with his prospects, choosing to deal third-tier players for role-playing veterans rather than make a big splash. Taking on David Price and his payroll would signal a major shift in organizational philosophy and I'd be shocked to see the Pirates empty out the cupboard for just a year and two months. They've been thinking long-term for too long to shift now.
The Possibilities
This leaves us with four teams with a legitimate shot at Price, but still some more so than others. The Dodgers, Cardinals, Mariners and Reds all believe themselves to be in contention and have at least one upper-echelon prospect in the top levels of their farm systems with which they could part.
In reverse order of likelihood:
Reds - The Reds are bleeding chips in a stacked NL Central and need more help on offense then on the mound, so they're not a strong candidate here. Still, they could get a deal done and a staff of Price-Cueto-Simon-Bailey in the post-season could be daunting. It would take Robert Stephenson to get a deal done, something the Reds are unlikely to do. He's not a perfect fit for the Rays either because, despite spending the entire season at Double-A, he's not quite major league ready and Opening Day 2015 would be aggressive. Still, he's a top talent and would pique the Rays interest, and coupled with some other strong prospects (a Stephenson/Jesse Winker package would be tough to turn down), the Reds could likely get this done if they so choose. They're more likely to go after a bat, but they could be a dark-horse for Price.
Cardinals - The Cardinals pride themselves on letting a player go a year to early rather than a year to late, and have been able to do so based on the strength of their farm system, the backbone of which is pitching. That alone would make a prospects-for-Price trade surprising based on their history. Still, they're getting threatened in the NL Central for the first time in a while and despite their incredible pitching depth, they seem to be searching for rotation answers. They have a prospect in Oscar Taveras who would be the best possible centerpiece for the Rays on the market, and plenty of additional depth to make a trade work. The question for the Cardinals is if they feel they need to make a move for Price to get a deal done or if they are comfortable chasing a pennant with Shelby Miller and Carlos Martinez.
Mariners - We've been hearing the Price to the Mariners rumors since February, and at the center of them is Taijuan Walker, who is exactly the pitching prospect the Rays covet. He's young, he's great and he's ready. It's a reasonable question to ask why the Mariners wouldn't have just made this trade and had David Price all season if it was going to happen, but there's a certain "better late than never" quality to this deal. Walker would be the centerpiece but the rest of the trade would revolve around some former prospects who have struggled in the majors. Players like Nick Franklin have their value to the Rays and can still become quality major leaguers, but there's not a ton of impact ceiling in this deal after Walker. Additionally, losing Walker and adding Price makes the Mariners better, but only incrementally so. They'd be much better served keeping Walker and adding a right-handed bat to help their offense.
Dodgers - The Dodgers have the best package to offer the Rays, with Joc Pederson as the headliner. Pederson is a top prospect and would already be in the majors on almost any other team and would be in the Rays starting lineup tonight if the traded happened today. If they are parting with Pederson, it would probably take other top prospects like Corey Seager or Julio Urias off the table, but the Dodgers could still offer another major league-ready prospect in right-handed pitcher Zach Lee. He's not a big impact prospect, but he profiles as an innings-eater, has been in Triple-A all season, and would be ready when called upon by the Rays. The Dodgers don't really need Price, but since when have the Dodgers been concerned with what they really need? A healthy Josh Beckett (when he returns from the DL) gives them a full rotation, but no team could match up with a Kershaw-Price-Grienke rotation in the playoffs, and that may be enticing enough to get the Dodgers into action. They also have the money to essentially offer him a market-value extension and keep him for more than a year and two months.
With the expanded playoff system and increased parity, there are more buyers than sellers for the Rays, which should work to their advantage. Unfortunately, the market doesn't match up exceptionally well for their needs. The teams that have the biggest need for Price don't have the prospects to offer the Rays. The teams that have the prospects, don't necessarily have the need.
The Rays may be best served to wait until the off-season when there will be more suitors. The re-setting of the records will open up doors for more teams to be interested and the un-timed off-season will allow a potential trade partner to work out an extension with Price during the trade negotiations, something which rarely happens mid-season. The Rays are wise to try to trade Price when his value is highest, but they won't want to settle on a diminished package just to make the move now. If they can't get the value they want, they could be better served to wait until the winter, let the market reset itself, and try again.


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With less than a week until the regular season opener at Clemson, the Stetson men's basketball team will take the floor for its final preseason rehearsal on Monday night. The Hatters host Palm Beach Atlantic in an exhibition contest at 7:00 p.m. at the Edmunds Center.
Stetson defeated Tampa by a score of 61-59 in its first exhibition of the season last weekend. The Hatters were led by junior Kentwan Smith's 11 points and five rebounds, and redshirt freshman Brian Pegg's 10 points and six boards.
"I think what they found out is how hard they have to play, their approach to the game, and anytime you play anybody they're going to give you their best shot," Head Coach Corey Williams said about the first exhibition. "We did some things well, but we also see that we need to improve and we have a long way to go."
Palm Beach Atlantic plays in NCAA Division II and went just 1-24 last season. The Sailfish are under the direction of new head coach Dave Balza in 2013-14, who was at the helm of A-Sun foe Florida Gulf Coast for a decade earlier in his career.
"I want the effort to be there," Williams said of Monday's final exhibition. "I want them to play hard, play together, create offense off their defense, and find some ways to create offense for their teammates. If we do that it's going to give us a shot in any basketball game."
Monday night's game, like every contest during Stetson's regular season, will be aired on WSBB AM 1230 and WTJV AM 1490 beginning at 6:40 p.m. The game will also feature a live stream on HatterVision. Fans can keep up with the action by following the @StetsonMBB Twitter feed or signing up for Hat-Alerts. Admission to Monday's contest will be free.


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indefinitely. What is the sum of the areas of all the circles?
Rectangle PQRS has X and Y on the edges. Triangles PQY, YRX and XSP
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In some MMO's the collection of equipment that provides the best stats do not aesthetically match (so called Best in Slot, so while your character may be performing the best that they can with the equipment, they resemble a clown in the mismatched colors and styles of the armor that they're wearing.
With that last piece of shoulder armor that I got, I'm now wearing a clown suit.
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In World of Warcraft, when your character has a lot of mismatched gear. Mainly done because the stats on the mismatched gear are better than the stats of gear that would otherwise match.
Yeah, my clownsuit looks kind of weird all together. But check out my DPS.
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The old man that had ant features for a face lunged at his mistress and shamelessly pawed at her all over while smothering his face on her upper body like a dog or a really fat chick over a milk bone. Amusing.
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Home prices are still going up, but the rate of that increase is slowing down, according to the latest national real estate data.
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