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Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd., an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and an international provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, announced yesterday that it entered into four new period charter agreements for four of its Kamsarmax vessels. More specifically: Kamsarmax M/V Iron Kalypso (82,224 dwt; built in 2006) has been fixed for a period of 10 - 13 months at a gross daily rate of $11,500;
Each of the Kamsarmax M/V Ore Hansa (82,209 dwt; built in 2006), M/V Coal Gypsy (82,221 dwt; built in 2006) and M/V Iron Brooke (82,594 dwt; built in 2007) has been fixed for a period of 10 - 13 months at a gross daily rate of $11,250.
As a result of these additional charters, the Company's 2012 charter coverage is as follows:
90% coverage of its Capesize vessels at an average TCE rate of $28,195;
53% coverage of the entire fleet at an average TCE rate of $16,114.
Pavlos Kanellopoulos, Chief Financial Officer, commented: "We are pleased to announce the fixture of another four vessels under period charters. Over the past quarters we have continuously increased our fleet coverage with solid counterparties improving our cash flow visibility as the weak industry outlook and the generally challenging global economic environment are expected to weigh on underlying activity leading to volatility in daily rates during the year."
Excel is an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, such as iron ore, coal and grains, as well as bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. Excel owns a fleet of 40 vessels, one of which, a Capesize vessel, is owned by a joint venture in which Excel holds a 71.4% interest, and, together with seven Panamax vessels under bareboat charters, operates 47 vessels (seven Capesize, 14 Kamsarmax, 21 Panamax, two Supramax and three Handymax vessels) with a total carrying capacity of approximately 4.1 million DWT. Excel's Class A common shares have been listed since September 15, 2005 on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol EXM and, prior to that date, were listed on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) since 1998.
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THANK YOU FOR all the support last night! After the event we arranged a dinner with friends at Teatergrillen in Stockholm. xxx
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You look fabulous, love both the dress and the dark lipstick on you! Also it looks like such a fun night celebrating with good friends.
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e det din kille på bilden??
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Yes, she smokes. maybe not on that pic, lloks more like a pen but yes.
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New York, September 26, 2011--Four African Union soldiers deployed in Somalia have been suspended and returned to their home country of Burundi for potential trial after an internal investigation found them responsible for the shooting death of a Malaysian journalist this month. In a statement issued today, the African Union Mission in Somalia, or AMISOM, apologized for the shooting, which injured a second Malaysian journalist.
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With a federal government shutdown, gates to hundreds of national parks and monuments are closed off across America.
The National Park Service is putting up barricades at the Lincoln Memorial, sending tourists and bikers back home.
The closures affect thousands of visitors all over the country, but WWII veterans visiting the WWII Memorial were able to knock down and cross the barricades to see the monument dedicated to the Greatest Generation.
The group of 92 Mississippi Gulf Coast Veterans came to DC to complete the Honor Flight program. The program seeks to let veterans visit their respective memorials, free of charge. With the government shutdown taking place, many were uncertain if these veterans would be able to see their own memorial.
However, it was very clear from members of congress that the veterans should be allowed to visit despite the government shutdown. A few members of congress were even present when the veterans came.
According to the Washington Times, Iowa Republican House Representative Steve King distracted the guards, while veterans broke through the barricades.
Congressman Steven Palazzo was present and he tweeted, "No reason to make #shutdown worse than it must be. Let WWII #veterans visit memorial…"
"I know today that we have honor flag veterans flying into Washington to come and enjoy the memorials here. I'm told that they have and are at the World War II Memorial site regardless of the barriers because they should, as American, as veterans, [as] people who served this country, have the ability to enjoy that site," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor later told the Washington Times.
"WWII vets shouldn't face closed DC memorials. During #shutdown, I'll donate pay to OH-based Honor Flight Network," Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat tweeted.
The last government shutdown, almost two decades ago, lasted for twenty-eight days and sparked waves of public outcry over the parks closures.
Roughly 800,000 government employees will be furloughed, starting today.
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Covert Confidence (Bronze)
Defeat 100 enemy wizards from cover
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Alfresco is the open platform for business critical document management and collaboration. By automating document-intensive business processes and enabling large-scale collaboration, Alfresco helps companies to service customers better ,and adapt more quickly to rapid market changes. Every day, over 7 million business users in 75 countries rely on Alfresco to manage 4 billion documents, files and processes - behind the firewall, in the cloud and even on their mobile devices.
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Profile of Success:
- Product and Technical Knowledge - Consistently demonstrates, articulates, and applies an accurate and thorough technical understanding of ALFRESCO's products/solutions and customer environments while providing expertise and thought leadership to produce successful installations, product results, and project references.
- Confidently presents the value, capabilities and differentiators of ALFRESCO solutions using ECM industry best practices and ALFRESCO methodologies.
- Participates in the pre-sales process by providing technical expertise with estimates, conducting document reviews, and giving concurrence that deliverables and estimates are accurate and obtainable within defined times.
- Effectively addresses and handles questions of a technical and use case nature.
- Credibly explains product capabilities and integration requirements unique to the customer's environment.
- Confidently explains how current technologies integrate in the ECM vision to support customer preparations for additional, value generating ECM initiatives.
- Articulates relevant metrics and proof points from other customer engagements to instill customer confidence.
- Contributes to the creation and maintenance of technical information (i.e. white papers, methods/techniques, how-to articles, blogs, etc.).
- Maintains proficiency in assigned technologies while striving to build deeper skills in multiple product areas.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems.
- Resourceful in seeking help when challenged in an area the Consultant doesn't understand.
- Customer Interaction - Effectively builds and leverages customer relationships throughout the customer engagement and post-sales process
- Credibly participates in the SOW process handling customer's technical objections and explaining ALFRESCO solutions in prep meetings, requirements workshops, and discovery sessions.
- Engages in effective requirements discovery through superior questioning, acute listening and comprehensive documentation.
- Credibly leads requirement workshops through concise communications, clear questioning, acknowledgement of customer needs / requirements, and fully documenting discussions.
- Works with customers to balance specific customer requirements while ensuring a viable technical configuration of ALFRESCO.
- Shares solution knowledge to ensure customers are prepared to operate and support the solution upon project completion.
- Confidently communicates and documents appropriate knowledge share/transfer to customers for related products.
- Demonstrates solution understanding and success criteria by utilizing ECM delivery methodologies, technical documents, and successful experiences with prior product installations.
- Recognized by customer as a trusted technical advisor in product deployment, process, and technology decisions. Builds and maintains strong relationships with multiple Technical Champions throughout the delivery process securing key references at all levels.
- Communicates effectively verbally and in writing to connect and build credibility at every level within a customer's organization.
- Handles pressure and difficult situations with poise and focus on providing solutions to problems and delivering on commitments professionally.
- Operational Excellence - Consistently delivers outcomes based on the negotiated contracts and customer objectives.
- Documents technical challenges and works cross-functionally with appropriate groups to resolve them.
- Successfully installs and configures software and produces high quality deliverables with minimal complications and rework.
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- Takes accountability for customer benefit realization and driving the intended project outcomes.
- Continually executes self-development as it relates to product knowledge, the ECM market, appropriate delivery methods, and skills required for successful implementation.
- Shares best practices on tools and processes throughout the project lifecycle while assisting with creating and protecting ALFRESCO IP.
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- Operates with superior professionalism and composure within internal and customer personnel.
- Exhibits tremendous passion for the job. Puts ALFRESCO customers first.
- Matches customer requirements with available solutions to builds lasting relationships and achieve status as trusted technical advisor.
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- Proven knowledge of software development and application release cycles
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It's been a busy week in Jefferson City. While the city was considering how to overcome a $1.68 million budget deficit, the Public Works Director and Communications Director both decided to resign on the same day this week. Mayor Eric Struemph decided to call a special city council meeting for Thursday, even though the council was set to meet this coming Monday anyway. There, the council unveiled its plan to deal with the deficit head-on. You can see the details of the cuts the boring way here (PDF). But we wanted to show them to you in a way that hopefully makes things a little easier to digest:
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Biodiversity Loss and Conservation in Fragmented Forest Landscapes is the product of over 10 years of intensive field research into the changing montane and temperate rainforests of Mexico and South America. By concentrating on these largely overlooked environments, the studies reported allow for comparative analysis across areas and help identify how human disturbance has impacted the biodiversity of all forest types. Chapters incorporate features of landscape ecology, floristic biodiversity, conservation and policy and vary from in-depth investigations of a single study area to integrated examinations across regions.
Resource Type: ReportsThe paper provides an analysis of the ecosystem-derived multiple benefits of REDD+.
The terminology around multiple benefits is not yet clear cut. Here, the different terms in use are reviewed and suggestions are made about how terms can be used in a consistent way.
Resource Type: ReportsThe World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the key source for global and regional forest protected area information. It is in the process of a major redevelopment that will significantly enhance its usefulness for various users. The database already plays a significant role in reporting to major globally-agreed goals and targets, such as Millennium Development Goal 7 and the CBD programmes of work on forests and protected areas. For any global forest protected area network, the WDPA could provide information on officially designated protected areas, including sites that have not been assigned a particular IUCN management category but nevertheless qualify as sites contributing towards national, regional and global efforts and processes addressing forest conservation.
Resource Type: ReportsDeforestation and degradation account for around 20% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, widely believed to drive climate change. Growing concerns about the impacts of climate change have fuelled international interest in developing mechanisms to slow deforestation and degradation rates, such as the 'Reduce Emissions for Deforestation and Degradation' (REDD) Programme. Its potential contribution to rural poverty reduction could be immense, but REDD mechanisms may also entail new risks. This paper presents a framework for understanding the linkages between REDD and poverty, and conducts an initial analysis of the poverty implications of REDD.
Resource Type: ReportsThis report considers the measures that have been and might be undertaken to promote environmental co-benefits from REDD. Such measures may be linked to decisions on financing. The report surveys the measures that are found in existing REDD initiatives, including in the proposed UNFCCC REDD mechanism itself. It considers the options and opportunities for how these measures might be amended and developed in the future.
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The new Stander X from Wright Manufacturing offers both the most advanced and most dependable mowing technology available today to maximize productivity, maneuverability and durability. Its innovative cutting deck features anti-clumping baffles to prevent debris build-up, a flow design that creates a vacuum effect to pull up grass for a cleaner cut and much more. The Stander X is designed from the ground up to help you get more done, in less time, with better results than other zero turn mowers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration has declared the blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used in breast cancer patients because there's no proof it extends their lives - and it is causing dangerous side effects.
Friday's ruling was long expected, but is sure to disappoint women who say they've run out of other options.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg called the decision difficult but said patients must have confidence that drugs sold for their condition are effective.
Avastin won't stop selling, as it's also used to treat colon cancer and certain other tumors, but the FDA ruling is expected to influence insurance coverage. Medicare says it will continue to cover Avastin while it evaluates whether a change is needed.
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Budget Technician
Job Description:
Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.
*A job as a Budget Technician falls under the broader career category of Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. The information on this page will generally apply to all careers in this category. We are still seeking more specific information about this career from experts in this field. If you can provide us with more information, .
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What Budget Technicians do:
- Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.
- Perform general office duties such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence.
- Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
- Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.
- Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts.
- Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software.
- Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.
- Compile statistical, financial, accounting or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses.
- Code documents according to company procedures.
- Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information.
- Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.
- Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures.
- Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match.
- Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks.
- Monitor status of loans and accounts to ensure that payments are up to date.
- Reconcile records of bank transactions.
- Compile budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets.
- Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments.
- Prepare purchase orders and expense reports.
- Transfer details from separate journals to general ledgers or data processing sheets.
- Prepare and process payroll information.
- Prepare trial balances of books.
- Perform financial calculations such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal.
- Complete and submit tax forms and returns, workers' compensation forms, pension contribution forms, and other government documents.
- Perform personal bookkeeping services.
- Maintain inventory records.
- Compute deductions for income and social security taxes.
- Calculate costs of materials, overhead and other expenses, based on estimates, quotations and price lists.
What work activities does a Budget Technician do?
Importance | Activities | |
Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
Interacting With Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
Performing Administrative Activities - Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
Analyzing Data or Information - Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards - Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
Monitoring and Controlling Resources - Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization - Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others - Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others - Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
Scheduling Work and Activities - Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
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... the mexican food already but she will be right after a few more days.
arrived in morelia and went for lunch then cruised around all the museums and churches, wicked architecture everywhere, and very old buildings
out for dinner with the crew then off to the pub tonight, no worries!
Since I had been going to lots of places I hadn't really taken time to organize my clothes. So today I stayed home all day and cleaned as well as prepared a room for my grandmother because she was coming to stay for a few weeks. I hadn't seen my family in Houston for a very long time, therefore I was very excited to see her. ...
The consequences
... I had a huge headache. I didn't know it was possible to sleep so late and wake up two hours later and be okay. My aunt arrived home and was very energetic as if she had slept well, but I on the other hand felt extremely tired I couldn't believe I was in bed all day.
The Quinceañera
... girls house a mariachi arrived and sang her. A couple of songs. The party was very different from the ones in Houston because the girl had her fifteen outside with a huge band and gave carnitas, rice, and beans to eat. It was unusual but I really enjoyed it. People danced all night and then around one in the morning the mother brought menudo to eat. I was there until five in the morning just talking and enjoying the night.
Finding a dress
... one in Houston because It would have been difficult to find a reasonable price. Here I had lots of options because everything was much more affordable. I also bought my aunt a dress because I was grateful for everything she had done. We then had lunch together at a small restaurant. It was a very pleasant day.


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Anthony Casso is a member of the Lucchese crime family who was the first major crime boss to be kicked out of the witness protection program.
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In the 1980s, Anthony Casso was second in command of the Lucchese crime family. He had built his wealth through drugs and various money-making schemes. Eventually in the 1990s when he was acting boss, he was apprehended by the authorities and is currently serving several life sentences.
Early Life
The youngest child of a dock worker and a homemaker, Anthony Salvatore Casso was born on May 21, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York. Both sets of his grandparents had emigrated to the United States from Naples, Italy. Casso grew up in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, then a largely Italian American community. There he saw firsthand the wealth and power of La Cosa Nostra, or the Mafia.
Casso's godfather, Sally Callinbrano, was a capo in the Genovese crime family. Casso's father, Michael, while not in the Mafia himself, enjoyed friendships with a number of connected individuals, including Callinbrano. Michael earned the nickname "Gaspipe" because he was known to carry a piece of lead pipe with him wherever he went. Anthony Casso inherited his father's nickname -- but had a different weapon of choice.
Casso developed a love for guns and hunting early on. His father often took him hunting and for target practice, teaching him how to handle a .22-caliber rifle. By his teens, Casso had become a skilled marksman. Casso, a poor student, started hanging out with a gang of neighborhood kids who called themselves the "South Brooklyn Boys." He had his first run-in with the law in 1956, when he and his fellow gang members were arrested during a fight with a rival Irish gang.
At 17, Casso received a special gift from his godfather -- a "no-show" job down on the docks. This was the first of several such jobs he got because of his mob connections. A high-school dropout, Casso soon found other ways to fatten his wallet. He became a partner in an after-hours club, and started robbing loads from trucks on the docks. As Casso prospered, he always tried to look the part of a made man, or Mafia member, wearing expensive suits and usually carrying a gun.
Life of Crime
In May 1968, Casso married Lillian Delduca. The two had known each other for years. In 1971, the couple welcomed a daughter, Jolene. Their son Anthony, Jr. arrived in 1974. Casso made sure that his wife and children had the best of everything.
Ruthless and cold-blooded, Casso publicly displayed his penchant for violence in 1961, according to Philip Carlo's Confessions of a Mob Boss: Gaspipe. Known to carry a gun, he engaged in an altercation with a local junkie after the junkie bothered a girl from the neighborhood. Casso became incensed and ended up shooting the junkie several times and seriously wounding him.
The following year, Casso was convicted of bookmaking. He only spent five days in jail for the crime. In his early criminal days, Casso focused much of his energies on theft. He paid off truck drivers to steal their goods and sell them on the street. Eventually moving on to bigger jobs, he and his crew started robbing banks and jewelry stores.
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By now, it seems like there is a new diet plan for every person walking this Earth. Here's the problem though: Not everyone is giving you the whole truth.
Some people are promoting a particular endorsed product, others are using questionable, obscure research. And then there are the diet plans that are just marketing the trend of the day (think smoothie diet, wrinkle diet, grapefruit diet, cookie diet, etc.)
The sad truth is that before you discover that none of these plans lead to long-term success, the damage has already been done. You become more demotivated than ever before, which only adds fuel to your fire that all weight-loss plans are useless.
Here's the solution you been waiting for and it's easier than you think.
Not all foods are created equal, but most so-called "weight loss experts" don't want to say "no" to you when it comes to eliminating some of your favorite foods.
Also, the reason you may not be able to lose weight can have nothing to do with cutting calories but everything to do with the quality and types of foods you are consuming. Remember, you can't cut calories forever, because eventually that type of program will break even the strongest of willpower and lead to your body holding on to even more body fat. That's not a pretty picture.
Without getting overly detailed right now, I want you to begin to eliminate the following food categories (but as always, consult your doctor first):
Simple sugar (in all forms) — That means no fruit juice, soda, candy or other high-glycemic foods
Processed wheat and grain products — You have to start believing that man-made and engineered foods are the cause of obesity and to combat this, we must stop eating boxed or bag foods. Wheat and yeast alone are highly inflammatory foods that might lead to weight gain, allergies, insomnia, arthritis, depression, anxiety, high cholesterol, hypertension and many more health issues.
Must eat foods:
Vegetables — Bright, colorful veggies are great at combating inflammation within your body and they provide you with the nutrients you need to burn belly fat and feel energized.
Lean protein — How else are you going to keep your metabolism on overdrive when losing weight and feeling great? Plus, the big secret no one is telling you is that when you eat protein, you burn approximately 30 percent more calories from your body trying to break it down.
High-fiber fruits — The phytonutrients in fruits are nature's way of giving you all the vitamins you need in the form you were meant to absorb them.
Fruits often get a bad rap in diet plans, but knowing when and with what foods they should be eaten are the keys to making sure the fructose doesn't turn into body fat.
Healthful fats — Did you know your brain is predominantly made up of fat? Did you also know that good fat is a phenomenal source of long term energy? Make sure you add some healthy fats into your meals each day.
I can't stress enough the power of eliminating and choosing the proper foods for long-term, permanent weight loss.
Because I believe in doing things right the first time, I sincerely hope you take my advice and don't settle for short-term, quick fixes that have no potential of lasting results.
You deserve better than that.
Chad Smith is a Hagerstown personal trainer and co-owner of Home Team Fitness LLC. Go to www.hometeamfitness.net for more information.
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It's not the one I thought I'd be giving.
Skipping the gory details, it's become clear to me that I must step away from political writing for the foreseeable future. It's causing problems in areas that need to not be problems, and I've had enough.
It's not that I am any less firmly committed to my beliefs. If anything, I am more determined than ever to sound the call for a return to Constitutional fundamentalism. However, in addition to personal reasons for dropping out, my present approach simply isn't working for me and I refuse to minister from an empty well.
I've met some beautiful inside and out people over the past few years of pursuing a niche as a political writer. I've also met some decidedly less than beautiful people. Which happens in all areas and walks of life. This duly noted, the level of vitriol hurled by many against people on the same side as they has left a decidedly sour taste in my mouth, and I no longer wish to be associated with these people nor associate with them.
I've had my fill of drama queens, of both genders, perpetually playing the victim whenever someone treats them with the same level of contempt with which they treat others. I've reached my tolerance limit for cliques and living clichés, the self-appointed saviors giggling among themselves at whichever schmoozefest is the location for this weekend's drinking binge disguised as a political gathering.
I don't fit in with these people. My fault. I admit it. Too non-deferential; too stubborn in clinging to the blogging evangel stating one should never become what one professes to oppose. Hey, I get it. I know how the game is played. Sit at the assorted masters feet and gratefully lap up any crumbs falling from their table, piled high with the rewards and awards they give to one another. Wait for one to falter and pray you have positioned yourself properly to swoop upward and take their seat. Well, I really suck at the game. I admit this as well.
I'm tired of the game. I'm not playing any more.
I'm going back to my little NASCAR blog where I had fun and was funny. Going forward I'm taking care of myself. I'm going back to where I made dear friends and touched people the right way.
I harbor no illusions, or for that matter delusions, that the political social media world will note my departure and even those who do will lament my absence for more than a few seconds before getting back to their business. Which is okay. I gave it my all and did my best. I didn't fit. It didn't work. No hard feelings. You do your thing; I do mine. Everyone is happy.
That's all. I'll leave this blog up; maybe do the occasional post about music or spiritual matters. But no more politics. I'm done.
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In former pure-market-driven days, circa 1800 C.E., a product specification and honest delivery date was announced. I know, I was there. "Stan," said George Stephenson, "you don't have to be a Rocket scientist to appreciate my latest steam engine." Rivals would rush to improve the spec and/or beat the "to-market" deadline. Time passes, things change. You know, you've been there. In these PC (pronounced Pursey by Shakespeare) days, software announcements are now announced as soon as someone devises a catchy acronym. The current ploy, successfully borrowed by Microsoft from IBM, tries to discourage the competition.
Part of the problem is that software predictions can be woven into a bland, grandiose, uncontroversial jargon. Who could dispute the value of a globally web-aware, multi-paradigmatic, pattern-sensitive, cross-development architectural environment? (Have I missed your favorite desideratum?)
Nevertheless, deadlines are significant when debating the pros and cons of proprietary and open-software development. The former is often driven and accelerated by corporate job pressures. The latter, alas, relying on "casual" evolution, lacks the "next-week-or-else" imperatives. Replacing the trad Vaporware, we now meet the corporate term Vampireware (related to the Death March syndrome). For once, we can pin down the originator, Trygve Lode, CEO, Lode Data Corporation. Vampireware: A project capable of sucking the lifeblood out of anyone unfortunate enough to be assigned to it. The project never actually sees the light of day, but nonetheless refuses to die.
Yet many open and closed projects eventually emerge from the agonizing shadows to our clear screens. Dum codo spero?
Dan Jurca writes from California State University, Hayward:
I just read your article in the October 2000 issue of Linux Journal. Because of your interest in (2^6,972,593--1) I thought you might enjoy visiting: reality.sgi.com/chongo/tech/math/prime/merdigit/m6972593/prime-d.html
By the way, this Landon (Kurt) Noll is the person who, with one Laura Nickel, discovered in October 1978 that (2^21,701--1) is prime; and soon after that, and after Miss Nickel lost interest, he discovered that (2^23,209--1) is also prime. They used the library and computer resources at California State University, Hayward to do their research and perform the long boring computations.
Also, because you appear to be interested in "long numbers" you might enjoy the following tidbit. Consider the equations:1. A^(A^A)=10^(10^(10^10)) and2. B^(B^(B^B))=10^(10^(10^(10^10)))
Reader challenge (huge prizes): Determine
a. Which of A and B is the greater, andb. the numerical difference between A and B.
I'll report Dan's solution anon. Meanwhile, I see you rushing to the sublime Mathematica. We older farts still swear by Napier's Bones.
Stan Kelly-Bootle (firstname.lastname@example.com) has been computing on and off since his EDSAC I (Cambridge University, UK) days in the 1950s. He has commented on the unchanging DP scene in many columns ("More than the effin' Parthenon" Meilir Page-Jones) and books, including The Computer Contradictionary (MIT Press) and UNIX Complete (Sybex). Stan writes monthly at http://www.sarcheck.com/ and http://www.unixreview.com/.
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Some heater-rated NG DV fireplaces specify "up to 80%" or "79% maximum" efficiency. What can I do to wisely select a model, and ensure a pro HVAC contractor can perform a quality installation that gets the best possible performance?
Just about any major brand DV gas fireplace is going to be on the higher end for efficiency, I would not consider this a major selling factor. First you should find a dealer you feel comfortable working with, not only do you need them install the fireplace,m but also support after the sale. Like any appliance parts fail eventually. You will want a good service dept that can properly diagnose and fix future problems. Once you find a good dealer, I would look a their product line and narrow it down to the fireplaces you like the most, maybe at the same time looking at the efficiency ratings. Across the same brand the efficiencies should be a good comparison. Between diff brands you will want to look for something like AFUE efficiency numbers, or some other sort of "standard". If both fireplaces were tested with the same standards then the ratings can be compared, otherwise you don't really know what you are comparing.
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Beach House in Ormond Beach
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 7
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed yes
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- community Ormond By The Sea
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$ 2,500 - $ 3,500 / month
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Beautiful 3/2 beach house with pool,hot tub,wine
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Beach is at one end of the street and the intracoastal waterway is
atthe other end.Daytona Beach is just 10 minutes away and St.
Augustineis 40 minutes away.
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Swimming,fishing,biking,sight seeing,golfing,and much more.
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2500.00 to 3500.00 per month,1000.00 to 1500.00 a week for special
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