text:
- featured articles
Calculate your most fertile days
more >> - featured articles
Find the perfect baby name
more >> - featured articles
Expert tips for finding the right pediatrician
more >> - Toddler home
- Behavior
- Development
- Health
- Daycare & Education
- Recipes & Nutrition
- Activities
- Gear & Products
- Blog
- Formulas for Success
featured articlesHow tall will your kid grow up to be? Try our height calculator to find out
more >>- Child home
- Behavior
- Development
- Health
- Daycare & Education
- Recipes & Nutrition
- Fit Generation
- Activities
- Gear & Products
featured articlesMust-know tips for raising a happy, healthy family
more >>- featured articles
How healthy is your kid's lunch? Calculate the nutritional value now
more >> - featured articles
Sign up to get holiday recipes, crafts and stress-less tips delivered right to your inbox
more >> - Gear home
- Toys
- Books
- New Mom Essentials
- Baby Essentials
- Kid Essentials
- Mom Must-Haves
- Computers & Video Games
- DVDs
- Music
How tall will your kid grow up to be? Try our height calculator to find out
more >>- Mom home
- Health & Fitness
- Work & Family
- Relationships
- Single Parents
- Beauty & Style
- Relax & Recharge
- Money & Saving
featured articlesSign up to get recall alerts, recipes, parenting secrets and more delivered right to your inbox
more >>- Dad home
- A Day in the Life of a Stay-at-Home Dad
- Famous Dads on Fatherhood
- 20 Cool Dad Tattoos
- 19 Super-Fun Free Apps for Dads
Video: The most hilarious dads on the playground.
more >>
My Wife Is Having An Affair...
June 2, 2012
by Shawn Bean
© Courtesy of Weldon Owen
These days, I mostly make eye contact with my wife's shoulder blades. There she is in bed, lying on her left side, huddled over an iPad, its glow all over her face. She doesn't speak. Not now. Not at 9:18. Not at 9:42. I finally look over at 10. She is asleep, frozen in her pose, as if dipped in the carbonite that turned Han Solo into a very handsome brick. I peek at her iPad, the page still illuminated. I see the name in the middle of a paragraph, in a blocky serif font. Christian. Christian and my wife were no doubt in the midst of a deep, heated exchange when she drifted off. But I'm sure Christian is saying to himself, I'll see you tomorrow night.
My wife is having an affair with the star of E L James' blockbuster Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, the book that's been dubbed "mom porn." The dubbers are correct. If you are a woman, and you have Lunchables in your fridge, and hand sanitizer and a Ziploc of Cheerios in your purse, you are reading Fifty Shades of Grey. It just hit 10 million copies sold.
I'm taking my wife's cheating in stride. In fact, Brandy and I have become quite casual about this literary polygamy. She talks freely about the titillating sexual vignettes. She goes on about Christian Grey's wavy hair, a reoccurring totem in the book, which is hard to hear for a guy whose hair has broken apart like the supercontinent Pangaea. A week ago, I tell Brandy that Fifty Shades of Grey is being adapted into a movie, and they are working on casting. She asks who's up for the Christian Grey role. I name a couple actors. She is unimpressed. These men do not have wavy hair.
Here's why I am complicit: I cannot compete with Christian Grey.
Christian is a billionaire. I am a thousandaire.
Christian is hot and wild, mysterious and exciting. Brandy throws away my underwear when they have holes in them.
Christian is a messed up guy ("fifty shades of f#@$ed up," is how he describes himself). He's the type of dude women love to save, to fix. After 10 years of marriage, Brandy has put her toolbox away. Renovations on her spouse are pretty much done.
But most damning, Christian is imagined, fictional, and can therefore live on in idealized infamy. He will never have to suffer the mundane day-to-day nuisances that make flesh-and-blood men seem so blah. Brandy will never have to tell Christian Grey that he forgot to take out the recycling, or that he needs to make an appointment with the dermatologist for that thing on his back.
Yesterday, I tell Brandy I'm writing a blog post about her affair with Christian. She laughs. I tell her I know how the blog is going to start (bedtime, iPad, wavy hair, Pangaea, etc.), but I don't know how it's going to end. So she finishes it for me.
"Yes, the sex is compelling, but that's not why I keep reading," she says. "Now I'm in it for the relationship. I want to see where the story goes. I don't want to stop until I know how it turns out."
Women come for the excitement, then stay for the connection. I believe my wife started this whole thing with me for the laughs, the wild times, the hair (boy it was something), the newness of it all. But she stayed for the relationship. She wants to see where the story goes.
OMG. I am Christian Grey. Or at least I was.
Dudes should be thankful. Christian Grey is here to be the guy we used to be, or perhaps more depressing, the guy we never were. He is here because real people cannot sustain the fun, the excitement, the mystery, the passion, the newness. Eventually we all become mortals. Eventually we all become the guy with the thing on his back who forgets to take out the recycling.


text:
Hang tight!
Recipe by Thea
"This is a very low-fat, low-calorie salad. I make it all year long, but it is especially great for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Just freeze a few bags of cranberries to use at a later date. I know this will become a tradition to anyone who tries it, it's delicious! Originally submitted to ThanksgivingRecipe.com."
Watch video tips and tricks
1 1/2 cups chopped cranberries
1 cup chopped red apple
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup seedless green grapes, halved
1/3 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons white sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (8 ounce) container vanilla yogurt
I loved this simple salad and received many compliments on it. I used frozen cranberries, which worked great, and used part Splenda to replace the sugar. Will make this one again many times!
I wasn't impressed with this recipe. It tasted more or less like a fruit salad to me. I've had a variation of the Waldof Salad made with mayo and although I was skeptical at first that version taste much better.
92 Ratings
This was the 1st time I ever used whole cranberries. I tried it once with dried cranberries but it was too sweet for my taste. The 2nd time I made it, I used the cranberries in the bag. As I try to reduce the amount of sugar in my foods, I substituted Splenda for the sugar. I also used plain nonfat yogurt (that has no extra sugar added) & then just added a tsp. of vanilla. If you think the dish is too tart, you can just add a little more Splenda. I'd suggest stirring it before serving as it gets a little watery. Next time, I think I'll double the recipe.
This salad is yummy! I first made it for a Christmas party a couple of years ago and since then it has become a staple at Thanksgiving and Christmas get togethers. My husband is a caterer and serves this with holiday meals and always gets rave reviews! We usually substitute Splenda for sugar and it is just as good, maybe better that way. You won't be disappointed!
I make it every year for Christmas.
This recipe rocks. I was looking for a side dish for my traditional turkey dinner this Christmas that would pop. This was it. Both the look and taste were excellent. It will definitely become a tradition; my family loved it! It is a bonus that it is healthy, too. I can't wait to make it again just for myself!
Fantastic! I like it sweet so I used dried cranberries! Everyone LOVED it!
I was a little skeptical about the fresh cranberries but this was actually pretty good. The vanilla yogurt tames down the tartness of the cranberries. I added more fruit which thinned out the yogurt too much. I recommend sticking to the recipe on this one.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Cranberry Waldorf
Serving Size: 1/9 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 9 Amount Per Serving Calories: 100 Calories from Fat: 24
Everything you need to party like a leprechaun.
New for spring! Good-for-you food you'll love to eat.
Delicious recipes, party ideas, and helpful cooking tips! Get a year of Allrecipes magazine for just $9.99!
Impress guests with these elegant hens—the perfect size to serve individually.
This easy cranberry sauce is flavored with orange juice. Enjoy!
This salad is bursting with fruit and nuts, and is a great holiday side dish.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Children's Rights Film Series
The Center for the Human Rights of Children will be hosting a film series on Lakeshore Campus during the Spring semester of 2013. Following each film, a discussion on the issues of globalization and children's rights will be led by Dr. James Garbarino, CHRC's Senior Faculty Fellow and Maude C. Clarke Chair in Humanistic Psychology. All films will be held on the 4th floor of the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons, and will be free and open to the public.
Street Children of Africa: Will the dawn ever come? is a film documenting children without homes and without any means of support other than what they can scrounge for themselves. Though this is a global phenomenon, this film focuses on children in West Africa, inviting a fascinating comparison to their American counterparts regarding their fears, dreams, familial ties, and their sense of home. This film will be shown at 5:30pm on February 28, 2013.
Not My Life is a documentary narrated by Glenn Close about human trafficking. Filmed on five continents over a period of 4 years, it depicts the unspeakable practices of a multi-billion dollar global industry of child sex trafficking. Not My Life zeroes in on the fact that the vast majority of trafficking and slavery victims are children. It features dignified and inspiring testimony from survivors; depictions of trafficking, exploitation, and slavery in all parts of the world, including various forms of child enslavement and abuse in North and South America, Africa, and India. This film will be shown at 5:30pm on March 21, 2013.
Which Way Home: As the United States continues to build a wall between itself and Mexico, Which Way Home shoes the personal side of immigration through the harrowing dangers with amazing courage and resourcefulness as they endeavor to make it to the United States. The film follows several unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico en route to the U.S. on a freight train they call "The Beast." They are the ones you never hear about - the invisible ones. This film will be shown at 5:30pm on April 18, 2013.


text:
RALEIGH – Gov. Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the final recommendations approved by the Governor's Task Force on Eugenics Compensation:
"Thank you to the devoted members of this task force for months of diligent, careful and thoughtful work to address one of the most difficult and emotionally wrenching issues in our state's history.
While no amount of money will ever make up for the fact that government officials deprived North Carolinians, mostly women, of the possibility of having children—and officials did so, in most cases, without the victims' consent or against their will—we must do something. I support the task force's compensation proposal. I also agree that we should establish a permanent exhibit so that this shameful period is never forgotten. I look forward to reviewing the details of the task force's recommendations."
Subscribe to XpressMail. Free Sneak Peek. Every Week.
Want to know what's coming out in Xpress this week before the paper even hits the stands?
We've got your free sneak peek, along with deals available in XpressMail, our weekly email newsletter. (It's the best we can do without time travel.)
Related Articles
No commments yet.
Make a comment


text:
Wolfgang's Vault gladly accepts MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover credit cards, PayPal, debit cards, checks and certified money orders as payment options.
Prime Movers's live music career is celebrated in the concert memorabilia available at Wolfgang's Vault. The Collection is divided into Prime Movers Posters, Prime Movers Photographs, Prime Movers Apparel as well as other Prime Movers memorabilia such as vintage tickets backstage passes and media like Rolling Stone magazines.


text:
Check back throughout the day as we'll post updates when they become available.
UPDATE: Early hope for Horcoff's return was unfounded. Petrell and Eager both in the lineup.
Captain Shawn Horcoff could be ready for Sunday's #oilers vs #blackhawks
— Joanne Ireland (@jirelandEJ) March 8, 2013
The Oilers expected lineup based on recent practices and team updates and Chris Vandevelde's recent demotion:
Nashville Predators expected lineup, via Dirk from On the Forecheck:


text:
top down nc sneakers
The Top Down NC Sneakers by Reebok feature:
- Retro inspired high top
- Textile upper with patent leather accents
- Featuring a unique color treatment on each shoe
- Fold down ankle wrap
- Self-tie lace closure with metal eyelets
- Durable rubber sole
- Includes extra laces to mix and match
Tell a Friend
Copy and paste the following address to tell your friends:
Email a Friend
Sign Up!
Sign up for special offers, exclusive sales and discounts!
We recommend
Other customers also liked these...


text:
Reviews of Latest Mobile Phones
Your Selections
Refine Your Results
by Operating System
- Google Android (1)
- Other (1)
by Other Features
- Application store (1)
- Touch screen (2)
by Author
- Luke Westaway (1)
- Damien McFerran (1)
CNET UK > Reviews > Mobile Phones and Apps > Mobile Phones
Alcatel OT-980 review
With its unresponsive touchscreen and rather awkward appearance, the Alcatel OT-980 struggles to distinguish itself from similarly priced Android devices. If you're looking to upgrade from 'dumb phone' territory, the low price is undeniably attractive. Read more
15 November 2010 by Damien McFerran
CNET UK > Reviews > Mobile Phones and Apps > Mobile Phones
Alcatel OT-880 review
The Alcatel OT-880 suffers from dodgy build quality and an underwhelming touchscreen, which makes it a tough mobile to recommend. Read more
27 August 2010 by Luke Westaway


text:
The biggest result of the weekend saw QPR close the gap at the foot of the table with a crucial away win at Southampton while Gareth Bale was on target again for Spurs in their 2-1 derby win over Arsenal. There were wins for all the teams in the top four, while Everton and Liverpool kept up their hopes of European qualification with victories as well. But who made it into the POT Team of the Week?
Goalkeeper: Pepe Reina (Liverpool)
Although Liverpool beat Wigan 4-0, Reina kept his side in the game with a series of excellent saves, the pick of them from Arouna Kone when the scores were goalless and from Emmerson Boyce after Liverpool had taken the lead.
Full-backs: Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Gael Clichy (Man City)
The signing of Azpi has had a major impact on Chelsea's backline, as it has allowed Branislav Ivanovic to move into the middle (and Terry on the bench) but the Spanish full-back has flourished, while Clichy didn't have too much to do but unlike his compatriot Samir Nasri, has improved his game since joining City.
Centre-backs: Winston Reid (West Ham), Jan Vertonghen (Spurs)
Reid was dominant as the Hammers picked up a crucial away win at Stoke while Vertonghen was outstanding in Spurs's derby win over Arsenal, making one challenge on Olivier Giroud just when the Frenchman seemed set to score.
Holding Midfielders: Jonathan De Guzman (Swansea), Park Ji-Sung (QPR) De Guzman was outstanding in Swansea's win over Newcastle, completing 89 per cent of his 71 passes, while Park's energy in midfield helped QPR gain a crucial away win and close the gap at the bottom of the table.
Attacking Midfielders: Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool), Shinji Kagawa (ManUtd), Ashkan Dejagah (Fulham)
Coutinho set up Suarez for two goals in the Liverpool win, Kagawa became the first Asian to score a Premier League hat-trick while Dejagah continued his improved form and some neat wing trickery won Fulham a penalty at Sunderland.
Centre-forward: Luis Suarez (Liverpool)
Another hat-trick for Suarez whose form, and goals, this season is showing no sign of slowing down. The Uruguayan is unstoppable at the moment.


text:
Now Playing
Now Playing
Connect with Us
People of Northwest Public Radio
Our Northwest Economy
10:20 am
Tue April 6, 2010
Tesoro And State Investigating Oil Refinery Explosion
Oil refiner Tesoro is investigating the deadly Friday morning explosion in Anacortes. But the company does not yet have an explanation for the incident. The blast at the oil refinery killed four Tesoro workers and gravely injured three others. Senior Vice President Lynn Westfall said in a press conference Friday that the explosion occurred near a heating and cooling area.
Lynn Westfall: "There's a bank of these units, called heat exchangers, that perform this heating and cooling function and periodically they need to be opened up and cleaned. And that was the simple procedure that was going on prior to...now, again, we do not know if there is any connection between the cleaning work that was going on and the incident because we haven't into the unit yet."
The press conference was broadcast on KING-5-TV. Investigators with the Washington Department of Labor and Industries are also on the scene. Last year, the agency fined Tesoro for 17 "serious" safety and health violations at the Anacortes oil refinery.
Copyright 2010 Northwest News Network


text:
Lakes to Pines Triathlon
- Park Rapids High School
Huntsinger Avenue, Park Rapids, MN 56470 | Get Directions - Phone: (218) 237-6410
- email@example.com
- Visit Website
Add to my trip
Error. Submission of this item to your trip planner may have timed out. Please try again or check your trip planner to make sure it has been added.
$50 Individual, $75 Team, $10 for kids.- $50 Individual, $75 Team, $10 for kids.
Year-Round500 yard pool swim, 14.7 mile bike ride, 3.1 mile run. Fundraiser for the swimming program. You can sign up as individuals or relay teams. Also holding a kid's triathlon for ages 9 & under, and 10 - 12.


text:
Animal Kingdom Jokes
Why Sharks Circle You Before Attacking?
Another educational story about parents teaching kids.
Two great white sharks swimming in the ocean spied survivors of a sunken ship.
"Follow me son" the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the mass of people.
"First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing." And they did.
"Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing." And they did.
"Now we eat everybody." And they did.
When they were both gorged, the son asked, "Dad, why didn't we just eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and around them?"
His wise father replied, "Because they taste better without the shit inside!"
Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Bird Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone's relief, confirmed the problem was definitely not Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts.
However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that varying colors of paints appeared on the bird's beaks and claws. By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car.
MTA then hired an Ornithological Behaviorist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills.
The Ornithological Behaviorist very quickly concluded the cause: when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger. They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout "Cah", not a single one could shout "Truck."
If animals have Facebook..... these are most likely to be their Status Updates!
Cockroach: Managed to skip from some one's foot step.. Man, I lead a dangerous lifestyle!
Cat: My 7th child is asking who is her dad. What shall I tell her? I don't even remember...
Mosquito: I am HIV positive... this is all due to wrong sucking.
Pig: Oh gosh they throw the gossips that I am spreading flu...WTF!!!
Chicken: If tomorrow there's no status update from my side, means I'm being served at KFC.
A pig and a chicken were walking by a church where a gala charity event was taking place. Getting caught up in the spirit, the pig suggested to the chicken that they each make a contribution.
"Great idea!` the chicken cried.
"Let's offer them ham and eggs?"
"Not so fast," said the pig testily. "For you, that's a contribution. For me, it's a total commitment."


text:
Society of St. Vincent De Paul
Website | http://www.bloomingtonsvdp.org/ |
Phone | 812-961-1510 |
info [at] bloomingtonsvdp [dot] org | |
Address |
4607 W. State Rd 46 Bloomington, IN 47404 |
Description | They provide community resource information and limited financial help. Also, they collect and distribute donated furniture and appliances to those in need through a voucher system.
St. Vincent de Paul is Catholic led, but is open to all who wish to serve Christ by serving others. In Bloomington, they currently have volunteers from the three local Catholic parishes, St. Charles, St. John's and St. Pauls as well as from St. Thomas Lutheran Church and others. |
Subjects |


text:
52wk high:
52wk low:
PE (ttm):
Div Rate:
Market Cap:
2,582 people get GLNG breaking news and analysis by email alert.
Get email alerts on GLNG »
PRO Articles
There are 2 articles on this stock available only to PRO subscribers.
Other Articles
Golar LNG Limited Discusses Q2 2013 Results (Webcast)Aug. 29, 2013
GlobeNewswire (Feb 28, 2014)
GlobeNewswire (Feb 28, 2014)
GlobeNewswire (Feb 25, 2014)
GlobeNewswire (Feb 11, 2014)
GlobeNewswire (Dec 6, 2013)
GlobeNewswire (Dec 5, 2013)
at CNBC.com (Apr 23, 2013)
at CNBC.com (Mar 7, 2013)
at MarketWatch.com (Nov 6, 2012)
at Fox Business (Aug 30, 2012)
at Fox Business (Aug 30, 2012)
at Fox Business (Aug 24, 2012)
at Fox Business (Aug 24, 2012)
at Fox Business (Aug 24, 2012)
at Fox Business (Aug 24, 2012)
at Fox Business (Aug 24, 2012)
at CNBC.com (Jun 5, 2012)
at CNBC.com (Dec 15, 2011)
at CNBC.com (Dec 14, 2011)
at CNBC.com (Oct 31, 2011)
at CNBC.com (Apr 23, 2013)
at CNBC.com (Mar 7, 2013)
at MarketWatch.com (Nov 6, 2012)
at Fox Business (Aug 30, 2012)
at Fox Business (Aug 30, 2012)
GLNG vs. ETF Alternatives
Company Description
Golar LNG Energy Limited engages in the acquisition, ownership, operation, and chartering of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and floating storage regasification units.
- All
- | Earnings
- | Dividends
- | On the move
Thursday, Mar 136:56 PM
- AltaGas (ATGFF) could step in to help salvage a proposed natural gas export terminal planned for Canada's west coast, as the project's Texas-based owners seek to rescue the development from insolvency, FP reports.
- P-E firm LNG Partners sought a court-sanctioned reorganization for the Douglas Channel LNG project in October after it effectively ran out of money; the owners now are poised to chop the venture in two as part of efforts to resolve a dispute with other investors in the project.
- Under a proposed deal, AltaGas would head up a British Columbia project, while Haisla First Nation, a Douglas Channel joint venture, would develop a separate project with Golar LNG (GLNG, GMLP).
- The original export license, awarded in 2012, gives the venture permission to export up to 1.8M metric tons/year of natural gas.
Thursday, Mar 136:56 PM| 2 Comments -
Thursday, Feb 203:18 PM
- GasLog (GLOG +4.7%) is initiated with an Overweight rating and a $26 price target while gas shipping peer Golar LNG Partners (GMLP -3.6%) is downgraded to Equal Weight with a $33 target at Morgan Stanley.
- GLOG offers relatively low downside, having most of its fleet locked in solid long-term charters with strong counterparties and a reputation as a top quality operator, the firm says; GLOG's ability to identify attractive acquisition opportunities, not only by ordering newbuilds but also secondhand vessels, suggests stable growth potential.
- The firm sees lower upside for GMLP due to the anticipated difficulty of its parent, Golar LNG (GLNG +1%), to secure long-term contracts for its newbuilds during the next 12 months; however, even with the $33 price target, GMLP still offers 10%-15% total return including a 6.7% yield.
Thursday, Feb 203:18 PM| Comment! -
Thursday, Feb 209:33 AM
- Russia's $27B Yamal liquefied natural gas project, developed jointly by Total (TOT), China National Petroleum (SNP) and Russia's gas producer Novatek, reportedly will name by next month the shipping companies that will move LNG on icebreaking tankers from the Arctic to ports in Europe and Asia.
- Two vessels have been commissioned so far; bidders for 14 more vessels include Dynagas (DLNG), Teekay LNG Partners (TGP), Golar LNG (GLNG) and a Chinese consortium.
- The giant LNG plant at the remote Yamal Peninsula is one of the world's biggest gas projects and Russia's first foray to extract the vast natural resources that lay below the Arctic ice.
Thursday, Feb 209:33 AM| 1 Comment -
Friday, Dec 62013, 3:30 PM
- Golar LNG Partners (GMLP -6.2%) is defended at Clarkson Capital, which reiterates its Outperform rating and $38 price target after GMLP reveals plans to offer 5.1M units; parent Golar LNG (GLNG +0.4%) will sell 3.4M GMLP units as part of the offering.
- The acquisition of the Golar Igloo from GLNG was expected before the vessel begins service on a five-year contract to Kuwait National Petroleum in March 2014, the firm says; the transaction value is in-line with expectations, and the firm believes GMLP has solid distribution growth potential and strong unit coverage.
Friday, Dec 62013, 3:30 PM| 4 Comments -
Thursday, Dec 52013, 4:31 PM
- Golar LNG (GLNG) agrees to sell its ownership interest in the company that will own and operate the Golar Igloo floating storage and regasification unit to Golar LNG Partners (GMLP) for $310M.
- To fund the deal, GMLP plans a public offering of 5.1M common units, to include GLNG offering 3.4M common units as a selling unitholder.
Thursday, Dec 52013, 4:31 PM| Comment! -
Friday, Nov 292013, 10:48 AM
- Golar LNG's (GLNG +1.6%) ambitions to build several floating liquefied natural gas vessels remains the dominant variable for GLNG shares, Wells Fargo says, with the company providing significantly more color on its move in its Q3 report.
- The firm believes the potential for positive FLNG conversion and commercial updates throughout 2014 should continue to help break down the stock's correlation with spot LNG earnings, keeping it as buyers of the stock despite what it sees as a softer LNG carrier rate environment in 2014.
Friday, Nov 292013, 10:48 AM| Comment! -
Friday, Nov 292013, 7:12 AM
Thursday, Aug 292013, 11:58 AM
- Shares of Golar LNG (GLNG +1.2%) post solid gains after reporting Q2 net income of $59M, including a gain of $48M from interest rate swaps, and EBITDA of $8.2M.
- GLNG says the spot market remains volatile and inefficient, as a result the Hilli and Gandria enter layup in Indonesia.
- Concluded a $1.1B funding facility for eight of its thirteen newbuilds.
Thursday, Aug 292013, 11:58 AM| Comment! -
Tuesday, Aug 62013, 11:36 AM
- The biggest slump in tanker rates since January is signaling weaker U.S. oil imports and spurring analysts to predict a 15-year low for shares of Frontline (FRO -1.9%).
- Rates for the biggest crude carriers sank 68% in the past two weeks, more than reversing their advance since the end of June; the rise is seen as a blip, as the U.S. meets the highest share of its own energy needs in three decades.
- Rates for VLCCs, each hauling 2M barrels, fell to $7,954/day on Aug. 2 after rising as high as $24,493 on July 12; earnings last exceeded the $25.5K that FRO says it needs to break even in November.
- While U.S. oil production is bearish for crude tankers, it's boosting demand for ships to export refined products, chemicals and liquefied petroleum gas; Scorpio Tankers (STNG) is expected to benefit.
Tuesday, Aug 62013, 11:36 AM| 4 Comments -
Monday, Aug 52013, 8:05 AM
- Golar LNG (GLNG) is awarded a contract to provide Kuwait National Petroleum a floating storage and regasification unit for the liquefied natural gas import project at Mina al Ahmadi.
- The contract is valued at ~$213M, covering both capital and operating elements over five years.
- The unit is just one of 13 FSRUs and LNG carriers Golar has on order in Korea backed by a recent $1.25B financing deal.
Monday, Aug 52013, 8:05 AM| 1 Comment -
Friday, Jul 262013, 5:30 PM
Friday, Jul 262013, 4:32 PMLiquefied natural gas shipper Golar LNG (GLNG +4.6%) powered higher following earlier news that it secured $1.125B in financing for the first eight of 13 planned newbuild vessels and FSRUs. In anticipation of the financing, GLNG had entered into interest rate swaps to hedge much of the loan so that the all-in interest cost for the initial seven years of the facility will be ~3.74%. |Friday, Jul 262013, 4:32 PM| 1 Comment
Friday, Jul 52013, 11:16 AMGolar LNG (GLNG +2.4%) is upgraded to Neutral from Sell with a $32.50 price target at Goldman Sachs following recent underperformance. Since the firm added GLNG to its Sell list on May 14, shares are down 14% vs. the S&P 500's 2% drop; over the last 12 months, shares are down 18.4% vs. S&P's 17.6% gain. |Friday, Jul 52013, 11:16 AM| Comment!
Thursday, May 302013, 9:42 AM
Thursday, May 302013, 9:28 AM
Thursday, May 302013, 12:05 AM


text:
when do you want to visit nyc?
2 of 17
Central Park Zoo The Central Park Zoo is a microcosm of the world's wildlife population, offering a glimpse into the jungles beyond the City. The zoo is maintained by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which also oversees the Bronx Zoo, Queens Zoo, New York Aquarium and Prospect Park Zoo. The Central Park Zoo was not part of the original vision for the park, but after it began receiving informal gifts of wild animals, plans to build a menagerie to house them were approved in 1864. Over the next century, the zoo continued to grow and expand, and in 1984, the WCS took over and created the facility that we know today between 63rd and 66th Streets on the Fifth Avenue side of the park. The zoo houses more than 130 species of animals, all kept in environments that mimic their natural habitats—from tropical to temperate to polar zones. The staggering list of animals includes polar bears, penguins, a red panda, snow leopards, birds, frogs, ants and much more. A particular favorite of most zoo-goers is the sea lion feeding, which takes place three times daily at the Central Garden. The Tisch Children's Zoo, added in 1997, offers educational programs for children, a petting zoo and the Enchanted Forest.
Get deals and recommendations on citywide events for locals and visitors.


text:
The "glitch" may have been due to the recent make-over of the store site. I was registered in the Bravada store, from years ago, but that has since been changed. If I remember correctly, the original store site (Bravada), came out before Godsmack.com did, and the email address/password was different than the one I needed to register when I became a member of GS.com.
So....all in all, I'm a winner! Got my order in and hopefully Les doesn't see this, cuz I got it just for her because our concert dates are the 13th & 15th of May....the same time frame as shipping date.......AND I now have just one email address/password for both sites.
Not wanting to get beat by "Modern Technology", I tried registering with the same email address & password that enables me to interact on this site......and Low And Behold.....It worked!!
Now, in a few days....our mailperson will be dropping off our "Live & Inspired" set, complete with ALL the extras....


text:
New Arrivals
Cassandra Cardigan
Extended Sizes In Select Colors
Mixed weaves, touchable texture, a longer length—so much more than a classic cardigan.
- Ribbed trim.
- Length: 25" to 29".
- 66% cotton, 34% rayon.
- Hand wash. Imported.
We're so sorry: this item sold out sooner than expected. For an equally chic substitute, please call our Personal Service Associates at 1.888.855.4986. Or click on Chico's Chat below for immediate assistance.


text:
33 U.S. Code § 3 - Regulations to prevent injuries from target practice
Authority to adopt regulations—In the interest of the national defense, and for the better protection of life and property on the navigable waters of the United States, the Secretary of the Army is authorized and empowered to prescribe such regulations as he may deem best for the use and navigation of any portion or area of the navigable waters of the United States or waters under the jurisdiction of the United States endangered or likely to be endangered by Artillery fire in target practice or otherwise, or by the proving operations of the Government ordnance proving grounds at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, or at any Government ordnance proving ground that may be established elsewhere on or near such waters, and of any portion or area of said waters occupied by submarine mines, mine fields, submarine cables, or other material and accessories pertaining to seacoast fortifications, or by any plant or facility engaged in the execution of any public project of river and harbor improvement; and the said Secretary shall have like power to regulate the transportation of explosives upon any of said waters: Provided, That the authority conferred shall be so exercised as not unreasonably to interfere with or restrict the food fishing industry, and the regulations prescribed in pursuance hereof shall provide for the use of such waters by food fishermen operating under permits granted by the Department of the Army.
Detail of vessels to enforce regulations—To enforce the regulations prescribed pursuant to this section, the Secretary of the Army, may detail any public vessel in the service of the Department of the Army, or, upon the request of the Secretary of the Army, the head of any other department may enforce, and the head of any such department is authorized to enforce, such regulations by means of any public vessel of such department.
Posting and violation of regulations—The regulations made by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to this section shall be posted in conspicuous and appropriate places, designated by him, for the information of the public; and every person who and every corporation which shall willfully violate any regulations made by the said Secretary pursuant to this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.
Venue and jurisdiction of offenses; procedure—Offenses against the provisions of this section, or any regulation made pursuant thereto, committed in any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States where there is no court having general jurisdiction of crimes against the United States, shall be cognizable in any court of such place or Territory having original jurisdiction of criminal cases in the place or Territory in which the offense has been committed, with the same right of appeal in all cases as is given in other criminal cases where imprisonment not exceeding six months forms a part of the penalty, and jurisdiction is conferred upon such courts and such courts shall exercise the same for such purposes; and in case any such offense be committed beyond the territorial jurisdiction of any court having jurisdiction thereof, the offense shall be deemed and held to have been committed within the jurisdiction in which the offender may be found or into which he is first brought, and shall be tried by the court having jurisdiction thereof.
(July 9, 1918, ch. 143, subch. XIX, §§ 1–4,40 Stat. 892, 893; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a),61 Stat. 501.)
Undesignated pars. 1 to 4 of this section are from sections
1 to
4, respectively, of act July 9, 1918, popularly known as the "Army Appropriation Act of 1919".
Undesignated pars. 1 and 2 of this section superseded similar provisions of act Aug. 8, 1917, ch. 49, § 8,40 Stat. 266.
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections
3010 to
3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Coast Artillery changed to Artillery under authority of section 306(a) of act June 28, 1950, ch. 383, title III, 64 Stat. 269. Section 306(a) of act June 28, 1950 was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in section
3063 continued the Artillery as a basic branch of the Army.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of certain functions insofar as they pertain to Air Force, and to extent that they were not previously transferred to Secretary of the Air Force and Department of the Air Force from Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(55)], July 22, 1949.
The table below lists the classification updates, since Jan. 3, 2012, for this section. Updates to a broader range of sections may be found at the update page for containing chapter, title, etc.
The most recent Classification Table update that we have noticed was Tuesday, August 13, 2013
An empty table indicates that we see no relevant changes listed in the classification tables. If you suspect that our system may be missing something, please double-check with the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
33 USC | Description of Change | Session Year | Public Law | Statutes at Large |
LII has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references LII.


text:
Queste informazioni sono disponibili soltanto in lingua inglese
MosKomMash, a Russian producer of trucks used for refuse collection, now uses Hardox 450 to make its truck tails. The upgrade dramatically improves the quality of the tails, which last longer and cut costs.
A regular MosKomMash refuse truck had an 8-mm thick tail produced from mild steel with reinforcements on the bottom. When the economic climate changed, the company sought greater efficiency in its production and construction materials. "During the boom days, we never thought twice about Hardox as we focused more on mass production than on innovations, even though product improvement was always important for us," says Chief Designer Alexander Melnik. "We'd heard about Hardox, but it was only during the downturn when SSAB's Moscow representative visited us that we decided to test Hardox in our refuse trucks."
"Hardox 450 lasted three times longer"
The 8-mm thick tail was replaced in two test trucks with 5-mm thick Hardox 450 without reinforcements. The results, Melnik says, exceeded all his expectations. The tail made of Hardox 450 lasted three times longer than the normal tail made from mild steel, and weight and production costs were reduced since less welding was needed. The company also received welding recommendations from SSAB.
"It costs around USD 117 more to replace the mild steel with Hardox but I have to say that this is really nothing compared to the benefits that we, and end users, get," Melnik says. Besides being the first company in Russia to use Hardox for this type of application, he firmly believes that it will dramatically improve the quality and reliability of MosKomMash's trucks.
Non è stato selezionato alcun contatto
Tail of Refuse Truck
Hardox Wear Plate
Refuse truck producer MosKomMash replaced its 8-mm thick truck tails with 5-mm thick Hardox 450, eliminating the need for reinforcements. The switch to the lighter, stronger steel reduced weight and production costs, and increased reliability.


text:
Subconductance States of Cx30 Gap Junction Channels: Data from Transfected HeLa Cells versus Data from a Mathematical Model Biophysical Journal, Volume 91, Issue 6, 15 September 2006, Pages 2337-2348 Rolf Vogel, Virginijus Valiunas and Robert Weingart Abstract Human HeLa cells expressing mouse connexin30 were used to study the electrical properties of gap junction channel substates. Experiments were performed on cell pairs using a dual voltage-clamp method. Single-channel currents revealed discrete levels attributable to a main state, a residual state, and five substates interposed, suggesting the operation of six subgates provided by the six connexins of a gap junction hemichannel. Substate conductances, γj,substate, were unevenly distributed between the main-state and the residual-state conductance (γj,main state=141 pS, γj,residual state=21 pS). Activation of the first subgate reduced the channel conductance by ∼30%, and activation of subsequent subgates resulted in conductance decrements of 10–15% each. Current transitions between the states were fast (<2ms). Substate events were usually demarcated by transitions from and back to the main state; transitions among substates were rare. Hence, subgates are recruited simultaneously rather than sequentially. The incidence of substate events was larger at larger gradients of Vj. Frequency and duration of substate events increased with increasing number of synchronously activated subgates. Our mathematical model, which describes the operation of gap junction channels, was expanded to include channel substates. Based on the established Vj-sensitivity of γj,main state and γj,residual state, the simulation yielded unique functions γj,substate=f(Vj) for each substate. Hence, the spacing of subconductance levels between the channel main state and residual state were uneven and characteristic for each Vj. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (194 kb) |
Conformational Deformability of RNA: A Harmonic Mode Analysis Biophysical Journal, Volume 78, Issue 5, 1 May 2000, Pages 2528-2542 M. Zacharias and H. Sklenar Abstract The harmonic mode analysis method was used to characterize the conformational deformability of regular Watson-Crick paired, mismatch- and bulge-containing RNA. Good agreement between atomic Debye-Waller factors derived from x-ray crystallography of a regular RNA oligonucleotide and calculated atomic fluctuations was obtained. Calculated helical coordinate fluctuations showed a small sequence dependence of up to ∼30–50%. A negative correlation between motions at a given base pair step and neighboring steps was found for most helical coordinates. Only very few calculated modes contribute significantly to global motions such as bending, twisting, and stretching of the RNA molecules. With respect to a local helical description of the RNA helix our calculations suggest that RNA bending is mostly due to a periodic change in the base pair step descriptors slide and roll. The presence of single guanine:uridine or guanine:adenine mismatches had little influence on the calculated RNA flexibility. In contrast, for tandem guanine:adenine base pairs the harmonic mode approach predicts a significantly reduced conformational flexibility in the case of a sheared arrangement and slightly enhanced flexibility for a face-to-face (imino proton) pairing relative to regular RNA. The presence of a single extra adenine bulge nucleotide stacked between flanking sequences resulted in an increased local atomic mobility around the bulge site (∼40%) and a slightly enhanced global bending flexibility. For an adenine bulge nucleotide in a looped-out conformation a strongly enhanced bulge nucleotide mobility but no increased bending flexibility compared to regular RNA was found. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (305 kb) |
Myoglobin-CO Conformational Substate Dynamics: 2D Vibrational Echoes and MD Simulations Biophysical Journal, Volume 82, Issue 6, 1 June 2002, Pages 3277-3288 Kusai A. Merchant, David E. Thompson, Qing-Hua Xu, Ryan B. Williams, Roger F. Loring and Michael D. Fayer Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) infrared vibrational echoes were performed on horse heart carbonmonoxymyoglobin (MbCO) in water over a range of temperatures. The A1 and A3 conformational substates of MbCO are found to have different dephasing rates with different temperature dependences. A frequency–frequency correlation function derived from molecular dynamics simulations on MbCO at 298K is used to calculate the vibrational echo decay. The calculated decay shows substantial agreement with the experimentally measured decays. The 2D vibrational echo probes protein dynamics and provides an observable that can be used to test structural assignments for the MbCO conformational substates. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (188 kb) |
Copyright © 2003 The Biophysical Society All rights reserved.
Biophysical Journal, Volume 85, Issue 1, 416-425, 1 July 2003
Gilberto Villescas-Diaz† and Martin Zacharias*, ,
† Theoretische Biophysik, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie, Jena, Germany
* School of Engineering and Science, International University Bremen, Germany
Guanine:adenine (G:A) mismatches and in particular tandem G:A (tG:A) mismatches are frequently observed in biological RNA molecules and can serve as sites for tertiary interaction, metal binding and protein recognition. Depending on the surrounding sequence tG:A mismatches can adopt different basepairing topologies. In the sequence context (5′-) GGAC (tandem G:A in bold) a face-to-face (imino or Watson-Crick-like) pairing is preferred whereas in the CGAG context, G and A adopt a sheared arrangement. Systematic conformational searches with a generalized Born continuum model and molecular dynamics simulations including explicit water molecules and ions have been used to generate face-to-face and sheared tG:A mismatches in both CGAG and GGAC sequence contexts. Conformations from both approaches were evaluated using the same force field and a Poisson-Boltzmann continuum solvent model. Although the substate analysis predicted the sheared arrangement to be energetically preferred in both sequence contexts, a significantly greater preference of the sheared form was found for the CGAG context. In agreement with the experimental observation, the analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories indicated a preference of the sheared form in the case of the CGAG-context and a favorization of the face-to-face form in the case of the GGAC context. The computational studies allowed to identify energetic contributions that stabilize or destabilize the face-to-face and sheared tandem mismatch topologies. The calculated nonpolar solvation and Lennard-Jones packing interaction were found to stabilize the sheared topology independent of the sequence context. Electrostatic contributions are predicted to make the most significant contribution to the sequence context dependence on the structural preference of tG:A mismatches.


text:
Leave it to a spy to know how to get under a rival's skin. In an upcoming and typically intense episode of FX's The Americans (Tuesday, 10/9c), a captured Mossad agent challenges Soviet mole and master of disguise Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys): "Your name isn't your name, is it? Is your face your face? Are your children your children?"
Chicago P.D. is sending one of its own into the trenches of the Big Apple.
Sophia Bush, who plays Det. Erin Lindsay on the new NBC drama, is traveling to New York this coming week to shoot a scene for Law & Order: SVU with star Mariska Hargitay, executive producer Dick Wolf told reporters Sunday at the network's Television Critics Association winter previews.
"We have a case that we need a little bit of help with...read more
Longtime Law & Order: SVU castmember Dann Florek had one stipulation when discussing his exit from the series with showrunner Warren Leight.
"Dann said, 'I don't like parties. I don't want a party,'" Leight tells TVGuide.com with a laugh. "But he does have a nice 'farewell to the troops' moment in this episode."
On Wednesday's episode (9/8c, NBC), Capt. Cragen will retire from the force after 15 seasons of SVU and three seasons on the original flagship series — all of which makes him the longest-running character in Law & Order history. "We set this thing in motion where, for the first time ever, he had a hint of a social life," Leight said in reference to...read more
Ice-T talks about working with Alec Baldwin and being directed by long-time co-star Mariska Hargitay.
Kelly Giddish talks about guest star Alec Baldwin and being directed by her co-star, Mariska Hargitay.
Mariska Hargitay talks about this week's episode, working with her friends Alec Baldwin and Katie Couric and the challenges of acting and directing.
Guest star Alec Baldwin talks about his character, the legacy of SVU and being directed by long-time friend Mariska Hargitay.
More Clips & Interviews
A working-class Jewish teen receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school where he hides his religion from his prejudiced classmates.
Brendan Fraser (George of the Jungle) leads an all-star cast including Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting), Ben Affleck (Chasing Amy and Shakespeare in Love) and Chris O'Donnell (Batman Forever) in this acclaimed coming-of-age drama. After receiving a scholarship to an exclusive prep school, working-class teen David Greene (Fraser) becomes a star athlete and wins the attention of a beautiful debutante (Amy Locane). But the ties of his newfound friendships are broken when a student reveals the secret David has tried to conceal--he is Jewish. Now David must take the most important stand of his life, one that will touch the lives of many and forever change the course of his future.
After receiving a scholarship to an exclusive prep school, working-class teen David Greene (Fraser) becomes a star athlete and wins the attention of a beautiful debutante (Amy Locane). But the ties of his newfound friendships are broken when a student reveals the secret David has tried to conceal.
More Dick Wolf Movies Videos
With her gambling addiction out of control, Rollins doubles down on the wrong side of the law.
When Intelligence nearly exposes an undercover unit, Voight must join forces with his ex-partner to take down a deadly gambling ring. Also Available On Amazon Instant Video and VUDU
Keeler's disappearance ignites an investigation into everyone with a motive from Firehouse 51. Also Available On NBC, Xfinity, Amazon Instant Video and VUDU
Real life crime series Cold Justice follows former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former crime-scene investigator Yolanda McClary as they dig into small-town murder cases that have lingered for years without answers or closure.
More Dick Wolf On TV Videos
More Credits (49)
The original Law & Order seems like such a distant, and classy, memory these days. Dick Wolf's mini-empire within NBC now runs on a higher octane of lurid overkill. While Chicago Fire is a harmless enough, though largely forgettable, soap about telegenic first responders, its no-brainer (and brainless) spinoff, Chicago PD, is the most arrogantly conceived display of bare-knuckled hooey since the mercifully short-lived Ironside reboot, which polluted the same Wednesday 10/9c time period last fall.
Coming from the man behind the long-running Law & Order franchise — which has spawned four spin-offs since the mothership's 1990 debut — it should come as no surprise that the Dick Wolf-produced Chicago Fire would meet a similar fate. However, showrunner Matt Olmstead admits he didn't see it coming.
"It's funny," he tells TVGuide.com. "If we would have started out thinking that we were going to spin off Jason Beghe's character into a show, we probably wouldn't have... read more
Audiences changed the way they consumed television — as well as what they watched — last year, making binge-watching a phenomenon and breathing new life into the TV movie and miniseries genres. What's in store for this year? Here are a few hot topics.
Will there be any more fallout from the Duck Dynasty controversy?
While... read more
Holy smoke! Law & Order creator Dick Wolf's NBC drama Chicago Fire mixes buff bods, heroic action and — in a startling change from Wolf's previous procedurals — satisfyingly soapy storylines. This combo has helped make the sophomore series a hot date on Tuesday nights for more than 8 million viewers. "What we're doing here is the equivalent of big studio movies that have huge action sequences," says Wolf... read more
Mariska Hargitay was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, E! Online reports.
You might be also interested in the following websites:


text:
Sunday afternoon:
The heavy rain/severe storm threat is over. Prepare now for an unseasonably chilly week ahead as well as gusty winds Mon. & Tue.
Safe to say everyone had at least some rain over the weekend & in most places it was a soaker. The image below is the doppler estimated rainfall which is underdone in quite a few places. Some of the amounts reported so far....
- Jax S'side: 5.76".......Waycross: 4.1"....JIA: 2.77"....San Marco: 2.53".
Storm photos below -- in order -- are from Victor Jackson, St. Johns Co....Phil Keister - Cypress Lakes, St. Johns Co. hail....Todd Aspinwall - hail at the Outlet Mall, St. Johns Co...Tina Andreu - heavy rain & hail, World Golf Village...Deb, St. Augustine - hail covering the ground...Casey Miracle - tree on a home in Lake City + flooding...Amanda - Clay Hill flooding, washed out road...Jordadn Givens - Lawtey hail...Alexis Gaugh - St. Augustine hail ...Kate - hail in St. Augustine...& Dawn - Blanding Blvd. roll cloud just above the horizon.
Sunday morning update:
(see maps & images below).....Surface low pressure is organizing/strengthening over SE Alabama, so the warm front has popped north & the cold front is organizing south of the low into the Gulf. A large area of showers & thunderstorms, a few severe extend from the Eastern Gulf across the Panhandle, NW Fl. into Southern Ga. The low will intensify & move northeast today swinging the cold front & -- more importantly -- a prefrontal trough of low pressure -- to the east. The heavy rain & storms will be along & ahead of the trough.
Breezy, very warm & humid conditions are across the First Coast. This will certainly be a wet & stormy day with the question being how intense will storms become & how long will they be able to maintain themselves. Seems that at least a few severe storms -- damaging winds, hail, isolated tornadoes -- will occur through at least early afternoon in a corridor from the Big Bend across I-10 near & west of Jax into much of Southern/SE Ga. As the low moves farther to the north of the area, low level winds will become more W/SW which decreases the shear needed to maintain severe storm organization. The exact timing of this process is difficult to discern & will dictate when storms slowly weaken. Having said that, winds aloft will still be very strong so any storms through the afternoon will still have the potential to produce strong winds. It appears the highest severe weather threat will be through 1-2pm then decrease thereafter.
More heavy rain will fall. Individual cells within the large area of rain/storms will move E/NE at 30-40 mph, but the entire area will only move E/SE at 10-20 mph so there will be some "training" of cells which will lead another day of heavy rainfall. While not as extreme as Sat., additional rainfall will still likely reach 1-2", especially from Jax & areas north & west. Somewhat lesser rain south of Jax as the rain/storm area gradually shrinks this afternoon. So will probably be at least some short term flooding given the saturated ground after Sat.'s rainfall that locally was 5"+.
Once the trough moves through, skies will clear & gusty west winds will follow. An isolated shower or storm could occur this evening as the main cold front finally swings across the First Coast. Expect a very windy day Mon. with N/NW winds of 15-30 mph but gusts as high as 40 mph BUT no rain.
Sat. night update:
The warm front has struggled to move north because of 1) the heavy & strong t'storms north of the front creating & reinforcing the cold air at the surface (mentioned this possibility in past days).....2) the strong upper level disturbance far to the west is just now pushing into the Plains & until it pushes into the Tennessee & Ohio Valley's, surface low pressure will be slow to organize which keeps the front essentially stationary.
But by later early Sunday, the low will organize & strengthen & the warm front will shoot to the north into SE Ga. early Sunday then at least to I-16 by midday. This front will still pose a threat for severe storms, heavy rain & isolated tornadoes as it moves north & could include SE Ga. early Sunday & possibly extreme Northern Fl. Very warm, almost hot temps. (record highs of 90 degrees occurred Sat. @ Vero Beach & Melbourne) & high humidity surging north should fuel additional storm development helped out by the strong upper level disturbance to the W/NW.
By Sunday morning, temps. & humidity will be very high across the area (some forecast models show dew points approaching 70 degrees!). A strong cold front will be "sling-shotted" eastward south of the developing/strengthening low pressure that will move from Alabama/Ga. across Ga. into the Carolina's. A squall line of severe t'storms should develop along/ahead of the front -- near a trough of low pressure east of the front -- from W. Ga. into the Panhandle at sunrise. This line of storms will sweep eastward to perhaps a little southeast while individual cells race E/NE. Isolated storms could develop ahead of the line, but we're probably looking at the bulk of the severe weather with the squall line. APPROXIMATE timing is between 10am & 3pm from west to east across the First Coast crossing metro Jax a little either way of the noon hour. These storms will be capable of high, damaging winds, some hail & very heavy rain along with an isolated tornado threat. Even without storms, winds will be strong through the day Sun......from the S/SW in the morning at 10-20 mph increasing to 15-25 mph with higher gusts just in advance of the squall line. Once the squall line passes, W winds will blow 15-30 mph with higher gusts.
Rainfall is nearing a half foot in some places 30 miles either side of I-10. 4.52 through 7pm Sat. on Jax's Southside. The warm front-induced t'storms will produce more torrential rain Sat. night while the squall line's rainfall will be comparatively less because of the relatively fast movement of the overall line. Still....there could be some 1"+ amounts with the squall line with an average of about .5-1". So 2-day totals will range from 5-10" near & about 25 miles either side of I-10....to 2-5" near Highway 16....to .5-2" south of Highway 16 in Fl....to 3-6"+ near the Fl./Ga. border & 5"+ across SE Ga. "When it rains, it pours"(!).
Midday Sat. update:
Things are progressing pretty much as expected with a stationary front/warm front only very slowly moving north. This set-up has triggered intense to severe t'storms along the I-10 corridor north into SE Ga. There have already been reports of 1.75" (golf ball) size hail with some of the storms. Large hail, lightning & very heavy rain will be the primary threats through about 3-5pm as the storms are what's termed "elevated". But as surface heating increases & the warm front tries to nudge northward (+ very warm air across Central Fl. that can be "ingested" by the storms), storms should become more "surface based" which means the base of the storm clouds will lower. When/if this happens, the damaging wind & tornado threat should increase. The severe threat will continue into early this evening then shift northward well into Ga. & away from most of the First Coast later tonight. A wide range in temps. as expected - from 50s & 60s across SE Ga. to mid 80s @ Gainesville & Palatka. This range in temps. has caused & will cause some of the storms near I-10 to turn a little more SE. Such "right turners" are some of our most severe storms & could be the most powerful today/tonight.
The weekend forecast will hinge on the position of a warm front Sat. & a cold front Sun.It looks like the warm front will be approaching I-10 by noon or so at which time showers & t'storms should break out in its vicinity. So the best chance to get things done outside & stay dry will be in the morning but even then there will likely be at least a few scattered showers. Most of the afternoon rain & storms should be across Southeast Ga. south to I-10 to about 20-40 miles south of I-10. Within this zone there will be heavy rain at times & the threat for severe storms with hail & high winds. The storms will lift more northward Sat. night as the warm front pushes north. Severe storms from I-10 north into SE Ga. will be quite possible Sat. evening with a higher risk of an isolated tornado & this will the period with the highest for severe storms -- from 5pm to midnight or so. Storms should push into Central Ga. late Sat. night giving the First Coast a bit of a break. Another round of showers & storms will accompany a cold front Sunday from mid morning through the early afternoon & could also produce severe weather. There's the potential for rainfall of 5"+ across SE Ga.... 2-4" along the Fl./Ga. border...1-3" along the I-10 corridor...& an inch or less south of Jax. Locally higher amounts will be possible & REALIZE ALL IS CONTINGENT ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE WARM FRONT.Temps. will range widely this weekend with Sat. afternoon temps. just hitting the 60s at Waycross to the mid 80s at Palatka. It'll turn warm area wide Sun. with highs in the 80s & gusty winds of 20-30 mph regardless of any t'storms.Click ** here ** for a briefing from our Jax N.W.S.
I must admit I cringe a bit when I hear within a newscast: "you have to see this incredible video" or something along that line. But here I go(!): You have to see this video of a violent tornado in Australia as a person in their car tries to avoid the twister & debris that's being thrown hundreds of yards from the tornado. AND notice the clockwise circulation of the tornado -- it's the Southern Hemisphere(!) vs. the typical counter-clockwise circulation in our neck of the woods & the rest of the Northern Hemisphere -- click ** here **.
From NASA:-New eyes in the sky just opened, with what will be even more stunning views of our changing earth. The first image shows the meeting of the Great Plains with the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming and Colorado. The natural-color image shows the green coniferous forest of the mountains coming down to the dormant brown plains. The cities of Cheyenne, Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont, Boulder and Denver string out from north to south. Popcorn clouds dot the plains while more complete cloud cover obscures the mountains.""Everything has been very exciting," said Reuter. These first images are the culmination of a lot of hard work from the people at NASA and USGS, the Landsat Science Team and their industry partners at Ball Aerospace Corp. in Boulder, Colo., that built OLI, and Orbital Science Corp. of Gilbert, Ariz., that built and tested the spacecraft, he said. "As a tool for science, for looking at the whole planet and seeing how we're affecting it, and how it's affecting us, it's gratifying in all ways." A lot of talented people worked very hard and everything had to work. And it has." Click ** here ** for the view.
Earth Gauge: Container Gardening for RainConsider a rain garden to reduce watering needs in your yard and replenish groundwater. A rain garden is lower than the surrounding landscape, allowing rain to soak into the soil. This filters out pollutants and keeps runoff out of city storm sewers.Viewer Tip: The ideal spot if you want the most plant choices is a sunny or partially shady, flat or very gently sloping area located some distance from underground utilities and your home. The area should drain well. Heavy clay soils require a larger rain garden and sandy soils require a smaller one. Dig out six inches for a level area and loosen up the next 3. Add compost-enhanced soil and drought-tolerant native plants that can stay wet for few days. Mulch and water until plants establish.
Learn more about native plant choices in the Native Plant Database, which provides options for areas nationwide.
This information is provided by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Learn more ** here **.
State of the Climate Report - Highlights from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. Visit ** here ** for more information.
Climate Fact: Record Breaking Rains Reduce Southeastern Droughts
Average February temperatures were one to two degrees Fahrenheit above normal along the Southeast's Atlantic and Gulf coastlines, but interior portions of the Southeast actually experienced below-average February temperatures of the same magnitude. The region's warmest and coldest temperatures were separated by less than a week. A heat wave from February 11-13 brought Virginia's temperatures into the 60s and Georgia's into the 80s. Nearly a week later, temperatures couldn't break through the 40s in Virginia and North Carolina, while below-freezing temperatures were felt as far south as Dayton Beach, Florida. The thermometer rocketed to 90 degrees Fahrenheit only five days later just 100 miles to the west in Inverness, FL, setting Florida's all-time high temperature for February. Most of the Southeast was much wetter than usual for February as five cities stretching from Northern Florida through southern Georgia and into coastal South Carolina recorded their wettest Februaries ever. For perspective, Geneva, GA recorded 23.51 inches of rain in February, while Macon, GA received more rain than it did in the previous five months combined. Most of this rain fell when a frontal system stalled over the region for an entire week in early February and when two low pressure systems moved from east to west across the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys. February's rain reduced the Southeast's drought expanse from 43 to 28 percent and completely erased the areas of extreme and exceptional drought that plagued Georgia the last two years.
For more information, visit ** here **.
Climate in the News: Mulvaney, E. "Drought choking-off butterfly population" – San Antonio Express-News, March 18, 2013 - Drought, wildfires, extreme heat and loss of milkweed habitat are contributing to declining monarch butterfly populations in Texas.
Here are the most recent story comments.View All
The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of Action News Jacksonville


text:
Related Stories - Page 1
Russell Cain, a prominent Port Lavaca businessman, is back at work after a 5-foot western diamondback rattlesnake bit his foot. Read Story »
Port Lavaca residents may have lost a previous battle in the fight against red light cameras, but a new petition ... Read Story »
Calhoun County residents called for jury duty for the 135th Judicial District Court at 10 a.m. Monday need not appear. ... Read Story »
The success of immigrants depends in part on the acceptance of the adopted communities. Read Story »
CORPUS CHRISTI - Nelva Gonzales Ramos has moved on up - not to the east side in a deluxe apartment ... Read Story »
Bob Turner had more to give when he retired from the city of Tyler after 29 years of service. Read Story »
Calhoun County Air Center's Dianna Stanger is off to the races Read Story »
A new president offers new hope for Myanmar. Read Story »
PORT LAVACA - Carl Baugh hasn't paid a ticket he received after cameras caught him running a red light. Read Story »
The Texas Coast has been hit by 63 hurricanes since the National Weather Service began keeping records in 1851. Read Story »
PORT LAVACA - Anthony Brown hunkered in the front cockpit of the 2011 single-prop Cessna Skyhawk, tense with anxiety and ... Read Story »
When Ray Davila emigrated with his family from Mexico in the 1954, he had about $40 in his pocket. Read Story »
PORT LAVACA - Army Master Sgt. Jesse C. Alderete, 49, received a hero's welcome on his first trip home after ... Read Story »
The seven men arrested after they were accused of assaulting a juvenile with a box cutter during a home invasion ... Read Story »
The husband of an alleged target for a murder-for-hire plot told jurors Thursday he was solicited for the job, too. Read Story »
PORT LAVACA - Casey Brown began roping at an early age and has 50 champion buckles to prove it. Read Story »
Hibbett Sports, a retail chain based in Birmingham, Ala., will open a store in Port Lavaca at the end of ... Read Story »
PORT LAVACA - Memorial Medical Center announced the closure of its home health department last week. Read Story »
LeTeisha Newton lives in a fantasy world - when she writes. Read Story »
PORT LAVACA - Fred Mallett, molded 9 tons of sand into a seaside sandcastle Saturday at the Flip Flop Festival. Read Story »


text:
In Brazos Valley and Deep East Texas
Search The Entire News Archive
BBB can help you find a reliable tax preparer and avoid common tax mistakes.
Identity theft of information in tax returns and theft of tax refunds have exploded, reported Brian New of CBS11-TV, Dallas - Fort Worth. BBB advises that IRS will only be in touch by letter, not email, phone or text.
Taxpayers have until April 17 to file their 2011 tax returns and pay any tax due. According to the IRS, 80 percent of Americans will enlist the help of a tax preparer or tax software when filing their taxes. Better Business Bureau encourages taxpayers to use caution when selecting tax preparation help to avoid penalties or fees.
Tax preparers often offer Refund Anticipation Loans to allow you to immediately receive your tax refund. However, RALs are not an actual refund from the IRS but are a short-term loan from the company.
What do rebate and refund policies have in common, particularly this time of year? They're a source of confusion and aggravation for consumers who didn't fully understand them when making a purchase. An editor at Consumer Reports estimated that 40 percent or more of people who are enticed to buy a product by the offer of a rebate never get it because they fail to meet processing requirements. Others simply forget to file for the rebate.
U.S. Money Reserve of Austin, Texas has agreed to pay $5 million in restitution to customers as part of a settlement with the Texas attorney general. The BBB issued an alert on the firm in March.
The federal government is currently sitting on $164 million in uncollected tax refund money, primarily due to the fact that many neglected to update their address.
Verizon Wireless will be paying up to $90 million in refunds to settle a dispute that had improperly charged customers for Web access.


text:
User:National Institute sandbox 30aEdit This Page
From FamilySearch Wiki
Revision as of 20:51, 2 May 2013 by StandingVE (Talk | contribs)
The original content for this article was contributed by The National Institute for Genealogical Studies in June 2012. It is an excerpt from their course Canadian:Immigration Records by Patricia McGregor, PLCGS. The Institute offers over 200 comprehensive genealogy courses for a fee ($). |
Home Children
Other Canadian Sources
- Home Children Canada
- From the early 1990s, a focal point for researching home children was Home Children Canada, under the direction of J.A. David and Kay Lorente. See Appendix J of Kohli's The Golden Bridge for details on the work of this organization. A team at the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa now handles most of the queries through:
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Mail to:
- British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa
P.O. Box 38026
Ottawa, ON
K2C 3Y7 Canada
Home children who remained in Canada all their lives will have left some paper trail in records that apply to general genealogical research, such as census and vital registrations. Three types of records that may provide additional information on your Home Child Ancestor are described below. |
- Over 10,000 home children, almost one in seven, enlisted during 1914-1918. LAC now has a searchable database index to Soldiers of the First World War, giving access to online images of attestation papers, usually including date and place of birth, next of kin, and a reference for obtaining a copy of the complete surviving service file.
- Marriage Registrations
- Probably more than half the home children eventually married. Perhaps half of the total who came settled in Ontario, which has an 80-year embargo on marriage records still in the Office of the Registrar General. If that is the period of your interest, then you apply to the ORGO: noting their restrictions as to access. Marriage registrations from 1869 up to the 80-year period move to the custody of Archives of Ontario which has descriptive details and pathfinders on its website. There are films of the indexes and another series of films for the registration books.
- For other provinces, similar privacy restrictions are in place. Some have online access to certain indexes or searchable databases for vital statistics through their provincial archives sites (for example British Columbia, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia). In other cases, you can consult the provincial agencies which govern vital statistics.
- 1940 National Registration
- During the Second World War all adults over the age of 16 were required to complete a two-page questionnaire that asked for details such as date and place of birth, year of arrival in Canada if an immigrant, occupation, military service, etc. Statistics Canada holds these records which they will search for a fee, although some access restrictions apply. Find out more about requesting a search at the Library and Archives Canada.
- Internet Sites and Sources
- Several Internet resources offer information or the potential to ask advice. These should be regarded as leads only—it is essential to verify any information by going to more authoritative (original or contemporary) sources
- Marjorie Kohli provides a website with articles and links to her research interest in the organizations that brought children and young women to Canada between 1833 and 1939: http://jubilation.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/ and go to "Child Migrants, Home Children."
- A RootsWeb site is the British Home Children name list boasting more than 30,000 entries. View this privately submitted name list.
- RootsWeb also hosts the most widely used free subscription mailing list on the topic, often over 100 messages per month. Before subscribing to the list or posting a query, take time to search or browse the list archive which will tell you if anyone has discussed your potential ancestor and give you an idea of how to phrase a query.
Information in this Wiki page is excerpted from the online course Canadian: Immigration Records offered by The National Institute for Genealogical Studies. To learn more about this course or other courses available from the Institute, see our website. We can be contacted at email@example.com
We welcome updates and additions to this Wiki page.
New to the Research Wiki?
In the FamilySearch Research Wiki, you can learn how to do genealogical research or share your knowledge with others.
Learn More


text:
Requirements for the Degree (from GSAS bulletin)
Students may study for a PhD degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or urban planning. These three degrees are administered by a committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in cooperation with the Faculty of Design. The program is intended for persons who wish to enter teaching and advanced research careers in the history and theory of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban form from antiquity to the present; or the analysis and development of cities, landscapes and regions with emphasis on social, economic, ecological, transportation and infrastructural systems. (The PhD program does not prepare students for licensing as design practitioners in any of these fields. For information on professional masters' programs, contact the Harvard Design School, Admissions Office, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617.495.5453).
Academic Residence
Two years of full-time study while registered in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are required.
Program of Study
Course information may be found in Courses of Instruction offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as well as in the course catalogues published by Harvard's other professional schools.
- Students are expected to prepare in each of the following areas:General Knowledge of the Field: The PhD is an academic degree, but PhD holders in our fields may be interacting with professionals as well as with other scholars. In fact, many may elect to teach in professional schools. Therefore, in addition to academic requirements, it is required that every PhD student be generally knowledgeable of the basic skills of the respective design professions.
- Major Subject: The interfaculty structure and purposes of the program require that students cross disciplinary boundaries. All students must master a major area of their respective field, including the historic development and current state of research on the subject. In addition, every student must demonstrate competence in the methods of inquiry used for research in his or her major subject.
- All students must also achieve a thorough grounding in the theory and methods of one of the arts or sciences related to their major subject, such as history of art, cultural history, economics, philosophy, government, sociology, or history of science equivalent to at least one year of full-time graduate study.
- Languages and Mathematics: Candidates for the degree in architecture must normally have a reading knowledge of at least two languages other than English in which there is broad and important literature related to their field or major subject; those in urban planning must have one other language. Every student must have a level of mathematical skills appropriate for research in the major subject.
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences requires that all students maintain an average of B or better in each year of graduate study. All incomplete grades must be removed before the end of the next regular term.
If students are cross-registered in Schools where the grading system does not use letter grades, they should ask the course instructor to issue letter grades.
Faculty Advisor and Student's Graduate Committee
The chair of the PhD committee will assign a faculty member as the student's advisor at the time of registration in the program. This advisor will assist in planning the student's academic program. In addition, not fewer than three faculty members, appointed by the chair in consultation with the student, will be made available for consultation regarding the general examination and the dissertation.
General Examination
Students are expected to take the general examination in the fifth term of residence, and no later than one year after completion of the required coursework. The examination is given only during the fall and spring terms of the academic year. The examination tests the student's mastery of their general field of scholarship, specific interpretive problems within that field, and their ability to research and write a dissertation.
At least two months prior to the date of the examination, the student should meet regularly with the examination committee (see "Advising") and, with its help, should formulate a proposal describing the general and specific fields to be covered in the examination and possible examination questions.
The examination comprises a general field and a specific field. The general field is ordinarily a broad area of history and theory of architecture, landscape architecture, or urban planning (for example, "modern architecture from 1750 to the present"). The specific field is a narrower area of study chosen by the student and subject to faculty review; in principle it should comprise a coherent and clearly defined area of scholarly inquiry which may be interdisciplinary in nature.
The examination will normally consist of both an oral and written exam. The expectation will be that the oral will be used for the general field and the written for the specific. This may be inverted if the student and committee feel it is of more value to do it in that manner. Two or three written essays (total eight hours) will be assigned for the specific field. Within one week of the written examination, the student and the examination committee will meet to evaluate the entire examination and discuss plans for the dissertation. Students whose performance on the examination is not satisfactory will be given one opportunity to repeat all or part of it.
The dissertation will be directed by a dissertation committee consisting of one primary advisor and at least two secondary advisors or readers. Two readers must be from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or the Committee on Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning; one reader will normally be from the area of the student's disciplinary minor and one reader must be from the Harvard Design School.
No later than five months (within the academic calendar) after the successful completion of the general examination, students will submit to the chair a written dissertation proposal and the names of the faculty persons who will supervise it. The student will confer with the examination committee to discuss and develop the proposal. The committee will conduct an oral examination of the dissertation proposal, whose purpose is to provide for the student a formal occasion to discuss and gain approval of the dissertation topic.
Students are normally expected to complete their program (including approval of the dissertation) within seven years of entering the program. Students who require more than five years to complete the dissertation after passing the General Examination must petition the Committee on the PhD Program in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning to extend their time.
After the approval of the dissertation by the faculty members who are its director and reader(s), three copies must be presented to the committee on the PhD not less than six weeks before the degree recommendations of that committee are due at the Registrar's Office. The committee will receive the recommendations of the advisor and reader(s), and must formally vote on the recommendation for the degree. The final copy of the dissertation must conform to the requirements described in The Form of the PhD Dissertation.


text:
Jim Leyland fights to hold back tears while announcing his retirement Monday. / Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free Press
Leyland to be honored at Fox THEATRE EVENT
Detroiters can say good-bye to Jim Leyland at the Fox Theatre next month.
Before he retired from managing Monday, Leyland had signed on for a stage appearance at �Detroit Legacies: In Black and White,� an event at the Fox Theatre celebrating the launch of books by Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and U.S. 6th Circuit Appeals Judge Damon Keith. The Fox event now will include a special tribute to the man who managed the Tigers for eight highly successful seasons.
The Fox event, at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 11, will showcase people from different races and backgrounds working together. Albom will launch his 12th book, �The First Phone Call from Heaven.� Keith�s biography, �Crusader for Justice,� also comes out in November. Albom wrote the forward for Keith�s book.
During the night, Albom, Keith and others such as Barry Sanders, The Four Tops, Willie Horton and Kem will take the stage to discuss their experiences in the city.
Proceeds from the event will benefit S.A.Y. Detroit Charities, the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights and Reading Works.
Tickets cost $40 for general admission and $150 for inclusion in a VIP meet-and-greet reception. The ticket prices include signed copies of Albom�s book. Tickets can be purchased at 800-745-3000 and at olympiaentertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics, all Ticketmaster locations and ticketmaster.com.
He wore a suit, and when baseball managers wear a suit they�re either coming or going. Jim Leyland, suddenly, was going. He sat behind a long table with an expansive view of an empty Comerica Park in front of him, blocked only by a horde of reporters who had raced down in the rain for the hastily called Monday morning news conference.
�When it�s time it�s time,� Leyland said. �And it�s time to step down from the managerial position from the Detroit Tigers ��
Skipper says so long. After eight years and 700 Detroit victories, the tank was empty. He informed the players right after the season-ending loss in Boston on Saturday night, two victories from a World Series. He thanked them for their respect, then asked them to respect him one last time and keep it quiet until Monday, to give the Red Sox their due and not steal from their story. As he walked back to his office, he recalled, �it was like a bombshell. It was dead silence. So I came back and told them, �Fellas, this is Jim Leyland retiring, this is not Babe Ruth. Get a beer. Have a sandwich. Go enjoy yourself.� �
Skipper says so long. We will not see the likes of Jim Leyland again. Detroit�s best baseball managers seem to arrive with white hair and leave with less of it, and this white-haired, gravelly voiced, cigarette-fueled skipper was one of the best. In less than a decade, he became Detroit�s third winningest manager, guiding the Tigers to three straight division titles and two World Series. All told, he spent 22 seasons at the helm of one franchise or another, and in the long and storied history of baseball, only 14 managers have won more games.
He�s earned his easy chair.
�This job entails a lot more than people think,� Leyland explained. �There�s a lot more than writing out the lineup and pulling a pitcher. � I could see it coming. The trips were starting to get tough. � I�m gonna be 69 years old. I�m not ashamed of that. I�m proud of it. But the fuel�s getting a little low.�
Skipper says so long.
True to oneself
His sudden retirement � not even a rumor until a few hours before its reality � was classic Leyland. Realistic. Self-deprecating. No false modesty. And honest to a fault.
�I�m gonna miss the players,� he said. �I�m gonna miss the people we work with. � It�s just become such a tiring job now with all the travel at my age � all the media responsibilities that you have to go through, all the taking care of some players� personal problems, trying to help them. � I�m not gonna miss some of that stressful stuff.�
Even so, most managers would never walk away from a team still willing to pay them � let alone pay them well.
Nor would they leave having just missed a championship � especially with a talent rich roster capable of winning it all next year.
But the only thing Jim Leyland knows better than baseball is himself. He started thinking about this over the summer. Said he noticed the fatigue after road trips. A certain churning in his soul.
�They always said when it�s time you�ll know,� he recalled. Last month, around a hotel pool in Kansas City, he told his bench coach, Gene Lamont, he was done. He then asked to have a cup of coffee with Dave Dombrowski, his boss, on Sept. 7. He told him that he was planning to retire, because he felt it was fair, and fairness has always defined Jim Leyland.
�This is 50 years for me in baseball,� he said. �You�re talking about a guy who hit .222 in the minor leagues and got released and thought he was gonna go back and work somewhere back home in Perrysburg, Ohio. � I mean this has been unbelievable.�
When asked about his most cherished accomplishment in Detroit, he said:
�I think the thing that I�m proudest of when it�s all said and done � I came here to make talent a team, and I think we did that.�
Notice he started with an �I� and ended with a �we.� That�s how Leyland thinks. It�s a team thing. It�s a group result � success or failure. He never, in all his time here, threw a player under the bus, blamed high-priced egos or sacrificed someone else�s reputation to protect his own. Even after the American League Championship Series elimination by Boston during which several superstars didn�t deliver (which had nothing to do with Leyland) he began his explanations by saying �I didn�t do enough.�
How strange to realize now that, while the Tigers were being bumped to the edge with an agonizing grand slam in Game 2 and another in Game 6, Leyland actually was watching his career come to a close � silently.
Skipper says so long.
Target for criticism
�He�s like the father in the clubhouse,� rightfielder Torii Hunter said Monday, �and the CEO.�
How many men are described that way? Fans rarely get to see what a manager like Leyland does. They mostly cringe when he comes to the mound, then complain that he pulled a pitcher too soon or too late. The Internet has long been full of vitriol about Leyland�s managerial decisions, and you hope he never checked such things on a computer, because sniping anger could never understand the breadth of the humanity Leyland brought to the job.
This is a man who would chew out his superstar in front of the whole team if he disrespected a coach � he did it in Pittsburgh with Barry Bonds � yet also would gather the room together and tell them, fighting tears, to go home and think about how they can be better teammates to each other, as he did the day Kirby Puckett died.
This was a modest man from modest means, the son of a glass factory worker in Perrysburg, whose family had a tradition on New Year�s Eve, detailed in an ESPN story, where the men came through the front door and presented the women a piece of bread and a piece of coal, to symbolize another year of food and heat. Leyland spoke like a workingman and a workingman he was at his core, one who never forgot his roots. He choked up, literally, when he thanked the average men and women who spent their hard-earned money to come watch the team. He apologized to those people Monday for not winning a title this year saying, �We let the American League championship get away. � I�m very sorry that we didn�t get that done for you.�
He came across to strangers as grumpy and stern, yet in truth he was remarkably open both in speech and demeanor. Also in appearance. It was not unusual to walk into Leyland�s office to see him in his underwear, legs up on the desk, his feet in socks, a cigarette dangling in his mouth.
�Hey, how�s it goin�?� he�d bellow. He wouldn�t get up. He�s just chat as if it were the most natural pose, until pretty soon, you just figured it was.
Whoever takes over that desk now will be a hot button topic from today until another news conference at Comerica Park, likely in the same room as Monday, at the same table with the same view of an empty field. But whoever sits in that chair will not likely fill it the way Leyland did. This was a real baseball man, an old-fashioned, dye-in-the-wool, came-up-through-the-minor-leagues-and-has-seen-it-all guy, who respected the game enough to keep his own news silent in deference to the team that defeated him.
His players will miss him. His bosses will miss him. The game will miss him, too.
�He deserves to retire, relax, sit on the beach nude and smoke cigarettes,� Hunter joked.
Sounds like a plan.
Skipper says so long. It isn�t often in sports that a manager can say, �Thank you for having me,� and have it be just as true the other way around.
Contact Mitch Albom: email@example.com. Catch �The Mitch Albom Show� 5-7 p.m. weekdays on WJR-AM (760).


text:
How to Make a Collapsible Paper Lantern
Start from scratch with this paper lantern by making the paper first, then assembling the tea light lighted structure.
Print Options
CloseE-mail This Page to Your Friends
A link to %this page% was e-mailed
Materials and Tools:
Hollander beater
water and buckets
1 lb. abaca pulp
purple aqueous disbursed pigment
retention aid
mold and deckle
flower paper punch
5 different colored pieces of vellum
lamp parts: shade ring, brass cup
Lexel glue
PVA glue
glue brush
hole punch
eyelets and eyelet setter
18-gauge brass wire
ear protection
plastic apron
wire cutters
needle-nose pliers
tea light
candle lighter
1. Soak one pound of dry abaca pulp fiber in water. Remove it from the water and tear it into small pieces.
2. Place the pieces in the Hollander beater filled with water. Before turning on the beater, put on ear protection. Start the beater and let it run for eight hours.
3. Wear a plastic apron. Drain the pulp from the beater and move it to a bucket. Add purple pigment and retention aid to the pulp and mix the solution with your hands. The retention aid will help the color stick to the pulp.
4. Fill the vat with water: 90 percent water and 10 percent pulp. Add the pulp to the water in the vat.
5. Wet the paper mold. Place the deckle on top of the mold. Dip the mold and deckle into the vat, scooping the pulp onto the screen of the mold. Lift up the mold and shake it from side-to-side to interlock the fibers so that they bond together. The water will drain through the screen and the pulp will settle on top.
6. Remove the deckle from the mold and tilt the mold to drain the water.
7. Place a piece of interfacing on top of a piece of felt and wet both with water.
8. Set the mold, pulp side down, on top of the interfacing. Remove the mold, leaving the sheet of paper on the interfacing.
9. Cut five pieces of 18-gauge brass wire slightly longer than the length of the sheet of paper. Lay the wires evenly spaced across the paper.
10. Punch out 16 to 17 flowers from different colors of velum with the flower punch. Wet the vellum flowers with water. Place them on the first paper sheet in between the wires.
11. Make a second piece of paper following the directions above and place it on top, sandwiching the wire and flowers in between the two pieces of paper.
12. Place a second piece of interfacing on top of the second sheet of paper and use a brayer to roll over the interfacing to squeeze out excess water.
13. Remove the top piece of interfacing and let the paper air-dry. The paper will naturally curl.
14. Snip the ends of the wire that extend beyond the edges of the paper.
15. Apply Lexel glue to the center of a lampshade ring and glue the brass cup (to hold the tea light) to the shade ring. Let dry. This will become the lantern base.
16. With white glue, glue the edges of the paper to form a cylinder shape. Let dry.
17. Glue the bottom edge of the lantern to the wire base, folding the paper edges over the ring of the base. Let dry.
18. Punch two holes on opposite sides in the top edge of the lantern and set two eyelets according to eyelet manufacturer's directions.
19. Cut a piece of brass wire for a hanger and thread it through the eyelet holes from the inside to the outside of the lantern. Curl the ends of the wire with needle-nose pliers to secure them in the holes.
20. Put the tea light on the brass cup in the base of the lantern. Collapse the paper lantern to light the candle. Expand it to hang the paper lantern.
We Recommend...
How to Make a Paper Dragon
Create a gigantic papier-mache dragon for your Halloween decor.
How to Make Paper Flowers for a Wedding Bouquet
Pretty, inexpensive and long-lasting, paper flower bouquets are perfect wedding mementos. Learn how to make paper flowers for...
How to Make a Valentine's Day Paper Heart Garland
Create a paper heart chandelier and add a whimsical touch to your Valentine's Day dinner for two.
(7 photos)See Also:
From our Sister Sites:
- How to Make a Paper Magnolia Garland Centerpiece (from DIY Network)
- How to Make a Valentine's Day Countdown Paper Chain (from DIY Network)
- How to Make Paper Flowers Using Cupcake Liners (from DIY Network)


text:
Advanced Search
T.H.E. Journal Focus is a custom newsletter on specific technologies for K-12 as requested by a sponsor. Published on demand. By subscribing to this enewsletter, you will be contacted by carefully selected outside companies for reputable promotional purposes. If you do not wish to receive e-mails from other companies, please let us know by clicking here and following the steps provided.
February 2014 Issue Available Now
Free Subscription to THE Journal
Issue Archive


text:
L.A. NABE Holiday ReceptionL.A. NABEFriday, December 14, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PMLos Angeles, CA |
Who's Going
Loading your connections...
Event Details
We welcome you to join us in spreading some holiday cheer at our Holiday Reception! Appetizers and drinks will be provided and there will be great people to help you unwind after a long week at work. Happy Holidays!
Onsite registration will be available. Non-members and affiliates may pay cash or check at the door.
REFUND / CANCELLATION POLICY:All non-member cancellations are subject to a $10 cancellation fee.
Have questions about L.A. NABE Holiday Reception?
Contact L.A. NABE
When & Where
Baco Mercat
408 S. Main St.
Los Angeles,
Friday, December 14, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Add to my calendar
Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics