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A controversial nativity scene could soon make an appearance in the northwest suburbs if the Illinois Nativity Committee gets its way.
The Daily Herald reports the group has submitted a park use permit application to donate the scene to Arlington Height's North School Park.
Park district officials are reviewing the application.
The park district previously rejected the nativity display.
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The NHL has suspended San Jose Sharks defenseman Brad Stuart three games for his hit to the head of New York Rangers forward Rick Nash on Tuesday night.
The incident occurred early in the first period and resulted in Nash eventually leaving the game after playing just a little more than five minutes. He did not return. Here is the video of the hit, as well as Brendan Shanahan's explanation for the suspension.
Stuart will be eligible to return on Oct. 17 when the Sharks visit the Dallas Stars and he will lose $55,384.62 in salary as a result of the suspension.
San Jose ended up winning Tuesday's game 9-2 thanks in large part to a four-goal effort from rookie Tomas Hertl.
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The tea shop managers who played crucial part in computer revolution
Managers of Lyon's Tea Shop who worked on the world's first computer to be used at work are being 'hunted' by the capital's Science Museum to form part of a £15.6 million multi-media display.
The display called Information Age will celebrate key developments in communication technologies over the past 200 years.
The Lyons Electronic Office (LEO I) was created by the J Lyons and Co catering company and used in Lyons tea shops in the 1950s, playing a crucial role in developing computers in the workplace.
The museum wants to celebrate this achievement with the memories of the tea shop managers who worked with LEO I.


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Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (SPMM) holds the record for simultaneous number of people brought down in one tackle
While Indianapolis normally looks for smaller, quicker linesmen to play the Colts style of football, occasionally a prospect comes along who's characteristics are impossible to ignore. The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (SPMM for short) is one such prospect. At over 100', 12,530 tons, only rivaled in mass and general build by Terrence Cody (with Cody being rumored to be more plush in the abdomen), SPMM is a prime prospect for teams seeking a franchise nose- or undertackle to anchor their defensive line. Although at first glance, he seems to fit the criteria for a 3-4 nose tackle - takes up multiple linesmen, huge, immobile, no one caring if he displays any lateral agility whatsoever - he's an intriguing possibility for the Colts in that he would not only fill both the under- and 3-tech tackle positions simultaneously, but he would also spread out to both defensive ends and become a mass that no team could run through, around, or over. With SPMM in the mix, Indianapolis could field 10 defensive backs, and could count on using lower drafted talent since no QB in the NFL posseses the height to pass over him - hell, no center in the NBA posseses that height! - and his presence on the field would force opposing teams to move the ball by employing their punter in the QB position.
No scouting reports of SPMM by NFL scouts exist, most likely due to the fact that he's never played a down of football, ever. What little we know has been said by other witnesses to his size and prowess. New York Ghostbuster Winston Zeddemore:
If someone asks if you are a god, you say, "yes!"
We believe that has something to do with the topic of SPMM, but have yet to get in contact with Zeddemore for confirmation.
Another New York Ghostbuster, Peter Venkman:
We've been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay Puft's okay! He's a sailor, he's in New York; we get this guy laid, we won't have any trouble!
Contrary to popular belief, that statement wasn't made during a college recruiting trip.
While this prospect is not rated to go in any round in the draft - and in fact, has not done so since 1984 - news on the street is that the New York Jets is considering picking him up, not as a player, but as a sideline substitute for when Rex Ryan needs to go to the bathroom.
SPMM is the sort of prospect who could not only stuff the middle, but both ends, the sidelines, the spectators seats all the way up to the luxury boxes, and most of Indianapolis from just south of Keystone at the Crossing up north, to just east of Broad Ripple, to just west of Shadeland, and just north of the I465/US 37 interchange. The possibilities of his technique are endless; no Dwight Freeney spin move would be needed to sack the quarterback, all SPMM would have to do is fall forward. And on special teams, he could function as a field goal blocker.
No one knows what sort of player SPMM could ultimately develop in to, but his tangibles (not intangibles, his tangibles) - his 10 storey height, freight-train weight, etc. - are enough to cause a paradigmatic shift for any defense who drafts him, and any offense who faces him. As a defensive line prospect (as in, the entire defensive line, not just one position), SPMM could wear the Colts blue and white and solve many problems on defense, including the ones nobody knew they had. The drawbacks: Parking spot and locker room space. Perhaps the site of the former RCA Dome can be converted for that.


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This group of vocalists is auditioned, and these vocalists serve on once-a-month teams, both Wednesday and Sunday services throughout the year. Called out of the Celebration Choir family, these men and women seek to role model a lifestyle and expression of worship and add harmony and confidence for our church family as we worship corporately. Rehearsals are Thursday's from 6:00P.M. - 6:45P.M. in the choir room.
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDYAssociated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - State lawmakers made few major changes to education policy during this year's legislative session.
A bill that would let parents and teachers try to convert failing public schools into charter schools stalled, as did an attempt to change state curriculum standards.
Lawmakers did lower grade-point average requirements so that more students would qualify for the popular HOPE grant for technical colleges.
Perhaps the biggest change to state education policy was the standardization of teacher evaluations based, in part, on student performance.
The bill is under review by the governor.
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Touring Caravan Security
Your touring caravan can easily cost thousands, and much like all other expensive purchases, it makes sense to protect your investment. Insurance is an essential consideration of anyone who owns such a vehicle but you'll of course need to think of more practical measures to keep your caravan safe as well, and luckily there are a whole range of security devices you could invest in.
The most basic consideration when it comes to touring caravan security is the hitchlock. This ensures that your caravan is fully secured to your car at all times, thereby preventing the possibility of it being stolen when you pull over or leave the vehicle unattended for a short while. Many insurance policies stipulate that you'll need this device in place before they'll even offer cover, and failing to have it secured can result in a nullified policy.
But, it's often wise to look for more in-depth levels of protection. Burglar alarms and secure locks are always necessary (it's a home away from home, so why treat it any different?) and you might also want to consider satellite tracking devices. These can be invaluable and can help get your caravan back should it be stolen, and they can act as a great deterrent to would-be thieves. You'll need to think about security when you're not on the road as well, and having somewhere safe to store your caravan over the winter months is essential.
The best thing about taking proper security measures is that it can often result in reduced premiums. Insurers know that if your caravan is more secure you'll be less of an insurance risk and can therefore pass on savings accordingly, and you could well save a great deal of money over the years. You'll be protecting your investment whilst having extra cash in your pocket at the same time, so never forget the importance of touring caravan security and you won't have anything to worry about.
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It's a big weekend for the University of Arizona, their historic tree ring lab is all moved into a new building and they are opening up their doors to the community.
The lab has been waiting for a new place for over 75 years ago. It's old home was underneath Arizona stadium, a smaller and darker place.
The new building has double the space and plenty of windows to let in the sun. Even the design of the building itself is symbolic. The upper floors are wider than the floor beneath to look like a tree canopy.
The new lab lets the scientists and students show off what their work is all about. Tree ring research gives insight to historic events.
Each ring dates back years ago, and scientists can learn about fires and droughts even about entire cultures.
Inside on the first floor they have pieces of wood that are 2,000 years old, including a ten foot wide, two ton slab of Sequoia. Upstairs new labs for the researchers to conduct their work.
Tomorrow the lab wants to give the entire community a look, there will be tours, exhibits and activities for the kids. Doors will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The new and improved lab is located at 1215 East Lowell Street.
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"A medical term from the old theory of humours. The object of carminatives is to expel wind, but the theory was that they dilute and relax the gross humours from whence the wind arises, combing them out like knots in wool." [Hensleigh Wedgwood, "A Dictionary of English Etymology," 1859-65]
carminative car·min·a·tive (kär-mĭn'ə-tĭv, kär'mə-nā'-)
Inducing the expulsion of gas from the stomach and intestines. n.
A drug or agent that induces the expulsion of gas from the stomach or intestines.


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(11/20/12) - It looks like real fiscal cliff negotiations will be pushed off until December - as lawmakers in Washington take another week off for Thanksgiving recess.
But before they left town, ABC12's Washington Correspondent Ted Fioraliso asked Mid-Michigan's newest congressman, Dan Kildee, for his take on the fiscal cliff.
Congressman-Elect Kildee doesn't take the oath of office until January, but if lawmakers can't come up with a permanent solution to the fiscal cliff now, he'll be right in the thick of it come the new term.
"The consequences aren't played out here at the Capitol, they're played out in communities across the country," he said.
Kildee is keeping a close eye on the fiscal cliff, and how it could impact his constituents in Mid-Michigan. He says going over the cliff would affect all age ranges - from college students with federal loans to adults who receive federal unemployment benefits.
"This is paycheck. This is home budgets that are going to be affected. It's not a theory, it's not some big construction project, this is dollars and sense for everyday working Americans," he said.
Democrats want to raise taxes on households making $250,000 or more to help raise revenue. Republicans want to keep the across-the-board Bush-era tax cuts while closing loopholes in the tax code.
"It won't solve all the big problems in the long term. We've still got a lot of work to do next year," Kildee said.
Kildee's hoping to take a page from his Uncle Dale's book - and reach across the aisle. He says he's already met with some incoming House Republicans.
"There's nothing in the drinking fountain in this building that causes us not to work together. So I think if we intend to, I think we'll be able to do it," he said.
While Kildee will be a new face in Congress, he's spent the past year building relationships on The Hill, including with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Both dispelled rumors that some Democrats think it would be better to go off the fiscal cliff than to fix the problem.
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A skilled and educated workforce is the cornerstone to promoting economic growth and increasing the innovation capacity of a company and even a nation. Yet it's also the hardest asset to acquire, a growing mountain of data warns.
While millions of Americans are unemployed or underemployed, many employers say they cannot find enough qualified candidates for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) jobs. The concern becomes more urgent when considering the millions of aging workers who will soon reach traditional retirement age.
There has been no dearth of data warning of a talent gap in the United States.
In May, ManpowerGroup reported that U.S. employers are struggling to find available talent more than their global counterparts. In a survey of nearly 40,000 employers across 41 countries and territories, including more than 1,300 U.S. employers, 49 percent of U.S. employers said they are experiencing difficulty filling mission-critical positions within their organizations, compared with 34 percent of employers worldwide. Based on the findings, the positions that are most difficult to fill are skilled trades, engineers and IT staff, all of which have appeared on ManpowerGroup's U.S. list multiple times since the survey began in 2006.
As Manufacturing Suffers, Lack of Talent Pipeline Is 'Striking'
Considering the high level of technical sophistication and complexity involved in today's industrial processes, manufacturers report having been hit particularly hard by the lack of skilled workers. A 2011 report from Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute, the research arm of the National Association of Manufacturers, found that 67 percent of manufacturers are facing a moderate to severe shortage of available, qualified workers, with 74 percent of manufacturers reporting the largest staffing shortages in skilled production (including machinists, operators and technicians), followed by production support (including industrial engineers and manufacturing engineers), which was cited by 42 percent of respondents.
Moreover, 56 percent of manufacturers anticipate the gap to grow worse over the next few years.
Meanwhile, a recent study from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) suggests that although the current skills gap is less severe than many believe, it could become more acute in coming years if steps are not taken now to address the situation. The average age for highly skilled manufacturing workers in the U.S. is 56, and with many expected to retire over the next decade, the U.S. economy will need to produce a considerable number of new employees to compensate for the so-called brain drain.
A key factor of this talent shortage is the widening gap between the business demand for high-skilled labor and the supply of college graduates with STEM-related knowledge and degrees.
"Economists don't agree on a lot. One area, however, of little debate is that future American competitiveness is highly dependent on producing a skilled workforce with significant abilities in math and science," according to a Deloitte paper titled 21st Century Education, part of the Deloitte21 global education and skills initiative. "American colleges and universities are not graduating enough scientists and engineers to meet the expected needs of our future economic growth."
Although the National Science Board's (NSB) comprehensive Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 study shows improvements in the number of students attaining bachelor's and master's degrees in STEM fields, the NSB calls the low U.S. share of global engineering degrees in recent years "striking."
Roughly 5 million first university degrees (equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree) were awarded in science and technology worldwide in 2008: Students in China earned about 23 percent of those, countries in the European Union earned about 19 percent, and those in the U.S. earned about 10 percent. Whereas science and engineering degrees accounted for about one-third of all bachelor's degrees awarded in the U.S. in 2008, in Japan and China more than half of equivalent first degrees were awarded, according to the NSB. In the U.S., about 4 percent of all bachelor's degrees awarded in 2008 were in engineering, compared with about 19 percent throughout Asia and 31 percent in China specifically.
While no single reason accounts for the low share of U.S. graduates in STEM field studies, students' inadequate math and science preparation from early in their education — particularly grades K through 12 — and an unwillingness to commit to the additional study time needed for math and science courses relative to other classes are likely contributing factors.
Meanwhile, high tuition costs are an increasingly significant barrier to college attendance. Whether for a two- or four-year degree, tuition has climbed much faster than household incomes in recent years, restricting the flow of STEM graduates from U.S. universities and compounding the likelihood of talent supply being insufficient to meet talent demand in coming years.
Approximately 1 million more professionals will be needed to fill STEM jobs over the next decade, according to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). To meet this demand, the U.S. will need to increase STEM-degree graduates by about 34 percent annually, PCAST posits.
"Encouragingly, while this need may seem daunting, it can be accomplished with only a modest increase in the retention rate of STEM majors during the first few years of college. That's because fewer than 40 percent of students who enter college intending to major in a STEM field complete college with a STEM degree today," according to PCAST's report fact sheet. "Increasing the retention of STEM majors to just 50 percent would, alone, generate approximately three-quarters of the targeted 1 million additional STEM degrees over the next decade by increasing the annual number of graduates with bachelor or associate degrees in STEM fields to about 370,000 from the current 300,000."
U.S. Needs to Overhaul Public Image of Manufacturing, Education System
The linkage between education and economic prosperity is a key element of a vibrant and successful nation. Providing a high-quality education to American youth is crucial to the nation's economic competitiveness, especially in a global market increasingly predicated on knowledge, innovation and creative problem solving.
To produce more engineers, scientists and high-tech manufacturing professionals would require, among other things, rebranding the image of what these careers are and their importance to the economy. For instance, there remains a societal stigma about manufacturing jobs – often misperceived as dirty, low-paying and unsafe – that is leading a younger generation to pursue careers in other industries, though the reality of manufacturing work is far different.
In fact, another study from Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute found that only 35 percent of 1,000 surveyed Americans say they would encourage their children to pursue careers in manufacturing. Only 20 percent of survey respondents said they believe schools in their communities encourage students to pursue high-tech careers in manufacturing. And less than half of all respondents (49 percent) agreed that the school system provides exposure to skills required to pursue a career or job in manufacturing.
The Deloitte/Manufacturing Institute report concluded that Americans are frustrated with what they perceive as the educational system's failure to emphasize manufacturing careers.
As a result, Americans have a low opinion about the quality of manufacturing education and training offered to students.
Indeed, even if the U.S. succeeds in attracting more students to STEM studies, the nation's current education system continues to struggle to prepare students in these fields. The result is that America's competitive advantage continues to decline.
"Given that more than two-thirds of STEM workers have at least a college degree and that demand for STEM workers and workers with STEM degrees continues to grow, the U.S. college and university system is a cornerstone of our STEM future," according to an early-2012 report from the U.S. Department of Commerce, in consultation with the National Economic Council. "However, the U.S. is losing ground to other countries in important areas of education, specifically in creating opportunities for students to gain expertise in STEM skills. Improvements are required at all education levels, including post-secondary school, if the U.S. is to remain internationally competitive and continue to excel in preparing its workforce for an increasingly knowledge-intensive economy."
A mid-2010 study by the National Academies warned of a precarious economic future unless changes are made to STEM education in the U.S. In Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited, the authors concluded that the nation's competitive outlook has worsened since 2005, when the first Gathering Storm report issued a call to strengthen K-12 education. Despite occasional bright spots, the nation's educational system has shown little sign of improvement, particularly in math and science, according to the report.
In its 2012-2013 Global Competitiveness Report, the World Economic Forum ranked the U.S. number 47 out of 144 economies for math and science education quality. In overall competitiveness in the world economy, the U.S. continued its decline for the fourth consecutive year, falling two places to number seven.
Although multiple factors contribute to economic success, improving education is essential to increasing innovation and competitiveness. In failing to do so, the widely reported skills deficiencies have major consequences not only for business success, but for the nation's global competitiveness as well.
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[...] is still high in the U.S., many companies — particularly manufacturing firms — are struggling to find qualified workers for skilled positions, primarily in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs. [...]
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blah blah blah.What employers want and what they reward are entirely different concepts. I have been hearing about STEM since the 1970′s. Yet engineers flee the field for management or sales at an astounding rate. I would restate the title as: STEM pay and benefits still insufficient to attract enough attention from government college attendees for 30 years and counting.
They should juxtapose this article with the ones that claim excellent salaries and see if the readership can fathom the disconnected logic.


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Valentine's Day
A day of love.
But what does Valentine Day really signify?
A day where you open your heart to someone
Someone you admire.
Someone you always wish the best for.
Someone who has been there for you thin and thick.
Why not this year, you open your hearts to yourself!
Praise your internal love and wellbeing for yourself.
Admire yourself for how far you've come.
How far you have grown.
You don't need someone to company you on Valentine Day's.
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Intiman Theatre Festival: We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!
Sunday August 4, 2013 / 8:00pmIntiman Theatre Festival: We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!
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I hadn't realized it was a farce when I bought the tickets. Not my favorite type of play but still pretty funny and the policeman was great! If you like farce it a splendid night out!


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I Am a Mere Person
Life is sometimes an evanescent state in Ghana. John and I came back to Kumasi in 1974, after we'd been in Ghana for about a year, to find that one of my workers was very sick. I had a crew of men who helped me do a survey of the geology around the city. The man's name was Awuni Frafra, the surname taken from the northern tribe to which he belonged. He was only 22 years old, at least a head taller than the other workers (common for people from the north) and strong and vigorous. Since he was...
The World is a Funny Place
We were invited to a celebration luncheon at a tiny village in Northern Yemen near the Saudi Arabian border. It was 1976, and some civil engineer Peace Corps volunteers had just completed building a concrete rain water catch basin to improve this village's clean water supply. There were 30 people lounging on pillows in a circle on the floor of the village sheikh's sumptuous living room in this expansive mud and stone home. He wanted to show us his gratitude, and a feast of roasted lamb, ...
Meeting the Ambassador
I was in Ghana in 1974-76 and was there when Shirley Temple Black was the Ambassador. I had grown up knowing that she and I have the same birthday, April 23. On our birthday, April 23, 1976 I was in the capital city, Accra and decided to see if she would meet with me ( I had met her before at a Peace Corps dinner). I went to the American Embassy and ran the doorbell and was greeted by the Marines at the front desk. I explained that I was a Peace Corps volunteer who had the same birthday as ...
Fifi, Dandan, Karenkaren
This photo is of my wife Karen (on the right) with a couple of the teenage girls in our host family. They are all wearing typical floral-print Trukese dresses and maramar garlands in their hair.
Bring the World Home -- Greg Knudsen in Chuuk, Micronesia
This is a half-hour interview of ME by the Hawaii Returned Peace Corps Volunteers about my 1974-76 Peace Corps experience in Chuuk (formerly Truk), Federated States of Micronesia. The video was for HiRPCV's "Bring the World Home" and aired on Olelo (Hawaii's public-access cable channels) during Sep./Oct. 2010. It was recorded in Aug. 2010. Mahalo (thanks) to producer/interviewer Linda Chock. Links to other "Bring the World Home" videos are posted by the Hawaii Returned P...
Yawei Ferry River Crossing
My Peace Corps home was the town of Pujehun, scattered along the meandering banks of the Waanje River and pushing back against the pervasive tropical rain forest of southern Sierra Leone. The town was 40 miles south of the city of Bo but only 20 miles north of the Atlantic Ocean. However, there was no road south through the coastal waterways and swamps. Therefore the crusty road to Bo was the shortest route to needed supplies and a link to the rest of the world. The road was an undulating...
Unexpected pleasures of travel
Traveling by Peugeot station wagon bush taxi from Abidjan to a small town just inside Liberia, in the iron-rich area around Mount Nimba, upon arriving at the frontier, a small river, the customs agent pointed out that I couldn't enter Liberia -- I should have had my passport stamped at the last town through which I had passed, twenty some kilometers back - and only one last taxi-brousse would make the trip that particular evening. As the Peugeot finally headed back for Danané, where I had not...
A Different Way to Achieve Immortality
I opened the paper some months ago and came across a funny article about ear hair that transported me back to my Peace Corps days in village India, over half a lifetime ago. The article was by local columnist David Shapiro, who must be about my age – give or take a few summers – because he wrote, quite entertainingly, about a battery-powered ear- and nose-hair trimmer, a gift idea for males, like me, who have started on their second half-century. "Can you imagine if teen-agers had...
Bok bene yaye ak bene baye (sharing the same mother and same father). Family is important and sharing the same father and mother is a special relationship.
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The front pages of two of today's newspapers say a great deal about the skewed priorities that are continuing to shape the general election campaign.
The Sunday Express is scraping the barrel [1] for stories with which to smear Nick Clegg, reporting that he once spoke in favour of returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece. The paper is providing a fine examples of the depths to which the campaign has sunk. This is surely the first time that the Elgin Marbles have been an election issue.
In contrast, the lead story in the Sunday Times may appear to have nothing to do with the election. It focuses on the paper's annual "rich list", published today. It reveals [2] that despite the recession, the fortunes of the richest 1,000 people in the country have increased by 30 per cent in the last year.
This is a reminder of the obscene wealth enjoyed by a few at the expense of the many. There is still public outrage over the bankers' treatment of society and worry about the cuts that the main parties want to make to public services. But despite all this, inequality is not an issue that Brown, Clegg or Cameron seem keen to prioritise. They will talk about health, crime, education and perhaps even poverty, but they rarely make the links with economic inequality [3].
It is unlikely that anyone will ask about the Rich List in the Leaders' Debate on Thursday. Nor will they point out that the gap between the richest and poorest in Britain is now considerably larger than it was in the late nineteenth century.
But the Sunday Times has reminded us that members of today's upper class are immune from the recession that has harmed the rest of society so badly. This should have more relevance to our political decision-making than any number of front pages filled with speculation about coalitions – or with a ludicrous non-story about the Elgin Marbles.
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where can i buy rit dye for clothing i want to change my white skirt into a black skirt
you can buy it at rite-aid and you can either buy powder(you put it in boiling water) and/or the liquid kind.
About two years ago I wrote a funny little DIY about dyeing your clothes . Well, that DIY seems to be very popular and I've had lots of questions about other varieties of dyeing. It seems to be pretty similar to the Rit dye I've used before , except Dylon only has instructions for using a pot/sink instead of a washing machine like I've used in the past....
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1Some Pervert Got Arrested for Groping Sarah Hyland
Sarah Hyland plays a teenager on Modern Family and looks – well, like a kid. She's actually 23, but that's neither here nor there. The cast of the show is currently over in Australia filming the show, and of course fans are excited at getting a chance to come face-to-face with their favourite stars. However, one such fan went way too far: a 29-year-old man has been arrested after posing with Hyland for a picture and GROPING HER BOOBS. What the fuck?
The unnamed man was charged with assault, arrested and then released on bail. He'll be back in court on March 14th, where he could face up to five years in prison (but will probably get none).
From E! Online:
Hyland became visibly emotional and teared up after the alleged fan grabbed her breast outside of the Sebel Pier One in Sydney.
According to eyewitnesses, Hyland immediately pushed the man in question away and screamed, "Don't touch me there!" before her security guards intervened.
No word whether the photo above is of the guy who was charged, but it is from the fan event in question hosted by Qantas Airlines at Sebel Pier One in Sydney on Sunday. Ugh. Why are people so fucking creepy?
February 21, 2014 at 1:30 pm by Jennifer
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You've got it wrong celebs do all kinds of shit acting like assholes and get NO time in jail regular ppl get time for being childish assholes.


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BYRAM, MS (WLBT) - A Hinds County woman alleged she was ripped off by a furniture company that never delivered the goods.
But the business claimed they tried to work with the unsatisfied customer.
Romunda Guice said she paid Furniture Zone for a table and four chairs on February 19th and has not yet received her merchandise.
"This is where I was planning to put my table once it came in," said Guice, while pointing to an empty space in the kitchen of her apartment.
The 25-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran said the purchase of nearly $550 was debited from her account but a month and two weeks later still no furniture.
The Byram resident said she was told the set finally made it to Mississippi March 24th, but was on a truck that broke down in Vicksburg the following Saturday and that she could come pick up the merchandise.
"I'm telling her I don't have a truck. I'd have to locate a truck. When it came to it getting in their possession and me getting the run around about when it would be delivered and I'm waiting and I'm not hearing anything when I call. I'm not getting an answer. I'm not getting my phone calls returned, and it's just been a big hassle," said Guice.
She even filed a police report after repeatedly going to the store.
Furniture Zone manager Kea Jones said Guice was told that her special order had to be made by the manufacturer in Dallas and would take longer for delivery.
Jones acknowledged that problems occurred with the delivery.
The manager said the delivery truck broke down Saturday at their Vicksburg store and Jones said Guice told her that she would go there to pick up the furniture but never did.
"I even offered Guice a refund to keep her happy which is against store policy, and she refused. The furniture is here in the Jackson store now, and we will still work with her to deliver it," said Jones.
But the frustrated customer said it is too late.
"I honestly don't want to do business with them anymore. I just want to get my money back and take my business elsewhere," added Guice.
She plans to take Furniture Zone to court to recoup her losses.
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Nexen: Planned Works Reduce Flow at North Sea's Buzzard Oilfield
Thursday, April 24, 2014 UK North Sea oilfield Buzzard sees output fall due to maintenance and construction work.
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Monday, December 02, 2013 Society of Petroleum Engineers Aberdeen Section to award bursaries amounting to $32,800 to up to 20 students during the 2013/2014 academic year.
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Thursday, July 04, 2013 Wood Group wins contract extension to supply Nexen's Scott and Buzzard platforms in the North Sea.
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Hargreaves Services (LSE: HSP) falls on mining problems.
The FTSE 100 (UKX) is still moving sideways, and is only three points above yesterday's close, at 5,864 points, at the time of writing -- and that's after closing just 14 points down yesterday. It seems unlikely there will be much movement in the index of top shares without any economic news.
Still, it's best to forget the indices really, and just keep our eyes peeled for individual shares in the news. Here are three that are falling today...
Hargreaves Services (LSE: HSP), the coal producer, was one of today's big fallers, dropping 144p (21%) to 550p on the release of preliminary results. The results themselves were very good, but the price fell due to fears over "geological problems" that continue to threaten its Maltby mine in Yorkshire.
Record revenues of £688m were posted, for a rise of 25%, with pre-tax profit coming in 17% ahead of last year at £43m, and the dividend was hiked by 15% to 17.8p. But the effects of problems at Maltby did not hit these figures -- the damage will be felt in the next set of results, with an £8m loss already budgeted.
Close Brothers Group (LSE: CBG) fell a little, losing 18.5p (2%) to 832p after it released preliminary results for the year to July 2012. Overall adjusted operating profit came in slightly ahead of last year, up 2% to £134m, with adjusted earnings per share (eps) up 4% to 67.3p. The dividend was lifted by a modest 1.5p to 41.5p, for a nice yield of 4.9%.
It's perhaps easy to see why the market's reaction was muted, as the results were pretty much just flat really -- but that 4.9% yield is nice, and the basic eps figure puts the shares on a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.
Oil explorer Mediterranean Oil & Gas (LSE: MOG) fell a little on interim results, dropping just 1% to 12.5p, despite the results looking good. The firm enjoyed revenue of €8.5m -- €7.9m once assets due to be transferred to Canoel International Energy are excluded, and a similarly exclusive operational profit of €2.3m.
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PBS to Air Soros-linked Film Calling for Socialized Dental Care
PBS will air "Dollars and Dentists," a Soros-connected documentary advocating for socialized dental coverage, claiming that there is a lack of affordable dental care that is endangering the lives of millions of children. A press release and promo for the "Frontline" special, which debuts on Junes 26, reveals that in addition to the convenient election year timing, the documentary is hyperbolic, and made in conjunction with a group that gets funding from the the left-wing billionaire.
The narrator for the documentary is an outspoken proponent of lefty propaganda and the whole things is backed by organizations funded, in part, by George Soros. The arguments of "Dollars and Dentists" also closely parallel a CBS program that aired almost four years earlier to the day, during the last presidential election cycle.
Former CNN anchor, now correspondent, Miles O'Brien will narrate the PBS documentary. O'Brien is not new to this type of left-wing political hype. Back in October 2007 on CNN, O'Brien came out in defense of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," dismissing the ruling by a British judge that the movie contained nine inaccuracies. He also accused global warming critics of being "bought and paid for" by the fuel industry, and called Christine O'Donnell a "Tea Party nutbag" on twitter, before pulling that tweet when it caused some backlash.
The "Frontline" special was made in conjunction with the Center for Public Integrity, using the results of a Pew Research Center poll. Like-minded organizations tend to scratch each other's backs. In this case the Pew Research Center, and CPI are both funded by Soros. Pew got $500,000 in Soros money in 2009 alone. The Center for Public Integrity got $2,416,000 in Soros funds from 2000-2003.
The conclusion of the Pew study cited in the PBS documentary, "as Medicaid rolls grow, states must do much more to improve children's access to care, particularly by strengthening preventive care efforts and broadening the pool of providers." In other words, the study advocates for state mandated dental coverage for the underprivileged.
The new documentary has much in common with a CBS story which aired in June of 2008. Both stories used many of the same examples (including stories of people pulling out their own teeth with pliers) and pushed the common media solution for health problems: government-run universal health insurance.
The promo for the PBS documentary begins with the tragic story of a young boy, Deamonte Driver, who died from complications related to dental problems. The death of this boy was undeniably a tragedy, made worse by the fact that it was completely avoidable. However, there is more to this story than the tale of how greedy dentists refused care to a child in need. The boy's mother had lost her Medicaid coverage and had been preoccupied trying to find a dentist for her other son. When the boy finally did receive medical care, nobody noticed that there was a more serious problem with him until it was too late, according to a Washington Post piece from February, 2007.
While the story is tragic, it ignored issues of personal responsibility. Where was the child's family? Why didn't social services (another part of government) intervene? Even the left-of-center Washington Post editorial board admitted this was in part a personal responsibility issue in an editorial on March 7, 2007. Yet CBS and the upcoming PBS documentary pin the blame on a failure of society to provide care that might have saved Driver's life. But Driver's tragedy was not ignored, instead the boy's untimely death brought about a movement of non-profit dental organizations for those not fortunate enough to have dental coverage.
A press release for the documentary admitted that Medicaid doesn't work well. Yet, the documentary argues the answer to poorly run government programs is more government programs. "Most dentists won't see [Medicaid] patients, because there's no profit margin in Medicaid patients." Dentistry is a business: that PBS has right. Without a profit margin, the dentists would be working for free.
The 2008 CBS story did not mention private solutions or the government regulations that can prevent people from getting the dental care they need. It is doubtful that the June 26 PBS program will either.
According to the Cato Institute's Michael F. Cannon, the answer to situations like Driver's is not universal coverage. As a Maryland resident, Driver had "reduce[d] access to the very type of early intervention that [he] needed" because of "consumer protection" laws that prevent dental hygienists from working with patients without the supervision of a dentist, said Cannon.
Former CBS anchor Russ Mitchell introduced the CBS report with the debunked statistic of "estimated 47 million Americans who have no medical insurance." As the Business & Media Institute and others have pointed out, that figure included nearly 10 million non-citizens and roughly 17 million who might be choosing to be uninsured, making substantially more than the median household income at that time: $46,326.
This CBS documentary was run almost four years earlier to the day, at the same point in last election cycle. Since health care was a major issue in the 2008 election cycle, and is now back in the news as the Supreme Court nears its decision about Obamacare, it is unlikely to be mere coincidence. The CBS program even admitted that this topic was a hot button issue back in June of 2008.
CBS's programming also failed to include any criticism of dental care in countries like Great Britain that have universal coverage. But a May 7, 2006, New York Times story focused on "deficiencies in Britain's state-financed dental service." According to the article, it is "stretched beyond its limit, no longer serves everyone and no longer even pretends to try." The result: some British people had removed their own teeth with pliers. CBS didn't make that connection.
According to the Times, the country has too few "public dentists" because they are "discouraged by what they say is the assembly-line nature of the job and by a new contract that pays them to perform a set number of 'units of dental activity' per year." So dentists are choosing private practice over Britain's National Health Service.
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Are you kidding me????
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 12:12pm.
Uhhhhh...NO. I take care of my teeth, and as a result, I have a LOW dental bill each year.
I REFUSE to baby people who don't want to take 5-10 minutes out of the day to brush their teeth, use fluoride, and floss!
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
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Wow!!! "Free" Dental Care!!!
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 12:17pm.
We don't even have that up here! We actually pay for our dentists' services!
When you guys go, you go all out, don't you?
Oh yeah... Same can be said for eye examinations. As much as $100 a pop!
But the landed immigrants (even the "illegal" ones ----- Just kidding) get all that and more.
Yeah... I'm wondering what we pay all these taxes for too!
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A ray of light!
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 12:18pm.
Canadians pay for their own dentists?
There is hope for you guys yet. :)
Except for Quebec..are they still busy burning down the province because the government wants to raise tuition, or did the students shut up and go home for the summer?
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Last I heard...
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 12:20pm.
They had a concert last weekend in Montreal where they "memorialized" the passing of Quebec with a moment of silence. :-P
The lowest tuition fees in NA, and they're still complaining. Education is a "right" you see, and therefore it must be "free".
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At least our teeth are straight...
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 12:24pm.
...Does anybody know if the NHS in GB provides "free" dental care??? ;)
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I think they do
Submitted by JeffC... on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 12:38pm.
I think the Brits do get "free" dental care. The problem is the usual one with NHS--getting timely service. I've read horror stories about people doing their own dental extractions because they can't get an appointment with a dentist.
Other than that, typical leftist documentary--someone can't take care of himself/herself/children, so let's screw up the whole system for everybody even though it won't solve the supposed problem.
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Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 1:00pm.
If the NHS does baby the Brits with "dental care", that by itself is an advertisement against government provided dental care.
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And PBS wants to say FOX News
Submitted by P. Aaron on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 12:37pm.
And PBS wants to say FOX News is bought & paid for?
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Civil society
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 1:06pm.
And here's yet another suggestion:
If this is such a massive problem with people not going to the dentist because it is allegedly too expensive, why doesn't Soros do something productive for a change and set up a foundation or a charity that would pay for the dental bills of the most destitute of society?
Now, because I just suggested that a better solution to this "problem" is to engage civil society instead of running crying to the federal parent - ERR - government, watch the Left SCREAM.
(Oh, don't worry, I know why the Left wants the government to run everything, even our teeth...)
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14 bucks for a cleaning, only in places that have competition.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 1:24pm.
A passport, and an airline ticket... Get a hair cut for a buck fifty, while you wait.
How about a NEW government agency to bill international transients for a dental work exit tax.
Give em their very own SWAT er civilian national security force, CNSF team.
You could call them this, HSI hatched in 2010, and perfecting their craft towards private business gun shop.h/t Cajun-2
Soros is all about control, monopoly is the only way to get socialism to "work".
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Eventual Democrat Targets
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 2:47pm.
Anyone else notice that dentists, chiropracters, Complimentary & Alternative Medicine types, and a handfull of other health care entities have been essentially absent from the health care debate and the Left's ire?
It's not accidental oversight.
I guarantee dentists fear a threat of forced Socialist Dental Care. They've been quiet as church mice lest the spotlight be shown on them. They didn't help stand up against the Left when the attack was on physicians, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, durable goods manufacturers, and others. Soon the gun sights will be on them and the rest who sat by and tacitly let the Left destroy the finest health care on the planet, the WHO be damned. By then, who will be left to stand up for them?
First they came for the Smokers, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Smoker.
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The Rs 5,651-crore, 25-year-old IVRCL may soon be locked in a battle with the Subhash Chandra-controlled Essel group.
With the Essel group acquiring a significant equity stake in the company through the secondary markets in recent weeks, it now holds a 12.3 per cent stake in the company, up from 4.9 per cent just a couple of weeks ago.
What makes IVRCL vulnerable to a takeover is its low promoter holdings, at 11.2 per cent at last count. Institutions hold 43 per cent in IVRCL, corporate bodies 21 per cent and the rest is with the public. FIIs now seem to hold the trump card in this battle, with a 37 per cent stake.
The battle has benefited shareholders, though. In the two weeks since Essel's move came to the fore, IVRCL stock has jumped from Rs 46.90 to Rs 72. IVRCL had a 52-week low of Rs 27 in December 2011.
Mr M.S. Anand, President, Investor Relations Society, Mumbai, said, "If change is for the better it is welcome. I hope the institutional investors actively participate in resolutions and discussions instead of remaining mute spectators."
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In recent quarters, IVRCL has been faced with declining profits too, despite a burgeoning order book. Rising costs, execution delays and high interest rates have put pressure on profit margins.
The company is working on a restructuring exercise to effect a turnaround. In November 2011, it proposed a merger of subsidiary IVRCL Assets and Holdings with itself. The latter is an infrastructure developer, with a portfolio of nine toll roads, three of which are operational.
The planned merger, if implemented, will bring the toll road business into the parent's fold The real estate assets will be housed in an unlisted subsidiary, putting its ambitious real estate plans of 2007 on the backburner. This merger will also shore up the promoter stake in the subsidiary to 13.8 per cent, slightly ahead of what the Essel group has so far acquired.
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I think Trent Edwards has a form of Chuck Knoblauch syndrome, sometimes referred to as "the Yips" - "Steve Sax disease" - and "Steve Blass disease". I'm not being facetious, hence the fan post title "In all seriousness".
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After doing a bit of research there have been many athletes in all different kind of sports that have been effected by this syndrome, and at the highest levels.
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Boston (37-20) at Oakland (30-27), Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. PT
It's not like Joe Kennedy isn't pitching well enough to get wins, it's just that they're not coming.Kennedy has made 10 starts this year, six of them have been quality starts and nine of them have seen him allow three runs or less. He has just had some hard luck, and despite a 3.30 ERA, he has just a 1-4 record to show for it. His last start was his finest one, going eight innings and allowing just one run on six hits against the Twins on Friday. Kennedy has gone seven innings or more in four of his last six starts. If you ignore his May 26 start in Baltimore, where he gave up seven runs in 4 2/3 innings, he has allowed nine earned runs in 36 innings in his last five starts other than that one. Pitching matchup
OAK: LHP Joe Kennedy (1-4, 3.30 ERA)
Kennedy is 1-2 in his career against the Red Sox with a 3.86 ERA. His last start against them came on Sept. 16 of 2005, when he allowed one earned run in a six-inning no decision at Fenway Park. BOS: RHP Tim Wakefield (5-6, 4.24 ERA)
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A's second baseman Mark Ellis is really heating up since the birth of his son, smacking seven hits in his last three games. In his career against Wakefield, he is 6-for-11, good for a .545 batting average. Tickets
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