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Make your child's big day extra special with a High Definition (HD) personalized photo birthday banner! We use the latest in high definition technology to bring your personalized banner to life. Simply select your photo, font and color choices, and add your customized message to make your banner truly unique! Our preview image allows you to see exactly how your banner will print, to make sure it is perfect for your party!
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Our banners offer outstanding quality at an affordable price. Banners are made of heavy duty vinyl so they are durable enough to withstand serious kids-play and all types of weather. Banners also feature metal grommets for easy hanging indoors and out. In addition to birthdays, our huge selection of customizable banners is ideal for school functions, sporting events, company gatherings and more! Personalized banners also make wonderful photo opportunities. This is an officially licensed ©Disney product. This product is intended solely for non-commercial consumer use. No license has been granted to use this product for any business or organization purpose. Any such use is unauthorized and is specifically prohibited.
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Title: great
Date: Jul 30, 2014
Really pleased. Banner is very durable. Definitely not flimsy! And image quality of the picture I added is great!. Very pleased
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Title: Always the Best
Date: Oct 24, 2013
This is the fourth year that I have bought a custom bannner from Celebrate Express. We buy one every year for our granddaughter, who will be 4 in November, and we plan on displaying them all at her 18th birthday to totally embarass her in front of her friends. We have never been disapointed and we always have great comments on the quality and price.
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Title: Great quality!
Date: Oct 04, 2013
The material of the banner is high quality and the printing of the picture was great!!
My only regret is that there is no way to make the font size bigger for the message. Now there is a lot of empty space in the message area :(
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Date: Jun 19, 2012
I ordered this banner for my niece's birthday after my sister saw the banners I ordered for my daughter's party. This product is a value for the price. The material is NOT flimsy, the picture quality is excellent. It's easy to upload any picture, and it always arrives earlier than expected. I will continue to order from Birthday Express.com
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Everyone at my daughter's birthday complimented the banner and thought it was colorful and beautiful. It is indeed the best personal birthday banner I have ever ordered. I will continue to use Celebrate Express for my future party planning.
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I bought this for my daughter's first birtday party. I absolutely loved it. Can't wait to buy another banner for next year...
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It turned out so cute! I cannot wait for everyone else to see it at the party.
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Date: Feb 28, 2011
Our 4 year old loved coming downstairs and seeing this up on her special day! We ordered the smallest size and the impact was still fantastic! The photo looked great, just make sure you submit a good quality pic for the banner.
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Byon July 10, 2013
Despite all their bravado, and the vast army of fixers and bagmen they've engaged to fight against any meaningful reform, the folks on Wall Street, the sweethearts who stole most of the world economy and then wrecked what was left, are still running scared. A consensus seems to be building -- from Sherrod Brown on the left to David Vitter on the right, and throughout the regulatory bureaucracy -- that the government went about as far as it could in enabling thieves, and that too big to fail is too big to exist. The latest shot came from regulators who cut through a great deal of obfuscatory bullshit and told the banks to get real about capitalization
The agencies' move is part of their continuing efforts to strengthen the financial system and prevent situations where taxpayer-financed bailouts might be required. The latest regulations focus squarely on capital, the financial cushion that banks have to hold to absorb potential losses. In theory, a bank with higher levels of capital is more likely to weather shocks and less likely to need government aid in a crisis. The proposed rules would raise a crucial requirement for capital held by the largest banks ... The agencies' latest push could meet fierce resistance, however. As outlined, the new capital requirements could be costly for the largest banks, which have 60 days to comment on the rules. The F.D.I.C. estimated that the country's eight biggest banks would have to find as much as $89 billion to comply with the proposed rules. An analysis of JPMorgan Chase's books suggested that it might have to bolster its capital position by $50 billion, a number the bank declined to verify. The added burden for the big banks unnerves some in the industry.
Oh, just bite me. If JP Morgan wants to bury its gambling debts on derivatives in its subsidiary banks, let it make sure there's enough dough there to cover the markers when they come due. What they're really afraid of is that the entire political structure may slip far enough out of their control to make them stop stealing other people's money to pump into their rigged casino. Heads we win-tails we steal is no way to run a national economy.
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Nathan Dean, 32, of Nichols Street, Utica was arrested after allegedly getting into a heated argument with his girlfriend. When the girlfriend attempted to call the police with her cell phone, Dean grabbed it away from her and broke it in half. Dean is also accused of grabbing his girlfriend by the shirt collar, twisting it until she couldn't breathe. The girlfriend also claimed that Dean slammed her to the floor and onto a counter top.
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The need for trained health informatics professionals to enter the job market continues to grow each year. The minor in health care informatics provides a strong, generalist foundation in this rapidly developing field. This minor is designed to prepare students to enter the health care informatics field and to enhance career advancement opportunities. This minor also provides the preparation needed for entry into Misericordia's Health Informatics Masters program.
The health informatics minor consists of both MIS and informatics courses totaling 15 credits. The course sequence emphasizes a strong foundation in information technology and provides those skills students will need to succeed as they enter the health care informatics workforce. This minor explores the concepts and current issues in health informatics, and provides the basic MIS skills needed to work in the major healthcare systems areas such electronic medical record systems.
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*Students having experience in a healthcare organization either through employment or participation in another internship may substitute the HCI 240 Health Informatics Research Seminar for the HCI 230 internship.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia's health department has cleared the way for four medical marijuana dispensaries to receive final approval to begin operating.
The four dispensaries had previously advanced through other aspects of the district's approval process. They are now eligible to apply for business licenses, building permits and certificates of occupancy. Once those steps and other regulatory requirements are met, they will receive their registrations.
It's still not clear when medical marijuana will become available in the nation's capital. The Washington Post reports that the six cultivation centers approved for registration haven't begun growing the plant.
The D.C. Council legalized medical marijuana in 2010. Councilmember David Catania says Tuesday's action by the health department is "another milestone on the path to making medical marijuana available" for those who need it.
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2010 King of the Hammers Schedule
The schedule for the 2010 King of the Hammers race is posted below for your reference. You can also download the PDF version of the 2010 King of the Hammers schedule. It will be much better for printing.
King of the Hammers 2010 Video
King of the Hammers 2010, deemed the "toughest off road race on the planet" is just around the corner. We will, again this year, be there with Blue Torch Fab chronicling the adventure with tons of video and pictures. We will have an unparalleled inside look at what is sure to be one of the […]
PRI Photos 2009
I'm here in Orlando, FL, for the 2009 Performance Racing Industry show. I didn't really come to the show on a mission to grab tons of photos, but I did snap a few pictures of interesting products and vehicles. I will probably have some more to post from Saturday's show.
SEMA Photos 2009 – Day 4
The 2009 SEMA show finally wound down today. As expected, the crowd was a little down compared to the earlier days in the week. Overall, I was very happy with the turnout at the 2009 SEMA show and I feel that it was a good indicator that the automotive industry is still doing very well […]
SEMA Photos 2009 – Day 3
Feet hurt. Lots of walking, but more photos from SEMA 2009.
SEMA 2009 Photos – Day 2
Yes, we took more pictures. Contrary to our expectations, the 2009 SEMA show is still VERY large. We still have a couple of big sections to cover today as well, so there will be even MORE pictures and maybe some video from the 2009 SEMA show.
SEMA 2009 Boss Mustang Video
We bought a new Canon 7D just before the 2009 SEMA show and had to play around with the video mode a little. This is a clip we shot just before dusk. It is using the onboard mic and shot at 720/60. It is displayed below in true HD, so if your computer is not […]
SEMA 2009 Photos
SEMA 2009 photos are coming soon. The 2009 SEMA show opened with a bang and the crowd was much better than we expected. Although it looks like the overall surface area of the show is down a little compared to SEMA 2008, the quality of the booths are definitely on par with previous years. Below […]
Brad Anderson Enterprises BAE Engines
While attending the Off Road Expo in Pomona last week, we took a little detour to BAE (Brad Anderson Enterprises). They make, arguably, the best drag racing engines on the planet. I was amazed at what they do with just a bare chunk of aluminum straight from the mold. BAE makes engines for the top […]
2009 Off Road Expo in Pomona, CA
For years, I have seen coverage of the Offroad Expo, held at the FairPlex in Pomona, CA. Each year, I think I'm going to be able to make it, but it just never worked out. The amount of craftsmanship in the products and vehicles at this show is second to none, especially in the off […]
Octane Media at SEMA 2008
Octane Media will, once again, be on hand for the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas. The event is absolutely amazing and features the motorsports industry's top companies. From new product announcements, spectacular vehicle builds, go-cart racing and everything in between, the SEMA show is a can't miss event for any motorsports enthusiast. We will […]
Yamaha YFZ450X Press Introduction
I was invited by John Pellan, owner of ATVScene.com, to attend the press introduction for the all new 2010 Yamaha YFZ450X quad. It was held in Union, SC, at Big Buck Racing. Yamaha builds some of the best sport quads in the market and I was very excited to be at the helm of their newest cross country rocket. Video and still photos after the jump.
Branding – The Ins and Outs
The Birmingham Social Media Club had a meeting at Shift Workspace yesterday. Ann Gillett gave a great presentation on branding. Here is the video from that presentation.
2009 Bump 'N' Grind Race Photos
We attended the 2009 version of the annual Bump 'N' Grind mountain bike race at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, AL, on May 31st. Brian Mauter was on hand and snapped some great photos of the action from the women's and men's pro classes.
2009 Gray Rock XRRA Photos
Seeing that the XRRA was going to be so close to my home town, I couldn't pass up the chance to see some rock racing action. See all of the pictures after the jump.
ATVA GNC MX at Mill Creek, Photos
I was at the Mill Creek round of the 2009 ATVA GNC MX series and snapped a few pictures. Follow the link to see all of the photos.
2008 King of the Hill Photos
Special thanks to Jeff Keeton of GoByFastPhotos for enduring the dust and flying rocks with his camera equipment. Without him we wouldn't have all of these cool pictures.
2009 King of the Hammers Video :: Event Start
I missed the first few teams, but most of them are there. Over 20 minutes. The video below is displayed in true HD, so if it skips around on your computer you should try the standard definition by mousing over the video below and clicking on the "HD" icon to turn it off. Doing so […]
King of the Hammers Pictures
I'm finally back from the 2009 King of the Hammers race. The turnout was simply amazing, and so was the racing. A faulty unit bearing ruined the day for the Blue Torch gang, but they powered though and salvaged a great day of testing the new buggy.
2009 World of Wheels Photos
I was recently invited to take some pictures and video at the Birmingham, AL, World of Wheels event. Special thanks to Sonny McClean for having me out. See all of the pictures after the jump.
King of the Hammers
I will be attending the King of the Hammers race next week working with Blue Torch Fab to get some video and still shots of their now famous rock/sand racer. Please stay posted for more details.
More pictures after the jump.
2008 King of the Hill Video
Octane Media was contacted by the Rocket City Rock Crawlers to film the Annual King of the Hill competition. We put together a team of five camera operators and recorded about 70 hours of footage. The footage is currently being compiled into a DVD for distribution.


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"Jovian is a genuine and powerful communicator born to lead."
Jovian has always been a change agent. At an early age she became a leader among her peers – and ultimately as the first African American woman to be elected as the senior class president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After leveraging her leadership and advocacy skills at the Presidential Classroom, she began her career in marketing with Black and Decker. Despite her success, she could not suppress her passion for leadership development.
Jovian moved to Teach For America, where she helped manage a number of large projects, including the star-studded Teach For America Week and as a Director of Talent Recruitment managed talent development in the Northeast. Jovian is now a senior leader, serving as a Managing Director of Talent Recruitment focused on human capital development and strategy.
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Mobile native and U.S. Surgeon General Regina Marcia Benjamin (1956- ) is a physician and humanitarian who founded Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Mobile County. Benjamin has served on many national health boards and committees, including a term as president of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.


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On December 19, 2013, Provident Financial Services, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") by and among the Company, The Provident Bank ("Provident Bank") and Team Capital Bank ("Team Capital"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Team Capital, a Pennsylvania chartered savings bank, will merge with and into Provident Bank, a New Jersey chartered savings bank, with Provident Bank as the surviving entity.
Under the terms of the agreement, 75% of Team Capital's common shares will be converted into Company common stock and the remaining 25% will be exchanged for cash. Team Capital's stockholders will have the option to elect to receive either 0.8575 shares of the Company's common stock or $16.25 in cash for each Team Capital common share, subject to proration to ensure that, in the aggregate, 75% of Team Capital's common shares will be converted into Company stock.
The transaction has been approved by the Boards of Directors of the Company, Provident Bank and Team Capital. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals and the approval of Team Capital's stockholders.
The Merger Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and Provident Bank, together, and Team Capital made to each other as of specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties were made solely for purposes of the contract by and among the Company, Provident Bank and Team Capital and are not intended to provide factual, business, or financial information about the Company, Provident Bank and Team Capital. Moreover, some of those representations and warranties may not be accurate or complete as of any specified date, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable to stockholders or different from what a stockholder might view as material, may have been used for purposes of allocating risk between the Company, Provident Bank and Team Capital rather than establishing matters as facts, may have been qualified by certain disclosures not reflected in the Merger Agreement that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the Merger Agreement and generally were solely for the benefit of the parties to that agreement. Team Capital has agreed to operate its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice until the closing of the transaction and not to engage in certain kinds of transactions during such period (without the prior written consent of the Company).
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is included to provide information regarding its terms and does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated into this report by reference.
Forward Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition to those risk factors listed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, the following factors could cause the actual results of the Company's operations to differ materially from the Company's expectations: the businesses of the Company and Team Capital may not be combined successfully, or such combination may take longer to accomplish than expected; the cost savings from the merger may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; operating costs, customer loss and business disruption following the merger, including adverse effects on relationships with employees, may be greater than expected; governmental approvals of the merger may not be obtained, or adverse regulatory conditions may be imposed in connection with governmental approvals of the merger; or the stockholders of Team Capital may fail to approve the merger.
(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired. Not Applicable.
(b) Pro forma financial information. Not Applicable.
(c) Shell company transactions: Not Applicable.
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Exhibit No. Description 2.1 Definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 19, 2013 by and among Provident Financial Services, Inc., The Provident Bank and Team Capital Bank 99.1 Press Release dated December 20, 2013 99.2 Provident Financial Services, Inc. Presentation dated December 20, 2013


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Sea Temperature Today is: 11.0 °C
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Also see Gyllyngvase Beach surf quality by season and Gyllyngvase Beach surf quality by month.
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Use this relief map to navigate to Cornwall (South) surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Gyllyngvase Beach
Visitor Reviews of Gyllyngvase Beach
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Gyllyngvase Beach:(click location name for more details)
|Closest break
|Falmouth - Swanpool
|1 mi
|Second closest break
|1 mi
|Third closest break
|Pendower Beach
|7 mi
|Fourth closest break
|Kennack Sands
|11 mi
|Fifth closest break
|11 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Gyllyngvase Beach:
|Closest wave buoy
|Sevenstones Buoy
|46 mi
|Second closest wave buoy
|Channel Islands Buoy
|98 mi
|Third closest wave buoy
|Pembroke Buoy
|101 mi
|Fourth closest wave buoy
|Aberporth Buoy
|151 mi
|Fifth closest wave buoy
|Greenwich Buoy
|225 mi
Tide stations nearest to Gyllyngvase Beach:
|Closest tide station
|1 mi
|Second closest tide station
|9 mi
|Third closest tide station
|Saint Austell
|19 mi
|Fourth closest tide station
|19 mi
|Fifth closest tide station
|St Ives
|19 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Gyllyngvase Beach:
|Closest ski area
|Another World Ski and Snowboard Centre (United Kingdom)
|285 mi
|Second closest ski area
|Raise (United Kingdom)
|310 mi
|Third closest ski area
|Weardale Ski Club (United Kingdom)
|337 mi
|Fourth closest ski area
|Harwood Common (United Kingdom)
|337 mi
|Fifth closest ski area
|Yad Moss (United Kingdom)
|337 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Gyllyngvase Beach:
|Closest city location
|Plymouth (United Kingdom)
|43 mi
|Second closest city location
|Paignton (United Kingdom)
|69 mi
|Third closest city location
|Newton Abbot (United Kingdom)
|70 mi
|Fourth closest city location
|Torbay (United Kingdom)
|73 mi
|Fifth closest city location
|Torquay (United Kingdom)
|73 mi
- The closest passenger airport to Gyllyngvase Beach is St Mawgan (Newquai) Airport (NQY) in England, 34 km (21 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Gyllyngvase Beach is Plymouth Airport (PLH), also in England, 75 km (47 miles) away.
- Third is Exeter Airport (EXT) in England, 134 km (83 miles) away.
- Swansea Airport (SWS) in Wales is 177 km (110 miles) away.
- Cardiff Airport (CWL), also in Wales is the fifth nearest airport to Gyllyngvase Beach and is 185 km (115 miles) away.


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Moon set on Easter Sunday. I Tried to fix the Uv Have. I miss my 35mm Minolta700 of course I had a have filter on it. I did here the cock crow but not 3 times but thats another sermon. Only Jesus Saves!!!!
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Counselor Presentations
January 2014
Counselors will be visiting classes to review the course selection process, distribute handouts, and answer students' questions.
As an effort to go green and to provide students with a college-like experience, NHS is launching the online course selection process for the 2014-15 school-year. Because this requires a significant amount of monitoring to ensure everyone has the most optical experience, we are requiring all students to register using the hard copy Course Selection sheet and online.
Bring with you when your class visits the Counseling Dept. (February through March)
Refer to the hard copy of the Course Selection sheet given to students during counselor presentations in January. Obtain additional copies on the NHS website or in the counseling office.
View the CNUSD High School Course Catalog here.
Online Window : February 3 – 9, 2014 (NOW CLOSED)
We've added photos for Step One (click here to download new handout) on the "Online Instructions." Access through the Student Connect account. Forms were given to students during counselor presentations in January or click the link above to download. Obtain hard copies in the NHS counseling office or library.
Did you miss the online window? Don't worry - students are meeting with their counselors starting this month to ensure their classes are selected accurately and appropriately for next year (counselors also have the access to over-ride any online selections made should there be a course students couldn't add or if they made an error with their selection).
Counseling Appointments
Starting February 11, 2014
Counselors will meet with students as their classes are brought into the counseling department through the month of February. Counselors will review the students' online course selections while cross-referencing with their hard copy and their previous years' course performance to ensure the 2014-15 course selections areaccurate. Counselors will also visit with students regarding summer school options for those who qualify.
Registration Packets
The Registrar's Office will be distributing registration packets to all returning students before the last day of school through their Language Arts classes. Because we are a green school, we will not be mailing any information home. Additional packets may be picked up during regular business hours throughout the summer (click here to view Registrar's office hours - summer hours will be updated in May).
Fall Registration
Typically the week prior to the first day of school
Students will come to school on their assigned day to turn in all required forms to complete the student registration process. Students will pick up their schedules and counselors will be available to answer questions and make changes as needed.


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Led by the fourth-place finish of Bryan Marsh '13 (left side photo) and the fifth-place effort of Matt Katz '11 (right side photo), the Cardinals posted just their fourth victory over Amherst in the last 16 Little Three meets while completely reversing last year's fortunes when Wesleyan was a distant third to its Little Three rivals.
This time, Wesleyan was edged by Williams but comfortably conquered the Lord Jeffs as the final score of the annual Little Three meet, this year hosted by Wesleyan Sat., Oct. 23, was Williams 35, Wesleyan 42, Amherst 54. The last time Wesleyan stayed within seven points of the Ephs during this event was 1988 when only six points separated the squads.
Marsh covered the 8k course in 26:09.40 while Katz was less than a second behind him. The winner of the race, Will Yocum of Amherst, was timed ni 25:51.30.
Rounding out the Cardinals scoring five was Skyler Cummins '13 in eighth, Charles Lang 11 in 10th and James Lawrence '12 in 17th.
Two weeks earlier during the New Engand Open, Wesleyan trailed Amherst in the final standings by five places, another indication of the Cardinals' improvement during the Little Three meet.
Wesleyan will hope to continue the trend into the team's next race, the annual NESCAC Championship, this season hosted by Hamilton Sat., Oct. 30.
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May 4 Pinewood Derby
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Royal Ranger Frontier Adventure May 17-19
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National Council for Royal Rangers Mar. 14-16
Royal Ranger Academy July 26 – Aug. 1
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Royal Rangers Leaders Class Nov.8 – 9
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The severe pixie hairdo that Nicole Kidman wears in Birth isn't meant to be flattering; it's the Rosemary's Baby martyr cut. Kidman plays one of those pale movie waifs whose spouse died a while ago (in this case, 10 years) but who is still Mourning His Loss. When a 10-year-old boy (Cameron Bright) with the face of an angelic owl shows up and claims to be her late husband not the spirit of her late husband, but the dude himself she's doubtful at first, but before long she begins to believe.
The notion that Kidman might be married to a prepubescent tyke presents, you might say, a few minor practical problems. Her fiancé (Danny Huston) is a tad upset, and so are her relatives, led by a feisty Lauren Bacall, whose tart skepticism slices through the movie's is-it-supernatural-or-is-it-Memorex? glaze. In a series of cavernous old-money New York apartments, the family gathers to question the boy about things that only Kidman's husband would have knowledge of. The trouble is, the script is so cloddish in its ambiguity that their questioning never pushes hard enough to establish whether the boy could have learned what he knows through outside means.
We're meant to stare at Cameron Bright, with his spooky inscrutability, and think, ''What if...?'' All I could think was, What in God's name do the filmmakers think they're doing? When Kidman slithers into a bathtub with her young ''husband,'' the scene, in its soft-pedaled way, is the definition of exploitation: It appears to have been cooked up for no other purpose than to conjure creepy child-porn overtones. This is the second film directed by Jonathan Glazer, whose first was the electrifying Sexy Beast, and I hope that we'll one day look back at Birth as a movie he needed to get out of his system before he returned to the art of authentic storytelling.


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and two smaller portrait brooches. I think the gentleman has a quietly ghostly feel to him which I quite like..... The woman is stitched in deep blue with a pink backdrop - I don't often use pink but she kept on asking for pink so I went with her request. The green works as a gentle contrast and gives the piece a nice vintage feel, I think.
If you follow my Facebook page you may have seen yesterday one of my new larger gouache paintings - part of a new 'indigo series'. I thought I would share another painting here. Just to let you know I will not be adding any of these new paintings to my shop tomorrow, as I would like a little more time to discover, paint and allow this series to evolve. Hopefully a new selection will be available next week - so please check back if you are interested! Many thanks. Here's another for you to see here.
'Indigo Gardens' - gouache on watercolour paper.
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Shares in bellwether mortgage real-estate investment trust Annaly Capital Management (NLY) are up 3.7% so far this morning, looking to close above the $11 mark for the first time since November, after Annaly reported 4th-quarter core earnings of $0.35 per share, beating Street estimates, and a book value of $12.13, down 4.5% from the previous quarter.
"We are encouraged by the reduced uncertainty in the fixed income markets with the introduction of monetary policy tapering," said Wellington Denahan, Annaly's chairman and CEO, in a statement. "Our commercial assets continue to build momentum, with commercial investments now representing 14% of our stockholders' equity. The lower leverage stance permits us to be opportunistic with capital deployment allowing us to strengthen earnings in future periods."
Here's Nomura's first take:
Overall, we are impressed by NLY's performance this quarter. Despite taking a more conservative stance this quarter (relative to peers), lowering leverage and increasing swap positions, NLY delivered positive interest income growth (+1.9% YoY) for the first time since 1Q12. As expected, book value moved lower again this quarter, but by a smaller magnitude relative to peers (-4.5% QoQ compared to -5.3% / -8.5% at AGNC / CYS).
Here's FBR Capital Markets, reiterating its Market Perform rating:
The primary driver of the beat versus our estimate came on the back of lower premium amortization as the CPR fell to 7%, substantially lower than last quarter's 13%. This has been the predominant trend with nearly all mREITs this quarter as refinance activity slowed as interest rates moved higher. While this may be considered somewhat "one-time" in nature as the CPR was likely artificially low this quarter, investors have given credit to other names for EPS beats on lower premium amortization, so we would expect this to be the case for Annaly as well…. We had been modestly cautious around the book value print as other agency names with larger fixed rate exposure all had worse than expected book value marks this quarter.
JMP Securities reiterated its Market Perform rating. More from JMP:
The key driver in the sequential earnings improvement was a drop in prepayment speed (CPR) to 7% from 13% in 3Q, which caused premium amortization to decline to just $30.7M from $201.9M in 3Q. We estimate, however, that as much as $50M of this decline or about $0.05 per share could be considered a one-time "catchup" adjustment, which if correct would lower run-rate core EPS to about $0.28, but still above the 4Q consensus estimate.
Credit Suisse today raised its 2014 and 2015 core EPS estimates for NLY to $1.25 (from $1.07) and $1.25 (from $1.12) to reflect Annaly's better-than-expected net interest spread in fourth quarter, and also established a 2016 estimate of $1.05. "Given our new earnings estimates we expect that Annaly's dividend should be stable in the coming quarters," CS wrote.
In a world of exceptionally low interest rates, investors are hungry for income. Barrons.com's Income Investing blog, written by Michael Aneiro, helps readers find undervalued securities that offer attractive yields, with an emphasis on dividend-paying stocks, preferred shares, bonds, REITs, Master Limited Partnerships and closed-end funds. Prior to joining Barron's, Michael spent five years as a reporter covering credit markets for Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal. He holds a master's degree in financial journalism from New York University.


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Fiscal cliff: US urged to tackle budget deficit
US politicians have been urged to do more to sort out the budget by the two largest credit rating agencies.
The warning comes despite the US narrowly agreeing a deal to stave off the US "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax rises worth $600bn (£370bn).
Rating agency Moody's said lawmakers would need to take additional steps to lower the ballooning budget deficit.
Rival agency Standard and Poor's added: "Washington's governance and policymaking had become less stable."
S&P added that the deal had done nothing to put the finances of the US on a more sustainable footing.
The deficit has topped $1tn in each of the past four years.
Moody's said that if the US failed to cut the deficit, the government's top credit rating could be at risk.'Less stable'
The fiscal cliff measures - $536bn of tax rises and $109bn of spending cuts - had been due to come into effect at midnight on Monday, but Congress agreed a deal to avoid the worst of the measures late on Tuesday.Continue reading the main story
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Shares across the world rallied on Wednesday in response to the deal. That boost was not sustained, however, with most European markets trading lower on Thursday.
The deal postponed the hardest decisions that Republican and Democratic politicians must agree on - spending cuts.
Moody's said the outcome of these negotiations about spending levels would determine whether it downgraded US government debt, a move which could in theory make it more expensive for the government to borrow, further damaging its finances.
The measures finally agreed during late night talks between Republicans and Democrats included:
- Tax increases and limits on exemptions and deductions for higher earners
- Higher inheritance tax for the largest estates
- A one-year extension for unemployment benefits, affecting two million people
- A five-year extension for tax credits that help poorer and middle-class families
The US Congressional Budget Office, the independent body which analyses the effect of government decisions on the US economy, said the measures would add $4tn to US budget deficits over the next decade.
Fiscal cliff explained
- On 1 January 2013, tax increases and huge spending cuts were due to come into force - the so-called fiscal cliff
- The deadline was put in place in 2011 to force the president and Congress to agree ways to save money over the next 10 years
- The fear was that raising taxes while massively cutting spending would have huge impact on households and businesses
- Experts believed it could have pushed the US into recession, and had a global impact on growth
- A deal has been reached delaying some of the tax rises and all of the spending cuts by at least two months
This projected increase means that an agreement on cuts is crucial if the government is to bring down the deficit - the shortfall between what a government spends and what it gets back through the likes of tax revenue.
Although more tax revenue should be raised from the agreement to impose a higher tax rate on those earning over $400,00 a year, that will be more than outweighed by the loss of revenue from extending tax breaks to lower earners, Moody's said.
It also pointed out that the deal was welcome in that it averted the recession that would have occurred if all of the fiscal cliff measures had been allowed to have come in.
But it warned that threats to economic growth remained as rises in payroll taxes that came into effect at the start of the year could hit the amount consumers spend.
Standard and Poor's had a similar view of the outlook for the US economy, saying the "fiscal cloud" hanging over it had only partially been lifted.
Spending cuts, depending on how deep they are and where they are made, could also have a detrimental impact on growth and hence government finances, the credit agencies said.'No tough stuff'
Following the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, the chairman of a bi-partisan commission to look at lowering the deficit, Erskine Bowles, said: "They didn't do any of the tough stuff. We've taken two steps now, but those two steps combined aren't enough to put our fiscal house in order."
The fiscal cliff deal also did nothing to tackle the issue of the debt ceiling - the legal limit on how much the country can borrow - Moody's pointed out, and this will have to be tackled in February or early March.
The total amount the government can borrow is currently set at $16.4tn and the government is set to run out of money in the next two months if this limit is not raised by Congress.
Both are expected to be discussed in the coming weeks. The fact that the negotiations about spending and the debt ceiling could come at the same time, raises the prospect of further damaging political brinkmanship, S&P warned.
Republicans are pushing for bigger spending cuts than the Democrats have so far been willing to accept.
During the last stalemate over the debt ceiling in the summer of 2011, S&P downgraded the country's top-notch AAA credit rating to AA+ for the first time.
S&P said at the time that governance and policymaking in the US had become, "less stable, less effective and less predictable".
"We believe that this characterisation still holds," it said.


text: World View: Pakistan's Attempts at Peace with Taliban Seem Doomed to Failure Print article Send a Tip by John J. Xenakis 11 Sep 2013 post a comment This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan's attempts at peace with Taliban seem doomed to failure Bird flu and MERS virus show new potential for spreading Pakistan's attempts at peace with Taliban seem doomed to failure Nawaz Sharif, the new PM of Pakistan, made a campaign promise that he would negotiate with the Pakistan Taliban (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan - TTP), so that TTP would stop terrorist bombing strikes on Pakistani targets (and presumably leaving them free to focus on terrorist attacks on Nato and Afghan government sites in Afghanistan). At the time, I indicated that Sharif's campaign promise was a dream. Since taking office, Sharif has been attempting to fulfill his promise, but he's had one problem after another. First, the Punjabi branch of the TTP said that they weren't interested in peace talks, so they went their separate way. Then Lashkar-e-Janghvi (LeJ), which has set as its goal as the extermination of all Shia Muslims in Pakistan and has been methodically setting off bombs in order to achieve that goal, also said that they weren't interested in peace talks; LeJ went its separate way. That left the TTP with a couple of its branches missing. Then, on May 29, a TTP leader was killed by a U.S. drone strike in the tribal region of Pakistan. The TTP decided to "completely cancel" its offer to talk, and said, "We will teach a lesson to Pakistan and United States for depriving us of our leader." According to an Indian analysis, Pakistan continues to offer broad state support to "a wide range of jihadist formations" operating against Afghanistan and India. The analysis adds that Pakistan's "policy of duplicity" is failing "to contain the blowback of violence within the country." From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, India and Pakistan are headed for a major war between Sunni Muslims versus Hindus and Shia Muslims, refighting the bloody genocidal war between Muslims and Hindus that followed Partition, the 1947 partitioning of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan. Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) Bird flu and MERS virus show new potential for spreading There are two different deadly flu viruses floating around, each showing greater potential than before to start a worldwide pandemic. The new H7N9 bird flu is showing "unique traits" in China that make it more likely to spread. In particular, it is able to infect both the nose and the lungs, making it easy to spread, and making it likely to cause death from pneumonia. This indicates that a mutation has occurred, making the new bird flu virus easier to spread. Since the H7N9 outbreak began last spring, 135 people have been infected and there have been 44 deaths. The second virus potentially capable of producing a deadly pandemic is the extremely lethal Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Researchers have thought that virus is contained in Saudi Arabia, where it has infected 114 people and killed 54. However, it now turns out that the MERS virus may already have spread much farther. Dromedary camels, water buffaloes, and cows in Cairo, Egypt and also in the Nile Delta region turned out to have blood antibodies from the MERS-CoV virus. The animals had been imported from Sudan, indicating that the virus may already have spread there, causing more infections and deaths that have gone unreported. There is already grave concern that the Hajj, which will bring millions of Muslims from around the world to Saudi Arabia in October for their once in a lifetime pilgrimage, will result in the spread of MERS-CoV to countries around the world. Potential flu pandemics in recent years have been contained because of strenuous efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO), and that in fact may happen again. However, the world is overdue for a major deadly flu pandemic, and either H7N9 or MERS-CoV are possible candidates. BBC and Recombinomics KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, LeJ, H7N9 bird flu, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, MERS-CoV Permanent web link to this article Receive daily World View columns by e-mail


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Brandi Glanville thinks that LeAnn Rimes is so jealous of her, she had to go to rehab to get over it. During a visit to Bravo's Watch What Happens Live, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star took some serious potshots at her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian's new wife -- and even made fun of the country singer's recent trip to rehab. Watch the jaw-dropping clip below!
Given her contentious history with Rimes, we're not surprised that Glanville took the bait when a WWHL caller asked this question: "Does Brandi think that LeAnn is a little jealous of her, now that [Brandi] is more of a household name?"
After hedging for a second (but just a second!), Brandi coolly responded, "I think that she was jealous of me before anyone knew who I was."
When host Andy Cohen asked if the jealousy had gotten worse since Glanville became a reality star, Brandi nodded.
"Hel-lo! She went to Twee-hab!" Glanville laughed. "It's rehab for social media anxiety. I swear."
Fellow guest Willie Geist expressed disbelief that "Twee-hab" actually existed, but Brandi was adamant, saying it's for when "[you get so upset about] what strangers are saying about you, that you have to go to a facility."
Now, in Brandi's defense, LeAnn Rimes has admitted to the media that her emotional breakdown, for which she checked into a 30-day treatment program, was triggered by social media anxiety.
"I think it's really hard to deal with Twitter and Facebook and all these social media outlets," Rimes told Katie Couric at the end of October. "And it's hard to take it day after day of reading and seeing things that someone you don't even know says about you. As much as you said you don't want it to penetrate, it does, because you're human."
So yes, Twitter had something to do with Rimes' problem. But we're guessing it wasn't the whole issue; after all, if the problem was entirely Twitter-related, couldn't Rimes have just deleted her account? A 30-day rehab program is serious business, and for Glanville to laugh it off is beyond classless. Even worse, Glanville appears to be gleefully taking credit for Rimes' breakdown, implying that the singer is so jealous of her that any tweeted mention of Brandi sends her into a downward spiral. (Maybe after a year or two of starring on Housewives, you really do start to think that everything is about you.)
Yes, Brandi Glanville has an understandable grudge against LeAnn Rimes, since Cibrian left her and their two small children to be with the singer (who was also married at the time). But three years later, Rimes is the legal stepmother to those children, and the trash talking seems highly inappropriate. We recommend that she go back to her attitude of just a few months ago, when she told Us Weekly that she supported Rimes' rehab decision -- because "my top priority is my children, and at the end of the day we are a family." And she didn't use the word "Twee-hab" once.
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A Message From God
A message from God:
No man can ever claim you, unless he claims you from me.
I reserved a man for you who has my heart and loves me even more than he will love you.
I won't give you, unless he asks you from me.
Soon, you will know him.
I have the perfect time.
You are my PRINCESS, my DAUGHTER.
Let no prince claim you, unless he asks you from my hand.
For I am your Father, the KING of kings.
You, my PRINCESS are worth loving.
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If you guessed anything along the line of organic/natural/green, you're absolutely right. After years of slabbing all sorts of ingredients on my face, I found the perfect balance with natural/organic products. Every magazine tells us the same thing: acne can be cured with Benzoyl Peroxide or Salicylic Acid and that's exactly what I followed. Proativ, Neutrogena, Peter Thomas Roth, Dermadoctor, Benoxyl - you name it, I used it. At first the products work but they always dried out the skin, requiring a thicker moisturizer or over production of oil that eventually caused clogged pores, resulting in yet another vicious cycle of breakouts.
Can the magazines be wrong? Why aren't any of these methods working? I kept buying one product after another that contained either one of these ingredients but nothing worked! Finally I was really fed up and started perusing the natural/organic skincare lines. I found Boscia and Kiehls at Sephora and Nordstrom respectively. After using only the Boscia Purifying Cleansing Gel and Kiehls Calendula Herbal Extract Alcohol-Free Toner to restore PH levels after cleansing, my skin is the best it's ever been in my entire life. I no longer break out and my dark acne scar pigmentation are slowly healing/diminishing. These products contain no parabens (update: Kiehls has methylparen but Boscia does not), alcohol, or sodium lauryl/laureth sulfate.
It has been a tough long journey and I'm proud to say that I'm a new convert to organic skincare. I highly recommend it for those who have super sensitive skin that are acne prone. It really works for me and I truly hope it will for you as well. Take a break from slathering your face with harsh chemicals and give the natural skincare line a second glance. You might just find the recipe that your skin's been waiting for.
What are some names I leave at the door?
- Silicones - clogs pores and causes breakouts
- Benzoyl Peroxide - dries out skin with continuous use and sensitive to sunlight; increases sunburn without SPF protection
- Salicylic Acid - similar to Benzoyl Peroxide but less harsh on the skin; exfoliates top layer of skin and makes it thinner, more sensitive to sunlight. Increases sunburn without SPF protection.
- Alcohol/Alcohol Denat - dries out skin in high content. Watch out for products with these ingredients as the 1st or 2nd on the list.
- Bismuth Oxychloride - clogs pores and causes severe breakouts. Think deep painful cysts!
- Talc - can clog pores in sensitive skin
- Mineral Oil - clog pores with prolonged used. As much as I love my La Mer, I can only use it sparingly and only in emergency cases.


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Senior running back Luke Quinn had 11 carries for 79 yards, including a 16-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, putting the lid on one of the uglier high school football contests one could watch as Horizon went on to defeat Millennium 34-14 on Thursday night.
"The win is nice but we came out sluggish in the first half. We have to pick it up and we are looking forward to next week but a win is good and we just need to look forward," Quinn said with a look on his face as if his team just lost.
The two teams combined to commit 26 penalties for 235 yards and turned the ball over seven times, getting chippy near the end as several unsportsmanlike flags were thrown.
Much of the ugliness came on the offensive side of the ball for Horizon (2-1). Junior quarterback Dalton Sneed, who threw two interceptions, went as far as to say it was, "probably one of the worst games I've ever played."
Horizon managed only two field goals in the first 14 minutes of game time, one of which was a 41-yard attempt by senior kicker Danny McAtamney that split the uprights to give his Huskies a 6-0 advantage.
Sneed did complete 15 of 28 passes for 189 yards and two touchdowns, finding junior wide receiver Nick Lylyk on a 39-yard strike with 21.8 seconds to play in the first half and his team trailing 7-6. The extra point by McAtamney gave the Huskies a 13-7 advantage heading into the locker room.
"It was sloppy, very sloppy. But a win is a win. Any time you can play a good team like Millennium, they were a playoff team last year ... We pretty much held them to seven points, we pretty much gave them that last one, so hats off to our defense, which is good to see," Horizon coach Kris Heavner said. "Offensively we were sluggish but we know we can score with the best."
Heavner's defense looked solid much of the game, forcing Millennium (1-2) into five turnovers, including interceptions by Quinn and seniors Adam Tamayo and Robert Magana.
"We were on tune tonight (on defense). We had a couple of sloppy plays last week and the week before but our defense came in-tune, we made our checks and we made our calls and we played correctly," Quinn said.
Despite 329 yards of total offense, including seven catches for 95 yards and a touchdown by senior wide receiver Jason McLaurin, Sneed was still unimpressed with his own effort.
"It was pathetic on offense. ... "It's unbelievable I threw two picks. Interceptions don't win you games," Sneed said. "Obviously a 34-14 score, you like the 14 points (given up) from the defense. Defense will win you games and defense will win you championships and they came through tonight, that's what won us the game."
Horizon 34, Millennium 14
First Downs: Horizon 16, Millennium 13
Rushing: Horizon 27-140, Millennium 45-202
Passing (Comp.-Att.-yards-TD-INT): Horizon 15-28-189-2-2, Millennium 11-22-133-0-3
Fumbles-lost: Horizon 2-0, Millennium 2-2
Penalties: Horizon 8-80, Millennium 18-155
Millennium 0 7 0 7 — 14
Horizon 3 10 14 7 — 34
HOR: McAtamney FG 28
HOR: McAtamney FG 41
MIL: Salazar 2 run (Harris kick)
HOR: Lylyk 39 pass from Sneed (McAtamney kick)
HOR: Marciniak 9 run (McAtamney kick)
HOR: McLaurin 4 pass from Sneed (McAtamney kick)
HOR: Quinn 16 run (McAtamney kick)
MIL: Pham 6 run (Harris kick)


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Reviews:: The Bicycles - Oh No, It's Love
Fun. While that one word descriptor might not earn me many plaudits in the adjective-addicted world of music blogging, it's definitely the word that comes to mind when I think of uber-bubbly Toronto indie outfit The Bicycles. That likely won't come as a surprise to anyone who has heard the band, or even better, seen them live, but because being able to truly have fun making music, with no ulterior motive, is something kind of rare these days, I feel like it warrants special mention.
That being said, I don't want to imply that The Bicycles are some kind gimmick band, they make fun music, yes, but it happens to also be very good music. The arrangements are filled with tight grooves, and propelled by a ton of instruments which are blended together so well that you don't feel like you're listening to a bunch of different ingredients that were thrown together for the heck of it. Vocally there's also a lot to like about The Bicycles, as all four members (plus guests!) put their pipes to good use creating some really irresistible harmonies.
One of my consistent bugaboos with modern albums is length, and the fact that digital delivery seems to encourage many bands to make their albums much too long, simply because they can. So it says something about an album when its 19 songs go by in a head-nodding blur and I find myself wishing the band had made the album longer. Well that's the case with Oh No, It's Love, the new long player from The Bicycles. It likely helps that the songs average two minutes in length, so perhaps we can create a new rule: if you're putting more than 12 songs on your album, make sure they average two minutes in length. Agreed? Good.
Despite the fact that The Bicycles to appear to have a general formula to what they do: short, insanely catchy pop songs about falling into, and out of, love, they still manage to work an impressive amount of variation into the songs on Oh No, It's Love. Obviously they have the modern, uptempo pop songs on lock with numbers like Won't She Be Surprised (the simple pleasure of a call and response - Uh-HUH, ohhh yeeeeahhh - like the one found here cannot be discounted), Walk Away, and the Harmonica-infused (courtesy of ex-Plumtree member Catriona Sturton) title track, but they also do sunny, 60's inspired pop better than most, as What a Fool and No One Can Touch You Now ably demonstrate. They also don't mind adding a little alt-country panache to the mix, as the pedal steel on the at-odds pair of Stop Calling Me Baby and Can I Keep Calling You Baby reveal. Then there's the unclassifiable, like the metal-lite opening riff on Sweet Petite, which gives way to appropriately sweet, sax-accompanied pop melodies - an unlikely combo pulled off with aplomb here.
This is probably more rambling than an album full of fantastic short songs requires, and considering Oh No, It's Love is being released today, let's you and I agree to stop right here and you go check it out for yourself. Even better, check out the Bicycles tour list below and see if you can catch their sweetly sweatly live show in your town. The Ack and I saw them at HPX 07, and even a disfunctional bass couldn't keep them from performing one of the best sets we saw during the event.
Peterborough, Ontario @ Montreal House with Young Rival - 6 November
TORONTO, Ontario @ Lee's Palace!! OH NO IT'S LOVE!!! CD Release Party!!! - 8 November
Thunder Bay, Ontario @ Apollo - 11 November
Winnipeg, Manitoba @ Lo's Pub - 12 November
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan @ Amigo's Cantina - 13 November
Edmonton, Alberta @ The Pawn Shop - 14 November
Vancouver, British Columbia @ Di'Metric Studios - 15 November
Calgary, Alberta @ Broken City - 20 November
Regina, Saskatchewan @ The Club/Exchange - 22 November
Kenora, Ontario @ Inn of the Woods - 23 November
Marathon, Ontario @ Marathon High School (all ages) - 24 November
Waterloo, Ontario @ Trepid House - 28 November
Brantford, Ontario @ Ford Plant - 29 November


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It's what's for dinneron August 6, 2013 @ 7:21 am (Updated: 9:50 am - 8/6/13 )
As of today, you get the story of a hamburger that came from a laboratory.
"Some people think this is science fiction."
It turns out that the bio-engineered beef experiment everyone's buzzing about is being bankrolled by Google co-founder Sergey Brin who has been a crusader against the inhumane treatment of animals.
Since trying to convert the world to a vegetarian diet would be a pretty tough sell, he figured, suppose we make meat without animals.
So Monday in London, a nutritionist and a food writer sampled the first two hamburger patties made of real meat, grown in a lab from the stem cells of a cow.
"It's close to meat. It's not that juicy," said Chef Richard McGeown.
"The mouth feel has a feel like meat, the absence, I feel like, is the fat," said Hanni Ruetzler, a food researcher from the Future Food Studio.
Of course you can always grow the fat cells later.
On the official video of the project, Dr. Mark Post, the researcher who pulled this off, says in about 20 years - the process will put the animal farms out of business. Because in the supermarket you'd see old-style beef, "now has this label on it - that animals have suffered or have been killed for this product and it's exactly the same as an alternative product that is being made in a lab and has the same price or is even cheaper," explained Post. "So what are you going to choose?"
Hmmm. I don't know. I'm not sure you can sell hamburgers with sitar music playing in the background.
But if we turn on some Copeland - there you go. "Laboratory-grown Stem Cells. They're what's for dinner." That sounds a little more manly.
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Revenge returns a week from Sunday with an episode that should really kick start events in the Hamptons and give ABC's beloved melodrama some momentum heading down the back half of the season.
This is when the many sometimes-tangential storylines come to a head and we finally learn the identity of the body aboard the shipwrecked Amanda, as teased in the Revenge Season 2 premiere.
The official synopses for the next two episodes have been released, and appear below:
On Sunday, February 10, "emotions run deep when Jack and Amanda's wedding reminds Emily of what could've been. Meanwhile, things for Daniel get complicated at Grayson Global, and Conrad begins a new chapter."
Follow the link to check out the Revenge promo from this episode, "Union."
Then, one week later, in "Sacrifice," (February 17) ... "Even with threats on their family closing in, the Graysons are in rare form as they put on a bold showing at their annual Labor Day bash. Jack and Amanda sail off on their honeymoon but the seas prove to be deadly, and this time Emily can't control the outcome."
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If you pause still the part the 2 people are jumping off the boat, you can see that its Emily (see her jacket) and Amanda (with her dress and long hair strands) so that says WHO DIES is JACK AND NATE>
Please let it be Jack!
Jack is guaranteed endgame,he can not die.The character I most want dead is Aiden but the actor's extended contract makes clear that he lives.It will have to be a Ryan brother.
Hmmm...can you kill all and close The show?
Hmm... can you kill all and close the show?
I have a feeling that it is going to be Jack. Who knows what is waiting for us in that episode.
please let it be Jack, he is SO boring!!!
I see that several people share my sentiments that this will be Jack. Hope I am right.
Praying that is is Jack!!!!!!!!!
Has to be Jack.