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A U.S.-based manufacturer whose "Invested in America" battle cry sounded a charge for domestic production two years ago has unveiled the latest piece of that investment.
And it's a big part of Bradley County's growing economic landscape.
Whirlpool Cleveland Division, which is continuing the transition of its diverse manufacturing operation from King Edward Avenue to the new state-of-the-art plant on Benton Pike, has now opened the doors to the second key component of its expansive 120-acre complex.
Informal open house ceremonies were held Friday for the 400,000 square-foot Factory Distribution Center that is physically connected to the 1 million square-foot plant by a 1,000-foot conveyor.
The LEED-certified FDC, which consolidates existing warehouses at the King Edward site and a leased facility on Tasso Road, is located at the back side of the new plant and it runs parallel to Michigan Avenue Road.
Special guests at Friday's FDC opening were 32 Whirlpool employees, all of whom are or will be transferring over to the new facility from the current warehouses. Family members, and other Whirlpool plant employees, also were invited to tour the cavernous distribution center.
Technically, the FDC began receiving finished goods Jan. 7, and the first out-bound shipments of product from the warehouse came Feb. 4. But Friday's open house made it official and slapped an employee seal of approval on the completion of Phase II of the massive Whirlpool relocation project whose total investment will approach $200 million once all construction dust has settled.
"It's exciting!" exclaimed Roger Thompson, an FDC squeeze truck operator who has worked for the company — and two of its predecessors — for 44 years.
Thompson came on board with the Cleveland-based manufacturer on July 29, 1969, as a young 18-year-old.
Then, the operation was called Magic Chef Company, whose roots dated back to Dixie Foundry, Dixie Products, Hardwick Stove and Cleveland (Tennessee) Enamel.
In 1986, the Maytag Company merged with Magic Chef, creating the Maytag Corporation whose local operation was called Maytag Cleveland Cooking Products. Whirlpool acquired Maytag in March 2006, resulting in the local plant's renaming to Whirlpool Cleveland Division.
Since 1916, the ever-expanding cooking products manufacturer operated locally as a montage of former companies and aging buildings. That changed on Labor Day 2010, when Whirlpool Corporation announced plans to consolidate its various Cleveland facilities into a new manufacturing complex on Benton Pike. It was one of several key capital improvement projects across the U.S. announced simultaneously by the company that led to the "Invested in America" theme.
Thompson's 44 years with the company represents one of the longest tenures at the cooking products site. In that time, he has seen plenty of changes but none like the new manufacturing and distribution center complex.
"This is real nice," he said of the new FDC. " ... We've been in the old ones (warehouses) for so many years. The floors are good, and they're smooth."
Glenda Coe is another Whirlpool warehouse associate who also drives a squeeze truck (similar to a forklift). Her assessment of the new FDC is almost identical to Thompson's.
"I like it," Coe, a 15-year employee who has worked in the shipping department for the past five years. "I like the way this is laid out. And it's all on one level. Everything is new and clean."
She added, "This will make our jobs easier."
Dicky Walters, plant manager who has worked closely with the entire construction project from day one, was also on hand for Friday's open house and mingled with shipping employees and their families. Much of his time since September 2010 has been spent balancing production at the old King Edward Avenue site with keeping the new construction on schedule on Benton Pike.
"This is another huge milestone for us," Walters said of the FDC opening. "It is every bit as exciting to us as the groundbreaking, ribbon cutting and dedication for the new plant. We can build as many high-quality cooking products as we want to at the plant, but we've got to have a place to put them before sending them out to our customers. That's the purpose of an FDC, and this one is just like the plant — state of the art and LEED-certified."
He added, "Obviously, we're very proud of both."
The same is true for two Whirlpool warehousing leaders. One is Brad Turner, the distribution manager for Whirlpool Cleveland Division, and the other is Jeremy Whitlock, project lead for the Integrated Supply Chain whose new responsibilities now keep him at Whirlpool Corporate Offices in Benton Harbor, Mich. Whitlock had served as Cleveland distribution manager for five years before accepting the corporate promotion six months ago.
"The distribution strategy is very similar to the manufacturing strategy," Whitlock said. "Consolidating to one campus ... will give us efficiencies gained from the entire operation."
Consolidation of the existing warehouses into the new FDC should be completed by July 31, Whitlock said. And, later this week the last of five elevators on the plant's manufacturing floor should be tied into the conveyor system that connects the factory to the FDC. This means most assembly line products — but not quite all — will be transfered from plant to warehouse via the elevated conveyor.
One product that will continue to be shuttled from plant to FDC by truck is a massive commercial oven that is too large and heavy for the conveyor. Products still being manufactured at the King Edward site are also being shuttled to the FDC by truck.
Whitlock and Turner are equally as enthused about the FDC because it is state of the art, but it also represents a Whirlpool commitment to U.S. manufacturing, and to the Cleveland and Bradley County community.
"From my pespective through the planning process and the construction process, there was a lot of excitement around building for the future," Whitlock said. "As a distribution team, this meant we were going to be able to integrate further with the manufacturing team for the longterm success of Cleveland."
Turner pointed to another source of excitement enjoyed by FDC managers, employers and the Whirlpool Corporation; that is, the new warehouse has been designed with the latest technology.
"From a building management system, we can monitor humidity inside the building now better than we've ever been able to," Turner said. " We have signals, visual aids that actually email us when humidity rises, or lowers, which could cause the product to fall."
Extreme humidity levels can weaken cardboard packaging which in effect can cause stacked boxes to collapse upon one another.
"From a quality perspective, we have made leaps and bounds thanks to technology," Whitlock added. He said Turner's warehouse team now has "a leg up on quality."
As large and as technologically sound as the new FDC already is, it was designed keeping the future in mind, Whitlock pointed out. Depending on future product volume, and space needs, the FDC can be physically expanded by about 125,000 square feet, he said.
Another key strength is the new site's access to rail. Logistics, and transportation and fuel costs, might one day create the need to begin shipping out products by rail. The new FDC is positioned to accommodate rail spurs if this need materializes, Whitlock said.
Railroad access is already a key component to strategically located Whirlpool Regional Distribution Centers (RDCs). In a typical Whirlpool RDC, three to six box cars will be brought into a rail shed where they will be loaded by forklift operators and then pulled away for delivery to other cities.
Shipment by rail was a big part of past manufacturing operations; however, it never went away, Whitlock explained.
"It's a means of the future, but it depends on what is that right product mix that really allows you to efficiently operate in that rail space," he noted. "Right now, product space [in Cleveland] is more suited to over-the-road (trucks) as opposed to rail."
Logistics and transportation costs are key drivers, Turner added.
The Cleveland distribution manager, who joined Whirlpool only four months ago, pointed out working in a new warehouse is new to him.
"I've never worked in a new facility so this is like having a new home," Turner said. "So you want to protect the house and leave all the bad tendencies that you had, and start off fresh."
He added, "My team here is very blessed to be working in this new facility."
Whitlock views the new Whirlpool plant and FDC complex as evidence of the company's "Invested in America" commitment.
"Whirlpool as a whole has made that [Invested in America] commitment with the entire premium cooking products facility campus here in Cleveland ... with the distribution center being a key component of that operation," he said. "For us, it really ensures that we are part of the team and a part of that continuing theme."
The entire Whirlpool project in Cleveland is recognized as a three-phased operation.
Phase 1 is the massive plant into which the transfer of all remaining assembly operations and processes will be finished later this year.
Phase II is the FDC which is now open and will be fully operational once the plant tie-ins are completed later this week.
Phase III is the completion of a Global Product Organization center (recognized as Phases 3A and 3B) which is under construction now. GPO is the Whirlpool equivalent of design and engineering. Some companies call it Research & Development (R&D). Phase 3A is comprised of offices; Phase 3B is testing labs.
The GPO center is being constructed, and physically connected, to the new plant along the front side.


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Tactical, Assault, & Devastator Marines, Librarians, Techmarines as well as Apothocaries.
What happened to the venerated Chaplain? Wouldn't a squad of Marines dropped into hostile territory need the confidence of a Chaplain?
Do they even exist in the GW background?
I know this game seems at first look to be combat orientated, but DH and RT seem to fit the same sort of character types in sucessfully.
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Updated: December 6, 2012 6:14AM
Flashback 2008: job losses in free fall, a housing market boom gone bust and credit markets in crisis amid the Great Recession.
Four years later, the U.S. economy continues to climb out of the hole that engulfed it at a still sluggish pace, and economists say it will take many months to regain all the millions of jobs lost.
Since the darkest days of the recession, which began in December 2007 and ended June 2009, the job market has gone from losing a high of 818,000 jobs in January 2009 to adding jobs for 25 straight months and creating an average of 173,000 jobs a month since July. But 12.3 million people remain unemployed.
The jobless rate, which hit a high of 10 percent in October 2009, came in at 7.9 percent last month, only the second time it has been below 8 percent since January 2009. But it's still far above the more normal 4.7 percent rate it stood at in November 2007.
Economic growth, or so-called gross domestic product, has gone from shrinking 8.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 to growing at a rate of 2 percent in the most recent quarter.
"The economy is undergoing a slow recovery that is fairly typical for the aftermath of a financial crisis," said economist Sergio Rebelo, professor of International Finance at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. "The current episode is the only financial recession in the post-war period, and financial recessions are different. … [They] are deeper and longer."
Indeed, the Great Recession lasted 18 months and cost the U.S. economy more than 8 million jobs, or 6 percent of total employment. That was the largest rate of job loss except for the 1980 recession, when 8 percent was lost, Rebelo said.
In terms of the number of job losses, it was the most since the Great Depression, noted Thomas Mondschean, professor of economics at DePaul University.
It could take another 18 months to regain all the jobs that were lost, said Chicago-based Morningstar Inc. economist Robert Johnson.
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Oral History Program Annette Taylor Saxton Interviewed by Marci Farr 19 August 2010 Oral History Program Weber State University Stewart Library Ogden, Utah Annette Taylor Saxton Interviewed by Marci Farr 19 August 2010 Copyright © 2010 by Weber State University, Stewart Library Mission Statement The Oral History Program of the Stewart Library was created to preserve the institutional history of Weber State University and the Davis, Ogden and Weber County communities. By conducting carefully researched, recorded, and transcribed interviews, the Oral History Program creates archival oral histories intended for the widest possible use. Interviews are conducted with the goal of eliciting from each participant a full and accurate account of events. The interviews are transcribed, edited for accuracy and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewees (as available), who are encouraged to augment or correct their spoken words. The reviewed and corrected transcripts are indexed, printed, and bound with photographs and illustrative materials as available. Archival copies are placed in Special Collections. The Stewart Library also houses the original recording so researchers can gain a sense of the interviewee's voice and intonations. Project Description The St. Benedict's School of Nursing was founded in 1947 by the Sisters of Mount Benedict. The school operated from April 1947 to 1968. Over the forty-one year period, the school had 605 students and 357 graduates. In 1966, the program became the basis for Weber State College's Practical Nursing Program. This oral history project was created to capture the memories of the graduates and to add to the history of nursing education in Ogden. The interviews focus on their training, religion, and experiences working with doctors, nurses, nuns, and patients at St. Benedict's Hospital. This project received funding from the Utah Humanities Council and the Utah Division of State History. ____________________________________ Oral history is a method of collecting historical information through recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account. It reflects personal opinion offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ____________________________________ Rights Management Special Collections All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to the Stewart Library of Weber State University. No part of the manuscript may be published without the written permission of the University Librarian. Requests for permission to publish should be addressed to the Administration Office, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, 84408. The request should include identification of the specific item and identification of the user. It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows: Annette Taylor Saxton, an oral history by Marci Farr, 19 August 2010, WSU Stewart Library Oral History Program, Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. iii Annette Taylor Saxton Graduation Photo Class of 1962 Annette Taylor Saxton August 19, 2010 1 Abstract: This is an oral history interview with Annette Taylor Saxton, conducted by Marci Farr and Sarah Langsdon, on August 19, 2010. In this interview, Annette discusses her recollections and experiences with the St. Benedict's School of Nursing. Marjorie Porter and Darlene Allen were also present during the interview. MF: This is Marci Farr. We're interviewing Annette Taylor Saxton; she graduated from the St. Benedict's School of Nursing in 1962. It's August 19, 2010, and we're at the Pineview Rehab Center. Would you tell us just a little bit about your life, where you grew up, your family, and where you went to school? AS: I grew up on Douglas Street, which is just about one block south of 2nd Street. I went to school with Darlene – we went to Lincoln Elementary, Mound Fort Junior High, and Ben Lomond. I think all of those schools have been torn down but Ben Lomond, and it's basically torn down and remodeled. We survived our schools. There were three children in my family – I was the middle child. I had an older sister and a younger brother. I was kind of the peacemaker in the family. I grew up very easily, I had very good friends that were a good example to me. We had fun together; we loved church activities and school. I always felt very loved and secure. We had a good family. MF: Did you take any classes when you were in high school that made you decide to study nursing? Was it in high school? AS: It was in high school. Actually, my friend, who lived across the street from me, Karen Stouffers, who is also in my class, was the one that said she had applied 2 at St. Benedict's School of Nursing. I don't think I had really thought that much about what I was going to do with the rest of my life until then, but when she told me she had applied, it just clicked, like, yes, I think that's what I want to do too. I put in my application, and it just kind of escalated from there. I know Karen got her acceptance before I did, and I thought, "Oh no, I'm not good enough, they're not going to let me in." But then they sent a letter and said that they had had some problems, but don't get discouraged. Then I got my letter of acceptance, so I was really excited about that. MF: So was this your first time away from home, when you moved into the nurses' home? AS: It was. It was absolutely my first time away from home, and I was very shy. It wasn't �� like in school, I think Darlene joined every club there was. She was a social butterfly. I wasn't. When I got done with school, I was happy to be home. I just wanted to go home and be around my family, and I was very happy and content. So when I went away to nursing school, I might as well have moved to Nebraska, because it felt like I was a hundred miles away. I could call my mom and talk to her on the phone every day, but it was a rather traumatic experience for me. In fact, I remember being physically, absolutely physically ill. I missed a few of my first classes because I was physically ill, I was so homesick. But I got over it. MF: That's good. So did you think – when you were there with the sisters – which wasn't part of your background, was that difficult? 3 AS: It was. It seemed like a whole different world - I'd been plucked out of my nice little safe environment and placed in an alien environment. These girls, some of the older students, were from farther away. We had a lot of girls from Rock Springs, Wyoming, Idaho, and Price, and a lot of them were Catholic girls, and they were really wild girls. I mean, they smoked, they drank, and their language was not always appropriate, and it was quite a shock for us poor little LDS girls. So we kind of just clung together, and we made it through. I grew to like them very much. MF: So what were some of your favorite courses you took while you were in nurses' training? AS: I think my favorite rotation was surgical floor, because that's where I spent the rest of my career; I worked on a surgical ward for 31 years; my last four years I worked as a home health nurse. My least favorite was psychiatry; I never could quite grasp psychiatry. I don't think anybody really grasped psychiatry. AS: I don't even think the doctors who were psychiatrists understood psychiatry. This was another rotation I was on and the night nurse was sick, and I had to go be the charge nurse at night on a psychiatric floor. I was terrified, because I was just brand-new on that rotation. I had not had any experience at all. One of the aides was a good-looking young man, and he was an orderly. He called, pretended to be a doctor and ordered full restraints, and all these meds, and all of these things that I was supposed to do for this patient that was coming in. I was almost hysterical. When he came in laughing – he thought it was really funny. I didn't think it was funny. At that time we did electroshock therapy, and we had to just 4 stand there and be with the patients and make sure they were still breathing. It was ugly to watch. That wasn't pleasant. MF: Were they still doing the insulin therapy at this time? AS: They didn't do insulin therapy. It was electric. MF: Just the electric shock. AS: That was not fun to participate in at all. My other least favorite rotation was surgery. We had a week of orientation to learn the instruments and how to set up, and then they put you in surgery and you're supposed to scrub, and assist and anticipate the doctor's needs. I never did figure out what I was supposed to be doing in surgery. I was a terrible scrub nurse, because it just never clicked with me. I hated surgery. The doctors would holler at you, and throw instruments at you. DA: Well, at nights there was an RN who was on call, and students were first and second call. There was nobody else. AS: So a lot of times we just managed. MF: That would be hard. So with your shifts – did you rotate shifts, like during the day or at night? DA: Split shifts, rotate shifts, a lot of night shifts on the floors. AS: I think Marge and I went through that rotation together – MP: We did all our rotations together. AS: We would scrub all day, and then go to class, and then at night we had to go do all the preps, and we had a lot of surgeries. So if you had an eye prep, you shaved around their eye, and… 5 MP: Everything was shaved, I mean… AS: You did pubic preps – men, women, it didn't matter… you had to do all of them. MP: Remember one that we did from the nipple line down, and left the hair up here? AS: Yes, and he was not happy, because we had to shave his chest hair. He was just a young guy, and he was not happy. MP: He was hairy. AS: We would not get done with our preps until late at night, and then we'd have to get up early and scrub. It was pretty stressful. MF: I am sure you never slept, with that kind of schedule. Did you ever sneak out? AS: Actually, I was in love. I met my husband just before I went into nurses' training, and we had dated all summer, so I was in love. That first six months, of course, the only time we ever went home or seen anybody was on weekends because we were just too busy studying and you just had to study until midnight every night. But it seemed like after the first year we didn't have to study as hard. We would have our split shifts. I would drag myself out of bed in the morning, and we would go from seven to eleven a.m., go to class, go back from five to seven p.m. – they were split shifts so they could get the most work out of you they possibly could. My future husband Gary was waiting for me the minute I got off duty. We'd go out and party, party, party. MP: It wasn't a real rambunctious party. AS: No, we went to a movie, or went on a date. So eleven o'clock at night or so I'd come back in. I don't think I ever paid much attention to curfew. I was such a quiet, sweet little thing they never thought I would do anything wrong. So I came 6 dragging in and do the whole thing the next day. I didn't spend a lot of time in the dorm, because I was always out with my husband-to-be. He was very good about my schedule, because he realized how important my nursing career would be to me later on. He didn't encourage me to leave nursing. He always encouraged me to finish, and came to see me a couple of times while I was in Denver. Then I got engaged to him my last year when I was at the TB Sanitarium. So I didn't spend a whole lot of time in the dorm with the rowdy girls. MF: So do you remember any patients that you cared for, some that stand out in your mind? AS: I remember one poor Hispanic migrant worker, and he was sucked into a grain auger, and his legs were cut off. That poor man suffered terribly. He got infection in his legs, and they would take him back to surgery and do revisions and debridements of his wounds. He couldn't speak any English. It was horrible. You would walk by his room, and the smell would just about knock you over. I think we all remember that little Japanese boy. His dad backed over him. Do you remember that? MP: He wasn't Japanese. His name was Jeff Arbon. AS: His mother was – she was Japanese. MP: She may have been. AS: But anyway, his father had run over him with the car, over his head. He was a patient for months and months and months. MP: He was just a baby when he was run over, and it took him two years to die. 7 AS: I think we all remember him. You know, he had many many surgeries and nothing ever really helped him. His mom would come in and take care of him every single night. It was hard to see her. MP: The dad would sit with him – he was beside himself. They ended up divorcing eventually, but he was beside himself. He so blamed himself, and it was a total accident. He'd gone around the truck to see if Jeff was there, and he hollered at his wife, and she called back that she had him, and all of a sudden he must have darted out or something, because he went out behind that truck and then he pulled out over him. But it didn't kill him. MF: That's too bad. MP: Probably one of the saddest ones that we took care of. AS: Then we had the staph infections. It seemed like that was a new strain of bacteria, and none of the antibiotics we had at that time would take care of their infections. That was really scary stuff. MP: We had a lot of isolation cases. AS: We did. MP: On medical floor we had four rooms or something that were set aside to be used for isolation rooms? It was totally gown, glove, mask, everything to go in. I'll tell you, they didn't have air conditioning like they have now, and you would come out of there just suffocated. There was no central air in those days. We suffered with the heat in the summer as did the patients. They did put air conditioning units in each window, but they worked poorly. MF: That would be hard. Do you remember any traditions at St. Benedict's? 8 AS: Not really. DA: Not more than what we've talked about. Charting in three colors. AS: Yes, charting in three colors. MP: Blue for daytime, green for afternoons, and red for nighttime. MF: Well, there you go. MP: That's how you hand-charted everything. DA: And charting was very detailed. Nothing like they do now. You had to almost chart every half-hour, about that patient. MF: What was your relationship with the doctors while you were in training? AS: They were very intimidating. We had some typical doctors, who thought they were God. Or very close to. When they made rounds at night, you had their charts stacked up at the desk, and we had different colors for the different doctors, the charts were labeled, and you pulled the charts, and you walked around with them when they made rounds. They gave you verbal orders, and you wrote them in the charts as orders. MP: And when they walked up to the desk, you were to stand up. You did not stay seated, or you would be called on it. AS: And some that were a little frisky, you had to make sure there was a bed between you and them. Doctor Swindler. I think everybody was terrified of Doctor Swindler. When you could hear him walking down the hallway, everybody hopped to. Some of the doctors were very nice and friendly. DA: Remember the one that wore horn-rimmed glasses, who didn't have any lenses in them because he had hearing aids? He was from Germany? 9 AS: No, I don't remember him. But Dr. McQuarry, do you remember him? Now, he was very strange, and he drank a lot. I remember I had to call him up and tell him that the potassium was low on his patient, and they had an NG (nasogastric) tube, so they could not take any oral meds. He said, "Well, mash up some bananas and put them through the NG tube." Of course, you didn't write that down, you'd report it to the night shift and they would get an IV order when he was coherent the next day. MF: That is funny. So what were your impressions of graduation? AS: I thought it was very traditional, it was very impressive. I think that Catholic church on 24th Street is gorgeous – the altar is beautiful. You know, it's just part of the Catholic tradition. That's the way they did it, so that's the way we did it. MP: We accepted going there, so we accepted the things that needed to be done. AS: Yes. MF: Did your family come? AS: Oh, yes. Yes, and I don't think they were very comfortable there, but they came, and it was beautiful, really. MF: So after you graduated, did you stay with St. Benedict's? AS: I did. I worked at St. Benedict's my whole career. When I first was married, I worked in the recovery room; then, after I had my first child, I worked recovery room some, but then I worked on a surgical floor, and I pretty much spent my career on a surgical floor, but about the last five years I did home care. I got tired of working holidays. One Christmas season I was scheduled to work New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and I said, that's 10 enough. I've spent enough of my life working holidays and weekends. At that time the hospitals went into home care, and that worked very nicely. Because everyone was very cooperative. Somebody would say, I'll take from eight to twelve shift call, and somebody else would say, I'll take from twelve to four, and we split up the shifts so no one person had to work the whole day or every weekend. We rotated through the staff. That worked very nicely. MF: So when did you retire? AS: In 1991. My daughter went crazy and she got on drugs, and I had three little grandchildren I had to take care of, so I kind of just quit my nursing career to take care of those grandchildren and get them settled. I was about ready to retire anyway; my husband had retired. MF: So it was time. AS: It was time. MF: That's good. How do you think your training served you, from your St. Benedict's days, through the rest of your career? AS: Because of our training, we were very good nurses. It was very satisfying to me, to be able to give compassionate care to those who were so ill, and be able to help relieve their pain and help them recover. I did a lot of home care nursing with families who had taken their loved ones home, because that is where they wanted to die. They needed a lot of physical and emotional support, and we gave that to them. I sort of stumbled into a nursing career; I don't think I had ever even been inside a hospital when I entered nurses' training, but it proved to be a wonderful 11 and satisfying career. I always only worked part time. I usually worked two days a week, sometimes three days a week. Once in a while full time, but mostly I worked just part time. So I was mostly a mom, but I still had a career. And it worked out very nicely for me. MF: That's good. So how do you think nursing has changed over the years? AS: Well, I don't think they're as compassionate as we used to be. I don't think they're as personable as we were as nurses. DA: They're not professional any more. Everybody's first-name basis, scrub clothes. AS: I'm very glad that I have a knowledge of nursing, because when my husband was in the hospital, I basically took care of him. They didn't get him up and walking, they didn't do any of the things that I knew he should be having done to him. You know, people who don't have a career or a background in nursing, I don't know how they get through just family surgeries and illnesses. It's been very helpful to my family to have the knowledge that I have. In my ward, they still come to me and ask me health-related questions. MP: I think technology has taken away the persona of nursing itself, of being a personable nurse. You know, we went through training learning that kind of nursing. I'm not putting them down – I think there's a lot of nurses that come through it that are still dedicated. But it seems they are more in there to just be in there. AS: They rely on their telemetry and their automatic vital signs, and you know, it's not the kind of nursing we did. 12 MP: Their notes on the computer – it takes away from that personal contact that you spend time with the patient. Nurses today don't have the opportunity to stay with the patient. MF: True, that's true. MP: The aides are the ones that are with the patient. AS: I loved the one on one care you could give a patient; like giving a bed bath, because you have time to observe the patient; how they moved, how they talked. You'd pick up on signs of infection, family situations that would affect them after discharge. MP: You'd communicate with them. AS: Yes. Observe how they move, you know – it was a learning experience – that's why you gave bed baths, so you could have that time with them to observe them. MF: That's good. Well, thank you for sharing that with us. DA: One closing remark, as far as these three ladies are concerned. Do not ever go take state boards with three newlyweds.
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Bernard Hopkins Loss Overturned!
October 27, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Parvez Fatteh, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, email@example.com
Five days after the fight, the World Boxing Council (WBC) made a ruling on last Saturday night's fight between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson that came to a premature conclusion at the end of the second round as Hopkins suffered a damaged right shoulder after being lifted and sent to the canvas by Dawson. Referee Pat Russell ruled that no foul was committed, therefore since Hopkins was unable or unwilling to continue, the WBC light heavyweight title would change hands. Ultimately, Dawson was declared the winner via second round TKO.
Here is the WBC's explanation of their ruling:
In regards to the championship defense of the light heavyweight WBC world champion between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson, held in Los Angeles, California, in which the referee declared a KOT2 against champion Hopkins, as he could not continue due to an injury after a push by challenger Dawson, the head offices of the WBC sent videos, medical reports and the WBC corresponding Rules to the Board of Governors that unanimously declared a Technical Draw on the fight; therefore, Bernard Hopkins is still the WBC Light heavyweight champion of the world…
It does not appear that the WBC is demanding a rematch. Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Goy Promotions, told Maxboxing, "Gary Shaw and Chad Dawson make it clear that they don't want to have a rematch. We made it clear that we don't want a rematch and I think if you ask 100 people, fight fans, you're probably going to have a 120 that respond, "No, we don't want the rematch." So I don't think there's interest, any appetite for the rematch and there's no need for a rematch. I think Chad Dawson should move on and I'm sure there's going to be good fights out there for him. I don't know: maybe there's a rematch with Jean Pascal. I think that's what he would like to do. Go and pursue other fights, increase his marketability and fan base, then who knows? Other big fights will come for him. That's what I think should happen.
The California commission will not convene until December to rule on the matter (which irks Schaefer to no end) but regardless of the ruling, he doesn't believe this effects Hopkins' deal with HBO. "I just spoke with Bernard. He was, of course, pleased that the WBC continues to recognize him as their light heavyweight champion. He's going to get the results tomorrow from the MRI and the doctor's opinion for how long he's going to be out of having contact. How long it's going to take him before he can get back in the ring and that's what's going to determine what I'm going to go back to HBO with, for securing Bernard's next date." Schaefer indicated that he hopes to see Hopkins back in the ring in spring of 2012.
As for Russell, Schaefer really has no hard feelings. In fact, he still respects him as a referee. "I really think Pat Russell had…and you can't even say he had an off-night. He admitted in the interview he did with [Maxboxing] he just didn't see it. And I think that happens. Nobody is perfect and sees everything. It's impossible. So I'm really giving him the benefit of the doubt. I just think if they're going to make arguments that it wasn't a foul and that it was legal and all this kind of thing, that's when I'm going to have a problem but I highly doubt that the California commission is going to take that kind of approach. It's impossible."


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oan White looks up from painting an otter in the grain of piece of wood with a burl (to the right of her hand) in her studio and gallery at Lakewood. / Warren Gerds/Press-Gazette
About this series
Work Space: Where Creative People Do Their Thing is an ongoing Press-Gazette series that runs every other Saturday.
You may suggest a person or organization in the arts and humanities by contacting Warren Gerds, Green Bay Press-Gazette, P.O. Box 23430, Green Bay, WI 54305-3430 or email@example.com.
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The phrase, "It's only natural," applies many times over for artist Joan White.
She paints wildlife on wood; she lives in a national forest.
She takes a spiritual approach to painting, starting with a ritual; her work space and gallery are in a former church.
With art "always a love for me that and animals," she was determined to make a living at art; after graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the next stop for the Appleton native was Northern Wisconsin, permanent residence and a career.
"She has a little studio right in Lakewood," said Rose Mary Enderby, who suggested White for this feature. "What she does is she takes a piece of wood and stares at it for days, and then she paints what she sees in this piece of wood. She does beautiful, beautiful work."
White and her husband, Ken, have lived in Lakewood for 28 years.
They converted the former Northwoods Bible Fellowship church, which was vacated for many years, into a studio and gallery. Today, the place is Nicolet Studio, perhaps a landmark-in-the-making just off Wisconsin 32.
"It has a good vibe," White said. "It always has. It's a spiritual place, and my art is spiritual for me, so it's a perfect fit.
"And I like that I'm in town so that people who are in town shopping can come visit me. But yet I'm off the highway, so it's nice and quiet as we're surrounded by my big maple trees."
Today's vocabulary word is "burl" "a large, rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree."
Wood has grain. With a burl, the grain erupts because of disease, a bug or injury. From the outside, a burl looks like a dried-up, blackened brain. Sliced, it is otherworldly, mutant beauty to some eyes.
"For me now, it's all about the burl," White said. "The weirder the better."
White studies the cut wood closely "stares" at it, as Enderby says.
"I really like to let the wood speak to me," White said. "I don't try to force it to be anything it doesn't want to be. I let it show me the images that are within it, but most of the time they are animals."
As part of her preparation, she draws the wood in pencil.
"That's a huge part of it," White said. "I study the wood, and as soon as I start to see the image, I have to start sketching because then I start to lose it if I don't. I really concentrate and draw it all out."
White paints on the wood in oil, usually in thin layers. She often listens to Native American flute music.
A Native American friend gave her the name Naninla Ohoyo, "Vision Woman."
Friends of the Potawatomi culture taught White about smudging. Before painting, with a feather she wafts light smoke from smoldering sage around her space as a cleansing and connecting ceremony.
"It's part of my ritual," White said. "If I don't smudge before I start painting, I feel all discombobulated. It's not right. It's just not connected to the Creator, and I feel that my gift and my talent to see in the wood is a direct connection."
Another work space is crucial for White's wood.
"My husband gets most of this," she said. "To be honest, I am half of my art, he's the other half. He finds the wood, cuts the wood, dries wood, sands the wood."
He knows what she's looking for, how to slowly dry the wood in a kiln and how to cut the pieces, she said.
"There's a real art to that," White said.
He also makes original frames for her prints.
"His work space is equally as important as my work space," White said. "The wood doesn't just miraculously appear here."
Often, White doesn't see the piece on which she'll paint until her husband has it fully stabilized. And then, she said, "It's like a Christmas gift 'Look at that!'"
Visitors to Nicolet Studio typically see White at work. "I've learned to paint and talk," she said.
A good day is six hours of painting. Four hours is typical because the intricate painting has her hunched over. Then there's email to check and other matters at hand on the computer.
While it's not the "real job" White sought to avoid, it is a job.
"My art is to make people happy, but it's also to pay the bills," she said. "It's my living."
The Internet is a big boost for White. She figures one collector has 90 of her pieces.
White walks or skis in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest practically every day.
"I had always wanted to live up here since I was little," she said. "My parents had a cottage up here, and I just loved it up here. And then I met Ken in the interim. So this was all meant to be."


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Sledge was promoted to the position of Assistant Vice President/Compliance Officer and Wilson, in conjunction with her other responsibilities as corporate secretary and assistant vice president, was promoted to the position of Trust Officer.
Sledge, a 1969 graduate of Stone County High School in Wiggins, earned an associate degree from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in 1971 and a bachelor of science in English education from Delta State College in 1973.
Sledge taught English in the public school systems of Indianola, Cleveland, and Drew. In 1980, she joined the staff of Delta State University, working first in the Office of Public Information. She then served as Director of Career Services and Placement.
From 1990-1996, Sledge preformed the duties of Director of Student Financial Assistance.
In 1997, she was appointed as Director of State Student Financial Assistance at the Institutions of Higher Learning in Jackson.
In 2004, she became the Vice President of Enrollment Management at Mississippi Delta Community College.
After a brief retirement, Sledge joined the staff of the Cleveland State Bank (CSB) in 2009, where she quickly found her way into the field of bank compliance.
Sledge, who grew up in Wiggins, is married to Wilson Sledge of Cleveland; the couple has three children and five grandchildren. The Sledges are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland.
Sledge brings considerable financial and administrative skills to CSB. These talents dovetail with the bank's need for a knowledgeable regulatory officer and form a sound foundation from which to meet the challenges of monitoring bank policies and procedures in order to comply with the sometimes rapidly changing nature of governmental and financial regulations and laws.
Wilson graduated from Cleveland High School in 1973 and attended Delta State University.
She joined the staff of the Cleveland State Bank as a bookkeeper and proof operator in 1974.
Wilson was promoted to the lending staff as a customer service representative and loan secretary in 1980.
She became the IRA administrator in 1998 and the executive assistant and corporate secretary in 1999.
Wilson was promoted to assistant vice president in 2004. She has 39 years of banking experience.
A Cleveland native, Wilson has two children, Taylor Wilson of Oxford and Jane Snyder of Destin, Florida, and a granddaughter, Gabriella Wilson, also of Oxford.
Wilson is a member of the National Notary Association and the Covenant Presbyterian Church of Cleveland.
Wilson's continued success at the CSB is framed by her steadfast work ethic, her readiness to serve the public, and her dedication to the bank.
Wilson's informed assistance is equally valued by the public as well as her coworkers. Wilson's tenure at the CSB is not only characteristic of a hometown bank—it reflects its soul.


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Many of the characters, including Scrooge McDuck, the Beagle Boys and Gyro Gearloose, didn't come from Disney's theatrical cartoons, but from comic books written and illustrated by Carl Barks and others. And that cast of characters was deep:
- Grand-nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, left in the old Scot's care by their "Unca Donald"
- Bumblingly heroic Launchpad McQuack ("Any crash you can walk away from is a good one"), hired by Scrooge to pilot in and out of danger
- Doofus, the nerdy Junior Woodchucks member who idolized Launchpad
- Scrooge's maid Mrs. Beakly and her precocious granddaughter Webbigail ("Webby")
- Unflappable butler Drake
- Inventor Gyro Gearloose, whose imperfect creations often caused more trouble than they were worth
- Flintheart Glomgold, the second richest duck in the world and Scrooge's arch-rival
- Sorceress Magica De Spell, who used her powers in futile attempts to steal Scrooge's "lucky dime,"
- And the dastardly Beagle Brothers (Burger, Baggy, Babyface, Bigtime, and Bouncer), a criminal family headed by Ma Beagle.
The adventures were along the lines of Indiana Jones, globe-trotting quests and challenges with lots of danger. The series often poked fun at classic literature, history, and legend with such episodes as "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. McDuck" and "The Golden Fleecing." The show was an instant hit, demolishing its ratings competitors with luscious animation and clever mixes of action/adventure and comedy. After three years of commercial and critical success on its own, Duck Tales became the centerpiece of the new "Disney Afternoon," a two-hour block of half-hour animated programs.
Animation, some computer-generated, was done by Japanese studios, although the Disney people retained creative control. And for those of you who came here just to settle a bet, Huey wore the red sweater, Dewey wore blue and Louie green.


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Work that "A" - if you put your mind to it, you can do it every day.
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Since January of 2012, WFSU has been working with students at the Success Academy at Ghazvini Learning Center. Twenty-six students were selected to be part of a leadership class where they would set personal goals, take responsibility for their academic success and lead by example for the rest of the school. These students met three times a week. One aspect of the program was to create short public service announcements or PSAs. The students worked in groups and selected topics that were meaningful to them. They wrote the scripts, selected and created the music, starred in them and oversaw the editing of the final videos. The final four videos were judge by staff at WFSU.


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The Gaston County Museum is putting out the calls for volunteers.
Help is needed in many areas at the Dallas museum, including giving tours to school groups, greeting visitors, working in the gift shop and assisting the staff with work behind the scenes.
A meeting for people interested in volunteering will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. March 11 at the museum, 131 W. Main St. Reservations are requested by March 7.
"As a volunteer you will learn new skills and information, meet new people, receive discounts in the museum shot, enjoy the surroundings, help the museum move forward with numerous projects, and have fun," said Jeff Pruett, director.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Elaine Jackson, 704-922-7681, extension 100 or e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The first meeting of the Lowell Farmers Market vendors will be held at 10 a.m. March 5 at Lowell City Hall, 101 W. First St. Anyone interested in becoming a vendor at this year's market is required to attend. Anyone who can't attend but wish to be a vendor at the market, should call or e-mail, Martine Vaca, Lowell Planning Director, at 704-824-3519 or email@example.com.
The market will be open from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays June 6 through September 12.
Applications are available at www.lowellnc.com/LowellFarmersMarket.htm. If possible, vendors are encouraged to bring their completed application to the March 5 meeting.
Habitat for Humanity holds a Homeowner Information Meeting at 10 a.m. March 9 at its offices, 1840 E. Franklin Blvd, Gastonia. This is an opportunity to find out more qualifications and requirements for Habitat homeownership. The informational sessions are held the second Saturday of each month. No childcare is available. Reservations are requested and can be made by calling 704-865-6536, extension 115.
Our Gospel music columnist Jack Kimbro asked me to spread the work about a special event taking place on March 15.
That's when "A Night With the Gospel Legends" will be held, starting at 7 p.m. at Temple Baptist, 701 Littlejohn St., Gastonia.
Admission is free. A love offering will be taken.
You can get more details by calling 704-865-0420 or 704-678-1683.
And Jack will have more details in his column which you can look for in Saturday's Faith section.
Here are some upcoming blood drives being sponsored by the Community Blood Center of the Carolinas to pass along
- FRIDAY: 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m., South Point High School, 906 South Point Road, Belmont. Free T-shirt for donors
- SATURDAY: 4-8 p.m., Regal Cinemas-Franklin Square, 3778 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia. Free movie ticket for donors.
- MARCH 8: 8 a.m.-2 p.m., East Gaston High School, 1744 Lane Road, Mount Holly. Free T-shirt for donors
- MARCH 12: 2:30-4:30 p.m., The Pepsi Beverages Company, 152 Commerce Drive, Cherryville
- MARCH 13: 7 a.m.-1 p.m., Gaston Memorial Hospital, 2525 Court Drive, Gastonia.
- MARCH 14: 1-7 p.m., Gaston Memorial Hospital, 2525 Court Drive, Gastonia.
For more information or to make an appointment at any location, call 704-972-4700 or visit www.carolinadonor.org.
I'll have more listings to pass along soon. Stay tuned.


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Bounds of the land not yet conquered. (1-6) Inheritance of Reuben. (7-33)
Verses 1-6 At this chapter begins the account of the dividing of the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel by lot; a narrative showing the performance of the promise made to the fathers, that this land should be given to the seed of Jacob. We are not to pass over these chapters of hard names as useless. Where God has a mouth to speak, and a hand to write, we should find an ear to hear, and an eye to read; and may God give us a heart to profit! Joshua is supposed to have been about one hundred years old at this time. It is good for those who are old and stricken in years to be put in remembrance of their being so. God considers the frame of his people, and would not have them burdened with work above their strength. And all people, especially old people, should set to do that quickly which must be done before they die, lest death prevent them, ( Ecclesiastes 9:10 ) . God promise that he would make the Israelites masters of all the countries yet unsubdued, through Joshua was old, and not able to do it; old, and not likely to live to see it done. Whatever becomes of us, and however we may be laid aside as despised, broken vessels, God will do his own work in his own time. We must work out our salvation, then God will work in us, and work with us; we must resist our spiritual enemies, then God will tread them under our feet; we must go forth to our Christian work and warfare, then God will go forth before us.
Verses 7-33 The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wherever our habitation is placed, and in whatever honest way our portion is assigned, we should consider them as allotted of God; we should be thankful for, and use them as such, while every prudent method should be used to prevent disputes about property, both at present and in future. Joshua must be herein a type of Christ, who has not only conquered the gates of hell for us, but has opened to us the gates of heaven, and having purchased the eternal inheritance for all believers, will put them in possession of it. Here is a general description of the country given to the two tribes and a half, by Moses. Israel must know their own, and keep to it; and may not, under pretence of their being God's peculiar people, encroach on their neighbours. Twice in this chapter it is noticed, that to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: see ( Numbers 18:20 ) . Their maintenance must be brought out of all the tribes. The ministers of the Lord should show themselves indifferent about worldly interests, and the people should take care they want nothing suitable. And happy are those who have the Lord God of Israel for their inheritance, though little of this world falls to their lot. His providences will supply their wants, his consolations will support their souls, till they gain heavenly joy and everlasting pleasures.
Joshua 13:1-33 . BOUNDS OF THE LAND NOT YET CONQUERED.
1. Now Joshua was old and stricken in years--He was probably above a hundred years old; for the conquest and survey of the land occupied about seven years, the partition one; and he died at the age of one hundred ten years ( Joshua 24:29 ). The distribution, as well as the conquest of the land, was included in the mission of Joshua; and his advanced age supplied a special reason for entering on the immediate discharge of that duty; namely, of allocating Canaan among the tribes of Israel--not only the parts already won, but those also which were still to be conquered.
2-6. This is the land that yet remaineth--that is, to be acquired. This section forms a parenthesis, in which the historian briefly notices the districts yet unsubdued; namely, first, the whole country of the Philistines--a narrow tract stretching about sixty miles along the Mediterranean coast, and that of the Geshurites to the south of it ( 1 Samuel 27:8 ). Both included that portion of the country "from Sihor, which is before Egypt," a small brook near El-Arish, which on the east was the southern boundary of Canaan, to Ekron, the most northerly of the five chief lordships or principalities of the Philistines.
3, 4. also the Avites: From [on] the south--The two clauses are thus connected in the Septuagint and many other versions. On being driven out ( Deuteronomy 2:23 ), they established themselves in the south of Philistia. The second division of the unconquered country comprised
4. all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah--("the cave")
that is beside the Sidonians--a mountainous region of Upper Galilee, remarkable for its caves and fastnesses.
unto Aphek--now Afka; eastward, in Lebanon.
to the borders of the Amorites--a portion of the northeastern territory that had belonged to Og.The third district that remained unsubdued:
5. all the land of the Giblites--Their capital was Gebal or Bylbos (Greek), on the Mediterranean, forty miles north of Sidon.
all Lebanon, toward the sunrising--that is, Anti-libanus; the eastern ridge, which has its proper termination in Hermon.
entering into Hamath--the valley of Baalbec.
6, 7. All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto is, "all the Sidonians and Phoenicians."
them will I drive out--The fulfilment of this promise was conditional. In the event of the Israelites proving unfaithful or disobedient, they would not subdue the districts now specified; and, in point of fact, the Israelites never possessed them though the inhabitants were subjected to the power of David and Solomon.
only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance--The parenthetic section being closed, the historian here resumes the main subject of this chapter--the order of God to Joshua to make an immediate allotment of the land. The method of distribution by lot was, in all respects, the best that could have been adopted, as it prevented all ground of discontent, as well as charges of arbitrary or partial conduct on the part of the leaders; and its announcement in the life of Moses ( Numbers 33:54 ), as the system according to which the allocations to each tribe should be made, was intended to lead the people to the acknowledgment of God as the proprietor of the land and as having the entire right to its disposal. Moreover, a solemn appeal to the lot showed it to be the dictate not of human, but divine, wisdom. It was used, however, only in determining the part of the country where a tribe was to be settled--the extent of the settlement was to be decided on a different principle ( Numbers 26:54 ). The overruling control of God is conclusively proved because each tribe received the possession predicted by Jacob ( Genesis 49:3-28 ) and by Moses ( Deuteronomy 33:6-25 ).
8. With whom--Hebrew, "him." The antecedent is evidently to Manasseh, not, however, the half-tribe just mentioned, but the other half; for the historian, led, as it were, by the sound of the word, breaks off to describe the possessions beyond Jordan already assigned to Reuben, Gad, and the half of Manasseh also see Deuteronomy 3:8-17 ). It may be proper to remark that it was wise to put these boundaries on record. In case of any misunderstanding or dispute arising about the exact limits of each district or property, an appeal could always be made to this authoritative document, and a full knowledge as well as grateful sense obtained of what they had received from God ( Psalms 16:5 Psalms 16:6 ).


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Nah it's just that he's popping around Daniel Pratt's missus' house later, could probably get her to put a load on while he's getting a load off.
Nah it's just that he's popping around Daniel Pratt's missus' house later, could probably get her to put a load on while he's getting a load off.
Parmi | #1 draft pick | Jake King is **** | Big Bash League tipping champion of the universeCome and Paint Turtle
That's me Obama is talking to.
"stay away from michelle she's mine"
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
Get on the Eagles, they are up for the title fight
North, then Pies (who they beat just recently and took to the wire at the MCG earlier this year) and then Adelaide is their passage through to the GF
A good run
- Winner of the 2011 and 2012 CricketWeb AFL tipping competition
- Winner of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 CricketWeb NRL tipping competition
What an anthem!
The finals
This is greatness
i ain't no doctor, but the way whitecross went down, was in a lot of pain straight away, and then sorta calmed down sorta suggests an acl
doc larkins stealing my work what a ****
Geez Cometti is a great commentator
How cute is it that NRL has a finals series this year as well.
WWCC - Loyaulte Mi Lie
"People make me happy.. not places.. people"
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." - Samuel Johnson
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Confirmed! August 2013 will be a five item month!
July 29, 2013: Referral link items for August
July 30, 2013: E-Mail Preview for August:
One of my Facebook readers alerted me to the fact that Ipsy sent out the Sneak Peek email earlier this morning. I went to check the account where I get these types of emails and sure enough there it was. So we now know that Urban Decay's new lipstick will be sent out to SOME subscribers PLUS four additional items but EVERYONE will get FIVE items.
Sneak Peek #1 - July 31, 2013:
AUGUST SNEAK PEEK #1: Pro-lips at your fingertips from start to finish with one of these awesome August Glam Bag items.
Urban Decay lipstick - most likely the new Revolution lipstick. Keep in mind it will most likely be a DELUXE SIZE sample (0.04 oz) and NOT full size (0.09 oz).
Urban Decay Revolution Deluxe Size: 0.04 oz
Value: $9.78
NOYA Beauty lip balm in Cherry and Vanilla.
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Face Face Treatments
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Michael Todd Organics
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TopBox recently sent the Jojoba Charcoal Scrub.
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Mask value: $10
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- Nailtini nail polish
- City Color Cosmetics Cheek Stain (confirmed)
- Pacific BB Cream (confirmed)
Sneak Peek #5 - August 6, 2013:
Get ready to learn about what Glamour is all about this August.
The Core Bag is considered the main bag. Some existing members of Ipsy get this main bag and anyone who is signs up after the 1st and is able to get that month's bag gets the default bag which is the core bag rather than a variation bag.
- Michael Todd Jojoba Charcoal Gentle Exfoliating Facial Scrub, 1 oz; value $5.29
- MicaBeauty Eye Shadow in Bronze; retail $14.95
- Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer, 0.25 oz; value $9
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Re: [alpha] INSIGHT - UKRAINE - Moscow-Kiev Spat - UA111
Released on 2012-02-28 08:00 GMT
Email-ID | 2283472 |
Date | 2011-09-14 20:55:23 |
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so basically, Med gets pissed b/c Timo is blowing Putin and not him, so he
whines to Putin and says drop the B and get behind Yanu like me. Putin
says fine, Yanu gets excited and oversteps his boundaries, and now Putin
is like fix this shit Med and Med is like okay, but we dont know what Med
is actually gonna do to slap Yanu around
so what's the couterargument to this? Does Russia really have this much
influence over the situation? this is something we need to address in
ukraine reassessment
From: "Marc Lanthemann" <email@example.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:48:33 PM
Subject: [alpha] INSIGHT - UKRAINE - Moscow-Kiev Spat - UA111
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ATTRIBUTION: STRATFOR sources in Kiev
SOURCE DESCRIPTION: A senior pro-western diplomat in Kiev
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HANDLER: Lauren
Yes, yes, the spat between Kiev and Moscow has been really fun to watch.
But Yanukovich may be overstepping his bounds with the Kremlin if he keeps
this up. He has already really ticked off Putina**who didna**t like him to
begin with.
You already pretty much know this storya**Putin never wanted Yanukovich in
power without a counter-balance to keep him in check. Putin knew
Yanukovich could win on his own, but wanted a super-majority in order to
solidify the Kremlina**s meddling in Kiev. He wanted that to be
Timoshenko, not because she is pro-Russian, but that she was the most
easily bought out of all the top politicians. Of course, this is what got
her in trouble and arrested.
But Medvedev has never liked Timoshenko, mainly because she gave him no
respect in any meeting and would only deal with Putin personally. Medvedev
made the decision that Timoshenko cana**t be put into power, so he made a
deal with Putin. Medvedev swore that he would keep Yanukovich in line if
Putin dropped his support of Timoshenko. Putin agreed in return for being
the one to draw up the list of new Ukrainians going into power in the SBU,
military, ministries, etc. Also that Russia would get the base extension
it had been pushing for.
So when Timoshenko and Yanukovich showed up in Moscow at the end of 2009,
the tandem broke the news to Yanukovich privately that they were willing
to drop support for Timoshenko if he would agree to Putina**s list of
demands. Yanukovich jumped all over it, naturally.
Now that Yanukovich is acting out, Putin has snapped the leash on Medvedev
to fix this. It is kind of a test for Medvedev. This is why the railing
against Ukraine has come from Medvedev, not Putin. Question is which lever
will Medvedev pull to get Yanukovich back in line.
Lauren Goodrich
Senior Eurasia Analyst


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