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110 votes | The clock to forecast weather |
The synchronization of data occurs by means of built-in radio receiver and then 3D model is painted on the display. A significant advantage of this gadget consists in the fact that it's very easy-to-handle.
read more92 votes | HTC Touch HD vs iPhone 3G vs SonyEricsson XPERIA X1 |
iPhone, just like all Apple products, lacks in FM radio support, which is present in both XPERIA X1 and Touch HD (RDS support included). Unlike XPERIA and Touch HD, iPhone has no ability to expand its memory with memory cards, so it is limited to its factory 8 or 16 GB.
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Has a high quality built in speaker, a menu in various languages - English, Chinese, French, Korean, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Turkish, Denmark, Czech, Dutch, Swedish and German. Is there any other language you wish it had? Has an FM radio for the best stations on 87.
read more75 votes | Nokia N95 vs Samsung i8510 - which one is better? |
Video recording is the same, QVGA and VGA resolutions supported. On the multimedia side, both phones look very advanced, with a big list of supported audio and video formats and FM radio with RDS, both have the regular 3.
read more51 votes | Cell phone in a wristwatch - first successful attempt |
.. l camera for making photos and videos; 1 GB of flash memory for MP3 and MP4 storage and playback; FM radio receiver and many more! It is simply amazing how all such things are made inside a wristwatch, and t ..
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It is happening rather often that radio part is dying (can not receive/initiate calls and navigate through net also). Another annoying problem is that in the moment when the processor is overbusy (listening to the music plus connected to a GPS receiver) the response time is relative big after what the answer button is pressed and the beginning of the conversation is a little bit complicate.
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The phone can be used for supporting video-conferences, can perform functions of a media player, FM radio and aGPS. It supports the following connections: GSM, GPRS and EDGE and first two models also support UMTS and HSDPA connections.
read more22 votes | Asus Internet Radio |
So if you really like modern style but need high-tech gadget this is right for you.Internet radio is a great idea, but nothing satisfies a geek craving quite like good old fashion video games.
read more18 votes | Samsung reveals Pixon - new phone for photography addicts |
Phone works on a TouchWiz interface, same is on Omnia, except that it is not a Windows Mobile shell.Music lovers won't be discouraged either: phone is multimedia oriented so there is a FM radio with RDS inside, alongside with a multimedia player that supports many audio and video formats.
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umber 7: Portable Satellite Radio receiverIf music is what she can't live without, most of her time she spend on the go, and don't like limited space on MP3 players - then this gadget will be the perfect gift! Satellite digital radio receiver can play music everywhere it has a connection to satellite. It even has the ability to quickly record favorite songs and play them later.
read more15 votes | A real "flying saucer" with plasma engine installed |
Another problem is that surrounding plasma around this flying saucer will prevent radio waves from being sent and received, which makes it harder to control this device remotely. Unfortunately, WEAV is unable to fly without air, so if it is planned for use in space, then it needs another source of plasma.
read more14 votes | Portable media player 4" Widescreen |
Now more opportunities and more functions are offered by portable media player 4". It is a great invention for those who need multifunctional gadget that offers not only listening to your music, but also listening to FM radio stations.
read more11 votes | Oil Spill Protection robots |
ommunication module: due to the installed GSP system and radio antenna OSP can communicate with other units.Propulsion module: two motor-driven propeller screws are mounted in the unit and can be easily exchanged in case of malfunctionIn addition to this OSP robot has a solar panel that can collect photo voltaic energy, supplying thus power to drive motor.
read more11 votes | Helicopter that you can afford |
Now we can! Black Ghost radio controlled helicopter is not big enough to fit a man in it, but it is capable to bring much fun! With an impressive control of 63 steps, you can control it easier than other toy helicopters, which are much more precisely. Now you can fly around your house or office, scaring people and domestic pets.
read more10 votes | 5 ways to decorate your house and yard |
The white LED is controlled at the normal light switch and the color changing LEDs are controlled from a radio controlled remote control. Rather handy, don't you think? With the help of the included remote control you may change the color to red, green or blue.
read more11 votes | The radio Collar for your Pet |
Now when the new technology is ruling the world you can talk to your dog using this new two way radio collar. This new gadget has been created to help you find your pets when they run away.
read more8 votes | Sanyo Internet Radio R227 in retro design |
Not much of modern brands in the world of hi-tech can boast of a long history of their existence in this market field. Sanyo can, and judging by one of their latest gadgets, they are willing make some profit out of their fine corporate history. Sanyo was incorporated back in year 1950 and at those times, it took Sanyo two years to come up with Japan's first plastic radio. A big novelty for those times actually, and what they have decided now is to design a radio that will remind of 50s but with a serious technical implementation and any modern features a today's radio may have. Which include of course Internet radio capabilities. So, meet Sanyo Internet Radio R227.
read more8 votes | Aviva shower station |
The third item represents a real AM/FM superior quality radio station with an extra large speaker and with an in-built digital clock. Do you need a place for some accessories? The Aviva station includes handy hooks for shower puffs and razors storage.
read more8 votes | AquaJelly and AirJelly - amazing jellyfish-shaped robots |
It can fly, with help of a helium-filled envelope as part of its body. As the previous model, it has electric drive to navigate and Zigbee short-range radio to broadcast its position and other information needed.
read more8 votes | PDA for Blind |
port, FM radio and much more! With help of this gadget, blind people can listen to music, chat with MSN Messenger and browse the internet - very amusing feature considering absence of any display. It even reads books! All operations are done using voice commands and buttons the control scheme was simplified to make controlling this PDA easier.
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(February 2) In the Christian church, the celebration of the presentation of the infant Jesus and the post-childbirth purification of Mary in the Temple, in accordance with Jewish law. The Greek church calls it Hypapante (Meeting) in reference to Jesus' meeting there with Simeon, to whom it had been revealed that he would not die before meeting the Messiah. The festival is first documented in Jerusalem in the late 4th century; the custom of observing it with lighted candles (the source of its name) dates to at least the mid-5th century. The popular nonreligious holiday Groundhog Day developed, in part, from the medieval tradition that certain animals interrupted their hibernation on this day.
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OK, it is funny enough that Steve Blake and Jason Terry fought each other because those guys seem so mild-mannered. But when you're watching this fight and you see that the Lakers are almost entirely unconcerned with holding back Steve Blake — despite his MMA training – that he ends up wandering up to Terry a minute after it all started and no one even cares, that's when the laughs really start happening. Everybody on the court is like, "Relax Steve Blake, you're not going to do anything. Fix your beard."
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The gnudi came completely apart for me when I boiled them so I just had a mess of stuff in the pot and had to get out some spaghetti for dinner.
It seems I have not mastered the art of the gnudi. I had to add a LOT of extra flour, which I learned later is common if using store-bought ricotta. As it was the dough looked stickier than I thought it should be, but I was worried about adding too much flour resulting in a heavy dumpling. My "heaping tablespoons with large soup spoons" yielded me 20 gnudi, so I cooked them longer (about 8 min). This may not have been long enough as they did seem a little gummy, although not heavy if that makes sense. To give only 1 fork may seem unfair to the gnudi, but this was my experience with it. Oh, due to the ratings I used the pomodoro sauce from another recipe (Pasta Al Pomodoro) and that was delish.
I have made this three times - each time I've had to add a bit of extra flour, and I've learned that refrigerating the shaped gnudi for a bit before boiling really helps. The pomodoro sauce is so delicious, but you can cut back on oil a bit.
I read the reviews and followed everyone's advice of refrigerating the dough for a few hours. I also added fresh chopped sage and oregano to the dough to give it more flavor. Turned out spectacular.
Made this for 3 kids and 2 adults. Everyone ate it but all agreed it was rather bland. Won't be making it again. Followed suggestions of others: refrigerate dough; use more flour. Looked pretty but taste was a let down.
They were okay. If I were to make again I'd use half the pepper, and refrigerate as others recommended. We found both the gnudi and sauce quite bland.
Eliminate the mess and increase the flavor: instead of cooking in simmering water, shape into small flat patties about the size of a silver dollar (remember those?)and dust lightly with flour. Then brown in butter. This gives superb nutty flavor and the pan drippings can be the base for a sauce. Yes, with increased flour to about 3/4 cup, these are quite manageable. Uncooked patties are easy to freeze.
Made them tonight, never having made gnudis befoe. My husband loved them. I added some sautéed chopped spinach to the mix and it provided a nice added flavor and texture. Followed others' suggestions and refrigerated the dough for at least an hour before rolling. You have to cook them at least 5-7 minutes after they've floated to the top. I also tweaked the sauce by adding a sautéed onion and some red pepper flakes to it. Very nice, light dumplings and the sauce was great too. This recipe yielded about 30 dumplings.
Don't add too much flour or it ruins the texture. Here's a better way to deal with stickiness and make them... Cover and chill dough 1 hour. Do ahead Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled. Line rimmed baking sheet with plastic wrap. Place some flour in bowl. For each gnudi, gently roll 1 heaping teaspoonful of dough into ball. Add to flour; toss to coat lightly, shaping into short log. Place on baking sheet. Do ahead Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover; chill. Read More http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Ricotta-Gnudi-with-Wild-Mushroom-and-Truffle-Sauce-236878#ixzz2L5BEcZQL
I followed the advice of other reviewers: 1 cup flour, add nutmeg, generously coated in flour, and refrigerated overnight. Wonderful light flavors in both the gnudi and sauce! Might add parsley to gnudi next time. Fairly quick and easy to make (especially if you make the gnudi the day before).


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Professor John Temple.
Saying all is well to the media while being made
aware of supervision failures through internal communications.
Saying all is well to the media while being made
aware of supervision failures through internal communications.
Sometime ago during the reign of Professor Catto, a junior doctor approached me. She detailed the failure of supervision during that time period. I promised to approach Professor Catto with her concerns. Catto commenced the beginnings of what eventually became this study here by Professor Collins of Oxford University.
"But the report warned: "We are extremely concerned that some foundation trainees are expected to practise outside their level of competence and without appropriate supervision.
"This places patients at unnecessary risk and gives the trainee the message that suboptimal care is condoned, neither of which is part of the professional values and aspirations of a good doctor."
It continued: "The belief by some that 'being thrown in at the deep end' remains an acceptable way to learn reflects a failure to recognise the centrality of safe patient care and a lack of understanding of the major advances in learner-centred education."
The actual findings of the survey done by the General Medical Council recently can be downloaded here. I am not certain that the findings of the actual survey reflect the screaming headlines today :). If the actual survey is read, the results show an improvement
"81.3% of trainees said they would rate the quality of clinical supervision in their current post as excellent or good. 3.5% said they would rate it as poor or very poor (n=51,127)"
I wouldn't be convinced by any kind of research the GMC has its paw prints over. For a start juniors would be too fearful to be critical of their seniors.
Nevertheless, here is a blast from the past when I raised concerns about failure of supervision in 1999 [ See enclosed article below]. The then Professor John Temple denied the time of day. Of course, recent results of research in 2010 show how wrong he really was. Nevertheless, Professor Temple knows that blowing hot air into the media does the trick in persuading the world into a false sense of security. Here he is working with the GMC on the European Working Time Directive . Of course, Professor John Temple was historically responsible for junior doctors at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust and North Staffordshire NHS Trust - the two places with historically the highest mortality rate this decade.
We should therefore ask the General Medical Council that despite reports on a certain ward concerning a failure of supervision, why wasn't Professor Temple or Consultant Dr Monica Spitieri held accountable for placing patient safety at risk? If the General Medical Council of course cares so much about junior doctors supervision and their impact on patient safety then surely they would have taken action in 1999. The records show that in both hospitals - North Staffordshire and Mid Staffordshire, Professor Temple just turned a blind eye. Documents in my possession shows that despite Professor Temple's statement to the media, he was made aware of a failure of junior doctors supervision at North Staffordshire NHS Trust. The document is here.
I would say that the GMC survey is merely lip service. Secondly, I suspect the problem of failures in junior doctor supervision is considerably worse than stipulated by excellent study by Professor Collins. Secondly, the GMC has never taken any responsibility for the failure of supervision. Indeed, when I first informed them of it, they turned around and questioned my competence. Of course, the General Medical Council eventually were forced to back down on their stance. See documents here.
Of course, both the GMC and Professor Temple will huff away citing these events as being "historical". The essential point here though is this - those who never cared about junior doctors supervision were directly responsible for placing patients at risk. The public should understand quite clearly where the line of accountability lies. It lies with those responsible for the training of junior doctors. So far they have all escaped accountability for their failures for more than a decade. Few ask the question - why have junior doctors been left unsupervised for so many years? The studies or research will never answer that question.
I am unhappy at the way junior doctors are continually demonised by the media. There is a failure to understand that the GMC, the Deaneries and Royal Colleges have direct responsibility for the supervision of junior doctors. The patient risk and subsequent deaths have occurred because of the failures of these organisations. It is time the public held these organisations to account.
I am unhappy at the way junior doctors are continually demonised by the media. There is a failure to understand that the GMC, the Deaneries and Royal Colleges have direct responsibility for the supervision of junior doctors. The patient risk and subsequent deaths have occurred because of the failures of these organisations. It is time the public held these organisations to account.
Birmingham Evening Mail 21st February 2000.
NB - please excuse the media style of this article and move onto the text in bold - Professor Temple's statements.
BYLINE: Paula Marsh
As the NHS is stretched to the limit, a former top junior doctor tells how the harsh reality of working in Midland hospitals drove her to quit the dream job she had longed for. Mail Health Editor PAULA MARSH reports.
DR Rita Pal had been a junior doctor for just two months when she began to despair.
As a newly qualified medical student, she had dreamed of becoming an accident and emergency consultant and, when she gained one of the top junior doctor's posts at a Midland hospital, she was over the moon.But as the weeks unfolded, Dr Pal claims that long hours in poor conditions with little or no senior back-up turned her daily routine into a nightmare.
"I went in there very optimistic," she says. "I had it all planned, I was going to finish my training and specialise in accident and emergency work. I was quite excited about it because I'd got the top job working under the clinical director."
It was to take just one emergency situation for Dr Pal to begin seriously questioning her vocation.
An 80-year-old woman with gall bladder problems had collapsed and Dr Pal claims she was alone on the hospital ward with only one nurse on call for over 30 patients.
"I'd been practising for about two months when I found an old lady collapsed on the bed," she recalls. "She was breathing but not responding and she needed fluids urgently.
"I was totally on my own. The registrar was at a clinic 20 miles away and wasn't answering his bleep, my senior doctor wasn't working that day and the consultant had disappeared.
"I needed a drip to give her fluids, but they didn't have one on the ward and the nurse said she had no staff to go and get one. I had no alternative but to get it myself."
Dr Pal claims the nearest drip was 15 minutes walk away from the ward and by the time she returned half-an-hour later the patient had deteriorated.
"I managed to stabilise the patient after about two hours," she says. "In the end I got a senior doctor from a different department to look at her.
"He explained that I'd given the fluid a little too fast so he helped to sort that out. Finally, the registrar arrived and the patient was a little better. I thought everything would be fine then, but it wasn't. Afterwards, she was found with septic shock and she died."
The traumatic incident was the first in a catalogue of disturbing experiences which Dr Pal claims took place across three Midland hospitals where she has worked over the last 18 months.
At one hospital, Dr Pal claims she was forced to watch a patient die because there were no endoscopy cameras to detect internal bleeding.
"There was a man who just bled and bled because there were no endoscopy facilities," she recalls. "Nor were there any intensive care beds and in the end he died.
"The worst part was that this sort of thing happened so many times. When I told my registrar I didn't want to do medicine any more, he said I had to learn to let go and stop being so emotional about my patients. But it's soul destroying."
Not only was Dr Pal struggling to cope with making life and death decisions while working alone, she often found herself battling to stay awake.
The young doctor, who lives in Sutton Coldfield, recalls being stopped by police twice for falling asleep at the wheel.
"The hours were an absolute nightmare," she says. "Forty hours a week is a non -existent entity. Most of the time I was doing 72-80 hours a week and friends I have working in the NHS are still doing the same kind of shifts.
"You could work continuously for 48 hours on a weekend and then do the whole of Monday. They get round it by saying you get six hours protected sleep, but you never do because you get bleeped at all hours of the day and night. I never had an undisturbed sleep the whole time I was on call.
"You get to the stage when you make mistakes because you're nearly asleep.
"It also makes driving home really dangerous.
"On two occasions I was stopped by the police driving home and they made me get someone to come and pick me up. On another occasion I had to stop at a service station for a few hours."
After one particularly long weekend shift Dr Pal was so tired she was found fast asleep on the pavement by her car.
"I was absolutely exhausted, but when I got to my car it had been clamped," she says. "I just thought, I'll have a rest and I sat down on the pavement. The next thing I knew I was being woken up and it had started to get dark."
After a year of what she claims were traumatic working practices, Dr Pal was finally awarded General Medical Council registration. Immediately afterwards, she quit full-time hospital work.
Now she supplements her full-time law studies at Birmingham University by working as a West Midlands Police doctor and a locum.
"It's easy for me to speak out now because I have no longer got anything to lose," she says. "People are so frightened of losing their jobs that the stories which do get out are only the icing on the cake.
"People put their trust in hospitals and that trust is sometimes being abused. Nurses are short staffed and over worked and there are not enough intensive care beds.
"You only need to look at the recent flu epidemic to see that drastic action needs to be taken to prevent the scales of an already exhausted system tipping towards catastrophe."
Expert defends quality of health service
A TOP Midland health professor responsible for training junior doctors today insisted that the health service provides a "superb" quality of care, despite the extreme pressures facing hospitals.
Professor John Temple, regional post graduate dean for the West Midlands NHS Executive, says extensive work is being carried out to ensure that junior doctors are properly supervised.
And he adds that while there was a shortage of doctors in the NHS the system was managing to cope "remarkably well".
"Over the last five years one of the things which has changed quite dramatically is that doctors are supervised properly," he says.
"All junior doctors should be supervised and they're required to know who they should contact and how in times of emergencies.
"The world has changed since the times these doctors were left on their own and we're keen to ensure there's a very clear chain of command. We expect them to work as teams, not as individuals."
Prof Temple says that while the health service was clearly under pressure, hospital managers were succeeding in delivering high quality care.
"We are under-doctored but we are increasing the numbers through medical schools and bringing doctors in from other countries.
Very effective
"All this is to ensure that our medical units are properly staffed.
"We live in a very high-tech world where treatments are very effective but very expensive and the acute service is very busy throughout the year.
"The hospital service responds remarkably well to these pressures and we still deliver a superb quality of acute care."
Prof Temple says the issue of working hours was constantly being addressed in the region.But he insists that managers are now winning the battle against long hours and says no doctors should be working the kind of 80-hour shifts that have been reported in the past."We've worked very hard to get doctors down to a maximum of 56 hours but we know there are instances where those hours are extended for very genuine reasons like patient care."We're constantly working to make sure we get those hours down and we're much closer to it now."He says that hospitals found to be flouting the guidelines were reported to a regional task force working to implement junior doctors hours."We have a monitoring team which inspects hospitals on a bi-annual basis and we liaise closely with the task force on working hours," he says."We don't punish hospitals where doctors are found to work longer shifts but we work with them to try and rectify the situation."
Pay campaign to cut hours
CHAIRMAN of the British Medical Association's Junior Doctor's Committee Dr Andrew Hobart claims hospital trusts are taking advantage of low-paid staff in an effort to cut costs.
The accident and emergency specialist, who works at Walsall Manor Hospital, is heading a high-profile campaign to increase the pay of junior doctors, which he claims will help reduce working hours.
"The sort of working practice Dr Pal describes was meant to be outlawed by 1996, but it clearly wasn't - which is why the BMA have launched a renewed campaign," he says.
"We strongly believe that one of the reasons for these sorts of hours is the pay structure which gives employing trusts a perverse incentive to make junior doctors work as many hours as possible.
"We've been trying to negotiate a different pay scheme which places more value on out-of-hours work and brings in penalty rates for really excessive hours.
"The negotiations have been stalled, but we feel there may be some progress shortly."
Dr Hobart says that another major problem facing the NHS is the lack of senior consultants and nurses in hospitals.
And he adds that far too many trusts are now employing inexperienced "care assistants" to do the work of fully-trained nurses.
"Patients should have access to the best possible medical care which means fully trained specialists and consultants and an adequate level of nursing staff," he says.
"Out of hours the NHS is incredibly reliant on junior doctors, particularly the very junior ones.
"It's not that the consultants are lazy, it's simply that there are not enough of them. They are having to work like mad to meet the Government's waiting list targets every day and in addition they're responsible for large numbers of emergencies.
"The system is geared towards daytime working but patients don't just get sick 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.
"We need a system which has dramatically more consultants doing slightly less during the daytime in order to be available for more out of hours work.
"Staff levels differ incredibly between hospitals coping with the same number of patients.
"Some hospitals have gone far too far down the route of replacing nurses with care assistants which is fine if everything is going swimmingly but it only takes one critically ill patient to use up the capacity of staff. If there are two very sick patients then you're stuck."


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Funeral service will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, 2014, at William Chapel Church in Ruleville with Minister R.L. Brand officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Galilee Cemetery in Ruleville.
Visitation will be from 2-6 p.m. Friday, March 14, 2014, at Byas Funeral Home in Ruleville.
Survivors include father George Ivy Sr. of Ruleville; mother, Gloristine Ivy of Ruleville; daughters, Cordija Jones of Ruleville and Aniyah Monet Ivy of Los Angeles, Calif.; brothers, Marcus Conrod, Lorenzo Thompson and Byron Thompson, all of Ruleville, and Jamar Thompson of Jacksonville, Fla.; sisters, Georgetta Ivy and Roschell Hill, both of Los Angeles, Calif., La'Tonya Ivy of Apple Valley, Calif., and Tenisha Ivy of Ruleville.
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Set of regular Home Déco canvases by DeSerres for artwork in either oil or acrylic. An original way to enhance the interior decor of a home.


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There is a strip of quartersawn white oak on the backsplash behind my kitchen sink. It was sealed, stained, and finished with a clear finish but I'm noticing that water has penetrated the finish. I would like to refinish with something more waterproof - any suggestions for a good waterproof interior varnish? |
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- Posted by bobsmyuncle (My Page) on Tue, Dec 20, 11 at 22:46
Actually, the problem may be that only the front was finished and the back and bottom of the wood was not finished. Finishing just the front---especially without repairing the obvious damage will do little good. |
"Actually, the problem may be that only the front was finished and the back and bottom of the wood was not finished. " A distinct possibility. While no finish stops water vapor, they only slow its movement it is possible to stop liquid water pretty well. Small section pieces (especially) need to be finished on all side if they might be exposed to water more than accidentally. If water enters from the unfinished sides it can easily try to escape past the finish, and in many cases till simply force the finish off the surface and produces cracks in the finish film. The cracks then allow water to enter from the finished side and continue forcing the finish off the wood. I routinely finish all sides of even quarter round or should molding used in kitchens. |
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Hi. Just wondering for those of you who had bareroot planting experience if I could solicit a little advice.
I planted a Harmony Peach tree yesterday. Attached is a link to a pic. I also looked up pruning instructions which made it seem as if I should prune a bunch of this down to really 4 or so main branches. Wish I could find that site again!!! Anyway, the tree looks healthy and all the branches shown have buds on them. Do I need to prune this at all? THANKS!
Here is a link that might be useful: My peach tree
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Fishacura: The most important part is what's not in the photo. Bare-root trees are often harvested with an undercut attachment on a tractor, a U-shaped digger that cuts the roots so the tree can be pulled up. If the roots were severly whacked, the top part of the tree is unbalanced with them and you should prune some branches off. You may not see much growth this year as the tree will spend a lot of energy re-growing those roots. Applenut |
You are very correct! The roots were very minimal. So based on that you're seeing, I should prune the top way back then? |
Well... you did ask. If it were my tree, I'd prune it mercilessly. I'd cut the main trunk leaving the lower 8 branches. Yes, more than half the tree would go. Then I'd cut those remaining 8 branches back to a couple of buds each, paying attention to which way the buds are pointing. In years to come, most of these remaining 8 branches may go too, but at this point I don't know for sure which ones will be "keepers". What I don't like about this tree is that all the lower branches have been removed. I would have preferred to keep them and branch the tree starting about at knee level. Also, peach trees often get "whippy" branches that are incapable of supporting fruit. I usually cut these way back so that fruit develops where it can be supported. If you did prune like this, and I'm not suggesting that you do, vigorous green, leafy growth will follow. But it would give you the opportunity to mold the tree into a low-branching, vase-shaped, strong-limbed, spreading tree. That's the long term goal. Look at professionally grown trees. They're branched down low with only 2, 3 or 4 branches off the main trunk. Anyway, I'm no pro so take my words with caution. |
- Posted by rachelellen Zone 8 CA Central Va (My Page) on Sun, Apr 13, 08 at 15:12
I have a question along a similar line. I bought a bare root nectarine which is to grow in a pot (it's dwarf). Anyway, I pruned it to 5 of the sturdiest looking branches, it bloomed beautifully, and now is covered with leaves and about 25 fruits have set. Now, I cannot imagine that this little tree would be able to support the weight of 25 fruits by the season, which around here is late July, early August I believe. So, what do I do? Do I remove all the fruits so that the tree can put it's energy this year into growing strong? Should I remove some and look to have a few fruits off my baby tree? Or will the tree itself drop that which it can't really support? |
tcstoehr...thanks! I suppose until you prune something "mercilously" you'll always be a little shy. So I went to town earlier today...when I have a great little tree in a few years, I'll never be afraid again I am sure!@ |
Fishacure, I am new to pruning fruit trees too and I have done lots and lots of study reading online and books and online pictures and videos and vhs videos. I did all of that and I was still afraid that I was going to screw things up until I realized there is no perfect way to do but the tree will grow and be forgiving and that the only important thing is that you do it and learn from it. This is a Florida Prince Peach Tree that looked very much like your tree before I started. Six weeks ago I headed off the central leader at 24 inches leaving only one branch. Next year I will have four nice scaffolds started and a beautiful peach tree producing lots of fruit the year after. My advice is to cut that baby down to 24"-36" and watch her grow. |
- Posted by goodground z5-6 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 13, 08 at 22:25
I would definately cut it back. You have enough branches where you should be able to select 4 scaffold branches to shape like an X. Pruning to an open center is good for air and sun. Cut it back to your desired height where you'll get 4 branches facing different directions. After cutting it down to 4, cut the main 4 back a little to encourage outward growth. |
That's just some great artwork! Thanks for the overhead pix. Helps me out a lot! |
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Even as the Federal Reserve holds short-term interest rates near zero for the fourth year in a row, there are plenty of places to find decent income in the U.S. stock and bond markets. You just have to know where to look.
We found eight groups with average payouts ranging as high as 6% without the risk that often comes with reaching for yield. They include municipal bonds, with yields between 1% and 3%; utilities and real-estate investment trusts, at 4%; convertible securities, at 3%; high-dividend stocks, at 3% to 4%; master limited partnerships and junk bonds, at 6%, and preferred shares, at 5% to 6%. There are higher-yielding securities in all of these categories, including mortgage REITs and junk bonds that carry 10%-plus rates, but the rewards here may not be worth the risk.
What looks best for 2013? Given the risks in bonds at historically low-yield levels, it may be best to stick with blue-chip stocks, electric utilities, MLPs, and to a lesser extent, REITs.
In the bond market, junk still looks appealing, even as the average yield fell to 6% from about 20% at the start of 2009, when Barron's highlighted the market's appeal in a cover story. Junk may be the best house in a dangerous neighborhood.
Peter Hoey for Barron's
The tax legislation passed last week favors equity sources of income, which will be taxed at a top rate of 20%, plus a 3.8% Medicare surcharge. Most taxpayers, including couples earning less than $250,000, will still pay a top dividend rate of 15%. The top rate for ordinary income rises to 39.6% from 35% for couples earning more than $450,000. That rate also applies to interest income on taxable bonds, as well as distributions from master limited partnerships and REITs. It should be noted that investors can often defer taxes on MLP distributions.
It's hard to make a case for two of the lowest-yielding parts of the bond market -- Treasuries and mortgage securities -- because yields are in the 1% to 3% area, and both sectors could be hit hard if rates rise. Perhaps the best that can be said for Treasuries is that they're one of the few asset classes that are negatively correlated with stocks, meaning they tend to appreciate when stocks fall, and thus offer a hedge against a stock-market downdraft.
BlackRock favors dividend-paying stocks and junk bonds, while warning about the danger in Treasuries. "We believe dividend stocks look attractive," wrote BlackRock chief investment strategist Russ Koesterich last week. "With current payout ratios near historic lows and balance sheets quite strong, companies have ample ability to raise dividend payments to compensate investors for any changes in tax treatment." As for Treasuries, he wrote that interest-rate risk is high, as underscored last week when prices fell 4% as stocks rallied.
Here is an overview of the eight income sectors in order of their appeal.
High-Dividend Stocks
As more companies get serious about dividends, it's possible to put together an increasingly diversified portfolio of stocks yielding 3% to 4%. The obvious appeal of stocks versus bonds is that investors can benefit from rising dividends over time. Many big companies now have dividends that exceed their bond yields.
Blue chips with 3%-plus yields include drug makers Pfizer pfe -1.8221803330191644% Pfizer Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD31.25 -0.58 -1.8221803330191644% /Date(1422655216112-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 40152593 AFTER HOURS USD31.26 0.01 0.032% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2918157 P/E Ratio 21.819578271191176 Market Cap 196895538330.078 Dividend Yield 3.584% Rev. per Employee 638417 More quote details and news » (ticker: PFE), Merck mrk -2.9151232082460945% Merck & Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD60.28 -1.81 -2.9151232082460945% /Date(1422655361602-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11429781 AFTER HOURS USD60.45 0.17 0.28201725282017254% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 657143 P/E Ratio 32.58378378378379 Market Cap 171850623785.555 Dividend Yield 2.9860650298606504% Rev. per Employee 566408 More quote details and news » (MRK), and Novartis nvs -1.7749092375958047% Novartis AG ADS U.S.: NYSE USD97.4 -1.76 -1.7749092375958047% /Date(1422655275015-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1474868 AFTER HOURS USD97.4 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8833 P/E Ratio 23.25692454632283 Market Cap 265163073273.98 Dividend Yield 2.833458932238193% Rev. per Employee 388358 More quote details and news » (NVS). In the consumer sector, there's PepsiCo pep -2.343017806935333% PepsiCo Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD93.78 -2.25 -2.343017806935333% /Date(1422655253470-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7264805 AFTER HOURS USD93.78 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 476726 P/E Ratio 20.52078774617068 Market Cap 140351704823.479 Dividend Yield 2.793772659415654% Rev. per Employee 243989 More quote details and news » (PEP) and Procter & Gamble pg -1.610832263336057% Procter & Gamble Co. U.S.: NYSE USD84.29 -1.38 -1.610832263336057% /Date(1422655354482-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13615698 AFTER HOURS USD84.43 0.14 0.16609324949578835% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1069552 P/E Ratio 24.673613957028277 Market Cap 227625991195.535 Dividend Yield 3.0542175821568396% Rev. per Employee 692110 More quote details and news » (PG). And technology, a former income wasteland, now offers many 3% yielders, such as Microsoft msft -3.832420852178053% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD40.4 -1.61 -3.832420852178053% /Date(1422655200217-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 75697156 AFTER HOURS USD40.4 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2307788 P/E Ratio 16.16 Market Cap 331432932830.483 Dividend Yield 3.0693069306930694% Rev. per Employee 728656 More quote details and news » (MSFT), Intel intc -3.4200526161940954% Intel Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD33.04 -1.17 -3.4200526161940954% /Date(1422655200417-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 36909848 AFTER HOURS USD33.11 0.07 0.211864406779661% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1809888 P/E Ratio 13.766666666666667 Market Cap 159748404426.575 Dividend Yield 2.9055690072639226% Rev. per Employee 519238 More quote details and news » (INTC), and Seagate Technology stx -3.8500851788756387% Seagate Technology PLC U.S.: Nasdaq USD56.44 -2.26 -3.8500851788756387% /Date(1422655200463-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5383382 AFTER HOURS USD56.91 0.47 0.8327427356484762% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 121163 P/E Ratio 12.190064794816415 Market Cap 18469369482.2462 Dividend Yield 3.8270729978738482% Rev. per Employee 272322 More quote details and news » (STX). Energy giants Chevron cvx -0.4563106796116505% Chevron Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD102.53 -0.47 -0.4563106796116505% /Date(1422655210932-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20007493 AFTER HOURS USD102.56 0.03 0.029259728859845898% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 577243 P/E Ratio 9.372543283909538 Market Cap 193825165305.879 Dividend Yield 4.174387984004682% Rev. per Employee 3103620 More quote details and news » (CVX), Royal Dutch Shell rdsa -1.380195795217461% Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD61.45 -0.86 -1.380195795217461% /Date(1422655692949-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6386250 AFTER HOURS USD61.67 0.22 0.3580146460537022% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 289770 P/E Ratio 11.704127661065472 Market Cap 195192608389.414 Dividend Yield 6.11879576891782% Rev. per Employee 4558660 More quote details and news » (RDSA), and ConocoPhillips cop 0.2546959567016874% ConocoPhillips U.S.: NYSE USD62.98 0.16 0.2546959567016874% /Date(1422655278055-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10179821 AFTER HOURS USD63.08 0.1 0.15878056525881232% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 344429 P/E Ratio 8.29776021080369 Market Cap 77522897900.8882 Dividend Yield 4.636392505557319% Rev. per Employee 2880430 More quote details and news » (COP) all yield more than 3%.
There are dozens of income-oriented mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Some of the largest ETFs are Vanguard High Dividend Yield vym -1.6352386564525634% Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 66.77 -1.11 -1.6352386564525634% /Date(1422655200268-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1001415 AFTER HOURS 66.61 -0.16 -0.23962857570765314% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1307 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 3.3667814886925265% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (VYM), iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend dvy -1.6189290161892902% iShares Select Dividend ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 79 -1.3 -1.6189290161892902% /Date(1422655200314-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1558289 AFTER HOURS 79.13 0.13 0.16455696202531644% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 113 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 3.1406379746835444% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (DVY), and SPDR S&P Dividend sdy -1.4984631147540983% SPDR S&P Dividend ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 76.91 -1.17 -1.4984631147540983% /Date(1422655200185-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1595026 AFTER HOURS 76.9598 0.0498 0.06475100767130412% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 103804 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 2.6373475490833442% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (SDY).
Electric utilities were the only loser in 2012 among the major sectors of the S&P 500, with a 2.9% drop -- and a 1% return after dividends. This year could be better because utility dividends look appealing at 4%-plus in much of the industry.
Major utilities trade at an average of 14 times projected 2013 profits, compared with about 13 times for the faster-growing S&P 500. Yet utility earnings are relatively predictable, in the low- to mid-single digits each year.
The three largest electrics (by market value), Duke Energy duk -2.484333034914951% Duke Energy Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD87.14 -2.22 -2.484333034914951% /Date(1422655652185-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3359306 AFTER HOURS USD87.16 0.02 0.022951572182694516% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 167094 P/E Ratio 24.968481375358166 Market Cap 61633338669.8663 Dividend Yield 3.649299977048428% Rev. per Employee 917418 More quote details and news » (DUK), at $65; Southern Co. so -3.9211971964387193% Southern Co. U.S.: NYSE USD50.72 -2.07 -3.9211971964387193% /Date(1422655443155-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12357792 AFTER HOURS USD50.73 0.01 0.01971608832807571% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 197211 P/E Ratio 21.675213675213676 Market Cap 45638515864.0295 Dividend Yield 4.140378548895899% Rev. per Employee 698745 More quote details and news » (SO), at $44; and Dominion Resources d -2.843062926459439% Dominion Resources Inc. (Virginia) U.S.: NYSE USD76.89 -2.25 -2.843062926459439% /Date(1422655377413-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2789037 AFTER HOURS USD76.92 0.03 0.03901677721420211% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 150699 P/E Ratio 29.91828793774319 Market Cap 44896917259.5758 Dividend Yield 3.1213421771361687% Rev. per Employee 911379 More quote details and news » (D), at $53, all yield 4% or more.
The Utilities Select SPDR xlu -2.2060311677798015% Select Sector SPDR-Utilities U.S.: NYSE Arca 48.32 -1.09 -2.2060311677798015% /Date(1422655200100-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 14716785 AFTER HOURS 48.3 -0.02 -0.041390728476821195% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 199094 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 3.4508278145695366% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (XLU), which holds the electric utilities within the S&P 500 index, yields 4.1%.
The group started the year strong, as the benchmark Alerian MLP index, which is heavy in energy pipelines, rose 4% over the first two sessions of 2013. More gains could follow after a tough 2012, when the AMZ fell 1% and returned 4.8%, including distributions. Reflecting strong historical returns in the sector, 2012 marked the only year in the past 13 in which MLPs trailed the S&P 500 in total return.
Credit Suisse analyst John Edwards has been bullish, pointing out that the yield on the AMZ index, now 6.5%, looks appealing relative to most other income securities. While weak prices for natural-gas liquids have hurt some MLPs, much of the sector that is involved in domestic energy transportation has experienced little or no impact. Growth in distributions industrywide is expected to average about 7% this year.
The two largest MLPs, Enterprise Products Partners epd 0.23282887077997672% Enterprise Products Partners L.P. U.S.: NYSE USD34.44 0.08 0.23282887077997672% /Date(1422655557203-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3232517 AFTER HOURS USD34.4 -0.04 -0.11614401858304298% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 16443 P/E Ratio 23.40950100001338 Market Cap 67032835932.7127 Dividend Yield 4.29732868757259% Rev. per Employee 7172950 More quote details and news » (EPD), at $52 a share, and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP), at $84, yield 5% and 6.3%, respectively. Kinder Morgan's twin, Kinder Morgan Management (KMR), trading around $79, is a corporation. It has a similar dividend paid in stock, allowing investors to avoid the tax hassles of K-1 partnership tax forms.
There are many MLP-oriented mutual funds and ETFs, including the Alerian MLP amlp 0.6048054973760384% Alerian MLP ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca USD17.1 0.1028 0.6048054973760384% /Date(1422655200306-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6889740 AFTER HOURS USD17.1707 0.0707 0.41345029239766085% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1817 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 3113830000 Dividend Yield 6.760233918128655% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (AMLP) and an exchange-traded note, the JPMorgan Alerian MLP AMJ 0.3616636528028933% JPMorgan Alerian MLP ETN U.S.: NYSE Arca 44.4 0.16 0.3616636528028933% /Date(1422655201911-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1503116 AFTER HOURS 44.4 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 458 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 5.387387387387387% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » index (AMJ).
Junk Bonds
Wall Street generally expects subdued returns of about 7% this year after another strong year in 2012, when junk returned more than 15%. The challenge is that yields are low, at 6%, and prices are high, averaging about 105% of par value. This limits upside because most issues can be redeemed at par prior to maturity.
While many junk investors are reaching for yield in order to get higher returns, it may be best to play it conservatively and avoid debt-laden companies like Caesars Entertainment czr -7.002561912894961% Caesars Entertainment Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD10.89 -0.82 -7.002561912894961% /Date(1422655200329-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 806313 AFTER HOURS USD10.9 0.01 0.09182736455463728% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 32545 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 1573016980.28618 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 126141 More quote details and news » (CZR) and Clear Channel Communications (CCMO).
J. Matthew Philo, manager of the Mainstay High-Yield Corporate fund (MHYIX), generally is steering clear of lower-rated credits in favor of better situations. "This is a tale of two markets," he says. "The larger part of the market is very resilient with strong asset coverage and free cash flow."
Thanks to the wide disparity in the individual returns of junk debt, management matters, arguing for open- or closed-end funds rather than ETFs like the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond jnk -0.20502306509482318% SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 38.94 -0.08 -0.20502306509482318% /Date(1422655200172-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5301146 AFTER HOURS 38.9 -0.04 -0.1027221366204417% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 16592 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 5.699784283513097% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (JNK) and iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate hyg -0.27630415561450045% iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 90.23 -0.25 -0.27630415561450045% /Date(1422655200232-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5433839 AFTER HOURS 90.1811 -0.0489 -0.05419483542059182% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 949196 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 5.135103624071816% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (HYG), which track broad indexes.
Convertible Bonds
Convertibles are an overlooked asset class because of limited issuance of new bonds and complexity, including securities that automatically convert into equity. Less than $25 billion of converts have been issued in each of the past two years because most corporate treasurers can offer low-rate "straight" debt without giving investors an equity kicker.
"There are some good opportunities," says David King, manager of the Columbia Convertible Securities fund (PACIX). He's partial to a Chesapeake Energy 5¾% convertible preferred (CHKVZ), which recently traded at about $900, below its $1,000 face value, for a 6.4% current yield. The Chesapeake convert offers a lower-risk way to play a revival in natural-gas prices than the company's common shares. King also is partial to a 2⅞% convert from biotech company Dendreon (DNDN), recently trading below 75 cents on the dollar and a 13% yield to maturity in 2016. Dendreon developed a novel treatment for advanced prostate cancer that has had disappointing revenues. The company isn't far from cash-flow break-even and could be a takeover target.
There are many open-end and closed-end convertible funds, plus a sizable ETF, the SPDR Barclays Convertible Securities cwb -1.0278372591006424% SPDR Barclays Convertible Securities ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 46.22 -0.48 -1.0278372591006424% /Date(1422655200310-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 374799 AFTER HOURS 46.24 0.02 0.043271311120726956% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 42639 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 28.409260060579836% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (CWB).
After another strong year in which the sector returned 18%, investors may want to tread cautiously because REIT valuations aren't cheap in absolute terms or in relation to the S&P 500 index.
But REITs now trade for about 16 times 2013 funds from operations, a cash-flow measure favored by the industry. That compares with a multiple of 13 for the S&P 500. REITs look even more expensive at about 20 times adjusted funds from operations, a more conservative calculation of cash flow than FFO that subtracts certain recurring expenses like office-leasing costs.
REITs, now yielding an average of 3.6%, still look good relative to Treasuries. Industry fundamentals are favorable amid higher rents and limited new construction, while financing costs are low. "REITs are trading below private-market values, and they remain a haven for people concerned about inflation. Real estate is a hard asset," says Alex Goldfarb, an analyst at Sandler O'Neill.
Goldfarb is partial to Simon Property Group spg -2.979097479976558% Simon Property Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD198.66 -6.1 -2.979097479976558% /Date(1422655559144-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2059601 AFTER HOURS USD199 0.34 0.17114668277458975% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 124835 P/E Ratio 50.59338868232058 Market Cap 61741545108.6988 Dividend Yield 2.818886539816772% Rev. per Employee 854529 More quote details and news » (SPG), the mall operator and the largest REIT by market value, at $50 billion. He says that Simon is one of the best-managed companies in the business, generating more than $1 billion of free cash annually beyond its dividend requirements. Simon, at $158, trades for 19 times projected 2013 FFO. While third-tier malls may be struggling, those owned by Simon and others like Taubman Centers tco -1.8915359750987668% Taubman Centers Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD81.95 -1.58 -1.8915359750987668% /Date(1422655394337-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 441570 AFTER HOURS USD81.95 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 23172 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 5189319809.30938 Dividend Yield 2.63575350823673% Rev. per Employee 1016780 More quote details and news » (TCO) are in good shape.
Apartment REITs lagged behind the group last year, and Goldfarb is partial to Post Properties pps -1.8895348837209303% Post Properties Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD60.75 -1.17 -1.8895348837209303% /Date(1422655521866-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 465932 AFTER HOURS USD60.75 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 17584 P/E Ratio 14.032000063576394 Market Cap 3308505661.01074 Dividend Yield 2.633744855967078% Rev. per Employee 587028 More quote details and news » (PPS), which has a good position in the Sunbelt and low financial leverage. He also likes Essex Property Trust ess -1.511850819100732% Essex Property Trust Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD226.05 -3.47 -1.511850819100732% /Date(1422655508132-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1433848 AFTER HOURS USD226.05 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 41689 P/E Ratio 117.75890810585538 Market Cap 14454089598.6694 Dividend Yield 2.30037602300376% Rev. per Employee 720938 More quote details and news » (ESS), which has about half of its portfolio in Southern California, a region now reviving.
Municipal Bonds
With yields on top-grade munis similar to those on Treasuries, the relative appeal of the $3.7 trillion market is good, but absolute yield levels in the 1%-to-3% range aren't great with inflation running at about 2%.
Munis got a break when the congressional budget deal lifted top tax rates on the highest earners and thus heightened the appeal of tax-free income. To top it off, legislators chose not to tax the muni-bond interest of the highest earners, as some had feared.
That helped produce a rally on Wednesday, as long-term munis gained about 1% even as long-term Treasuries declined 1%. "While we are unlikely to see significant capital appreciation in municipal bonds, their after-tax yields are attractive, and munis remain a solid source of income," wrote BlackRock strategist Koesterich.
The idea of taxing muni-bond interest is dormant but not dead. If enacted, such a tax on munis likely would cut their demand, potentially lifting rates as much as half a percentage point and crunching long-term bonds. Many state and local governments face a large and festering pension problem. Given the risks, muni buyers might want to avoid long-term issues and stick with a fund like the Vanguard Intermediate Term Tax-Exempt fund (VWITX), which has low fees. Many investors favor individual bonds, but the downside is limited liquidity if holders ever need to sell.
Preferred Stock
With banks solidly profitable and the bond market strong, the preferred market has rallied sharply since the financial crisis, dropping yields on most bank issues to less than 6% from double-digit levels during 2009. Barron's has written favorably on preferred several times in the past four years.
Issuance has surged as banks have taken advantage of lower rates to lock in long-term equity financing. Issuance totaled about $33 billion in 2012, including several big retail-oriented deals priced at $25 a share from JPMorgan jpm -2.3172265133824324% JPMorgan Chase & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD54.38 -1.29 -2.3172265133824324% /Date(1422655245884-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 25943282 AFTER HOURS USD54.46 0.08 0.14711290915777858% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1000431 P/E Ratio 9.996323529411764 Market Cap 203282719901.02 Dividend Yield 2.942258183155572% Rev. per Employee 406463 More quote details and news » (JPM), Wells Fargo wfc -1.592115238817286% Wells Fargo & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD51.92 -0.84 -1.592115238817286% /Date(1422655230311-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19461122 AFTER HOURS USD51.95 0.03 0.05778120184899846% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2293671 P/E Ratio 12.4822695035461 Market Cap 269341429798.052 Dividend Yield 2.6964560862865947% Rev. per Employee 335576 More quote details and news » (WFC), and BB&T bbt -1.0653209980375666% BB&T Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD35.29 -0.38 -1.0653209980375666% /Date(1422655365735-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5261509 AFTER HOURS USD35.29 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 215452 P/E Ratio 12.740072202166065 Market Cap 25419316148.9544 Dividend Yield 2.7203173703598753% Rev. per Employee 291988 More quote details and news » (BBT). While dividends look safe and remain tax advantaged, most preferreds don't look attractive thanks to their interest-rate risk.
The typical $25 retail preferred usually has a bad combination of a perpetual maturity and a five-year redemption feature at the issuer's option. "The risk-reward profile of these securities does not appear attractive; their upside is capped by the call option, but they could sell off significantly in a rising rate environment," wrote Barclays credit analyst Shobhit Gupta in a recent report.
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Growing our bond by walking to school
Posted By Stephanie E On September 26, 2010 @ 7:00 am In Family | 6 Comments
When we decided to have children I dreamed of being the parent that's home after school, preparing dinner while the kids did their homework at the kitchen table. Taking them to the park in the middle of the day and/or running off to the movies before rush hour. My plan was to work in the mornings and be available for my kids in the afternoon and into the evening.
Well things didn't work out as I planned. We became pregnant shortly before I accepted a new full-time position, which meant I would only have the standard six weeks to spend "quality time" with my daughter before having to return to work. I hated putting her into daycare so early but at the time, we didn't have another option.
When I became pregnant with my son, I decided to start my own business in hopes it would grow fast enough to replace my income so I could stay home with him. Though the business was and still is growing steadily it wasn't enough to replace my income. After he was born I was able to take three months off which gave us some time to really enjoy each other.
However, I still had to go back to work and hated it even more. I felt like I was missing out on something, on everything.
This year my daughter started Kindergarten and we chose to send her to a school practically around the corner from our house.
On her first big day, we walked her to school as a family, my husband, my son, and I ALL walked her to school and it was amazing. Even though it's a short 5-10 minute walk I love taking her by the hand and just chatting about the day to come or the day before. We practice site words, the days of the week or just enjoy the fresh brisk air. We walked her to school every day that week.
Prior to her starting Kindergarten every morning felt rushed and stressed. But when we walk her to school its like time slows down just enough for us to enjoy the moment. At the school the kids play together for a few minutes before the bell, and then we say good-bye. My son kisses and hugs his big sister then grabs on to myself or my husband for the walk back home.
When I drive to work I feel more relaxed even though the traffic is horrendous and I find myself anxiously waiting for five o'clock to come so I can rush to the school and pick her up so we can walk back home together.
I never would have thought how special a simple walk could be. But I feel our bond growing stronger with every step. And best of all, when I ask her what her favorite part of the day was she always answers, "walking to school or walking home."
What special everyday moments do you like to spend with your family? Let me know by commenting on this article.
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Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders on track to set a new record
UK retailer GAME confirms forthcoming shooter is "tracking significantly ahead" of Call of Duty: Black Ops.
No matter how high are the records set sales-wise by each installment of Call of Duty – the newer one just keeps dethroning its direct predecessor. The Activision shooter is unstoppable, and Modern Warfare 3 seems no different.
UK retailer GAME has revealed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is currently racking up some impressive pre-order numbers, smashing the ones set by Treyarch's 2010 release, Black Ops.
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders are already tracking significantly ahead of Call of Duty: Black Ops at the same time last year," GAME Group MD Tom Devine told MCV.
"We know that the Call of Duty brand and franchise has the most amazing fan-base and we've got some great surprises lined up for those who pre-order with us. We're looking forward to an incredible launch on November 8th."
Modern Warfare 3 is slated for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
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Featured musician: The Mayapuris
Vish Sheth, lead vocalist of The Mayapuris, is excited to connect with "wonderful 'Wanderlust-ful' people" at this year's festival.
What does Wanderlust mean to you?
We were at the very first Wanderlust festival and it was such a great time. The natural scenery, entertainment, and uplifting activities allowed my soul to wander freely and discover new paths.
What do you dig most about the combination of yoga and music?
Yoga is music! To me, they are one and the same. The combination of both is very powerful. It facilitates a safe, sacred space where the spirit can let go and unite with creation.
What gets you excited about this year's festival?
That we're going to be there! We're looking forward to playing for lots of yoga classes, rockin' out on stage, and connecting with lots of wonderful 'Wanderlust-ful' people.
Three favorite things in the world right now?
Our debut album- 'Mridanga'
My wife
My iPhone
Something your fans might not know about you?
All the Mayapuris have spent some years in India practicing yoga and studying music.
What's your personal mantra?
I'd rather be doing Kirtan.
The Mayapuris will be performing at Wanderlust 2010. Check out their full profile here.


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1966 Sunbeam Tiger MK1A
Here is one of Sandy's car for a change. He brings down his 966 Sunbeam Tiger MK1A. This car was an eBay purchase and needs a bit of works, but it's a cool car with a lot of potential. And as odd as this sounds Adam seems to find it favorable even though it is not an Lamborghini.


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Third Participant Written Statement of Australia
27 February 2013
- Panel Report
- Panel Reports, Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Generation Sector, Canada – Measures Relating to the Feed-in Tariff Program, WT/DS412/R, DS426/R, 19 December 2012
- EC and Certain Member States – Large Civil Aircraft
- Appellate Body Report, European Communities and Certain Member States – Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft, WT/DS316, adopted 1 June 2011
- EC – Hormones
- Appellate Body Report, EC Measures Concerning Meat and Meat Products (Hormones), WT/DS26/AB/R, WT/DS48/AB/R, adopted 13 February 1998
- Japan – Alcoholic Beverages II
- Appellate Body Report, Japan – Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages, WT/DS8/AB/R, WT/DS10/AB/R, WT/DS11/AB/R, adopted 1 November 1996
1. The appeals in respect of certain aspects of the Panel's findings in Canada- Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Generation Sector and Canada – Measures Relating to the Feed-in Tariff Program, raises systemic issues concerning the substantive legal obligations and rights of WTO Members under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) and the Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures (TRIM).
2. Australia recognises and strongly supports the right of Members to develop environmental policies which seek to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.
3. The matters submitted by the parties raise important systemic issues as to the proper assessment of "for governmental purposes" under Article III:8(a) of GATT 1994. Australia will briefly address this issue.
4. Australia reserves the right to raise other issues at the oral hearing before the Appellate Body. In particular, Australia foreshadows that it will address the Panel's findings relating to "benefit" under Article 1.1(b) of the SCM Agreement at the oral hearing.
"Governmental Purposes"
5. Australia agrees with the Panel's ultimate conclusion that the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Programme and its related contracts, insofar as they include domestic content requirements, are inconsistent with Article 2.1 and 2.2 of the TRIMS Agreement and Article III:4 of the GATT 1994.1 However, Australia shares the concerns raised by the European Union with respect to errors of interpretation made by the Panel regarding the application of certain WTO provisions.2
6. In particular, Australia considers that the Panel erred when stating that the ordinary meaning of the terms "governmental purposes" is relatively broad and may encompass the meaning proposed by Canada, i.e., that a purchase "for governmental purposes" may exist whenever a government purchases a product for a stated aim of the government.3 Australia shares the European Union's concern that this statement amounts to a legal error, and that it might be misused in the future.4
7. Australia is not advocating an interpretation that is narrower and stricter than the ordinary meaning of the text in Article III:8(a).5 Australia requests that the Appellate Body confirm the interpretation of Article III:8(a) that gives effect to the treaty's object and purpose. In Australia's view, the Panel's interpretation of the term "for governmental purposes" is not consistent with an ordinary meaning of the word "purposes", the authentic French and Spanish versions of the treaty text6, and the negotiating history of Article XVII:2 of GATT 19947 all of which denote the concept of practical advantage or use by the government, rather than a purchase for an aim of the government.
8. As Australia explained before the Panel8, if any purchase by a governmental agency for a stated aim of the government were to be subject to Article III:8(a), then WTO Members could circumvent the fundamental disciplines of Article III simply by inserting itself as an intermediary in any given market. Australia considers that the Panel's interpretation could significantly undermine the scope of the national treatment obligations set out in Article III and permit a wide range of protectionist measures, at odds with the important principle enunciated in Article III:1. As noted by the Appellate Body in Japan – Alcoholic Beverages II, Article III:1 constitutes part of the context for each of the other paragraphs of Article III.9
9. Accordingly, Australia supports the European Union's request10 to reverse the Panel's statement in paragraphs 7.138 and 7.139 of its report, or at the very least declare it moot and of no legal effect.
10. In summary, Australia submits that the Panel erred in its findings that the ordinary meaning of the terms "governmental purposes" under Article III:8(a) of GATT 1994 is relatively broad and may exist whenever a government purchases a product for a stated aim of the government.
- 1 Panel Report, paras. 7.167 and 8.6
- 2 Other Appellant Submission by the European Union, para 3
- 3 Panel Report, para 7.139
- 4 Other Appellant Submission by the European Union, para 6; Appellate Body Report, EC and certain Member States – Large Civil Aircraft, para 936. ("Given the potential that the Panel's statement could be misused in the future, we reverse this statement")
- 5 The Appellate Body in EC- Hormones suggested that "merely characterizing a treaty provision as an "exception" does not by itself justify a "stricter" or "narrower" interpretation of that provision than would be warranted by examination of the ordinary meaning of the actual treaty words, viewed in context and in light of the treaty's object and purpose, or, in other words, by applying the normal rules of treaty interpretation", para 104
- 6 Other Appellate Submission by the European Union, para 74
- 7 United Nations, Economic and Social Council, Third Committee: Commercial. Policy (E/CONF/2/C.3/A/W.50, 11 February 1948) p. 2; Vienna Convention, Article 32 ("Recourse may be had to supplementary means of interpretation including the preparatory work of the treat and the circumstances of its conclusion, in order to confirm the meaning resulting from the application of Article 31 […]")
- 8 Third Party Submission of Australia, para 41
- 9 Appellate Body Report in Japan – Alcoholic Beverages II, p.18; The Appellate Body said "Article III:1 articulates a general principle that internal measures should not be applied to afford protection to domestic production. This general principle informs the rest of Article III"
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New York Invitational Series
Starting Friday, May 31 Jenn Suhr will bring some of her friends back to Western New York to pole vault as part of her warm up for the 2013 USA Outodoors in Des Moines, Iowa. Competing in the New York Invitational Series held at the White Birch Golf Course in Lyndonville, New York. Suhr will be providing an opportunity for her friends and family to come watch her vault at a new location off of the traditional runway at a track. This is really what it would be like to get together in the back yard and watch a family member do what they love at a party. Except, this is a two time Olympic medalist, who owns the highest vault indoor by a woman, and you will be watching her run down the fairway of a golf course.
Last fall, Suhr toured Western New York taking to the town square in Fredonia, the home stretch of the track surface at Roberts Wesleyan College, and the indoor practice field at the Buffalo Bills complex. Inspired by the Drake Relays Mall Vault, Suhr couldn't find a more picturesque setting to take flight 16 feet into the air. You won't want to miss this. "When you get a chance to see the absolute best in the world at something, you take that chance." And what a beautiful surrounding to be running down the 2nd fairway of the White Birch Golf Course, in Lyndonville, NY.
Joining Suhr will be Heather Hamilton, #1 ranked Canadian pole vaulter. Janice Keppler, #4 American pole vaulter originally from Medina, NY. Claire Dishong, of Brockport, NY and Cornell University. Recently finished tied for 4th at the NCAA East Regional in North Carolina. Linda Hadfield, of Utica, NY and Tennessee University who finished tied for 8th at the same NCAA East Regional. Erin Champion, also of the University of Tennessee, also finished tied for 8th at the NCAA East Regional.
Bring your lawn chair and maybe a couple clubs to work on your short game. Vaulting will begin by 6pm and will conclude by dark.
If you can't make it this Friday, come over Friday, June 7th and Friday June 14th at White Birch Golf Course. Rain dates for each weekend are on Sunday at 3pm.
*Correction* Suhr's schedule for June 7th and June 14th is not confirmed, as travel may take her elsewhere. The competitions will be happening either way with some of the best pole vaulters on the continent. Check the Facebook event for details.
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1 pound lean ground beef or parve vegetarian beef crumbles1/2 cup finely diced bell pepper1/3 cup diced green onions1/2 teaspoon garlic powder1/2 teaspoon celery flakes1 teaspoon Creole seasoning*1/4 teaspoon red pepper4 cups long grain rice, cooked and drained1/4 cup water (more as needed)1/4 teaspoon black pepper
In fry pan stir ground beef and bell pepper. Cook over medium high heat until beef loses its pink color and bell pepper is soft. Remove excess grease. Turn temperature down to medium or medium low.
Add remaining ingredients; stir and cook together until ground beef is completely cooked and liquid is gone - about 25 to 35 minutes.More Creole seasoning and red pepper may be added for taste.
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PASADENA, Calif. — NASA's Curiosity rover beamed back its first colour photo of Mars from the ancient crater where it landed Tuesday morning.
The tilted image (above) shows a pebbly landscape and the rim of Gale Crater off in the distance. Curiosity snapped the photo on its first day on the surface after touching down after a dramatic descent Sunday night.
"In the distance, the image shows the north wall and rim of Gale Crater," NASA said. on it's Curiosity photo page.
The rover took the shot with a camera at the end of its robotic arm. The landscape looks fuzzy because the camera's removable cover was coated with dust that kicked up during its descent.
"Images taken without the dust cover in place are expected during checkout of the robotic arm in coming weeks," NASA said on it's webpage.
The image is at such a strange angle because it was taken with the camera in the "stowed" position, which is 30 degrees tilted compared to the landscape. The camera will remain in the stowed position with its dustcap on for at least one more week as NASA engineers test all of Curiosity's systems.
Since landing, Curiosity has sent back several black-and-white images of its surroundings, including a mountain view. It is expected to send back sharper pictures of its landing site.


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2 Dead After Car Crashes Into Crowd
Police say car drove through temporary barricades for the South By Southwest festival.
Snowden: NSA 'Setting Fire To The Internet,' Violated Constitution 'On A Massive Scale'
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden spoke at this year's South By Southwest Interactive Festival.
Snowden To Speak At South by Southwest
South by Southwest (SXSW) announced Tuesday that NSA leaker Edward Snowden will be speaking at the festival.
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Among the must-see technology conventions to visit are the Cloud Expo in New York, E3 2014 in Los Angeles, MacWorld/iWorld and Dreamforce in San Francisco and South by Southwest in Austin.
Norah Jones To Play Entire New Album At SXSW
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BMX: Pajon, Walker and Smulders Sweep Women's Race in London, Willoughby and Oquendo Grace Men's Podium
Colombia's BMX team has officially hit the map.
Lead by Mariana Pajon, who claimed her nation's very first victory in London by owning the Women's race, the South American country continued its damage with countryman Carlos Oquemdo taking a third place finish in the Men's event.
"I started gymnastics when I was five, but I started BMX when I was three," said Mariana, who also became the second Colombian ever to claim a Summer Games win. "I was doing gymnastics, BMX and cart racing. However BMX wasn't at the Games and I wanted to be here, then BMX was introduced in Beijing and I started training."
Utterly smashing three semi-final runs in tantalizing style, she lead the pack of eight formidable riders through the first turn. She never relinquished the lead – cruising to a massive triumph over rivals from the across the Globe.
Two of those rivals were never far behind. Sarah Walker of New Zealand grabbed a second place result as Laura Smulders of the Netherlands rounded out the podium.
"The key was overcoming my fears," added Sarah, who raced near flawlessly, but just couldn't keep up with the blazing Pajon. "I never really believed in myself in Beijing."
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Carlos wasn't the only man of note (in the family) to grace the Men's podium, however.
Aussie smasher Sam Willoughby, who was crowned with a World Championship title this year, took second after being edged by Maris Strombergs in an intense 450 meter final.
''Me and Maris have sort of gone back and forward, one-two, all year…and I'm not the slightest bit disappointed," Sam said. "I'm very happy. Maris is a smart guy."
Finishing in a blistering 37.929 seconds, he built upon some amazing semi-final races where he nabbed first, second and third place finishes to quality for the Final round. But although he fell a bit short of an overall triumph, there was no head hanging due to the fact that it was a hard fought race with an honorable podium result.
"We race each other every weekend and he was smart enough to move to the inside and I couldn't quite get through there," Sam added. "So once I saw him moving over I just knew I had to play it safe. I wasn't going to try to smash into him in the last corner and cost myself a podium finish."


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Pharrell Williams Officially Joins Karmaloop TV | Video
Mentioned already in a brief posting yesterday evening, Pharrell Williams released an official video announcement this afternoon of his creative (and equity) stake in Karmaloop TV. The Grammy winning musician, producer, frontman of N.E.R.D. , just to named a few, this new platform allows Williams to become … READ MORE
N*E*R*D x ROCKSMITH – Giveaway | Winner Announcement
Thank you for everyone who had participated in the N*E*R*D x ROCKSMITH Giveaway on Freshness! We had received quite a collection of entries, and are happy to announce a winner with the correct answers selected at random from our Facebook Discussion page. So the correct answers to … READ MORE
N*E*R*D x ROCKSMITH | Giveaway
Freshness is opening November with another giveaway, something to help you get through the long, dreary, chilly, winter days to come. After the HP TouchSmart 600 and Motorola Droid 2, we are offering N*E*R*D's latest album, Nothing, as well as a new ROCKSMITH N*E*R*D t-shirt for giveaway. … READ MORE
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It is official! For those who have been waiting for N*E*R*D's latest album "Nothing", it is finally available for purchase today! And accompanying the hot tracks off iTunes and the racks, here is the official video to "Hypnotize U" from the album. Cue a sudsy Pharrell and … READ MORE
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Have you heard it yet? We haven't, but the luck ones who attended the BBC/Ice Cream London N*E*R*D "Nothing" Album Playback had a chance to experience the new album before it officially drops. Sure, most of us have heard N*E*R*D's "Hot N' Fun Ft. Nelly Furtado" by … READ MORE
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It was a super clandestine showcase, and no one really knew anything about it beforehand. Perhaps except for the 100 strong in the know who showed up and boogied down to N*E*R*D's classic "Lapdance". At Nike Stadium in Milan, Pharrell and his partner Shae showed up with … READ MORE


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We are known as the," The greatest fair in the Ottawa Valley since 1853." It is an exciting five days with ample amount of activities such as: Livestock Shows, Beef & Dairy Shows, Heavy & Light Horse Shows, 4-H & Interclubs, Swine & Lambs, many more Livestock events, Exhibits, Art, Domestic Science, Women's Institute Displays, Floriculture, Fruit, Vegetables, Junior Classes, Needlework and so much more.
Perhaps you enjoy the famous bacon on a bun, mouth watering candy apples, popcorn, fully serviced meal, or a splendid piece of fresh fudge. We have it all for you to experience at the fair!
Our grandstand entertainment will be packed solid and we will be communicating all of the exciting details in the coming weeks!
Throughout the weekend make sure to visit the Valley Entertainment stage showcasing some of the Ottawa Valley's finest talent.
Come and enjoy the fair! You will be sure to find something for everyone of all ages to enjoy a traditional country fair.
On behalf of the General Manager, Board of Directors, Committee Members and Volunteers, I wish to extend a warm greeting to everyone and welcome you to our 160th Renfrew Fair.
A sincere thank you to local businesses, sponsors and donors, who without their support, this community event could not take place.
Let us all gather at "The Greatest Fair In The Ottawa Valley", to renew acquaintances, celebrate the past and embrace the future.
Gladys CurryPresident
Homecraft President
This year marks our 160th fair and on behalf of the Homecraft Division, I would like to welcome you.
Our Homecraft directors work very hard to review and update the various categories for you to exhibit in. Our work begins as soon as the previous fair is over. I am sincerely grateful to all the directors and volunteers for their hours of giving not only at fair time but throughout the year. Without our volunteers, the fair would not be possible.
Every year we are proud to display the work of our exhibitors with their quilting, floricultural, baking, hobbies, crafts, photography, woodworking, art, bottled goods, junior fair, school work, 4-H and agricultural products. We are thankful to have returning exhibitors and look forward to new ones. Take some time to read through the prize book, decide what to exhibit in, there is something for everyone.
Come out and meet up with friends and neighbours and enjoy what should be a fabulous fair.
Katrina Crozier
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In concert: Serani
By Sarah Godfrey
Because music listeners should never have to weep alone, some artists deliver their most wrenching lyrics in a touching - and comforting - warbling crying voice. The technique has been perfected by everyone from rapper Ghostface and singer Celine Dion to newish adoptee Serani. The dancehall producer/vocalist sounds as if he's choking back sobs of joy throughout his hit "She Loves Me," and it's an incredible effect. Any dancehall artist can make you soak through your shirt, but few can make you put down your drink and daub at your eyes.
(An appropriate Valentine's Day set, after the jump.)
A part of the mighty Daseca production trio (he's the man behind Sean Paul's "We Be Burnin'") and a mixtape fave for some time, Serani released the full-length "No Games" at the end of last year. He performed much of the material on the album, with emphasis on the emotional romance tracks, at a Valentine's Day show at the Crossroads on Sunday night.
After paying homage to some of the best in crossover dancehall (Devonte and Tanto Metro's "Everyone Falls In Love," Wayne Wonder's "No Letting Go"), the Kingston native dug into his own songbook: "No Games" which is as much of a poppy weeper as "She Loves Me," as well at the amorous double-header of "Romance Me" and "Naked."
Serani's not all tissues and Visine, though. He ended with the more hard-core sound of his 2008 breakout track "Doh," and also the peppy "Skip to Ma Luu" (during which he lead everyone in the dance of the same name) because the dancehall would start to get a bad rep if it sent folks home tear-stained, but not sweat-drenched.
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February 15, 2010; 1:55 PM ET
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Holiday Bazaar and Craft Fair
Saturday, December 01, 2012, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
There will be a holiday bazaar and craft fair to benefit the March of Dimes Saturday, December 1st from 10am-2pm at the Ramada Geneva Lakefront in the Lakeview Ballroom. Holiday shopping in one stop and supporting a great cause. For more information call 315-789-0400 extension 2502.


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Over the course of the last few months, I have been rigorously preparing and rehearsing and working out and harnessing the schizophrenia or dissociative disorder that is playing multiple characters in a one man show. Along with the support from the Wondaland Family [Executive Producers!] and my New York team, we are proud to announce the completion of a successful run! Special thanks to Mykal Monroe for showing up and winning the most exuberant audience member award!
Enjoy this trailer and stay tuned for the DVD! Reviews available upon request!


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Well you've all seen the Top 30 Black Superheroes- Traffic Edition, the Top 30 Black Superheroes-Fan Edition, the Top Black Power Rangers and the Top 20 Black Superheroes-Milestone Comics editions. Allot of you were pleased, others? Not so much! Now since you think the criteria we used for those were 'rigged/lame' I'm gonna allow you to vote for a little over a year (January 14-February 15 2014) on who you think are really worthy of being on the new list :)
If you hated the last or just want to see your favorite get the spotlight they deserve, all you have to do is Vote, Vote, Vote! Oh and get your grandma to vote too. If you don't recognize a name take a gander at our Character Glossary (Literally containing hundreds of Black Superheroes) which has everyone on the poll in live and living colors with a bounty of information as well. We are also open to nominations so either nominate someone below or on our facebook page and I'll add them ASAP
What are you waiting for? VOTE!


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Hogwarts Menu Week #8
(13 Recipes) Created by DOBBYHOUSEELF
Recipes in this Collection
Very Good 4.5/5
(10 ratings)
Weight Watcher's Recipe. Very flavorful and tender. I make extra and use the chicken in salads and other recipes. Submitted by KAT.COURTNEY Carbs: 4.9g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 1.1g | Protein: 23.6g | Calories: 169.9
Very Good 4.3/5
(3 ratings)
This was adapted from several recipes I found here - with a few minor changes. This was SO easy to make and DELICIOUS. My version is a little spicy. It's surprisingly filling! I like to use the Rotel cilantro and lime variety when I can find it. Submitted by MRSWESTY Carbs: 27.4g | Fat: 6.9g | Fiber: 4.2g | Protein: 29g | Calories: 290.4
Submitted by SWIZZLEPOP13 Carbs: 18.9g | Fat: 6.6g | Fiber: 3.2g | Protein: 19.4g | Calories: 225.5
Very Good 4.0/5
(2 ratings)
This recipe was adapted from the book "The Everyday Low Carb Slow Cooker Cookbook" by Kitty Broihier and Kimberly Mayone. The original called for bottled teriyaki sauce and requried marinating. Submitted by MAMACATRAV Carbs: 7.1g | Fat: 9.2g | Fiber: 1g | Protein: 21.2g | Calories: 198.4
Same old tuna salad—not! Albacore tuna partners with brown rice and three fruits that gets dressed with creamy yogurt. Submitted by NIKHATZ Carbs: 36.1g | Fat: 2.7g | Fiber: 3.4g | Protein: 14.5g | Calories: 220.1
Very Good 4.3/5
(3 ratings)
This pasta was an experiment that thankfully went right. Swap blue cheese for goat cheese or feta. Carbs: 47.8g | Fat: 12.6g | Fiber: 6.9g | Protein: 15.2g | Calories: 352.6
Very Good 4.0/5
(2 ratings)
good summer dish Submitted by LMWST36 Carbs: 12.8g | Fat: 31.3g | Fiber: 2g | Protein: 49.6g | Calories: 533.6
This is a fresh and tasty side dish to serve along with different meats Submitted by ARCHERYMAMA Carbs: 22.2g | Fat: 8.6g | Fiber: 8.2g | Protein: 4.8g | Calories: 167
(no ratings)
Black Beans with a kick. Submitted by TRENTONSMOM925 Carbs: 30.2g | Fat: 0.6g | Fiber: 9.9g | Protein: 10.1g | Calories: 164.1
Very Good 4.0/5
(3 ratings)
Very low fat side dish Submitted by KWALCZ Carbs: 0.6g | Fat: 0g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 0.2g | Calories: 16.1
Really quick and very easy Submitted by LEDANSER Carbs: 4.5g | Fat: 2g | Fiber: 2g | Protein: 1.4g | Calories: 37.8
(2 ratings)
Strawberry Dessert Submitted by DJL014T Carbs: 17.7g | Fat: 5.6g | Fiber: 0.3g | Protein: 12.3g | Calories: 175
(no ratings)
Swiped from Yoplait.com Submitted by KYAHSMUM Carbs: 30.9g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 1.2g | Protein: 2.8g | Calories: 197


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6/42 National Lotto Result April 25, 2013
Find out here the latest Philippine lotto result and winning numbers of PCSO Lotto 6/42 (National Lottery), date of draw is 4/25/2013 (Thursday).
Winning Numbers (In any order):
Jackpot Prize: Php 5,960,842.20
Number of Winner/s: 1
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6/42 Lotto Results