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Emraa Hashmi has shed off his sweet clean shaved look and donned a deadly, killer look for Vikram Bhatt's next, 'Mr X'. A glimpse of Emraan's look from the film was released online and it is really horrific. One will surely get scared in the day light. Vikram Bhatt and his make-up artists
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The star cast of the film HAUNTED India's first stereoscopic 3D film Haunted today given their interview here in Mumbai at Novotel Hotel Juhu. Leading actor Mahakshay Chakraborty along with actress Tia Bajpai spoken to media about the film HAUNTED their role in the film and lots more. Mahakshay Chakraborty also revealed that "I have had an absolutely fantastic time shooting for this particular action sequence. Though I got few swellings, the entire chandelier shot, the entire effect came out beautifully." Haunted is an upcoming 3D Hindi horror film directed by Vikram Bhatt, starting Mahakshay Chakraborty, Tia Bajpai , Achint Kaur and Arif Zakaria in lead roles.The film is stated to be India's first stereoscopic 3D horror film Haunte3D is set to be released May 6-2011
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After romancing Mallika Sherawat, Sonal Chauhan, Soha Ali Khan, Dia Mirza, Vidya Balan and Jacqueline Fernandez, serial kisser Emraan Hashmi has been signed opposite Amyra Dastur of 'Issaq'. Amyra's debut venture 'Issaq' opposite Prateik Babbar was a big flop at the box-office but her performance
In the past few months, a series of love stories have been screened in theaters. Audience, who wanted different types of movies, was not left with much choice. But now with Vikram Bhatt's announcement for a horror movie, audience is relieved. Director Vikram Bhatt has been known for making

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ImpactRx Releases Key Data on U.S. Pharmaceutical Promotion Activity; - Keynote Presentation From Joint Conference with Prudential Financial Now Accessible on impactrx.com -.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- ImpactRx, Inc., the pioneering force in measuring the impact of pharmaceutical promotion on the prescribing behavior of the nation's highest prescribing physicians, today announced that the keynote presentation from the Prudential Financial/ImpactRx joint conference on "Drug Launches and The Impact of Pharmaceutical Promotion on Physician Treatment Decisions," that was held on June 20, 2003 in New York City, has been uploaded to the ImpactRx website and is available at http://www.impactrx.com/. ImpactRx was the sole source of data presented at the conference, which was hosted by Timothy M. Anderson, M.D., Senior Vice President and Senior Analyst, Pharmaceuticals, of Prudential Financial."It is unique to have a conference that drills down into the analytics in this way," said Dr. Anderson. "In the one-year that Prudential Financial has been utilizing ImpactRx data to augment other sources of data, we have routinely gotten a leg up on our competitors in terms of discerning specific indicating factors beneath the surface of such major events as new drug launches. This conference gave us the opportunity to share this newfound source of intelligence with our clients and articulate how the factors tracked in this data are critical to a product's ultimate commercial success."
The keynote presentation, delivered by ImpactRx Co-Founder Terry Overton, Ph.D., provided an overview of the data ImpactRx captures on the efficiency of the industry's sales forces and a narrative on the nature of personal pharmaceutical promotion in the United States today. Also presenting from ImpactRx were Gerald J. Gallivan, Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Caprara, Vice President, Advanced Analytics and Martin Glogowski, Vice President, Market Research. The presentations delivered by these speakers have also been posted to the ImpactRx website (http://www.impactrx.com/) in addition to the keynote presentation.
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October 23, 2014
Since its inauguration, the Qatar Computing Research Institute's (QCRI) Summer Internship Programme has grown to become one of the most sought after computer science trainee programmes in Qatar.
October 22, 2014
Qatar Foundation's Annual Research Conference (ARC'14) is calling on the local science and research community to help address Qatar's Grand Challenges by participating at the milestone event next month.
Dr. Mansoor Al Awar, Chancellor of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU), has been appointed as head of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE).
October 21, 2014
Abu Dhabi University launched yesterday (Tuesday 21st October) its first annual "Career Development Conference".
October 20, 2014
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University has kicked off Smart Learning Best Practice Forum 2014.
Qatar Foundation for Education's Research and Development (QF R&D) has announced the Annual Research Conference agenda to address youth development in Qatar that will ensure the sustainability of future generations.
October 19, 2014
The 31stInternational Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation World Conference (IASP 2014 Doha) will kick off in Doha on 19 October.
October 16, 2014
The member said education authorities needed to find a solution to the problem because "education is a basic human right for everyone, whether they are a citizen or foreigner living in the Kingdom."
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) has revealed that it will be hosting a series of online and interactive workshops during the inaugural edition of the 'Smart Learning Best Practice Forum,'.
October 15, 2014
Qatar Foundation for Education has announced the ARC'14 agenda to address Qatar's Energy and Water Security Grand Challenges, focusing on water desalination and solar panel technologies.
Since its inception in 2000, Abu Dhabi University has become one of the region's leading centers of academic excellence.
October 13, 2014
Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) hosted a 'Welcome to QGBC' public event to raise awareness about greener initiatives.
October 12, 2014
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) is set to host an international jury who will be tasked with selecting winners for the 'Smart Learning Best Practice Award,'.
October 9, 2014
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University has announced that its newly appointed Dean for Research and Doctoral Studies, Dr. Hanan Issa Malkawi, won a prestigious honor the Asian Education Leadership Award.
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To illustrate that "Some things get better with time", wine brand A Bela Sintra released this campaign that compares things over a longer period of time. The print ads consist of two light hearted prints and two war-related ads.
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Hi all, I've been researching rootstock, as I have citation and lovell growing in my orchard, off to the side . Basically the rootstock of one failed apricot and one failed Bavay. What types of fruit trees are lovell, krymsk, citation and M29. I've googled with no success. Thanks! Mrs. G |
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Lovell is a peach seedling, the Lovell variety. Citation is an interspecific hybrid of several stone fruit species. The other two are probably also stone fruit hybrids. I'm not 100% sure of the last three. |
- Posted by nyRockFarmer 5A (My Page) on Sun, Jul 27, 14 at 21:01
Supposedly this is lovell peach: http://newenergyandfuel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Lovell-Peach-For-Genome-Research.jpg The lovell peaches I saw on a tree were still small, green-yellow, and hard late in the season. Either they ripen very late or are just nasty. The minimal flesh it is what I imagined a wild peach would be like. Maybe the ones I saw were not a good representation of a typical lovell. |
Thank you both so much. I would think that with all of the grafting going on we would have more information on these rootstocks. Thanks! Mrs. G |
- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 27, 14 at 23:46
Citation is a peach x plum hybrid; it is patented as 4G816 (United States Patent PP05112). Krymsk 1 rootstock is a cross between prunus cerasifera x prunus tomentosa, patented as VVA-1 (United States Patent PP15995). |
- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 28, 14 at 0:08
Here is some info from the University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources California Stone fruit research: "Krymsk 1 This is the only rootstock we have identified to provide resistance to root-lesion nematode. It is dwarfing by as much as 50% of that of Nemaguard. It hosts ring nematode at about the same level as Nemaguard so avoidance of sandy soils would be important. It has a resistance California Tree Fruit Agreement 2007 Annual Research Report 132mechanism to root-knot nematodes within root tissues older than 60 days but at its root tips it is susceptible to root-knot. Lovell, for example, is root- knot susceptible even within tissues that are five years old. Krymsk 1 rootstock has peculiar grafting affinities and the scions may not fully express incompatibility in their first year. It also suckers, thus there is need to obtain nursery stock that has been disbudded below the graft union. " http://ucanr.edu/repositoryfiles/CTFA2007_129.pdf-92592.pdf http://ucanr.edu/sites/ctfa/category/Rootstocks/?repository=46350&a=95280 |
- Posted by milehighgirl CO USDA 5B/Sunset 2B (My Page) on Mon, Jul 28, 14 at 2:41
I just ordered from Fowler's and they had this chart: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Almond and Fruit Tree Rootstocks
I have used Krymsk 1 and found it to be more forgiving on water.. too much or too little.. then any other fruit rootstock I have used. But nothing old enough to offer any other info. on that same subject ohfx87 is clearly more drown resistant then 333. |
Thank you all again! All of this information is perfect for what I was looking for. My Krymsk 1 rootstock is suckering everywhere! And it takes heavy doses of round up to kill it. I have plenty left for grafting next spring. Mrs. G |
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Anna Wintour is coming out in favor of gay marriage. She is the latest New Yorker to participate in the Human Rights Campaign's "New Yorkers for Marriage Equality" initiative. "As far as I'm concerned, having the right to say 'I do' is as fundamental as the right to vote," Wintour says in a clip now posted on hrc.org/NY4marriage.
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from the same script of debian:
if [ -f /etc/default/cpufrequtils ] ; then
. /etc/default/cpufrequtils
# if not enabled then exit gracefully
[ "$ENABLE" = "true" ] || exit 0
if [ -n "$MAX_SPEED" ] && [ $MAX_SPEED != "0" ] ; then
CPUFREQ_OPTIONS="$CPUFREQ_OPTIONS --max $MAX_SPEED"
if [ -n "$MIN_SPEED" ] && [ $MIN_SPEED != "0" ] ; then
CPUFREQ_OPTIONS="$CPUFREQ_OPTIONS --min $MIN_SPEED"
if [ -n "$GOVERNOR" ] ; then
CPUFREQ_OPTIONS="$CPUFREQ_OPTIONS --governor $GOVERNOR"
The debian way is to have a default config in the directory /etc/default, which cpufrequtils is sourcing if it exists (see script snippet above). So either you make one if you don't have one or get informed before calling such config scheme "idiocy". I don't want to be too hard in my critics but you seem to be a little too noisy too fast. Make sure you RTFM before posting such judgemental comments on distros.
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Ivan Eland appears on RT's CrossTalk Recorded: Monday, April 8, 2013
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute Senior Fellow, appears on RT's CrossTalk program discussing whether former British Prime Minister Tony Blair should be held accountable for war crimes.
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Anthony Gregory on Rand Pauls Senate Filibuster Recorded: Friday, March 8, 2013
Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour filibuster in the U.S. Senate was one of the most exciting events to take place in Washington in the eyes of Independent Institute Research Fellow Anthony Gregory.
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Research fellow Stephen Halbrook discusses the proposed selling of gun owner liability insurance on FoxNews with Judge Jeanine Pirro.
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Alexander Tabarrok, Research Director at the Independent Institute, speaks with Lyanne Melendez of KGO-TV on city gun buy-back programs.
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Weaver Street Market supports public schools through our School Scrip Program. The School Scrip Program is a donations program for local schools, preschool through 12th grade. Purchase of a School Scrip Card allows individuals to donate 5% of their purchases directly to the school program of their choice. If you would like to participate in the School Scrip Program, please contact your school program's administrator or go to the WSM Customer Service Desk to see if the school program is registered. If registered, you will be given a pre-assigned scrip number to tell the cashier to assign to your scrip card purchase. This will make sure that your school receives the 5% donation. Then, use this script card each time you shop at Weaver Street Market. Refill your scrip card as often as needed. The balance of your card will be shown on your receipt. Weaver Street Market will send this donation to the school on a quarterly basis. Last year we donated over $41,000 to our local schools! |


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I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about some of the exciting changes that are taking place. Central Gwinnett High School is embarking on an exciting journey to create five smaller "Academy" schools within our building. These five Academies will be developed around college and career themes. We believe that if we divide our school into smaller learning communities, our students will thrive and that we will be able to provide a variety of opportunities that meet the interests and strengths of each child.
Our goal is that these academies operate as small learning communities focused on preparing students for college and careers.
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We believe that moving to a school wide College and Career Academy model will allow us to accelerate our academic work, better prepare our students for college and careers, and improve the graduation rate. And while our school is making positive progress, we believe that this model will help us to reach the goal of a 100% graduation rate.
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-- Sorry, didn't realize there was a container gardening forum, going to repost this over there, although by all means please reply if you have ideas since technically I am trying to build an all organic mix -- So I am looking to plant out my spring garden here in about another week or so. Mostly peppers with some tomatoes and other odd things here and there. I currently have at my disposal coir, worm compost (non-powdered), leaf compost, high phosphorus guano, and perlite. I can also easily acquire vermiculite, bark compost, and various manures. What would make a good combo for use in outdoor containers? |
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I would ordinarily suggest you not put any compost in your mix, but since you're going organic I would go for a 3 part coir + 1 part organic compost mix + 1 part perlite (vermiculite would be marginally better, but since you have perlite it's not a big deal) for a 60/20/20 mix overall (by volume, not weight). Watch your watering, both over and under watering...and mix the container mix very well before putting it into containers. Soil + soiless container mixes are a bit more tricky to monitor than a total soiless container mix. This isn't a "slam dunk" mix...it's just what I would do if I had your materials and I was planning on growing them with organic methods. Ordinarily I wouldn't put compost anywhere near a container mix, much less 20%, but without chemical fertilizers the nutrient leeching vs availability can get a little harsh and the organic fraction will help hold a bit of it around in the root zone a little longer. I would also err on the side of "too little" compost in that mix over "too much" if you're measuring out the parts by sight. |
Thanks! What would be your ideal "slam dunk" mix? |
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I grow an oraganic garden i have a video on youtube just posted and has instructions on how to mix up a batch of soil just like what you need feel free to check it out. |
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Very cool Jonathan, checked it out and looks exactly like what I am looking to do. I will probably add a few more things in there just to keep things more hands off. Thanks! |
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The State Education Department released its list of troubled schools last month, just before the start of the new school year, highlighting over two dozen borough schools in need of improvement or risking closure by the end of the decade.
Among the schools listed on the priority list — schools with graduation rates under 60 percent — are the seven high schools that were part of the failed turnaround program earlier this year and two high schools that are already being phased out — Jamaica and Beach Channel. The list also includes Grover Cleveland High School, which was taken off the turnaround list at the last minute in April, along with Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village and Excelsior Prep High School in Springfield Gardens.
JHS 8 in South Jamaica, MS 53 in Far Rockaway, IS 192 in Hollis and PS 111 in Astoria also made the priority list, which includes more than 200 schools citywide.
The list of focus schools includes four high schools — Flushing International, Pan American International in Elmhurst, Frederick Douglass Academy in Far Rockaway and Business Computers Applications and Entrepreneurship at Campus Magnet in Cambria Heights; six elementary schools — PS 42, PS 197 and PS 252, all in Far Rockaway, PS 151 in Woodside PS 80 in Jamiaca and PS 178 in Holliswood; and one junior high school, JHS 226 in South Ozone Park. .
The SED released the list on Aug. 30.
Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, said the number of schools on the list showed the Bloomberg administration's education policies are failing.
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One of the greatest deceptions we can fall victim to is the lie that we should need someone else in our life in order to be complete. We are set up waiting for Mr. or Mrs. right to come along so that we can begin our life and be truly happy.
Reflect on the lessons you've learned recently. Reflect on what you might want to change. Reflect on how you might bust out of your comfort zone to get there. Be imperfect. But be real. Know that's the best way to be. And know that, in the end, it will all be fine.
Figure out what you truly believe and make a choice that works for you.
Once I started healing on a spiritual level, my energy came back. I changed jobs. I moved. I got back into the yoga studio. I allowed myself to be in a relationship with someone who loved and supported me.
What is it about millennials that makes us constantly forge happiness? I have faith in my generation. If we believe that we can break free from social media mania and adjust our lifestyles to reflect authenticity instead of deceit, we might be able to admit that life is not perfect.
It might look like a non-issue for many of you, but for an 11 years old this is a crucial matter: how do I deal with the fact that my personal choice is invalidated by the opinion of the masses?
Each child is special and unique. Despite this, we often apply very linear rules of parenting and teaching to them. In doing this, we miss out on thei...
Knowing Wicked as I do, it is impossible to ignore the soul of Elphaba resounding through the kingdom of Arendelle, permeating Elsa's words and actions in Frozen. Elsa and Elphaba both come to symbolize the need for each of us to embrace our individuality.
Can you be "heterosexually gay"? Actors Christian Campbell (who shot to gay icon status with his starring role in the 1999 film Trick) and his wife...
The key to happiness is in not caring what anyone else thinks of you on any level at all, and in not comparing your life to a dream, a fantasy, someone else's life or a perfect imaginary situation that you somehow insisted into your life as something that must be -- or all is lost.
The stress and strain of constantly being connected can sometimes take your life -- and your well-being -- off course. GPS For The Soul can help you f...
I quickly became aware that I wasn't focused enough on being me, and I was bothered by it. Since then, I've buckled down and have stopped worrying about what others are doing. You can too.
It's unfortunate that gay men with an unhealthy body image can ultimately hurt our shared commitment to individuality and the wider perception of our community. We have failed to challenge the many reasons that we suffer with an unhealthy preoccupation with the physical.
This is the sixth and final post in the series "Why Everything You Know about Your 'Self' Is Wrong." The series explores how our understanding of self...
This is the fifth post in the series "Why Everything You Know about Your 'Self' Is Wrong." The series explores how our understanding of selfhood affec...
In this view, our selves are far more extensive than we've been led to believe. They extend beyond our own bodies to include what we think of as other selves and the world. We live in the minds of others, and they in ours.
The word "self" carries strong connotations of autonomy, individuality, and self-sufficiency. It's as if it were chosen to mask our interdependence. It's hardly an exaggeration to say that in buying into this notion of selfhood, humankind got off on the wrong foot.
It is tempting to think of the self as simply a home for the identities we adopt over our lifetime, but on reflection, this, too, falls short. Our self is also the source of the identities that sally forth as our proxies.
While we all casually refer to our self, no one knows quite what that self is. Nothing is so close at hand yet hard to grasp as selfhood.
To build healthy individuality, we must undertake the task of understanding ourselves and our feelings. This involves self-disclosure. For us to truly understand ourselves, and to stop being concerned about others' opinions of us, we ought to be able to disclose what our true beliefs are.
I have a bigger moustache than your father, higher heels than your mother and I'll steal your girlfriend if you call me "faggot" one more time. Lock up your daughters, shoes and handbags, because Conquistador is coming to town.
Growing up, my mother dressed my brothers as if they were lounging on a yacht in Nantucket. The only difference was they were lounging on the roof of our Long Island house, throwing eggs at cars.
We are evolving before our very eyes. I'd like us to consider that -- instead of bewailing the lack of leadership in our culture -- we should treat this phenomenon as we would if we, or someone we loved, lacked a certain skill. Compensate. See the positive.
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Is it possible to build a LEED Gold prison?
Why yes, of course it is.
Correctional design exerts from Shive-Hattery and the Iowa Department of Corrections will demonstrate how at the upcoming BUILDINGChicago conference and expo, September 9-11 at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza.
Their presentation, "Achieving LEED Gold for an Iowa Prison: A Unique Glimpse into the World of Sustainable Correctional Facilities Design" (Tuesday, September 10, 4:00-5:30 pm), will offer a unique opportunity to peer into the world of correctional design—in this case, a 150-year-old prison for which LEED Gold is being targeted.
Panelists Michael Morman and Ryan Larson of Shive-Hattery and Mickel Edwards of the Iowa Department of Corrections will discuss how to successfully integrate sustainability into such a project when the chief project concern is security. They will analyze the difficulties of working on a prison campus while juggling the demands of LEED, security design, design coordination, and construction, as well as the owner's foresight in requiring the use of BIM from predesign into a six-sided virtual reality lab, through contractor-required integration and updating during construction.
This AIA CES class is one of more than 70 continuing education sessions offered at BUILDINGChicago. For more information on attending the show, visit: http://www.buildingchicagoexpo.com/.


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Dunn is the tenth scientist in the biological sciences category to be honored with the Waterman Award in its 36-year history. The annual Waterman award recognizes an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering supported by NSF. Candidates may not be older than 35, or seven years beyond receiving a doctorate on the year of nomination and must stand out for their individual achievements. The selection committee is made up of 12 appointed members from academia and industry.
Dunn said the award was especially timely, as he has a "shovel-ready project" to collect siphonophores, marine organisms that live at great depths in the open oceans. Once he can collect specimens, Dunn wants to use new genomic tools to learn which genes are responsible for similarities and differences among these multi-celled organisms.
"I'm really excited because with this award I can go after some animals that I would not have been able to get otherwise," said Dunn, whose organism collection expeditions may include the waters off the coast of France and in the Pacific Ocean.
"We have already run the first analyses and were just starting to look for funding," Dunn continued. "The timing could not have been better. We're ready to start these projects."
This interdisciplinary research requires field work at remote locations to collect specimens, new laboratory-based tools for collecting genome data and large analyses that require a supercomputer. The work will be facilitated by recent investments made by Brown University to upgrade DNA sequencing tools and scientific computing infrastructure.
NSF funding in another area will enhance Dunn's research. This summer, Brown University received over $1 million through NSF's Research Infrastructure Improvement Inter-Campus and Intra-Campus Cyber Connectivity (RII C2) program. Part of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), this program supports
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British Land Acquires London Portfolio from Wereldhave for £183.8 million
British Land has acquired a portfolio of properties in London from Wereldhave for £183.8 million. The most significant asset in the portfolio is Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre which has been purchased for £142.5 million by way of share acquisition, representing a net initial yield of 6.9%. The portfolio also includes five retail and office properties in Baker Street, Chiswick High Road, Putney High Street Fulham Road and Great Portland Street which were purchased for £41.3 million, a net initial yield of 5.0% rising to 6.1% when fully let.
Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre has 300,000 sq ft of retail and leisure space (including a Virgin Active Gym), 800 car parking spaces and a multi-let office. The 7.5 acre freehold shopping centre, which has recently been refurbished and has over 60 retail units, is anchored by Primark, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, River Island and H&M with other occupiers including Boots, Jack & Jones and Wagamama.
Ealing Broadway is an attractive convenient shopping destination in West London, well located in the centre of Ealing and close to the train and tube station. It dominates the retail offer in the town centre and has an annual footfall of around 15 million. It has an affluent catchment of 1.6 million people, with over a third in the key retail spending group of 25-44 year olds. Looking forward, the centre is expected to benefit from significant levels of development in Ealing, including a new leisure scheme, the Dickens Yard residential quarter and Crossrail. Crossrail, which completes in 2018, will lead to shorter journey times from Heathrow (13 minutes), Liverpool Street (19 minutes) and Canary Wharf (26 minutes).
Charles Maudsley, Head of Retail, said: "We are delighted to have bought Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre. It is a highly attractive retail destination which meets the needs of today's consumers for convenient, well-located shopping. We believe there are significant opportunities to grow and develop the shopping centre as a retail destination both as we further improve the retail mix and increase the leisure offer and as the area benefits from residential development and the completion of Crossrail."
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About British Land
British Land is one of Europe's largest Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) with total assets, owned or managed, of £16.3 billion (British Land share £10.4 billion), as valued at 30 September 2012. Through our property and finance expertise we attract experienced partners to create properties and environments which are home to over 1,000 different organisations and receive over 300 million visits each year. Our property portfolio is focused on prime retail locations and Central London offices which attract high quality occupiers committed to long leases. Our UK occupancy rate of 97.7% and average lease length to first break of 11 years are among the highest of the major UK REITs.
Retail assets account for 60% of our portfolio with around 28 million sq ft of retail space across 82 retail parks, 92 superstores, 13 shopping centres and 9 department stores. The retail portfolio is modern, flexible and adaptable to a wide range of formats and our active asset management delivers space which is attractive and meets the needs of both retailers and consumers. 80% of our retail parks have open A1 consent.
London offices, located in the City and West End, comprise 35% of the portfolio (which will rise to an estimated 40% on completion of current developments). Our 7 million sq ft of high quality offices includes Broadgate, the premier City office campus (50% share) and Regent's Place in the West End. Over the last 2 years, we have committed £1.2 billion to create Central London's largest committed office development programme which will deliver 2.3 million sq ft of high quality space by 2014, including a 700,000 sq ft building at 5 Broadgate, the 610,000 sq ft Leadenhall Building in London's insurance district and a 500,000 sq ft mixed office and residential scheme at Regent's Place in the West End.
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Oh, lord… Although it was the "B" side of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1969 single record, "Bad Moon Rising" (which peaked at No. 52 on the Top 100 singles charts), in many ways the song "Lodi" has endured as one of the group's catchiest, most memorable tunes – its story line (being "stuck" in a nowheresville town), one that almost anyone can identify with. But it was never a true story. As it turns out, CCR's founding leader and songwriter, John Fogerty, never actually slept, or got stuck, in Lodi. As far as anyone knows, he still hasn't, to this day. .. VIEW MORE »
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Lodi's Mediterranean identity reflected by huge diversity of grapes
Harvest is a great time of year for photographing wine grapes, which become the most identifiable by their colors, shapes and overall morphology during that fleeting window just before they are picked. Because Spring bud break and flowering occurred as much as two weeks ahead of normal in 2013, Lodi's harvest commenced during the first week of August with earlier ripening grapes like Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, and higher acid/lower sugar Pinot Noir destined for sparkling wine production. Traditionally, harvesting of black skinned grapes for the making of fuller bodied red wines doesn't start in earnest until mid-September, but this.. VIEW MORE »
Hux's Roussanne & Mourvèdre recall the pioneering spirit of Rhone Rangers
The adventurous spirit of California's Rhône Rangers, an unofficial movement that began to spark just over 30 years ago, still lives on here and there, seemingly everywhere you look: particularly at Hux Vineyards, one of Lodi's little-wineries-that-could. The 3.5-acre Hux Vineyards, established just south of the town of Lodi by Dave and Barbara Huecksteadt some 15 years ago, consists of only a couple rows each of a surprising variety of grapes, primarily of Mediterranean origin: Roussanne and Grenache Blanc among the white wine grapes; and among the reds, Mourvèdre, Souzão, Tempranillo, Teroldego, a little bit of Zinfandel and Petite Sirah,.. VIEW MORE »


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Barra de Potosí is a small beachside village which is nestled at the southern end of Playa Larga beach and about 20 minutes south of the Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa airport and 35 minutes drive from the seaside fishing village of Zihuatanejo.
Barra de Potosi boasts some wonderful sea food restaurants, a number of small hotels and a variety of rental properties from simple to elegant. It is also the location of our famous wild life sanctuary lagoon.
How to get Barra de Potosi by bus:
You can catch the Omnibus bus to Petatatlan and asked to be let off at the Barra de Potosi turn off at Los Achotes. You can get the Petatlan bus from the small depot on Calle Las Palmas street just across from the Bancrecer bank which is on the main street of Zihua. It should take about 30 minutes including stops along the way to dropoff and pick up passengers.
From that drop off point on the main coastal rd. Rt 200, you can catch a ride on the shuttle (covered pick up with seat bench's) that makes the run from the main road to the beach about every 30 minutes. That last leg to the beach which is partially paved and part dirt road should take about 15 minutes. Another option is to go by taxi. Cost should be about $ 300 and the bus cost about 30 pesos (approximately) "Taxi rates shown are as effective Feb. 1, 2006. Subject to change"
Arrival at the beach at Barra de Potosi... Here you can find excellent views, as view of White island (Isla Blanca) from shore at Barra de Potosi. The home and nesting place for tens of thousands of local seabirds and a favorite snorkling spot. And view from the Barra De Potosi lagoon and bird sanctuary looking towards the village.
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RPG » Raid of Ryugu-Jo OOC
@Lobos_Del_Rayo: This isnt Usso Namae.... this is a brand new Kuro-san
@Lobos_Del_Rayo: This isnt Usso Namae.... this is a brand new Kuro-san
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The thread is up people!
The calm depths of the Pacific Ocean, invisible currents move in beautiful yet undetectable patterns, at least for the naked eye. The stillness of the bottom is just an illusion, if you allow me to say it bluntly a lie. Something is always in movement, even if you don't see it. Invisible gears connecting one with each other, in a complex and expansive design or plan that mortals cannot see, connections and separations, apparitions and banishments, secrets and revelations, all part of a perfect painting over a canvas so large nobody can measure. We can see the paint, we could see the brushes, we could notice it's movement, but no matter what the bigger picture would be impossible to notice. This happens in the world, as humans are incapable of noticing the brush strokes of the Hidden World, how the mages, creatures, warriors and technological marvels beyond their understanding affect the Mundane World. Sometimes people enlightened enough manage to discover the Hidden World affairs and mysteries. Some lose their mind, some find inner peace, others find that knowing isn't enough and they go to the next logical step…. Owning it… This story is about one of those men that looked at the Abyss and decided to find the way to hold it in their hands.
We could easily start with the origin of this man, but that wouldn't be interesting as you getting to understand it through his actions. Thus we will start our tale during what we could call the birth of this mysterious man, only known as Kuro-san, as he casted aside his birth name as he did with his emotions and his past. The empty husk of a once passionate man moving through the world in a silent crusade to unlock and control all the secrets of the Hidden World, this will take use once again to the Pacific Ocean, in particular to a peculiar zone, that is void of the previously mentioned currents… a Dead Spot. Sometimes artificial, sometimes natural, this segments of Ocean lack any kind of currents and the water is as still as you can get it to be. A strange place, with an even stranger content, the fabled Ryugu-jo could easily exist here, but a similar structure, with a different objective exists here. Sharing the same name as the legendary palace of the Dragon God, this building lying in the bottom of the Ocean was created during WWII with Germans and Japanese joining forces to study and weaponize creatures and relics of the Hidden World. This new Ryugu-jo also known as Drachekastell by the Germans, was a torture room where sadistic scientist experimented with innocent beings, only to find a way to turn them into the winning card of the war.
This facility was long lost, as the only files that existed were destroyed at the end of the war, in hopes of hiding it from the hands of the Allies. But not long ago an oil company stumbled upon the location and transmitted the information. This information fell into the hands of several organizations. Some ignored it as a hoax or as a trap, but Kuro-san knew that this could be the stepping stone he was looking for and without even thinking it twice he prepared his men for the expedition. It took a month to gather all the required equipment, hire the men and train them, decide of tactical measures against different dangers and most important prepare mentally for the task. As the dawn broke a Saturday morning, Kuro-san himself was standing in front of his men, all equipped as he was. All of them, the Elite of Mangetsu, were looking at the sea in a secluded spot of Tokyo Harbor. – Men, I don't give speeches… you know what to do and how to do it, I don't care how you do it, but you need to complete your missions.- His voice was grave and imposing, he exuded charisma enough to fill up a room only by walking inside. Nobody knew were this strange man came from, but he was already taking the Japanese Underworld by storm, as he didn't seem to be afraid of playing against the big leagues only with wits and unflinching resolve.
– If we manage this, and trust me we will, the path to conquer Japan will open as the legs of a cheap whore would. We only need to take it.- He knew how to talk in relation to his crowd, using analogies this thugs would understand. All of them didn't even wait to show their approval by cheering. In the last months he guided them through hellish situations with the same confidence and all followed him with zealous loyalty after his showed his amazing intellect and astute tactics against the dangers they faced. Some of them called him the New Demon King, in obvious reference to the equally infamous and famous Oda Nobunaga, a legendary Warlord of the Sengoku Period. They geared up and entered the submarine they stole right under the nose of the Japanese Self Defense Force. The Ookubo was the newest vessel in the fleet, mostly used for exploration and rescue, it was built with weapons, in breach of the post-war treaties, yet they managed to hide that fact with incredible intelligence, disguising the weapons as other systems, like a sonic pulse masquerading as high tech sonar. Or torpedoes shaped like explorations probes, the Ookubo gained a nickname coined by the Mangetsu crew "The Kappa" as it had a very curious light green paint job in contrast to others submarines. In theory this was to hide easily in the murky depths, using the dust and sand in the bottom as cover.
Mangetsu was in-route, the three figure heads apart from Kuro-san were there. Tsukimori-san, a famous actor that dropped from sight after an accident, he resurfaced using his talents of disguise and performing to replace people or infiltrate into organizations. He is the intelligence network leader, with contacts in every main city of Japan. Nagare-san was a street brawler with incredible strength, once a karate master; he was banned from every competitive event after he killed all the contestants in one tournament, not by desire, but by accident. He is known as the Mountain Slayer, some rumors include him in the head count of a secret society of fighters that use their Fighting Spirit to wage battle, but those rumors are quite flimsy and lack evidence. The third part of this criminal trinity is Doctor Ivan Shishido, a Japanese/Russian mad scientist able to create weaponry, hack computers, and give medical care and hundred others of skills, thanks to his long and overly crazy life. Kuro-san is a good shot and for being around 50 he is extremely fit, yet his strongest point his is acute intellect and wits, capable of outwit through strategy almost any enemy. In this expedition he is looking to outwit the biggest enemy yet. The infamous criminal wants to cheat death and hopes to find the right tool for that strategy hidden inside the abandoned military facility.
As the Criminal Clan moves towards the Ryugu-jo, other people are already on the move….
Ok. This starts tomorrow, it will be a good warm-up before going to work
@Shadowchaos: Please link the bio so I can see if he is in the appropiate power level
We dont know the upper limit of Saitama stats, but considering last arc he will rape Vampire Dio and possibly will break the laws of Time and Space and beat The World Dio
I'll start this next Monday or Sunday, please confirm who are you playing with and how did you get dragged in this mess
@Galenbeta: Consider this the last time I direct my words towards you, as the age-old saying prays "Do not feed the Troll", you are immature and douchey. That's all, the community tried to lend a hand and you bite it...
@Galenbeta: I'm not mad.... just disapointed
@SamJaz: You underestimate my mastery of the powers of narrative force Samjaz..... I never do coincidences...
The first game I wrote for is going to be on Android in a couple of months more or less https://vimeo.com/78124101
@SamJaz: I'm a man of blacks and Whites Sam. Either she is in or is out. Imposing limitations kills the point of the character. Enter with Hitomi if you want. I'm going in with Falken and Kuro-san, each one through their own side.
Gen will reapper a bit buffed up, with a more adult avatar.
Kuro-san returned to his classic look, more rougish and battle-worn
@SamJaz: Paige is a bit overpowered.... tropes mastery is nearby reality manipulation
Hitomi is fine
@Fehafare: She can work. I like the character, the powers are neat and have a good theme behind them.
Is worth mentioning that the Facility is analogic, not digital.
@SamJaz: Link their bios
@SamJaz: @Fehafare: Posted the OOC of the first chapter
World War II brought death and suffering as never before in our world, but as well it left hundreds of innovations and technological advances that we still use. The Hidden World also advanced during this time. What's the Hidden World? Let's say it is what the regular people of the world ignore, the world that overlaps with our own, were the monsters, gods and heroes life every day, hidden from most of humanity, waging wars inside the shadows of civilization since it started. People discovered the Hidden World and either died, fought it or used it for their means. During the War, the Japanese government started a program create enhanced soldiers using Yokai and other creatures they collected from the nearby countries, trying to create a powerful army. They lost the war and the program vanished from the government records, still hidden in the secret underwater facility Ryugu-jo were artifacts from Japan and horrible experiments are trapped at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. A rising star in the criminal underworld of Japan discovered the location and is planning to raid the place and take all the weapons to prepare for a conquest of Japan. With the help of a corrupted monk he found inside a crypt when his underlings were building an underground HQ, he plans to collect all the artifacts and use the powers of the Nihon no Kami against the people of the country to conquer it. He is only known as Kuro-san and his criminal clan is known as Mangetsu. They are ready to wage war upon the country of Japan Underworld. Are you ready to stop their plans?
This is a street-level oriented RP, any kind of character origin is valid. The characters can go to the Facility through different means; I offer a small list of examples
Working for Japan Government to stop the Raid
Hired by a particular to find a particular artifact
Criminal trying to stop competition of getting armed
Magic-based character that senses the powers dwelling inside of the Facility and wants to investigate.
Remember this is underwater, so a bad move would flood the whole place, and maybe woke up some of the hardcore experiments. I will post a partial map of the installation in brief.
All the rooms, even the ones above or below are separated at least by 5 mts of open sea, thus you cannot pierce through one wall and end up in other room unless you can handle deep presure and buttloads of saltwater. The doors and walls are highly resistant to damage, built to resist Torpedos with ease, can resist more than 50 tons of impact without ill effects upon the integrity. The passageways are weaker.
@Galenbeta: The character is way Op, is a mixture between Firebreather and certain items of the Ben 10verse.
In dragon form he haves 10 planets durability? as all his stats grow 10 fold so he also moves ten times the Speed of Light...
He also knows some kind of magic, you should explain the limitations of his powers or at least the range of options "Magic" can grant. Spells? or other stuff
He is way too powerful....
In a minor note (dont take this the wrong way) there are some minor grammar mistakes, I advice you too write your posts in Word or a similar program and run the bio through the Grammar Corrector, as well my eternal complain about the non-anime nature of your character, yet as always this is more a thing of preference rather than a rule of the forum
@SamJaz: I finally got free time. I'm coming back full force, I'll post an OOC about it today or tomorrow, with the first of a storyline of threads with Kuro-san starting up using powers he shouldnt be medling with
Not to mention Victorized Kazuki Life Drain, only standing near him depletes the strength of others
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As noted here, Murray Waas published the essence of the FBI's interview with Dick Cheney concerning the Valerie Plame matter just before Christmas. In light of what we have now learned, it's worth recalling that the Bush Justice Department repeatedly refused to share these notes with Congressional oversight, and finally responded to Freedom of Information Act requests with a claim that the interview notes had been classified, at Dick Cheney's request, as "secret." The Justice Department's letter can be found here, and Jason Leopold discusses the weakness of the claim of secrecy here. Apart from the intrinsic value of the Plame interview–in which we get a good sense of why prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald essentially labeled Cheney an unindicted co-conspirator in both his opening and closing statements at the trial leading to the conviction of Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby–the whole affair also points to Cheney's outrageous manipulation of national security classifications. Why did he instruct that Justice classify and withhold this document, and why did they comply with what was obviously a bogus request? There are two competing explanations, neither of which has anything to do with national security. The first is to avoid the obvious political embarrassment that would flow from Cheney's admission of what was essentially criminal conduct, even if, for whatever reasons, the prosecutor decided for the time being not to charge it. The other is to obsure the fact of the crime itself. These explanations are not mutually exclusive, of course. The incident also shows how he manipulates the Office of Legal Counsel. Bart Gellman, in his definitive Cheney biography, Angler, notes that Cheney believed that OLC was the critical link in the Justice Department chain and that he was obsessed with planting his pod-people there. The letter on the FOIA request demonstrates the utility of this strategy.
Yesterday, Cheney told the Caspar Star-Tribune that he frankly couldn't understand why Americans didn't like him. He has actually registered favorability ratings in single digits in some public opinion polls. But doesn't this episode provide a perfect explanation? Cheney resorted to a criminal act to retaliate against a perceived political opponent, and then wielded his heavy hand to keep everything secret, corrupting the criminal justice system and abusing the national security classification system in the process. That's only the beginning of his offenses (not taking into account the introduction of torture and launching a war that cost more than 4,000 American lives and over $3 trillion in U.S. treasure, for instance), but it's already plenty of reason to reckon him the worst vice president ever, even though, unlike Spiro Agnew and Aaron Burr, he has so far escaped prosecution.
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Amanda L. Holt closed on the purchase of her New London home on June 1, but it is certainly understandable that she has had a couple of doubts about her decision.
It's not the people. The neighbors on her street off Ocean Avenue have been welcoming. She loves much about her new city. The shore is just a short walk away, a luxury that would have cost her far more in purchasing a home most any other place. Amanda wrote to me that she also appreciates the many family-owned businesses within walking distance of most of its neighborhoods.
"I chose to buy in New London because it is a gorgeous city with a rich history and residents who care," she said in her email to The Day.
Yes, the taxes are high, more than the mortgage, she said. But the trade-off is affordable home prices. And the things those taxes pay for are important to her, Amanda told me, especially the security of paid fire and police departments and the promise of quick response if she needs help.
What troubled her as she settled into her new home was the craziness coming out of City Hall.
"It seemed every day something would be brought up in the newspaper which completely contradicted what was reported the day before," Amanda said.
Most alarming was the warning by Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio that, unless the city could obtain contract concessions, he would have to lay off 25 firefighters and 10 police officers. Amanda's assumptions about the security of having well staffed fire and police departments were shaken. But most confusing were comments from council members that the proposed budget contained enough money to pay for those services without layoffs or concessions.
"I couldn't make sense of anything that was going on," Amanda told me. "I want assurance that my 3-year-old son, myself and my new home are safe and protected from crime and fire."
And she was hearing "told you so" from acquaintances.
A dental hygienist who works in the dental clinic at the Submarine Base in Groton, Amanda, who is 28, recently went through a divorce. With her 3-year-old son she had been living in an apartment in Niantic. New London provided the opportunity to buy an affordable home and begin building equity. But many had tried to talk her out of it, some expressing exasperation when she made her decision to move into the city.
The recent spate of nasty political fights, the threat of a big tax increase, and Finizio's rocky start as the first strong mayor elected under the charter change, topped the list of recommendations why people were telling her to look elsewhere, Amanda said.
The events of late May and early June only seemed to affirm the validity of those warnings.
But then something happened June 8, her son's birthday, to reaffirm one of the reasons she did choose New London. Soon after the gas was turned back on in her new home she noted that familiar rotten egg smell, added to natural gas so leaks can be detected. It was a strong smell. She called 911 and was told to leave the house.
Within minutes firefighters were there and airing out the home. Summoned back, a Yankee Gas worker found the loose connection causing the leak. Meanwhile her son was having a great day as firefighters showed him the trucks and equipment.
"I couldn't have asked for better service," Amanda said.
This past week the mayor announced an agreement between the firefighters union and the administration, which if ratified will avoid layoffs. A deal with the police union appeared imminent as well.
And Amanda was once again feeling good about her new city. Now she is hoping its elected leaders can show more maturity in working with another. It can only benefit the place she is learning to love.
Paul Choiniere is editorial page editor.
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OK so here's the thing, I have Corn, Tomatoes, Cayenne pepper, and Bell pepper plants. I mist them ALOT I hear alot of times that misting plants is very bad because the moisture causes fungus to grow, but then again i hear that it is good for the plant because the leafs absorb the moisture so what's the truth????????? is it bad? is it good? do plant leafs even absorb moisture.... -_- |
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Why would plant need to absorb through the leaves if the roots have sufficient moisture? I doubt it is very bad as they get rained on, but I don't think it is best. It can encourage mold and the only time I have heard it recommended is for delicate seedlings. |
Roots need moisture...leaf uptake is minimal to negligible with misting. Misting is generally used in arid/dry areas with high temperatures (such as our large food belt stretching from Yuma, MX to the Salton Sea in California) to create a localized microclimate which keeps the tops of the plants cool. Houseplants do enjoy an occasional (not daily) misting to "clean" leaves as well as upset any spider mites who may be setting up on your indoor plants. |
I guess the question would be why are you misting them in the first place? For what purpose? Are these established plants? Just to water them? If so then it is not only potentially harmful for the plants if done regularly but a very poor and ineffective method of providing water for them. The only role there is for "misting" in gardening is that it is used now and then when growing very young seedlings indoors until they are big enough to plant to the garden. Other than that it plays no useful role in gardening. Dave |
I mist pretty regularly. Then again, as Nc-crn said we are in an arid climate with our fair share of heat and intense sun. Even with adequate watering the roots simply cant keep up with the rate of transpiration in our ultra-low humidity climate with the mercury pushing towards triple digits. So I have three options: let my plants fry, overwater and drown them, or set my hose sprayer to mist. Molds and such are pretty much non existent here. The thing with misting is that you are not so much watering the plants but slowing the rate of water loss through the leaves. First off by cooling them down and secondly by raising the humidity so the water that is being lost through the leaves cant evaporate as quickly. So as it is with most things it comes down to your specific situation whether its right for you to mist or not. |
Zach - I can see how it might be of some benefit in exceptionally dry climates (low humidity and high temps) but from what I can find it isn't a common practice even in desert climates. So the benefits are questionable IMO. Transpiration is a normal process for plant growth and for most of us (who don't live in exceptionally dry climates) the risk to the plants from disease far outweigh any misting benefits. We have no way of knowing where the OP resides as for some reason they never include that info in any of their posts despite requests to do so. So we can only go by the odds. And the odds are that misting the plants is not beneficial and potentially harmful. Dave |
"We have no way of knowing where the OP resides as for some reason they never include that info in any of their posts despite requests to do so." They never seem to reply to follow-up questions either. |
Right you are Dave, as I said, every situation is different and it's up to the individual to determine what is right. In my case, I find it helpful, in others, it can be harmful. I don't prescribe to a one size fits all approach and never will. Course, based on yours and Lori 's comments, the author of the question seems to not care one way or the other so, either way, oh well. |
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(01-16-2012 10:54 PM)ace3m Wrote: I personally agree that retail cards are in a large part nonsense. It pisses me off to think of how many killer cards are wasted on kids or (as I've been told my retail employees) thrown away as boxes get "damaged" or sit there for too long. I've spent probably over $15K opening packs/boxes b/c it's just so much more fun that buying singles, and the 6 best cards I've probably ever pulled were out of single retail packs, not even blasters. I got a Reggie Bush/Earl Campbell DUAL AU /10 in '06 I still have, a Ken Griffey Jr WBC Patch /8 in '06 that sold for $1600 & a Sid Luckman cut AU /3 that sold for over $2000. These were all out of single packs at a local Pamida (red-neck run down version of Wal-Mart in a town w/ a population under 800.) At a Wal-mart 45 miles away in a town with a similar population, I got a 2007 Topps David Wright 1/1 AU, a Jack Morris buyback 1/1 AU, & a Golden Ticket signed football of the top 20 rookies of 2007 including Adrian Peterson. With all of this, you can say that it would be ridiculous for me to hate on retail after pulling all of these, but with 1) the TONS of money spent at retail w/o even getting a Jersey card & 2) even the THOUGHT of some 5 yr old kid pulling one of these and what would end up happening to the card, I am TOTALLY against retail! Anyone agree?
(01-17-2012 10:13 AM)pbean Wrote: my $.02 ..... there are a lot of kids that blow their allowances on cards (whether it be $10-$20) on trading cards of all types. while as adults this may be a paltry sum, to them it's everything they have ..... why shouldn't their purchases share the same reward as ours ??? Topps, Panini, and other companies have really made a push at the retail level ..... why ??? because this is their grassroots level, the kids If only adults collect who will carry on our passion ??? I'm glad your trying to carry on your collecting with your daughter we have a few "father/daughter" collectors here do you not want her to be able to pull that "Cam Newton" auto when she gets old enough to understand and appreciate its value ??? it saddens me how little some want to pass this hobby on sometimes, I feel "greed" has really taken over this hobby
(01-17-2012 12:33 PM)cody_allen Wrote: Believe me I want to share it with her and I want her to get great pulls but only if she is going to be serious and take care of them. All I'm saying is they shouldn't put 1k dollar pulls in packs mixed in with magic cards. Let me ask you this if some 8 year old pulled a 1of1 of your favorite player and you wanted it so bad but it was destroyed by a bike spoke would you think it was in the right hands? I want kids to be in it and enjoy it but if they take it seriously y can't they take there 5 bucks and go buy a hobby pack?
(01-17-2012 05:51 PM)pbean Wrote: I appreciate that your bringing your daughter into the hobby as far as a kid (or dumbarsed adult) getting a big hit well my answers simple ..... if they paid for a product they deserve the same odds as I do to get something saweet Many kids don't get a chance to go to a LCS, they are far and few nowadays so Target and WallysWorld are one of the few places we can introduce them into the hobby I look at my youth, I put thousands of dollars into my bike spokes and traded mint Bobby Orr RC's for California Golden Seals and Cleveland Barons cards ..... do I wish I had them now yes, but those experiences were (and still are) priceless to me it part of maturing in the hobby. We all emphasize "gem mint" and "condition" too much lately ..... if we keep kids away from just enjoying and loving what the have they'll turn to something else in a hurry


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Genevieve Ramsey Koschak, 91, went peacefully to be with her Lord on December 23, 2013. Born April 1, 1922 in Eldorado, Texas to Seth and Beatrice Ramsey, Genevieve graduated from Eldorado High School as valedictorian of her class and from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in speech and education. She earned a master's degree from Hardin Simmons University.
Genevieve married the love of her life, Johnny Koschak, on September 25, 1943. After WWII, and moving to Austin, they moved to San Angelo in 1947, where she and Johnny opened a laundry business and quickly became involved in the community. She served as the first president of the newly established Junior League of San Angelo in 1957 and was involved with the creation of the handicapped children's treatment center which later evolved into the West Texas Rehabilitation Center.
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Pat is survived by her husband of 62 years, Bob, and by her children: son Bobby and wife Lisa and their children Reed, Nathan, and Grant; her son Steve and his wife Ann and their children, grandson Clint and wife Lindsey and their children Tagan and Brayd, grandson Clayton, and granddaughter Stevie and her husband Heston McBride. She was preceded in death by her mother Christene Deaton West, her father Fred West, and two infant children, in 1955 and 1957.
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