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ARGENTINA/IB - Argentina Tax Dispute Leaves Investors Jittery
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Argentina Tax Dispute Leaves Investors Jittery
Paul Maidment 07.25.08, 2:27 PM ET
Catamarca, Argentina - Earlier this month, an 18-hour Argentine Senate
debate, carried live on many television channels, transfixed the country's
citizens. In the cafes here and in other cities across Argentina, heads
were turned to the screen and conversation dominated by whether the Senate
would vote down Resolution 125, an increase in agricultural export taxes
imposed in March by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
In the capital, Buenos Aires, vast crowds of Kirchneristas and their
opponents from the farm lobby gathered outside parliament and on the
grassy slopes of the district of Palermo, respectively, following the
debate on giant outdoor screens.
Widespread strikes and roadblocks by opponents of the new tax were only
lifted in June, after the president agreed to submit the executive
resolution to a vote of Congress, where the Peronist Justicialist Party
(PJ) has a majority in both houses.
Resolution 125 squeaked through the lower house, but the Senate vote was a
With the senators (three from each province) deadlocked at 36-36, and no
province's senators voting as a block either way, the clock was showing
shortly after 4 a.m. when Vice President Julio Cesar Cleto Cobos cast the
deciding vote: a no. It was an unprecedented vote by a vice president
against his government. Apart from killing the new tax, it will likely
hurry a realignment of Argentine politics already underway.
Cobos, who was kicked out of his Radical Civic Union (UCR) party when he
joined the Peronist ticket as Kirchner's running mate last year, has
increasingly been distancing himself from his president, his consensual
style in stark contrast to her more autocratic one.
He was always closer to the president's predecessor and husband, Nestor
Kirchner. When Cobos was governor of the prosperous agricultural province
of Mendoza in 2003, he was one of the so-called "K Radicals" who supported
Nestor Kirchner's program of economic reform to tackle the country's
economic crisis and devaluation in 2001; he was recruited to the Peronist
ticket by the former president as part of a drive to broaden the economic
radicals' political base beyond the PJ.
The increasingly unpopular Kirchners staked considerable political capital
on the export tax. Cobos immediately ruled out speculation that his "no"
vote made him a possible presidential candidate in 2011.
Cobos entered government in 2000 as Mendoza's public works and environment
minister (he is a civil engineer by profession), and his short political
career gives him a shallow base on which to build. The UCR is a fragmented
minority party; even if it were to take him back, dissident Peronists,
such as former president Eduardo Duhalde, are more likely to look to one
of their own to challenge the Kirchners and curb their growing use of
executive power.
The Kirchners' defeat over the export tax has strengthened the dissidents
and deepened the fault lines among Peronists over the couple's high-handed
style of government that would probably not have opened up until after the
2009 mid-term elections.
The dispute over the export tax has also distracted the government from
economic policy more generally. While this may have diverted public
attention from issues such as inflation and energy shortages, it doesn't
make them go away. Both factors are likely to make the economy slow later
this year from last year's 8.7% gross domestic product growth rate.
Doubts over the reliability of inflation figures are dimming the appetite
of investors for index-linked debt, pushing up yields and forcing the
government to offer higher interest rates on fixed-rate bonds. That, too,
threatens to slow growth.
The lack of new investment in energy is becoming an increasing constraint
on growth, and energy shortages have been palpable for more than a year
(see "Power Play"). There is growing uncertainty over the investment
climate--now that the estimated $1.6 billion in revenue that would have
come from the grain export tax will have to be raised elsewhere.
And the proposed rescue re-nationalization of loss-making Aerolineas
Argentinas, after 17 years in the private sector, only puts more strain on
the public purse, pushing up nominal debt levels and hampering the
government's key policy goal of reducing its borrowings as a proportion of
the overall economy.
Araceli Santos
Strategic Forecasting, Inc.


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I can't stand that stuff. It drives me crazy. It makes me so depressed I go crazy. (ch 2)
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Introducing the Eatyourkimchi Crew!
YES! Finally! We've wanted to do this video for SUCH A LONG TIME! Our studio opened December 31st, and we've had Soo Zee and Leigh coming in since then, but we never got the chance to officially introduce them to you guise. You've seen them in the background for some of our videos, and you've commented as well, but we never actually told you who they are. So, here's an introduction of Soo Zee and Leigh, two awesome people that are helping out so so SO much with the Eatyourkimchi Studio, two vital parts of the Eatyourkimchi Crew.
So, let's talk more about who they are and what they do!
Soo Zee: We met SooZee a long time ago through her sister who was interviewing us for a book. At the time SooZee was still busy with school, but after she graduated we were able to hire her! It's kind of hard to come up with an appropriate title for her. She's our everything fixer, if that's a title or job. Personal Assistant? Business manager? I'm not sure. She does it all. Basically, she handles a lot of the stuff that needs to be handled, but we don't necessarily have the time to do. For example, when we set up interviews, it's not as simple as TigerJK calling us up and stopping by. Every artist has a manager. So, Soo Zee acts as our manager and speaks with their managers. Arranges times, prepares them for what we're going to do, and ensures that everything goes through smoothly. Interviews are really hectic, and there's so much happening that it's easy to forget to, say, prepare snacks and drinks for everyone before they come, or remind us all to do the shot of them signing CDs, or whatnot.
Apart from interviews, she also deals with conversations with other businesses that contact us for different things, like interviews with us (rather than us interviewing artists), and different collaborations. Basically, we like being creative and making movies. We're not business-y people, and don't want to focus on that. Soo Zee handles that for us.
Not that Soo Zee isn't creative, though. She's really freaking artsy. When she graduated from University we attended her final graduation art exhibit and it was freaking awesome. She knows video editing, graphic design, and has been able to help out with that as well. She designed the robots that you saw in our Open the Happy glass door room, for example, and she's in the process of designing some other cool redesign stuff that we can hopefully reveal soon. Soo Zee's basically a jack of all trades, and makes our lives a lot easier so we can focus on having fun making movies. Ps-> SooZee has no social networks, so you won't be able to find her on the internets :D
Intern Leigh: Leigh's awesome. She's a video editing superstar. She's been editing videos since she was in high school, and always knew that she wanted to edit videos. She went to the best university in the USA for video editing. She was a full-time video editor back home, so she KNOWS what she's doing. Currently Leigh is too busy with her Korean school studies to officially work at Eat Your Kimchi, but because she missed video editing terribly and was concerned her skills were getting rusty, she's helping us take a load off by editing some of our segments. We're hoping after she finishes her studies and if she's still interested (and not weirded out by us) we'll be able to officially hire her and demolish her Intern status! But until then…INTERN LEIGH!
We, on the other hand, have NO CLUE about video editing! We've only been editing videos for the past few years with Eat Your Kimchi. We have no experience with it before. No education. No relevant job experience. We didn't even study editing online. We're just winging it! So, with Leigh here, we're learning so much from her, not just about editing videos, but about film theory, the film industry, how things are done, just…everything! We, on the other hand, are able to teach Leigh about the non-traditional approach to videos and editing via our experiences with YouTube. It's a win-win situation. She's done some great work at editing our videos. Some of you have noticed a bump in quality and a slight change in style for some of our videos. For example, that MFBTY interview looks great because of Leigh's work.
So besides SooZee and Leigh being really great fun people, they also have a really good understanding of our videos and our style, and it is really great for bouncing ideas off of, and also contributes a lot of ideas for future videos and segments.
So…yeah! That's the basic run down on the two of them!
So, the first video we did with them was just showing how awesome fun they are, and the second video here is SooZee and Leigh answering some of the questions you asked on Facebook, so you can get to know them more. Where they're from, how are we as bosses, so on and so forth.
It's not as fun as the first video, which we really had fun doing and laughed our assess off filming. Especially wearing our ugly outfits in public and dancing in busy areas. That was great. Especially since a Nasty walked up to us and asked for a picture as we were filming…IN OUR SUPER UGLY OUTFITS! YARGH!
And there is some deleted footage as well from the first video, if you feel like laughing some more. Leigh and Soo Zee had some difficulty guessing one of our EYK characters. AAAAYYYYOOOOOO!!!!
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Intern Leigh is my new fave. Hands down. Thanks for this!
Simon and Martina's matching outfits>>>>
I have a question for Intern Leigh. You said that you do video editing for EYK, what program do you use? Adobe Premiere? Or is it some other program? I'm a Motion Graphics major (undergrad) and I want to learn more about video editing, since it would definitely help me. Also, since you are going to a university in another country I kinda wanted to pick your brain about that. I want to travel and learn more about other countries and have been thinking about going to another country to study. However, I do want to finish my degree at my current college and then later go to one outside the US. I want to continue my study of art and design and have been looking more towards Korea (and sometimes Japan). I apologize for the random question, but I wanted a perspective of someone who is already involved in what I am interested in. Oh! And I'm from Texas too! (:
Thank you for taking some time to listen to me.
Is it me or Soo Zee is like the female version of Lee Teuk?
anyone else like "TEEEEEXXXXASSSSSS!"
no? just me. ok. GO TEXAS!!! -
LOL Leigh have "cool" floating above her head whenever i see her now. She's been doing editing for who knows how long and is expert on it. Being able to do things that you interested in as a job is what I always want.
Love the EYK CREW!!! Intern Leigh & Soo Zee seem like girls I would like to hang out with and talk about life with. lol. I was yelling GD to my laptop during the bloopers! too funny! :)
Leigh. is. so. cute! (*3*)/
If you join the eatyourkimchi crew you must leave all pride behind lol
Loved how you introduced them Korean Variety Show Style!
I thought you guys could only hire korean people, how are you gonna hire Intern Leigh if she's from Texas? Sorry, I'm confused haha
I was wondering that too; actually, I was wondering about right now…. I guess since she's an "intern" they haven't officially hired her and thus, have not violated any laws. But what happens when they DO wanna officially hire her?
Ah well, that'd just be a problem to attend to when they get to it.
haha, i love this. this is great! XD i love it!!!! they are great aweesome people! i want to meet you all!!!!!!!!!! SooZee & Intern Leigh is VERY PRETTY! lol, i just have to say INTERN before Leigh, idk why. it's just a automatic XD i feel like that's her first name. haha "Intern" but she is great! loved this video!! SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! i'm happy you guys made this video!!!
u guys ROCK!!!!!!
This is great! After reading all the things that Soo Zee and Leigh does for EYK, I can't imagine how you guys handled it all before by yourselves! :) It is also great that Soo Zee can act as a manager and translator…how did you guys arrange to do interviews with artists before without speaking Korean?
Can the EYK crew make a Harlem Shake video? hehehe i wanna see how you do it :D
so we were all trying to answer the questions too right?
Thanks to all the EYK crew for the great work! -
We still don't know what groups/bias's they have! Who do you both like? What sort of music do you listen to? Hey! This is important, it's how NASTIES can relate!
I like it ♥
Intern Leigh is my other half <3
Simon looks pretty pimpin' with his three ladies.
Aah, they're both so cute and Soo Zee is so pretty! They seem like fun, awesome people ^^
I live in Texas ^^ Houston area! So HI LEIGH!
GDragon was the character I can answer as fast as how Intern leigh answered all the others.. hahaha
this was awesome!!
Soo Zee has so much charisma and her reactions were amazing! Loved the chair scene and "I'm the best" part haha. Her knowledge of KPop was evident and I think it's a good idea to introduce her opinion on a few TL;DR videos at least. Thanks Soo Zee for organising these amazing interviews so far and we are looking forward to more to come! Get (yourself) the UKISS and INFINITE boys in the nasty studio pronto! Oh, and SHINHWA!!!! Pretty please ^ – ^ Or any other band really, we're not THAT picky :D Oh, the robots design for the ugly electric panel was awesome, well done again!
I thought you had to hire at least five Koreans before you could hire a non-Korean? Or are you hoping/expecting that by the time you can hire Leigh, you will have a need and an ability to support a staff that large?
I am so jealous that they have such a great work environment and fun bosses! So Jealous!!!!!
i love you both Soozee and intern Leigh but Leigh is my Bias :P yay Leigh :P I love Soo Zee also. 사랑해요 :P
I love them already
Intern Leigh, she is so geeky – you just got to love her! luvluv
You made me laugh so hard with your dance party. You guys seriously have no shame :D
Leigh and Soo-Zee are both beautiful and so talented!
It's wonderful to finally see/meet them!
By the way, Simon and Martina you are terrible people with your punishme-er, "competition"
Does it make me a terrible person to laugh though? Yes, well at least i'm in good company!HAPPY TO MEET Y'ALL, LEIGH AND SOO-ZEE. WARM WELCOME FROM TEXAS!
Wow, you seem like such an awesome work crew, with a really friendly atmosphere :D I also like that both Soozee and Leigh seem relaxed on camera, so they can go along with your dorky weirdness which is really fun! Especially since I know I never could do that, haha.
This was hilarious~! :D intern Leigh and Soo Zee are so cool and funny~!!!


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Finally, something positive happening for the reproductive rights of women in Kansas. Four years after abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was fatally shot by anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder in Wichita, Kansas, his clinic is re-opening.
Activist Julie Burkhart, who worked with Dr. Tiller for seven years, started the nonprofit organization Trust Women Foundation in 2010. The foundation purchased Tiller's old office, and after raising nearly $1 million, is ready to open the South Wind Women's Center.
There will be some changes: unlike under Dr. Tiller, the clinic will not provide late-term abortions. The Kansas City Star reports that despite the fact that Kansas allows abortions 22 weeks into a pregnancy, the clinic's cutoff will be 14 weeks. South Wind Women's Center will also provide other women's heath services including fertility counseling and other routine health care, like Pap smears. Keep reading »


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More than 700 women of all ages attended a whirlwind crash course in women's personal safety and self-defense on Thursday night in an event put on by the Billings Police Department and MSU Billings Police Department.
"Ladies, I tell you what, I'm so impressed about your willingness to step up and take some responsibility for helping with your safety because we can't do it ourselves," Billings Police Chief Rich St. John told the all-female audience, as they broke into applause.
The event was put on in response to a series of "very egregious" home invasions and sexual assaults going back to the beginning of the year, St. John said.
"The Police Department has made this our highest priority," he said of the investigation into the assaults. "We have detectives that are dedicated to it. We have the full support of our state and federal partners."
During the event, officers Shane Weinreis, Bethany Schwartz and Samantha Puckett gathered the hundreds of women around them and demonstrated a number of basic self-defense techniques. The techniques they taught were from the Gracie Self Defense system, which is based entirely on using self-defense against larger, stronger attackers.
Cindy Kern attended the event, which was held in the Alterowitz gym at MSUB, with her daughter, Emaleigh.
"I just thought it was a good idea," Kern said of coming to the event. "Especially to bring my teenaged daughter." She hoped her daughter would learn "a couple of techniques that, if something should happen, it gives her a fighting chance."
Crime Prevention Officer Tom Keightley spoke extensively about situational awareness, ways to make your home safer from invasion and self-defense weapons.
Some of the ways he mentioned to improve your personal safety and to keep your home safer included getting a dog, if possible. Even if it's only a small dog, it can at least alert you to danger.
Another important thing to do: Think through how you would respond to different assault situations and have a plan of action. He also said to assess your home and figure out how a burglar could get into your home and then address those weaknesses.
He also said it's important to always have a cell phone within arm's reach. The Billings area has an enhanced 911 system that allows dispatchers to locate where a call is coming from and who the phone is registered to, which aids police in their response.
Jennifer Mehling also was at the event with her daughter, Andrea. Mehling said she has thought about getting a Taser for her daughter to "a little more protection for her and a little more peace of mind for us as parents."
If you're going to get a Taser, Keightley recommended getting something made by the Taser company and not a stun gun.
When it comes to pepper spray, he recommended anything that contains OC-10, which is what you'll find in the pepper spray police use. He also recommended pepper spray that dispenses in a fog, not a stream, because a fog makes it easier to hit your target.
If you're going to get a firearm for self-defense, he recommended getting a concealed carry license, so that you know how to use your gun properly and will be qualified to carry it with you.
"If I had to narrow down all of these different tips, all the education, all the experience that I've had and give you one thing to take away tonight, it would be to teach you a little bit about situational awareness," he said.
While that may seem overly simple, situational awareness is the most effective way to prevent assault, Keightley said, even "including carrying guns, pepper spray, guard dogs."


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You might be a homeschooler if...
... you go for lunch at the Japanese Steakhouse and end up teaching your 6 yr old niece a Chemistry Lesson by putting ice on the grill, and explaining...solid to liquid to gas! Her mom, my sis-in-law scolded her when she saw her putting her piece of ice on the grill (after Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Ron had done several already) and she said, "But Mom, we're doing chemistry, see ?!" STEPHDBANKS
... you are in a grocery store with your six year old who is reading signs and a lady comes up, asks how your daughter knew what the sign read and the daughter answers, "Well, with some of the words I used whole language and with some I used phonics, but the little ones were all sight words I learned a long time ago."MRSTWOBEARS
... you eat corn to demonstrate the digestive system. OK, you figure it out...hehe. We actually did this. DONNEL6
... you have to explain to the park ranger that your children are not skipping school but are working on a hands on nature study. (he thought we were fishing) Dusty
... You see your 2 1/2 year old toddle past with the magnifying glass and she tells you that today she is going to "study toys." SJACKSACK
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SLINGER, Wis. -- Contractors have completed the removal of thousands of gallons of hazardous chemicals from an abandoned factory in Washington County.
The emergency cleanup by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began Sept. 12 at the former Niphos Coatings metal plating factory in a residential neighborhood in the village of Slinger.
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In the 1990s, I was drawing a weekly editorial cartoon for a twice weekly newspaper in South Carolina and selling a few additional spots to other papers and magazines. Several dozen were brought together in 1994 by a small press in Simpsonville, SC, and published in a spiffy paperback called Underbrush. I always liked that title because it reflected the kudzu-covered, rural area I lived in, and also described my growing expertise at traditional ink cartooning with a Winsor and Newton brush. Twenty years later, some of the gags still work, some are dated enough to fall flat, and others simply remind me of life in those days.
I remember creating this one in 1991 as a quick sketch after I'd already finished my work for the week. It was little more than a reminder to do a more fully worked out piece. Eventually it got lost in the pile and rediscovered when the editor of Underbrush was sorting through my flat files. I signed it, and he used it as is.
The spot reminds me of the many miles Gina and I covered by two-lane blacktop in those days, drinking whatever coffee we happened across. Starbucks and its competitors had yet to move out to the roadways and the fast food chains were still competing over hamburgers, not lattes. At that time, the only credit card we owned was an Amoco gas card, so we drank a lot of coffee in Styrofoam cups from those stations. We used to fill our thermos at Perkins restaurants because they were open all night.
The cartoon comes from the concept, new to me then, that specific coffee beans offered specific flavors. If French roast Columbian or Costa Rican beans had such rich, complex layers… what had we been drinking on the highway?


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This is probably one of the best smelling teas I have owned, aside from my Shinchas/Gyokuro (because nothing beats a fresh green). Cinnamon and spices in cider by the fireplace come to mind.
The base is black tea, but it's absolutely packed with spices, cloves, large bits of citrus peel etc. and it shows through in the end result. It still tastes like tea, but both the taste and the smell strongly reflect that warm cinnamon spiciness. The smooth tea flavor is good, but stays in the background as a base. One could probably write pages dissecting all the flavor notes and the order in which they manifest… but that would miss the point. This blend isn't about the parts, but about the picture they paint. I'd have liked to see more Lapsang smokiness to go with the feel, but that would be too polarizing for most customers. I will have to blend this with some actual Lapsang and report back.
Be it on a cold winter's night, or upon getting into the office after standing on a freezing BART station platform at an ungodly early hour, this is the tea equivalent of "Winter Warmer" type beers. Highly recommended if you can find it, at any time it's cold out, or you just need some comfort tea.


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LETHBRIDGE, Alberta -- The goal, from the first day of the season, was to be playing their best baseball at the end of July.
They closed the month with 10 straight victories.
And August is starting the same way.
The Billings Royals will be playing for their third consecutive Class AA American Legion Baseball State Tournament title when they take on the Missoula Mavericks at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Spitz Stadium.
The Royals (48-14), who clinched a spot in the championship with their win on Thursday, posted an easy 9-2 victory over Medicine Hat on Friday afternoon. The Mavericks (50-22) advanced with a 9-6 win over Lethbridge on Friday morning.
Missoula has won three straight after dropping its opener 17-12 to Medicine Hat.
"We need to continue to play sound defense and be opportunistic offensively," said Royals coach Matt Kimmet. "Missoula is so tough offensively. There isn't one easy out in the lineup. We have to be sound all the way around and most importantly, have fun. When the boys are loose and relaxed, they are extremely tough to beat."
Trailing 2-1 entering the fourth inning, the Royals broke the game open with eight runs across the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
Ryan Walla jump-started the rally with a three-run double in the fourth. He added a sacrifice fly for his fourth RBI in the fifth inning.
Tanner Leenknecht had three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored for the Royals, while Matt Dillon, Konner Wiechman and Kevin Angland added one RBI each. Wiechman also scored two runs and Joe Zimmer had two hits, including a triple.
"We got some great situational hitting today," Kimmet said. "A couple of key hit-and-runs really helped. Tanner Leenknecht and Ryan Walla had a nice day at the plate."
The Royals finished with 11 hits and did not have a strikeout.
Wyatt Summers went the distance for Billings, scattering nine hits. He struck out four and walked none.
"Wyatt Summers was on point today," said Kimmet. "He did a great job keeping the ball down, mixing his pitches and letting the guys work behind him."
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"I feel like we have great leadership on this club," Kimmet said. "The guys have really bought in. I am so proud of the strides they have made and how they have come together as a team.
"We only had four guys coming into this season who really saw any time last year so we knew it was going to take some time. Our goal was to be playing our best ball at the end of July and I feel like we are doing just that."
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Around 30 years ago, my BF owned a shop that was open late on some nights of the week. One night at dinnertime, I showed up at his shop carrying a basket with a picnic dinner for two. I made fruit soup, roasted chicken, potato salad, a salad of marinated tomatoes, onions, green peppers and cucumbers, french bread (bought), and chocolate mousse. Well, he was surprised and a couple of years later became my DH. He calls that meal a "trap dinner" because he said it trapped him into marrying me and every couple of years, he requests that I make that same meal because it has a lot of memories for us.
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Ummm, the funny thing was that when I started dating my fiance' 4 years ago, our "dates" probably wouldn't even be considered dates by some! LOL On the first date he invited me to come watch him play softball in the men's slow pitch league he was in~this will be the 5th year I've sat in the stands and ate ballfield food. After that our dates were usually after I got off work and we'd meet and hit the local convience store and have a hot dog, nachos, hoagie or whatever we felt like having. We'd eat in the parking lot and then go for drives along the back roads just to kill time. We were pretty simple I guess but it was fun. ~Leslie~ |
10 years ago...steak...i'd made him a steak dinner, it was cooked to perfection...he choked on piece, it was awful... but later that night he told me he loved me so it turned out ok ...and i haven't made him steak since |
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Yes a memory jogger is when we see BUTTER BALLS..yes BUTTER BALLS. Well long story short our first date he took me to a very fancy expensive Italian restaurant. I had NEVER been to a fancy restaurant we sat down on the table was really fancy breads and a plate of Mozzarella Balls so Im trying to be all sexy in my new outfit hair done nail done etc so I reach over with my fork poke a Mozzarella ball put the whole thing in my mouth bite down to find its BUTTER!!! FANCY BUTTER BALLS!! I died a thousand times over I hoped he didnt notice I joked and said "Dont mind me I just love butter" then I excused myself like ladies do and went to the bathroom ...where I proceeded to wipe my tongue of the grease with toilet paper and curse at myself in the mirror! Best part he didnt notice. Later as we dated I told him ..he said yeh I thought that was weird with the BUTTER LOL so now when ever we go and this is on a table we laugh and believe it or not it brings us to a very ROMANTIC MEMORY |
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Association president Deborah Burger personally observed the voting and the nurses' association leaders had even brought a cake to celebrate the victory they expected.
The California Nurses Association had a large staff of paid, professional organizers working to win the vote. The association represents more than 60,000 nurses and has annual revenues of $60 million. The association could have collected nearly $1 million in annual dues had St. Agnes nurses voted to join.
Last year a group of St. Agnes nurses began a self-funded effort to oppose association organizers, citing the organization's pro-abortion agenda. On May 15 nurses rallied against joining the association, saying the organization's values conflicted with those of a Catholic hospital. They cited the association's support even for partial-birth abortion.
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On April 16, 2013, U.S. EPA finally issued several guidance documents governing vapor intrusion at contaminated properties, including those properties with issues from petroleum and chlorinated solvents. This new guidance expands upon a 2002 guidance document and requires regional EPA offices to address vapor intrusion risks during the required five-year reviews for most completed Superfund cleanups. Owners and operators of drycleaners, gas stations, and other properties potentially impacted by petroleum or solvents, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as well as anyone considering the purchase or sale of such properties, are the most likely to be affected by these vapor intrusion documents.
Vapor intrusion, the migration of hazardous vapor from contaminated soil or groundwater into overlying buildings, is of great concern at sites contaminated by VOCs, such as solvents like perchloroethylene (PCE or Perc) and trichloroethylene (TCE), as well as several non-chlorinated gasoline components. In 2002, EPA issued draft guidance governing the investigation of vapor intrusion at Resource Recovery and Conservation Act (RCRA) corrective action, Superfund, and Brownfield sites, but EPA never finalized that document. The 2002 Draft Guidance did not cover vapor intrusion from petroleum releases at underground storage tank sites, but a recent scientific analysis for EPA concluded that "screening for petroleum vapor intrusion (PVI) using the same methodology for chlorinated hydrocarbons is overly conservative;
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In Ohio, special consideration is needed for vapor intrusion concerns in relation to generic direct soil contact standards under the Voluntary Action Program (VAP). The general belief is that if soil contamination is below the VAP generic standard for residential uses, the property is unrestricted and nothing more is required. However, Ohio's vapor intrusion guidance indicates that the VAP soil standards do not apply for VOCs and more risk assessment is necessary.
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god what does ben rohrer have to do around here to get a video The Home of CricketArchive
swear to god if you upload Quiney's 90 in that match before rohrer i will kill you
LOL. I'll do both!
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guess i should upload Quiney's 85 from day 1 vs South Africa.
Hi Rob,
can you post a left handed Imran bowling vid?
And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
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Diners Labeled As '3 Fat Girls' by California Restaurant
A group of California diners are furious after they had a meal at a "Chilly D's" restaurant located at a Cameo Club Casino in California.
Christina Huerta, Isabel Robles and Christine Duran say they were cruelly picked on about their weight after enjoying a quick bite during a girls night out.
"I was laughing at her, and she was like, 'I'm serious.' I'm like, 'No, it does not say fat girls, let me see it.' I'm looking at it. I was like, 'Oh, heck no,'" Huerta said in disbelief.
"It's not funny. I can just see it over and over again, and I still can't believe it. They labeled us 'fat girls.' It's just something we got to deal with," Robles said.
The girls were initially offered only 25% percent off on their meal by the eatery's manager, but ended up with a comped meal after a dispute.
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The restaurant bar manager, Jimmy Seimers, shared his thoughts about matter involving the diners called "fat girls." He said, "I was really appalled, obviously, at the behavior. I just want to tell (the women) that we're sincerely sorry for that, and that we'll do everything in our power to make sure that this never happens to anyone ever again."
On the diners called "fat girls" on their check and their future plans on the matter: At this point there is no word if the bullied women intend to seek legal action action the restaurant. While obesity is a real health concern in America and free speech is an inherent right, does it give others the right to bully those considered "overweight?"


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From a technical perspective it can be done. However, there are other considerations that could rule it out. For instance, condensation may trickle down the wire into the junction box depending on how things are set up. |
davidtay, thank you for answering. I really want a chandelier in the walkin closet. the juction box is overhead of the doorway. with that consideration, is it possible? |
Yes, it is possible. I presume that the wire will not get pinched by a door. You will need to Depending on the situation, it may be cost effective to run all the necessary electrical wiring to the mounting box. |
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"I really want a chandelier in the walkin closet." Unless the chandelier has enclosed bulbs it is a non-starter in a closet. Closet lighting rules are rather strict to prevent fires. |
Oh, I didn't know that. It is still a work in progress and will take your advice. thanks, brickeye |
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I was delighted to purchase a signed hardcopy edition of China Miéville's "The City and The City" from Shawn Speakman's The Signed Page. (Free plug: if you're after autographed copies of sf&f books, you could do worse than hop along to Shawn's site. Miéville's book made it, without a hitch and with perfect packing, to Malaysia! Thanks Shawn!)
I'll be honest. The reason I first got into Miéville was because he's an avowed socialist and we members of an endangered species have to stick together. So, The City and The City (hereafter, TC&TC). What's it about? The inner flap says:
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel [can't find a way to do a "z" with an acute accent … sorry — ksa], somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he investigates, the evidence points to conspiracies far stranger and more deadly than anything he could have imagined.
Okay! Science fiction, crime, and conspiracy theories, all rolled into one. Oh frabjous day! Kaz is delighted, and opens the book with unbridled enthusiasm.
The "gimmick" of TC&TC is that the city of Beszel is interwined with the city of Ul Qoma, and the citizens of both cities have to train themselves to "see" what is happening in their own city, and "unsee" what is happening in the other city, even though there are patches of intense "crosshatching", where the boundaries between the cities shift from one to the other quickly, even from one house to another, and it takes a deep, visceral understanding not to step across from your own familiar territory into the Other. For those that ignore the rules, and acknowledge in some way the Other, without adhering to the proper protocols (a situation known as Breach), punishment is swift and unremitting via a corps of shadowy figures, also called Breach, that shift in and out of each city, spiriting the trespasser away for immediate retribution.
The novel is told in first person by Tyador and there is a definite European twist to the way the English language is used, a certain economy that's descriptive and refreshing:
I got off by the statue of King Val. Downtown was busy: I stop-started, excusing myself to citizens and local tourists, unseeing others with care, till I reached the blocky concrete of ECS Centre. Two groups of tourists were being shepherded by Besz guides. I stood on the steps and looked down UropaStrasz. It took me several tries to get a signal. (p 14)
I know I'm generalising wildly here but an American writer would probably emphasise the groups of tourists whereas, with Miéville, you're caught by the frustration of not getting a clear phone signal instead. It's these little mundane and completely relatable deviations that make the book such a pleasure to read. Ever since Böll, I miss reading such wry sparseness in a novel.
The rest of the novel charts Borlú's pursuit of the murder of a woman who was killed in one city and dumped in another. But, even with the intricacies of co-habitating cities, it isn't as easy as that. There are repeated allusions to Orciny, a city that's believed to exist between Beszel and Ul Qoma … a city of fable. Or is it?
First, what I liked about the novel. The first-person take. I like the unreliable narrator angle. It makes me work, wondering if Borlú is correct in his suppositions, or not. I liked the use of language and the way Miéville jams two words together to give an indication of tempo (like "stop-started" above). I liked the fact that the two cities, Beszel and Ul Qoma, were totally different and yet had existed side-by-side for decades. I liked the fact that the novel wasn't based in the United States. In general, I liked the novel.
Now, onto the tougher bit, which is what I didn't much care for.
Tyador Borlú. A very likeable protagonist, yet so divorced from his own reality right from the start. There was nothing anchoring Borlú to his home city of Beszel and I thought that made the ending less poignant than it could've been. He was already a rootless piece of flotsam, tugged this way and that by forces that — for most of the novel — were beyond him. When all is revealed, it's a bit ho-hum.
The last fifth of the novel. This ties in with the above point. I found the last twenty percent of the novel to be too predictable, sacrificing — I thought — the speculative side of the theme for something that, more and more, resembled a Hollywood action-film climax. If I had managed to read so far into the novel, chances were I was enjoying it thoroughly. To have the tone change to something more mundane was … disappointing. And smacked of pandering.
The next point could well be my own private bugbear, and I'll cop to that charge, however…. If your novel is compared to Kafka and Dick, then I'm expecting something that will shake the foundations of the structure that the writer has put together. Throw in the surreal reality of Beszel and Ul Qoma, and I'm expecting something momentous — a towering denouement, a scathing indictment, a vitriolic unmasking. Instead, I get … Establishment. The novel begins and ends with nothing resolved, much the same way as a mix of oil and water may produce some entertaining turbulence for a few minutes before settling back into predictable equilibrium. What has been achieved? Essentially nothing beyond some interesting, and temporary, distraction.
And, lastly, I thought TC&TC lacked atmosphere. From living in many different places, can I tell you that they all smell different? Australia smells different to the United States, which smells different to South-East Asia, which smells different to Ireland. Each place has its own unique combination of colours, scents and impressions that form the whole. Miéville touches on the colours and architecture, but I felt he could have done a lot, lot more with the layers of difference between the two cities. What happens when a sizzling kebab at an outdoor stall in Ul Qoma sends exotic spice-laden aromas across to the more utilitarian Beszel side? One can unsee, but can one unsmell? Totally unhear that which evokes a visceral response? There are so many layers to different cities and I thought that Miéville only hit a couple of them, while ignoring others that would have made his prose a lot richer, and the differences between the two cities more stark and compelling.
And he poses certain questions, but leaves them unanswered. The true nature of Breach. The rationale behind the splitting of the cities in the first place. Some sense of the historic chaos that must have occurred when the cities were split asunder. These are little niggles, but niggles nonetheless.
So those are my impressions of TC&TC. Having said all that, China Miéville is definitely on my to-buy list. I still have three more novels of his that I'm itching to get to, but will have to wait until I've discharged my current obligations. So, you may think that I'm flaying TC&TC, but that's not true.
I give it 7.5 out of 10.
POSTSCRIPT: For a different reader's impressions, stay tuned for J's take on the novel on Monday.
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Back in July, Chicago, Wall Street, and the universe, really, were rocked by the prospect of Citadel founder Ken Griffin losing his title as World's Richest Illinoisan, following the news that he and his wife were getting divorced. For those who haven't been following the story, a quick refresh:
* July 23, 2014: Ken's lawyers serve Anne with divorce papers.
* July 23, 2014, later that day: Anne's lawyer says in a statement that Ken "unilaterally filed a divorce petition…with no notice to either me or my client, knowing full well that she had just left for summer vacation with their three young children and would therefore be unable to respond."
* July 24, 2014: Ken's lawyers preemptively put it out there that the couple's prenup is: "…valid, binding and enforceable…"
* September 2, 2014: Anne Dias Griffin says fuck you and fuck your prenup; says through a lawyer she wants it voided; claims that Ken sprung the prenup on her three days before their wedding, then got her to sign it by suggesting the two see a therapist while failing to mention he was already a patient of said therapist.
* September 3, 2014: Re: allegations by Anne that he's an absentee father, Ken brings out the big guns: "A source close to Mr. Griffin called the father of three a devoted dad who's been known to dress as Spider-Man for a school Halloween party and as a prince for a daughter's birthday party that had a princess theme."
Which brings us to today. From Ken's camp, there's the news that Anne's already received a sizable chunk of change over the course of their marriage. From Anne's, it's that Ken's changed the locks on their many vacations homes and maybe threatened to take a wrecking ball to their Chicago penthouse? Read more »


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Insomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of difficulty falling asleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, or waking too early in the morning. These result in the feeling that sleep is not restorative and often are associated with impaired function during the day.
Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in the United States. About one-third of the adult population has experienced it at some time and approximately 10% have a persistent problem.
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Like my snazzy new avatar? Get Sons of Zymurgy swag, here, and brew with the best.Revvy's one of the cool reverends. He has a Harley and a t-shirt that says on the back "If you can read this, the bitch was Raptured. - Madman I gotta tell ya, just between us girls, that Revvy is HOT. Very tall, gorgeous grey hair and a terrific smile. He's very good looking in person, with a charismatic personality... he drives like a ****ing maniac! - YooperBrew
Sorry, I was trying to link to the page that has, External threaded, tapping insert for wood. Although Mcmaster-carr has made my angry. They won't ship to me because I live on the border and they say they don't wan't to mess with U.S. export law.
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Great thread guys. Lots of really cool designs in here. Provides a wealth of knowledge, and gave me a lot of good ideas. Not to start to acquire parts and get rid of those plain 'ol black handles.
Just got these mounted last night:
Aren't you concerned with losing an arm? ;^)
Sometimes, I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!
"it's totally cheaper to brew beer, honey, i swear."
Didn't know there was an official DIY Tap Handle thread. I made this a few months ago and since then have added some of those adapters that make the tap handle stand more straight up so the handles don't touch each other.


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Friday, November 06
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Attendance: 18,788
Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Baron Davis and Eric Gordon scored 25 points each to lead the Los Angeles Clippers in a 118-90 rout of the Warriors at ORACLE Arena, snapping a streak of seven straight losses at Golden State.
Chris Kaman added 22 points in 28 minutes for the Clippers, who won their second straight game following four consecutive losses to begin the season. Sebastian Telfair and DeAndre Jordan ended with 13 points apiece.
"We just came out and stuck with our game plan," Davis said. "We knew that this team has the ability to get up and down on anyone, and we knew we had to have good shots."
Anthony Morrow tallied 18 points for the Warriors, who have dropped three of four to start the season. Stephen Jackson added 17 points and Monta Ellis 14 with six assists. Kelenna Azubuike gave 13 points and seven rebounds in defeat. Anthony Randolph notched 13 points and 14 boards.
"I am embarrassed about this game," Warriors head coach Don Nelson said. "It was just a bad performance all around early and late."
The Clippers led 30-19 after the first quarter and increased that lead to 57-45 at the break.
Three consecutive baskets from Kaman to begin the third quarter opened a 63-45 lead for Los Angeles.
Later in the frame, Randolph's layup closed it to nine points. However, the Clippers closed the third on a 27-7 run to assume a 91-61 lead headed to the final 12 minutes of play.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stiefel, a GSK (NYSE: GSK) company, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the New Drug Application for Fabior (tazarotene) Foam, 0.1%. It is the only retinoid in a topical foam formulation for the treatment of acne vulgaris in patients 12 years of age and older.
"Stiefel is dedicated to meeting the needs of patients and dermatologists and we believe Fabior Foam will be an important treatment option for people with moderate-to-severe acne," said Jean-Christophe May, Vice President, North America Dermatology.
The approval of tazarotene foam was based on two multi-center, randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled pivotal Phase 3 studies conducted in the US and Canada. More information about the clinical trial results can be found in the Full US Prescribing Information at http://www.stiefel.com/content/dam/stiefel/globals/documents/pdf/US_Fabior.pdf.
Tazarotene foam is contraindicated in pregnancy and may cause fetal harm when administered in pregnant women. The most common adverse reactions reported at an incidence > 6% were application site irritation, application site dryness, application site erythema, and application site exfoliation.
About Acne Vulgaris
Acne is the most common skin problem in the US, affecting about 40 – 50 million Americans at any one time.[1] Acne can affect anyone at any age but it is most common in adolescents and young adults. Hormones and other substances can act on the skin's oil (sebaceous) glands and hair follicles, leading to clogged pores and outbreaks commonly known as pimples. While the exact cause of acne is unknown, researchers believe it results from several
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"Ordered these to go with my invitations. They matched perfect! The quality of the paper is great! It's awesome how you can personalize the font and colors! Very elegant! I recommend them as they put a beautiful finishing touch to the envelopes."
"I used these on the Valentine's my daughter took to school for her friends. They were great. I sealed all her little gift bags with the sticker. It made things so easy and adorable. They are darling!"
"I ordered these w/the phrase, "Bring Pampers for a chance to be pampered!", as an incentive for my guests to bring a pack of diapers along w/their gift for a chance to be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate to a local nail spa. It was the perfect finishing touch!"
"I loved the design of the card. I love the quality of the paper, very sturdy. Because of the glittery "look" on the card, I think I sort of expected to see some real glitter on the card...obviously that wasn't the case. I'm not disappointed though, really love it for my sister's shower. The mailing was a pain, only because I bought these right when postage increased and the post office didn't have the new 70c stamps that go with the square cards, so I had to put three stamps on there."
"I've received this stickers in four days; although, I wasn't expecting them till a week or so. But love the shipping since it was fast. I'm going to use this as part of my daughter's 1st birthday favors and the quality and the way it looks is perfect!"