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Introduction The U.S. Territory of Guam, which lies in the western Pacific Ocean near latitude 13?28'N and longitude 144?45'E, is the largest (211 mi2) and southernmost of the islands in the Mariana chain. Ground water supplies about 80 percent of the drinking water for the island's 150,000 residents and nearly one million visitors per year. In northern Guam, water is obtained from wells that tap the upper part of a fresh ground-water lens in an aquifer composed mainly of limestone. About 180 wells, nearly all in the north, withdraw about 35 Mgal/d of water with chloride concentrations ranging from 6 to 585 mg/L. In southern Guam, the main source of freshwater is from surface water that runs off the weathered volcanic rocks that are exposed over much of the area. About 9.9 Mgal/d of freshwater is obtained using surface reservoirs. The island's freshwater resources are adequate to meet current (2003) needs, but future demands will eventually be higher. To better understand the hydrology of the island, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) entered into a cooperative study with the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific (WERI) at the University of Guam. The objective of the study was to provide a better understanding of the water resources of the island through analysis of data collected by the USGS on Guam. This report provides a description of the general hydrologic principles of the island's ground-water systems, as well as of the rainfall and geology of Guam. Hydrologic data described in the report include water levels, chloride concentrations, and pumpage from ground-water wells and streamflow data from southern Guam.Geospatial Extents
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UFAA has received thousands upon thousands of emails and telephone calls on the future roll out of the new "Smart Home" policy it is hard to know where to start. Let's start with the Agency Force's major concerns. The positive remarks about the possibility of a competitive homeowner's policy can be summarized simply as "It's about time." The major concerns from the agents' perspective on the "Smart Home" policy are: 1.) Will the agents be able to compete against those insurance companies that still offer the HO 5 and other policies? 2.) Why the huge commission cut? 3.) Will the commissions cut really make the insurance policies competitive when FGI is taking such a huge management fee off the top of every premium dollar?
Individuals from FGI (Management Company) have been touring the country recently holding meetings and informing the Agency Force that in order to be competitive on the "Smart Home" policy, the Agency Force commission rate must be reduced. And, make no mistake about it, it is a huge commission cut. An agent currently makes 20% new business and 14% renewal commission. That commission rate would be reduced to 14% new business and 10% renewal. When you analyze those percentage changes, reducing 20% to 14% represents a 30% reduction in income. On the other hand FGI has graciously agreed to a 01% management fee reduction to show they are sacrificing and sharing in the agent's pain. It is hard determine FGI's management fee in the Zurich report, but it is somewhere between 16% and 18% (Management fee agreement with the Exchanges allows the management company, FGI to charge up to 20%), so let's use 18%. A reduction from 18% to 17% for the management company represents a 05% reduction in income from fees as opposed to the Agency Force taking a 30% reduction in commission income.
According to Zurich's own annual financial reports in the last 02 years FGI/Zurich has made over $6,500,000,000 (yes, that is Billion) in management fees while the Exchanges lost approximately 1,455,000 Net PIF. There was a net loss of 1,400 Agents in 2013 and we have yet to verify the agent number gain/loss on paper for 2014. So one has to ask, why are the agents taking such a hit on their commission schedule when FGI/Zurich have made the bulk of the money in fees and will continue to do so?
Yes, the Agency Force has been told that they will still receive the 14% renewal commissions on the "Protector Plus" and "Next Generation" policies, but let's look historically what has happened and will continue to happen in all probability. The Agency Force will not be able to write the "Protector Plus" or "Next Generation" policies anymore, so that risk pool will shrink and rates will go up. The agents will be forced to rewrite those policies into the New Smart Home policies to avoid losing them and the renewal commissions on the policies will go to 10%.The questions that are being asked most frequently by the Agency Force are: How did we get here? Who made these decisions? Why is the agent being made the scapegoat? If the agent is being blamed for the policies being uncompetitively priced because of excess agent commission on the product then why does FGI/Zurich enrich themselves with such high management fees? While we are on the subject why does FNWL pay the Agency Force significantly less on new business life applications than most other insurance carriers?
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The late Jim Jones, Newsweek's Detroit bureau chief during the 1970s and 1980s, was fond of saying "The whole world is full of nice guys, but there's absolutely no demand."
But Robert C. (Bob) Stempel was truly a nice guy and "car guy" who made it to the top as chairman and CEO of General Motors in 1990 after a string of successful technical achievements.
It has been erroneously reported that Stempel was the first engineer ever to be named CEO at GM. He is the second. The legendary Alfred P. Sloan Jr., who was CEO from 1923 to 1946, had an electrical engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A tall, affable executive with a keen ability to translate technology into understandable English, Stempel joined GM three years after earning a mechanical engineering degree from Worchester Polytechnic Institute. He received an MBA in 1970 while attending night classes at Michigan State University.
When Stempel was Chevrolet vice president and general manager in the early 1980s, he once astounded reporters at a press preview by describing in detail, without a single note, the features and technical fine points of more than a dozen cars and trucks lined up in a semi-circle at GM's Milford, MI, Proving Grounds. He spoke for nearly two hours and no one snoozed.
He succeeded the late Roger B. Smith August 1, 1990, as the auto maker was dripping red ink. After only one day in the CEO's chair, Iraq invaded Kuwait, helping trigger a U.S. recession that sent sales into a nosedive, ultimately costing him his job.
Despite closing plants, laying off thousands and dropping poor-selling models, Stempel was forced to resign 26 months later in a boardroom coup. He joked in a 1992 Reuters profile that he had "one good day as CEO."
Even so, Stempel's engineering contributions during his 34-year GM career are his real legacy.
A protégé of the legendary Edward N. Cole, GM president from 1967 to 1974, he led development of GM's first front-wheel-drive car, the 1966 Toronado, which also spawned its once-popular GM Motor home; worked closely with Cole on a catalytic converter to tame vehicle emissions; and while CEO green-lighted the EV1 electric car, which later was killed but contained innovations since adopted by the auto maker's ground-breaking Chevy Volt.
Stempel also was deeply involved in GM's Wankel rotary engine, a project that was dropped when Cole retired.
Stempel started as a chassis detail engineer at the Oldsmobile Div., becoming Olds' assistant chief engineer in 1972.
He moved up swiftly after that with stops including Chevrolet engineering director, Pontiac Div. general manager, and managing director of Adam Opel, GM's German subsidiary.
In 1986 Stempel was elected executive vice president and a member of GM's board of directors, and in 1987 was named president and chief operating officer.
Only 59 when he left GM, Stempel became chairman of Energy Conversion Devices in Rochester Hills, MI, where he led the company's efforts in developing solar panels and advanced batteries for hybrid cars.
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"I've played with Kaka, Ronaldinho, Wesley Sneijder – and Berbatov is as naturally gifted as any of them.
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For the research project, I will be working on UN Millennium Goal number 7, which is "Ensure Environmental Sustainability."
Specific points under this category are:
-Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources
-Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water
-Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020
Well, after combing through my playlist, this is what I came up with for a possible playlist for the goal:
Running Out of Days-3 Doors Down
R-Evolve-30 Seconds to Mars
Young and Proud-Ace of Base
Before Tomorrow Comes-Alter Bridge
The Times, They Are A-Changin'-Bob Dylan
In the Ghetto-Elvis
Raise Your Hands-Bon Jovi
Look What You've Done-Bread
Shake it Up-The Cars
The Big Issue-Chumbawamba
We're Going Wrong-Cream
Let it Rain-Eric Clapton
Land of Confusion-Genesis
Have a Little Faith in Me-Joe Cocker
Only the Young-Journey
Go Where You Wanna Go-The Mamas and the Papas
Time is Running Out-Papa Roach
We Are the Champions-Queen
I Won't Back Down-Tom Petty
Eve of Destruction-Barry McGuire
It's My Life-Bon Jovi
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"The two-word definition of sustainability is 'one planet.'" --Mathis
"Pain is not an evolutionary error." --Mathis Wackernagel "We do not have an ecological crisis. The ecosphere has a human crisis. Our 'story' about our place in the scheme of things has somehow gone awry in the industrial age..." -- William Rees "The reconciliation of growth and the environment...is the vast and grand work of the 21st century." --Dan Walters "Sustainability is especially ripe for political controversy and opposition because fundamentally it is a new paradigm that represents significant challenges to the status quo. The paradigm of sustainability, with its notions of limitations and carrying capacities confronts dominant paradigms of progress which do not recognize limits to unchecked growth." --Economist Hazel Henderson
foreclosures in North Minneapolis-not only are homes not sustainable, but they are also not affordable...
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So Commander KillEmAll is a bad guy. A really bad guy. Why is he so bad? Because He says so, and he would know right. [[KickTheDog He kicks puppies]], [[WouldHurtAChild drop kicks babies]], and isn't afraid of any KnightInShiningArmor. He's no HarmlessVillain. He's a potential BigBad...
Except he's not. And when a situation comes up where he proves it, nobody is more surprised than he is. That's right. You're actually a good guy.
Whereas HeelRealization is where a character finally realizes he is, in fact, the villain of the story, Face Realization is the opposite. It's distinct from YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre, in that the character realizes it on his own, without anyone needing to tell him, because he proves it with an indisputable act of goodness and heroism.
Why was it so hard for him to see this? Maybe he spent so much time [[JerkassFacade pretending to be a not-so-nice guy]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold and hiding that golden heart of his]] that he started to [[BelievingTheirOwnLies believe it himself]], or perhaps after [[ReformedButRejected after being turned down by the heroes]] [[ThenLetMeBeEvil he decides to embrace villainy]] but finds that [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten kitten eating doesn't suit him]] no matter how pissed he is at the hero. In other cases, GoodFeelsGood can creep up on you -- but sometimes it takes a while to sink in past the pretense that it's all a front.
Whatever the case, now that he knows what kind of man he truly is, there's no way he'll remain one of the black hats. [[GoodIsNotNice Being nice may be optional]], but now he's one of the good guys.
See WhatYouAreInTheDark for when this happens privately, and YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre for when this comes from an outside influence. The obvious end result is a HeelFaceTurn.
[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* Vegeta in ''DragonBallZ'' was a murderous, egotistical, power hungry bastard, but after getting married and raising a family, he found it hard to go back to his more villainous (and in his opinion more powerful) self. He had to cut a deal with a evil wizard to make himself evil again, and even then, he was still too good. It finally sinks in that he is no longer the villain he used to be when, after asking the Namek Dragon to restore every person on earth who was killed by Majin Buu except the evil ones, he is brought back to life along with them.
* ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'':
** PlayedForLaughs with Ikyno, who realizes that rather than 'accidentally' beating up thugs, she is to her surprise, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/angel_densetsu/v14/c071/28.html "a lot nicer of a person than [she] thought".]]
** This also happened with Yuji toward the end of the story. One of his old delinquent friends notes that his delinquent activities with Kitano involve things like studying and community service [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything and no actual delinquent activities at all.]] Yuji finally realizes that Kitano isn't really a delinquent and that he no longer is one either, and it doesn't bother him.
* Played with by Evangeline in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''. She insists that she is a BigBad no matter how much evidence is presented that would disprove it. It may be that she just doesn't want to admit it out loud. That and she's powerful enough that few characters can call her on it, with the exception of Albireo, who relentlessly [[{{Troll}} trolls]] her.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'': Grandis and her two henchmen: Hanson and Sanson. They initially serve as the antagonists, constantly in pursuit of Nadia and her gem. Despite this, it doesn't take long to see they're a Quirky Miniboss Squad, rather than an actual threat. So it came as little surprise to anyone (but themselves) when they [[HeelFaceTurn turn over a new leaf]] upon joining the Nautilus crew. Due largely in part to Grandis falling head over heels for Nemo.
* During his brief stint as an ArcVillain in ''Manga/FairyTail'', Laxus tries to finish the fight against Natsu and Gajeel by invoking Fairy Law, a spell that annihilates anyone the caster sees as an enemy. Laxus is shaken when the spell fails to hit a single person.
[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In ''{{Thunderbolts}}'', a series about a group of supervillains posing as a superhero team as part of a scheme by their leader Baron Zemo, most of the team have this realization sooner or later. When Zemo reveals their secret, most of them turn against him. Atlas at first thinks himself still loyal, but when Zemo goes to kill Jolt, he revolts.
* General Hummel in ''Film/TheRock'' eventually finds himself unable to go through with his plot to blast San Francisco with a deadly toxin. Of course, his (former) co-conspirators don't quite see things his way, and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath you know what happens then...]]
* Played with in ''Literature/NightWatch''. [[spoiler:Arina]] at some point realizes that she is doing mainly good deeds instead of ChaoticNeutral, so she [[spoiler: changes alignments.]]
* In addition to being one long HeelFaceTurn, the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' could be seen as this for the titular character. When push comes to shove, he actually ends up being a better hero than a villain.
* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' is all about a supposed EvilGenius gradually realizing that he's actually a good guy.
* In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', in the very last moment of his life, Darth Vader says to Luke, "You were right about me." While his DeathEqualsRedemption move doesn't exactly scrub away his countless KickTheDog acts, on the whole, his tragic life actually produced many good things, culminating in the destruction of the Sith.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}''. The BeleagueredAssistant Igor of the MadScientist realizes there's more to being evil in their setting where BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad.
* In ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst'', the movie remake of the original series, [[TheRival Hayato Ichimonji]] is constantly telling [[TheHero TakeshiHongou]] that [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou he and only he will beat Hongou]]. Then he will take the girl and return to Dai-Shocker. That is until the climax of the Film when [[StormingTheCastle they raid the Dai-Shocker]] together to [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl rescue the reporter girl]]. During the fight, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Hayato tries to run]], but when he sees Hongou continuing to fight, [[ChangedMyMindKid he comes back]], leading to this conversation:
-->'''Hayato:''' I didn't know. So I'm really a good guy.
-->'''Hongou:''' Yeah. That's what I said.
* This seems to be used regularly in works by Creator/DavidGemmell. He would often have a character who because of a tough life thought of himself as a mean bastard who only did things for selfish reason. The character would join the protagonist(s) because it seemed to benefit him. However, at the end he would find that he really is a good person though it often preceded a HeroicSacrifice.
** ''Morningstar'' had the titular character constantly proclaim that he was only doing things to get rich or to save his life. It's only after he becomes a legendary hero revered by a nation that he realizes that he did all of these things because he is a good person.
** ''Waylander'' has a scene where a known liar, thief and murderer is scanned by a pair of telepathic villains who deem him no threat to their evil plans and proceed on their way. The idea that these mooks would consider him as morally irredeemable as themselves offends him so much that he performs a HeroicSacrifice just to prove that there is some good in him.
* In the book series ''Literature/SistersGrimm'', Puck is often seen shouting that he is " a villain of the worst kind", and playing pranks... but when it comes right down to it, he's one of the most heroic characters, to the point of nearly getting killed to save Sabrina's life- more than once! When other characters point out how heroic he is, he flips out and sulks for a while, then tries to prove how evil he is with a prank or two. and then the cycle repeats.
* Jherek from ''[[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Threat From The Sea]]'' trilogy was a hard case. Tried long and hard to convince everyone starting from himself that as a pirate's runaway son he can't possibly be any good, before being forced to admit the painfully obvious (for everyone else) fact that he's a paladin and when he happens to heal someone with a touch, it's not because of some cheap amulet.
* In ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', Moist imagines, at the end, running off and returning to his con-man life. Instead, he lets Adorabelle hold his hand, and he tells himself that it's enough to be able to tell himself that he can leave at any time.
* ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'': Realizing that stealing all the Who's presents did not stop them from celebrating Christmas, the Grinch realizes that "Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more." In both [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the animated special]] and [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the live-action film]], the realization comes as he tries to stop the sled with all the presents from going over the cliff.
* One of Dumbledore's running schemes in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' is to save Draco Malfoy by convincing him that he doesn't belong with the Death Eaters. At the moment of truth, when Draco has Dumbledore dead to rights...he can't bring himself to do it. The moment Harry saw Draco lower his wand, Harry stopped seeing him as a hated rival and started pitying him. Though Draco doesn't quite manage a HeelFaceTurn in the next book, [[HazyFeelTurn he's extremely unhappy with all of the torture and murder happening around him]]. [[spoiler: The same applies to his parents. Once they get him back they basically go neutral although Narcissa was never all that evil to start with.]]
[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* In ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', Joxer comes from a long line of warlords and tries his best to be evil, but he just can't do it. He's the WhiteSheep of the family, and quite embarrassed about it.
* In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Jesse Pinkman comes to accept that he is the "bad guy" and from then on tries to invoke several KickTheDog moments such as selling meth to a support group. Come the end of that season; he is emotionally exploited into murdering another person as a scheme of Walter White, as a result Jesse breaks down into tears in the act and spends most of the next season in a HeroicBSOD.
[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Seeing how a {{face}} is generally considered to be any wrestler that gets cheered for, any wrestler who finds themselves getting cheered for consistently will realize they are a face. That said, face doesn't ''always'' mean "good person" in professional wrestling. Wrestling/WilliamRegal will always be a dirty rotten scoundrel with hate in his heart, no matter how much you all cheer him. [[EnforcedTrope Then again]], even he can look "[[LesserOfTwoEvils good]]" [[EvenEvilHasStandards next to]], say, Wrestling/{{Evolution}} or [[EvilForeigner La Resistance]].
* [[Wrestling/JillianHall Macaela Mercedes]], taken aback by the fact the fans of the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation were actually cheering for her, felt inspired to wrestle cleanly from there on out.
* Wrestling/{{Mistico}} tried his hand a being a rudo, liking the "all is fair in love and war" philosophy he learned his ArchNemesis Averno was living by when they were forced to team up by Wrestling/{{CMLL}}. However, after trying to live it out, Mistico realized he was no good at it and went back to wrestling as a technico.
* Wrestling/KevinSteen tried to reform but when that didn't work, he drove Wrestling/JimmyJacobs and Steve Corino off the right path and started Suffering Ugliness Chaos Mayhem(SCUM) to destroy Wrestling/RingOfHonor to show the triumph of evil, spite Wrestling/JimCornette and act as a stepping stone to the toppling of the whole industry (Wrestling/{{Chikara}} would be next). But after declaring Steen a failure and kicking him out of the group in favor of Wrestling/MattHardy, Steen watched them go on to try and destroy ROH without him and realized he still liked the promotion.[[/folder]]
[[folder:Visual Novel]]
* Rin Tohsaka in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' is constantly trying to be a typical magus (many of whom aren't that nice) while belittling Shirou for trying to be a hero. But is every route, she realizes that that just not the person she is. Most tellingly, in Heavens Feel, where she can't bring herself to kill [[spoiler: her sister Sakura, who has become an EldritchAbomination who's been (at first unknowingly) killing everyone around her.]] [[HypocrisyNod She acknowledges that she no longer has any right to berate Shirou afterwards.]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man]] and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]] Christmas Special'', Skeletor makes a slow HeelFaceTurn thanks to the charms of a robotic puppy and two children. When it comes time to deliver the children to Horde Prime, he instead attacks Horde Prime, and exclaims "I don't know what's come over me!"
* During the second "Boiling Rock" episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', [[spoiler:Mai]] pulls a YouShallNotPass to save [[spoiler:Zuko]]. After being captured, she prepares to face Azula's wrath. Which is when [[spoiler:Ty Lee surprises everyone, including herself, by blocking Azula's chi to prevent her from killing Mai]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to reform Mermaid Man's archnemesis Man-Ray, who is prevented from doing evil by a [[RestrainingBolt tickling belt]]. After many tests which Man-Ray fails, the belt goes haywire and Man-Ray begs to be freed, even saying "Please", which for [=SpongeBob=] is good enough to consider him rehabilitated. Man-Ray immediately packs all the weapons he can find and goes to the nearest bank with the intention of robbing it. However, he finds that every time he tries, he just breaks out in laughter. Realizing that "the urge to do bad is gone", he gives up being evil for good. (Or at least [[NegativeContinuity until his next appearance]].)


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- 1 cup safflower oil
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup raw sugar or 1 cup granular fructose
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 4 cups unbleached white flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 2 cups carrots, grated
- 1 cup walnuts or 1 cup pecans, chopped
- 1 cup dried cranberries (optional)
- 2 cups low-fat cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- chopped walnuts, for garnishing (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl combine the oil and sugars. Whisk in the water. In a medium bowl sift together the flour, baking powder and soda, salt, and spices.
- Add the dry ingredients to the sugar/oil mixture and mix well. Add the carrots, nuts, and cranberries and mix well. Pour the batter into 2 lightly oiled and floured loaf pans. Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool before frosting.
- With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add the orange juice and mix briefly, then switch to high speed for 2-3 minutes. Spread the frosting evenly on the cake. Garnish with chopped walnuts if desired. This cake is best served at room temperature; refrigeration tends to dry it out.
- Makes 2 loaf pans or 18 slices.
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I collected baseball cards from the late '80s through 2002. Then I went to college and when I came out, I was lost. There were too many brands, sets, choices, relics, autos, parallels, variations. It was a turn off. Slowly I'm coming back. So here is my lame attempt to venture back into the hobby. I'll buy a few packs of cards here and there, comment on some cards I have, send out some TTMs, and follow the progress of my Topps Yankees Project.


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Millions of dollars of grant funding go to small businesses doing groundbreaking innovation. Merrie London, Manager, SBIR, Connecticut Innovations Small Business Development Team, will explain how you can use federal grants to fund your research and development. Ms. London was co-founder and president of Inspired Solutions, a 3-office communications company in Connecticut in support of medium to large corporations. |
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We're celebrating the 75th and 50th anniversaries of the NYC World's Fair with a full day of free activities for all.
Interested in revisiting the 1939 and 1964 Fairs? We'll be leading tours of historic sites that are still in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, and displaying exhibits of memorabilia.
Kid-friendly events include 50-cent rides on the historic carousel, puppet shows, face painting, and a visit by Mr Met.
Enjoy cultural music and dance performances throughout the day followed by an evening concert and fireworks!. Different foods from around the world will be available, including Belgian waffles, which were introduced to the US at the 1964 World's Fair.
Please note: The tours of the historic World's Fair sites will be given at 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tours are limited to 50 people for each tour. Sign up at the Parks information kiosk near the Unisphere.
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Vote for the Sexiest Geeks of 2008
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Here are Santa Fe's next highest commercial water users from last year
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Local News As a follow-up to our most recent cover story, SFR is publishing the rest of the top ten commercial water guzzlers in Santa Fe in 2014.
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Painterly Frog: This here is a froggy artist that really gets into her work. Notice the sweet details like the paint brush, palette, blue beret and, of course, the paint splatters. |
- a grapefruit-sized piece of clay
- Mayco's Stroke and Coat Glaze
- skewer sticks
- toothbrushes and cups of water
- Twisted our grapefruit sized piece of clay into two equal pieces.
- With one piece, we pounded the clay flat into Oreo-cookie thickness and traced a template that was in the shape of a lily pad. We wrote our names on the bottom of this clay, wrapped it in a wet paper towel and placed it in a zip lock bag with our names written on it.
- With the other half of the grapefruit, we created a pinch pot for the frog's mouth and body.
- With the leftover clay from cutting out the lily pad, we rolled coils for the legs and attached them to the pinch pot with the toothbrush and water.
- The pinch pot with legs was then wrapped in a wet paper towel and placed inside the ziplock bag on top of the lily pad until next time.
As the kids were working, they were constantly coming up with names and quirky stories about their frog. So, once the frogs were out of the kiln, I had them do a little froggy biography. |
- I demonstrated to the kids how to add eyes and a tongue.
- I explained to the kids that all things can be created out of clay with the use of a sphere, a coil or a slab.
- We brainstormed different ideas for frogs and froggy accessories and discussed how they could be created.
- Students completed their frogs (just barely in a half an hour!) and attached them to their lily pads.
Standardized Test Taking Frog: Yep, it's the time of year. Notice the #2 pencil. What you can't see is that this frog is also wearing a fabulous red and blue backpack. |
Rock Star Frog: Gotta love a frog that dyes his mohawk to match is guitar. |
Special Agent Frog: Ma'am, I believe I found the dragonfly you were looking for... |
And here was our final task: writing about our fabulous frogs. The kids don't get to take their frogs home for a couple of weeks due to our school-wide art show. But they were dying to see them and chat about them. So, we filled out this sheet in pencil and traced over our pencil lines in skinny sharpie. This paper is actually a folded card. When we display the frogs at the art show, this little placard will sit next to the artist's frog.
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Me: Hmmm...it says on your sheet that your frog loves to eat "pizza, sushi and ... frog legs?"
Kid #1: Yep!
Me: You do realize that you made a frog. And he likes to eat other frog's legs?
Kid #1: Yep, he's got cannibalistic tendencies.
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Clinical Significance
Antibodies to Sm are highly specific for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and when present are considered a marker antibody. However, these antibodies are found in only 20% of patients with SLE. RNP antibodies (also known as anti-u1 or ribonucleoprotein antibodies) are found in 45% of SLE patients but are also observed in numerous other disease states such as Sjögren's syndrome, scleroderma and polymyositis. Elevated levels of antibodies to RNP are seen in mixed connective tissue disease. In SLE, RNP antibodies have been associated with a relatively benign disease course with lower incidence of renal and central nervous system involvement. Patients may be considered positive for RNP antibodies when the RNP antibody result is significantly higher than the Sm antibody result.
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The Binomial, Normal, and Poisson Distributions Compared
This applet graphs the Poisson and normal approximations to a specified binomial distribution. The user may select the values of n and p to be used.
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5 years ago
Porscha McRobbie (Staff)
The applet is simple to use and clearly demonstrates the n and p dependence of the binomial distribution. Being able to overlay the corresponding Poisson and normal distributions also provides clear and useful comparisons.
6 years ago
Joel Vaughan (Student)
The applet shows the relationships among these distributions well.
In order to fully appreciate this, students must be aware of the relationships to begin with.
6 years ago
David Childers (Student)
Though this applet does provide a good display of the three distributions (binomial, poisson, and normal) on the same graph, the set-up is a bit misleading. Since the normal distribution shifts as the value of 'p' is altered, the user may think that 'p' is a parameter associated with a normal distribution.
7 years ago
feifei sun (Student)
This is a very useful toos for Elementary Statistics class because I can do simulation by changing the value of n and p. The same data can present different pictures. It is amazing.
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Marisella Castro (Student)
This applet works well because you can change the n & p values plus see the Binomial, Poisson, & Normal distributions at the same time & on the same graph.
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4327489 | Dough cutter with interchangeable cutting elements | 1982-05-04 | Conrad | 30/315 |
3234895 | Means for preparing dough for cooking | 1966-02-15 | Leiby | 30/315 |
3053203 | Combination cutting and transferring device | 1962-09-11 | Gaddini | 30/130 |
2778325 | Patty making implement | 1957-01-22 | Cesare | 30/316 |
2214475 | Dough cutter | 1940-09-10 | Napolillo | 30/316 |
1720839 | Dough cutter | 1929-07-16 | Jarosz | 30/316 |
0181918 | N/A | 1876-09-05 | Cushing | 30/315 |
In the making of a pierogi or similar dough encased filling food product, it is common to first prepare the filling material and to thereafter deposit a certain amount of such filling onto a flattened sheet of dough and to then fold the dough sheet over the deposited filling material to thus encase the filling within the sheet of dough. Following the encasement of the filling material within the sheet of dough, it is then necessary that the dough sheet with the filling material encased therein be cut around the encased filling and to also crimp the edges of the cut sheet of dough to thus seal the filling material within the dough sheet.
One of the objects of the invention is to provide a hand held implement which is employed not only to cut the dough around the encased filling material but to also crimp the edges of the cut dough so as to seal the filling material within the dough sheet.
Another object of the invention is to provide in a single hand held implement a combined dough cutter and a dough edge crimper whereby the edges of the dough are crimped so as to seal the filling material within the dough sheet preparatory to baking or otherwise cooking the formed product.
Another object of the invention is to provide in a single hand held implement a combined dough cutter and an edge crimper for the cut dough, the implement being first used to cut the dough around a filling material which has been deposited onto the sheet of dough and then by reversing a pivotal member forming a part of the implement to present a grooved or channeled surface to impart a crimp to the edges of the cut dough.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a combined dough cutter and edge crimper which can be easily and economically manufactured and which may vary in form so that products of different designs may be made with the single hand held implement.
In the specification and the annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated in the form considered to be the best and most feasible but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to such form, and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims, it is desired to cover the invention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.
FIG. 1 is a view showing a flattened sheet of dough with the filling material thereon which is to be encased within the dough sheet;
FIG. 2 is a view showing the filling material encased within the folded over sheet of dough;
FIG. 3 is a view showing the manner in which the implement is employed as a means for cutting the edges of the dough encasing the filling material;
FIG. 4 is a view showing the cut product with the smooth side of the cut dough on the upper surface;
FIG. 5 is a view showing the crimped edges of the sheet of dough;
FIG. 6 is a top plan view showing the grooved side of the implement for crimping the edges of the sheet of dough;
FIG. 7 is a view taken on line 7--7 of FIG. 6, looking in the direction of the arrows;
FIG. 8 is a section taken on line 8--8 of FIG. 7, looking in the direction of the arrows, and
FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the area encircled by reference numeral 9 of FIG. 7.
Before undertaking a complete description of the invention, it is pointed out that although the implement is intended primarily in the formation of a pierogi, the implement may be as effectively employed in the formation of other food products where it is intended to encase a filling material within a sheet of dough and to subsequently cut the dough and also to crimp the edges of the cut dough so as to seal the filling material within the cut dough prior to baking or otherwise cooking the same.
Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the several views, 10 designates in general, the implement of the present invention. As shown in the drawings, the implement is circular in formation but the same may take other forms such as square, rectangular, etc. in cross-section and still be as equally effective in the formation of a pierogi or other food product which consists of a filling material encased within a sheet of dough.
The implement shown generally at numeral 10 can be made wholly or in part of metal, plastic, or a combination of these materials. Mounted in an opening 11 formed in an outer housing 12 is a pivoted inner forming tool 13 which comprises a smooth surface 14 on one side thereof whereas the opposite side is provided with slotted members 15, for a purpose to be more fully described hereinafter.
As shown more particularly in FIG. 7 of the drawings, dowel pins 16 and 17 are fixedly mounted on the forming tool 13 and the outer ends thereof extend into vertically extending slots 18, 19 formed in the walls 20 of the outer casing 12. As shown more particularly in FIG. 9 of the drawings, the lower portion of the wall 20 terminates in a sharpened edge 21.
In use, the filling material 22 for the product to be produced is placed on a flattened sheet of dough 23 such as shown in FIG. 1 of the drawings. Next, the sheet of dough is folded over the filling material and then the hand held implement 10 is guided downwardly towards the filling and dough covering as shown in FIG. 2 of the drawing. Further downward movement of the implement will cause the smooth surface 14 of the forming tool to engage with the dough and since the forming tool 13 is mounted in the vertically extending slots 18, 19 further downward movement of the implement will cause the sharpened edge to contact and cut the dough such as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 of the drawings. It will be noted that the slotted surface 15 of the forming tool 13 is uppermost during the cutting operation and that initially the edges of the cut dough are relatively flat. Following this operation, the forming tool 13 which is pivotally mounted on the dowel pins 16, 17 is rotated 180° so as to present the slotted surface 15 lowermost when the implement is again pressed downwardly over the product shown in FIG. 4 of the drawings so as to effect a crimping of the edges of the dough such as shown at 24. This will effect a seal of the dough around the filling which has been encased in the sheet of dough. This completes the formation of the pierogi or other food product and the same is now ready for baking or other cooking operation.
It will be seen that I have provided an implement and method for forming a pierogi or other similar food product and the implement may be readily manufactured in an economical manner.


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Anyone who has read J. D. Salinger's New Yorker stories - particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme - With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children. The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices-but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle it to keep.
Förlag: | Little Brown & Co | Kategori: | Allmän skönlitteratur |
Beräknad leveranstid: | 5-15 arbetsdagar | Bandtyp: | Inbunden |
ISBN: | 9780316769532 | Antal sidor: | 277 |
Språk: | Engelska | ||
Titel: | Catcher in the Rye | Författare: | J. D. Salinger |
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Chocolate-dipped Mickey-shaped Rice Krispie treats that were made fresh on site, not the dry, tasteless, pre-packaged ones they sell now.
Barbeque Chicken Quesadillas from Wolfgang Puck Express. Tried the BBQ pizza and it didn't even come close!
The Pigs N' Prawns entree at Papeete Bay. And the mushroom caps stuffed with sausage at Harry's Safari. And The Firecracker Salmon entree at Sum Chows.
When I was a teenager in the early 80's we used to go to Liberty Tree Tavern for a special dessert and their lemonade. The dessert which I can't remember the name was like an apple cobbler served warm with ice cream on top. I am not a lemonade drinker, but there was something different but so delicious about what they served. I was so disappointed when I went back during college and both items were no longer available.
LTT lunch--they used to have the most amazing salmon entree with a griddled pumpkin bread thing on it. It was our favorite entree ever!
I miss when CRT's breakfast you got everything brought out it wasnt pick one. I especially miss their potato casserole they exchanged it for more traditional homefries (boo!). I know they still have it but I miss when the create your own treats were all included on the dining plan
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Yes and having Tony's be open for beakfast that was a real tradition (not grand gatherings ) DH totally agrees Ah the most missed of all I still love Chef Mickeys but nothing will ever replace all the good things there...everything
I really miss the delicious bread pudding they used to serve as dessert in Fort Wilderness' Trail's End Restaurant. It was SO yummy and one year it just *POOF* vanished
I miss the strawberry shortcake made with a sweet biscuit at Liberty Tree. The version now is with pound cake.
I miss the chicken tenders that was standard fare everywhere and now are gone except at some buffets. I miss the fried chicken at Dixie Landings along with the original chocolate brownies with icing that they no longer make. I really miss the original Le Cellier back when it was a cafeteria-style restaurant. They made the most delicious meat pie (Tourtiere I believe it was called). I miss the Mickey Stickies that they served at breakfast at the Concourse. I miss the Concourse Steakhouse.
I miss the gelato at BC Market Place. I just can't believe they replaced something so unique and delicious with a case of generic muffins and pastries.We always started our WDW visit with a gelato and made another stop the night before we left. So depressing. Bring back our gelato!


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These chairs could serve their purpose as extra seating but they do not bear much scrutiny. The upholstery is somewhat wavy, sloppy and haphazard. The studs are the most obvious problem since they are not evenly placed. A staple holding the trim in place is sticking out, the batting extrudes a little in certain places (what is that fuzz?), the frayed edges of the trim show in a few places. These defects are mild and do not hit you all at once but these are definitely not nice quality chairs. They are comfortable and they are "seating" so I will give them a 2.
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? same
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. the wood used for the legs seemed like bottom of the line.
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? not much description to match.
I have been looking for upholstered chairs for 8 months. I wanted quality chairs that made my rustic table look charming. As much as I wanted to spend $600+ for a custom upholstered chair, I could justify it for 10 chairs = $6000. I have seen these chairs at many other large chain furniture stores for $400+ for one and here you get 2 for almost half of that. The chairs are great. They come preassembled and the tufting and quality is great for the price. The studding is not perfectly spaced on some but it is not bad at all. I plan on staining the legs to match my mahogany table. For the price, style, quality and quick delivery, you cannot go wrong. I say go for it if you are hesitating. I am a very picky person who loves high end furniture but I would rather spend my $$ on other things than on chairs we will sit on 5 x a year.
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? yes - oatmeal
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. great
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? very accurate
These chairs are really really lovely. I ordered two pairs of two for my dining room as I use different, larger chairs for the heads of the table which I already had. These others are extra large salmon-colored Parsons chairs and the new chairs are PERFECT with them. I mention this to illustrate that I feel these tufted chairs combine VERY easily with other styles you might have. Two of the chairs were imperfect in that they each had a tufted button which was loose and hanging by a thread and Overstock had them picked up the next day and I had two new ones within a few days after that which were both perfect. They feel very sturdy and solid and the fabric is absolutely perfect and the upholstery is lovely. They look much more expensive than they are. They lend a very European flair - somewhat old-world while still being crisp and current. My home is best described as Relaxed Formal and these are spot-on. They would work in any room of your house. I'm not generally a nailhead fan, but with these it works fine and doesn't overwhelm the overall design of the chair. Very Pleased
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Perfectly Exact
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. Excellent
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? Excellent
The chairs are darker than I thought - but I think that is a good thing! Very comfortable and you sit straight up which I need - I'm using them in my bedroom (we need a place to practice our guitars and they are beautiful - great for extra seating at the dining room table). The wood is rough on the legs and they are distressed - so if you don't like that, it might be a problem.
As pictured though the chairs are slightly darker. They are firm but not uncomfortable. A beautiful classy chair. My only negative comment is that the legs are actually not a finished wood, more rustic and lighter than pictured.
I have been looking for "tufted' chairs for my kitchen for almost a year now. I did not want to spend a fortune and finally found these. I was so afraid to buy 6 chairs online without seeing them in person because i know that colors on a computer screen can be a little off. I was so pleased when they arrived to see that they were almost exact to the color online. The fabric is the same as the photo. I think the fabric is strong and the filling (i believe is foam) is very firm.The chair itself is on the heavy side and feels very sturdy. The wood is the only thing that is slightly different. i think the wood is less gold looking then the photo which i was happy with. ( I feel they are a softer color still a medium color though) These chairs are a beautiful addition to my kitchen and I would definitely recommend them to a friend.
Very nice looking and comfortable too! Bought six and only one had a prob- crack in leg; but great customer service at Overstock: quick response to email and very courteous on phone. Sent a new one out immediately- very easy, completely satisfied! Thought they looked like a cream color in pic but they are more like a darker shade of beige/taupe. Chairs are well worth the excellent price- LOVE them!
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? color is slightly darker in a taupe tone
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. very good
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? accurate
I would rate this product much higher however I have just received it and I do not dine like an emperor every night so I cant judge the wear factor. The color is not exactly the beige I was looking for but it is close enough, I would say it has more of a grey or a light coffee bean bag color but it is an earth tone that works with my table and I suppose if it was in direct sun light it would be brighter.. As for the look and the quality...no complaints none... If this product holds up over time then bravo 5 stars, the legs are made of solid wood and the elegant italian farm table is perfectly complimented. The only thing that IS A MUST!....upon getting these use a can of scotch guard and give all the fabric a good 2-3 coats, then a clean matt polyurathan for the legs. I used 4 cans to cover 6 chairs. Bon Appetit
Chairs are beautiful and surprisingly comfortable. No issues with quality. They are a little light in weight and probably wouldn't stand up well to constant/ daily use, but for looks and occasional/ light use, they are perfect. I've never ordered furniture online and was skeptical, but I'm very pleased. I've received numerous compliments on them. I think the fabric is neutral enough for most any decor and I like the rustic look of the legs. They arrived very well packaged. Love them!
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Very accurate
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. Very nice
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? Accurate
These chairs look great with my rustic table. I was going for a rustic elegance look and these chairs delivered that look in a great way. They are so soft and comfortable.
These chairs are very comfortable. They are also very sturdy. They came fully assembled which was a main reason in choosing them. I did not want to worry about wobbly legs. They are great quality. I scotch guarded them because of their light color. GREAT BUY!
We needed eight dining room chairs to match back to a formal cabriolet leg dining table that we purchased at a high-end furniture outlet. I wanted a chair that mirrored the legs on the dining table, but could not stomach to pay $*** per chair (that's what we found we liked). I also knew I wanted an upholstered chair, but the color had to be right and livable long-term. After an exhaustive search on overstock, I found these chairs and was amazed at the price. Overstock was actually out of them when I wanted to make the purchase, so I used their "notify me when this comes back into stock" feature on the website and a few weeks later, I got an email saying they were back in stock. Here is why I love these chairs: 1) the nailheads are individual nailheads, NOT strips. Sometimes furniture manufacturers take the cheap short-cut and use strips, so I was amazed that these were individual nailheads for the price. 2) the chairs came fully assembled! Again, I thought that based on price, we were going to have to assemble them, but no! 3) comfort - I was a little leery purchasing chairs without doing the sit test first, but I can honestly say these are great! 4) color - matches exactly what we needed and is a good "neutral" (the beige is a greyish beige). 5) looks - these look like they could have been $*** per chair and from a national lifestyle retailer, so what a great secret that they are not! Another fabulous find from overstock and I would recommend these chairs highly!
Purchased these chairs to go with a reclaimed wood table from **. The chairs look beautiful and are very comfortable. I am very happy that I bought them. I highly recommend them; you won't be disappointed.
I was so excited for these chairs to come, they look as pictured and are beautiful. With that said I must mention both chairs had some strings from the fabric poking out at the seam which I removed easily, but the nail head trim itself not tidy, the fabric was cut too short and the seam is frayed in several areas on both chairs. Also one of the chairs arrived with a few dirt stains on the seat (which came out with a spot washing). I love the look of these chairs (and it would be a huge hassle to return them), so I'm going to keep but buyer beware there is a lack of attention to detail in regards to the seams.
I was looking for elegant, but rustic style dining chairs. I was pleasantly surprised when I received them already together (NO ASSEMBLY REQUIRED!) and they are exactly what I expected. Very sturdy and comfortable.
A couple of years ago I ordered 2 of these chairs (beige w/silver studs)) for the ends of my rustic dining table. I liked them so much I decided to order 2 more. I was going to have 2 on each side of my table. When I ordered these latest 2, I neglected to notice that the upholstery was "tan" and the studs bronze. So I just put one of each at the ends and one of each on the sides. Both sets are neutral, so it worked out. That being said, these chairs are gorgeous and look especially good with a rustic or farmhouse table -- perfect for that farmhouse glam or rustic elegant French look that is so inviting. Great price and fast delivery. Overstock is the best!
These chairs are fabulous! I paired them with a distressed farm table and it looks stunning! If you're going for the "***** ***" look and don't want to pay those prices --- buy these chairs!
These chairs look perfect with my Pottery Barn harvest table and add a very elegant look to my french country decor. The chairs are surprisingly very comfortable and got the approval of my hubby. The quality of the chairs however is inconsistent. One chair wobbles and I suspect the legs are slightly uneven, also there are visible staples in the material on the side of a few chairs. Overall I am happy with the purchase and would give the chairs five stars if the quality of workmanship was better. For the money they look nice and are comfortable, hoping they hold up.
These chairs are perfectly beautiful and should be center stage on the Overstock web site. I have transformed my dining room without having to do a major overhaul by replacing two old chairs with two of these beautiful new ones. They arrived promptly. Carefully packaged, they needed no assembly. (Important to me because I would have to do that myself.) They fit into my eclectic décor elegantly, blending color and adding style. I love looking at them knowing they are probably the smartest purchases I have ever made! I searched for a very long time for chairs that would work in my dining room and of the dozens I have seen, these are the BEST!! My advice to anyone still deciding? Do not hesitate. Buy them!