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Zoleco's goal is to use the least amount of energy while achieving the best possible performance. The Eco Exotic Sports Car's aggressive curves make it look a bit like a retro spaceship, however this streamlined shape is the key to the vehicle's impressive fuel mileage. The car's drag coefficient is half that of an average small car, which results in an 82% reduction in fuel consumption without any changes to the engine. We've seen conventional car's remodeled to increase their fuel efficiency in the past (Aerocivic anyone?), but it's great to see a car built from the ground up for fuel efficiency. The Eco Exotic Sports Car will also take advantage of thermal energy recovery and regenerative braking to further increase its mileage. To top it all off, the vehicle's interior can comfortably seat four people, making it a practical vehicle for everyday use.
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Each year, it takes more than 300 people to produce the American Film Market, the world's largest motion picture trade event. Looking for a fun, challenging job? Come join the AFM staff! AFM 2015 will take place November 4 – 11, 2015.
Applications are now being accepted for the following positions:
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(Accounting, Registration, Screenings & Hotels)
Job Description: Data entry, filing, answering high volume of phone calls and responding to multiple e-mails. These administrative positions will assist in the Registration, Equipment, Screenings and Hotel departments.
Requirements: Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel and Outlook), and ability to quickly master new software. Must be energetic, detail-oriented, extremely organized and able to multi-task.
Duration: Positions start between June and September and end in November/December.
Job Description: Answering high volume of phone calls and transferring them to the proper departments; logging parking validations, supervising courier and messenger services and greeting guests.
Requirements: Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment. Being punctual, upbeat and energetic is key.
Duration: Positions start in September and October and end in November.
Application Procedure for the above positions: Fax or mail your resume now (indicating the position for which you are applying) to Portia McGrew, IFTA, 10850 Wilshire Blvd., 9th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024-4321. Fax: 310-446-1600. NO CALLS PLEASE!
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Job Description: Greeting attendees at the door of the theater, checking for proper badges and ensuring attendees are directed to their desired film. Checking for technical problems periodically during the screenings. Helping lost or confused guests. Putting up poster marquees, screening schedules and screening boards. Helping the theater coordinators with prints. Removing AFM signage after the screenings.
Requirements: Must be highly energetic, have a positive attitude and be enthusiastic about working with people. Good head for trouble shooting. Must also be proactive, a good listener and able to follow directions.
Duration: Positions start September/October and end in November.
Application procedure for Theater and Registration staff: Telephone Leah at ACT-I - 310-981-0111. Please specify that you are calling about AFM 2015. Note: You must be available for an interview in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.


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After the Versailles Treaty
Enforcement, Compliance, Contested Identities
Edited by Conan Fischer, Alan Sharp
Routledge – 2008 – 224 pages
Routledge – 2008 – 224 pages
Designed to secure a lasting peace between the Allies and Germany, the Versailles Settlement soon came apart at the seams. In After The Versailles Treaty an international team of historians examines the almost insuperable challenges facing victors and vanquished alike after the ravages of WW1.
This is not another diplomatic history, instead focusing on the practicalities of treaty enforcement and compliance as western Germany came under Allied occupation and as the reparations bill was presented to the defeated and bankrupt Germans. It covers issues such as:
This book was previously published as a special issue of Diplomacy and Statecraft
Introduction. High Politics. The Enforcement of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919–1923. Occupation. The British Zone of Occupation in the Rhineland. 'Hut ab', 'Promenade with Kamerade for Schokolade', and the Flying Dutchman: British Soldiers in the Rhineland, 1918–1929. French Policy in the Rhineland, 1919–1924. Reparations. The Reparations Debate. The Human Price of Reparations. Reparations in the Long Run: Studying the Lessons of History. Disarmament. Disarmament and Big Business: The Case of Krupp, 1918–1925. Making Disarmament Work: The Implementation of the International Disarmament Provisions in the League of Nations Covenant, 1919–1925. Self-Determination/Identities. From Lothringen to Lorraine: Expulsion and Voluntary Repatriation. The Versailles Settlement and Identity in French Flanders. 'The Sore which Would Never Heal': The Genesis of the Polish Corridor
Conan Fischer is Professor of European History at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. His publications include Stormtroopers: A Social, Economic and Ideological Analysis, 1929-35. (1983), The German Communists and the Rise of Nazism (1991),.The Rise of the Nazis (1995 & 2002), The Rise of National Socialism and the Working Classes in Weimar Germany (1996), and The Ruhr Crisis 1923-1924 ( 2003) . He is currently completing Europe between Democracy and Dictatorship; 1900-1945 (forthcoming 2008).
Alan Sharp is Professor of International Relations and Provost of the Coleraine campus of the University of Ulster. His publications include The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking in Paris 1919 (1991) – of which a new edition is appearing shortly,; Anglo-French Relations in the Twentieth Century: Rivalry and Cooperation (2000) - a collection of essays co-edited with Professor Glyn Stone and articles on various aspects of Lord Curzon's tenure of the Foreign Office and the career of Sir James Headlam-Morley.
Name: After the Versailles Treaty: Enforcement, Compliance, Contested Identities (Paperback) – Routledge
Description: Edited by Conan Fischer, Alan Sharp. Designed to secure a lasting peace between the Allies and Germany, the Versailles Settlement soon came apart at the seams. In After The Versailles Treaty an international team of historians examines the almost insuperable challenges facing victors and...
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1- I'm always on the hunt for products that can make my home a safer place to live.
2- I'm kind of lazy. For example, I'd much rather rip off the paper towel and throw it in the trash than dig through the drawer to find a cloth rag and then walk it back, over toys, with kiddos on each leg and a baby in the sling to throw said rag in the laundry basket.
Anything that can make my home safe, and is an easy "switch" for me gets points in my book.
Enter The CaliBowl! Check out those bowls! (By the way, fun gets bonus points!)
The CaliBowl bowls are BPA free and unbreakable (while being dishwasher and microwave safe), and come in bold colors (like Retro Aqua Blue and Sunflower Yellow) and amazing sizes (95oz bowl, anyone?!)
A neat thing about these bowls that set them apart from any other bowl out there is the wave-lip around the rim. I can hear you now, "Why does my bowl need a wave?" I didn't think my bowl did either, until my bowl did! This special wave keeps the yumminess (aka: food) on your chip or spoon (I apologize for these pictures - I am not a food photographer, and well, chili just isn't pretty!)
Here comes the first bite out of the bowl
We also purchased the Toddler bowls and while my boys, at ages 2 and 3.5, don't quite get how to utilize the wave to their advantage, they still love the bowls. The fact that it's made from safe materials makes me feel better about them using the bowls at meal times.
You can read about The CaliBowl philosophy, including their "Recycle-A-Bowl" program:
As an effort to eliminate all landfill contribution in line with Simple Wave's "Zero Landfill Policy", at the end of a product's life, participants will have the option to return the CaliBowl™ product to Simple Wave to be recycled into new product. In return the participant will receive a 20% discount on their entire subsequent order through the CaliBowl™ online store.
Sounds great to us!
I would eventually love to replace all our bowls with CaliBowls (in coordinating colors!)


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Petrino Texted With '08 Miss Bikini USA?
[Update: It has been revealed that Melder was not in fact 2008 Miss Bikini USA.]
In the last two weeks, Bobby Petrino has gone through a motorcycle crash, an affair with a 25-year-old assistant going public and losing his job as the head football coach at Arkansas. And now another bombshell has dropped on the embattled coach.
Deadspin reported on Thursday that Petrino, in addition to thousands of texts with former employee Jessica Dorrell, exchanged 200 text messages over a two-month period last fall with a 26-year-old woman named Alison Melder. That includes seven picture messages sent from Melder to Petrino (we can only imagine what those were of…).
[Related: Coaches Gone Wild: Biggest College Coaching Affair Scandals ft. Bobby Petrino]
Some intrepid reporting by Deadspin shows that Melder listed herself as the winner of "2008 Miss Bikini USA" and "Miss Motorcycle Mania." She has also had a cameo on the gossip website "The Dirty."
Melder is now listed as a senate assistant with the Republican Party of Arkansas living in Little Rock. Deadspin has reached out to Melder and if she goes public with claims of a relationship with Petrino, his nightmare might just be getting started.
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Seventeen-year-old Kaitlin Nicole Lawrence was named Miss Nursery Capital in the annual events held at Warren County High School Saturday. Kaitlin is the daughter of David and Dena Upton. She also was named Most Photogenic, received prettiest smile and best dress accolades.
Miss Nursery Capital royal court members include Katie Sue Haggard, first runner-up, daughter of David and Vicki Haggard; Kelsey Taylor Lawrence, second runner-up and prettiest eyes, daughter of David and Dena Upton; and Meagan Renee Sandlin, third runner-up, and daughter of Kevin and Kim Sandlin.
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It's been 15 years since my father died, so the pain that rolls around every Father's Day is more like a phantom limb. You know it's there, you feel it there, you find yourself wincing from the injury sometimes, but the fact of the matter is it's invisible, it's gone, it's there and not there at the same time.
My father was a writer. Before blogs. Before everyone was on the internet. He wrote books. About men who wrote books. And then he wrote a book about a painter. Many of my childhood memories feature my father as a writer. In the porch that had been converted into a study. Hunched over a typewriter. His mind lost in words.
I didn't really become a writer in my own mind until my father died. When he was alive, his shadow was so long, I feared I could never outrun it. After he died, I saw a chance for myself, that maybe there was room for me to walk in his shoes. Of course, his presence remained. I was haunted. I was the prodigal son who had returned too late.
My grandmother wanted me to be a boy. She knit me blue outfits before I was born. I wasn't a boy, though. I was a girl. As a child, I idolized my father. I didn't want to be me, I wanted to be him, and years later I would pick up his life. Now I spend my days at a keyboard. I am a writer. This is the anxiety of my influence.
In 1994, my father wrote an essay for the New York Times Book Review: "Terminating Mark Rothko: Biography Is Mourning in Reverse." Ostensibly, it was about my father's biography of Abstract Expressionist painter Mark Rothko. Really, it was about my father's relationship to my grandfather. How sometimes writing, especially biographies, is like an attempt to bring someone back to life. How, in most cases, that person isn't really the subject of your biography. It's someone closer to you. Like your own father.
Yet, even now, 40 years after my father's death, I am, in my dreams (as in my biography of Mark Rothko), still trying to breath the life back into him (or his substitute) — as if a biographer were a paramedic administering decade after decade of CPR to a patient he refuses to admit he has lost." — from "Terminating Mark Rothko"
In his essay, my father suggests this act is always doomed to fail. That you can't really bring people back to life. Not even if you spend a decade researching this person, and writing about this person, and produce a book with so many footnotes a reviewer makes fun of you for it. In the end, the person is still dead. Their story is so many words on a page.
But, my father writes, there is hope. It's the idea that by trying, you are doing something miraculous. That when you go about writing about a dead person, you will never make that person live again, but you tried to bring them back to life. And because you tried, or in the act of trying, some piece of that person that's inside of you comes back to life. In this way, the person lives again, in you, in the story, in those who read it.


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The "good" news first: The death toll from the shooting at Utoya and the bombing in Oslo has been revised down, from 93 to 76 — which is still, obviously, horrible. According to the AP, a police spokesman said the "higher, erroneous figure emerged as police and rescuers were focusing on helping survivors and securing the area, but he did not immediately explain more about how the overcounting occurred." Norwegian police: Not doing a great job so far.
The bad news: Anders Breivik may have accomplices, or at least allies, that have yet to be discovered and detained. According to a Norweigan judge, "The accused has made statements today that require further investigation, including that 'there are two more cells in our organization.'"
Norway rampage culprit calm, expects life in jail [AP]
Norway to probe 'more cells' in suspect's extremist group [On Deadline/USAT]


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Working to cut UK carbon emissions, it's easy to forget the effect that moves on the continent have on making our homes greener.
We're ahead of the game in phasing out old, inefficient light bulbs, thanks to a voluntary agreement between UK retailers that they will stop selling standard bulbs in line with an agreed timetable.
But for those lagging behind, the EU has produced a new cartoon extolling the virtues of the latest generation of energy efficient lighting in line with its compulsory phase-out.
While it would be sensible to take the 'buy bulbs – turn into superhero' message with a note of caution, it seems an excellent way of eliciting a bit of parental pester power from energy-aware children. After all, modern energy saving light bulbs last up to 10 times longer than ordinary bulbs, and using one can save you around £45 over the lifetime of the bulb.
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Perhaps inspired by the 9,000-plus people who've signed up to generate their own energy under the Feed-in Tariff scheme, now even Barack Obama's installing microgeneration at home. Though it's up for debate whether it counts as 'micro' when your home is the White House.
A quarter of a century after Jimmy Carter's solar panels were removed by Ronald Reagan, Solar PV and thermal panels will be installed on the White House roof in spring 2011. That's serious south-facing roof space.
The nature of the technology being installed is still to be confirmed, but it could be assumed that, if an incentive like the UK's Feed-in Tariffs came into force in the States, the Obamas would be reaping rich rewards.
But while he's boiling the kettle for his morning solar-fuelled coffee, the President may well be deep in thought about the challenges he's facing in trying to push through legislation on sustainability. A climate bill to cap emissions was dropped earlier this year, but efforts are ongoing to push through a renewable energy standard that would require utilities to source three per cent of their energy from green sources such as wind and solar power by 2012.
With this in mind, alternative energy advocate and writer Bill McKibben was cautiously pleased: 'It's great news…he listened to the American people, who clearly want far more progress on energy than a paralysed congress has provided. We'd rather have a climate bill, but under the circumstances it's a great win.'
It's unknown whether further presidential inspiration came from Prince Charles, who recently set about installing a 4000kWh a year solar panel system on Clarence House. Our data team have calculated that Charles would receive up to £1,900 a year from the Feed-in Tariff and from the money saved off his electricity bill – while also reducing his CO2 emission by 2.2 tonnes.
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Scotland's world-leading carbon-emission-reduction target (no less than 42 per cent by 2020) just got a bit more achievable: on Wednesday the first national target on energy efficiency was set, as part of the first Scottish Energy Efficiency Action Plan.
Existing commitments by the Scottish Government already include an ambitious aim to generate, within the next decade, 80 per cent of Scottish electricity from renewable energy. The new plan aims to reduce total energy consumption by 12 per cent in that time, which will mean less energy to generate.
Mike Thornton, Director of the Energy Saving Trust in Scotland, commented:
"Setting a target for maximum energy consumption is encouragingly ambitious and we also welcome the Scottish Government's commitment to energy efficiency as a cost-effective contribution to meeting climate change targets. We will continue to help Scottish consumers stop wasting energy and save money on fuel bills by providing free and impartial advice through the network of Energy Saving Scotland Advice Centres which we manage on behalf of the Scottish Government.
"This network already reaches more than 250,000 households each year and we look forward to it making a significant contribution to achieving Scotland's new energy efficiency targets."
First Minister Alex Salmond said:
"Today's Action Plan reaffirms our ambitious energy efficiency and microgeneration agenda for Scotland. It will play a key part in meeting our world-leading climate change targets and in so doing create employment, promote new technologies, reduce costs for consumers and secure wider economic benefits from the transition to a low carbon economy."
Along with the launch of the plan, the Scottish Government also announced its new Universal Home Insulation Scheme, a £10 million programme to support new area-based, free-to-all energy efficiency schemes, delivered by local authorities. Around 100,000 homes across Scotland will be contacted with advice on energy efficiency measures and offered the opportunity to participate. This is in addition to last month's announcement of £15 million for the Home Insulation Scheme – delivered by the Energy Saving Trust – which offers householders a mix of free and discounted energy-saving measures, according to income.
42 per cent carbon-emission reductions by 2020? 80 per cent renewable energy by 2020? 12 per cent less energy consumed by 2020? It's a 'triple 20' that could save an estimated £2 billion by 2020, through smaller energy bills – and investment in energy efficiency over that period could directly support around 10,000 jobs.
That can only be good news.
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Dom Pérignon is having a shave in an attempt to reduce CO2.
Of course, those with knowledge of the finer things in life may be raising eyebrows at the thought of the 17th-century monk making a 21st-century appearance in the name of grooming. But the shave in this case is happening to the glass bottles that bear his name.
The legendary cellar master at the Benedictine Abbey in Hautvillers thickened the champagne bottle over 300 years ago (along with other innovations) to quell the rash of explosions that gave bubbly the unfortunate nickname, 'the devil's wine'.
Now, in the name of reducing the champagne industry's carbon footprint, technological developments are enabling the trade to safely slim back. The move comes in response to a study of champagne's carbon footprint in 2003, and will cut the company's carbon dioxide output by 8,000 metric tons a year – equivalent to taking 4,000 small cars off the road.
The industry aims to cut 25 percent of its CO2 emissions by 2020 and 75 percent by 2050, and 65 grams – just over seven percent – will be shaved off this 'green bottle'. Big names including Veuve Cliquot, and Dom Pérignon's parent company Moët & Chandon, have already switched to the new bottles, although they are currently still under fermentation; other brands are still deliberating.
Of course, there are even lighter alternatives; many wine producers are using plastic bottles and box containers to reduce their carbon footprint. Could it be argued that, if Dom Pérignon truly wanted to reduce its carbon impact, they should stop using energy-intensive glass altogether? Would the innovating monk approve? Or is the tradition of the iconic bottle too valuable to lose?
With the brands beloved of society high-flyers and rap stars the world over taking a serious look at their carbon emissions, one might say this is the ultimate in eco-bling.
Jay-Z and Usher: Green pioneers?
Feed-In Tariffs are here now, but are they just another way in which the middle classes can use their houses to generate cash? Not necessarily: we're involved in a project that shows the real social potential of Feed-in Tariffs.
We recently received funding from the Technology Strategy Board to trial a system that will enable people who are in fuel poverty – that is, who spend 10 per cent or more of their disposable income on fuel – to get involved with Feed-in Tariffs.
The project – SHIMMER – will provide low-income, fuel-poor households with solar photovoltaic panels, and pay for the kit with the revenue generated by Feed-in Tariffs.
The solar panels are likely to generate more electricity than is needed by the household, so those taking part will be able to make a bit of money if they are careful with their energy use. Any energy left over after repayments on the solar panels will be sold to the national grid, and under the Feed-In Tariffs the money will be paid into a PayPal account, for them to spend on other things.
To help people with this, we – along with partners London Rebuilding Society and Easy Town – are giving participants smart energy management tools so they can monitor the energy they use in their homes on their phone or computer.
So: free fuel (reducing their fuel poverty), detailed control of their energy use, greater disposable income and a stake in the low-carbon economy.
Now, that IS gold!
Our first households will be getting their kit installed soon. Stay tuned to see how they get on.
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It's been a week of good broadcast coverage for our expert spokespeople. You can hear Harry Mayers from Energy Saving Trust Scotland giving energy tips in the home on BBC Radio Scotland show MacAuley and Co here
Keep your eyes peeled for Sarah Compo from our London office talking solar panels on The One Show in the next couple of weeks...
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The UK's first solar farm has been granted planning permission, and it is hoped that it will produce £462,000 a year from the Feed-in Tariff incentive.
35 Degrees, a Slough-based company, is planning to build the 1.5-megawatt peak capacity farm at the former Wheal Jane tin mine, near Truro in Cornwall. The plan is ambitious: there are plans for some 5,760 panels, standing in frames two metres above the ground, at a cost of £4 million.
Even though this is the first largest-scale solar farm to be built, planning permission was granted a mere 13 weeks after the application was made – fast by any standards. This nicely highlights the importance of local authorities in smoothing the path of a renewable future.
It's not all sunshine though; there are potential problems that could result from light reflection, and numerous reports will have to be submitted to show how these problems will be mitigated.
There could be another issue: how will people take to solar panels on the landscape? Some people view wind turbines as being not aesthetically pleasing, and indeed the world's largest windfarm has just been sited offshore. Will solar panels en masse prove any more acceptable to the public?
There is one school of thought that views solar panels and other renewables as things of beauty – even as art – so perhaps these solar farms might even become desirable landmarks in the unused 'back yards' of the UK.
This question could also just be one of familiarity. Some argue that electricity power lines are ugly, but that because we are used to them we rarely complain. Indeed, in the children's book The Iron Man, by the poet Ted Hughes, an electricity pylon becomes a magical live being for a little boy; the animated film The Iron Giant, based on it, was very popular and sparked no protests against pylons.
One thing is for sure, one way or the other: this solar farm in Cornwall is just the start. With a target of producing 15% of our energy through renewables by 2020, we are going to have plenty of chance to get used to renewable energy on our doorstep.
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Anyone with at least a passing interest in energy efficiency who read Thursday's Guardian may have had their interest piqued perhaps more than usual by the supplement slipped between the paper's sections.
The Energy Saving Trust was high profile in Energy Solutions, which took a broad look at various elements of sustainable homes and products – our Chief Executive Philip Sellwood even providing the introduction.
"Energy prices are rising, so we have to become more self-sufficient; not only through simply using less energy in the first place, but also by selecting the most efficient appliances and products, and even becoming energy generators in our own homes through cash incentive schemes like feed-in tariffs," said Philip.
The supplement also featured our very own Peter Bromage giving insight into the workings of the Energy Saving Trust Recommended (ESTR) scheme: "because of improving technologies, a product that is ESTR today may not pass muster in two years' time. But that's a healthy progression. It means we're constantly reviewing our standards to ensure the consumer is getting the best value for money."Remaining on the money theme, Philip discussed the potential economic advantages of a shift to a more energy-savvy economy. While he stated that "a little investment now can make a big difference in the future," he added that steps must clearly be in place make sure barriers to people joining the 'green economy' are tackled.
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One of our Energy Doctors Sarah Compo participated in a lengthy chat on Radio 5 Live's Gabby Logan Show today about the consumer issues around installing renewable technologies in your home. You can catch it here
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How do we know he's not Mel Torme?
The choice between "Dunn to arb for a one year contract or draft picks" is non-existent.
The decision was "Trade Dunn for players soon-to-contribute to a MLB roster or wait and get draft picks."
The latter was the decision you had to make. The first was never on the table.
"This isnt stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
Offering Dunn arbitration would have been a "no-lose" proposition for the Reds for the 2009 season. Worst case, you pay a potentially-tradeable player what he's worth and, best case, you have an extemely productive player signed at market value. Should Dunn decline arbitration this year, then you have the draft picks as compensation.
The only way this deal works out is if the Reds recieved a haul that is obviously more than what the comp picks would project.
"The problem with strikeouts isn't that they hurt your team, it's that they hurt your feelings..." --Rob Neyer
"The single most important thing for a hitter is to get a good pitch to hit. A good hitter can hit a pitch thats over the plate three times better than a great hitter with a ball in a tough spot.
--Ted Williams
Totally flabbergasted! And I don't understand why I feel this way because I felt Dunn was gone when I saw no efforts being made by this FO - other then a lot of "double speak" and PR saying how much they'd like to retain Dunn, and if you let him go you have to replace him.
I guess Bob has changed his position on win now. Because if they are going into a full rebuild mode, then what do they have to rebuild with? If they are going the youth route, then what young talent do they have in the farm system, that isn't still in the developmental (unproven) stage, that they are going to exercise such confidence in at the ML level?
I would really like to know WHO they are now counting on, going into the '09 season to fill some of these voids IF Castellini/Jocketty aren't going to go into the market in the off-season and try to acquire SOME of those needs?
And I'm hoping that is what they are going to do.
I had no problem with the Ross (Hanigan) move.
But what is our OF now going to look like in the '09 season? There has to be some sort of acquisition made. Please tell me there will be Walt! They can't be thinking of utilizing guys like Hairston, Dickerson, and possibly Freel, in addition to Bruce? Can they?
Then I think of who is advising Walt.... Dusty and now Bavasi.
I have not lost faith in Jocketty with this move. Just sorely disappointed. Because if he is going to tear down this current team, which obviously wasn't going anywhere, then he'd better be willing to dump a few other players too before the end of the season. Take what he can get (just like he just did). He can't stop with an Adam Dunn.
So we are now back to an addage mentioned earlier, but with a different name inserted... "Tear it done Walt, and make it yours."
"panic" only comes from having real expectations
It's hard to correctly analyze this trade without correctly knowing who the 2 PTBNLs are. I have always been a fan of what Dunn can do for the Reds(OBP, HR, 90+RBI), and I didn't want him traded without someone coming back who can replace this production. I did hope the Reds would end up signing him to an extension, but it may be that it was not possible. The Reds clearly are rebuilding for the future, and I think is clearly a sad day for Cincinnati and the Reds.
Most comp picks don't make it.The only way this deal works out is if the Reds recieved a haul that is obviously more than what the comp picks would project.
"Baseball is a very, very complex business. It's more of a people business than most businesses." - Bob Castellini
Well, I'm pleased with the Red's move. Although I was about 99% sure both sides knew they were parting after the season, it's good to eliminate that percentage. It's not that Dunn wasn't valuable, (his offense outweighed his defense) but 13-15 million a year is simply a luxury the Reds can't afford. It's all about the best allocation of payroll.
So here's hoping the Reds spend the Griffey/Dunn money on some 4-5 million dollar free agents and not some 12-15 million pitcher that we'll be trying to dump in 2 years.
The lowest acceptable payroll amount for ownership to show they are not greedy pigs is 15 million more than they are currently paying. No matter what that currently is.
The more I think about it the Whitesell kid could have issues which would make him a AAAA type player. One thing Jim Bowden knows is offensive players and wouldn't simply waive one of them especially at a position where Nick Johnson can't stay healthy and Dmitri Young is going to eat himself out of baseball soon enough. And now JoJo is stating that he has heard this kid isn't that good defensively, is that correct JoJo?
Which now leaves Brito and Castillo. This Castillo couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat so that leaves Brito. Also we know that it's extremely unlikely that we pryed Max Scherzer away for more than one reason the best of which is he ain't gonna clear waivers. Trent says a starter but fails to name Vazquez who has mostly started the past few seasons but names Peguero who hasn't started a game in over 4 years.
Owings/Buck/Brito is your trade folks, just speculation but it's the only deal that makes any sense for me.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Again, this Dunn accepting Reds' arb offer is a fantasy on the level of: Cincinnati Reds--Central Division Champions.
Choose: Diamondbacks' offer or comp picks.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Hoosiers earned three more spots in the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa on the final day of the NCAA East Preliminary Round, bringing its total to 11 entries and 13 individuals. IU got a very impressive performance in the 4x100m relay from Tyler Sult, Kind Butler, Chris Vaughn and Devin Pipkin and then saw Ben Hubers and Andrew Poore punch their tickets in the 5,000.
Sult, Butler, Vaughn and Pipkin provided a lot of excitement for the home crowd, running their best time of the season to win their heat in 39.68. The times is just .06 off the school record. With the win, they earned an automatic spot in the national meet, becoming IU's first national qualifier in the event since 1992. The Hoosiers bettered Mississippi State in their heat by .19 for the win.
Hubers and Poore took fourth and fifth in their heat of the 5,000 meters to earn automatic bids to Des Moines. Hubers finished in 14:08.30 and Poore in 14:09.37 to advance to the NCAA Outdoor meet for the second straight year in the event. For Poore, it was his second-straight day advancing, as he advanced in the steeplechase on Friday.
Paul Haas advanced to the finals of the men's discus, but finished just shy of a trip to nationals, taking 16th with a throw of 53.57m (175-9).
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There were no meat and vegetable deliveries this week because of problems with roads and electricity.
Out back is a vegetable and flower garden with beehives from which the family collects their own honey.
"How lovely to be a vegetable," he croons, quite impressively.
c.1400, "living and growing as a plant," from Old French vegetable "living, fit to live," from Medieval Latin vegetabilis "growing, flourishing," from Late Latin vegetabilis "animating, enlivening," from Latin vegetare "to enliven," from vegetus "vigorous, active," from vegere "to be alive, active, to quicken," from PIE *weg- "be strong, lively," related to watch (v.), vigor, velocity, and possibly witch (see vigil). The meaning "resembling that of a vegetable, dull, uneventful" is attested from 1854 (see vegetable (n.)).
mid-15c., originally any plant, from vegetable (adj.); specific sense of "plant cultivated for food, edible herb or root" is first recorded 1767. Meaning "person who leads a monotonous life" is recorded from 1921.
Slang shortening veggie first recorded 1955. The Old English word was wyrt (see wort). The commonest source of words for vegetables in Indo-European languages are derivatives of words for "green" or "growing" (cf. Italian, Spanish verdura, Irish glasraidh, Danish grøntsager). For a different association, cf. Greek lakhana, related to lakhaino "to dig."
vegetable veg·e·ta·ble (věj'tə-bəl, věj'ĭ-tə-)
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Education loan is not only beneficial to pursue higher studies but also one can avail tax benefit under 80E of Income tax act. Only an individual is eligible for tax deduction not a Hindu Undivided Family.
Education loan can be availed for spouse, children and yourself. Loan can be availed to study in India as well as in abroad.
An individual can claim deduction on the interest on loan taken by him from any financial institution or any approved charitable institution for the purpose of pursuing his higher education.
"Higher education" means full-time studies for any graduate or post-graduate course in engineering, medicine, management or for post-graduate course in applied sciences or pure sciences including mathe-matics and statistics.
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- Here, you get a deduction for the interest paid during the year for that particular year. Tax benefit is only for interest paid not on the principal amount.
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Grand Rapids, MN – Lake Country Power line crews continue to work to restore power throughout the Grand Rapids and Kettle River service areas. 7,000 Lake Country Power members were without power Friday morning, and nearly 1,600 are still without power.
Most of the outages in the Grand Rapids service area have been repaired, with a few scattered outages remaining. Areas near Kettle River were hit the hardest by last night's storm and winds.
Line crews will remain working into the evening until there is full restoration in all affected areas.
The majority of the outages are related to a transmission line issue that has cut power to Lake Country Power's Crooked Lake Substation and Nashwauk Substation.
Lake Country Power line crews will remain working to restore service as quickly and safely as possible.
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Elizabeth Blackburn is launching a commercial genetic test that measures DNA markers of ageing – what can we learn from it?
Your test measures telomere shortening, a marker of biological ageing. What can this tell us?
Telomeres are stretches of DNA at the ends of chromosomes that protect them against degradation. Checking your telomere length is a bit like weighing yourself: you get this single number which depends on a lot of factors. Telomere length gives a sense of your underlying health. We see telomere shortening in diseases of ageing - like heart disease and cancer.
What evidence is there to support health predictions based on telomere length?
In 2004, results from a study that I worked on with colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, linked chronic stress to shortening of telomeres. Chronic stress is also associated with a higher risk of heart disease. Bone marrow failure is also associated with short telomeres. If a test showed you had telomere shortening, it would be a red flag suggesting you should take a look at possible risk factors.
Can people do anything to prevent telomere shortening?
It looks like you can, by changing your lifestyle. Observational studies show that exercise, nutritional supplements and reducing psychological stress can help. Chronic high stress and smoking can lead to accelerated telomere shortening.
What made you decide to help launch the company Telome Health, which is selling a test for telomere length?
There was a lot of interest from the research community and also from individuals. We had a cost-effective assay in our lab which we transferred to a company to provide as a service. We are running a study called "Know your telomeres". The goal is to learn more about telomere length and other markers of ageing, how best to measure these markers, how they are related to health and lifestyle, and how people respond to learning their own telomere length results. People were pounding down the doors to enrol.
Is this another step on the road to commercialised personal genetic testing?
Right now, the company only offers the tests as a part of research studies. Tests for the public, through their physician, will go on sale later in the year, costing under $200.
What exactly does the telomere test entail?
It is like a cholesterol test. We can take a measurement from blood samples, cheek swabs or saliva. Specifically, we measure the telomere length in white blood cells. Cells from the immune system act a bit like a report card, an indicator for all kinds of conditions.
Have you made any lifestyle changes based on the results of your research?
I've learned a meditation technique. I exercise as often as I can. Walking is good too.
Elizabeth Blackburn is a professor of biology and physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, where she investigates telomeres and their links to human health. In 2009 she shared a Nobel prize for her work
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The Never-Ending Fruit Bowl: Fruit Bowl '128'
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SEMdesign designed this modern fruit bowl to "never look empty."
Fruit bowl '128,' is handcrafted by gluing together layers of recycled cardboard or plywood. The different levels present a way to play with pieces of fruit and the space within the bowl. By placing one piece of fruit on the "top shelf" of the bowl, an appearance of fullness is created. The images below show the bowl in cardboard and wood. It's neat to see the differences and similarities between the two in construction.
I'm not sure about the "never look empty" idea, but I do like the form of and shapes within the fruit bowl. The constructed bowl is water and dirt repellent and made in Holland.
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Cardiff Blues have revealed that scrum-half Lloyd Williams will be out of action for around four weeks following a knee injury suffered against the Ospreys over the weekend.
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Uncapped Webb has replaced the injured Lloyd Williams on the Wales bench for the RBS Six Nations clash against Italy.
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Despite being the son of a former Wales and Lions scrum-half, Lloyd Williams prefers to take his advice from his fellow squad members.
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Literotica (a portmanteau of Literature and Erotica) is a free erotic fiction website. It allows any user to register as an author and submit stories and has over a million registered users as of April 2010[update]. Amateur authors contribute stories, poems, essays, illustrated stories and audio stories in a variety of categories. As of April 2008[update] there were more than 299,000 erotic stories posted. Ant.com ranks the website as the 361st most popular on the internet as of April 9, 2011.[2] Literotica, a United States based web site, receives 43.6% of its web traffic from the United States. According to alexa.com, other countries with a notable share of the site's web traffic are India with 9.2%, Germany with 8.1%, the United Kingdom with 5.8%, and Canada with 4.4%.[1]
Story submission[edit]
Literotica was amongst the first adult sites to be open to story creators, quickly having replaced the usenet erotic story sections. Its few rules prohibit stories about paedophilia and bestiality (except fantasy creatures like dragons and unicorns), and it is mostly aimed towards amateur writers and readers who prefer the (largely) image-free environment.[3] Stories submitted include short, one-off stories, chain-stories written in collaboration with other authors, and entire novels submitted in a "chapter-by-chapter" mode.[3]
The stories themselves are categorized into various themes, and there are also categories for stories with pictures and stories with audio.
Message boards[edit]
Literotica's message boards account for only 6% of literotica's web traffic. (Alexa.com, 2008) However, this forum has over 1,140,000 registered members as of April 2010. There are 23 forums in which users can participate; 16 English speaking and seven non-English language boards.
Inside Literotica's message boards are many different forums from which users can choose one or all forums to frequent. These deal with topics such as Amateur Pictures, the Author's Hangout, Roleplaying, Poetry Feedback & Discussion, and Sexual Roleplaying, as well as the unmoderated General Board. There is also a How-To forum and a place for writers to seek advice, and also BDSM and LGBT sections. Literotica's forum is popular and comfortable for people who want to enjoy erotic activities with the anonymity the internet provides.
Members of the message boards, also known as 'Literoticans', 'Litizens' or 'Litsters', sometimes meet in what are known as 'Litogethers.' This is where members from particular areas plan an event, in order to socialize with others they have formed friendships with online.
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The site also provides a series of chat rooms. Originally this was through DigiChat's Java client software, but because of continued cyber attacks, this has moved to a Flash-based client. The new system is generally considered less user-friendly and intuitive than "the old Lit," but has some features the older version lacked. Chat registration is free and users are able to create their own public or password protected private rooms, that are similar to the old Yahoo Chat rooms. Chat rooms are moderated and the discussion of certain themes will lead to users being banned from the system.
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The site has also published collections of stories under a "Best of" banner, and makes income through ad sales, and links to webcam, adult video on demand, and an online adult store.
CHYOA is a sister site of Literotica. Like Literotica, users are allowed to post their own stories. The difference is that after a story is created, other users can add other threads expanding the story in a different direction, such as in a choose your own adventure book.
This site has 18 sections to post stories under including: Erotic Couplings, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Gay Male, Fan Fiction, and even includes Non-English and Non-Erotic sections.
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> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 10:02:50PM -0800, Harry S wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:46:08PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> > >
> > > I've got a busted PC power supply, and I don't really think that
> > > dumping it in the local trash bin is a good/environmental idea.
> > >
> > > Where can I rid myself of it, where it'll be disposed of properly,
> > > or recycled?
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> > I doubt that most people give it any thought when they dump their old
> > computer and monitor in the trash bin. I expect lead from monitors, old
> > computers and even old cell phones will be a big waste problem soon --
> > maybe they already are.
> Actually, lead in monitors is pretty much all in the glass in front.
> Part of the government's nuclear waste storage plan involves mixing the
> radioactive waste into molten glass in order to make it chemically
> unavailable to the environment. With that in mind, I'd say that leaded
> glass is not at all a problem.
This ignores the fact that CRT's disposed of in landfills are almost
certain to be crushed in the compaction phase, thereby increasing the
surface-area-to-volume ratio drastically.
See http://www.enveng.ufl.edu/homepp/townsend/Research/CRT/CRTDec99.pdf
> Now, hazardous materials in capacitors, PCBs, ICs, etc. are a problem;
> I'm not denying that, just the bit about leaded glass.
Well, skepticism is a good thing, but so is peer review.
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2015 Tony Awards: Who will win?
The 69th annual Tony Awards ceremony (airing this Sunday on CBS at 8pm EST) looks to be a fairly unpredictable one—the 2015 contenders should be genuflecting to the theater gods that Hamilton decided to wait to hit Broadway until next season, where the evening is likely to be a foregone conclusion. But this year? Not so easy. Could the beloved Kelli O'Hara end her Susan Lucci-like Tonys course and defeat cohost Kristin Chenoweth? Will the dramatic acting categories be completely overtaken by Brits?Read Full Story
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Hubert said that another possibility was we could replay our own lives. And by doing so make certain changes, just to see what would happen. Hubert based this on his theory that the past cannot disappear into nothingness because nothingness cannot exist. So the entire past is out there somewhere. Probably contained within UCI's more than ample frame. For example, by reliving these past "games of life" we could rectify mistakes. Of course, at the level of player we'd have no memory of what had happened in our previous game. However, at a higher level of consciousness these memories would remain. And we'd be able to tap into them in a very limited way. Either consciously or unconsciously. So when we came to a crisis point we'd have one of those "hunches" about what to do next. Not all hunches would be correct. UCI needs to know everything that can go wrong as well as right. This would explain the phenomena known as déjà vu. It would also explain cases of precognition.
As for the question of good and evil, Hubert said UCI could have created a Shangri-la...a Utopia where nothing bad ever happened. But just imagine how boring that would be? "No, said Hubert, "Like it or not, in this VTR there's a constant struggle between the forces of good and evil. Some of us play the good guys, others play the bad guys. Just like in those computer games."
"Wait a minute!" I cried. "This theory of yours is just another form of creationism!"
"Of our own creation," Hubert replied. "This is what we're collectively dreaming. Not the piddling little individual dreams we have. The ones no one else can see. But the dream of an infinite amount of conscious intelligence."
"Okay, Mister Cleverclogs," I said. "What about evolution? Some scientists reckon that's proof against creationism."
"I imagine a computer can be programmed to emulate a process of evolution similar to the one you're talking about. So UCI would have no problem at all dreaming something like that up. And why? Because it's a perfect way to create a whole range of different species. Some of who will survive, others won't. Evolution is blind because it's meant to be blind."
I still looked sceptical, so Hubert asked me to imagine how evolution came about. Surely not as a result of evolution itself. Because there are far better ways of doing it. "Survival of the fittest," said Hubert. "And there are far fitter ways of doing it than to resort to evolution which is both time consuming and wasteful."
"It came about by pure chance."
"And how did pure chance come about?" asked Hubert with an impish grin. "Surely not by pure chance itself. And what is pure chance? It merely refers to something that cannot be explained. But if you had infinite knowledge pure chance would cease to exist. And so would coincidence. Everything could be explained."
"But we don't have infinite knowledge," I said. "You might, but I don't."
Hubert ignored my feeble effort at sarcasm. "But infinite knowledge is theoretically possible. That means it's theoretically possible pure chance doesn't exist. Or maybe it's our imperfect language that's at fault. And the term "pure chance" is flawed."
We were getting into deep water again. Far deeper that I liked. "I've just had a thought," I said.
"I hope it hasn't done any permanent damage," observed Hubert.
"These life games we play," I said. "Where we take on specific roles. Do we have any choice in those roles? After all, I'd hate to take on the role of some character who comes to a nasty end. And if we had no choice, that could imply we don't have any free will."
"Ah," said Hubert. "But if you believed you had free will you could fool yourself into thinking you did. And how do you prove it? You can't. At least not at this level. So the question is irrelevant. If I were to kick you in the goolies, I could say I was programmed to do that or I could say I did it just for the hell of it. The point is, free will or not, you'd still be writhing in agony."
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Henrique pleased to be handed Seleção opportunity against Panama
Napoli defender Henrique has expressed his delight at being handed an opportunity in yesterdays friendly match against Panama.
The Brazilian was subbed on for David Luiz in the 70th minute as Seleção cruised to a comfortable 4-0 victory.
And though the 27-year-old wasn't called upon too many times, he put in a solid cameo performance to remind Luiz Felipe Scolari that he is more than capable of stepping up should he be required.
Henrique told SporTV: "Everyone has that will and I thank God I had this opportunity.
"We have to be quiet, have a walk ahead, it has been a long and hard fight, it is important to be able to come in and help Seleção."
Brazil were expected to defeat Panama easily and though they achieved that, Henrique still thinks they can improve.
He concluded: "Brazil is to be congratulated, we are on the right path now but we need to improve a few things."
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Francisco Gimenez is a cofounder and the chief executive officer of eSalon. Megan E. Doherty
The UpTake: Women have been coloring their hair the same old way for a long time, but the techie founders behind eSalon want to change that and they're going after drugstore shoppers and salon lovers alike.
Hair salons don't care much for tech entrepreneur Francisco Gimenez and he understands completely. After all, his company is the reason women are cheating on their stylists.
Gimenez is the chief executive officer of eSalon, a three-year-old subscription e-commerce site based in Culver City, California, whose hair-coloring competition is starting to pay attention. Its promise: customized home hair color ordered online and delivered with your name on the bottle that has the same low-cost benefits of dyeing your hair at home, but with the custom blends similar to the salon.
"The fact that [salons are] so upset about what we do kind of validates that were doing something that resembles what the salon stylist will do," Gimenez told Upstart Business Journal during a recent visit to New York. The company, which has patent-pending technology on its hair dye mixing machinery, sold 400,000 custom blended applications of hair color over the last three years, and is poised to sell the same over the next six months, with $10 million in anticipated 2013 revenues, Gimenez says.
The main target for eSalon.com is women in their 40s who are going gray and already dye their hair at home, but are looking for a better option. But it is also looking to grab business from salon-goers seeking less expensive touch-ups. For $19.95 a month, eSalon users can choose how frequently they want a new batch of dye delivered depending on how frequently they need to cover gray strays.
Although the company's color director is an expert colorist who worked at salons in New York and Paris, the founders are techies: Gimenez and three other men who sold their previous venture, the comparison shopping search engine Pricegrabber.com, for $485 million in 2005.
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WORCESTER, Mass. - Tara Welch (New Boston, N.H.) scored two and had one assist, Kristin Schulz (Fairfield, Conn.) had a goal and an assist and Susie Whelan (Acton, Mass.) added a goal as the Holy Cross field hockey team won their Patriot League opener 4-1 against Lafayette Saturday at the Hart Turf Field.
Senior Whelan scored the first goal of the game and the only goal in the first half on a penalty shot at 22:21. This was Whelan's second goal of the season and her seventh of her career as a defender.
Sophomore goalkeeper, Erin Singleton (Amesbury, Mass.) had four saves in the first half and did not allow the Leopards to score for 59 minutes.
The Crusaders scored their other three goals in the second half. The first one came from Welch on an assist from Sara O'Coin (Worcester, Mass.). Then Welch turned around and gave the ball to sophomore Schulz for her second goal of the season.
Lafayette scored at 59:05 when Maggie Condon (Lake Bluff, Ill.) tapped in a ball from Maggie DeFilippo (Far Hills, N.J.) right in front of the goal.
Welch scored her second goal of the game only seconds later off an assist from Schultz. Welch leads the Crusaders with 11 goals and three assists.
Holy Cross improves to 7-3 overall and 1-0 in league play as they continue their winning streak with five straight wins. Lafayette drops to 1-8 overall and 0-1 in the conference.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- An attorney representing one of the two Texas football players suspended before the Alamo Bowl says a sexual assault allegation against his client is "completely false." Perry Minton says in a written statement that linebacker Jordan Hicks "vehemently asserts" that the conduct under investigation by San Antonio police was "consensual by everyone involved." Texas coach Mack Brown suspended two unidentified players last Friday. The suspensions followed a San Antonio television station's report that police were investigating two UT players -- also unnamed -- for alleged sexual assault. A person with knowledge of the suspensions told The Associated Press that Hicks and quarterback Case McCoy were the players. A police report says a 21-year-old woman accused two unnamed students of assaulting her early Friday morning at a downtown hotel.
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- 15970 POINTSBob VineyardPROFounder, Georgia Medicare Plans, Atlanta,GAIn some situations you are allowed to deduct health insurance premiums on your tax return.
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If you have a group plan through you or your spouses employer, no dice. Can't deduct the pre-tax portion you pay. If you have an individual/family plan that you personally pay the premiums on, then you could possibly be able to deduct those expences. There is a medical expence level (not sure what it is and I think it changes ach year) where if you exceed that amount, you are eligible to deduct the difference. Most families don't exceed it, but if you are one of the lucky few that spend several several thousand dollars out of pocket each year it is a worthwhile conversation to have with you accountant.
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5 Tips for Photography at Crowded Parks
I'm getting ready to attend "One More Disney Day" this coming Wednesday and what has me most excited is the unique photo opportunities the day brings. Unfortunately as the day approaches it"s becoming clear that the parks will be insanely crowded for the event, especially Disneyland. I struggle with photography when crowd levels are high. I usually put the camera away and just try my best to enjoy as much of the park as possible but for "One More Disney Day" I want to make sure I shoot around the crowds as best as possible. I have brainstormed a few tips to get ready for the event, so I'd like to share them here because they can be applied to any crowded day at the parks.
1. Arrive Early
What do we do to get a ride on popular attractions like Soarin'? We get there first thing in the morning at park opening. The same things applies for popular photo locations like the hub and Partners. Your best chance of getting a nice shot without fighting crowds is first thing in the morning. In my experience, "rush hour" is an hour or two after the park opens so that is plenty of time to squeeze in photos before getting overwhelmed by crowds.
2. Shoot Late
Another great time for photography is at the end of the night. If you enjoy night photos without people in them, getting a few shots on your way out is the way to go.
3. Think Tight
Once the crowd has settled in and the pathways are jam packed, start looking for tight compositions. Look for details you might want to capture and use a zoom to go in tight on the subject. Again, I will use Partners as an example. A nice, unobstructed view of partners and the castle wont be possible throughout much of the day. People will be crowding the front of Partners to get their pictures taken, and people like to sit or stand on base of the round flower bed. So instead of trying to capture a wide shot, zoom in close to Walt and Mickey. I personally like tight shots of them with some nice castle bokeh behind them.
4. Pack Light
There is nothing more difficult on a crowded day, especially on a hot day, than lugging around a ton of gear. If you really want to have all your gear available to you throughout the day, I recommend getting a locker. Leave your tripod and lenses (if your comfortable doing that) and take maybe one camera and lens with you at a time. If it's mid day and you're thinking tight shots are the way to go, take a medium zoom and leave the wide angle behind.
5. Take the Path Less Traveled
Many of my favorite photography locations are along paths in the parks that are off the main drag. Many of these pathways cut through some of the most beautiful landscapes in the parks. At Epcot, the pathways between Future World and World Showcase are perfect. At Magic Kingdom you have a few paths and bridges that offer some of the most photogenic views of Cinderella Castle.
I hope you found some of these tips useful. I will be sticking to these guidelines throughout "One More Disney Day" so hopefully I come home with good shots despite the anticipation of large crowds.