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So. We celebrated my dad's birthday last night. We stayed over at my parents until after 9pm [my bedtime, don't laugh, I get up at 4:45 every morning]. Which means that when we finally managed to get home it was 10pm. And then I [un]wisely made the decision to watch this week's episode of Criminal Minds with the boy. So when my alarm went off this morning, I was less than pleased. Two cups of coffee, breakfast and a kombucha later, and I'm still feeling like a shell of my normal self. I don't do well without sleep. At all. I am irritable and out of it. Which is what makes today's infographic Friday so fitting.
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Dummy (film)
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Dummy is a 2002 comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Pritikin. It stars Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, and Jared Harris. The film had its premiere on February 21, 2002, and was released to theaters in the United States on September 12, 2003. It was released to home media by Lionsgate Home Entertainment on February 17, 2004.
Plot summary[edit]
Steven Schoichet is a recently unemployed ne'er-do-well who has difficulty expressing himself. Steven finds he has a knack for ventriloquism. Steven's best friend is Fangora "Fanny" Gurkel, an aspiring punk rock singer who, along with Steven, is just looking for her niche. Eventually, Fanny takes a shine to klezmer music when she learns of an opportunity to get an actual gig. Through his newfound talent, Steven discovers that he is able to overcome his social problems through his dummy and decides to try impressing and winning the heart of Lorena Fanchetti.
Main cast[edit]
- Adrien Brody as Steven Schoichet
- Milla Jovovich as Fangora "Fanny" Gurkel
- Illeana Douglas as Heidi Schoichet
- Vera Farmiga as Lorena Fanchetti
- Jessica Walter as Fern Schoichet
- Ron Leibman as Lou Schoichet
- Jared Harris as Michael Foulicker
- Helen Hanft as Mrs. Gurkel
- Lawrence Leritz as The Groom
- Poppi Kramer as The Bride
- Mirabella Pisani as Bonnie
The film was written and directed by filmmaker Greg Pritikin. It was produced by Bob Fagan, Richard Temtchine, Dummy Productions LLC and Quadrant Entertainment. Artisan Entertainment distributed the film to theaters and Lionsgate Home Entertainment distributed the film through home media releases.[2]
In May 2000, it was reported by Variety that Adrien Brody and Milla Jovovich had been cast in the film, Brody as the lead character of Steven, and Jovovich as the best friend of Brody's character.[3] The following month, in June 2000, it was announced that Illeana Douglas had joined the cast in a supporting role.[4] Vera Farmiga, Ron Leibman, Jared Harris and Jessica Walter were also cast in supporting roles.
Principal photography took place in New York City, Wayne, New Jersey, and Long Island, New York in July and August 2000.
Box office[edit]
The film was given a limited release in the United States. Dummy made $30,130 from 5 theaters in its opening weekend.[5] It made an additional $41,516 at the box office for a total domestic gross of $71,646.[1]
Critical reception[edit]
Dummy received mostly positive reviews from film critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 70% rating based on 33 reviews. The site's consensus States: "Dummy is a sweet family comedy that succeeds due to charming performances, even if the final product feels slightly undercooked."[6] The film currently holds a 48% rating on Metacritic based on 12 critical reviews.[7]
- ^ a b "Dummy (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ "Dummy (2002) - Company Credits". IMDb.
- ^ "Jovovich crashes into 'Dummy' with Brody". Variety. May 30, 2000.
- ^ "Illeana Douglas". Variety. June 15, 2000.
- ^ "Dummy (2002) - Box Office / Business". IMDb.
- ^ "Dummy (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Dummy Reviews". Metacritic.
External links[edit]
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- Dummy at the Internet Movie Database
- Dummy at Rotten Tomatoes

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I bought this for a small 5 gal container where I do have some fish. It worked great. The fish lived the plants grew nice and sitting on the porch the sound of the water was very soothing. The atachments did make the water go up to high. I simply made some extra holes with a nail. It worked good. It would be nice if the panell could hold some charge for the evening hours. I was so pleased with this inexpensive solar powered pump I actualy went and bought 2 more.
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I am on my second fountain. I bought the first in march and then the pump quit so I had to exchange for new. Luckily it was within the 90 days!I have this fountain in a small landscape pond with fish, frogs and plants. (Although it does have a warning not to use it with fish. Not sure why! Had 1/6 goldfish die, but I doubt the fountain was the cause). It is just the right size for my 155 gallon pond. This is my first water garden project so it suits my needs.I do have trouble with some sludge in my pond that clogs the filter, so every few days I have to take it apart and clean the filter. Need to come up with some sort of secondary filter that goes around it to see if that helps any.Overall it is a very neat unit for the price!
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It circulates the water as soon as the sun hits the solar panel and shuts down when it doesnt , thats all I need in my little water garden.
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made a great fountain for our porch...good price ready to go and so soothing sounds
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Works great , but has to have direct sunlight.
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If a cloud passes in front of the sun, it drops pressure, but in full sunlight, it will put out a spray about 12" by 12". Its great for aerating a small fish tank. I have an outdoor tank that is 18" deep x 5' wide x 12' long that I use to breed mosquito fish, and it works great in keeping the water aerated.That is a good price, in fact I'm going to go get a second Fountain Pump for the other end of the tank. The best feature for me is that I don't have to run electricity to the pond.The pump is strong enough that it will make a nice spray, but small enough that it wont suck up the small fish.
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Works great for my sons small pond but like any solar powered product, it requires DIRECT sunlight.No shade or even partial shade. Tilting the solar panel to remain flat towards the sun helps a lot.
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Love not having to have power cords but went to buy one today and they said it might have been discontinued, Hope not
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i dont use it much but for prepping in a stream but all ays ready
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Have used this model for several yrs, & recommend it to people who show off their summer gardens for the locals, & I see the gunk under the water in their birdbath bowls. It's inexpensive, & works well, easy to take apart & clean filter, & had a store move nearby from which I can replace them, if nec
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Have had mine for 3 years! We like it so much we are wanted it to run on cloudy days too so we have hooked it up to our 12 V electrical system (for we are off the grid). If you want it to keep running you have to keep it from clogging. I installed it underneath a piece of foam for fish tanks- with just the spout sticking through. Then I put river rocks on top with small stones inbetween so all the water that reaches the pump is filtered from debris. I also put in an algacide. The bird bath still has to be cleaned about once a month but it is so delightful to watch even the hummers take showers!
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I've had two so far, and you'd be surprised at what you can use them for other than a fountain pump. Since it's solar powered, that also means it runs off of DC. I actually disconnected the solar panel, and have use them to empty things, as a pump on an RV swamp cooler, of course on a fountain, and as a bilge pump for a boat.But perhaps the coolest thing is I actually made a remote controlled boat with one. They are easily capable of running off of 12v (which means you can hook them up to a car battery), and mine have been for well over a year now with no problems.
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I bought 2 of these. 1 was for a little pond of ours in the front yard (but it got green pretty fast), and the other was for whatever I decided. It ended up working perfectly for the Coleman evaporative cooler on my camper. The original pump went out, and I had one of these laying around. The hose fit perfectly onto one of the adapters, and I wired it to the 12 volts for the camper.I plan on using another one for a little r/c boat project of mine, to pump the water out so I can drive it around in the ocean (wish me luck!)
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clearly mike matheny went to the tony larussa school of managing, what is this the 14th pitching change today?
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Walt's finds in OF for cheap have been impressive.
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Now if he could strike that magic with his bullpen moves.
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that really was a poor at bat by joey.
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8 Ball takes over the song's second verse, educating gullible men about the ills of the seemingly harmless social media sites.
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As a boy growing up in Texas, J. Luther King Jr. hunted for arrowheads on his family's farm. "It's a rush to pick up something that's been lying there on the ground for hundreds of years," says King, whose downtown Fort Worth, Texas, office features artwork made from arrowheads he has found or collected over the years. "I don't do it much anymore, but when I'm out, I can't help but look at the ground."
For King, 73, that compulsion to see what others overlook has, for decades, been focused on the stock market. More than just the figurehead of Luther King Capital Management, the firm he started in 1979, King goes into the office on weekends, makes company visits, and works closely with his nearly 20-person research team.
Luther King mixes top-down sector calls with bottom-up analysis of stocks for growth and stability. Dan Sellers for Barron's
While most of its $12.5 billion in assets under management are held in separate accounts, the firm runs eight of its own mutual funds, including the $244 million LKCM Equity Institutional fund (ticker: LKEQX). Over the past five years, it has averaged annual returns of about 6.9%, better than 92% of its large-growth peers.
Although King launched the fund in late 1995 to serve institutional clients with smaller portfolios, the no-load fund is available to retail investors with a $2,000 minimum. (The word "institutional" in its name is a bit of a misnomer.) Still, the firm hasn't gone out of its way to market the fund. "Some years ago, it started to get noticed because of results," says King, whose fund tends to hold up better than its peers in turbulent markets. "Now, as it gets larger, it's attracting more interest."
After graduating from college and serving in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, King planned to save for law school when a job in the credit department of a regional bank sent him on a lifelong detour into finance. That experience became "the North Star guiding my investment philosophy," he says. "It taught me the danger of excessive leverage and sloppy accounting."
To be sure, if there's one common theme with the 80 to 90 holdings in the LKCM Equity fund, it's a bias toward financially sound companies that are among the leaders in their respective niches. "Some people would say we're very Buffett-like," he says, referring to Warren Buffett's taste for keeping it simple, buying on bad news -- he's currently keeping 9% of his portfolio in cash for when fear takes hold. "I think the market will be higher at the end of the year, but I'm willing to hold that cash because I think we might get a dip," he says. Turnover has averaged just 23% in the last five years.
King and his team combine top-down views on individual sectors -- for example, the portfolio was recently overweight industrials and underweight financials -- with bottom-up analysis that emphasizes the return on equity and cash flow, as well as the stability and predictability of those numbers. Though the fund sits in the large-cap space, it tends to punch below its weight with a weighted-average market cap of $84 billion and the flexibility to invest in companies of all sizes.
King and his team meet with more than 1,000 companies a year and are prolific in their research. "This isn't just three guys and a Bloomberg machine managing a fund," says King, adding that he prefers to spend money on research than on marketing; if performance is strong, he figures, word will get out.
Within most sectors he follows a hub-and-spoke approach, mixing companies that provide stability with those that provide growth. Take energy. One of the top holdings, $403 billion ExxonMobil XOM 0.9348063615393954% Exxon Mobil Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD83.14 0.77 0.9348063615393954% /Date(1435870971928-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8952554 AFTER HOURS USD83.15 0.01 0.012027904738994467% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 235443 P/E Ratio 12.477301037023697 Market Cap 347617309098.445 Dividend Yield 3.5121481837863846% Rev. per Employee 4063760 More quote details and news » (XOM) "is not where we'll make the most money," says King, who has owned the stock in varying degrees since the 1990s. Yet, what it lacks in growth potential it makes up for in lower volatility, reasonable price, and consistent dividends.
LKCM Equity
|Total Returns*
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|Top-10 Holdings
|Cabot Oil & Gas
|Range Resources
|Wells Fargo
*All returns are as of 6/5; three- and five year-returns are annualized.
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Sources: Morningstar; company reports
Meanwhile, the fund's largest holding, $15 billion Cabot Oil & Gas COG 0.0967741935483871% Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD31.03 0.03 0.0967741935483871% /Date(1435870931904-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2746604 AFTER HOURS USD31.03 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 76719 P/E Ratio 340.24122807017545 Market Cap 12834132525.2103 Dividend Yield 0.2578150177247825% Rev. per Employee 2777200 More quote details and news » (COG), has helped fuel superior returns. "Cabot is a Marcellus gas play," says King, referring to the massive underground shale formation stretching from upstate New York to West Virginia, and as far west as Ohio. "They have an advantage of a huge acreage position." The market has taken note. The fund bought Cabot in 2011 at $19; the stock is now trading at $70.
Likewise, in the health-care sector, where he's overweight, King mixes market leaders such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ -0.030466131816796995% Johnson & Johnson U.S.: NYSE USD98.44 -0.03 -0.030466131816796995% /Date(1435870874794-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6001634 AFTER HOURS USD98.36 -0.08 -0.08126777732629012% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 90252 P/E Ratio 17.610017889087658 Market Cap 290435670725.638 Dividend Yield 3.0475416497358796% Rev. per Employee 580258 More quote details and news » (JNJ), Pfizer PFE -0.9498367468091422% Pfizer Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD33.37 -0.32 -0.9498367468091422% /Date(1435870922875-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 22250730 AFTER HOURS USD33.37 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 376467 P/E Ratio 23.125433125433126 Market Cap 205481438715.868 Dividend Yield 3.356308061132754% Rev. per Employee 627280 More quote details and news » (PFE), and Abbott Laboratories ABT -0.22213247172859452% Abbott Laboratories U.S.: NYSE USD49.41 -0.11 -0.22213247172859452% /Date(1435870938851-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2667870 AFTER HOURS USD49.41 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 72419 P/E Ratio 30.35012285012285 Market Cap 73559481067.9997 Dividend Yield 1.9429265330904675% Rev. per Employee 271532 More quote details and news » (ABT) with names he thinks have potential to outperform. For example, he recently scooped up $146 billion Merck MRK 0.12152777777777778% Merck & Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD57.67 0.07 0.12152777777777778% /Date(1435870832800-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8234097 AFTER HOURS USD57.67 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 284283 P/E Ratio 14.94041450777202 Market Cap 162930543174.032 Dividend Yield 3.1212068666551067% Rev. per Employee 588414 More quote details and news » (MRK), which he considers the cheapest Big Pharma. Merck is trading at 13 times 2014 earnings, versus more than 16 for the group. Current valuations, he says, are justified given the company's recent history of "mediocre returns," but King doesn't think that will be the case for long. "A number of the big pharmaceutical companies have done things in the past year or two to enhance shareholder value beyond just research and development of new drugs," he notes. Merck has begun to follow suit by increasing its dividend and repurchasing shares.
The industrial space is a little more nuanced, ranging from $71 billion Union Pacific UNP 0.5199667221297837% Union Pacific Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD96.66 0.5 0.5199667221297837% /Date(1435871138112-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3271747 AFTER HOURS USD96.66 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19104 P/E Ratio 16.466780238500853 Market Cap 84942975244.5594 Dividend Yield 2.276019035795572% Rev. per Employee 507701 More quote details and news » (UNP) to $4 billion Kirby KEX 0.9247199791612399% Kirby Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD77.49 0.71 0.9247199791612399% /Date(1435870894692-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 320576 AFTER HOURS USD77.49 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2510 P/E Ratio 15.718052738336715 Market Cap 4323167051.76391 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 534322 More quote details and news » (KEX), a leading domestic barge operator that King has owned since 2006. "They have a utilization rate approaching 90%, and there's not a lot of new barge supply coming on," King says of one of his favorite holdings. "That gives them a lot of pricing flexibility in an improving economy."
King likes the "razor-blade effect" of another industrial, $7 billion Pall PLL 0.12018267767005848% Pall Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD124.96 0.15 0.12018267767005848% /Date(1435870948971-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 753080 AFTER HOURS USD124.96 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2227 P/E Ratio 35.10112359550562 Market Cap 13351725928.7891 Dividend Yield 0.9763124199743918% Rev. per Employee 273913 More quote details and news » (PLL), a maker of filtration, separation, and purification products used in an array of industries, including aerospace and winemaking. "It's not just about selling a new system," he says; 80% of Pall's business comes from filters and replacements.
"It's a hodgepodge," he says of his industrial holdings. "But the bet there is that the economy will continue to grow." That growth may come slowly, he adds, and so be it.
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Catch of the day: why is this UK's best fishmonger?
A fishmonger in Sussex has been voted best fishmonger in the UK. So what's their secret? The people who run the little shop are delighted of course. But what may surprise many, is that they are based twenty miles and more from the nearest harbour or seashore.
Thousands of fish found dead near the Thames
Thousands of fish have been found dead near the River Thames in Goring. The recent flooding has seen exceptionally high river flows over an extended period of time, which has caused some fish to seek refuge on flooded fields and meadows.
Unfortunately, fish can become trapped as result and may die due to suffocation as levels leave them stranded or water quality deteriorates.
The Environment Agency has carried out a number of rescues of trapped fish in the past, and as a result know of a number of historic sites where fish become trapped after flooding.
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Video. A dead five foot long fish, which weighs as much as a person, has gone on display in Medway. David Johns spoke to shop owner Abdul Hannan about why this big fish is becoming the talk of the town.
Thousands of fish dying in heatwave
The recent heatwave has led to tens of thousands of fish dying in rivers and lakes, with officials racing to rescue many more.
The hot weather and low rainfall that gripped the UK in July can lead to low oxygen levels in water, leaving fish at risk of suffocation or distress, the Environment Agency said.
Heavy rainfall, such as the downpours which followed the heatwave, can cause an increase in diffuse pollution and sediment washed off roads, from sewerage systems and from agricultural land, which also lowers oxygen levels.
There were more than 15 separate incidents in July that led to almost 50,000 fish deaths as a result of the weather, while many thousands more were rescued by Environment Agency teams and partners.
In Tiptree village pond, Essex, the Environment Agency responded to reports of hundreds of fish in distress and 50 dead, and found oxygen levels down to 3%.
With aeration pumps they were able to boost levels to a healthy 40%.
Geoff Bateman, head of fisheries and biodiversity at the Environment Agency, said: "Long periods of hot weather with low rainfall can be deadly for fish.
"The Environment Agency has a 24-hour incident hotline on 0800 807060 and we encourage anglers and people out enjoying rivers, canals and lakes to call if they see fish gasping for air.
Most poisonous fish on display
A potentially deadly sea creature has gone on display at an Aquarium in East Sussex. The stonefish was handed in to a pet shop in Portsmouth before being given to the Blue Reef Aquarium in Hastings
Disease warning as dumped goldfish found in Kent
The Environment Agency is warning the public that 'pet' fish and non-native fish should not be placed into their local streams, rivers and lakes because they are breaking the law.
The reminder comes after fisheries officers were called to remove non-native fish found in a stream beside the Great Stour, Kent.
The fish, including at least 50 goldfish, were found by a Mid Kent Fisheries bailiff and reported to the Environment Agency. It is likely that the fish were put into the river from a garden pond.
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Economic gardening initiatives and accelerator programs for startup companies sprouted in the area in 2012.
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I recently published an article that looked at using GNUCash for personal budgeting on Linux. The comment thread made for a fascinating read – it seems that many people feel that personal Linux accounting is just too painful right now, and opt for Quicken (using Wine front-end PlayOnLinux). One product that was given honourable mention, however, was xTuple's PostBooks-based ERP system. What's it about?
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Over the winter, just a few new additions: C033 Classic Brand, F013 Fairlawn Jar Rubbers, V097 Victory Brand. There's also a new sealing wax box listed in the Fruit Jar Rings album. Thanks to Jim Sears for letting us know about the new Facebook group for all fruit jar go-withs. I will be adding some new items to the Fruit Jar Tools album as time permits.
November 2014 – Some New Stuff!
Okay, so it's been a long time since anything new has shown up, but now it's a bonanza. B181 The B C Co. Brand is the 75th reported round box, M076 Mason Pints and P241 Pure Gum Rings are both plain but old. All the rest are variations on Canadian boxes that haven't been previously reported. See C091 Co-op, D119, D134, D136 Dominion variations, P092 Perfect Seal, S091 Seal-Tite and V046 Viceroy. There are also upgraded photos for C100 Co-op and J030 Jar Rubbers. I probably won't be posting anything more until after the New Year so I wish you all happy and safe holidays.
March 2014 – A Bit of New, a Bit of Interest
It's been a slow winter, the only new box to report is T032 Thistle Jar Rings, reported round ring box Number 74.
The catalog page pictured is from the A.S. Hopkins Co. of Sacramento CA catalog of 1904. As far as I can tell, the Ashco is the only known box that has the Hopkins Co. name on it. Of course, there are several listed that have yet to be found/reported.
I really never thought I'd let 5 months go by without posting what's new, but I'm getting older and time is going faster. Maybe you already knew that. Thanks to new collector David Carver for the new listings L072 Liberty and P247 Pure Rubber. Other new boxes are the T023 Telmo and E044 Emerald. There's also a new variation of the U.S. Security U054 United States Rubber Products instead of U.S. Rubber Company.
Here's living proof that restoration is priceless. Many thanks to Herb Karcher for the great job he did restoring this Emerald box for me:
Rings & Things III Supplement 3, Comment Spam, New Stuff
Supplement 3 has just been completed and sent via email to all my purchasers of record. If you have a book, but have not received the supplement, please let me know and I will send it via email immediately.
On another note, because I got really really tired of removing 75 to 100 drug-pushing comments daily from my inbox, you now must answer a simple math question in order to post a comment, just so I know you're actually human.
And, lastly the new boxes M134 Monadnock for Lightning, P246 Pure Rubber Fruit Jar Rings (both round boxes) and J031 Jar Rubbers.
New for July 2013
Just a couple of new boxes since last time, the C014 Cardinal Brand Nuway and P163 Plu-Nel. Also, the variation of the Good (Swastika) Luck G141 Old Style Lightning Seal.
Here is a scan of the R.E. Tongue & Bros. ad mentioned in the last post. I guess it's actually a catalog listing, circa summer of 1926 catalog. Interesting how they describe the Big Chief as their "Best Seller", when those boxes seem to be pretty scarce. It seems to me the Lustre is the really common one, with the Excelsior and Ruby falling into the moderate range. Anyway, interesting ad, thought I'd share it. Just click on the picture to see the ad full size. Full color photos of everything except the Black Knight can be found in the Fruit Jar Rings Album. This copy of the catalog page was in some of the papers that came with the Jim DeGrado collection, but I believe it's Larry Munson who has the original page.
Some Clarification and How to Use the Website… and Some New Stuff
First of all, I'd just like to set the record straight – The photos you see here are NOT all in my collection! I comb eBay as well as other online sites, and happily accept contributions of photos from other collectors of items I don't have. While my collection is pretty impressive (I think anyway), I don't own every item pictured here.
Secondly, there seems to be a little confusion as to where to find said photos. First, click on "Fruit Jar Rings Album" (in that black strip just above this article), that will bring up an alphabetical listing "Jar Rings A", "Jar Rings B", etc. Click on the letter of your choice, and that will bring up all the boxes listed under that letter. Click on each individual photo and you will see manufacturer information as well as estimated value and availability. New items are being added all the time.
Speaking of new items: B296 Black Knight – this photo was found in an old black & white R.E. Tongue & Bros. ad showing all their various brands – Lustre, Ruby, Excelsior, etc. but I've never seen this one. If you have it, please send color photo! Also see: C216 Cupples Presto, F160 Fulton, H032 Happy Hour, R251 Royal Blue Stores (variant), U091 Uncle William (variant), and V098 Victory.
12 Gross – How Many Is That?
Once again, Larry Munson has surprised me with this gem: A case of 12 gross Top Flite jar rings. Hmmm… that's 12 times 12 times 12, right? 1728 jar rings or 144 full boxes.
Here's what Larry says:
"Sending a picture of a box that I have had in Storage for many years and just got it out;. The box has never been opened."
"The guy that I bought if from said he got it when a Carnival sold out, said they used them for ring toss games."
as ever
Top Flite rings are already pretty common, but 144 mint condition boxes? Talk about flooding the market!
What's New?
You may have noticed the addition of some of the wrenches, sealers and sealbreakers in the "Fruit Jar Tools" album. I have completed almost all of those categories, so if you have something you don't see a photo of, please send to me and I will add it to the album.
There have been several additions to the "Fruit Jar Rings" album over the last few weeks. I haven't figured out a way to make these additions stand out, so I will list them on the postings so you don't have to dig through all the folders to see what's new. Larry Munson sent in photos of a couple of new round boxes – see the Y002 Yacht Club and the N067 None Such. Also, there is now a photo of the long-awaited S125 Security round box. We always knew it existed, just didn't have a photo until now. There are also new improved photos of the A077 ARAP, C116 Crawford, M140 Monarch Schaeffer's, R142 Reliance Perfect Seal, and T060 Tite-Rite Top Seal (in plastic bag). Some of the more interesting box additions are the D084 Deerwood, F093 Fort Leavenworth, H062 Hillcrest, R071 Red Loc Brand, T061 Tite Rite Single Lip (in plastic bag), and U078 U.S. White.
I've also gone through the fruit jar rings album and marked various boxes as "available" – meaning these show up pretty often on eBay, so you know there will be more out there if you miss it once or twice. Generally, I've marked as "not available" those boxes that the photo you see is the only specimen I am aware of. If you really want it, you better be prepared to bid accordingly. If there's no "available" or "not available" comment, there are probably some of those out there, but there may be limited availability or showing up on eBay with varying degrees of frequency.
Getting the Fruit Jar Rings site off the ground
Now that not one but two group hosts have dumped groups, it's time to bite the bullet and go for the stand alone website. But along with that, there's a whole new learning curve. So, I am enlisting the assistance of someone more computer literate than I to help get this thing going. It is a bit of a challenge to get all the features we want on the new site, and to translate that into something that is user-friendly and easily accessible. At the same time, I am envisioning the site to eventually include all the go-withs: wrenches, lifters, lids, lid boxes – the whole magilla.
What would you like to see on the new site? What information are you looking for when you come to this site? I would like this site to reflect what its users want, and the only way to do that is to get some feedback from you: what do you want more of? what do you not really care about? -Tammy


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Why is The Place Beyond The Pines rated R?
Official MPAA Rating: The Place Beyond The Pines is rated R for for language throughout, some violence, teen drug and alcohol use, and a sexual reference
This additional information about the movie's content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:
- Brief explicit violence.
- Depictions of beating, fighting and shooting.
- Violent acts shown in a realistic manner with detail, blood and tissue damage.
- Disturbing scenes.
- Gory and grotesque images.
- Some scenes may frighten children.
Sexual Content:
- Embracing and kissing.
- Sexual references and innuendo.
- Crude content.
Approximately 191 instances of coarse language, including:
- Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context.
- Frequent use of scatological slang.
- Infrequent use of profanity, cursing, and crude sexual references.
Alcohol / Drug Use:
- Three scenes of drug use involving marijuana and opiates.
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3 new reports you shouldn't miss (grid policy, transformer technologies and security)
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Keeping up with what's going on in the energy and smart grid sectors can be a chore. We've picked three reports to help bring you up to speed on electric grid policy development, stabilizing an aging grid with smart grid transformer technologies, and what industry and academia are doing to protect advanced metering infrastructure from attacks.
First up, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has issued a new report developed under its Electric Grid Initiative that outlines its policy recommendations for improved grid reliability and cleaner energy generation. Just for background: the nonprofit BPC is co-chaired by former Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), former FERC Chairman Curt Hébert Allison Clements who is director of the Sustainable FERC Project for the National Resources Defense Council.
The report defines two trends that are pushing policy makers toward reevaluating how to strengthen and modernize the electric grid: public interest in grid reliability and resilience in the wake of blackouts and weather-related outages in many parts of the country, and the changing mix of energy resources and the changes it is bringing to the energy market and state and federal energy or environmental policies.
EPRI's Cyber Security team has released a new report, Intrusion Detection System for Advanced Metering Infrastructure, that details initiatives from industry and academia to address detecting security events in the broad range of AMI networks and equipment. EPRI's intent with the report is to offer AMI vendors a clear awareness of AMI's specific monitoring requirements and to define critical research challenges in intrusion detection technology and large-scale deployment.
The report covers monitoring requirements for AMI core components such as the collection engine, meter data management system, data collection unit and the meters. Here are three highlights from the EPRI report:
Intrusion detection systems (IDS) for AMI are still in the early development phase
Those IDS AMI solutions need to be scalable and adaptable in terms of resource constraints
Different types of IDS sensors are recommended for the meter, field area network and AMI headend system.
As EPRI says, effective design and deployment of IDS solutions in a utility's AMI system have many differences from design and deployment in more traditional information technology environments. An example: deploying a perimeter IDS may not adequately cover an AMI system.
And speaking of monitoring, GTM Research released its latest smart grid market report on transformer monitoring. The smart grid transformer includes many parts: monitors, sensors, software, diagnostics and analytics designed to avoid outages and to protect utility electric grid assets. The market analysis firm anticipates hefty growth in the transformer monitoring hardware market, from its current level of $112 annually to $755 million by 2020.
GTM Research says the report is the first of its kind to examine both the technology and competitive arena of U.S. transformer markets. It includes specific analysis by technology to 2020, including
Transformer monitors and sensors
· Dissolved gas analysis monitors
· Bushing and partial discharge systems
· Power and distribution transformer software
· Secondary transformer software solutions
· Geospatial analytics software solutions
Ben Kellison, report author and a GTM Research smart grid analyst, explained "Utilities must invest in monitors, sensors and software for their new and aging transformers. They are the backbone of the U.S. alternating current grid, and they range from one of the most expensive utility assets to low-cost street corner devices manipulating power to ensure out toasters work properly."
A variety of elements is building the need to invest in intelligent transformers and software in the U.S.: an aging workforce and assets as well as the growing amount of data from smarter devices on the grid like smart meters and distribution automation hardware.
Overall, Kellison said, transformer monitoring and software markets are "high-growth areas driven by the strength of the secondary transformer market. Grid giants like ABB, Alstom, GE, Schneider and S & C Electric have already caught on to the opportunity that transformer technology offers and are well-positioned to lead the market."


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For better or worse? Roberto Luongo is back in Florida.
Arguably the biggest (yet surely the most shocking) deal to be completed on the deadline day 2014 centered around the one and only, Roberto Luongo. Returning to Florida was originally seen by naysayers, fans and pundits alike (myself included in the mix) as a huge negative for his fantasy value. Going from a defense headlined by Olympians, Alex Edler & Dan Hamhuis, as well as stalwart, Kevin Bieksa to one with underachieving Dmitri Kulikov, Geezer – Jovocop et al, was not deemed to be a breeding ground for a renaissance period for Luongo.
However, Luongo is playing a different tune since re-emerging in sunshine state. I can't help but wonder what percentage of Floridians who made rare appearances at games this week, even realized he had left?! His second-coming debut with The Cats was reminiscent of days gone by with a stellar 25 save shutout! Though realistically, his next outing out against the lethal Boston Bruins rang more familiar bells as he was peppered with 41 shots – something of a nightly, weekly and annual tradition in his first go-around in Florida.
Check out Luongo's first three game spread back in Florida (below), culminating in a nice .924% Save Percentage thus far.
This can likely be attributed to the 'fresh start effect', insofar as getting his headspace away from the foul environment in Vancouver into a nicer (warmer) climate. That'll rejuvenate anyone dealing with mistreatment issues in a cold climate! (See the Heritage Classic Slap in the Face). However, with a very young team, alongside a couple wily veterans, the Panthers team is destined for yet another lottery pick this summer. As a fantasy GM and Luongo owner, only those of you in leagues counting Saves as opposed to Save Percentage stand to benefit here.
Contrast that with the first three games in Vancouver sans Luongo and stubborn John Tortorella must be wishing he showed the Two-Time Gold Medallist & Stanley cup finalist some more respect. Incumbent number #1 netminder in Vancouver, Eddie Lack has been brutal in the post-Luongo era, sporting a horrid .861% Sv Percentage with better defenders for the most part, than Luongo is now being forced to become accustomed to.
Luongo will certainly attempt to play with more consistency in his 'new' surroundings, after going through yet another roller coaster year in Nuck'Land. You need not look much further than comparing his Q1 performance this season vs. Q2 to see the difference in consistency. Quite certainly a lot more peaks and valleys in the second quarter of this 2013-14 campaign.
The coming years should improve for Luongo (and Fantasy owners) from a competitive outlook for this Panthers squad who have prospects coming up the ringer, especially with another top pick incoming this summer and Alexsander Barkov returning to a good bill of health. But the short term outlook is certainly worrisome, and almost certainly a value decreaser. With 16 games remaining for Florida this season, Luongo figures to start in almost all of them, given the inadequacy of Dan Ellis this year (new default back-up). I project no more than five- six victories for the man they call Bobby Lou the rest of the way unfortunately.
With Jakob Markstrom and Tim Thomas shipped out of town, at least for the first time since Autumn 2011, following Vancouver's Cup Finals run, Luongo will be able to live completely loose, mentally and physically. He will finally no longer be intertwined in yet another controversial crease jam.
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Cancer Health Center
Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI] - Late Effects of the Central Nervous System
- General Information
- Subsequent Neoplasms
- Late Effects of the Cardiovascular System
- Late Effects of the Central Nervous System
- Late Effects of the Digestive System
- Late Effects of the Endocrine System
- Late Effects of the Immune System
- Late Effects of the Musculoskeletal System
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Neurocognitive late effects most commonly follow treatment of malignancies that require central nervous system (CNS)-directed therapies, such as cranial radiation, systemic therapy with high-dose methotrexate or cytarabine, or with intrathecal chemotherapy. Children with brain tumors or acute lymphoblastic leukemia are most likely to be affected. Risk factors for the development of neurocognitive side effects are female gender, young age at the time of treatment, higher radiation dose, and treatment with both cranial radiation and chemotherapy (systemic or intrathecal).[1,2,3,4]
Brain tumors
Survival rates have increased over recent decades for children with brain tumors; however, long-term cognitive effects due to their illness and associated treatments are emerging. In childhood and adolescent brain tumor survivors, tumor site, treatment of hydrocephalus with a shunt, paralysis, auditory difficulties, or history of a stroke have emerged as risk factors for adverse neurocognitive effects.[5,6,7]
Cranial radiation therapy has been associated with the highest risk of long-term cognitive morbidity particularly in younger children.[8] There is an established dose-response relationship with those getting higher-dose cranial radiation therapy consistently performing more poorly on intellectual measures. The negative impact of radiation treatment has been characterized by changes in intelligence quotient (IQ) scores, which have been noted to drop about 2 to 5 years after diagnosis and an attenuation of the decline 5 to 10 years afterward, followed by stabilization of the IQ scores 20 to 40 years after diagnosis.[9,10,11] The decline over time is typically reflective of the child's failure to acquire new abilities or information at a rate similar to peers, rather than a progressive loss of skills and knowledge.[5] Affected children may experience information-processing deficits resulting in academic difficulties, and are prone to problems with receptive and expressive language, attention span, and visual and perceptual motor skills.[10,12,13] These changes in intellectual functioning may be partially explained by radiation-induced or chemotherapy-induced reduction of normal white matter volume as evaluated through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).[14] Using lower doses of radiation and more targeted volumes have demonstrated improved results in neurocognitive effects of therapy.[7,15] In this regard, a report from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital showed cognitive decline after conformal radiation therapy in 78 children younger than 20 years (mean, 9.7 years) with low-grade glioma treated with 54 Gy (see Figure 3). In fact, age at time of irradiation was more important than radiation dose in predicting cognitive decline. Children younger than 5 years showed the most cognitive decline.[16]
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