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If you've lost or forgotten your UAC PIN you can use Check & Change to have it sent to you by email – access Check & Change and enter your UAC application number – or you can call us on 1300 275 822 (from mobiles on (02) 9752 0200 or from overseas on +61 2 9752 0200) between 8.30am and 4.30pm (Sydney local time) Monday to Friday.
What is my UAC application number?
Your UAC application number has nine digits and is issued when you apply. Your Confirmation of Application will also include your UAC application number. You'll need your UAC application number to use Check & Change and to check your offer.
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Your UAC Personal Identification Number (PIN) has four digits. You'll need your UAC PIN to apply (if you're a 2014 NSW HSC or ACT Year 12 applicant), to use Check & Change, to check your offer and to check your ATAR.
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You will receive a UAC PIN by mail to your home address in August 2014.
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Your UAC PIN is the first four digits of your date of birth. For example, if your birthday is 3 October, your UAC PIN is 0310; if your birthday is 17 May, your UAC PIN is 1705.
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Check that you're using the correct number. If you are a 2014 NSW HSC student, check that you are using your UAC PIN and not your Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW PIN.
If you're using the correct number and still experiencing difficulties, you can call us on 1300 275 822, from mobiles: (02) 9752 0200 and from overseas: +61 2 9752 0200 between 8.30am and 4.30pm (Sydney local time) Monday to Friday.
What do I do if I have lost or forgotten my UAC application number?
If you've printed your Confirmation of Application, your UAC application number will be on this.
You can have your UAC application number re-issued by calling UAC between 8.30am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday (Sydney local time) on 1300 275 822, from mobiles: (02) 9752 0200 and from overseas: +61 2 9752 0200. You'll be asked some identification questions. If your details match our database we'll re-issue your UAC application number over the phone.
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1. You can have your UAC PIN emailed to you if you have completed the personal details section of your application and received your UAC application number. You don't need to have submitted the application.
To receive your UAC PIN via email choose 'continue your application' in Apply or just go to Check & Change. Enter your UAC application number, select 'forgotten your UAC PIN?' and follow the prompts.
2. Call us between 8.30am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday (Sydney local time) on 1300 275 822, from mobiles: (02) 9752 0200 and from overseas: +61 2 9752 0200 and get your UAC PIN over the phone. You'll be asked some identification questions and if your details match our database your UAC PIN will be re-issued over the phone. If they don't match, you'll be asked to write to UAC to ask for your UAC PIN to be re-issued, or you can visit UAC in person.
Address postal correspondence to:
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We need several working days to re-issue your UAC PIN so send your request well before you need to use your UAC PIN.
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CLEMSON - Behold the contrast in head coaches who will pace the sideline in Tuesday's first of two NIT semifinals in New York City.
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Who: Clemson (23-12) vs. SMU (26-9)
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Clemson's Brad Brownell has never before, as a player, coach or fan, been to Madison Square Garden. Southern Methodist's Larry Brown? He, um, has.
Brownell's Tigers own 23 wins in 35 games this year. Brown's Knicks, the Garden's usual inhabitant, won 23 games in 82 games in 2005-06, Brown's lone season in New York for that reason.
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"I don't know if they'll let me in. I did not feel good about New York because I didn't do a real good job coaching the Knicks," Brown said after SMU's 67-65 win over Cal on Wednesday, per the school's website. "But for my team, we talked about this: growing up, the NIT was huge when I was a boy.
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It's a balancing act, definitely. The easier you make communication and trade, the less rewarding it becomes.
I liked playing an Image Designer in SWG, simply because I liked talking to people and providing a service. The most fun I had was when the customer only had a vague idea of what they wanted, and we'd work together to decide on something that satisfied them. My least favorite were the ones that had already looked up what they wanted and just said "hairstyle #32 nose length -2 width +1".
The second group was much easier and quicker to serve, but without the human element there wasn't much satisfaction.
So, while I wouldn't want to go back to the days of WTB/WTS spam, I do think you lose something when you make everything automatic.
One possible compromise would be to have an auction house, but have it charge high market fees. That way, you could choose the convenient option when you wanted to, but it would be worthwhile to find a regular supplier of the things you buy most often.
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Originally posted by Impacatus
swg had all the community elements, just needed a fun game to back it all up in my opinion. I think auction houses do hurt community. I don't believe it KILLS it, but it doesn't help it. Add in all the other community building anti devices like group finders and what not, and you will not have a community what so ever in my honest opinion. I'm afraid todays games are built for the majority of the player base, and the majority of that base is younger than those that would want a game without group finders, auction houses and what not.
Image designer lol, that brings back some memories. I actually hired an interior decorator in SWG to decorate my house for halloween lol. That game had the craziest community.
SWG actually carried me into trying SWTOR, and while the gameplay is pretty fun, and story was decent, I felt like I beat the game quickly and without all those things that communities did in older games, there was nothing left(other than getting black hole gear for all my commpanions lol).
Image designer! Where where you when I created a character and realized I was about 4 foot tall! I couldn't find an image designer anywhere! Damn nge/cu running everyone off. Do you know how hard it was to find an image designer, much less a "master" image designer lol.
Yep, those were some good times. Funny thing is, as a male I would never have imagined I'd have so much fun being what was essentially a glorified hairstylist. I just picked up novice entertainer on a whim, then I thought it was kind of cool that I could magically change things about people then charge them for it. And yes, I made it to master. :P
Really, good crafting is rare enough in games, but I hardly ever see ANY games that include a service profession.
Like I said, I think at least some of the new generation would like sandbox, if they had the chance to experience it.
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Originally posted by Impacatus
Yeah that game encouraged alot of fun little oddities. I remember I discovered that I could harvest meat from animals I killed, so I did and sold it on my vendor and my mail box blew up with requests from cooks lol. I made alot of friends(and got hooked up on buff foods!) from something as simple as hunting/fishing and even the dreaded milking sessions lol.
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The Auction House is not the true beast that's at fault, it's merely a result of a style. The true issue is static and generic loot based systems that allow for auction houses to flourish and basic coin systems to inflate. Asheron's Call was an example of almost everything being randomized with the exception of monster trophies and certain materials of the kind and that money wasn't the only form of currency. There was a large scale trading system where everything had value, some more so to certain people than others and it allowed for a large variety of not only social interaction but value to ALL items, theoretically.
I miss the days of "hunting" for loot, not knowing what I was going to get and finding a real gem. Or specifically targeting trophy items because they were a static form of valued trade. Or you could just loot for cash and sell it off to make money that way. There was no auction house, it was purely trade interaction. I wish that type of loot system was more prominent in today's games.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I don't even know why random loot tables went away, I don't know anyone who complained about that aspect of gaming.
I remember as a newbie I made what I thought was a fortune during a Halloween event by harvesting the parts needed to make costumes.
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Originally posted by Aconsar
best loot system ever, I remember reading back in the day the odds of finding an identical high end item was like 1 in 25 billion
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Ac1 was about grinding the same mobs over and over. Not that great.
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Originally posted by Impacatus
Why compromise? The whole point of a AH is to reduce transaction cost (in terms of time and search). It would be pointless to make it expensive to use.
"Less rewarding" only to those who want to social & chat. The easier you make communication & trade, the more efficient you can do it, and more buyers/sellers you can reach in the same amount of time, the chance of a better deal is higher, and more rewarding.
This "social community" thing is not desirable, to many, as you might think. There is little value in chatting with people in a GAME, when all you need to do is to open up FB, or SKYPE, or MSN to be social. Sure there are still those who wants a lot of social in their games, but i think "game" is becoming more and more important than "social", unless those who are playing social/FB games.
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For me, this is one of the most important things i look for in an MMO. I could go ahead and write a long essae on the matter, but why bother when Raph Koster has already done this for me?
It is a very good read that outlines the problem in a way that perhaps more users here will understand.
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Ahh devil ether.
You know what I thought was cool about GW1 was just hawking your wares in trade chat. It didn't have an auction house and you actually spent hours entertaining offers for what you were offering.
I bet I spent the bulk of my time just trading minipets after i finished prophecies and it was really cool just building plat. Along with all the hundreds of crafts items.
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The whole point about the social aspect in a MMO is to meet people you do not know and sometimes interact in a roleplaying or immersive way. So Skype is not best for this, in game communication is.
Also the decline in the need to uses Auction houses shows how they have gone down the wrong path, this feeds in to mistakes about crafting and so on. I am not saying people are not using AH's as much these days, I am saying they don't even need to use them. We have gone from a situation where you needed to interact with people for purchases, to one where you needed to interact with a AH for purchases, to one where you don't need the purchases at all.
So streamlining of game play, making it faster and supposedly better, has once again removed gameplay as that's what it tends to do. You see that right across the gaming genre but particularly in MMO's.
Originally posted by nariusseldon
Social games actually aren't usually very social at all, but that's beside the point.
When I just want to play a game, I play a single player game. Many of them have better story, better mechanics, more exciting gameplay, better pretty much everything than mmos. If I play an mmorpg, it's because I want to interact with people.
I'm led to understand that in the outside world, people sometimes meet up with their friends for beer and poker. I've never heard of anyone meeting up with their friends for beer and solitaire. That would be daft. They want to play with each other, not just next to each other.
If the goal of the auction house is what you say it is, it's not a very good way to achieve it. It would be even more convinient to just have NPC vendors with unlimited inventory that buy and sell everything at a fixed price.
From the developer's point of view, players interacting and forming attachments is a good thing, because it leads to longer retention.
@Yohanu Koster is awesome. Thanks for the link.
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Well just shows research and patience is what needed you actually need to memorize and watch. If you cant do that then yea you will get ripped and the walls will tumble down. Their are common greens to where the marketplace is basically useless if you think you can actually craft items and buy the materials from the marketplace you are dead wrong that is your mistake right their. you have to make full profit. Get the materials yourself and so on. Not really that hard to do.
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yeah, I don't like Auction Houses. I much prefer individual shops and bartering with players.
but I suppose that's just me and a few others.
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Originally posted by nariusseldon
There was AH in SWG (Market Terminals).
But people prefer to shop because the quality of the stuff that are sold on private vendors are superior.
You are basing AH on the modern day MMO's mentality - where crafting is not a unique process and everything is of certain sets of quality. Back in the day (like in SWG) crafted items quality are dynamic and depended on a variety of factors (not just 3 different levels like rare, epic, legendary, etc).
You haven't seen enough mmos and your judgement is based on limited experience, I'm sorry to say.
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I think auction houses are great additions simply for the fact when a games population gets so high searching through individual shops becomes a headache. I remeber searching playing 2Moons (Dekaron) where setting up shops was your characters livelyhood. It wasn't optional you had to sell in the open market if you wanted to ge anywhere money wise. It had it's nice touches where it really felt like shopping and finding deals was nice, but it also took hours away from playinng the actual game and prices could get out of control at times. With a million voices all saying a different thing it became hard to zero in on items you truely needed. Also monoplies were easy to form and hard to break. I myself have setup monopolies on certain weapons and upgrade material called argates. There were various tricks to be abused in the open market system with little fear of having opposing merchants stop me when I'm one open market in a sea of many. Good for me. but bad for them as having that kind of control over the market made prices iffy to say the least with peoples only option to try and undercut the seller. this leads into extensive investigation of who's doing what to tip the market in such a way.
Auction houses allow you to get what you want in somewhat decent fashion in usually an hour of searching without the headache of constantly navigating stores, haggling, and constant zoning. In dekaron and other games with simliar player run shops I've played to make out good you would have to shop around 2-3 hours. If you were lucky you found what you wanted you had enough coin before the guy closed shop(being as most shops don't even stay open if the player is offline unlike the AH), and hopefully you weren't ripped off although you have no real idea unless you searched the hundreds of shops 1 by 1 before you made your decision.
Is the auction house 100% neccessary? No problly not, but it's a convenience I would hope is here to stay. My eyes grow weary of searching enless bars of chat log and opening coutnless player shops for hours on end becuase I really need a guantlet upgrade or my weapons could use more gems etc.
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I would like auction houses alot more, if every kid who got on it
didnt undercut prices so bad that it makes u just want to npc everything.
Nothing i find more frustraiting to see auction house history and see
20 different ppl undercut you but 50%+ to the point the items may
aswell be sold to the shop.
I Think one of the few games who had a decent auction was FFXI and even had sellers
names after you bought an item, if you wanted to contact them. However this was
well before the goldseller fiasco and the hated abyssea expansion. IMO the best game
at its prime hands down.
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Not to keep pushing the game but there are no Auction Houses in Project Gorgon
For the reasons identified by the OP and in this thread on the devidary above.
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Originally posted by aRtFuLThinG
I don't think you understand the point. Those private vendors should put their wares on the AH, because it reaches more customers.
And there is nothign special about dyanmic item qualities. That is so in D3. Every crafted item, or any looted item has random attributes. In fact, a AH is a perfect place to buy/sell these items because it is much easier to search for what you need.
Crafting has NOTHIGN to do with how it is traded. Bartering is just inefficient. Moving around to multiple ventors is just inefficient.


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Tom Degan: It's highly unlikely that any serious reform is going to be put forward until the Republican presence on Capital Hill has been significantly diluted if not eradicated. I do not believe that it is a given that they are going to gain major ground come Election Day. In fact there is every reason to believe that they will only continue to self-destruct between now and then. They can't win without the section of the electorate who describe themselves as "moderate". The moderates are taking a good look at the train wreck that is the modern GOP and by all accounts they're becoming more and more disgusted by what they see.
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David A. Love: I have concluded that any nonreligious organization with such a track record of abuse would have been indicted under the RICO Act a long time ago, for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. Racketeering, pedophilia, rape, assault, and criminal conspiracy to cover up all of the above—these are the things for which prisons were made.


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A newly-formed business alliance pitched three projects to the Franklin County Industrial Development Agency last week.
The Franklin County Chamber Alliance consists of the Tupper Lake, Saranac Lake, and Malone area chambers of commerce and is the county's largest business organization.
Appearing before the Franklin County IDA's Board of Directors in Malone last Wednesday, officials with the alliance outlined three projects that aim to boost the regional economy.
Hugh Hill is president of the Malone Chamber of Commerce. He says each project is rooted in one of the three geographic areas in Franklin County.
In the northern end of the county, chamber officials are planning an agricultural incubator project. Hill says the initiative would "assist companies and individuals" in the production of "value-added" agricultural goods.
According to Hill, the project would take advantage of those commodities that are already grown and produced within Franklin County.
The second project being proposed by the chamber alliance would establish a pre-packaged set of financial assistance instruments to offer potential investors and developers interested in setting up shop in Saranac Lake.
Hill says the project "mitigates the return on investment challenges" faced by the area.
The third project explores the IDA's role in the establishment of the Adirondack Public Observatory. Hill calls the effort an "exciting and ambitious" project that could potentially brand Tupper Lake as a leader in the "dark skies" movement, which aims to bring stargazers to areas with little manufactured night-time light.
Backers of the observatory say Tupper Lake could become an "educational and environmental Mecca." Hill says the economic benefits of the proposed Adirondack Public Observatory will "ripple though the economy of Franklin County."
Hill adds that over the past year, the Franklin County Chamber Alliance has identified agriculture and tourism as the two most important areas of economic opportunity in the county.
"We believe that by building on these opportunities, the economy and quality of life in the North Country can be improved," Hill said, noting that these three projects "take advantage of segments of our economy that have the potential to grow and prosper in the short and long term."
The chamber alliance is also leading the charge to enact an occupancy tax in Franklin County.
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i have skullcandy headphones - the in ear type and i string them through my helmet just like the redphones are supposed to. It works great, i didnt need to buy an extra pair just for boarding. I lose a little bit of the bass quality but 35$ for a different set isnt worth it!
Just because they aren't necessary for you or you can't afford them doesn't mean you have to review them negatively. Try to keep the reviews accurate instead of misleading.
wow alex, it seems like you get pretty defensive when anybody has an issue with their product. it's possible that a few of the phones weren't manufactured to 100% quality. shit does happen, i've ripped a cord out of a 160$ pair of skullcandys vacuuming my house...and to take a shot at someone for simply saying that the redphones aren't the only headphones that work in the helmet is just immature and stupid on your part. in fact, unless you are making money every time a r.e.d. product gets sold you should probably just keep your mouth shut and let people share their opinions without ridiculing them. all this person said was if you have headphones that fit in the foam, they will work just fine. it is not an inaccurate or misleading review. it is actually more helpful than anything you have posted on this site.
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Dove Clear Tone Skin Renew Anti-Perspirant Deodorant
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86% would repurchase
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INGREDIENTSActive Ingredients Aluminum Zirconium Tetrachlorohydrex Gly15.2% Inactive Ingredients Cyclopentasiloxane , Stearyl Alcohol , C12 15 Alkyl Benzoate , PPG 14 Butyl Ether , Hydrogenated Castor Oil , PEG 8 , Fragrance , Dimethicone , Silica , Polyethylene , Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil , Steareth 100 , BHT , Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil , Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
on 2/3/2015 10:14:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
Awesome deodorant I was given this but a friend to try (weird I know) I was pretty sceptical but after a few weeks there was radical improvement!
on 8/29/2014 2:08:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Very Oily, Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This caused me to break out in my underarms for some reason. I also did not notice any lightening of the area at all. It left a film that would start to build up after a while. Very disappointed.
on 7/10/2014 1:39:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
Really impressed! I like the light scent of the pink one, and it doesn't seem to leave any white marks on my clothes. It keeps me dry in the summer heat. I've only been using it for a week, and looked at my underarms today and they really look great! The tone is certainly improved, with no bumps or dark areas.
on 6/8/2014 6:24:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I love dove deodorants, most of them have lovely dmell, lasts long, and easily available from any stores. The only issue is that i have to use spoonge to properly cleanse the product from my underarms as its quite heavy and thick, but it protects really well. Good job ! :-)
on 4/29/2014 2:31:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I have the pink one of this. I have been super impressed with this. I have not paid attention to if this has helped with my underarm tone. I have noticied though that my skin is much more moisturized. I do not have as many ingrown hairs there as I have previously. And the thing I love is the scent. This has such a lovely scent to it that I actually cannot wait to smell it. It is a nice, scent that is pretty without being too floral smelling. I only had one problem with this and it was the packaging. At the very end when I had about a half inch left this completely fell apart and was no longer usable. I know that usually towards the end of a deodrant it gets harder to use, but this completely fell apart. Otherwise this is a great product.
on 1/31/2014 5:37:00 PM
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Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
Switched to this a year or two ago because the other deodorants made my skin itchy and this one doesn't.
Doesn't work wonders and it doesn't have much anti-perspiring power as I would like but I have been using this for quite a while and it is my to-go deodorant.
I like using this at night and then a stronger one in the morning.
on 1/5/2014 2:36:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Black
Dove deodorant is the only brand I'll use. I rotate between this one (I use the Skin Renew with the plum/purple on the packaging), Cucumber/Green Tea and the unscented one for sensitive skin. I apply deodorant twice daily - in the morning after showering and at night before bed, so I go through these quite frequently. This one is my favorite because of its wonderful smell. I don't have a problem with underarm darkness so I can't comment on its effectiveness for that purpose, but it does keep my underarm skin soft, smooth and healthy-looking. I've also never had BO, but I do sweat a little in the warmer months and this deodorant has definitely kept the wetness at bay. I have repurchased again and again and will continue to because Dove is the only deodorant that works effectively for me AND doesn't irritate my arm pit skin. The price is perfect too -- you can usually find this (and many of the other scents) sold in a two-pack for around $6 at Wal Mart.
on 1/3/2014 11:33:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I was surprised this deodorant worked for me because I've never had good luck with Dove deodorant. It was always too wimpy for me (along with pretty much everything else). I use the one in the yellow packaging, and when I first started using it, the scent bugged me because it smelled kind of like baby powder. But after using it for a couple of weeks the scent stopped coming off as strong (either that or I just got used to it). I first tried it when it was hot outside- only lasted, like.. 2 hours. But since it got cold, it's been working really awesome! So... took off one star because it doesn't hold up to hot weather/humidity. But when its cooler outside, it works really well! (even when I sweat; the kind of sweat that isn't caused by summer heat.... ha.) Last summer I was using a gender neutral smelling Old Spice antiperspirant that worked pretty well- planning on trying Secret Clinical Strength, gel formula, soon. It's new! (original soft solid is crap)
on 11/19/2013 4:01:00 AM
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Skin: Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
Good stuff , so far it is only one that helps me with odor .
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Eyes: Hazel
Love! This stuff works great! No b. o. all day long. Not sure about the skin renew claim, but I smell good all day long! Can usually find a" $3 off 2" coupon, so very good deal.
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2014 Outdoors: Saw action at eight meets, all in the pole vault … Started the season with a sixth-place vault of 12-2 (3.71 meters) at the Texas Tech Open … Placed fifth at the Jim Click Shootout, clearing 12-4 ½ (3.77) … Had a pair of fourth-place finishes at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge (12 ¾/3.68) and the Air Force Twilight Open (11-6 ½/3.52) bookend a tie for third at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational (12-3 ½/3.75).
2013 Indoors: Competed at five meets in the pole vault ... Cleared 11-6 1/2 (3.52m) at the Lumberjack Team Challenge, tying for sixth ... Nabbed a season-best mark of 11-11 3/4 (3.65m) at the Cherry & Silver Invitational to tie for 11th ... Reached identical marks of 11-7 3/4 (3.55m) at the New Mexico Invitational and New Mexico Classic, placing eighth and 17th, respectively ... Cleared 11-5 3/4 (3.50m) at the Don Kirby Open to place fifth.
2013 Outdoors: Vaulted three times ... Opened with a vault of 11-2 1/2 (3.42m) at the UTEP Springtime Invitational, placing 10th ... Cleared 11-9 3/4 (3.60m) at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational, placing fifth ... Claimed another fifth-place finish at the Air Force Triangular, vaulting 11-11 3/4 (3.65m).
2012 Indoors: Participated at three meets, all in the pole vault ... Opened with a season-best mark of 11-5 1/2 at the NAU Lumberjack Invitational, tying for third ... Cleared 11-3 1/2 at the New Mexico Classic to tie for 16th ... Reached 10-10 3/4 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, placing 17th.
2012 Outdoors: Vaulted at four meets, including the conference championships ... Kicked off the season with an 11-6 1/4 mark at the UTEP Springtime Invitational to tie for fifth ... Tied for seventh at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational after clearing 11-7 ... Posted a career-best vault of 11-11 3/4 at the Front Range Classic, placing sixth ... Finished 12th at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a 11-7 3/4 clearance.
2011 Outdoors: Competed at two meets, both in pole vault ... Placed 15th unattached at the UNM Tailwind Invitational with a mark of 10-7 (3.23m) ... Tenth-place finish at the UTEP Invitational, vaulting 11-2 1/4(3.41m).
Pole vaulted for coach Jeff Guy at Desert Vista HS ... Vaulted progressively better throughout high school, going from 9-6 freshman year, 11-0 sophomore year, 11-9 junior year to 12-1 senior year ... Outstanding Pole Vaulter of the Year in 2009 ... Won Scholar-Athlete Award in high school.
Daughter of Mark, a pharmacist, and and Jennifer, an administrative assistant ... Has one brother, Mark ... Her cousin Kelly Doggett swims for Mesa State ... Hobbies include learning Swedish ... Favorite food is pork chops ... Favorite athlete is Yelena Isinbayeva ... Major is Speech and Hearing Sciences.
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New Paltz is a highly selective public college that is recognized regionally for the strength of its academic programs. It is located in the beautiful Hudson River Valley with easy access to New York City and nearby cultural and recreational amenities.
The Department of Economics at the State University of New York at New Paltz invites applications from broadly trained economists for a multi-year, full-time lecturer position, to begin Fall 2013.
Duties: The successful applicant will be expected to teach Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Money and Banking. Other courses may include American Economic Development (General Education), Monetary Economics, and Economics of Asia Pacific.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in economics required; exceptional ABD candidates with a firm completion date will be considered. Evidence of excellent teaching required. Preferred areas of interest include macroeconomics, microeconomics, American economic history, and economic development of Asia Pacific region. Candidates who bring diverse cultural experience and who are especially qualified to mentor and advise all members of our diverse student population are especially encouraged to apply. The State University of New York at New Paltz is an AA/EOE/ADA employer.
Contact Information: Please submit a letter of application; curriculum vitae; student evaluations of teaching and other evidence of teaching effectiveness, a sample research paper, transcript and three current letters of recommendation to:
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Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled; priority given to applications received by December 7, 2012.
Other important information about this vacancy: Recognized regionally for the strength of its academic programs, New Paltz is a highly-selective comprehensive public college of about 7,800 students, offering a variety of undergraduate as well as some graduate degree programs. New Paltz is located 80 miles north of New York City, at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, with easy access to the City and to nearby cultural and recreational amenities.
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Snyder leads Gryphons over Ananth
Thomas Jefferson exploded for nine runs in the first two innings and got a solid performance from David Snyder on the mound as they ran past Anath Christian 11-1 Friday at McNair Field.
Snyder, who drew the first start of his high school career allowed one run on three hits while striking out six batters.
"This game was really important for David's confidence," said coach Chris White. "He hadn't started since middle school and we really need to build depth on our staff, so tonight was key."
TJCA (5-2, 1-0 WHC) went to work early in the contest. With one out in the top of the first, Caleb Bishop reached on a single and took second on error. McKinnon Martin followed with a double to chase him home.
David Mendez then reached on with an infield single to make the tally 2-0. Snyder then reached on a two base error that put the home team up 4-0.
The onslaught continued in the second as the Gryphons sent 10 men to the plate and five crossed home.
Paul Davis came up with the big hit, lining a bases-loaded single up the middle that brought in two runs. Anthony Helton turned the same trick later in the frame as he also brought in two runs with a single.
Tyler Mitchell also garnered an RBI in the inning as TJCA led 9-0. TJCA also added two runs in the third on a RBI hit by Nathanial Devon.
That was more than enough offense as Snyder was in complete control on the mound. He faced the minimum through three innings of work and only surrendered two hits on the night. His perfect game bid was broken up in the fourth inning when Caleb Owens reached on an error and Nick Stamper slapped a single through the left side.
Snyder recovered by fielding his position on the next batter and getting the lead runner with a 1-5 putout.
The visiting Eagles did dent the scoreboard in their final at bat as Josh Owens reached on a single. He moved to third on an error and scored on a wild pitch. TJCA settled down, however and was able to record the final out to win 11-1 in five innings.
TJCA returns to action Tuesday as they host Madison in a crucial conference matchup. First pitch is set for 7pm.
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Johnson: Anti-choice bills out of step with voters
The recent U.S. Supreme Court hearings regarding the freedom to marry make clear how desperately outdated North Carolina's legislature was last year to put Amendment One on the ballot.
Of course, it won and North Carolina effectively wrote discrimination into its constitution for a while, despite the fact only just over a third of eligible voters turned up at the polls. A majority of a fraction of eligible voters is hardly an overwhelming victory, much less an indication of how North Carolinians really feel about marriage equality.
Instead, what ballot measures like Amendment One and the recent ban on safe and legal abortion approved by North Dakota's legislature and Governor show is how willing some politicians are to push through an extreme agenda totally out of step with the way most people in their state feel about deeply personal issues.
In fact, nowhere was this more evident than in North Carolina last year. Whether it was banning Planned Parenthood from receiving state funding to provide lifesaving cancer screening, annual exams, birth control, STD prevention and detection or imposing a forced ultrasound viewing on every woman seeking to end a pregnancy regardless of the circumstances, North Carolina's legislature made clear that they would rather be mired in politically divisive issues than address the real concerns of North Carolinians. They also made clear that women's health was target Number One.
It would be a mistake for them to do so again.
Most North Carolinians — like most Americans — understand and respect a woman's constitutional right to make deeply personal and often complex health care decisions without government interference. They understand that raising a child, choosing adoption or ending a pregnancy are some of the most profound experiences a woman and her family will ever know.
Gov. Pat McCrory would seem to agree. While running for office last fall, he said he didn't support more restrictions on safe and legal abortion in our state. It's time for him to keep his campaign promise and tell legislators that he won't stand by while they take aim at women's health once again. Unfortunately, thus far, the governor seems not to have communicated his common-sense position to lawmakers.
Meanwhile, lawmakers are pushing forward full-steam ahead with an anti-reproductive freedom agenda.
Last week a House Committee approved a dangerous anti-reproductive freedom bill on the non-existent problem of "sex selection abortions." The bill would require doctors to attempt to read the minds of their patients and turn care providers into investigators and patients into suspects. It is offensive, unconstitutional and, as always with such proposals, an assault first and foremost on poor women.
This offensive House bill comes on the heels of a Senate proposal based on a Mississippi law that has placed that state's last remaining abortion provider on the verge of closure. The bill would require doctors providing abortion services to have "admitting privileges" at a local hospital. Such a requirement does nothing to enhance patient safety.
The fact of the matter is that today, abortion is an extremely safe procedure with low risk of complications and is provided by physicians with rigorous patient safety guidelines in place. Requiring physicians to jump through hurdles created by politicians, on the other hand, has nothing to do with patient safety, serving only to make it harder for doctors to care for women.
Unfortunately, many lawmakers don't seem to be concerned about women having access to doctors or respecting the privacy of that relationship. When interviewed by local media and asked about the impact of his legislation on women's health providers, the sponsor of the Senate measure said, "I guess I don't know exactly how it will affect clinics across the state."
It shows.
Hopefully, McCrory, true to his campaign promise, will care more about women's access to safe and legal health care than pushing an extreme political agenda. Let's hope so. It's certainly what the majority of women who voted him into office expected.
Paige Johnson is vice president of external & governmental affairs at Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina.


text: Healthy Recipes Healthified Spring Chicken Saute Recipe E-mail recipe Print recipe To save this recipe, register now! Quick Info: Servings Nutritional Info (Per serving): Calories: 250, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 410mg, Dietary Fiber: 8g, Total Fat: 5g, Carbs: 24g, Cholesterol: 65mg, Protein: 35g Exchanges: Vegetable: 1, Starch: 1.5 Carb Choices: 1 Recipe Source: Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Total Time: 40 mins Ingredients 2 cup(s) beans, green, cut into 2-inch long pieces 1 tablespoon oil, olive 1 pounds chicken, breast, boneless, skinless, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 tablespoon oregano, fresh, or thyme, chopped 2 cup(s) squash, summer (yellow), and/or zucchini 1 can(s) beans, cannellini, (15oz) (white kidney beans), drained and rinsed 1/4 cup(s) broth, chicken, less sodium 6 clove(s) garlic, minced 1 cup(s) tomato(es), cherry, halved 1 tablespoon basil, fresh, or flat-leaf parsley, chopped 1/4 teaspoon salt, Kosher 1/4 teaspoon pepper, black ground Recipe Tip: 90% less sat fat • 48% less sodium than the original recipe—see the comparison. Preparation 1. In a covered medium saucepan, cook green beans in a small amount of boiling salted water for 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain; submerge beans in enough ice water to cover and let stand until cool. Drain again; set aside. 2. Meanwhile, in a very large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. In a large bowl, toss chicken with oregano. Add chicken to hot oil in skillet; cook for 5 to 6 minutes or until no longer pink, stirring frequently. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside. 3. Add squash to skillet; cook and stir over medium-high heat for 3 minutes. Stir in chicken, green beans, cannellini beans, chicken broth, and garlic. Bring to boiling. Add tomatoes, basil, salt, and pepper. Cook about 1 minute or until heated through. E-mail recipe Print recipe To save this recipe, register now!


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The Cook Political Report sends an e-mail, explaining:
If there was any doubt before the Democrats' loss of the Senate seat in Massachusetts last week, it's gone now. This is a nationalized election. Look no further than the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, conducted January 10-14 among 1,002 registered voters by veteran pollsters Democrat Peter Hart and Republican Bill McInturff. On the generic Congressional ballot test, which measures the potential popular vote for the House, the two parties run even, 41-41. This should be troubling for Democrats because this poll question historically skews about three points in favor of Democrats. But more significantly was that among those voters with the most intense interest in this election (those who rated their interest as either a 9 or a 10), Republicans held a 15-point lead, 50-35 percent. This is the second consecutive month of huge GOP advantages among those voters most interested in the election. If this level remains constant, you can count on the Democratic majority in the House being toast this fall.
On the Senate side, Charlie Cooks joins other analysts in predicting major losses for the Democrats. ("I suspect a Republican gain of between five and seven seats, predicated on the Democrats' being unlikely to capture any more than one, at most, of the currently toss-up Republican Senate seats. . . and not being able to hold onto more than one, at most, of the five Democratic toss-up seats [Sen. Lincoln in Arkansas, Sen. Bennet in Colorado, Sen. Burris in Illinois, Sen. Reid in Nevada and Sen. Specter in Pennsylvania]). He calls the Democratic seats in Delaware and North Dakota "goners."
Cook doesn't seem to have Obama's confidence that the president's presence on the political stage makes all the difference in the world. Or maybe it does. Maybe it is the national environment, which has emerged in response to Obama's far-Left agenda, that's dragging the Democrats under. Their choice: put forth a different agenda or every lawmaker for himself, distancing himself from the Obama agenda. In either case, the political reality seems to bear little resemblance to the country as envisioned from the Oval Office. That, more than anything else, must concern the Democrats, who must battle not only Republicans but their own tone-deaf president.


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BASEBALL: Mike on OPS'
Mike's Baseball Rants runs the numbers to see what is, historically, the best measure of offense: batting average, on base percentage, OPS, or Rob Neyer's modified OPS', which weights OBP more heavily than SLG. Unsurprisingly, for most of baseball history, it's OPS' - OPS - OBP - SLG - Avg.
A couple interesting observations:
1. Historically, OPS beats plain old OBP by only a narrow margin.
2. As I noted in my May 2001 column on the Ichiro phenomenon, batting average really was the best measure of offense back in the 1870s, but the changes in the game in the 1880s & 1890s (dropping the number of balls for a walk from 9 to 4, cutting down errors, moving the mound back) brought enough walks and extra base hits into the game to change that.
3. The correlation of any of the stats to team runs scored was lower in the 1880s, 1890s, and 1910s than in later years, and dropped off sharply again in the 1980s & 1990s. Slugging average also had a brief heyday in the 1980s. Why? This is just a guess, but I think that the Earl Weaver-Gene Mauch tug of war had something to do with it: stolen bases and other 1-run strategies were on the rise in the 1960s-70s, but by the 1980s, there were large divergences between teams in the use of such strategies, and that may have undermined the relationship that would exist between traditional base-advancement measures and team scoring (i.e., some teams were losing a lot more baserunners than others).
Or maybe it was just that the Red Sox hit into so damn many double plays.
Either way, I'd be interested to see whether there's a particular type of team that tended to deviate more from the expected relationship between OPS' and runs.
(Mike's post is the one titled "You're So Money, Baby!", if you have trouble with the Blogger permalinks. Mike, come over to Movable Type: all the cool kids are doing it! Make you feel good!)
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The Southern Michigan Timberwolves will make some history this weekend.
Monroe County's minor league football team will travel to Lake Orion to play the Oakland County Playmakers at 4 p.m. Saturday.
It will be their first conference game in their new Great Lakes Football League.
The T-Wolves were formed in 1994 and played in the Mid-Continental Football League their first 18 seasons. They announced after last season that they were leaving the MCFL because of travel costs and other factors. The league has since folded.
Southern Michigan went 1-2 during a beefed-up nonconference portion of the schedule. It lost to the Detroit Ravens and Detroit Wolverines but blasted the Detroit Redd Doggs two weeks ago 52-0.
The T-Wolves had a bye week for Memorial Day Weekend and head coach Mike Piasecki gave them the week off from practice last week.
"There were a few bumps and bruises and the guys needed a week off," Piasecki said. "The only player we'll be missing because of injury Saturday is Marty Simon. He's kind of been injury plagued last year and this year. When he's not injured, he's a dynamite player."
The T-Wolves are heading into unknown territory in a new league against an unfamiliar opponent.
Saturday's game will be play at Lake Orion High School. It can be reached by taking I-75 north to Exit 81 (M-24/Lapeer Rd.) and go north toward Lapeer. Go five miles to E. Scripps Rd. and turn right. The school is on the left at 495 E. Scripps Rd.
Southern Michigan will play its first game at Navarre Field when it returns home to host the Flint Rampage at 7:25 p.m. June 9.


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The Wildcats held the Flyers scoreless through the first 45 minutes of action before fireworks went off in the second half. The teams combined to score seven goals as Dayton squeaked away from the match with a 4-3 victory.
Although the Cats surrendered four goals and walked away from the contest on the low end, Cedergren and the defense never stopped fighting and are confident they will right the ship.
"I think we have a lot of experience in that back four and they as a unit were not at all happy about letting four goals in, but they never stopped trying and they kept pushing," Cedergren noted.
Kentucky runs a 4-5-1 set and is full of experience on the defensive end. Seniors Jacob Kemper and Pettys along with juniors Dylan Asher and Steven Perinovic man the back line for the Cats, who have five seniors among the starting 11.
In contrast to previous seasons, Cedergren is implementing a zone defense instead of man assignments. Like anything in life, change doesn't happen overnight.
"I think we use a fairly similar system that the players are used to in that we play a back four and I believe they played a back four in the past," Cedergren said. "They have zone responsibilities rather than man markings and its just a little more complicated because people that come into your zone are your responsibilities. You have to mark whoever is coming into your zone and then the other three defenders have to feed off of what the first person is doing."
The zone defense requires a lot of attention to detail and trust in teammates to have each other's back.
"We talk a lot of paying attention to detail and as we work more and more the defense is going to get cleaned up," Cedergren said. "We also have to have two holding center midfielders in front of the back four that are supposed to protect them. I think they did an okay job there but we can definitely be a lot sharper."
Despite surrendering four goals in the opener, the offense looked primed and ready for the 2012 season. The Wildcats received goals from senior captain Matt Lodge, Charley Pettys and Tyler Riggs.
UK looked sharp on both ends in the first half, taking a 13-6 shot advantage over the Flyers to the locker room. Cedergren was pleased with the performance his team showed out of the gates and their ability to stay within themselves early on.
"I think we had a pretty clear game plan going into the game and we had a good idea what Dayton was going to do," Cedergren mentioned. "We did really well in the first half in terms of staying with the game plan and keeping the team tight and not giving them a lot of room."
The second half turned out to be a different story. The teams combined to score seven goals, with Dayton holding a 9-8 advantage on shots. The Cats fell behind 4-1 before their courageous rally fell short.
"I think you have to give credit to Dayton," Cedergren said. "They made some changes at halftime and we just weren't able to comprehend what they were doing quickly enough. We started dropping off and giving them more space and soccer is a game of opportunities. Once they got their first goal they became more aggressive and started believing more in themselves and started pushing forward and I think we started doubting ourselves at the same time."
After a long preseason battle for the starting goalkeeper position, UK gave true freshman Callum Irving the nod on Sunday. Irving's stat line didn't looked the most impressive after surrendering four goals but he did catch Cedergren's attention with some of his play.
"When you play a true freshman mistakes are going to happen," Cedergren said. "I will never pull someone or not play someone because they made a mistake. It's how you respond after making the mistake and how you compensate. Callum made a couple of saves that very few keepers in the country could have done. Yes there was a mistake that may have happened but at the same time there were two or three times where he saved almost a given goal."
Junior Jack Van Arsdale and freshman Dary DeWalt are also being considered in the mix for the starting slot. Van Arsdale started three games in goal for UK last season and has performed very well in practice and training.
"Jack did great for us in the spring and he's been great in practice," Cedergren said. "Callum and Jack have been pushing each other like crazy and Dary is in the mix as well. The keepers are very close and we thought Callum looked a little sharper but Jack knows if he trains well this week there is an opportunity for him."
Kentucky will turn its focus to the upcoming weekend as they prepare for the South Carolina Tournament where they will face Big Ten foe Northwestern and Big East member St. John's. Northwestern was picked by the coaches to vie for the top spot in the Big Ten, while St. John's comes into the week ranked No. 15/13. The schedule doesn't get any easier for the Wildcats as they are scheduled to play Charlotte (Sept. 9), Louisville (Sept. 14) and Indiana (Oct. 3).
"It's a great schedule and very challenging," Cedergren said. "We have 10 teams in the top 25 but that's where we want to be and our goal is to be in the top 25. I think you need a tough schedule to get you ready for conference play but Northwestern and St John's are two programs where we want to be with two very experienced coaches.
The Wildcats have larger goals set for themselves as the season progresses. It will take a quite a collective effort to reach their benchmark of 18 or fewer goals allowed, but the team is looking at the big picture.
"These two tough games on the road will get us ready for when we have to go and play on the road in conference," Cedergren said. "One of our goals is to make the conference tournament and to do that we are going to have to get some wins on the road and I think a tough schedule will prepare us for that."


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Jamie Chestney yesterday failed to reach the knock-out stages of the men's singles at the World Outdoor Championships in Adelaide, while his Torquay Kings club-mate and girlfriend Natalie Melmore crashed out of the women's triples.
Chestney lost to Australia's Leif Selby in his last group game to go out.
Spain denied Jamie-Lea Winch, former Kings player Sian Gordon and Melmore, who launches her bid for the women's singles title today.


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Carl Mays: Celebrate the days of your life
Most of us are familiar with the phrase "April showers bring the flowers that bloom in May." And, of course, the April Fools' Day observance has been around since medieval times. But are you aware of some other designated days annually contained in April?
Friday the 4th is Walk To Work Day. Hopefully, you don't live too far from your place of business. Or, if you want to get to your work location on time without having to leave earlier than usual, you may be fortunate enough to have a home office. However, if you do exert a lot of energy on Friday, then you can take advantage of Caramel Popcorn Day, that comes along on Monday the 7th. If you walked a very long way to work and exerted a lot of energy, you may eat caramel popcorn throughout the entire NCAA Championship basketball game and still feel virtuous.
Should your team win the game, you can immediately begin celebrating with like-minded people and continue the celebration until you reach a climax on Thursday the 17th, which has been designated as National High Five Day. However, during all of your caramel popcorn eating, high fiving and other forms of celebration, do keep in mind that Sunday the 20th is Volunteer Recognition Day, which kicks off Volunteer Recognition Week. Be sure and save up some energy for this.
The week also contains Patriot's Day on the 21st, Administrative Professionals Day on the 23rd, and World Penguin Day on the 25th, when the penguins should certainly be celebrating in their Penguin Playhouse at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies! Of course, since I'm a stickler for correct grammar, I have to make a comment on the 24th's Bring Your Daughter To Work Day.
Shouldn't it be Take Your Daughter To Work Day? I say this because you ask people to bring things to the place you are, and you take things to the place you are going. It all depends on where you are when you use the two words.
You would say things such as, "Remember to bring your umbrella with you when you come home" (if you are at home) and "Remember to take your umbrella with you when you go to work."
My favorite annually designated April day has got to be the one on April 2, which is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. I don't know about you, but toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were lunch staples for me when I was a kid – these, along with delicious peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
Space doesn't permit my covering all of the designated days of April. There are over 50 in all, including World Health Day, April 7; Youth Service Day, April 11; Arbor Day, April 25, Confederate Memorial Day on the 28th, and International Jazz Day on the 30th to close out the month.
In 2014, April also brings us Palm Sunday on the 13th, Maundy Thursday on the 17th, Good Friday on the 18th, Holy Saturday on the 19th, and Easter Sunday on the 20th of the month. We also have Easter Monday, the 21st; First Day of Passover, April 15th; Orthodox Good Friday, the 18th; Orthodox Holy Saturday, the 19th; Orthodox Easter Sunday, the 20th; Orthodox Easter Monday, the 21st; and Last Day of Passover on the 22nd.
April is a full month, with some of the designated days much more important than others. But each day brings forth a reason to celebrate life itself.
© 2014 by Carl Mays, National Speakers Association Hall of Fame member and author of over a dozen books. E-mail email@example.com or view www.carlmays.com.


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