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Millions can't afford to get on the housing ladder. Stuck with sky high prices and
dodgy landlords - paying rent and unfair tenancy charges, insecure, under pressure and unrepresented.
PricedOut is your voice - the only group campaigning for first time buyers and cheaper housing.
PricedOut, the national affordable housing campaign, today responded to government proposals to further increase the tax breaks available to Buy-to-Let investors. PricedOut are concerned that the government proposals, contained in a Treasury Consultation Paper on the role of the Private Rented Sector, would further constrain the ability of First Time Buyers to enter the housing market.
PricedOut's research finds that First Time Buyers are substantially financially disadvantaged compared to Buy-to-Let landlords when purchasing property, owing to the tax breaks enjoyed by private investors.
Using Council for Mortgage Lender's data, PricedOut estimate that tax and mortgage advantages mean that, on the same salary and for the same house, an average Buy-to-Let investor would have to pay the equivalent of one seventh of their net income on the mortgage whilst a First Time Buyer would pay one third of their net income – even before BTL rental income is taken into account.
PricedOut spokesperson, Katy John, said:
"The large tax breaks that Buy-to-Let currently enjoys mean that they can always out bid First-Time Buyers. It is astonishing that the government is seeking to further entrench this inequality in the housing market"
"It is impossible to reconcile these proposals with government claims to be on the side of First Time Buyers and to be the party of progressive housing policies. It is time the government gave First Time Buyers a fair chance to compete - rather than kicking away all hope of joining the housing ladder."
"The First Time Buyers who contact our campaign are desperate to get on the housing ladder, but all too often find themselves in direct competition for properties with Buy-to-Let landlords that they can't compete with."
PricedOut is publishing its response alongside new research, which shows for the first time the full extent of the negative impact of the buy-to-let market on priced out First Time Buyers. PricedOut's research reveals that:
The Treasury's recommendations in their February 2010 consultation paper include:
Buy-to-Let investors already have substantial tax breaks in the UK residential property market through the ability to write off mortgage interest payments against income tax.
Ms John further commented: "High house prices and Buy-to-Let speculation have been behind a large growth in wealth inequality and have caused increased financial instability for Britain" .
"The public now face several years of higher taxes and spending cuts - it is frankly baffling that the government is trying to give further tax breaks to a sector that helped get us into our current economic mess."
"Unless we want future home ownership to be the preserve of the wealthy few we need the government to tax property speculators more, not less. Removing Buy-to-Let tax breaks would be a very popular and practical way for the Chancellor to start addressing the deficit."
PricedOut is calling on the UK Government to:
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For media enquires, please contact PricedOut Press Officer, Katy John at email@example.com or on 07545 147771 www.pricedout.org.uk
Notes to the Editor
About PricedOutPricedOut is a campaign group representing the interests of First Time Buyers (FTBs) who are currently unable to afford housing in the UK. PricedOut aims to raise awareness of the damage being caused by unaffordable house prices through its website, its campaign activities and active canvassing of policy makers and the media. [1]PricedOut was founded in February 2006 and is staffed entirely by volunteers. We have more than two thousand registered members.
Whilst there are a number of organisations, charities and campaigns dealing with the important issues of social housing and homelessness there is no group representing First Time Buyers who are being negatively affected by unaffordable house prices. About the Treasury Consultation Paper
PricedOut has today launched its formal response to HM Treasury's February 2010 Consultation on the Private Rented Sector, which can be found in full at: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/consult_investment_private_rented_sector.htm
About PricedOut's Response
PricedOut has six key causes for concern arising from the Treasury's consultation paper:
1. The Treasury paper shows a weak understanding of the dynamics of the UK housing market, and fails to address the impact of increased demand created by the exponential growth of the Buy-to-Let (BTL) sector on UK house prices and the negative impacts this has for First Time Buyers and the UK economy.
Source: CML BTL mortgage lending data, Halifax First Time Buyer Review 2007
The number of Buy-to-Let mortgages increased tenfold from just 3.5% of house purchase mortgages in 1999 to 28.9% in 2006 [2]. This represents over 1 million new Buy-to-Let mortgages. Additionally, it is estimated that only 54%[3] of Buy-to-Let landlords use Buy-to-Let mortgage finance to purchase their properties, meaning that, in reality, the number of UK Buy-to-Let properties is significantly higher. Conservative estimates calculate that this additional demand has added at least an extra 7.4% to UK house prices, equivalent to £13,485 on the average British Home[4]. This dwarfs the average amount spent by FTBs on stamp duty - £1,750 according to Halifax[5].
High house prices, driven in part by the rise in Buy-to-Let, have displaced an estimated 1.2 million 'new' households away from Owner Occupation[6] and have led to around 1.4m fewer First-Time Buyer mortgages since 1999[7]. A recent report by the Council for Mortgage Lenders (CML) found that levels of Owner Occupation are at their lowest since the 1980s[8].
High housing costs also contribute a damaging drag on UK economic performance. They increase personal debt levels, concentrate individual wealth portfolios disproportionately in one asset class and increase vulnerability to external credit shocks. High house prices reduce labour mobility, add an additional cost to UK businesses in higher wages and drain disposable income out of the wider economy. The misallocation of resources impacts on the total level of investment capital available for businesses and wider consumption levels.
2. The Treasury Paper fails to address the negative impact of the speculative and volatile nature of the Private Rental Sector investment, which creates instability in the UK housing market and the wider economy.
Buy-to-Let activity has been highly volatile. The number of outstanding BTL mortgages increased ten-fold from mid 2000 to 2007. It then halved in 2008 and halved again in 2009. The main Buy-to-Let lenders in the UK were at the forefront of using new financing mechanisms, such as the use of wholesale funding markets and Mortgage Backed Securities issuance, which enabled the credit boom and left the UK particularly vulnerable to the credit crunch. Repossessions of Buy-to-Let properties are also higher than in the UK residential mortgage market – substantially so, well over twice the rate, when the 'Receiver of Rent' mechanism available to creditors is taken into account[9].
As a result, eight of the top nine UK Buy-to-Let lenders in 2007 have now either been rescued by the tax payer after threatened bankruptcy, are closed for further business or have been badly damaged by the financial crisis and are undergoing substantial retrenchment.
3. The Treasury Paper fails to acknowledge or address the highly uneven playing field created for PRS investors in the UK residential property market. Buy-to-Let investors are able to use financial products that give them greater purchasing power and exploit generous tax breaks to out bid First Time Buyers for UK property.
Unequal purchasing power due to the UK tax system and lax financial regulation has given Buy-to-Let investors an unfair advantage over First Time Buyers and lies behind the growing displacement of First time Buyers with property investors.
Council for Mortgage Lenders data analysed by PricedOut shows that, for an average First Time Buyer property, BTL investors' mortgage costs – given their tax advantages and use of interest only mortgages – amount to just over a seventh of their net income, whereas FTB average mortgage costs amount to a nearly a third of net income. PricedOut are calling on the government to change the tax system to stop this unfair advantage and allow First Time Buyers a chance to get on the housing ladder.
4. Contrary to stated UK government policy objectives, the UK Private Rented Sector has decreased the supply of UK housing available for Owner Occupation.
Rather than increasing the supply of UK housing, Buy-to-Let investment has created a net loss in the supply of houses available to UK First Time Buyers and Owner Occupiers. In the last six years, the net loss of total supply, including new build market housing, from Owner Occupation to BTL mortgage purchasers was 647,300 dwellings. Despite substantial levels of private sector house building, BTL purchases has led to the total stock of Owner Occupation houses declining by nearly two thirds of a million homes. Rather than building new homes, since 2003 government housing policy has effectively removed at least 647,300 British homes that First Time Buyers can buy – flying in the face of government rhetoric to be helping First Time Buyers.
5. The Treasury paper fails to take into account the negative social impact of Private Rented Sector investment in the UK housing market, including rising house prices. Additionally, it fails to acknowledge its impact on inequalities in wealth distribution
High house prices, exacerbated by rising levels of Private Rented Sector investment in the UK housing market, have contributed to wide-reaching negative social impacts. Waiting lists for social housing are currently at a record high of 4.5 million people. A recent study by Shelter found that 1.5 million adults say that they are unable to look after their elderly parents because they can't afford to live near them, whilst 21% of 18-44 year olds, equivalent to 2.8 million people, are actively delaying having children because of high housing costs[10].
Inequalities in housing wealth are now highly pronounced and growing. According to new data, the aggregate value of housing wealth held by those aged 50 to pension age (representing 7.1 million people)- was £1,280bn, more than twice the housing wealth held by any other age group. The next wealthiest group is those between pension age and 75 (5 million people), whose housing wealth was £600bn. This is despite these groups being smaller in population terms that the 35-44 age group[11]. Yet the Treasury paper completely fails to acknowledge the wealth distributional impact of the Private Rented Sector, both through its macro level on increasing house prices and in the rents PRS investors secure over tenants- many of whom are priced out First Time Buyers.
6. The Treasury paper over-estimates, and fails to scrutinise, the demand for private rented accommodation in the UK, the majority of which is created by priced out First Time Buyers. Additionally, the paper fails to acknowledge or explore the relationship between greater levels of tenant security and the larger and more stable Private Rented Sector that exists in many European countries.
PricedOut challenges a key assumption of the Treasury paper, which states that the PRS meets the demand for rented properties in the UK. Whilst there is some demand for flexible, rented accommodation, a recent study by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors found that only 13% of those who rent in the UK do so by choice. Instead, many would-be Owner-Occupiers are being displaced by Buy-to-Let investors. Sustainable, affordable housing is more important to priced out renters than flexibility.
UK renters face significantly weaker tenants' rights than their European counterparts. PricedOut is concerned that, although the remit of this Treasury paper is the Private Rented Sector, it fails to address the rights of UK tenants. It also demonstrates a bias towards further reducing tenant's rights as the key to growing the Private Rented Sector, a position which the European experience of greater tenants rights combined with larger and more stable Private Rented Sectors than the UK offers little support.
[1] See http://www.pricedout.org.uk/ [2] Council for Mortgage Lenders data[3] See Ball, M. (2006) Buy-to-Let: The Revolution Ten Years On – Assessment and Prospects, Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)[4] See 'Buy to Let mortgage lending and the impact on UK house prices: a technical report', Ricky Taylor, National Housing and Planning Advice Unit, Department of Communities & Local Government. [5] Halifax First Time Buyer Review, December 2007[6] 'Affordability – more than just a housing problem', NHPAU, May 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/2821472/First-time-buyers-set-to-rescue-house-prices.html Council of Mortgage Lenders, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8547902.stm [9] Council for Mortgage Lenders, 'Buy to Let lending in 2009' http://www.cml.org.uk/cml/media/press/2540 [10] Shelter Research from February 8th 2010 and 18th January 2010 http://england.shelter.org.uk/news/february_2010/affordability_crisis_fractures_families and http://england.shelter.org.uk/news/january_2010/housing_costs_forcing_delay_in_having_children[11] ONS, 'Wealth in Britain' survey, 2010. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/wealth-assets-2006-2008/Wealth_in_GB_2006_2008.pdf
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Disney's "Descendants" movie has found the son of Cruella de Vil. "Jessie" actor Cameron Boyce is set to play Carlos, the naughty offspring of the would-be puppy skinner. He might be a bad seed, but he'll be offered a chance at redemption when he attends a very special prep school.
According to an April 25 report by Just Jared Jr., the cast of the Disney Channel movie is rounded out by "Twilight" star Booboo Stewart, "Liv and Maddie" actress Dove Cameron, fresh face Sofia Carson, and newcomer Ben Mitchell. Mitchell plays Ben, the do-gooder son of Beauty and the Beast. Ben knows that villains can change – after all, his dad is a reformed bad guy. So when the young prince gets to make his first proclamation as the future ruler of his land, he decides to give the offspring of some famous Disney villains a chance to redeem themselves.
Dove Cameron might look more like Rapunzel from "Tangled," but she's actually playing one of the evil offspring. She stars as Mal, the daughter of "Sleeping Beauty" villain Maleficent. Sofia Carson stars as Evvie, the daughter of the Evil Queen from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," and Booboo Stewart plays Jay, the son of "Aladdin" baddie Jafar. Carlos and his pals have been exiled on an island with other Disney villains, but Ben decides to invite them to the good guys' prep school so that they won't become evil like their parents.
At their new school, the descendants will encounter Disney heroes like Mulan, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty. These heroes are probably teaching classes, so perhaps their angelic kids will also make an appearance in the movie. But will being surrounded by so much good make the descendants turn away from the dark side, or will they decide that they still want to be future Disney villains?
Disney villains are very big right now. The ABC series "Once Upon a Time" already successfully brought together beloved baddies like the Evil Queen, Maleficent, Beast, and the Queen of Hearts. Its spinoff, "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland," featured Jafar and the Red Queen. Fans will also get to see the softer side of Sleeping Beauty's tormentor in "Maleficent," and they saw a fairytale villain (the Snow Queen) re-imagined as a heroine in "Frozen."
These fairytale TV series and movies all feature villains being redeemed or re-imagined as sympathetic characters, so it seems as though fairytale fans are really embracing the idea of multifaceted baddies and second chances. Disney Channel's "Descendants" is going to continue this intriguing trend, so it will most likely be a big hit when it hits the small screen sometime in 2015.

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What I Wish People Knew About My Broken Back
Monday, October 14th, 2013
Over the last eight months, a lot of people have asked me questions about my back, how I'm healing and when I'll return to racing. Most of the time, the questions don't really get at the heart of what I went through. For example, people would ask about my run training, when I really wanted to tell them about how proud I was for being strong enough to rake up a few leaves on my front yard – even if it completely wiped me out and I had to take a 2 hour nap after.
I'm not normally comfortable talking about myself at length without someone giving me a good reason, so I feel like most people don't get the full story – especially related to the mental side of my recovery. With that in mind, here are random facts about my injury and recovery that I wish people knew.
Fracturing my vertebrae feels like I was stabbed in the back with seven knives. But they were left in there for months. Imagine sneezing with a knife stuck in your back. Or even just twisting enough to clean yourself in the bathroom. That was my life for the first three months of my recovery.
For the first month or two, I didn't have the flexibility to lift up the toilet seat on my own, but I was just barely able to twist enough to clean up after myself. GOD was I thankful for that. I needed help doing a million other things, but the fact that I could at least complete that by myself was huge. I did not take it for granted and was glad I was able to avoid that humiliating experience.
Sam and I hope to have children someday. The fear of not recovering to the point where I could hold and play with my own child still haunts me. Just writing this makes my hands tremble.
Being married to an occupational therapist was a godsend. Not that I wasn't lucky to have Sam before the accident, but she was a huge part of my recovery. From helping to put on and take off my brace each morning and night, to teaching me new ways just to roll over in bed or put on my socks or bathe myself, those little victories were huge for my recovery and helped me to stay positive. The confidence I got from just being able to control little things like what kind of socks I was wearing was huge.
The fact that my bones are able to heal without any medical intervention beyond pain management is both a testament to the amazing abilities of the human body to heal itself and how far we still have to go when it comes to discovering new medical treatments. I had follow up x-rays two weeks after the accident. I was told to ditch the brace, make sure I got enough calcium and not do anything stupid to hurt it. That was it! I haven't seen the orthopedist since. He also didn't think that I needed physical therapy, but I opted to do it anyway. It was the right choice and was a huge part of my recovery since my muscles got super jacked up from being immobile for so long.
My vertebrae are now shaped more like trapezoids than squares. That means that they don't stack up and float on top of one another as nicely as they are supposed to. I have to stretch and crack back at least twice a day, every day, to keep things aligned. Especially when I'm sitting at my work desk for +8 hours per day. I've become really skilled at cracking my own back. This helps to keep my muscles from being pulled in different directions and getting fatigued. It also has helped to reduce tingling and numbness in my left shoulder from a pinched nerve.
One of the hardest parts of my recovery has been the psychological side. Months after my bones healed and physical therapy was able to break up the scar tissue and strengthen my back, I still felt fragile and broken. I would hike mountains, swim, bike and run, but still felt broken. Even small things that would spark memories of the accident would set me off on an emotional whirlwind. I don't think my symptoms were ever bad enough to qualify me for a PTSD diagnosis, but recovering from being dangerously close to being a quadriplegic rattles you to your core.
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7 Responses to "What I Wish People Knew About My Broken Back"
Thanks for sharing Jamie. I admire your strength, willpower and desire to not just heal and be functional, but to get back to the normal life you know. Shows you how fragile our life is.
Inspiring and raw. I have had back muscle spasms and they are similarly debilitating but nothing as scary as what you experienced with the uncertainty of outcome. Your recovery has seemed speedy from the outside but thanks for the reminder of all that goes on within.
Jamie, This is truly wonderful read. I could relate to about 1% of your pain and endurance, because my broken collarbone was not nearly as bad. I do recall how wonderful it was to be able to wipe my butt with my right hand. You don't appreciate freedom of movement until you lose it. I"m so glad you are okay (mostly) now!
This is a great post. I think if someone has not lived through an experience, posts like this are so helpful in explaining what it is like. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing this! I know it wasn't easy! I'm sure that the mental aspect is the hardest! It would be for me as well. One step at a time! You are doing great Jamie. Keep your head up. You will come back stronger!
This is really powerful and I am so happy to hear that you are not only making the right steps back toward normalcy but that you are acknowledging what you have already overcome. Definitely know that is hard to do. On a lighter note, Sam is an absolute angel for dealing with you
its great to hear you are continuing to improve.
Thanks again for your input as I went though my own struggles. June 5 will be one year since I broke my back and I am looking to celebrate the recovery to date!
While I hate everyone telling me I need to go see "so and so" to help me out as I am sure you have as well, I thought I would share something that has helped me out.
It has been a great tool to help relieve the stress on my back.


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Dell originally had the 5 inch Streak tablet/smartphone hybrid listed for release in "late July," but as that time gets here it's looking bleak for those looking forward to the device. A Dell spokesman told ComputerWorld that "I can say definitely that the Dell Streak won't go on sale in July," despite the Dell site still saying otherwise.
A blog post that has since been taken down by Dell did state that the Streak will be available for $299 USD with a contract with AT&T and $549 without. Dell and AT&T did not confirm these prices, but AT&T makes sense since Dell stated the Streak would run on a GSM network and have ruled out T-Mobile, which only leaves AT&T.


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MADAWASKA - Five years ago, Tom Gerard had an idea to share a sport he loved with his physical education students at Madawaska High School, and with some local support and a grant from the Perloff Family Foundation, his freshman students now enjoy two weeks of fly fishing instruction built into their curriculum each spring.
"It's a life skill," said Gerard. "I do it, and I've taught my family how to do it, and it brings you to so many pretty places on the planet. If it makes one or two kids want to do it, then it's been successful."
With the Perloff grant, the school was able to purchase fly fishing poles and gear, then all they needed was a place to fish. Through the generosity of Dan and Debbie Daigle at the Other Maine Cabins on Gagnon Road in Madawaska, students soon had the perfect location.
"When I started this project, I approached Dan and asked him if we could use his pond," said Gerard.
Daigle agreed, asking only that the students who use his facility, including his stocked, man-made trout pond, respect his property. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife agreed to stock the pond with 250 trout each year for the project. Gerard buys his flies locally, from Eugene Lagasse. Another local supporter of his program is Doug Cyr of Cyr Travel who volunteers his time to assist the students and share his passion for the sport of fly fishing.
Gerard teaches primarily freshmen, but when he has other classes, he brings them fly fishing as well. With Daigle's support, Gerard also brings kids from the rec department and clients from St. John Valley Associates to fish at the Other Maine Cabins each summer.
"It's the perfect place for students," said Gerard. "It exposes kids to something they would normally never do."
Student fly fishers on May 17 echoed that sentiment.
"I like it a lot," said Jillian Vanier. "I have gone fishing once, but it was nothing like this."
Alexis Cote remembers ice-fishing with her pépère, but fly fishing was new to her.
"As a class, we're very fortunate to be able to come here," she said.
Gerard agreed, saying, "I try to take advantage of the fact that it's here. The nice part is that it's so close to the school so we can be here real quick."
"I think it's really unique to do this in gym class," said Shannon Dionne, who said she hopes to do more fishing this summer now that Gerard has exposed her to it.
Matthieu Cyr has been fishing before, but he's still happy for the opportunity to leave school during gym class to spend time at the pond.
"It's something new to do," he said.
"Fishing shows character," said Gerard. "Some kids sit here and relax and enjoy it, others are impatient."
Aaron Soucy enjoys it, but he might still be a little impatient for the fish to bite.
"It's a lot harder than on the Wii," he said.
"I try to teach them that it's more than fishing, it's about the environment and respecting the landowner and wildlife," said Gerard.
As if on cue, a killdeer that has built her nest near the shore of the pond for the second year now began chirping and feigning a wounded wing when a student stepped too close to her nest for her comfort. The display was meant to draw predators away from her eggs in the nest by tricking them into thinking she was injured and an easy target. Gerard used the opportunity to teach his students to use caution around wildlife, reminding them that when they are enjoying the outdoors, they are in the animals' territory and that they should respect the animals' homes.
Daigle placed a wide ring of white rocks around the killdeer nest to help visitors to his pond identify its location.
At the end of each season, Gerard presents his students with a "diploma" qualifying them for the "fisherman's liars club."
I remember fishing in PE
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The Spartans got quite a scare on Saturday night when after the first half of play, Harvard eliminated a 16-point deficit and surged back in their second round match up of the NCAA tournament.
No. 4 Michigan State coasted through the first half of play, never relinquishing the lead and dominating thanks to a career-high 20 points from Branden Dawson, but it was a different game in the second half with the Crimson's Wesley Saunders scoring 22 points overall to erase a huge lead for MSU and eventually tied the game for Harvard in the final minutes.
Dawson eventually settled with an overall career-high of 26 points, nearly outscoring Harvard in the paint, shooting 22 paint points on 11 of 12 shots. Key three-point shots from MSU's Gary Harris and Travis Trice helped to give the Spartans their final push and rebounds from Adreian Payne kept the Spartans in control as the last minutes rolled down, with MSU winning it 80-73, though it certainly had a lot of hearts beating a little faster.
"It was a scare and we need to give credit to Harvard," Michigan State guard Denzel Valentine said.
Dawson's 26-point effort proved something that Michigan State fans had been waiting to see all year: When the team is healthy, and everyone is playing on the same page, there's no telling just how many ways the Spartans can win a game.
In their previous match up against Delaware, it was star player Payne who scored a career-high 42 points and set a new tournament record for the Spartans and gave his team the win. This time around, it was in a completely unexpected effort from Dawson. Michigan State is proving its versatility and giving credibility to all of the analysts for their immense depth. With a team like Michigan State being as chocked full of talent like it is, it seems like there's no way to know just how they can beat you on any given night.
Still, Harvard deserves a huge amount of credit. In the end, they nearly upset one of the nation's top picks to win it all. The Ivy League may not be known for its basketball teams, but the Crimson proved that they've certainly got talent and can one day be a major factor in the tournament. Something that MSU head coach Tom Izzo says he's known for years about his friend in Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker.
"You look down the other end, and I've got a good friend that's down there," said Izzo, who goes back more than 20 years with Amaker. "I kept saying, 'They're going to come back. You better realize that."
And they nearly did, just barely missing a chance for Harvard to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history.
"I thought our kids competed," Amaker said. "We knew we would."
Michigan State will now go on to play in their 12th Sweet Sixteen in the last 17 years. The Crimson, meanwhile, will go back and take pride in an incredible job well done.
"A wonderful effort by our team," Amaker said. "But you have to play perfect basketball to pull a game out like that."
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Harrington, R J; Gutch, M J; Hengartner, M O; Tonks, N K; Chisholm, A D (2002). The C. elegans LAR-like receptor tyrosine phosphatase PTP-3 and the VAB-1 Eph receptor tyrosine kinase have partly redundant functions in morphogenesis. Development, 129(9):2141-2153.
Receptor-like protein-tyrosine phosphatases (RPTPs) form a diverse family of cell surface molecules whose functions remain poorly understood. The LAR subfamily of RPTPs has been implicated in axon guidance and neural development. Here we report the molecular and genetic analysis of the C. elegans LAR subfamily member PTP-3. PTP-3 isoforms are expressed in many tissues in early embryogenesis, and later become localized to neuronal processes and to epithelial adherens junctions. Loss of function in ptp-3 causes low-penetrance defects in gastrulation and epidermal development similar to those of VAB-1 Eph receptor tyrosine kinase mutants. Loss of function in ptp-3 synergistically enhances phenotypes of mutations in the C. elegans Eph receptor VAB-1 and a subset of its ephrin ligands, but does not show specific interactions with several other RTKs or morphogenetic mutants. The genetic interaction of vab-1 and ptp-3 suggests that LAR-like RPTPs and Eph receptors have related and partly redundant functions in C. elegans morphogenesis.
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Link: Rubble Trouble New York
Developer: Nitrome
Genre: Puzzle/Destruction
Kongregate Rating: 3.71/5
FlashMush Rating: 8/10
Rubble Trouble New York sounds like a cheesy wrestling game but on the contrary it's actually a pretty well done demolition puzzle game. I've seen this genre of games surge up recently. Basically you have a building or some structure which you have to destroy using a limited amount of bombs, dynamite, whatever. Rubble Trouble New York is no different in terms of general gameplay but it then goes above and beyond the others.
First main difference which separates Rubble Trouble New York from the rest of the pack is the presence of a pretty nice graphic system. It combines semi 8-bit graphics with general polished cartoony graphics, making a really appealing game. Another great thing I loved about Rubble Trouble New York was the inclusion of characters which carry the story line. Each level they tell you the rules of that level, provide some comic relief, and just give the level another layer of depth.
Rubble Trouble New York again goes over the rest of the demolition pack by greatly increasing your toolbox. Most demolition games I've played have you really only using one type of weapon; dynamite or some equivalent. Rubble Trouble New York has much more than just one. They have the typical dynamite like weapon, but also cannons, missiles, helicopter wrecking balls, cranes, the list goes on and on and these really leave the levels a fair bit of open endedness. Also Rubble Trouble New York provides a variety of buildings and their materials, again giving the game more depth and replay value.
The big problem with Rubble Trouble New York, however, is actually the level design. Some levels are quite hard as they are designed poorly. For example in one level a building was shaped like a funnel with an opening at the very top. This building was surrounded by buildings that if hit you lose the level. Your only weapon is the cannon ball which you have to control power and angle. Very hard to control honestly and to make it harder, the shot bounces around... To me this is a example of a pretty bad level design as it's basically luck based rather than a puzzle or even a skill level.


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Children's Stephen Shusterman, DMD, Richard Bruun, DDS, and Bonnie Padwa, DMD, MD, recently visited China where they participated in the National Child Cleft Lip & Palate Therapy Seminar, shared their protocol for the management of cleft patients and lectured on preventive dentistry.
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Brindha Subramanian, DMD, discusses her residency in the Pediatric Dental Program at LSU when Hurricane Katrina struck. "I was overwhelmed with helplessness and desperation. Fortunately, Children's offered to accept an appeal from LSU to host a resident."[read more]
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According to Fox News on Wednesday, Eric Canton the No. 2 Republican in the House was defeated in the Republican primary to an unknown Tea Party challenger, David Brat, a university professor of economics. Canton's lost has been called the biggest upset of the year. Canton, 51, lost his seat by 44.4% to 55.6% in the Virginia primary.
Mark Preston, CNN's executive political editor, said "This came out of nowhere." CNN Political Analyst David Gergen said, "I think this will send shock waves through the Republican ranks." In a phone interview with CNN on Monday, Brat argued that Cantor is more attentive to donors in New York and California and big business groups than he is to enacting an agenda based on Republican ideals.
Most Republicans view Cantor as the most conservative member in the House leadership lineup. He was President Barack Obama's chief opponent in budget negotiations in 2011, a role he proudly pointed out during this campaign season.
Following his primary defeat, Cantor announced his resignation as House Majority Leader effective July 31. That is a position he had held since 2011. He said he will remain a member of Congress until the start of the 114th United States Congress commencing on Jan. 3, 2015.
In his remarks, Canton said this is just an "individual setback" and he has learned that each setback leads to a new opportunity. He said he couldn't be more optimist about the future claiming he will continue to fight for middle class Americans and will continue to put his constituents first.


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Wat Maha Leap, 20km from Kompong Cham, is one of the most sacred Buddhist temples in Cambodia as it is among only a handful of wooden wats to have escaped being destroyed by the Khmer Rouge. Beautiful decor on the pillars and ceiling.
2 Wat Nokor
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Wat Nokor is one of the shrines around Kompong Cham definitely worth visiting. Built in the 11C under Jayavarman VII, nowadays original elements of Buddhist temple, such as sandstone and laterite, are mixed with more recent structures. Of particular ..
3 Chup Heveas Plantation
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The rich soil of the region of Kompong Cham provides the right conditions for hevea. This crop that is used to make rubber was widely grown here from the 1920s, and is currently enjoying a revival. Visit the Chup Hevea Plantation.


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Vormela peregusna
|Scientific Name:
|Vormela peregusna
|Species Authority:
|(Güldenstädt, 1770)
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The infra-specific taxonomy is not clear and further work on this is required (most of the work so far has been done on the pelts). The nominate subspecies is found in Europe.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2c ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Tikhonov, A., Cavallini, P., Maran, T., Krantz, A., Herrero, J., Giannatos, G., Stubbe, M., Conroy, J., Kryštufek, B., Abramov, A. & Wozencraft, C.
|Duckworth, J.W. (Small Carnivore Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
This species is listed as Vulnerable under criteria A2c (population reduction). It seems reasonable to infer at least a 30% reduction in the population in the last ten years due to the loss of steppe habitat (especially in Europe and China). This reduction may continue into the future, as suggested by climate change models and land-use change, but it is difficult to say if it would be at the same rate.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The marbled polecat has a distribution extending from south-east Europe, through Asia Minor, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, to northern China and Mongolia. In Europe, it is found in Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkish Thrace, and southern parts of Ukraine (has in fact disappeared from most of the Ukraine, only present in the east) and the Russian Federation and the northern Caucasus (the steppe areas, not the mountains). It is also known to be widespread throughout the Middle East, having been recorded from just across the Sinai eastern border in Gaza (Harrison 1968), in Israel/ Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and northern Iraq and northern Saudi Arabia (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951; Harrison 1968; Nader 1991). Saleh and Basuony (1998) report the first records of this species from Egypt, as it was recorded from two localities on the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula (southeast of Bir El Abd and just north of Gabal El Maghara). It occurs from sea level to 2,000 m. It is found up to 3,000 m in the Tien Shan Mountains.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Afghanistan; Armenia (Armenia); Azerbaijan; Bulgaria; China; Georgia; Greece; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Kazakhstan; Lebanon; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Mongolia; Montenegro; Pakistan; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia (Serbia); Syrian Arab Republic; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan
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|It is rare throughout much of its range, and is classed as 'Rare' in the Russian Federation. Its northerly range is receding in the Balkans and Ukraine, and in European Russia. It has declined substantially in Europe in line with the loss of steppe habitats. Declines are also suspected in central Asia. It is less rare in central Asia than elsewhere, but not common there. The species has always been naturally rare. Though it appears to be common throughout northern Sinai, and well known to the local Bedouins there (Saleh and Basuony 1998). The largest population in the Middle East is reported to be in Israel (Michael Stubbe pers. comm. 2006).
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|This species was recorded from a sparsely vegetated, sandy area southeast of Bir El Abd, northern Sinai, while another was recorded from a sandy area just north of Gabal El Maghara (Saleh and Basuony 1998). It inhabits desert, semi-desert and steppe habitats. It is a specialized predator, feeding mainly on desert and steppe rodents such as gerbils, ground squirrels, and birds. It is the most fossorial of all weasels.
|Major Threat(s):
|The major threat to this species is the loss of natural steppe and desert habitats. Steppe habitats are declining in Europe as they are converted to cultivated farmland. Secondary poisoning by rodenticides may also be a threat, as are population declines in key prey species (a number of steppe rodent species are declining in Europe). In China, desertification is the major threat to the species.
|Conservation Actions:
|It is strictly protected under Appendix II of the Bern Convention. Hunting for this species is prohibited in most countries across its range. It occurs in a number of protected areas across its range, but there is a need to increase the size of these. There is an urgent need to protect the remaining steppe habitat of this species. It is a flagship species for the steppe. A number of animals are in captivity, but a breeding program is not necessary. Russia's and China's Red List note the species as Vulnerable.
|Tikhonov, A., Cavallini, P., Maran, T., Krantz, A., Herrero, J., Giannatos, G., Stubbe, M., Conroy, J., Kryštufek, B., Abramov, A. & Wozencraft, C. 2008. Vormela peregusna. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T29680A9525379. . Downloaded on 25 June 2016.
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CBT & E&R Prevention
Insider Techniques
Advice for Friends/Partners
summarize the field in one sentence: NLP is the practical study
of the human brain and how you can manipulate it. In order to
understand what this field stands for, it helps to briefly look
at the roots of NLP. NLP is a relatively new field of psychological
study, being used for the first time in the 60s. The founders
of NLP tried to bring together new research breakthroughs from
such diverse fields as linguistics, computer programming, brain
research, and psychology, to get a better understanding of the
human mind. The origin explains also the name NLP, which stands
for Neuro Linguistic Programming.
It is often said that your brain is the greatest computer on earth.
The only problem is, it came without a manual. The promise of
NLP is to supply this manual. To fulfill this promise, it gives
you many different practical techniques which you can use to "program
your mind".
One other important distinction is that NLP is a very goal-orientated
field. Therefore it produces, opposing to many other psychology
fields, models rather than theories. The difference is that models
do not have to be 100% correct, whereas theories need only one
piece of contradicting evidence to be proven wrong. The only purpose
of a model is for it to work for you. So if you know that
a certain technique works great to make you feel happy, but it
also has been proven to not work on a random man in India (which
would be enough to completely abandon a theory), you could still,
without a doubt, practice the model since it is still perfectly
intact for you.
is important to note that NLP should NOT be used to fight
a BDD attack directly. I have tried that a couple of times
and it just seems as if there is too big a barrier during
a BDD attack. Applying NLP during those periods will probably
only create more stress than needed, and it's best just
to let the BDD attack pass without NLP.
will add more techniques to this page as often as possible.
Be sure to keep checking back if you're interested in learning
more about how you can use NLP!


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The consent order settles charges that Barr Pharmaceutical, Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Pliva d.d for approximately $2.5 billion would have eliminated current or future competition between Barr and Pliva in certain markets for generic pharmaceuticals treating depression, high...
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The consent order settled charges that Thermo Electron Corporation's proposed $12.8 billion acquisition of Fisher Scientific International, Inc. would harm competition in the U.S. market for high-performance centrifugal vacuum evaporators (CVEs). Thermo and Fisher are the only two...
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The Commission intervened in the formation of United Launch Alliance (ULA), a proposed joint venture between the Boeing Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. The FTC's complaint alleged that the formation of ULA as originally structured would have reduced competition in the markets for U.S...
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The Commission approved a final consent order to ensure the maintenance of competition in the market for prone stereotactic breast biopsy systems (SBBSs). The Commission had challenged this merger which was consummated in 2005. The order required the divestiture of all prone SBBS...
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The consent order settles chargers that the $27 billion acquisition of Guidant Corporation by Boston Scientific Corporation would harm competition and consumers in several significant medical device markets. Guidant Corporation by Boston Scientific Corporation are the largest market...
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Matt Bomer's recent appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" turned into a costume fitting as Ellen DeGeneres teased Bomer with stripper wear suggestions for the highly anticipated "Magic Mike" sequel. In return Bomer teased DeGeneres and viewers with details about the movie. In the interview that aired on Friday, Bomer said production for the movie will be starting this fall.
Bomer, who is earning raves for his performance as Felix Turner in the HBO drama "The Normal Heart," showed a lighter side in the interview as he joked back and forth with Ellen about "Magic Mike 2." The 36-year-old actor who was a part of the original cast shared some details about the sequel. He told DeGeneres, "My understanding is it's gonna start this fall. And I think Channing [Tatum] announced recently that it's kind of a road-trip film that leads to a stripper convention, which really exists! It's real-live thing."
Sounds like it will be more of a bonding type movie between all the strippers involved. Bomer gave futher details saying, "Only the best of the best make it. It's a strip-off to the death. It is a stripper convention - I can imagine if you lock those doors, things can get a little rowdy."
Bomer did not reveal whether he will be onboard for the sequel. With his busy acting schedule and his real life role as a husband and father of three children, the "White Collar" actor wants to spend time with his family, but had no problem giving DeGeneres and viewers a peek of his "Magic Mike" moves as he showed off some of the stripper gear DeGeneres teased him with.
Stripping gear wasn't the only thing DeGeneres helped Bomer out with. The talk show host also helped "The Normal Heart" star set up a Twitter account live on the show. Bomer's first Tweet was a selfie of the two holding a sign of his new Twitter handle. The tweet simply said, "First tweet-thank you Ellen! @TheEllenShow."


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Carrollwood VillageFest 2012
On Saturday, November 17th, Carrollwood is holding its 10th annual Carrollwood VillageFest celebration. The event will feature live music, food, games, arts/crafts, and the event boasts 109 vendors. Some interesting vendors include Alex's Southern BBQ and Red Elephant Pizza and Grill. Kids can enjoy Santa Claus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as well as a petting zoo and pony rides. Parking will cost $2.
Event name: Carrollwood VillageFest
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: Free admission, $2 parking
Address: Carrollwood Village Soccer Fields, 13420 S. Village Drive. Tampa, FL
Flyer: http://carrollwoodvillage.com/showdoc.asp?from=ve&id=1429
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Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner. Each day we feature the bet music hitting the airwaves here on Long Island and today we're featuring a new release from Billy J. Kramer. Billy made his name as part of the original British Invasion back in the 60's alongside groups like The Beatles, and he' shared the stage alongide the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, and James Brown. Today he make his home, at least part of the time, on Long Island, and he has a new album out which features Liberty Devitto from the Billy Joel band on drums.
Billy will be performing at the NYCB Theater at Westbury on September 14th along with Gerry and the Pacemakers, Chad & Jeremy, Mike Pender' Searchers, and Denny Laine. More information on the show, and the new album, is available on Billy's website at www.billyjkramersite.com.


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According to the New York Daily News on June 18, Chase Culpepper, a 16-year-old transgender teen in South Carolina, got a surprise when he went to get his new driver's license. Chase was told he had to remove the makeup he wears daily before he could have his photo taken at the Anderson, S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles because he didn't look the way "a boy should."
Chase was dressed as he is daily, in girl's clothing and makeup. "This is how I am every day. And if a police officer wanted to recognize how I am, then, he would want to see who I am in my picture as well," said Chase. Chase goes to school and works at McDonald's. He doesn't think he violated any rules or laws.
The South Carolina DMV's photo policy, updated in 2009, states: "At no time will an applicant be photographed when it appears that he or she is purposefully altering his or her appearance so that the photo would misrepresent his or her identity."
A DMV representative stated, "When this young man has to show his ID, his ID shows that he's male. The card says he's male [and therefore], he needs to look like a male." It was stated, however, that if a transgender individual changes his/her name and gender through the courts, the DMV will honor the change.
Chase complied and wiped off his makeup in order to get his license. He was upset about the treatment he received and decided he needed to do something about it. He contacted the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF). "The government should not be in the business of telling men and women how we are supposed to look as men and women," Michael Silverman, Executive Director of TLDEF, told the Daily News.
The TLDEF stated further that the DMV stifled the teen's freedom of gender expression, attempting to deliberately suppress his feminine side. "We want Chase to be able to go back to the DMV in Anderson, his hometown, and have his photo taken the way he looks every day with makeup on," Silverman said. He has written to Kevin Schwedo, Executive Director of the South Carolina DMV, and its general counsel, Frank Valenta, asking for them to retake Chase's photo the way he normally looks.
"Chase is happy with who he is. Chase's mother loves him just the way he is," Silverman said. "The government should not tell him there is something wrong with him just because he doesn't meet the DMV's expectations about what a boy should look like."
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What's the solution to climate change?
On February 1st
The quote of the week is:
"The solution to climate change is energy policy." ~ Sen. John Kerry
A week ago yesterday (January 24, 2012), Senator John Kerry secretary of state confirmation hearing, and started with the quote I posted above…
You can learn more by reviewing this EcoWatch post – I'd love to hear what you think about it – please comment below.
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JONESBORO, Ark. Senior Paul Rice (Beardstown, Ill./Beardstown) led the Bradley baseball team, as the Braves downed host Arkansas State, 11-5, Sunday afternoon at Tomlinson Stadium.
Junior Chris Wright (Rochester, Ill. /Rochester) (1-0 overall) scattered five hits over seven innings of work to earn his first career victory as a Brave.
Offensively, the Braves were led by Paul Rice who went 4-for-5 with three runs batted in, including two doubles. Senior Ryan Curry (Downers Grove, Ill./South) went 3-for-5 with two runs batted in, including two doubles of his own.
Junior Ryan Eigsti (Eureka, Ill./Eureka) and sophomore Mike McMillan (Bloomington, Ill./Normal University) the other two doubles for the Braves.
The Braves pounded out 15 hits, six of which were for extra bases. Rice got the scoring started with a two run double in the top of the third inning. The Braves never looked back as they added five runs in the top of the seventh to put the game out of reach, including another run scoring double by Rice to get the scoring started.
Bradley improves to 2-5 on the season with the victory, while Arkansas State falls to 5-5 on the spring.
The Braves will be back in action Saturday as the head to Cookeville, Tenn. to take on Tennessee-Tech in a three game series. First pitch for game one of the doubleheader is set for Saturday at 1:00 p.m.


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Nate Lammons
April 4, 2014
The SMU Mustangs will play their fourth straight match against a ranked opponent as they travel to Stillwater, Okla., to face No. 23 Oklahoma State on Sunday at 12 p.m. SMU will then return home to play UT Arlington on Wednesday at 3 p.m. SMU is 9-10 on the season with a 6-1 record in home matches. The Mustangs will play their final regular season match against Rice on April 13 at 1 p.m. at the Lakes Tennis Academy in Frisco, Texas.
The Cowboys are 19-3 this season and are ranked 23rd nationally in the latest ITA Top 75. Oklahoma State boasts eight wins over ranked teams, including a 4-2 victory over No. 6 Tennessee on Jan. 31. All three of the team's losses have come to teams ranked 32nd or higher, with its most recent defeat coming at No. 11 Texas on March 30. Jakob Sude is ranked 61st in the nation in singles with a 16-7 overall record and an 8-4 mark in the spring. Lucas Gerch is a perfect 15-0 in the spring, going 11-0 at the No. 4 spot, and Brady Bohrnstedt is 12-2 in dual matches. Sude and Arjun Kadhe are 7-0 in doubles this spring at the No. 1 position.
SMU has won the last two meetings in the series, including a win in Dallas last season on March 30. The Mustangs won 4-3, with Mischa Nowicki winning a three-set thriller at No. 5 singles to seal the victory. Arturs Kazijevs also won at No. 1 singles, Gaston Cuadranti won at No. 3 and SMU took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 2. SMU also won on March 22, 2011, on the road, 6-1.
SMU is 7-11 this season, winning its last two matches at the Middle Tennessee Shootout over Southern Illinois on March 29 (4-2) and versus Troy on March 30 (4-2). Daniel Armengol is 9-4 this spring, including a 9-3 record at the No. 3 spot. He has also won four straight and six of nine matches overall. Mario Muniesa is 9-7 in singles with seven wins at No. 5. UTA has two doubles pairs with eight wins, with Carlos Arbiza and Javier Perez collecting seven wins at No. 1 doubles.
SMU has won 15 straight matches over UT Arlington dating back to 1994. The two teams were scheduled to meet last season, but the match was cancelled due to weather. The last meeting came on April 4, 2012, a 4-3 SMU victory in Dallas. Mischa Nowicki and Arturs Kazijevs each picked up singles wins in the victory.
SMU's two seniors - Alex Sanders and Mischa Nowicki, have played strong tennis as of late, and earned the praise of head coach Carl Neufeld. "Our seniors are leading the way for us," Neufeld said after SMU's tight 4-3 loss to No. 19 Columbia on March 18. Sanders leads the Mustangs with 10 wins in dual matches, including a 5-3 record at No. 3 singles. Sanders won two matches at No. 1 from March 7-10 against Nicholls State and Cleveland State, and is 5-3 in his last nine decisions. Nowicki has six wins in dual matches, including at the No. 2 position versus No. 19 Columbia. Nowicki now has 42 wins in his career at SMU.
The SMU Mustangs hold a 11-5 (.688) record in No. 6 singles, their top mark for any singles spot. Nate Lammons is 5-2 when playing at six, while freshmen Juliio Olaya (4-0) and Arkidjas Slobodkins (2-1) have also garnered strong results at the position. Lammons also played solid tennis at No. 6 last season, going 9-5 in 2013 to total a 13-6 record over his two seasons.
SMU has two players that hail from Riga, Latvia - junior Arturs Kazijevs and freshman Arkidjas Slobodkins. Kazijevs began the season nationally ranked in singles and currently holds a 6-6 record, playing 10 matches at the No. 1 spot. Slobodkins began his collegiate career in January, and won six of his first seven matches. Last season, Kazijevs earned First Team All-Conference USA honors and ended the 2012-13 season ranked 108th in the nation.
SMU's three freshmen, Arkidjas Slobodkins, Julio Olaya and Tony Russell, have accumulated 16 wins in dual matches this spring and 21 wins overall. Slobodkins has four wins at No. 5 singles, Olaya has four victories at No. 6 and Russell is a perfect 2-0 when playing at the No. 5 spot.
The Mustangs boast a 34-26 overall record in doubles for the 2013-14 season, led by the tandem of Nate Lammons and Alex Sanders, who are 17-7 overall and 7-4 in the spring. The duo won the doubles title at the Jack Kramer Club Invite in the fall, and have won three straight decisions this spring. Arturs Kazijevs and Mischa Nowicki are 5-5 in dual matches at the No. 1 position, while Nowicki and Arkidjas Slobodkins (2-2) won their first two matches at No. 1 as a duo.
SMU will host Rice at the Lakes Tennis Academy in Frisco, Texas, on Saturday, April 13 at 1 p.m. Free brisket tacos from 3 Stacks Smoke & Tap House will be served starting at 12:45 p.m. for the first 300 or so guests. The first 150 people to arrive will receive free long-sleeve t-shirts. The event is free to attend.
Junior Arturs Kazijevs picked up a huge win over No. 46 Nick Chappell and sophomore Nate Lammons also picked up a victory in singles, but it was not enough as SMU dropped a tough road match at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas.
Kazijevs won in three sets over Chappell; 6-4, 3-6, 10-5. Kazjievs now has four wins over ranked opponents this season. Chappell also has won against four ranked foes, and the junior entered the match with 19 wins overall. Lammons won in straight sets at No. 6 singles over Andres Alfonzo; 6-4, 7-6 (5).
TCU, which entered the match ranked 56th nationally, took the opening doubles point with close victories at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles.
The Horned Frogs won singles matches at Nos. 3-5 in straight sets, while the battle at No. 2 between Alex Sanders and Lugones went unfinished after each player won one set.


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Archie Andrews, the famous freckle-faced comic book icon, will die in a heroic way. According to the Associated Press Monday, Archie will be shot saving his gay best friend in Wednesday's installment of "Life with Archie." The death of the comic book hero was first announced back in April.
Archie's heroism will be displayed when he takes the bullet meant for Kevin Keller, Archie Comics' first openly gay character. Keller was first introduced in 2010 in the Archie Comics spin-off "Veronica". He joined the cast of characters that include Veronica Lodge, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones and Reggie Mantle. Not only is Keller's character openly gay, but he is also a military veteran and newly elected Politician who is pushing for more gun control in the fictional town of Riverdale after the shooting of his husband. The assassination attempt on his life is connected to his push for gun control.
The death of Archie will be symbolic because he will die doing something the character has been known for. Jon Goldwater, Archie Comics publisher and co-CEO told the AP, "The way in which Archie dies is everything that you would expect of Archie. He dies heroically. He dies selflessly. He dies in the manner that epitomizes not only the best of Riverdale but the best of all of us. It's what Archie has come to represent over the past almost 75 years."
Archie's demise will be a sad moment for fans of the comic series, as it will mark the conclusion of the series focused on the grown-up version of the Riverdale gang. It will also mark the beginning of a new Riverdale. Goldwater said Archie dying saving Keller will have more of an impact because it "would really resonate with the world and bring home just how important Archie is to everyone."
The introduction of Keller in the Archie Comics was monumental because sexuality was explored and a connection was made to real world social conflicts. Keller has overcome and still deals with social challenges that have made him a complex and relatable character. He has dealt with being gay in the military and he also deals with being a gay politician. His character alone raises the issues of same-sex marriage and gun control; two issues that are dominate today's political and social atmospheres.


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A restored old home in St. Vincent's, depicting a way of life that's almost lost. Revealing the heritage and culture of a proud people who left a legacy of treasures for a younger generation to enjoy.
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- Belize City and Altun Ha Maya temples shore excursion
- See St John's Catherdral, Government House and colonial architecture
- Visit the city of Altun Ha and explore the ancient Mayan temples
- Complimentary port pickup and drop-off
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Visit a variety of cultural and historical highlights located around the city, including St John's Cathedral and the colonial mansion once occupied by the British governors. Admire the beautiful wooden architecture of many of the houses you pass.
Then, you'll be driven by your local guide 30 miles (50 km) north of Belize City to Altun Ha. Here, take a guided tour around the Mayan temple ruins and get the chance to see the ancient city up close. Learn how this centuries-old city was once a thriving trading post in the Mayan era. After exploring these impressive ruins, you'll be transferred back to your cruise ship port.
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We will ensure your timely return to the Belize City port for this activity. In the rare event your ship has departed, we will arrange for transportation to the next port-of-call. If your ship is delayed and you are unable to attend this activity, your money will be refunded. See our terms and conditions for full details.
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Excellent tour guide! He was very informed and friendly! Only regret is that we did not see the beautiful parts of Belize.
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We loved it! We were so happy that we booked with you. We had a nice small tour of 8 (our family) and were well taken care of by our wonderful guide Vel, who was funny and a wealth of information on the Mayans! Being in a small tour like this we had a little more leway to go at our own pace. GREAT!!!!!


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We will call this "anatomy of a shootout"; things I like to point out before you watch the video.
1) The man is pocket carrying and looks to have a hard time getting it out; looks like an auto
2) He doesn't drop his bag, could this have hamper his ability to shoot better?
3) He only shoots the first guy once and this proves to be fatal mistake, did he just wing him?


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Thank God it's Friday! I love weekends because they are the perfect time to try something a little different with your beauty routine. While neutral, natural looks are perfect for a day to day look, why not go bold with a little unexpected color?
Personally, I experiment with color mostly on my lips; I have a hard time pulling off crazily hued eyeshadow with my coloring. I don't want to give up though!
The images in the gallery have me inspired to be a little daring this weekend. I love how out-there these looks are while still being really pretty and wearable.
Lovelies, whats your favorite daringly different makeup look?


text: Hope you all are excited for the upcoming New Year as much as I am! I am hear to inform you that I got a new camera!!! It's a Canon EOS Rebel T3i and I absolutely LOOOOVVVEE IT!! 18 megapixels,18-55 mm lens, higher ISOs and F-stops which gives a better image/ depth of field, and did I mention its a CANON!! You don't understand how much I love it and I just thank God for allowing me to have it! THIS IS AWESOME!! MORE PHOTOGRAPHS COMING SOON!


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ClimaLite jersey has an embroidered adidas logo, New York Red Bulls team badge on the front and an MLS patch on the right sleeve. There is a sublimated Red Bull design on the front as well.
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We don't even know where to begin on this one. Bethany Benz was involved in an X-rated mishap that landed Prince Yahshua in a hospital bed–broken. Silverback Entertainment CEO and acclaimed male performer Yahshua had a freak accident on set last week and is now out of work in the sex industry for 60 days.
Yahshua sustained a torn urethra and ripped a wall in his pelvis while in a, well, compromised position with Benz.
"There was an audible snapping sound," Yahshua told AVN. She jumped up, I jumped up and blood started pouring out of my d*ck like someone turned on a garden hose. It was a pretty freaky situation."
Yahshua was rushed to the hospital and had to undergo emergency surgery. He is scheduled to begin physical therapy on September 1o. What that entails, one can only guess.


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Vachel Lindsay1879–1931
Nearly forgotten today, Vachel Lindsay briefly enjoyed international acclaim. In 1920 the English Observer declared him "easily the most important living American poet." He owed this fame to one of the most spellbinding recitation styles ever witnessed, and to poems like "General William Booth Enters into Heaven" and "The Congo," which seem custom made for dramatic delivery. Lindsay was also one of the first movie critics.


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Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is less than a week away! If you haven't been before, or in a long time, it may be helpful to know a little bit about what to expect, what to bring, and when to arrive. While the official website is the best source of all for this information, this article shall serve as a summary of all the pertinent facts while you get ready to hit "The Farm" next week.
The General Admission campgrounds will be opening at 8 PM on Wednesday, June 11th. It fills up in order, with those getting there earliest having the closet camping to the action, and those showing up late having to walk further to the stages and vendors. The VIP campground opens later, at 7 AM on Thursday, June 12th - the first day of the festival.
When you arrive, you will be directed to the appropriate Tollbooth, which is the vehicle entrance area. The Tollbooth attendants will be searching your vehicle for prohibited items, checking everyone in the vehicle's wristbands, giving out Program Guides which include a map, and directing you to your camping area. Only groups arriving together may camp together, so please coordinate with friends before arriving at the Tollbooths and prevent holding up traffic. Once at your campsite, please only move your car if necessary, and never leave it in the way of access for emergency vehicles or it will be towed.
While entrance can occur (for most types of guests) at either the Highway Tollbooth, West Tollbooth, or East Tollbooth, exiting may only occur through the East and West tollbooths. If you are only day parking, and aren't camping on festival grounds, you may only enter and leave through the West Tollbooth. Signs should indicate where to go and how to get to there for day parking. Anyone leaving the festival, be it on foot or by car, must have their wristbands scanned out in order to get back in later.
If you are camping on festival grounds, which is truly part of the experience of Bonnaroo, there are a few things that you should bring for your own comfort:
A good tent that doesn't leak and is well ventilated
Tarps to protect the tent from rain, as well as to put under tent if muddy
Sleeping bags, an air mattress, or your own personal choice of sleeping accommodation
A lantern to hang in the tent, and additional flashlights for finding your way to the toilet at night
Luggage lock to fasten your tent, so strange people don't sleep in it
Rain gear, at the least plastic ponchos
A hoodie or jacket in case it gets cold at night
At least two pairs of shoes, preferably mud proof
A bandana
Something to pull long hair back with
Bug spray
A refillable container for water
Toilet paper, in case it runs out on the grounds
Soap, shampoo and other toiletries
Trash bags (you should clean up your site before you leave)
Ashtray, if you smoke
A flag, balloon, etc. to identify your campsite
Ear plugs for if you want to go to bed while Skrillex plays on into the wee hours
Spare car key so you don't get locked out
Like all good things in life, Bonnaroo festival attendance does come with a few rules. There are certain things that may NOT be brought into the festival grounds, per the official website, and are as follows:
NO glass containers of any kind
NO weapons of any kind
NO fireworks
NO illegal substances
NO bicycles, scooters, or personal motorized vehicles
NO professional photography equipment/cameras with detachable lenses longer than 2"
NO pets
NO glowsticks
NO laser pens or focused-light devices
NO box trucks or trailers (camping trailers OK, considered RVs)
NO gasoline, unless you have a generator
NO charcoal or propane, unless you have a portable grill (in which case 40 lbs. of charcoal and small container of propane are allowed)
Vending of any kind is strictly not allowed. Per the rules, sharing is allowed, selling is not.
Once you get to the main venue (known as Centeroo), there are a few more prohibited items, which will have to be left at the campsite (if allowed on festival grounds at all):
No glass or cans
No food or drinks, other than water and small snacks such as trail mix
No folding chairs higher than foot off the ground
No flags or totems which contain metal pieces or are capable of being pounded into the ground
No laser pens or similar focused-light devices
What you CAN bring into the main venue (Centeroo) is:
Water bottles or Camelbacks containing water only (clear, non-glass containers only)
Non-framed backpacks and bags (which are subject to inspection)
Low-seated concert chairs, sitting less than a foot off the ground
Cameras WITHOUT detachable lenses over 2" in length
In final note, some general common sense would include don't leave valuables in plain sight, such as in your tent or in view in your car. Better yet, just don't bring valuables, but that's up to you.


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Monday, June 15, 2009
Decluttering Kid Stuff
After a tour of the gorgeous remodeling they've done, something hits me. It's the ABSENCE of toys. Their house isn't all junked up with toys. Even the kids' rooms don't have a million toys and stuffed animals in them. The basement has one of those multi-bin set-ups, but it's not nearly as brimming over as ours is.
I think of all the time they and the kids must save in picking up toys and of all the creative things the kids do instead of digging through tons of toys. I mean, my kids are pretty imaginative and play outside a lot, but that just makes me notice even more how many of their toys are rarely touched.
Some toys I'm nostalgic about or worry they'll miss if I get rid of them. But I have to suck it up and JUST DO IT anyway or the toys will take over the house. Sure, I have a bunch of little kids and we homeschool, which means we're home all day, but that doesn't mean we have to have SO MANY toys to pick up all the time.
And they DON'T get picked up all the time. I get lazy about it and just let their rooms turn into messy pits when if I got rid of a bunch of stuff, their rooms would be easier to pick up for them AND for their little friends who come over and help make messes.
The leather ottoman I got for the living room was genius. "Kids and Friends of My Kids, throw all the toys in the ottoman." When it overflows, toys either go downstairs to the bin set-up or upstairs to their rooms. When THOSE overflow, it's time for some purging.
Purging pre-birthdays and pre-Christmas is a good idea, also.
So when I pick up that Littlest Pet Shop igloo they never play with (it goes with the huskies), I need to get over the guilt or the nostalgia and just put it in a giveaway pile for some kid who may stumble upon it at a thrift store and freak out with excitement.
I have to work on teaching my kids about STUFF being only material, well, STUFF.
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I have actually found some time this morning and thought I would visit a few of my favorite blogs.
I have been so busy but I really miss keeping up with everyone's posts.
I think of it as having a neighborhood of good friends.
We are so hopeless in the toy department that we are turning a guest room into a Grandchildren's Toy Room this summer, what is with that. The kids don't even live here!! But some of them are here 50 hours a week so I guess that counts. My hope is there will be one room with a door I can close and I will get my living room back. I too will weed out and give away some of them when we make the room a reality.
Have a Wonderful Week!
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So what does your sister-in-law do about toys. I kept wondering.ReplyDelete
We have two toy spots. We have one of those bin toy boxes in one bedroom and a train table with drawers downstairs. A few bigger things get shoved under the bunk bed. I purge stuff a few times a year. And we don't have birthday parties, so we don't have the influx of new stuff. We rearranged Kenny's room ,when he turned 9. He no longer has any toys in his room at all, just books.ReplyDelete
never mind. I thought there was a typo-but I read it again.ReplyDelete


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How and Where To Begin a Yoga Practice
Where do I start? What do I need to know to begin a yoga practice? One day at a time is where you start so not to…Continue
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A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. Take the summer as an opportunity to let the sun's rays of energy slow you down. Take time to enjoy nature at full abundance. Soak in the colors of this glorious season. Just don't forget your sunscreen.
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Unemployment and demographics in September 2008
October 07, 2008
The unemployment rate (6.1 percent) was unchanged in September, following a 0.4-percentage point rise in August. The number of unemployed persons was little changed at 9.5 million. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons has increased by 2.2 million and the unemployment rate has risen by 1.4 percentage points.
The unemployment rates for adult men (6.1 percent) and blacks (11.4 percent) rose in September. The jobless rates for teenagers (19.1 percent), whites (5.4 percent) and Hispanics (7.8 percent) were essentially unchanged.
The unemployment rate for adult women declined to 4.9 percent, partly offsetting an increase in August.
These data are from the Current Population Survey program and are seasonally adjusted. More information can be found in "The Employment Situation: September 2008," (PDF) (HTML) news release USDL 08-1367.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Unemployment and demographics in September 2008 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2008/oct/wk1/art02.htm (visited June 27, 2016).
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Healthcare occupations are a significant percentage of U.S. employment. Some of the largest and highest paying occupations are in healthcare. This Spotlight examines employment and wages for healthcare occupations.
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