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Retail growth continues in Huntsville. Cabela's outdoor retailer announced plans to build an 80,000 square foot store at the planned Parkside Town Centre off of I-565 and Governor's West Drive. The construction is set to begin this fall, opening in the fall of 2015. The retailer plans to employ 180 people from the area.
Huntsville Mayor, Tommy Battle, said that the revenue from sales tax brought in by retailers "means we can do infrastructure."
Huntsville is also noted for its picturesque beauty and outdoor activities.
Parkside Town Centre is close to Bridge Street Town Centre now entering their development of phase III with the new flagship Belk.
The city will be investing about $3 million for road improvements, right of way acquisition and utilitiy installation. The city is not giving a sales tax rebate which is standard policy.
Cabela's includes a wide range of total outdoor gear and land management products. Included in the store will be an archery range, archery technical room, gun library, boat shop, tractors and implements, bargain cave, a fudge shop and deli.
The bargain cave consists of overstock, special buy and clearance items.
The gun library sells new and used firearms, classics, and collectibles.
The wildlife and land management team will guide you through gardening, how to make food plots to attract bucks, and proper environment for waterfowl.
The 53-year-old Nebraska-based retailer has over 50 stores in the US and more due to open soon.
What will the impact be on existing sports shops and particularly Bass Pro Shop's plans to build in Decatur? Many people feel Alabama can support these shops as outdoor life continues to grow. We shall see.


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REVIEW: Immortal City by Scott Speer
IMMORTAL CITY (Immortal City #1)
by Scott Speer
PUBLISHER: Scholastic
RELEASE DATE: 5th April 2012
FORMAT: Paperback, 406 pages
GENRE: Paranormal, Young Adult
Jackson Godspeed is the hottest young Angel in a city filled with them. He's days away from becoming a full Guardian, and people around the world are already competing for the chance to be watched over by him. Everyone's obsessed with the Angels and the lucky people they protect – everyone except for Madison Montgomery. Maddy's the one girl in Angel City who doesn't breathlessly follow the Angels on TV and gossip blogs. When she meets Jackson, she doesn't recognize him. But Jackson is instantly captivated by her, and against all odds the two fall in love.
Maddy is swiftly caught up in Jackson's scene, a world of glamour, paparazzi – and murder. A serial killer is on the loose, leaving dead Angels' wings for the police to find on the Walk of Fame. Even the Guardians are powerless to protect themselves in the face of this threat … and this time it's up to Maddy to save Jackson. (Goodreads)
REVIEWER: Becs
IMMORTAL CITY is written by a Hollywood insider and a well-established movie, commercial and music video director, so I was a little hesitant that Scott Speer would also be trying his hand at writing a novel. He can't be great at everything, right? My assumptions were quickly proven incorrect as IMMORTAL CITY sucked me into the world of fame, fortune and guardian angel's, whose services were bought by the rich. IMMORTAL CITY is a novel narrated in the third person set in a fantasy world where Speer replaces our Hollywood and famous actors with his Angel City and beautiful immortal angels.
The opening chapter shows how shallow and money orientated the guardian angels have become with a scene of a speeding driver cutting corners and causing a head on crash but because he was insured by a guardian angel he was rescued from the crash.
"How much…was this?"
"One hundred thousand dollars, in addition to your monthly rate."
Brad's gaze drifted to where the cars had landed in the water. His M5 was already submerged, but the back end of the pickup still protruded in the surf, bobbing in the swells like a corpse.
"What about him?" Brad asked.
"Him?" the Angel asked.
"Yeah," Brad said, and pointed to the tailgate as it slipped under the waves. "Him."
The Angel looked at the sinking pickup as if seeing it for the first time.
"He didn't have coverage," he said.
At first I was uncertain of the angels that Speer had created and as the book progressed the majority of the angels did little to change my opinion of them; selfish, greedy, shallow immortal beings that had everything and shared very little.
However, don't let my feelings over the angels distract you from the plot, one of the main protagonists we follow is an angel, Jackson Godspeed (Jacks), who is the next hottest star to hit Angel City and his feelings are different from the other angels. Jacks is worshipped, followed and idolised by the majority of the population with only a select few not being caught up in the hype and one of these is Maddy Montgomery. Maddy is a freshman in high school and another prominent protagonist of IMMORTAL CITY.
Jacks fed up of his fame and feeling like no one is interested in him as a person, leaves one of his parties early, only to be told by his step father to lay low as an angel killer has just struck, as only an angel can kill an angel Jacks becomes a suspect. Jacks hides in the first dinner he finds where Maddy is working the shift for her Uncle Kevin.
A chance meeting Jacks and Maddy instantly find themselves attracted to each other, although once Maddy realizes Jacks is an angel she is annoyed and asks him to stay away from her. Jacks being a famous angel dislikes being snubbed and can't get Maddy out of his head so goes to see her at school from there Jacks is determined to make Maddy like him and they start seeing each other regularly.
Maddy realizing they are from very different backgrounds continues to push Jacks away even pointing out that if she were an angel she would act differently to him.
"What I know," Maddy said curtly, "is that if I could do what you do, I would use my power to help as many people as I could. I wouldn't use it to get rich." A few traitorous tears spilled over her cheeks, and she wiped them away quickly. "I would save people because it's the right thing to do."
As IMMORTAL CITY is from different view points there is much more going on to keep you interested while the rocky romance is going on, a serial angel killer is on the rampage and it seems to be targeting angels in the order of their stars on the Angel Boulevard, with Jacks becoming a newly commissioned Guardian Angel, his star will become the next one on the strip, will that make Jacks the next target? Can Maddy and Jacks find away to be together? And who is responsible for the angel's deaths?
There is lots of suspense in IMMORTAL CITY and Speer's gives you plenty of suspects to choose from, and even though I guessed that there was something off about one character, I had forgot about them when it came time to see who was behind the murders. I was amused by the surname choices for the angels, Godspeed, Steeple, Godson, Templeton, Trinity, Churchson, Holycross etc. it's a fun use of church related names and very apt for the characters and I enjoyed Scott Speer's writing.
All in all an enjoyable, well written young adult book with some unpredictable twists to keep you guessing, and one I couldn't put down. As a fan of the young adult genre, IMMORTAL CITY was right up my street. A mixture of angels, romance and crime thriller all rolled into one book that I devoured quickly. I must admit that I thought I wouldn't enjoy IMMORTAL CITY based on the author's background but I was absorbed from the very first chapter. A great fantasy twist on Hollywood and angels. I can't wait to get my hands on the next book in the series.
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Government does two things very well. The first is to spend money, even money it does not have (e.g. debt). The second is expanding its control over every aspect of our lives. The latest target is children, especially little blond haired, blue eyed, white boys like the one pictured right. Government schools are designed to control; control of children for the purpose of molding them into what society believes is in its best interests.
"If the Radical Right can succeed in portraying us as preying on children, we will lose. Their language -- "promoting homosexuality" is one example -- is laced with subtle and not-so- subtle innuendo that we are "after their kids." We must learn from the abortion struggle, where the clever claiming of the term "pro-life" allowed those who opposed abortion on demand to frame the issue to their advantage, to make sure that we do not allow ourselves to be painted into a corner before the debate even begins."In Massachusetts the effective reframing of this issue was the key to the success of the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. We immediately seized upon the opponent's calling card--safety--and explained how homophobia represents a threat to students' safety by creating a climate where violence, name-calling, health problems, and suicide are common.Titling our report 'Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth,' we automatically threw our opponents onto the defensive and stole their best line of attack. This framing short-circuited their arguments and left them back-pedaling from day one."Finding the effective frame for your community is the key to victory. It must be linked to universal values that everyone in the community has in common. In Massachusetts, no one could speak up against our frame and say, 'Why, yes, I do think students should kill themselves': this allowed us to set the terms for debate."In Massachusetts, we made creating an environment where youth could speak out our number one priority. We know that, confronted with real-life stories of youth who had suffered from homophobia, our opponents would have to attack people who had already been victimized once,which put them in a bully position from which it would be hard to emerge looking good. More importantly, we made sure these youth met with elected officials so that, the next time these officials had to vote on something, there would be a specific face and story attached to the issue. We wanted them to have an actual kid in mind when they had to cast their votes. We won the final vote in the Senate 33-7 as a result." [My emphasis]
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Nancy...I'll take the bait. Sure, lets talk about...oh....tax evasion. Or, we could talk about "conforming to the ways of the world". Wait, you wanted to talk about adultery...but why stop there. Lets talk about pedophiles, internet porn, gossip, debauchery, drunkenness, ....the list goes on. Hello? We are talking about homosexuality because that is part of the topic in the original post above. Does that mean we are secretly commiting adultery and other sins while only trying to expose the sin of homosexuality? OF COURSE NOT! The "cast the first stone" argument your making is tired and old and frankly, irrelevant.
As far as OT versus NT, although there are many great points and prophecies in the OT pointing to the NT, we are no longer under the age of the law, but rather we are in the the age of grace (NT). If we take your argument, then why believe or follow any instruction at all? Only when one has a true relationship with our maker does the mind open up to (and understand) His word and will.
To Chas. Jones:Please read your Bible more thoroughly and open mindedly.While Abraham had only one wife, he took another woman to bed and produced Ishmael Ture Isaac hadonly one wife and she was selected for him.
f we use the O.T. for suporting how we should live today..what do you think of having a concubine if your wife is infertile or having your family send you a stranger to live with the rest of your life.
Jacob had two wives and two handmaidens to sleep with. David had many as did Solomon and even Hannah the mother of Samuel, was the second wife.
I suppose we are all cafeteria Christains since we pick and choose which parts of the Bible we want to follow. But I wish you men would be as firm against adultery as you are abou thomosexuality which you aren't tempted to do anyway...or as Kinsey pointed out,many men who are so strongly against it, are latent homoxesuals.
Our local school just capitulated to the ACLU, paid the $150,000 ransom, and now have the internet open to all sorts of GBLTQIA (and goats?) websites. Was Questioning added simply to expand their coverage?
The great majority of parents (my guess is 80%+) don't want their children to have access to these pro-GBLTQIA websites while in school . . . if they, in fact did, they would let them access these sites from home.
The ACLU is simply the (well-paid) handmaiden for the loss of parental control and the increase of government control over our youngsters. Points 17, 18,19 and 25 of the Goals. They are winning and American is losing!
I guess you have watched Congressman Curtis Bower's "Agenda- Grinding America Down."
GOP National needs to make arrangments to air this chilling account during weekends on Fox and Independent TV stations in swing states. It is amazing how inexpensive they could buy the 90 minute programs for! It's even more amazing how many uncommitted people would view the film. It's a serious, SERIOUS piece of research.
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To Chas Jones: Can you name me one man in the Bible (Old Testament) with only one wife? Adam, perhaps, but who else? i wouldn't think using the Bible for that logic (?) would suffice...since most men had several wives along with many concubines.
My Answer: Abraham and Isaac and numerous others adhered to God's declared ideal of one man and one woman becoming one flesh. Adam and Eve are the clear ideal. Man rejected God and His commands and was cursed by separation from God and decay and death. Nowhere does God teach or instruct deviation from monogamy. Even divorce was only granted due to the hardness of man's hearts. God also did not teach men to demand human kings, and yet His chosen people did exactly that. God established Law to demonstrate mans utter inability to obey God and as a model for confession, repentance, sacrifice, and redemption. Nowhere does God ever teach abandonment of His ideals.
Thank you for a wonderful article, Dr. Swier. I have long felt the anti-bullying push has gone hand in hand with the LGBT agenda, but this is the first I've seen it in print.
After perusing a few of the comments, it seems that homosexuality is one of the most polarizing subjects of the times. What was once rejected, shameful, and scandalous from plain and simple common sense has devolved into an "accept-or-else" mentality. Years of LGBT agenda bombardment from every angle, including schools, radio, TV, commercials, even churches, has brought us to the brink of desolation.
Some here have said that homosexuality is a sin. I contend that it is far beyond a sin, it is a direct rebellion against God and Nature, and everywhere it is mentioned in the Bible is in the context of abomination.
It's time our nation returned to the Laws of Nature and Nature's God, as put forth by the Founders.
To Chas Jones: Can you name me one man in the Bible (Old Testament) with only one wife? Adam, perhaps, but who else? i wouldn't think using the Bible for that logic (?) would suffice...since most men had several wives along with many concubines.
God makes it clear that His ideal is for one man and one woman to marry and live according to His revealed WORD. The Apostle Paul chose bachelorhood for his own reasons and cautioned those following that path to refrain from all sins of the flesh. My personal belief is that we are all born able to embrace God's ideal model for marriage and intimacy ... or celibacy. Choosing anything else violates God's WORD and Will and constitutes sinful disobedience.
Apart from the Scriptural perspective, those deliberately reveling in sins of the flesh have had great success in redefining their sin. We should all favor and support a civil moral code and body of law closest to God's teaching. However, I neither want nor need "morality police" invading folks domiciles. That said, I see no reason to enable open rebellion to God's ideals outside private domiciles.
Lastly, immorality and sins of the flesh ought not find tolerance when such behavior spills from behind closed doors into the public square. We are commanded to love the sinners as we are taught God loves us all, but God despises [hates] sin and must do justice toward sinners.
I welcome any of your comments pertaining to my thoughts.
Dee: Alcoholism, drug addiction, prostitution...aren't these "decisions" that people had to make? Are these lifestyles a "life that people WANT to live"? To state that homosexuality is not a "decision" is a complete disregard of truth. People used to believe what they were told by educators, psychologists, and so-called scientists, and bias/brainwashing was rampant. However, thanks to the internet we can now dispel myths about climate change, homosexuality, evolution, Dan Rather, Newsweek, etc. Special interest agendas with deep pockets are tough to combat, but fortunately with the internet we have a fighting chance to get plugged in to BOTH sides of arguments. I've studied homosexuality intensely, and all signs point to an easily attainable (and alternate venue for) acceptance and love that becomes addictive. I've known (and one of my best friends is) gay, and I've known those who have dabbled, and the conclusion is obvious, as I previously mentioned. Don't get sucked into the liberal agenda and all of the touchy-feely, "I'm proud of myself for being so tolerant" routine. Again, the truth hurts, which is why so many can't handle it.
Rich, yes you are correct. but only for those that have been raised to know Christ. Which is very few these days. Other than that they are told they are disgusting, that God hates them, they are perverts, their parents dont accept it, they are then alone and in their minds what do they have to live for. Homosexuality is NOT catching. You dont just "decide" to be gay. Why would anybody WANT to live a life of ridicule and scorn and unacceptance? If your not on welfare the parents are working, both of them. Kids are raising themselves. No guidance. No strong sense of belonging. The "family" has broken down. The family has to be restored along with the constitution and the government IF this country is going to come back together. Just because all us were bullied at one time or other to varing degrees does not mean we turn our heads. We have to listen and decide if this child is truly being harmed by it. Not brush it off as this is just the way kids are. That is crap. It may not affect one child as it might do so another child.
Nancy Evins..I'd like to know more. What was your point. Do you have knowledge that we all should know. I am interested. Because I do know that ppl take the bible literally black and white. There is background that we do not know of that gives rise to why this or that was done or said. It says to not cut womens hair and not to wear gold but no one paid any attention to that (now we know the root for that) or to pray in a closet who does that? But other issues are taken as face value. What will we learn from the DMS? medical books/journals?
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Musical box sets, encapsulating a portion or all of an artist's catalog, are hardly a new trend. They've been around for decades.
But as labels begin to search for more sources of income, they're increasingly using yesterday's hits to help today's bottom line, from multi-disc deluxe editions of your favorite old album to over-the-top collections of obscurities complete with cool little tchotchkes.
And they're also reaching new heights in pricing. Love U2 beyond measure? There's the new "Achtung Baby" uber-deluxe edition, a limited, numbered box set that originally retailed for $650. It includes six CDs, four DVDs, a new documentary, a magnetic puzzle box, five clear 7-inch vinyl singles, 16 art prints, an 84-page book, a sticker sheet and a pair of Bono's bug-eyed sunglasses, among many other things.
Tony Bennett fans can own his entire recorded output — more than 1,000 of his songs spread across 73 discs and three DVDs — in "Tony Bennett: The Complete Collection," original price around $400. Elvis fans willing to pay the $750 list price for "The Complete Elvis Presley Masters" 30-disc set last year took home more than 800 songs — every master released in chronological order plus more than 100 rarities — and a book by Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick.
Josh Walker, an assistant manager at Nashville record store Grimey's New and Preloved Music, recently sold about 20 copies of The Beach Boys' "The Smile Sessions" box set (he was among the buyers). Walker says the real gems in the box-set world are the ones that come reimagined and packing truly over-the-top rare items.
He calls the Beach Boys set, named Spin Magazine's reissue of the year, "beautiful." Inside there's the double-disc set of the original music, three more CDs of all the sessions with Brian Wilson orchestrating the music, a vinyl copy of the original album, two 7-inch single replicas and a coffee table book with Wilson's insights.
"The packaging is above and beyond," Walker said. "It looks exactly like a storefront and it's got this little window and it's inset with these little people selling smiles. So from the get-go, the package is nice."
Single albums getting the box set and deluxe reissue treatment like "Smile" are the biggest trend. You can get the expanded edition of The Rolling Stones' "Some Girls" for around $150, too. Similarly priced releases this year included Nirvana's 20th anniversary "Nevermind" box set and Pink Floyd's "immersion" set for "The Dark Side of the Moon."
But these don't even come close to the most elaborate items out there. Legacy Recordings, which put out the Presley and Bennett box sets, also released the $20,000 "Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol." Creator Jeff Gordon is quick to point out the deluxe edition, which includes three CDs, four vinyl LPs and 17 signed original silkscreens, is a unique creation for art-world collectors. Only 85 were made and they are selling, Gordon said (a cheaper standard edition goes for $600).
He solicited artists, musicians and former acquaintances of Warhol's to create a piece of art and a sound recording to accompany it. Patti Smith read a poem. Another recorded contribution includes a 40-minute conversation between two of Warhol's friends and former employees talking about their old mentor.
The originals are now on display at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. The fact Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division, was interested in the project indicates to Gordon there are many possibilities out there for cross-pollination and even expanding the form.
"I think there are a lot of people out there who appreciate something like this," said Gordon, who served as both a producer and curator on the project. "In a couple of years, you'll see these things going for $40,000, $50,000 and $60,000."
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Seattle-based indie-rock outfit, Kris Orlowski, recently released a new video for their most recent single, "Believer," and it's full of the feelings.
The track, which is the title track from the band's upcoming full-length, out April 15, 2014, is a pulsing pop-infused anthem that's sure to get you feeling inspired. Per the band's website: "Produced by Martin Feveyear, of Jupiter Studios in Seattle, the songs that make-up Believer were woven together along the West Coast: from the salty shores of Seaside, Ore., and Orcas Island's Doe Bay, to the corners of Orlowski's Seattle apartment – as well as the practice spaces in between. And the collection, rich with personal experiences and thoughtful reflection, may prove the band's most honest and empowering work yet."
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I'm able to dead lift 270 at 5 reps without straps, after that I need to add straps to get to 400. How much more should I be able to hold if I used chalk?
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I'm not sure how much more chalk will let you hold. Anecdotally, on my last working set (when my hands are the sweatiest) I can do maybe 3 reps at a given weight without chalk, and get past 10 with chalk. It's a pretty dramatic difference.


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Already on that path.
1) There was a mod I found that was to let you have more options. But it was the cheater mod. And I shy away from that. I like options, not blatant cheating.
So I built my own Feat mod.
Soldiers lost Power Attack and Power Blast, and got 2 bonus feats at creation. (I may alter it to be a bonus feat at level 4 and one more at level 8. To spread it out more.)
Scouts lose Flurry and Rapid Shot, as well as Medium Armor, and get 3 bonus feats.
And Scoundrels lose Critical Strike and Sniper Shot, and get 2 bonus points.
This was primarily to allow you to better create a character you WANT. I understand them giving those options. They fit the class. Which is fine. But I don't go Melee and Ranged with a character. It seems like a useless way to do things. I'd prefer the option of choosing for myself.
So with this, I can take 1 feat to select a melee option or a ranged option. And the other can further me on the path to melee/ranged.
2) Ferc Kast's Playable Twi'lek wouldn't work me. I finally got it going, and I altered the underwear model for PC females to have blue skin. To fit in better.
I have his permission to use the textures in an expansion on playable Twi'leks. The plan is to work on one for each of these colors: Green, Yellow, Purple, Black, and White. Using Ferc's DS transition for each, and maybe a custom LS one if I can get some tats worked out.
3) I got a mod adding colored crystals. I edited the shop on Yavin (At least I'm pretty sure that's where it is.) to sell the crystals. I may broaden that to the one on Dantooine as well.
But I'd like to add new enhancement crystals for Lightsabers. To add more customization options.
4) Lastly, I'm a bit miffed on Lightsabers in general. The general consensus I've found is that 2 'sabers are the best for damage output, due to having more crystals in usage. A double 'saber is good for damage in a per hit basis, but less overall. And a single 'saber is essentially useless.
I'd like to modify the Dueling feats to improve that. To make a 1-saber Jedi as viable to play as a 2-saber one.
I was thinking of leaving the Attack setup at +1/2/3, but increasing Defense to +2/4/6 (I'm not sure if this is too high though.)
I was also considering a bonus to blaster deflection, and a small Strength increase. (Because, in theory, you could use both hands to swing one saber, and have more power behind the blow.
In all...maybe like this:
Attack: +1 / +2 / +3
Defense: +2 / +4 / +6
Strength: +1 / +2 / +3
Blaster Deflection: +0 / +1 / +2
That's not too overpowered, is it? I just want it setup where, via the Dueling feats, a Jedi with 1 lightsaber is as fun as a Jedi with 2 lightsabers.
((Oh, on one side note, I was also looking into creating a male "cyborg" character. Like a Borg on Star Trek. Not in appearance or attitude, so much as a humanoid character, probably a droid head, that was capable of using the Force and lightsabers.))
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Alan at Polyamory in the News is generally the great follower of news stories about polyamory, but a recent post of his incited me to do a little news analysis of my own. It's a review of an article in Psychotherapy Networker entitled "The New Monogamy." The jist of said article? That therapists need to become aware of how common infidelity is in marriages, and that it is not always a catastrophic, marriage-ending thing. In fact, some couples even do it openly, honestly, and with prior agreement. The author, Tammy Nelson, even mentions couples in her care who have children and arrange dates with other partners that might sound familiar to some of us: one parent goes out while the other stays home with the kids; one partner has a lover in for the night, or both have lovers in for the night and they all have breakfast together.
And yet, throughout the article, as Alan points out, she refuses to use the word "polyamory." Instead, she coins the term, "New Monogamy." This strikes me as somewhat ridiculous, especially as polyamory has such a wide-ranging definition. As Alan quips, "Are non-vegetarians 'The New Vegetarians'?"
It makes me wonder what it is about the word "polyamory," or even the phrase "open marriage," which Nelson also eschews, that is so objectionable to people that they have to couch clearly non-monogamous lifestyles as some other brand of monogamy. Alan points out that in Nelson's case, she's generally speaking of committed marriages that allow outside relationships (even ones that look suspiciously like poly ones), but where the central, primary relationship trumps. I don't want to be pedantic here, but I know plenty of poly relationships where this model is what works, and they don't call it monogamy, new or old.
It looks to me like a trend that affects the mainstream whenever something that a handful of outliers have been doing for decades starts to become more common: the mainstream not only tries to pretend that they made it up first, but also to fit it neatly into their already-established thought-forms and institutions, the ones that have kept them safe for centuries. After all, the millions of straight people who are protected socially, economically and legally by the institution of marriage wouldn't want to admit that they were doing something that isn't monogamy - the only factor left, as Nelson points out, that distinguishes modern marriage from other types of relationships. So let's not call it poly, or swinging, or open marriage.
Long-time poly advocate Deborah Anapol takes a different view in Psychology Today; she believes that Nelson's article "heralds the acceptance of non-monogamy as a new norm in the culture. Back in the 1950's serial monogamy was called serial polygamy. It was only when it was renamed serial monogamy that it became accepted as the most common style of marriage. So let's hear it for the new monogamy." This is all very well, but it is still frustrating when a society that is using heterosexual privilege and a strict "one man, one woman" definition to keep the rights and advantages of marriage out of the hands of "perverts" decides that they can change the definition of "monogamy" to suit their own desires.
What this stubbornness doesn't take into account is how much having a new model for relationships can free people from the confines of an existing system that so often fails. In another gem I stumbled across this week in Salon, Mary Elizabeth Williams reviews a book called Sugarbabe in which an ex-professional mistress argues for "negotiated infidelity." It's hard to say which is more annoying: the book itself, which sugggests that since men are so likely to cheat, women should empower themselves by negotiating it and having some control over it and thus saving their marriages, or Williams' review, which insists that because love and lust are so ungovernable that allowing one's true love to be with someone else must perforce be impossible in the real world. Williams does get at one point that I agreed with: the continual message in mainstream life that men cheat while women, with their puny sex drives, remain faithful is infuriating. Apparently the author of Sugarbabe's only concession to women potentially having needs as well is to suggest that they also negotiate infidelity: not because they want to, but because doing so will set off the competitve drive in their husbands and make them want to stay. As Williams points out, it indulges in all the hatefully misogynist relationship advice that women's magazines are guilty of.
Again, in this whole mess there is no mention of the concept of polyamory, except perhaps in the comments, where every reasonable person who mentions it and patiently explains is shot down by a crowd of reactionary trolls who know so much about human nature and every person in the world that they are sure such an agreement never works.
My chief question is this: in this world where a scandal erupts daily about some politician, preacher or other prominent figure having an affair, where 50% of marriages end in divorce, where the union between a man and woman is enshrined in the public sphere to such an extent that gay couples who have been together for 25 years have to spend thousands of dollars in legal fees just to arrange to be able to visit their dying partners in the hospital...in this society where the concept of marriage is so much more of a rarely attained ideal than a reality, and so many are living hypocritical lives, why must we fight so hard to protect the idea? The striving for the ideal of marriage and monogamy is making so many people miserable, and yet they will fight tooth and nail to insist that it is the Only One True Way, no matter how you have to suffer. And then they have the nerve to take the concepts and ideas of polyamory, concepts that many of us have been beta-testing for years and finding our hearts and happiness in, and try to fold them into their definitions of monogamy.
It's not unlike the gay marriage debate itself, in which many people who are against "gay marriage" are fine with the concept of "civil unions." They just don't want their precious word adulterated. But so long as they can control the definition, it's okay to include infidelity and even emotional affairs into the umbrella of "monogamy."
Not only does this strike me as intellectual laziness, but it also smacks horribly of heterosexual privilege. I myself am married, and as such I reap the benefits. However, I refused to get married until gay marriage became legal in my state of Massachusetts. I had already been living a bisexual, polyamorous life for some time, and was deliberate about tossing away some of the privilege I'd been born with as an (ostensibly) straight, white woman by following my own path toward a life that brought me greater fulfillment. Many people I know have done similarly, and some have even been dignified but dogged advocates for those who choose alternative paths.
And so it's not surprising that it irks me to see the straight mainstream - whether it is family therapists or writers of titillating memoirs - soaking up the concepts of polyamory and open marriage into their well-established, privileged models of relationship. I don't resent monogamy or monogamists, truly I don't. But I do have a respect for language, and the struggles it often represents.
Finally, I'd hate to see a world emerge where everyone has to keep reinventing the wheel. As Alan points out, it is frustrating that nowhere in the many-page Psychotherapy Networker article does Nelson point out the resources already available to therapists treating polyamorous couples and groups, nor the enormous support available from online and in-person groups. Polyamory is not uncharted territory, and yet to the mainstream media, any kind of open relationships are still viewed through the lens of exoticism and titillation. It is my sincere hope that as ideas about open relationships gain more traction in the mainstream, that those who have been quietly dwelling ahead of the curve can offer advice, support, and education.


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Conveniently located in Sanur tourism area, the Shankara Resto & Bar comes with a wide variety of special food & beverages. Building of the restaurant comes in two floors where each has capacity of fifty people. Courtyard of the restaurant is quite spacious to accommodate a few tables for dinner, private room and coffee shop. Located at Jalan Danau Toba 7 Sanur, the new restaurant that had made its soft opening on February 14 is offering Western, Asian and Indonesian food, especially Balinese food. The menus on offer are ranging from appetizer, main dishes, dessert and vegetarian lover.
Restaurant Manager, Carolina, said the concept of the restaurant was the One Stop Dining & Entertainment in Bali. In other words, it did not only offer pastry, food & beverage but also live entertainment. "The name of restaurant itself is derived from Sanskrit word which means prosperity. Our goal is for the welfare of all walks of life such as guests and employees," she said.
For food and beverage, she continued, her party got a plenty ranging from main dishes such as the best-selling Balinese Crested Duck, Crispy Fried Chicken, Oxtail Soup, Salted Egg Crab, Beef Steak, Parmesan Chicken, Steamed Fish, Shankara Fish Fillet, Steamed Chicken, Soy Sauce Pork and Pork Ribs Barbeque. "We also have a menu for vegetarian lovers like Vegetarian Mixed Rice, Pineapple Fried Rice with Raisin and Capsicum, Polenta Cheese Cake with Tomato Sauce and Tomato Ratatouille on Garlic Basil Pasta," she explained.
The appetizers provided, said Carolina, were inseparable from traditional elements like Serombotan, Gado-Gado, Tuna with Torch Ginger Condiment, Shredded Chicken with Raw Condiment, Shankara Shrimp, Shankara Style Seafood Soup, Creamed Pumpkin Soup, Fresh Tomato Salad, Caesar Salad and Chicken Undis Soup.
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On September 25, 2014,Governor McAuliffe made it official when he issued a proclamation (attached) declaring October as "Fall is for Planting" month. The CVNLA led the proclamation request and was joined by the James River Association, The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the Virginia Green Industry Council, The Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation and the Va. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services. This is a joyous day and we should all promote fall as the best time to plant not only for the beatification of our landscapes but to help reduce storm water runoff.
Best, Jim Hassold
As many of you know, the CVNLA is spearheading a "Fall is for Planting" campaign emphasizing the benefits and advantages to planting in the fall. We have contacted every independent Garden Center and Nursery in the Metro Richmond area and everyone has agreed to promote this campaign. In the very near future you will be seeing "Fall is for Planting" banners (the official version is attached) proudly displayed all across town. In addition, the banners will be displayed at the State Fair, the Lewis Ginter Plant Sale and on PBS's "Virginia Home Grown."
The more all of us reinforce this idea of fall planting the more all of us will benefit from it.
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We have prepared some "talking points" that you are more than happy to use. As follows:
Special thanks to Bill Dutcher of Colesville Nursery, Emily Orr of Glen Allen Nursery, Karen Batalo and Richard Nunnally. Here's to a great fall season!
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Mermaid series 1 OCEAN by STONELEFTWatch
Beautiful !
Fantastic work! ^ ^
Whoa, beautiful !
LOVE the movement in this.
Fantastic work!
Love the complexity of the tail on this mermaid. Trying to figure out the thing on the top. Looks like something grabbing her arm and she is resisting (or maybe acquiescing?)
Kinda like both lol first acquiscing,then resisting,fight back,too long and too much suffer... one day,she figure out something,so fight she's way out hahaha
Yeah, lots of "story" in that sculpture. Funny how a static piece can communicate so much "history".
I'm not so clear from the photo what is going on with the tail flutes. The lower body is really good with all the complex shape (different from most mermaids with a simple smooth body), but
yea I was trying to make sme new kind of mermaids,more Sci-fi style,more like create from a lab,this one even was from a faild experiment,throw away to the ocean,face the horror herslef
It's really interesting how you see the hand grabbing and dragging her from above. You don't see the arm it is attached to, but you can "see" it in your imagination.
Great story, and yes, it does communicate that emotion.
(oops - didn't finish my sentence...)
... but the flutes on the end look almost like they are torn up.


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Nokia N96 now Comes With Music
It's still one of the most popular Nseries phones and it's now avaialble with unlimited free downloads from the Nokia Music Store. Currently only on sale as a SIM free phone, priced at £459.
When you buy any Comes With Music phone you can browse the Nokia music library on the web and download as many tracks as you want to your computer. You can then transfer tracks to your phone using the supplied data cable. The music is DRM protected, which means it can only be played on your computer or on your 'Comes With Music' phone. You can't copy your downloaded tracks to your iPod or burn them to a CD. Still, it's great value for money. There are millions of tracks available, mostly mainstream chart music from past to present.
The 2.8 inch screen dominates the front of the Nokia N96 and is great for browsing the web or using the Nokia maps application. Beneath the screen are the usual navigation and menu keys and on the back is a useful kick stand, allowing the N96 to be placed on a desk for viewing videos or movies. The Nokia N96 has 16GB of internal memory which can be expanded to a huge 24GB using an 8GB memory card.
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One of the most successful technical community within Sun is around Onestop. Over 300 subject matter experts are sharing their experience, best practices and lesson learned on a single site called Onestop. It is the most popular and trusted technical website and 100% driven by the community.
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Foursquare and NASA have teamed up to generate interest in science and space. When users check in at a NASA visitor center or at a venue classified as a science museum or planetarium, users will receive a rover-themed badge for their Foursquare profile.
"Get out your rock-vaporizing laser! You've explored your scientific curiosities just like NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars. Stay curious and keep exploring. You never know what you'll find," is the custom message users will see once they have earned the badge.
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Another break up, another broken heart. It can feel like the worst pain you've ever felt. But, really, it can be a blessing in disguise. How you might ask?
1. See failure as your best friend. When your boyfriend (#5 in the past three months) breaks up with you yet again, when you quit smoking only to start up again the next day, when you stay sober for three weeks and then get drunk one night, when you lose 10 pounds then gain three back all in one day, are all scenarios where you wanted to find success, but you failed. Your failure is simply a small setback on your road to success. Instead of seeing failure as the end of the world, and going right back to your old ways, start to see failure as your most trusted friend. As something that can point you in the direction of success by exposing your weaknesses and shining the light on areas within you that need work. Once you start to see failure in this NEW way, you'll be free of a lot of guilt, which does nothing positive for you, and you won't feel the need to resort to your old ways because,"Well, it didn't work anyway!" You'll know what you need to improve, and you can take the necessary actions to continue onwards.
2. After a setback, see where you need improvement and make the necessary changes. Evaluate the results of your actions. Look at what you can do better and what you did well. Refine your actions based on your evaluation. Take your best shot at making it better. And most importantly, keep doing it. Keep taking action, evaluating results, and refining. Keep doing it!! Don't give up. You'll learn whatever you need to learn and you WILL find success.
3. Take stock of your resources. Take stock of your personal qualities that might help you. Look at your skills and talents. Look overall at what strengths you have and what you lack. There are shortcuts. One shortcut is taking action based on what other successful did. This includes reading books by other successful people, taking courses, seminars, classes and modelling other successful people's behavior. As you gain experience you can tweak your course of action based on what works best for you.
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Pink Corioliss Hair StraightenerThis is a good hair straightener...when I first tried it. It really did straighten my thick, short, poofy hair and made it straight. It wouldve been better if it had a temperature setting because it does get too hot when left unattended and with just one touch of my skin from my arm...it left a scar. Other than the heating problems...its an overall good hair straightener. In this my senior picture, I used my hair straightener...doesnt it look great ? ( ^ _ ^ )lolOct 26, 2006Chianalie / Hayward, California
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Great.This is a great straightner! I highly reccomend it!.Oct 24, 2006Carla Todd / Brunswick, GA
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This Is Theee Best Straightener!I bought this straightener and ive had it for year. Its possibly the best one out there. Other ones ive used have been damaging my hair and sometimes not even straightening it. Also every straightener ive had has been snapping in half just in one month and therefore i drop it or burn myself($70 down the drain). This one, its been a year and its never did anything like that and ive never had any problems. It also doesnt damage my hair and burn it like the other ones. Instead it makes it shinier, softer and straighter with excellant results! Its convenant too because i can make perfect curls just by turning it. I use this straightener everyday for one year and its good to curl my hair for cheer competitions too! Oh and to the one that burned their counter....YOU HAVE CHEAP COUNTER AND WHY WOULDN"T YOU TURN IT OFF? dumba**Oct 8, 2006Jennie / Michigan
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Save Your $!I bought one of these at a kiosk in the mall a little over a year ago along with my best friend. It worked good for about 8-10 months but I slowly noticed it taking longer and longer to heat up and not staying hot. I would have to straighten one layer of my hair then wait for it to get hot again, do another layer, wait, etc. My best friends broke about 6 months after she bought it. She called the company and they sent her another one free and its working okay so far but these irons definately arent worth the $150-$200 you pay for them. I have two other friends who bought Corioliss flat irons and both of theirs broke and they had to go to other malls to get new ones because the one in our mall went out of business. Dont buy one of these!Oct 6, 2006Chandal / SC
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Bad ProductIt DOES NOT AUTO SHUT OFF and burned my $1500 counter in the bathroom ( WHY?) they all should have an auto shut off this is BULL and it could start a fire. I as a father am so upset that this product does not have a safety feature by shutting off. Make it happenOct 5, 2006Ron Barber / New Orleans La.
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This Iron Is AlrightI bought this iron at christmas last year, on impulse. I didnt do any research for it at all, the lady just showed me how it worked, so i decided to get it. I paid 150.00 for it. Big mistake. I used it often, and yeah it worked, but it still took a while to get my hair STRAIGHT, how i like it. It also damaged my ends, which i know all straighteners do, but the lady said it wouldnt. After christmas, the kiosk was gone, and there was no way to contact the company. Anyways, my iron didnt short out, or just stop working, I dropped it and broke it, which was totally my fault. So i got a Paul Mitchell iron. Oh my gosh, the Paul Mitchell iron is AMAZING ill never get another straightener again, i absolutely love the Paul Mitchell smoothing iron, it is incredible. I would definitly reccomend it over the Corioliss.Oct 3, 2006Alyssa / Houston, TX
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It Straightens Hair, But Has Stopped Working. No One To Service This ItemThe straightener has done a better job than any other straightener that I have had, but after one year it has stopped working. It has a short in the cord. I only have 1 day left for the one year warranty to be up and I cant find any one to return this item to in Charlotte. The kiosk are no longer in the mall. So watch out******* The sale rep told me their was a 10 year warranty on this product, but now that I have a problem, I read and it is only a year. So the sales reps lied and the product is not working. Seems a little suspicious to me.Sep 29, 2006Latoya / Charlotte NC
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Former police officer raising money to keep K-9 partner
(WCYB) - If you saw Justin Miller and his dog Emmy together, you would think they are best friends, but the duo has been through a lot together.
That includes putting their safety at risk to protect others.
Miller is a former Damascus, Va., police officer and Emmy was his partner, a trained narcotics dog.
"Emmy has also been trained to bite for fugitive apprehension. You don't really want a dog like that in the hands of the general public. I just don't want her to fall into the wrong hands," he says.
In July of this year, Miller turned in his resignation.
"Usually if a handler resigns or retires or something like that, usually the department will offer to let them buy the K-9," says Miller.
That's not the case this time. The Damascus Town Council voted to sell the dog and is accepting sealed bids. The minimum price is $3,000.
Damascus Mayor Jack McCrady says Emmy was purchased with an equipment fund in May 2012.
"Unfortunately it is considered a piece of equipment and it has to be liquidated as a piece of equipment. So unfortunately we have to put it out to bid," he says.
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Junior Tyler Joyner
Feb. 25, 2012
GREENVLLE, N.C. - East Carolina's battery mates Tyler Joyner and Zach Wright each shined in game three of the Ninth Annual Keith LeClair Classic propelling the Pirates (5-1) to a 3-1 win over Western Carolina (4-2) Saturday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. The win follows ECU's first loss of the season, which came at the hands of Purdue in game two of the four-team event.
ECU's victory was highlighted by a dominating performance on the mound by the left-hander Joyner (2-0), who gave up just one run in seven innings of work, while striking out three. In two outings thus far, Joyner has surrendered just one run on four hits in 11 2/3 innings with seven punch outs.
The freshman duo of Tanner Merritt and Drew Reynolds capped a brilliant pitching performance on the mound for the Pirates, as the two right-handers combined for two shutout frames. Merritt registered his sixth strikeout of the season in the eighth stanza and Reynolds posted his team leading third save working a scoreless ninth.
WCU plated their only run against Joyner in the second frame when Jacob Hoyle scored on Adam Marin's sac fly to center, after doubling down the right field line to start the inning.
ECU was held scoreless through the first five innings by WCU's Morgan McKinney (1-1), who suffered the loss after allowing three runs (all earned) in the sixth frame. In all he was touched for nine hits but fanned three before handing the ball off to Preston Hatcher for the final two frames.
Trailing 1-0 in the sixth, ECU scored three runs and grabbed a lead it would not relinquish. With two outs and nobody on base, Corey Thompson singled up the middle to start the rally and advanced to third following Chase McDonald's single to right. John Wooten tied the game at one with an RBI single to left before Wright laced a game-winning, two-run double to left to give ECU the 3-1 lead.
Thompson led the Pirates nine-hit attack going 3-for-4 at the dish and was the lone batter with more than one hit for ECU.
The Pirates will close out the LeClair Classic Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. (ET) when they play host to Maryland, who is undefeated in the tournament.


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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with SingaporePublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 10/95
July 23, 2010
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case. The staff report (use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this pdf file) for the 2010 Article IV Consultation with Singapore is also available.
On July 16, 2010, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Singapore.1
Singapore's 2008−09 recession turned out less deep than feared. A broad-based expansion is now on. Output losses have been recouped and medium˗term issues are again at the top of the policy agenda.
Activity started to shrink in the second quarter of 2008. At its low mark a year later, GDP was 9 percent lower than pre˗crisis. The output recovery has been as swift as the contraction. Growth has been double-digit for three of the last four quarters, reaching nearly 39 percent (quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted annualized rate) in the first quarter of this year. Price dynamics have mirrored those of output. Headline inflation declined quickly and turned negative in the second half of 2009. With dissipating base effects, rising fuel and transport costs, and growth above potential, the consumer price index is back to its previous peak.
Although tested, Singapore's financial system withstood the world recession well. As global market volatility subsided, financial activities staged a rapid recovery beginning in early 2009. Banking and insurance led the way, while brokerage and wealth management were slower in posting gains.
From a historical perspective, Singapore's exit from recession has been more vigorous than those following the 2001 dotcom crash and the 1997−98 Asian crisis. Improved global demand and sentiment as well as strong domestic policies and resilient labor markets have limited the severity of the downturn and set the stage for the expansion underway.
Macroeconomic management started to transition out of crisis˗relief mode late last year. Policy normalization has by now been achieved. Monetary, fiscal, and macroprudential policies are appropriately calibrated to sustain the expansion and curb risks in the goods and asset markets. Medium-term issues are again at the top of the policy agenda.
The economy is projected to expand nearly 10 percent in 2010.2 Both external and domestic demand should continue to support growth, although the exceptional momentum of the first quarter is bound to wane. As the output gap turns positive, inflation will be trending up, in part because of one˗off factors.
Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors commended the authorities for the strong fundamentals and policy frameworks developed over time and the forceful countercyclical policies in response to the global downturn. A broad-based recovery is now underway and the focus has rightly shifted to sustaining the expansion. Given Singapore's high exposure to risks from a slowdown of world trade or from financial linkages, flexible and proactive policies continue to be important.
Directors commended the Monetary Authority of Singapore for a skillful unwinding of the monetary stimulus and the restoration of broadly neutral monetary conditions. The return to a modest and gradual appreciation of the Singapore dollar in nominal effective terms is consistent with internal and external stability. Directors pointed out that changes in the outlook for growth or inflation warrant vigilance and could call for a further recalibration of monetary policy in the period ahead.
Directors agreed that Singapore's exchange rate regime remains appropriate and that the exchange-rate centered monetary framework has been an important source of stability in challenging times. They noted the staff's assessment that the Singapore dollar appears to be somewhat weaker than its medium-term equilibrium level, although considerable uncertainty clouds this assessment. They also noted that the Singapore dollar would likely strengthen in real effective terms over time as reforms promote faster productivity growth and the domestic economy continues to expand.
Directors considered that last year's extraordinary fiscal support has been appropriately withdrawn in the 2010 budget and that fiscal settings are now close to neutral and in tune with internal balance. They supported the return of fiscal policy to its traditional medium-term orientation and the emphasis on measures to facilitate innovation, capital deepening, and productivity growth. The authorities' intention to increase spending on physical and social infrastructure is welcome.
Directors agreed that Singapore's strong supervision and risk management systems had been crucial in safeguarding financial stability in the global downturn. They endorsed the plans to unwind by year-end the blanket deposit guarantee and move to a system with higher deposit coverage. The authorities' approach will ensure international consistency among economies with strong linkages. Directors welcomed recent measures to contain risks in exuberant segments of the property market and encouraged continued close monitoring of the situation.
Directors acknowledged the authorities' rationale for promoting self-reliance over social welfare programs, reflecting society's preferences. At the same time, they encouraged the authorities to adapt their approach over time as needed to preserve social and intergenerational fairness. Directors also noted that because of the special features of Singapore's economy, building strong foreign exchange and fiscal reserve buffers has been a central element of economic strategy which has served the country well. They considered that, over time, a slower pace of reserve accumulation could be expected given Singapore's demographic profile going forward.


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Wachtell Lipton on Shareholder Activists and M&A
Attention masters of the universe! Are you up late at night worrying about the dicey environment in which to do M&A deals? Have you lost sleep over those pesky activist hedge funds, who push your Fortune 500 clients around and question the logic of all those brilliant deals you concoct?
Have no fear, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is here! Corporate partners Andrew Brownstein and Trevor Norwitz authored this two-page memo to clients on the perils of M&A in the era of shareholder activism. The memo enumerates eight lessons learned from doing deals in the current environment. Here are a few highlights:
- "The traditional deference afforded by shareholders to sophisticated, well-advised independent directors acting in good faith and with due care can no longer be taken for granted."
- "Hedge funds will scrutinize transactions to find an angle where they can extract a quick profit. They employ a broader range of tactics than traditional arbitrage firms, and are more prone to engage in brinkmanship, carefully calibrating the upside and downside scenarios, placing their bets and sometimes playing "poker" with acquirers."
- "Many hedge funds move in loosely aligned packs, testing the limits of securities, reporting and antitrust rules by taking advantage of the ambiguity in concepts like 'group,' 'acting in concert' and 'investment intent.' Companies should be prepared to hold them accountable if they cross the line."
- "Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) can not be regarded as a neutral party in contested situations, but can be seen as a potential "player" that likes to "make a difference."
- "Some funds seeking to raise their profile as activists are using litigation as a tactic, not to block transactions, but rather to challenge specific aspects of deals, such as the disclosure or particular contractual terms."


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As the Olympics begin in Sochi. I noticed many interesting trends from the opening ceremonies and first few days of events. These trends could easily transfer into street wear.
First the US Olympic uniforms for the opening ceremony were awesome. It was a vintage inspired Polo cardigan knitted with the olympic rings the stars and stripes and other important symbols. The athletes also wore hats with USA on them.
Continuing the vintage theme were the uniforms for the snowboarders. They wore off white with a subdued color blocking with stars and stripes on the sleeves of their jackets.
Another cool trend were jackets that started in one color at the top and morphed into another color at the bottom. Sort of like the ombre haircolor that has been so popular. A few countries wore this look.
Many countries also wore bright bold colors for both the opening ceremonies and for their events. These colors would be right at home on the streets of Naperville this winter.


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So if you had a bunch of grocery stores, and those grocery stores sold wine, but you didn't really want people to buy any wine, what would you do?
One of the things you might consider doing would be to lock all the wine away in cabinets, so that people couldn't touch the bottles. You'd want to make sure folks couldn't, say, turn the bottles around and read the back label or anything.
You might force people to peer through the front door of this cabinet to try to read the name of the wine they think they might want to buy, and force them to remember it until they walk down to the end of cabinet where they are forced to swipe their credit card in order to buy the bottle. That is, if they don't have to stand on line waiting to us the machine, which is, of course, the only way to buy a bottle of wine.
And then if you wanted to add insult to injury, you might make sure that people could ONLY pay by credit card, and give them a touch-screen kiosk, with a lousy user interface that forces them to browse through inscrutable categories of wine or many pages of search results to find the wine they're looking for. Then you'd provide them with really crappy information about each wine.
And finally, you'd install a breathalyzer and force everyone who wanted to buy a bottle to use the breathalyzer, and then to swipe their government issued ID just to make sure they weren't drunk AND under-age.
Think I'm joking? Welcome to Pennsylvania, and the bizarre alternate universe of the Pennsylvania State Liquor Control Board. You want to buy wine in grocery stores, you're going to have to convince a passive aggressive computer to open the pod bay doors, first.
This new, state-of-the-art wine sales kiosk is rolling out to more than 100 supermarkets around the state, in what to me looks like an attempt to make sure that no one ever buys wine in a Pennsylvania supermarket ever again.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for stopping underage drinking, and I support laws that prevent the sale of alcohol to visibly drunk patrons. But this system is a whole lot of evils rolled up into one. From the big brother breathalyzer that prevents you from buying a bottle if you measure 0.05 BAC (2 glasses of wine for someone who weighs 160 lbs, and .03 under the definition of "impairment" in PA -- don't share a bottle and then walk down the street to get more!) to the locking of the bottles behind plate glass and the clumsiness of a kiosk interface.
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Recall: Children's Books
On 2005-12-15, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a recall regarding Children's Books due to a potential choking hazard. This product sold new beginning in May 2003 for about $6.00 to $16.00.
About 40,000 units are involved in this Advantage Publishers Group book recall. Learn more and find out what to do if you own this product below.
This was the 1st recall of products in the Books category in 2005.
Since 2005, there have been approximately 10 similar recalls,
involving about 800,000 product units.
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What is the problem?
If the clear plastic container is removed from the book's back cover or breaks, young children can access the beads in it. This poses a choking hazard to young children.
How can I tell if I own this product?
The recalled children's activity books are multi-colored with holes in the pages to touch a variety of fabrics and to push a squeaker toy, flaps to lift, and a clear plastic container with beads. The Amazing Baby Look and Play activity book has a yellow star on the cover. The Amazing Baby Touch and Play book has a brown bear on the cover. The activity books measure about 11-inches by 11-inches, and are for children ages 12 months to 24 months. The recalled Rattle, Rattle board book has a magenta car on the cover. The board book measures about 5 1/2inches by 5 -inches, and is intended for children ages 6 months to 18 months.
These items were sold new+ at National book chains, discount department stores, wholesalers and distributors, and membership warehouse clubs nationwide from May 2003 through November 2005 for about $16 for the activity books and about $6 for the board book.
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Consumers should immediately take these recalled activity and board books away from young children and contact the company for a replacement book
For additional information, contact Advantage Publishers Group toll-free at (866)748-3731 anytime or visit the company's Web site at www.advpubgrp.com
Incidents & Injuries Reported as of Recall Date
Advantage Publishers Group has received one report of a child accessing beads in the books' clear plastic containers. No injuries have been reported.
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College Hockey:Ready For The Call
Freshman Rosen Gives Brown Stopper In Net
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — To say Dan Rosen has made an impression on the Brown hockey team would be more than an understatement.
Since making his true collegiate debut with 17 saves in a relief effort of sophomore Mark Sibbald against Wayne State back on Nov. 10, the freshman netminder from Syosset, N.Y., proceeded to start all but one of the Bears' next 14 games, going 7-5-2 in that span with a 2.03 goals-against average, plus a .939 save percentage that led all NCAA Division I netminders as of Jan. 22.
He's gone on to earn two ECACHL Rookie of the Week awards, plus a pair of Goalie of the Week accolades in helping keep the Bears in the league playoff hunt.
"I was kind of ready for the call, and I continue to be that way," said Rosen.
"The bottom line is, you put your best guy in net," said 10th-year Brown head coach Roger Grillo. "Early on, you don't know (about a freshman), so you just have to give him an opportunity to get his feet wet."
Grillo said that there was no preseason plan to play Rosen a set number of games, not even after the retirement of two-year starter Adam D'Alba last spring to concentrate on his academics. Brown's netminders would instead be evaluated on a game-by-game basis.
"If a goalie plays well," said Grillo, "then he continues to play."
Looking back, it was as easy as 35-26-37. No, it wasn't Rosen's locker combination at Meehan Auditorium, but the number of saves the rookie made in his first three collegiate starts, as the Bears bested Wayne State and Harvard before falling at Dartmouth.
Through his first 14 starts, the goalie who grew up on Long Island watching the NHL's New York Islanders averaged almost 32 saves per outing. Rosen made 35 saves in a 2-1 victory over crosstown rival Providence on Nov. 26, and followed up by stopping 24 of 25 shots in a victory at St. Lawrence five nights later, giving him four wins in his first five starts.
The Bears hit a bit of a rough patch over their next seven games, dropping four decisions while earning a tie with Massachusetts-Lowell on Dec. 29 as Rosen recorded a career-high 47 stops. He then posted 20 saves in a 3-2 overtime victory over Mercyhurst to clinch the Denver Cup's consolation contest.
Rosen had made 39 saves in a 3-2 overtime win over Yale three weeks prior, and again made 39 saves in a 3-2 overtime setback at Princeton on Jan. 13. That game ended on a controversial power-play goal in the extra session, when Rosen was partially pinned to the ice by a fallen Princeton player and couldn't get across to make a 40th save.
"Their big guy, I don't remember his name, was lying in the crease, and I couldn't get to the post," recalled Rosen afterwards. "My leg hit his body and the puck went in.
"It was an unfortunate bounce for us, but we didn't put ourselves in a good situation with a too many men on the ice penalty."
Rosen rebounded with 25 saves in a 2-2 tie at Colgate a week later, and then finished with 27 saves in a 5-2 win versus nationally-ranked Cornell at Lynah Rink. He stopped 48 of 56 shots in a pair of close setbacks against Union and Rensselaer to end the month, and was still ranked among the top five netminders in the nation in save percentage.
Rosen, who prepped with both the USHL's Green Bay Gamblers and Waterloo Blackhawks before enrolling at Brown, wasn't fazed when, after sitting through the first three regular-season contests this winter, he was called upon in the Wayne State opener. Like Superman stepping out of the proverbial phone booth, Rosen went right to work.
"I feel I've been prepared pretty well in practice, and I just try to stay focused for whenever Coach needs me," he said.
No problem there, as he has started nearly every contest in the Bears' cage since just before Thanksgiving, and demonstrated a rapid adaptation to the college game.
"It's a little bit faster, but two years in the USHL got me prepared," said Rosen. "The game is more serious here, and I feel like I'm a lot more prepared than in juniors."
"He took the opportunity and ran with it," added Grillo. "He had some great stretches, and then a little bit of a down stretch, but it looks like he's playing solid again."
A graduate of Ashwaubenon (Wis.) High School, Rosen participated in three Green Bay Gamblers' All-Star Games and also took part in the 2002 USA Hockey National Goalie Camp and the USA Hockey Select-15 Festival. He has also spent the last several summers skating alongside some of his hometown Islanders.
"They made me want to get into hockey," recalled Rosen of the Isles. He'll also have some childhood company down the road, as his younger brother Ben, a defenseman for Des Moines (USHL), has committed to play for Brown beginning in 2008.
Brown stood at the end of the ECACHL standings as January concluded, but jumped into ninth place and sat just four points out of the fifth spot following a 1-1 tie with Princeton and a 6-3 win over No. 18 Quinnipiac. The Bears' rookie netminder, who stopped 81 of 85 shots over that opening February weekend to earn an ECACHL Co-Goalie of the Week nod, believes they're primed to make a postseason run, and not just because their goaltender (8-9-3, 2.35, .932 as of Feb. 11) is pretty good.
"I think we have the type of skill and character to bounce back and do a lot of special things, and I think we'll be dangerous come playoff time," related Rosen, who made 46 saves at St. Lawrence on Feb. 10.
He'll be the one giving them the chance to do so, just like he has since November when he first stepped out of that phone booth.
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November 12, 2013
Inaugural Animal Law Training for Animal Activists
In light of the increasing incidents of poorly managed animal abuse cases reported in India, HSI/India planned to offer a program to improve animal welfare activists' legal training.
October 30, 2013
Responding After Cyclone Phailin
HSI sent a team to feed and vaccinate animals after a storm struck India's east coast.
October 28, 2013
Mitigating Human-Crocodile Conflict in Odisha, India
HSI/India consultant Soham Mukherjee surveyed villages in Odisha, India that have experienced fatalities from crocodiles and made recommendations for avoiding attacks as part of HSI's initiative to mitigate human-wildlife conflict.
October 10, 2013
11,000 Consumers Urge Drug Controller to Celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's Birth Month by Banning Sale of Animal-Tested Cosmetics in India
11,000 consumers urge Drug Controller to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's birth month by banning sale of animal-tested cosmetics in India.
October 8, 2013
Swami Agnivesh Urges Minister of Environment and Forests to End Battery Cages in India
President of World Council of Arya Samaj, Swami Agnivesh, is urging Minister of Environment and Forests to discontinue the extreme confinement of egg-laying hens in so-called barren 'battery' cages in India.
August 26, 2013
'Fins Naturally Attached' Policy Adopted to Protect Sharks
India's Ministry of Environment and Forests issued a 'fins naturally attached' policy requiring fisheries to land sharks in coastal states with their fins intact.
August 8, 2013
India's Animal Welfare Board Encourages Shark Protection Policy
The Animal Welfare Board of India, in recognizing the problem of cruel shark finning, has issued an advisory to all Indian coastal states fisheries to help end this practice by having fishermen land sharks with their fins naturally attached.
July 10, 2013
Bollywood Heartthrob Kunal Kapoor Uses His Last Telegram in India to Call for Import Ban of Animal-Tested Cosmetics
Bollywood heartthrob Kunal Kapoor used his last telegram in India to call for an import ban of animal-tested cosmetics.
June 28, 2013
Be Cruelty-Free Campaign Welcomes Historic Ban on Cosmetics Animal Testing in India
Following intense public campaigning and legislative advocacy by HSI, India banned animal testing for cosmetics, the first South Asian country to do so.
June 25, 2013
Jamshedpur, India: Working Towards an Animal-Friendly City
The Sri Dorabji Tata Trust is investing USD $1 million over three years to make Jamshedpur, India an animal-friendly city, with HSI as the lead implementing agency.