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Description: The red-breasted merganser's small head, slender neck and tapered body give it a streamlined appearance in the air. The male shows a striking, wide band of white that extends almost the full length of the body and a dark band across its chest. The dark green head appears black at a distance and is tufted at the back, unlike the smooth head of the common merganser. Male red-breasted mergansers have deep red eyes and feet. The back is black, the rump gray-brown with fine black bars. Wavy lines of black bar the white sides and flanks, creating a distinct contrast with the white belly.
Large white patches, similar to those of the common merganser and goldeneye, span the inner wing of the male, separated by two narrow black bars. The white patch formed by the white middle coverts on the shoulder is margined at the wing edge by the dusky feathers of the lesser coverts. One black bar is formed by the black base of the white greater coverts and the other by the black base of the white secondaries.
The female red-breasted merganser has a dusky gray back enlivened occasionally by a small white patch in front of the tail. Except for their smaller size, female red-breasted mergansers greatly resemble common mergansers. They have cinnamon-brown heads and lightly mottled gray backs and sides. The two species can be distinguished by noting that the white throat of the red-breasted merganser merge imperceptibly with the brown head, whereas the common merganser's throat is more sharply defined against its reddish-brown head. Female red-breasted mergansers also have a slight protrusion of feathers at the back of their head. The female also has lighter red eyes and feet than the male. They have ash-gray shoulders and a small white patch on the speculum formed by the inner white secondaries, with a black base. The primaries and their coverts are dusky brown.
Both males and females have long, narrow bills with serrated edges, which are bright red in the male and duller in the female.
Breeding: The breeding range of the red-breasted merganser generally extends farther north and not as far south as the common merganser. The principal region of overlap is in southeastern and southern Canada. Although red-breasted mergansers breed over most of Alaska, including the Aleutian Islands, they are most abundant on areas adjacent to the Bering Sea. They nest east through the tundra of Labrador and northern Quebec to central Baffin Island. They also lay sole claim to the tundra along the southern and west coasts of Hudson Bay, north to Eskimo Point and Coronation Gulf, then south through the tundra and most of the open boreal forests of the Northwest and Yukon territories.
Unlike common and hooded mergansers, which usually nest in tree cavities, red-breasted mergansers nest on the ground in highly diversified sites. They have been found nesting in marshes, on rocky islets, on vegetated islands in large lakes, in bank recesses and under piles of driftwood. Hens lay eggs in the nests of other ducks and vice versa. North American nests contain an average of 5-11 eggs.
Migrating and Wintering: The bulk of the red-breasted merganser populations that breed in the interior of North America migrate toward the Atlantic or Pacific coasts before reaching their wintering grounds, though a small number migrate into the Great Lakes. Some remain there for winter, but many continue farther south to wintering grounds along the Gulf Coast and probably along the mid-Atlantic coast. A few thousand have been known to fly south from central Canada across the Great Plains to winter along the Texas coast. Red-breasted mergansers typically migrate in small flocks of 5 to 15, with coastal flights occurring during the day and inland flights at night.
Food habits: Red-breasted mergansers feed on fish (herring, fry, minnows), fish eggs and occasionally shrimp and crabs. Usually they dive for food, hunting on lakes and rivers, in coastal bays and at sea.
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Follow the progress of just back from a run, our sub-3:00 hopeful, as she receives expert advice from mentor Paul Evans
Hope it's somewhere warm where you get to extend your holiday, JBFAR.
I really don't think the treadmill makes any long term technique changes. I run on one several times a week as I said on a different post, because it's good to use different surfaces when doing high mileage. I prefer to run outside, but when doing 80 + miles and not being able to get off road on dark evenings the constant tarmac can be a bit harsh on the legs, the treadmill gives them a break. Also, didn't Ingrid Kristiansen train on a treadmill due to bad weather? Oh and quite recently I read that Haile G does too. What's good for any elite is good for us
Looks like it the cross trainner for me today. we have a foot of snow here!!!!
How about everyone else?
JBFAR - hope you've enjoyed the holiday and that the delays aren't causing you too much stress.
Hilly/JBFAR - check out this link. Dan Robinson claims to have run his first marathon in 2:38 off treadmill training only - talented bar-steward .
SF et al - I don't buy into the Aussie carb load thing either. Not for runners at our level, anyway. A couple of days of quality scoffing and good fuelling strategy on the day ought to do the trick. Last year I attended a wedding the day before FLM - in deepest Wiltshire. Not ideal preparation, either from a rest (given the long drive) or nutrition point of view. I was suited and booted with a banana in each pocket and a tupperware of cold pasta in the car! I even persuaded Mrs GE to carry a large bag of raisins around in her handbag!
GE. Interesting link. I thought it was going to say Dan Robinson did loads of miles on a treadmill not just 45 minutes sessions for a marathon! That's some going. Perhaps he ran loads of miles in football training? In my footballing days there some 5/6 mile runs and hard intervals involved in football training but no where near enough miles to run a marathon in any time let alone 2.38!
10 slow miles in the snow today wishing I had a treadmill.
Thanks for the link, GE. I wish I could get away with 45 mins sessions to run a half decent marathon like that.
15 miles on the treadmill again here today too as pavements too bad to run on.
Hi Christina
I hope you get home soon,I am afriad its treadmill or trudging around on the grass !
Keep me posted
Even snow here, thats now turned to treacherous ice. I cant see me running again for a few days, cos I have no mill, mind you there's no sign of warmer temperatures for about another week !
I dont do the Aussie carb load thing, reckon its a load of pony myself. And seeing as I rarely do anything faster than a little bit of MP running, the klast thing I'm going to do 2 days before a big one is run flat out.
JBFA - my son returned to Manchester Uni at the weekend and said it is the deepest snow that he has ever seen! - so not good for running when the snow is over your shins!
The weather has certainly been challenging!! I have been running, but it has been all off road, including an effort session last night on the grass with a good covering of snow. I just keep telling myself that I am going to be so stong and tough When the local Cross Country race was called off this afternoon I did think about running on a treadmill but I ended up running 9 miles off road with 8 hill spints to finish off and felt great at the end all warm and glowing
For yourself JBFR a good pre run meal plan would be to consume a carbohydrate rich (80-160g) breakfast 3-4 hours before you exercise. This could be in the form of 2 slices of toast (32g carbs), 1 medium sliced banana (32g), large handful of raisins (70g), small bowl cornflakes (26g) with a LS Body Fuel drink (30g). For more information on carbohydrate content. As a pre-race snack 1 hour before you exercise, again you could have a banana or a LS Energy Bar (30g). It is also important to ensure you are hydrated in the lead up to any form of exercise so make sure you check the colour of your urine first thing in the morning and then drink some additional fluid until your urine is pale/clear.
Day 3 no running...ahhhhhhh I need my running fix. Have been doing an hour on the cross trainer daily but its not the same.
Come on snow, we have all had enough of you now...go back to the north pole....
Hi all
Just a quick reminder that Nick Morgan (Lead Sport Scientist at Lucozade Sport) will be online between 1 and 2pm today to answer any questions you might have about nutrition.
We've opened the debate a little early so post your questions for Nick now so he can get stuck in straight away at 1pm!
I get the impression that BR and Hilly think JBFAR should be doing more miles than the schedule suggests - Ideally they are right, but the schedule is short. Most maras should be thought of at least 6 months prior to race day, if you have a serious target.
Overloading JBFRA may well be counter productive. I think I've read she has never run really high mileage before.
I've thought from the outset that this was a very tough target for JBFAR, and I don't believe trying to cram in too much mileage at this stage will help. I do think that if she gets the correct proportion of steady(mara pace) and threshold runs in, with of course the long run, she has a chance of doing it.
60m/week for a reasonably talented female, done correctly should get her under 3hr/mara. If you need to be doing 80m+/week to break 3hr, then you weren't/aren't blessed with alot of talent, or you're doing too many of your runs too slow.
I'm home!! I've made it! Yikes- it was touch and go! but after days of traveling im back in snowy winchester contemplating a run in the snow.
So far week one has not gone 100% to plan due to travel disruptions, but that's the only holiday i'm having between now and the marathon so all fine. I started the week off Monday and Tuesday 6 miles on treadmill and Wednesday 10miles on treadmill. Had to have 2 days off for travel and now after letting porridge digest i'll be tackling a 7miler out doors then a 12miler tomorrow. So week one should be 41 miles in total.
We have lots of snow in Winchester so am hoping itsgoing to be fine to run on and hasnt turned into ice- ill soon find out though! luckily I have gym membership so that will be my fall back plan - the treadie.
Gareth you said For yourself JBFR a good pre run meal plan would be to consume a carbohydrate rich (80-160g) breakfast 3-4 hours before you exercise. This could be in the form of 2 slices of toast (32g carbs), 1 medium sliced banana (32g), large handful of raisins (70g), small bowl cornflakes (26g) with a LS Body Fuel drink (30g). For more information on [i]carbohydrate content[/i]. As a pre-race snack 1 hour before you exercise, again you could have a banana or a LS Energy Bar (30g).
That is much more than i have at the moment- what distance run are you talking here ?? having breakie 3-4 hours before exercise is not always a realistic possiblity either. I have taken on board eating before running now and always eat an hour before i go out, but for a long run on Sunday i would have porridge, raisons and a bit of sugar with a coffee one our before i go out then take gels and a bit of water with me. maybe i should have a bit of toast as well.
What would you say though was the optimum weight/BMI for a good marathon runner? I don't want to put any weight on as I feel that would effect my time in a negative way. I don't count calories or anything like that but it can not be ignored that the elite marathon runners do not have any extra weight to them!
Its such a shame races are being cancelled- I hear stubbington 10k has too
GE- Thanks for that link- that's pretty amazing, and as Hilly said only doing 45 minute sessions would be awaesome- a very talented guy huh!
N&S- Good luck to you on your sub 3 quest also-keep up the posting- are you following the RW schedule aswell? I dont know what start we will be put on for the VLM- I am checkin that with RW- but i may see you on the start line.
BR: The shedule that Paul has sent me for January doesn' really differ from the RW one. He is going to reevaluate at the end of January as to whether I can increase the miles. I have asked paul how he will be evaluating it (i dont have any races planned)but am guessing he will just be looking at my training diary that I will send him and will go from there.
Jokerman - If you need to be doing 80m+/week to break 3hr, then you weren't/aren't blessed with alot of talent, or you're doing too many of your runs too slow.
Doing that got Hilly sub 3 in 2006 as a F40 - 6th F40 in FLM as it was. I bet she wished she'd had some talent or done her training runs faster!
Agreed that 6 months is a good timescale to be thinking about, but from the beginning of Dec when the 6 were chosen to VLM day is nearly 4 months, so plenty of time to get in some good mileage on top of the massive IM endurance JBFAR must have.
JBFAR - interesting approach re. following the plan. Hope it works out.
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He's been Country Weekly's "Hottest Bachelor" twice, so when video director Trey Fanjoy scripted the treatment for Chris Young's video for "Who I Am With You," she wasn't afraid to show the country star's sexier side. But shooting romantic scenes isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Police: Garland man admitted to downloading thousands of child pornography images, videos
A 57-year-old Garland man admitted to police that he had child porn in his possession and that he has struggled to rid his life of his addiction, according to police documents.
William Turner McBurney (right) faces charges of possession and promotion of child pornography. He was arrested last week at his South Garland home following a months-long investigation.
The investigation that led to McBurney's arrest began in February when maintenance staff at a Garland church found a computer in their empty dumpster. Thinking perhaps it had been stolen, they took the computer to the cops.
Investigators found nearly 17,000 "possible child porn images" on the computer, which they tied to McBurney. They also found more than 1,400 videos of prepubescent children engaging in sexual activity, the documents said. The victims in the photos and videos range in age from 2 months to 16 years.
After police arrested McBurney last week, he agreed to speak to investigators without an attorney present, the documents said.
"McBurney confessed that he had been in possession of a laptop computer and other computer related [devices] that contained numerous pornographic children posed in sexually explicit ways, and performing deviant sexual acts," the documents said. "McBurney confirmed that he wanted to rid his life of this addiction and had reached a turning point when his wife left him."
He told police he downloaded thousands of child porn images and videos via online newsgroups and other websites. He also told investigators that he was the one who threw the computer they found in the church dumpster. Since that time, he told police, he continued to look at child pornography at his home.
In a search of McBurney's home, police recovered CD's, VHS tapes, cameras, computers and other items.
McBurney also spoke to CBS 11 News about his problem.
"It's embarrassing and it's humiliating," he said. "I have an addiction to pornography that progressed over time."
Investigators say they fear McBurney may have produced some of the pornography found in his possession. He told CBS 11 that he only downloaded the porn.
McBurney posted $25,000 bond and was released from jail on Friday, police said.
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September 6, 2013
CTV PrimeTime broadcasts a debate on cosmetic pesticides between Nigel Bowles, ED for Landscape Alberta and Gerald Wheatley, Board member for the Coalition for a Healthy Calgary
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Alberta lags behind provinces with cosmetic pesticide bans
New Report Card on Provincial pesticide legislation released
Some of the safest lawns, gardens and public spaces in Canada are found in Ontario and Nova Scotia where strong provincial legislation has banned pesticides used for aesthetic purposes, according to a new report released by the David Suzuki Foundation and Quebec environmental organization, Équiterre.
The report, Pesticide Free? Oui!, compares cosmetic pesticide bans in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, as well as Alberta's more limited restriction on "weed and feed" mixtures. The Quebec ban was once considered the gold standard but has been surpassed by more comprehensive legislation adopted in Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Although mentioned in the report, Alberta has, by far, the weakest approach. "The ban on the use and sale of combined weed killer and fertilizer products (i.e. weed and feed products, most of which contained 2,4-d), effective January 1, 2010, can hardly be considered a ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides in Alberta," according to Robin McLeod of the Coalition for a Healthy Calgary. 2,4-D and other herbicides can still be sold and used throughout Alberta for aesthetic or cosmetic purposes as long as herbicides are not mixed with fertilizers.
In comparison, cosmetic pesticide bans in Ontario and Nova Scotia prohibit the use of a large number of pesticides, provide a credible list of lower-risk products permitted for use in public and private areas and the legislation applies beyond lawns to other aspects of landscaping. Lisa Gue, environmental health policy analyst for the David Suzuki Foundation states, "There is a new standard for protecting human health and the environment from lawn and garden pesticides," in reference to the Ontario and Nova Scotia pesticide bans. Alberta and its municipalities have a new bar to reach when it comes to protecting its citizens and environment against the harmful effects of cosmetic pesticide use. Calgary is the largest municipality in Canada without a cosmetic pesticide ban.
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May 6 to be Lawn Pesticide Awareness Day
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the first pesticide ban in North America On May 6 more than 70 international organizations are aligning with a proclamation to honor Dr. June Irwin, a Quebec dermatologist, who played a leading role in the passage of North America's first pesticide ban.
Irwin, who still practices dermatology in Pointe Claire, Quebec began noticing rashes and other health issues related to lawn pesticides in the early 1980's. Her concerns were largely ignored by the medical community and the federal government of Canada. Undeterred, Dr. Irwin systematically began her campaign to eliminate the harmful use of non-essential pesticides.
In 1991, 6 years after she first voiced concerns at a town hall meeting, Hudson, Quebec became the first municipality in North America to ban synthetic lawn and garden pesticides on public and private property with the exception of farms and golf courses.
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March 21, 2011
A Chemical Reaction Screening in Calgary
The documentary tells the story of Dr. June Irwin, a dermatologist from Hudson, Quebec, who noticed a connection between her patient's health conditions and their exposure to pesticides and herbicides. As a lone voice in 1984, followed by a voyage to the Supreme Court of Canada, her home town of Hudson, Quebec became the first municipality in Canada to adopt a municipal bylaw banning the cosmetic or non-essential use of pesticides in 1991.
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November, 2010
The new Mayor and council in Calgary will be setting goals for the coming term. Both Alderman Farrell and Pincott are supporters of a cosmetic pesticide phase-out bylaw and it appears that the new council is more supportive.
December 2009
Council rejected a bylaw regarding cosmetic use of pesticides which was a disappointment to environmentalists, citing no deadline for ending their use.
May 14, 2009
Nurses Urge Calgary to Prevent Stalling of Pesticide Bylaw
The College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) has sent a letter to Calgary's Mayor and aldermen urging them not to renege on the Calgary pesticide bylaw process deadline of this October.
The bylaw will " protect over one million Albertans from harmful and highly unnecessary chemicals" reminding them that "it is well established that children are at a greater risk from pesticide exposure than adults. "
"It appears that administration is hesitating to implement what City Council ask for" says Robin McLeod of the Coalition for a Healthy Calgary (CHC). "This timeline was established by Council on July 15, 2008 and as one of the stakeholder organizations, we've been waiting to draft the bylaw and have not been contacted until this month. Hearing the administration is now asking for an extension to next spring is unacceptable."
November 13, 2008: Alberta announces a ban on the sale of herbicide-fertilizer combination products (weed n' feed) as of January 1, 2010. Rob Renner, Alberta's Minister of the Environment, stated, "By eliminating products that encourage mass application we will reduce the amount of chemical run-off in our waterways."
The Coalition for a Healthy Calgary applauds the Minister for taking such positive action. This is a great step forward towards the goal of eliminating all non-essential use of pesticides for aesthetic purposes.
July 15, 2008: Calgary City Council votes to create a pesticide bylaw
June 25, 2008: The Notice of Motion calling for the phase out of pesticides used for cosmetic or non-essential purposes on private and public land and implementation plan was approved at the Standing Policy Committee of Utilities and Environment.
April 22, 2008 (Earth Day): Home Depot is phasing out traditional pesticides in favour of eco-friendly alternatives beginning June 1, 2008. All stores across Canada will be pesticide-free by December 31, 2008. WOW!
April 22, 2008: The Province of Ontario announces a proposed ban on the use and sale of pesticides (herbicides, fungicides and insecticides) for cosmetic purposes. Exceptions made for agriculture, forestry, health and safety and golf courses, with condtions. For more info: www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/news/2008/042201mb.php
February 25, 2008
Notice of Motion (NOM) was introduced at City Council directing Administration to prepare a report including: a draft bylaw proposal and; implementation plan for the phase out of cosmetic pesticides on public and private lands in Calgary.
The NOM was referred to the Environmental Advisory Committee*, which is to provide recommendations on a future report to be drafted under the guidance of the Environmental Assurance and Sustainability department of the City of Calgary.
*The EAC is a volunteer committee which advises City Council on environmental issues.
December 2007
Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta/NWT Division begins collaborations with CHC to have the City of Calgary pass a pesticide bylaw in 2008.
December 2007
Mountain Equipment Co-op donates $4,000 to the CHC campaign. Thank you to MEC and all purchasers at MEC who tread the Earth lightly!
November 2007
Gideon Forman, Executive Director of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) meets with Aldermen McIver, Ceci and Pincott. Forman reports on Toronto's successful Interim Evaluation of its pesticide bylaw. For more info go to: www.toronto.ca/health/pesticides/city_reports.
October 15, 2007
11 of 14 elected City officials support a phasing out of cosmetic pesticides on public and private land in Calgary based on a pre-election survey conducted by CHC.
June 2007
Alderman Joe Ceci entices Mayor Dave Bronconnier and Sharon Stevens with a delicious sample of organic dandelion soup courtesy of Spoon Fed Soup and the Coalition for a Healthy Calgary.
May 31, 2007
In a Global CTV poll 71% of respondents voted no to the question "Should the City of Calgary increase its pesticides use to control our dandelion explosion?" 29% voted in favour.
January 2007
Anonymous donation launches the beginnings of the Coalition for a Healthy Calgary.
February 2006 Oracle Poll Research
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Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents.
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Tact is rubbing out another's mistakes, not rubbing them in.
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Blue Scholars: Cinemetropolis
|Blue Scholars:CinemetropolisSeattle based Blue Scholars releases their third full-length album on June 14, 2011, and is currently available for digital download on their bandcamp page here . Entilted "Cinemetropolis", the duo of Geologic (emcee) and DJ Sabzi produced the album single handedly with no major label backing. Instead they ran a campaign using kickstarter.com to raise money from fans and supporters to produce and market the album. They originally requested a fundraising goal of $25,000 and far surpassed that goal with the help of over 2,200 backers who ended up donating over $62,000. Due to the success of the campaign, the Blue Scholars plan to produce a music video or short film for each of the songs on the album as well as satisfy the concept of the album. As mentioned on Wikipedia, "Geologic explained the concept of the album as a mash-up of life and cinema. He says in an interview, 'We're all residents of the Cinemetropolis now. If you've ever seen a moving image and it affected you somehow whether it be a music video, the nightly news, a movie, television, sitcoms, whatever… that… all that has become a part of our truth and how we see the world."
After previewing the futuristic sound conceived by producer Sabzi, paired with the intellectually sly licks of Geologic, Cinemetropolis delivers one of the band's finest sounds since their inception in 2002. Throughout the album you experience the maturity of Geo with his sharp lyrical deliveries and Sabzi's exploration into electronic and futuristic beats that resembles the latest sounds of NERD and Kanye. Take notice that each track is inspired by certain individuals or places, from human rights activist Yuri Kochiyama to actors Tommy Chong and Rani Mukerji and places like Seattle's Fou Lee. When you listen to each track you will notice how Geo and Sabzi theme their lyrics and beats to the individual or place who's named on that track. As an example the "Fou Lee" track has an oriental sounding synthesizer with hollow drum sounds and Geo rhyming, "cruise on a hill gettin food at Fou Lee" referring to shopping at a local asian supermarket. The track I think is most politically provoking is the 'Oskar Barnack – Oscar Grant' track, referring to Barnack, a camera inventor, and Grant the unarmed victim of a Police shooting in the Bay Area's subway system recorded by several onlookers with their camera phones. Geo blends these entities referring to the camera phone and drops a hook with a message about the police, "Shoot the cops, shoot the cops, take your camera out your pockets people", as happened in the Grant murder. Other tracks include a tribute to the recently departed Seattle Supersonics with a guest appearance from former Sonic player Slick Watts in their newest music/short film video:
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Housing association chief in shock resignation
Published by Anonymous for 24dash.com in Housing
Housing association chief in shock resignation after merger 'power struggle'
Matthew Fox has stepped down as chief executive of Viridian Housing with immediate effect, it was confirmed Friday.
The resignation comes as Viridian and Asra, led by Matt Cooney, move closer to merging.
In a statement, Viridian Housing said: "Viridian can confirm that Matthew Fox [pictured] has decided to step down as the chief executive of Viridian Housing. Matthew has been an integral part of the growth of Viridian and, after 10 years, he believes it is time to move on.
"The 'equal partnership' proposal between Viridian and asra continues in its advanced stage whilst we work towards HCA approval."
Hattie Llewelyn-Davies, chair of Viridian Housing, said: "We will all miss, and continue to respect, Matthew's passion and drive which has made Viridian one of the top 50 housing associations in the UK.
"Nick Apetroaie, currently the director of property, has been appointed Viridian's interim chief executive and will continue to manage both roles in the interim. Nick has 20 years of experience in the housing and care sector, and has been with Viridian for six years and we have every confidence that he is the right person for the role."
If the 'equal partnership' goes ahead, the resulting organisation would be one of the top 20 housing associations in the country with around 30,000 homes.
Viridian Housing and asra Housing Group provide homes in South East England and the Midlands. Both organisations have a strong development record with asra Housing Group committed to creating 1,300 new affordable homes by 2017 and Viridian Housing completing 660 new homes last year.
Matt Cooney was later named 'designate chief executive' of the new VA Housing group.
A HCA spokesperson said: "We don't comment in detail on individuals cases, however we are aware of the proposed merger, which requires the regulator's consent, and we are working with the providers concerned."
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Welcome to our FORUM. Feel free to post a message, news, comments..... Les vrais haitiens vont profiter de ce forum, non pas pour defendre les interets des Lavalassiens ou de la Convergence,mais plutot pour apporter des Idees constructives pour l'avancement de ce beau pays, Haiti Cherie que nous aimons tous. ======================================================
Dated: November 15th 2007
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Bonsoir et Bonjour!
Joyeux Noel Et Bone Anne 2008!
Allow me to conclude in short my blog inputs. I apologize if I was an obstacle and people were profoundly fed-up with me when I stayed awhile. However I like to visit the Haitian websites and read. I don't participate anymore and decided sometime ago to immediately wrap up. Afraid of the next aftermath in retributions so in closing please allow me to conclude with the following below.
Haiti's Clash Of The Restavek Is Not Political
None-expert perspectives to any views are written below. Supposedly the followings in today's new world there are many obverses that would rally this view within Haiti's general public society in the world.
In fact cultivators around the world assessment would offer a characteristic glimpsed of that innermost embedded and deep-seated transformation apparition on its applications to the rights and wrongs about what is a Haiti restavek au monde? The vital ethnicity, race, gender, organizations etc. continues to flourish through the heritage, followed by the earliest and splendid periods which paved the way to restavek realizations. Their integral base establishment also burgeon trough education, literacy, intellect, art, civilization, agriculture, politics, business and edifier, average or affluent ever since etc. Essentially restaveks became a traditional way of life.
Naturally the word speaks for itself without a need to describe. Restavek is a dominant value to the Haitians and Haitian Internationals in a structural sustains system. Allow me to revisiting restavek name by definition in its functionalities. Appropriately to the entity of its structural embrace adaptation which has yet to be predetermine in identity appreciation and type.
Meanwhile the dissimilarity of the word restavek across the expansion continues to be typified with respect: a). To the main belief in principles abide by the society in which we live. b). Or embarrassment to the best practice in value of its improvements or capital.
The junior term restavek is often utilized more over to operate, absorb, and manage which seems highly noteworthy. The great odds and probability is it's disenfranchised also worth noting due to comparable intolerance and condescension attraction to the standoff representation. The pinnacle term restavek, which is all about revamp, still remains unreliable, erratic, and capricious. The clash of the restavek in and out of wedlocks model erupted in our very eyes. By the same token vital reviews and heir reconsideration were in an utmost critical increased in midyear 2000's. To that event Haitians and Haitians Internationals a portion ignored and overlooked the breakdown; while others assumed the worst forthcoming tip over about restavek malfunction was about to collide. Hey! The unforeseeable and forgotten restavek dug up stories of passion made structural with vague identity crises overheads began to dissimulate. It ruptured the bubbles of (past tense) that reflected in recent clash.
Again the political episode public appraisal unrestricted direct/
Indirect crises of midyear 2000's could not be ignored it impacted la societe Haitienne au monde and their generations. Yet and still Haiti's clash of the restavek is not a political one. "Based on the fact the shape of politic and restavek hierarchies common ground is not in shred split rivalry but in a descending/ascending social order. So it cannot distinctively be equally compared and would be an inconsistent mismatch to do so. The unparalleled allow corrective emergency with fewer tolerance and more law in order to the outstanding of its formations. The matchless also greatly penalize irregularities but in different streams of their perspectives unit specs. Though notably perhaps politic and restavek egalitarianism and propriety is in a general board exchange respite--- et z'autre fraction ki kour avek le temps global. In formal and crystal clear lever that cannot be comparing with, despoiled or untainted.
Imaginably when the walls of restavek reflections incomparability becomes absent thru fragmentations of vulnerable comparable identity in crisis. There's a possibly in an emblematical environment the wall of restavek reflection incomparability remain intact without identity crisis. The encouraged continued stunning success of Haitian and Haitian International literal of icons remains its fortune.
a). In the meantime if unimpressed identity in crisis manners is left silence, meaningless to the lack of interest. Just too purposely disregard les detachments des engagements; without any typesets of superlative internship version to rise above uneven stuff to fully exemplify and instruct concepts to what's biased and unbiased? What's Political and none-Political? Need or don't need to be informed etc. Again, it would undoubtedly pass the time ap vagabonde while observing the fewer options of quotient of the illogical total deficiencies of an intolerable passive tolerance out of the ordinary.
b). for time is at a standstill to what men leave behind. Supposedly to pay attention long terms of looming probe of variables in comparability to some degree would undoubtedly survey and test certain adroit for a gauge temperament vise-versa or straightforward basic moral fiber or immoral as in particulars, maladroit wou debauchee, assonance and lessons from the public inhabitant of its applications.
c). When places of the habitually irregular happens assortment immediately take place to counterbalance and maximize standards and make light of the interpretation of their highs and lows points in a society." Forgive me if I am wrong please correct me on this one… the mixture for such a cleverness relative or irrelative observed by the notion of point in modifications. The abstract is its decipherable to be or not to be in matters includes awkwardness or enchantments of demonstrability.
The reality might be to what an ego crumble or assimilate between the differences and the gaps in the following.
1). Good personality and bad principles; Does this follow the rules and regulations of good judgment Yes or No?
2). Bad personality and good principles; Does this follow the rules and regulations of good judgment Yes or No?
3). Bad personality and bad principles; Does this follow the rules and regulations of good judgment Yes or No?
4). Good personality and good principles; Does this follow the rules and regulations of good judgment Yes or No?
z'Autre regards'--- according to anecdote supposedly vis-à-vis relation treatment of restavek- subservient term-type as inferiorly degraded and non-restavek-subservient term-type as superior to humiliate which is a moral wrong if considered. Restavek deference would be left unaccounted to inequalities of well mannered. A fresher start is needed to recover restavek syndrome or the epidemic crossness from the asymmetrical identity crisis of inheritance to converge a balance towards constructivism that everyone can live with. Works are probably being done to recuperate. So I apologize if I am totally wrong on this again please correct me.
Restavek pettiness at the bottom of the barrel like survival of the …, with reasons that anything goes--- disregarding shared values. Let not forget that restavek helps to provide growth to maneuvers and know how too in a society of prospects ongoing developments.
The visitation of the request was to park and similarly digest the staging far and few in between beyond its apprehension of emergencies. The powerless restaveks' terms are more seen as the unaccomplished material of expression without a resting place to rise above its opinionated identity in crisis that always yields to downfalls paralyzes good, bad or indifferent. Often the increases chagrin… which creates setbacks with all intentions to moving forward--- yet downfall to where camouflages of trickery, bigotry, nuisance and nightmare troubles are frequently encountered. Moving forward --- but with only a few to promote and ready to lend a hand on positive views in all sets of aspirations.
The repetitive course held in an atypical restavek to another atypical restavek as equal characters of cataclysmic long-term expedition. Provide us with the reality of identity crisis great pins and needles under the garment; again which leaves set backs of irregular period that are completely undecided with lesser notes of options. Yet and still the intact unbend invariables cryptogram alignment and of corrections immovable (atypical to atypical) which differs from another (atypical to atypical) between the curvatures of variables… to (atypical to typical) mark of individuality. Finally the atypical to another atypical more alike could unforeseeably be utilized to disintegrate and/or integrate into whatever typical types far ahead onto other millenniums. Articulating more over a unique world en comparison des ses admirables civilizations of its super time period in the optional extras.
It's inadequate for a person like me to offer decisions because of non-expert views.
There are many stories about the top, middle and lower tenure of restavek'. To which the opposite can be said; where people start small and make it high in the positions of public service or private sectors reaching and fulfilling their peaks. Yet the indexes do not reflect the further detail of each transcend label unless it's boxed as restavek by demand only with conductive in place. When categories are identified the standard en suite balance and measure is obtained. The unsatisfactory or fulfilled clarifications remain a current perpetual craft. Hey! This is where the disclaimer comes in plenty. The word "Restavek" could it be that simple? We often deny the name restavek and the results always reflect the main and subordinate silhouette majority of that society. So no! It isn't that simple.
When restavek incomparability is put to rights whether it's dispirited or vigorous it tends to provide us with the best free from anxieties @ all levels. The restavek name annoying or provocative as it may seem to be—can also be replaced. We are not sure by definition if it can totally be repaired to find its meaningful place in sets of orderly bespoke of accomplishment with proper objective and standards. We would not have come this far—Out of old time savagery and barbaric ways which calculably and cooperatively found its resolve and forwarded on. Today the world has a more mixture approach to civilizations. Where would we be if the differences did not lead us to a state of mind towards conscious awareness?
Here are some of the fighting words of restavek' expressions below:
Restavek zinzin on a humoristic point of view is sometimes determined.
Restavek machan di ri ak pwa – Hey!!! Vale moun sayo restavekmen pap monte se enba pou yo toujou rete.
He/she is a dishonored restavek– moun peuple sot toujou parmi les connoisseur's parske voodou ak restavek fe pou yo.
You are restavek achete figu pepet mayi – peuple restavek toujou restavek.
They are restavek - nap fixe yon gro e bonjen baton certain e kale tout retaveks poutet vent plen surtou vent vide.
We are restavek by necessity – jodia se tou pa-w demain sepa pou yon lot.
In my opinion: Again humor in freedom of speech can also be determined. If not? It becomes another separate private matter but for the most part it shouldn't be a burden anymore. The mental and physical impact of dispirited damages is a thing of the past at least should be...
En nou gade example sa-a ---- "Yier mwen te konnen pren dlo pou wou pou bwe… nan la kou Haiti serviablemen en restavek; Jodia-a yap toujou continue pren dlo-pou mwen tou pou-m bwe… nan la kou New York serviablemen en restavek." Whispering a sentiment direct ou indirect made up of values. While some would argue it is well guided mended by its service obligation. That is instill in the creative minds of the anxious profound ambitions of its grand moral logic themes and thereafter. As we know at least the silent behavior de sa transparence brule le koeur de nous chaks. Does Haitian International make Haitian feel substandard (down boy) with lack of all knowledge to everything? Does Haitian make Haitian International feel less significant because they went outside the country and left them hanging with a bunch of grieves and especially with malnutrition? Do this represent an efficacy in the negative or positive between frustrate anguish or self-contained? Will it be a place somewhere to illustrate particular findings to shape la renaissance with all Haitians and Haitians International everywhere atheist or believers?
Finally about the fighting word on restavek zinzin; Eskeu se l'une des raisons ki retarde yon des grands derapmen D'haiti Cherie et de ses bienfaits within the Hatians and Haitian Internationals society of ethnic resemblance? Again this discussion can be incorrect and correct me if I am wrong.
In modem time it is also considered humoristic with much acceptation when we say "an idiot with no real identity restavekmen." However to make sure that some jokes are kept without demeanors Haitians and Haitians-internationals rightfully are striving to gain the revitalizations between the unfasten comedies humor or horror stories and novelty precision methods of conduct. While in the obvious some people do not pigeonhole at all and fully accept/respect others beyond compare whether it's class or gender etc. It easier to concur but extremely difficult to understand both due by misinterpretation that is in the way most of the time.
The undertone avant ou après touts jenmen rive pi gran underline the treads of characters.
When disturbances or harmony are made byways in word of expressions each paths are undoubtedly measured in different ways.
1). A sturdy nuisance of insolence always creates an angry environment of destructions and this is based on the hostile irritant defiance in characters. The uncertainty is always the laissez-faire? Intolerable rabble- rousing is unacceptable anyplace and anywhere at anytime.
2). the encouraged points of views in a place are the working together works is based on professional non-professional savoir-faire preference set of options. Do we have to be skilled sometime in order to exercise good judgments?
When restavek indiscretions are found the framework of its agitation explications emblem and anxiety is ongoing. When the complexities of restavek are in segment it would be recognized as 1st 2nd or 3rd class in proposals. Although the applicable raison d'être restavek lui-même has been without validation receipts on dysfunctional zone which as the accuracy of visual scope verification that could demonstrate awareness of its utility in the beliefs, concepts and theories.
Restavek accessibility may be valued only when it's turned into raw materials gratification of great objectives thrust. Although we are eager to adapt corrective actions in order to increase the views, objectives and revivals by opening the basin of fluency. We cannot forget the discussions around and about restavek malfunction. The unprogressive regrets down the path to rigid circumstances of despair. And its aged in consideration leads us to a point where it too by review on all its diverse or similarities of its entities needs improvement in term of the restavek status.
Let's not forget of this noteworthy the fixated matter of all. The constructed baseline of restavek incomparability in magnitude is faced with regrets. Yet and still unable to pin point where it flick the beak and became a serious dual dimensions of comparability? Wondering where the severe detestation of its most irritable faced without humor punch line started.
If we take the descendant of characters relationships since Haiti beginning without being accustom to the chronological achievements in admissions of senior attendance. It's gone to leave a constant premature deep regret apologizing in place at a junior level in an integral constructive society that elevating the bar of improvements. However, if we look at the restavek insight general public novelty and adaptation in our social life, it's encouraged once again that the clash of the restavek is not political.
The contemporary things are based on upcoming generations who will live to tell the story in a more straightforward and peaceful unyielding manner for raison d'être that our generation lost of gallantry denies that reality rest between pessimistic and optimistic. Passing it on history once again to rewrite the underwrite rights chronological episode of yore events. History will not repeat itself the same way and I've learned recently that it never does.
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"It happened that a fisher after all day caught only a little fish. "Pray, let me go, master" said the Fish. "I am much too small for your eating just now. If you put me back into the river I shall so grow, then you can make a fine meal off me"
Nay, nay, my little Fish" said the Fisher, "I have you now. I may not catch you hereafter"
"A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect."
You know let me just stop here- my path nowadays has been rough.
"Much outcry, little outcome"
"We can easily represent things as we wish them to be."
"Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties."
"Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield"
"The strong and the weak cannot keep company"
"Please all and you will please none."
"It is easy to propose impossible remedies."
In short the miscellaneous version of "Haiti's Clash of the Restavek Is Not Political" Non-expert perspective views; Opinions are welcome to pick-up, add, refute, utterly give a face-lift with various fabrics (close to) or (far from) and even pause the subject forever or for just a moment. Other international community respectively can view this topic differently in their cultural perspective decision-making of similarities. However, Haitians and Haitians International respectively because of cultural resemblance may view this topic entirely false or comparable at least en soupire.
Se byen domage brain mwen kanbral a zero barre kounyea –since over a year ago, looking for an optimum. But expect the next retribution. Thank goodness for self-containment never would I forget the tranquility.
En addition pa pou defense-men non; men pale franse correctemem sa-a? Quuuuiiiii!!! Z'yl-y-en-a deu zou twa ki seu perfectionne en franse regulierement chajou bon Die mete, eki represente! Malgre-tou zon ne m-invit pas non… men la wous-kon vie sepa neccesaire ni franse ou kreyol…Et alors allez! Akwa donc faire ens moment?
"Pafwa espri et san espri rimmin imperfection e perfection enmenmten --- mais la realite reste toujours"
"L'existence est toujours agile men le parfait bay tout moun complimen"
"Le grand basin envisage la creation theorical ki ekri juskau-bou des pwen paradigm."
Piskeu les moments kison dificile m'ettoufe ak anpil raleumen j'ai beaukou faire tande efor zen realite ki na pa d' importance pour acheuver ses deux lignes non durable.
"Some would say restavek is a disgrace to society-- aimed to exasperated! They don't fit any category. While others would say restavek is a contribution to society --- aimed to nurture! Put up positive views in a continued cycle of constructive systems."
There is no competition in sets of rules – rules do not compete – but when competition is practice trough (negative or positive) feed; sets of rules occur or at least should definitely occur…
Again I may have been an inconvenience to all; but the main idea as an American Haitian was to assist in finding outs to crisis. So that others can come to together to bring some type of resolve and tranquility to Haiti and its paste International community of generation of generations society around the world.
Wishing all of u peace and reconciliation…
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Latest James Bond flick criticised for glorifying armed violence
With the growing rate gun crime amongst the kids in the UK, the campaigners emphasize on the ban. "Kids are killing each other they are shooting and stabbing each other and everyone has to take responsibility for stopping this." The Daily Star quoted Lyn Costello from 'Mothers Against Murder and Aggression', as saying.
"We have not received any complaints yet, but if we do then there is a process that has to be followed," an Advertising Standards Authority spokesman said. However the James Bond flick company Sony Pictures did not comment on the whole issue.


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GRAHAM & LuANN SNYDER TO VISIT LIGHTNING ON TUESDAY
Graham and LuAnn Snyder, parents of late Atlanta Thrashers forward Dan Snyder, will be available to the media Tuesday at the St. Pete Times Forum. The Snyders will attend the Lightning's morning skate at 10:30 a.m. and will be available to the media in the morning and during the Lightning's game against the Dallas Stars (7:30 p.m., VERSUS, AM620 WDAE).
The Snyders are nearing the end of their 30-team NHL tour to raise funds for a new arena in Elmira, Ontario, to honor their late son. In each NHL city, the Snyders will attend a game, visit with teams and raise awareness and funds for the Dan Snyder Memorial Fund. The Lightning Foundation plans to present a check to the Snyders for the Dan Snyder Memorial Fund during the first intermission of tomorrow night's game.
The National Hockey League, the NHL Players' Association and NHL Member Clubs have committed their assistance through funding, tickets and other available resources, indicative of the full support Graham has received from the entire hockey community.
Dan Snyder played his junior hockey for the Owen Sound Platers and signed with the Atlanta Thrashers in 1999 as a free agent. A feisty centre from Elmira, Ontario, Dan was a key member of the International Hockey League champion Orlando Solar Bears in 2000-01, and the American Hockey League (AHL) champion Chicago Wolves in 2001-02. In the 2002-03 season, Dan achieved his dream of playing in the NHL, scoring 10 goals and four assists in 36 games with the Thrashers.
Dan Snyder was popular on the ice and off. He has community awards named after him in Atlanta and Chicago, and also the Ontario Hockey League. The Snyder family continues to keep his legacy alive through various initiatives, including this tour designed to create positive messaging in each of our communities.


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815 Wheeler Avenue Huntsville, Alabama 35801
|Mark Hudson
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|Harry Hobbs
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Huntsville Police Announce Implementation of the New Immigration Law
Huntsville, Alabama (October 28, 2011) In compliance with the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, the Huntsville Police Department has modified its policy and procedures. HPD continues to train officers on the policy and procedures for enforcing the applicable sections of the Act.
The Act requires anyone driving a motor vehicle on a public roadway to have a valid driver's license in their possession. The Act authorizes law enforcement officers to arrest all drivers who are not in possession of a valid driver's license while driving a motor vehicle on a public roadway if their license status cannot be verified electronically.
HPD encourages all drivers to have their driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance in their possession while driving a vehicle. Huntsville City Ordinance allows the vehicle to be impounded if the driver is arrested.
The Act allows the arrest of any immigrant or alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and present in the State of Alabama.
Huntsville Police want to make it clear that this Act does not authorize local law enforcement to conduct worksite inspections for illegal immigrants or aliens. Only Federal Law Enforcement has that authority. Any person wanting to report illegal workers should contact the United States Bureau of Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement (ICE) at 205-290-7150 or 1-800-973-2867.


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SAT to continue hearing on Subrata Roy's plea on Mar 26
SAT to hear Subrata Roy's plea against Sebi's attachment order on his bank accounts and other assets on March 26.
Mumbai: The Securities Appellate Tribunal will continue its hearing on March 26 on Sahara group chief Subrata Roy's plea against Sebi's attachment order of his bank accounts and other assets, along with those of his two firms and their top executives.
The matter relates to a Supreme Court direction ordering refund of more than Rs 24,000 crore of investors' money raised by two Sahara group firms, Sahara India Real Estate Corp Ltd and Sahara Housing Investment Corp Ltd, through issue of bonds, wherein Sebi has been asked to facilitate the refund.
After expiry of the court-set deadline for the refund, Sebi last month issued attachment orders against the two firms and their top executives, including Subrata Roy.
Roy had approached the SAT against the attachment orders and the plea was posted by the SAT for "final hearing" on Saturday. After a day-long hearing here, the SAT decided to adjourn the matter till Tuesday in New Delhi.


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Fueling Fledging #2
Category: Nature
Photo and caption by cita scott
The baby broad-bills have grown so much, the nest can no longer easily contain them: wing tips spill over the edge. Here the mother feeds the first-born, who will be the first to leave its forest of rhaphiolepis leaves for the greater mysteries beyond. The second-born will stay behind for a day or two, still cradled in its nest of twigs, leaves, dried flowers and fur, secured with spider webs. This nest, a tiny suspended gondola, is a form of bricolage: a construction (as of a sculpture or a structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand (or feet or beak).
Location: Tucson, Az. USA
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Military Payment Certificates
If you are a veteran of the military and served between 1946-1973, you no doubt are already familiar with this category of collecting. Military Payment Certificates were used strictly overseas as a way to pay U.S. military personnel on U.S. bases. There were thirteen series of MPC issued between 1946-1973. Denominations printed were 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, 50¢, $1, $5, $10 and $20 varieties. Replacement notes were also made and can be fairly expensive. These notes have only one letter in the serial number and it appears at the beginning of that number, i.e. D01913173. Enjoy this part of the hobby, there are many MPC notes to find and add to your collection! A good reference is The Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates, 4th Ed. Check our Coins and Currency Books page for more information.
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Why vote? The citizens voted to put Initiative I-960 into place, but because of the downturn in the economy, the "elected powers" seem to disregard what was put into law.
Everyone should cry foul and vote out any elected official who voted to overturn this initiative. It's time to send a strong message that this is totally wrong! Stand up and be counted!
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Brooklyn Brewery Partners with Dinner on the Farm
Brooklyn Brewery and Minnesota Twin Cities-based Dinner on the Farm have teamed up to present a series of farm dinners that will kick off each stop on the Brooklyn Brewery Mash Tour in 2014.
"The Mash is an expression of Brooklyn art, music, food and the cultural links we see with many cities around the world," says Brooklyn Brewery President and Co-founder Steve Hindy. "There is a revolution happening in the world of food and the world of beer, and we are happy to celebrate this revolution with our friends around the US."
For the second year, the Brooklyn Brewery Mash is setting the table for a unique promotional tour. Each stop will include a week of parties, comedy, concerts, pop-up supper clubs, farm dinners, and readings -- all featuring beer, humanity's favorite beverage. This year's Mash tour will kick off in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday, March 2 and hit 12 American and European cities:
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- New Orleans, LA
- Chicago, IL
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Washington, DC
- Pittsburgh, PA
- London, UK
- Twin Cities, MN
- Philadelphia, PA
- Boston, MA
- Miami, FL
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"We're excited to have Dinner on the Farm as one of our official partners," says Brooklyn Brewery events producer, Meg Stemmler. "The relationship illustrates our national network and the impact the Brooklyn Brewery Mash has on organizations around the country."
Dinner on the Farm will hit the road with the legendary New York brewery, bringing its picnic-style celebrations of farmers and local food to an even wider audience in 2014. In each city on the Mash tour, Brooklyn Brewery and Dinner on the Farm will host an afternoon of world-class craft beer, farm tours, live music, and feasts inspired by the local bounty and prepared by some of the nation's most renowned chefs.


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This unit focuses on amphetamine-type stimulant drugs, such as 'ice'. It covers the science behind how stimulants work (pharmacology and neurobiology) and the effects and harms of stimulant and polydrug use. Topics include the needs of clients, and complications such as HIV, as well as treatment approaches. The scientific understanding of psychosis and the use of antipsychotic medicines are considered. The unit develops students' skills to design a program evaluation including describing the program rationale, goals, communication with key stakeholders, collecting and analysing data and giving the results back to the community.
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Lee K, Freeburn B, Ella S, Miller W, Perry J & Conigrave K (2012). Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work. Sydney, NSW: University of Sydney.
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It was a mess Monday morning in Inez, after a water main break sent water everywhere in the downtown area.
The cold weather didn't help matters either.
Witnesses say a water main break sent water shooting into the air.
"I looked out in the middle of the road, and it was coming up in the street, and then I looked over there and it was coming up here," Bonnie Maynard said.
Crews got to the scene within minutes, but that's all it took for the water to start freezing. Officers had to shut down the roads for safety.
Crews had to dig up the street to get to the break and turn off the water to all of downtown.
"So water won't leak where we're digging," Joe Hammon said.
"Caused problems all the way around. We don't have water and electric going on and off all day, it's caused problems," Sheriff Garmon Preece said.
The sheriff's department and other county offices closed.
With no rest rooms, the circuit judge send jurors home and postponed trials, but some businesses managed to survive.
"Oh no, I saw the water going off and I got water," Maynard said.
Investigators say they're looking at everything possible and not just the freezing temperatures to find out how this happened.
"The system is quite old. I think it was '68 or '69 when it was put in here," Hammond said.
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|Changwei Liu; Anoop Singhal; Duminda Wijesekera;
|Using Attack Graphs in Forensic Examinations
|January 16, 2013
|Attack graphs are used to compute potential attack paths from a system configuration and known vulnerabilities of a system. Attack graphs can be used to eliminate known vulnerability sequences that can be eliminated to make attacks difficult and help forensic examiners in identifying many potential attack paths. After an attack happens, forensic analysis, including linking evidence with attacks, helps further understand and refine the attack scenario that was launched. Given that there are anti-forensic tools that can obfuscate, minimize or eliminate attack footprints, forensic analysis becomes harder. As a solution, we propose to apply attack graph to forensic analysis. We do so by including anti-forensic capabilities into attack graphs, so that the missing evidence can be explained by using longer attack paths that erase potential evidence. We show this capability in an explicit case study involving a Database attack.
|Fifth International Workshop on Digital Forensics (WSDF 2012), at the 2012 Seventh International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2012)
|2012 Seventh International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2012)
|pp. 596 - 603
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|August 20-24, 2012
|attack graph, anti-forensics, anti-forensics vulnerability database, forensic analysis
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The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
by Gabriel García Márquez
The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World Isolation Quotes
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Quote #4
"Praise the Lord," they sighed, "he's ours!" (8)
The villagers are united in claiming the drowned man collectively,
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At the final moment it pained them to return him to the waters as an orphan and they chose a father and mother from among the best people, and aunts and uncles and cousins, so that through him all the inhabitants of the village became kinsmen. (12)
This is a key line in the story. The drowned man demonstrates that mythology has the ability to bring together a society through common beliefs and hopes.


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The Examiner's 2013-14 All-Area Girls Basketball Team
• Becca Jonas, Truman, 6-1, sr., C — 2013-14 Examiner Player of the Year; MBCA All-State; All-Su...
The Examiner's 2013-14 All-Area Girls Basketball Team
• Becca Jonas, Truman, 6-1, sr., C — 2013-14 Examiner Player of the Year; MBCA All-State; All-Suburban Middle Six; all-district; DiRenna Award finalist; GKCBCA Missouri All-Star; 17.9 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.1 assists per game, 1.0 steals per game; Drake University signee.
• Raven Bunn, Fort Osage, 5-10, sr., G — All-Suburban Middle Seven, all-district, GKCBCA Missouri All-Star;15.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg; Northwest Missouri State signee.
• Remy Davenport, Blue Springs South, 5-8, sr., G — All-Suburban Big Six, all-district, GKCBCA Missouri All-Star; 13.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.7 spg, 51.7% FG shooting, 75% FT shooting, school record for career 3-pointers (182); Nebraska-Omaha signee.
• Abby Hix, Truman, 5-7, sr., G — MBCA All-State; All-Suburban Middle Six; all-district; GKCBCA Missouri All-Star; 13.8 ppg, 1.6 assists per game, 1.2 steals per game; school-record for single-season (69) and career (205) 3-pointers; Georgia Southern University signee.
• Imani Johnson, Lee's Summit North, 6-0, sr., P — MBCA All-State; All-Suburban Big Six; all-district; DiRenna Award finalist; GKCBCA Missouri All-Star; 17.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.1 spg, 1.5 blocks per game; school record for career scoring (1,677 points), points per game and free throws and free throws made; Southeast Missouri State signee.
• Erica Nelson, Lee's Summit North, 5-8, sr., PG — All-Suburban Big Six, all-district; 12.8 ppg, 5.2 apg, 3.4 rpg, 1.3 spg; school record for career and season assists per game, second all-time in assists.
• Adreon Bell, William Chrisman, 5-5, fresh., G
• Cloé Lane, Blue Springs South, 5-11, jr., F
• Aliyah Lee, Blue Springs, 5-11, jr., F
• Bri Savidge, Truman, 5-11, soph., F/C
• Brianna Tauai, Blue Springs, 5-10, jr., F
• Sarah Turner, Grain Valley, 5-8, sr., F
Blue Springs: Morgan McMahan, 6-0, jr., C.
Fort Osage: Paige Bunn, 5-7, soph., G; Asia Cole, 6-0, sr., C.
Grain Valley: Kendyll Bailey, 5-9, fresh., G; Claire Rose, 5-6, fresh., G; Aerreon Parker, 5-1, jr., G.
Lee's Summit North: Stevie Anderson, 5-8, sr., G; Jaden Powell, sr., 5-9, F.
Oak Grove: Easton Harmon, 5-8, soph., F.
Truman: Lexi Hart, 5-11, soph., F; Ashley McKinney, 5-8, sr., PG; Sydney Paialii, 5-7, soph., G.
Van Horn: Hannah Bishop, 5-8, jr., G; Malaea Ortiz, 5-7, soph., G.
William Chrisman: Bri Burns, 5-11, fresh., G; Makenzie Erikson, 5-6, jr., G/F; Rachel Losch, 5-11, sr., G; Haley Rodriguez, 6-0, jr., F.
Truman High School girls basketball coach Steve Cassity calls Becca Jonas "the toughest matchup in the city."
That's because the 6-foot-1 senior center, who averaged 17.9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, could drive the ball baseline to baseline, hit a 3-pointer, dominate the paint or throw a precision pass to an open teammate that would leave a defender shaking her head in disgust.
"She's the best player in the city," Cassity said after Jonas led the Patriots to a 50-3 record the past two seasons, including a 25-2 mark this season. "She was our catalyst, the glue of the team. With her size and the way she could score down low, you'd think other coaches would talk to me about her scoring ability.
"But they all talk about her passing and how she got everyone involved in the game. That, to me, is the mark of a winner. And as good as she is as a player, she is even better as a person. We love her, and we're going to miss her."
Jonas became the first Truman High School basketball player, male or female, to ever win the James A. DiRenna Award, which is given to the top girls basketball player in the metro area, in a televised awards ceremony Thursday night at the College Basketball Experience in downtown Kansas City.
It should come as no surprise that she is also The Examiner's 2013-14 Girls Player of the Year, which is quite an accomplishment when you consider that five players – Lee's Summit North's Imani Johnson, Blue Springs South's Cloe Lane and Remy Davenport, Fort Osage's Raven Bunn and Jonas' Truman teammate Abby Hix – all surpassed 1,000 career points this season.
But then, so did Jonas.
"It's been so much fun playing for great coaches and playing with teammates I love at Truman," said Jonas, who will play basketball at NCAA Division I Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. "I'm looking forward to new challenges, but I am going to miss Truman.
"It all went by so quickly. You know how everyone says that when they are a senior, but it does go by way too fast. I'm going to miss all my senior teammates, and I'm going to follow all the underclassmen from this year's team because they're going to have a lot of success next season."
When asked to look back over her remarkable career, a smile came to Jonas' face.
Page 2 of 2 - "I was so terrible when I was a freshman," she said, shaking her head. "Nothing in basketball came easy for me. I had to work hard to become a good player, and I can thank my coaches and my parents (former area coaches Bill and Maria Jonas) for taking me to practices and games and driving me everywhere and always being there for me."
She said she realized her hard work paid off her junior year, because that's when the recruiting letters, phone calls and emails became a part of her life.
"It's nice to know that coaches think enough of you that they want you to become a part of their program," Jonas said. "Basketball has been such an important part of my life, and I can't wait for the next four years to see what happens.
"And to end my career at Truman as The Examiner Player of the Year and the DiRenna Award winners is humbling. But I would trade them both for a state championship. We never made it to the final four, and that's disappointing, but I wouldn't trade my time at Truman for anything."
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Bone Marrow Transplant
V212 for Recipients of Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplants (2472)
A Phase III, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial to Study the Safety, Tolerability, Efficacy, and Immunogenicity of V212 in Recipients of Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplants (HCTs)
|Study ID
|Herpes Zoster
|Phase III
This is a study to determine whether investigational V212 reduces the incidence of herpes zoster (HZ) compared to placebo when administered to recipients of autologous hematopoietic cell transplants (HCT).
Eligibility Criteria (must meet the following to participate in this study)
- Men and women at least 18 years of age
- Has prior history of varicella, antibodies to VZV (documented prior to receipt of blood products), or residence in a country with endemic VZV infection for ≥30 years or if participant is <30 years old, attended primary or secondary school in a country with endemic VZV infection.
- Scheduled to undergo an autologous hematopoietic cell transplant within 60 days of enrollment
- Is highly unlikely to conceive during the time period starting 2 weeks prior to enrollment through 6 months from last vaccination dose
- Female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test.
Exclusions (conditions that would prevent participation in this study)
- History of hypersensitivity reaction to any vaccine component
- Prior history of herpes zoster within 1 year of enrollment
- Prior receipt of any varicella or zoster vaccine
- More than 2 relapses of the underlying cancer (participants with Hodgkin's lymphoma may have had more than 2 relapses)
- Expectation of tandem transplant procedure
- Is expected to receive >6 months (>180 days) of prophylactic antiviral therapy post-HCT.
- Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive within the period of 2 weeks prior to enrollment through 6 months from last vaccination dose.
- Has received a live virus vaccine or is scheduled to receive a live virus vaccine in the period from 4 weeks prior to Dose 1 through 28 days Postdose 4.
- Has received an inactivated vaccine or is scheduled to receive an inactivated vaccine in the period between 7 days prior to and 28 days following Doses 1 through 4.
Last UpdatedJune 20, 2013
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The Plague
by Albert Camus
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Quote #28
As she quaintly put it, he looked as if he had been severely thrashed all night long, and more dead than alive. (4.4.29)
We see here the same Christ-imagery that we did at the death of Jacques Othon.
Quote #29
Paneloux showed a little more animation and a sort of warmth came back to his eyes when he looked up at the doctor. Then, speaking with such difficulty that it was impossible to tell if there was sadness in his voice, he said: "Thanks. But priests can have no friends. They have given their all to God." (4.4.34)
This doesn't seem particularly consistent with Paneloux's earlier actions and words. From what we've seen in the novel thus far, the priest has been more than willing to make friends with Rieux. Does this sudden change of heart reflect enlightenment, or simply fear of death and judgment?
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He asked for the crucifix that hung above the head of the bed; when given it, he turned away to gaze at it.
At the hospital Paneloux did not utter a word. He submitted passively to the treatment given him, but never let go of the crucifix. (4.4.35-6)
It is difficult to say whether Paneloux truly believes in his faith or is simply scared of death.


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Creativity: a Cure for the Common Curriculum
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Einstein was blessed with a rare genius. He also understood the intellectual weight of a flight of fancy.
When he was 16, he wondered what would happen if he were to ride alongside a beam of light.
He turned over the idea in his mind for a decade...
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Each affected university is listed here: http://pastebin.com/AQWhu8Ek
A hacking group called Team GhostShell targeted universities around the world. A total of 53 universities were affected. Most of the data exposed was publicly available, but student, staff, and faculty usernames and passwords were also exposed. It is unclear if any financial information or Social Security numbers were taken from universities.
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'I Almost Had My Daughter Killed After She Fell In Love With The Wrong Man'
Friday 24th January 2014
A man admitted almost having his daughter killed in an honour killing after she fell in love with a man.
James O'Brien was discussing the story of a woman who was sentenced to a gang rape by a village court in India and asking how anything like that could possibly happen.
But "Simon" in Surbiton called to reveal a similar situation in his family, where his daughter fell in love and ran away with a man - so he almost arranged to have her and his family killed.
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A Quote by Micheal Teal on self, soul, positive, joy, awareness, love, life, potential, earth, and peace
A positive sense of self can bring heaven to earth. If one manifests their divine nature they can transform their inner world and cultivate a life of love and compassion. Love and wholeness will bring us rewarding new life experiences and fulfill our souls potential. Let us all nurture awareness and nourish the spirit, for by doing so we will walk the earth in friendship as we reconnect with joy.
Source: Micheal Teal - Poet, Philosopher and Shaman
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Patrol Cars Rammed During Two-Day Chase in Central Florida
Published: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 11:13 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 11:13 p.m.
A Central Florida couple has been arrested after authorities say they rammed into three patrol cars during a two-day chase.
Osceola County sheriff's deputies responded to Wal-Mart on Tuesday after reports of a theft. The suspects jumped into their truck, and authorities said Sarah Thomas intentionally struck the patrol car as she sped away.
A search revealed that their license plate was stolen and that one of the suspects, James Darren Morris, had six active warrants and was on probation.
Two days later, authorities spotted the car and tried to stop Morris. But he allegedly sped off, driving the wrong way on Interstate 4 and striking two other patrol cars before crashing.
Morris faces several charges, including aggravated assault on an officer. Thomas was charged with fleeing and eluding.
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Khloe Kardashian joins the list of celebrities who got down for PETA. The sexy star will unveil her billboard at noon today on Melrose Avenue at Harper in Hollywood. Check out a picture of the ad here!
Khloe Kardashian, one of the sexy sisters in "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" will unveil her PETA ad today with all of her family and friends present, and she invites anyone to join her! If you can't make it down to Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, just gawk at her picture here.
The new holiday billboard campaign, "Fur? I'd Rather Go Naked" is one of the nicest pictures we have seen from Khloe, who is sans clothing (but family safe) and sporting some wild hair. I didn't know Khloe had it in her.
"Compassion is the fashion this holiday season, so join me in boycotting fur," says Khloe. "With all the stylish and super-warm things you can wear, it's easy to have a killer look without killing animals."
What are your thoughts on Khloe's super hot ad? Check out video of behind the scenes footage for Khloe's ad.
UPDATE: On last night's episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians, we got a behind the scenes look at what went into Khloe's PETA ad. You have to give credit when due, so good for Khloe for getting over her body issues and posing for a good cause. She looked hot and rocked it out!
Khloe Kardashian's Photo Shoot for PETA Video