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Discovering Lost Dollars
Satellite Logistics Group leverages its extensive network of more than
1,500 distributors to arrange more frequent collection of smaller quantities
of empty kegs under its popular Kegspediter program.
If beverages could be just "beamed" around like they do in "Star Trek," that would be wonderful. But until that time, beverage companies will be challenged with keeping track of all those various assets that form the backbone of the industry's crucial supply chain from producers to wholesalers, retailers and finally consumers.
One of the more popular programs currently available to help minimize keg loss in the beer industry is Kegspediter, offered by Satellite Logistics Group (SLG). Through this proprietary program, SLG collects kegs for some 140+ brands from approximately 1,500 wholesaler locations across the country, ships them to one of SLG's warehouse facilities, where the kegs are audited and de-consolidated by brand, then returned to the specific domestic or international brewery.
Without an efficient keg management process, empty kegs can easily get trapped somewhere in the supply chain, more often than not in the wholesaler's warehouse until the distributor is notified that the brewery has initiated their return.
"Brewers who manage keg return on their own, typically wait to schedule a pickup until there is a full truckload, which is about 600 kegs," notes Jeff Sommers, VP of business development, for SLG. Depending on sales volumes, this could take as long as six months or more.
SLG provides its Kegspediter customers (the breweries) online visibility throughout the process to track their assets from collection to return. "There are several benefits to using the Kegspediter process, one being our ability to reduce keg loss to less than half of the industry average, to around 2 percent," says Sommers. Sommers explains that SLG leverages its extensive network of more than 1,500 distributors to arrange more frequent collection of smaller quantities of empty kegs for participating Kegspediter breweries.
"Kegspediter has become especially attractive to craft brewers, who may have to wait three to six months to get a truckload of kegs from wholesalers. Our value proposition fits most craft brewers' business model, specifically at this time when that segment of the market is growing so quickly," he says.
The key to how Kegspediter works is how SLG captures and uses historical data, combined with brewery sales forecasts and an understanding of brand seasonality, which allows SLG to build loads for pick-up. SLG utilizes a network of common carriers for the collection of the kegs, which are then returned to one of SLG's nine locations around the country.
SLG also manages about 95 percent of the European import brands, which are returned in container loads to two of SLG's facilities in Europe. The brewers, which are the ones paying SLG for the service, like it because they are able to retrieve their kegs more frequently thus requiring fewer kegs in their keg fleet. The wholesalers also benefit by receiving keg deposits in a more timely fashion and their valuable warehouse space can be allocated to revenue producing full product.
SLG offers other facets to the Kegspediter program, one being the Keg Census service, which has proven to be very attractive to the larger domestic, and import brewers.
SLG has a process in place to determine the number of kegs either in the marketplace, in wholesaler inventory or in one of the Kegspediter facilities on any given day. "This information is very important to brewers when making decisions regarding the size of their keg fleet as it relates to their production forecasts. The data is a valuable tool for brewers when considering potential capital expenditures for additional kegs," says Sommers.
Kegspediter has proven to be useful in the beverage industry to producers adjacent to the beer segment. SLG recently expanded the Kegspediter service to the wine industry, where it is currently collecting wine kegs for about 25 vineyards.
Aside from Kegspediter, SLG also offers a service called EcoBev, which Sommers says, continues to grow. EcoBev is the first nationwide green solution for the collection, destruction and proper documentation of non-salable beverages. The service addresses logistics, recycling, and chain-of-custody concerns.
Product can be deemed unsalable for any number of reasons. Perhaps the reason is in response to changing consumer preferences, or maybe out-of-date product, perhaps packaging or labeling errors, or a change in marketing strategy, or even product recalls. SLG manages the collection out of the local markets and then coordinates the destruction of the unsalable product in an environmentally friendly manner. Whenever possible, the packaging is recycled and the liquid is converted to a reusable product, such as fertilizer, irrigation water or ethanol.
SLG then provides certification of disposal and documentation for the brewers so they can request their federal excise and/or duty tax reimbursements.
Additional Solutions
Last January, Brewers Association (BA)-the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers launched KegReturn.com, a site that provides tools to help consumers, homebrewers, retailers, wholesalers, brewers and scrap yards redirect kegs back to the breweries that own the kegs.
According to the Brewers Association, keg loss costs craft brewers between $0.46 and $1.37 per-barrel of annual keg production. Assuming 2012 craft beer sales of 13.2 million barrels, according to BA, that is a total direct capital charge to craft brewers of $6.1 million and $18.1 million annually.
And ORBIS, a manufacturer of sustainable reusable packaging, recently announced its collaboration with Today IT to customize and deploy SmartTrak asset tracking software to drive the company's reusable packaging management program.
Customers of ORBIS Reusable Packaging Management (RPM) will ensure they are extracting the maximum possible value out of their packaging and dunnage assets—trimming significant cost for transportation, lost or untracked assets – while ensuring they have the supply to match demand. ORBIS says it will craft unique RPM solutions based on their customers' specific needs, including industry-leading visibility throughout their customers' entire organization.
ORBIS RPM focuses on the effective management of all types of reusable packaging assets, from totes, dunnage and pallets to divider sheets, bulk containers and racks.


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Summers: Economic Threat Amounts to $8,000 Per Family
Sudeep Reddy reports on the economic crisis:
The nation's economic and financial turmoil is threatening to sap $8,000 from each American family, says former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. And the government's $700 billion rescue plan, he says, isn't nearly enough to address the problem.
In remarks to a National Association for Business Economics conference Sunday, Mr. Summers said it's "overwhelmingly likely" that the current period ultimately will be deemed a recession. "What I think is a certainty is that it will feel like a recession to virtually everyone."
Mr. Summers said he'd be "pleasantly surprised" if the unemployment rate doesn't exceed 7.5% at some point during the slowdown. At 2.5 percentage points above the normal unemployment rate, a conservative Okun's Law calculation suggests a 5% loss in the nation's economic output. That, he explained, translates into a $750 billion annualized shortfall in gross domestic product, or a loss on average of $8,000 for every family of four. "Containing that downturn is a matter of overwhelming importance," he said.
Downturns that are tied to credit contractions as asset prices decline are "sometimes large, sometimes small, but always protracted," Mr. Summers said. "I do not think that you can look for a rapid resumption of normal economic growth rates."
Mr. Summers, who served at Treasury throughout the Clinton administration, tried to avoid critiquing current Treasury officials or suggesting how they should carry out their financial-sector rescue program. If he were a House lawmaker, he said, he would have voted for the rescue legislation last week.
Whatever you think about the program's design, the "degree of clarity or lack of clarity" with which it was presented, the degree to which it concentrates authority in one individual, or "the merits of the diagnosis that emphasizes illiquid securities rather than lack of capital," said Mr. Summers in one of his enormously long sentences, "in the midst of a spreading forest fire, we have one fire department and the one fire department wants to be able act. It's the wrong time to debate its precise organization and the right time to authorize it to act."
Mr. Summers did say that, in general, when the government buys assets "it should do so in the least-cost way." He said he hopes the government would use market prices or "procedures that elicit as close to market prices as possible." (Some current government officials have suggested that the program, by design, would help establish price transparency in markets and effectively bring prices up from their fire-sale levels.)
For the Treasury's program to work, it's "going to have to be embedded in a broader and more holistic approach," he said. That would include emphasizing the need to strengthen the real economy, immediate actions to reassure short-term money markets and moves that address questions of capital adequacy in financial institutions.
Containing the "virulent deleveraging" among financial institutions is key, Mr. Summers said, and that can be done through confidence-building measures, ensuring that capital levels make the deleveraging unnecessary and reducing asset-price distortions.
"Breaking the credit-accelerator vicious cycle — whereby weakening financial conditions lead to a weakening real economy, which in turn leads to weakening financial conditions — by providing direct stimulus to the economy is essential if we are to reverse losses felt by families on the order of $8,000 a family per year," he said.
Mr. Summers, speaking for almost an hour without consulting notes, essentially presented his starting road map for the next Treasury secretary and administration. Running through the need for overhauling financial regulation and problems around income inequality, health care and energy, Mr. Summers said the nation would need "loads of leadership" for consequential choices to be made. "None of these are amenable to incremental change."

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What does a book lover do when she runs out of space for more books?
Book readers survived almost two years longer than those who didn't crack open a book.
In 2006, Oatley helped conduct a study that linked reading fiction to better performance on empathy and social acumen tests.
Twenty years ago, DC Comics looked 10 years ahead into the future and found a dark dystopia that would turn into an instant superhero classic.
Back in elementary school in Ohio, at least the way James Kirby Martin remembers it, history was always neatly divvied up into the good guys and the bad guys.
Over the previous five years, I've been writing about "Game of Thrones" from the perspective of someone who has read -- and reread -- George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" novels.
But while Britain has gone all out to fete Shakespeare, with a yearlong slate of high-profile events, readings, concerts and stagings of his plays, Spanish officials have been accused of not doing enough to promote Cervantes, whose "Don Quixote" is considered to be a foundational text of modern fiction.
In her new book, "Preaching in My Yes Dress: Confessions of a Reluctant Pastor," Jo Page tells us stories that always seemed a little too revealing for the typical Sunday sermon.
In an anxiously anticipated new story, "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has transported her world of magical wizarding across the Atlantic -- and some Native American commentators are not happy with the result, saying it exploits and distorts Native culture.
A judge in Monroe County — the section of Alabama where Harper Lee was raised, and where she died last month at the age of 89 — agreed to seal the will in a decision made on Monday and released on Friday by the probate court.
Solomon Northup's story was both tragic and inspirational, and interesting enough to merit the attention of the Hollywood film industry.
Harper Lee, whose first novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," about racial injustice in a small Alabama town, sold more than 10 million copies and became one of the most beloved and most taught works of fiction ever written by an American, has died. She was 89.
When die-hard "Harry Potter" fans first heard that J.K. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved seven-part series, they couldn't wait to get their hands on the book. Then they realized the sequel wasn't going to be a book at all — it was a play.
Many of the fairy tales we associate with the Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen and Disney are thousands of years older than the people who first stuck them in a book. Some of them are so old they predate modern languages and religions - one is even older than writing itself.
On the morning of George Washington's birthday, young Delia and her father are scrambling to put together their most important assignment of the year: a cake for the president himself.
When it came to big brothers, David Kaczynski always felt pretty fortunate. He wouldn't have traded Ted, seven years his elder, for anyone.
Technology is making it easier and cheaper for authors to self-publish, but the traditional publishing industry once again turned out some excellent books this year.
Kathryn Aalto tells that story in "The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest That Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood."
Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me," won the National Book Award for nonfiction Wednesday night.
Author. Poet. Musician. Professor. Wild man. Most of these descriptions still apply to Daniel Nester, an associate professor of English at the College of Saint Rose in Albany.


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CLEMSON, S.C. - Rod Hall wasn't going to let a bad play at the end of regulation spoil his Senior Day.
ATLANTA - Kaela Davis scored 24 points, Zaire O'Neil and Aaliyah Whiteside added 12 points apiece and Georgia Tech snapped a 37-game series losing streak to Duke, beating the No. 16 Blue Devils 71-62 on Thursday night.
ATLANTA - Terry Rozier scored 22 points and darted into the lane to hit the go-ahead basket with 20 seconds remaining, helping No. 17 Louisville rally from a 13-point deficit with under 10 minutes to go for a 52-51 victory over Georgia Tech on Monday night.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Amid all the tributes to Dean Smith since the coaching legend's death, North Carolina coach Roy Williams and his No. 15 Tar Heels saved possibly the most fitting one for Saturday.
ATLANTA - Xavier Rathan-Mayes scored 22 points, Jarquez Smith added 15 points and Florida State rallied in the game's final minute to beat Georgia Tech 57-53 on Saturday.
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech head coach Buzz Williams has been known to change dress shirts during halftime of games because of his propensity to sweat during a game, but for the first time this season he switched into a sweater.
ATLANTA - Charles Mitchell was proud of how well he and Demarco Cox defended Wake Forest big man Devin Thomas.
DURHAM, N.C. - Mike Krzyzewski tore off his jacket, he slapped the floor, he gestured toward the crowd - anything to spark his emotionally spent Duke players.
ATLANTA- Compared to previous years, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson has enjoyed putting together his 2015 recruiting class.
ATLANTA - Trevor Lacey scored 19 points and hit a straightaway 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer to help North Carolina State snap a three-game losing streak and beat Georgia Tech 81-80 on Saturday.
ATLANTA - Adut Bulgak had 12 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 9 Florida State to an 82-62 win over Georgia Tech on Friday night, extend the Seminoles' winning streak to seven games.
CORAL GABLES, Fla.- Desperate for a win after a succession of narrow losses, Georgia Tech broke out with a blowout.
ATLANTA - Once the proud home of Final Four teams, Georgia Tech has become the ACC's punching bag.
ATLANTA - Boston College coach Jim Christian says Olivier Hanlan has "kicked it into another gear" in the Eagles' Atlantic Coast Conference schedule.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Virginia coach Tony Bennett and his team call it a "gap," a string of three consecutive possessions for the opponent in which the No. 2 Cavaliers yield no points. It might be time for Bennett's team to increase the standard.
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Last year we were thrilled to give away $114,000 to ministries. Since then, God has expanded our vision and multiplied our resources and we are about to award $150,000 to ministries in the first season of Giving of Life 2012.
Since February, votes have been pouring in for hundreds of ministries in 14 categories. Yesterday, voting closed and the Top 5 ministries in each category were announced. We are stoked to brag on those ministries and want to share their stories with you.
Between now and
June 4 (Coming soon!), our donors and founders will be prayerfully considering which ministry of the five in each category will be receiving a $10,000 grant. This is a big and difficult decision because all of the Giving of Life ministries - regardless of number of votes - are engaged in such eternally-impactful service, and we are so thankful for each individual involved in each ministry.
We are so grateful for everyone who has been voting and pulling for their favorite ministries. In these next couple of weeks, though the buzz of voting has died down, there are some important conversations that will be happening at Giving of Life.
If you want to continue to be involved in encouraging and giving life during this time, please begin encouraging the ministries that have participated to fill out the Projects Questionnaire that they received this past week. Filling this out will make them eligible to receive grants in the Projects Season that is coming soon!
We are so blessed to be connected to each of you and look forward to continuing in this adventure of giving life with you!


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In 2013 the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town celebrates its 100th anniversary. A beautiful coffee table book, written by acclaimed South African ecologist Professor Brian Huntley, has been published in honour of the garden's centenary.
• Floral wealth in caring hands
South Africa hosted the International Dairy Federation's annual summit for the first time. This year's event took place during the first week of November under the theme A World in One Country, an indication of the country's diversity.
• SA dairy body takes top accolade
South Africa was the first country in the world to adapt the principles of fair trade to its tourism industry and on World Tourism Day, celebrated on 27 September, businesses in the sector were encouraged to apply for certification.
• Responsible tourism at Buffalo Ridge
Johannesburg residents and tourists alike will soon be able to hop on a bus and explore the history and heritage of the city, thanks to an innovative tour operation that has already seen success in Cape Town.
• SA's wine tourism, best in the world
The Birds of Eden avian sanctuary, located on the picturesque Garden Route, is the biggest single-dome free flight aviary in the world.
• New animal rehab centre for CT
South Africa will welcome wildlife experts from around the world when it presents the prestigious International Wildlife Management Congress from 9 to 12 July in Durban.
• Going wild in Southern Africa
Hundreds of scientists from all over the world will convene in Johannesburg, Gauteng at the end of May as South Africa hosts the Global Young Academy General Assembly.
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A swing and a miss for the Brazos Valley Wednesday -- rain-wise -- as our latest upper level system spread rain to either direction of the area. Another chance for scattered rain is in the forecast Thursday -- possibly along with a few strong thunderstorms.
Next Storm System / Brazos Valley Rain Chance
As our latest weather maker is drifting towards the Midwest Wednesday evening, our next one is currently creating cloud cover, rain, snow, and severe weather for parts of the Western United States.
The same system that is expected to move north of Texas on Thursday -- bringing up our rain chances -- prompted a few, rare tornado warnings in California Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Southerly winds remain breezy heading into Thursday -- which in turns adds warmer temperatures, higher moisture values, and an unstable air mass over the Brazos Valley. Daytime highs are expected to run into the upper 70s / few low 80s by the afternoon hours.
That moist air mass will eventually clash with a dry line / drier air mass by the middle to end of the afternoon. Throw in a few peeks of afternoon sunshine and rain / thunderstorm chances should be able to increase for pockets of the Brazos Valley.
Overall Rain Chance Holds at 50%
Few Strong Storms Possible
We are in that time of the year that when a thunderstorm chance exists -- typically there is a shot for some bigger implications as well.
*If* a thunderstorm manages to build by Thursday afternoon it could bring brief:
*Main Threat for Strong Thunderstorms exists between 2pm and 8pm Thursday**
Best shot to see a strong thunderstorm in your backyard? Areas along the Navasota River and points east will have the highest potential.
PinPoint Computer Forecast Model -- Future Radar
Here is the latest output on what the radar *could* look like through the day on Thursday.
Note the areas of red by 4pm -- that indicates the potential for a few of those stronger thunderstorms, mentioned above.
Interactive PinPoint Radar
As we track the potential for rain and a few thunderstorms on Thursday, you can do the same with Interactive PinPoint Radar.


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$3 million grant to target diabetes
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Health centers focus on increasing care for uninsuredThe GE (General Electric) Foundation has partnered with the Health Care Network of Florida (HCNFL) and its seven participating health centers and recently announced the rewarding of a $3 million grant that will help Miami-Dade Countys (M-DC) men, women and children who struggle with chronic diabetes and are uninsured. The announcement was made in Liberty City at the Jessie Trice Corporate and Community Health Complex, a member of the HCNFL and a beneficiary of the grant. The GE Foundation has a long history of helping underserved communities, like Miami where the number of people living with diabetes exceeds the national average, said Jeff Immelt, CEO and chairman, GE. With this grant, were proud to break down the barriers to cost, quality and access so we can reduce the suffering of families dealing with this chronic and too often debilitating disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 11.4 percent of M-DC adults are living with diabetes, compared to 8.3 percent in the U.S. The County leads the state of Florida with the highest number of uninsured people and second highest percentage over 600,000 and 30.2 percent, according to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Dr. Deborah George, Community Health of South Florida, says the impact of the grant will be felt immediately. There is no doubt that as we are now able to expand our programs, that they will bring health and hope to thousands of patients living with diabetes, she said. We have some 1,500 patients alone at Jessie Trice facing the challenges of diabetes but the numbers in the county are around 10,000. Its essential that we find ways to provide direct care to these patients, many of whom have no medical insurance. Dr. Edwin Boso-Osorio said that those with chronic diabetes must be careful to monitor their health and have periodic check-ups to avoid serious complications, including death. Diabetes often leads to eye and vascular diseases and we see many adults that require amputations if they dont see a physician regularly, he said. Some say diabetes is a Black disease and while the data doesnt support that view, we do see that Type II diabetes runs in families and is therefore related to genetics. It also tends to manifest itself in those who are obese.
The cost of care continues to soar
The financial and human cost of chronic diseases continues to rise. According to the CDC, chronic diseases account for $3 of every $4 spent on healthcare, reaching close to $7,900 for every U.S. citizen with a chronic disease. Chronic diseases are the cause of seven out of 10 deaths. The grant will enable HCNFL to provide a centralized model staffed with medical professionals who will assist the centers providing efficient care management services that will decrease costly hospitalizations and emergency room visits. Not only will the funding add new jobs but it will leverage existing data and electric medical records so that patients and their care needs can be more closely monitored. Preventive care, total care and improved standards of medical care thats what Jessie Trice and our other six partners have been offering to the communities we represent, George said. We are here for the insured, the underinsured and uninsured. Health care reform is on everyones minds these days. Grants like this from GE Foundation significantly help us keep our people healthy. The other federally-qualified health centers participating in the Care Management Medical Home Center are Borinquen Medical Centers of Miami Dade, Camillus Health Concern, Citrus Health Network, Community Health of South Florida, Helen B. Bentley Family Health Center and Miami Beach Community Health Center. By D. Kevin firstname.lastname@example.com


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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - The U.S. Navy says it is considering salvaging four unarmed bombs dropped by U.S. fighter jets into Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park last week when a training exercise went wrong.
Two jets from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit had intended to drop the ordnances on the Townshend Island bombing range on Tuesday, but aborted the mission when controllers reported civilian boats in the way. Instead they jettisoned the bombs into the World Heritage-listed marine park. None exploded.
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest network of coral structures, stretching more than 1,800 miles along Australia's northeast coast. The park authority says it's looking for a "rapid recovery" of the bombs to avoid any risk to the reef's rich marine life. But the authority also says the ordnance poses a "low risk."
The Navy says the four bombs, weighing a total of 2,000 pounds, were dropped in deep water away from coral to minimize possible damage to the reef.
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Grimms' Fairy Tales
by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Grimms' Fairy Tales Tales 101-110 Summary
Tale 101: Bearskin
- A discharged soldier makes a deal with a man in the green jacket who turns out to be the devil: if he wears a bearskin and doesn't wash himself, trim his nails, or comb his hair and beard for seven years, the devil will make him rich.
- But if he dies in that time, his soul will belong to the devil. He also gets a jacket that has money in the pockets anytime he reaches in, to which we say, where can we get one?
- The soldier, now called Bearskin, reaches an inn and decides to stay there. While there, he bails out a man who's so poor that he's about to be thrown in jail for his debts, upon which the poor man offers him one of his three daughters in marriage.
- Back at the poor man's house, the first two daughters are disgusted by Bearskin, but the third daughter's all, meh, why not? Bearskin breaks a ring in two, giving her half to keep, and goes to wander the world and finish his devilish servitude.
- At the end of the seven years, Bearskin meets the devil, who has to groom him until he's handsome again.
- When he goes to the former-poor-man's house to claim his bride, the first two daughters are all over him. The third daughter is wearing black and doesn't even look at him until he slips her the ring half.
- They're happily married, and the two sisters, bitter about missing out on the opportunity to marry a rich hottie, kill themselves.
- The devil appears to inform the soldier that he's pleased to have gotten two souls instead of one. Ain't that a bargain?
Tale 102: The Wren and the Bear
- A bear insults the wren's children as ugly, causing a war between all the animals. The birds and other flying things win, frightening the bear enough that he finally apologizes.
Tale 103: The Sweet Porridge
- A woman and her daughter are poor and hungry.
- The daughter meets an old woman in the woods who gives her a pot that will magically serve up porridge if she says, "Little pot, cook." Hey, can we have one?
- The girl and her mother have enough to eat until one day, the mother tells it to start cooking, but forgets how to stop it.
- Their whole village is nearly drowned in porridge until the girl shows up with the phrase, "Little pot, stop."
Tale 104: The Clever People
- A farmer's wife is not the sharpest tack in the box.
- She sells three of their cows to a man who says he'll bring his money the next day, so he leaves one cow as a deposit.
- The farmer is so angry upon coming home to find only one cow and no money that he promises his wife a beating unless he goes out and finds someone more idiotic than her.
- When he meets a woman, he tells her that he's from heaven, so she gives him a purse of money to bring to her husband there. Her son gives him a horse to bring to his father.
- When the farmer returns home with a horse and a purse of money, he decides that his wife isn't so stupid after all, and that he can live with this situation.
Tale 105: Tales About Toads
- First tale: a little girl's mother gives her bread and milk every day, which she shares with a toad that is her companion. The toad also brings her gifts like jewels and treasure, ya know, stuff that toads just have lying around. One day the mother sees this and freaks out, killing the toad. The girl's health instantly starts declining and she dies soon. Bummer.
- Second tale: an orphan girl is sitting by the wall when a toad emerges from a crack. She puts her handkerchief down because apparently toads like that kind of thing. The toad disappears and then emerges with a little golden crown. The girl picks up the crown, because who wouldn't, but then the toad freaks out and bashes its head against the wall until it dies. If she'd left the crown there, the toad might've brought out more of its treasure and not done itself in.
- Third tale: a child asks a toad if it's seen his little sister. The toad says it hasn't, and says hoo-hoo a bunch (perhaps it is an owl-toad; an early predecessor of the lol-cat?).
Tale 106: The Poor Miller's Apprentice and the Cat
- A miller tells his three apprentices that he'll bestow his mill on whoever brings him the finest horse.
- The youngest and simplest, Hans, is promptly ditched by the other two, but it's all good because meets a little cat who tells him that if he will serve her for seven years, she'll give him the finest horse in the world.
- So he chops wood for her and builds her a cottage with silver tools, and then journeys back to the mill, where everyone makes fun of him for not only being simple but also being ragged from working for so long.
- The cat is supposed to show up with his horse, but instead a princess arrives, and—surprise—it's the cat transformed back into her real form.
- She leaves the horse with the miller and marries Hans, making him a king.
Tale 107: The Two Travelers
- A merry little tailor and a sour shoemaker become traveling companions.
- The tailor gently pokes fun at the shoemaker one too many times, so the shoemaker decides to take his revenge.
- When they're going through a forest and the tailor runs out of food, the shoemaker feeds him, in exchange for cutting out first one eye, then the other.
- The blind tailor is left at the foot of a gallows. Yikes. Two crows, perched on the hanged men there, hold a conversation about how the dew that falls in the morning will restore sight.
- As soon as he regains his sight, thanks to the dew, the tailor, resumes wandering. Though hungry, he spares the lives of a foal, a stork, a duck, and a colony of bees, because he's a nice guy like that.
- When he reaches a city, he starts tailoring once again. He's awesome enough at it that he's appointed court tailor.
- Less awesome is the fact that the shoemaker has also received a position at court. The shoemaker decides to make trouble for the tailor by lying to the king about the tailor bragging about accomplishing a variety of impossible tasks.
- Luckily, the animals the tailor had spared help him accomplish each one, proving his ex-buddy wrong.
- The tailor gets one of the king's daughters as a bride, and the shoemaker is exiled. He ends up under the same gallows the tailor had slept under, and the crows peck out his eyes.
Tale 108: Hans My Hedgehog
- A farmer and his wife wish for a child, even if it were a hedgehog. Big mistake in a fairy tale. They name the hedgehog-child Hans My Hedgehog, and he turns out to be kind of ornery.
- So nobody's all that sad when he asks for bagpipes and a rooster to ride away on. On his own, he herds pigs and donkeys in the forest.
- Two different kings get lost in his forest, and he agrees to show them the way out only if they give him their daughters in marriage. Each agrees, but the first king secretly doesn't want to honor the bargain, and neither does his daughter.
- So when Hans My Hedgehog comes to claim his bride and finds out about their attitudes, he strips her naked and sticks her with his quills until she bleeds (seriously, we can't make this stuff up).
- He goes for the second daughter, who welcomes him warmly. When they're married, he throws off his hedgehog skin and they burn it.
- The couple lives happily, and he brings his father to live with them.
Tale 109: The Little Shroud
- A mother loses her seven-year-old boy and, naturally, cries all the time.
- His ghost starts appearing and finally he asks her to stop weeping since her tears soak his shroud and he's too wet to sleep.
- She stops crying and his ghost stops visiting her.
- The (sad) end.
Tale 110: The Jew in the Thornbush
- A young man is let go from service with only a few coins to his name.
- A dwarf asks him for the coins and will give him three things in return. One of the things the youth asks for is a fiddle that forces anyone listening to it to dance.
- He meets a Jew and decides to make him dance for amusement's sake, which is very not cool.
- Since the Jew is standing near a thornbush, he starts getting all scratched up, and pleads to the youth to stop, offering him gold.
- The youth stops and takes the gold, but the Jew curses him and swears revenge. He has the judge take the youth into custody, and he's sentenced to death.
- The youth asks to play his fiddle one last time before he dies, so of course everyone has to dance, and the judge finally pardons him. They hang the Jew instead.
- Wait, what?
- Yeah, this tale is anti-Semitic like whoa. In a lot of parts of Europe back in the day, Jews were unfairly and stereotypically considered to be swindlers and so violence against them was sadly common, even in narratives.


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Green Crabs in Maine threatening economy, ecosystem; less so in N.H.
Beneath the seemingly calm and tranquil surface of our coastal waters lurk hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of the little green creatures. And they are hungry.
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Jennifer Martin and Todd Chicklo were married on June 25 in a double ring ceremony at the Marie Antoinette Ballroom located in Comfort Inn Hotel in Marietta with Joe Matthews officiating.
Parents of the bride are Carolyn and Wesley Morgan, and Michael and Missy Martin all of Fleming, Ohio. She is a granddaughter to Myrna Dye, Ronnie Freeland, Linda and the late Glenn Martin, Don and the late Becky Gerber, and Norma and Bradley Morgan. She is a graduate of Washington State Community College with an associates degree in graphic design. She works for PBM Advertising in Vienna, W.Va. as an administrative assistant and provides some artwork for billboards.
Parents of the bridegroom are Betty and Matthew Chicklo of Winchester, Va. He is a grandson to the late Mary Lee and Clifton Emery, and Julia and the late Matthew Chicklo Sr. He is a brother to Michael and Brian Chicklo, brother-in-law to Kim Chicklo and Ashley Elliot, and an uncle to Bryce and Jacob Chicklo, and Mandy Christian.
The bridegroom works for Leasco Equipment, a division of United Rentals as the service manager.
Matron of honor was Ashley Kelly of San Diego, Calif. The maid of honor was Alexis Mayer of Marietta. The bridesmaids were Stephanie Johnson, sister of bride, of Vincent, and Rachel and Alison Morgan, also sisters of the bride, of Fleming. Flower girls were Marina and Chloe Johnson and Gracie Morgan, all nieces to the bride.
Best man was Sean Cosgrove of Catharpin, Va. Groomsmen were Casey Marshall of Vienna, W.Va., Bryan Harden and Davey Mullen of Winchester, Va., and Kenny Isner of Hannibal, Ohio.
After the ceremony, the couple honeymooned in Jamaica for a week. The couple will reside in Parkersburg.


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Definition of specimen in English:
1An individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc., used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display.
Example sentences
- Another corner of the display showed zoological specimens, minerals and ores, and surgical instruments.
- Its displays cover millions of specimens, including fossils, meteorites, mammals, plants, minerals, and insects.
- Ray then spent thirteen years travelling around Britain and Europe collecting specimens and studying animals.
1.1An example of something such as a product or piece of work, regarded as typical of its class or group.
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- The question in the specimen paper required the students to discuss the social criticism in The Big Sleep and other texts.
- Fill out a specimen ballot paper in your constituency.
1.2A sample for medical testing, especially of urine.
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- Are there any medical reasons why a specimen of blood cannot or should not be taken by a doctor?
- They will report on the foods they eat and give biological specimens for testing.
- Urine specimens had been obtained and tested by the nursing staff.
sample, example, instance, illustration, demonstration, exemplification;
bit, snippet;
model, prototype, pattern, dummy, pilot, trial, taster, tester
1.3 informal Used to refer humorously to a person or animal: in her he found himself confronted by a sorrier specimen than himself
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- She was born a perfect female specimen.
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Simple Definition of assert
: to state (something) in a strong and definite way
: to demand that other people accept or respect (something)
Full Definition of assert
assert oneself
: to speak or act in a manner that compels recognition especially of one's rights
Examples of assert in a sentence
He asserted that there were spies in the government.
She asserted her independence from her parents by getting her own apartment.
The boss was reluctant to assert his authority over his employees.
Origin and Etymology of assert
Latin assertus, past participle of asserere, from ad- + serere to join — more at series
First Known Use: circa 1604
Synonym Discussion of assert
synonyms see in addition maintain
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Confirmation History
History and Information about Confirmation in The United Methodist Church
"Confirmation ties together God's act in Christ and our response in faith. It reminds us of the power of the community of faith and promises the presence of the Spirit on our journey," (OC, p. 31).
I. Confirmation in the Early Church Traditions
In the early church, baptism and confirmation happened at the same
Persons were baptized and then anointed with oil as a sign of the Holy Spirit confirming within them the grace of God, the gift of salvation in Christ, and the work of the Spirit within their lives.
II. Why are baptism and confirmation separate now?
During the Middle Ages the two rites became separated from each other
because of church government. According to church rules, parish priests
could baptize, but only a bishop had the right to confirm. As the church
grew, there were long periods of time when the bishops were not
available, so the church continued to baptize but waited until bishops
were present to confirm. Unfortunately, because of that very practical
need to make a change the very nature of confirmation changed. When
baptism and confirmation became divided, the church came to understand
that confirmation somehow completed baptism.
III. Is confirmation a sacrament?
A "sacrament" is an outward and visible act that represents the
inward, invisible act of the Holy Spirit on the participants. In the
early church, both baptism and confirmation were considered sacraments.
As the church grew and divided over different issues, Protestant
Reformation leaders limited their definition of a sacrament to the
practices actually initiated by Jesus (baptism and communion);
therefore, they rejected the idea of confirmation as a sacrament and
deemed baptism alone sufficient initiation into the church. The
Catholic/Orthodox Church continued to understand confirmation as a
sacrament. In place of the sacrament of confirmation, the Protestant
denominations created a catechism (summary of principles of the
Christian religion in the form of questions and answers) that children
would learn before they were admitted to the sacrament of communion.
IV. How has the UMC understood Confirmation?
Although the Methodist Church grew out of the Anglican/Protestant
Church, the founder of Methodism, John Wesley, did not encourage or
recommend that the new Methodist Church in America should take part in
confirmation. The church that Wesley started participated regularly in
class meetings where members came together for accountability, acts of
outreach and devotion, nurture, and spiritual growth. Methodists
by design gathered often for the daily living of the faith. Wesley
".. . baptism was initiation into the church; (and
that) Methodists would learn the faith in the discipline of the class
meetings," (QPAC, p. 24).
Confirmation as a catechism or time of instruction was not
The process of confirmation, however, is a natural fit for the
distinctive United Methodist theology that emphasizes the need for
justifying grace, repentance, and conversion later in life. In the
process of time the Methodist Church grew as did the primacy of the
class meetings. Beginning in the 1960s, the Methodist Church first
returned to the idea of confirmation, and the process has changed a lot
since then. Adults of today who grew up in the UM Church remember not
being invited to participate in communion until they were confirmed,
while now baptized persons of any age are invited to the communion
table. The newness of the rite, the changes that Methodists have
witnessed through the years, and the influence of other denominations
and faiths often lead to confusion when we seek to understand what it
means to offer confirmation in 2008.
Since 1988 the UMC has seen the greatest and most fruitful changes in
our theology and understanding of baptism and confirmation. The programs
and curriculum we encourage are based on these changes, as well as the
changing needs of youth. To understand confirmation today, we have to
first understand how the UMC views baptism.
V. Baptism in the United Methodist Church
We believe that baptism is a sacrament. It is an
outward sign of an inner grace.
We believe baptism is an act of God whereby:
We are initiated into Christ's holy church.
When you read the Thanksgiving Over the Water in the baptismal
service you find that we are rehearsing, affirming, and claiming God's
might acts of salvation. In baptism we affirm not just our own faith,
but the faith of all the faithful men and women who have gone before
from the book of Genesis until now.
We are incorporated into God's mighty acts of
salvation and
given new birth through water and Spirit.
All this is God's gift, offered to us without price.
In the UMC people of all ages, most especially infants and children,
are brought forward for baptism because we believe it is first about who
God is, what God has done, and what God will continue to do in the life
of the child. Promising to nurture the child as he or she grows through
our own faithful obedience we ask, "Why would you wait to offer the
grace of baptism and communion?" We understand that a person can move
away from the grace and promises made at baptism (a child who is not
brought to church or nurtured by the church community or an adult who
grows away from Christ), yet believe that what we do in our individual
lives never changes what God has done.
Therefore, we baptize only once and we recognize and celebrate the
baptism of other faiths.
In baptism, a journey is begun. The journey is a gift initiated by God.
It is a journey that is not meant to be traveled alone, but nurtured and
sustained through the holy obedience of God's family, the body of
Christ, the church.
VI. Confirmation in the United Methodist Church
Confirmation is an act of the Holy Spirit by which we ask the Holy
Spirit to work in us, helping us to be disciples.
…the Holy Spirit work within you, that having been
born through water and Spirit,
you may live as a faithful disciple.
During confirmation we give thanks for and confirm what God has
already done in baptism and what God is doing within us in particular.
Confirmation is a means of grace.
…the Lord defend you with his heavenly grace and by his
Spirit confirm you in the faith and fellowship as all true disciples of
Jesus Christ.
We recognize that element of faith that is the same for everyone, and
we recognize that the faith that God enlivens in each us is yet a gift
that is unfolding and unique to God's calling in our individual lives.
In the end, by the power of the Holy Spirit our lives and journeys are
knit together into the family of God. The response is both personal
(youth) and corporate (church family). "Confirmation ties together God's
act in Christ (grace, salvation, new birth); the faith (and
faithfulness) of the church; and the personal response of the individual
into a rite that has become a means of grace." (OC, p. 29).
Confirmation in early adolescence in one of the first significant
moments in which we affirm the faith into which we were baptized. It
defines our call to ministry given in baptism. Confirmation is a rite of
sanctification by which we dedicate ourselves to growing and living
toward holiness of heart and life. Unlike baptism, confirmation CAN be
repeated. It allows for a person to witness to and celebrate new forms
of ministry. It also provides for reflection about the meaning of the
VII. Confirmation at Soapstone
Since 1994 our confirmation program has been designed so that staff,
laity, parents, and peers work together and share in the joy and
responsibility of the baptismal covenant. Through mentor relationships,
peer relationships, field trips, hands on learning, spiritual growth,
worship, and study that spans a period of 8-9 months our youth journey
together toward claiming the name Christian and claiming the name United
VIII. Considerations for Confirmation
How do I know if my youth is ready? There is no right or wrong answer to this question. The United Methodist Discipline
states that youth age 6th grade and up are invited to participate. However, recent research and reflection indicates that, ideally, confirmation
would be offered during late Middle School and early High School. For that reason Soapstone is offering confirmation for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade
students. The main thing to consider is whether or not your youth/family is ready to commit to the journey. You know your child better than anyone.
Talk with them about confirmation. Look at the schedule together. As you consider the commitment also think about other obligations such as
sports, school activities, family commitments, etc.


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Does anyone from NextGen ever check these threads? Is there any documentation anywhere?
I tried to invoke the permalink structure, let it do it's thing, rebuilt the permalinks...and now my albums are completely screwed. The gallery thumbnails only point to the album page. You click on the image and nothing happens. Does anyone know what's going on?
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Black Metal Crom Cruach and some awesome photography!
From Wicklow, black metal band Crom Cruach came to record their album.
The whole albm was recorded live. Drums, vocals and a guitar that was connected to both bass and guitar amps.
Super talented photographer Kelvin Gilmor came for a visit and took some awesome photographs.
Another great surprise
Got a call from a mom who got a two hours gift voucher for her daughter.
I thought they are going to record a couple of tracks using backing tracks, but Emma Langford arrived with her trusty guitar.
She then sang one song after the other, originals and great cover versions. It was so good, effortless and quick that I had to take my old video camera and record one of the song.
Here is one of Emma's originals: Quiet Giant
Recording outside with New Zeland band The Broken Heartbreakers
While adjusting the mics in the studio, band members of the New Zeland band The Broken Heartbreakers were jamming outside. It was a beautiful day and John said "Hey - why don't we record the whole thing outside, with the bird calls". Great idea :) and less work for me!
So we recorded the lot outside, videotaped the session and then added the words to this wonderful song.
Recording Martin Hogan's "My Angel"
Got an email wtih two beautiful tracks sang with guitar and vocals.
Martin wanted to have a full band performing this song, so made a few calls, and e were lucky to get this amazing team on board.
This video was taken while the guys were practising.
Pianist Darren Lane
Daren Lane came to the studio to record some great classical and traditional Irish music on the piano.
I put on the samples page one of his Chopin waltzs and here are two videos - one with 3 jigs and one with 3 hornpipes.
Another live classic by Colm McGuinness
Once again, Colm McGuinness came to record a few classics on his guitar.
This one is "Have you ever seen peaches" by Jimmy Lee Williams
and here is another one. While editing this video my dog came and did backing vocals. I shot that with the phone's camera and added it to the original
Recording MacDara Ó Raghallaigh in Newtown, Co. Meath
Awesome review in the Galway Advertiser
An x-mas song about big white snowy balls
Deirsey, Pat McCourt and Peter came to record two new tracks - one - a song about Limerick, and the other - a new xmas song about big white snowy balls which sounds to me like something chef from south park would have written had he been Irish.
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Gallinula galeata
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
Gerrit Vyn
The most widely distributed member of the rail family, the Common Gallinule inhabits marshes and ponds from Canada to Chile, from northern Europe to southern Africa, and across Asia to the Pacific. Vocal and boldly marked, the species can be quite conspicuous, sometimes using its long toes to walk atop floating vegetation.
Freshwater or brackish marshes with tall emergent vegetation, ponds, canals, and rice fields.
Seeds of grasses and sedges, and some snails.
A wide bowl of grasses and sedges, usually taken from near the nest site. Most commonly anchored to emergent vegetation within a meter of water.
Picks food from water surface or from emergent plants while walking or swimming. Dips head, dabbles, and occasionally dives. Flips floating leaves to take snails clinging to undersides.
Common Gallinule populations decreased between 1966 and 2014, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. These birds are listed as threatened or as a species of special concern in several Midwestern and Northeastern states because of loss of wetland habitat, predation by introduced mammals, and other factors. The Hawaiian Common Gallinule population is on the on the 2014 State of the Birds Watch List, which lists bird species that are at risk of becoming threatened or endangered without conservation action.
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will ask lawmakers Tuesday to boost spending on college stipends, transportation and child welfare by using the extra money that voters agreed to give the state. Voters approved Referendum C in November and agreed to give up $3.7 billion in tax surplus refunds over the next five years to fix problems with the state budget.
Budget officials say Owens will present lawmakers with a nearly $16 billion spending proposal that represents a 4.3% increase over last year's budget. That includes a 4.1% increase in the general fund using $505 million provided by Referendum C.
Owens is asking lawmakers to increase college stipends 7.5% to $2,580 dollars, approve $296 million for roads and bridges, and provide an extra 5.8%, or $29 million, to provide more money for child welfare, children with developmental disabilities and youth corrections. He also wants lawmakers to find $66 million to restore a property tax exemption for senior citizens that was suspended when the economy declined.
The governor says he will ask lawmakers to spend $10 million from severance taxes, provided by oil, gas and mineral extraction, to provide more money to help the poor heat their homes.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition) [Blu-ray] (Bilingual)
~ Elijah Wood
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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Almost All Expense Was Spared in the Production of this Product
July 31 2011
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Summary: Spend no more than $60 on this product, especially if you have already purchased the Extended Edition DVDs. It is worth no more than that, due to the extreme lack of effort put in by the studio on this box set.
While it's great to have this amazing trilogy in 1080p Blu Ray format, it's important to keep the following questions in mind before making your purchase:
1. This is ONLY the Extended version of the movie, while the previous Blu Ray release (last year at this time) was ONLY the Theatrical release. Why hasn't the film been released with branches to both in the way that James Cameron does almost all of his releases? Actually, Peter Jackson even did this himself with a dual-layer DVD release of each of these films
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Theatrical and Extended Limited Edition)
, but I guess consumers were so sick of buying the same product over and over again between the standard release and the extended release, almost no-one bought the set, making it "rare" (or not). I have to wonder if Peter and the studio are planning yet another release, this time dual-layer, for which we will be expected to shell out the dough?
2. Double-layer Blu Ray discs can handle over 50 GB of information. Each 4 hour feature is contained on a single-layer Blu Ray disc. Why is this? Why wasn't the effort made to put the movies on a dual layer Blu Ray?
3. I'll tell you the reason: The menus. It's much easier to cheaply reproduce the menus from original DVD releases if all you have to do is exactly mimic the original DVD releases. Almost no effort at all was expended to turn the DVD menus into Blu Ray menus, including having the movie begin immediately and the menus accessible through the Blu Ray player menu button, much like The Dark Knight Blu Ray (which was done properly).
Instead, users are subjected to a series of idiotic ads and trailers for new movies prior to beginning this almost 10 year old film. What is the point of that? Oh yeah, money...
4. The special features: For this special, highly-priced release, the studio chose not to upgrade the special features to 1080p and put them on a BluRay with menus suitable for Blu Ray. In fact, they didn't even make the effort to move the standard quality (480p) videos onto a single Blu Ray (for which there would be plenty of room, whether single-layer or double-layer) and do some tweaking of the menus so that you could explore them all within the single Blu Ray.
Why did they not make that effort? Well, let's do some math. The studio had already paid to have the special feature DVDs produced as two standard-quality DVDs almost 10 years ago. At that time, they probably also produced such a high number of those DVDs that it brought the cost of production on those DVDs down to almost nothing. On top of that, they are still selling the Extended DVD box sets to this day, so they are probably still producing them. Now put yourself in the studio's shoes: If you could just repackage the DVDs in a Blu Ray package and try to sell them as if the consumer is receiving something special, would you? Of course not.
And think about this: It also gives the studio a chance to pump up the box set and make it look for more than it is, but it's not. In fact, if you already have the Extended DVDs, you already have all of the special feature DVDs in EXACTLY THE SAME FORMAT AS THE STUDIO IS SELLING THEM TO YOU AGAIN IN THIS BOX.
4. The "rare" Costa Boates documentary: This is NOT rare in any way, shape or form. This is marketers conning you yet again. In fact, you can probably still buy the dual-layer DVD release of these films, which contained both the theatrical and the extended versions of the films in branching format
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Theatrical and Extended Limited Edition)
AND as a special feature, contained the Costa Boates documentaries (Costa Boates was a special, "handpicked" director in that marketing collateral). The only thing "rare" about these docs is that consumers had already purchased the Theatrical and Extended cuts that they passed on the product I linked to above, so it's "rare" in the sense that very few people bothered to see it.
5. More special features: The Theatrical release on Blu Ray and DVD contains different special features than the Extended release on Blu Ray and DVD. So what am I missing? Do I need to buy both sets to get the whole story? Or does the content on the Extended release encompass that of the Theatrical release, but in a more structured narrative and not excluding any information from the Theatrical release?
If so, fine. If not, why am I expected to buy both packages? Why can I not just buy a branching version with all content on Blu Ray with Blu Ray menus? Why am I absolutely sure I'm being conned here?
So to summarize:
1. The three stars are for the films themselves, not for the packaging. The films are amazing on DVD and Blu Ray.
2. Why aren't the films on a single-dual layer Blu Ray?
3. Why aren't the films branched into Theatrical and Extended? Why must I purchase the films twice?
4. Why are the standard DVD special features being sold to me again in 480p DVD format?
5. The Costa Boates docs (also in DVD format) are not rare at all. Please don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
6. The package should be as follows to be worth more than $100:
a. Dual-layer branching Theatrical and Extended versions of each film, each on a single Blu Ray, not over two Blu Rays.
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Once a ghost town after hours, Bangkok's riverside is undergoing a renaissance, with young Thais and expats opening stylish cafés, bars and restaurants. Now the neighborhood has a luxe boutique hotel of its own: the Siam, the brainchild of Thai-American musician–actor Krissada Sukosol Clapp, which officially opened its doors this week.
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Patients receiving hemodialysis often have hepatitis C. The drug ribavirin, when added to standard interferon-based therapy, has been shown to improve responses to hepatitis C treatment. However, ribavirin has been considered contraindicated in patients with hepatitis C receiving hemodialysis because of concerns about the risk for anemia with this drug.
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Vicki Brosius, BSN, RN, CCDS, Peggy Callan, RN, CCDS, CDIP, and Mary Smith, BSN, RN, ACM of Robinson Memorial Hospital's Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) team were selected to present their research poster, "Joining Forces in Clinical Documentation Excellence," at The 6th Annual ACDIS National Conference, May 21-23, 2013 in Nashville, TN.
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Analysis: Allusions
When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- The Bhagavad-Gita (Economy.77)
- The Bible (Economy.47-48)
- Thomas Carew, Coelum Britannicum (Economy.111)
- Ellery Channing, "Baker Farm" (Baker Farm.3)
- Confucius, Analects (Economy.15, Where I Lived.20; Solitude.10; Conclusion.14)
- ---. The Great Learning (Where I Lived.14; Higher Laws.9)
- William Gilpin, Remarks on Forest Scenery (House-Warming.13)
- William Habbingdon, "To My Honoured Friend Sir Ed. P. Knight" (Conclusion.2)
- Homer, The Odyssey (Where I Lived.22)
- Homer, The Iliad (Where I Lived.16; Visitors.8)
- Ovid, Metamorphoses (Economy.5, 103; Spring.18, 21)
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I also loved the reminiscing it caused her to do.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
nieces, feetses and hobnail
I also loved the reminiscing it caused her to do.
10 comments:
- JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes) said...
Such a sweet day - the great nieces are darling, and what a nice thing for you to do for your mom. You are lucky to have happy memories with her.
- January 15, 2013 at 8:34 PM
- Jane and Lance Hattatt said...
Hello Phyllis:
We do so enjoy posts such as this which are so very personal and which, in the telling of stories, give such insight into the lives of others. And in so few words you paint a very clear and affectionate picture of your mother.
- January 15, 2013 at 11:11 PM
- Small Kucing said...
its quite a coincident that both you and your husband were born in the same hospital
- January 16, 2013 at 2:17 AM
- Betsy Adams said...
Love what you did to your Mom's mantel... I wish you lived closer. I don't have a creative bone in me --and my house could use some 'pretties'.....
My Dad was 11 yrs. older than Mom. He was 53 when I was born and Mom was 42... Big surprise to both of them--since I had a brother 12 yrs older than me and one 20 yrs. older than me... Crazy, huh????
Since I TOO raised 3 sons, I will tell you that when you get your first granddaughter, you will totally eat her up.... I have 3 granddaughters and they are FABULOUS --along with my 2 grandsons also of course.
- January 16, 2013 at 7:29 AM
- see you there! said...
Nieces, baby feet, family stories. What a great post. Love the hobnail cased glass piece, I have a similar piece with the pink inside but the outside of mine is smooth white.
- January 16, 2013 at 10:11 AM
- La Table De Nana said...
Those girls will love Hello Kitty:)
So neat you have all those clothes..And how cute your mom's mantle.
- January 16, 2013 at 12:35 PM
- Kelly said...
Loving this post! I read the title entry and was thinking WHAT!
Funny things, Feet! I think your safe. But, if it had been your hands, Yikes!
How's your Hubby feeling? Better I hope!
You look like your having a great time with your beautiful nieces.
I'm glad you stuck to the decorating! Looks so elegant placing your moms gorgeous hobnail and your dads oil lamp with the flowered vase! It is also such a nice touch in honoring a memory of your dad!<3
- January 16, 2013 at 1:31 PM
- Martina said...
HAPPY NEW YEAR Phylles! Wow,i love the story about you and your husband - life does has a pkan sometimes - tee her! And here, it worked out so well! Have a cozy little weekend!
- January 19, 2013 at 7:45 AM
- Girl About Chelts said...
What a pair of little darlings your nieces are, and I love the story about you and your husband too x
- January 19, 2013 at 11:45 AM
- Ocean Breezes and Country Sneezes said...
What a sweet post!
- January 19, 2013 at 9:30 PM


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