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You know those beautiful movies set in the English countryside where proper English ladies drink tea served to them by servants amidst a field of flowers and the young damsel falls in love at the end with a gallant gentlemen whose family is the richest in the region? Well, this is that movie in a cup. Creamy and soothing, this drink will transport you to a romantic dream land without any of the guilt. It is a perfect treat on a rainy afternoon or any night before bed. The lavender will deliver you to a peaceful slumber. Use the raw honey for a particularly indulgent mood, but the stevia works perfectly and is my choice for everyday goodness.
Ingredients: (for one person)
about 1 ½ cups unsweetened almond milk (for hot beverages I prefer Blue Diamond brand, it won't separate when hot.)
a teaspoon of dried lavender flowers (In Los Angeles I buy them at Groundworks Coffee. Look at your farmers market, specialty stores or online. )
1 teaspoon of raw honey (buy here) or a few drops of plain or Vanilla Creme Stevia Extract
The trick to heating almond milk is to not to set it on the stove and then forget it there. It will bubble over and make a mess! Put the almond milk and lavender in a small pot and bring to almost a boil. Turn off heat and let sit for five minutes or more. Then quickly reheat to desired temperature. Add sweetener, pour in a cup and kick your feet up somewhere cozy.
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Markins Q3 Ball Head
Thailand, my adopted home, is a great vacation destination for many activities, particularly photography. It's easy to get around and hotels are cheap. Using Agoda to book a hotel on-line will give you a great selection of hotels and the best deals. I always use Agoda to book my own hotels.
Choosing A Ball Head
The same comments I made about false economies when writing about my Gitzo GT2541 Tripod apply to ball head selection.
Choosing cameras and lenses is easy. Most of choose between Nikon and Canon, and within each range there is a fairly limited selection that will meet our own personal requirements. When it comes to tripods and ball heads, however, we are not tied into a manufacturer and there is a bewildering choice on the market.
In recent years, lots of new companies (mainly based in Asia) have entered the market. What they seem to do is copy well-known brands but at a lower price. They are able to do this because their labour costs are lower, but maybe they also cut some corners in design and manufacturing?
I've looked at Asian copies and some seem fine. With copies, there are always good copies and bad copies. Some of the better copies look excellent at first glance. But it's a game of chance.
A cheap brand may give you years of good service. On the other hand, you might just end up buying what you should have bought in the first place, in which case your initial purchase was a waste of money.
I've never been much of a gambler, and also I've had my fingers burnt several times trying to buy cheap. Another factor is my location in southern Thailand. Lucky Americans have easy access to all sorts of good brands (and they also pay the lowest prices).
Here in Thailand it is very difficult to get certain brands. Of the brands that I've seen very favourable reviews for, Markins is one brand that is available. That was the final reason for my choice.
I didn't have the opportunity to test ball heads in the field but I looked at a lot in shops. Many of the cheaper models (even from respectable manufacturers) didn't feel good. Actions were jerky and sticky, instead of being smooth.
When you handle the Q3, you know you have a precision instrument in your hands. The feel and the finish inspire confidence.
In The Field
In conjunction with the Gitzo GT2541 Tripod, the Markins Q3 is a delight to use. For its size, it can support a phenomenal load. My heaviest lens is a Canon 300mm f/4.0L IS and the Q3 handles this with ease.
I don't bother with the small friction adjustment, but just use the large locking knob to adjust tension and lock the ball head in position. It works very well. It is smooth and gradual. While adjusting the tension, you don't suddenly find that the whole thing has come loose (which could be a disaster).
There's actually very little to write because it is so easy and straightforward to use. You can pay less, but exactly the same with tripods, you pays your money and you takes your choice. Just like my Gitzo tripod, I'm pretty sure that the Markins Q3 ball head will give many years of reliable service.
Locking And Creep
Unless you are using a very light lens, after you set the position and lock the ballhead there will be a slight degree of downward creep.
Depending on the lens you are using this may not be very noticeable. Macro photography is the biggest test for equipment, especially ball heads.
When doing macro work I use 'Live View' to focus manually, and the creep is always noticeable - especially at 10x magnification. The good news is that it is consistent. It is easy to gauge the amount of creep, and then position the camera the same amount above the subject. After the creep takes place the camera should be in the right position.
Using the main ball head lock is fine. However, if you are doing macro work and have the tripod centre column horizontal in such a way that there is rotational force on the ball head, the small screw to lock the panning action isn't strong enough to lock the ballhead.
In such a situation, try to position the the ball head cut-out in such a way to get the ballhead vertical and use the main lock to lock position.
Apparently, Markins doesn't make a general use plate that can be used on a variety of equipment. Depending on your equipment, a specially designed plate is available for each different lens and camera body. The plate I have for my camera body has a flange to stop it twisting. It works fine, but Markins plates are quite expensive.
The plate for my Canon 300mm f/4.0L IS wasn't available in the shop where I bought the ball head. I ended up buying a plate made by KangRinPoche, which does seem to be a general plate. Compatibility is based on the Arca-Swiss mount, and both manufacturers adhere to the Arca-Swiss specification so there are no problems.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Dear Sir/Mam:
I am writing to tell you why I have worked at Summerville Medical Center for the past 16 years and why I'll continue to be there. I could say that the money and benefits are good or that the convenience of working near home is great but I want to tell you the real reason. It's the people I have had the privilege to work with in the emergency room and the people I've connected with in other departments.
I've watched as my co-workers have revived young children and protected spinal cords so that life may be saved. I've watched them cry with the elderly, as they have lost their life long partner. I have witnessed them being patient with the people who have mental illness.
All these things they endure while attending to several other patients at the same time and putting their personal struggles at the door to the emergency room when they clocked in for their shift. These co-workers spend 12 hours or more on their feet, with very little to eat and maybe one bathroom break.
While their desire is to take care of the patients first, there is another demon that haunts over their head called charting. If it isn't charted, it wasn't done in the eyes of anyone reading the chart.
Through it all these co-workers that I can rightly call my friends, pay attention to the others that work around us. This was proven by what they did for my children and myself recently. I am a single mother of four children and my kids wanted to go to Disney but money did not make it feasible.
All of my co-workers knew my heart was broken that I couldn't do it. Without my knowledge, they collected enough money for my kids and myself to go to Disney, stay 3 nights and have spending money! They surprised me with this recently and sent us on our merry way. I could not have asked for a better experience at Disney! My kids were totally taken aback by it all.
This could have never happened if it wasn't for the wonderful people I work with. Many times people don't get to see how the staff really are caring people, the ER's are overcrowded and understaffed, some patients aren't the kindest but through it all these people I work with care. A lot of times, in order to survive, we put a barrier and go in working mode. The community doesn't get to see how caring and wonderful these people really are.
The next time you have to come in to Summerville Medical Center, remember that these people are the most wonderful people in the world. I can honestly say that I love my family at Summerville Medical Center.
Danielle F. Williams
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Not long after the first gentle flakes appeared like so many white fireflies Tuesday morning, the storm all but erupted, shutting down Philadelphia and dooming a 53-year-old record.
Suddenly, buildings, cars, and human beings were obscured behind dense white veils of dendrites - those snowflakes whose elegant design is so favored by holiday decorators and connoisseurs of accumulating snow.
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Taking it from the Top
Sunday 5.5.2013 @ 8:40pm | ImagesAZ | Lifestyle
From under the downturned brim of a smart fedora, Eric Watson's eyes gleam behind dark-rimmed glasses. His words come out with a touch of molasses, more from his deliberate nature than from his Ohio roots. The ticking of the clock, he proves, is not the only thing that determines the rhythm of life and the destiny of a passion. Time has stood still, or at least taken a pause, inside Watson's Hat Shop in downtown Cave Creek. Like the gentle clicking of his century-old sewing machines or the heavy comfort of beaver hair felt as he inspects rims and crowns that he's molded and shaped himself, it's tradition that finds its way into every corner of the shop, settling in like a comfortable friend.
Just outside the doors of the single-room store, traffic passes innocuously, keeping pace with the steady comings and goings of modern life. Inside the door, however, the honor and pride of a bygone era is alive and well. Behind its magic is a man much younger than expected, but whose love for the art of hattery is timeless.
Watson has always been an old soul. Even as a young child, he was more comfortable around people his grandparents' age than his own peers. "They were smarter," Watson said matter-of-factly. "You can learn a lot more from somebody older than you."
In the 1980s, at the age of 13, he discovered the first love of his life at the movies. It was Indiana Jones – not the character, so much as what he was wearing. The worn and rugged fedora Jones sported separated him from anyone else Watson had ever seen. Though he was young, Watson knew he wanted to experience life from underneath a hat like that.
In the coming months and years, Watson begged his mother to take him to antique stores to find such a hat. He could never find just the right one, but he did find several well-worn versions that kept his imagination going. One day he struck a treasure. He came across a store owner who had some hat making equipment that would put the boy's imagination in motion. "I bought an old beat-up hat and some hat blocks, and lo and behold, the first hat blocks were my size," said Watson fondly. Using the blocks to restore his finds, he began a hobby that would later become a respectable trade.
"I was always the guy with the hats," Watson said of his early years. "In particular, I loved old fedoras." He researched techniques and found pieces of equipment along the way that helped him build his collection and he spent countless hours cleaning and reshaping until it became, well, old hat.
"You can tell a lot about a person by the hat that they wear," Watson explained, plucking an example from a display rack. "If you had this hat on you," he adds, "you would stand out." There's no doubt about that. The hat he shows me is a beautiful Western hat with a leather hat band studded with silver conches. It's all handmade and is surely the finest hat I've ever felt. I put it on, and my jeans and T-shirt are suddenly part of a very different look.
"I think a hat is part of somebody's personality. It distinguishes them from other people," he says. "It completes them."
At 18, Watson went off to college, earning degrees in aviation studies and international studies. He went on to flight school, he thought, to become a multi-engine commercial pilot. There he met his wife, Emily. It was love at first flight, and they've been together ever since.
A downturn in the economy led Watson to sell the fedoras he'd restored as a teenager. Still in Ohio, he consigned a few at a local shop and put some on eBay. "They sold like that," he said, snapping his fingers. "People started asking me, 'Do you have more?'" Before he knew it, he was selling his hats all over the world.
Knowing he was on to something, Watson began to research everything he could about hat making. He got online and looked for hat shops that seemed to be selling the quality of hats that impressed him. "I knew from looking at what they were making if they were any good or not. There are hatters out there who make hats, and then there are hatters out there who make hats well, and their reputation precedes them," he explained.
Somewhat surprisingly, it was difficult for Watson to find hatters who were interested in talking. They tend to take their trade and its secrets very seriously, he learned. But one hatter from Bisbee, Arizona did take the time to talk. Over the next years, the two struck up a friendship based on their love of the art.
Grant, the Bisbee hatter, gave Watson the opportunity of a lifetime by offering for sale a large collection of equipment, including century-old hat blocks, a crown iron machine from the 1920s, a hat stamper and many other tools of the trade to get him started. Without Grant's help and the help of another old hatter back east, it may have taken Watson decades to find such treasures in antique shops. Very few, if any, manufacturers still make the specialized molds and hand-operated machines used to create or refurbish authentic Western hats, fedoras, derby hats and other handcrafted toppers.
About two years ago, Watson's wife was offered a job as a flight instructor at Deer Valley Airport. On a bright Sunday, as they searched the Valley for a place to settle down, they ended up on the road through Cave Creek. Like a prodigal son called home, Watson felt an instant connection. They drove past a "For Rent" sign next to Bryan's BBQ and on a whim, Watson turned the car around and checked the place out. He wrote down the phone number, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Watson's Hat Shop is small but mighty, in a charming kind of way. Each hat starts out as a rough form made from one of four materials: genuine American beaver felt, European hare felt, Ecuadorian Cuenca or Monte Christo straw from Ecuador. The materials themselves are fine and meant to last.
Through a series of timeless (and time-consuming) processes, Watson spends hours gently shaping, molding, sewing and completing each creation until it's exactly as the customer wants. His felts come in 31 colors, and he has 40 colors of hatter's ribbon to choose from for hat bands. He's also partnered with several other talented local leather toolers, silversmiths and other impressive artists to create custom bands for his clientele. "I've been blessed with so many wonderful craftsmen in just a few months," Watson said.
Finding the perfect hat is much more involved than one might think. Each client's head shape is different, and every lump and bump affects the fit of a hat. Watson uses a special tool to map those differences; then his apprentice, Steve Snider, creates a wooden template for the customer to exact a perfect fit. The rest of the hat is based not on whim, but on the length and width of the face and width of the customers' shoulders.
Every bit of felt or straw is coaxed into place, from the crown to the peak, using molds and presses until the vision takes shape. Every band is hand-stitched, and the smallest details are tended to with tools whose names are long forgotten. Watson pours a piece of himself into each hat he makes, his dedication and creativity the true marks of a master craftsman.
From the utilitarian Western hat to the classic derby, and so many in between, each finished product boasts its own personality. From the fine leather sweat band inside the hats to the smart handcrafted ribbon, turquoise and metalwork touches on the outside, there is nothing plain about Watson's art. His dedication is just as much about creating the new as it is keeping alive the old.
"It's all about quality and the tradition behind it," Watson said. "People get that. They understand that … the ones who have been raised that way do."
Watson's Hat Shop
6140 E. Cave Creek Rd. Suite 5, Cave Creek


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State budget hostages finally freed?
January 10, 2016 Last week, public school students — or, at least, their parents — breathed a sigh of relief as Governor Wolf finally released state education funds withheld during the six-month budget impasse. more »»
Self-worth, not stuff, should be welfare's goal
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Am Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:36:39 +0700 schrieb Cornelia Parsley:
> Do I really need a router?
no you don't.
> Could I not just go to Network Connections | Network Tasks | Create a new
> connection and use the New Connection Wizard to Set up my connection
> manually?
> (Though my ISP refers to this type of connection as PPPoE LLC and not
> PPPoE).
Sure you can, it uses the same stack.
> Also, the Trouble Shooting list of the Quick Installation Guide points out
> that the TCP/IP setting in network adapter of my pc should be set to obtain
> and IP address and DNS.
I'm pretty sure you have 'receive setting automatically' on your network
adapter, that is all you need. The same thing happens in the router itself.
> Currently, the Service TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper is Disabled as are SMB and RPC
> over TCP/IP.
> Must these services be re-instated to achieve ADSL connection?


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BURGHILL - Calvin Richard "Rick" Wells, 57, formerly of Hubbard, died Thursday evening, Oct. 11, 2012, at home.
He was born Oct. 28, 1954, in Youngstown, the son of Jesse Calvin and Ida Mae Heckathorne Wells.
Rick was a member of Coalburg United Methodist.
He had served as the police chief for the Hubbard Township Police Department.
He leaves his biological mother, Anna Belle Daye of Mercer, Pa.; his wife, Tammy Lynn Blazak Wells; three daughters, Ashley J. Wells of Burton, Kylie M. Wells and Courtney L. Wells, both at home; a brother, Raymond W. Wells of Hubbard; a sister, Stella A. Kalic Capestro of Grants Pass, Ore.; three half-brothers, Randy Daye of Mercer, Rodney Daye of Mercer and Ryan Daye of Grove City; and two half-sisters, Linda Kellner of Hermitage and Stella Bell of Mercer.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and a half-brother.
Family and friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Kelley-Robb-Cummins Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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What's NOT artistic about them? Training flats tend to be quite stinky, requiring a gas mask to protect against the odours emanating from them...
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Sorry Wiz Khalifa, but the black and yellow color scheme is one that will forever belong to the Wu Tang Clan. Choosing to honor that pillar of NYC rap is this latest project from the likes of Freehand Profit. Included are three separate masks, one featuring a black/yellow Nike Dunk High (Don't worry-the actual Wu Dunks don't get shredded), a Jordan Spiz'ike, and an Air Jordan IV "Thunder". Continue reading for a complete look at the trio and then head over to Freehand Profit's space to get the background story on how the project came about as well as additional images of each.
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What's NOT artistic about them? Training flats tend to be quite stinky, requiring a gas mask to protect against the odours emanating from them...
This coulda been the Pittsburgh tribute
that last one made out of the 4s is pretty sick
i'm sure the wu would be brimming with pride to see three absolute idiots posing in yellow/black sneaker gasmasks. fuck's sake, humanity is done for.
Cue the "why is this considered art", "waste of shoes" comments...
@JFresh_136 Agreed, I don't get the concept. Whats next jock straps?
I didn't say "why is it considered art" I said here come those comments so you're not agreeing with me lol.
@JFresh_136 LOL, I took my stupid pills today. I agree that it is art and that people enjoy this stuff. I would like to have been a fly on the wall when they came up with the concept. "Hey lets turn shoes into gas masks".
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Encaustic—the use of heated beeswax and pigment—is a traditional technique that is enjoying something of a renaissance. It's both highly tactile (with its often thick-textured surfaces) and wonderfully organic both in surface and in fragrance. The earthiness of it makes a great medium for Grace Carol Bomer's In the House of My Pilgrimage. The artist notes that a line from Psalm 119:54, "Your laws are my songs in the house of my pilgrimage," has been partially carved into the wax-covered Hebrew text. "Jesus, the Word Incarnate, gives us life and words to live by," says Bomer. The work is in a traveling exhibition organized by Christians in the Visual Arts.
Rod Sawatsky uses calligraphy to illuminate a faith story. The artist's eight-year-old daughter Tallie makes Saturday trips with her grandfather to downtown Portland, Oregon, where they feed and talk to people who are homeless. One day Tallie's mom commented on her relationship with a homeless man named Spider. "It really makes Spider feel special when you make things for him and take time to visit him." Without any hesitation Tallie responded, "Well, he is special. He's one of my best friends." The artist writes: "Tallie could see character qualities in Spider that had endeared him to her. . . . Once we care about people personally and see their incredible value, it is natural then for us to act in a way that supports restoration in their world."
An epiphany breaks us out of our former mind-set. Jeremy Botts's The Sun Speaks/The Stars Teach is expansiveness made visible. Energetic red brushwork is laid over a grid structure of circles, stars and crosses. This image evokes for me the term creative disequilibrium—the dynamic that makes evolution possible. Is it not the same dynamic that is still transforming the world through Jesus' radical teachings of love, inclusion and justice for all?
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From the baggage claim there are various transportation modes to the city and other regional locations.
Car Rental: Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National, and Thrifty all have counters at the airport, and with on-airport rentals.
Bus: A very popular and inexpensive ($2.25) Port Authority bus, the 28X Airport Flyer via West Busway runs the following route departing approximately every 20 minutes:
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Kings, Queens sweep Kodiaks in college volleyball action
Kings 3 Kodiaks 0
When the first Canadian Colleges Athletic Association men's volleyball rankings came out Tuesday RDC Kings head coach Aaron Schulha liked what he saw.
Not only were the Kings ranked third in the country, but the Lethbridge Kodiaks, who just happened to be the RDC opponents this weekend, were ranked seventh.
It forced the Kings to concentrate that much harder as they prepared for the weekend doubleheader at RDC.
"That's how we prepared," said Schulha. "Our pregame discussion was that this is potentially our biggest challenge we'll have until January and we have to embrace it. We'll see how good we are and the guys took that to heart and trained hard."
That was evident Friday as the Kings rolled to a 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 victory over the Kodiaks before a large crowd despite the bad weather.
The win gave the Kings a 5-0 record while Lethbridge dropped to 5-2. The teams meet again today following the women's contest which gets underway at 1 p.m. at RDC.
And Schulha expects the Kodiaks to be that much tougher.
"They didn't play their best and I expect them to be better tomorrow," he said. "But we did what we prepared for, now it's a matter of not relaxing. We need to refocus and be ready for what they'll throw at us and make sure we execute. If we do I think we'll be OK."
What the Kings do have are two of the best outside hitters in the conference in Chris Osborn and Tim Finnigan. Osborn was practically unstoppable, finishing with 16 kills, three digs and a block. Finnigan has been sharper, but added seven kills, two blocks and five digs.
"Tim wasn't as crisp as he has been while Chris was as good as he's been all year" said Schulha. "When those two are both going we're hard to beat. They open up the middle and as long as we pass the ball we'll be fine."
Kings rookie setter Sam Brisbane was also sharp as he was able to run a diversified attack.
"Sam did a good job mixing it up and making it hard on their blockers," said Schulha.
Chris Jones added six kills while Brisbane had eight digs. Nic Dubinsky led the Kodiaks with 10 kills and two blocks.
Queens 3 Kodiaks 1
While the Kings were near the top of their game the Queens were a bit sloppy at times, but still pulled out a 25-17, 25-20, 21-25, 25-18 victory.
"It seems that they lulled us to sleep at times as they missed a lot of serves," said Queens head coach Talbot Walton, who also used everyone on his bench at one time or another. In fact he used Notre Dame grad Megan Schmidt in the middle for half the match.
"Megan has done a good job at practice and is continuing to improve and despite not playing a set all year came in and played a strong match," said Walton, who also used Marissa Neufeld on the left side for much of the middle two sets.
"Marissa also has been strong at practice and earned some playing time. She was a little nervous, but she had some good swings on sets that maybe a little out of the system."
Walton did agree that the match didn't seem to have a lot of flow and possibly the fact Lethbridge travelled Friday on the bad roads and the heavy snowfall may have been a distraction for both teams.
"There was something weird going on for sure," he said. "But in the first, second and fourth sets we played well enough to get some separation and were able to sustain it. We'll take the win and it was an improvement over our first two performances at home as we started strong. Now we have to work on maintaining that level of intensity."
The win gave the Queens a 3-2 record with Lethbridge at 3-4.
Leanne Price was the RDC player of the match with nine kills, six stuff blocks, two aces and two digs. Sidney Ponto had nine kills and eight digs while Karissa Kuhr had seven kills, two aces, a block and three digs and Maddi Quinn 23 digs.
Cheyenne Schneider had eight kills and six digs for Lethbridge while Alex Pasemko had six kills, two blocks and seven digs and Madisyn Chambers six kills and eight digs.
• Meanwhile, the Olds Broncos split a pair of matches in Lloydminster against Lakeland. Olds won the men's contest 30-28, 14-25, 22-25, 26-24, 16-14 and lost the women's match 17-25, 19-25, 20-25.


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Between the changes in the crowds and the changes in music itself, it's little wonder that most club parties are relatively short-lived. But in Philadelphia's hip-hop scene, Tastytreats has been the exception. This weekly event, most recently held at Fluid Nightclub on South 4th Street, has remained a Saturday night tradition for almost a decade.


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Crabpot Players Theater Company, the longest running performing company east of the Cooper River, will present a musical revue, "Pennies From Heaven," at 6 p.m. Jan. 2, hosted by The Windjammer on the Isle of Palms, 1008 Ocean Blvd.
The event is a fundraiser to help pay for the company's permanent space in Mount Pleasant at 1119 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., next to the Kickin' Chicken.
"We are approaching our 21st season and have finally found a permanent space in Mount Pleasant for Crabpot to perform as well as offer classes and camps," said founder and Artistic Director Jimmy Ward in a statement. "We need to raise money through our capital funds project to be able to secure the space."
The "Pennies From Heaven" event will include live jazz by the Joe Clarke Quartet, professional vocalists, an oyster roast, BBQ and a silent auction.
Tickets are $30 each, $50 for couples and $10 for children. Purchases are tax deductible. Tickets are available at www.showclix.com/event/ crabpotplayers2014.


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JAL International Company LTD. - Jubail, Saudi Arabia
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Job Description
Please be informed that JAL INTERNATIONAL is a leading company in Saudi Arabia which provides services to Saudi Aramco, SABIC, Saudi Electric Company and other MNC's in the field of Industrial Projects, Industrial Client Support Services, Substation Automation and Field Services, Integrated Instrument & Analytical and Engineering Services catering to the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refineries & Fertilizers sectors.
Currently, our valued client, UNITED (A Petrochemical Company A SABIC Affiliate) is in need of
1.Engineer Degree in Instrumentation & Control
2.Minimum 10 years experience in Petrochemicals/OIL & GAS
3.SAP Experience
4.Material reservation & handling
5.Field Experience
6.Control System Experience
7.Project experience
•Field manpower requirements Assets.
•Weekly and monthly reports to inform project & company management about project activities status.
•Technical documents elaboration
•Maintaining, Modification and troubleshooting problems regarding DCS system - Make- Yokogawa in Olefin/Cracker complex.
•Functional check, Commissioning and startup of VHP boiler, Furnaces, Gas compressors and other olefins plants units.
•Implementation of Field and logic changes in DCS, Triconex PLC, MMS through MOC (Management of change) procedure for process and operation optimization.
•Maintenance and trouble shooting of ITCCS-Triconex turbine control system for MHI, Hitachi, Ingersoll-Rand and MTC turbo expander compressors
•DCS, PESS, VMS and F&G Hardware installation & configuration.
•DCS, PESS, VMS and F&G Software/Hardware Site Acceptance Test (SAT).
•DCS, PESS, VMS and F&G loop and Functional test.
•Technical documents revisions and corrections (Red line marks).
•CCTV, Data, Voice, Radio, Hotline, PA & Paging system installation, configuration & Start-Up.
•Multi & Single Cable Lying.
•Instruments activities schedule setup and update (on detailed & summary levels).
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Saudi Arbaia's Premier International
Petrochemical & Refinery Forum & Exhibition
09 - 11 October, 2011 [Venue : DIEC, Dammam]
JAL International Stall No. K-04
1. Engineer Degree in Instrumentation & Control
2. Minimum 10 years experience in Petrochemicals/OIL & GAS
3. SAP Experience
4. Material reservation & handling
5. Field Experience
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Law enforcement officers in Missouri say they want parents to keep an eye out for candy that contains a key chemical found in marijuana.
The Jasper County Drug Task Force in southwest Missouri said it recent confiscated a package containing lemon drops, gummy bears and mints that contain THC. THC is responsible for most of marijuana's psychological effects.
Officials said they believe the package was shipped in from Colorado.
Task force members said the products look like normal candy, but THC is listed in the ingredients.


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The so-called "Seven Islands" (there are actually many more than seven in the chain) off the west coast of Greece are a popular destination for European travelers hoping to take advantage of the balmy climes without surrendering the pubs, sporting events, and creature comforts to which they are accustomed. As a result, the Ionian islands (as they are now known) are a peculiar mix of cultures unlike anyplace else in Greece.
For starters, slightly heavier rainfall has resulted in a landscape that is greener than most of the country, giving it an Italian or even French feel. But it goes much further than that. Having once been a British possession (the United States of the Ionian Islands, as it happens), the islands retain a certain amount of leftover colonial culture (particularly in Corfu). Unlike the rest of Greece, cricket is regularly played, karaoke bars and ale houses abound, and it's simple as shepard's pie to procure fish and chips and a Sunday roast.
Travelers with more interest in an authentically Greek experience should make it a point to avoid the more popular spots. This is easy enough to do on the smaller, less inhabited islands, and also on Corfu, which at 33 miles long and a full 15 across is, er, packed with empty spaces. Of particular interest is the island of Ithaca, which is generally identified as the home of Homer's Odysseus.
Most of the islands in the chain are craggy in places, and covered in trees and olive groves. The Ionians are also justly famous for their profusion of long, beautiful, sandy beaches. The chain is accessible by ferry and by air, as Corfu has a fully equipped international airport.
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Charleston police are searching for gunman in a shooting on Thursday that left one man nursing gunshot wounds.
Police officers responded to a Balsam Street home shortly before 11 p.m. concerning a shooting that had taken place, an incident report states.
A woman ran up to officers and yelled that a wounded man inside the home needed help, police said.
Officers found the 23-year-old Charleston man sitting on a couch with two visible gunshot wounds to his left shoulder and lower back, the report states.
The man told police that he had been outside in the driveway when multiple shots were fired. He could not describe a gunman in the incident, police said.
Paramedics transported the man to Medical University Hospital for treatment.
Authorities are still searching for a shooter in the incident.
Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 554-1111.


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Athletico Finchley 1 Glenthorne United B 2
Goals from Richard Rosenthal and Daniel Lassman steered Division Three champions Glenthorne B past Athletico in Copthall, but they were given an almighty scare by the Division Four team.
Finchley fans turned up en masse to see the reds face their toughest fixture yet – the unbeaten Glenthorne United B.
The first half showed some great battles on the pitch, with each team going for it right from the off. Glenthorne looked dangerous as they managed to get the ball in the box time after time, but could not seem to find the net.
Athletico gave as good as they got, most notably Ben Mandell cutting inside onto his right foot to force a top corner save from the Glenthorne keeper.
However, it was the Thornes to take the lead after an unfortunate slip from centre back Adam Goldstein allowed Rosenthal to shoot from inside the box. The ball found its way into the net after going underneath the body of keeper Doug Carson. 1-0 Glenthorne and the visitors went into half time one goal to the good.
The second half provided much excitement. Glenthorne quickly doubled their advantage after a sublime cross was met with a sweet volley from Lassman inside the box and into the back of the net.
After going two down, many would predict Glenthorne to take complete control. However, this was not the case as Athletico stepped up a gear and began to dominate the game.
Finchley created chance after chance. Super signing Daniel Mattey knocked the ball in front of him and began one of his magic runs. He sprinted away from three Glenthorne players, all the way into the box and unleashed a shot which missed the goal by a matter of inches. Then Ben Mandell went close, forcing another good save from Jordan Davidson from close range.
Glenthorne's top scorer Craig Sandford was almost anonymous all game thanks to tight marking from centre backs Goldstein and Marchant. However, he did get his chance after a goal kick from Carson was headed back perfectly to Sandford in acres of space. He only had the keeper to beat but sliced the ball wide with the outside of his foot.
Despite this chance, Glenthorne did not look particularly dangerous. They certainly lacked creativity as their star man Lassman was man marked out of the game by the hard working Jack Wagner.
Athletico managed to pull one back after a throw in deep into the Glenthorne half was headed on to the back post. Margolin snatched onto the ball before releasing an inch-perfect cross to find the feet of Andrew Greenwall-Cohen who volleyed in the ball into the goal, almost breaking the net - slightly reminiscent of Robin Van Persie's volley against Charlton in 2006.
Athletico applied all the pressure for the rest of the game, knowing they had nothing to lose. The Finchley fans were celebrating after Greenwall-Cohen slid the ball across the face of the goal to Mandell who faced an empty net. There was no other man the fans would have rather seen in that position, but somehow, some way, only G-d will know how, Athletico's top-scorer fumbled the shot from five yards out and it went over the bar. Taxi for Mandell.
Chances continued to open up for the likes of Joel Barnett and Greenwall-Cohen but it did not seem to be Athletico's day. Mattey took a sublime free kick from just outside the box, and fans sank to their knees as the bending shot crashed against the crossbar.
The game would not have been complete without some controversy. Towards the end of the game, the ball was launched over the top towards Sandford who clearly handled the ball to bring it under control. Everybody on and off the pitch saw it, apart from the referee of course. As you know – if the ref doesn't see it, he cant give it. Sandford ran with the ball before being brought down by a tackle from Goldstein in the box. Penalty to Glenthorne. Top-scorer Sandford stepped up. Athletico fans had their backs turned away. Goldstein even pulled a Gallas as he walked to the other side of the pitch in disgust. However, Sandford's rising shot smashed the cross bar and justice was done.
In the end, a dominant Finchley side were unable to get a result against the Division Three champions and they waved goodbye to their Barry Goldstein hopes. It was truly a great game.
This means Group C will be decided when Glenthorne meet UJIA next week.
Glenthorne joint-manager Craig Sandford told JC Sport: "Athletico are a credit to Division Four. They deserve to have won the game today. We were outplayed and more disappointing, we were outfought.
"We scored two very good goals, but that is all we really did during the game. Our keeper Jordan Davidson was our man-of-the-match, which says something.
"Athletico are good and funny bunch of boys and I don't know how they are mid table. They deserve better.
"However, a win is a win and when you are used to a winning feeling then that is sometimes what gets you the three points.
"We need to push on now and make this a great season rather than a good one."
Athletico Finchley chairman Zach Margolin told JC Sport: "Once again, we showed an incredible amount of heart and desire. Glenthorne were shocked at the way we played and quite frankly we should have got something from the game.
"At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how you play, as long as you win and Glenthorne proved that point today.
"We may be out the cup, but our heads are held high as we put up a great fight against the Division Three champions."


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November 10, 2011
Telus offers $1 for every Facebook 'like' on new Adopt-a-School project
As a footnote to Telus's recent financial statements, it was a line that was dwarfed by news of growing revenues and expanding markets.
But to thousands of individuals and charitable organizations that have been helped by Telus, the news that the company was named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation worldwide likely highlighted for them a defining characteristic of the telecommunications giant.
And so to them it would come as no surprise that Telus has stepped up to become the first corporate sponsor of The Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Adopt-a-School project, which this week launches a fundraising campaign to help needy children in Metro Vancouver inner-city schools.
While the company is quick to help with international and humanitarian disasters like the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan, its key philanthropic focus remains with young people across Canada.
Jill Schnarr, Telus's vice-president of community affairs, said there is the risk that the needs of children in our own communities can be overshadowed by international disasters.
It's important, she said, not to forget what is happening at home.
"I don't think there is that recognition that so many kids don't have breakfast every morning, they don't have the right clothes," she said. "And we need to help them just as much as building schools in Africa.
"I think what you guys [the Adopt-a-School project] are doing is awesome because you are raising awareness of a really important cause."
Telus is sponsoring The Children's Fund text donation program, in which you will be able to text the word "sunkids" from your mobile phone to donate $5 to the Adopt-a-School project. We'll be launching that later this month.
The company has also pledged to pay $1 for every "like" for the Children's Fund Facebook page, up to $5,000 (facebook.com/vansunkidsfund).
Last year, Telus donated more than $34 million across Canada and worldwide. Since 2000, it has donated more than $245 million, and Telus employees have clocked more than 4.1 million volunteer hours.
Telus was named the top philanthropic corporation for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, a first for a Canadian company.
"We go into communities and we want people to be our customers in that community so we have a responsibility to give back to that community," said Schnarr.
She said Telus also believes that socially conscious consumers want to do business with companies that share their values. In some communities, Telus supports specific projects with a contribution of $100 for every new Optik TV customer it signs up.
Thirdly, Schnarr said Telus's policy of "we give where we live" is important for employees.
"What we do in the community means so much to them," she explained.
While Telus may write the cheques and it supports charities directly, it also turns over the task of identifying grassroots needs to groups of local volunteers who make up its 11 community boards across Canada.
Last year community boards handed out $5.1 million for 337 projects, with Vancouver's community board distributing $3.8 million and the Victoria board $1.2 million. A Thompson Okanagan community board was launched last September.
Telus also matches funds when employees or retirees donate through payroll or pension deductions, up to $10,000 per person per year. This year that program has raised $7.2 million, with an average donation for employees and retirees of $450.
Telus employees and retirees also run a community ambassadors' program in which they get together to help in their communities — whether it's stuffing backpacks for schoolchildren whose parents can't afford supplies to filling "comfort kits" for homeless people and seniors and putting together Christmas stockings for children.
For more about sponsors of our Adopt-a-School project, check online at www.vansunkidsfund.ca/partners.
Digital Life writer Gillian Shaw is on the board of The Vancouver Sun Children's Fund.


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Simulating Stock Returns under Switching Regimes - A New Test of Market Efficiency
David Meenagh
Cardiff University Business School
Patrick Minford
Cardiff University Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
David A. Peel
Lancaster University - Management School
April 2006
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5614
A model of profits switches between four regimes with fixed probabilities; the rationally expected profits stream implies the stock market value. This efficient market model is not rejected by UK post-war time-series behaviour of either profits or the FTSE index.
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Keywords: Regime switching, stock returns, efficient markets, rational expectations
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You do realize Howard is 8th in GAA and 5th in SV% right?
Not to mention he is winning games.
One bad game happens, he's the future and he's playing well. There is no reason to change things up.
One bad game?
Here's Howard's numbers over his past ten games.
575:38 Mins, 291 SA, 264 Sv, 30.3 SAPG, 27 GA, 2.81 GAA, .907 sv%
That doesn't really come close to the top of the league, does it? Granted, Howard did have the Olympic break in the middle of that stretch, but his performance was only slightly affected by the break.
Now, let's compare to Osgood's last ten games, which include two relief appearances, and no appearances within seven games of each other since the games of November 23rd and November 27th. The earliest game included is November 20th, for those of you who were wondering.
Osgood's numbers over his past ten:
537:56 Mins, 229 SA, 200 Sv, 25.5 SAPG, 29 GA, 3.23 GAA, .873 sv%
Yes, Ozzie's numbers have been worse; but given the lack of consistent playing time and the fact that the Wings have been playing FAR better recently than they from November through January...Howard's numbers don't really look so good.
Either Howard needs to step it up, or Ozzie needs to get more of a look. Give the guy some consistent playing time and see what he puts on the ice.
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A worker at an Asian food market in Plainsboro has been arrested on charges he used a hidden camera phone to take pictures and video beneath skirts of unsuspecting female customers, police said today.
Wai Ko Chou, 23, of Brooklyn, faces charges of invasion of privacy, harassment, hindering, and resisting arrest.
While working as the stock boy at the Asian food market on Plainsboro Road, Chou carried a cardboard box in which he concealed the camera phone, police said. Chou positioned the lens in a small hole he cut in the box and took multiple pictures and videos, police said.
A woman and her sister noticed Chou with the box yesterday and confronted him before calling police, authorities said. Chou fled the area while attempting to delete evidence from his camera, police said.
When police arrived, Chou briefly resisted arrest before being taken into custody. He was taken to Middlesex County Adult Correction Center on $5,000 bail.


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EMMYS: Publicists' Role
Ray Richmond is an AwardsLine contributor.
The question of how publicists generate sufficient buzz and attention to land their lesser-known TV series performer clients Emmy nominations is one that has no single answer. It's something of a combination of the right advertising, effective marketing, timely late-night talk show appearances, savvy social media campaigning—and luck. And then, of course, the actor or actress requires the necessary goods in terms of talent or no amount of effort will matter.
Jillian Roscoe, VP of talent at ID-PR in Los Angeles, includes among her client list a handful of series regulars who landed their first Emmy noms (and, in a few cases, wins) under her guidance. They include Max Greenfield (a surprise comedy supporting actor nominee last year for Fox's New Girl), Ty Burrell (nominated the past three years and a comedy supporting winner in 2011 for ABC's Modern Family), Jim Parsons (a lead comedy nominee since 2009 and winner in 2010 and '11 for CBS' Big Bang Theory) and four-time nominee John Slattery of AMC's Mad Men. "There isn't any secret," Roscoe maintains, "except to have very talented clients. My job is simply to make sure that the right people—i.e. TV Academy voters—have my people on their radar. I don't need to spin anything. It's about strategically targeting, and I'm just a bridge."
One longtime personal publicist with several high-profile TV clients who prefers to remain anonymous emphasizes that the cooperation and participation of a client in any campaign often makes the difference between earning a nomination and being overlooked. "You hope they're together with you on it," she explains. "And if they're not pushing, you have to try everything: Late-night shows, daytime show appearances, special-issues interviews. The ultimate question is, do you do a mailing or buy ads yourself?"
Richard Licata, EVP Communications at NBC and who has helped spearhead Emmy campaigns at HBO, Fox, Showtime and other networks, makes the point that sometimes getting attention for younger talent requires patience, and that often you need to first plant a seed and look for it to sprout a year or two later. "That's how it worked when we tried to get a supporting nom for Merritt Wever on Nurse Jackie back in 2010," Licata recalls. "And then finally, Merritt was nominated in 2012."
Media can dictate the hype around actors outside of Hollywood.
In 2011 it was all about the Killing, in 2012 Downton Abbey,
Al the actors of Downton Abbey were nominated, most of them unknown.
A lot of hype around the series, the actors get invited to panels etc, and get nominations.
This year it is Tatiana Maslany:
Besides getting the backing of the producers,
Maslany has been put front and center by the entire tv media in the same way the did try it with Noble of Fringe, who on top also got the studio backing and openly producers campaigning for him.
Anna Torv being the victim, she actually had real chances on Emmy nominations, if she would have gotten the help from the studio and the media.
But she was sacrificed for Noble, politics behind the scenes, Noble needed his Emmy,
only reason he never got it, is because chewing scenery and getting taylormade writing does not equal good acting.
Tatiana Maslany has been overhyped by tv media, as a result she gets invites to round tables, and adverts on those same sites.
If Maslany gets a nomination , she must share it with that tv media.
See who gets Emmy nomations in acting:
all Hollywood insiders or overhyped newcomers who are backed/overhyped by the tvmedia.
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Makes me want to visit
Well whats stoping you?? :)
Thanks bodiegroup! Was there much snow left at the lake? I have not made it up there since last October. I go on vacation in 2 weeks and this is one place I want to re-visit.
Thanks again for looking at my image.
Thanks for the information. It should be real nice there.
Michael! I have a new standard to try to achieve in my pictures now: "try to get a shot at least HALF as good as this Michael Hatten guy whose picture of Trillium I saw on GoogleEarth!" :) After my humble attempt to capture the beauty of Trillium, now I want to try it again! :) Did you use HDR on this? It HAS to be one of the prettiest places on earth, but you have a real eye to capture what you did as well, and you waited for just the right conditions and moment. Congratulations on an incredible picture! Kenton Johnson Gresham, Oregon
Wow pagekenton!
Thankyou for thinking so highly of my images. There are many great photographers here on PanOramio. Look through my Favorites and you'll find lot of others photographers.
As for this photo this is a 3 image stich panoramic of Trillium Lake and it was before I could do any HDR (High Dynamic Range) work. Most of my realy good images were taken during the sweet light. A time of about an hour before and after sunrise or sunset.
HDR has opened another door for me because I have allot of photos that I bracketed ( 3 photos taken, 1 overexposed, 1 under and 1 right on )and with an HDR program I can blend them together. Now I can say good bye to blown out skies and underexposed foregrounds. I just uploaded a series of photos that I used HDR on. This one of Trillium Lake and Hood was with HDR
Thankyou for the your kind words!
Hello Michael. Would you be willing to license this photo for commercial use?
I am Interested! Please E-mail at
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Awesome photo Michael -- I also like your sunset picture of this same scene.
Happy trails.
Hello Bruce,
Thanks for the kudos.
But I dont have a sunset shot from this area..HHmm
Which one are you refering to?
Good catch of moment.
No kidding! I was only able to get off about 10 shots before the clouds covered over the mountain and rain began.
Thanks for the commment!
Nice shot, Michael ! Being a good photographer is great, also need luck , that mountain gets wrapped in cloud in no time !
funny you mentioned it because the clouds did end up covering the mountain and it began raining soon after..
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Number of the Week: Top 20% of Earners Take Home 51% of All Income
51.1%: The share of all income going to the top 20% of earners.
Last year, as the median U.S. household income declined, income inequality rose to its highest level in decades. The top 20% of households took in 51.1% of all income in 2011, up from 50.2% in 2010 and the highest share since at least 1967, according to the Census Bureau.
The growth at the top came at the expense of middle- and low-income earners. After the top, each quintile of income earners saw their share of income decrease, with the biggest drop among middle income earners. The middle fifth of households took in 14.3% of all income last year, the lowest since 1967 and down from 14.6% in 2010.
"Many middle class families have moved into the lower-income quintiles creating an income distribution that is less flat," economists at IHS Global Insight wrote in a recent note to clients.
Global Insight, a Lexington, Mass. research firm, notes the aging of the population is also weighing on incomes. "As more and more of the population enters retirement, income shrinks and more households move into lower income categories," the firm wrote. "The baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, are now starting to move into retirement age. Since this is a relatively large group, there will continue to be a negative impact on median household income from this age cohort."
Last year's rising income inequality is a direct consequence of the recession and grudgingly slow recovery, but there is also a more pernicious set of long-term factors — such as a less-educated work force.
The short run problem is that the recession was brutal and the recovery sluggish, in particular for middle class professions like manufacturing and construction. Despite the improvement in manufacturing during the recovery — and the recent uptick in construction activity — those sectors still haven't come close to recovering the losses they incurred during the recession. Meantime, workers in the highest-paying jobs haven't come under the same type of pressure.
Also, no matter what sector they work in, when people who've lost jobs are re-hired in another industry it often takes a while for them to get back to their old salary.
"When they transition to some other sector they can't draw on their 10 or 15 years of experience — they have to start over," said Michael Greenstone, an economist professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
But while the recession was tough, the inequality problem is also a longer term issue that stems from a rapidly changing economy that is played on a global stage and puts more stock into education. Median earnings for full-time male workers, for instance, were $48,202 in 2011, less than in the 1970s on an inflation adjusted basis. That decline that has been particularly acute for men who didn't go to college, Mr. Greenstone notes.
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Our joint initiative with WWF is helping South Africa's barley farmers enhance the already substantial contribution they make to the country and its economy
Our business in South Africa, The South African Breweries (SAB), helped to establish the country's barley growing sector back in the 1970s, as a strategy to become self-sufficient in this key brewing ingredient. Since that time, the industry has expanded significantly, with around 180,000 tonnes currently grown in the Western Cape and a further 64,000 tonnes (set to expand to 106,000 tonnes in 2014) produced under irrigation in the Northern Cape.
Having a fully-fledged barley sector on its doorstep means SAB can rely on contracts with local producers for around 93% of its brewing requirements, enabling it to hedge against volatile global commodity markets and, just as importantly, keep tighter control of quality.
Recognising the vital role domestic barley farmers now play in its business success, in 2011 SAB joined forces with WWF South Africa (WWF-SA) to develop an initiative known as Better Barley, Better Beer. This aims to help the South African barley farmer make the right decisions now to ensure the sustainable local production of barley into the future.
In simple terms, Better Barley, Better Beer – or BBBB – provides farmers with a checklist to help them measure how sustainably they are farming. This was developed by SAB agriculturalists working with a group of farmers selected from the wider supply chain. Their aim is not to tell each barley farmer what he or she should do, but rather enable them to assess their current performance. Completing the checklist allows farmers to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of their barley operation, and to develop a plan of action to correct any obvious deficiencies.
SAB and WWF-SA are also piloting BBBB guidelines among selected barley growers in 2014, and working together to support sustainable barley production in both the rain-fed Western Cape and the irrigated Northern Cape regions.
Farmers participating in the BBBB initiative have been surveyed and their response is encouraging, showing excitement for the future and an understanding of the need for action.
The checklist is really making a difference in the attitude of the producers, making it a positive and learning experience for both parties.
The checklist has also unearthed several valuable best practice examples from the farms it has covered. One of the participating farmers said "Just going through the checklist I have already identified areas where I can better my practices. You think you do everything 100% until you actually sit down and start answering detailed questions."
I'm looking forward to the next phase and am interested to see how SAB will take this forward and what it will mean for producers, but I will start immediately to implement some of the best practices identified.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. - Scams have hit the Tri-Cities once again; this time they are in Kingsport.
We spoke to the Kingsport Police Department, who told us they have seen an increase in scams and have had five to six calls in the last month of people falling for these false claims.
We've been told there isn't much the police department can do about them. Detective Sergeant Chris Tincher says if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. "It's a 100 percent preventable crime, but a person has got to exercise some common sense," said Tincher.
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Slim Thugz is the dynamic duo of Frequent-C and The Candyman. These guys are putting out some sick tunes together. This free release, Living Dreams, is only a tease of what is to come. All the tracks on this are top quality and get my approval. It's great to push homies tunes out there. Frequent-C is a great friend and always impresses me whenever he sends me some of the stuff he is working on. This collab of him and Candyman is absolutely slaying it. These glitch-hop & dubstep beats just slay the crowds and has some of the dopest samples layered just right.
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I am struggling in English and I was wondering is there any good resource out there that can improve my English, I'm consistently getting B's in my coursework which is worrying.
I don't know how to improve, alot of people have told me to read but is there anything else I can do alongside reading.
All advice will be considered.
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Don't use apostrophes for plurals.
There, that's step one.
What exam board is it?
, and ; will be a good start
what's wrong with B's?
I mean, obviously you'd prefer A's, but B to me doesn't indicate you're struggling badly...
Which exam board are you with? You should go on their website and download their specification, which will tell you what you need to do to reach a B, or an A, or an A*. If you struggle, ask your teacher to show you the spec. Knowing what you are being graded against will give you ideas of things to include in your writing.
I improve my English by doing. I write English comments here on TSR and I listen to English films. That is the best method to improve the understanding (in my opinion).
What year are you in? If you are in GCSE I could PM you some of my GCSE essays which were all graded A* and you could just look at the technique.
Make sure you raise consistent arguments throughout your essays. PEE (point, example, explain) is a basic guide for anything English. Compare and contrast a lot too. If you can, expand on the vocabulary a little to polish up the writing which would take you to the top, but really examiners are just looking for the actual substance.
I stick to it. To deepen your skills in English it's the best to write and speak so much with English speakers as you can. Practice is better than theory.
I'm doing WJEC GCSE English.
Sorry, I just realised it's the coursework! For LANG or LIT?
(Original post by BethanyJane)
I also did WJEC GCSE English Literature and English Language. Firstly, have you finished your GCSEs or are you taking them next year? Is it the coursework, or the general school work that you're struggling with?
Sorry, I just realised it's the coursework! For LANG or LIT?
I'm taking the gcse next year as well I'm in year 11 next year so I've already done a year.
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Yes it is the coursework and the exam.
I'm taking the gcse next year as well I'm in year 11 next year so I've already done a year.
If you look on the WJEC website it will show the marking criteria on LAN and LIT. You must hit the top bands to achieve As and A*s. It will explain what you must do. Start revision early! Something I should of done. In terms of coursework, keep drafting. That is surely the best way to improve. The more you read, the better you get. If you want more help, it may be beneficial to hire a tutor! Hope this helps a little! I did mine last year - time flies!
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Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson has just found a distributor for his first horror film, a found footage tale of what happens when a deadly disease moves from the sea onto the land, called The Bay. Lionsgate has acquired the rights to the film, which was produced by the team behind Paranormal Activity and Insidious: Jason Blum, Steven Schneider and Oren Peli. Read the official press release and more after the break. Read More »


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Second Grade, Lesson 2: Independence and Conservation
Things change in all environments. The impact of one loss or disturbance may not be visible until the rate of change and impact on diversity threatens the habitat of a particular species so much that their food source, shelter, health or safety disappears. What is the critical threshold?
Essential Question
Does it all collapse when one block is pulled out?
Step 1 -- Connect (The Concept to Prior Knowledge)
Students identify what they need to live within their present environment and what might happen if those things were absent.
- Art/drawing supplies
- Large drawing paper or posterboard (One for each student or group of students)
- Old magazines; other sources of pictures
- Students draw pictures of themselves in the middle of a page. Using magazines or other sources of pictures, they attach pictures of the things that they need to survive (food, shelter, transportation, friends, clothes, etc.).
- Ask students to write a 'What if?' story that places them in the rainforest where they have to find food, shelter, safety, transportation, etc. How will it be different than what they describe in their pictures of home? What might they eat? Where might they live? How would they make themselves safe? How would they have to move through the forest (would their bicycles work there)?
Step 2 -- Literature/Discuss (Give Expert Information Book; Ask Questions)
Students realize that it is difficult to change environments without making important adaptations. They understand that keeping all the important ingredients to survival intact and working well is important to the survival of all species.
- Book: The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer
- Read the book The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer. Discuss the reasons the salamander couldn't live with the boy, including their different needs for food, climate and habitat.
- Explain that most of the plant and animal species that live in the rainforest are specifically adapted to where they live. If rainforests disappeared, so would they.
Step 3A -- Practice (Math and Learning Centers)
Students will understand 'tipping points' in an environment.
- Jenga or similar block-stacking game (one set per group of students)
- White label stickers or small rainforest photos (for Jenga blocks)
- Glue
- Ask students to compare the boy's experiment with the salamander to a game of Jenga.
- Have students draw pictures of the different parts of the rainforest that they identified in the previous activity on the Jenga pieces, or label them with words like hot temperatures, humidity, tall trees, vines, tapirs, snakes, insects, etc.
- Construct a rainforest tower of labeled Jenga blocks. Taking out one at a time, make guesses about how many will have to be pulled out to make the tower fall. Ask the following questions: How do the parts rely on each other? What happens when one part is removed? Why can some pieces be removed without causing problems?
- To play Jenga with students, start with the wooden blocks stacked as a tight tower. Ask students to remove pieces from the bottom of the tower and stack them on top. Keep stacking until the tower collapses. Discuss the game with the class. Ask students: Why can't we keep building higher? How is the system different at the beginning? What is the benefit of the original structure?
Step 3B -- Create (Performance Tasks Related to Standard Indicators)
Students understand that a system needs all of its parts to work effectively.
- Labeled Jenga pieces from Step 3A
- Drawing paper
- Drawing /coloring utensils
- Using the list of plants and animals essential to the rainforest created for the Jenga blocks, create a drawing or diorama of a working rainforest.
Step 4 -- Present
Students present their rainforests to the rest of the class and explain how the elements included are connected to each other.
The Rainforest Alliance curricula is unique in that it teaches language arts, math, science, social studies and the arts while addressing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts and mathematics, and the Next Generation Science Standards. Our multidisciplinary curricula present information on forests, biodiversity, local communities and sustainable practices. Lessons provide a global perspective on the importance of protecting the world's natural resources, locally and globally, while giving students opportunities for direct action.
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Second Grade Resources
Living in the Amazon Forest Slideshow
A slideshow and script about Brazil that includes background information about the animals, people and landscape of this region. The slideshow can be viewed online in the classroom, or printed out and read as a story.
Unit-Specific Story
Nelson's Journey through the Amazon
Species Profiles
Profiles include: photos and information on habitat, foraging behavior, group relationships, threats, etc.
- Amazon River Dolphin [PDF]
- Heliconia [PDF]
- Kapok Tree [PDF]
- Leafcutter Ant [PDF]
- Rufous-bellied Thrush [PDF]
- Tapir [PDF]
- Collared Peccary [PDF]
- All Species Profiles
Teacher Summary
An overview of Boa Vista do Ramos in Brazil with useful information to introduce you to the lesson topic.
Rainforest Poster
A colorful two-page poster that helps explain the layers of the rainforest, its products and the environmental threats facing many rainforests around the world.
- Inside the Canopy – Structure and species of the rainforest [8.5" x 14"]
- Status Report – What is happening to the rainforest? [8.5" x 14"]
Rainforest Products
A round-up of everyday products that come from the rainforest.
The Oficina Escola de Lutheria da Amazônia (OELA)
Check out the Adopt-A-Rainforest pages for more information about the Rainforest Alliance's partner group in Brazil.
Profiles in Sustainability
Case studies of companies that work closely with the Rainforest Alliance to ensure that their practices protect wildlife, workers and communities.
Venn Diagram Template
A photocopy-ready Venn diagram for use in this unit.
Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Rainfall Data
Certificate of Accomplishment
Print out colorful rainforest certificates for your students to commemorate their completion of these units.
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Supplemental materials to accompany these dynamic units.


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Wandering Night House
Performance by Elaine Buckholtz
December 18th & 19th, 2009
Presented in conjunction with 24th Street Promenade and Art in Storefronts, artist Elaine Buckholtz has created Wandering Night House, a two-night only performance. A portable light cart will wander the 24th Street corridor, dousing street facades with subtle light projections. Viewers are invited to meet at Triple Base at dusk (5pm) and follow the cart on its journey.
Elaine Buckholtz has worked as a lighting and visual designer in the Bay Area for 20 years; she has also worked with Merce Cunningham and Meredith Monk. Her most recent work utilizes video and light in relation to sculptural forms, digital prints, and preexisting sites in architecture and nature. Buckholtz holds MFA degrees from California College of the Arts, San Francisco, and Stanford University.


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Patricia Cheche Dunn 1992 and Carole Cheche Geiling 2001
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My Mother Patti, and her sister, my Aunt Carole both lost their battles with ovarian cancer over 10 years apart at the age of 53. As my 3 sisters and I get closer to that age every year we wonder which woman in our family will surpass it. We pray everyday for advances in early detection and even better, a cure. Mom and AC, we miss you very very much!
Last updated on: 04/24/2009
I lived around the corner from your Aunt Carole in Metuchen. We spent many days together as kids learning to dance and listening to records in her basement.
Please accept my deepest condolences on the passing of both your mother and your Aunt Carole.
I had just learned of her passing from her former husband Phil a few years ago.
Eileen "Potter" Murphy – 10/26/2009
Thank you Eileen. Your thoughts are so kind. Are you still in Metuchen? My sister Anne Marie and I hang the teal bows on the lamp posts on Main St. for awareness in honor of Carole and my Mom.
Again, thanks for the memory. God Bless!
Meghan Dunn Kemler – 09/14/2010
Wham bam thank you, ma?am, my qusetinos are answered!
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Tassilyn Tassilyn – 01/24/2012
oh, tiffany, i am so proud of you! it can't be easy for you and the other kids to watch this onuflding. you have an exceptionally loving family, and so many of us praying for one of God's miracles for your mom. thank you for sharing this tribute with us.so much love for you all, sande9
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lynda you are the most inspiring human being that i have ever met i look so foarrwd to reading your blogs they are just amazing what an amazing, smart, intelligent woman you are who had a tremendous amount of insight for such a young girl. your optimism and strength will certainly resonate to many, many people who have become your followers ..i still want to be like you when i grow up. wishing you love, happiness, strength, rainbows, sunshine and laughter today, tomorrow and always xoxoxoxo you have such a way with words and you are just AWESOME.
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