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International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are used by companies to prepare their financial statements in more than 100 countries. In the EU, since 2005, Regulation 1606/2002 requires all listed companies to prepare their consolidated financial statements according to IFRS, with the aim to first of all eliminate barriers to cross-border trading in securities by ensuring that company accounts throughout the EU are more transparent and comparable, and also to increase market efficiency by reducing the cost of capital for companies and by enhancing investor protection.
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A Perfect SquareVannetta Chapman
There's more to the quaint northern Indiana town of Shipshewana than handcrafted quilts, Amish-made furniture, immaculate farms and close-knit families. When a dead girl is found floating in a local pond, murder is also afoot. And Reuben, brother of Deborah's bes... Read More
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There's more to the quaint northern Indiana town of Shipshewana than handcrafted quilts, Amish-made furniture, immaculate farms and close-knit families. When a dead girl is found floating in a local pond, murder is also afoot. And Reuben, brother of Deborah's best friend's fiancé, is in jail as the suspect!
Reuben refuses to divulge any information, even to clear himself of a crime Deborah is certain he didn't commit. So, with her English friend Callie—fellow sleuth and owner of Daisy's Quilt Shop—Deborah sets out to uncover the truth. But the mystery deepens when an elderly man seeks Callie's help in finding his long-lost daughter, missing since the days of the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes.
An old man who has lost his past. A young man who may lose his future. Once again Deborah and Callie find themselves trying to piece together a crazy quilt of lives and events—one that can bring unexpected touches of God's grace and resolve the tragedy that has shaken this quiet Amish community.
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- A Perfect Square by Vannetta Chapman by Tina on 7/6/2014
A Perfect Square by Vannetta Chapman****
It is nearing time for Esther and Tobias' wedding and there is much is to be done. But wedding plans are interrupted when a young Amish girl is found floating in the pond on cousins Tobias and Reuben's farm. Who is the young girl and how did she get there? They are shocked when Detective Shane Black arrests Reuben Fisher for her murder. Reuben is a quite, gentle man and could not have committed this murder his friends insist. Reuben does not help his case by not talking or answering any of the detectives questions. Deborah Yoder is sure he did not murder the girl and enlists her Englisher friend Callie-owner of Daisy's Quilt Shop, to find out what happened.
Callie is all for helping Deborah figure out what actually happened to the young girl and get Reuben out of jail. But she also finds herself in the middle of another mystery when she finds an elderly Amish man at her shops door early one morning. He is looking for his long lost daughter and asks Callie to help him find her. Adding more mystery to his request, his son says he does not have a sister. Does the man only think he has/had a daughter? After a little searching, Callie learns that the man's daughter actually has been missing since the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes. Convinced that she must help try to reunite this father and daughter, Callie continues to search and uncovers some surprising information.
A Perfect Square is a murder mystery but it has another mystery woven into the story. There is much more in this story: mystery-of course, suspense, little romance, the bond of friends—even between the Amish and Englishers, forgiveness, strong faith, prayers and God's will, with characters that are true-to-life making this a story to read. I have been a long-time fan of Vannetta Chapman and know when I read one of her books it will drawl me into the story.
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What has Nicks BJJ exhibition got to do with any thing in this topic? Absolutely nothing.
But it very much does. When an athlete is suspended from competition by an athletic commission, they are not supposed to compete in ANY form of combat sport. Be it boxing, MMA, or BJJ. While the match was not sanctioned, it was still a big FU to the commission.
You're going on as if they both broke the same rule. One fighter tested positive for smoking a recreational drug days or weeks before his scheduled fight which is widely considered a non-performance enhancing drug (Marijuana) and the other tested positive for having Gorilla levels of testosterone in his system (14:1). I think its quite obvious that throughout Overeems entire HW career, he's been roiding himself up silly, yet he gets a better suspension deal than a dude who likes to smoke weed in his own time. That's laughable.
Well, you see... They did break the exact same rule! They were both caught with a banned substance in their body. I agree, weed is far less sever than roids, but its the same rule.
Its not the first time he got busted, and not really even the second. He was scheduled to fight on a card before, they asked for a pre-fight sample, he pulled out of the fight instead of taking the test.
And now he gets busted again. And he clearly has NO RESPECT FOR THE RULES!
And you're sat here trying to tell me with a straight bloody face that because Nick hasn't kissed Keith Kizers ass and Alistair Overeem has that Nick is the bad guy in all of this? Please, wake up and get real man. One fighter intentionally tried to cheat the system in order to give himself an unfair advantage against his opponents by boosting his testosterone to ridiculous levels, the other guy smoked a few joints in the weeks leading up to the fight. There is a big ******* difference right there. Obviously marijuana use is definitely a bigger threat to the credibility of the sport than testosterone use.......
YES NICK IS THE BAD GUY IN THIS! Nobody forced him to smoke up! Sure, OverRoid is a bad guy too... But that doesnt mean Nick isnt!
But I get it, it's in the rules that Marijuana use is strictly prohibited by the athletic commission (forget the fact that Nick has a licensed card to use the stuff), so you gotta follow the rules Nicholas! Please, the rules and the athletic commission are a ******* joke and I applaud Nick Diaz for giving the finger to that crook Keith Kizer and trying to expose his ass.[/QUOTE]
His card to use the stuff means absolutely nothing! NOT A THING! I can walk into a pharmacy and buy 20 drugs over the counter that are not allowed in the system when fighting. Just because he can legally smoke it (which, really, he cant... The feds still say that it is against the law) does not mean that it is legal in competition (which it SHOULD NEVER BE).
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It could be that Overeem was already a title contender when got busted, while Nick Diaz wasn't. I know it's probably more complicated than that, but I'm just throwing a couple cents out there just as an idea.
Nick Diaz was in line to fight GSP, so that has nothing to do with it.
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It isn't like Nick is going to get some lifetime ban. If he did Dana wouldn't honor that bullshit and would just take him to a different state.
Nick's suspension will be up in February. He is currently training and will be ready to fight. The UFC will make a matchup right after his suspension is up. And many people will be interested and he will make good money.
I HIGHLY doubt that the UFC would give up promoting shows in California just for the sake of having Nick Diaz on a card. There is NO WAY they would take a guy with a lifetime ban in any commission in the US and have him fight in another state! NO WAY!
Here are my 2 cents!
Marijuana should be legal in all states in the US for medical and recreational use. It should be taxed and regulated just like alcohol and tobaco. HOWEVER, it should NEVER be allowed in any athletic competition.
It is not really a performance enhancing drug (although for some it can help) as much as it is a performance ALTERING drug. Anything that alters performance should NEVER be allowed.
Breaking the rules once is not such a bad thing with weed. Doing it 2 (and kind of 3 times) and then putting up a stink about it, saying the commission is at fault for not allowing him to break the rules. Well that is just ridiculous. He should be suspended for at least a year, maybe more!
The guy has a horrible track record out side of just the weed usage. He was in a post loss fight in a hospital and in a post fight brawl in the ring. He should be shown no special considerations as he has never earned them.
OverRoid broke the same rule, but he did it in a different way. He got busted using roids, which is horrible for the sport. He should have been suspended, and he was. He was initially given a year, with a chance for special considerations. I am sure one of the considerations was a reduced suspension if he was willing to take drug tests and passes them (something Nick Diaz would never do, because weed is more important to him that fighting.... hey, we all have priorities).
Now, do I think he deserves the considerations? NO, not at all. He did something similar to diaz in that he avoided a previous drug test. He should get the full year, but I understand why he is not!
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Confessions in Groups of 5.
I haven't done a meme for ages so I was quite happy to be tagged by my great friend Kalyn to do this Confessions in Groups of 5. But then I started to think. It always ends up like this, every time I'm faced with a questionnaire, multiple choice thing or something of that type I start to wonder: 'do they mean this or that?', I amaze myself with the amount of different answers that I manage to come up with, all depending on what the author of the question could have intended which I'm never sure to have grasped. So here I am, wondering if that word "confession" means that I should tell you something really secret and maybe embarrassing or that I can just pick anything at random. And the saddest thing of all is that I really take it so seriously as if it was a matter of life and death. Writing this rambling piece has helped me to put things into a sort of perspective, I'm going to mix. (But I still wonder what I'm really supposed to write…)
5 items in the freezer
Homemade stock , always useful for an emergency risotto
Danish butter. Italian cooking is good, very good and they make really high quality products but the butter, no comment. In the very north you find good butter but in the rest of the country no! I haven't found any at least. And they never salt it either and I want some salt in my butter.
My butcher Tiziano's salsicce.
Homemade bread, I make a lot and deep freeze some of it.
Strange unknown things lingering in the twilight zone at the back of my freezer
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T-shirts. A range of them covering more than half of my life, I still have one that I bought when I was 17. And I still use it. Sad isn't it? Because that's a looong time ago.
Even some skirts
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Loads of music tapes. Too many and kept all over the place
Coins. A surprising amount of them. I wonder where they come from…
Children's books
Special isolated plastic bags to transport food in
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Lip glosses and lip sticks, I love them all!
Note paper
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AKRON, Feb. 28, 2012 – St. Patrick's Day is a popular holiday for bar hopping, parade going, and throwing a party at home, but pressure to overindulge can lead to dangerous roadways.
On Saturday, March 17, whether you are enjoying a fun night at home with friends or heading out for green beer, be aware that buzzed driving is still drunk driving. According to the Ohio Department of Public Safety, there were two traffic-related fatalities in Summit County in January. In January 2011, there were no traffic-related fatalities.
Summa Health System's Rebecca Wise, Summit County Safe Communities Grant Coordinator and Safe Teens Coalition Leader-Ohio Chapter, shares several helpful tips from the NHTSA for having a safe and fun St. Patrick's Day.
Impaired driving has more risks than just death and injury, including the financial costs of a crash and even jail time. Drunk drivers also face losing their driver's license, receiving higher insurance rates, and incurring other unanticipated expenses.
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KD was named the 17th most powerful athlete in the world by Business Week: "This young superstar-in-the-making has notched two seasons as the NBA's top scorer and led Oklahoma to back-to-back playoff berths. He signed with Nike shortly after the draft and has been courted by other blue chip companies ever since."
Russell Westbrook was 70th: "The dynamic scoring duo of Kevin Durant (No. 17) and Russell Westbrook announced themselves to the NBA two years ago, when their Oklahoma City Thunder nearly derailed the Los Angeles Lakers' championship run. This year the Thunder have one of the league's best records (14-3 as of publication), and Westbrook's quicksilver drives to the hoop and 20-point average are a big reason why. The Thunder rewarded Westbrook with an $80 million contract extension in mid-January."
A SportsNation poll has KD right in the MVP mix.
Dirk Nowitzki: "I haven't seen one team in the West that I'm scared of," Nowitzki said. "I really haven't. I think we can compete with all of them. Oklahoma City has probably the best record, but I think we've played them well every time we've seen them and everybody else has been up and down."
Rob Mahoney of The Two Man Game in a 5-on-5 says Westbrook's extension was the best move last week: "Russell Westbrook's five-year, $80 million extension. Sam Presti made it crystal clear that the Thunder consider Westbrook a star and a cornerstone as he locked up Oklahoma City's core for the foreseeable future. The money is easily justifiable for a player of Westbrook's talent and production, and this move had the added benefit of altering the NBA narrative; the annoying (and exaggerated) Westbrook vs. Durant subplot seemed to disappear overnight, as this extension quelled any lingering doubt over Westbrook's future."
Scott Brooks on eight of the next nine being on the road: "It's not easy to win on the road. You go into some hostile environments and we definitely have our hands full the next two weeks … very tough cities to play in. Our guys love challenges. They embrace it. They don't shy away from it. We don't have a cockiness to us, we just have a belief."


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"Boss" labors under the weight of familiar political-movie cliches, offsetting its polished look -- and Gus Van Sant's unorthodox direction of the pilot -- with a been-there, seen-that feel.
Politicians are held in such low regard that building a drama around City Hall shenanigans — especially in Chicago — feels like an uphill campaign. Taking a detour from Starz's recent blood-and-sci-fi leanings, "Boss" certainly creates a showy role for star/producer Kelsey Grammer as a ruthless Windy City mayor diagnosed with a debilitating disease, adding a "Breaking Bad," nothing-to-lose quality to his serialized story. Still, the show labors under the weight of familiar political-movie cliches, offsetting its polished look — and Gus Van Sant's unorthodox direction of the pilot — with a been-there, seen-that feel.
Using intense close-ups, Van Sant, working from Farhad Safinia's script, zooms in tight on Grammer's Mayor Tom Kane as he receives the grim news, giving him three to five years, ballpark, before he's incapacitated by an incurable condition.
Frankly, it would help if we knew a bit more about Kane before the diagnosis, other than the fact he's a Daley-like power-broker and accomplished philanderer, living in a marriage of political convenience with his stately wife ("Gladiator's" Connie Nielsen), and estranged from his grown daughter (Hannah Ware).
Instead, we get to know him as he orchestrates a gubernatorial run by an ambitious young pol (Jeff Hephner) against the seasoned incumbent (Francis Guinan), for reasons that — four episodes in — remain murky. What sort of legacy, exactly, is Kane hoping to secure?
In the interim, there's a lot of the requisite pay-cable doings, from sex and nudity to drug use and, yes, some mob-like violence. Grammer's Kane, for instance, faced with the threat of a sanitation-pickup stoppage, gets to snap off lines like, "Let the streets run with shit."
It's all played solidly enough, though so many elements seem plucked from other fare — including the investigative reporter (Troy Garity) on Kane's trail — the show struggles to distinguish itself. And frankly, presenting a journalist in what appears to be a semi-heroic mode, even in support, feels oh-so-1970s.
Although one hates to dissuade Starz from heading down this stately path after it looked as if every program might have "Spartacus" in the title, the bottom line is that "The Wire," "The West Wing" and even "Boardwalk Empire" have set the bar for this sort of material quite high. Moreover, there's almost no humor in the previewed episodes to balance the sense of a show taking itself a bit too seriously — or to reflect the absurdity of indicted Illinois real-life pols, including ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Grammer needn't prove his considerable chops run a lot deeper than "Frasier," and while he's easily the biggest name in the cast, it's generally a firstrate ensemble.
Starz made some news by agreeing to a second season prior to the premiere, which is sort of like picking out office decor before the voters have had their say.
Like Chicago politics, though, prestige drama is a rough-and-tumble world. If Starz truly wants to compete in the toga-free game over the long run, it's going to need candidates with slightly stronger appeal than "Boss."


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MORGANTOWN - There won't be a Backyard Brawl between West Virginia and Pitt in football this year.
But WVU athletic director Oliver Luck said he's willing to try to work out future non-conference games with Steve Pederson, the Panthers' AD.
As the world now knows, the Mountaineers will become an official member of the Big 12 on July 1.
And Pittsburgh will be bolting the Big East eventually for a berth in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The two universities have met on the gridiron for 104 years, and it certainly has been a great rivalry. It's one in which they are just 75 miles apart.
It hasn't been a problem for fans of each school to attend every game - both home and away. That's a luxury the Big 12 hardly can offer.
Asked about the possibility of resuming the Backyard Brawl in 2013, Luck said earlier this week:
"It's been a tremendous rivalry with Pitt in all sports, football and all of the other sports.
"Pitt is going through a bit of change and obviously with more change imminent. But joining the ACC, Pitt will be giving up some non-conference games as we will in joining the Big 12 Conference.
"So it will be difficult to schedule (Pitt). But I certainly would welcome a conversation with Steve Pederson, my counterpart at Pitt (in regard to non-conference scheduling)"
But Luck added that "certainly this coming season there will be no Backyard Brawl."
He hopes the two schools can keep open a line of communication, though.
Hopefully, they will agree to preserve that relationship eventually.
It certainly would please most Mountaineer fans, if not all.
As for basketball, Luck thinks that's something the head coaches could discuss and decide.
Huggins said he'll discuss future scheduling at a later date.
Both Bob Huggins and Pitt's Jamie Dixon are plotting game plans for their teams' rematch tonight in Pittsburgh.
The Panthers won the earlier contest 72-66 on Jan. 30.


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Hey - what about fromage frais? Is it OK on Peat? I think its only curd not whey...
Hey - what about fromage frais? Is it OK on Peat? I think its only curd not whey...
Oh the cottage cheese I am getting at M&S here has creme fraiche added, according to wiki this is : a type of thick cream made from double cream with the addition of buttermilk, sour cream, or yogurt. !!! no idea which one they are using...
I can't get hold of raw dairy here at all.
Hey, if anyone's interested in stocking up on Great Lakes Gelatin and Coconut Oil (2 Peat favorites), vitacost.com has a great sale on both right now. 17 dollars for 54 oz coconut oil, and only 12 dollars per can for gelatin, even less than buying in bulk from the Great Lakes site directly. They don't carry the green can unfortunately, only the regular one (orange), but it's still a great deal.
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I've tried treating them, not treating, ignoring, saying "NO!", water gunning, time-outs, and nothing stops them. What else can I do?
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How many cats do you have and what are their ages? Are they all spayed/neutered?
Do they go outside at all?
Do they jump up on tables to knock over these lamps or are they floor lamps?
How do you accomplish the time outs?
When you say you tried 'treating them', do you mean giving treats for good behavior?
Are there any other pets in the house in addition to your cats?
Are you home most of the time, or away from the house for work, etc., on a daily basis?
Have there been any major changes in their lives/environments, recently?
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Hello. Thanks for your reply and questions. Here are my answers.
My husband works from home, but he travels a lot, and I am retired. I stay at home with them always. We have no other pets, or children, and we rarely get visitors. We had 2 other cats for 15 years until each died in the past 6 years. Now we have these 2 cats.
They were street rescues at at age 6 mo. They are both polydactyls, with 49 toes between them, six on each paw, and the male has seven toes on one paw. So cute, and loving. We got them when they were 10 mo., after they'd lived in a temp. rescue home with 10 other cats. That was in February 2009. Now they are almost 2 years of age, and we love them dearly, but they do have this one problem.
They are male and female, presumably brother and sister, because they share some markings -- and of course, the toes. Their names are XXXXX XXXXX Luke (Like StarWars. We kept their original names, because of their age at adoption.)
They never go outside, except to see the Vet, and then they go in carriers. So far, they haven't bothered the floor lamp, only table lamps, and one swag accessible from the top of a narrow bookcase. The female rarely indulges in this behavior, but at times, she does. Whether or not the lamp is lit, they jump on the table, including bedside tables in the middle of the night, stretch their bodies to full length vertically (claws not extended,) then fall forward onto the lamp, knocking it to the floor. At this point, they stand still and watch for our reaction. It doesn't seem to matter if we are paying attention to them at the time, or not, but it is always when we are sitting in our comfortable chairs.
At first when this happened, we would scold them, over and over. Then we thought maybe they needed more playtime, and toys, so we got them new toys, catnip mice, a string-ama-thing, a feather stick, balls, etc. They bore easily, because they are so young. One of the toys was a plastic water bottle with a hole in it that they could 'hunt' for their treats, which we mixed with normal dry food. They like all these toys, but when none of that stopped the lamp problem, we started withholding treats (that didn't work, because they have set treat times, and I don't think they can relate that to the behavior. Finally, we began to send them into the foyer, a large closet-like space with a door on the outside, and one on the inside, both of which we kept closed. There are no toys in the space, and the time-outs were 10 minutes at first, and progressed to 20, then 1/2 hour. We tried these for 3 days, but it made no difference at all.
Now, we don't know what else to do. The male cat seems to be competing for alpha status with ME! I'm the bossiest person in the house, you see.
Thanks for any advice you can give me. Are they just bored? I don't know.
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Hi again, and thanks very much for your reply with so much detailed information.
I can tell you're an experienced and intuitive cat parent, from your relating of the events and feeling what is effective and what is not. : ) Also, I love their names and I'm glad you didn't change them!
I agree with you that the time outs in a space with no toys is not having an effect, and with cats, who basically have short attention spans, anything more than 5 minutes is really not effective. If they have nothing to do, they'll go to sleep. You didn't mention that they cried to get out (most cats can't stand closed doors) or made a fuss at all, so their 'punishment' didn't have any meaning for them.
You're also right about the treats. They need to relate the inappropriate behavior to an action on your part, at the time it's happening. My first suggestion would be to change the configuration of the furniture so that the swagged light wire is not accessible to them from the bookcase you mentioned. That sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.
I do believe they are doing this at night, to your nightstand lamps, because they want to play (remember cats are instinctively nocturnal) and they feel any attention, even negative attention, is attention. They got you up, you 'interact' with them, and their goal is accomplished! If there is any way to prevent access to the nightstands/lamps (have them not sleep with you or not allowed in the bedroom?), and keep the nightstands devoid of any other objects (for sure, don't keep a glass of water on there!), they'll lose interest, when it's not an 'interesting' game, anymore. You can do away with the lamps, altogether, and only have lights mounted on the wall above your bed, with a cord coming down with a 'slide switch', to turn on and off. Another idea is to find a way to weigh down the base of the lamps so they can't be knocked over, or block their access to jumping up on the nightstand by surrounding the lamps with many heavy objects so they can't jump up there, at all--there's not surface for sure footing.
I realize that so far, I'm suggesting changing the environment instead of modifying their behavior, and if you love your space and the set up of your room, I understand why you wouldn't want to change anything; however, cats, as you know, are typically difficult to get out of bad habits, so, sometimes, it's easier to take a different approach.
Nighttime not withstanding, when you are with them and see one of them knocking over a lamp or doing anything they shouldn't be doing, if you're able to stand out of sight and shake a can of coins or pebbles, this sharp, sudden noise will startle the offender, and
is an action they can relate to the behavior, immediately. You don't want them to see the sound originating from YOU, and that's how they'll associate it with their action, more effectively.
I'm surprised that they don't keep each other occupied/busy enough and continue to exhibit this attention-seeking behavior, but it's just in the personality of the cat (your male, who is the bigger offender?).
It sounds from your description like they have many wonderful toys, but please allow me to suggest this: give them the toys in 'groups' and bring out a different group every few days. When they get a different group of toys, they'll feel like they're 'new' and exciting and before they tire of them, you'll switch out the group again. Also, make sure they have a tall scratching post (or two) and/or a kitty condo with hidey holes and 'shelves' on different levels, or a cat tree, for climbing and playing. Play with more 'interactive' toys with them, like a laser pointer and the fishing pole toy (wand) you described.
I do think your male may be attempting to be 'alpha' cat over you, but you are the human, so you are always 'alpha'. If he wants to be the dominant one over his sister, that's fine; they're both felines--but with you, you're the alpha human and that trumps alpha cat! : ) He sounds like quite the 'nut', yet affectionate and lovable, and that has been the personality of all my males, so it's not surprising.
Your kitties might benefit from a cat appeasing pheromone called Feliway/Comfort Zone for Cats, which comes in both a spray and plug-in diffuser. It's available at major pet supply stores, and also online. The diffuser resembles a plug-in air freshener, but has no scent to humans. Feliway helps to relax cats, and is useful in a multitude of situations. For more information, please see:
Don't plug the diffuser into an outlet they can access.
I do think they'll 'mellow' with age, and they really are still young and therefore, very active/investigative, and getting into trouble. To save your lamps (if they're not already destroyed), remove them from the tables and nightstands and see how things go with the other suggestions I've made.
I hope things will improve, soon!
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So my usual MO is when I'm done with my big 12" cast iron skillet I wipe it down with some coconut oil and bake it at 350 in the the oven for 30-60 minutes to "clean" it.
Last week I forgot it was in there and pre-heated my oven to 450-500 degrees to finish off a stove-grilled steak (with my cast iron pan still in there). Did I just ruin the seasoning??? I know that's well above smoking point for coconut oil.
It has this weird gray/white-ish spotty color now instead of the usual smooth black finish.
i doubt you ruined the seasoning doing that, but i've never been able to season castiron very well with coconut oil, to begin with. the coconut oil likely hit its smoke point, but you should be able to wipe it out with some heat and some kosher salt.
for my money, the best oil for seasoning castiron is actually flaxseed oil. chicken fat works nicely too, but you have to use oils that have a good deal of PUFA. otherwise, you're just coating the pan in fat, which is nice, but isn't really going to produce a seasoned pan.


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The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown will sell the bishop's residence in Frankstown Township, with some of the funds going to benefit victims in sexual abuses cases, according to a release from the diocese.
Bishop Mark L. Bartchak's move has been planned for "some time," according to the release. He will move into the rectory of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona, according to the release.
Tony DeGol, the diocese's secretary for communications, said there have been talks to sell the residence for the past several months, but the plan really only gained steam in the past few weeks. He said a number of factors contributed to the decision, including Bartchak's schedule, which keeps him away from home frequently.
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The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown will sell the home along Logan Boulevard of Bishop Mark L. Bartchak.
"Anyone that knows him knows he's a very simple man, and he doesn't need to live in a house that large," DeGol said. "It became clear to him that it's become time for a change."
DeGol said the move should be a positive one for the bishop, who has lived among priests before and looks forward to doing so again.
The move is expected to be completed by the end of the summer, according to the release. The funds from the sale of the residence will go toward "pastoral needs" in the Diocese, which includes the care of victims in sexual misconduct cases, according to the release.
DeGol said the use of the funds has not explicitly been decided at this time, as the home is being put on the market. He said it will be used, though, for "any project that warrants it."


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THE Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) is hosting what is expected to be the biggest cricketing event of the year in the Upper Corentyne on Saturday November 30, 2013, at the No. 69 Vikings ground on the Corentyne.
The day's activity will see Berbice four-zone senior teams participating with the first game starting at 10:00hrs with Upper Corentyne taking on New Amsterdam/Canje, and at 14:00hrs West Berbice facing up against what is expected to be a star-studded line-up from Lower Corentyne.
The final will be played under lights at 18:30 hrs. All proceeds from this event will go towards cricket development in the Upper Corentyne area.
Tickets are already on sale at the Berbice Cricket Board Office, New Amsterdam; Ram's Stationery Store, Rose Hall Town; Vishnu's Super Store, Springlands; and Sarfraz Photo Studio, Corriverton.
The cost per ticket is $500 while children under 12 years will gain entry free. There will be gate prizes to be won. Music by Slow Fire Sound System.
The UCCA is calling on the business community to support this event as cricket development is much needed in the Upper Corentyne Area.
Thus far the UCCA wishes to thank the following businesses/ persons for coming on board with sponsorship: 4R (Mr. Deonarine), La Grill Hotel Restaurant & Bar; Sarfraz Photo Studio & Video Recording Centre; Vishnu's Super Store; Ram's Stationery Store; A.H & L Kissoon's; Hand-in-Hand; Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd; Sukhpaul's Business Enterprise; Countryside TV-19; Deckers; and Geddes Grant for coming on board with gate prizes.
Persons interested in food vending and setting up games for kids can make contact with the UCCA on telephone # 621-0014 or 684-8891.


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Al Jazeera launches magazine app for Android devices
Yesterday Aljazeera announced that it launched two magazine apps for android devices geared towards Arabic readers. The two magazines allow readers to follow what aljazeera Arabic website and Aljazeera documentary offer.
Aljazeera documentary magazine include analysis and articles about documentary films, cinemas and information about what the channel offers.
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The Jaguars made four roster moves on Monday night, cutting tight end Colin Cloherty and receiver Brian Robiskie and signing tight end Stephen Spach and offensive lineman Herb Taylor.
Spach has appeared in 59 games (24 starts) and been with Philadelphia, New England, Arizona and St. Louis. He has 22 catches for 137 yards. Taylor is a former sixth-round pick of Kansas City in 2007 and been with Denver, the Giants and Green Bay. He was cut by the Packers on Aug. 24.
Robiskie became expendable with the emergence of receiver Cecil Shorts on offense and receiver Kevin Elliott on special teams. Cloherty was cut at the end of the preseason but re-signed last week. Cloherty and Robiskie were inactive Sunday at Minnesota.
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It's hard to believe that a whole year has passed. Almost one year ago to the day, Dr. David Appelbaum and his daughter, Nava, were murdered when a suicide bomber exploded himself at Cafe Hillel in Jerusalem. Dr. Appelbaum, 50, was the head of emergency medicine at Shaarei Tzedek Hospital, and was a rabbinical scholar to boot. He had treated countless victims of terror, Jewish and Arab patients alike. Nava, 20, was to be wed the next day. Alas, she never made it to her chuppah.
These are painful memories that we are tempted to shelve into the recesses of our distant memories. Yet we dare not, just as we dare not forget the holy martyrs of the Shoah and all other martyrs of our people's past.
Is there a Divine message in all of this? How can there not be? Two weeks before the Appelbaum murders, a bus filled with passengers on their way back from the Kotel was blown up. How is it that we read in this week's haftarah (Isaiah 60:18): "No longer will chamas (violence) be heard in your land!" How can we sing the "Od Yishama" song with sincerity as we dance with the bride and groom, reciting the words, "There will still be heard in the cities of Judah and the environs of Jerusalem ... the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride"? The bride's voice was no longer heard -- only the voices of cries at the funeral.
I remember my feelings upon reading the news -- so many conflicting emotions. I was initially filled with profound shock, sorrow and anguish upon hearing the news. Such a pathetic, tragic loss!
But then, the anger set in, and with the anger, all the political fuming: How can we allow these evil attacks to continue? How can the Palestinians be allowed to continue -- even celebrate -- their violence? How can the Israeli government sit on their hands? How dare the international community accuse Israel of destroying the peace process? How can the American government be so hypocritical -- going after Afghani and Iraqi terrorists is OK, but not Palestinians? Is Jewish blood so cheap in the world's eyes?
I found myself emotionally paralyzed by my conflicting feelings. I was, and sometimes still am, a mix of contradictory emotions -- from sorrow, a "feminine," passive emotion, to the "masculine" side of that emotion: anger and rage and a desire to destroy. Then, to fear: fear for my own son in Israel, for all of the sons and daughters of Israel, then to sorrow again, then to anger -- the cycle continues.
This conflict of emotion is really a part of the affliction of living in exile. This week's portion states, "While there [in the Diaspora], God will give you a heart that is ragaz, eyes that are blinded, and a soul of dread" (28:65). What does ragaz mean? There is a dispute between the ancient commentaries of Onkelos and the Talmud. According to Onkeles, ragaz means "fearful." Our punishment in the Diaspora is to suffer in fear. But the Talmud (Nedarim 22a) understands that ragaz means violent anger -- while in the Diaspora, our hearts will be filled with rage against our persecutors.
If our sages cannot agree whether our hearts are to be filled with fear or fury -- two mutually exclusive emotions -- then perhaps part of our fate in the exile is this emotional paralysis and impotence.
The problem goes further. Just when I'm thinking that perhaps I can do something meaningful as a response to all the suffering of my Jewish brethren -- maybe I can do teshuvah (repentance), pray harder, give more tzedakah, more acts of kindness, etc. -- I am suddenly caught by fury against the enemy: "Why should I do teshuvah? It's the enemy's fault!" We sometimes become too infuriated with the politics of the situation to focus on our own need for self-rectification.
But our calling is to rise above exile. Despite the political maelstrom, it is necessary to put the anger aside at some point, and find a personal message, something that speaks to me, about what I can do -- on a metaphysical level -- to make a difference.
The Zohar tells us that if a person cries over the deaths of righteous people, then all his sins are forgiven. This is the reason why the Yom Kippur Torah reading begins with a recap of the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, Aharon's righteous sons who died tragically. One is supposed to think to oneself: "If the flame consumed the great cedars, then what hope is there for the creeping ivy?" If the great Dr. Appelbaum, who devoted his life to Torah, Israel and saving lives, could perish so, what about me, God forbid? This is a great impetus for teshuvah, which leads to absolute closeness with God.
So yes, King Solomon's directive of "Remove anger from your heart" (Ecclesiastes 11:10), at some point is necessary. When presented with the shock of the battlefield, our soldiers are meant to channel their anger in order to destroy Amalek and all our other enemies. But we, who are not on the battlefield, have to at times put the anger aside, so that when coming into the High Holidays, we can allow the deaths of the righteous of the past few years to have personal meaning and act as an impetus to our own spiritual growth.
Let us accept upon ourselves something proactive that we can do for the sake of these holy martyrs before the end of 5764 so that their deaths will have meaning for us. And let us pray for peace and an end to death and suffering for the coming year. May it be His will, amen.
Shana tovah.
Rabbi Daniel N. Korobkin is spiritual leader of Kehillat Yavneh,
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The Folio 13 is no beholder compared with added ultrabooks, and is a bit thicker and added than attenuate laptops such as the MacBook Air. The clickpad aloof a bit too choosy for our tastes, too.
When it comes to Windows ultrabooks, the HP Folio 13 is the best of the agglomeration in agreement of performance, price, and ergonomics, provided you can alive with a less-than-razor-thin design. This laptop is targeted at baby businesses but it's absolutely for anyone who wants a reliable ultrabook that isn't a MacBook Air.
As ultrabooks become a above allotment of the laptop mural this year, the key to award a acceptable one won't be specs--since so abounding accept identical innards--so abundant as look, feel, and blast for the buck. The HP Folio 13 is a baby business-targeted ultrabook that should be appropriately at home in the easily of a boilerplate consumer. Aside from TPM support, the "business" adverse is corrective and arbitrary: the HP Folio 13's hardware--a Core i5 low-voltage CPU, 128GB SSD storage, 4GB of RAM--befits any laptop in the 13-inch ultrabook cosmos about 2012.
The Folio 13 is a thicker laptop, and a added one, too, than the MacBook Air and any of aftermost year's ultrabooks, but not by much. It's a little over 3 pounds, and still thinner than any accepted laptop. And accede the array life: in our tests, the HP Folio 13 had the longest array activity amid Windows ultrabooks appropriately far. I'd accord up a bit of thinness to accretion added array activity any day, and at 0.7 inch thick, the Folio 13 is still affluence graceful abundant for bunched travel.
Are there more exciting ultrabooks, and even laptops, than the HP Folio 13? Surely, I had be hard-pressed, however, to search one as practical, low-cost, and solidly conducting as the Folio 13. And, if I were currently taking an ultrabook out of a lineup to go to war with, the HP Folio 13 is the one I had assume in my backpack.


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Any woman who is organizing a wedding - be it the bride-to-be or just someone you know - knows the stress of planning "the big day."
Finding the perfect venue, disc jockey, the bride's dress, bridesmaids' dresses, tuxedo rentals, rings, location, officiants and other details can turn even the nicest of brides into a "bridezilla."
Well, ladies, Cindy Bergstrom has an answer to your prayers.
Bergstrom, who has been in the marketing industry with Cindy B. Consulting, and also in event planning with Cindy B. Wedding and Event Planning, launched lycomingcountyweddings.com and then re-launched the website in July 2010 as localweddingplanning.com.
Bergstrom began the website for extra income, but soon realized that there always will be a need for weddings - and the planning that goes with them.
"There are 1,600 marriage licences applied for from Mill Hall to Bloomsburg. No matter what the economy, weddings won't go away," Bergstrom said.
The website is a guide to planning a wedding within Lycoming, Clinton, Snyder, Union, Montour and Northumberland counties.
"As far as my site goes, I know there was no other website that you could go and get all the local information all in one place. This website offers everything local," Bergstrom said. "Brides don't really want to travel far for their wedding, so they are going to stay local."
There are 53 categories and counting on the website, including a link for instructions on name changing to a survival kit for brides on their wedding day. Bergstrom has been in the marketing business for 30 years, and event planning for 15, so she had many established contacts already available for her website.
"I started with people who I worked with for a long time," Bergstrom said, mentioning AAA, Nevill's Flowers and Premier Limos. She used her already established contacts, and the website just took off from there.
"It's grown tremendously, especially in the last year," Bergstrom said.
Now, vendors come to Bergstrom with ideas.
"People I wouldn't even think of featuring on the website call me," she said. "I've had people want to advertise for porta-potties. The bathrooms they have are nicer than some of the hotel bathrooms that people stay at!"
Bergstrom also participates in bridal expos and puts together packages with the businesses that advertise on her website.
"Times are kind of tough, so I have to think outside the box."
Bergstrom recently participated in the Bridal Expo at the Scottish Rite on Jan. 15. She also is participating in two other upcoming bridal expos, one in September at Country Cupboard in Lewisburg and one in May at Haywoods on the Water.
Some of the packages that Bergstrom has given away in 2011 included a three-night, all-inclusive stay in Punta Cana from AAA; hand-crafted wedding bands from John Hiras Designs; money toward a wedding dress from Amber Rose Bridal; flowers from Nevill's Flowers; four hours of DJ service from DJ Wheil and limousine service from Premier Limo.
"The packages are a big deal," Bergstrom said.
This year's winner from the Bridal Expo at the Scottish Rite on Jan. 15 won an $8,000 prize pack, including limo service from Premier Limo; four hours of a photo booth from Premier Photo Booth; a wedding dress from Amber Rose Bridal; flowers from Mystic Gardens Floral Studio; a cake from IcedCake Boutique; and lighting at the reception from Accent Lighting.
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It has been raining in Louisville this week, and every trainer with a horse in tomorrow's 114th Kentucky Derby will be asked two dozen times whether his horse can handle a muddy track.
But mud is unlikely for the Derby unless there is a heavy rain on Derby Day. The racing strip at Churchill Downs dries out so quickly that the track has been fast for the last 17 runnings of the Derby.
There hasn't been a muddy track in the Derby since 1958, when Tim Tam won for Calumet Farm.


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Valentine's Day Hangout
If you couldn't join us live this morning for our Valentine's Day party on Google +…fret not! We have the video re-cap of our entire event on Freutcake's You-Tube channel. It was a smashing success and we hope you enjoyed the recipes, cocktails and diy ideas as much as we do. Can you say "diamonds"?
All of the recipes and projects will be posted next week so check back. Happy Valentines Day!
xoxo, Leah, Marisa & Erin
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I'm so glad you had this on your site! I was on the road and wasn't able to watch it this morning. Great ideas, ladies! Happy Valentine's Day!
February 8, 2014
You are sooo cute!! So glad I could watch after, since I couldn't join live. So fun!!!
February 8, 2014
It was delightful to actually hear you. 🙂 First time! Cheers to Valentines Day!


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Why the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article Iv Cannot Replace the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine
Brannon P. Denning
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 88, p. 384, 2003
Critics of the dormant Commerce Clause doctrine (DCCD), the judicially-created limitations on states' regulation of interstate commerce, have advocated replacing the DCCD with the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, Section 2 as the constitutional bulwark against interstate commercial discrimination. Academic critics of the DCCD such as Julian Eule and Charles Black urged that the Privileges and Immunities Clause be substituted for the DCCD, as have conservative jurists, like Justice Scalia. But none have considered in detail the consequences of making such a substitution.
I argue here, however, that the substitution of the one for the other entails sacrificing substantial protection for interstate commerce against state discrimination because the Privileges and Immunities Clause does not apply to corporations and would not invalidate facially-neutral state statutes that nevertheless discriminate in their effects. In addition, the unavailability, under the Privileges and Immunities Clause, of certain exceptions to the DCCD (like the market-participant exception and Congress' redelegation power) would limit states and Congress to a greater degree than does the DCCD. Remedies for the shortcomings of the Privileges and Immunities Clause, I argue, would come at the expense of the alleged advantages of abandoning the DCCD for the Privileges and Immunities Clause in the first place, i.e., that Article IV, Section 2 is textually-based, would cabin judicial discretion in its application, and that its historical pedigree is superior to that of the DCCD.
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Muskegon needs to sell itself to employers
Good news about jobs In Muskegon County, no matter how qualified, is still good news.
In Sunday's Chronicle, it was reported that Alcoa Howmet has called back its laid off workers and is hiring off the street. In addition, health care and education have shown a small, 2.7 percent increase in the number of workers between 2007 and 2009.
While nationally, it was determined Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research that the recession has been over — technically — for a year, Muskegon County is still in a slow recovery, according to economic experts. Unemployment was at 14.9 percent in July, which means more than 13,000 people didn't have jobs. But even that is down from 16 percent a year ago.
Still, the fact that some factories and businesses are hiring — even if it's just temporary workers — should encourage the community to redouble its efforts to attract jobs here. Because what the unemployment numbers don't show is the number of people who are underemployed or who have given up the search.
Within the last few months, many programs have been announced both to train workers and to attract employers. Classes offering training in specific skills are available at Muskegon Community College and Baker College. Various Michigan Works! Workforce Development Centers also offer classes. HER COmpany construction, which is working with MCC and the trade unions, to train apprentices in energy conservation and other building trades also has attracted interested women and minority workers.
The city of Muskegon and Muskegon County both have offered free land to prospective employers considering a move or expansion in the area. Other cities and townships have provided tax abatements.
Muskegon Area Chamber is focused on developing new small businesses and classes are available for potential entrepreneurs as well.
So what's left?
We need to sell the heck out of our community. There's so much potential here — available and trained workers, available land, strong schools, good transportation, affordable housing, a wide variety of cultural and recreational activities, beaches — it's hard to believe that message hasn't gotten out.
And that's where individuals come in.
A recent letter to the editor urged the community to be more positive and stop putting the area down. We agree. It's easy to focus on the negative, on the high unemployment, on government cuts or struggling schools and forget what is going well.
In Tuesday's Chronicle, an unemployed worker lamented that there seems to be no hope in sight. "People say it's like the Depression in the '30s. I say, 'No it's not. In the Depression, people took care of each other,'" she said.
She has a point. Some of the violence the area experienced this summer may also be related to high unemployment among young African American males. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than half of black males 16 to 19 years old are unemployed, twice the national average.
We know this community cares. Just last weekend, four area dentists and two dental hygienists spent their day offering free care to 115 people without dental insurance. Ten more patients were scheduled for care in October. We know many people are donating to and working at food pantries. We know volunteers are serving at many of our nonprofit agencies alongside paid staff. But we need to continue to lend a helping hand and provide assistance so people can help themselves.
If you haven't donated to United Way, consider a donation today. If you have some free time, call Volunteer Muskegon and find out how you can help. Call your school and offer to tutor or mentor. If you haven't checked on your neighbors lately, give them a call. Sharing a meal, offering to baby-sit may be enough to help them get through these tough times.
There are a lot of good things going on in Muskegon that should attract new employers and create new jobs. The caring and generosity of the people who live here tops the list.