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Kevin Cuneo: Enjoy plenty of fireworks in Erie
The good thing about July 4 falling on a Wednesday is that fireworks shows will be going off all week long. Of course, if you have a dog like ours, who goes bonkers every time he hears the faintest popping sound of a firecracker, a full week of fireworks could be miserable. Waldameer Park has fireworks shows today and Tuesday, and big shows are set for Wednesday at Jerry Uht Park, Liberty Park, Lawrence Park and Cambridge Springs. Findley Lake will have its annual fireworks display on Saturday. Advances in fireworks like the kind you buy at the store, or under the tent, as the case may be, mean that amateurs can put on a pretty respectable show. It's amazing how much money people spend on fireworks these days. An attendant at the tent where we stopped -- they've sprung up all over town in the last week -- said it's nothing for people to walk in and spend $300 or more for fireworks. Just remember to be very careful. Never light fireworks in your hand, and be aware that the recent drought has left the grass very dry. You don't want to set off a fire that consumes all of Erie County ... County Executive Barry Grossman, who returned last week from his vacation in Ireland, is speaking with a brogue. "I can't help it," he said, smiling. "We never met friendlier people than everyone in Ireland." Grossman said excitement is building in Dublin for the Navy-Notre Dame football game on Sept. 1. Average price for a ticket was $350, and they're all sold out. ... Speaking of the Irish, Ronan Tynan's performance of "Danny Boy" at the recent Manufacturers & Business Association's annual event reportedly brought tears to the eyes of many of the people at the Bayfront Convention Center. ... It cost a pretty penny to hear Tynan, as it did to see Crosby, Stills & Nash at Presque Isle on June 23, but a small crowd gathered at the end of the South Pier to listen to CSN. You could hear the band pretty clearly, but we arrived at the end of the pier just in time for the finish of "Woodstock," and then Graham Nash said, "Thanks, everybody. We're going to take a short break, but we'll be right back." That was a long walk back down the pier to the parking lot.
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French Punctuation ~ La Ponctuation
Learn some key differences between English and French punctuation
Although French and English use nearly all of the same punctuation marks, some of their uses in the two languages are considerably different. Rather than an explanation of the rules of French and English punctuation, this lesson is a simple summary of how French punctuation differs from English.
One-part punctuation marks
These are very similar in French and English, with a few exceptions.
le point
|In French, the period is not used after abbreviations of measurement:
25 m (mètres), 12 min (minutes), etc.
|It can be used to separate the elements of a date:
10 septembre 1973 = 10.9.1973
|When writing numbers, either a period or a space may be used
to separate every three digits (where a comma would be used in English):
1,000,000 (English) = 1.000.000 or 1 000 000
|It's not used to indicate a decimal point (see virgule 1)
la virgule
|In French, the comma is used as a decimal point:
2.5 (English) = 2,5 (French)
|It's not used to separate three digits (see point 3)
|Whereas in English, the
serial comma
(the one before "and" in a list) is
optional, it cannot be used in French:
J'ai acheté un livre, deux stylos et du papier.
Not J'ai acheté un livre, deux stylos, et du papier.
|Note: When writing numerals, the period and comma are opposites in the two languages:
|2,5 (deux virgule cinq)
2.500 (deux mille cinq cents)
|2.5 (two point five)
2,500 (two thousand five hundred)
Two-part punctuation marks
In French, a space is required both before and after all two- (or more) part punctuation marks and symbols, including : ; « » ! ? % $ #
les deux-points
|The colon is much more common in French than in English. It may introduce direct speech; a citation; or the explanation, conclusion, summary, etc. of whatever precedes it.
|Jean a dit : « Je veux le faire. »
|Jean said, "I want to do it."
|Ce film est très intéressant : c'est un classique.
|This movie is interesting: it's a classic.
« »
les guillemets
le tiret
les points de suspension
|The quotation marks (inverted commas) " " don't
exist in French; the guillemets « » are used.
Note that these are actual symbols; they are not just two angle brackets typed together << >>. If you don't know how to type guillemets, see my page on typing accents.
|Guillemets are usually used only at the beginning and end of an entire conversation. Unlike in English, where any non-speech is found outside of the quotation marks, in French guillemets do not end when an incidental clause (he said, she smiled, etc.) is added. To indicate that a new person is speaking, a tiret (m-dash or em-dash) is added.
|In English, an interruption or trailing off of speech can be indicated with either a tiret or des points de suspension (ellipsis). In French only the latter is used.
|« Salut Jeanne ! dit Pierre.
Comment vas-tu ?
— Ah, salut Pierre ! crie Jeanne.
— As-tu passé un bon weekend ?
— Oui, merci, répond-elle. Mais...
— Attends, je dois te dire quelque chose d'important ».
|"Hi Jean!" Pierre says. "How
are you?"
"Oh, hi Pierre!" shouts Jeanne.
"Did you have a nice weekend?"
"Yes, thanks," she responds. "But—"
"Wait, I have to tell you something important."
|The tiret can also be used like parentheses, to indicate or emphasize a comment:
|Paul — mon meilleur ami — va arriver demain.
|Paul—my best friend—will arrive tomorrow.
le point-virgule ;
le point d'exclamation !
le point d'interrogation ?
|The semi-colon, exclamation point, and question mark are essentially the same in French and English.
|Je t'aime ; m'aimes-tu ?
|I love you; do you love me?
|Au secours !
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A few players can tell you how hard it is to earn a contract extension from the New England Patriots.
Defensive end Rob Ninkovich can tell you how hard it is to earn three extensions. The eighth-year NFL veteran earned an extension that will keep him with the team through the 2016 season, according to ESPN's Mike Reiss:
Filed to ESPN and @ESPNBoston: Patriots and starting DE Rob Ninkovich have agreed to contract extension through 2016, per source.— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) September 22, 2013
This deal is for three years and $15 million, with $8.5 million guaranteed, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
He's worth every penny.
For years, Ninkovich has been as versatile as the Patriots have asked him to be, playing a mix of 3-4 outside linebacker, 4-3 outside linebacker and 4-3 defensive end.
The contract extension is obviously great news for him, as he gets to remain with the team where he has found a big role, but also good news for the Patriots, who hang onto one of their key playmakers on defense. Ninkovich had eight sacks in 2012 and has 14.5 sacks over the past two seasons, the most for any Patriots defender in that stretch.
The implications of the contract extension reach beyond just Ninkovich, though.
Here's a look at some of the Patriots' most important upcoming free agents:
|Final year of contract
|Brandon Spikes
|Aqib Talib
|Ryan Wendell
|Will Svitek
|Offensive tackle
|Julian Edelman
|Wide receiver
|Devin McCourty
|Stevan Ridley
|Running back
|Shane Vereen
|Running back
|Nate Solder
|Left tackle
|Vince Wilfork
|Defensive tackle
|Ryan Mallett
|Dan Connolly
That's quite the laundry list of players to take care of over the next 16 calendar months.
Which of those players will the Patriots take care of first? It's anyone's guess, but recent trends indicate Brandon Spikes will not be that player. He played 72.4 percent of the team's snaps in 2012, but has played just 34.1 percent of the snaps through the first two games of the 2013 season.
Devin McCourty seems to be the next in line for a big extension, with left tackle Nate Solder not trailing too far behind.
Those long-term questions will be addressed in time, but for now, the Patriots can take comfort that Ninkovich will be with the team for a long time.
Erik Frenz is also a Patriots/AFC East writer for Boston.com. Unless otherwise noted, all quotes obtained firsthand or via team news releases.


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Oh man, we've all been there. (At least I have.)
Sports Pickle wins for best joke on this, so just shut it down (like she did):
We the North? No, we just friends.
Oh man, we've all been there. (At least I have.)
Sports Pickle wins for best joke on this, so just shut it down (like she did):
We the North? No, we just friends.
Without question, some kneeling/raised fist protests of the National Anthem are coming to the NBA once preseason games start in a couple of weeks. Clippers' coach Doc Rivers has already come out saying "there's no more American thing to do than to protest." Teams are discussing the need for social change.
While the NBA has a rule that players must stand for the anthem, the NBA and players' union are already discussing exactly how and if that rule should be enforced.
While some players will kneel, Russell Westbrook will not be among them. Probably. Here's is what he told Fred Katz of the Norman Transcript.
Obviously, Westbrook is leaving himself some wiggle room here. Also, if there is one NBA star you can expect to be blunt about the situation when talking to the media, it's Westbrook (when he feels like opening up to the media, anyway).
I expect few if any of the NBA's top stars — the guys with the biggest international brands — will join the protests. However, there certainly will be players taking part. For a league that sees itself as progressive — and has a more politically progressive fan base compared to other American sports — how the league handles this will be watched.
Tributes have poured in all over the NBA world since Kevin Garnett announced his retirement on Friday afternoon — from other players, commissioner Adam Silver and media members who covered him. Garnett and Tom Thibodeau have a lengthy history together: Thibodeau coached Garnett in Boston as an assistant under Doc Rivers, and they won a championship in 2008. This spring, Thibodeau took over as head coach and president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team that drafted Garnett, saw his best years and saw him end his career. Thibodeau released a heartfelt statement on Saturday congratulating Garnett:
"I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank Kevin for all of his great accomplishments and contributions to the NBA, the Minnesota Timberwolves organization, and for me personally with the Boston Celtics. Kevin combined great talent with a relentless drive and intelligence. I will always cherish the memories of the way in which he led the Celtics to the 2008 NBA Championship. His willingness to sacrifice and his unselfishness led us to that title. Kevin will always be remembered for the way in which he played the game. His fierce competitiveness, his unequalled passion for the game, and the many ways in which he cared about this team was truly special. KG is without question the all-time best player to wear a Minnesota Timberwolves jersey, and he is also one of the best to ever play this game."
It's a shame that Thibodeau didn't get to coach Garnett again in Minnesota, but the team is in good hands with Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns.
The Indiana Pacers have been a franchise for 50 years — 10 in the ABA and 40 in the NBA. To celebrate this anniversary, they've unveiled a new patch that they will wear on their uniforms this season. You can check it out below:
It looks pretty sleek, combining the Pacers' logo with the zero in "50." It's subtle and well-designed.
This summer, three of this generation's defining NBA players, and three of the greatest players of all time, called it a career: Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett. The latter two in particular had a lot in common, as psychotic competitors and polarizing personalities. They had many memorable battles over the years, including the Lakers-Celtics Finals in 2008 and 2010 (they each won one) and the playoffs in 2003 and 2004, when Garnett was in Minnesota. On Saturday afternoon, a day after Garnett officially announced his retirement, Kobe paid tribute to him with a tweet.
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The University of Texas-Pan American College of Science and Engineering will honor the life and career of Dr. Hashim Salman Mahdi, chair and professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, who passed away suddenly at the age of 56 on Jan. 6 with a memorial service scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 15, noon-2 p.m. in the Engineering Auditorium, Rm. 1.300.
The tribute will be webcast on http://www.utpa.edu/live/ for those unable to attend the memorial service in person.
Mahdi was born in the Holy City of Karbala in Iraq on Jan. 15, 1952. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and one brother. He is survived by his wife Rawaa Mahdi, two daughters Neda Mahdi and Jenna Mahdi, one son Rami Hashim Mahdi, and four siblings.
"The university and college have lost a great faculty member, mentor and dear friend. He will be missed so much by all of us," said Gloria Gilpatrick, administrative associate, College of Science and Engineering.
Mahdi joined the UTPA family in 1992. During his tenure with the University, he served as an assistant professor from 1992-1996, associate professor, 1996-2002, and a full professor, 2002 to present. Prior to his appointment at UTPA, Mahdi was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at The University of Arizona.
He earned his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering in 1989 and a master's in mechanical engineering from the The University of Arizona-Tucson. His research and expertise was in the areas of computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer, alternative energy, and the cooling of electronic devices.
In addition, Mahdi wrote numerous articles for research journals in his area of study, and was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, (ASME) and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He was also awarded more than $1 million in funding to support undergraduate computer labs at UTPA as well as his research.
For further information on the memorial service, call Gilpatrick at 956/380-8726.


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"Likes", "Tweets" and "Pins" are no longer just social media metrics, but drivers of revenue that directly impact the bottom line. This week, Business Insider looked at retailers that are successfully capitalizing on media-based strategies to drive foot traffic to their brick-and-mortar stores.
Visual websites like Tumblr, Instagram and Pinterest have enabled users to create and share their own product catalogs, increasing visibility for retailers. Facebook and Pinterest alone currently account for over 56 percent of social generated e-commerce, and this number is only projected to grow as shoppers spend more and more time on their mobile devices. Mobile ads on social media sites will need to take this trend into account and move away from traditional display ads to better capture social media traffic.
The biggest hurdle for social commerce will be simplifying the buying process; since the ease with which consumers can buy a product dictates how likely they are to follow through with their checkout, decreasing the number of steps to the "Buy" button is the simplest way to drive traffic and increase revenue.
You read the full report here.
Here's what else we've been reading at TrialPay this week:
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on 1 Jan, 1970
Fabulous news! At the UK premiere of his movie 'L'Arnacoeur' (Heartbreaker) director Pascal Chaumeil confirmed the casting of Romain Duris and Marion Cotillard in his upcoming comedy 'Vivre c'est mieux que mourir'.
What are you working on next? Do you have another project after this?
Yes. We have… probably… again, it's a comedy, a bit different from Heartbreaker. And it's, it would be with Romain, normally, he read the script, he likes it and normally it's with Romain Duris and Marion Cotillard. It's like an action, adventure comedy. A bit more crazy than L'Arnacoeur.
That sounds wonderful! What is the story about? You said it's got lots of action and comedy.. is it…
Yeah, it's difficult to tell the story. But in fact, there are two films in the same film. One is the story happening really in the real life where a guy is working in a hotel, he's a very small guy in a hotel. And he gets into something, he steals some money from a client because he needs to do something. And then he finds the only place where he's safe in this hotel is in a room where is a very big producer. And the guy, the producer thinks he's a screenwriter that he's waiting for. So he will have to invent a new film, and he's never been a writer. So we are going from the real situation to the film he's telling, the story. So, that's something special, but I think it will be very funny.
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Hi Mia,
I don't know if you have seen this video but the New York Times published a video on the best performance of the decade on its website. In this video you can see George Clooney praising Marion Cotillard's performance in La vie en Rose!
Keep on with your work it's soo great !Jun 30, 10 at 12:52 pm
here is the link:
(it's about at 6.22)Jun 30, 10 at 12:54 pm
Hey there Aurore! I have seen that video too! It's pretty old I guess but yeah Clooney mentioned her performance in La Vie en Rose! I was so happy to hear it. Clooney <3Jul 02, 10 at 10:41 am


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Skip to comments.No Gun Permit under Nancy Lanzas Name in Public Record, Says Time Magazine
Posted on 01/17/2013 6:10:30 PM PST by FR_addict
This is a YouTube CNN News Segment ("The Gun Owner Next Door").
NBC News reports that a rifle used in the shooting and two pistols were legally purchased and registered to the gunman's mother, but Time Magazine was unable to find any firearms or weapons permit under Nancy Lanza's name.
about 0:47 into the segment
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
I wonder if the guns were legal.
MSM doing investigative reporting?
I thought they just passed thru info from the Baraqqi regime...
Says Time Magazine....let's see, ya think Holder is stoooopid enough to purge records since both family members that lived together are dead?
Did they look for Obambi's b'certificate, passport, social security, and selective service records too? Hmmmmmm?
Could be in her maiden or another married name. Women are known to try to conceal asset ownership using the same method all the time
It was intimated that is where she bought her AR 15 but no proof of that has ever been offered let alone that she even owned one.
About a week or so after the shooting, the ATF raided the gun shop where Nancy Lanza got her guns.
What difference does it make? If the mother didn't follow the law then how will new laws have changed anything?
There is no permit required in CT to buy a gun. Nor is there any registration requirement for said guns.
It is SAID there's a vid showing the cops recovering the AR from a car trunk, but all I have seen is cops recovering either a Saiga shotgun or a Remi 11-87, or an AK.
They keep screaming we're nuts, but it still doesn't add up, to me.
There is no permit required in CT to buy a gun. Nor is there any registration requirement for said guns.
let's hope the gun shop owner remains in good health, he may remember her
Oh no, Time missed details or lied?
Something is VERY VERY WRONG here.
We've been told all kinds of things.
I think this action happened. I don't believe the "it didn't happen" crowd.
But, I think eric the white hating holder's people got on scene faster than and furious.
This picture is really bad. Cops INSIST they removed an AR15 from the trunk of the car.
How do I know? I don't. But I no longer believe in truth from bureaKaRATZ.
Chances are, this drug addled punk used his handguns. If you are an addle brained idiot, handguns are easier to use.
IMHO, the coroner was compromised.
We WILL NEVER KNOW.
Not looking to take issue, just asking questions. Its my right.
That doesn't appear to be accurate:
Consider the source :CNN /Time
If you can beleive that Slick Willie is Father of the Year
That Brack Obama deserves a Nobel Peace Prize
Then you already have your answer .
There is no investigation here
only fawning over a POS !
but not matter how much you buff it up
it still won't take a shine !!
Women are gun enthusiasts, too.
The daughter of a friend of mine is a world champion.
Most states don't require long guns to be registered and very few require handguns to be registered. Almost all do NOT require a permit to purchase a gun. What are the laws of this particular state? Did she buy from some private person? Did she buy in another state and then move? This article is lacking a ton of information and seems to me to be written merely to stir up sh**.
You know, this whole Sandy hook shootings has bugged me differently than the others. The level of misinformation to this day is enormous. I originally thought it was a drug induced brainwashed drone similar to a charles manson family member sent by one of obama's friends that actually killed the kids, because honestly I would put nothing passed obama to advance his agenda. I watched that video and I am even more confused and convinced that the dark days are coming very fast. Some of the video was unconvincing but some of it addressed the initial reports and made the characters all look like liars.
I believe the shotgun being pulled out of the trunk was the biggest lie being peretuated and being called an AR-15.
I don't dare talk to anyone at work about this, or really anyone in my extended family, seems like the story is already widely accepted. Oh well, I guess I should just wait to be sent to my FEMA camp.
According to this chart, you need a permit or a license for a handgun.
Handguns require a pistol permit, long guns don't IIRC.
She grew up with guns. Did she own these before registration requirements? I don't know what the gun laws are in Connecticut but do you really need a permit for a long gun???
Problem I have here is that we only have the "word" of a bureaKaRATZ.
And in my humble opinion, that ain't even worth the fartgas its been uttered in.
Ratz are Ratz. No quarter asked, none given. No mercy under any circumstances. Feed your family at the public tit, die when the sow is killed.
Hard note, Ratz should pay attention. Today, you are the Kingz Menz, tomorrow, you are tarred and feathered, and run out of town, naked, on a rail.
Consider your occupation.
I'm not a conspiracy type either but none of this Sandy Hook crap is adding up. Something stinks.
I know what a "concealed carry permit" is - - I've had one for decades; any non-felon over 21 can get one here in Pennsylvania in 15 minutes - - but what on earth is a "gun permit"? Is that what Time is talking about? Please don't tell me people need permits just to own guns in their own homes in some states...
Seems you'd only need a permit if you were going to conceal carry, at least in my state. I've owned guns for 20+ years and just got my ccw two years ago come next month.
So, you're going to cast your lot with CBS, NBC, CNN , TIme on this.Surely you can do better than that
You mean they may have been full automatics??
"What difference does it make? If the mother didnt follow the law then how will new laws have changed anything?"
That's the point. They say we need new rules because the rules were followed and Lanza was still able to murder children.
Time Magazine said she didn't have a permit, so the rules weren't followed. If she really didn't have a permit, why didn't she have a permit.
Juay like ratliff. first they said he was killed in his office next it was on a roaf side. how the hell do u mix that off.
Currently for a long gun in CT you must be 18. If you have a CT pistol permit same dale sale with NICS approval, otherwise it is a 2 wk wait for background checks.
For hand guns a pistol permit is required to purchase.
If there is no record of ownership, did she even have an AR-15 at her home? Or did her kid steal one from elsewhere?
If there is no record of ownership, did she even have an AR-15 at her home? Or did her kid steal one from elsewhere?
"Cops INSIST they removed an AR15 from the trunk of the car."
Got a source to back up that statement? Don't tell me NBC on the day of the shooting.
Here's a fun article:
Has anyone considered that this was an 'op', masterminded by U.N. 0bama-friendlies to assist him in his second term agenda? We'll never know what was on Adam's computer or who he corresponded with, will we..
The news is this:
Had that demon used a for real shotgun, a 200 year old pump action let's say, filled with the old outlawed 000 buck, how many more would he have gotten?
I would hate to guess. And the carnage would maybe have been worse.
Every time I look at his face, it turns my stomach. Every time I look at those children, my heart sinks.
One PERSON, JUST ONE PERSON WITH A WEAPON would have changed the outcome.
The gunz control crowd (pierced moron comes to mind) is responsible for this. No doubt.
I'll quit now. Stupid effin moonbats and other liberals.
It sounds like the czar of state security couldn't produce a believable "legend" for this simple operation. No wonder Newtown is so "squishy". They'll have to just dump both incidents down the memory hole, and issue a comprehensive history of both of them, after cleaning up all the questions and contradictions.
They should also validate any other legends they have on file to make sure they don't fall into question after just a few hours. Their experienced operatives should at least check to see if their songbooks match, and they're all on the right page.
That sounds downright Nazi-ish... In Connecticut, do you need a permit to speak freely, too?
It would not. A shotgun is great for shooting into a lock of a door, or to stop s moving vehicle. But, to kill lots of people, the ar-15 is a better tool.
Wow. You don't even make sense for a truther.
Maybe because she thought gun permits are bull shit and not required to exercise a Constitutional right.
I'm surprised they haven't blamed it all on that anti-Muslim video somebody posted on-line. It worked for the Libya murders.
"The car driven by Connecticut school shooter Adam Lanza is towed from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, December 16, 2012. Lanza carried hundreds of rounds of ammunition when he killed 26 people and then himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School, police said on Sunday."
The license plate seems to belong to a Christopher A Rodia, a felon seven times.
When the police check for a possible suspect, the name Rodia, Christopher A. is returned. This is on the police scanner. It is very easy to hear. I'll have to wait till FreeRepublic is working better to give the links I found earlier.
I first thought it may be about something else, but the license plate being checked is the same as that on the picture above in Yahoo news.
only need a permit to carry.
In Indiana, that is.
"Most states dont require long guns to be registered and very few require handguns to be registered."
Registration required or not, that info is not something that is public info. THERE IS NO CENTRAL REGISTRATION OF FIREARMS (sorry for yelling) The only registration is with the dealer that sold the guns
Well, My Opinion is that this action did happen. And it was caused by a deranged, drug hyped up psychopath that was a Frankenstein monster created by the righteous, sanctimonious psychobabblers of the industry.f
Too many questions.
IMHO, conspiracies DO exist. And in this case, I don't think they had anything to do with it, but I think that BeeHOe and his 'people' got on scene "fast and furious" and commandeered the "facts."
I don't think an AR15 was used. First reports said otherwise, but then the coroner came out with his fartgas about all kids killed with .223.
NEVER underestimate BeeHOe and his punk assed lackey holder to lie, lie, lie.
Just opinion and speculation on my part. No proof. No evidence.
Nuff said, I'll get a late night visit now.
They certainly are lucky that Lanza is dead. otherwise he may have been able to provide more truth here. I believe a massacre happened, I just doubt much of the news coverage, and especially the demonic Obama regime.
Sorry Son,
In VN, my preferred weapon was a shotgun. Loaded with 000 buck, I only needed to "point" it in a direction.
People went down.
Been there, did it.
AR 15 needs to be AIMED. My Remington didn't. Sorry Son, lived it, you didn't.
Not a diss, just an experience.
Have a happy.
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Dec 31st
I should probably lead with The Top Ten Single Topic Tumblrs of 2011 because Tumblr is kind of my beat these days (and also because I wrote the dizzly piece), but I shan't… except I just kind of did.
Whatever. I want to lead with THIS because the fact that I guessed ALL FIVE of the artists in part 2 of MTV's Top Ten Rappers of 2011 is much more exciting to me than anything else on this list.
My predictions for the #TopTenRappersMTV Top 5: J. Cole, Nicki Minaj, WTT (can Jay/Kanye count as one?), Bad Meets Evil and Drizzy (obvs).
— Lauren O'Nizzle (@laurenonizzle) December 27, 2011
Almost perfect, anyway. Bad Meets Evil IS Eminem, and they mentioned Royce Da 5'9″ in his segment quite a bit, attributing Bad Meets Evil as the reason for Marshall's stellar year. So there. I count this is a flawless victory (save for the order).
Let me have it.
Now, something for you dear reader! A roundup of my ten favourite "Top 10″ Lists from the annual flurry of "Omg it's the end of the year and everybody's going on vacation so let's make a whole bunch of roundup lists and drive traffic back to high performing articles from 2011 FACHHHKKKYEAHHHHH we're brilliant!" articles. Lists click well, don't cha know. Lists and gifs and scandalous shiss.
Laurenoutloud.com's Top 10 Top 10 Lists of 2011
10. Smosh's 10 Best Random Internet Celebrities of 2011: All of the love to Shironeko and this corny dancing white betch:
9. The Top Ten Moments Comedians Made Us Think in 2011 by Splitsider: It's safe to say I have the hugest blogcrush on Splitsider. This is a great roundup.
8. The Top Ten Cover Songs of 2011: Karmin, undoubtedly, wins this category forever and ever in my heart with "Look At Me Now". I WANT TO BE THIS CHICK:
7. The Ten Best Animal Videos of 2011, by Urlesque: So good. Don't watch blind kitten though, unless you don't feel like crying. I kind of do so…
6. 2011′s Top Ten Sex & Tech Headlines by ZDnet: Porn apps and rape pages. LEGGO!
5. The 10 Funniest Gif Trends of 2011 by Mashable: A great roundup, but I must declare that Paula Deen takes the cake. Or the ham, rather… IN HER FACE! bwahahaha…
4. Gawker's List of the Year End Listicles They Didn't Get Around To Writing: Makes a rather entertaining and appropriately reflective list in and of itself. I think that was the point.
3. The Top Ten Internet Memes of 2011, by Know Your Meme: KYM is one of the only authoritative sources on this matter, in my opinion (Urlesque and Buzzfeed being the others). There were a lot of "Top Web Meme" roundups this year, but few can compare to this. Thanks though, CBS, for the low down on planking. Those crazy kids and their iApples! What will they get up to next?
2. Bite.ca's 10 Overused Catchphrases That Defined 2011: A damn near perfect list. Bite makes Canada look great and for this (plus the endless hours of entertainment), I love them. Let's put an end to the word "Epic", once and for all folks. Kray can stay though. I loh' that word right now.
1. Hipster Runoff's Top 10 of 2011: A must read. This year's most important list, by far.
Bonus: All of Buzzfeed's "Best of 11″ Category. Seriously. The whole dang thing. Cats, dogs, videos, gifs, memes, games, schtoopic celebrities… top notch, as always.
Honorable mentions go to The Top 10 Google Searches of 2011, The Year's Best Humour Writing, The best inventions of 2011, and – of course – this:
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Barbara Krause says she loves living in Syracuse. She wants to spread the joy.
"I want the city to be a place where families want to come," she told me the other day. That's why her and her husband, David, moved back to the city after a spell in the suburbs and she's involved herself in several community revitalization projects as chair of the Court-Woodlawn Task Force of TNT (Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today).
Barbara's latest good turn is sprucing up the neighborhood around what appears to be the city's only true traffic circle, Duguid Park, aka "Butternut Circle." This is on the North Side where Butternut Street wheels into Grant Boulevard. She's already helped to redo the park; it was rededicated last weekend. This is only the first piece of a bigger plan, according to her.
"The city's been very cooperative," she says. "They put up the money to revitalize the park and we're now asking for a facade program and new sidewalks, curbs and green space. I believe if you put money into a neighborhood, it's going to work. Anything you put in, you'll get back."
Everybody I talked to as I walked the neighborhood the other day agreed Butternut-Grant had seen better times. This used to be a solid enclave - way back, peopled mostly with settlers from Germany - but the years took a toll; neighbors say the closeness of what they call the "OK Corral" of lower Butternut Street makes them uncomfortable. The crime, violence and poverty of that strip seems to lessen at Grant Boulevard and fold into a neighborhood where, according to Barbara Krause, 70 percent of the homes are owned by the people who live in them.
"I hope the city takes a good look at the neighborhood," says Steve Grilli, co-owner (with Bob Brazell) of Change of Pace sports bar. The former professional baseball pitcher describes this as a "strong, long-standing area."
Butternut is one of our oldest streets. The first section, from the former Oswego Canal to Lodi Street, was plotted and named in 1846. Grant Boulevard once was Manlius Street. Until about 1915, this area of the city was part of the Town of Salina. An 1889 map marks the circle as "Hoodville." The namesake appears to have been Henry Duguid, a businessman, Republican political leader who served in the Assembly and was president of a bank.
The neighborhood has had its own movie house (Schiller Park) and a full deck of businesses, from small candy stores to large groceries. Today's assembly is smaller but hardy: Liehs and Steigerwald's market (one of a few in the city) has been in business on Grant since 1936. Jaquin's Dry Cleaning isn't far behind: owner Jim Jaquin's father, also Jim, opened on the circle in 1944 because it was a busy location.
There's been a bar at the Change of Pace location for years (remembers Snitzelbank?); Steve Grilli bought it after he retired from baseball 26 years ago. Peppino's (literally "Little Joe's") stayed with the neighborhood after being displaced by the new Rite-Aid store. The business dates to 1968. Mike Grant, on the other hand, opened his Sundue Cuts barber shop last year, after moving from Albany and scouting for a good location. "People are nice here," Mike says.
Wilson Farms and the Byrne Dairy store are long-time neighbors, also.
Liehs and Steigerwald would be a landmark no matter where it sat. Ludwig Steigerwald, a German immigrant, opened the shop in 1936. Then nephew Bob Steigerwald took over. He's now retired and his son, Jeff, owns the business, along with partner Chuck Madonna. Jeff runs the new store in Clay; Chuck's at the original Grant shop for 22 years.
I watched veteran employee Alexa Wischerath, who lives nearby on Greenland Drive, wrap a hearty packet of beef for sauerbraten in a white box and white butcher paper in front of a rack draped with beef sausage. The shop makes an astounding 18 different kinds of bratwurst (chicken wing, horseradish and rosemary, for three) and cooks sausage at least twice a week, more at peaks in the summer.
Chuck Madonna admits the neighborhood "has gone downhill in the last 15 years" but his shop runs on its reputation, drawing customers from all over. "This is a special place," he says.
Next door, I talked with owner John Vigliotti and manager Jason Macko at Peppino's pizza shop which buzzed with a lunch-hour crowd. John bought the place after it moved across the street when the drug store went up. The shop now serves breakfast (how about a breakfast pizza?) and has an extensive catering business, which Jason oversees. Both men stressed the need to involve Peppino's in the neighborhood with pizza giveaways and other promotions to schools and sports teams.
The new look of the traffic circle was applauded by most of the people I talked to, although Chuck Madonna wondered about the upkeep; Barbara Krause says she's weeding and watering. Jim Jaquin at the dry cleaners wondered whether the money could have been better spent elsewhere. "What about hiring two cops for the neighborhood?" he asked.
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When thinking about the wealth of the organization, I used to wonder how anyone of us would ever really know if someone was actually getting rich, personally profiting or living the highlife using Watchtower funds. I always figured that if there were something like that going on, the U.S. government would surely have found this out and would have gladly exposed it. Then some time ago someone made a post indicating that there are those who are being paid by the Watchtower. I didn't get to read it over thoroughly but it said something about there being certain individuals or families who are paid dividends from the Watchtower.
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> It seems that almost everyone wants spamassasin before SMTP, but I need help in setting it up after delivery.
> At the moment, I am using Exim4.6x, with SA 3.1.7, and it's default setup is to do the filtering at the ACL stage in Exim. We find this a bit tedious since users sending email have to endure quite a delay when sending, while SA does its work.....we would much prefer it to accept the delivery, so that the user isn't waiting for their email client to finish up. We don't reject spam anyway, we're just happy to rewrite the subject, mark the email as spam and then let the email client rules sort the ham from spam based on those 2 marks - obviously we don't have a heavily laden email link so we can afford to accept spam and filter it after SMTP.
> Alternatively, can it be configured to not do ANY filtering on authenticated senders, but process every other incoming email at ACL stage ? This would probably be best.
> How can I do either of these with Exim & SA ?
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This probably belongs on the Exim-users list, rather than the
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It's pretty easy... In your rcpt acl, set a variable for your
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Berlin entry opens at top of local box office
Nanni Moretti starrer "Quiet Chaos," Italy's single Berlin competition entry, has opened at number one at the Italo box office marking this year's best debut locally for a non-mainstream pic.
The bereavement drama starring Moretti as a TV exec who takes to a park bench after his wife dies, scored E 1.5 ($2.2 million) off 384 screens at home via 01 Distribuzione, ahead of its Wednesday Berlin preem.
The latest "Asterix" installment, the costliest Gallic pic ever made, has bowed in second place in Italy with E 1.2 million ($1.7 million) via Warner Bros.
Helmed by Antonello Grimaldi and produced by Domenico Procacci's Fandango shingle with financing from RAI Cinema, "Quiet Chaos" has been boosted by a big marketing push, with Moretti plugging many Italo launches and working TV talk shows, plus rivers of raving local press ink.
Pic, in which Roman Polanski has a cameo as a corporate bigwig, has also benefited from a general admission rating, despite a steamy sex scene and some controversial language involving words which in Italy amount to blasphemy.
Though surprisingly the G rating by Italo censors for "Quiet Chaos" has not stirred much controversy, Fandango and 01 have put a notice on the posters "advising" exhibitors not to admit children under 12.
Moretti also has been tapped as an honoree at this year's Locarno Film Festial taking place Aug. 6-16, joining Abbas Kiarostami, Youssef Cahine and Aki Kaurismaki.


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Conference Board of Canada
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|Daniel F. Muzyka
The Conference Board of Canada is a Canadian not-for-profit think tank dedicated to researching and analyzing economic trends, as well as organizational performance and public policy issues.
Describing itself as "objective" and "non-partisan", the Conference Board of Canada claims not to lobby for special interests. It is funded through fees charged for services delivered to the private and public sectors alike. The organization conducts, publishes and disseminates research on various topics of interest to its members. It publishes research reports, conducts meetings, holds conferences and provides on-line information services, which aim to develop individual leadership skills and organizational capacity.
The Conference Board of Canada was established in 1954 as a division of the American National Industrial Conference Board, now simply known as The Conference Board. The Conference Board of Canada acquired a separate legal identity in 1981, and currently has over 200 employees, mostly based out of its main office in Ottawa.[1] It is currently registered as a Canadian charitable organization, and also maintains offices in Toronto and Calgary. along with a representative in Montreal.
Daniel F. Muzyka is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board of Canada.[2] Glen Hodgson is the current Chief Economist.
- e-Library: Research reports, webinars and conference proceedings available to subscribers.
- e-Data: Data underlying the Conference Board's economic forecasts. U.S., Canadian, Provincial, Territorial, 28 Canadian Census Metropolitan Areas, and 16 Canadian Industries.
- Conferences: Conferences, seminars and workshops on various themes related to Conference Board research.
- Networks: Executive networks, councils, centres and working groups on various topics.
- Leadership development: Programs and courses delivered through Conference Board affiliate, the Niagara Institute.
- Custom Research
- Multi-Year Initiatives: Centre for Food in Canada, How Canada Performs, Centre for the North, Centre for Business Innovation, Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health Care, Saskatchewan Institute, CIBC Scholar-in-Residence.
Past Presidents[edit]
- Anne Golden 2001-2012
- James R. Nininger 1978-2001
- Robert de Cotret 1976-78
- Arthur J.R. Smith 1971-76
- Monteath Douglas 1954-1971
Honorary Associate Award[edit]
The Honorary Associate Award is The Conference Board of Canada's highest Award and is conferred upon individuals who have served both their organization and their country with distinction during their working career. This office, the term of which is life, is the only honour conferred by The Conference Board of Canada. Honorary Associates become voting members of the corporation. The Award is given on the occasion of the Conference Board's Annual Meeting.
- 2013 The Hon. David L. Emerson
- 2012 Anne Golden
- 2011 Serge Godin
- 2010 Paul M. Tellier
- 2009 Michael Wilson
- 2008 Stephen G. Snyder
- 2007 John E. Cleghorn
- 2006 Jacques Lamarre
- 2005 Isadore Sharp
- 2004 Eric P. Newell
- 2003 Purdy Crawford
- 2002 Laurent Beaudoin
- 2001 James R. Nininger
- 2000 J.E. (Ted) Newall
- 1999 Allan R. Taylor
- 1998 Guy Saint-Pierre
- 1997 Alfred Powis
- 1996 The Hon. Peter Lougheed
- 1995 Sonja Bata and Thomas J. Bata
- 1994 Paul Paré
- 1993 David M. Culver
- 1992 Sylvia Ostry
- 1991 Camille A. Dagenais
- 1990 Walter F. Light
- 1989 A. Jean de Grandpré
- 1988 Robert B. Bryce
- 1987 Frederick C. Mannix
- 1986 The Hon. Senator H. de M. Molson
- 1985 Louis Rasminsky
- 1984 The Hon. Ernest Manning
- 1983 Herbert Lank
- 1982 Allen T. Lambert
- 1981 Earle McLaughlin
- 1980 William O. Twaits
Selected Publications[edit]
- 2012 Survey Findings: The State of Firm-Level Innovation in Canada (2013)
- Improving Food Safety in Canada: Toward a More Risk-Responsive System (2012)
- Ontario's Economic and Fiscal Prospects: Challenging Times Ahead (2012)
- Women in Senior Management: Where Are They? (2011)
- 21st Century Cities in Canada: The Geography of Innovation (2009)
- Healthy People, Healthy Performance, Healthy Profits: The Case for Business Action on the Socio-Economic Determinants of Health (2008)
- The International Forum on the Creative Economy (2008)
- Red Tape, Red Flags: Regulation for the Innovation Age (2007)
- How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada (2007)
- Mission Possible: Sustainable Prosperity for Canada (2007)
- Canada by Picasso: The Faces of Federalism (2006)
- Compensation Planning Outlook
- Benefits Outlook
- HR Trends and Metrics
- Industrial Relations Outlook
- Canadian Directorship Practices
- Learning and Development Outlook
- Canadian Economic Outlook
- Provincial Economic Outlook
- Metropolitan Economic Outlook
- U.S. Outlook
- World Outlook
- Index of Consumer Confidence
- Index of Business Confidence
In May 2009, The Conference Board of Canada was criticised over its claim to be objective and non-partisan. It released a report related to copyright regulations in Canada, which plagiarised papers published by the International Intellectual Property Alliance (the primary movie, music, and software lobby in the US).[3][4] The Conference Board responded, standing by its report,[5] which drew further criticism, claiming they ignored a commissioned report, for partisan reasons.[6][7] The Conference Board recalled the reports after conducting an internal review, which determined that there was undue reliance on feedback from a funder of the report.[8] The Conference Board hosted a roundtable discussion on intellectual property in September 2009 and published a new report, Intellectual Property in the 21st Century, in February 2010.
- ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
- ^ http://www.conferenceboard.ca/press/newsrelease/12-03-06/Daniel_Muzyka_is_Named_the_Next_President_and_Chief_Executive_Officer_of_The_Conference_Board_of_Canada.aspx
- ^ Michael Geist - The Conference Board of Canada's Deceptive, Plagiarized Digital Economy Report. Retrieved on 2009-05-26
- ^ Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Conference Board report on copyright draws criticism. Retrieved on 2009-05-26.
- ^ Conference Board Press Release. Retrieved on 2009-05-26.
- ^ Jeremy deBeer - Research on Copyright and Innovation. Retrieved on 2009-05-26.
- ^ Michael Geist - Conference Board Ignored Independent Study Commissioned For Digital Economy Report. Retrieved on 2009-05-26.
- ^ http://www.conferenceboard.ca/press/speech_oped/09-06-17/Statement_On_Review_Of_Intellectual_Property_Rights_Reports.aspx
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Greater Burlington is the industrial, tourist, and financial center of the state. Manufacturing is the largest industry in Burlington, led by the electronics industries that had fueled an industrial boom during the 1990s. This region of Vermont supports nearly one-third of the state's manufacturing employment. The 20-block downtown shopping and residential district alone accounts for 9,000 workers in positions such as service, government, and retail, making it the second largest employment area in the state. The Greater Burlington region contains hundreds of small manufacturers producing a wide variety of products; many national and international manufacturing businesses have plants there that also support attendant service businesses. Tourism is the area's second largest industry; several banks are also headquartered there.
Items and goods produced: electronics and computer parts; food products; textiles; apparel; lumber; paper and wood products; furniture and fixtures; chemicals and allied products; petroleum, coal, rubber, plastic, leather, stone, clay, and glass products; toys; jewelry; primary and fabricated metals; machinery and electrical equipment; instruments.
Vermont, under the Regional Economic Development Program, has been organized into development districts to provide in-depth assistance to existing businesses and industries interested in locating in the area. Each of these nonprofit development corporations coordinates economic development efforts in the region. The agency responsible for Burlington is the Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation (GBIC). Also assisting local businesses is the Community and Economic Development Office, a department of the city of Burlington, that maintains business guides, offers tax incentives and loans, and advises on general business planning matters.
The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) consists of nine members appointed by the governor who facilitate several funding programs, while the State of Vermont's Department of Economic Development fosters business development and overseas trading. In 1998, Vermont passed Act 71, an Act Relating to Education, Taxation and Education Financing that contains a package of financial incentives, the most comprehensive in Vermont's history, designed to stimulate quality growth throughout the State of Vermont. Unlike incentive programs adopted by many states, Vermont's program incorporates a strategic framework that emphasizes quality jobs and symbolizes the state's core values with regard to meaningful employment opportunity. Facilitated by the Vermont Economic Progress Council (VEPC), the statute creates an innovative approval process for awarding tax incentives to both businesses and municipalities for economic development activity. Applications will be approved if they compare favorably to a set of guidelines and show that they will have a net positive fiscal effect. The incentives program is designed to benefit companies that already call Vermont home, with a special focus on small businesses.
The State of Vermont Department of Labor (VDOL) operates Career Resource Centers throughout the state for job-seekers, a free jobs database at Vermont JobLink, and the Workforce Education and Training Fund for both new and active workers while giving employers tax incentives for hiring displaced workers. The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce's Learn to Earn program, as part of the Vermont School-to-Work collaborative, strives to enhance economic development and quality of life by focusing on improving the quality of education in the Lake Champlain region through business-education partnerships, School-to-Work transition initiatives, and workforce preparation strategies. It provides Learn to Earn opportunities in a variety of industry-certified programs including building trades, culinary studies, aviation technology, printing trades, dental assisting, childcare, and others. Students entering these programs receive advanced credits and placements when they enroll in college. Graduates of these partnership programs receive education and training that enables smooth transition into high paying jobs in the community.
The Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC), partially funded by the federal Small Business Administration (SBA), is available to assist new and existing small businesses with basic training courses and individual counseling; the Chittenden County branch worked with 170 clients in 2003. A field office of the Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) is in Burlington, and offers workshops and counseling to small- and medium-sized manufacturers. The VMEC collaborates with the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), state colleges, and other state agencies.
The city's Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO) creates detailed annual action plans that focus on particular projects and programs throughout the area. Recent developments reported by the CEDO in their 2003–2004 plan include the Innovation Center of Vermont, the Burlington Town Center, and waterfront growth (including a $14 million project involving an inn, theaters, and retail and office space). The vitality of the downtown area can be seen in the planning of 300 new housing units by 2008, and a condominium project. And, according to the proposed 2005 city budget, nearly $1 million in developmental monies have been set aside for improving the ascetics of the downtown area. In transportation, the Burlington International Airport began a $24.8 million expansion in 2003 that included a new parking garage, expansion of a terminal, and the addition of gates; the third phase is still in progress in 2005.
Economic Development Information: Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation, 60 Main St., PO Box 786, Burlington, VT 05402; telephone (802)862-5726; toll-free (800)942-4288; fax (802)860-4288; email firstname.lastname@example.com. Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, 60 Main St., Ste. 100, Burlington, VT 05401; telephone (802)863-3489; toll-free (877)686-5253; fax (802)863-1538; email email@example.com
Once perceived as a rural area far removed from transportation networks and cut off from important markets, supplies and services, the Greater Burlington area has solidified its position in telecommunications, road, rail, air, and waterborne transport of goods to all areas of the United States, Canada, and worldwide.
An excellent—and scenic—highway system is used by a number of local and long-distance trucking companies offering overnight service to cities as distant as Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, and Toronto, Canada—roughly 80 million consumers are located within a 500-mile radius of the city. Rail freight service is provided by Vermont Railway, which connects Burlington with three interline carriers including the Canadian Pacific Railway System, and Central Vermont Railway. Modern Burlington International Airport (BTV) offers air freight and expedited air service. Tugboats, barges, and tankers on Lake Champlain and its canals carry cargo to the Port of Montreal, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and south to the Port of New York.
Workers in the Greater Burlington area have been described as industrious, dependable, ingenious, and self-motivated. Its labor force has witnessed consistent growth in recent years with the total amount in 2002 of 106,500, representing nearly a third of Vermont's workers. Meanwhile, the city of Burlington's employment level of over 31,000 in 2002 also accounted for a third of Chittenden County's workforce. The greatest gains have been in the service industry which have helped to offset some losses in the manufacturing sector.
One of Vermont's biggest growth industries in the 1990s and 2000s was the "captive insurance" business, wholly-owned subsidiaries of large corporations that enable them to control insurance costs. Vermont passed its captive insurance law in 1981 and one captive was formed that year; by 1986 there were 69, and in 1990 there were 215; the number ballooned to more than 700 by the end of 2004.
The following is a summary of data regarding the Burlington and South Burlington, Vermont metropolitan area labor force, 2004 annual averages.
Size of nonagricultural labor force: 113,300
Number of workers employed in . . .
construction and mining: 6,100
manufacturing: 15,300
trade, transportation and utilities: 22,000
information: 3,200
financial activities: 5,400
professional and business services: 10,000
educational and health services: 18,100
leisure and hospitality: 10,700
other services: 3,700
government: 19,100
Average hourly earnings of production workers employed in manufacturing: $15.15
Unemployment rate: 3.1% (April 2005)
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|IBM Corporation
|Fletcher Allen Health Care
|University of Vermont
|Chittenden Corp.
|IDX Systems Corporation
|Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
|Napoli Group
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|Goodrich Corp.
The following is a summary of data regarding several key cost of living factors in the Burlington area.
2004 (3rd Quarter) ACCRA Average House Price: $339,117
2004 (3rd Quarter) ACCRA Cost of Living Index: 117.6 (U.S. average = 100.0)
State income tax rate: 3.6–9.5%
State sales tax rate: 6%
Local income tax rate: None
Local sales tax rate: None
Property tax rate: $2.7162 per $100 of value (2005)
Economic Information: Lake Champlain Valley RMO, The Lake Champlain Regional Marketing Organization, 60 Main St., Ste. 100, Burlington, VT 05401; telephone (802)863-3489; toll-free (877)686-5253; fax (802)863-1538; email email@example.com. Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation, 60 Main St., PO Box 786, Burlington, VT 05402; telephone (802)862-5726; toll-free (800)942-4288; fax (802)860-4288; email email@example.com. Vermont Department of Labor, PO Box 488, 5 Green Mountain Dr., Montpelier, VT 05601; telephone (802)828-4000; fax (802)828-4022. Community & Economic Development Office, City Hall, 149 Church St., Rm. 32, Burlington, VT 05401; telephone (802)865-7144; fax (802)865-7024; firstname.lastname@example.com


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The North East girls soccer team is on the edge of the District 10 Class A playoff race, and a loss this week might have knocked them out. Instead, North East started the week with a 2-0 upset of defending D-10 champion Fairview. Bre Klenz had both goals for the 'Pickers, while Chelsey Chwatek earned the shutout in goal. North East then knocked off Iroquois, another team it is chasing, 2-0 behind goals from Macy Putman and Lauren Baker. North East still needs some help but is very much alive in the District 10 Class A playoff race.


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After writing about how we love making pizza [3], we've learned that we've been fools to buy Boboli pizza crusts. In fact, Karen at MSN's Smart Spending even said we were cheaters [4]! Having learned the error of our ways, we've decided that the next time we make pizza we'll be making our own pizza dough, which appears to be fairly simple.
Oh, I also had a revelation the other day. I was walking through Trader Joe's (they sell 200 Cone #4 coffee filters for $1.69, cheaper than any other place I know of) when I saw they sold fresh pizza dough for 99 cents. 99 cents! What the heck have I been doing buying Boboli pizza crusts???
Pizza Dough Recipe
This simple pizza dough recipe comes from Broke Ass Gourmet [5], which is a great place to pick up some fun recipes even if you aren't a broke ass. 🙂
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 packet dry active yeast
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp olive oil plus more for the bowl
- 1 tsp salt
The directions are simple, put the water, yeast, and sugar in a bowl and let it sit for 4-5 minutes so the yeast can work its magic. Then combine salt and flour in a mixer and stream in the yeast mixture and your olive oil. Then use the mixer until it forms the dough. Knead the dough then put it in a bowl, cover it with a dish towel, and put it in a warm place so the yeast can do so more of its magic. Let it rise for thirty, then beat it down, then let it rise for thirty more. Doneski and ready for pizza toppings!
After the basic recipe, you can start playing with it and adding flavors you think you'll like. What separates one cook's pizza dough from another is in these secret ingredients and those secret ingredients are mostly from trial and error. Some recipes call for a bit of honey, others use sourdough, and even others start integrating spices into the dough itself. Trial and error is more fun than reading from a recipe anyway!
Another benefit of making your own dough is that you can make the pizza's smaller and get more creative with the toppings. Now that we plan to make our own pizza dough, we can go nuts on the toppings! I envision a saffron, beluga caviar, truffle and Kobe beef pizza in our future!
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Josh On Jimmy Kimmel Live Tonight!
Josh On Jimmy Kimmel Live Tonight!
Cap off your Valentine's Day with Josh tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Watch him perform "Brave," and check-in via GetGlue.
For a list of local air times, click here.
I loved all of it. Loved the interview, loved the way you sang "Brave" and "Falling Slowly", loved your style. That leather jacket just fits you so well. And I love that you smile a lot. You have a very beautiful smile! Lots of love :-)
I really, really, loved the way you sang "Falling Slowly" . You are great! :)
i watched it .. was really magic and funny .. thanks so much Joshua... i hope you have a beautiful and funny Friday and weekend..... greetings for your family and hugs for Sweeney ... Cariños for you from the end of the world.JS
Watched the show music was awesome like always!! Keep the good work up TV is good for you!!
i watched you on the Jimmy Kimmel show. you were great. i listen to your music every day.
My Valentine's Day is now complete! Was so wonderful to see Josh on the Jimmy Kimmel show! Josh, I hope someday you and Stevie Wonder get to writing that song!!!!!! I am thoroughly enjoying 'All That Echoes. I experience something new each time I listen to it! Sooooo looking forward to the tour! Love & Peace


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Showing ribs is ok, showing hip bones is not.
Different dogs will need different amounts of food, they have different metabolisms. Most people(including vets) are so used to seeing overweight dogs - they think that a fit one is emaciated.
Posting a picture from the side and one looking down on the dog, over it's back will help.


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Consolation semifinals
152: Alex Kenner (US) lost to Jordan Marshall of Troy Christian 10-4
285: Shawn Kissell (BC) lost to Ben Sexton of Sugarcreek Garaway 4-2
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132: Derik Kopp (TC) lost to Andy Dobben of CVCA 3-2. Kopp finishes eighth.
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132: Brayden Leist (Carey) lost to Dakota Mays of Nelsonville-York 11-1. Leist finishes eighth.
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Last week, an emergency mitigation team assembled at the Davis Memorial Hospital to run a "table top exercise" involving a simulated explosion of the heating/power system at the Huttonsville Correctional Center.
The group, comprised of members from the correctional center, Huttonsville-Mill Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Davis Health System, Randolph County Office of Emergency Management and several volunteers spent the day coping with the expected and unexpected.
The purpose of the drill was to see how effective are the plans are that have been put into place to deal with not only this specific type of emergency but any other manmade or natural disaster that might happen at the correctional facility and the countless issues faced by those coping with the problems. While this was a specific scenario, the actions for its mitigation are not unlike those faced in most any type of emergency.
The simulated explosion, around 8 a.m. Oct. 16, rendered the HCC without power, heat, sanitation facilities and food service. All 1,136 inmates and staff of more than 320 were affected.
Some of the more serious problems faced by those running the exercise included damage assessment, establishment of a triage center, the safety of fireman and rescue personnel needing to enter the site, inmate and staff injuries and fatalities, inmate security and public safety, transport of the injured to medical facilities in and out of state, preparation at the local hospital to receive the injured, acquisition of supplies and equipment through the Office of Emergency Management, dealing with reporting accurate information to the news media and rumor control.
We rarely think about such events in our daily lives. We go through life with little consideration or thought for those who spend countless hours formulating plans for dealing with disasters and the multitude of details involved with them. We have, and rightly so, virtually no knowledge of all the energies expended putting into place guidelines to assist in emergency situations at the HCC, the hospital, the volunteer fire departments, the Office of Emergency Management and of the countless hours spent by volunteer groups such as the American Red Cross, Randolph County Ministerial Association, Local Emergency Planning Committee and other groups who are concerned with the safety and security of our populace during emergencies.
My point is that we should, every one of us, be mindful of the efforts of those who care enough to donate their time and resources to such work.
It was interesting to watch the drama unfold. There sat a group of men and women, people from the correctional facility, the H-MCVFD and other agencies trying to deal with a situation, although simulated, as though it were an actual event. The countless problems that arose were further confused and complicated by injections that were built into the exercise by planners over the preceding several months.
As situations developed, the mitigation team had to contact other agencies and supply them with information and make requests for resources, which, as always, encompassed delays and logistic issues further complicating an already complex set of circumstances.
I was amazed by the "cool" of those participating in the exercise. Whether simulated or actual, conflicts invariably arise between the participants who consider their needs to have priority over all others.
This exercise was no different but the astonishing observation here was that everyone held their emotions in check. No one used his or her "authority" to gain advantage over anyone else.
"Well," you might say, "this was just an exercise and no one was in danger - no one's safety was at stake, no one was injured or killed." Yes, you can say that, but if you had walked into the room not knowing that this was an exercise and watched the team at work, you would have believed it was the real thing.
The exercise, as expected, illuminated some shortcomings in the existing plans and pointed out some areas where planning must be revised. It also revealed that a great deal of the planning efforts were "on track," too. Immediately after the exercise ended, everyone involved sat through a "hot wash" or review of the exercise - what went well, what did not go so well and what action needs to be taken in the immediate future to improve the plans for such incidents.
We all live and pray every day that such disasters will not happen, but we know that they will.
We only have to look back to Nov. 4, 1985 and January 1996 and the ravages of Mother Nature become vivid in our minds. We, every one of us, owe those who do everything possible to reduce the damages, losses and suffering from these kinds of events a great deal more than they receive. They are not, on the other hand, the kind who expect anything - recognition or reward. They do it because it's a part of their makeup.
The other day I received an e-mail noting a relatively new law now in the code requiring drivers to slow down to a maximum speed if on a two-lane highway or slow down and move to the far traffic lane if on a highway that has two or more lanes running in the same direction or both when passing a law enforcement vehicle with flashing lights.
I hesitated to write anything about it until I checked it out with the West Virginia State Police so I dropped the Secretary of MAPS, Joseph Thornton, a note asking him to verify the authenticity of the supposed law. Folks it is a law and if you don't obey it, you could be fined up to $1,000 or confined in the county or regional jail for a period of not more than six months, or both.
I don't have room to quote the entire law here even though it is short and to the point. In part it states: "17C-14-9a - Approaching authorized emergency vehicles; penalties.
"(a) The driver of any vehicle approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, when the authorized emergency vehicle is giving a signal by displaying alternately flashing red, red and white, blue, or red and blue lights or amber or yellow warning lights, shall:
"(1) Proceed with due caution, yield the right-of-way by making a lane change not adjacent to that of the authorized emergency vehicle, if possible with regard to safety and traffic conditions, if on a highway having at least four lanes with not less than two lanes proceeding in the same direction as the approaching vehicle and reduce speed to a safe level for road conditions; or
"(2) Proceed with due caution, reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintaining a safe speed not to exceed 15 miles per hour on any non-divided highway or street and 25 miles per hour on any divided highway depending on road conditions, if changing lanes would be impossible or unsafe."
The portion that's not contained here are the penalties for violating this code. Beware, folks, they are issuing citations for this violation.
Give our safety officers a break - slow down and, if possible, move to the far lane. Every week or so we hear of an incident involving our law enforcement officers that could have been prevented by giving them the space they need to do their job safely.


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|The city of Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia is two cities in one. The state line bisects the center of town. The total population is about 43,000 with 250,000 people within a 25 mile radius. Bristol, TN-VA is nestled in the midst of the wooded hills and rolling farmlands of the Holston River Valley.
|Located in the Southern Appalachians between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Cumberland Mountains, the community is characterized as a small city with a rural culture. Four distinct seasons and an overall mild climate make the mountains, woodlands, pastures, streams and lakes a constantly changing and always beautiful setting in which to work and live.
There is a wide variety of opportunities in and around the area: hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, whitewater canoeing, boating, snow skiing, golf, and tennis. Music festivals, dances, concerts, arts and crafts fairs, stage and dinner theaters, and ballet are a few of the many local cultural events. Bristol is home to two liberal arts colleges, and East Tennessee State University is located 25 miles away in Johnson City. Both Bristols have very good public schools as well as private and church schools. All the conveniences and services of larger cities are present, but with the cost of living well below the national average. Housing is readily available for purchase and for rent. There are many fine shops and restaurants located here and throughout the area.
|In 1998, by a resolution of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Bristol was designated as the " Birthplace of Country Music," being the site of the first commercial recordings of Jimmy Rodgers and the Carter Family in 1927. It is also home to the Bristol Motor Speedway, a 150,000 seat NASCAR track, often referred to as the "world's fastest half-mile track."
|Bristol is conveniently located just off I-81, which connects the Middle Atlantic states with the South and Southwest. Tri-Cities Regional Airport is 20 minutes away and is served by several airlines.
The Tri-Cities region was selected as an All-America City for 1999-2000. This prestigious distinction, granted each year to 10 localities by the National Civic League, recognizes "communities...in which citizens, governments, businesses, and voluntary organizations work together to address critical local issues." Our department's role in improving rural health care in the region was cited as one of the major accomplishments for which the award was granted.


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For the moment, American Airlines isn't leaving its crews overnight in Maracaibo, Venezuela
With the civil unrest in Venezuela, American Airlines has stopped housing its pilots and flight attendants overnight in a Maracaibo hotel.
Instead of laying over there, the crews are simply coming back on the return flight to Miami. The change began Thursday, Feb. 20, and will continue until at least Wednesday, Feb. 26, according to the Association of Professional Flight Attendants.
Maracaibo is Venezuela's second largest city. American also flies to the capital, Caracas, from Miami, New York and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
"We also continue to monitor the escalating situation in CCS [Caracas] which remains confined to the downtown area away from the airport and our layover hotel," APFA told its members in a Friday hotline.


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H&B signature model K44 displays evidence of moderate game use including ball, stitch, and bat rack marks. The lower handle has a light coat of pine tar and Stargell's player number "8" is faded, but still visible on the knob end. Stargell was one of the game's great sluggers during the late 1960s and 1970s, finishing his career with 475 lifetime home runs and 1,540 RBIs. He was also one of the game's greatest team leaders. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1988. Stargell led the majors with 44 homers in 1973. This is an ideal Stargell gamer dating from the peak power years of his Hall of Fame career. Length: 34.5 inches. Weight: 35 ounces. SCD Authentic Grade: A9. LOAs from Dave Bushing/SCD Authentic and John Taube & Vince Malta/PSA DNA. Reserve $200. Estimate $400/$800. SOLD FOR $1,856.00
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($30; from a 1974 planting) Very pale, green-tinged color. Aromatic nose combines flowers, lime leaf and wild herbs. Juicy and perfumed in the mouth, with brisk, fruit-driven flavors of quince, white peach and pear. There's nothing overripe about this beautifully balanced, varietally accurate riesling, which tastes drier than its 16 grams per liter r.s. would suggest. The pH is a low 3.02 and the alcohol is 12.5%, according to Billo Naravan. This was done in 95% stainless steel and 5% neutral oak.


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