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AUS: Hilco Capital acquires chocolate maker Ernest Hillier
By Katy Askew | 19 February 2014
Hilco Capital has acquired Melbourne-based chocolatier Ernest Hillier through its Australian arm Re:Capital.
Hilier sells a variety of premium chocolates through retail and wholesale locations across Australia. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Following the sale, the business will continue to be run by current CEO Mark Campbell.
Re:Capital emphasised it remains "committed to preserving the Hillier's Chocolates name and corporate identity as well as its facilities". The investment vehicle said that it would provide the working capital and operational experience necessary to grow the group's domestic presence and expand internationally.
James Turner, investment director for Re:Capital Australia, said: "Hillier's is the kind of business we enjoy working with. It has a great brand, a high-quality product and many opportunities for segment growth."
Re:Capital, the Australian arm of Hilco Capital, today announced that it has acquired Ernest Hillier Pty Ltd ("Hillier's Chocolates"), the private Melbourne-based chocolatier.
The transaction represents Re:Capital's second investment in Australia. The sale also forms part of Hillier's planned succession, as its former owners, the Piedimonte family, focus on other business interests.
Ernest Hillier was founded in 1914 and operates under the Hillier's and Newman's brands. The company's products are sold in a variety of retail and wholesale locations across Australia.
Recognising the strong heritage of this iconic Australian brand, Re:Capital is committed to preserving the Hillier's Chocolates name and corporate identity as well as its facilities. The business will continue to be run by the current Chief Executive Officer Mark Campbell.
Re:Capital will maintain Hillier's current domestic presence as well as expand into new regions domestically and internationally. As part of the transaction Re:Capital will provide the working capital and operational expertise necessary to secure the long-term future of the business.
Paul McGowan, Global CEO of Re:Capital, said: "Ernest Hillier is a very strong brand in the Australian market and we are happy to have this as our second investment in Australia. As we invest funds into Australia to help Ernest Hillier and similar businesses grow, we can also capitalise on our global network to help take Ernest Hillier's great reputation for quality products to a worldwide audience."
Mark Campbell, CEO of Hillier's Chocolates, said: "We are delighted to welcome our new owners to the Hillier's family, and see this as an exciting time full of opportunity for the business and our staff. For nearly 100 years we've built our reputation for the highest quality confections in Australia, and Re:Capital is the right owner to take the Hillier's business to the next stage of growth."
James Turner, Investment Director for Re:Capital Australia, said: "Hillier's is the kind of business we enjoy working with. It has a great brand, a high-quality product and many opportunities for segment growth."
This entry was posted on Monday, February 17th, 2014 at 1:00 pm.
Original source: Hilco Capital
Sectors: Confectionery, Mergers & acquisitions
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"You always like to win the last game, but you look back on the season," said Dascenzo (), obviously pleased with his team's performance throughout the season. Dascenzo couldn't hold back his smile when talking about his team. "I thought they had a great year and these last two weeks they played their hearts out and even though knowing they'd been eliminated from the race were very proud of what they've done this year.
Tonight, Drew Miller and Ben Snyder faced off on the hill for the Ems and Volcanoes, respectively, in a rematch of last Friday's game in Salem in which the Emeralds won 6-4. Both pitchers got a no decision in the September 1st game as they each gave up three runs in their five innings of work.
The Emeralds, one of only two teams to not have a losing record against Salem-Keizer this season, struck first. With one on and none out, Michael Campbell turned on a pitch and sent a no-doubter deep to right and out. The blast silenced the ---4,119 fans in attendance for a moment as they watched the ball sail out of the ballpark before bringing them to their feet and giving Miller and the Ems the early 2-0 lead.
The Volcanoes brought the score within a run in the fourth. After recording the first two outs, Miller plunked Thomas Neal in the side and gave up back-to-back hits that brought Neal around to score.
An inning later, second baseman Brad Boyer gave the Volcanoes a 3-2 lead when he replicated Campbell's earlier feat, turning on a 1-and-0 fastball from relief pitcher Nick Tucci and depositing it over the right field fence for a two-run homerun.
Campbell's second homer of the game came in seventh inning. Still down by a run, Campbell worked the count against relief pitcher Jesse English in his favor. He jumped all over English's 2-and-0 offering and smacked the pitch out of the yard in right.
R.J. Rodriguez took the mound in the ninth inning of the tie ballgame looking to keep it that way. However, he gave up three straight hits and then a wild pitch that brought home the eventual winning run for the Volcanoes. Salem-Keizer will look to ride the momentum of the 4-3 win into the NWL playoffs against the Boise Hawks tomorrow.
Reflecting on his team and the season, Dascenzo said: "What stood out was the way they went about their business and the way they always gave themselves a chance in just about every ballgame. Out of 76 games, only about six of them they really didn't have a chance or an opportunity all the way to the end. So, they never quit, never gave up. And that's one attribute that you need to have to be a major league player."
Dascenzo shared the co-Manager of the Year award with Salem-Keizer manager Steve Decker. "It's a testament to the kids and to the staff here," he said, gesturing throughout the room to the rest of his coaching staff. "To only put one name to it is unfortunate, but it really is a testament to what we all do here and it makes us all feel really good."
The 2006 Emeralds finished the season in second in the NWL West division, overshadowed by a impressive and dominant season by the Volcanoes. Several players of note spent a brief period with the team here in Eugene before moving on (David Freese, Nate Culp, Wade LeBlanc), and some spent all or nearly all of their first seasons in professional baseball playing in the friendly confines of Civic Stadium, as they all helped to lead the way to one of the best Ems seasons in recent memory.

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Web Content Specialist
Pall Corporation, a Fortune 1000 company, is the global leader in the rapidly growing fields of filtration, separations and purification. We provide innovative products to customers in the health care, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, municipal drinking water, aerospace and industrial manufacturing markets. The company, headquartered on Long Island, New York, has operations in every major country. If you are interested in learning more about Pall Corporation, visit our website at www.pall.com
We are looking for a Web Content Specialist to drive Pall Corporation's initiative to make the content within www.pall.com current, accurate, and integrated with offline Marcom activities by working with Corporate Internet Marketing team, Web IT team, Marcom managers, and external suppliers to plan and implement Web content. This person must understand the Pall web site architecture and how information is organized. Must be able to write web copy, layout/design, analyze and optimize Search Engine features, keyword, build banners, and do basic entry. Scope of assignment includes multiple divisions and global projects.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Work with Marcom Managers to define project goals, scope, budgets, timeliness and required resources. Assist/manage implementation of mini-market programs to web content and produce web content/updates, conduct competitive reviews, develop industry association/links.
• Recommend and implement enhancements to support online marketing and search engine optimization. Be familiar with and able to conduct SEO analytics.
• Increase site traffic and usage through coordination of compelling content, integration with offline activities to drive people to the web.
• Work with internal staff to manage the completion of the majority of projects internally and use outside creative agencies if required for advanced programming and other services to create and maintain the PLS content within pall.com.
• Collaborate with the Web IT team to understand their goals for long-term infrastructure development.
• Follow policies and procedures for online content that align with Corporate Communications objectives.
• Coordinate workflow of LOB Web projects to ensure that content is current and what the site visitor wants to find.
• Manage implementation of translations for Web pages based on the business plans of the market segments.
• Evaluate existing content for clarity and timeliness. Ensure consistency of brand and content throughout LOB site (banners, podcasts, webinars, navigation, etc.)
• Implement changes and corrections to the Website to insure quality and accuracy.
• Manage workflow and deadlines on multiple, simultaneous projects.
• Oversee the production of content and appearance of the Pall Web pages using the templates and standards set by the Internet Marketing team.
• Manage projects from early development and planning through implementation, including testing, launch and post-launch monitoring and assessment.
• Improve web experience by updating content, keywords, and graphics.
• Keep current with emerging web technologies.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
1. Demonstrated experience and expertise in managing multiple complex projects simultaneously. Familiarity with the tasks surrounding the execution of promotions and copy writing in order to complete a wide range of projects expected in this position.
2. Experienced with Web development. Good understanding of web technologies, web publishing and design tools. Basic graphic design manipulation skills using Adobe Photoshop and Flash a plus. Strong knowledge of website design, layout, and usability standards required.
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong editing and proofreading skills. The ability to express ideas through creative writing/editing in a web-friendly style.
4. Advanced HTML or content management system programming skills (preferably Teamsite by Autonomy Interwoven) a must. Experience with web-based applications, and a range of application server environments required. Understanding of CSS, XML, and ASP preferred.
5. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
6. Excellent interpersonal communication skills required to discuss project progress and staff activities, implement corrective actions as needed, and interact with internal customer base.
7. A level of experience consistent with the demands of this position, including the achievement of a four-year degree in advertising, design, e-commerce marketing, internet marketing, or related business field and between 2-4 years of work experience in corporate advertising and communications.
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Sanzhi Pods
A sad day indeed when something this amazing is left to decay. This is of course in the vein of the previous post. Via Daniel Carvalho via yusheng.
"From what I can gather online, this place was built in the 70s as a resort but was later abandoned. I couldn't find any definitive explanation about why exactly it was abandoned, however. There's some talks about failed partnerships and/or real estate bubbles. Apparently the location is too hot in the summers and too cold in the winters. The fiberglass shells of these houses certainly don't help with insulation. I also couldn't find out whether they were ever occupied in any capacity.
If you are in Taiwan, it's definitely worth a visit. From Taipei, head towards Danshui, get on Route 2 and follow the direction for Sanzhi. It will be on the left side of the road, along the coast. You can't miss it. See the aerial view from Google Maps."


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Two Hereford teenagers accused of killing a 73-year-old woman in July have been indicted on a murder charge by a Deaf Smith County grand jury.
Damien Rodriguez, 15, and Sygourney Grajeda, 16, are accused of killing longtime Hereford resident Lucia Guajardo, who was found in the early morning of July 30 with a stab wound to her chest in her home in the 200 block of Greenwood Street.
Grajeda is Guajardo's granddaughter. Authorities described Rodriguez as an acquaintance of the 16-year-old.
The grand jury indicted the two last week. It also indicted Rodriguez on a charge of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.
Guajardo's killing was the third in Hereford since March 2008.
The two teens are being held in the Deaf Smith County jail. Grajeda is being held on a $300,000 bond and Rodriguez on a $310,000 bond.
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Posts tagged Pro-domme
Me, me, me also …
Jun 26th
Posted by paltego in Uncategorized
Mistress T's blog is always entertaining to read, but her last couple of posts have been particularly intriguing. The first was a list of qualities she looked for in a potential mate and an invitation for any guys who matched up to email her. This struck me as a post likely to attract both attention and a wide range of responses. As Mistress Eleise de Lacy recently wrote and I've posted on in the past, the online dating story for dominant women is not a pretty one. I'm sure that it's only a small fraction of men that ruin it for the rest of us. However, with 3 billion men in the world, even if only 1% are interested in dominant women, and only 1% of those are idiots, that's still 300,000 socially challenged males to deal with.
I was fully expecting to see a follow-up post where Mistress T tried to inject a little reality into the responses. Something along the lines of – "200 lbs and 5'5″ does not equal fairly fit. Please stop sending me cock shots. A job as drummer for a Winger cover band does not equally financially secure, particularly if you're still living in your parent's basement. I am very sure that the act of fucking you will not suddenly turn me monogamous. And seriously, enough with the cock shots."
Sure enough, there was a follow-up post, which mentioned the record amount of feedback the original post generated. However,what really amazed me was that some guys thought the criteria she laid out was too strict. I'm slightly surprised that anyone would think that, as it's a very reasonable list of requirements. I'm even more surprised that some guys would be self-critical enough to understand that they didn't make the bar. After all doesn't everyone think they're smart, witty and great in bed? I mean I know I am, but a lot of other guys can be strangely delusional about stuff like that, poor chaps.
Sadly I live in Seattle, which looks close to Vancouver if you use an atlas and squint, but in reality is a few hours away via the joy of Interstate 5. On the plus side, this post does give me an excuse to feature a few pictures of Mistress T. The first two I picked for her very entertaining expressions. The last because she looks wonderful in it and it's nice to feature something non-explicit or kinky now and again. You can see a lot more of her at her main site.
Oh, and the post title? Taken from this appropriate scene, in one of my favorite movies. Andie Macdowell is a tough woman to please.
An odd contraption
Jun 25th
Posted by paltego in Uncategorized
Here's an interesting piece of dungeon furniture I've not seen before. It has a Victorian steampunk feel to it. All heavy metal, hinges and exposed engineering. I like both the look and the utility of it.
The owner of this odd but interesting contraption is the beautiful Mistress Aika, a pro-domme based out of London. You can see more of it and her on her preview page.
Femdom image updates
May 21st
Posted by paltego in Uncategorized
I've done some work on the Femdom Image page. Specifically I've removed a few dead or dormant sites, and added the following ones:
- darksehnsucht
- Femdomcore
- Femdomonly
- Men: Born to be slave
- Ripe for the pegging
- She knows what's best for me
- Silverthrone75
- Strawberry Mistress
- Hoolle
- Mad Milkman's Corsetry
Hopefully there should be a little bit of something for everyone on those tumblr's.
The image below comes via the newly added Femdomcore tumblr. There's no attribution but I believe that's Mistress Shae, a pro-domme based in Southern California. I've never sessioned with her, but she has an excellent reputation as a very skilled domme.
Needles with Inga Larsson
May 20th
I mentioned in an earlier post that I got to play with two different dommes while I was down in LA. I've already talked a little about the session I did with Cynthia Stone. The other session that I was lucky enough to experience was with Inga Larsson.
At this point it would be customary for me to say a little bit about Mistress Larsson. However, in this case I can fall back on a much more reputably source for that than myself, namely Miss Troy Orleans. I noticed she had a few things to say about Inga in a recent post, and I couldn't agree with her more…
I'm trying not to call her "stunning" or "gorgeous" because every one does and as true as it is, to start there does this talented domme (did I mention she was trained by Simone Justice AND Isabella Sinclaire and has also been studying bondage with me?) a disservice. But, go ahead, be taken in by her beauty…and end up having an extraordinary BDSM experience with one of my favorite up-and-coming dommes.
Troy Orleans, on Inga Larsson
In my case the extraordinary BDSM experience featured nipple/cock/ball torture, spanking, flogging, bondage and needles. We didn't get any shots of the first few activities, but we did capture some good ones of the play piercings. If you're not keen on seeing close up shots of needles and genitals then I'd advise not clicking any of the picture links below.
She started with some nipple piercing (picture 1). From a wince inducing perspective this is probably the mildest shot, but in terms of pain was actually the worst. I believe the needles are 18 gauge. From there she moved down to the cock and did a cool needle and rope arrangement to create a corset effect (picture 2 and picture 3). Note that this session took place exactly one day before I played with Mistress Stone, and so the genital shaving I talked about a few days ago had yet to happen. The final step was to use the rope to connect all the piercings together (picture 4 and picture 5). This creates a very interesting tension on the body, pulling the skin taut in unexpected ways. Being tied to your own skin is quite strange, as I've written about before (warning more needle images).
It was a great session and my thanks go to Inga both for the sessions itself and for snapping these shots. Tempted though I am to finish the post with a close-up picture of my junk, I'll spare everyone that, and instead treat you to a couple of pictures of Inga Larsson herself. Should you be in the Los Angeles area and wish to experience her beauty and skill for yourself, then her FAQ and contact information is here.
May 17th
I'm back in Seattle and feeling a bit prickly. This isn't slang for a bizarre new sexual practice, or a skin disease I picked up from a dirty airplane toilet, but the result of the last session I did in LA before returning home. It was with Mistress Cynthia Stone, a very beautiful and talented domme. She has an extremely direct, forceful and natural style of play. Some dommes, particularly in a first session with an unknown submissive, can come across as a touch scripted and task orientated. They'll want to work through the list of agreed activities over the prescribed time. This doesn't necessarily mean the activities won't be fun, or the session will be bad, but it can emphasize the artificial aspect of the play. A sense that something is being done to you, rather than with you.
This is never an issue when I play with Lydia in Seattle. She has a very instinctive style, working from a plan but improvising as necessary, adapting to the submissive's reactions. Mistress Stone seemed to play in a very similar fashion, working around a set of ideas, but in a loose natural way. My prickles are a result of her improvisation, and her momentary annoyance at what she described as 'the pelt' around my cock and balls. It was interfering with her desire to shove needles into them, and before I knew it, a razor had been produced. Five minutes later and 'the boys' were doing their best Kojak impression. Her piercing play was much enhanced and I'm now left with an interesting rasping noise every time I cross my legs.
The shaving in the image below is happening a few feet higher than mine was, but I think it's an appropriate image all the same. Sitting back and offering your throat to a straight razor definitely has trust and submission aspects. Not to mention that Mistress Stone threatened to bring her straight razor along for the next time she wants to give me a trim.
I came across this image originally on the Real Dominant Women tumblr.
Schoolgirl fantasies
May 14th
The comic below is from Nic Buxom's site. It's one of those sites that I find and then wonder how I've never discovered it before. She's a professional dominatrix, but also worked as a pro-sub, and has written a large number of amusing and perceptive comics from the inside of the professional BDSM world. I spent a happy couple of hours working forward in time from this, her first comic, to the more recent but equally entertaining examples. Definitely worth checking out her posts, and perhaps also stop by her store or commission pages.
On the cusp
Apr 23rd
The shot below is taken from the gallery on Mistress Alex's site. She has a lot of great images in that gallery, with many that are far more explicitly BDSM than this. There are cages, naked men, whips, floggers and beat downs. All sorts of good stuff. But this slightly more ambiguous image is the one that really appeals to me. I think it captures a moment of balance, the point where all the possibilities of a session begin to resolve into the actualities.
There's often a lot of laughter and banter at the start of my sessions with Lydia. Some of that is purely practical. It takes time to get ropes tied and bodies arranged, and it's more fun to talk than not to. A larger part of it is is the nervous energy and anticipation we're feeding off of. I don't quite know what's about to happen, but I'm looking forward to finding out. The domme has got a good idea what's about to happen, but until it starts to unfold has (presumably) no idea how her ideas will translate into the energy and dynamic of the scene. I love that point of transition, the shifting balance between us, the changing gears of dominance and submission. Hallways are a natural transition place and this image, with its choice of doors and "I was waiting for you" stance, captures an element of that session moment.
Form over function
Apr 20th
Posted by paltego in Uncategorized
Here's a very visually striking pair of Gaspar gloves being modeled by Mistress Veronique. There's a bit of a militaristic feel to them thanks to all those metal press studs.
While I think these look great, when it comes to playing rather than simply staring, I actually prefer something far more basic. The kind of short black leather gloves you'd use to protect your hands, or improve your grip, or avoid leaving fingerprints. There's something sexy about function. These have great form, they don't look all that practical to wear while working a guy over.
I found this on the Bits and Pieces tumblr. It was originally shot for the Boot Lovers site.
Apr 19th
Today's post brings you news of an article from 2004. Don't say that Femdom Resource doesn't deliver the latest in BDSM culture!
I was reminded of it after reading some of the comments on my earlier post about approaching a dominant woman. Ferns linked to an excellent post she'd written on the subject, which emphasized that the person comes before the submissive. It's a package deal, and nobody is going to spend time with someone who can scream delightfully when whipped but is an annoying jerk the rest of the time. Playing with gags can be fun, but they shouldn't be a requirement for a relationship.
This philosophy put me in mind of an old article from Mistress Matisse on how she started dating her primary partner Max. He's actually a male dominant, but I don't think that fact alters the underlying point. She wasn't attracted to some aspect of his sexuality, that actually counted against him initially. It was the fact he was capable, quietly confident and self-possessed that was a significant part of the initial attraction. I also can't resist posting a link to an article that opens with the following line.
As Max and I approach the fifth anniversary of our first date, I've been thinking about the fact that if my submissive, Jae, didn't have such a big clitoris, Max and I might never have gone on that date at all.
Mistress Matisse in 'Me, Max and Jae'
That must be a great way to start a response to the old cliched question – 'So how did you two meet?'
For images I can bring you shots of two out of the three people in question. The first shot below is Mistress Matisse giving Bobbi Starr a spanking in a scene for Everything Butt. The second image is Jae giving some lucky guy a good paddling, taken from this blog post.
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I've been enjoying catching up on Domina M's new blog – Look Like Veronica Lake; Think Like Dorothy Parker. She used to be one of NYC's top pro-dommes, mentored one of the current stars of that city, and has since retired to Barcelona.
She's writing about the practicalities of being a pro-domme, the behind the scene issues she had to deal with, which I find fascinating. I think it's always fun to read about unusual jobs. It almost doesn't matter exactly what the job is – steeplejack, hostage negotiator, matador – there's just something innately interesting in learning the tricks of a trade. It appeals to the desire to discover a secret, as well as the intellectual pleasure of gaining understanding of a new problem space.
I particularly enjoyed her piece on micro-dommenomics and her attempt to come up with a viable model for an inexpensive session.
A simple foot or OTK session in the morning might be a nice way to start my day. What say $75 for a half hour foot or OTK session in the morning? NO ONE could beat that.
There was no way I was going to dilute the "Domina M" brand with a blue light special. Besides the argument was that they wanted the minimum, simply a focus on their fetish. Okay fine. I created a new yahoo email account and advertised, "Simple foot/otk sessions with a beautiful, busty, 29-year-old blond. 8AM-11AM. $75 per ½ hour" every free place I could.
After all of that, how many people did I see in those three months? None. Zero. Goose-Egg.
Domina M
The failure of this approach doesn't surprise me at all. When it comes to luxury goods and services, price may not be a good discriminating factor, but it is normally a good filtering factor. I probably can't simply use price alone to choose between a $50 bottle of wine and $100 bottle of wine. But I can normally safely exclude the $5 bottle of wine from consideration. If I saw a very cheap price for an unnamed and unreviewed pro-domme I'd assume either she wasn't smart enough to price herself correctly or was so bad that she couldn't get business at a higher price. Neither are appealing characteristics. And, as Domina M discovered, the type of clients who don't make that kind of assessment turn out to be the type of clients not worth cultivating.
In the comment section Miss Troy Orleans remarked on the fact that she'd recently offered a significant session discount to celebrate her eight year dommiversary, and had been surprised when only one person took her up on it. That also surprised me at first glance, but actually makes some sort of sense from a psychological perspective. A discount suggests that, compared to the normal exchange, one person is losing out on the deal. A client with enough disposable income to regularly see a top pro-domme is unlikely to value a transitory financial saving over the negative psychological association of the discount.
If Miss Orleans had reworded the offer to suggest she was going to extend the session length but still charge her normal rate, I wonder if it would have changed the uptake rate? The cost/time ratio is unchanged, but it creates a different emphasis. Now the client isn't taking something away, but is instead being gifted with something extra. A bit like how restaurants don't give regular customers discounts, but do send out additional free courses.
Perhaps that might also have been an answer to Domina M's discount session experiment. Offer it only as a bonus to regular clients who have already paid the full session rate in the past. That weeds out the wankers while rewarding the regulars. Although of course that does still risk diluting the brand. These things are never simple.
I've added her blog to the pro-domme section of my blogroll, so hopefully she'll be popping up there with many more interesting posts in future. Thanks to hmp for the original pointer.
Photograph is of Domina M. For a little background on the photographer see this blog post.


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i guess i get a month's free of gold membership XD idk i only got Gears of War 2 and Resident Evil 5 sooo. . . idk if anyone wants to add me, go ahead lol idk if this is like the DS and we can pretty much invite others to join and play WITHOUT having the game, but if it is. . . invite me?!?!? lmao
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It's been a long-standing notion for police officers and hospital staff that if they encounter a strange, hectic night, don't blame it on the people they encounter.
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"It was just something the officers used to talk about. You'd get a bunch of calls where things were really silly, not your normal average call," said Lt. Gary Trupe, who has worked the night shift in the Amarillo Police Department for about 16 years. "You would be asking if there was a full moon or not."
Although it would seem impossible to scientifically prove a connection between the full moon and kookiness, the superstitious link may help to explain the weird and bizarre calls officers may receive and why hospitals always seem so busy during a full moon.
APD Cpl. Jerry Neufeld said that when he used to work at night and a full moon crossed the sky, it seemed police responded to one call after another.
And it wouldn't stop, with some calls becoming stranger and stranger, he said.
"It has seemed in the years past, you would always hear about strange and bizarre activity that would come on a full moon," he said. "From experience working the night shift, it would become extremely busy, from family fights to arrests to robberies. Then the next night it would be quiet as can be," he said.
But according to Amarillo police records, the superstition that more calls might come on a night of a full moon seems to be just that, a superstition.
The last full moon was Oct. 6, and police records show that from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day, police responded to 203 calls. Officers responded 211 calls the day before. The next day, they received 209 calls.
During a full moon on Oct. 17, 2005, the numbers seemed to show no influence from a full moon, with police fielding 157 calls. The day before, they received 151 calls.
A day after the full moon, officers responded to 181 calls.
"When it is a full moon everyone talks about it, that it's a full moon and we have to expect the worst," said APD Sgt. Randy TenBrink. "Sometimes it's that way. Sometimes it is just a self-fulfilling prophecy."
"Weird things can happen every night," TenBrink said. "But when it happens to be a full-moon shift, you always attribute it to the full moon."
Mary Barlow, director of corporate communication for Baptist St. Anthony's Health System, said nurses who work in the hospital's emergency room and labor and delivery sections report that when full moons arc across the sky, they know they are in for some work.
"They definitely see an increase in activity," Barlow said. "There is no scientific evidence for it, and they can't tell you why. It is just one of things in health care you laugh about. When a full moon comes, you are going to be busy."
Full moon facts
Southeast Asian and Western folklore long ago established the full moon as the time for werewolves and vampires to awaken, or appear most often.
Full moons are traditionally associated with temporal insomnia, insanity (hence the terms lunacy and lunatic) and various magical phenomena such as lycanthropy.
Psychologists have found that there is no strong evidence for effects on behavior around the full moon.
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ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Danielle Adams led a balanced offense with 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the San Antonio Stars beat the Chicago Sky 84-72 in the regular-season finale for both teams Sunday.
The Stars (16-18) and Sky (15-19) already had clinched playoff berths.
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SANTA CLARITA - More than 20,000 kids entered the annual KIDZ Star USA Talent Search, but only one was named winner at the finale event Saturday in Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Four finalists competed for the grand prize, singing songs chosen by judges, including celebrity judge and mentor Jennette McCurdy, former star of the hit Nickelodeon show "iCarly."
KIDZ Star USA is a singing talent competition, a kind of "American Idol" for kids. It allows kids ages 5-12 from across the country to audition online at Kidzbop.com or live at select venues, with the winner also announced live at a venue.
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Lacatus' mom and dad, Liliana and Dorel, shed a few tears upon her big win.
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The finale event featured a concert with appearances from the KIDZ Bop Kids and Dallas Wayde, who won last year's competition. It also included DJ Young 1, the 11-year-old spinning sensation featured in America's 'Got Talent Season 8' competition as one-half of the 2Unique duo.
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After a two-week hiatus due to Superstorm Sandy, the Concert Corner with CineStars' Brittany Umar is up and running again. (CineStars is based in New Jersey, and was without power for over a week because of the storm.)
For this installment I take a look back at two shows I recently reviewed - Bob Dylan at the BMO Harris Bradley Center last Thursday, and R. Kelly's randy show at the Milwaukee Theatre Saturday - plus take a look at the week's big show with Journey (don't stop believin' people) and Summerfest's first headliner announcement. »Read Full Blog Post
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Guess I'll elaborate a little. Since I wasn't being very objective when I wrote it and i'll apologize for the attitude.
I am not trying to dis you on this but what your not realizing is that your team setup even with high prize, is a barrier to entry.
Its like playing 00R OCEX c3 HP, OC def, ex Def vs a training gm without any skill. Where is the fun or point in that? I know you work hard, and deserve every right to use whatever suits you want. But as said. The above scenario. Where is the fun in that?
Scenario 1
Let say if they were to get players from KR, they would start a new account. Try to roll the proper suit/make proper S rank. Leveling them up to the expectation of OC 5.
How long does that take? The KR players isn't going to do this for any prizes. Maybe for fun. But most suits readily available wouldn't be very competitive to start off. It would be more of a cannon fodder.
So Scenario 2
Question is, how many "dedicated" player are there, that will make effort and have the time to train all their suit to OC 5? Especially an S rank or atleast an A rank. Most player that are on, are more on for casual play. Most old and current clan member that I know still plays very casually. They are on to try out new suits. Maybe get to OC2 or 3. And then stop. They don't play everyday trying to grind their ass off. Nor do they spend on cellies to level up their suits.
So when they sees all the pretty OC Ex, OC 6s, basically they gave up already. What is the point? Most doesn't even have the proper suit to begin with.
And even worst, last time I was with kira, he still doesn't know how to curve missiles. Or some random guy that has alot of OCEX S ranks and lost both lives under 30sec.
So everything takes time, it isn't something, oh there is a tourny, I'll get my skill/suit to top notch in a week. It doesn't work that way. It also has to do with the player themselves whether they want to just enjoy this casual game, or whether they want to play competitively. And to be competitive, skill usually are earned over time, I would say about a year roughly for average game play.
But those that truly wants to play competitively and aims to be competitively is a tiny population from what I can see. Its roughly about 4 teams. So thats about 12 minutes and everything should be over.
This is something that no matter how good the prize, how many tourny you or anyone hold, cannot change. It is how the current state is. You can't suddenly get people that purely play casually to suddenly gear up.
This is the issue I am trying to inform you, and it isn't about the prizes. Prizes only adds people that think they can AFK for it and freeload. So it ends up as 00R OCEX vs trainer GM. And the result is pretty clear.
I am not trying to dis-encourage you from hosting a tourny. But when it doesn't work as it is intended, you should be expect such outcome and see what else you can do that can improve the experience so that it wouldn't turn out to be so bad.
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Dr Etzkorn is a great doctor. I left his practice because of his office staff. The stress that they caused me was not worth seeing Dr Etzkorn. His staff are rude, hateful and not helpful. I believe that they take pleasure in causing problems for Dr Etzkorn's patients.
Dr. Etzkorn is professional and keeps the appointment fast and to the point. Like other reviewers, the office staff is cold and unorganized. On one occasion I was getting weighed and woman said, "Wow, you weigh a lot less than I thought you were." Ummmm thanks? On another occassion I called to receive a new perscription and was told I could pick it up the next day. I go to pick it up and turns out they mailed it to my house. The office is very dated and very far behind in technology. You are unable to leave a voicemail and they only take calls a few days a week for a limited number of hours making it difficult to get ahold of someone to change or schedule an appointment. The office needs a make over of the physical appearace as well as the staff.
Diagnosed with Graves disease 20 years ago. Dr. Etzkorn is a true specialist. He is focused, very task oriented, highly respected in his field, and takes his work seriously. He is extremely matter of fact, negates patient self reporting with lab results, will not entertain related symptom questions if not specific to diagnosis, will not entertain patient speculation, and has a flat persona with a monotone speech. If he is empathic he does not show it. I have stayed with him for so long for the one reason and one reason only - his expertise. Robin was the office staff for 12 /- years and extremely easy to work with. She was very pleasant, considerate, and empathic. Her personality was a nice contrast to the doctor's. They worked well together. When Robin left the mean one arrived. I'm sorry to be so direct but that one word says it all. Calling the office to make appointments, request lab orders or prescriptions is a communication nightmare. She is always put off that you called, hates that you disturbed her day, and consistently bullies her way through the conversation. She is Seinfeld's soup cook personified. She makes the doctor look like Mr. Congeniality. I look forward to the day when Dr. Etzkorn retires forcing me to find a replacement. Surely there's another equally qualified thyroid expert out there. One with a happy staff. **I do cut the Doc a little slack because he deals with thyroid patients all day - nuerotic, paranoid, hyper/hypo, anxious, moody, depressed, fatigued, etc., .... symptons of a malfunctioning thyroid.
A bit too direct for some people, but I loved it. My interaction with his receptionist staff has been the only negative. Maybe it's due to the way he treats them or how he gives them direction, but he's always been excellent in his interactions with me.
Dr Etzkorn is a very competent endocrinologist. I have been his patient for 7 years and appreciate all that he has done for me. I am leaving his practice because I can no longer deal with his horrible office staff. They are rude and unorganized. It's impossible to get apts scheduled in a timely manner. It's just not worth the aggravation.
When I was experiencing certain symptoms, I discovered my thyroid levels were abnormal. I was prescribed medication but my symptoms persisted. I made a reasonable decision to see an endocrinologist to at least review my condition and treatment plan. When I spoke with Dr. Etzkorn's secretary, she then called my primary care physician's office. The secretary called me back to tell me she didn't think it was necessary for me to see Dr. Etzkorn. Since when do secretary's make this decision? This secretary made a mistake when scheduling my appointment and now she tells me I don't need to see an endocrinologist. Utterly and completely rude!
Dr. Etzkorn is an expert in his field. However, he can be very awkward and condescending. Occasionally he can be friendly and "normal". His staff on the other hand is rude and crabby 90% of the time. I have had a few pleasant interactions with them. I am planning on finding a new office for my care.
Dr. Etzcorn is a great doctor. However, his secretary is extremely rude. She has been rude to me over the phone and in person. This secretary is so mean that she makes it uncomfortable to be in the waiting room or to even call to set up an appointment. She has a very unpleasant attitude. I have been one of doctor Etzcorn's patients for ten years, but I have been tempted to find a new doctor with a more friendly staff many times.
My family recommended Dr. Etzkorn to me and I heard and have no reason not to believe that he is the best Endocrinologist out there. However my problem, and the main reason why I would refuse to ever do business with him is his team taking phone calls. As I was trying to explain why I was calling and special circumstances that led me to making my appointment I had the following happen: 1) While I was in midsentence 1 person handed the phone to another 2) Person taking my call cut my conversation off 3) Talked deliberately slow to me as if I was a child. 4) Extremely rude Basically, I received the poorest Customer Service I have ever been provided before. With this said, no matter how good Dr. EtzKorn is at his trade, if he allows for this type of abuse to happen to future patients, then he can not be a customer focused healthcare provider
Dr. Etzkorn is great. I started seeing him when a thyroid condition developed in my pregnancy. His information was throught, and made me feel comfortable and confident that everything was going just as it should. I would recommend him to friends or family if it wasn't for his office staff. I could not believe how rude and inconsiderate a person could be to a pregnant woman!
I have been a patient for 7 years and every year I tell myself I am finding a new doctor. Since the day I started going to him I have voiced my concern that something is wrong, he told me to see my GP because I was depressed which I am not. Hasn't changed my meds in 7 years and I just keep gaining weight and can't lose it no matter what I do. he dosen't care. Finding a new doctor this year!
I've been struggling with Hashimoto's, B12 deficiencies (10 months) and more recently depressive tendencies and physical pain (2 months) that is draining my spirit. So to be treated so rudely when attempting to make an appointment with a specialist is just uncalled for. According to the appointment setting staff, he won't see anyone without a referral (even if your insurance doesn't require it). If you have a PCP with an ego who insists they can control your issues, you'll never see this specialist. Additionally, there's a 2-3 month wait for an appointment. His staff was rude and snotty but I'll never know if he is as good as the others say he is because they'll never let me make an appointment.Based on his staff alone, even with a referral, I won't go there.
I have been his patient immediately after my cancerous thyroid was removed several years ago by another surgeon. He is a very caring physician and knows what he is doing. I am dreading the minute he announces his retirement. I don't know what to do when he retires. I hope he reads this review BEFORE announcing his retirement.
Dr. Etzkorn is a great Dr. The waiting time in his office is minimal. I saw him for hypo thyroid during pregnancy and everything went perfect. I highly recommend him.
He really knows what he is doing. He has able to get me diagnosed after 2 visits. The doctor I had been going to before him had still not diagnosed me after 3 months of visits. I'm really glad I found him. He is really good about getting lab results back to you quickly. He will even call you on the weekend with results.
Two different people ended up referring me to the same doctor. He has done everything I expected my other doctors to do.
This is the thyroid doctor in St. Louis. I wish I still lived there because I can't find a good doctor in Arizona. I highly recommend Dr. Etzkorn, he is not super warm and fuzzy but he knows his stuff.


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The NYPD commissioner has turned down an invitation from a politician to tour Brooklyn neighborhoods.By Joe Coscarelli
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Perhaps it would take a naïf to expect Pennsylvania's legislators to pass a transportation bill just because it's, you know, their job. And there aren't many innocents left in Harrisburg. So to get the bill passed, the legislature revived its reviled tradition of allowing its members to distribute some of the spoils, a practice previously known by the charming term "walking-around money."
Tens of millions of dollars a year was apparently the price the rest of us paid to persuade some of our already well-compensated representatives to fund work on roads, bridges, and mass-transit systems - that is, to keep "walking around" from becoming the commonwealth's last safe mode of transportation.


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I want to buy the new Wii version of Super Mario All Stars. This apparently means, if you've been paying attention to the usual wave of Internet hyperbole, that I am a corporate stooge, a fanboy idiot with money to burn, and, according to a recent screed on WoSblog, somebody who wants Nintendo, Inc. to do him in the butt.
Leaving aside my personal sexual preferences, I can say that I agree with some of the criticism All Stars has been receiving. I, too, was disappointed when I heard that no work had been done to the now 17-year-old collection's UI; even the control layouts still show an SNES controller, which looks a little sloppy for a supposedly "prestige" collection like this one (though it does get the job done, since the Classic Controller is basically an SNES controller anyway). I also agree with 1UP's Jeremy Parish when he says that Nintendo could have easily filled out the DVD with supplementary content; interviews, old commercials, anything would have been fun for us retro Nintendo nerds and easily ignored by everyone else, no harm no foul. I can even see the point of those who argue Nintendo should have opted to include the later Super Mario All Stars + Super Mario World comp, which would have been a cool bonus if only for the updated Luigi sprites (though, again, I also see Nintendo's logic in not including it - not everyone owns a Classic Controller, and the beauty of this All Stars package is that all four games can be played with a Wii Remote held NES-style). In general, however, the tenor of the backlash against this ultimately innocuous compilation - a kind of hysterical sense of betrayal, always a weird emotion to direct against a faceless corporate entity - strikes me as a little ridiculous; like seeing a salad on a dinner menu and becoming irate that it isn't a steak.
The fact is, Nintendo's 25th Anniversary collection was never going to be more than Super Mario All Stars. It says so right on the package. And the package, in this case, really is important. I've seen Simon Parkin's review on EuroGamer absolutely savaged because he made the case that All Stars is worth owning because it's a physical product rather than a digital piece of Virtual Console ephemera -(rather ironic, I might add, in a subculture that has made physical media "unboxing" into its own genre of consumer-porn). But the thing is, he has a point. This is the first time we've been able to have Super Mario All Stars on our shelves in 17 years (16, if you count the World version); as someone with a collector's impulse who grew up with these games, and who thinks they can easily stand shoulder to shoulder with the games being released for twice as much today, I am willing to pay 30 bucks for that privilege. After all, even if I were to opt for digital and purchase each of the NES games separately on Virtual Console, I'd be looking at a $21 expenditure ($25, actually, since Nintendo doesn't let you buy single dollars of their funny money). Whether the book, prestige packaging, and the piece of mind in having your games on a physical medium is worth 9 extra dollars is ultimately up to the individual. What I don't appreciate is being browbeaten by a bunch of forum trolls who think they know how to spend my money better than I do.
Is Mario All Stars a good value? Speaking personally, I'd say yes, with the essential caveat that your mileage may vary - and remember, nobody said you had to buy it. No, it's not as incredible a value as, say, Sega's recent Ultimate Genesis Collection, but that approach also has its flip side. First, there is such thing as perceived value: the Genesis Collection is great but it has a "bargain bin" feel, like those budget DVDs that pack 50 B-movies onto 4 discs. Giving Mario the same treatment on "his" 25th anniversary wouldn't really seem right (and I might add that nobody complains when, for example, Criterion puts out just Seven Samurai or Yojimbo, instead of a blow-out budget-priced compilation of every film Kurosawa ever made). Besides, I'm not even sure I want All Stars, World, Yoshi's Island, 64, Sunshine, Mario's Time Machine, etc., etc. packed onto my disc. This collection seems as good an opportunity as any to reintroduce the roots of Super Mario to the world, and that means Super Mario Bros. 1-3. Jam-packing the disc with extra games would give us more bang for our buck, but at the expense of muddying the waters and taking away from the purity of these three pretty-much perfect (and one, well, other) games.
Finally - and I know I'm tilting at windmills here - I would like to address a personal plea to the gaming community at large. Please, please, please stop acting like Nintendo (or any freaking mass media corporation) has it out for you personally. The same article that suggested I wanted to be anally raped by Nintendo also accused the company of "dripping with longstanding hatred for PAL gamers" because they didn't include a version of the game set to the 60Hz standard for PAL TVs. Now I agree, that's careless. But hatred? This kind of highly personal, paranoid reaction to corporate indifference - I believe the Interweb folks call it "butthurt" - is just one of the many, many reasons why gaming "critics" (and fans!) aren't taken seriously by the rest of the culture. Look, people, Nintendo doesn't hate you or your family. Neither does Sony, Microsoft, Ubisoft, EA, or even mean ol' Bobby Kotick at Activision. But they don't love you, either. They are in the business of making games, which they sell in exchange for money. So stop acting like spurned lovers, and start acting like the reasonable, mature, emotionally stable adults I sincerely hope you are.
And for the love of god, stop bitching about games you're not obligated to buy.