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If drippy trees or deck lumber deposit sap on your vinyl siding, don't delay cleanup. The longer you wait, the more stubborn the sap will become. If you attack the fresh sap within a week or so, a common kitchen cleaner such as Formula 409 or Fantastik will likely remove the goo. You can also use a biodegradable product such as Simple Green. If standard cleaners won't dissolve the sap, use a citrus cleaner such as Goo Gone (at home centers). Check the label of any product you use to make sure it's recommended for vinyl and test it in an inconspicuous spot for discoloration. Apply the cleaner with a rag or sponge. Scrub tough spots with a soft-bristle brush.
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Use gels, liquids or synthetic bar soaps
In terms of chemistry, some soaps aren't really true soap. Any soap in a liquid or gel form and some bar soaps, such as Zest and Ivory, are synthetic soap. These non-soap soaps are much less likely to form that dreaded layer of tough scum on your sink or tub.
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Clean hard-to-reach spots with small gravel
Clean those narrow-necked jars and vases with small gravel (aquarium gravel works the best). Fill one-third of the jar with water. Add a handful of gravel, and then stir and shake the jar. The gravel will scour the inside of the jar clean. Dump the gravel into a strainer, give it a quick rinse (so it doesn't stink!) and save it for next time.
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Microfibers are tiny strands (usually less than one-tenth the thickness of a human hair) that are sliced into even smaller strands and then woven into fabric. Those tiny strands reach into crevices and provide millions of little pockets within the fabric to hold dirt particles. The strands also have sharp scouring edges, so microfiber cloths often clean effectively without chemicals or even water (you can use cleansers or water if you choose). When used dry, microfiber cloths generate static electricity, which attracts and holds dust. To clean out all that dirt, just toss microfiber items in the washing machine. You can use microfiber products to dust furniture, clean glass, mop floors and even wash your car—or anything else. Find microfiber dust cloths, mops and other cleaning gear at most discount stores.
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The thousands of microscopic fabric hooks on a microfiber cloth (at discount stores) make it perfect to cut through the dried grout haze left after a tiling project. You'll still have to rinse and repeat, but the haze will clean up faster than it would with an ordinary rag.
Remove stains from vinyl flooring
Isopropyl alcohol removes heel marks
If your sheet vinyl "resilient" flooring has marks or stains that won't come off with normal vinyl floor cleaner, you can use stronger stuff. The methods described here won't harm most vinyl floors, but it's best to test them in a closet or on a section of flooring that's hidden by furniture. Use white rags only; chemicals that dissolve stains can also make fabric colors bleed and stain your floor.
Isopropyl alcohol, sold as a disinfectant at discount stores, is a mild solvent. It's the best cleaner for heel marks and works on other tough stains too. You can also use lighter fluid or mineral spirits. Remember that all these products are flammable; turn off any nearby pilot lights and hang rags out to dry before throwing them away.
Use oxalic acid (wood bleach) on rust stains
Oxalic acid is the solution for stubborn rust stains. It's often labeled "wood bleach"—but not all wood bleach contains oxalic acid, so check the label. Most paint stores and some hardware stores carry oxalic acid. If the stain won't rub off, wet a rag with the acid solution and lay it over the stain for 10 minutes. If the stain remains, rewet the rag and repeat. When that's done, rinse the floor with clean water.
Clean skipping discs
Wipe with water and mild detergent
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If the grille on your bathroom exhaust fan is clogged with dust, try a trick that's faster and more effective than vacuuming: Turn on the fan and blast out the dust with "canned air". The fan will blow the dust outside. This works on the return air grilles of your central heating and cooling system too. Run the system so that the return airflow will carry the dust to the filter. You'll find canned air at home centers and hardware stores, usually in the electrical supplies aisle.
Caution: The cans contain chemical propellants, not just air. Don't let children play with the can.
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If your toilet flushes slowly, the rinse holes under the rim may be clogged with mineral deposits. Use a hand mirror to see the holes under the rim of the toilet. Bend a coat hanger flat and probe the tip into the holes to poke out any deposits. You can clean out those clogged holes without ever getting your hands dirty.


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After four years in decline, the number of people killed on Wisconsin roads increased in 2012.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says 601 people died last year on state roadways. That's 36 more people than the year before.
The report says major contributing factors were an extended motorcycle season and a lower than average seat belt use.
Half of the motorists who died were not wearing seat belts. "Make sure everybody is seat-belted in, from you as the driver to all of your passengers. You have to remember that even though your passengers may be old enough to make their own decisions, you as the driver have to make the decision for them to have their seat belt on," said Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper Thomas Campbell.
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Congrats to the other Black and Gold
Bourbon Street is rockin' and Miami is bumpin'. The Saints are Superbowl Champs. I was rather indifferent to this game, but nonetheless, it is the Superbowl. Had a great time watching with friends and came away so impressed.
The Saints overcomed great adversity with nearly every pundit picking against them. They overcame an early ten-point defecit, which was the largest comeback in SB history.
I was watching the pre-game specials all day and tears were forming in my eyes. The clips of the ravaged New Orleanes streets were hard to witness. Interviews with citizens still trying to build their homes back was also heart wrenching. The Saints give those people hope and to see them bring home the ultimate prize is something special. I can see the movie rights being lobbied for already.
SIDENOTE: With Superbowl Sunday in the books most of us are dreading heading back to work and school for Monday-not I.
West Virginia University will remain shut down thanks to the snowstorm that shalacked Morgantown over the weekend. Nearly 2 feet of the white stuff later, much of the town is still trying to dig out. Myself, along with the 28,000 other students couldn't be happy for an extra day of
drinking I mean STUDYING (thats for you mom). Actually there is something much larger than drinking, studying and the normal college routine. For it is Big Monday. The No. 2 ranked Villanova Wildcats come to town to do battle with our No. 6 Mountaineers.
West Virginia is riding high after a 14 point comeback win over St. Johns on Saturday. WVU is now 19-3 and needs a marquee win to secure a spot atop the Big East standings. Pictured to the left is Deniz Kilicli "The Turk" as he is affectionately known in Morgantow. He is just a freshman who can easily pass for a 30 year old man. He hails from Istanbul, Turkey and made his collegiate debut last week in the infamous Pitt game.
The student section of WVU has been under fire for the past few weeks but things really got heated in last Wednesday's game game against the Panthers. Pitt is already our biggest rival and it was shown on Wednesday. In the previous two home games against Ohio State and Louisville the Mountaineer students were heard chanting various vulgarities and obscenities that were picked up by the television mics and heard over national television. I can't deny it, I was in the middle of it.
After a flood of e-mails from the Vice President of the school things were hoped to be calmed down against Pitt. That wasn't the case. At all. After a questionable call by an official at half court items such as T-shirts, bottles and cups rained down onto the court from the student section. A handful of items reached the court, probably seven from my count. This prompted head coach Bob Huggins to grab the PA mic and yell at the fans. This week there has been plenty of local and national backlash from the media about our behavior. While I agree with what they are saying and admit this is a complete embarrasment I can't help but suggest that every incident be reported. WVU's image is already tarnished enough acidemically, but we have had a reputation for being unruly and rowdy.
I'm sure we all have been at sporting events were a person or group of people began to chant cuss words and such. Heck I hear it everytime I watch a college sporting event on ESPN. Throwing stuff on the court? Yeah, I've seen it before too. The UNC-Virginia Tech game had to be stopped to clear debris from the court just last week. I've heard bat day at Yankee Stadium caused fans to throw wrappings and even the bats on the field. But just because we are West Virginia we need to be made an example. It really isn't fair and makes us good seeds (such as myself) recieve the negative stereotypes when in reality it is just a few bad apples. However, just a few bad ones can ruin the fun for everyone.
I suggest to you sports fans to watch the big basketball game tomorrow at 7 on ESPN, hopefully the classy WVU crowd shows up. I'll be there-classy as ever.
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Congratulations to the Saints!
I'll try to watch the basketball game Matt! I get home at 7! wait! is that 7 your time or my time! Most likely your time😦
Couldn't of happen to a better guy who plays in a town who needs that kind of pump-up.
People forget that New Orleans has a pretty good Triple-A team (Marlins) that brings out a lot of local fans to games.
But based solely on want and desire, New Orleans deserved this trophy and the right to stand tall and proud.
But, it will make Mardi Gras last an extea 9 days this year ( Not a bad thing).
I heard a short blurp today about another storm reafy to head East of the Mississippi real soon. Hopefully this one will bump up against the Apps and move southward ( we wish).
Stay warm and do not study too hard.
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Congratulations to the Saints on the win!! Though I was hoping the Colts would win it. Have fun with the snow!! Supposed to hit New England on Wednesday. =(
At the Rogers Centre people always try to launch paper airplanes from the Upper deck in hopes of getting the paper near homeplate. It is an ongoing thing.
They have some kind of ritual where they allow stuff to be thrown on the field, just to get it out of fan's system. Like the hats in hockey when a player scores 3 goals, or the Octopus thrown on the ice when the Red Wings are in the playoffs. Maybe if a kid scores 40 in a NCAA BBall game they can throw WVU shirts, or something like that?
Guess you saw that poor 85 year old man who had lost his home crying on TV too? Geez…that was hard to watch. Glad for the Saints though; hopefully the win will bring some needed attention to that area.
Whenever I hear about WVU I think about you!! Congrats to the 6th rated team. Take some pictures!
Ahh, that's really frustrating when you're unfairly treated…but as I recall, your pal Crosby isn't too thrilled with hat trick celebrations.
I know this may be dumb advice, but…just try to ignore it and focus on the good stuff.
Hope the snow doesn't keep ya down! Looks like fun (we're just now gettin' ours in the Chi). And for the record, I have no problem hatin' on Pitt, especially if it will make ya happy. I am the same as Cat: every time I hear about WVU anything I think of you, Matt!
like i mentioned on your other post. I hope you and you fam is alright. I heard on CNN about the blizzards and stuff. I'm such a Cali girl I can't handle cold at all!!😀 I admire your east coast toughness😛
Congrats to the Saints!!! I was so happy for them.. it was a great game too which is always good


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September is here and apples are starting to flood the market, but be sure to take notice of the late season peach crop; these golden beauties have been ripening in the sun all summer long and are the sweetest variety in the bunch. I absolutely adore peaches and tend to buy them in bulk to make all kinds of wonderful things . . . Read More »
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This week the topic is Books. Other than the two books that I have written about previously, reading books was not a high priority activity in my childhood. Although my mother gave me her poetry book to read while I washed the dishes, she believed that reading was an activity that should be done only after all other chores were done. In her world, there were always chores to be done. My grandmother appeared to have the same view of reading, although she did have her elocution book and a few beloved books in her glass-fronted book case.
The only two books that I really remember as I was growing up were dismal failures. I carried around Ernie Pyle's Brave Men for years, but I don't think I ever finished it. The strange thing is that my mother gave the book to me to read, which was probably beyond the reading level of a 9 or 10 year old, but I don't think she ever finished it either. The other was a historical novel -- something about a Chateau. This book sticks in my mind as I got some pithy remarks about the book report from a teacher. I also have an aversion to Libraries, in great part, due to some very large fines for overdue books -- I don't remember reading the books, but I do remember the fines.
As an adult, I evolved into a rather eclectic reader, history, memoirs, some light science such as books on psychology, sociology, and archeology --- not so much on the physical sciences, except for astronomy and sometimes light mathematics. I also have a penchant for spy novels -- but can't abide most of the series or sequel stuff. Not too fond of sci-fi and fantasy. Also once I commence reading, I can't seem to put a book down until it's finished -- which has caused some problems over late or non existent dinners and the like.
I believe my, or our (my husband and I) greatest gift in the books and reading realm was that we provided a rather large array of books for our children -- and I read to them every nite until they were reading on their own. The last decade or so, I have been winnowing out my book collection --- the hardest ones to give the old "heave-ho" were the encyclopedia sets that I had accumulated. We bought the Americana when our eldest was born, along with it's accompanying set of Children's Library and a smaller natural science set. We hauled those encyclopedias throughout Oregon and Washington for over twenty years. We were the local "lending library" where ever we lived, as all of our children's friends would come to our house to do their reports -- at least during their elementary and middle school years. I tried to sell those books, donate them to schools, Goodwill, Salvation Army, just give them away, and finally my heart broke when I hauled them off to the dump. How could someone not want a thirty year old set of encyclopedias that had just a few cookie smudges here and there, and maybe a dribble of milk or juice, but very few pencil marks, and those only from "visiting scholars"--- we even had at least ten volumes of the "Annual Updates." I am still holding on to the Children's Library. From those twelve volumes, I read poems and stories, made crafts, costumes, toys and science projects for my younger brothers, children, and grandchildren -- too many memories -- and there might be great grandchildren some day ... .
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Home List of Titles Centralisation of information and exchange with special reference to the South Australian winegrape industry
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- Centralisation of information and exchange with special reference to the South Australian winegrape industry
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- Hunt, C.; Tiernan, P.; Wilson, E.
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- Characteristics of the South Australian winegrape market are: many scattered growers, relatively few grape buyers (winemakers) , a perishable product and legislated prices for grapes. Because of the problems associated with grape pricing in Victoria and New South Wales, as well as in South Australia, the establishment of a free market for grapes was recommended in 1985 by a high level inquiry (McKay report). While the number of participants on both sides of the market may be sufficient for a free market, the lack of market information is likely to lead to a situation of high marketing risks for grape gravers due to widely dispersed prices. The scattered nature of grapegrowing makes search costs hiqh, accentuating price variability. Economic theory is drawn upon to highlight the potential for the use of market power when incomplete and costly information exists. Also, when this state exists supply and demand shocks cannot be perfectly arbitrated. Centralisation of information would increase the number of effective traders in the winegrape market, and results from experimental economics support centralisation and greater availability of information as factors reducing price risks in markets. The theory also suggests that the problem of 'white noise' may not be a serious problem in such a market. It is argued that centralisation of the winegrape market is best undertaken with the aid of computers due to the reduced costs of hardware and the availability of software to handle centralized marketing.
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- Swinburne Institute of Technology. Faculty of Business
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- 1987
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- Grapes -- Marketing -- South Australia; Wine and wine making -- Cost effectiveness; Wine and wine making -- Economic aspects -- South Australia; Viticulture -- Economic aspects -- South Australia; Viticulture -- Cost effectiveness
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by Julia Parry - Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Master Gardener, Denver County
Several months after I bought a new home in January 1989 - one of Denver's coldest recorded months - it was a pleasure to see that plants in my new garden had survived the winter and begun to grow.
Later, the Denver Botanic Gardens Herbarium identified samples from my yard. The results? Fifteen of sixteen "plants"were weeds.
Though disappointed, I thought how bad can a weed be anyway? For some weeds, I've learned the answer: Very bad.
Certain non-native species can spread with alarming tenacity and speed. They may preempt native Colorado plants when they escape into the wild.
A prime example is purple loosestrife. Seductive as a call girl in a saloon, this mid-summer blooming spiked beauty grows to five feet along stream banks. Its seeds spread downstream where it takes over more and more stream banks, displacing cattails and other vegetation used by wildlife. Unfortunately, ducks and other wild animals find the plant invader useless.
Purple loosestrife is a concern along Bear Creek, Clear Creek and other drainages in the west Denver metro area. The state Division of Wildlife is attempting an eradication effort. Some horticultural varieties of loosestrife grown in local gardens are sterile as far as seed production, but add to the weed problem by producing viable pollen which can pollinate the flowers of stream bank runaways. One plant produces several million seeds per year.
Many less aggressive, spiked flower species are available to fill the same niche in the garden. Gardeners concerned about environmental problems with loosestrife should consider lupine, penstemon, veronica and other species of the same color and shape that don't invade our waterways.
Loosestrife is not the only aggressive invader. With no natural insect enemies, myrtle spurge has escaped from Golden and Genessee gardens and now covers some hillsides. Dalmatian toadflax and butter and eggs toadflax also are aggressive, but arrive daily in wildflower seed packets. Oriental clematis is now spreading in the Clear Creek drainage. Other tamer groundcovers and clematis varieties are available.
What can concerned gardeners do? First, find out what plants are so aggressive that they become weeds. Next, ask what plants can give you the same flower color, shape and plant growth habit. Purchase those instead of plants that will become a nuisance. Finally, support efforts to slow the spread of these aggressive plants into native habitats.
Purple loosestrife photograph courtesy of North Dakota State University, Rodney G. Lym, Professor, Plant Sciences Dept., "Identification and control of Purple Loosestrife".
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Massena and St. Lawrence Central both advanced in the New York State hockey playoffs Saturday night.
It will be the first time since 2008 that two north country teams made it the state final four.
Both teams will be in action next Saturday at the Utica War Memorial.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaking during a press conference in Caracas on Oct. 9.
Updated at 5:15 a.m. ET: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in stable condition and spent Monday with his daughters, the cancer-stricken leader's son-in law-said in an appeal for supporters to ignore rumors about his condition.
Chavez has not been seen in public nor heard from in more than three weeks. The vice president said on Sunday that the 58-year-old was suffering a third set of complications after surgery in Cuba on Dec. 11, his fourth operation in 18 months.
"President Chavez spent the day quietly and stable, together with his daughters," his son-in-law, Science Minister Jorge Arreaza, wrote on Twitter from Havana, where the family has been at the president's bedside.
Arreaza urged his countrymen not to "believe in ill-intentioned rumors" about the president's health.
On New Year's Eve, a major party in Caracas was quickly turned into a more somber gathering. Jacqueline Faría, head of the Capital District governing Caracas, canceled a free concert, calling instead for Venezuelans to "unite in prayer" for Chavez and to include his "prompt recovery" among their wishes for 2013.
On Monday afternoon, Venezuela state television began airing a live Catholic mass for Chavez that was being held at the Palacio de Miraflores, the building that houses presidential work offices. Meantime, the Ministry of Communications was organizing a massive prayer meeting at San Francisco Church at 5 p.m. (4:30 p.m. ET) and other Chavez supporters were planning a political rally at 6 p.m. at Plaza Bolivar.
On Sunday night, Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro delivered a somber address to the nation from Havana, Cuba, where Chavez, 58, remains hospitalized after his fourth operation for an undisclosed form of cancer.
Maduro, flanked by one of Chavez's daughters, Rosa Virginia, and her husband, Arreaza, read a prepared statement revealing that the Venezuelan president was now suffering "new complications" stemming from a respiratory infection he contracted after an operation on Dec. 11.
Archival video: Venezuela's controversial president Hugo Chavez -- who makes no secret of his dislike for the US -- was re-elected to an unprecedented third term, fending off a serious challenge to win decisively, 54 to 45 percent. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports from Caracas. October, 2012.
These problems developed on top of profuse bleeding Chavez experienced during the six-hour surgery in Havana. Chavez has been battling cancer for the past 18 months — flying to Cuba for surgery as well as chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Maduro indicated that Chavez was conscious and able to speak, dispelling rumors circulating earlier in the day that claimed Chavez was only breathing with the help of a respirator and close to death.
Sept. 20: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took his verbal battle with the United States to the floor of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, calling President Bush "the devil." NBC's David Gregory reports.
"Just a few minutes ago we were with President Chavez," said Maduro. "We greeted each other and he himself talked about these complications."
Again Sunday evening, Maduro described Chavez's condition as "delicate" and with "risks" while warning the nation to prepare for difficult times. Chavez has not been seen since his surgery three weeks ago and no additional information on his condition has appeared in Cuba's state-run media.
"We trust that the avalanche of love and solidarity with Comandante Chavez, together with his immense will to live and the care of the best medical specialists, will help our president win this new battle," Maduro said.
For the moment, Maduro remains in Havana and said he was spending time with Chavez's medical team and relatives.
NBC News' Mary Murray and Reuters contributed to this report.
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She was born on May 16, 1969, in Alice to Maria Alaniz Salinas and Benito P. Salinas Sr. She was a homemaker and a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her father, Benito P. Salinas Sr. and sister, Rachel Salinas.
Survivors include her mother, Maria Salinas of Kenedy; husband, Chris Soliz of Kenedy; daughters, Sausha Salinas, Shania Soliz, Skarlett Soliz and Skylar Soliz, all of Kenedy; son, Alfred Lawrence (Jessica Ramos) Villarreal of Kenedy; sisters, Cynthia (Jimmy) Solis and Clara "Katy" Salinas; brothers, Bennie (Susie) Salinas Jr., Baldomero "Bo" Salinas and Robert Salinas, all of Kenedy; grandson, Lawrence Jacob Villarreal; and granddaughter, Destiney Spencer.
A rosary was recited Sunday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Eckols Funeral Home Chapel.
The funeral Mass was celebrated Monday, Aug. 11, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church.
Interment followed at the Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Michael Salinas, Raul Garza III, Joe Daniel Garza, Daren Cruz, Aaron Barrientes, Chris Carrasco, Johnny Carrasco and Epi Arrisola.


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Perry Kerr, 88, was able to go. Both he and Carl Matthijetz received invitations, although Kerr said Monday that as far as he knew, Matthijetz, who is 97 years old, was unable to attend. Matthijetz could not immediately be located to contact about the medal.
Kerr was one of the famous "flyboys"—a group of pilots, navigators, bombardiers, gunners and radio operators—who risked life and limb to attack German defenses and strategic targets. Kerr flew 11 missions as a nose turret gunner, including one over Vaux-Sur-Mer.
Matthijetz was a tail gunner on the B-17 "HOTNUTS" flown by Sheldon I. Vernon on 30 combat missions over occupied Europe.
Matthijetz participated in the first daylight raid over Berlin.
The city of Three Rivers issued a special memo to the public pointing out the two men had been selected for recognition in honor of their service.
Each of the 36 veterans who attended this emotional ceremony in LaPorte were presented with the Medal of Chevalier in the French Order of the Legion of Honor.
The highest honor the French government could award, the medal was in recognition of their service to their country and their sacrifices to help liberate France from Nazi Germany seven decades ago.
Each of the veterans also was given a second medal containing grains of sand from Normandy Beach.
Kerr said each of his missions was hazardous and tinged with the possibility of defeat and death.
"The Germans tried to kill us every time we went up," Kerry said. "The medal is only given to those of us still living. They don't give it posthumously. You have to be alive to get it. All my crew are gone, every last one of them. I am the only one left."
Kerr said the ceremony brought back a lot of memories.
"It kind of made you teary-eyed," he said. "When you consider what we did and what we saw ... I was a pretty young guy when I flew these missions."
Kerr's courageous efforts in the war were recapped in great detail in a previous story in The Progress:
The drone of the B-24's four engines – somewhere in the neighborhood of 118 decibels – the freezing cold – sometimes 40 below zero – the altitude between 22,000 to 25,000 feet and the aborted mission all weighed on Perry Kerr's mind.
He lay in the nose turret of his B-24 Liberator, his twin .50-caliber machine guns in front of him, a confined space in which he had to have help getting out.
Kerr didn't realize that the 11th mission of his bomber group was his last or that the B-24 just behind his was shot down by Nazi 88mm antiaircraft artillery.
"That bomber was the 'Black Cat.' It had a big panther painted on its nose," Kerr said.
Kerr's bomber group had been assigned to bomb Salzburg, Germany, close to Munich.
"The weather had us stopped there. They told us to bring all the bombs back to England," he said.
The B-24 carried eight 1,000-pound bombs. With that much weight, the aircraft can attain a speed of 170 mph. If Kerr's bomber had dropped the bombs, it could have reached speeds up to 250 mph.
Despite scrapping the mission, at least Kerr's 787th Bomb Squadron of the 466th Bomber Group was credited for the mission.
Once before, Kerr was on a bombing mission to Tirstrop, Denmark, and the weather turned his squadron back, but his group did not get credit that time.
His 11th and last mission aboard his B-24, dubbed Earthquake McGoon after an Al Capp cartoon, made it back to Attlebridge Airfield in England.
The nose art on his B-24 featured Earthquake McGoon and Daisy Mae.
That was April 22, 1945.
"After we landed, we went back to the barracks at about 4 or 5 p.m. We needed to lie down and rest a bit," he said.
Kerr's missions ranged in duration from five to 10 hours.
But Kerr was not to fly anymore missions. The Germans surrendered and Victory in Europe Day was proclaimed on May 8.


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Trading divisions struggle to slim
As any dieter will tell you, the multitude of ways to lose weight have one thing in common: they are easy to start but a lot harder to stick to. Investment banks face a similar predicament.
Regulatory reform and balance sheet pressure are forcing them to shrink their capital-hungry sales and trading divisions.
The scales may already be tilting in their favour, but more fat needs to be trimmed, according to industry analysts. In the past four years, the industry has cut around 10% of its costs and 40% of risk-weighted assets by moving poor-performing businesses into non-core units for winding down, according to a recent report by Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman (see chart). But the report said that up to $12 billion of total costs and around $200 billion of RWA still needed to be stripped out of the industry.
While some banks, such as UBS, have already cut into their fixed income, currency and commodities divisions, others have been reluctant to exit what was once a big driver of trading revenues. But new capital and leverage rules are forcing banks to think much harder about which businesses to remain in and which to exit.
Speaking at the annual conference of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association in Munich in April, Rich Herman, co-head of FICC at Deutsche Bank, said: "When there's a sub-average-returning business, you really have to decide whether you want to be in that or not."
At the same conference, Harry Harrison, co-head of securities at Barclays, said: "There is a regulatory preference for standardised instruments that are cleared centrally and there will be a higher margin and higher capital associated with less liquid and bespoke transactions going forward. I think what we will see is a bifurcation of the market into liquid and illiquid segments. Some banks may decide to specialise in one or the other, because all banks are resource constrained."
Slimming FICC
Such decisions are easier said than implemented, so how do banks trim the fat?
Huw van Steenis, a banks analyst at Morgan Stanley, said many were focusing their efforts on redirecting scarce capital resources into more profitable business lines, and using those resources more efficiently.
He said: "Much of this process is now about re-allocation, shifting capacity out of areas where it is not generating economic returns, into areas where client demand is more robust and through delivery models that are more resource efficient."
This room for improvement is greatest within FICC franchises, according to van Steenis. Revenues from rates, for instance, which include government bonds and interest rate swaps, have dropped 60% since 2009, but still account for around 30% to 40% of FICC's capital assets.
Van Steenis said: "We estimate the industry as a whole needs to take up to $15 billion to $20 billion more capital out of the business, and to strip out costs from areas such as voice sales and manual trading." A shift away from voice trading and towards electronic methods has long been hailed as the way to cut costs and increase volumes, but van Steenis said a "shift in gear" was now required towards "more strategic infrastructure change programmes".
This is being aided by a regulatory agenda that is promoting electronic trading and forcing banks to seek ways to turn over their inventories more quickly amid higher capital charges.
A tougher approach towards overseas operations, and a move to regional specialism, are narrowing the scope of once-global investment banks.
Will Rhode, a principal and director of fixed income research at capital markets consultancy Tabb Group, said: "There is an overall retrenchment from the global coverage model, which so many banks have all aspired to and developed significant franchises around. Some are taking a binary approach, going back to their core, regional base and client demographic, and running a bare-bones operation for those needs."
However, Rhode said this could "very quickly run into trouble because many clients are international by nature".
Regional difficulties
A deeper problem lies with the fact that being regional often means de-emphasising a particular product area or asset class. This can be achieved through an outright sale of a business – this is rare, but there are examples. Royal Bank of Scotland in February sold parts of its equity derivatives business to BNP Paribas, which also acquired parts of Crédit Agricole's equity derivatives business last year.
A second way, particularly for longer-dated products such as interest rate swaps and structured credit, is to manage positions down. It is not easy to incentivise the staff doing the job if they perceive that every good day's work they do takes them a step nearer redundancy.
However, a senior executive at one European bank contended that staff in its non-core unit were ultimately developing skills that would be in "high demand", either at buyside firms that took on offloaded bank assets, or at other sellside firms that decided to wind down parts of their operation.
Further issues lie with the fact that many business lines have natural linkages, and pulling out of one can have negative implications on another.
Rhode said: "Increasingly, most businesses within investment banks are being judged by their return on equity, rather than by their relative market share. But if you're exiting a business purely because it is no longer profitable, that can have some dramatic impacts on profitability in other areas of the business. For instance, most clients value an FX franchise, but margins in the highly electronic, major currencies pairs are so wafer thin that it is almost an at-cost model."
The challenge of downsizing is made more difficult by the fact that many banks are reviewing their businesses at the same time. According to Rhode, this is making banks reluctant to exit certain business lines before rivals, so they can sweep up as others retrench. But, more importantly, it could cause a liquidity crunch and higher costs for end-users.
Deutsche Bank's Herman said at the Isda conference: "In the future, we will see different banks deciding to compete in different areas, which will dramatically change the liquidity dynamics in the market."
Barclays' Harrison said at the conference: "Some clients will have the freedom to transact in more liquid instruments but some corporates won't be able to and will have to bear the high cost of trading more bespoke swaps."
This article was first published in the print edition of Financial News dated April 28, 2014


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My problem now is, that I think I'm responding to the drugs and supplements too well. The first morning after taking fenugreek and blessed thistle I leaked all over my LO and had to change her clothes. The last couple days I've been so engorged and she can't seem to empty my breasts at her feedings. Last night I was up in the night to pump just to relieve the pain (baby girly is sleeping through the night and I didn't want to wake her to feed), and pumped just over 100ml in less than 5 minutes.
I'm wondering if I should stop using the Domperidone. It's done what it was supposed to do.
My next appt is on August 8, I don't think I want to wait until then to stop using the Dom, especially with how uncomfortable I've been. I even wonder if I needed it in the first place.


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Digital Cultures Day Set for April 12
St. John Fisher College will host Digital Cultures Day on Thursday, April 12, from 12:30-9:00 p.m., and the event is free and open to the public.
Sessions dedicated to digital cultures and technologies will take place throughout the day in Basil Auditorium and Hughes Rotunda.
The full schedule includes:
12:30-1:30 p.m.: "Game Controllers: Censorship, Ratings, and Rights" - Basil 135
The St. John Fisher Young Voters presents Stephen Jacobs, Associate Professor, School of Interactive Games and Media, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Jacobs will speak about the recent Supreme Court case involving video games and freedom of speech, and other issues associated with game content and ratings.
1:50-2:40 p.m.: "Stories and Gaming" - Basil 135
Presenting a discussion of the role of storytelling in games. The panelists will include three professors and three students: Rik Hunter (Fisher/English), Steve Jacobs (RIT/Interactive Games and Media), Jeremy Sarachan (Fisher/Communication/Journalism), Joe Loporcaro (doctoral student at SUNY Buffalo and Fisher grad), Kyle Brennan (sophomore and President of the Fisher Gaming Club), and Andrew Marone (sophomore and member of the St. John Fisher Young Voters).
2:45-4:15 p.m.: "Videogame Exhibition" – Hughes Rotunda
Members of the Fisher Gaming Club will show off the latest in games and discuss how to become a part of this exciting new club at Fisher.
3:15-4:00 p.m.: "The Cross-Platform Future: Digital Media, TV, and Everything in Between" – Basil 135
The Communication/Journalism department presents Elaine Sung, a Senior News Editor at ESPN. She has worked for Newsday, the Washington Post, and the Miami Herald, and will speak about the challenges of writing and preparing content for multiple channels.
4:35-5:20 p.m.: "Artivism: The Artist as Activist in the Occupy Movement" – Basil 135
The Digital Cultures and Technologies program presents Julie Gelfand, a photographer, adjunct professor in the Arts program and Communication/Journalism department at Fisher, and a member of Occupy Rochester. She will discuss the role of the artist as protestor.
5:25-5:55 p.m.: "Dinner AND Occupy Rochester Videos by Fisher's 'Cyberactivism' students" - Hughes Rotunda
Come enjoy a vegetarian dinner while watching videos of the Occupy Rochester movement, produced by students in Dresden Engle's Cyberactivism class.
6:00-6:45 p.m.: "Second Annual Mashup Competition Showcase" – Basil 135
See the best entries of the Second Annual Video Mashup Contest. The winners of the competition will be announced at the end of the presentation!
7:30-9:00 p.m.: "Red, White, Blue, and God Bless You (Fourth Annual "America Seen" Photography Lecture)" - Basil 135
The American Studies Department welcomes the award-winning photographer, Alex Harris, professor of the practice of public policy and documentary studies at Duke and a founder The Center for Documentary Studies and DoubleTake Magazine. Harris' photo-based talk will focus on his extensive work documenting cultural and social life in the United States.
Digital Cultures Day is being sponsored by the Communication/Journalism and American Studies Departments, the Digital Cultures and Technologies minor, the Fisher Gaming Club, and the St. John Fisher College Young Voters.


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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Darksiders 2 are the latest games to be added to the Xbox Live Games with Gold incentive.
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A community initiative is looking to get everyone back playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam on the weekend.
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Battlefield: Bad Company is still being requested by fans, but DICE has cautioned that the previous instalments were perhaps too niche. Why? Because they were too funny to be taken seriously by gamers.
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EA has made some of its Online Pass offerings free though Xbox Live today, a move the firm said will be rolled out across all of its existing franchises.
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The Soldier's Guiding Paradox: 'Protect What You Love'
By editor • Aug 18, 2014
Originally published on August 18, 2014 6:43 pm
Writer Elliot Ackerman, former Marine officer and veteran of five deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, explains what being a man means to him: It's protecting what you love. Unfortunately, that notion is often at odds with the job of a soldier.
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It's not easy being green, as two puppies in Spain now know.
The pair were part of a litter of five pups born to a hunting dog breeder in the town of Laguna de Duero, The Local reported.
Three came out white as expected. The other two were a bright shade of green.
"I couldn't believe it when I saw them," owner Aida Vallelado Molina said. "I thought the puppies were maybe dirty somehow and I tried to clean them, but the color wouldn't come off and then I realized it was the color of their fur."
Unfortunately, the female pup died. The male pup is still alive, although weak.
A Labrador puppy was born green in England two years ago, but lost its hue after 10 days. The cause was reported as exposure to a substance in the placenta, according to the Huffington Post.


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- Title
- Estimating the H I gas fractions of galaxies in the local universe
- Author(s)
- Zhang, Wei; Li, Cheng; Kauffmann, Guinevere; Zou, Hu; Catinella, Barbara; Shen, Shiyin; Guo, Qi; Chang, Ruixiang
- Abstract
- We use a sample of 800 galaxies with H I mass measurements from the HyperLeda catalogue and optical photometry from the fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to calibrate a new photometric estimator of the H I to-stellar mass ratio for nearby galaxies. Our estimator, which is motivated by the Kennicutt-Schmidt star formation law, is log(G_{HI}/S) = -1.73238(g-r) + 0.215182mu_i - 4.08451, where mu_i is the i-band surface brighteness and g-r is the optical colour estimated from the g- and r-band Petrosian apparent agnitudes. This estimator has a scatter of sigma = 0.31 dex in log(G_{HI}/S), compared to sigma ~ 0.4 dex for previous estimators that were based on colour alone. We investigate whether the residuals in our estimate of log(G_{HI}/S) depend in a systematic way on a variety of different galaxy properties. We find no effect as a function of stellar mass or 4000A break strength, but there is a systematic effect as a function of the concentration index of the light. We then apply our estimator to a sample of 10^5 emission-line galaxies in the SDSS DR4 and derive an estimate of the H I mass function, which is in excellent agreement with recent results from H I blind surveys. Finally, we re-examine the well-known relation between gas-phase metallicity and stellar mass and ask whether there is a dependence on H I-to-stellar mass ratio, as predicted by chemical evolution models. We do find that gas-poor galaxies are more metal rich at fixed stellar mass. We compare our results with the semi-analytic models of De Lucia & Blaizot, which include supernova feedback, as well as the cosmological infall of gas.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 397, no. 3 (Aug 2009), pp. 1243-1253
- Publication year
- 2009
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- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
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- Clusters; Cosmology; Dark matter; Distances; Galaxies; Large-scale structure of Universe; Red shift
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- Wiley-Blackwell
- 0035-8711
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I just finished reading an article by a lady flytier regarding her latest creation. As always it is a wonder fly. She wrote how she was fishing on an Eastern river and was really into the fish but did not want to mention the fly by name so others would know what she was using. It seemed she was the only one catching fish. Perhaps I am in the minority, but I have always been willing to share information with my fellow anglers. In fact many times I have gave flies to others that I was using. I remember my first and only trip to Maine for Landlocked Salmon. On my first evening on the river I was not having much luck. A nearby angler was doing fairly well. As he left he came to me and took me to "his spot" and explained there was a good "run" there and even gave me several flies he was using. I was immediately into fish. His kindness impressed me and I have always remembered him and his kind act. I have likewise tried to display this generosity when on the stream. I have always liked to think fly fishermen were cut from a different cloth so to speak. As they say catching fish is only part of it....
I agree with your points made, until I can show you the title to the river or the spot in the woods, I own none of these. I find these thru blind luck or the good fortune of having someone clue me in to these places in the river or the woods thru personal contact, fly shops (tip of the hat to LRO), or message boards like this. I have had good anglers show me spots and share flys with me and I try to do the same and encourage others to do the same. In this day of people's outdoor experence being the distance from the car to the store, I feel we should constantly encourage everyone especially young or new anglers to embrace the outdoors and fishing no matter what style. Only thru sharing the passion will the next group learn to respect and conserve not only the land but the sport. Enough talk lets go fishing!
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation, unless they fly fish... with apologies to Thoreau
Stonefly, your are correct ..... the fly is the Jailbird.
I've read something by her before - not surprised at your comments.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation, unless they fly fish... with apologies to Thoreau
I grew up in a family that had to fish for food, 7 kids in LI NY, we always shared with other families our baits and catch's. As we all grew older and no longer fished for food but for fun we all stilled shared our good graces with those on the water. I fish now in many ways,fly,cast,spin,troll,spear, and whenever I can help out someone with less knowledge of where I'm fishing I do without thinking,be it the local knowledge a piece of plastic or a fly. This feels good , it feels right. karma ? Last june I was fishing Abrams creek and came upon a father and son trying fly fishing for the first time, I helped the kid to cast and set him up with a fly, he caught a fish ,this is what life is all about, I'm still high on that kids first fly caught fish
You my friend are a true gentleman!! I hope to meet you on a stream one day.
Thank You,
breck , thanks for the kind words, I shared that because I feel a lot of the people on this blog would do the same thing. It's always a great feeling helping others,especially kids. Taking a few minutes to slow down and help others is always rewarding.I will get to fish/hike GSMNP june 14-21 this coming summer,maybe our paths will cross. Enjoying your posts, keep them going ,thats how I'm staying in touch with the park
I believe if you are a true sportsman, outdoors-man, or just a good person, if someone is struggling with something you should help them. In this case we are talking about fishing. Since I could walk I have been fishing (I'm only 22) but the few years that I have been around I have encountered many different fishing situations, and I believe that people that fly fish are the most willing to share information to other angler. As an avid musky angler I will tell you that many other musky anglers, bait shops, and even some guides (minus Ty Sennett who is the best musky guide on the Chippewa Flowage) are not willing to give up their "special spots and lures" they will just beat around the bush for a few minutes tell you to buy a generic lure that 1000 other people are throwing and send you on your way. But fly fishing is different, anywhere you go in the country you stop in a fly shop you will get any sort of information you need. Unfortunately, I have not been able to meet the majority of y'all who post on this forum but I was lucky enough to meet bigsur one afternoon on the clinch and it was great talking to him and talking fly fishing. Many others like MadisonBoats, fourx, corbo, and many others provide great information on the forum. I would like to meet some of y'all out on the water sometime, for the most part I fish on the clinch at millers island but when the generator are running and I have a little time I enjoy go to the Smoky Mountains to enjoy what God created. So if ya'll see a gold jeep with Illinois plates, some trout stickers and a big power T on the back feel free to say hello.
Joetroutman, I agree with what you are saying. Being an Ohioan and lacking quality trout streams, I started to pursue rivers in Tennessee that I had read or heard about from the experiences of others. My first trip to larger waters took me to the Hiwassee approximately 15 years ago; I can remember that trip like it was yesterday as we pulled into the Hiwassee Corner Market to purchase our license. As we were getting out of our vehicle, two gentleman where exiting the store and they noticed the plates on the car. Seeing we were from Ohio, one of the guys asked if it was our first time to fish the Hiwassee and we responded that it was. Without hesitation, this man started to give us some great information on areas to fish and what patterns to use. He said he was having great success that day using a Red Ass which he pulled out his fly box and handed each of us (3) one of these flys that he had tied and then wished us luck. That act of kindness spoke volumes to me, I felt that it truly defined the meaning of southern hospitality. We had a great day on the river thanks to this man, (I wish I had got his name) I have returned to the Hiwassee countless times since that day on account of his kindness and the success we had that day. Additionally, I have paid that act of kindness forward many times over to others I have met while on or off the water and through forums such as this. I consider fly fishing a brotherhood, we are all out on the river not to just catch fish, but to enjoy and preserve the environment that God has so richly blessed us with. There have been weekdays when I have ventured to the Hiwassee, I am standing in the middle of a river that is crystal clear with the fog slowly lifting from the water, I can see fish rising, an otter swimming while an Eagle or an Osprey is flying overhead and no one else is around; can it get any better? Catching fish is just a bonus.
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By Lilah Nicolaidis Elizabeth came to Cambodia on a volunteer trip to install water pumps in villages and teach English at orphanages. She quickly fell in love with the country: "I was struck by the beauty of the people — their ability and desire to rise above decades of strife and hardships — and I wanted to be around these hopeful, courageous people and help move things forward in whatever way I could."
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Soon enough, she packed up her life in New York (where she had been a magazine fashion editor and, most recently, the creative director of LeSportsac) and made the big move to Cambodia. She quickly found the perfect location for her store — a 1929 French Colonial house in Siem Reap — and renovated it with the help of friends. Wanderlust (which literally means a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about ) was born!
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The boutique is stocked with locally made products. Kiester shared an anecdote about the scarves included in her collection for Madewell: "Young women are weaving on wooden looms by hand and feet, not with machines, in a gorgeous, open-air workshop. It's amazing to see this kind of creativity out in the middle of the rice paddies. They felt such excitement when they found out these things were being done for a big store in the USA — we were all screaming with joy!"
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When we see photos like this, we understand why she stayed in this gorgeous place. "The inspiration comes from the country — the beautiful people and things I see and experience there every single day, like blazing sunsets, cerulean blue skies and genuine smiles," says Elizabeth.
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"I want people to recognize and acknowledge that beautiful things can come from the most unexpected places, and that real people are attached to every single piece of the collection — not machines, not factories, but young women who pour their hearts and souls and dreams into every stitch."
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"It was important to me, and to Madewell, that the collection really be transparent in directly helping my teams in Cambodia, so I worked with non-governmental organizations to create products that would translate to the western market: colorful, energetic, fun, happy, and spirited things, made by hand and made with love. The bonus is that it helps women in need," she says. Now that's what we call a successful collaboration.
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And now onto some of our favorite pieces: Hand-sewn by local artisans, this organic-cotton, menswear-inspired shirt dress will take you through summer. Pair it with skinny jeans or wear it as a breezy cover-up.
The full Wanderlust for Madewell collection is available in stores now and online in June.
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The boutique's signature organic cotton scarves are truly covetable. Each one takes up to two days to make and is handcrafted in Cambodia's historic Siem Reap province by weavers.
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We want so many pieces from the Wanderlust collection, especially this swingy, sundress made by hand with locally produced organic cotton.
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There's even more to this lovely straw tote than meets the eye: It's woven from water hyacinth grown in Cambodia's plentiful lakes. Using the hyacinth helps the lake and the local artisans thrive, since each handmade bag directly supports them.
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Adorn yourself with these cheery bracelets. Each one is hand-woven by local artisans, and they're environmentally-friendly, too, since each one is made of plastic from repurposed bottles.
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These bracelets are made for stacking and come in so many colors, like this cheery sunshine yellow.
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The best art show of allJune 10,2013
Memorial Day weekend is always special, not only for its original purpose to honor those who have sacrificed to keep us free, but also because its really the first holiday when Vermont weather speaks cookouts, get-togethers, and declarations of winters end. That is, except this year.
This year we all shared the holiday with a recall of winter coats and a few scattered snowstorms. This year we also shared our time with Open Studio Weekend, a gala event where artists of every ilk open their workspaces to the public. I say bravo to those artists, who have age-old skills so worthy of both praise and a public willing to open up their wallets.
Theres one artist, however, who never gets adequate press at Open Studio Weekend nature. I happen to believe that Mother Nature is not only the original artist but also the finest one of all. This morning Betsy, the dogs, and I took a walk into natures open studio.
It started not unlike any other grey, drizzly day for me, sluggish to get out of bed. Today, I had an added dose of negative though: I suffered a drought of ideas for my next column and when that happens, I get surly. Betsy, a true believer in getting up and getting active, would have none of it. Youre going with me and the dogs, she said handing me my jacket. We headed up the woods trail, the two Labs and Betsy excited, and me doing my impression of a January cluster fly.
The first work of art presented itself while we were still within sight of our house a patch of blue myrtle which had spread into the wild. The myrtle served as a plush, dark green carpet from which sprang a small grove of yellow birch trees. Beautiful, I thought, hastening slightly to catch up with the other three. As we continued up the ski trail, I noticed a marked improvement in my wind from the last time Betsy talked me into this excursion. I have been eating in a much healthier way since a January diagnosis of sky-high triglycerides and I was pleased with my lack of huffing and puffing.
Further up the trail, Betsy stopped at a hemlock tree which was pocked with a vertical line of freshly made holes: Woodpecker art, she said. I, now fully out of my fog and raring to go, stepped up closer like I was a stuffy connoisseur at the Guggenheim. Ohhhh, its vertical integrity is only surpassed (pronounced surpaahssed) by its depth of meaning. Instead I just stood for a spell, appreciating the beauty left by an old dying tree and a hungry bird in natures studio.
The dogs often strayed from the path as dogsll do but Betsy also occasionally wandered away, stooped, and picked something up. Shes an art collector of sorts, I mean quartz. Over our 36 years of marriage and thousands of woods-walks, she has accumulated huge, long piles of white quartz rocks that line the entrance to our house. One time, I gave her an anniversary present that might have placed me firmly in the dog house with most wives, but not Betsy. On a logging job over on the part of our property we call the Crawford Lot, I once found a quartz boulder that had Betsys name on it. Knowing both that our anniversary was coming up and the limitations of my tractor, I hired a bulldozer to go over and get that rock. Bert Frenchs substantial Caterpillar even labored some prying it from terra fermas grasp, pushing it onto a stone boat, and skidding it to our house, but Bert finally got the job done. When Betsy came home and saw that rock, she was happier than she would have been with a 15-karat diamond ring.
I look back on my Memorial Day walk in the woods with fond memories, got my column, and participated in Mother Natures Open Studio Weekend.
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Kathleen Plinske, the former top administrator of McHenry County College, including its interim president, has been named "2012 Outstanding Female of the Year" in the Orlando Business Journal's 40 Under 40 competition.
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Lol... My dude is offering me Eric Bledsoe back for Alonzo Gee...
Used and abused him during the CPKnee injury now tossing him back in the water for me. I'm so close to biting on this deal.
^ you see these dudes falling to DemPiff? I doubt it, he usually has a good few players MIA each week due to being careless with lineups.
My man Blob is certainly giving it a good try, I think it's mostly about staking his claim for next year now rather than going for it this year.
Lol... My dude is offering me Eric Bledsoe back for Alonzo Gee...
Used and abused him during the CPKnee injury now tossing him back in the water for me. I'm so close to biting on this deal.
Duncan and Kirilenko are returning. I'm praying for Rose to return, because if he does, my team takes over everything.
My schedule is Brusiers, Blob, Wharfies, and Primetime...all playoff quality teams...and can't forget the #4 seed squad Im facing this week NJC.
Thanks for the schedule edit man...it'll just make my squad look stronger than they hard if I get the W over these competitors.
Watermelon slacking, giving the W to Displacers on the first day of the week?
I was considering trading for D-Rose... until I realized he's on metro's team.
Rose isn't that much about fantasy value. But I'll see what you've got and maybe we'll work out a trade. Unlike many other posters you're a great trading partner.
Don't mean to be a dick, but Bledsoe for Gee isn't a fair deal. Helmets is already stacked.
Last 14 Days EB - 151 FP total AG - 92 FP total
Last 30 Days EB - 28 FP on average per game AG- 14 FP on average per game (basically Bledsoe has doubled value compared to Gee)
For the season - EB - 22 FP AG - 17 FP
In fairness and respect to the league, this trade shouldn't go through based on the fact:
1. Helmets is already stacked.
2. If I was to make this trade and if I got Bledsoe in return it would get vetoed.
3. Obviously Blob is doing a favor to his boy smokes.
Like I said before, I ain't trying to hate, but I want a competitive league, and having Helmets roster more stacked than it is isn't fair for anyone. So anyone who doesn't veto this is a dumbass and are letting Helmets off easy on this one.
Hinrich or Biyombo for Gee is a more fair deal. Gee is a sub 20 FP type player, and he's currently below 15 FP for the last 14 days. Dude is slumping and doesn't have that kind of value to pick up probably the best back up PG in the NBA.
If Rose returns, you will look like a dumbass.
I agree with Metro on this one. When i first glanced at the trade i thought it was fine. ONLY because i thought Bledsoe was already on Smokes team!! So i figured he was helping his boy's playoff push by giving him Bledsoe and taking the sub par Gee (considering his team's already stacked). Everything thing seemed fine untill i seen Metro's post ^ and noticed the trade was the other way around!
I'm debating hard on whether or not to veto, I need to see smokes response to all this.
I dont think the trade is completely uneven though Imho.
As i can see these guys finishing the year like this,
Gee 17-20
Bledsoe 18-25 (Unless traded)
Bledsoe is definitely an upgrade though. Beef win's badly on this one. Especially if Bledsoe is traded!
I might wait untill tomorrows deadline to make my decision.
Gee is more comparable to a guy like Danny Green
Bledsoe is on another tier.
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Every trade offer I make infact is as equal in value as it gets. I always do research on both teams to make sure no one is getting raped. I always equate the fantasy points and make sure no one is losing value drastically. I'm probably one of the few people here who does this, and I'm probably the easiest person to trade with here because I atleast have balls to take risk and make big moves. Who do you know that trades Kyrie Irving, JRue Holliday, Joakim Noah, Oj Mayo, Anthony and Ricky Rubio? Only one bolder than me is Cool Clyde, but trading LeBron James was just crazy.
I'm sorry if you're not doing your research and you assume all trades have to upgrade your team significantly.
You got no reason to say any of that really.
I can see why you guys would have issue with this trade. But you need to do a deeper analysis to really see why this trade makes sense.
Over the 2 games before all star break after CP3 returned to the lineup, Bledsoe put up >>> 9 <<< fantasy points.
As you know I've had Bledsoe for 90% of the season, I traded him to Blob for Gee in the first place, back when they were virtually dead even on fantasy points. Sure Bledsoe has a higher average now since he started for 3 weeks, but he ain't a starter anymore. Player values change.
LAC has the worst schedule in the NBA from here on out, they have the least games. Cleveland has one of the top schedules of any team in the league.
It's a risk vs reward trade. I'm trading on the hope that Bledsoe gets traded to a favourable situation, Blob is trading believing that he won't and wanting to get a starters minutes player on his team who also has a much nicer run of games.
When I'm the one doing a deal, everyone is eyeing up that deal and trying to find an angle, because I have a strong team.
When Watermelon COMPLETELY RAPES Soupastars no vaseline with a barbed wire condom, y'all let that trade go through no blinking an eye.
Please, keep an eye on these trades too, not just dudes like me and metro who are notorious for managing to do good deals.
Before I traded for Rose, I spent a week basically bigging up his team and encouraging people to trade with him. I repeatedly pointed out that HE WILL TRADE ROSE THIS WEEK and iirc he got 1 crap offer. People hated on that trade too and look what it did for his team. My dude wants to win, he isn't doing anyone any favours least of all me.
And you only have to go to the top of this page to see that I stated the Gee for Bledsoe trade days ago and no one raised an eyebrow then, only now.
Anyway, you are all free to veto as you see fit. I will not be mad, and I'm not trying to convert anyone's opinion on whether this trade is fair or not. I am however getting tired of the implications that I'm doing dodgy sh*t as commish by editing the schedules, these are the schedules that should have been in place from day 1 but when Metro decided he wanted to give Gangnam Style a hard time and put him up against me, Coquis, Scorgasms and Clyde in 4 consecutive weeks it screwed the schedules so I fixed them. And further that any deal that takes place between me and Blob is shenanigans as both of these trades were well publicized by myself before going through.
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"...any deal that takes place between me and Blob is shenanigans
as both of these trades were well publicized by myself before going through."


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Probe of Mandel's office must go deeper
Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel is right to have begun a thorough investigation of investments made under his predecessor from 2009 through 2010. Mandel should take out an insurance policy by asking for an independent probe, too.
Last month, former Deputy Treasurer Amer Ahmad was indicted in federal court, on eight charges including bribery and money laundering. Ahmad served under former Treasurer Kevin Boyce.
Clear conflicts of interest were involved in some decisions made by Ahmad. For example, he had close personal ties with a lobbyist whose firm he chose to invest $32 million in pension funds.
But if federal prosecutors are right, much worse occurred. One accusation is that Ahmad authorized a high school classmate, Douglas E. Hampton, to handle securities trades for the state. Then, prosecutors say, Hampton kicked back $123,623 to Ahmad.
After leaving the treasurer's office, Ahmad landed a job as Chicago's city comptroller – partly on the strength of a recommendation from Boyce. When he made it, Boyce was aware Ahmad was under investigation.
After learning Ahmad was indicted, Mandel announced he would conduct a "top-to-bottom review" of matters handled by the former deputy treasurer. Initially, he said his office would deal with the review.
But Mandel would do well to bring in an independent investigator, too, because of the political ramifications of the matter.
Mandel is a Republican. He was elected treasurer by defeating Boyce, a Democrat. And Ahmad was initially hired in 2008 by former Treasurer Richard Cordray, a Democrat who was picked by President Barack Obama to direct the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
No doubt Mandel's staff will dig out plenty of dirt involving Ahmad – and possibly other people. Use of an independent investigator could avoid accusations Mandel's probe is politically motivated.
One way or another, a question Mandel needs to answer is how Ahmad, if guilty of the charges against him, got away with his misdeeds. Then, Mandel needs to be able to reassured Ohioans safeguards have been put in place to avoid similar wrongdoing in the future.