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We recently released the 2014 Temkin Experience Ratings that ranks the customer experience of 268 companies across 19 industries based on a survey of 10,000 U.S. consumers.
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There aren't many things going on right now to keep us drivers happy.
The once-again skyrocketing gasoline prices, an increasing number of accidents and fatalities on our roads and highways, and high vehicle property taxes in our state, just to name a few.
Now granted, I don't live that far from where I work, and I usually just have to drive my car from Point A to Point B most of the time. But there are those times when I have to venture out onto National Avenue and Main Street, and even onto the bypass to deal with drivers who seem to have forgotten how to use turn signals, who pull out in front of you, or ride your bumper so close they're almost in your car with you.
But other drivers aren't the only things we have to deal with. Near $3 per gallon gasoline may have many people who live closer to work heading out to the store to purchase a ten-speed to get them where they need to go. But I also know that most people HAVE to drive to work and other destinations, and therefore, buying gas is a must, so that's just a cost we have to incur.
Then there is the issue of road safety, with an increasing number of people being involved in vehicle accidents, where the vehicle is totaled, and sometimes even people are killed. I see a prime example of reckless driving almost each night when I go out on my porch. Now I live in a relatively quiet neighborhood, but on any given night, you can go outside and watch cars flying down the brick street in a residential area at speeds in excess of 50 to 60 miles per hour. I'm not kidding. And the speed limit on our block is 30 miles per hour. This is an example of pure ignorance and inconsideration for other people.
Too often, on one of our periodic trips to Pittsburg, Joplin, or wherever, my family and I see people flying past us on the highway traveling at what seems like ludicrous speeds, and I just sit back and think, "Oh well, let them get the speeding ticket. I'll just keep going the speed limit." But that rarely happens, and what usually happens is that you run into that person a few miles down the road at an intersection or traffic light. And then I think, "Oh really? You should have gotten where you were going a long time ago, as fast as you were driving!"
It just seems senseless to me that someone would risk their lives, or someone else's life, to get somewhere a couple of minutes earlier. If you're in that big of a rush, leave the house a little earlier! But please, keep in mind that you're sharing the road with other people; many of them people with families.
Which brings me to vehicle property taxes, which unfortunately, we can't do much about. Either pay them or lose your beloved vehicle, I guess.
Now while I probably won't be running out anytime soon to purchase a new bicycle, and I'll just keep putting along in my worn-out 200,000 plus miles car, I still have to say there's just not really anything out there to keep me and my fellow drivers happy. If we don't want to drive, I guess there's only a few options for us; walk, get out the bike, dust off the old skateboard, or possibly take advantage of the public transportation system. But those probably aren't even options in today's society.
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I learned my lesson about trying to get somewhere faster the hard way. I was on my way home from work, going South on U.S. 69, I passed this car, I was going probably around 75 as I was passing it, no more than 1-2 minutes later I got pulled over, and I just know the people in that car that I passed were laughing their tails off at me. I no longer drive any faster than 5 over the speed limit. It's still speeding, but you can usually get away with 5 over. Knock on wood.
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Skip to comments.Obama gun order triples Cabinet agencies required to track guns
Posted on 01/17/2013 1:02:36 PM PST by TLI
President Obama is tripling the number of Cabinet agencies with gun control law enforcement responsibilities in his new bid to track guns, adding six agencies to the three typically included--Justice, Homeland Security and Defense.
Section 1.e of his executive order released Wednesday adds State, Treasury, Interior, Agriculture, Energy, and Veterans Affairs. It reads: "For purposes of this memorandum, 'Federal law enforcement agencies' means the Departments of State, the Treasury, Defense, Justice, the Interior, Agriculture, Energy, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security, and such other agencies and offices that regularly recover firearms in the course of their criminal investigations as the President may designate."
Most federal agencies have a police or security arm, but typically law enforcement doesn't included those other six agencies. Justice, in fact, defines law enforcement this way on its web page:
"A federal law enforcement agency is an organizational unit, or subunit, of the federal government with the principle functions of prevention, detection, and investigation of crime and the apprehension of alleged offenders. Examples of federal law enforcement agencies include the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Secret Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). BJS has surveyed federal law enforcement agencies seven times since 1993. The 2008 Census of Federal Law Enforcement Officers (FLEO) included agencies that employed full-time officers with federal arrest authority who were also authorized (but not necessarily required) to carry firearms while on duty. The officer counts exclude officers in the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the Transportation Security Administration's Federal Air Marshals. Findings are based on the 2008 Census of Federal Law Enforcement Officers."
Watchdog blogger Jeryl Bier, who pens the blog Speak with Authority, called the expansion "sweeping," although he conceded that it is unclear why the definition has been expanded from three federal agencies to nine. It appears, however, that the president is signaling to all Cabinet agencies that he expects them to help track guns.
"This is a pretty sweeping definition compared to the Justice Department's definition," Bier blogged Wednesday. "Since the memo also addressed other executive departments and agencies,' it is unclear what this partial deputizing of other agencies as 'law enforcement' means."
What is the definition of "track guns?"
And just what duties, functions and authority are being invented out of thin air to "track guns?"
What makes these six additional agencies qualified to perform . . . whatever is meant by "track guns?
Will these additional unfunded duties impair those six agencies ability to do their real jobs?
Has Congress authorized funding for these new agencies?
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Hmm....didn't a number of these agencies order several hundred million rounds of assorted ammunition earlier this year?
The beginnings of Obama's civilian security force that he wants to build?
Jobs for the Black Panthers?
Veterans Affairs and our military are now law enforcement agencies?
The huge agencies ammo purchases may have been normal and "regularly scheduled," but what if they weren't
Has Congress authorized funding for these new agencies?
............................................................If it hasn't already it soon will. They do whatever Obama tells them to do and they all spend money likes it's water.
Not necessary if Obama declares Congress out of session, again.
Veterans departments? Surely they are not considering disarming the people with military experience and training. That would be as stupid as disarming everyone on a military base.
More government bow wows...
Bingo....ties in with all of the ammo purchases. My my how all of this planning is coming together. How convienient for the annointed one.
Is it still too early?????
We all know how much he respects the military . . .
Everytime little spoiled 3 year old hussein doesn't immediately get his way he cries, stomps is feet and threatens to hold his breath. Whaaaaaaa!
The Posse Comitatus Act is the United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) that was passed on June 18, 1878, after the end of Reconstruction and was updated in 1981. Its intent (in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807) was to limit the powers of Federal government in using federal military personnel to enforce the State laws. Contrary to popular belief, the Act does prohibit members of the United States Armed Forces from exercising Law enforcement agency powers within a State, police, or peace officer powers that maintain "law and order"; it requires that any authority to do so must exist within the United States Constitution or Act of Congress (which it currently does not except under the Insurrection Act).{Federalist 29 (Hamilton, 1788)} Any use of the Armed Forces under either Title 10/Active Duty or Title 10/Reserves at the direction of the President will offend the Constitutional Law also known as Public Law prohibiting such action unless declared by the President of the United States and approved by Congress.
Looks like a direct violation of the Constitution.
Like that is even noticed by his fascist azz.
The underlying ploy is continuing to find ways to GROW and EXPAND the Government and those EMPLOYED by it and DEPENDENT upon it.<p?
The U.S. Government is a CANCER that is trying to metastasize.
It sure seems that way.
It sounds to me like the dear leader is following his idol Hugo Chavez' game plan.
I wonder how far we'll have to descend into a total dictatorship before the "representatives" in DC put a stop to it.
I am very afraid for our country in the next four years.
Fire Departments?
Ambulance services?
City code inspectors?
What is meant by "and such other agencies?"
According to the statement it will allow him control over PD's to animal control.
Looking at this one a bit closer and it is a significant development. Can you add to "Front Page News?" I thought it was in there, apparently not.
Registry prohibition - The Act also forbade the U.S. Government agency from keeping a registry directly linking non-National Firearms Act (1934) firearms (essentially, pre-1986 machine guns) to their owners.
Nevertheless, the ATF Firearms Tracing System (FTS) contains hundreds of millions of firearm tracing and registration records, and consists of several databases:
1. Multiple Sale Reports - Over 460,000 (2003) Multiple Sales reports (ATF F 3310.4 - a registration record with specific firearms and owner name and address - increasing by about 140,000 per year). Reported as 4.2 million records in 2010.
2. Suspect Guns - All guns suspected of being used for criminal purposes but not recovered by law enforcement. This database includes individuals purchasing large quantities of firearms, and dealers with improper record keeping. May include guns observed by law enforcement in an estate, or at a gun show, or elsewhere. Reported as 34,807 in 2010.
3. Traced Guns - Over 4 million detail records from all traces since inception. This is a registration record which includes the personal information of the first retail purchaser, along with the identity of the selling dealer.
4. Out of Business Records - Data is manually collected from paper Out-of-Business records (or input from computer records) and entered into the trace system by ATF. These are registration records which include name and address, make, model, serial and caliber of the firearm(s), as well as data from the 4473 form - in digital or image format. In March, 2010, ATF reported receiving several hundred million records since 1968.
5. Theft Guns - Firearms reported as stolen to ATF. Contained 330,000 records in 2010. Contains only thefts from licensed dealers and interstate carriers (optional). Does not have an interface to the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) theft data base, where the majority of stolen, lost and missing firearms are reported.
it is unclear what this partial deputizing of other agencies as 'law enforcement' means."
Organs of internal security will naturally FIND what
ever they are charged with, if for nothing else but
their own survival.
It does not bode well for American freedom.
Ya, but we were told by those on the government payroll hundreds of millions of rounds were simply for routine target practice...Someone did the numbers and it came out to about 10,000 rounds each...lol
Someone said on another post and I am wondering if it's true,,Obama is really after the veterans. Those are the people who concern him most. Sad. Scary.
Maybe we need to seek out and become friends with those who supply illegal IDs and then use THOSE IDs to register the guns with. Hey, we gotta think like that enemy.
They will NOT be ABLE to track half of mine.
None are "registered".
Only one of the rest was purchased from the manufacture.
(lost in traggic canoe accident)
Others, bought 2nd hand, only have background check paper on them.
If they start invading stores for those records, we'll have a long warning period.
Totally true.
Veterans, Right-to-life, Pro-Legal immigration, Second Amendment, ect.
Pretty much any rule of law upholding American Citizens.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she was briefed before the release of a controversial intelligence assessment and that she stands by the report, which lists returning veterans among terrorist risks to the U.S.
But the top House Democrat with oversight of the Department of Homeland Security said in a letter to Ms. Napolitano that he was dumbfounded that such a report would be issued.
This report appears to raise significant issues involving the privacy and civil liberties of many Americans - including war veterans, said Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, in his letter sent Tuesday night.
In her statement Wednesday, Ms. Napolitano defended the report, which says rightwing extremism may include groups opposed to abortion and immigration, as merely one among several threat assessments.
Bottom of an old cesspool, communist agenda, evil, persistent and fascistic intent and agenda scum.
"offices that regularly recover firearms in the course of their criminal investigations as the President may designate."
as the President may designate? Huh?
Little bammy is constantly teetering between Fascist, Marxist and . . .
Master Of The Universes, known and unknown.
Since when does silly little things like laws, rules, acts, and that pesky old piece of paper, the Constitution get in the way of what The Messiah? I mean, really!
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Effective March 16 2012, Odinga could mobilize his stormtroopers, each Cabinet secretary having his/her own regiment, and has authorized conscription to fill the ranks.
DHS, TSA, SSA and NOAA have been among the agencies stockpiling ammunition. SSA alone has supplied 750 rounds per agent; a combat soldier downrange in Iraq had a basic load of 220 rounds (I know, because that WAS my basic load in Iraq).
The Leftists will not start kicking in doors right away; they know that The Sheep will voluntarily turn in all their guns, and snitch on their neighbors who don't.
"The beginnings of Obamas civilian security force that he wants to build?"
This is the thing that kills me, that no one has brought this up - especially since his big speech about how we have to do something even if it saves just one life; how we must stand up and say 'ENOUGH' as responsible gun owners.
Somehow it eluded everyone that "weapons that belong only in the theater of war" (or so sayeth the won) are somehow OK in a civilian security force that is as well equipped and trained as the military.
Civilians are by the very definition of the word - most assuredly not acting in a military capacity. Same goes for other agents of the government as they act in their official capacity...
Who/what is the civilian security force to be made up of, if not law abiding citizens? If they are to be as well equipped and trained as the military, then what weapons would they have if not the same/equivalent as military issue?
What just happened?!!! I mean... law abiding civilians are being lectured to about how they are not entitled to believe they should have the same advantage against a would be attacker or a violent mob as police or military would, yet some made from whole cloth "civilian security force" is elevated above it all or conveniently forgotten during the discussion.
Sorry... I just don't get how the American public at large can buy this much bovine excrement, it tends to make me rant.
This is a big mistake. I would say reasons why, but don't want to be identified further.
Delay, resist, obstruct, sabotage, Go underground and join like minded groups. Watch who you talk to.
Of course, Canada has nowhere near 400M guns already in circulation. I understand it's been tough to buy a gun up there for the last 50 years....anyway, their forms make it look worse than a passport application, plus a mental exam/interview. Sheesh, just wait, it's gonna get bad.
The essential fact in all of this from bankruptcy to the shredding of our Constitution is that Bo's war is not with America's enemies, but with American patriots.
What makes those commie news media folks and commie politicians really stupid is the fact that if they do get a dictatorship, they will at that moment cease to be an asset and merely be a threat to the "throne" that will have to be eliminated.
Cronism out to join forces by combining their lists. As a start. Wow...
Gathering of departments in preparation for his "homeland militia" and the only folks who will be able to have guns?
I had never seriously considered buying a gun, but now I'm doing it. I took the NRA Basic Handgun class yesterday, and my instructor is meeting me at a local range next Thursday for firing qualification. Then I'll buy a gun (not sure which one yet). Here in Colorado, registration of guns is prohibited, so there will only be the background check paperwork.
They will not have many friends, will they?
Every US citizen should own guns, just like in Switzerland. Good luck finding ammo. Get yourself a common caliber.
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Just watched this foreign film the other night through Netflix (Instant Queue) and thought it was a pretty quality vampire flick. It's about a 12 year old boy in a broken home who's constantly bullied around school. He's constantly plotting his revenge while collecting newspaper articles on recent murders in his town. He then meets a 12 year old girl (Eli) who moves in next door who he befriends and later finds out she is a vampire.
I would classify this as a semi-love story/semi-horror film that includes a lot of vampire mythology, but the adolescent love story also drew me in.
I don't want to say too much about the movie, but I was curious to see if anyone else has seen this and to guage others thoughts on it.


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Pumpkin Pecan Crumble Pie - 2003 1st Place Pumpkin
Recipe courtesy of Marles Riessland
- Food Network Challenge
- Pie Crust:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter flavored shortening, chilled
- 1/3 cup ice water
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 egg, beaten
- Filling:
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 (16-ounce) can pumpkin
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
- Pecan Crumble Topping:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
Chill all ingredients, including the flour and vinegar. Combine the flour, salt and sugar. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles cornmeal. In another bowl, mix water and vinegar with the beaten egg. Add the liquid mixture, one tablespoon at a time, to the flour mixture, tossing with a fork to form a soft dough.
Shape into 3 disks. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator at least 3 hours, before attempting to roll out. (Overnight actually works best). Hold no more than 3 days in refrigerator. For longer storage, place in a freezer bag and freeze. Use one disk for a single crust pie. Use 2 disks for a double crust pie. To roll out for pies, work quickly on a floured pastry cloth. Flip the dough at least once adding a little more flour to the pastry cloth. Roll out to fit pie pan. (Store pastry cloth in freezer).
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Beat eggs until frothy. Add all remaining ingredients in order given, beating only until well blended. Pour filling into crust. Bake for 25 minutes.
Combine topping ingredients. Remove pie from oven and sprinkle topping over filling. Return pie to oven and bake 25 minutes more or until center is set.
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The Entertainment Quarter, Building 207/122 Lang Rd, Moore Park NSW 2021
Parking at The Entertainment Quarter is cheap and easy. Entry after 6pm* evening flat rate only $7*
Limited street parking in Moore Park - Lang Rd, Cook Rd & surrounding
Public Transport: Getting to EQ using public transport is easy.
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By Taxi: EQ is 10 minutes from the CBD; taxi rank is located inside EQ.
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Samsung Begins to Produce 2.13GHz 64GB DDR4 Memory Modules.
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Chinese Inspur to Sell Mission-Critical Servers with AMD Software, Power 8 Processors.
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Khronos Group to Follow DirectX 12 with Cross-Platform Low-Level API.
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Want a taste of Paul McCartney live before his July show in Ottawa? Or perhaps you're one of many people who didn't get a ticket to the concert, the fastest sell-out in the history of Scotiabank Place.
McCartney fans can whet their appetite, or find consolation, in Rockshow, the Paul McCartney and Wings concert film that will come to Cineplex theatres in Ottawa in a couple of weeks.
Rockshow was recorded on Wings' 1976 tour, the same one that produced the live album Wings Over America. The movie includes 30 songs recorded in New York, Seattle and Los Angeles, including Jet, Band on the Run and Live and Let Die. Also on the setlist are Beatles' classics including Yesterday, The Long and Winding Road and Lady Madonna.
In Ottawa the film will be screened at 7:15 p.m. on May 15 and May 22 at the SilverCity cinemas in Gloucester and the Coliseum in Ottawa west. Get more information at the Cineplex website. Tickets, $14.95 for adults, are available online or at theatre box offices.


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It works as stated
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I used this product on an oil stain on a cotton shirt and it worked. I followed the simple instructions. It even has a brush built in to the top which makes it easier to work in to the stain. It is reasonably priced for what it is. If you found this review helpful, kindly visit my iHerb home page by clicking on my handle name above. There you can read my other value added reviews. Peace and good health.
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I bought a really lovely silk blouse on eBay and it (disappointingly) arrived with stains of unknown origin. Since the blouse is a vibrant cobalt blue I was a little worried that Ecover might discolour it, especially since is stated on the bottle that is not recommended for use on silk. Eventually I took a risk anyway and luckily it was the one that paid off; Ecover removed all the stains, it didn't cause any damage to delicate silk and no discolouration occurred – a little miracle in the bottle! :)
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Rocking the X-factor Jersey
Edited by andrewthewookie, 29 January 2013 - 04:44 PM.
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Posted 28 January 2013 - 11:09 PM
After picking up rookie Demetrius Ninios, X-Factor has made another addition to their roster for the 2013 paintball season: Veteran player Scott Kemp. Kemp will be a fantastic addition to X-Factor's dorito side, as he is a very intelligent and skilled player that will bring plenty of dedication and experience to his new found team.
"If you told me 3 years ago Scott Kemp would be wearing an X-factor jersey, I would not have believed it," said Grayson Goff, X-Factor player. "We're very excited to have Scott on the team and his level of commitment and ability is exactly what we are looking for to take X-factor to the next level."
If you told us Kemp would be wearing an X-Factor jersey, we wouldn't have believed it either. Kemp was a die hard Ironmen player, who played his last several seasons with the team. Nevertheless, late in the 2012 season, Kemp resigned from the Ironmen after a disagreement between himself and the teams coach, which resulted in Kemp playing for Los Angeles Infamous in the 2012 PSP World Cup event. What seemed to be a good pick-up for Infamous, lasted just as short as Alex Goldman's contract with Tampa Bay Damage.
With X-Factor's two new pick-ups, Scott Kemp and rookie player Demetrius Ninios, X-Factor continues to make steps in the right direction. We don't expect to see anymore drastic roster changes from them this season, but this has been one of the craziest off seasons when it comes to roster changes, so nothing can truly be certain until the season starts in March.
We're currently awaiting a statement from Scott Kemp regarding his decision to play for San Antonio for the duration of the 2013 season.
You can follow San Antonio X-Factor on Facebook at https://www.facebook...nAntonioXFACTOR.
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:14 AM
Goldmen didnt end up in Edmonton only J-Rab.
According to our sources, Justin Rabackoff and Alex Goldman have officially left Tampa Bay Damage and signed a contract with Edmonton Impact for the 2013 paintball season. Alex Mouse Goldmans time with Damage will be cut short, as he just recently signed on with Tampa Bay, just before the 2012 PSP World Cup. Our sources also say, Edmonton Impact looks to enter the professional division in the PSP once again, for the 2013 season.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:16 AM
Honestly that pissed me off wheni heard it. When i think of Damage i think Dave Bains. its going to be weird not seeing him on Damage. Now this raises the question: WHAT THE HELL IS DAMAGE GOING TO LOOK LIKE?! They just lost 3 great players.
Its a Fridge, it's Horse, ahhh.. hell No!
It's DAVE BAINS!!!
Weve just received the complete roster for Tampa Bay Damage. Dave Bains is NOT on the list.
It has been a very busy offseason for Edmonton Impact. After announcing last week that they have signed Justin Rabackoff and Greg Siewers, they have come to terms with former Tampa Bay Damage back player, Dave Beast Bains. The terms of the contract have not been made public.
Bart Yachimec, team owner, had this to say about the acquisition, Bringing The Beast Dave Bains on board this year, I feel, is the final piece that could take this team to new heights! He will be a major Edmonton Impact player that will be our back center player that can control the field and pull everyone together on and off the field! We have a lot of experience and an explosive team, but the key is to pull everyone together to become brothers. Dave is now back with Edmonton Impact as a family member and the whole team is very excited !
Our first practice is scheduled for February 16th and 17th at Daves home field, Capital Edge Paintball Park, and we are looking forward to some of his moms home cooking that weekend!
This offseason appears to be as exciting as last years when Houston Heat announced their intention of playing in the PSP. Only time will tell if Edmonton Impact can have as successful a season as Heat did. "
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Cute Pompadour
Olivia Thirlby sure knows how to rock a cool Pompadour without overdoing it! She is just stunning and has such a cool vibe to her entire look. 2013 has been such a big year for pompadour which was originally a cut for men but women have been taking it and claiming it as their own with good reason. The great thing about this rendition of the pompadour is that Olivia did not have to cut her hair short she sleeked the slides and flipped the top into a nice big curve giving her the effect of a short hairstyle without shedding any length.


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Topic: before(:each) and before(:all) in rspec
Relatively new to rails and working my way through Michael Hartls tutorial. I'm stuck on some rspec code .... namely the meaning of before(:each) and before(:all) in the following snippet. My interpretation of whats happening in blue, for what its worth.
describe "index" do
let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
before(:each) do
sign_in user
visit users_path
does this mean that the user is signed in before each of the following assertions. I.E. before it checks for title and before it checks for h1 and also before each of the assertions in the 'pagination' block below (including each of the assertions within the each block. which to my calulation involves 33 seperate sign ins and page visits. This doesn't sound right to me.
it { should have_selector('title', text: 'All users') }
it { should have_selector('h1', text: 'All users') }
describe "pagination" do
before(:all) { 30.times { FactoryGirl.create(:user) } }
after(:all) { User.delete_all }
Does before(:all) mean that 30 factory users are created one time only before all of the assertions that follow, and that after all the assertions are completed all 30 factory users are deleted on one fell swoop.
it { should have_selector('div.pagination') }
it "should list each user" do
User.paginate(page: 1).each do |user|
page.should have_selector('li', text: user.name)
I haven't been able to find any clear explanation of this anywhere. Appreciate any help on this.


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Special offer for learning online with the IoS
1 October 2010
To celebrate today's launch of theiosonline.com, the new web-based home for aquatic education and training from the Institute of Swimming, candidates will receive a 15% discount for online learning programmes when they register on the site.
The special introductory offer is for a limited period only and covers a range of online learning packages now available via the new website.
Head of Operations for the IoS Lee Croucher said: "The option to carry out training online is an exciting development for the IoS - we are pleased to be able to extend our services and give candidates a taster of the benefits they will see from the launch of the new system today.
"The new system is designed to provide everything an aquatic teacher or coach needs for their learning journey, at their fingertips. It really is a very simple process to register and means candidates can create their own personalised area of the site. As well as special discounts, this gives them access to a range of resources and tools tailored to their own stage of learning.
"We are hoping that it will quickly become a daily source of relevant education and training information for all our customers."
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Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival : Eleven-year-old Norman Ollestad was a gifted skier. After winning the 1979 Southern California Slalom Skiing Championship, his father chartered a small plane to fly Norman home, so that his son could collect his trophy and train with his team. Moments later the Cessna, engulfed in a blizzard, crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains and was left suspended at 8,000 feet. Norman's father, his coach and his hero, was dead. Climbing out of the wreckage, young Norman begins a gruelling descent, thousands of feet down an icy mountain. Blinded by heavy snow and faced with a raging wind and below-freezing temperatures, he attempts to guide his father's injured girlfriend to safety. Kept alive by sheer will, Norman summons everything his father taught him about determination and courage to save his own life. Powerful, inspiring and utterly compelling, this is a unique and unforgettable memoir.
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Debates of June 3rd, 2003
House of Commons Hansard #110 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was aboriginal.
- Information Commissioner
- Juno Beach Centre
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Question No. 173
- Question No. 211
- Question No. 225
- Question No. 227
- Points of Order
- Public Service Modernization Act
- Pension Act
- Lobbyists Registration Act
- Committees of the House
- Lobbyists Registration Act
- Workplace Training
- Child Pornography
- Batteries Électriques Gagnon
- International Coffee Organization
- Bureau de consultation jeunesse de Laval
- World Partnership Walk
- The Environment
- François Gagnon
- Rowing
- Justice
- Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
- Government Contracts
- Church of Saint-Joachim in Châteauguay
- Colin Gibson
- Foreign Affairs
- Jean Bouchard
- Urban Affairs
- Agriculture
- Health
- Softwood Lumber
- Air India
- Softwood Lumber
- Agriculture
- Employment Insurance
- Agriculture
- Softwood Lumber
- National Defence
- Gasoline Prices
- National Defence
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Softwood Lumber
- International Aid
- The Environment
- Softwood Lumber
- Shipping
- Firearms Registry
- Foreign Affairs
- Justice
- Air Canada
- Foreign Affairs
- Canada Lands Company
- Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act (Members' Staff)
- Supply
- The Environment
- Public Service Modernization Act
- Points of Order
- First Nations Governance Act
Bureau de consultation jeunesse de Laval
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Raymonde Folco Laval West, QC
Madam Speaker, everyone agrees that young people are the future of this country. However, some young people experience serious problems that require help from the community and from the government.
I am therefore extremely pleased to announce that, thanks to a $400,000 grant from the Government of Canada, the Bureau de consultation jeunesse de Laval will be able to build some ten supervised apartments by July.
The purpose is simple: to prevent homelessness among at-risk youth who are between 17 and 22 years old by providing not just a roof over their heads, but also guidance from professional youth workers.
Thanks to this type of initiative, these young people will one day be able to take an active part in our society.
World Partnership Walk
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Rahim Jaffer Edmonton Strathcona, AB
Madam Speaker, on Sunday, May 25 the annual World Partnership Walk took place throughout Canada.
It is the largest event of its kind in support of international development and cooperation. Canadians in cities across the country raised over $3 million that will go toward development projects in central Asia and eastern Africa. The money will be matched by a donation from CIDA.
In the city of Edmonton over $300,000 was raised and over 3,000 people participated. I would like to congratulate the 400 volunteers who helped make the Edmonton walk a success, especially Mr. Salim Chatoor, who has been the convenor of the walk for the past five years and once again did a terrific job.
The World Partnership Walk is definitely one of the many great things done by the Aga Khan foundation development network, which was created to realize the social conscience of Islam through institutional action.
I encourage parliamentarians and Canadians everywhere to visit the website, www.worldpartnershipwalk.com, to sign up and to walk in next year's event.
The Environment
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Beth Phinney Hamilton Mountain, ON
Mr. Speaker, in celebration of Environment Week I want to pay tribute to the efforts of those individuals within Hamilton who have effectively sought to preserve, restore, and protect our environment.
At the 24th annual Hamilton Environmentalists of the Year Award ceremony a number of individuals will be recognized for their contributions to the city of Hamilton.
Scott McNie will be awarded the Doctor Victor Cecilioni Environmentalist of the Year Award. Lifetime achievement awards will be given to Anne Redish and Jim MacDonald. Three awards of merit will be presented for pollution prevention. The first, to Larry Kelly of Kelly Auto Body; the second, to Beth Stormont and Sandra Root; and the third, to secondary school teachers Tina DiClementé and Franca Ianni.
I wish to congratulate these individuals for their contributions to the preservation of the environment in the City of Hamilton.
François Gagnon
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Richard Marceau Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to welcome to Parliament Hill, François Gagnon, the MP for Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier for a day, who will be with us for 24 hours.
François was the winner of the sixth edition of the MP for a day contest and stood out from 1,200 other secondary IV students in an examination on general knowledge of politics.
While in Ottawa, he will have an opportunity to gain some familiarity with the parliamentary work of MPs, and will get a chance to see first hand the hectic lives we lead here on Parliament Hill. Along with his father, Mr. Jacques Gagnon, he was able to meet privately with the leader of the Bloc Quebecois and also with all the members of our caucus.
Mr. Speaker, you too will have the pleasure of meeting this young man after oral question period this afternoon.
On behalf of my hon. colleagues, I want to welcome him to Parliament and wish him an excellent visit.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Tony Tirabassi Niagara Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the members of the rowing teams at Denis Morris Catholic High School, which is located in my riding of Niagara Centre.
The senior boys fours with coxie, under coach Matt Miller, placed first at the Wyandotte Regatta in Detroit, Michigan on May 2 and 3. The junior girls heavy 8, under coach Brian Dell, placed first at the same regatta. The senior boys heavy 8, under coach Brian Dell, placed first at the Mother's Day Regatta in St. Catharines on May 11.
I wish to congratulate all members of these three exemplary rowing teams. They have set the bar extremely high for others to attempt to equal their success.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Chuck Cadman Surrey North, BC
Mr. Speaker, last weekend Richmond RCMP officers held the first Annual Constable Jimmy Ng Memorial Road Hockey Tournament in memory of their fallen comrade. Constable Ng was killed last year when his patrol car was rammed by an alleged street racer. The goal of this event was to raise money for a scholarship in Constable Ng's name.
Once again I spent some time with Jimmy's parents, Chris and Theresa. Their courageous resolve to promote awareness of the potentially catastrophic consequences of mixing young inexperienced drivers with high performance cars is commendable. But beyond educating teens and parents, the Ngs also recognize the need for lawmakers to do their part.
Just last week we saw another conditional sentence imposed on a street racer convicted for his part in the death of a 17 year old. Street racing season is upon us. The bad actors know they will not face a day in jail even if their selfish disregard for others kills or injures innocent people.
By its silence and inaction, the government at worst accepts this behaviour or, at the very least, just plain does not care.
Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Diane St-Jacques Shefford, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation has announced its Excellence Awards for 2003-04.
One hundred and twenty Cegep graduates in Quebec have been given the Excellence Award in recognition of their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership, and interest in innovation.
I would like to congratulate one young man from my riding, Marc-André Marois, from the Cégep de Granby Haute-Yamaska, who received an Excellence Award.
Receiving such an award is a high point in a student's life. It recognizes the academic achievement of our young people.
A Government of Canada initiative, these awards are a major investment in the future of our students. They are a excellent means of promoting academic excellence.
Once again, I congratulate Marc-André. He is a prime example of the fact that Canada's future lies in its youth.
Government Contracts
Statements By Members
June 3rd, 2003 / 2:05 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
André Bachand Richmond—Arthabaska, QC
Mr. Speaker, one year after the sponsorship scandals, the government has yet to get rid of the stench of bogus contracts awarded to Liberal-friendly companies.
In the meantime, organizations that legitimately deserve support from Ottawa are being denied help.
I have an example. Yesterday, the hon. member for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik asked the Minister of Public Works to help the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, which will be hosting a major event: the entry draft in Val-d'Or this weekend. He asked for $15,000.
The same government that squandered $1 billion on the firearms registry and $100 million on luxury jets said no.
This proves to voters in Témiscamingue that the Liberals simply do not understand the legitimate needs of the people in the region. Fortunately, the good news is that on June 16 they will have an opportunity to express their displeasure by voting for Rachel Lord, the Progressive Conservative Party candidate in Témiscamingue.
Church of Saint-Joachim in Châteauguay
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Robert Lanctôt Châteauguay, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my fellow citizens on the occasion of the unveiling, last Sunday, of a commemorative plaque to recognize the architectural heritage of the Church of Saint-Joachim in Châteauguay.
Built between 1774 and 1778, this church was designated an historical monument in 1955 by the Historic Monuments Commission of Quebec for the quality of its furnishings and its construction. This building stands out from religious construction of the time because of the simplicity of its architectural features, both on the interior and exterior, which gives it its unique architectural character.
As governor of the Fonds Saint-Joachim de Châteauguay and sponsor of the fund-raising campaign, I am proud to say that the Châteauguay community has finally received the heritage recognition it deserves.
We are proud to assert today our heritage, our Quebecois vernacular tradition. Bravo.
Colin Gibson
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
John Bryden Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot, ON
Mr. Speaker, today in the Senate chamber the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians held its annual assembly to honour those former MPs who passed away during the previous year. Among those so honoured was Colin Gibson, my Liberal predecessor.
He was a fine man. As good as they come. He had an unwavering faith in his country that he demonstrated as a soldier during the second world war and in democratic battle in this House of Commons. As I came to know him, I also appreciated that he had an unflinching belief in the basic goodness of all human beings. That, above all else, was his great strength.
It is a privilege and an honour to attempt to follow in his footsteps in this House.
Foreign Affairs
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Alexa McDonough Halifax, NS
Mr. Speaker, in classic Liberal doublespeak, the Prime Minister lectured G-8 leaders about keeping public spending and budgetary deficits under control, while accepting Bush's argument that the U.S. deficit was a one-shot affair caused by September 11 and the Iraq war. Who is he kidding?
Bush's trillion dollar star wars has massive long term budgetary implications. It is anything but a one-time expenditure. For the Prime Minister to join the chorus warning Iran and North Korea against breaking the nuclear non-proliferation and anti-ballistic missile treaties while sitting at the table with the U.S. to negotiate Canada's role in star wars rings hollow and hypocritical.
The Prime Minister had an opportunity going into the G-8 summit to lead by example and call for an end to weapons of mass destruction. Instead he threw away Canada's diplomatic capital with the decision to participate in star wars.
Shame on the government for undermining Canada's voice for peace around the world.
Jean Bouchard
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Jean Guy Carignan Québec East, QC
Mr. Speaker, on May 29, with supporters and sponsors present, the Les yeux du coeur convoy led by Jean Bouchard started off symbolically from Quebec City.
For the first time in sport and physical activity history, a blind and hard-of-hearing cyclist will be crossing Canada on a tandem bicycle. From June to September, Quebec City athlete Jean Bouchard will pedal from Victoria to Halifax.
Mr. Bouchard has decided to ride across the country to show that we can stay fit at any age, live with disabilities and even overcome them. Jean has been hard of hearing since birth and he lost his sight gradually in his adult years.
Now aged 66, this courageous athlete has become a model of perseverance and discipline. He is still devoting much of his spare time to physical activity. He started this trek across Canada on a tandem bicycle to raise money for the Fondation En Adaptation Motrice Inc., a non-profit organization promoting physical activity, the integration of persons with disabilities and functional independence for seniors.
We commend Mr. Bouchard's initiative and wish him all the best on his journey.
Urban Affairs
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Judy Sgro York West, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities recently held its annual conference in Winnipeg, attended by city leaders from all across Canada.
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate FCM and its work on behalf of Canadian cities. The Prime Minister's caucus task force on urban issues, the national round table on the environment, and many other organizations helped to move the urban agenda forward.
We all know the pressures facing municipalities today. The federal government continues its investments in our urban regions. In order to overcome the many challenges, municipalities must be invited by the provinces to be at the table for joint federal, provincial and municipal discussions on strategic priorities.
I challenge all orders of government to put politics aside in the best interests of all Canadians and invite the municipalities to be at the table, always respecting our jurisdictions and our Constitution, and to work together in an equal partnership on ways to address those major pressures.
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Canadian Alliance
Stephen Harper Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, while the Liberal leadership campaign transition continues to drag on and the Prime Minister jets around the world making verbal gaffes, the bills are starting to pile up for Canadians. We are now over two weeks into the mad cow crisis that has shut down the beef industry costing farmers millions of dollars and putting thousands of Canadian jobs at risk.
Can anyone in the government tell us when we can expect the ban on the importation of Canadian beef to be lifted?
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Prince Edward—Hastings
Lyle Vanclief Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Mr. Speaker, a few minutes ago I had another conversation with U.S. secretary Ann Veneman. Those who have watched the technical briefing today are aware of the fact that because we did not receive some DNA matching there is a 15% chance that the lineage of the case animal was in another line.
We are therefore going to have to do testing on that line. That will take another three or four days before that science is done. We will need that science, as we have said all along, not only to prove it to the United States but to the OIE and others.


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Check his wall posts. It's at the top.
Edit: Curse you Drinkey!
Check his wall posts. It's at the top.
Edit: Curse you Drinkey!
What they said. ^^^
My BLANCMANGE excitement is getting lost amongst dog fort memes.
"Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe have reformed Blancmange and are writing material for a new album to be called Blanc Burn, planned for release in 2011 with a support tour."
O2 ABC Glasgow Glasgow SUN, 06/03/2011
Academy 2 Manchester MON, 07/03/2011
O2 Academy2 Sheffield Sheffield TUE, 08/03/2011
O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool THU, 10/03/2011
O2 Academy2 Birmingham Birmingham FRI, 11/03/2011
Concorde 2 Brighton SAT, 12/03/2011
Junction 1 Cambridge MON, 14/03/2011
Koko London TUE, 15/03/2011
When asked if they were coming to the US and/or Canada, they stated they're going to get through their dates above first and then "venture out".
I can totally see BLANCMANGE coming onstage to do Feel Me with Faithless. Or vice versa.
This is a better thread to discuss it anyway hahaha
8/7/16 - Sufjan Stevens @ Hollywood Bowl // 8/8/16 - Radiohead @ Shrine // 8/8/16 - Boris @ Regent
9/14/16 - Wilco @ Theatre at Ace Hotel // 9/18/16 - Kraftwerk @ Hollywood Bowl
Friday: Outkast, The Knife, The Replacements, Broken Bells, Girl Talk, Haim, Bryan Ferry
Saturday: Lorde, Empire of the Sun, Fatboy Slim, Nas, Kid Cudi, Sleigh Bells, CHVRCHES, Mogwai, Bombay Bicycle Club, Holy Ghost!, The Internet
Sunday: Arcade Fire, Neutral Milk Hotel, Disclosure, Chance the Rapper, Starfucker, Superchunk, Poolside
Robert DeLong - The Independent - Jan 28
Mad Caddies - Slim's - Feb 8
St. Vincent - Fox Theatre - March 22
Coachella 07 (the introduction), 08 (the bands), 09 (the documentary), 10 (the people i came with), 11 (the relationship test... we passed), 12 (whatever the weather, Dirty Epic forever), 13 (the year of the troll)
I already miss the doggies, TBH.
Leftfield are on the radar a little bit for rumored acts, but not seen it in this thread yet.
It's of the "purely circumstantial" type of evidence, but it just feels likely. They're touring again after donkeys years, played a ton of festivals in Europe in 2010, have Australian tour finishing in March, haven't announced any US dates yet, and would be a perfect Sahara headliner.
Leftfield and Underworld would be highly attractive, though I'm not sure if the former would headline.
why didnt my sleigh bells convo get posted on the OP?
I hope Leftfield is there!
2012 Coachella & TBA
2011 Wakarusa & Bonnaroo
2010 Coachella
2009 Bonnaroo
2008 Wakarusa
Leftfield would be an awesome Sahara headliner.
Thread being back on track >>>>
Beyonce * Kendrick Lamar * The XX * Future
*Schoolboy Q * Hans Zimmer* Gucci Mane* Little Dragon * Bonobo
*Thundercat * Travis Scott * Sampha * Empire of the Sun * Tycho
Pendulum Announces Early 2011 US Headlining Tour
SoCal date is at a GV venue & they're playing Ultra...
Again already?
12/16-18 Day for Night
Rage Against The Machine's Zach De la Rocha say they're releasing a new album in 2011


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December 26, 2006 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: HANDS Help Desk Coverage - Effective immediately
SUBJECT 2: 2008 National WIC Association Calendar Art Competition (PDF Attached)
SUBJECT 3: Guidelines for Nutrition Education and Coding ER# 2.06100
SUBJECT 4: Nutritionist Staffing in LWPs
SUBJECT 5: Program Updates Training March 2007 - St. Charles/St. Louis Training Site Location
SUBJECT 6: Champions for Healthy Kids Grants - American Dietetic Association Foundation
SUBJECT 7: Revised Local WIC Provider Supply Request Form (WIC 8)
SUBJECT 8: Opportunity To Review The New High Risk Care Plan Form (WIC 55)
- HANDS Help Desk Coverage: Effective immediately, the WIC State Office will provide HANDS Help Desk coverage during the lunch hour, 12:00-1:00. If you have questions, please contact Mark Davis at firstname.lastname@example.com or 800-392-8209 or 573-526-5323.
- 2008 National WIC Association Calendar Art Competition: Back by popular demand, the National WIC Association (NWA) is holding a Children's Art competition for its 2008 Nutrition Education Calendar. NWA has asked that you please encourage the WIC kids you serve to submit drawings according to the monthly calendar themes outlined on the attachment. Your agency could win a $500 gift certificate with that artwork.
Details at: http://www.paramountcommunication.com/nwica/08_Call_for_Entries_12-8-06.pdf
Contact the National WIC Association national office at (202) 232-5492 for more details.
- Guidelines for Nutrition Education and Coding ER # 2.06100: In response to questions received from local WIC providers regarding requirements for follow-up nutrition education, the following clarification of ER # 2.06100, Guidelines for Nutrition Education and Coding, which was distributed at the August 2006 Program Update Training is provided. Procedure "J. Follow-up should be provided to find out how the participant has addressed a nutrition issue, however, follow-up should not replace a nutrition education contact/intervention to address other nutrition issues."
Nutrition follow-up should ideally occur within the 6-month certification period (best practice) but shall occur within one year or two certification periods or prior to the participant's change in categorical status. Examples:
- Agencies with long term Fit WIC MO goals for children may determine the goal in consultation with the parent at certification, offer intervention activities in subsequent nutrition education contacts, then follow-up on progress at the next certification visit.
- A local agency may follow-up with a prenatal who is added to WIC in her 2nd month of pregnancy at any time during the certification period. However, follow-up will probably not be appropriate after her baby is delivered and she changes to postpartum status.
Please remember that follow-up is an essential component of WIC value enhanced nutrition services provided for the benefit of program participants. You may direct any questions about your agency's clinic practices related to follow-up to the district nutritionist providing technical assistance in your area.
- Nutritionist Staffing in LWPs: Attached is a Dietitian/Nutritionist Questionnaire. We want the names of your staff that are nutritionists, registered dietitians, licensed dietitians and their RD and LD numbers. Please complete the form and return to email@example.com or by fax at 573-526-1470 by January 5, 2007. This information will help us review the level of staffing at the local agency in preparation for our Value Enhanced Nutrition Assessment (VENA) Implementation Plan. Please contact Phyllis Fuller if you have any questions at email@example.com.
- Program Updates Training March 2007 - St. Charles/St. Louis Training Site Location: Please note the location of the St.Louis/St. Charles area training site for the March Program Updates and the addition of a session on the WIC Data Marts. The St. Louis/St. Charles training will be at the St. Charles Community College, Student Center Room 206. The dining hall is located in the same building. You can view a map of the location at www.stchas.edu and clink on the link at the bottom of the site. The training will include an extensive discussion on the WIC Data Marts. Eventually all WIC reports will be available through the Data Marts including the ability to query your own agency data and run real time reports. This session will introduce local agency staff to the Data Marts and the process to access reports and agency specific data. We recommend bringing any staff that works with collecting, reviewing data specific to your local agency.
Mandatory March WIC Program Updates Training: The one-day sessions will provide attendees with updated program information and clarification regarding new program issues. The training will be delivered on-site at several locations and dates throughout the state. Training locations are listed below.
Agenda items include: USDA 3-digit risk factor codes, USDA Revision 8 Dietary Risk Factors, Nutrition Assessment, HANDS Nutrition Assessment Screens and Data Marts.
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Locations and Dates:
March 13, 2007 - Wild Pine Conference Room, 930 Wildwood, Jefferson City
March 15, 2007 - West Plains Civic Center, 110 St. Louis Street, West Plains
March 16, 2007 - Library Station, 2535 N Kansas Expressway, Springfield
March 20, 2007 - Northwest District Office, 3717 Whitney Ave., Independence
March 21, 2007 - St. Joseph/Buchanan Conference Room, 904 South 10th St., St. Joseph
March 22, 2007 - Northeastern District Office, 708 Patton, Macon
March 27, 2007 - St. Charles Community College (SCC), Student Center Room 206, St. Charles
March 28, 2007 - Southeastern District, 2875 James Blvd., Poplar Bluff
March 30, 2007 - WIC Nutrition Training Room, 930 Wildwood, Jefferson City
Please review agenda items to determine appropriate staff to attend. At a minimum the Nutrition Coordinator from each agency must attend the training. You may want to have your WIC clerk or WIC coordinator attend the afternoon session on Data Marts. The registration form is attached. Fax the registration form as instructed to the State WIC office by Wednesday, February 28, 2007. Please register using the attached form only.
If you have any questions please contact D'Anne Ward, Nutrition Trainer, at the State WIC office at (800) 392-8209 or by e-mail at email@example.com
- Champions for Healthy Kids Grants - American Dietetic Association Foundation: The American Dietetic Association Foundation is proud to announce that grant applications are now being accepted for the Champions for Healthy Kids Grants, a partnership of the General Mills Foundation, the American Dietetic Association Foundation and the President's Challenge. Fifty grants of $10,000 each will be made to schools, community groups and other non-profit organizations with innovative programs aimed at improving the nutrition and activity habits of young people. The involvement of a registered dietitian or dietetics technician, registered is a requirement for each program. The 2007 Champions for Healthy Kids grant application is available online at http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/champions.aspx. The application deadline is February 1, 2007; grants will be awarded in May 2007. If you have specific questions regarding this grants program, please contact Elisabeth Puga at the American Dietetic Association Foundation. Her contact information is below:
Elisabeth E. Puga
American Dietetic Association Foundation
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60606
- Revised Local WIC Provider Supply Request Form (WIC 8): The Local WIC Provider Supply Request Form has been revised. New pamphlets have been printed and are available at the DHSS warehouse. Please see the attached WIC 8 form and use it for ordering. If you have any questions, please contact Takako Tagami at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Opportunity to Review The New High Risk Care Plan Form: The State WIC office has developed a new High Risk Care Plan form (WIC 55). This new form is designed to document the high risk care plan for pregnant women, infants, and children. The following forms will be discontinued when they are depleted from the DHSS warehouse:
- High Risk Care Plan for Prenatal (WIC 53)
- High Risk Care Plan for Infants/Children (WIC 54)
Please review the attached draft WIC 55 form. If you have suggestions and/or comments, please indicate on the draft form and fax it to Takako Tagami at 573-526-1470 or email firstname.lastname@example.com by January 8, 2007.
MWA PDF for Calendar Contest
ER# 2.06100 NE Codes
Nutrition Staffing at LWPs rev
Training Registration Form Rev with St. Charles St.Lous
WIC-8 Supply Request
WIC 55 Form DRAFT


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Protecting our rights
Robert M. Anderson, Minot
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has publicly stated that she would confiscate all private firearms if she could. The present bill that she and other anti-gun members of Congress are pushing is just the first step in the plan to totally disarm us.
Once it is illegal to transfer firearms between family members as proposed in the present bill, then universal gun registration will be necessary to keep track and enforce the law. Once all guns are registered, they will know where they are for confiscation. Except, of course, criminals don't register their guns.
The present administration armed the Mexican drug cartels with semi-automatic assault weapons under the "Fast and Furious" operation. Now they want to disarm us and leave us defenseless.
The present administration refuses to secure our borders and is suing state officials trying to enforce immigration laws. We need at least as good weapons to defend ourselves as the government furnished to the criminal invaders.
If the currently proposed law is passed, it will be followed by more and more restrictive laws until we are totally disarmed.
Please ask your congressional representatives to vote against this bill and any others that would restrict our Second Amendment rights.


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To Steelers headquarters per PFT
To Steelers headquarters per PFT
Guess now we are allowed to talk about MW !
Loved Tomlin's interview on this topic.
Tomlin was classic on that interview yesterday. Loved it
Has he called Haley yet?
Very Nice...this is great news!
1.25 CB Eli Apple-DB-tOSU
2.58 SS Vonn Bell-DB tOSU
3.89 DT Javon Hargrave-SC State
4.123 DE-Matt Judon-Grand Valley State
6.220 RB-Tyler Erwin-San Jose State
7.229 WR Geronimo Allison-Ilinois
7.246 QB-Cody Kessler-USC
I heard they both sat across the lunch table from one another, but neither has picked up the phone to call one another.
We knew this was going to happen all along. Now lets see if he can avoid injury. A dinged hammie is likely.


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Borrows plots 3i investment strategy revival
As the co-founder of the European arm of Greenhill, one of the investment banking success stories of the past decade, few can boast the City pedigree of Simon Borrows.
Following a decade building an M&A powerhouse from scratch – and amassing a personal fortune of £149m, according to last year's Sunday Times Rich List – Borrows had been widely expected to pursue non-financial interests after stepping back at Greenhill.
Instead, he took the role of chief investment officer at embattled 3i, once the shining example of the private equity industry but since early 2011 widely criticised by analysts for overleveraging its assets and giving little back to investors. He joined less than 18 months ago.
Borrows says that, on joining the firm, he thought 3i would benefit from "some external perspective", something he felt the group "needed".
He was immediately tasked with shaping 3i's future investment strategy but, less than a year into this role, his chief executive Michael Queen made the decision to depart, leaving Borrows with a tricky decision over whether to pitch for the top job.
Borrows said: "The board ran an open process interviewing a number of candidates, both internal and external, and through that process I decided that I would be prepared to be chief executive. I had observed how the organisation was functioning while I was CIO and it was apparent to me that it needed some radical change."
Back to the core
Borrows became chief executive in May last year and, within a month, had finalised a radical strategic plan which amounted to the most wide-reaching changes seen at the group since its flotation more than two decades earlier.
3i's global private equity network was culled; 160 employees, equivalent to a third of 3i's workforce, were axed; offices in Barcelona, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Milan and Shanghai were closed; Beijing, Madrid, Mumbai, New York and Singapore were stripped of deal-making capabilities and put on a realisation footing; and gross debt is planned to be cut to below £1bn within a year.
These changes left just six core offices – London, Paris, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Frankfurt and São Paolo – with a remit to continue to actively examine new investment opportunities.
The strategy was welcomed by analysts and investors who had long bemoaned the debt pile as a drag on returns and the international network as a cost base that contributed little to the group's bottom line. However, the changes caused shockwaves among the ranks and 3i alumni.
One ex-director said the decisions were "crazy" and accused Borrows of "pulling them out of every growing market save the one where 3i has the least experience".
Borrows is unrepentant. He said he had spent a significant period of time as chief investment officer visiting all 3i's network, "working out whether I trusted and rated them", and came to the conclusion that many were simply surplus to requirements in light of a desire to reduce annual operating costs by at least £40m.
Borrows' review also concluded that Brazil remained a key market. Despite having only opened in São Paulo in 2011, Borrows describes the Brazil office as a "first-rate operation", which "is much less competitive than many of the Asian markets".
Borrows said: "It is not currently significant in the overall scheme of things but, as that economy grows, it could become very interesting. The greater likelihood is that we will have a fund or a set of co-investors to invest with us in Brazil for investments in the $25m to $50m range.
"There are a number of [investors] who have a very strong interest in that market and are supportive of us developing our business there."
Beyond the radical surgery, Borrows has also been keen to make changes in the group's culture, particularly in its approach to compensation, bringing it more in line with the traditional (and more ruthless) investment banking model.
He said: "We are going to start rewarding people in a much more meritocratic way than, perhaps, has been the case in the past, and with 3i stock, which we hope will change the culture more towards being owner-managers rather than simply managers.
"Variable compensation at 3i didn't have as great a degree of span as at many other financial services firms, so we hope, by introducing that, we will be able to better reflect the contribution of individuals who make a difference. We will endeavour to move out weaker performers and promote stronger performers."
More to do
To underscore an approach of empowerment, Borrows has continued to de-layer the hierarchy, particularly in London, giving the remaining staff "more to do and they are enjoying that".
Given the ambitious debt reduction target, the "more to do" has invariably meant orchestrating exits with positions in a succession of smaller businesses, including outdoor clothing brand Halti in Finland and Italian rubber component manufacturer Novotema, sold over the summer.
These are to be followed by a larger divestiture programme involving four top-quality portfolio businesses. French medical diagnostic company Labco is the most advanced and is expected to fetch €1bn, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Borrows is adamant all sales are in the portfolio companies' best interest, despite his combined and formidable self-imposed debt challenge and a deal-financing window that is likely to slam shut in the summer when the reinvestment periods of the majority of Europe's collateralised loan obligation funds expire.
Borrows said: "I don't think the CLO window is what is driving the sales, it's the fundamental readiness of those companies. We have looked across our portfolio and have determined there is quite a lot of interest in those companies, either from trade or financial buyers."
Strong exits are likely to be music to the ears of 3i's long-suffering Eurofund V investors. The fund is still valued below cost more than six years after it closed at €5bn.
Its performance has all but dashed any hopes of a medium-term return to the market, losing 3i both investment firepower and a valuable source of fee income.
Despite these difficulties, Borrows is keen for the business to manage more third-party capital and is bullish about the prospects of doing so with two of 3i's new platforms: infrastructure, launched in 2007 and where external cash accounts for 75% of the total; and a debt management fund, started in 2010 and where external investors account for 90% of invested capital.
Both these businesses are held in high regard by shareholders and investors but have yet to provide a meaningful contribution to 3i's bottom line.
This is a situation Borrows is keen to change, particularly at the debt operation which produced £30m of revenues after performance fees in the last financial year and "paid for themselves very quickly".
Last August, 3i bought a majority stake in US debt manager WCAS Fraser Sullivan. Borrows has aspirations for the group to be a significant transatlantic debt management player, itself a fairly radical notion given the group's origins as a provider of growth capital to small cap UK companies.
For Borrows, grand ambitions go hand in hand with getting 3i back "to what it's good at", which is long-term successful private equity investment.
Pressure for his strategy to work has increased as a result of the 1% stake activist group Sherborne Investors built in 3i late last month.
Borrows is reluctant to discuss the development, save to quip that he is currently reading the shareholder presentations of F&C Asset Management – the manager over which Sherborne successfully gained control in 2011.
Beyond that, Borrows says he has no view and 3i has received no communication.
While underperforming companies are often targeted by activists for radical action, some might conclude that the 3i board already volunteered their firm up to its own radical activist last summer.
• Questions and Answers
Financial News: What keeps you up at night? Simon Borrows: I sleep like a baby, so no concerns there. But I am worried about our younger dog Amber (a Hungarian Vizsla). She has just been diagnosed with a serious liver condition.
FN: What will you do once you retire? SB: I am not the retiring sort. There are lots of new and different challenges.
FN: What's the best advice anyone has ever given you? SB: Be a good listener.
FN: What is the greatest achievement of your career? SB: Working in a number of interesting roles with smart colleagues.
FN: What are you reading? SB: The shareholder presentations of F&C Asset Management.