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#21 Thu 14 Jun 12 1:49pm
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Sorry , that was a really long post ..
Hope you sat down with a cup of tea or coffee before you started to read it , I wanted a to add in some quotes this time and they were a very chatty group ! .. Just lovely .
#22 Thu 14 Jun 12 2:58pm
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grazie mummza I could say you are a famous reporter working hard for us, I feel as if I had been there peeping in the bubbling pots and chatting with the soundtrack of kitchen tools, the effetti speciali of steam and smells
#23 Thu 14 Jun 12 10:47pm
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Pictures from the supper club on 15th May
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#24 Fri 15 Jun 12 1:54am
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What a great post Mummza! All those stories, all those journeys!
Hearing about people working together with such camaraderie and skill is a delight!
#25 Fri 15 Jun 12 8:09am
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Lovely post Mummza and so looking forward to your next supper club.
#26 Fri 15 Jun 12 9:55am
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So am I Sandy , it's tonight .. Which is why I was so embarrassed about the problems with computer phone etc .
Anyway I worked it all out in the end .
#27 Fri 15 Jun 12 1:25pm
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Enjoy Mummza, will be thinking of you all having such great good, I'm green with envy..... and look forward to hearing all about it.
#28 Fri 15 Jun 12 3:03pm
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that's a good word Joy
for mummza our reporter
#29 Fri 22 Jun 12 8:47pm
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Supper Club 15th June 2012
This month's Supper Club was for the Class of 2006. On walking up the stairs we were met with a room filled with laughter and the most delicious aromas. This was clearly going to be a lot of fun.
The room was set out in the same way as the previous Supper Clubs and as with the last one some of the chefs were cooking in the main room in which we were to be eating. Gavin and Luke were both busy at the stoves, which was a delight to see.
Quietly, at the side of the room, was a pram that has the sweetest little baby. The little darling was three months old and managed to sleep through much of the supper club. Her mum, Mercy, was one of the chefs helping to cook for the Supper Club. Mercy was part of the group of chefs that qualified in the last group (Class of 2011). She came along to help for this Supper Club and spent all evening smiling. This again illustrates what a family the trainees all are to each other. There seems to be a great camaraderie between the groups regardless of which group they trained in. I loved this atmosphere.
As the room filled with diners, it was obvious that this evening was not going to be a very quiet time. The diners were chatting and laughing enthusiastically.
During the meal this chatter continued as people started to find out about their fellow diners. The three people opposite where we were sitting were from Latvia , to the side of me was a lovely lady who worked with young offenders and as such was very interested in the Foundation and its work. There were very interesting people from 'The Flour Station' who were kind enough to help me when I asked about making sourdough bread. (After my disaster with the starter last year I needed a bit of help!) Thank you for the advice. All in all the room was, as you can tell, just buzzing. What a great place to spend the evening.
The meal had started with some delicious hand made focaccia and fantastic Puglian extra virgin olive oil. Beautiful little ovals of focaccia with a salted top were placed along the table on boards. When I saw these arriving I thought that we might have to rip little chunks off but to my surprise each focaccia had been skilfully sliced and reassembled so that it looked they had never been cut. Dipping the bread into that wonderful olive oil, I reflected about how lucky I was to be there sharing such a treat.
The 'Starters' for the meal started to arrive but before this happened, Gavin appeared and explained to everyone the dish they were about to eat. Quail Ballontine with celeriac and pistachio pur�e, puy lentils and summer truffles. The quail Ballontine has a filling of chicken mousse. When the plate arrived on the table it was a real picture and was as if it had been plucked from a photograph. It looked beautiful. I wondered if John, the food stylist, had been working his magic with the plate design. The little quail leg had been added to the plate and the bone cleaned so that it was easy to get hold of and eat. I was told it was extremely delicious. That tiny quail leg had had a dusting of a dressing containing some smoked paprika and had been deep fried...so very clever. I have to tell you about the celeriac and pistachio pur�e. I had seen this on the pan on the stove and questioned what it was earlier in the evening before the meal had started. The celeriac, pistachio and double cream had been carefully cooked together and then made into the smoothest pur�e you can imagine. Gavin very kindly had given me a taste and I can tell you that it is a combination that I most definitely will be trying at some time fairly soon. It was just magical, thank you Gavin.
As a vegetarian I had a beautiful tomato consomm�. I had seen Mr Oliver making this on his TV shows in the past but I had never really tried it before myself, always meaning to make it but somehow using all the tomatoes in the house on other things. However, after trying this tomato consomm� that Luke had made I am more determined to source out some really tasty tomatoes in the summer and try to make some myself. The consomm� was beautifully clear and in the base of the bowl were vivid red squares of the peeled tomato flesh all cut to the exact same size. How do chefs manage to do these things?! Not only were the squares of tomato the same size as each other but the chives that were floating decoratively on the top of the consomm� were also the same length as each other! Floating on the top of the consomm� were thin slivers of shallot's and these completed the beautiful picture that was the bowl of tomato consomm�. I tried to make it last as long as I could, savouring every mouthful, it was so fresh tasting and refreshingly delicious.
For the main course Luke had prepared a slow-braised Thirsk lamb shoulder with miso glazed aubergine, confit garlic, wild mushroom and broad bean fricasse. The garlic that had been used for the confit was a fresh new season 'wet garlic', this being the new harvested garlic used whilst the outer layers of the bulb and stem were still fresh and soft and before they have dried to the papery layer that we are all so familiar with. Each garlic bulb, complete with stem and some roots, had been cleaned and split into 2 halves and gently confit in some oil. Very fresh garlic cooked like this has a gentle mild taste that is very easy to eat. I think my daughter Lucy will be telling you more about the main course so I will leave that for you to read in her post.
As a vegetarian, for a main dish I was presented with a lovely looking plate of Goyza, these little steamed then saut�ed, dumplings, half moon in shape and filled with mushrooms that had been chopped very finely. The mushrooms used were Pied du Blue, Girolle and Giant Oyster Mushrooms, giving a great colour combination to the filling of the Goyza. This was served with some confit garlic, miso glazed aubergine, endgame beans, a few wild mushroom, broad bean fricasse, a little rice wine and a soy dressing that bought the whole dish together with a slightly salty piquant flavouring... Perfect!
Dessert was cooked by Leona. It was hazelnut ganache with chocolate shortbread, cherry ice cream and Vin Santo marinated cherries. Rich, chocolatey, and a true treat. John was there with his touch of food styling magic again and the dish looked just beautiful and tasted even better!
The chefs cooking for us were just a delight. Luke Robinson, I had the great pleasure of meeting a few months ago, is always enthusiastic and passionate about what he is cooking and happy to explain to me how it's cooked. Luke has been busy since leaving Fifteen. Luke had been working and living in Italy before returning to the UK around 6 months or so ago. On his return, he worked at "61", a restaurant near St. Paul's in London. Now he is Executive Head Chef at Bonnie Gull Seafood restaurant which will be opening shortly in Fitzrovia, London.
John Harvey is a lovely talented young man who is working as a food stylist. He discovered that he had a flair for this and spent time working on the Jamie At Home TV shows. More recently he has done a pilot show for a food programme for the Africa channel.
Leona Williams never stopped smiling throughout the whole evening. She has more recently been at home looking after her three young children. She has also been doing some child minding whilst at home. She made a beautiful dessert and I can see just how happy she is in a kitchen environment. The dessert she made was beautiful. Gavin, who was also cooking at the Supper Club, described Leona as his 'better half'. They had met before the Fifteen Apprentice Programme and are a lovely couple. Gavin also seems to spend all his time smiling and all I can think of when I look at the two of them is what a happy family they must be. Their second child was born on the day she graduated from Fifteen.
Among the class of 2006 who were not able to make the Supper Club are...
Dean McClumpha, who is now working as a Head Pastry Chef at Jamie Oliver�s Fifteen.
Scott Davies McKenzie who is now a Head Chef at No.5 Cavendish Square, restaurant.
Dwayne Joseph, a Sous Chef at the Spotted Pig in New York.
Sean Kent is Chef de Partie at 500 Restaurant, an Italian restaurant in London.
Sean Kimpson, is working at Delaunay as a Sous Chef.
And finally Joanna Reeves is working for Inmarsat as a pastry chef.
Also helping at this month's Supper Club was Jai Harrower from the Class of 2011. Jai is a real character and another one of the graduates who did not stop smiling all the time he was cooking. His smile is infectious and you cannot help but smile back at him. Jai is a talented young man. I am looking forward to seeing him again in a couple of months� time when the class of 2011 do their Supper Club. Since leaving Fifteen, Jai has worked in Trullo's, an Italian restaurant that one of the first group of trainees, Tim Siadatan opened a few years ago. Trullo's has been described by the food critic Jay Rainer as being "great food, expertly cooked and served by friendly waiting staff". Before working at Trullo's, Jai had worked in a 5* hotel with Gavin.
Mercy Taembo was also from the class of 2011. She spent the whole evening smiling and worked hard supporting and cooking with the other chefs who were cooking that evening. Mercy's skill is in pastry. She is working in a very smart French restaurant, Plateau in Canary Wharf, where she works mainly on pastry and starters. She must be a real asset to their team. I am also looking forward to seeing Mercy again when it's her group's turn to cook.
I hope you can tell from what I have written that this was a very happy, vibrant supper club that was full of laughter.
#30 Sat 23 Jun 12 1:07am
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Another wonderful report shared Mummza! Such a treat to read!


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May 24, 2000, in Rogberi Junction, Sierra Leone
Schork, 53, and Moreno de Mora, 32, were traveling in two vehicles with soldiers from the Sierra Leone Army (SLA) when RUF forces opened fire on them east of Rogberi Junction, some 54 miles from the capital, Freetown. The ambush took place in an area that had recently been the scene of fierce fighting between rebels and pro-government forces.
Four SLA soldiers were also killed in the incident, while two other Reuters journalists, cameraman Mark Chisholm and photographer Yannis Behrakis, were wounded. Chisholm and Behrakis received first-aid treatment at a local hospital run by United Nations peacekeepers before they were evacuated to Indian Field Hospital in Freetown, where they were treated for minor injuries.
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I saw the Yanks called up a fellow named Zoilo Almonte, and I was inspired to create a thread about the 2013 Yankees, a team decimated by the injuries (and re-injuries) of Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson, Kevin Youkilis, Francisco Cervelli, Eduardo Nunez, etc. Of course, they still have some notable fellows who aren't injured (yet), namely Robinson Cano, Vernon Wells, Brett Gardner, Ichiro Suzuki, and Travis Hafner on offense and a generally healthy rotation, but here are the other guys who have ranged from regular playing time to brief stints since April 1 for the Bronx Bombers.
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And there's still 90+ games to go! They even just acquired former OF prospect/total dud Fernando Martinez for AAA depth. It's a bizarre train wreck and I want to see them go all out with these guys off the scrap heap and rookies 95% of people have never heard of.


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Dreamy rural stay near Bremen
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Heidloge Farm is situated on the southern outskirts of Delmenhorst. It has good motorway acces (A1 3 km away), 10 minutes to the city of Delmenhorst, 15-20 minutes to the heart of Bremen (B 75).
Your stay is in a two-story apartment in rural, calm, idyllic and very picturesque surroundings. After a good nights sleep in a cosy bedroom, the local bakery is only 3 minutes away (self catering). It has a freshly baked bread selection of German bread and pastries, lovely for your breakfast in either the kitchen, in the courtyard in front of the house, or on your own little terrace overlooking the nearly hundred year old rhododendron No farming activities, just garden and nature enthusiats.
- seperate entrance, quiet location, private parking / carport
- self contained property: bedroom, kitchen, bathroom with shower
- flatscreen tv in the bedroom, DVD player inside
- flatscreen tv in the kitchen
- WLAN free
- well equipped kitchen
- coffee maker, kettle, coffee, tea, sugar are provided
- hand and bath towels are provided
- small terrace and seating in the courtyard
- bedroom with two large skylights for great views
- external blinds to darken the bedroom
- extensive info documents for individual recreational activities
- rent E-Bikes (available on request 20,00 € per day)
- only a short hop from here: 900 qm new sauna area, recreation,
- relaxation and wellness-center "Sauna Huus and bath"
- shopping center "Outlet Center Ochtum Park", "Waterfront", "Mediterraneo"
None of our pillows and blankets (summer/winter) contain feathers and down, suitable for allergic persons. Considering different pet hair allergies we don`t allow pets in the apartment.Hof Heidloge is directly located to a popular bicycle track "Wildeshauser Geest-Land-Route". Like to see more nice pictures? Visit Hof Heidloge on FB :)
Правила ПроживанияThis is a non smoking apartment. It is not "childproof" means the stairs are not safe for little children! Sleeps up to max. 2 people. Prices includes cleaning.
Heidloge farm has its own sewage treatment plant not connected to the mains sewage, which is privately maintained by the farms owners. It is important to ensure that under no circumstances is anything other than toilet paper (no paper tissues, frying fat/oil, hair) flushed down the toilet. The removal of blockages could be very costly.
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Very, very good appartment. The environment is so peaceful and Susann is so kind, giving you attention without disturbing. All the details in the house are thought through. Indeed a stay two nights is too short!
We stayed two nights at the Heidloge cottage of Susann.
The cottage lived up to everything, cosy, a nice stay and a beautiful setting!
Susann is a perfect hostess with great pleasure and enthusiasm she welcome you.
Little touches like a bottle of wine, fresh fruit and small candies make the stay in lodge very special.
The only minus was the shower who lost his heat after one shower turn.
I will definitely recommend this accommodation to friends
I had the privilege to stay for 15 days at the Heidloge Hof. Everything was done to make my stay as smooth and enjoyable as possible, including several courtesy gifts as fresh fruit, fresh dairy products and the general kindness and attention from Susann, very important in such a long stay, as for example, being given a tour around the Delmenhorst/Ganderkesee area including fine restaurants, supermarkets and even ice cream shops!
I must also say that during these 15 days I was not on holidays, rather I used Heidloge Hof as my "house" to work in the nearby Stuhr/Brinkum area. I can say that, besides a Dreamy rural stay, Heidloge Hof also makes for a pleasant work environment; there is internet and the living room makes for a great working space; the general quietness in the surrounding area is perfect for a focused work; whenever a working break is needed, should weather permit (and it was my case) just take the bike for a ride in the nearby area and the pause is accomplished.
In summary, I look forward to returning to Heidloge Hof, should my work (and Susann's booking agenda) so permit. If ever a rate of 11/10 would be adequate this was the case!
We had a lovely stay at Dreamy rural DEL-Süd. The appartment is located in a really quiet area and it's decorated with great care. We had everything we needed and Susann was really kind and helpful with tips on what to visit in the area and making sure we had everything we needed for a very pleasant stay.
If you are looking for the perfect place to stay within 15 minutes of Bremen, this is it! The apartment is 2-stories. It was super clean, and had everything we needed. The bed was extremely comfortable. When we arrived Susann had bought us fresh pumpkin bread from the local bakery and fresh fruit. She made us feel like we were at home. Highly recommend staying here!
We received a very warm welcome in a cozy little house! The house was lovely, very clean and contained all the necessary household stuff. The location was perfect. So, all we can be is positive! We enjoyed our stay a lot.
Hof Heidloge is lovely, extremely clean and calm place to stay. Rural enviroment but very well located near Bremen and easy to find. Susann was very helpful and welcoming hostess. - Would recommend to anyone!
Wir haben auf Hof Heidloge eine sehr freundliche Vermieterin kennengelernt, welche bemüht war uns den Aufenthalt so angenehm wie möglich zu machen-was ihr auch gelungen ist. Die Ferienwohnung hat sie mit Liebe zum Detail eingerichtet. Zimmer und die Einrichtung sind gepflegt und sauber. Alle Angaben im Wimdu-Internetportal sind zutreffend.
Eine gute Adresse! Danke Susann
Wunderschöne Ferienwohnung mit viel Liebe von Susann eingerichtet.
Wenn man die steilere Treppe zu Schlafzimmer gut gehen kann und es ruhig haben will können meine Frau und ich Hof Heidloge nur empfehlen.
Leih-Fahrradservice vor die Tür ohne Mehrkosten. Jede Menge Platz ums Haus zum drausensitzen, mit viel Ruhe zum Erholen. Einkaufsmöglichkeiten naheliegend, gute Tipps von Susann und Bremen ist auch nicht weit.
Alles sehr sauber und gepflegt.
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Unusual Sightlines' Catalog Now Available
It's not very often that you can say a catalog in the art quilt world is actually unusual, but this one is. The Sightlines' exhibit catalog is 64 pages, hardcover, with 6-page gatefold that opens in the center showcasing the ENTIRE exhibit as it will be shown on exhibit. The catalog was designed by Deidre Adams with all photography by Gregory Case. The catalog is available from the Studio Art Quilt Associates' store here.
The exhibit will be premiering at International Quilt Festival in Houston this week. You can preview and purchase the artwork here.
The publication of this catalog was supported by a generous donation from Herb Anhaltzer, "in memory of Mary Anhaltzer, who wanted to put art quilts on the map." In 1999, Mary opened "Thirteen Moons Gallery, the first and only gallery in Sante Fe (and quite possibly the country) to focus on the hot "new" medium of the art quilt."
Each artist has a four-page spread with an image of their installation, detail image, artist statement, and artist bio. The artists include:
Britta Ankenbauer
Regina Benson
Shelley Brenner Baird
Yael David-Cohen
Linda Colsh
Sue Dennis
Anne Helmericks-Louder
Fulvia Luciano
Wendy Lugg
Kathy Nida
Pat Owoc
Mirjam Pet-Jacobs
Jayne Willoughby Scott
Leni Levenson Wiener
There is also a curator's introduction by me, the person who was lucky enough to be chosen to invite the artists. I emphasize in my statement that I didn't want artists who conceived of the sightline as a gimmick, but rather those who would be able to subsume it under a larger philosophical statement. The artists succeeded beyond my wildest hopes.
The exhibit itself is unique in that each of fourteen artists created a complete installation of five to eight artworks to fill a ten-foot space with only one inch between artworks. Each installation is linked to the next by two eight inch squares before and after the main artworks. All the artwork have a line, literal or implied running through them It sounds confusing, but here is Pat Owoc's installation:


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Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
I just don't get it ! They tag him first and then they expect a looney GM to come and trades for him ? ! ? !
Mmmmmmm !
I get it if they tag him in order to work a long term deal but if this rumor report is true then I lost the little respect I had for Jerry Jones as a GM.
" Success is never final, but failure can be " B.P.
That said, I don't think they're expecting to trade him, but they're open to the idea. In an offseason short on pass rushers, some team may be willing to take Spencer and sign him to a long term contract-- which is better than Spencer hitting the market and the Cowboys only getting an extra 4th round compensatory pick in '14.
I'd say Spencer is worth at least a 2nd rounder, if not a valuable veteran to plug in at some other spot.
I think the Cowboys could lose Spencer and be okay. I think Crawford can play SDE and not be awful. But I'd hate to lose Spencer and get nothing in return. That happens to the Cowboys all too often.


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Eagle View student places third at Elks Hoop Shoot Contest
Students from Eagle View Elementary School competed in the Elks Hoop Shoot Contest on Dec. 15 at Forestview Middle School in Baxter.
Emmett Johnson placed third in the ages 8-9 boys' category.
Other Eagle View participants were Maci Martini, Cooper Johnson, Karson Thurlow, Jack Hennies, Sam Rysavy, Erika Lane, Evin Ruud and Hunter Wendt.
These students competed in a school competition first and moved on to the
next level at Forestview. There were three age categories: girls and boys ages 8-9; girls and boys ages 10-11; and girls and boys ages 12-13.
The students were among 75 participants from surrounding schools that also
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Depending on how you value Ellsbury, there are two ways to view this option. One, the Red Sox should trade him now before his stock drops further as his MVP-caliber season goes farther into the rear-view mirror. Two, they should keep him and let him rebuild value in the first half rather than sell low following the disappointing year he just had. It's worth noting that if Ellsbury is traded at the deadline, his new team wouldn't be able to recoup draft pick compensation if he signs elsewhere. That will factor into trade talks.
Determining a proper return given the last few years is very tough. Is this a situation like Matt Holliday, who was a legit star when he was traded from the Rockies to the Athletics? Is he the inconsistent Melky Cabrera going from the Royals to the Giants? Is he worth more in a deal than Shin-Soo Choo? The Red Sox have a number of holes on the big league roster and could fill one or two (or three?) by moving Ellsbury this winter. There's no shortage of teams in need of a center fielder, especially one who has demonstrated the ability to be an impact player.
Fangraphs | Jacoby Ellsbury's three outcomes
Mike Axisa covers the Red Sox' options with Jacoby Ellsbury (much like I did here a few weeks back) and essentially concludes that the team should either sign him long term or trade him. He doesn't come out and say it, but if you read the piece it sounds like he most advocates trading Jacoby.
It all comes down to -- like with virtually any roster move -- what people are willing to pay. If you can find anyone to compensate you for a near-MVP-level performance, I think you have to do it. If the wider market sees him as inferior to Shin-Soo Choo, then we have issues.
Probably the Sox' best move is to lay low and deny they want to trade him (check), and monitor the BJ Upton market carefully. Let's say the Nationals (as widely suspected) court Upton pretty significantly, but at the last second the Yankees swoop in and give him $90 million. Next day, Ben should call up the Nationals and see what they'd part with to get Ellsbury, and maybe their willingness to fill that role will result in a better package coming Boston's way.
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Arsène Wenger believes Arsenal would beat AC Milan on the evidence of current form.
A disappointing first leg at the San Siro all but sealed Arsenal's premature exit from the competition earlier this month, despite a spirited 3-0 victory in the second leg at Emirates Stadium.
Massimiliano Allegri's side now head to Barcelona's Nou Camp in the quarter-finals after a goalless first leg in Milan but Wenger believes it would be a different story entirely if Arsenal had their time again.
"We would have gone through against Milan had we played them now because Milan are not better than us," he said.
"When we played the home leg, if we had more players available I still think we could have qualified.
"I think that in the first leg we were very bad. On top of that we lost our defenders and conceded a third goal at the start of the second half which placed us in a very difficult position.
"They had the perfect game on the day, in return we had no game and in the home leg we were different. We have more confidence today."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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A strong reporting season has helped the NZX50 claw back some of its decline from recent years pushing it to a 4 year high.
The index hit 3693.22 on Tuesday - the highest it has been since early 2008 when the global financial crisis started to hit home.
The reporting season has seen better than expected results from companies such as Freightways, Contact Energy, ASB bank and SkyCity Entertainment Group although the bourse was dragged down by Fletcher Building reporting a drop in profits.
Today's Telecom half-year announcement could set the tone for the second half of the year. Analysts are expecting a net profit of around $190 million.
Shares in Telecom closed down 2c yesterday at $2.75.5.
ASB Bank's record profit has spurred investors in its NZX-listed preference shares to question why some of that profit can't also be passed on to them through higher dividend rates.
The bank reported profit of $685 million for the year to June 30 - up 21 per cent on the previous year.
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The first $200 million lot was issued in 2002 and initially paid 7.4 per cent per annum. But an annual reset function has seen them fall to 4 per cent as of November last year.
The second $350 million lot was issued in 2004 and initially paid 7.65 per cent per annum. That was reset to 3.46 per cent in May.
Still investors didn't do too badly during the peak of the official cash rate. In November 2007, the 2002 issue was paying 9.95 per cent while in May 2007, the 2004 issue went as high as 9.11 per cent.
But it's unlikely ASB will pay investors more money out of the kindness of its heart when market rates are sitting around 3.5 to 4 per cent.
Investors may have been better to look across the ditch to ASB's parent company Commonwealth Bank of Australia if they wanted to share in the profits.
CBA, which also reported a record profit, cost just over A$30 per share back in 2002 and is now trading over A$55 per share.
Morningstar rates the company as modestly undervalued and has an accumulate recommendation on the stock.
Shareholders, analysts and fund managers must have faced information overload on Wednesday with a results and annual general meeting bonanza.
Fletcher Building, Trade Me, New Zealand Oil and Gas, and New Zealand Experience all reported full-year financials, while Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and NPT held AGMs.
Stock Takes can't help wondering if it could not have been better spaced out.
Small-time shareholders in New Zealand Experience - owner of Rainbow's End - must be having a sense of deja vue.
he company this week agreed terms with majority shareholder the Estate of George Ryerson Gardiner to run a sales process for the entire company.The estate owns 74.86 per cent of NZE.
But it's not the first time it has tried to sell up. It put its stake on the market in 2010 with Aussie theme park owners seen as potential buyers, but no bidders emerged.
It's hard to know if anything will have changed this time round. Shares in NZE closed unchanged yesterday at 39c.
One takeover which will be going ahead is Acurity Health Group, formerly known as Wakefield Health - the Wellington-based private hospital owner.
The 50.01 per cent bid by Acurity's two largest shareholders, already has enough acceptances to go ahead and now it seems the deal has been done at a steal.
The target company statement out this week revealed a valuation by Cameron Partners of between $6.92 to $7.88 per share.
Bidder Austron is paying $6 a share for half the company.
Other shareholders might like to get a higher price for their shares but that's unlikely with the deal already sewn up.
Acurity was trading at $4.70 before the takeover bid was announced. Yesterday it closed up 2c at $5.70.
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The company has been in transformation mode for the past 18 months selling off its finance business. But it seems like something is finally going right. Shareholders who have held on through the worst will be hoping so.
Wrightson closed up 1c at 36c yesterday.
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I've said a few times before on here, so forgive me for being repetitive, but I could see Strief in thr category
Especially if we draft some one like Jordan Mills, and Brown, andmHarris are both healthy and ready to go. His contract is for about 2.5mil with very little dead money (about 250k), and was absolutely terrible last year.
Mr. Madison, what you've just said ... is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul...
I wouldn't mind seeing Strief get cut one bit. He gets beat way too often on the edge
Bushrod: - 1.5 grade. Allowed 4 sacks and 54 pressures
Exactly why I'm advocating drafting a top 3 LT. That's a ton of pressures from the blindside.
Might be the dumbest thing I've seen on here.
Harper is so bad I'd pay $3.6 mil for him NOT to be on our team
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Discussion in 'Chevy Suburban Forum (GMC Yukon XL)' started by blackburb, May 27, 2013.
...but how do you get the center cap off this style wheel?
If I remember correctly you just loosen the black plastic lug nuts and the cap comes off to reveal the wheel hub and metal lug nuts underneath.
[MENTION=14295]tbplus10[/MENTION] is correct, the black plastic nuts screw onto the actual lug nut.
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Donald I. Williamson's unconventional idea ("The Origins of Larvae," November-December) about hybridization and the evolution of complex animal life cycles has had more than 15 years to grow from a newborn heresy into a mature hypothesis. Why has this idea been ignored by almost all other researchers? Perhaps because it is resistant to critical testing.
I published such a test in Evolution in 1996, but Dr. Williamson and his coauthor Sonya E. Vickers mischaracterize the result in their article as an unsuccessful "search for sea-squirt DNA." In fact, the test was highly successful, but produced strong evidence against larval transfer.
Many evolutionary biologists would agree with W. Ford Doolittle (not "Fred," as mistakenly written in the article) that hybridization and lateral gene transfer are important processes at the roots and the tips of the tree of life, and at least a few (including me) would like to take the cold-fusion hypothesis seriously.
But I doubt that anyone will do so until Dr. Williamson and his advocates agree to offer sensible and testable predictions and to accept the evidence from those tests. This seems to me the only way for Dr. Williamson's contributions to achieve the level of recognition they deserve by either entering the mainstream or by being laid to rest.
Michael HartSimon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Williamson's hypothesis on origins of larvae raises more difficulties than it solves. In his article with Ms. Vickers, he has continued to ignore these problems and to dismiss alternative hypotheses which do not present such obstacles.
Dr. Williamson has failed to demonstrate three major points: larval-adult incongruities that force one to invoke unusual or unlikely evolutionary processes; developmental processes that indicate the proposed hybridization; and evidence that the hybridization between distantly related animals has occurred or can occur.
On the first point, he presents no incongruities that could not be plausibly explained by convergent evolution. Dr. Williamson ignores studies of functional morphology, ecology and developmental biology of larvae that can explain both metamorphosis and similarities among larval forms of distantly related animals.
On the second, he provides no evidence that his hypothesis excludes alternative explanations of larval development or even that his hypothesized transfers are consistent with what is known of development. As an example, it is unclear how Dr. Williamson's hypothesis could account for the early and simultaneous specification of body axes and structures shared by larval and postlarval mollusks.
On the third, Dr. Williamson's experimental evidence was that he obtained echinoid plutei by fertilization of ascidian eggs with echinoid sperm. Dr. Hart found that mitochondrial DNA sequences in the alleged hybrids were echinoid, not ascidian. The mitochondria are maternally inherited in these animals. The evidence indicates that the plutei were from sea urchin eggs, not ascidian eggs.
This is not to say that horizontal gene transfer is unimportant for the evolution of animals. There is evidence that animals have acquired genes from their symbionts. There are greater obstacles to gene transfer by hybridization between distantly related animals. Such a transfer would be very interesting if it has occurred, but Dr. Williamson has not provided evidence for it. There is as yet no evidence for transfer of larval forms between distantly related animals by hybridization.
Richard R. StrathmannFriday Harbor, WA
In their article Dr. Williamson and Ms. Vickers summarize their arguments for the fusion of larval and adult genomes as an explanation for complex life cycles in marine invertebrates. While we agree that the explosion of research into evolution and development has generated "lively debate" about larval evolution, we find the "larval transfer" hypothesis to be highly speculative with little supporting evidence.
Revolutionary ideas in science are often met with intense skepticism and we are loathe to dismiss the larval transfer hypothesis (or any other hypothesis) simply on the grounds that it is heretical. However, after nearly 20 years of research into this hypothesis, Dr. Williamson has provided few experimental data to support the idea that the transfer of genomes by interphylum hybridization explains the discord between the morphology of larval and adult forms of marine invertebrate animals. In fact, the only experimental data subject to external corroboration (through DNA analysis of "hybrid" offspring) were found by Dr. Hart to provide no support at all for interphylum hybridization.
Given Dr. Williamson's claim that "all larvae transferred into their present-day lineages from other . . . animal groups" and that "this activity was not limited to the distant past," there should be ample opportunity for biologists to confirm the existence of interphylum hybridization as a mechanism of evolution. However, despite the ease with which Dr. Williamson's hybridization experiments could be replicated (ascidians and urchins are common members of marine communities worldwide) and the fact that a successful confirmation of this type of hybridization would be truly groundbreaking, there have been no published confirmations of Dr. Williamson's results.
In 2002 one of us attempted to repeat Dr. Williamson's experiments in interphylum hybridization using eggs of the ascidian Boltenia villosa and sperm of the echinoid Dendraster excentricus with no success. We suspect there have been many similar failed attempts to confirm this radical hypothesis that remain unpublished.
Dr. Williamson and Ms. Vickers suggest that the larval transfer hypothesis can explain "oddities" of development such as the persistence of both larval and juvenile stages following metamorphosis in sea stars such as Luidia clathrata. What the authors fail to mention is that it has been known for almost 30 years that members of the genus Luidia frequently undergo asexual reproduction during the larval stage. Therefore the retention of a larval form following metamorphosis may be a functional adaptation to increase offspring numbers through budding. It should also be recognized that asexual reproduction through budding is a trait shared by both larval and adult echinoderms (particularly ophiuroids and asteroids), one of many traits that suggest shared ancestry between the different stages of the life cycle.
Given the lack of empirical support for the larval transfer hypothesis, we are left to wonder why Dr. Williamson continues to ignore the robust literature on larval form and function that serves to support alternative explanations for larval evolution (such as descents with modification and convergent evolution). Larval forms possess traits well suited to life in plankton and serve adaptive functions related to dispersal, food collection and predator avoidance, as Dr. Strathmann reported in the Bulletin of Marine Science in 2007. Variation in larval forms among closely related species suggests that natural selection is acting on these traits as it would on any other trait. The best-studied examples of closely related species with disparate larval forms show key similarities in larval form (such as the presence of vestigial feeding structures in non-feeding forms) that are most parsimoniously explained by shared ancestry. In addition, some of the same genes are expressed during both embryonic and juvenile development in the same species. For example, as reported by Michael J. Ferkowicz and Rudolf A. Raff in Evolutionary Development in 2001, in two closely related species of sea urchins within the genus Heliocidaris the gene Wnt-5 is expressed in the blastula stage, in the larval ciliated bands and in the developing adult rudiment and nervous system. If the larval-transfer hypothesis were correct, we might expect that different genes (from distantly related genomes) would be involved in embryonic and juvenile development. Furthermore the fact that both the sequence and expression pattern of Wnt-5 are conserved between the two Heliocidaris species with divergent larval morphologies (one lecithotrophic, one planktotrophic) suggests that common ancestry underlies these forms.
Instead of selectively using developmental data to support the illogical conclusion that "even close relatives may not have a common ancestor," these data should be used to highlight the ways in which development can help explain mechanisms of metazoan evolution. Thankfully, the latter is the approach taken by the vast majority of biologists specializing in this field.
Jonathan D. AllenMargaret PizerBrunswick, ME
Dr. Williamson responds:
Dr. Strathmann, in his review of my 1992 book, originated the suggestion that I may have unwittingly used eggs from hermaphrodite Echinus in my hybridization experiments in 1989 and 1990, and this was repeated by Dr. Hart, who investigated two genes from sea urchins produced by the 1990 experiment. In my 2003 book I show that eggs from these improbable hypothetical hermaphrodite sea urchins would not have hatched.
Neither the hermaphrodite Echinus hypothesis nor Dr. Hart's alternative suggestion of contaminated cultures explains the fact that two of the four Echinus that lived for more than a year were the only tetraradial urchins ever recorded, and that the great majority of the pluteus larvae in the culture that produced these urchins metamorphosed into spheroids, which are quite unlike any known form in echinoderm development.
I do not regard Dr. Hart's results as "an unsuccessful search for sea squirt DNA" but as a valuable investigation into the genes of hybrids. They show that, in this case, male mitochondrial DNA was inherited. I am aware that the male mitochondrion disintegrates in early cleavage in most mammals, but it survives in bivalve molluscs and probably in other invertebrates. This is the first time it has been investigated in a cross of a sea squirt and a sea urchin. Two colleagues and I have since successfully fertilized sea-urchin eggs with sea-squirt sperm (the reciprocal cross to that carried out in 1989 and 1990). This, too, produced plutei followed by spheroids, samples of which have been sent to Dr. Hart.
Drs. Hart, Strathmann, Allen and Pizer all call for predictions to test the larval-transfer hypothesis. I have already published several, including one relating to Michael Syvanen's 18S rRNA cladogram, mentioned in the American Scientist article. This shows the sequence acorn worm to sea cucumber to starfish to sea urchin, which is not the order in which these groups evolved but the order in which I claim they acquired larvae. I predict that, if and when the 18S genes of Planctosphaera and a brittle star are investigated, Planctosphaera will come at the beginning of this sequence and the brittle star at the end.
Dr. Strathmann seems to think that most larval anomalies can be explained by convergent evolution, the process that explains why many species of fast swimmers are streamlined. Most marine larvae, however, are planktonic, which means they swim slowly or drift. The almost infinite variety of planktonic shapes shows that there is no optimal shape for swimming slowly. Convergent evolution cannot explain why sponge crabs and hermit crabs have such similar larvae, and dozens of other larval anomalies.
Regarding the points raised by Drs. Allen and Pizer, larval transfer explains how animals acquired the basic forms of larvae. What happened subsequently to these larvae is, in many cases, a matter of Darwinian evolution. Both processes go on together. The fact that larval budding can take place in some species of Luidia does not detract from the remarkable degree of independence shown by the larva and juvenile of L. sarsi, consistent with the idea that they originated in different genomes.
I urge Drs. Allen and Pizer, and anyone with access to a laboratory, to try again to cross distantly related animals. Please pre-treat the eggs with acid seawater of pH 5 for 40 seconds and use a dilute sperm suspension. I have just submitted for publication an account of hybrids between Psammechinus miliaris eggs and Ascidiella aspersa sperm. The resulting larvae were again plutei which resorbed their arms to become spheroids, but these spheroids divided, and some developed into forms resembling juvenile ascidians but did not develop further.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/2008/2/whence-larvae-1/1
© 2016 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society


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Pretty Room Close to City Centre
Size20 m²
Floor No.
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Disabled access
- Balcony/terrace
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
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|Piri Reisplein, 1057KH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The neighborhood is very quiet (next to a canal, very peaceful) there are many nice shops and a market nearby and you can walk very easily to the city center. Or, with a bike or with the tram, you will be at Leidseplein or the Dam very quickly, and the famous Vondelpark is also only 5 minutes away. The neighborhood is Oud-West/Kinkerbuurt, close to the Jordaan area. I am French but have lived here for a long time so I can explain a lot of things about the city!
The house has a front garden where you can sit in the sun, and you are free to use the bathroom (with shower and bath) and the kitchen as you please. Your 20m2 room has a large TV, and a 1,5 person bed - perfect for someone travelling alone or for a young couple that doesn't mind sleeping in a slightly smaller bed. Alternately, I can install an extra one-person fold-out bed in the room for you (90cm / 200cm).
There is Wi-Fi in the house, and you are free to use my laptop if you want. You will have your own large room, I have two cats, but those will stay outside your room (unless you like cats!).
I only speak French, Dutch and German so I prefer to rent to someone speaking these languages.
House rulesI only speak German/French and Dutch, but English-speaking guests are also welcome and will be welcomed by my daughter.
No smoking in the room, but you can smoke in the little garden
Coffee and tea, Jam/juice/cheese etc for breakfast is included
I am very flexible with check-in/check-out times
No drugs please!
No other rules... I hope you will enjoy staying here!
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Reviews of this property
Very good choice. The room is very quiet and very nice. The house is in a quiet place but, at the same time near the center. Tram passes very close and there are good connections.
We were a weekend, my daughter and I, and the truth is that we loved the house. The owner, very friendly, directed us on the map of the city and all with exquisite attention.
If we return to Amsterdam, we will repeat here. Although it was a weekend, we consider it as if it were already our house.
Muy buena opción. La habitación es muy tranquila y muy bonita. La casa se encuentra en un lugar silencioso pero, a la vez, cerca del centro. Pasa el tranvía muy cerquita y hay muy buenas comunicaciones.
Estuvimos un fin de semana, mi hija y yo, y la verdad es que nos encantó la casa. La dueña, muy amable, nos orientó sobre el mapa de la ciudad y todo con una atención exquisita.
Si volvemos a Amsterdam, volveremos a repetir aquí. Aunque fue un fin de semana, la consideramos como si fuera ya nuestra casa.
We had 4 wonderful days in Amsterdam.
Our hostess Jacqueline is very nice and gave us some great tips. The accommodation is very comfortable and makes you feel at home.
As the apartment is centrally located, with easy access to all destinations in the city.
We love coming back!
Uwe and Inge from Bremen
Wir hatten 4 wunderbare Tage in Amsterdam.
Unsere Gastgeberin Jacqueline ist sehr nett und hat uns einige tolle Tipps gegeben. Die Unterkunft ist sehr gemütlich und man fühlt sich wie zu Hause.
Da die Wohnung zentral liegt, kommt man leicht an alle Ziele in der Stadt.
Wir kommen sehr gerne wieder!
Uwe und Inge aus Bremen
Nice reception, get good advice, very friendly hostess, quiet location, the center is easily reached on foot, would go again.
Nette Empfang, gute Tipps bekommen, sehr freundliche Gastgeberin, ruhige Lage, Zentrum ist gut zu Fuß zu erreichen, würde nochmal hinfahren.
We felt at Jaqueline very well, it was almost like home!
We can only recommend Jaqueline!
Greetings from Wuerzburg
Wir haben uns bei jaqueline sehr wohl gefühlt, es war fast wie zu hause!
Wir können Jaqueline nur weiter empfehlen!
Liebe grüße aus Würzburg
Lovely stay with a caring host, full of good plans to know another side of Amsterdam. Jacqueline has a beautiful house and two cute cats all, the area is close to all the corners to visit, it was great!
Séjour très agréable avec une hôte attentionnée, pleins de bon plans pour connaître l'autre visage d'Amsterdam. Jacqueline a une maison magnifique et deux chats tout mignons, le quartier est proche de tout les coins à visiter, c'était super !
Jacqueline and her daughter Sarah have a great (large) apartment on the ground floor in a newer building very convenient to both the city and airport. They have a fun sense of style and decor. Both Jacqueline and Sarah were very friendly and helpful. Sarah was particularly helpful in steering me in various directions toward various sites. I enjoyed my time there. Note: you MUST be a cat lover as their 3 cats have full reign of the house. I had rented a car as I'm slightly disabled and don't walk well, but finding close street parking was not a problem.
Nice large and quiet room - Jacqueline was very gentle - I slept very well.
I need an invoice...
Our days with Jacqueline were wonderful! The place was really nice, original decoration and very clean. We could walk to every place or take public transport next to the house.
She was really friendly, it was interesting to talk with her and she helped us a lot giving us maps and directions.
Vielen Dank Jacqueline!
Wir kommen wieder!!!!
It was a great time, a gracious host in a house all the same.
Thank you very much.
C'était un super séjour, une hôte charmante dans une maison toute autant.
Merci beaucoup.
It was really a very nice relaxing stay with Jacqueline. The room and the whole apartment is very nice and Jacqueline very nice and easy and is always happy with information on the page. Really recommended :)
Es war ein wirklich ausgesprochen schöner und entspannter Aufenthalt bei Jacqueline. Das Zimmer und die Wohnung insgesamt ist sehr schön und Jacqueline sehr nett und unkompliziert und steht immer gerne mit Infos zur Seite. Wirklich empfehlenswert :)
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LED Inner Glow Logs:Molded from real wood, the artificial logs in the firebox contain inner LED lights that glow through the detailed cracks in the bark for incredible realism
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- Model: GDS301150ESDDimplex Martindale Electric Fireplace
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Not exactly a Giant discussion but....
I'm listening to CNN and they're talking about Cam Newton and RGIII. Cam is complaining about how players (his), at times are not doing what they are supposed to and it's causing him to lose mental focus. RGIII (the running QB) is having a Mike Vick moment saying that he's being hit too much and it's the refs fault. I don't even hear Mike Vick complaining yet.
All I could think is two things: Young QB's thrown to the wolves and this is the NFL - you're going to be tackled and rattled.
Just had to get that off of my chest because if the complaints ever are acted upon it will mean that these running QB's will be such a protected bunch that the game as we know it will have changed. Whatever happened to developing QB's and what makes RG3 think he's playing college ball. Some of these guys are as fast as he is.


text: Obama came into a **** hole from day one and dealt with people not wanting him to succeed as president. He has 4 more years and now they should just come together and turn this country around. I'm sorry I just don't believe that Mitt could have done this. The republicans have to get with the times and realize America is a diverse nation and have to appeal to all people rich, poor, black, white, or whatever. Until they do that they won't win. I'm pretty stoked right now...because to me with most of the senate being democrat he can now get things done without being challenged .


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I recently was letting the queen loose from my NICOT queen raising box. Saw her come out and proceed to crawl around on the frame. As I was placing it back in the hive, I accidently bumped it pretty hard on the side of the hive. A few bees buzzed loose from the frame but not alot really. Came back 2-3 days later to pull the NICOT frame or larvae out and looked for the queen. Couldn't find her. Went this way for a week. No queen and no new eggs. Figured I might have crushed her by accident when I bumped the frame. Odd thing, though, they weren't making any queen cells.
Then it hit me yesterday as I put feed on the hive and looked for her one more time. Maybe she was under the screen bottom board and they can "smell" her so they're not making queen cells. I got down on the ground and shimmied under and there she was right in the middle! I crawled out to get my clips to catch her. By then she had made her way into the edge with a crowd of other bees and I can't really see in there nor get my clips in. The video attached is me using my Iphone to look up in that small area and see where she was. I could see the screen and see her but I could not see up in there without the video. I eventually stuck my hive tool in there and lightly broke up the group to get her to move out. She did, I caught her and dropped her off on the front landing board.
This video was originally intended for me to be able to see where the queen was and I'd be able show my father what I had seen that day. I was 5 when he started taking me to his hives and I worked him along side of him for years. I'm 45 now and been keeping bees on my own since my mid 20's. You can hear my little tribute to him. He's been a great teacher.
So, lesson for all of us, especially newbees...if you can't find the queen and you have SBB, never rule out under the SBB!


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and our problems are solved!
i think it will be similar picks to taylor. not well known guys who are tremendous athletes. special teamers with not much specific position talents. i think coughlin loves guys like this because he can take a special teamer, put him where he wants and coaches him based on what the giants want, not having to break bad habits.
I'm surprised Jordan Poyer is still there, I would be stoked if we traded up to grab him.
Get feeling they take a TE with one of them. Matt Furstenberg
Same I also like Ryan Otten, not very athletic but very productive.


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There are plenty of other characters to keep the laughs coming. Meryn Flynn maintains an amusing French accent and, on occasion, a lovely singing voice as Madame LeBeau, a feminized version of a male courtier in the original. A secondary couple of lovers demonstrate the extremes of foolishness that romance can take — Silvius (Adam Buxbaum) is a moon-eyed country swain in love with an indifferent Phoebe (Julian Trilling). (Rosalind advises the latter, in one of my favorite Shakespeare wisecracks, "Sell while you can. You are not for all markets." Stiff competition along these lines is Rosalind noting, after interrupting Celia, "Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak.")
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Re: st: Sample size for a test of equivalence of proportions
Jeph Herrin <email@example.com>
Re: st: Sample size for a test of equivalence of proportions
Wed, 26 May 2010 13:12:57 -0400
Why not
sampsi .17 .27, power(.80) onesided
This is a one-sided test of two-sample comparison of proportions.
Ángel Rodríguez Laso wrote:
Dear Statalisters,
I want to calculate the sample size for an experiment to compare the
refusal rate of two strategies to contact participants in a survey. In
the usual procedure, I expect a refusal rate of 17%. I would like to
detect a 10% increase in refusal with the alternative procedure, with
alpha 0.05 (one sided) and power 80%. I consider this a test of
equivalence between procedures.
After searching Statalist, I've come across two possibilities to
calculate sample sizes that yield different results: I would
appreciate your comments on possible misspecifications when entering
values for the programs and the reasons for the differences in the
results obtained.
1) The user-written program equivsize by Phil Ryan v0.02 2002-02-06
. equivsize .17 .17 .1 .05 .8
n (per group) = 175
2) The user-written artmenu program version 1.0.4 SB/PR 13jan2005:
. artbin, pr(.17 .27) ngroups(2) aratios(1 1) distant(0) alpha(0.05)
power(0.8) onesided(1) ni(1)
ART - ANALYSIS OF RESOURCES FOR TRIALS (version 1.0.0, 3 March 2004)
A sample size program by Abdel Babiker, Patrick Royston & Friederike Barthel,
MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London NW1 2DA, UK.
Type of trial Noninferiority - binary outcome
Statistical test assumed Unconditional comparison of 2
binomial proportions
Number of groups 2
Allocation ratio Equal group sizes
Anticipated event probabilities 0.170, 0.270
Alpha 0.050 (one-sided)
Power (designed) 0.800
Total sample size (calculated) 451
Expected total number of events 100
That is, 225 individuals per group.
3) In addition, in a research methods text book (Argimón, Jiménez.
Métodos de investigación clínica y epidemiológica. Elsevier, Madrid,
2004) I've found the following formula to calculate sample sizes for
equivalence tests (no further reference for the formula is provided,
but maybe someone will identify its origin):
N(per group)= 2*P*(1-P)*(Zalpha+Zbeta)squared) / (difference of interest)squared
Where P would be refusal rate in the usual procedure group (0.17)
Zalpha=1.645 (one-sided)
Zbeta=0.842 (corresponding to a 0.8 power)
Difference of interest=0.1
N(per group)= 2*0.17*0.83*(1.645+0.842)squared / 0.1*0.1 = 175
This matches perfectly the result of 1). Nevertheless, this option
does not allow unequal group sizes that could be of interest in this
To complicate things further, the experiment will deal with clustered
samples. To correct sample size for clustering, would it be enough to
multiply the sample size obtained from these methods by the expected
Thank you very much for your time and interest.
Angel Rodriguez-Laso
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Robert, I also like bolts because they are prone to visual inspection. However...a properly glued joint is a fusion joint, and like metal welding it is as strong or stronger than the materials being joined.
A proper "bolted" joint is better seen as a perforated line in the materials, secured by dozens of point-stress concentrations, all there to help the materials fail.
A glued-plus-bolted joint is no stronger than a proper glued joint--but will be WAY more expensive, which means some other corner will be cut or the price will be steeper. And, the joint no stronger. If anything, perhaps weaker because of the point stresses perforating the materials.
In the real world, yeah, I agree with you that there are many poorly glued joints. 30 years ago the folks at Permatex or Loctite (I keep confusing the two, shame on me) actually ran an Indy car with the engine assembled just with their "goo" instead of gaskets and seals, in order to prove the materials worked. They'd experienced large failures when the materials were used in shops, and wanted to *prove* that the problem was sloppy mechanics who wouldn't read or follow the basic instructions, like "clean surfaces before applying".
Glue joints, like FRP hulls with osmotic blisters, depend on the workers to make them properly. Or, not.
And if those same workers torque the hundred plus bolts improperly, the bolts fail and the hull between them is destroyed as well. Same old same old.
Isn't it ever?
Thanks for the input. I did go ahead and buy the Dufour 455 which I will be taking delivery on in Chicago and then sailing it back to Bayfield, WI on Lake Superior in early summer. As has been discussed so often on this forum, there are so many variables when considering a new boat, and it is a matter of picking the one which best fits your circumstances. For me, the deciding factor was that my wife loved the boat and basically wouldn't listen to me when I told her about some other similar and nice used boats (am I lucky or what? she wanted me to spend MORE on a boat). I have spoken with a lot of people with direct experience with these boats who felt that the quality was excellent and perhaps better than some of the other production boats.
I also really loved the Dufour 44, but my wife not so much, so we compromised.
I think a lot depends on which Dufour you are thinking about. The new 34 and 44 are the future for them and in my opinion constructed as such. They have also done fairly well in Europe racing circles.
That said, I have sailed on a 33 and 37 and was not very impressed with the quality. These were both 2002 I believe and from construction, fit out, rigs, etc they left a lot to be wished for. The 37 was actually a pretty good sailer, the 33 very poor. The holding tank in these boats was a 5 gallon jug that you could open a cabinet and SEE the level. A hose in a jug. Not pretty.
I fell in love with the looks of the 44 at a boat show when it was first introduced. I really wanted the 34 version when it came out and that is when I started to look seriously. The exchange rate changed to the negative for the US market and the boat all of a sudden was 20% more for a boat that was competitive prior to the exchange rate. It was not worth 20% more than a comparable US made boat. Dufour/Gib Sea are price point below their owner Beneteau, but Bene's are made here and are not subject to the exchange rate.
All that said, I have not looked at a lot of Dufours outside of the 34 and 44 recently. I am assuming based on your location that this may be a charter mamagement deal. If so, good luck.
Originally Posted by hellosailor
A joint properly glued together with adhesive, will be as sold as one using bolts. Dufour seem to be quite popular in the UK and generally need a weathertight boat there. If your dealer doesn't carry them...he's not going to want to see you go away to buy one.
G- You call that a Classic!
I know Dufour, since 1980 when they were very good, then...solid.
Now....well.....ther's better for same price....a lot of SIKAFLEX sealing, and sailing.....well...their sailing does not match their looks.....they look fast.....
We have all sorts of Dufours here, and sailed most of them, several times, mostly a 40' and a 36' right next to my boat.
Here's my neighbour a 36 classic....
|The Dufour (friend has a 44 that I sail on) is of superior construction and very sea worthy. I have sailed on the 44 and a classic 36 both very impressive. Let us know what you do.
Cam, you are suffering from an illusion. You seem to think the self-tapping screws are structural, they probably are not. The joint is almost certainly a GLUED JOINT and the screws would have been put in simply because shooting a line of screws in while the glue sets, is cheaper than applying a hundred clamps and then going back to unclamp them afterwards.
This is standard carpentry practice, that's what you do with a big glued joint while the glue it setting up. Removing the screws would leave holes, so they're left in place, even though they serve no purpose after the joint has set up.
Modern adhesives aren't at all the same as the butyl tape that C&C used to caulk their bolted deck seams.
asking a dealer that doesn't sell that particular boat is kind of like walking into a caddy dealership and asking...
"So whatcha think of those new lincolns, eh?"
|No other manufacturer I know of uses self tapping screws in current production boats. My view is that IF a screw is NEEDED...it should be a bolt!
A joint properly glued together with adhesive, will be as sold as one using bolts. Dufour seem to be quite popular in the UK and generally need a weathertight boat there. If your dealer doesn't carry them...he's not going to want to see you go away to buy one.
On the other hand, Dufour have never been very common or popular in the US, and that might impact your resale value quite a bit.
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The U.S. Constitution may be turning 226 years old, but it's certainly not showing its age. This document is as important to the country today as it was when it was first signed on September 17, 1787. The Constitution established our national government and lists the rights of Americans. Jeffrey Rosen, the president of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, spoke with TFK about what the document means and why it should be celebrated.
How would you describe the U.S. Constitution?
The Constitution is our fundamental law. It both empowers and limits our government. The part of the Constitution that limits government is most notably the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, which includes rights like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. Those rights make clear that government can't do certain things and has to respect the basic rights of the people.
Why is the Constitution so important?
The Constitution is the most important document in American history. It expresses our basic values as a people: our commitment to democracy, popular sovereignty, free speech, and limited government. It expresses who we are as a people. We as Americans are united by our attachment to the basic rights and values expressed in the Constitution. It's the most inspiring and beautiful document there is.
What is the best way to celebrate the Constitution on Constitution Day?
Of course, the very best way would be to come to the National Constitution Center! We are a center of Constitutional education and debate. But if you're not able to do that, the best way would be to learn about the Constitution and debate it. Having citizens actively debate the meaning of the Constitution is what ultimately determines its meaning in the 21st century and beyond. Read the Bill of Rights, pick an amendment, such as freedom of speech, and discuss with your friends what you think it means.
Is there any particular exhibit at the National Constitution Center that you would recommend to visitors?
I would go right up our beautiful marble stairs to Signers' Hall. There you'll find beautifully rendered, historically accurate life-size statues of all the Framers of the Constitution. Ben Franklin is the most popular. People love to touch him. You'll see how short Alexander Hamilton was! The excitement of seeing the Framers all in one place is something that visitors always love and it's definitely a great place to experience Constitution Day.
Visit constitutioncenter.org/constitutionday to find out more about Constitution Day.
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This name comes from the Arabic word meaning 'generous' and 'good character'. In the Latin language this word means guider and protector. A person who has this name is destined for success and has a good fortune. Also has good luck and charm.
Like, 'jawwad is cool'
by Jay124 August 25, 2011


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the underground place that houses those ratchet baby twamps in the most majestic building of william & mary's old campus. known for having the classiest lounge in all of jefferson, jbase is the place to be for all of the parties of the building...mostly study ones, but occasionally even cooler ones that involve freshman boys gathering around jbase's tv and cheering rather loudly for various sporting events. the best part of jbase is that you do not have to put any effort into opening doors. just hit all of the buttons and you're set.
"Let's go to jbase and admire their large television"
by jclasssss September 30, 2013


text: Winter is upon us...got down to 21 last nite. One of my hives has a very light hive weight, so I'm going to make a candy board to help them out. I saw one at Brushy Mtn and they gave out a recipe for the candy. They mention a pollen substitute. I have pollen patties in the freezer. Could they be put into the mixture? Does anyone have a good recipe they might share? This is my first winter so I'm pretty nervous as to the outcome. Thanx


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First-graders in San Francisco took a
field trip to City Hall to celebrate the marriage of their lesbian
teacher on Friday, but opponents of same-sex marriage in the state say
the field trip was an attempt to indoctrinate the students, the San
Francisco Chronicle reported.

field trip was suggested by a parent at the Creative Arts Charter
School, and the school said the trip, where students tossed rose petals
on their teacher and her wife as they left City Hall, was academically
"It really is what we call a
teachable moment," said Liz Jaroslow, the schools interim director,
according to the newspaper. She said same-sex marriage had historic
significance. "I think I'm well within the parameters."