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The Financial Year 2014-15 has been a year of consolidation for the Bank. Growth has been moderated to align it with the market scenario. The Bank strategized its focus on business segments like Agriculture, SME & Retail Advances, which has started yielding results during the year.
Growth prospects of major economies, though look brighter for the year ahead, continue to be subdued in the near term outlook. Developing countries are widely expected to have a better year ahead given the soft oil prices, low global interest rates and a stronger US economy. While growth in China is slowing down to the official target of around 7%, India is set to grow faster in the next two years.
In a major development, the Central Statistics Office, Government of India released the new GDP series shifting the base year to 2011-12 from 2004-05. The new series deploys improved methodologies and uses more data thereby bringing India on par with international standards of GDP estimation. Using the new estimate, the GDP growth of the country for 2015-16 at market prices is expected to be in the range of 8.1 to 8.5%. The Economic Survey published by Government of India, however, takes a balanced view of the growth estimate and states thus in the report: "The balance of evidence and caution counsel in favour of an interpretation of a recovering rather than surging Indian economy".
The series of policy measures undertaken by the Government, ongoing moderation in inflation and the prospects of a softer interest rate regime would provide necessary impetus for reviving industrial production and domestic consumption. Prospects of recovery and growth, therefore, offer reasons to be optimistic about sustainable growth in all business segments.
During the Financial Year 2014-15, Business of the Bank increased to Rs 4,50,539 crore from Rs 4,23,390 crore in Financial Year 2013-14 registering a growth of 6.41%. The Deposit and Credit growth of the Bank stood at 6.46% and 6.35% respectively. The CASA share as a percentage of Total Deposits stood at 34.05% as against 33.33% in Financial Year 2013-14. To ensure profitable growth in Business, High Cost Deposits have been shed considerably. The share of high cost deposits as a proportion of Total deposits has been reduced to 10.73% as on Mar-2015 from as high as 21.84% as on March-2014. This is well reflected in growth of Aggregate Core Deposits at 21.59 %.
The operating profit of the Bank increased to Rs 3559 crore from Rs 3238 crore in Financial Year 2013-14 registering a growth of 9.91%. Further, Bank posted Net profit of Rs. 606 crore as against a Net Loss of Rs (1263) crore in previous year.
The Bank''s Cost of Deposits reduced to 7.22% from 7.24% in Financial Year 2013-14, the Net Interest Income of the Bank increased to Rs 7247 crore from Rs 6494 crore in Financial Year 2013-14 registering a growth of 11.60%. The Other Income or Fee - based Income of the Bank has reduced to Rs 1894 crore from Rs 1923 crore in Financial Year 2013-14.
Asset Quality has been the concern of the Bank for last couple of years. The percentage of Gross NPA to Gross Advances reduced to 6.09% from 6.27% in Financial Year 2013-14 and percentage of Net NPA to Net Advances reduced to 3.61% from 3.75% in Financial Year 2013-14. This is on account of stress in some sectors like Infrastructure, Textiles, Iron & Steel, Engineering & Manufacturing, Gems & Jwellery etc. Your Bank has been proactive in respect of NPA Management and shall continue its effort to contain the percentage Gross NPA below 5.25% and Net NPA below 2.20% for Financial Year 2015-16.
Bank is fully engaged in inclusive growth through various Financial Inclusion initiatives to reach ''the last mile'' of economy. The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) programme of the government is being implemented in various districts out of which we are lead bank in eight districts .Further progress in these districts and in new districts will be made during the FY-2015-16. This programme paves the way for the Bank to canvass more CASA Deposits and also for Credit Expansion. Further, Bank has successfully implemented ''Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna'' and have opened around 57,17,895 accounts as on 31st March, 2015.
A Bank with 4689 branches as on March 2015, of which 2/3 rd of the Branches are in rural and semi urban areas and 3677 Ultra Small Branches shall continue to position itself as a Retail Bank. Your Bank shall be ensuring that the retail and priority sector portfolios grow much faster than they have been so far.
I am happy to present the Annual Report of the Bank for the year ended 31st March 2015.
With best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Rajeev Rishi
Place: Delhi Date: May 25, 2015
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A former Starke County woman was found murdered at her home in Rochester.
Indiana State Police officers responded to 6832 W. Olson Road where the owners of the residence reported a possible murder. The residents came home from work and reportedly found a rear door to the house open. Police say the owners found Wilma Upsall's body on the floor of the residence and investigators say she was shot and died from her injuries. An autopsy will determine an exact cause of death.
Wilma Upsall, 81, was the mother of one of the home owners.
Police say there were signs of forced entry and police continue to investigate this case to see if any items are missing from the home.
Wilma Upsall has family that still resides in the Starke County area.
If you know anything about this incident, contact Indiana State Police Detective Josh Rozzi at 1-800-382-0689. Information can also be provided to the Fulton County Sheriff's Department by calling (574) 223-2819.


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GAINESVILLE, Fla.---Turning the promise of gene therapy into reality has been more difficult than scientists once hoped, but University of Florida researchers have identified a strategy for overcoming one barrier to successfully treating the lung disease cystic fibrosis.
Patients with CF produce thick mucus that clogs airways, predisposing them to chronic lung infections. Scientists at the UF Genetics Institute and the department of pediatrics have discovered these same secretions prevent lung cells from taking up much of the corrective DNA inserted during gene therapy.
Now UF researchers have found one potential solution: an anti-inflammatory protein naturally produced by the body. In laboratory experiments conducted in cell cultures, the scientists found that if they added alpha-1-antitrypsin to the lung fluids from CF patients, the number of cells integrating the new DNA tripled.
"At scientific meetings, many people have been talking about how a major problem in gene therapy trials is that relatively few cells begin expressing the new genes," said Dr. Isabel Virella-Lowell a pediatric pulmonary fellow at the UF College of Medicine. "We have encountered the same issue in our early clinical trials in cystic fibrosis. That's why it's significant that at least in cell cultures, we can use alpha-1-antitrypsin to reverse the limiting effects of the mucus."
Virella-Lowell's article describing the research was published in October in the journal Gene Therapy. The research team was headed by Dr. Terence R. Flotte, director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center and interim director of the UF Genetics Institute, and included Dr. Mark Brantly, a professor of medicine, and molecular genetics and microbiology; and researchers Amy Poirier and Kye A. Chesnut.
Cystic fibrosis has been an early target for gene therapy researchers because the disease is caused by a single faulty gene. In CF, this gene upsets the normal passage of salt and water through the body's cells. Among the most severe consequences is the excessive mucus in the lower airways of the lungs - often leading to permanent lung damage. An estimated 30,000 Americans have the disease; most patients die before they reach 30.
When the gene was first identified in 1989, the discovery was greeted with great optimism that a cure would soon follow. But it has proved to be a formidable task to find the right mechanism to deliver the DNA, coax cells to incorporate the corrective gene and activate it so it begins functioning.
In their early clinical trials at Shands at UF medical center, scientists have found no adverse effects in patients who received corrective genes. The DNA was packaged inside adeno-associated virus - also known as AAV - an apparently harmless virus that dwells problem-free in most people.
In continuing clinical studies, the scientists are trying to find the proper dosage for treating the disease, a job that will be made easier if they can encourage a higher percentage of cells to take up the inserted genes.
That's where the most recent laboratory research fits in.
The scientists compared lung fluid samples collected from CF patients with those from other people who do not have the disease. The researchers were looking to see whether these fluids would block the integration of new DNA into bronchial cells.
When they found that the CF fluids did, the researchers went on to show that alpha-1-antitrypsin effectively neutralized this effect. When added to CF lung cell samples, the protein more than tripled the number of cells acting upon the new genes - from about 15 percent of the cells to about half.
The findings are likely to guide future clinical trials, with UF scientists testing the effectiveness of administering alpha-1-antitrypsin in conjunction with gene therapy for cystic fibrosis. This work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
"The drive to find a cure for CF is like running a steeplechase," said Flotte, "only in this case, we won't know if we've finished the race until after we've cleared the last hurdle. What we do know is that this particular barrier to gene therapy is reversible, and so we haven't been knocked off the track yet."
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Bruins forward Tyler Seguin has a congenital hip condition that makes him more suspect to a injury, according to a report from ESPNBoston's Joe McDonald.
McDonald writes that the team is not currently concerned over what the condition may mean for Seguin in the near future, though Seguin could suffer a hip injury if he does not maintain strength in the area.
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli told McDonald that the condition is "nothing to be alarmed about" and that approximately 70 percent of the Bruins have some sort of hip issue.
"I'm not going to comment whether it's congenital or not," Chiarelli said. "I don't want to get into details what we think it is or isn't and I don't want any alarm bells going off. Like I said, you can go through our roster and there are probably 12 or 13 guys with something similar or the same thing."


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Would you, as a .NET programmer, recommend using a design environment (like Visual Studio.NET or Visual C#.NET) to develop ASP.NET applications;
or hardcoding user controls and other components using C#?
My thought is that hardcoding takes 10-times longer, but may help a developer better understand the code.
I'm an old coder...(started with Pascal and C back in the early 90's). When I got into web development, I learned HTML, ASP, PHP, etc. and have been highly proficient in hand-coding with them over the years.
Never used site development software, but the ASP.NET library of functions, controls, etc. -- is extensive.
Guess I'll have to come up with the money to invest in Visual Studio.
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Have you looked at the MS Express products? These are free development tools for the .NET framework. I've been using VB Express to write Win apps for a while now and it has all the bells and whistles of the Visual Studio dev environment but without the cost.
There is a Web Express for ASP.NET sites. I've not personally used this, but if it's anything like the other Express products it should be pretty good and give you what you need.
At least try Web Express initially and if it doesn't fit the bill then you may have to pay for VS. Anything developed in the Express versions is fully compatible with Visual Studio. I.e. you can upgrade your web app easily if you change your mind about Express.
I used VWD until I got a copy of VS 2005, and if I had to go back to VWD, it wouldn't slow me down a bit.


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So I arrived in New York JFK a little worse for wear. I had my hostel booked but no transport, so the first job was to get that sorted - easy enough, I just went to the information desk and booked on a shuttle bus. This bus turned out to be such a nightmare - there were 8 of us in there, all going to different places. The shuttle driver didn't seem to have a clue where he was going - he tried to drop a backpacker off in the middle of Harlem to a hostel that didn't even exist, then kept getting onto the wrong roads and did heaps of well dodgy manouveres. Eventually, 2 hours after we had left the airport, I arrived at my hostel - Jazz on the Park. It's no where near as good as it's internet site suggests, but the area it's in seems ok, no drug pushers or pimps.
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As you probably know, Facebook and Amazon are allowing consumers to connect the two sites. What I find most interesting is the care Amazon is taking to inform consumers what this will mean to them and why they should do it. Given Facebook's repeated stumbles on issues of consumer privacy, the approach being taken by Amazon is one every marketer should note and consider. What's important about Amazon's approach is that it's not simply leaving the communication of important information to Facebook.
CNN, for example, lets Facebook do the talking. Below is Facebook's standard "Request for Permission" page, which is the message consumers receive when they click the button to connect CNN with their Facebook profile. What does it tell users? CNN can "access my basic information," but what will they do with it? Will they share or sell it further? Will it be made available to marketers or other users? Will my list of friends -- one of the items mentioned in the list of basic information that will be shared -- receive information from CNN as a result of my actions? And what information will CNN send to Facebook -- every page I visit or only the ones I "like"?
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My colleague Augie Ray has written a great blog post about why the Old Spice campaign with Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa has been such a huge success out of the gate. Here are some of the early stats from Mashable. I have summarized Augie's blog post below, but you should read the whole thing.
Lesson No. 1: Paid and earned integration is the key to a successful social campaign. Paid support plus a motivated audience to amplify the message equals success in building earned media and awareness.
Lesson No. 2: Adaptive Marketing means you need to be flexible. The world has changed, and marketing is not only always on but also increasingly unpredictable.
Lesson No. 3: Lose Control. It is something you need to give up willingly.
Are you ready to handle this truth? Tell us about your brand, what you would like to accomplish in this ever-adapting world of marketing, and how social media can contribute by commenting below.


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OceanLED produces the highest quality, most reliable and proven marine lighting in the superyacht industry. Each product can be uniquely tailored per project to give a completely custom lighting effect for sailing yachts, superyachts, and cruise ships. Underwater, retrofit, courtesy lighting, and interior and exterior downlighting.
Very simply put, LED lights provided they are designed and specified right, will last longer than any other light source, use a minimal amount of power, have much less heat exposure and withstand the rigors of spiking electronics, humidity, water ingress and vibration on a boat. Bulbs use huge amount of power, are fragile and don't last long in a marine environment.
OceanLED is by far the most popular and most widely distributed marine lighting in the world. The company has a highly skilled team pushing the technological boundaries of LED lighting and the electronics to run them, with all products being designed and produced in-house.
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It all depends on size of your vessel and desired final lighting effect.
Check out our new 'How to Light Your Boat' video series to learn more about product selection, mounting suggestions, color options and more.
Download our 'Which Series is Right for Your Boat' for recommendations.
Or go to our 'Applications' section to learn more about individual lighting setups. This is one example application, there are several to choose from.
This is like asking who makes the fastest car - i.e. it's not always about brightness. The real question comes down to design, technology and size. OceanLED lights are brighter than most products available; those that seem brighter tend to be to the detriment to longevity and safety.
OceanLED lights are designed to use less power, maintain much longer life spans and with far better colour retention and clarity.
Think of it like this - What works best? – One 1000 watt speaker under your TV; or 6 individual speakers around the room? Surround sound is the answer to clever sound and clever lighting design can be done by using more individual lights; it's like surround lighting!
Absolutely, LEDs are a solid state light source, and therefore are vibration proof. All lights are fitted with thermal cut out protection, so if the light does overheat it will turn itself off as a precaution when the temperature allows it will turn back on. Running with traditional lights will put the bulbs at risk.
For underwater, blue is by far the most popular.
Blue and green light have shorter wavelengths than white light, and can penetrate through the water more efficiently making them look brighter. The human eye is more sensitive to blue and greens also which helps to make the lights look brighter.
However, if you do your boating in crystal clear waters we recommend White, as this simply enhances the natural beauty. OceanLED white LEDs are whiter than any other underwater light on the market so when you want a white light, you do truly get a white light as opposed to the 'yellow' variety.
All blue are great for slightly murkier waters such as the Florida coastline or the Mediterranean.
Green which is great for attracting fish is the best colour for penetration in fresh water. If you do your boating in intercostal waterways or very bad visibility areas, green helps make the water look cleaner but is not always the most aesthetically pleasing.
All OceanLED lights except the T-Series are treated with the Unique Tritonium coating. This basically forms a non stick layer making it virtually impossible for barnacles and so on to stick to the lens. If you find they do, however, it is very easy to clean them off. If in the water a soft bristle brush should do the trick, and if the boat is out of the water then make sure the lens is soaked with water and then using an ice scraper or something similar it is very easy to bring it back to new again as shown in the video here.
The T-Series do not have Tritonium protection instead they are supplied with lens protection tear off strips that can be removed and re-applied as and when needed.
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There are a number of factors regulating how far the lights will shine out, #1 being how big/bright the light is? #2 What colour are you using? #3 How clean is the water?
In dirty water we have seen light reach as little as 3' / 1 meter but in perfect conditions the same lights reach out beyond 100' / 30 meters. In the picture the largest boat is 70', therefore the lights being shown reach out way beyond 100'.
You don't. LEDs are light emitting diodes which are electronic components. They are not traditional light bulbs.
All OceanLED lights are thermal protected and will dim or turn off when above normal temperature is reached. Once the unit has cooled down the light will turn back on.
The running temperature of any light from OceanLED is designed to run within 40 - 60 degrees centigrade (104 - 140 degrees Fahrenheit) depending on the which size of light and the ambient conditions.
Example of a competitor's bulb underwater light without thermal protection, severely damaging a fiberglass/grp hull.
Yes, all lights have reverse polarity protection. Red is always positive, black is always negative.
OceanLED lights are rated for up to 40,000+ hours.
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Tritonium Optical Technologies is a small research laboratory located in England specialising in optical systems mainly for the Military and the Aerospace industries. 12 months of research and development between OceanLED and Tritonium has resulted in a world beating optical lensing system, not only for underwater lighting, but for lighting in general.
Some conventional lights are cheaper, but by the time you have replaced a few Xenon or HID bulbs, and one or two ballasts, conventional lights can turn out to be a lot more expensive than OceanLED lights. Typical life expectancy of bulbs are as follows: Halogen = approx. 500 - 1000 hours, Xenon = approx. 1000 - 3000 hours, HID = approx. 3000 - 5000 hours, OceanLED = approx. 40,000 hours. The longest life of a Xenon or HID lamp can only achieved when left on for more than 10 hours at a time in a cool environment. The more they are used for shorter periods, the less time they will last. On average, Xenon and HID will have lost 50% of their light output by the time they have reached their half life. If there are Xenon or HID lights on a boat and one bulb blows, all bulbs will need to be changed in every light to maintain a matching colour temperature and brightness.
Some facts taken from a Xenon and HID bulb manufacturer. According to Osram (www.osram.co.uk), H.I.D lamps need to be run for at least 10 hours at a time to reach their estimated lamp life. The more times they are switched on and off, the shorter the lamp life. In addition, if the bulb is turned on less than 15 minutes from switch off, its life is yet again shortened. If the light is only used for: 5 hours at a time then the bulb life is shortened by 25%. 2.5 hours at a time then the bulb life is shortened by 45%. 1.25 hours at a time then the bulb life is shortened by 60%! This last figure would give an H.I.D lamp life of only 2400 hours. By half the bulb's life, the H.I.D lamp (and Xenon technology) has lost half its light output. OceanLED lights can be turned on and off for any length of time with no harm to any part of the light, there is no cool down period, and no reduction of life expectancy.
No, you can turn the lights on and off a million times an hour with absolutely no effect on the LEDs.
Please refer the Which Series document for all the details of Fixture Lumen output of the various OceanLED lights.
Download our 'Which Series is Right for Your Boat' for recommendations.
Yes, we have extension cables available in 2 and 6 meter lengths. It is possible to centrally locate all electronic drivers in one location and run off to the lights up to 500 meters away! For custom installations we provide cabling on a drum which can be laid and custom lengths can then be terminated. We also offer a Driver Cabinet which centrally locates all electronic drivers in one location for Super Yachts, and we also now offer a custom made Junction box allowing 1 feed to power up to 4 separate lights, reducing installation times.
Yes, All OceanLED lights include inline fuse kits which are recommended to be installed with every light.
Please refer to the installation videos for tips on installing OceanLED lights.
Under ideal circumstances OceanLED would recommend the following installation depth to achieve the best lighting effect: - 200-250mm (8-10") to the top of the fixture. However provided the product is underwater during normal operation the effects can still be good.
Yes, it is highly recommended to anti-foul the entire bronze flange of the light that is exposed to the water. All OceanLED lights are now supplied with a Lens Masking Disc to help prevent anti-fouling paint sticking to the lens whilst painting - this innovation was developed from customers feedback. All metal parts on the exterior of a hull should be connected to the vessels cathodic protection system. A bonding point is available on every model. The new X-520 however is made from polyacetal which does not require antifouling or bonding.
Props and propellers are made from the same material for a very good reason - it is one of the most robust metals underwater. Stainless Steel is very good out of the water as its top layer oxidizes. However underwater this does not occur and therefore it will corrode. Aluminium Bronze is expensive, but has great resilience to salt water corrosion as well as having great thermal characteristics to help keep the light and LEDs cool.
You can read the OceanLED warranty by clicking here.
Check our Dealer Locator on this site for a dealer in your area. We are currently expanding worldwide to be able to offer a next day service globally.
Both the Thru Hull and Flush Mount models are available with delrin isolating sleeves to separate the dissimilar metals. See our accessories page for further details.
No, an LED driver maintains a constant power to the LEDs, the input voltage makes no difference.
The T-Series models are designed for boats that are not kept in the water for more than 2 weeks.
The T12 dual color has 12 LED's. 6 of the LEDs light up at one time with the specified color, ie Blue/Green 6 LEDs will be designated for the blue color and 6 LEDs will be designated for the green color. You will need a three way switch to operate this model.
No, This product is no longer available.
No, We no longer offer an extended warranty.
No, The Amphibian and Hybrid models have internal drivers. THe Pro Series HD models require an external driver which is included with the light.
All of our products are sold seperately. However all of the components such as drivers, cables, and fuses are included with each light purchase.
The only models that we recommend for above and below the water use are the Amphibian T-Series.
You can mount the lights in just about any location on your boat. We recommend using the Pro Series HD Flush Mount or Xchangeable Flush Mount for the side and bottom of the boat. The other models have a profile that is too large and will cause drag when running the boat.
All OceanLED lights require you to drill a hole in the hull, the hole sizes range from 3/8" - 41/2".
All of our products come with a detailed instruction manual. These manuals cover the wiring installation of the lights.
OceanLED apologizes, this light is not currently in production and we do not expect it to be produced in the near future.
Most OceanLED products will work with a basic 2 way switch that can be purchased at your local marine dealer. In some cases you might already have a 2 way switch that is open/empty on your console that you can use with out purchasing a new one. OceanLED always recommends that you consult a professional marine installer when you are installing your underwater lights.
The Narrow beam angle is for a more precise glow of light coming from the fixture.
The Wide beam is for a halo or cosistant glow of light around the boat.
The Choice is yours depending on the look you want your boat to have.
OceanLED does not recommend the install of our lights on the trim tabs of your vessel.
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Melbourne, Australia – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is proud to announce that Philips Design won the 2011 Australian International Design Award for the Philips SensoTouch 3D shaver. A total of three products including the FreeStreet street lighting system, the Fidelio Docking Speaker and the SensoTouch 3D shaver were Philips finalists for the Australian Design Awards. Earlier this year, all three of these products were amongst the Philips products successfully recognized with iF awards.
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Come and see the wonderful artwork created by people from the Brothers of Charity Services who worked with County Council artists in residence Ruby Wallis and Gerald Glynn at The Illuminate Art Exhibition, Nuns Island Theatre (20th-28th September).
The Illuminate Art Exhibition is wonderful display of digital artwork that will also feature as the official Launch event for Culture Night in Galway. The exhibition will take place @ Nuns Island Theatre (20th – 28th September). Admission is free and everyone is invited to attend especially the many service users who have worked together with Ruby and Gerald over the last year.
'Illuminate is the use of interactive light projections to explore physical space and to create art work using digital media. Participants engage in the process of drawing with light through whole body movement and improvised dance patterns. This creates interesting fluxes, discontinuities, intertwining and layers of experience, playing between the real and the imaginary. The exhibition shows responses to these experiences using film, sound and photography.'
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What Happened After SmackDown, Next Week's Main Event, More
– Devin sent the following: WWE returns to the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia on Sunday, February 3rd, 2013.
– Former WWE star Shelton Benjamin is taking 2013 bookings through [email protected]
– The dark main event after last night's WWE SmackDown tapings in Fayetteville, North Carolina saw Sheamus come out and issue a challenge to World Heavyweight Champion Big Show. Sheamus ended up knocking Show out with a Brogue Kick to end the tapings.
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Looks like the other folks couldn't take the thought of having supreme beengs on board, as now all the monikers are gone. Strangely, the sunday poll was in favor of them staying.
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Pyndan Camel Tracks is the only camel riding tour operator in Alice Springs. A sunset camel ride against the backdrop of the beautiful West MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs is a signature Red Centre experience.
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All over the news in Sweden right now
A 30 year old zoo keeper was killed in a wolf attack at Kolmården Zoo on Sunday. The woman is believed to have entered the wolf enclosure alone, and been with the wolves up to one hour before her colleagues discovered that she was missing. Since she was alone and the enclosure has no CCTV monitoring no one knows exactly what happened but her personal belongings were found all over the enclosure so it seems she's been knocked over and dragged away by the wolves.
The zoo keeper had been working with the eight wolves for over three years and also looked after three of them since they were puppies. She was also one of the wolf guides at the zoo's wild encounters program where visitors, together with the guide went into the wolf enclosure and during an hour got to know the animal more closely. This activity has due to the attack on Sunday ceased to exist. The zoo has still not decided whether the wolves will be put down.
Apparently there hasn't been a fatal wolf attack in Sweden since the 1820's when a wolf killed nine people, most of whom were young children.


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Day 8: 12/18/13
Today's cookies are a classic combination. They also happen to be one of my favorites. Can you guess what they are?
Today's cookies are white chocolate macadamia nut cookies.
What can I say about these delectable cookies? They were so, so, so very good! The edges were crisp and crunchy. The center was soft and chewy. They were sweet and nutty and chocolatey. So amazing!
That's all for now! Happy Baking!!
Here's the recipe:
The Best White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies (adapted from: The Novice Chef)
Yield: 15 cookies
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt flakes
1 stick unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup coarsely chopped salted macadamia nuts
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okay so taylor swift is a genious and my inspiration. i love america like taylor loves sparkles and having the last word. never ever stop trying to get where you want to be.
i'm 16 years old and an optimist, most of the time. i'm from west yorkshire in england. i worry like crazy about the smallest things and i love both summer and winter.
i have this weird obsession with twitter, it's just great. i'm an over-achiever in school, i get the best grades, i always have done. i don't mind school, but i'd prefer to be out somewhere, doing something more.
i love travelling, abroad. i just love people with a different accent and seeing somewhere new, especially if it's good weather. america, well usa, is my favourite country. i've been there 4 times and i just love it.
i over-analyse so much and i work hard. really hard. i'm a quiet person, but i wouldn't call myself shy. i'm the girl who teachers tell to talk more. i'm the girl who my family tell me to be quiet. i guess i haven't quite got the balance right.
i love each and every one of my friends. we're a select bunch. it takes me so long to make friends, just because i have to trust them first. because i don't say much, people don't bother with me. i'm worth bothering with though. i've been friends with my best friend since we began primary school, when we were 4 years old.
i have more confidence than anyone expects me to have. i guess it's because i've been let down by so many people, i've built up a kind of protection. i'd love to be able to play the guitar. i'm an introvert, i love writing songs and i'm a bit awkward. i moan all the time, but i am a teenager, that should be allowed.
taylor is my idol. she's perfect. i love justin bieber too. i met him in an airport in new york on the 1st January, last year. i was so starstruck, i didn't even speak. he said 'hey, happy new year' and i stood there. silly girl.
so that's about everything you need to know. thank you if you took the time to read this, it must have taken some time.
"In fairytales, the bad guy is always easy to spot. That bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you'll always know who he is. Then you grow up and find that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realise the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he is not easy to spot; He's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair."
i think this quote is so cute.
the collage below is of ryan o'shaughnessy, who is irish. he's a singer, songwriter, guitar player and an amazing boy. if you haven't heard of him, google him. i love him so much.
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it was my first day of my final year of high school today, so i did the appropriate thing and, as i was approaching my school on the bus, put taylor's song 'fifteen' on my ipod. not long after, i did take a deep breath as i walked through the doors, and said hi to my friends i hadn't seen in a while. this just shows how much we connect with the lyrics of taylor's songs. i think it's just...
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Since shrink-wrap provides such a good seal, make sure the installer provides screened vents facing in all directions to facilitate airflow. You'll want to have a door installed, as well. This way you can board after the boat is wrapped and open as many ports and hatches as possible for ventilation.
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Fall Fiber Art Show
Friday, October 2, 2015
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Malabar Farm Visitors Center
4050 Bromfield Road
Lucas, OH 44843
Presented By: Malabar Farm Spinning and Weaving Guild
The Malabar Farm Spinning and Weaving Guild is celebrating their 25th year with a Fall Fiber Art Show.
Guild members will be in the Visitor Center on:
Friday Oct. 2 and 9th from 2:00-6:00pm
Saturdays Oct. 3 and 10th from 12:00-6:00pm.
Guests can visit this "Sheep to Shawl" experience as they enjoy demonstrations, interact with the artisans, and try their hand at the various steps of the process. You are also invited to see the displays of the skilled handwork of the members in fiber dying, rug hooking, quilting, sewing, wool applique, tatting, needle felting, embroidery, along with the spinning and weaving.
Members will also have their wares for sale.
For more information, please call Victoria Cochran at 419-892-2929.
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10 Signs You Need a New Trainer (or Cycling Coach?)
[Mash this link to skip my blather and go straight to the article in question.]
I'm back in the gym a lot these days and loving it. I know gyms are full of sweaty people doing shitty workouts that probably won't work. I know that gyms are full of Meathead Dudes gettin' all up close and personal with the wall to wall mirrors. I know that gyms are full of (mostly) airhead trainers who don't have a clue what they're actually doing.
I know all that.
Still – I admit to being a Gym Rat – I'm OK with it. I find the sociology of it all fascinating. I love walking in and seeing 50 people on treadmills, running nowhere. It's so completely messed up it actually makes me smile.
But what really breaks my heart is when I see people working out with the seriously suspect trainers. Usually they're doing what look to be pretty decent workouts, but I look into the eyes of these trainers and I have to question their experience.
I had a 24 Hour Fitness trainer once and he was pretty good but I wasn't ready for him. He was like, "Switch to light beer and only have one or two." and I was like, "Why don't you just shoot my cat while you're at it?"
My next trainer was a guy at Golden Gate Fitness (I always train at whatever gym is closest and most convenient to either work or home – I don't care much about facilities or anything else – convenience is key for me) and we became great friends. We accomplished some really rad things together back in San Francico and he taught me a lot. We're still in touch – I even workout with him every now and again. (He's in Portland so if you're looking for a great, independent Personal Trainer in PDX, let me know).
What I've learned is twofold: Training is effective. Training is expensive. On an advertising salary? No problem! These days? Not so much. Luckily, I've gotten pretty good at Ye Olde Fitness Thing and I can put together solid programs on my own.
Back to that expensive thing: At $50/session (low end) working out twice a week (again, low-end) you're spending $400/month. For some people, that's rent. With a more expensive trainer and greater frequency, you're into the thousands. That's a lot of green!!
Yet people routinely end up with mediocre trainers because they don't know any better. This makes me nuts!
I woke up this morning to see that John Berardi just wrote an article called "Ten Signs You Need a New Trainer". I think it could also be applied to cycling coaches (except the clipboard bit). Either way, it's solid advice and contains some good nuggets about Outcome vs. Behavior based training, integrating nutrition, etc.
This is the one I love the best because it seems like common sense and yet I still see people getting fitness training from people who really aren't that fit:
#4: They Aren't Healthy or Fit
Just like realtors who've never owned a home and financial planners who are broke, out-of-shape trainers and nutritionists piss me off.
Now, let me clarify. You don't have to look like a fitness model to be fit and healthy. So that's not the standard here.
However, if a trainer doesn't have more muscle, less fat, and a better health profile than the average person, why would I listen to any advice on building muscle, losing fat, and getting healthier from them?
It's a no brainer. If a trainer or nutritionist isn't healthy and fit — and doesn't practice the behaviors necessary to remain that way — they can't be my coach.
You can check out the rest here.
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Although I would generally agree about 24 Hour Fitness trainers, I got one who's awesome! He knows his stuff, integrates my workouts with my cycling plans (and is a cyclist himself), and tries to get me to listen to his very solid nutritional advice (I'm not such a good client in that area). Look him up if you're in the market – Will Balough at Hollywood!
Recently, I fired, then re-hired myself as my coach/trainer. As my own coach, my behaviors affect the outcomes from my prescribed training metrics, and as my client my outcomes are derived from these same behaviors. Unfortunately, I have been unable to master riding my bike holding a clipboard (let alone writing on it), and my coach thinks Guinness is good for me, should I be re-fired?
I've seen way too many horrible trainers; including those employed at colleges to help with sports teams. The absolute best one I've come across was actually at a 24hr fitness near Denver. Mike was an awesome trainer and still does independent training as well – he influenced my wife and I enough that we still keep in touch with him as well.
As someone who cannot afford a trainer, or a gym membership, I've found that my sweetie makes a darned good personal trainer. She's taught me some yoga (which we do together three mornings a week now), and she knows me and my body well enough after 9 years with me that she can figure out when I need to be shoved out the door for a short brisk ride or when I need to be tied to the recliner for some active recovery. Add my warehouse gig and daily commute into the mix and I have much of the cross-training I need.
Thanks for this post, this is a big topic and one that seems to be frustrating to a lot of people. Coaches are a bit like good hairdressers (not that I know that many myself!) – find a good one, keep them close, tell all your friends, etc. Is there a US coaches register, or some way that people can comment on a coaching experience and see how others got on? I think there is in the UK, but it's not that widely used.
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Project on Indiana St. on edge of Florida Canyon opposed by neighbors
Dorian Hargrove 9:31 p.m., May 23
On my daily walks along the Embarcadero, I love running into my favorite character standing in front of Anthony's Fish Grotto on Harbor Drive and Ash Street.
The original San Diego Silverman, an independent artist, has been doing the same act for 13 years. As tourists and locals walk along the boardwalk, the illusion of a statue comes to life, surprising young and old. Crowds gather and children gaze as they drop tips into his tin can to make him do break-dancing moves. A modern day tin man, with a (loud) dub-step twist always puts a smile on my face when I walk around my neighborhood.


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Heathrow bosses today admitted the airport's proposed third runway was "divisive" as they called on home-owners to make their views known before a public consultation closes this week.
Britain's biggest airport is submitting detailed proposals for a new runway north-west of the existing site to Airports Commission in May.
Nigel Milton, the airport's director of Public Affairs, said: "Having attended some of the events I understand that opinion is divided on whether Heathrow should be expanded or not. Should a third runway be recommended by the Commission and approved by the Government, it is in everyone's interest to work together to make sure our plans are developed in the best way possible."
Drop-in events are being held in Ealing and Hammersmith this week and concerns can be submitted online at heathrow.com/localcommunity.
The consultation will close on 16 March.
The Airports Commission, chaired by Sir Howard Davies, is due to make its final recommendations in the summer of 2015 about how to increase aviation capacity.
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The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are taking action to improve the mental health of CAF members and their families. Canada's women and men in uniform are among the best in the world. Yet no military member is immune to the effects of combat, and the demanding rigours of military life can be a source of mental and emotional stress for the military community.
The Government of Canada has committed to providing an additional investment of approximately $200 million over the next six years and an additional $16.7 million ongoing that will enable greater support to serving members of the CAF, veterans, and for their families.
The CAF continues to strive to conduct research and improve preventive measures and clinical care related to mental illness for the benefit not only of CAF members and their families, but all Canadians.
The Government of Canada recognizes that the best possible mental and emotional health is crucial for the overall well-being of soldiers. These efforts and initiatives represent the latest in the DND and the CAF's continued commitment to the mental health needs of members, veterans and their families.
Technological Advancements
Complete digitization of health records:
- We will invest in the personnel and technology to completely digitize the health records of all serving personnel. We work hard to return our ill and injured personnel to duty so that they can continue with their military careers. But when that is not possible, we tailor and individualize our transition support.
- Through enhanced staffing capacity, the medical files of medically releasing CAF personnel can be shared more rapidly with VAC, improving the process of applying for benefits from VAC for transitioning members.
- This enhanced digitization initiative supports the recommendation by the Office of the Auditor General Audit of Transition in 2012.
Investing in brain imaging technology:
- Working with partners, DND/CAF will acquire high-resolution brain imaging technology to be used exclusively for mental health purposes. This technology will allow clinicians to distinguish a brain affected by post-traumatic stress disorder.
Support to Families
Augmenting mental health peer support programs:
- Peer support will be enhanced by supplying additional staff to the Operational Stress Injury Social Support (OSISS) program.
- The program provides outreach and confidential peer support, provided by CAF veterans who have overcome their mental illness, to other CAF members and veterans, and their families. It is an important tool for CAF members and veterans' families seeking immediate assistance, with no requirements for referrals.
- This peer support network builds on strategies from the civilian mental health care system to show examples of successful treatment and reduce mental health stigma.
Extending access to Military Family Resource Centres:
- Families play a critical role in supporting CAF members. With that in mind, the CAF will launch a pilot project to extend access to the Military Family Support program. The project will be initiated on a trial basis by permitting access at seven Military Family Resource Centres (MFRCs) to ill and injured Veterans after release so that their families can continue to benefit from these great resources in familiar environments. This new initiative will enable access to the resource centres by eligible Veterans for an additional two years after they release from the CAF. The extension of the program to other MFRCs will be evaluated based on the results of the initial pilot project.
- Military Family Resource Centres, located at bases and wings across the country and in overseas CAF stations, enrich our military community through action, education and support.
They provide specialized programs uniquely tailored to suit the challenges that military families experience. These programs and services empower and encourage strong independent individuals and families.
- Additional investments in research will help find better treatments, promote faster recoveries, and achieve better outcomes for serving members and veterans with mental health conditions and their families.
- Investing in technology and research is essential to better understanding veteran suicides, improving the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in veterans, improving the care and treatment of and injured CAF members and Veterans.
Treatment and Education
Increasing mental health education and awareness:
- The CAF will hire additional staff to more broadly deliver the Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR) mental health education campaign. This education platform is the cornerstone of mental health education in the CAF and is designed to provide servicemen and women, and their families, with the knowledge and skills required to manage their own reactions to stress, to recognize mental duress and to seek assistance, professional or peer, when required.
- This program also helps increase CAF member and family resilience to mental illness and injury, promotes awareness of mental health treatments, and continues the campaign to reduce stigma associated with mental health.
Mental health is complex and its maintenance is critical to the CAF - these initiatives will strengthen the already strong mental health program the CAF has in place to provide dedicated and responsive care for CAF members and emphasizes the elimination of the barriers to mental healthcare. With our civilian and international partners, the DND and the CAF are committed to ongoing mental health education and research to continuously enhance the CAF's mental health program, thus helping improve the lives of military personnel, veterans, and by extension, all Canadians who suffer mental illness.
These new initiatives, developed collaboratively by DND, VAC and Health Canada, reflect the most innovative thinking and evidence-based approaches to mental health and suicide prevention, leading to world-class care and treatment for mental health illness and injury for CAF members, veterans, and their families.
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Under the headline "Not a Parody," Jonah Goldberg highlighted a piece on Mark Halperin's crotch reference on Morning Joe. The writer is Michelle Goldberg (no relation), a "senior contributing writer for The Daily Beast/Newsweek." She insisted the D-word was bad, but "His far greater sin: being so cowed by conservatives that he's offended by Obama's mild poke at the GOP." He touted the introduction:
Here's why Mark Halperin is a disgrace. It's not because he used a mild obscenity to describe our president on Morning Joe, disrespectful as that was. Rather, it was the circumstances of the slur. Right now, the Republican Party is threatening to blow up the world economy unless Democrats agree to savage cuts in spending while refusing any of the revenue increases that all serious economists say are necessary to actually address the national debt. Obama, whose greatest fault in office has been a misplaced faith in the GOP's capacity for reasonableness, went on television and chided the party for this stance. Apparently, this struck Halperin as unreasonable. His response embodies all that's rotten and shallow about D.C.'s pundit class, which fetishizes bipartisanship even as it only demands it of one political party.
Jonah noted "It's funnier if you try to read it aloud with as much drama as possible)." He added: "I love — love — this part: Obama, whose greatest fault in office has been a misplaced faith in the GOP's capacity for reasonableness…"
He also could have suggested a dramatic reading of the final paragraph:
Because Halperin is so determined to bend over backward for the right, he can't come to grips with the central fact of modern politics -- the death of Republican moderation. Today's GOP is a congeries of Birchers, fundamentalists, nativists, and gold bugs that considers longtime conservatives like Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch unacceptably left-wing. Right now, it is playing a game of chicken with all of our financial futures, counting on the widespread fear that it really is crazy enough to unleash financial Armageddon, and the knowledge that the Democrats are not. The president tried, in a very mild way, to address his opponents' dangerous intransigence. What kind of political journalist regards that as wildly inappropriate? Halperin has given us the answer.
Goldberg is touted as "author of The New York Times bestseller Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism." Earlier this week she appeared on the radical-left Pacifica Radio show Democracy Now to discuss her journalistic crusade against Michele Bachmann.


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Inside N.J.'s suburban drug mills, a grimy, lucrative business
New Jersey drug agents have seen plenty of bizarre sights when busting heroin mills, the sunless, foul-smelling assembly lines where laborers spend hours on end grinding up raw heroin and spooning it into $5 street bags.
They've seen trash bags filled with coffee grinders that fried out after being used thousands of times to pulverize the drugs into sniffable powder; they've confiscated tens of thousands of tiny glassine envelopes stamped with cheeky brand names like Barack Obama, DEA and Lady Gaga; and they've seized Build-A-Bear stuffed animals sliced open at the belly to reveal freshly smuggled wads of the raw narcotic. They've walked in on middle-aged drug packagers clad only in underwear — to prevent stealing — and surgical masks — to keep them from getting high from the airborne powder.
Related: How a heroin assembly line works (PDF)
But for local investigators, one case stands out: an April 2011 raid on a new suburban two-family home on Grandview Place in Fort Lee, a quiet green cul-de-sac near the George Washington Bridge, less than 1,000 feet from a school. There, investigators found a woman at a kitchen table, stamping glassine bags filled with heroin while her preschool-age daughter sat nearby eating cereal. She was among a dozen Dominican immigrants who had been bused in from the New York City overnight by minivan to work the 12-hour shifts needed to meet what cops call "a ravenous demand" for opiate drugs.
Related: Heroin's poisonous path to North Jersey
"They can make a lot of money doing these jobs," sometimes up to $500 a day to work at a table, said Lawrence Williams, a top state police detective who oversees North Jersey's anti-drug unit. "The people who run them are very smart and organized and they like steady workers."
Heroin mills have become a major focus of the state police and other law enforcement officials who are trying to get drugs off the streets of North Jersey. But the micro-factories are relatively easy to set up and often difficult for authorities to identify. In recent years, more and more have cropped up in quiet suburban neighborhoods around North Jersey, in places like Fort Lee and Ridgefield Park and Maywood, a development that alarms the authorities, who believe the best way to disrupt supply is to kill off the mills.
They are the linchpin of the heroin trade, where a cartel's raw product meets local distributors. It is there where the stakes are the highest, because there is so much product and so much cash. A kilo of raw heroin worth $70,000 wholesale, received by a local cartel contact in the United States, is processed at mills into at least $140,000 worth of doses, parceled out in bulk to mid-level distributors, whose workers sell it on the streets. It is a delicate supply chain and while the return on investment is great, so is the risk.
Breaking a drug mill like the one on Grandview Place takes weeks of coordinated work by multiple law enforcement agencies, according to Williams and a dozen other drug investigators interviewed. Participants include the state police, Drug Enforcement Administration agents, detectives from Bergen and Passaic
counties and sometimes out-of-state groups like the Pennsylvania State Police, or the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for New York City.
Such was the case when the red-brick Grandview Place site was blitzed on April 29, 2011. The leads that led to the raid were generated on the Manhattan side of the George Washington Bridge, according to New York officials. The bridge has become a key artery for New York heroin wholesalers looking for quiet places in the North Jersey suburbs to set up mills and process their wares.
Leads often come from confidential informants looking to bargain their way out of long prison terms by turning on confederates. From time to time, a tip comes from a rival mill operator looking to put a competitor out of business.
And sometimes tips are pure chance. One former federal agent recalled a case in which a trash collector told investigators about a house where dozens of coffee grinders were regularly put out with the trash. Sure enough, the house was a heroin mill.
The Grandview Place mill was first identified after New York agents saw a minivan routinely collecting Dominican immigrants from a street corner in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. Investigators followed the van to Fort Lee and watched as it pulled into the garage of a clean-looking, three-story house with windows covered by black trash bags.
In the raid that followed, 10 workers were arrested, including the mother of the young girl eating cereal, who was charged with child endangerment. Agents seized 5.5 pounds of unprocessed heroin, $50,000 in cash and all the usual trappings of a small-scale heroin processing operation.
The presence of Dominican mill workers was not unusual. When Colombian cartels began funneling heroin and cocaine into the United States, through the Caribbean, some Dominicans in the U.S. were brought into the drug trade. Today, even as more of North Jersey's heroin comes over the border from Mexico, drug trafficking organizations continue to recruit heavily among large Dominican populations in the suburbs of North Jersey and in Manhattan.
Bridget G. Brennan, the special narcotics prosecutor for New York City, said mill operators hire from the Dominican communities because they would be unlikely to break the code of silence, for fear of retribution against them and their families.
"This keeps the operation very tight," she said.
Round the clock
Heroin processors choose nondescript rented residences like the Grandview Place home because they can comfortably run 24-hour-a-day operations without drawing the attention of neighbors or police for several months before moving on to a new space.
Inside, workers sat at a 6-foot-long table methodically folding thousands of glassine envelopes filled with heroin and taping them shut. Cans of Red Bull energy drink were near at hand to keep them going during hour after hour of the tedious work, authorities said.
At a separate table, the men in charge of the mill used sieves and pestles to stir ground heroin with milk powder. Two men with tiny spoons filled the empty glassine envelopes with a minute dose — enough for a high that will last about an hour. The bags were stamped with logos from McDonald's, Adidas, Best Buy and Budweiser, authorities said.
While Paterson remains a hub for heroin processing and sale, authorities say more mills like the one on Grandview Place are invading the suburbs. And it's not just a matter of convenient geography and cheap, secure real estate. The trend is intimately connected to the recent sharp increase in opiate addictions among middle-class New Jersey residents. The demand is there, and the supply has followed.
Until a few years ago, state police in North Jersey were focused more on cocaine than heroin. Then, in 2007 — as prescription pill addiction and heroin abuse began to rise nationally — a heroin mill was uncovered in a residential area of Elizabeth, a two-family home operating as a full-scale assembly line. It was "emblematic," Williams said, signaling a shift in heroin packaging to the suburbs.
State police and New Jersey DEA agents have broken up more than 50 mills over the past decade — about half of them in suburban locations — and seized a combined total of about 1,000 kilos of raw heroin, according to an analysis of data provided by both agencies.
Generally, pure heroin arriving in New Jersey is collected by a distributor, often with ties to Mexican or Colombian syndicates and to local criminal elements, who bridges the divide between South American producers and dealers.


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I'm in on a new change date. I'll commit to two sets to start with. (I just had so much going on that I needed to finish first.) I really want in on this swap. Thanks for compromising on the "Must be to me by " date.
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I'm in on a new change date. I'll commit to two sets to start with. (I just had so much going on that I needed to finish first.) I really want in on this swap. Thanks for compromising on the "Must be to me by " date.
My little shinning stars. Brantley, Kaylynn, and Emmalee
Welcome Judith1005! Hope you have and share your blocks when finished.
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Sorry I have not gotten back with you til now. I lost my job the first part of November and was swamped with looking for a new job, Thanksgiving and other commitments.
I would like to sign up for 2 sets. The extra two weeks was a deciding factor
Awesome and welcome. Glad the two weeks helped. Sorry to hear you lost your job though. I do hope you found another one and things are settling down there. I put you down for the 2 sets.
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I start my new job on Tuesday!! Yay, I can breathe now.
Pick out one of the block patterns today while at the VA Eye Clinic with my dad. Gonna look through some patterns/books this evening for the second.
I have several things going on this month. BOM, dolls clothes for my neice, no sew blanket for DS girlfriend and a mystery lap quilt.
Awesome cant wait to see what you come up with. I happy you found a job too !
I know what you mean I have been extremely busy myself. I also have a few block ideas just haven't had time to work on them. I made 7 tie blankets and have a few more to go. Then going to sew a few. I just made two scarf's tonight with the red heart swerve yarn. It's really cool.
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if i am correct postage will be going up Jan. 27th , 2013
here is the rate changes:
New domestic retail pricing for Priority Mail Flat Rate products include:
Small box $5.80
Medium box $12.35
Large box $16.85
Large APO/FPO box $14.85
Regular envelope $5.60
Legal envelope $5.75
Padded envelope $5.95
so this means for me to mail back your lovely blocks the price changes affect us.
Please put $5.95 in money or stamps in your envelopes along with your address label.
not sure about delivery confirmation but will call post office and ask and post it in the next few days.
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If you will do the postage on-line, you'll save between 30 - 50 cents plus delivery confirmation is free. I rarely buy postage at the Post Office any more -- doing it on-line is both easier and cheaper. If you do go to the Post Office, consider sending them by First Class Parcel -- you'll save about $1.50.
Ok didn't know all that. I never did postage on line always went to the post office. It's just a few blocks away but will look into . Thank you for the info.
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OK. I got all my manuals out for my embroidery machine. Set up the computer, the disc thingy and the module that goes with it. But I spent all day trying to figure it out. Tried to get the tutorial to work and that wasn't going. Tried to look at the installation...that loaded but then I got some other kind of error. I am sure that it is not this hard to do. Now I can't find that hoop that goes with it. I can see it in my mind's eye but can't place where I saw it. So I have quit for the day. Tomorrow I will start again and see what happens.
Dreaming of New England while being stuck in So. Calif.(the asphalt jungle of the world.) But hey the Happiest Place on Earth is here.