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Definition of sassy
Examples of sassy in a Sentence
Director J. J. Abrams has put the pop back in summer popcorn movies. His Star Trek, an exciting and sassy revamp of the classic sci-fi TV show and film series, is a blast in every sense of the word. —Leah Rozen, People, 18 May 2009
Tamara, a youngish assistant district attorney who was wearing heels, Levi's, and a sassy blazer, was placing a tablecloth and vase with pink flowers on a table bearing a pink Sweet Sixteen banner and three pink-frosted Sams Club birthday cakes inscribed with "bring," "them," and "home" in black cursive icing. —Samantha M. Shapiro, Mother Jones, March/April 2007
You might be in London, but the scene—from the counter stools and padded booths to the sassy waitresses and overhead TVs—is pure southern honky-tonk. —Gourmet, March 2005
She bought some sassy high heels.
sassy kids shouting, "Out of our way, you old geezer!"
Origin and Etymology of sassy
alteration of saucy
First Known Use: 1833
SASSY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of sassy for English Language Learners
: having or showing a rude lack of respect
: very stylish
: confident and energetic
SASSY Defined for Kids
Definition of sassy for Students
: having or showing a rude lack of respect sassy children a sassy answer
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Casa Magna Dominican
After I finished this, I realized Steve R just wrote the same. Whatever, it just shows the communication gap that happens when you sit five feet apart. Plus, it's an obvious vote of confidence for a really good new blend….
March Madness is in full swing around here, and between the basketball brackets and the ongoing push to enjoy as much daylight savings as I can, there's not much time for cigar reviewing. Smoking them, sure, but to actually take the time to sit down and make sense of my thoughts on a blend? That's a bit more complicated and time-consuming. But since so many of you seek out these reviews and since the big dogs around here have been bugging me about it, I decided to take a moment to reflect on Casa Magna Dominican.
But before we get to all that, a little background on the brand itself. It's kind of a funny story, actually. Casa Magna is the brainchild of Manuel Quesada, who also happens to own a factory in the Dominican. But that's not where he chose to produce the original, 93-rated, #1 Cigar of 2008, Casa Magna....instead, he took it to Nicaragua and teamed up with Nestor Plasencia. A very atypical cigar industry scenario. But here's where the story gets even stranger. His next Casa Magna release was Oscuro, and once again, rather than playing the home field advantage, he opted to have it manufactured in Honduras. But the point of the story is this: he's finally come home, and Casa Magna Dominican is finally manufactured is his own factory in the Dominican Republic. So now the world makes sense again.
Now that we've delved into the history, let's take a moment to review the specimen at hand, shall we? The first thing I notice is a thin, brown wrapper that's evenly colored, with a very naturally fermented look. It's not super oily, but still, I find myself eagerly anticipating lighting this baby up.
The first puff is smooth and easy, with a notable sweetness that envelops my palate nicely. Besides the hit of sweet, I detect notes of toast caramel, nuts, and wood. A few more puffs and I notice a straight burn with a nice white column of ash. Overall, the character is mellow, which thankfully matches my mood at the time. It's easy to sit back and enjoy this one.
About an inch in, the strength starts to pick up nicely, hitting all sides of my palate. I can feel my salivary glands start to get going, and I can't help but notice how much I'm looking forward to what comes next.
Now I'm about halfway, and enjoying a nice array of spice, pepper, peat, orange, and ginger. The complexity is definitely impressive. Smoke production stays consistent, which is to say it's voluminous without being excessive. No complaints here in that department.
The final third reveals yet another layer of flavor, but this time it's a tinge of cream soda and pepper. As it comes to an end, I'll admit that I'm a bit disappointed, and hope that another makes its way across my desk in the near future. In short, Casa Magna Dominican is a SLAM DUNK for Manuel Quesada and a cigar I really enjoyed. Good thing he finally brought it on home to the DR.


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Tekamah NE Real Estate & Homes for Sale
18 Properties Found
The median home value in Tekamah, NE is $122,500.
This is
higher than
the county median home value of $90,400.
The national median home value is $185,800.
The average price of homes sold in Tekamah, NE is $122,500.
Approximately 61.93% of Tekamah homes are owned,
compared to 22.17% rented, while
15.9% are vacant.
Tekamah real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale.
Commercial properties are also available.
If you see a property you're interested in, contact a Tekamah real estate agent to arrange a tour today!
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4802 County Rd E Tekamah, NE 68061
Courtesy: Loess Hills Real Estate Lary Clark
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Truly a one of a kind property! Aptly named ''The Hideaway'', this property is as private as it gets in this part of the world! Custom designed by award winning Architect Jack Savage, this home has something for everyone. From the Italian Marble counters to the long grained Southern Yellow Pine custom floors to the antique fixtures imported from Europe to the custom windows affording a view of the river from every room, no expense was spared in the construction and decorating of this home! 201 acres ON THE MISSOURI RIVER, all but 7 acres in WRP. Great hunting, hiking, and fishing. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved boat ramp! Outbuildings include a guest house/garage/woodworking shop, pole barn, chicken coop, & garden shed. See supplement for related articles.
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Enjoy this non leased .42 acre property with seasonal canal access to Missouri River. Includes trailer featuring two bedrooms and one bath with central heating and AC. Open floor plan with living room/kitchen/dining area. Attached deck. Huge four season room also has its own heat and AC. This property includes a 500 gallon propane tank, working septic system, and shallow well. Shed on the property for tools/lawn mowers, etc. AMA
1003 J Street Tekamah, NE 68061
Courtesy: NP Dodge RE Sales Inc Fremont
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3 bedroom ranch on a corner lot with attached one car garage. Spacious living room, full unfinished basement.
Courtesy: Nebraska Realty Burt St
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Wonderfully maintained 2bed/2bath with bonus living area in desired Harbor 671. You can live here full time or come on the weekends. The 2+car detached garage can store all toys! The landscaping and routine maintenance already completed. Gates community, resident only boat launch and many hours of peace and quiet are waiting for you! Seller says bring me an offer!
1715 L Street Tekamah, NE 68061
Courtesy: Hike Real Estate PC Bellevue
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Fresh and clean home on large lot with no back yard neighbors. New paint, carpet and lots of other updates. Refrigerator and range/oven included. Large garage sized shed. Move right in.
Courtesy: NP Dodge RE Sales Inc WA Cty
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Courtesy: Rogers Burt County Real Estate
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Nice ranch style home, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, level corner lot, 1 car attached garage with 2 stall carport, nice open living room, dining room kitchen area, sliding doors to patio, nice sized bedrooms, built for handicap accessibility with larger doors through out and wider hallway, full basement with finished walls in most of basement, with open family area and partitioned office or work room area. Great location, close to school, downtown and several churches.
1804 L Street Tekamah, NE 68061
Courtesy: NP Dodge RE Sales Inc WA Cty
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It's all been done! Beautiful, big, well maintained & newly updated 1.5 story home sits up high w/great view. New paint, new carpet & flooring w/some hardwood floors. New Stainless Steel appliances. New bath fixtures. New updated plumbing. Newer windows, water heater & roof. Plenty of storage. Spacious living room w/office nook. Main floor bedroom has French doors that open to private deck & leads to above ground pool w/wrap around deck.Welcoming large enclosed front porch perfect for relaxing.
Courtesy: NP Dodge RE Sales Inc WA Cty
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Ranch home with 5th loft bedroom. Looking for peaceful living along quiet river inlet? Riverfront ranch in gated community. Enjoy view & wildlife from spacious great room, bedroom or living room french doors, or large deck. Relax with water activities. This home was, & can be again, a beautiful, serene retreat. The home had some water in 2011 flood, but has been partially remedied so mold didn't grow. It is ready to make it your own. With TLC & handiwork, you may never want to leave home.
1416 O Street Tekamah, NE 68061
Courtesy: Ortmeier & Associates Inc
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Tons of charm in this traditional American home! Wood floors throughout home, spacious bedrooms, gorgeous woodwork, fenced yard, double pane windows, NEW ROOF, detached two car garage & much more! Come take a look!!
1610 P Street Tekamah, NE 68061
Courtesy: WC Real Estate
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Very nice raised ranch home with a secluded patio for your enjoyment. Inside features 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, spacious kitchen and dining area and comfortable living room. An additional family room or master bedroom with shelving and patio doors. A 1+ car garage and plenty of storage in the basement. Outside features a large yard, lots of mature trees, a beautiful retaining wall full of flowers and a 12 X 20 storage shed with a loft. Feel like youre in the country while living in town!
1213 Q Street Tekamah, NE 68061
Courtesy: BHHS Ambassador Real Estate
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Price Improvement, so get to this one fast! NEW EVERYTHING from roof to basement with a New furnace, New carpet, New tile, New remodeled kitchen, New bath, New appliances & LED lights. With a large storage shed in the back and an extra large lot this has room for anything you can dream of. If you have been looking to get out of the city stop looking and start living.
1204 I Street Tekamah, NE 68061
Courtesy: NP Dodge RE Sales Inc WA Cty
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Charm, Character, Craftsmanship. New flooring and new paint throughout. Glass paned interior doors open to the dining room. Vintage light fixtures, natural stained woodwork. Basement has kitchen area for entertaining. Nearly 2100+ finished square feet on 3 levels. Garage has extra storage/workshop area. So much room and for such a great price!
1722 M Street Tekamah, NE 68061
Courtesy: WC Real Estate - Tekamah
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NEW NEW NEW!! Almost totally updated and refurbished ranch home on a corner lot atop the city with great views! New roof, new exterior paint, new windows, new insulated garage doors. New paint, new carpet, new kitchen and bathroom fixtures and cabinets. Walk out basement exits to a lattice screened rear porch. Alley access and a fairly flat yard for easy mowing. Loft above the garage is unfinished and usable for a shop or playhouse.
1413 I Street Tekamah, NE 68061
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Tidy small home that would be great for a starter home or other!. Also works well as a rental property. Large garage in rear with alley access. Siding and roof in great condition. Nice sunroom on southwest side. Quiet street. New carpet and great wood floors. Very heavily insulated home meaning utility costs will be manageable.
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Got Horses?? The perfect acreage if you need some space, a barn, and some pasture. On the highway 3 miles west of Tekamah, just a mile from Summit Lake. 3 bed 3 bath home with over-sized garage and two barns, one capable of housing up to 10 horses (70x100). Rural Water, good septic, and hooked up to natural gas pipeline. Full basement, partial finished, with lots of storage. Just under 5 acres, back-side of parcel lined by creek. Take a short drive to Tekamah and take a look!
1210 N Street Tekamah, NE 68061
Courtesy: NP Dodge RE Sales Inc WA Cty
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Step into this open, updated bungalow beauty! Uniquely remodeled kitchen, main floor laundry, newer carpet and paint in this well-kept home. Large deck with fenced backyard and additional alley parking. Seller had home-based business in lower level - still an option or use as your family room . School and court house across the street, downtown just a short stroll.
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Corning, the company that produces Gorilla Glass display for our current smartphones and tablets, has been showing their brilliant idea through teaser videos at Youtube. The video name called "A Day Made of Glass 2: Unpacked." In their teaser video, Corning has open our mind with their vision of the possibility using their Gorilla Glass in the future. Let's enjoy the following videos:
On their teaser video, we can assume that Corning has predicted, their Gorilla Glass has been widely used in many fields in the future, including schools, medical field, future tablet, transportation, home, entertainment, and many more.
If the Corning concept becomes real, it will help our next-generation technology reached a higher level. This new technology will help them to fight for a greener world, if we consider in terms of paper use at school(especially books and notebooks) and medical field report as shown on the video above. I hope this brilliant idea will become true soon, so we can enjoy this kind of technology too.
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Goomburra Forest Retreat
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Goomburra Forest Retreat
About the Hotel
Property Location
Located in Goomburra, Goomburra Forest Retreat is in the mountains and within the region of Main Range National Park and Mount Greville.
Treat yourself to a stay in one of the 3 guestrooms, featuring fireplaces. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and DVD players are provided for your entertainment. Conveniences include microwaves and coffee/tea makers.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and a picnic area.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include luggage storage and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Free WiFi
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Designated smoking areas
- Laundry facilities
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Free self parking
- Picnic area
- Luggage storage
- Total number of rooms - 3
Room Facilities
- Hair dryer
- DVD player
- Coffee/tea maker
- Yard
- Balcony or patio
- Private bathroom
- Ceiling fan
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Free WiFi
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Fireplace
- Shower only
- Stovetop
- Microwave
- Iron/ironing board
Hotel Policy
National Rating
This property has been awarded a star rating from the Australian Star Ratings Agency, Star Ratings Australia.


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Losers are remembered for being losers. The Vikings are remembered for being losers, not winners. That's how the bills are remembered as well. Just face it. 2 sb rings in 5 years? I will take that anytime. Are the eagles remembered for being a winning organization? Hell to the no. They are the #3 moat snakebitten franchise ever. Notice that the giants did not make that list. BTW, the Vikings did too. LOL. A loser is a loser. You want to succeed in this business? Close!!!
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Have we forgotten what to remember?
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The question Anzac Day celebrators don't ask is: why did they die? By Tom Hyland.
In the 1960s, thousands of war veterans marched on Anzac Day, the passing parade outnumbering those who came to watch. Among many young people, in the anti-war mood of the Vietnam era, Anzac Day was unpopular and seen as a maudlin glorification of war. Conservative guardians of the national culture, such as the RSL, feared that, as the veterans died off, so too would that indefinable element of the Australian character, the Anzac Spirit.
Forty years on, the scene is reversed: the marching veterans are now outnumbered by onlookers who have no personal memory of war. The old soldiers fade away, yet Anzac Day thrives as our unofficial national day. Dawn services, once reserved for an exclusive brotherhood of returned men, attract thousands who never served. Every year, young Australians make the pilgrimage to Gallipoli, where it all began.
So the Anzac Spirit endures. But the questions remain: What does Anzac Day mean? And when the solemn words "We will remember them" are uttered, what do we, with no knowledge of war, remember?
These questions underlie the debate sparked last week by the surreal proposal, since abandoned, to have pop singer John Farnham perform at this year's 90th anniversary Anzac Day service at Gallipoli.
On one level this debate was a one-day wonder, a media-contrived trans-Tasman tiff that portrayed "our" Farnham pitted against New Zealand's Neil and Tim Finn. But on a deeper level, the debate highlighted a profound divergence over a simple question: is Anzac Day a commemoration or a celebration?
For New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, the answer is simple. A killing field is no venue for pop singers, she said. A solemn day to mark sacrifice and service is "not a celebration, it's a commemoration".
The case for celebration was put by the director of Australian War Graves, retired Air Vice-Marshal Gary Beck. He promised that this year's Anzac Day service at Gallipoli would be solemn - but it also would be a "world-class" event, a multi-media spectacular with a video presentation, poems, classical music and a sound and light show.
"We've got young people who've been to beer festivals, to Dublin, to bullfights and we're trying to change their mood, to educate them what Gallipoli is about," he said. They would come to Gallipoli primarily to "celebrate our nationhood".
Once, we who have not been to war had only our imaginations to conjure images of battle in an attempt to give meaning to remembrance. Now, according to the organisers of Anzac Day, imagination isn't enough.
Only a few years ago dawn services across Australia were basically for veterans. Cameras were banned and children were discouraged. All that was heard was "Stand to", a few simple words of remembrance and the Last Post. The solemnity was in the silence.
Now, the Melbourne dawn service has a narrator, who speaks of the nobility of Australian soldiers who dashed with songs into battle. Recitations are delivered. Sharp volleys of rifle fire crack through the morning stillness in a military drill that manipulates the emotions. The reverence in the crowd is real enough, but for me it seems almost like a quasi-religious ritual in a secular faith.
So much has been added to the service yet something is missing. I come away from the Shrine of Remembrance feeling vaguely uneasy. This is a sentimentalised commemoration. The squalid wasteful barbarism of battle, where young men die in agony and fear, crying out for their mothers, is not evoked. Instead, the day risks becoming a celebration of the cult of the warrior, a festival of the digger.
The thousands of young people who now flock to Anzac Day are no doubt drawn by feelings of awe, reverence and gratitude. It is admirable to honour the past.
And yet, if we turn this day into a celebration that wallows in the myth that Australians are uniquely natural and noble warriors, and if we allow it to be appropriated for a contrived and unquestioning spirit of nationalism, part of the meaning is lost.
We can each draw our own lessons from Anzac Day. In the deep quiet gloom of the pre-dawn, we can try to imagine what it was like, honour our dead and, above all, ask ourselves: Why did they die?
This is a question the celebrators don't ask, because to do so is to question the callous folly of politicians and generals who deceived those young men and sent them to their deaths. The deceit was repeated again and again. In Vietnam. In Iraq.
Rudyard Kipling, the poet of the British Empire, knew about deception of the young. He too celebrated the cult of the warrior, only to see his own son swallowed by the horror of the Western Front in World War I. After the war, tormented by guilt and remorse, he wrote:
"If any question why we died,
"Tell them, because our fathers lied."
We hear plenty of Kiplingesque words on Anzac Day, but not these ones.
Tom Hyland is national news editor of The Age.


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Comprehensive model of social services and legal assistance to meet the physical and mental health needs of unaccompanied immigrant children
It is projected that 7,350 unaccompanied immigrant children, ages 4-17, will be sent to detention in 2006; 4,700 of these children will be released into local communities. North Carolina hosts one of the fastest growing immigrant populations in the country; annually, the federal government releases about 200 children from immigration detention into North Carolina's communities. Many of these children become foster children due to parents' deportation, parents' poor health status, coming to this country unaccompanied and cultural perceptions of neglect or abuse by authorities. After their release, only 5 percent of these children receive follow-up care for their medical, mental health and educational needs. The United States Commission of Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), in partnership with Legal Aid North Carolina, will develop a pilot project that will provide services to the children released each year to a relative or the state welfare system into North Carolina. The purpose of this project is to provide cultural and linguistically appropriate services, including home visits, referrals, legal forms, linkages to youth services, after-school programs and scheduling health visits. Further, it will implement an interdisciplinary model that links bilingual/bicultural social workers with pro bono attorneys that USCRI have identified to represent these children. The project will develop and compile resources, including "practice tips" on social services issues tailored to the needs of unaccompanied immigrant children. This information will be disseminated through the USCRI's online newsletter and its training curriculum on child and immigration law. This project will provide a state-based model of comprehensive service delivery that can be replicated in regions of the country that experience a lack of services to this population.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $410,570.00
Awarded on: 8/24/2006
Time frame: 9/1/2006 - 8/31/2009
Grant Number: 57137
United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc.
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 350
Arlington, 22202-3711
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MILK MADE: Butter, yoghurt, cheese are traditional milk products. A new non-edible product though is made from a protein in sour milk. A German fashion designer and scientist has found a way to manufacture a soft and washable organic fabric from sour milk. It's quick and easy to produce, and eco-friendly. Except maybe for how eco-unfriendly milk is to produce in the first place. Watch the video for details.
SPORTING WIFI: The new 18,000 seat sports stadium in Kansas City has not only 300 HDTVs and shade for every seat, but also a powerful WIFI network so all the fans can use the Internet at the same time via their smartphone or iPad. They expect fans will order food, update Facebook and check scores without a single dropped connection. I know plenty of tech conferences that'd like to book in there. There's a podcast at IEEE Spectrum.
SEEING THROUGH FOG: The new Moisture Glasses from J!ns are designed to keep your eyes from drying out.
They fit snugly like swimming goggles and release a fine mist of water or eye drops to moisten your eyes.
Available soon in Japan, where they always have fresh ideas. DVice tells the story.
HEALTHY TATS: A tattoo made with special nanoparticles may allow diabetics and others to monitor their blood sugar or sodium with an iPhone. Scientists at Northeastern University, USA, created a solution containing nanoparticles that fluoresce when exposed to a target molecule, such as sodium or glucose. The smartphone can then track changes in the level of fluorescence. A small case with LEDs that provoke fluorescence fits over the iPhone. A light-filtering lens over the iPhone's camera filters out everything except light emitted by the tattoo. At the moment the smartphone images are sent to a computer for analysis, but the researchers hope to create a specialised app. Shiny.
Details at Technology Review.
CURIOUS GALE ON MARS: NASA's Curiosity Rover should land on Mars in August 2012, inside the 154 Km wide Gale Crater, named for an Australian astronomer. The rover will pick up samples from the lower slopes of an almost 5 Km high mountain in the crater. Scientists hope to discover how the water on Mars disappeared. Nuclear-powered Curiosity is 3 metres long and weighs 900 Kg. Rather than landing in an airbag it will slow with a rocket thruster and be lowered to the ground on a tether. Precise placement will be a great start. There's more at USA Today.
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April 19, 2013 – Diana Untermeyer, wife of former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Chase Untermeyer, will give a lecture at Dutchess Community College about Qatar's culture, history and journey into modernity on April 29 at 7 p.m. in the James and Betty Hall Theatre on DCC's Poughkeepsie campus. The country's natural gas wealth and strategic location make the small nation a rising political and economic power.
The Untermeyers lived in Doha, Qatar's capital city, from 2004 to 2007, and their experiences are chronicled in Diana Untermeyer's 2012 book, "Qatar: Sand, Sea and Sky."
The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the World Affairs Councils of America, together with the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley and the DCC History, Government and Economics Department. For more information, contact DCC Associate Professor of History Andrew Rieser at (845) 431-8513.


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Cornell Black Students United Deliver List of Demands to President Garrett
Curriculum, compositional diversity, mental health and wellness, governance, support services, symbols
Cornell Black Students United's list of demands have been released online .
The six categories of demands are listed and explained in a seven page letter that was delivered to University President Elizabeth Garrett and Vice President Ryan Lombardi on Tuesday. Here is a summary of the demands:
1. Curriculum demands:
2. Compositional diversity demands:
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PGI-8/ICS-8 Seminar: Dr. Mario Birkholz (IHP, Frankfurt/Oder)
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- 04.11.2013 11:00 Uhr
- Veranstaltungsort
- Gebäude 2.4w, Seminarraum 309b
Seminar des PGI-8 / ICS-8:
Titel: BioMEMS for affinity viscosimetric detection of low-molecular weight analytes
Sprecher: Dr. Mario Birkholz (IHP, Frankfurt/Oder)
Datum: 4. November 2013 Zeit: 11:00
Ort: Gebäude 2.4w, Seminarraum 309b
A fully embedded microelectromechanical system (MEMS) will be presented that operates as a microviscosimeter and may be applied for the detection of low-molecular-weight analytes by usage of an affinity assay. The binding competition between two ligands to a receptor molecule is utilized, with one of the ligands representing the target molecule, the concentration of which shall be determined. For the detection of glucose, for instance, the plant lectin Concanavalin A and the glucose polymer dextran are used. The viscosity is determined in a quasi-electrostatic mode by bending a 50 nm thin cantilever within the assay and measuring its velocity. Biostability of the MEMS was established by fabricating the mechanical components from the conductive ceramic TiN as available in the back-end-of-line (BEoL) stack. The in vitro operation of the sensor chip within the physiologically relevant range of glucose concentrations and its preparation with a 0.25 μm CMOS/BiCMOS pilot line will be illuminated. In addition, further biosensors under development will be outlined. The technology for their preparation is offered by IHP to external customers via a multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttle service.


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Japanese labels Porter and BEAMS add to their collaborative range with this pouch bag. A perfect size for an iPhone/iPod/camera, the pouch is made with padded material to protect your gadget and features a zipper as well as toggle fastening. Branding utilises BEAMS' signature orange along with Porter's stamp. The pouch is available now through BEAMS, Porter and select stockists in either Black or Navy.
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Games I Own: Samorost 2, the greatest Flash game ever
Posted on 7th Aug 2009 at 08:12 by Richard Swinburne with 4 comments
Ahh Samorost 2, my first ever online game purchase.
The first Samorost is as excellent, and can be played online - something I suggest you do right now. The sequel is just as good, if not better.


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I have a little twig decor to share today.
Twig Easels
I received some wonderful art from a favorite blogger friend and Etsy artist last week. Andrea is a fellow nature lover and has an amazing way to illustrate what she sees and how she feels in nature. I needed a way to display her art properly and knew using nature was a must so I came up with these little twig easels. All you need to make them are twigs and glue (or tiny nails).
Using 3 twigs, glue (or nail) the "A" shape of the easel together.
Then, glue the fourth twig to the back which makes the third leg of a tripod shape. Let it dry and it's ready for display.
I think this is such a cute way to display Andrea's art!
*Please visit any of the following links to see more of Andrea and her amazing art- cider & faun, believing nature, littlebighead etsy shop
Twig Dragonflies
The little ladies had to join in the fun and made dragonflies from twigs. They thought maple seeds were just too fitting for dragonfly wings.
We tied them onto a stick to make a mobile that is hanging in the kitchen.
Now to go and get those little ladies inside for their showers, then to bed!
The Outdoor Challenge Participant of the day– Cara and her son Bugsy, of Oakbee Farm, went on a dragon hunt the other day and found this beautiful creature-
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|1,140 sq. ft.
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House 9098 in the town of Brsečine, Dubrovnik - South Dalmatia has accommodation units of type Apartment (1) and is 600 m away from the sea. A beach is nearby (pebble). No other guests will be present in the house for the duration of your holiday. The hosts will not be in the house for the duration of your holiday. The house owner is under no obligation to accept additional persons and pets that were not stated in the reservation request and it is necessary to report them in advance.
Apartment can accommodate 10 guests. Beds are situated in 4 sleeping rooms, within 106m2. Guests can enjoy a sea view from the private terrace. Food can be prepared using barbecue which is shared with other guests too. This accommodation unit welcomes pets at an additional charge.
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE: tourist tax, final cleaning, air-conditioning, parking, internet, baby cot, iron, ironing board, hairdryer, portable barbecue.
OBLIGATORY ADDITIONAL COSTS: short stay surcharge.
OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL COSTS: pets (€5.00 per night), additional bed (€10.00 per night).
The availability of additional services for your chosen dates of stay, as well as their prices (if none are listed) must be checked ahead of time. Any additional services not shown in the price calculation are payable directly to the property owner and only if used by the visitor.
Living room (9 m2)
Dining room (5 m2)
Bedroom 1 (15 m2): Double bed (2), Sofa (1)
Bedroom 2 (19 m2): Double bed (2), Sofa (1)
Bedroom 3 (16 m2): Double bed (2)
Bedroom 4 (16 m2): Double bed (2)
Kitchen (4 m2): Standard equipment: Refrigerator, Stove, Sink, Additional equipment: Combined refrigerator/freezer, Dishwasher, Oven, On request: Microwave oven, Water kettle, Coffee machine
Bathroom 1 (5 m2): Shower
Bathroom 2 (4 m2): Shower
Hallway (13 m2)
Terrace (67 m2): Sea view, Sun protection, Access from: Living room, Dining room
Balcony 1 (6 m2): Sea view, Access from: Bedroom 1
Balcony 2 (6 m2): Sea view, Access from: Bedroom 2
Infield (Well-kept), Courtyard (50m2), Parking lot (Number of parking spaces: 3, Distance from the house: In the courtyard), WiFi Internet, Hairdryer, Iron, Ironing board, Portable barbecue, Baby cot
Facility is situated near the Adriatic highway
The Adriatic highway between the property and the beach
Number of stairs from the property to the beach: 152
Car access possible: Yes
The facility is not located in quiet surroundings
The facility is partly surrounded by vegetation
Sea: 600 m
Beach: 600 m
Supermarket: 6 km
Restaurant: 700 m
Emergency room: 21 km
Post office: 9 km
Diving Centre: 21 km
Clinic: 12 km
Pharmacy: 21 km
Internet cafe: 21 km
Exchange office: 9 km
Tourist info: 9 km
Adriatic.hr is the leading agency for private accommodation in Croatia. The agency was founded in 2000 and has been developing and growing ever since. We have expanded our private accommodation offer, we have gained new foreign partner agencies, and we have a growing number of customers. Our main goal is a satisfied customer- before, during and after using our services. We are committed to finding and managing a pleasant stay for our customers in the destination of choice. The agency supports the client from the moment they submit a booking till the end of their stay.
*Plus compulsory or optional charges based on actual occupancy or consumption. The payment has to be made in the currency offered by the property manager, before use of conversion tool. Payments in other currencies have to be negotiated beforehand with the property manager. The currency conversion tool is provided for your convenience only and is non-binding.


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Popular property highlights
Located in Cavtat, Remisens Hotel Albatros is within a mile (2 km) of sights such as Cavtat Harbor and Bukovac House and Gallery. This 305-room, 4-star hotel has 2 restaurants, an outdoor pool, and an indoor pool. It's in central Konavle and also close to St. Nicholas Church and Rector's Palace.
Free hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning from 6 AM to 10 AM. This hotel is home to 2 onsite restaurants, perfect for a quick bite to eat. Satisfy your hunger without leaving your room with room service, or quench your thirst with a beverage at the bar/lounge or coffee shop/café.
The 305 air-conditioned accommodations feature balconies and afford space to spread out with separate bedrooms. Guests can enjoy free WiFi and satellite TV. Other standard amenities include minibars, safes, and phones.
Remisens Hotel Albatros features an indoor pool, an outdoor pool, and a children's pool. Self parking is available for EUR 52.5 per night. The 24-hour front desk has multilingual staff ready to help with tours or tickets, and answer any questions about the area. Other amenities at this beach hotel include a health club, a sauna, and outdoor tennis courts.
Property features
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Outdoor pool and indoor pool
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Remisens Hotel Albatros
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool and an outdoor pool, Remisens Hotel Albatros provides outdoor tennis courts and a health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This beach hotel also offers a children's pool, a sauna, and a terrace. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
- Children's club (free)
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Total number of rooms - 305
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Hair salon
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Children's club
- Number of floors - 4
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Terrace
- Tennis on site
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Outdoor tennis courts - 9
- Sauna
- Indoor pool
- Coffee shop or café
- Television in common areas
- Elevator/lift
- Health club
- Pool umbrellas
- Billiards or pool table
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Poolside bar
- Year Built 1969
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Indoor pool
- Children's pool
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis courts
- Children's club (free)
- Laundry facilities
- Playground on site
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
Remisens Hotel Albatros offers 305 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies. Televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs and hair dryers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.
- Room service (limited hours)
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub only
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Separate bedroom
- Desk
Where to Eat
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Remisens Hotel Albatros has 2 restaurants on site.
A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
Outdoor tennis courts and a health club are featured at the hotel. An indoor pool, an outdoor pool, and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Scuba diving nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Mountain biking on site
- Playground on site
- Water skiing on site
- Windsurfing on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 2 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 20 per pet, per night
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
24-hour check-in
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: EUR 52.5 per night
- Pet fee: EUR 20 per pet, per night
Hotel Name
- Hotel Albatros
- Remisens Albatros
- Remisens Family Albatros All Inclusive Cavtat
- Remisens Family Hotel Albatros
- Remisens Family Hotel Albatros All Inclusive Cavtat
- Remisens Hotel Albatros
- Remisens Hotel Albatros Konavle
- Remisens Albatros Konavle
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 2 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. In accordance with national/local laws, air conditioning may be restricted to certain hours from 01 June to 15 September.


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Sabrina tackles the challenge of making a 1908 Corset, a transitional year between the S-curve era and the straight-line Teens era corsets.
Kelly outlines the process of recreating this low-busted early 20th century corset from the original 1913 patent and pattern through to flossing and garters.
Jennifer shows you how to alter the pattern from last month, then sew the corset step by step, using the same vintage techniques as in the original.
Jennifer shows us an intuitive way to take a pattern from an existing corset. Includes pattern & shopping list for a simple, authentic 1910s corset.
A tatty old Ebay find leads to a fascinating journey of discovery, recreating both the corset itself and its owner's story.
Corsets don't have to weigh a lot. Here are a few vintage methods you can emulate to achieve a lightweight, yet strong corset.
Leather is considered to be one of the most difficult materials to work with, but it doesn't have to be. Marta shows us a few simple ways to make it easy.
If it stretches, zigzag sew it, or in this case, glue it! In talking us through a corset dress, there's more here on using latex from Mark Garbarczyk.
Latex corsets are a contradiction: stretchy, not firm; glued, not sewn. Sannie Kralt shows you how to make one for yourself.
A mysterious pattern book from the 1920s reveals its secrets... including two beautiful Edwardian corset patterns you haven't seen!
Jeremy discusses the concept of a "pivot" line to draft patterns, and drafts a 1950s girdle and a 50s longline bra to demonstrate.
Marta breaks with tradition from her usual leather corsetry to make a beautiful corded corset and discuss some pattern modifications therein.
Jenni constructs a simple Broche corset to help explore and understand the six rules of good corsetry.
Flo discusses the process for choosing and applying embellishments to your new lace corset.
Katarina takes us through the process of hand painting corsets for a custom "Pimp my corset" look.
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TSX hits one-month high as German data lifts financials
By John Tilak
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index hit a one-month high on Tuesday as positive German economic data and hope for a solution to Washington's fiscal deadlock boosted financial and energy shares.
A gauge of German analyst and investor morale rose sharply in December, fueling hopes that Europe's largest economy will avoid recession this winter.
"It shows that there is some prospect that the European economy may be starting to gain a little bit of traction. It's better than the numbers we've been seeing," said Rick Hutcheon, president and chief operating officer at RKH Investments.
Hutcheon said Canadian economic data was also encouraging. A Statistics Canada report showed the country's trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in October as imports fell to a 15-month low while exports increased.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE ended up 51.89 points, or 0.42 percent, at 12,282.36. That was above its moving average for the last 50, 100 and 200 days. Earlier in the session it hit 12,306.82, its highest point since November 7. All 10 main sectors on the index closed higher.
"Today is a fairly decent example of a broad uptick," said Youssef Zohny, portfolio manager at Stenner Investment Partners, a unit of Richardson GMP in Vancouver.
Zohny pointed to the culmination of a two-day U.S. Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday as a positive force. "Some investors are looking at that positively, potentially a little more clarity on the direction of monetary policy and their view of the economy," he said.
Though no concrete signs of progress were made public on Tuesday, a quickening in the pace of U.S. talks to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of looming spending cuts and tax jumps was also bullish for the market. Continued...


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As with many other issues, cable leads the way in providing comprehensive coverage of the current U.S. presidential campaign. As the results come in tonight, cable will provide a wide variety of choices to follow events as they occur.
The CYNOPSIS newsletter provides a comprehensive list of cable networks who will be providing coverage, which will include (in addition to the usual wall-to-wall coverage from the cable news outfits) BET, TV One, Comedy Central (live one-hour special with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert), BBC America, HDNet, Current TV, and others. The Wall Street Journal provides some details of the networks' plans: TV Networks to Boost Glitz for Elections.
User generated content will also play a role. Current TV will include content drawn from Twitter and Digg. NewTeeVee reports something else that sounds awesome:
Instead talking heads blabbing away, it will instead a provide a pulsating map set to a live DJ set by Diplo. Contributions will pop up from users on Digg, Twitter and 12seconds.tv.
Holy smokes.
Contentinople's Steve Donohue takes a look at how CNN is "reaching next-generation viewers [by] relying on more user-generated content and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter." Did you know that CNN's Rick Sanchez has almost 30,000 followers on Twitter?


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M2M modem and gateways provider Multi-Tech Systems has appointed Rodney Landers its new chief executive.
Landers has served as an advisory member on the company's board of directors since August and is credited with having an "extensive track record of success" in the tech industry.
In 2005, he founded Spectrum Design Solutions, which was purchased by Digi International (Minnetonka, MN, USA) three years later for the sum of $10 million, and is said to enjoy business relationships with some of the industry's most important players.
"I'm honored and excited to be taking the reins of such a well-established and highly regarded company," said Landers. "I look forward to continuing their tradition of innovation and customer service as we move the company toward the future and continue to enable the growing Internet of Things."
Multi-Tech Systems (Mounds View, MN, USA) also revealed that Patricia Sharma, the wife of late founder Raghu Sharma, has stepped into the role of chairperson, while Del Palacheck, who has worked for the company for nearly 40 years, has been appointed chief operating officer, with responsibility for managing day-to-day operations and overseeing the manufacturing, materials and facility management departments.
"I'm delighted that Rod [Landers] has agreed to take over this enterprise which has been such an important part of my family's life for so long," said Sharma. "He brings both energy and experience to the role, but most importantly, he shares Raghu's and my commitment to customer service, employee development and ongoing innovation, which is sure to honor my late husband's legacy."
Multi-Tech Systems claims to offer one of the world's most comprehensive portfolios of M2M products and services "with more than 22 million devices deployed worldwide and more than 80 patents".


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"Ada C. Chen" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
st: Error from replicating -ice- result on UNIX system
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:34:07 -0400
Dear all,
I run my -ice- program (for multiple imputation) in my PC, and it took
me almost 50 hours for one imputation, but I got the result without
error message. To fasten the imputation process, I tried to replicate
the same program in UNIX system, but I got error message as:
"invalid, ssesp is passively imputed" when it should be estimated with a logit.
I wonder if there is anything wrong with the passive subcommand or
anything I should have taken care of when I run a STATA program in
UNIX system.
Please help! Thanks!
Ada C. Chen
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I conducted an interview with acclaimed fashion diva, Ms. Holly Would, concerning Sasha Cohen's new LP dress. Here is the transcript:
Fetal: Please to comment on fashion:
Fetal: That's the precious little figure skater Sasha Cohen and her new dress which she designed herself.
Ms. Holly Would: Well, I don't hate it. But it would look better on me
Fetal: Here's the back of it:
Fetal: Darn, I was hoping there'd be something meaner you'd say!
Ms. Holly Would: Her favorite designers would spit on that dress, though.
Fetal: Flatchested people should not wear extreme V-necks, right?
Ms. Holly Would: Well, flatchestedness is IN right now.
Ms. Holly Would: Women in the know are going to extreme measures to make their chests smaller.
Ms. Holly Would: Doctors are performing WAY MORE breast reductions these days... they outnumber implant procedures ... something like 3:1.
Ms. Holly Would: Unless you're a porn star ... being small is IN.
Fetal: Why is that?
Ms. Holly Would: Well, clothing just isn't designed for breasts anymore.
Ms. Holly Would: It's all about hips and belly-buttons now.
Ms. Holly Would: Emaciated gypsy woman has replaced the DDD monsters of the 90s.
Ms. Holly Would: It's just like in the 20s. Women taped their breasts under their armpits so they could have flat chests.
Ms. Holly Would: And they HID their breasts beneath layers and layers of fringe.
Ms. Holly Would: Look at flapper dresses.
Ms. Holly Would: Then compare with fashion today.
Fetal: I see, so it's all cyclical
Ms. Holly Would: Sleek lines ... androgynous curves ... boyish hips...
Ms. Holly Would: 36 - 24 - 36 is OUT
Fetal: What does that mean for drag queens?
Ms. Holly Would: It means we need less birdseed
Fetal: Birdseed?
Ms. Holly Would: Birdseed makes good breasts.
Fetal: Oh is that a company?
Ms. Holly Would: No ...
Ms. Holly Would: It's the stuff you feed to birds.
Fetal: Wouldn't it get crunchy?
Ms. Holly Would: Yes -- everyone has a secret.
Fetal: Wouldn't it make evil birds peck your boobs to death?
Ms. Holly Would: LOL
Ms. Holly Would: I've seen girls fill old pantyhose with birdseed, and then cover it with silk. It molds to the human body well.
Ms. Holly Would: Water balloons work, but they burst under pressure.
Fetal: Birdseed sounds like a practical solution for Ms. Cohen
Fetal: If she ever needs breasts
Fetal: But who needs the mammaries?
Ms. Holly Would: Water balloons would freeze on the ice.
Ms. Holly Would: Even a waterBRA would freeze.
Ms. Holly Would: Her falsies would become projectiles.
Ms. Holly Would: Knocking out the Eastern European competition ...
Fetal: She's been known to attack other skaters.
Fetal: I have to send this to her people, they'll love the idea.
Ms. Holly Would: Hehe!
Ms. Holly Would: Drag Queens make good friends.
Fetal: Damn straight!
Ms. Holly Would: When my friend went to New Orleans, I sent her with fake boobs made of birdseed.
Ms. Holly Would: I have no idea how she got them through airport security ...
Fetal: New Orleans is run by inbred French people.
Fetal: Did she need them?
Ms. Holly Would: She needs them. She's very flat
Fetal: But she doesn't need them now, right? Since flat is in.
Ms. Holly Would: she needed them for Mardi Gras I guess... and this was 3 years ago
Ms. Holly Would: NOW she's finally in.


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Senate ready to make moves on gun control
Senate Democratic leaders expect a gun bill to move to the Senate floor that includes most of the proposals backed by President Barack Obama, with the notable exception of a ban on military-style, semiautomatic weapons, a top aide to Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said.
The bill would likely seek to limit the capacity of ammunition magazines; expand background checks to include sales at gun shows and other private transactions; and require better record keeping to keep guns out of the hands of those with mental illnesses. It would also try to curb gun sales in states with more relaxed gun laws to buyers in states with stricter laws. …
But the strategy outline also reflects a growing sense within Democratic ranks that some of the president's most ambitious goals—particularly the call for new bans on certain types of military-style guns often described as assault weapons—may be unrealistic, the Reid aide said.


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France Telecom Gains
From Standard & Poor's European MarketScope
France Telecom gained €0.40 to €24.77 after it confirmed buying 80% of Spanish mobile group Amena for €6.4 billion, offering to pay in cash. Co. will refinance part of the investment through a €3bn share sale, either to the sellers or through a public offering. Deal values Amena and its debt at €10.6 billion. Separately, note Co. releases 2Q results tomorrow. A consensus forecast compiled by Thomson puts revenues at €12.298 billion and EBITDA at €4.677 billion. Net profit is seen at €1.304 billion.
Eads was up €0.87 to €27.65 after the company posted second quarter net profit of €488m, up from €332m and beating estimates of around €375m. The company expects to deliver 360 planes in fiscal 2005, and is confident it will exceed its fiscal 2005 EBIT target of €2.6 billion. Eads raised its EPS guidance; it now expects €1.50 this year, up from €1.27 in fiscal 2004.
Publicis rose €1.15 to €27.10 after report ing first-half revenues up 4.6% to €1.9bn, or up 6.1% organically, beating forecasts of around €1.89bn.
Danone fell €1.30 to €83.15 after news a French regulator will launch an investigation into the Danone affair, Les Echos reports. This follows the frantic market talk suggesting the American food giant PepsiCo was planning to launch a bid on the company Meanwhile, ABN AMRO downgraded the shares to hold from buy, keeoing its 85.0 target price.
Siemens gained €0.38 to €66.18 ahead of fiscal third quarter results tomorrow. Consensus puts sales at €18.29 billion, group profit from operations at €1.25 billion, and net income at €711 million.
Deutsche Bank gained €0.78 to €71.78. Merck Finck expects the bank's 2Q figures, set for release tomorrow, will be burdened significantly by €300 million in restructuring expenses.
Puma was down €10.40 to €215.00 after the company posted 2Q net income above expectations at €58.9 million on quarterly sales of €395.5 million, up 12.3%.
Porsche was down €9.15 to €648.00 after its board okayed a fourth model line to be launched in 2009. Reportedly expects to sell at least 20,000 units per year. Furthermore, to invest some €1 billion in new four-door, four-seat model Panamera.
United Kingdom
Prudential was up £0.12 to £5.37 after its first-half operating profit beat forecasts
BAE Systems rose £0.07 to £3.02. ABN Amro upgraded the shares to buy from hold and increases target price to £3.40 from £2.50.
Glaxosmithkline was up £0.08 to £13.29 ahead of 2Q results tomorrow. S&P Equity Research estimates turnover £5.140 billion, operating profit of £1.70 billion, net income of £1.170 billion, and EPS of 20.4p. Retains buy and £14.50 target price.
Reckitt Benckiser was up £0.23 to £17.16 after UBS lifted its target to £18.00 from £17.00 and keeps neutral. Citigroup lifts target to £17.5 from £16.5, keeps hold and Co's 'core sector hold' status post a solid set of 2Q 2005 figures.


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Funeral service for Wilma Ruth James, 85, of Sealy, Texas were
held Wednesday, June 11, 2003 at 2 p.m. from Groom Church of Christ
in Groom Texas with Mr. Don Stone officiating. Interment was at Groom
Cemetery in Groom.
Wilma married Eldred N. James in Groom on January 14, 1934.
She was an Avon lady for 35 years and was a member of the Groom Church of Christ.
Wilma Ruth James died June 6, 2003 in Katy.
She is survived by her daughter, Betty Housley and husband
Bill of Bellville, son Edgar Lee James and wife Marianne of San Antonio,
daughter-in-law Lynne James of Happy, nine grandchildren and
sixteen great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband Eldred N. James and
son Eldred Wayne James.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to
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Church of Christ 101 Newsome Ave. Groom, Texas 79039 or to the
City of
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Filmmaker, artist, writer, animator and cinematographer Andrea Dorfman has been nominated as a leader in her many fields.
But the recognition feels uncomfortable to her.
"I don't feel like a catalyst," demurs the Halifax resident, who was born and raised in Toronto. "I don't think of my work that way."
So then how do you explain the five million hits that her music video, How to be Alone, has received on YouTube, or the book contract tossed her way by HarperCollins, which, in what appears to be a uniquely reverse move, is now planning to turn that popular project of hers into a book?
"Oh, in that particular case," says the graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD), "that was a collaboration with another artist, poet and musician Tanya Davis. A lot of my work is made that way, with other people."
It is also made with great care and integrity, qualities which have helped make the 44-year-old multitasking artist a person of influence.
"I've always resisted labels," she adds by way of explanation. "I do drawings, paintings, make film and write. I keep my options open.
"But," she adds, almost not able to help herself from being self-deprecating, "I'll never be an expert, that's for sure."
Still, in her own modest way, she's making a difference.
As well as teaching part-time at NSCAD and mentoring a young artist from a community college also in Nova Scotia, Dorfman, the youngest of three children born to an engineer father and a stay-at-home mother, has created a documentary film for the 160 Girls project, an initiative of African-Canadian charitable organization The Equality Effect.
She is also working on an interactive Web project through the National Film Board to be used as a tool for community development on Fogo Island, Nfld.
"That will be a big work," Dorfman says of the Newfoundland assignment, slowly warming to the idea that maybe she is something of a mover and shaker after all.
"In smaller communities you can stake a claim to something special. It's why I like living in Halifax. People have no problem approaching me to ask me to help them."
And to them, you can bet, she never says no.
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Clark It can take years for John Lees to finish a painting. In one case, it took him 30 years.
It takes so long because art is less about applying paint to canvas and more a kind of addition and subtraction daydream that he lets his mind follow until it's finished.
He is still working on paintings that he started in the 1970s, '80s and '90s.
"A painting will keep traveling with me," he said. "And I will keep painting on it."
His piece, "Courtyard" (dated 1989--2002) looks more like an excavation than an oil painting. A grid of perspective lines creates the floor of the courtyard and leads the eye into a thick stone wall.
"I exhibited it in an earlier state but I knew it wasn't finished," Lees said. "I felt that I was too in awe of the subject. I looked at it for a few years before it came together."
He sands and scrapes and tortures his work with paint strippers.
"I'm always surprised when I finish a painting," Lees said. "That moment where it climaxes, where it locks in finally, is always unexpected."
Lees finished 28 paintings last year, but has 45 unfinished paintings.
As a printmaker, Lees' process is much the same.
Lees, who is from upstate New York, has been at the Riverhouse Editions printing workshop in Clark finishing plates that he has been working on for three years.
His constant scraping and changing of the plates creates a da Vinci graininess, an etching that carries the memory of all the years Lees has been working on it.
As a painter, he enjoys the process of applying paint and then scraping it off to see what ghost it leaves behind.
In this series of prints, Lees has been working with an image he discovered during a landscape painting and drawing workshop in Boston.
The class was held right on the edge of a river so that Lees was looking down into the water.
"What I remember were the ripples that the ducks made in the water," he said. "I never forgot the gesture of the ripple."
Lees has been working on river-inspired etchings in a way that invokes the idea of a timeline.
"I'm very interested in the passage of time," he said. "And the way a river moves in one direction in much the same way as (time)."
The blurring and scraping of the image on a copper plate leaves behind the whispers of memories that remain on the mind even as the mind remains in the present.
Lees will leave Riverhouse and Colorado on Sunday. He imagines finishing five or six plates by then, with several plates that will have to wait for next year.
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Its an amazing thing isnt it? My grandpas 14 year old dashound has been diabetic for going on 3 yrs now. I give her incluin twice a day in the back of the neck along with feeding her special food. About a year into it her vision started to go, and now she it totally blind and eyes are a glazed over cloud, kinda freaky looking at her, always thought it would be funny to get her a set of goggles like motorcycle dogs have.
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Christie says NJ Transit chief wasn't to blame for loss of rail equipment during Superstorm Sandy
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Almost a year after Superstorm Sandy flooded hundreds of pieces of rail equipment that had been left in low-lying yards, Governor Christie said the head of NJ Transit was not to blame, but rather an employee who deviated from the storm plan — a move that caused $120 million in damage to rail cars and locomotives.
Christie said that in the chaos of Sandy's approach, a low-level manager who was in charge of securing hundreds of pieces of equipment at the last minute ditched a plan that was in place to protect the equipment, all without the knowledge of Executive Director Jim Weinstein.
Christie claimed that the unnamed employee was a civil servant and because of civil service rules, could only be demoted.
"It was a lower-level manager that made the decision on the cars … where they were placed," the governor told The Record's editorial board on Thursday. "It was not vetted up the chain as it was supposed to be vetted up the chain. Mr. Weinstein handled it internally because he's a civil service employee, and you can't just fire the person.
"He was demoted as a result of that decision, and that's what we could do," Christie said. "There's certain people, when you're governor, that you can fire, and there's certain people that the law does not permit you to do that to."
However, several officials close to NJ Transit said none of the agency's employees fall under civil service rules, and that the law that created NJ Transit in 1979 excludes the agency from the civil service system.
NJ Transit did not respond to questions about whether it falls under civil service or whether the employee is a civil service employee. In addition, the state's Civil Service Commission website makes no reference to NJ Transit in its jobs or policies. And NJ Transit employee applications and policies posted online make no reference to civil service requirements.
NJ Transit spokesman John Durso Jr. said the agency's officials had nothing to add to the governor's statements.
State Transportation Commissioner Jim Simpson, who heads NJ Transit's board, did not return a message for comment.
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The Record earlier this year sued NJ Transit after the agency refused to release a copy of its hurricane rail plan. After the public records suit, the agency released the document that showed the plan called for moving rolling stock to safer areas upland. In no place did it call for NJ Transit to leave trains in the Meadowlands or Hoboken yards.
Weinstein has said that the agency deliberately moved equipment to the yards because they had never before flooded and that weather models showed there was an 80 percent to 90 percent chance they would not flood. However, documents obtained by The Record show the agency had received a climate-change report four months before Sandy that identified the two yards as flood-prone.
Christie, meanwhile, said he had great confidence in Weinstein, though he acknowledged on Thursday that Weinstein is ultimately responsible for what happens at the agency.
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Someone at the docks indicated that there are two types of diesel at the pumps, recreational (read: what you get at the marina) and non-recreational (read: automotive). He said the only difference is the dyes and that recreational isn't taxed. I am worried about additives that might not mix well with the current fuel in the tanks or that aren't made to hang out in marine environments/engines. Is it OK to find
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Some marinas sell ValvTect marine fuel, which has stabilizers and biocides already added. (so we're told). Both are pretty important if you're leaving fuel in the tank over the winter.
Otherwise, I've never heard that road fuel would be bad for a marine motor. It is just taxed differently, which is the primary reason for the color difference. Most buy diesel conditioner and biocides to add anyway, so I don't think it matters to your motor, if you do too.
On the other hand, I've always felt that paying a few more bucks for fuel at the marina is helping keep docks, water, power, parking lots, launch ramps, etc around for us. They don't just exist.
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Road fuel and off road fuel come from the same tank farm. Off road gets dyed red. The ValveTect additives are added by the distributor. It is all the same fuel one is taxed one is not and dyed red but they both originate from the same batches & tanks.. ValveTect dealers have stringent test that must be conducted at every fill up. Samples are taken and analyzed in order for them to keep the franchise.
Beyond that all marine engines start life as industrial, truck or tractor engines designed to run, what else, diesel.... Diesel is diesel.. Despite off road not being taxed it is still often more expensive than road diesel...
That said, I drain my tank in the winter...;)
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Half a Million Bottles of Beer on the Wall...Is What It Took to Build This Castle
Vegas is hardly the first city you think of when you think about green architecture. The town's reputation for sin just isn't readily equated with social responsibility and repurposed building materials. But that didn't stop one local design firm from engineering its own form of ecologically sound cement—out of pulverized beer bottles—and then building a Vegas-style castle out of it.
Realm of Design is a Sin City-based firm that architected GreenStone, a material that looks like regular stone but is actually manufactured out of recycled glass and fly ash.
Realm of Design's founder, Scott McCombs spent years designing the green material, which his company now uses to make all manner of home manufacturing goods like fireplace mantles and staircases.
But in true Vegas fashion, the firm also used its creation to build itself a sprawling castle.
Started two years ago, the newly finished Morrow Royal Pavilion now houses the company's 30,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.
According to a company statement, the castle is now the world's largest green building made out of recycled beer bottles.
It's fitting source material: The city is obviously rich in empty alcohol bottles; and GreenStone is made from the mountains of empties collected from the hotels that line the Vegas strip.
Though the castle may be impressive in its scope, its real power lies in its message. Realm of Design wanted to demonstrate that green building could still be practical and beautiful.
In an email to TakePart, company spokesperson Carla DiBlasi says, "Scott [McCombs] wanted to create a material that could utilize the glass bottles, save landfill space and build something extraordinary. He says it goes back to the quote from Dr. Suess' The Lorax. 'Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.' We're just trying to do our part."
All told, the Royal Pavilion took about half a million beer bottles to construct. That may only be the equivalent of one weekend's worth of drinking on the Vegas strip, but it's also the equivalent of acres of landfill space. According to Realm of Design's company statement, its castle saved over 400,000 landfill yards, or eight football fields if they were all piled to the top of the goal-post.
Many mistake glass as a natural substance that easily breaks down in a landfill, but that's not the case. Conservancy group estimates that glass can take thousands—even up to a million years—to break down.
But no matter the material's degradability rate, if it can be spared from being stuffed into a landfill in the first place, all the better.
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Among the fast bowlers around the country, Brett Lee is the only red-hot certainty to play in Melbourne. Lee bowled with plenty of pace at the SCG and anyhow is the last man standing of the quartet that has proved such a handful these past few years. Not that he is a great bowler - his figures in recent campaigns suggest otherwise - but he is fit and fast and capable of bringing a match to life with an inspired burst.
Lee's aggression is needed because this ingredient has been missing from the Australian attack. Opponents have been piling on runs with an air of comfort. Stuart Carlisle's century for Zimbabwe in Sydney in October was the warning and India's big score in Adelaide the confirmation that the Australian attack lacks menace.
Clearly, Lee will play in the Boxing Day Test. The rest is guesswork. Up and down the land, opening bowlers have been hurling the ball down in an attempt to catch the attention of the selectors. Many names have been bandied about - none of them ridiculous.
Denied the services of their two outstanding pacemen, the selectors have been sifting through the replacements. Among those currently in the squad, Andrew Bichel took wickets in Adelaide but paid Harrod's prices for them. Moreover, he generally has seemed happiest working behind a strong pair of new-ball bowlers.
Bichel puts his back into his work and his runs might be useful if the selectors decide to omit a batsman in order to play an extra bowler. Hereafter, the Australians are likely to bowl more pace and less spin.
On the face of it, Brad Williams and Nathan Bracken are the leading candidates to take the third and fourth bowling positions. Judging by their treatment in recent matches, though, neither is regarded as indispensable. Williams was left out at the Gabba and hurt a shoulder in Adelaide, where his efforts were praised by his coach. A dropped catch prevented him taking a crucial wicket. Before considering him, the selectors will want to be certain that his shoulder can stand up to five days of wear and tear.
Bracken was fair in Brisbane and was unlucky to be dropped. He has bowled well against Tasmania but took few wickets. Reservations seem to be held about his vitality but it has been hard to detect any weaknesses from the boundary. His height, angle and ability to bowl around the wicket add to his attractions. He may not be the type to rip off bottle tops with his teeth but he has matured into a lively bowler and he is fit.
Matthew Nicholson's name has been mentioned. Last seen spraying it around in the nets in Harare, where he was attempting to recover from the yips, Nicholson has fought back impressively.
A tall young man educated at a private school in Sydney, Nicholson contracted the yips when he was declared fit to tour Zimbabwe before he had properly recovered from a torn groin muscle. Like any other youngster chosen to play for his country, he kept quiet about his injury. Confidence was lost and it has been a long haul back.
Nicholson has the height needed to hit the pitch hard and push the Indians on to the back foot. His dismissals of the Indian left-handers in Hobart confirmed the point. If he is not in the selectors' thoughts already, he soon will be.
Among the pacemen chosen to play in Hobart, Shaun Tait looked the next likeliest to take wickets. Like Fidel Edwards, the emerging West Indian, Tait bowls full, fast and straight from a slingy action. He has a hunger for wickets and no great affection for batsman and is not nearly as "civilised" as most contemporary fast bowlers. It is intended as a compliment.
Several other contenders spring to mind. Ashley Noffke has reappeared and scored a timely ton at the weekend. Mathew Inness and Damien Wright have been taking wickets. Michael Kasprowicz has troubled the Indians on their own patch and swings the ball more than the younger fellows.
If the selectors are having some difficulty putting these candidates in order, it'd hardly be surprising. Great cricketers pick themselves. The rest need to be in the right place at the right time. Selectors have many factors to take into account, not least the need to be consistent. But Australia has fallen behind and cannot afford to pussy-foot.
The question is simple. Which bowlers would India least like to face at the MCG on Boxing Day? The answer is not quite so straightforward. But this might be time to gamble. A couple of blokes have put their hands up in Hobart and deserve consideration.
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Harsh midstate weather punishes trucking industry
The seasonally adjusted truck tonnage index decreased 4.3 percent in January and trucking industry officials know why: one of the most brutal winters anyone can recall.
"It's not the worst I've seen it, but one of the worst," said Jim Germak, owner of Jagtrux Inc. in Marietta, who has been in the freight business for 45 years. "I did a calculation at our terminal, and every time it snows, it costs us $5,000."
This winter has seen Central Pennsylvania pounded with repeated snow and ice, accompanied by below-normal temperatures. As a result, shipments have been delayed, trucks parked, and the driving time slowed by dangerous roads.
The American Trucking Association has been calculating the tonnage index based on surveys from its membership since the 1970s. The organization said trucking serves as a barometer of the U.S. economy, representing 68.5 percent of tonnage carried by all modes of domestic freight transportation, including manufactured and retail goods. Trucks hauled 9.4 billion tons of freight in 2012.
When bad weather strikes, it isn't just the obvious delays that cost money, said Germak, whose Jagtrux fleet includes 40 trucks. It's often the nickel-and-dime costs that add up to big losses.
"One of the big things is removing snow off the tops of the trailers. We don't have a $20,000 device for removing snow," Germak said.
Instead, Jagtrux employees drag scaffolding out and climb on top of each trailer, spending hours knocking off the snow. Otherwise, drivers face fines for not clearing their equipment.
"There's guys who would normally be productive in the shop and now they're out there shoveling snow off the tops of trailers," Germak said.
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At H.F. Campbell and Son in Greenwood Township, Perry County, drivers haul temperature-controlled goods, which presents "an additional challenge," said Frank Campbell, company vice president.
"A lot of the products we're carrying need to be kept warm," he said. "Whenever the temperature gets down to the single digits, we're still trying to keep bananas at 60 or 62 degrees."
Campbell has a fleet of 37 trucks, plus eight independent contractors. The company tries various methods to combat the cold, such as preheating trailers, raising the temperature settings and keeping the trucks idling while stopped.
"The added costs come whenever we have to reschedule loads. It slows everything down," Campbell said. "What you should be able to do in five days may take you six days or whatever."
And once orders fall behind, it is difficult for truckers to catch up, said ATA chief economist Bob Costello.
"Drivers are governed by hours-of-service regulations and trucks are limited to trailer lengths and total weights, thus it is nearly impossible to recoup the days lost due to bad storms," he said in a news release.
Truck drivers are limited to 70 road hours a week, a rule change from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that went into effect in July 2013.
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Carl DeFebo, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Turnpike, said the state has closed the interstates and restricted speed limits more often than normal this winter.
"If you have to sit there until the ice is cleared, however long that is, that affects the hours of service the driver has," said Jim Runk, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association.
Often, companies from warmer climates underestimate the power weather has over the freight chain, Runk added.
"You may have a shipper from out of the area who says, 'There's no snow here.' But he's got to understand that it's not that way everywhere," he said.
To make matters worse for bus and truck owners, the state's transportation funding tax kicked in Jan. 1, raising diesel prices by 12.9 cents per gallon.
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2017 Winter Meetings - Baseball Trade Show - Events
The 2017 Baseball Trade Show� will take place at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Dec. 11-13, in Orlando, Florida, in conjunction with the Baseball Winter Meetings� and the PBEO� Job Fair.
The Baseball Trade Show is attended by baseball professionals, from owners and general managers to stadium operations personnel and retail merchandise buyers. Representatives from all across Minor League Baseball and Major League Baseball will be in attendance.
Representatives check out the latest baseball-related products on the market and make purchases for player apparel and equipment, retail merchandise, promotional items, marketing services, entertainment, stadium needs and much more.
Spanning three days, the Baseball Trade Show is a catalyst for companies looking to interact with and gain valuable face-to-face time with professional baseball executives. More than 250 exhibitors will utilize approximately 100,000 square feet of exhibit space in the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel.
Exhibiting companies include manufacturers and distributors of apparel, caps, gift items, souvenirs, promotional products, stadium equipment, food and beverage products, player equipment and on-field supplies. Exhibitors will also include service companies, including insurance, architecture, concessions, printing, marketing, Internet and entertainment and many more.
More information will become available in the coming months. If you would like to subscribe to Baseball Trade Show e-newsletters and reminders, submit your email address here.
For more information regarding this event, contact Eileen Sahin-Murphy at email@example.com.