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DETROIT -- Saab takes SUV-performance to a new altitude as it announces the Aero performance version of the Saab 9-7X today. The limited edition 9-7X Aero will make its way to dealer showrooms early this autumn. The Saab 9-7X brings unique Saab brand characteristics to the midsize SUV segment, including sophisticated styling inside and out, premium design features, and the sporty and spirited performance inherent to Saab vehicles. Since its debut two years ago, more than 12,000 have been sold in the U.S. and Canada. For 2008, Saab adds the Aero model - the symbol of serious Saab performance - to the 9-7X lineup. The limited edition 9-7X Aero takes Saab's interpretation on the midsize SUV to an entirely new level accelerating the performance aspect of the sophisticated vehicle with a 6.0L V-8, 20-inch wheels and tires, unique paint and custom interior accouterments. "The 9-7X Aero is one great SUV to pilot," Shannon said. "We are excited to offer enthusiastic drivers an increased level of performance with the Aero, a symbol of Saab performance, in the midsize SUV segment." Rest of Story... Saab Aero Ute
___________________________________________ Heaven: where the police are British, the cooks French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian, and it is all organized and run by the Swiss. Hell: where the police are German, the cooks British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, and it is all organized and run by the Italians.
So...it's a fancier TB SS...I get it.
=================================No, Brian, it's a foreign car, the "T" is silent. Sweet, I'm getting an Audi!
Saab is still selling Chevies? Pity. The terms "performance version" and "SUV" have no business appearing in the same sentence anyway.
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Tons Of Fun:So...it's a fancier TB SS...I get it.This one has properly fitting interior panels though
Ce n'est pas une voiture
Ha. Another souless GM-ified "Saab".The Saab founders are surely rolling in their graves.
Please see manufacturer for details.
muchdrama:Ha. Another souless GM-ified "Saab".The Saab founders are surely rolling in their graves.I don't know if you can call 390-hp "soulless"; more like Swedish meatballs with Tabasco sauce.
_______________________________In case I don't see you...Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight!
muchdrama:Ha. Another souless GM-ified "Saab".The Saab founders are surely rolling in their graves.Neburg964:I don't know if you can call 390-hp "soulless"; more like Swedish meatballs with Tabasco sauce.Souless in regards to Saab, not GM.
Please see manufacturer for details.
I'd call it a suaver-looking trailblazer ss according to carsdirect.com, the Saab 9-7 5.3 sells for about nine or ten grand below sticker price.then again, the trailblazer gets a healthy discount too (according to carsdirect), showing a rwd Trailblazer SS with cloth seats going for $27k, not bad!
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by Kathy Marson
Spangle, Wash., June 20, 2013 -
The Upper Columbia Conference Camp meeting began with a bang this year as thunderstorms rocked the area around Spokane and Spangle just hours before guests began arriving. In spite of the weather, spirits are high in anticipation of the spiritual blessings to be received. Many have come just for that reason and of course to meet friends and make new ones.
New this year is the Health Screening available on the gym stage. Guests and staff can find out how healthy they are for a low cost. Those who want to walk a mile to warm up can also come to the Gym as a path has been created indoors. Just 14 laps is one mile. There are beans available so you can count your laps.
Also new this year is the Adventist Book Center's location in the Gym along with ministry booths. Come On over to see what's new and hot. Certainly the gym is warmer than the outside.
We covet your prayers for blessing on this wonderful and eventful camp meeting. Especially since the weather is wet and wild. Hope you get a chance to come to Spangle. For more information about camp meeting go to: www.uccsda.org/campmeeting. If the weather cooperates and with the Lord's blessing, you can watch the meetings from this site.

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10 Jordan Prutzer
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Villanova makes its home debut in the conference opener against Georgetown
2015: Appeared in three games, including one start... Compiled an ERA of 3.60 in her 11.2 innings with 11 stikeouts and held opposing batters to a .143 average... Had a fielding percentage of .500.
2014: Appeared in 22 games, including two starts in the circle as a freshman ... Pitched mostly out of the bullpen and went 1-2 with a 4.26 ERA in 47.2 innings of work ... Registered 33 strikeouts and was part of two combined shutouts ... Fanned one and allowed four hits during collegiate debut against Arkansas (2/22) ... Tossed 4.0 innings of scoreless ball out of the pen and allowed only three hits versus FAU (3/1) ... Earned first career victory during a scoreless 6.0 inning relief stint against Boston University (3/8) ... Tossed a perfect inning in a triumph over Marist (4/1) ... Recorded a career-high eight strikeouts in 5.2 innings against Lafayette (4/23) ... Struck out three in 2.1 innings of shutout ball at DePaul (4/26).
Methacton High School: Earned two varsity letters in Softball ... As a senior, finished 15-5 with a 1.16 ERA, 144 strikeouts and eight shutouts ... Received First Team PAC-10 Conference, First Team Pottstown Mercury All-Area, First Team Norristown Times Herald All-Area and Second Team Philadelphia Inquirer All-Southeastern Pennsylvania, all in 2013 ... Academic accolades as a senior include All-Academic Team, The Norristown Rotary Student Achievement, Herff Jones Principal's Award and 7th Congressional District Citizenship Award.
Personal: Born 1/31/95 in Collegeville, Pa. ... Daughter of William "Rudy" and Charlene Prutzer ... Played for X-treme Softball club for eight years ... Majoring in Comprehensive Science...Enjoys dancing, and listening to music...Chose to attend Villanova for the university's academic excellence, the chance to play softball at the Division I level, and the location was close to her home.


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A Eulogy to the Germ-Fighting Penny
February 4 of this year was a momentous day for numismatists as the Canadian Mint officially stopped distribution of the one-cent coin, the penny. The staple of change purses had been retired and would soon head the path of the $1 and $2 bills. While the reaction from Canadians was mixed, there was a general consensus that the loss, while timely and cost-effective, was still a sad end to a 105-year era.
The moment was also a sombre day for those striving to improve public health.
While the penny's only contribution to an individual's health is presumed to be good luck, there is another rarely known property of the lowly coin. It is a rather effective antimicrobial and can help to keep those fingertips clean.
The active component of pennies is copper, which has the ability to kill certain bacteria, fungi and viruses through contact. The mechanism is relatively simple: copper is a toxic heavy metal and slowly degrades when put into contact with anything that is wet. When the metal is released into an unsuspecting microbe, the consequences can be dire. The ions cause significant stress on the makeup of the cell and over time, cause it to either break apart or simply give up the will to live. It won't make a surface -- or your skin -- sterile, but it can definitely help to keep the burden of bacteria low.
The effects were first discovered by the agricultural industry back in the 1940s and were soon implemented to help prevent microbial spoiling of plants and fruits. The use of a particular mix of copper and sulphur, better known as copper sulphate, is a regular part of the winemaking process and may also help prevent lameness in livestock caused by a condition known as footrot. But it wasn't until the turn of the millennium when the true antimicrobial value of copper -- and the penny -- became apparent.
Ten years ago, there was a concerted effort to identify novel ways to prevent the spread of infections in the hospital environment. Regular cleaning and disinfection was the norm but a group of researchers were more interested in looking at alternate, passive means to kill these sometimes deadly pathogens. By taking surfaces made primarily of copper, they tested whether they could kill bacteria such as the number one foodborne illness, Campylobacter, the always troublesome methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the sometimes deadly Clostridium difficile and even the new antibiotic resistance bacteria known as Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, more easily called CRE.
The results were promising in almost all cases and soon there was a push towards the use of copper surfaces in hospitals to help prevent against the transmission of infectious disease. The copper industry even sought and gained the approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to officially call such surfaces antimicrobial. The influence of copper has become so popular that there is now interest in using copper-impregnated fabrics and textiles to help reduce the potential for infection during daily life.
But alas, while the microbicidal wonders of cooper continue to flourish, there is little that can be done for the penny. While the potential to help prevent infections is now a given, there is simply no way to convince the Mint to bring back the penny on the grounds of improved health. Besides, despite all the news promoting copper, there is one unfortunate drawback that may kill the penny's chances altogether.
In all of the studies where copper surfaces demonstrate an ability to kill germs, the surface was always clean and pristine. In fact, the only way that copper has any significant effect is when the surface is cleaned regularly. For something as ubiquitous as the common penny, this realization is all but a death knell to any chances of making a comeback. While hospitals and other institutions have cleaning and disinfection staff to keep their copper active, there is no such mechanism to help the coin -- its time is therefore certainly over.
Yet there is a chance to hold onto not just the memory but also the benefits of the forsaken denomination. Rather than store the coins in piggy banks and cardboard rollers, one can take them and sew them into the pockets of your pants, coats, and other clothing item. When there is a moment of concern -- and a lack of proper handwashing facilities and/or hand sanitizer -- rub those fingers on the penny and know that at least in the short term, the level of germs on your skin may be lessened. When you wash them in the laundry later on, you'll know that your penny will get that cleaning needed to keep it effective.
Just remember to sew it in face up to keep with the superstition of good luck. After all, when dealing with germs, you can never have too much of that.
I surely can't be the only one with fond memories of squishing pennies flat on the train tracks by my childhood home. But in not too long, only people as old as these awesome ladies will remember destroying pennies in such an awesome manner.
Canadian roots rockers The Skydiggers landed their biggest hit with "A Penny More," a bitter song that will one day make no cents, er, sense to the kids.
When this song based on the expression "in for a penny, in for a pound" came out, Melody Maker savaged it, saying "it promises little for the future of the band." And now the penny is out of circulation, just like Slade.
A penny saved used to mean a penny earned. But now it means nothing. Sorry, Sonny.
Former Faces/Small Faces guitarist was rock 'n' roll royalty. But as a working class Brit who had to earn his way to the top he knew the value of a penny.
My thoughts? Well, I guess the worth of my thoughts have now risen to a nickel. You're gonna have to pony up, Peter!
Don't worry, Dean, this song isn't going anywhere, even if pennies themselves will soon be as elusive as, well, heaven.
Nat sings "I went to the bank, but they had none to spare." Tell me about it, man.
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Investors are watching Cameco Corp. closely this week not just for its latest quarterly performance amid depressed uranium prices but whether it plans to put up a fight for Hathor Exploration Ltd.
The world's largest publicly traded uranium producer has extended its hostile $3.75-per-share offer for Hathor to Nov. 14, as it decides whether to top a friendly $4.15 offer from rival Rio Tinto PLC valuing the company at $578-million.
Saskatoon-based Cameco appeared to be caught off guard by Rio of London's bid on Oct. 19. Two days earlier, Cameco suggested Hathor shareholders give up hope of a white knight bid and tender their shares, even as Hathor shares continued to trade above the offer price.
Cameco has some decisions to make, starting with how badly it needs Hathor's large exploration-stage Roughrider project to meet its goal to double production by 2018.
Cameco likes the proximity of Hathor's properties to its own operations in the uranium-rich Athabasca region of Saskatchewan. Buying Hathor could also keep new competitors like Rio from muscling into the basin, which represents about 20 per cent of global uranium production.
What's intimidating for Cameco is just how high the bidding could go, given the kind of cash Rio can throw into the pot since it's the world's second-largest mining company and earns huge profits from a wide-range of commodities.
Cameco might find it necessary to arrange alternative means of financing its offer, said Dundee Capital Markets analyst David Talbot, noting it had $1.2 billion in cash at the end of the last quarter, much of it earmarked for capital expansion, and $1 billion in debt.
Cameco might try topping Rio with a cash-and-stock offer, which could be attractive to uranium investors, while limiting the amount of cash it has to put forward.
"This might give Cameco the opportunity to trump Rio Tinto, win the hearts and minds of the Hathor shareholders through valuation," Mr. Talbot said.
Rio's offer also has risks. The mining giant is betting that by time Hathor's project begins production, rules will change that prevent foreigners from owning more than 49 per cent of operating uranium mines. Or, Rio hopes Ottawa will make an exception.
The gamble for both Cameco and Rio has some analysts speculating the two companies could possibly join forces for Hathor.
It's not so far-fetched after Nunavut Iron Ore Acquisition Inc. and ArcelorMittal ended their long battle for Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. by proposing a joint bid earlier this year.
"Given that Rio Tinto does not have a mill in the area, is not a Canadian entity and does not have experience mining in the Athabasca, it would make sense for a future Cameco/Rio Tinto (51%/49%) partnership," Versant Partners analyst Rob Chang said in a recent note.
Cameco could offer its Rabbit Lake mill, Canadian status and expertise in the Athabasca basin, while Rio would be rid of worries of having to sell a stake at a later date to obey government regulation, Mr. Chang note.
As Cameco mulls its next move, the company is expected on Monday to report third-quarter revenue of about $618 million and earnings of 32 cents per share, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Spot uranium prices averaged about $53 in the third quarter, down from about $70 at the start of the year prior to Japan's nuclear disaster which sent prices plummeting.
Still, Cameco's earnings are expected to come in higher than last year when spot prices averaged about $43 in the third quarter. Revenues then were $419 million and earnings came in at 25 cents per share for the July-September quarter of 2010.Report Typo/Error
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Surah An-Naml
The Surah is named after one ant which was concerned about the rest of her tribe, "Till, when they came to the valley of the ants, one of the ants said: O ants! Enter your dwellings, lest Sulaiman (Solomon) and his hosts crush you, while they perceive not." (An-Naml 27:18)
Dua is directly proportional to closeness to Allah (swt)
If we Muslims concern about one another's well-being just like the ant our lost peace would return. Prophet Sulaiman (as) who was given the miracle of communication with the humans, as well as, other creatures like the ant. He smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "So he Sulaiman (Solomon) smiled, amused at her speech and said: My Lord! Inspire and bestow upon me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your Favours which You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds that will please You, and admit me by Your Mercy among Your righteous slaves. " (An-Naml 27:19)
He right away acknowledged Allah's (swt) special favour upon him and expressed gratitude. Let's memorise this Dua and be grateful to Allah's (swt) blessings upon us and our parents. Dua is a means to get closer to Allah (swt). The more we make Dua, the closer we get to Him. And the more effort we make to get closer to Him, the more He will run to us for He is a loving and compassionate Lord.
We have been reading the story of Moosa (as) in bits and pieces so far, now comes Surah al-Qasas.
Story of Moosa (as)
It is the Surah which contains the most detailed account of Prophet Moosa (as). Moosa (as) was born at a time when Pharaoh was slaughtering new-born male children. For the mothers, it was a grievous time; to give birth and see their child slaughtered. Allah (swt) inspired Moosa's (as) mother to cast him into the river without fear or grief. He assured her that He will return the baby to her and make him one of His messengers. And this did happen, as we read, "So did We restore him to his mother, that she might be delighted, and that she might not grieve, and that she might know that the Promise of Allah is true. But most of them know not." (Al-Qasas 28:13)
Allah (swt) keeps His promise
Allah's (swt) promise is always true. He does not back out of His promises. Another promise mentioned in this story is when Allah (swt) promised Prophet Muhammad (sa) return to Makkah, "Verily, He Who has given you (O Muhammad (sa)) the Quran (i.e. ordered you to act on its laws and to preach it to others) will surely bring you back to the Maad (place of return, either to Makkah or to Paradise after your death, etc.). Say (O Muhammad (sa)): My Lord is Aware of him who brings guidance, and he who is in manifest error." (Al-Qasas 28:85), and we read it did happen. Another meaning of this verse could be return to Allah (swt) in Paradise. May He grant us the company of Muhammad (sa) in Paradise. Ameen.
Moosa (as) and the valley of Madyan
When Moosa (as) was in the valley of Madyan, he found two women standing aside a water well, waiting for the men to leave so that they could water their flock. Moosa (as) felt no disgrace in reaching out to help them despite being a prophet of Allah (swt). He made his way into the crowd and watered the flock on the behalf of those girls. When the girls reached their home, they narrated the incident as well as the man's utmost dignity and respect towards them to their old father; the father requested to meet him. He had found the man to whom he would marry off one of his daughters.
Current matrimonial facts
Today, we have made the Sunnah of marriage tough by our unrealistic demands and expectations. The Prophet (sa) instructed us to marry off our daughters to anyone whose conduct pleased us. People meet good fellows in the mosque, but due to their financial standing or not having a certain career, are refused or overlooked. Similarly, remarrying a divorced woman is looked down upon. Didn't the Prophet (sa) marry divorced women? However, the divorced men and women have more experience. Reach out and see if you can find suitable matches for the singles, divorcees and widows in your families and communities. Let us save ourselves and our families from enjoying secret affairs which are strictly forbidden in Islam.
Hold on to trust and zest, let all else rest
One of the women said, "And said one of them (the two women): O my father! Hire him! Verily, the best of men for you to hire is the strong, the trustworthy." (Al-Qasas 28:26) Hard work and trustworthiness are the two qualities that can take a person to higher levels.
Here we learn a recruitment tip: if you are to hire someone for a task look for these two qualities. (May Allah (swt) grant us these qualities too. Ameen.) The example we have is none other than our beloved Prophet Muhammad (sa). When Khadijah (ra) was looking for an employee to conduct trade on her behalf, she selected Muhammad (sa) because of his hard work and trustworthiness. Due to these two qualities, she felt no shyness in offering her hands in marriage to him; to someone who was fifteen years younger than her. And the Prophet (sa) accepted it because she was a woman of grace and high respect.
In the story of Prophet Moosa (as) and Prophet Muhammad (sa), we learn that there is nothing wrong with the girl's side offering proposal. If the conduct pleases you, and they are righteous; marry your daughters, sisters and even divorced/widowed aunts and mothers to them. Make Dua and also make an effort to help that Dua be answered. A beautiful Dua that we learn in Surah Al-Qasas is:
رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ
"…and said: My Lord! Truly, I am in need of whatever good that You bestow on me!" (Al-Qasas 28:24)
May Allah (swt) answer our prayers and grant us peace. Ameen.
(Adapted from Mufti Ismail Menk's "Pearls of Peace" series, Cape Town, Ramadan 2013. The lecture can be listened to at this link.)


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If you need a passport or visa in a hurry, you may want to consider consulting a passport or visa expeditor. These agencies will help you gather the required materials for your application, submit them to the embassy or passport office on your behalf, and ensure that your travel documents are processed as quickly as possible -- sometimes in as little as 24 hours. There is, of course, a fee for these services.
The U.S. State Department offers expedited services for passports, though processing times vary depending on how busy the agency is; it can take anywhere from two to four weeks. If you are traveling within 14 days, you may make an appointment to submit your application in person at one of the regional passport agencies across the U.S. Appointments can be made by calling 877-487-2778.
If you don't live near one of the passport agencies, can't get time off work for an appointment or simply would rather have someone else deal with the hassle of submitting your paperwork, a passport expeditor may be your best bet.
Expeditors are also a good choice for last-minute visas; they can help you choose the right visa and navigate the sometimes complicated application process.
Passports: A reasonable expeditor will charge a fee of roughly $80 - $100 for passports processed within 10 business days, with higher fees for faster service. To have a passport expedited within 24 hours, you should expect to pay between $200 and $300 to the expeditor. These rates are in addition to government fees and shipping costs.
Visas: Most visa expeditors will charge a service fee of $70 - $100 to process a tourist visa, and slightly more to process a business visa, for normal processing. The fee rises if you need expedited service. These charges come in addition to shipping fees and consulate fees, which vary greatly depending on your destination.
The U.S. State Department charges an expedite fee of $60 on top of its standard application fees ($135 for new passports and $110 for renewals), but expedited passports may take three to four weeks to process. You can check the current processing times online.
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Clarendon On Nov. 19, Vermont State Police troopers were dispatched to a residence located at Route 133 in Clarendon for a reported suspicious complaint.
Troopers learned Tristan Taylor, 29, had active pre-trial conditions of release prohibiting him from consuming any alcoholic beverages. Taylor exhibited indicators of alcohol consumption, in violation of his court ordered conditions.
While troopers attempted to take Taylor into custody, his girlfriend Faith Shorey, 34, attempted to intervene.
Shorey assaulted one of the troopers during the incident.
After Shorey was taken into custody and placed into a trooper's vehicle she freed one of her wrists from hand restraints, and attempted to run from police.
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Nicotine dependence — also called tobacco dependence — is an addiction to tobacco products caused by the drug nicotine. Nicotine dependence means you can't stop using the substance, even though it's causing you harm.
Nicotine produces physical and mood-altering effects in your brain that are temporarily pleasing. These effects make you want to use tobacco and lead to dependence. At the same time, stopping tobacco use causes withdrawal symptoms, including irritability and anxiety.
While it's the nicotine in tobacco that causes nicotine dependence, the toxic effects of tobacco result from other substances in tobacco. Smokers have much higher rates of heart disease, stroke and cancer than nonsmokers do.
Regardless of how long you've smoked, stopping smoking can improve your health. Many effective treatments for nicotine dependence are available to help you manage withdrawal and stop smoking for good. Ask your doctor for help.
In some people, using any amount of tobacco can quickly lead to nicotine dependence. Signs that you may be addicted include:
You're more likely to stop for good if you follow a treatment plan that addresses both the physical and the behavioral aspects of nicotine dependence. Using medications and working with a tobacco treatment specialist will significantly boost your chances of success.
Ask your doctor to help you develop a treatment plan that works for you or to advise you on where to get help to stop smoking.
You're likely to start by seeing your primary care doctor or a general practitioner. Here's some information to help you get ready, and what to expect from your doctor.
To get ready for your appointment:
For nicotine dependence, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
Don't hesitate to ask questions during your appointment.
Being ready to answer questions your doctor may ask reserves time to go over any points you want to spend more time on. Some questions your doctor may ask include:
Your doctor may ask you questions or have you complete a questionnaire to get a sense of how dependent you are on nicotine. The more cigarettes you smoke each day and the sooner you smoke after awakening, the more dependent you are. Knowing your degree of dependence will help your doctor determine the best treatment plan for you.
In diagnosing nicotine dependence, your doctor may consider criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association. This manual is used by mental health providers to help them diagnose conditions and by insurance companies to reimburse for treatment.
Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death in the U.S. Your health will benefit almost immediately if you stop smoking. Younger smokers who stop can have a normal life expectancy, and even older smokers who stop add years and quality to their life expectancy.
According to a report of the Surgeon General, a year after quitting, your risk of a heart attack drops sharply. After two to five years, your stroke risk may be reduced to that of a nonsmoker. And at 10 years, your risk of cancer may be reduced to about half that of a smoker.
Like most smokers, you've probably made at least one serious attempt to stop. But it's rare to stop smoking on your first attempt — especially if you try to do it without help. You're much more likely to stop if you use medications and counseling, which have both been proved effective, especially in combination.
Many treatments, including nicotine replacement therapy and non-nicotine medications, have been approved as safe and effective in treating nicotine dependence. Using more than one medication may help you get better results. For example, combining a longer acting medication with a short-acting nicotine replacement product may be beneficial. Talk to your health care provider about the right treatment for you.
If you're pregnant or breast-feeding, you smoke fewer than 10 cigarettes a day, or you're under age 18, talk to your doctor before taking any over-the-counter nicotine replacement products.
Nicotine replacement therapy gives you nicotine without the other harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke. Many people mistakenly believe that nicotine causes cancer, but that's not the case.
Nicotine replacement medications, including patches, gum, lozenges, nasal spray and inhaler, can help relieve difficult withdrawal symptoms and cravings. The best time to start using nicotine replacement medication is on the date you've set to stop smoking. Some smokers start earlier in order to reduce smoking on their way to stopping altogether.
Most nicotine replacement products are available over-the-counter:
These nicotine replacement products are available by prescription:
Medications that don't contain nicotine include:
Combining medications with behavioral counseling provides the best chance for establishing long-term smoking abstinence. Medications help you cope with withdrawal symptoms, while behavioral treatments help you develop the skills you need to avoid tobacco over the long run. The more time you spend with a counselor, the better your treatment results will be.
Several types of counseling and support can help with stopping smoking:
There is no scientific evidence that these products work to help stop smoking and little is known about their safety.
Tobacco in any form is not safe. This includes the use of:
It's important to have a plan for managing nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms are usually the most intense during the first week after you stop smoking. They may continue for several weeks, with declining intensity.
Although most nicotine withdrawal symptoms pass within a month, you may occasionally experience a strong urge or craving to smoke months after stopping. Triggers or cues that were associated with your smoking can provoke these urges or cravings.
Here's what you can do to help manage nicotine withdrawal symptoms:
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Frozen fruits & vegetables, soup, ready meals, potatoes, fish, pizza and meat are the products of frozen food.
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Hectic lifestyle is the key factor which is expected to drive the frozen food market
growth over the forecast period. Other prominent factors such as rise in the number of working women worldwide, intelligent product positioning by frozen food producers and new product launches that makes reliance on frozen foods, impact the frozen food market positively.
Availability of refrigeration media for industrial and commercial freezing is anticipated to drive the frozen food market globally.
Provision of staple food in packets may have a positive impact on the market growth in coming years. The frozen food market is also expected to depend on quality of raw materials provided by suppliers over the forecast period.
Outlets such as dominos, KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Burger king have started to keep inventory of frozen food to fulfil the demand of fast food in outlets.
Report: http://www. hexaresearch. com/research-report/frozen-food-industry/
Avoidance of harmful preservatives, convenience and anytime availability of seasonal and regional food are the key factors which are anticipated to spur the frozen food market growth in near future. However, own brands/local brands, requirement of constant temperature and consumer's perceptions of frozen food are the factors which may restraint the market growth.
– Premium – Growth in freezer space and lower penetration in developing countries offer the key opportunities to increase the market growth. The storage and processing techniques under penetrated market, high energy consumption and shift towards fresh food due to increasing concerns about health and nutrition is anticipated to challenge the market growth in coming years.
Technology Insights
Technology is segmented in terms of frozen food packaging and freezing technology. Air-blast freezers, belt freezers, tunnel freezers and contact freezers are the types of freezing techniques.
Different packaging techniques are also expected to account for the different level of market growth in coming years. The packaging techniques for frozen food include oxygen scavengers, antimicrobials, time temperature indicators, edible films and moisture control.
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Product Insights
Frozen ready meals are anticipated to grow fastest in coming years due to increasing popularity, convenience to prepare and high state of hygiene. Many players are indulged in to serve frozen fast food such as pasta, pizza, cheese and other nuggets which is expected to increase the frozen food market over the forecast period.
Frozen meat products are anticipated to follow the frozen ready meals growth over the forecast period. Frozen fruits are used to prepare confectionary products, dairy products and jam.
Rise in demand of these products will cause the rise in the demand of frozen fruit products in coming years and it is expected to augment the market growth.
Regional Insights
North America has the largest market region for the frozen food market. U. S is holding the largest market share of frozen food market due to hectic lifestyle of population and fast adoption of the products in the region.
European countries such as Germany, Denmark, Spain, U. K., Italy, Switzerland, Norway and France are expected to witness the potential growth in frozen food market. Asian countries such as India and China are expected to have the fastest growing frozen food market due to increasing growing disposable income and increasing urban population in these countries are expected to account asa preference of consumer for eating fast food in coming years.
Competitive Insights
Unilever PLC, Tyson Foods, Inc., The Schwan Food Company, Stabburet, Simplot Food Group, Seneca Foods Corporation, Sadia SA, Rich Products Corporation, Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products Inc., Pinnacle Foods Group LIC., Pinguinlutosa, Northern Foods PLC, Nichirei Corporation, Nestlé SA, Nature's Peak LIC, Mccain Foods Ltd., Kraft Food Inc., Iceland Foods Ltd, H. J. Heinz Company, Goya Foods Inc., General Mills Inc., Findus Group, Conagra Foods Inc., Bonduelle SCA, Bellisio Foods Inc., Arena Agroindustrie Alimentari SPA, Ardo N. V., Amy's Kitchen Inc.
and Ajinomoto Co. are the key players in frozen food market.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Executive Summary
1.1 Frozen food – Industry Summary & Critical Success Factors (CSFs)
Chapter 2 Frozen food Industry Outlook
2.1 Market Segmentation
2.2 Market Size and Growth Prospects
2.3 Frozen food Value Chain Analysis
2.4 Frozen food Market Dynamics
2.5 Key Opportunities Prioritized
2.6 Industry Analysis – Porter's
Chapter 3 Frozen Food Product Outlook
3.1 Frozen Fruits & Vegetables
3.2 Frozen Fish/Sea Food
3.3 Frozen Potatoes
3.4 Frozen Meat
3.5 Frozen Soup
3.6 Frozen Ready Meals Market
Chapter 4 Frozen Food Regional Outlook
4.1 North America
4.2 Europe
4.3 Asia Pacific
4.4 RoW
Chapter 5 Competitive Landscape
5.1 Iceland Foods Ltd
5.2 Birds Eye Foods, Inc.
5.3 General Mills Inc
5.4 The Schwan Food Company
5.5 Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
Chapter 6 Methodology & Scope
6.1 Research Methodology
6.2 Research Scope & Assumptions
6.3 List of Data Sources
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This week is the annual iD Dunedin Fashion Week with one of the highlights, the Emerging Designer Awards, being held on Thursday.
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Unbeaten super flyweight Jonathan "Bomba" Gonzalez (12-0, 11 KOs) stopped Joseph Rios (13-8-2, 4 KOs) in three one-sided rounds on Saturday night at the Coliseo Ruben Zayas in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. Gonzalez won by TKO at 1:01 of the third round when the doctor stopped the fight after checking an injury on the left eye of Rios. Gonzalez dominated the fight with his best boxing and a his hard right hook, opening the left eye of Rios with his shots.
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Government of Canada supports renovations to Port Stanley Festival Theatre
October 31, 2014 – Port Stanley, Ontario – Department of Canadian Heritage
The Government of Canada is providing $440,000 through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund to support the expansion and renovation of Port Stanley Festival Theatre. With this support, the organization will improve the physical conditions for artistic creativity and presentation and increase the facility's economic viability.
Joe Preston, Member of Parliament (Elgin–Middlesex–London), made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages.
Quick Facts
- Since its first season in 1992, Port Stanley Festival Theatre has produced and presented summer theatre that highlights Canadian works in drama, comedy and musical comedy, along with other celebrated works.
- The renovation/expansion project will not only increase the size of Port Stanley Festival Theatre, allowing the organization to accommodate larger audiences, but it will also improve the facility by acquiring specialized lighting and sound equipment and an upgraded heating and air conditioning system.
"Our Government is committed to improving physical conditions for artistic creativity and innovation so that artists can continue to pursue their craft."
—The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
"I am pleased the Government of Canada is providing funding to upgrade Port Stanley Festival Theatre—an important cultural space that provides our community with access to professional performing arts."
–Joe Preston, Member of Parliament (Elgin–Middlesex–London)
"We were delighted to hear of this significant financial contribution made by the Government of Canada as we move forward with our 'Expand the Experience' campaign. The contribution will ensure our continued presence as both an economic driver to the local economy and a vibrant producer of Canadian theatrical works, as we move forward towards 2017—the 150th birthday of this great country."
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Crew - Pilot
Personal particulars
Height - Heavy bombers 1943- 5ft 7in tall
Other - inside leg of 41in
A combination of alertness and steadiness – promptness in decision – imagination , sense of humour – punctuality - attention to detail – power of observation good education and all round interests in mechanical bent and a love of flying. Strong personal and a gift for leadership.
He generally had about 200 hours of flying before he took command.
Physical position and conditions in plane
He had a high – backed seat on the LHS of cockpit. His parachute pack served as a hard cushion.
Only piece of armour protection is behind the pilot, protecting his head.
In front:
- Panel instruments for monitoring flight
- Controls and switches
- Dials, switches and markings glowed with radial paint to overcome problem of darkness
- The controls for the elevator and ailerons.
- Pedals for rudder control were on the floor in front of him.
- No power assistance!
On his right:
- Four throttle levers
- Propeller speed control levers
He had dual responsibility…flying and leader of crew/regardless of rank. Example was key to confidence….therefore essence of leader. Authority and /discipline were essential in air…had to maintain authority on ground, too.
In flight duties
Along with engineer -
- Started engines
- Cockpit checks: set altimeters, check instrument vacuum settings, check temp ad pressure settings, bomb doors closed, radiator shutters opened, auto-pilot off, check hydraulic pressure, set compass, set trim settings, propeller pitch fully fine, set fuel selection, booster pumps on, set flaps for takeoff.
- Taxi along runway – difficult in itself! Balancing between the correct power settings and brakes pressure made it very difficult to keep plane on runway.
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The Grey Lynn Bowling Club, decorated with bunting made from old Kate Sylvester prints, a disco ball, confetti machine and a very fashionable take on the 21st photo board: a screen with 21 years of archival footage.
Kate explained she wanted a party to "celebrate our beautiful community", inviting fashion insiders, friends and the people behind the scenes of the brand. Well-known faces included Samantha Hayes, Colin Mathura-Jeffree, Siobhan Marshall, Antonia Prebble and David Dallas, while friends from behind the scenes included writer Stacy Gregg (who did the guest list for the opening of Kate's first store), Rachael Churchward and Grant Fell of 90s magazine Planet, Lucy and Stephen Marr, and Roger Wall from Wall Fabrics.
Fellow designers including Dayne Johnston from Zambesi, Murray Crane, Marc Moore and Dan Gosling from Stolen Girlfriends Club, Steve Dunstan from Huffer and Workshop's Chris Cherry (one of the first stockists of the Kate Sylvester brand) came to celebrate the milestone, while models who have worked with Kate over the years - Penny Pickard (who got special mention in Kate's speech), Ngahuia Williams, Sophie Blazey, Michael Whittaker and Vinnie Woolston - took over the dance floor.
Dress code
Kate Sylvester through the years, with guests pulling out favourite purchases from past collections.
Stylist Rachel Morton wore the red cape from the Wolf collection, while Viva's Amanda Linnell wore a pleated dress from Diamond Dogs, and Zoe Walker, a Kate Sylvester boutonniere from This Charming Man. A lucky few wore pieces from the upcoming spring/summer collection: Petra Bagust in the antique ivory beaded "Eleanor" dress, and founder of The Centre, Rebecca Wadey (who helped organise the party), in a dusty rose leatherette dress.
A toast!
Guests were greeted with coupe glasses filled with Billecart Salmon champagne, and later treated to Huia wine, Hallertau beer and Antipodes water. Then there were the Grey Goose Le Fizz for Kate Sylvester cocktails, and a stylish take on the Kiwi 21st classic: 42 Below Passionate Cosmopolitan in mini yard glasses.
Make your own at home with these recipes:
Grey Goose Le Fizz for Kate Sylvester
• Ingredients
30ml Grey Goose Original
15ml St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
15ml pressed lime juice
75ml chilled soda
• Recipe
1. Cut lime across the centre
2. Press 15 ml lime juice (measure this using jigger) into shaker
3. Add 15ml St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
4. Add 30ml Grey Goose
5. Add cubed ice to shaker
6. Shake well and double strain into champagne flute
7. Top with chilled soda water (75ml). Serve
42 Below Passionate Cosmopolitan
• Ingredients
30ml 42 Below Passion
15ml fresh lime juice
15ml cranberry juice
15ml Triple Sec
Orange zest
• A four-tier pear and pistachio cake with dark chocolate ganache, by The Caker.
• A roast suckling pig, decorated with flowers and fruit by the designer herself. "She's too pretty to eat," Kate joked earlier in the evening, before it was carved up to make pulled pork sliders.
Kate's known for her love of rock'n' roll, with three bands playing throughout the night - her sons played a set with their band, to cheers from the assembled crowd, while a covers band made up of ex-bFM rockers played everything from I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones (Kate's favourite) to West Coast by Lana del Rey.
Later still, Auckland band Beach Pig played; with the rest of the music made up of past fashion show tracks.
A burlesque dancer was a surprise organised by Kate Sylvester's partner in life and business, Wayne Conway: Leda Petit jumped out of a "cake" wearing pieces from the Kate Sylvester archive - the famous red cape from Wolf, a tutu from the Fight collection, camisole from Art Groupie - quickly discarded.
Guests were given a Kate Sylvester 21st key necklace as a thank you.
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"The Ministry of Magic wishes you a pleasant day..."
-- the Welcome Witch's voice at Ministry Headquarters (OP7)
The Ministry of Magic is the governmental authority for the Wizarding world in Britain. The basic mission of the Ministry of Magic is to keep the Muggles from finding out about an entire culture of magical folk. It's a huge, complicated, and inefficient bureaucracy, just like most governmental organizations.
The Ministry consists of seven departments of which theDepartment of Magical Law Enforcement is the largest. All of the other departments are in some way answerable to it, with the possible exception of the Department of Mysteries (FB).
The Ministry has its headquarters in London (PA11, OP7, DH12, DH13). It consists of numerous Departments, Committees, Boards, and Offices whose job it is to make and enforce laws and regulations. Besides keeping the activities of Witches and Wizards hidden from the Muggles (and swooping in with Memory Charms when things get out of hand), the Ministry also handles commerce and international relations.
There are a number of law enforcement agencies within the Ministry. They maintain order, enforce laws and regulations, deal with breaches of security, and operate Azkaban, the wizard prison. This high-security fortress is located on a tiny island far out to sea. It is guarded by Dementors (PA5). The Ministry also maintains squads of Hit-Wizards to deal with criminals and elite Aurors to track down Dark wizards. The Wizengamot is the High Wizard Court, a body which serves as the ultimate arbiter of justice for the wizarding world.
The Muggle Prime Minister is aware of the wizarding world (HBP1) . Presumably this is also true of the President of the United States and of other world leaders. Both when Sirius Black (July 1993) (PA2) and when ten top Death Eaters (1996) (OP25) escaped from Azkaban, Cornelius Fudge informed the Prime Minister the escapees were dangerous wizards because he posed a threat to Muggles as well as magic folk. In extreme cases where a magical creature has been seen by Muggles and the usual interventions won't suffice, the Office of Misinformation (part of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures) works with the Muggle Prime Minister to concoct a believable lie to give to the public (FB, c.f. HBP1 ).
International Wizardry
Other countries have similar governing bodies; Bulgaria, for example, has its own Ministry of Magic, the Minister of which, Mr. Oblansk, sat in the Top Box to watch the World Cup Final in 1994 (GF8). There is also a Ministry of Magic in Norway (QA3) and other countries. All of these governmental organizations have signed the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy of 1692 which set down many requirements for individual countries to keep the Muggles unaware of the wizarding world. This requires the Ministries of each country to monitor activities such as Quidditch and to protect and hide the various magical beasts which live within their borders (FB, QA).
Other governing bodies:
- International Confederation of Wizards (PS4, GF17)
- International Federation of Warlocks (PA3)
- Ministries of Magic:
- a subcommittee of Sardinian sorcerers (CS9)
- Transylvanians are to sign the International Ban on Duelling (GF23)
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Miley Cyrus Gets Sexy On A Banquette With Her New Man At 18th Birthday Bash!
The soon to be legal star was joined by celebs including Demi Moore and Rumer Willis, but only seemed to have eyes for the hot new man in her life!
In terms of lavish 18th birthday celebrations, one would be hard pressed to do better than Miley Cyrus' bash at Trousdale in LA on Nov. 20. The singer was joined by guests including Demi Moore and Rumer Willis as well as mom Tish Cyrus and guests indluged in one of the most decadent looking dessert tables ever — but all Miley seemed to want to do was make-out with a hot new hook-up in a secluded corner of the club! Could it be new man Avan Jogia?
Guests at the shindig, and no one is yet sure if dad Billy Ray Cyrus was among them, were treated to trees of macaroons, pudding shots topped with whipped cream, gold and white cookies, and a giant six-layer birthday cake.
These desserts were not enough to keep Miley from her man though, who she spent the night grinding with and was later spotted making out with over the side of the banquette! And did we mention her outfit of a leather bikini top and leather pants.
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Trouble coming up with ideas? Get your brain in gear with this BrainPOP movie as Tim and Moby help you figure out what to write about. Discover two great strategies for coming up with ideas, and learn where to go once you've fleshed these ideas out. See how word association can help you end up in some unexpected places, and learn why just a few minutes of writing each day can put a stop to your writing panic forever. Plus, check out how a journal can be a great source of inspiration! Once you start, you'll never want to stop!
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Amy Sharrocks
Amy Sharrocks is a live artist, sculptor and film-maker who invites people to come on journeys in which their own experience, communication and expression are a vital part. Undertaking these journeys with a sense of humour, joy and risk, Amy creates work that is rich, unpredictable and different every time. This invitation and the bravery and invention of people's responses, produces new avenues for exploration and fantastic visions within the everyday.
Amy is best known for SWIM on 12 July 2007, when she invited 50 people to swim across London from Tooting Bec Lido to Hampstead Heath Ponds. In 2009 she toured drift around England, taking people one at a time to drift on swimming pools in an inflatable boat. In 2011 she completed London is a River City, a series of public walks tracing 7 of London's buried rivers. WALBROOK was the largest of these walks, where 65 people were tied together to walk silently along the Walbrook riverbed through the City of London at rush hour. WALBROOK was part of Artsadmin's Two Degrees 2009.
Amy has been the recipient of bursaries and grants from Artsadmin, DIY and Awards for All, most recently being nominated for an Arts Foundation Fellowship 2015 for Art in the Elements. Her film pause has been shown across Europe and the Middle East. Her work appears in the Live Art Almanac and Artsadmin 30 publications.
Amy won the inaugural Sculpture Shock award from the Royal Society of British Sculptors as part of which she undertook a summer-long residency culminating in the Season for Falling exhibition, and Invitation to Fall, an open invitation for people to fall on the King's Road. As well as using her own body, she invited others to fall with her, including a group of over 60s, a Depression Alliance group and school children, and devised in collaboration with them all the large group performance Time to Fall. Amy was awarded an a-n New Collaborations bursary to continue this research with choreographer Emilyn Claid and her article An Anatomy of Falling has been published in Performance and Research No 18 (Routledge and Taylor).
In 2013 Amy began Museum of Water - a large collection of publicly donated water and accompanying stories. The Museum started on a street corner in Soho, commissioned by Artakt and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, as part of the Bi-Centennial celebrations for John Snow. Snow's expeditions are echoed by the new journeys of people who have gathered water for the Museum, offering a 21st Century look at water – a time of critical flooding in the UK, and also a time of Climate Change, with an eye on a drier future. For four weeks Museum of Water was installed in the Dead House beneath the Somerset House fountains as part of LIFT 2014, co-commissioned with Artsadmin. It has since continued to tour the UK and Europe, with donations being collected until the end of 2015. In 2014 Museum of Water was awarded a Special Commendation by the Nick Reeves Award for Arts, Water and the Environment.
Amy is also encouraging people to sign up for Swim the Thames, a mass swim across the River Thames by Tower Bridge.


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Help in the train from a "Josh Groban" opera singer? Perfect! And what funny stories about the incompetent hostel clerk and trying to eat the snails/gum....ha, ha. What a fun blog. Thanks so much.
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Anyway, we arrived in Strasbourg with no problems and walked about 15 minutes to our hostel. The hostel was totally gigantic-- 200 and something beds-- but the reception was 100%% incompetent. They couldn't figure out the password to the internet, couldn't explain how to use the keys (which took us 10 minutes to figure out), couldn't find the key to the kitchen to put our food in the fridge, couldn't find the money to give us change.
We woke up early to make sure that we got our share of the continental breakfast.
We kept walking along the canal to Petit France, which is basically the Old Town. Every single building in Petit France was photo-worthy. It pretty much looked like a better (and real) version of the France part of Epcot. Tons of little balconies and flowers, beautiful bridges, plenty of lovely French people, tons of cafes.
Lunch was totally epic. We decided to try and order the most quintessentially "French" meal possible, and we definitely succeeded. We ordered bread and pretzels with Dijon mustard to start, then continued with pate (duck liver) and escargot (snails) to accompanied by a nice local Bordeaux. For the main meal, we had chicken in Riesling cream sauce with mushrooms and a duck pie with Munster cheese and traditional French version of Gnocchi.
After our charming lunch experience, we returned to the hostel to relax before our train to Strasbourg.


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Labour leader David Shearer and his Green Party counterpart, Russel Norman, have shaved their heads to raise awareness for cancer - now Prime Minister John Key is being challenged to do the same.
Mr Shearer and Dr Norman went under the razor on Wellington's Queens Wharf this morning after taking part in a competition on the Shave for a Cure website.
People were able to vote for which of the two leaders they wanted to see lose their hair, and the "win" went to Mr Shearer with a two per cent victory margin.
Dr Norman had the honour of shaving off the first portion of the Labour MP's hair, but, under pressure from the 30-strong crowd gathered at the makeshift hairdresser, quickly decided to get the chop too.
Following the event, both seemed satisfied with their new hair dos - noting that the capital's chill was a little more noticeable.
"You feel every little breeze and every wisp of wind," said Mr Shearer, who had never previously had his head shaved.
There were a number of jokes about his thinning hair, and the leader joked that his hair had been "slowly going and I've decided to take it under control now and do it myself".
The bald feeling was not a new experience for Dr Norman, who once shaved off dreadlocks, but he said today's last-minute decision was for a good cause.
Shave for a Cure is a week-long fundraiser for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer, and donations go towards patient support programmes, research, information, awareness, and advocacy.
Spokeswoman Georgie Hackett told APNZ it was great to have the politicians take part to raise the profile of the organisation.
"We get all our funding through Shave for a Cure, so to have them on board is invaluable for us, it will help us continue our work with patients and their families."
Ms Hackett said she hoped other MPs would get involved too.
"The more the merrier ... I'm sure John Key would love to have a go as well," she said.
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We have been allocated "in excess of 35000 tickets" proclaimed the official site. Whoopee!
This immediately gave rise to several questions:
- How many tickets have we really been allocated? 35001, 40000+ or somewhere inbetween?
- Given Blackpool's fan base and ground capacity, it always seemed likely that they would struggle to sell anywhere near that figure. Today, their own site is claiming around 23,000 sales – and that with a very generous sale's technique, contrasting with the strict 1 ticket per season ticket holder or academy member policy at West Ham. What happens to their left over allocation?
- Even if you accept that it is only fair and equitable that each club receives the same allocation, what happens to the other 20,000 tickets that equate to the capacity at Wembley? (Apparently this fixture is not subject to the usual 'club Wembley' and corporate allocation).
Then came the enticement of a ticket with a £200 down payment on next season's season ticket for new applicants. No idea which league we'll be in but we'll guarantee you a seat at Wembley. Crafty beggars!
Next, they pushed back the date for a long awaited 'general sale' (which we were forewarned might never actually arise) by 24 hours, leaving anxious fans to sweat on the never, never promise and, of course, increasingly likely to crack and spunk up the £200 plus the ticket cost. Not that I would, for even a second, accuse the club of emotional blackmail.
The twitter rumours have been in overdrive. I am guilty of tweeting on more than one occasion that I fully expect a further 5000 tickets to magically appear before Thursday morning. Maybe they will, maybe not. The official figure, released today, claims that just 500 will be available from 9am on Tuesday morning to the general sale punter.
Anyway you look at it, the maths don't add up. Our 35,000 plus let's say 25,000 sold in the seaside town. There are plenty of tickets around of course on the net. Livefootballtickets.com will sell you one if you have a spare £340+. Mind you, at that price, you may as well line the club's pockets and take the £200 down for a season ticket! Plenty have, or so they claim.
Ah well, whatever happens, I reckon we'll outnumber the seasiders by a good 3:2 on Saturday, turning Wembley into a home fixture.
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Shelby — The N.C. Department of Transportation will temporarily close part of Hemphill Road in Haywood County beginning next week for a bridge replacement project.
During construction, crews will be replacing a bridge over a branch of Jonathan Creek with a culvert. The $331,162 project also includes grading, drainage, paving and installing signage around the new structure.
The existing bridge was built in 1955 and is considered functionally obsolete, which means that although the bridge is safe, it was built to design standards no longer in use.
The project contractor, NHM Constructors, LLC, will begin installing the detour during the first week of April. The detour will remain in place until mid-July. Motorists will take Hemphill Road to N.C. 276, and then take Grindstone Road back to Hemphill Road.


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Weird Al is finally starring in his own video game - VIRUS ALERT! - based on the song from the same name from his latest album, Straight Outta Lynwood. It's more fun than a warehouse full of pink leotards!
Hoards of devilish viruses have spread throughout the computer network of Company-Tech Co., Ltd., LCC, Al's new employer. Help Al advance in his job by "deleting" the viruses and protecting machines from the spreading menace with antiviral CDs.
It's just like your average boring IT job, only with cool special effects, engaging 3D environments, entertaining animations, and a generous assortment of snazzy, spine-tingling screwiness making this job anything but dull!
Left Brain Games, located somewhere deep in the mysterious jungles of Connecticut, specializes in games & animations for the internet. LBG is proud to employ only 100% cage-free programmers.
Leading the way artistically is David C. Lovelace, lead animator of the Virus Alert video. Dave is well known for his hilarious webtoons, including the infamous Animal Babies series seen by millions on Newgrounds.com. To see more of Dave's questionable creations, visit his website.


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Different kinds of love bring different levels of pain.
Some are temporary, some lasting, some accidental and some inevitable.
There is also the kind of pain that would make even the smallest glimmer of hope say fuck this I'm out of here. Luckily for us, the pain that comes from the first debacle of relationship hell, otherwise known as puppy love, is the pain that hope forgets about.
Nine times out of 10 puppy love ends in a prepubescent whirlwind of pain that feels like a slow death by a swarm of killer bees.
The pain that's accidental can be an utter mystery. Perhaps accidental is not the right word—no, definitely not the right word. Let's go with unexpected. When the hope of a new potential love (sure, let's call it that) is going well, it's a great feeling. You get butterflies when you see his name in your texts. You have late night conversations for hours. You talk about childhood, family, hopes and dreams. You wonder what his touch would feel like and intuitively know that his kiss will wreck you.
There's a feeling that this could go somewhere. You have a romantic date that ruins you, and eventually his kiss does, in fact, wreck you.
What occurs next is not cool on any level. It's usually something (insert really bad thing here) that happens as often as a blue moon or a shark attack, when you only swim twice a year. In one quick clearly god hates me moment, the potential love comes to a standstill.
You've hit a brick wall.
The wall is so thick, you wonder if you can maybe get around it, or climb over it. There doesn't seem to be a sign that getting through it is possible. Then what? Do you call it a day? Do you use the "it's just an early test" theory, because you see so much good in the other person that you want to just be there for them?
When you try to be there for them, you slam directly into the brick wall you already knew was there. Now I have a visual of the Energizer bunny in my head. Fantastic. Maybe it just sounds silly to put so much thought into something that hasn't even had the chance to develop, but if you're anything like me, you are a fighter—more often than not, to my own detriment. I will not date someone's potential, but when things are new, and something unexpectedly strains things, its really awful. It's confusing and horrible, and feels like the crash from a bad acid trip.
Baffling right? You wonder if it's fixable. You probably wonder a lot of things. What you shouldn't wonder is what the other person is thinking. You'll never be right, unless you communicate. Perhaps I should take my own advice…
The worst pain I've seen in my lifetime isn't necessarily over a love that is romantic. It is the death of someone you love, and that love can come in any form.
I don't tend to bring up things so grievous in nature, unless I try and find some humor in it to share. However, it is my job as a writer to speak my truth. I would be doing myself and you a great disservice if I did not.
It may be a bit selfish to touch upon a subject that is so sad, but I cannot write wholly unless this is put on paper. Two weeks ago I lost a dear friend; someone whom I loved. This loss has evoked a pain that for me is massive, not that I haven't had horrendous break ups or been through a divorce, but this pain is different from any other.
There is uniqueness to its depth and an uncertainty to its longevity. It lives in every cell at any given moment. It is brutal and seems to stay just underneath the surface of everything I've done for the past few weeks. It will not completely go away. It may never go away.
Saying goodbye was the hardest.
It took what seemed like days to walk inside, my feet dragging as if they were encased in cement.
When I stood over him I felt as if I was looking at him though someone else's eyes as my head flooded with memories. Everything I had ever wanted to say to him stuck to my vocal chords, unable to come out. I tried to say them in my head, foolishly hoping to transmit them to him somehow, but I felt dumb standing there for more than a minute.
He was so still, and his personality and life force were massive, and gone too soon.
I wanted to say I was sorry. I wanted to say I love you. I wanted to wrap my arms around him and tell him not to go. To implore him to stay with his sister Jess, to selfishly ask for more of his laughter and light and craziness. But when I walked into that room, I promised that I would leave any regrets there.
All of these things have made me wonder… with all of this pain why do we bother? What makes it all worth it to have our hearts trampled on or our guts yanked out to be left with a gaping hole that you think will never heal?
(Questions on love, sex and relationships? This is the fourth installment of a sizzling new weekly advice column, When It Comes To Love. Ask me anything. Dig it or hate it, we'll get through this together. Email your questions to Ronna at [email protected])
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Sullivan: Giants QB Eli Manning turning young players into stars
EAST RUTHERFORD – The hardest hit Eli Manning took Thursday night didn't come from a Carolina defender, but from an elated teammate who couldn't contain his gratitude. Manning was happily loitering on the sideline late in the fourth quarter of Thursday's 36-7 laugher over the Panthers, his night's work already done, when receiver Ramses Barden barreled into him from behind, wrapping him in a giant bearhug.
Manning swung around, and the wide-eyed look of surprise on his face was caught by television cameras eager to see how the Giants' ironman quarterback was biding his time in such unaccustomed waters, having already given way to backup David Carr.
It was about the only thing that caught Manning by surprise all night.
Out on the field, the Giants quarterback was ahead of the defense on every play, a long-standing skill of his that was particularly useful because of the Giants' injury-depleted personnel. Without top receiver Hakeem Nicks and starting running back Ahmad Bradshaw and with a defense heavily shifted to stop game-breaker Victor Cruz, Manning had to find other options. A couple of hundred yards later, split generously between Barden and running back Andre Brown, and Manning had, once again, created a few new stars.
He started the morning with a rare pep talk to his undermanned offensive teammates, telling them he believed there were playmakers among them. He ended the night without needing a word.
An unexpected hug from one of those upstart stars said it all.
"I just wanted to really express my appreciation and gratitude for Eli's faith and trust in me throughout the game to keep coming to me," Barden said after his nine-catch, 138-yard night, after turning in his first meaningful football action in five injury-riddled years. "I like to think that if he's going to give me a chance I want to do my best to carry or help him achieve what he wants to achieve. If we're moving the ball down the field and he trusts me enough to throw my way I want to do my job and come down with it."
Just days after proving he can wing the football with the game's best, topping 500 throwing yards in Sunday's come-from-behind win over Tampa Bay, Manning reminded us Thursday he is not satisfied simply padding his own stats. For him, the best nights are ones when he makes the players around him better, too. If his initial path toward becoming the Giants' offensive leader was taken through the already established hands of Amani Toomer, Plaxico Burress, Tiki Barber and Jeremy Shockey, leading us to believe those hands were lifting him, we have since learned how much Manning is the one shouldering the load.
"He allows people to showcase their abilities," Barden said a day after joining a long list of previous unknowns blossoming under Manning's watch, a list including the likes of Cruz, Kevin Boss and Jake Ballard. "He puts them in the best position to do what they do well. That's part of making people better but it's also a part of him knowing where those things are at. Throughout the course of a game, getting us where we need to be, he does a phenomenal job of that."
Kicker Lawrence Tynes has been in the NFL as long as Manning (nine years) and occupies a locker stall between Manning and Carr. He is awed by the amount of football knowledge inside Manning's brain.
"There is nothing a defense can do that he doesn't recognize, so he is always able to put guys in the right place to succeed," Tynes said. "He always calls the right play."
"It's playing above the X's and O's," Barden said, "maybe going somewhere we're not supposed to go according to what we studied, but the way the game is playing out, he's found another hole or another place we can take advantage of the defense."
Tom Coughlin began his Giants coaching tenure by Manning's side, and together, the two have established one of the strongest coach-player bonds in the league. From Day One, Coughlin was comfortable giving Manning the responsibility of the huddle, allowing him to audible to different, smarter plays.
"He has a lot of control of the game from a cerebral standpoint," Coughlin said.
Yet knowledge is not the only tool Manning uses to make the players around him look so good. He shows them he believes in them, going back to them even after they drop passes (Cruz in Week 1, Martellus Bennett in Week 2). He remains upbeat, exchanging the slump-shouldered body language of his early years for the what-me-worry look that seems frozen on his game face. He opens his mouth when needed– Thursday's pregame speech was a rare verbal show – and backs up his words with his arm.
"Leaders are lifters. They lift them all up and everybody plays better," Coughlin said. "We were down to four receivers, we didn't have a lot of full speed work last week [at practice] but the numbers were such that the attention was going to go to very few guys. He's very positive with them, very much encouraging. … He shows a lot of determination to continue to spread the ball around. He may talk to a guy, may visit with him, walk off a practice field with him, but by and large he continues to not be affected by [drops] in any way. He's a guy that's going to give a second and third chance."
This time it was Barden's turn to make good, and with Manning leading the way, another star was born.
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"Judson says the Honda driver responded with a "what are you doing?" gesture when a Chevrolet Blazer merged onto State Highway 167 near Algona, cut across all lanes and suddenly slowed. The trooper says the brothers in the Blazer then pursued the Honda.
She says another Blazer driven by the young men's father helped force the Honda onto the shoulder. Witnesses say one young man climbed onto the Honda's hood, hitting it with a club, while the other repeatedly hit the car driver in the face. The Honda driver finally managed to drive away."


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Swedish clothing retailer H&M will be celebrating the July 17 opening of its museum-inspired Fifth Avenue flagship store with the help of artist Jeff Koons.
The partnership — H&M's first artist collaboration — will take the form of a handbag that Koons designed in the shape of his famous stainless steel balloon dog sculpture. The handbag will be sold starting July 17 at H7M stores in New York, Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles.
'The partnership with H&M was really exciting for me and the chance to showcase one of my most popular works to a new generation of people was inspiring," Koons said. "H&M delivers great fashion season after season and it's nice to see my work at their new store."
The 57,000-sq.-ft. store will be the Swedish retailer's largest in the U.S., and the first in New York to offer home goods as well as a store-within-a-store selling lingerie and accessories.
H&M is also the official sponsor the Koons retrospective that's opening at the Whitney Museum of American art June 27.


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Old school punk rock. Like, REALLY old school. Genuine 100% actual Londoners, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing come from a past which probably never happened via a present they didn't want.
Less steampunk and more "SteamPUNK", the British four piece mix Anarchy and Anachrony in equal measure. Expect a robot Sid Vicious covering Slayer in an 1877 East End Music Hall: a murky mix of Doctor Who, Doctor Watson and Doctored History. Not for the faint hearted or those of a delicate disposition.
The Men are:
ANDREW O'NEILL: guitars, vocals (raw), radical politics (roar), inappropriate swearing (c*nt).
GERHARD 'ANDY' HEINTZ: Vocals (sore), additional instrumentation (saw).
MARC BURROWS: Guitar (bass), vocals (treble).
JEZ MILLER: Drums (rhythm), overall mood (blues).
Their critically acclaimed album 'Now That's What I Call Steampunk' is out now, and the follow up is expected early next year.
Buy 'Now That's What I Call Steampunk Volume One' as well as their Christmas EP, live album, wax cylinder, t-shirts, patches, badges and posters here!
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