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Cardinal Daniel N. Dinardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston wrote a letter to Congress this week urging them to address the religious liberty issues that are present in the current HHS mandate for healthcare. Cardinal Dinardo said,
"For our part, the Catholic bishops of the United States continue to advocate for life-affirming health care for all, especially for poor and vulnerable people. We do not see this policy as a step in that direction."
Recently the House of Representatives incorporated a proposal into its Labor/HHS appropriations bill that would address the religious liberty concerns of so many Americans, but this proposal will not be considered until March of 2013, months after the mandate has gone into effect.
Dinardo said,
"I am writing again on this subject because, despite widespread opposition to this coercive policy by religious organizations, lawmakers and the general public, Congress has still taken no action to counter it. The time for such action is, to say the least, overdue."
Cardinal Dinardo went on to explain why the current healthcare mandate does not protect the religious freedom of Catholic organizations and Catholic business-owners. Due to the widespread opposition of this mandate and the expense Catholic businesses would incur if they do not comply, Cardinal Dinardo fervently urged Congress to address this "urgent and fundamental" issue before it completes its business this year.
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There's an old joke that justifies the love of wine: nobody ever came up with a brilliant idea after their second bottle of water.
And wine drinking, like any upstanding pastime, requires a little practice. Fortunately, London is pleasingly rammed with decent bars all honouring the grape's greatest achievement (a moth turning into a butterfly has nothing on this humble fruit transforming into a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape.) The city is even producing its own stuff, as Gavin Monery from London Cru explains in the video below.
The idea of a wine bar has a little stigma attached, but fortunately, old-fashioned sommeliers with intimidating moustaches and dismissive glances have long been banished from the best of London's wine hotspots. The idea of small, snobby rooms can be thrown out like the sediment in an old bottle – wine drinking in London is meant to be fun, not an extended lecture.
Whether a quiet night savouring a modest fifteen glasses of white with a friend is on the cards or a celebratory evening of champagne is required, London caters for all. Our list includes old-fashioned bistros, one of the finest restaurants in town, a modern spin on things and true a London institution. Explore, be merry, learn a little, and raise a glass to good health.
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She was mostly gristle and bone when we saw her, lying in the sun with her legs spread and a grimace on her face.
I hold onto his arm and lift him while he closes his eyes and tries not to grimace.
I gave him some brandy from my medicinal store, which he drank with a grimace.
All that Bud Selig can do is grimace and give the game's perennial pariah a long, unpaid vacation.
I told the athletes how much I envied them, playing a sport in which you can actually sweat and grimace when something goes wrong.
Jimmie's only reply was a wrinkling of his freckled nose in a grimace of extreme disgust and contempt.
"I'm going across to see her," he said, and Crewe made a grimace.
I watched his face; the muscles of it contracted into a grimace, then were smoothed again to calmness; he opened his eyes.
His lips were drawn away from them in a grimace of pure agony.
Coracle laughs too, but with the grimace of wolf baying the moon.
1650s, from French grimace, from Middle French grimache, from Old French grimuce "grotesque face, ugly mug," possibly from Frankish (cf. Old Saxon grima "face mask," Old English grima "mask, helmet"), from same Germanic root as grim (adj.). With pejorative suffix -azo (from Latin -aceus).
1762, from French grimacer, from grimace (see grimace (n.)). Related: Grimaced; grimacing.


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Providing fun and educational programs for girls and adults
Magazine and Nut Program
Fall 2016
Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ offers an annual Magazine & Nut program to all registered girls. Through the sale of magazine subscriptions and delicious nut and candy products, girls raise funds for program opportunities. Popular magazine titles as well as e-magazines are available for tablets and e-Readers. The candy and nut items make great holiday gifts and some are even available in commemorative tins.
This program is a fun, safe, and quick way for a Girl Scout to raise money while earning recognitions to acknowledge individual effort. This program is a unique opportunity for girls to learn values, set goals, handle money, and acquire marketing and social skills.
Funds raised through this program also help the Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ promote Girl Scouting by:
Recruiting and training a network of volunteers to ensure that quality programs are available to any girl who wishes to become a Girl Scout
Offering outdoor programming at our various camp properties
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Grant and Hurley win damages over tabloid pictures
By Andrew Hough
LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Hugh Grant, his ex girlfriend Liz Hurley and her new husband won thousands of pounds (dollars) in damages on Thursday after paparazzi pictures taken while they were on holiday were published in tabloid newspapers.
The pictures of Grant, Hurley and her businessman husband Arun Nayar at a private resort in the Maldives, were distressing and an invasion of their privacy, London's High Court was told.
They were taken by photographers from agencies Big Pictures (UK) Ltd and the French-based Eliot Press.
The pictures were published in the News of the World (NoW) newspaper and its rival the Mail on Sunday (MoS) last October.
The court was told the MoS article was headlined "Hugh's that gooseberry?" while the NoW published the pictures under the banner "Liz does the blokey-cokey."
Hurley, Grant and Nayar accepted a total of 58,000 pounds in damages for invasion of privacy and a public apology from the agencies.
Publishers Associated Newspapers and News Group Newspapers will also contribute to the settlement, the court was told .
Laura Tyler for the trio -- who were not in court -- said the articles had been distressing. Continued...


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Making for one of the biggest night's in the music industry, the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards are set to get underway at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this evening (April 1).
With a full slate of top-name acts joining the lineup as performers, nominees and presenters, fans will be treated to appearances by the likes of Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and Ashton Kutcher when the ceremony kicks off at 8PM ET/PT on CBS.
Prior to showtime, a live feed straight from the MGM Grand red carpet is available below - with all of the country superstars set to walk the press area before getting situated inside the Sin City venue.
As for the planned festivities, the 2012 ACM Awards will be hosted by Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire while Kenny Chesney leads all nominees with 9 bids followed by Jason Aldean with 6, Lady Antebellum with 5 and Brad Paisley with 4 chances at ACM Awards glory.


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Memories of Burntisland
Blind Johnnies
Little shop known to us as Blind Johnnies, used to buy my sweets there, entered by going down two steps from street level.
Treacle Puggies
Page the Bakers used a hand cart to sell his products round Burntisland - it was a two wheeled cart with a domed roof and fitted with breadboards inside. I think the employee that pushed it was related to the Foreman family from the Rossend area. Made a pastry type called treacle puggies, wonderful!
The Outdoor Pool
Spending all day at the pool/beach when I was a kid. Would go in the sea, run along to the pool, jump in the shallow end ( cos you were getting a bit cold by this time ) and bliss, it was like being in a sauna. mmmmm Hurrying home to get a quick bite to eat then back down to pool, pulling soaking wet costume back on ...Read full memory


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Entertainers 4 Education Alliance has various programs designed to inspire,
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Teenkonec Program:
TEENKONEC is an informative, educational lifestyle web magazine. We created TEENKONEC to help improve literacy in students by focusing on topics pertinent to today??s teen issues. Students learn how to write, report and edit news stories. They also learn the latest technology through video production , photography and website maintenance. TEENKONEC features celebrity interviews, fashion, latest trends, events and an advice column.
Public Service Announcement Campaign:
E4EA produces public service campaigns designed to create awareness, influence attitudes, behaviors, and empower young people to succeed. Our PSA's are featured on television, radio, and in print, with a special emphasis placed on our grassroots and viral campaigns. We distribute thousands of posters, book covers, postcards, and stickers to schools, libraries, malls, and stores, with positive messages geared toward connecting with the youth, their parents, and the entire community.
Empowerment Workshops:
Over the course of the school year, we present empowerment conferences/workshops for youth and parents. We are committed to the notion that if given the right tools, opportunities, and information, most young people will choose to be educated. We find that in order to accomplish this goal, we must also support parents and provide them with important information, so they too can effectively support their children.
The Youth Series
provides workshop attendees with the tools needed to be successful both in school and in life. Weve developed a presentation that is fun, engaging, and informative. We provide students with knowledge and supplement this knowledge with honest information, hopefully, enabling students to make better choices.
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are designed to engage parents in practical parenting wisdom. We intend to provide parents with insights as to how to best support their children in achieving through education and building a more sustainable future for themselves.
Incentive Program:
Many of us remember when our parents would promise us a reward if we received a respectable grade on an exam or brought home a good report card. E4EA has adopted this model. We utilize our contacts and resources to encourage better academic performance in low performing schools by supplying schools with movie, concert, and television taping tickets, alongside give-a-ways such as, CD's, DVD's and other cool things the youth enjoy, in order to keep them motivated.
We even bring celebrity guests to schools, as the ultimate reward for improvement.
Youth Recording Apprentice Program (YRAP):
We know that music is a dominate force in youth culture. Many of our young people are attracted to the process of creating music. We developed the Y.R.A.P program to address this natural curiosity. Y.R.A.P. exposes and educates students on engineering, producing, recording, and composing vocal music. This program integrates disciplines such as technology, language arts, and the performing arts. The curriculum is designed to foster positive behaviors in students. Students learn valuable skills in a classroom/group setting. This program provides a real life perspective to students, revealing to them the fundamentals and business practices of the music industry, alongside the opportunities that are available. Students interested in this program must maintain a respectable grade point average.
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Each year, E4EA selects students from various high schools to become youth leaders. E4EA mentors and trains these special young people to work with our organization. Students must demonstrate attributes and characteristics that allow them to influence other students in a positive way. Candidates must receive a written recommendation from their school leadership in order to be considered for this program.
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E4EA pairs youth leaders with students who are facing academic challenges. Peer mentors assist mentees with their school work and study skills. They provide good-counsel on peer pressure, attendance, and behavior problems. Students who participate in the program must sign an oath and agree to meet at least once per week with their youth mentor. Mentees must adhere to the E4EA conduct code and agree to develop and maintain an 80% or higher grade point average.
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a person who has a naturalistic world view, free of supernatural and mystical elements. The fundamental principle of this world view is that the universe is governed by natural laws and that there are no supernatural forces.
Thanks to Paul Geisert, Co-Director of the Brights' Net, for his clarification.
'The time has come for us brights to come out of the closet. What is a bright? A bright is a person with a naturalist as opposed to a supernaturalist world view. We brights don't believe in ghosts or elves or the Easter Bunny – or God.'Daniel C. Dennett in the New York Times 12th July 2003
The term Bright was coined earlier this year by Paul Geisert and his wife Mynga Futrell, both freelance writers in Sacramento, California. Frustrated with the rather negative overtones often associated with words that describe people who don't subscribe to religious beliefs, Geisert and Futrell sought to introduce a new way of referring to individuals whose world view is entirely naturalistic. The new noun Bright is intended to be used as a generic reference to all such individuals, functioning as a so-called umbrella term for atheists, agnostics, naturalists and rationalists, among others. It is therefore possible to describe yourself as an atheist and also say that you are a Bright, meaning that you are part of the larger Brights movement.
the noun Bright is intended to be used as a generic reference to atheists, agnostics, naturalists and rationalists, among others
Predictably, the Internet has been used as a mechanism for promoting these ideas, and there is now a site – www.the-brights.net – where individuals can read the official definition of Bright, learn about the proper use of the term, and register themselves to be counted as a Bright. Geisert and Futrell are anticipating that the term will establish itself by functioning as a meme. A meme is an element of culture that is passed from one individual to another by imitation, so as individuals use the term, it is gradually spread from person to person and throughout society until it establishes a worthwhile function and enters the lexicon.
The idea of adapting the sense and part of speech of an existing lexical item, the adjective bright, was inspired by the establishment of the word gay to mean 'homosexual'. Gay was intrinsically a positive word in its former sense, meaning light-hearted and happy. This formed a stark contrast to terms such as homosexual, queer, etc which are essentially rather negative and often insulting. Similarly, bright was chosen for its very positive overtones. There is something rather formal and stuffy about saying 'She's an atheist', but saying 'She's a Bright' sounds much more informal and uplifting. Geisert and Futrell insist that the term must be used as a noun and not an adjective. The implication is not that anyone described in this way is clever or special: 'I'm bright' sounds arrogant, whereas 'I am a Bright' sounds unfamiliar and is therefore more likely to invite questioning.
This article was first published on 29th August 2003.
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Polling locations and hours
The following are the Chaves County precinct locations for the June 3 Republican and Democrat primaries. Polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday and close at 7 p.m. Voters must be registered members of either the Democrat or Republican parties to vote in the respective primaries.
Precinct number, voting site, address, city
1 Berrendo Middle School, 800 Marion Richards Road, Roswell
2 Hampton Inn and Suites, 3607 N. Main St., Roswell
3 Roswell Baptist Temple, 700 E. Berrendo Road, Roswell
4 Goddard High School, 701 E. Country Club Road, Roswell
5 Del Norte Elementary School, 2701 N. Garden Ave., Roswell
6 La Quinta Inn, 200 E. 19th St., Roswell
7 Goddard High School, 701 E. Country Club Road, Roswell
9 Grace Community Church, 935 W. Mescalero Road, Roswell
11 West Country Club Church, 700 W. Country Club Road, Roswell
12 Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1405 N. Sycamore Ave., Roswell
13 Joy Senior Citizen Center, 1822 N. Montana Ave, Roswell
14 Salvation [auth] Army Chapel, 612 W. College Blvd., Roswell
15 First United Methodist Church, 200 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Roswell
21 Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2801 W. Fourth St., Roswell
22 Washington Avenue Elementary School, 408 N. Washington Ave., Roswell
23 Parkview Elementary School, 1700 W. Alameda St., Roswell
25 Central Fire Station, 200 S. Richardson Ave., Roswell
32 Yucca Recreation Center, 500 S. Richardson Ave., Roswell
33 Missouri Avenue Elementary School, 700 W. Deming St., Roswell
34 Yucca Recreation Center, 500 S. Richardson Ave., Roswell
35 Sierra Middle School, 615 S. Sycamore Ave., Roswell
36 Sierra Middle School, 615 S. Sycamore Ave., Roswell
41 Central Nazarene Church, 901 E. Country Club Road, Roswell
42 Sertoma Club Building, 303 N. Virginia Ave., Roswell
43 Girl Scouts Program Center, 1307 E. College Blvd., Roswell
44 All mail-out ballot precinct
45 Central Church of the Nazarene, 1019 S. Lea Ave., Roswell
46 Berrendo Middle School, 800 Marion Richards Road, Roswell
47 Hagerman Town Hall, 209 E. Argyle Ave., Hagerman
51 Roswell Boys and Girls Club, 201 S. Garden Ave., Roswell
52 Nancy Lopez Elementary School, 1208 E. Bland St., Roswell
61 St. Peter's School, 111 E. Deming St., Roswell
62 Chaves County Extension Auditorium, 200 E. Chisum St., Roswell
63 Pecos Elementary School, 600 E. Hobbs St., Roswell
71 East Grand Plains Elementary School, 3773 East Grand Plains Road, Roswell
72 ENMU-Roswell cafeteria, 48 University Blvd., Roswell
73 East Grand Plains Elementary School, 3773 East Grand Plains Road, Roswell
84 Roswell High School, 500 W. Hobbs St., Roswell
85 Roswell High School, 500 W. Hobbs St., Roswell
90 Church on the Move, 901 W. Brasher Road, Roswell
91 Fire Station No. 5, 119 W. Gayle St., Roswell
92 Sunset Elementary School, 606 W. O'Connor Road, Roswell
93 Monterrey Elementary School, 910 W. Gayle St., Roswell
94 University High School, 25 W. Martin St., Roswell
101 Dexter schools central office, 100 N. Lincoln Ave., Dexter
102 Hagerman Town Hall, 209 E. Argyle Ave., Hagerman
103 Community Center, 704 N. Maine St., Lake Arthur
104 Dunken Fire Station, 500 Pinon Road, Dunken
The usual polling sites for precincts 10, 16, 24, 31, 81, 82 and 83 are not available and have been switched to the following locations:
10 Roswell Mall, main entrance, 4051 N. Main St., Roswell
16 Aldersgate Methodist Church, 915 W. 19th St., Roswell
24 Waymaker Church, 202 S. Sunset Ave., Roswell
31 West Alameda Church of Christ, 2807 W. Alameda St., Roswell
81 South Main Church of Christ, 1512 S. Main St., Roswell
82 Trinity United Methodist Church, 1413 S. Union Ave., Roswell
83 Trinity United Methodist Church, 1413 S. Union Ave., Roswell
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OGDEN, Utah -- Sweeping the doubles point did not pay off in the form of a win on Tuesday for the Weber State men's tennis team, as Utah State took four of six singles matches to steal a 4-3 win at the Ogden Athletic Club.
Simon Unger and Oliver Good got the Wildcats going with an 8-4 win in the No. 1 doubles match. The No. 2 team of Peter Ramstromer Pello and Caio Poitena, and the No. 3 team of Dave Hintze and Ryan Garner both pulled out 9-8 doubles wins to give WSU the sweep.
In singles, only Unger and Ramstromer Pello could earn points for Weber State. Unger defeated Sven Poslusny 6-3, 6-4 in the top singles match, while Ramstromer Pello took down Lenny Whiting in three sets at No. 3, winning 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Weber State (9-13) next will gear up for the Big Sky Conference Championship tournament, where they will face top-seeded Montana in the semifinals on April 21.
Utah State vs Weber State
Apr 17, 2012 at Ogden, UT
(Ogden Athletic Club)
Weber State 3, Utah State 3
Singles competition
1. UNGER, Simon (WSU) def. POSLUSNY, Sven (USU) 6-3, 6-4
2. FRITZ, Marcus (USU) def. GOOD, Oliver (WSU) 6-3, 6-1
3. RAMSTROMER PELLO, P. (WSU) def. WHITING, Lenny (USU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
4. BALLAM, Nate (USU) def. HINTZE, Dave (WSU) 6-1, 7-5
5. WEARMOUTH, Curran (USU) def. POITENA, Caio (WSU) 7-6, 6-2
6. NIELSEN, Brandon (USU) vs. GARNER, Ryan (WSU) no result
Doubles competition
1. UNGER, Simon/GOOD, Oliver (WSU) def. POSLUSNY, Sven/FRITZ, Marcus (USU) 8-4
2. RAMSTROMER PELLO, P./POITENA, Caio (WSU) def. WHITING, Lenny/WHITING, Andrew (USU) 9-8
3. HINTZE, Dave/GARNER, Ryan (WSU) def. BALLAM, Nate/NIELSEN, Brandon (USU) 9-8
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Utah State 5-11
Weber State 9-13


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She's relevant because she has a fashion sense that is seriously in sync with contemporary art values . She's relevant because she's building an awesome archive of contemporary fashion (Her Balenciagas are to be seen to be believed) and I know one day she's going to be a great fashion editor herself. Hanne popped by my spot one day last summer for a personal style edit and effortlessly threw together looks like the one above. She's wearing:
Egg shaped wool sweater by Marc Jacobs
Cat print blouse by Miu Miu
Acid blue slim pants by Narciso Rodriguez
Salmon/Peach stilhetto boots by Miu Miu
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Can you remove an eviction from you record?
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I want to know if there is a legal way to either remove or seal an eviction on my record/background check and, if so, what are the guidelines and how do I go about it?
I am assuming that you mean from your credit report, correct? If the eviction was due to non-payment of rent it is in you best interest to contact your old landlord and either negotiate a one time payment (maybe even for a lesser amount) or paying on an installment basis. Your ex landlord is the only one thatcan remove the eviction so you can negotiate that along with payment. He or she may not want to remove it until the balance is paid off. If it is paid off and the landlord refuses to remove it - or if it is a mistake - thenyou can write a dispute letter to the credit bureaus. This gives the creditor a set amount of time to respond or the bureaus have to remove the reporting. Good luck.


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Tempting Temps Means Having Cash on Hand
I'm considering starting a temporary staffing company. I'll have to bootstrap the startup period, as my credit is marginal and I don't own real estate. Industry standard is to pay employees every week or two, but even if I bill weekly, clients don't pay for at least 30 days. With the revenue and expense cycles so out of sync, how can I finance the business to best stretch my limited working capital?--J.G., Los Angeles
Because of the fluctuations in cash flow that you described, financing is one of the trickiest aspects of setting up a new staffing company, experts say, particularly for startup businesses lacking real estate or certificates of deposit that can be counted as collateral. However, don't let that deter you if you've got some industry experience and are determined to succeed. With the outsourcing trend growing, both in the United States and abroad, staffing agencies are seeing double-digit annual growth.
"In order to make themselves more competitive, corporations have turned employee staffing into a variable instead of a fixed cost. Outsourcing is going to be more and more in demand in the next decade as additional companies adopt the practice of flex-hiring based on seasons and trends in their industries," says Chuck Miller, president of an independent staffing network based in Boca Raton, Fla., called People 2.0.
Because the industry has changed dramatically in recent years, small staffing agencies must occupy particular niches right from the start, Miller says. "The staffing industry has become more sophisticated and complex than it once was. You're no longer in a situation where you're sending somebody out to fill a vacation slot." Do some research to determine which niche -- office services, light industrial, high-tech, professional, health care -- takes best advantage of your background, industry contacts, and location.
You'll also want to put together realistic budget projections -- week by week -- for your first 12 months of operation, he says. "Look up all the variables, such as payroll, local tax rates, and workers' compensation insurance, so you know ahead of time what starting this business is going to cost and how much capital you'll need to do it," he advises.
Staffing firms do not have tangible inventory or assets that bankers can measure in dollar value, which makes it particularly tough for startup staffing entrepreneurs to get loans, says James S. Rothman, president of Capital TempFunds, based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. "Staffing, especially at a young company, tends to have significant volatility in sales and can have heavily concentrated customer exposures," he notes. "Further, the drain on cash will get worse as a company is growing -- even if it is profitable. These are all things that banks don't typically like to see."
For these reasons, many specialty lenders have emerged over the past 20 years specifically aimed at the staffing industry. "A specialty lender will provide much higher lines of credit than a bank, and will rely on the receivables as its primary source of repayment," Rothman explains. "So as long as the staffing company is producing qualified accounts receivables, they will have a mechanism to borrow the money they need to hire the labor and pay the taxes that generated those same receivables."
Many of these lenders offer some combination of financing and back-office assistance. Rothman's firm provides a line of credit designed to smooth the cash flow fluctuations inherent in staffing, for instance, and offers optional software and other services.
These companies -- typically called "factors" -- originated in the apparel industry, and tend to charge dearly. With marginal credit and few assets, you can expect to pay between 4% and 6% of revenues, Miller says. They buy your accounts receivable at a discount (typically 80%, in order to cover disputes or defaults on invoices), then give you a check each week that you can use to cover your payroll, taxes, workers' compensation insurance, and other expenses.
Rothman offers this example of how factoring works: "Say a staffing company generated $10,000 of receivables. The payroll for those receivables may have been $6,500, the taxes $1,000, and the workers compensation insurance $500. If a lender lends 80% against the value of the receivables, that is sufficient to pay these expenses. When the receivable is collected, the remaining $2,000 -- minus fees and interest -- is given back to the staffing company," he says.
Some factoring firms require their staffing agency clients to purchase a full-service package, which typically includes billing, payroll, doing background checks, and preparing W-2s, among many functions. Sometimes, debt collection is part of the package. Shelly Wilkinson, director of sales and marketing for Milwaukee-based Tricom Funding, says her firm emphasizes 30-day payment cycles for clients.
"When a staffing agency starts negotiating payment terms beyond 30 days, the likelihood of [their] being paid on time decreases. What we tell our clients is that they have to have the hard conversations, including going to clients and telling them that if they are consistently paying beyond 30 days, you'll have to pull your employees out," she says. Tricom charges 5% on gross invoices, which covers funding and the mandatory back-office functions they perform in house. If invoices are not paid 60 days out, the firm collects an additional 1%.
If factoring doesn't appeal to you, there are some additional options you might pursue. One is to finance your payroll through an asset-based lender or SBA-guarantee loan. Patty DeDominic, who has operated PDQ Careers since 1979, suggests that you consider taking on a partner who could help supply working capital, or that you concentrate on finding clients who will pay in advance or COD. "Consider making search part of your business plan," she suggests. "It is often customary to pay search fees in advance."
Finally, you might consider opening a staffing franchise rather than going it alone. While most of the large franchisers have fairly high investment requirements, there are some smaller franchises that might be options for you. Look for a franchisor who provides good support to new franchisees and has a good reputation within the industry. You can research them, as well as industry suppliers and vendors, through the American Staffing Association, a trade group that offers vendor directories along with a wealth of information and resources, and through Staffing Industry Analysts, Inc., which publishes a trade journal and a multitude of industry reports and analyses. Good luck!
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Car racing, even if you're only a spectator, is hungry and thirsty work, so make sure you're well primed to catch all the action, writes John Weldon.
If you're a bit of a petrolhead but can't face the throngs at the track, there are ways to soak up the atmosphere of the first formula one event on the racing calendar - and wine and dine - at the same time.
Gunn Island BrewBar
For starters, you can't go past the Gunn Island BrewBar (formerly the Middle Park Hotel) on the corner of Armstrong Street and Canterbury Road. Named after Gunn Island, the island in the middle of Albert Park Lake, this brew bar is about as close to the race as you can get without actually being there.
From the marquee that has been set up in Armstrong Street, take in the sounds of the cars screaming around the track and watch the live action on plasma screens.
Choose wisely when it comes to the beer you order here and your grand prix day can only improve. There are 16 beers on tap, including those brewed on the premises by Samara Fuss, formerly of Little Creatures brewery in Western Australia.
The pick of the house beers is Gunn Island amber ale, which is a dark beer with lots of malt in the mouth and a pleasing, floral nose. It's low on gas, too, which means you can enjoy it with a meal without bloating.
Order this ale in a pint and linger over it. Let it warm a little and the flavours and aromas will ripen. I know it sounds wrong to use the words warm and beer in the same sentence, unless you're attacking the Poms, but trust me on this one.
Team it with a hefty serve of honey-and-mustard-encrusted calamari tossed through spinach leaves ($14.50), or a plump veal-and-basil sausage plopped atop a mound of bubble and squeak ($13.50), which, when I was a boy, was leftovers, but in this case is mash peppered with peas, celery, corn and more.
At Gunn Island, beer is king. Staff will happily recommend a wine to accompany your meal, but are equally adept at recommending beer. With the growth of boutique beers, this is a (welcome) trend, which can only grow.
You can even have beer for dessert here, in the form of ice-creams made with the house brews ($2.50 per scoop). Yes, I thought that sounded a little strange too, but the beer presence is very subtle. Instead, rich creamy pistachio, peach and frosty lemon sorbet dominate. Thank goodness!
WHERE: Gunn Island BrewBar, 102 Canterbury Road, Middle Park
OPEN: Sun-Thu 11am-11pm; Fri-Sat 11am-1am. Grand prix weekend opening hours 8am-3am
CARDS: AE BC DC MC V Eftpos
Located right at the other end of the track, on Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, is every little boy's (of all ages) dream restaurant: Cavalli. Here you'll dine alongside some of the most beautiful of British sports cars, including models from Lotus, Morgan and MG.
And yes, if you've got the dough, it is possible to order a car with your meal, although it might not arrive at your table until a little while after the digestifs (say, several days after).
But it's not all boysy at Cavalli. The food is simple and uncluttered - it's a place to be fed, says chef Richard Keane - but not without style, and the service is unobtrusive, if a little too unobtrusive at times.
On grand prix weekend this place will be pumping, and if it rains, as it did last year on the day of the race, it will be standing room only.
Ferrari fans should enjoy a huge bowl of pappardelle tossed with veal sausage ($18). Sherry and fennel bring sweetness to this rich, dense sauce, which cries out to be accompanied by a glass of plummy Rochford pinot noir ($9).
Steaks, in the form of a hefty rib eye ($27) and a juicy chargrilled pork porterhouse ($24.50), which, although heavier in texture than beef, is equally as full of flavour, stand out on a menu that is geared towards meat eaters (are there any vegetarian grand prix fans?).
WHERE: Cavalli, 161 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
OPEN: daily 8am-1am
CARDS: AE BC DC MC V Eftpos
Church St Enoteca
Post-race, or, indeed, instead of the race, head to Church Street, Richmond, and Enoteca, formerly Dutton Enoteca.
Late in 2003, the Dutton side of this partnership left the equation and with them went the auto-oriented decor, although you can still pop next door and have a look at Dutton's wonderful array of sports cars, should the mood take you. (Cafe Veloce still operates at Dutton between 8.30am and 3.30pm for a latte, panini and fresh sandwiches.)
Very little other than the decor and the name have changed at Enoteca, with chef Roger Serjent maintaining the modern Italian feel that has been the mainstay of this restaurant's popularity since it opened in 2002. These days Enoteca is a stylish refuge from the noise and hustle of Church Street and, on hot days, it's a veritable oasis of cool, both in terms of temperature and style.
A tumble of zucchini flowers, fried, crispy, green and gold spikes drizzled with a restrained chilli dressing and accompanied by a creamy grilled fetta ($13), looks great and is subtle, yet just a little sharp, thanks to the fetta.
Follow this with something far from subtle, namely Australian wild boar ($29) served bistecchina style (thinly sliced, chargrilled steaks). These are smoky and oozing in gamey flavours. Also smoky but much sweeter and tender is lamb scottiditi ($29), which means lamb that burns your fingers and refers to the practice of holding these salty sweet cutlets in your hands as you eat them.
Tuna bolognese ($17/$22) sounds like something straight out of The Young Ones' cookbook. One taste, though, is enough to banish such thoughts. It is an intense sauce, made more so by the addition of grated bottarga (salted compressed tuna roe). A touch of cleansing coriander cuts through some of this richness, which, by the way, doesn't stop with the sauce; the tagliatelle with which it is served is made from bread dough, thereby giving it an earthy, yeasty taste.
Dessert might be Italian cheese, if Ferrari wins on the weekend, or if McLaren or Williams pull it off, opt for something truly British such as a soft-centred chocolate pudding with vanilla ice-cream ($13).
WHERE: Enoteca, 527 Church Street, Richmond
OPEN: Mon-Fri 11.30am-3pm; Mon-Sat 6pm-late
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i read about this unusual store in norwegian village that basically has no sellers, but in one corner is a calculator on which you consider how much to pay and a box of money where you should put your money on goods! the concept is based on complete confidence and honesty - there is nothing stopping people from taking stuff and leave, but apparently no one does and this is all in order.
i am truly amazed, but i cannot fully subscribe to the idea.. one needs to shop in a store where there are store representatives, what if you need to ask a certain question? on the other hand, isn't it great to walk out of that store without someone asking you "do you have a sultan card sir?"


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Calvin Walker Indicted On Six Counts
A former electrician for the Beaumont IndependentSchool District and the City of Port Arthur has been indicted for fraudulent billing practices and money laundering. 53-year old Calvin Walker, of Beaumont, was indicted on four felony charges of securing execution of a document by deception and two felony charges of money laundering. According to the indictments, Walker submitted fraudulent invoice to both BISD and to the City of Port
Arthur. The fraudulent invoices resulted in Walker being compensated for labor, materials, and other expenses. If convicted, Walker faces up to life in prison for each charge due to the amount of fraud being in the excess of $200,000. Walker was taken into custody and is free after posting bonds totaling $300,000.


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As Incredible Technologies puts the finishing touches on its eagerly awaited real-time Silver Strike Bowling videogame, coin-op patrons in 50 select nationwide locations will be the first to put the new game through its paces. A special test run on Silver Strike Live plugs in on Tuesday, Dec. 15, and is being conducted exclusively by Club Lucky operating companies.
Club Lucky Group LLC is an association of some three-dozen amusement companies who provide representation in every large U.S. market. Its principal activity is conducting national tournaments and contests with substantial prizes. The group describes its associates as respected members of their regional business communities, who are committed to operating the best, most appropriate music and amusements equipment. Their primary emphasis is on tavern and restaurant accounts.
"The player always comes first with Club Lucky operators, and to be successful a test of this type needs to generate a lot of gameplay quickly," said IT marketing director Gary Colabuono "We felt Club Lucky locations would afford us the best opportunity to test Silver Strike Live to the widest possible audience, while still allowing us the control we need at this stage of development. We appreciate their assistance in this important test."
The online-enabled version of IT's realistic tenpin trackball bowler is slated for an industrywide release on Feb. 14. The original Silver Strike Bowling model made its debut in 2004 and has been steadily building a fan base ever since.
"Just like Golden Tee Live, every game of Silver Strike Live will count -- whether for fun or for prizes," Colabuono said.
The main feature in the new live version is "prize play," which puts 50 players together in a real-time $50 tournament. Players insert an extra $1 to compete. The top 20 players win cash, with $10 going to first place. Prize play is available in Silver Strike's classic bowling or new spare challenge modes.
Additional information on the new game and a list of the 50 Club Lucky test locations are available here.


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[ On July 5-7, The Ekklesia Project will hold its annual gathering in Chicago, which will be on the theme of Slow Church. Between now and July, we will be running a series of lguest reflections here by folks connected with the E.P. We've asked guest posters to reflect on the meaning of Slow Church from their own local contexts. More info on the E.P. gathering. ] Today's reflection, the sixth in the series, is by Janice Love.Read the previous post in the series by Ted Lewis. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mou … [Read more...]
Cultivating Wonder.
This is the first in my promised series of reflections on Liberty Hyde Bailey's poetry.[ Bailey's collection of poems Wind and Weather, has just been released by The Englewood Review of Books as a bargain-priced Kindle ebook. It's well worth it! ]MiracleYesterday the twig was brown and bare; To-day the glint of green is there To-morrow will be leaflets spare; I know no thing so wondrous fair No miracle so strangely rare.I wonder what will next be there.One of the great losses in the post-industrial age, is the disappearance of wonder. Our pace of life moves so f … [Read more...]
"God Does Not Hurry"
"All revolutionaries have one basic problem: they are all short of time" - Gerhard Lohfink, Does God Need the Church? One of the most basic theological convictions in our understanding of Slow Church is the slowness of God. Kelly Johnson does a wonderful job of explaining this slowness in her essay "God Does Not Hurry" from the recent book God Does Not...: Entertain, Play "Matchmaker," Hurry, Demand Blood, Cure Every Illness (Baker Books, 2009, Brent Laytham, Editor).Read a good chunk of this essay, courtesy of Google Books: … [Read more...]


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Bernie Ecclestone yesterday sparked outrage by dismissing the vile racist taunts fired at new world champion Lewis Hamilton as a joke.
The 78-year-old Formula One supremo insisted in a radio interview that Spanish fans who blacked their faces for a race near Barcelona were not being insulting.
But when confronted by the Mirror he made a rapid U-turn and branded the yobs "cowards".
Ecclestone, right, was quizzed on BBC Radio Five Live about the abuse aimed at Hamilton at the Circuit de Catalunya in February when fans had blackened faces, black wigs and T-shirts with the slogan "Hamilton's family".
He told host Nicky Campbell: "It probably began as a joke rather than anything abusive.
All these things are a bit of a joke.
"I don't see why people should have been insulted by it.
"These things are people expressing themselves."
But listeners and anti-racist campaigners reacted with fury.
Former Chelsea defender Paul Elliott, ambassador for Football Against Racism in Europe, said: "The comments are shameful and disgraceful.
Bernie Ecclestone should resign. It is clear he is out of touch with the 21st century."
The Kick It Out campaign's Danny Lynch added: "What Bernie Ecclestone said is shocking. Fans blacking up in the stands was overt, old-school racism."
Apart from the Spanish abuse, Hamilton, 23 - the first black world Formula One champion - was also subjected to taunts on a website before last week's Brazilian Grand Prix. One read: "I hope you crash and die."
In an exclusive interview with the Mirror last night, Ecclestone called the internet remarks "disgusting". He added: "We won't put up with that in Formula One."
Speaking about the Spanish incident, he said: "I want to get those people with blackened faces into the paddock and introduce them to Lewis.
"They wouldn't dare make the comments then. They are cowards."
"They are nothing, they are nobodies."
Hamilton said of the Spanish shame yesterday: "I didn't think it was a joke.
But it is in the past.
"What's more important to me is that I had a lot of support from UK fans.
As long as I have my country behind me. It makes me very proud."
It probably began as a joke rather than anything abusive
These people with blackened faces..are cowards.
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"Congratulations! You have been selected to attend the NASA Social on Aug. 3, 4 and 5 in conjunction with the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover."
So began the email that prompted this week's journey that will culminate with my being present in Mission Control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California when Curiosity is scheduled to land on Mars and send its first transmission to Earth.
How did this happen?
One of the few times I happened to be on Google+ this past Spring, I noticed a post from NASA asking people to apply to attend #NASASocial. I had always wanted to go to a #NASATweetup so I thought this would be a great opportunity. I never thought about it again until I received the confirmation email while I was in New York for #140conf, and anyone who was with me when I read the email can tell you how excited I was.
While there will be journalists, scientists, engineers, and other NASA employees present for the landing, I am one of only 25 people selected to attend this historic event and I look at this both as an honor and a privilege to witness what will surely be a historic moment. As I looked at the list of attendees and saw how impressive they were, I wondered how I could possibly be part of this.
And then it dawned on me.
For people of my generation, NASA has been a part of their life from the very beginning. What other government agency brings you both successes and tragedies that you can point to and say, "I remember where I was when X happened"?
From the first moon landing, when I remember being gathered in my grandparents living room with my young cousins around a black and white television screen as we watched grainy video of Neil Armstrong planting an American flag on the moon, to being at my first office job and hearing the news about the Challenger disaster and gathering around another small television set to watch that horrific moment be replayed over and over again, NASA has been part of my life. Everything NASA does is a big deal, so we take time to watch and to notice and to hope and dream along with the astronauts, who are both superhuman and human at the same time. NASA was born of the competitive American spirit, and we still want to be the best and the first, both on Earth and in space.
Seven Minutes of Terror
The MSL Curiosity rover is scheduled to touchdown at exactly 10:31 PM PT on Sunday, August 5. That's when we'll find out if all the hard work and incredibly complex engineering calculations have worked…or not. It takes a signal 14 minutes to travel the millions and millions of miles between Earth and Mars and by the time we receive the message that the craft has entered the atmosphere of Mars, it will have been either dead or alive on the surface for 7 minutes. Hard to imagine, but that's how it works. You may have seen some video of what needs to happen to make sure Curiosity is LIVE when we get that transmission, but it's definitely worth watching if you havent:
Is that mind-blowing or what?
So what's next?
Tomorrow begins three days of press conferences, behind-the-scenes tours and lots and lots of sharing with the public of what we're doing and seeing here. NASA has a truly phenomenal social media presence and is using it to spread their brand message and to educate the public on the importance of its programs. They've made space exploration cool again. So much so that Sunday night's lead up to the landing on Mars will be broadcast live from JPL's Mission Control on the massive Toshiba screen in Times Square starting at 11:30 PM EST. It will also be livestreamed. (You can find a list here.)
So tune in Sunday night and please follow the #NASASocial hashtag on Twitter for the three days we'll be there; some amazing stuff you would never get to see or hear otherwise will be coming your way on that stream. Follow me on Instagram as well to see all the great shots I'll be taking.
I'll be back here on InfoSpace when I get a chance over the weekend to share my own photos and commentary on what I've seen and heard. Any questions you want me to ask? Share in the comments and I'll try to get an answer for you.
One final thought for today: I want to thank Dean Liz Liddy for funding my trip to #NASASocial. While most people might think that NASA is sending me on an all expenses paid trip to California, that's not how it works. NASA has had major budget cuts in the past few years and can't pay for the attendees to travel. Lucky for NASA, there are so many devotees who would spend their last dime to be present for this moment. Lucky for me, I work for a visionary who sees the importance of funding my trip as the iSchool's representative. I am very grateful.
NOTE: The featured image on this post is the design on our pins, patches, t-shirts, etc. It was designed by #NASASocial attendee Susan Bell.


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I just saw this, and need to say 3 things:
1. Direct drive blowers are cheaper, HOWEVER an original Eshland still is loafing along TODAY with the very same indirect motor it was shipped with in 1976. NO FURTHER COMMENT NEEDED BY ANYONE!!! READ BETWEEN THE LINES!!! Don't even touch that damned keyboard!!! Pete Axeman does it right, nuff said!!
2. A Puller on a fan assembly that has seen 1000 to 1500 degrees for a couple years? Are you nuts? New fan in 99.99 percent of the cases. If you don't convert,(to the indirect) simply keep a spare fan and motor on the shelf, gaskets and the ceramic protection ring. I know the success rate of removing the fan at AHS was about that average. Been there, done that. Now a simple motor change-out becomes a 550.00 adventure....plus tax. I asked Jeff to not offer that; ONLY the indirect drive. If ANYONE were smart out there and in the same situation, just CHANGE out the direct for an indirect. I've done 5 myself, and never looked back. PLEASE DO NOT go back to the direct drive. If I buy a boiler with a direct, I deduct 1200.00 just because of this.
3. Wood/Coal dual fuels are OK and AHS is one of the best, yet like oil=gas/ coal. it is a compromise. Rugged, safe, but still a compromise. The only dual fuel (meaning oil or gas) units that are available are old Van Wert's, Current Keystokers, Current 110K LL, and EFM's or some homemade rigs that probably are as good.
I have cleaned, serviced, set-up many with these setups, and it was as easy as can be imagined. Of the 11 Keystoker's with the burners, NOT ONE is used. EFM's 5 installed, 1 used.
Van Wert's....some folks have run them for years on oil, no coal. MY .02 is to have/keep or get a used oil, gas or nukie boiler and pipe it up.
Not much different from a hybrid car when you want dual fuel for heating. Lots of extra work created, for a small dividend. KISS...keep it separate stupid!......or something more user friendly if you are in a kind mood.
Also, I would like to add that Jeff Gingritch, family and employees are back at the helm, and things are sailing toward warmer waters. Keep that in mind; they are great folks....in a business that likes to take no prisoners. Nice guys don't necessarily finish last, and the politics of life hurt many, so look before you leap. Ever hear the old expression: Building a reputation, not relying on one.
Know anyone named Matt or Dave that sounds like that? Jeff is right there also. Don at Keystoker is the best.......Pete Jr and the staff......it gets no better than this.
Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way........and for all the SOB's/Democrats who plant IED's along our way.......your day is coming!!!


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good write up sir! I cant wait for the range review as a follow-up!
My HK416D Tactical Rimfire arrived today from Adam at HKPARTS.net. He had the best price I had seen so far and as always, took the time to answer all my questions. All I can say is that this ain't anything like your Grandpappy's rimfire...
I want to preface this review with what this firearm really is; from everything I can see, it's an HK made by Walther which is why I call it how I see it... an HK416 Rimfire. Umarex is merely the importer and the warranty servicer.
Right off the get go, it becomes very apparent with it's packing and paperwork:
Nicely packaged. Not the best I have seen, but far better than an SL8:
The firearm is cleanly marked with all the prevalent markings paint-filled and the minor markings not:
German proof marks on the internals. Uncertain on why it is not on the other components. Perhaps Walther outsourced the shell casting to another country. I am not an expert on German proofing laws.
The grip has a storage compartment as does the functioning telescopic stock (4-position). The stock storage compartment appears to have a rubber seal on the butt-pad but the tolerance isn't solid enough to make it water-proof. Water resistant in rain perhaps.
Mechanical but not functioning forward assist:
O-ring tensioned FH is good quality. I question how well the o-ring will hold up over time but being a rimfire, there really isn't must reason to remove it.
Not a solid barrel. The O.D. is a sleeve. The barrel itself is not much thicker that what you see in the photos and has some play inside the sleeve:
The faux gas block has a flip-down front sight mount and Walther does offer it as an add-on. There's also what appears to be a bayonet lug:
The detachable sights are good quality... well suited for a rimfire:
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Closing Summary
It's a very solid rifle. A bit lighter that its big brother but it has the same ergonomic feel. All aluminum construction and functional picatiny rails really add to its value. Far more rugged than the GSG-5.
The forward-assist and BHO are cosmetic although it does have a BHO when the mag is empty. Pulliing back on the charging handle releases it. Fuctional push-pin breakdown and dust-cover are a plus.
Very impressed with the quality of the furniture. Rugged plastic with functional and useful storage compartments.
The internals are on par for a rimfire. I did not take the time to disassemble but at a glance looks to just as much a PIA as any other.
The barrel is this firearm's weakness. The thin walls and apparent "flimsyness" of the barrel insert will really prevent this rifle from being an accurate distance shooter. I have yet to shoot it so I may be proven wrong.
You can not compare this firearm to the more traditional 10/22 or various others. Two completely different class of firearms. If you want to hunt, buy the Ruger. If you want something that can be used as a tactical trainer, then this fits the bill. I would rate this on par with the SIG rimfire... THUMBS UP!
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good write up sir! I cant wait for the range review as a follow-up!
Awesome! Thanks Joe. My boy is DEFINITELY getting one of these! He's only 14 months old right now, but I figure it'll be nice and broken in for him when he's ready.
Thanks for all the pics! I think the reason those proofs are on the internals are because those are the actual gun parts that are tested. I think the internal white metal shell containing the bolt is the actual receiver. The exterior shell is just cosmetic and there are probably some laws about putting official proofs on things that aren't proof tested. I was wondering about that O-ring myself, since apparently you are supposed to loosen the FH to take the pressure off the rear receiver pin before breaking it open as shown in the first video on this page (it shows the Colt M4 .22LR, but it looks like the same Walther internals in a different exterior shell).
From what I've heard, the FH and O-ring tighten the barrel and action up to enhance accuracy, but I wouldn't think that constantly loosening and tightening the FH will be good in the long term.
The one negative for me is that you can't take the bolt out, so you have limited access to get to the bolt face and chamber for cleaning, and the only to get a bore brush in from the chamber end is to run a bore snake in through the muzzle and out the ejection port, and then attach a small brush and drag it out the barrel as shown in the video. You have to use a short bore brush since there is only about an inch of space between the open bolt and the barrel.
Thanks for the review and the pics.
Why the major swing in quality to crap (on some recent guns)?
45acp... turning human garbage into useful fertilizer since 1911
Auf gebeginning to fixin der gun mit grosse busen of der schpritzin lubrication allen over derfukin platz, mit das squirtin and squeezin oil in allen fukinholes.
Ja, und racken und strokin das bolt as if gecrazygoing, yanken dat handle bak und forth, zwei hunnert times, ja?
Ist neue, und its needing some brekkin in.
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Great pics, I almost want to buy one now. Does the Flash Hider come off if so what is the tread pitch?
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South African Douglas Whyte earned points in all three races Wednesday night at Happy Valley Racecourse to become the first Hong Kong-based rider to win the International Jockeys' Championship.The jockey's competition, held in a steady rain, was part of the festivities prior to the Hong Kong International Races on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse.Whyte clinched the fifth annual event with a victory on favorite Danehill Warrior in the final race to finish with 19 points, five ahead of Austrian-born Andreas Suborics, representing Germany. Yutake Take of Japan was third with 12 points. Take won the first race of the night with Classa Win and Subronics, who is beginning a riding tour in Hong Kong, took the second with Bountiful. Edgar Prado, representing the United States, finished 10th of the 12 riders from 11 nations, with two points.Defending champion Frankie Detorri, the only two-time winner of the event, also had two pointsThe first-place prize was $200,000 (Hkn.), approximately $25,700 in U.S. dollars. Supronics earned $100,000 (Hkn), $12,850 U.S.Whyte, 31, has ridden in Hong Kong for seven years and was the leading jockey the past two seasons. He won International Jockeys' Championship races on his first day following a seven-day suspension for careless riding."It's been a sweet reward, I must must say," Whyte said. "It's my first meeting back after a lengthy time out. I wasn't expecting such a good evening, but as they say, all good things do come to an end and I'm glad my suspension came to an end and good things have started."Whyte was the only jockey to pick up points in each race. He finished fourth on his first mount, Super Combed, a 3-year-old New Zealand-bred maiden, in a race of approximately one mile and 50 yards. In the second race of the event, at a distance 1 1/8 miles,Whyte was third on Cherished, a New Zealand-bred gelded son of Mukaddamah. Danehill Warrior came from off the pace in the mile and 50-yard finale to beat Bobo Duck, ridden by Mick Kinane by a neck.
Prado had both of his first two mounts in good positions, but neither finished well. Latin Dancer was fifth in the first race, earning Prado his only points. De Integro faded to ninth in the second race and Round the World was 11th of 12 in the finale."Every time you're in a race, you have a chance to win it," Prado said. "During a competition you have a chance to do something. It was a good experience. When you're in these races, you try to learn to learn from the best. Today, there were a lot of good riders here and you're always learning something. I really liked being here to share it with a lot of different riders. It's good for the Thoroughbred industry. I hope more people get involved with this. It's going to help our business. That's what we need."Prado will have another chance to earn some purse money Sunday when he rides Texas Glitter for trainer Todd Pletcher in the Hong Kong Sprint. "I don't want to go home empty-handed," he said.
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Nice opening to the show and good to see the Pick the poison match come up and not just a show opening promo like always. It was a bit of a good move in some ways to have HHH interupt and cause Michaels the match. Wish it would of been someone else but Maven to be honest though. as there are more wrestlers that could do with the win maybe. Also kudos on using HHH as the face as it proves to be a good move im sure and good to see a different mix of things going on to open the show. Kudos to you.
Nice Cabana and it is good to see that you are able to use some of these characters and have them in thier persona as well. Carlito was a bit out of persona in someplaces but you are lucky because it ended up that Charlie Haas was able to carry the promo once he got out there with some nice smart lines, taking his character on which is needed as he isint the best promo wise. Good brawl as well and it leads to a tag team match which will no doubt be interesting to say the very least.
Good match with the 4 and it was good because Styles and Carlito won and this gives Haas more incentive to try and win back "His" title at all costs. I would of liked to see a stare down between some of the men though rather than just Charlie Haas and AJ Styles but really there was no reason but it would of added an extra something for a fued between 2 of the men months down the line maybe.
Now we are backstage and a little segment with SCSA himself. I liked the brawl because it addes more to the fued than a simple promo with just Stone Cold trashing Cena. Both of these men are not great wrestlers but they are good entertainers and good brawlers and that will make for a great match at Summerslam. Nice restraining order made by the seen of the egotisitcal owner. Good to see as it will prove to make this match even better with both men wanting to get thier hands on eachother. Good move once again.
Good promo before the match from HHH and it was amazing and purely in character. Good to see him mentioning Michaels as well because this hypes it even more as Michaels didnt get any mic time to hype it up himself. Interesting that it was A train but im not happy Trips won as the fact is, he has got much more out of the fued tonight and i would of liked to see either a brawl or staredown again like earlier with Michaels able to exact a little bit of revenge on Trips.
Good start to the promo from Christian and he mocked Todd a little and then went onto talk about the Bisch for a bit. Im not liking near the end though as Christian was out of character and then Benjamin came in and he murdered the promo. Good to see you trying to funny im up but it didnt really work for me at least. It pushes this mind fued on a little bit more though and i suppose that is the main thing. Half decent promo but could of been better.
Im not happy tht you had Shane come out again after the match where Raven retained. A good announcment none the less though and im expecting a good write up for that match at SS. Good length for the match but it could of been a little longer for what it was though.
Im sorry but the Cena promo was so out of his persona that it isint even funny. I was expecting a really intense promo but i didnt get the feeling from this promo that he was intese to be honest, it may of been the length as it wasnt great length but meh, i dont really know.
Decent promo in the GM office as a huge main event, i presume it is going to be main event, is booked for next week. Great hype and that will be a great match to turn up the hype for the PPV and it caps the road to SS off really well. Good funny lines from the Outlaws who were out of character for one line at least but it didnt hurt the promo so much i suppose. All in all it was an ok promo but it felt like a bit of a buffer with the Outlaws going in there for no real good reason.
Another promo, third in a row? The first bit that Rock said wasnt in character but the promo got better with age, i hope that is true when i go into my 30's. Good hype for the main event and again just a buffer with no reason behind it but it dids its job which was hype again so goodd job on that Renegade.
And now after the commercial and we are now onto the main event. Nice main event and i think you did a good job using the Lumberjacks in the match. All this just adds to the War at Summerslam and good to see Benjamin win but it would of been good for him to win clean in some ways because it would give him much more credability but being a hell it wasnt possible. Brilliant end to the show all in all though with the hells getting the momentum this week in the main event and team Foley is under pressure and has got some work to do next week.
Overall a good show from you, being a first time reader im impressed and im wanting to see what happens next week in paticular with the whole HHH/Michaels situation at least. Had its strong and weak points but overall it was a decent enough show and did its job. Next week will have to be good to hype SS up to its fullest potential.
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Europe: American airmen down 21 Nazi planes. RAF airmen take down 3 more. American losses were 13 planes. Attacks against fortified French coast. Air raid alarm in Switzerland.
Russia: Last east-west escape rail line destroyed by Soviets. Troop positions in Moscow, etc. German defenses are crumbling rapidly, defeat will be one of the worst for the Nazis since Stalingrad. In Ukraine, savage Nazi counter attacks.
Italy: Allied invaders advance south of Rome and east of Nettuno against main 5th army force. Mark Clark's men fight against the most powerful Nazi force ever used. South of Rome, attempts to correct the "epic blunder" to allow Allies to land unopposed near Rome. Invading forces have taken an airport east of Nettuno, port of Nettuno. Allies shelling Appian Way.
Washington: Prospects of a 4th term for Roosevelt have been precipitated into a senate fight. Ohio Senator Robert Taft accused War Secretary Henry Stimson and Navy Secretary Frank Knox of supporting a uniform Federal ballot for men and women. "Convinced that they are essential to the conduct of the war." Not sure if they can guarantee delivery of absentee ballots to armed forces. Absentee Ballot proposal. Mustering Out Pay Bill to give money to servicemen.
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The B.C. government will not impose a settlement in the teachers' dispute even if there's no deal by September, the Finance Minister says.
Mike de Jong said that means classes won't resume after Labour Day if a settlement hasn't been reached.
"In those circumstances there will be ongoing disruption," he said. "And I know who feels the pain then – it would be the families with students."
Mr. de Jong said imposing a legislated contract hasn't worked in the past, though the teachers' union has failed to negotiate settlements, unlike other public-sector unions. "There is no rational reason or explanation for the fact that one organization has consistently been unable to accomplish what every other branch of the public sector has managed to do – not always easily and not always without some pretty acrimonious and tough negotiations."
Premier Christy Clark said Monday that the B.C. Teachers' Federation needs to find its way to get into a settlement zone. She said the government negotiator is on the phone every week asking the teachers' union to return to the table, though B.C. Teachers' Federation president Jim Iker said no calls have been put through to him.
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BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party has listed golf and gluttony as violations for the first time as it tightens its rules to stop officials from engaging in corrupt practices, while also turning an even sterner eye on sexual impropriety.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been driving a sweeping crackdown on deep-rooted graft since taking over the party's leadership in late 2012. Since then dozens of senior officials have been investigated or jailed.
Tales of corruption and officials' high living, including extravagant banquets and expensive rounds on golf courses, have stirred widespread public anger because bureaucrats are meant to live on modest sums and lead morally exemplary lives.
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