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Savvy Six-Year-Old Sums Up Classics
If you haven't already read this, get ready to grin. The StrollerDerby blog has a great post by Sunnychanel, who noticed that her six-year-old daughter was always picking up books and asking her to summarize. "Momma, what's this book about?"
So, bribing her with something called a "Calico Critters Zack and Sandy Beaver set", as she admits at the end of the post, Sunnychanel had the frankly fantastic idea of having her daughter – inexperienced, unbiased, unfiltered – guess what she thought the books were about, from their covers, and presented her with a big stack of very well-known books. Results as follows.
"I think it's a book about a haunted theme park and it stars a magical magic guy and he's good and evil and he's trying to get rid of the ghosts. And I think at the end, since it's haunted by a ghost, he tried to make the park go on fire and it did. "
"It's about a guy that tried to kill a mockingbird but he couldn't because the bird was magical. And the bird lives in different trees because he's trying to hide from him but the man keeps hitting leaves that look like the mockingbird, but he never shoots the mockingbird. And guy is really bad but the bird is really good. "
"It looks like a book for kids. I think it's about a donkey and a pig that do not like each other and they both live on a farm for animals. The same farm. It looks like it would be a funny book with a good really nice ending. "
"I think this is about a gigantic robot who goes on fire and he doesn't like himself. It has a sad ending. It looks like a book for teens. The title means fire, a really really really big fire since the number is 451, that would mean it was really hot. So the robot must get really hot. Maybe that is why he is so sad."
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
"I think it's a book for kiddies, it's a colorful book. I think it's about a tiny bird that flew over a cuckoo bird's nest, that is why it's named that. It looks like a really sweet kiddy book."
"This is about a girl that goes mining. I don't know why, but she looks like she would go mining, mining for gold. "
"I've heard about it before but I have no idea what it is about. I think that on the cover it is an inside out whale (so it's gross). The book is all about a whale whose name is Moby Dick. "
"It doesn't really have a story. The cover is weird. It doesn't give you like any clue to what it is about on the cover, like other books do. "
"That looks VERY CREEPY!!!" (My daughter insisted that there be three, exactly three exclamation points). "It looks like it would be scary and very very strange and about creepy things. The story is about a very very hairy eagle who hangs out with fancy ladies."
"I think it's about baseball. A person who likes to play baseball but also takes care of a plane."
"It's about a person who is a robot, a very colorful robot. He's pretty fancy for a robot."
"It looks weird. I think this must be a book about a tree. I would not read a book about just a tree. And it looks like it's a sad tree too since it has no friends."
"This book is about the future. I think the future will all be robotics becasuse that's what it's like in cartoons, so the book would be like that."
"This is all about a tiny town, beneath the ground. And it looks like it has a lot of people in the town. I think they live in Africa. It looks like a fun book for kiddies! Teens! All ages!"
"I think it's about a car. A car that goes to Mexico, Indonesia and other places. It's about a car that goes on all sorts of adventures. The guy on the cover is a teen, he likes to drive people places a lot. And he's French."
"This book has to be about the color purple. I think it's a baby book. It looks like it would be very short. I think there must be a blob of purple that lives in that house. And the purple blob just stays in its home and is lazy. I think it looks like a very boring book."
This is about Daydis (her spelling it's actually – Daedalus). He is an ancient god guy who prays a lot. This book is about him crying. He is crying because he doesn't like himself at all, because he hates himself. It looks like a saddy, saddy, saddy bookie."
Note: she loves Greek Mythology at bedtime hence the Daedalus reference. And really, who doesn't?
"I think this book is about a sprite that lives in the forest. And she meets a lion, a tiger a bear and a mouse. She also meets a leaf and a tree, it's a magical book but for teens."
"This book is about a tree on a hill. The tree is the star of the book and it's a very nice tree but everyone else is mean. I think the tree has a magical ring and some evil guys capture the ring and put him on the top of the hill so they can watch him. "
Fifty Shades of Grey
(I know, this is not a classic, but I was curious what she thought this book was about from its simple cover.)
"On the cover is a very weird looking Zebra. The book is about a zebra that wears pants. It's a drama book about this zebra guy who likes to go fishing for aces.
(And no, I have no idea what she meant by any of that either. )

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McKenna lays out more plans to boost education, cut government
Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna kicked off his 2012 campaign for governor Tuesday morning with a big fundraiser and speech vowing to reform state government, cut regulations and some taxes, while boosting spending on education.
Speaking to more than 1,500 supporters at Bellevue's Meydenbauer Center McKenna gave more details of specific policy proposals he'd pursue on jobs and education. He roamed the stage as he spoke, using a wireless microphone headset, and holding an Ipad with notes.
McKenna unveiled what he's calling his "New Direction for Washington State" plan, with three issue papers detailing his ideas to stimulate private job growth, cut government costs and devote more money to colleges and universities.


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Flowers, gowns, hats thrown in the air. Graduation announcements and graduation invitations. Beginnings and endings. Speeches and parties. Graduation means so many things to so many people. We polled our Facebook fans to see how they would finish a simple sentence.
In their words: Graduations always make me think of…
The future & all it's endless possibilities! – Stefanie Simko Fracasso
Parting ways with childhood friends… – Bethany Owens
Fresh new young hope. A start of a beautiful limitless future. – Patti Palin James
Graduation always makes me think of achievement. Hard work (whether you got As or Cs) has finally paid off and you're finished with at least ONE stage of life. – Maggie Allyn
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The interesting thing about The Resort at Point Pleasant is that there is, in fact, a vacation within for everyone. Honeymooners, adventure thrillseekers, and seniors alike will be hardpressed to achieve boredom at Point Pleasant.
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Legal technical assistance to the tobacco-control community, 2012-2013
The Foundation's Public Health Law Field-Building initiative was designed to support public health practitioners, their counsel and policymakers in using law to promote, protect and improve health through technical assistance, training, legal analyses, products, and translation and dissemination delivered through a national network of public health law centers and key stakeholder groups.This renewal grant provides continued support for the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium (Consortium) in providing a range of legal technical assistance and resources to the field of tobacco advocacy. The Consortium, a nationally recognized network of legal centers working to strengthen America's tobacco-control policies, helps community coalitions, health professionals, and public officials develop, enact and implement optimal policies, avoid legal pitfalls, and solve legal problems. Deliverables will include continued support for the Consortium to: (1) provide consultation to tobacco-control advocates; (2) collaborate with public-health-law efforts; (3) provide litigation support to city and county attorneys, state attorneys general, and legal counsel representing advocacy organizations and individual citizens; (4) prepare amicus curiae briefs in appellate cases of significance to tobacco control; (5) maintain a database of legal cases challenging smoke-free laws; (6) publish educational materials; (7) provide educational and training presentations at state, regional and national conferences; (8) devote time and resources to a new initiative to strengthen tobacco-control policies in the Southeastern United States by delivering intensive, proactive assistance in that area, and (9) collaborate with national health associations to create and offer training courses for public health officials. The grantee will not use Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds for lobbying.
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Time frame: 5/15/2012 - 7/31/2013
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Crist Fundraising On Pace With Scott
Charlie Crist is starting to keep fundraising pace with Governor Scott.
Newly filed campaign reports show Crist raised more than $2.2 million in April for his campaign and a related political committee.
Scott raised more than $1.3 million during the month for his campaign and political committee.
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My Heart is in that Junk Truck
What do you want to be when you grow up? A junk hauler? That's a great choice! Here's proof:
Research by an academic and former waste business official shows that truck drivers in the solid waste industry are largely very happy with the work they do. That might be surprising to people outside the industry, but people in the business know better.
The reason is partly factors inherent in the job, but a lot of it is the bigger picture of how the drivers are treated as employees. That was the biggest point to come from the research by Kenneth Baylor, who used to be vice president of employee and labor relations at Republic Services Inc.
Create an atmosphere where the worker feels he or she is contributing. Where they are valued and treated with respect. Those factors are more important than money or just having a job, Baylor's research concluded.
It's not rocket science. Treat workers well and you'll likely have a contented, engaged and loyal workforce. And that's beneficial to the company: Workers make more of a contribution, they do their job better; employers avoid the high cost of replacing workers.
The point that [junk] truck drivers are generally happy means that waste companies are doing a lot of the right things to create a positive atmosphere. That's important with any organization in any walk of life but perhaps more so in the waste industry, where the perception can often be that the work […] is less than glamorous.
-Allan Gerlat, Editor of Waste & Recycling News
This makes complete sense to the General Manager of our Fort Worth, Texas franchise, Andrew Sander. Andrew never expected to be so happy managing a junk hauling franchise. "I actually have two degrees. I once thought I wanted to climb the ol' corporate ladder," Andrew explains, "but after school, once I entered the corporate world, I realized that everything I had worked for in my life was in vain, I hated the office life."
Then Andrew found junk! As the GM of a junk hauling franchise, Andrew lives every day with a smile on his face. He loves that he gets to pass on what he knows to the young guys working for him. "It's not as if I'm not learning, in fact it's the opposite. I am getting a PhD in running a successful business. I love it, this is my focus. My heart is in that junk truck."


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Alright folks, another busy day in my (boring) life and another exciting day in the world of network TV. NBC and ABC presented their fall schedules today and CBS (now on my hated networks list – oh, all 4 spots are now taken!) broke word of canceled shows. Click down below to see what NBC (last season's 4th place network) and ABC are bringing your TV (Hi-Def and snazzy or not) …
NBC: They'll be doing something new this season with a "split" schedule. This will enable them to bring back "bubble" shows, but only for a shortened season to see how they go one more time … All I'll talk about is the Fall.
10PM – 11PM: The Jay Leno Show ~ Yes, NBC went through with this (IMO) stupid idea. I know he had material for late night TV, but I think primetime Leno is going to get old and quickly. Oh well, their loss.
8PM – 9PM: Heroes ~ NBC has moved this show up and hour in the hopes of bringing in a new drama. Check out the return of this sci-fi hit!
9PM – 10PM: Trauma ~ Another medical drama surfaces the small screen. NBC brings medical TV to a new light, looking at first response paramedics. Check out a video preview here
8PM – 10PM: The Biggest Loser ~ This fall, NBC brings us 2 full hours of Biggest Loser competition each week. Don't miss the new season!
8PM – 9PM: Parenthood ~ Another new drama NBC is bringing, tells the story about 4 siblings who are now parents. Life as a parent may not be what everything thinks. Check out a preview …
9PM – 10PM: Law & Order: SVU ~ We knew this show wasn't going anywhere. Question here is will Meloni and Hargiaty be back? Talks are in the works. $$ is an issue now a days. On another note, moving it to 9PM on Wed may hurt this show. They can thank Jay Leno.
8PM – 8:30PM: SNL: Thursday ~ Saturday nights have moved to Thursday, at least for now. When Thursday becomes just Thursday (and not Saturday) look for Joel McHale and Chevy Chase in Community, which looks at the mis-fits at a local Community College.
8:30PM – 9PM: Parks & Recreation ~ NBC has brought this show back after a fairly surging first season this Spring. Don't miss part of what NBC is claiming to be the funniest day of the week!
9PM – 9:30PM: The Office ~ I, for one, just cannot get into this show. Apparently everyone else can. The hit comedy is back this fall (as if anyone doubted).
9:30PM – 10PM: 30 Rock ~ Miss Tina Fey wasn't going anywhere and neither was her show!
8PM – 9PM: Law & Order ~ The show begins yet another season this fall on a cop-themed Friday.
9PM – 10PM: Southland ~ Another drama that picked up speed this spring made it back to the small screen. Hopefully following L&O will benefit this show.
8PM – 9PM: Dateline
9PM – 11PM: Law & Order: SVU, Trauma, Southland encore presentations
7PM: Football Night in America
ABC: ABC is clearly looking to retool themselves this season. We'll see if it works out for them.
8PM – 10PM: Dancing With the Stars:Performance Show ~ Needless to say, we never doubted this show's return.
10PM – 11PM: Castle ~ ABC brought back this drama for its sophomore season. It has great critical acclaim, so we'll see how it holds up in the fall
8PM – 9PM: Shark Tank ~ This new reality show brings entrepeneurs to the center stage as they present their latest business concepts to a team of investors. Each week, one will be eliminated.
9PM – 10PM: Dancing with the Stars: Results Show ~ The name says it all.
10PM – 11PM: The Forgotten ~ A team of amateur detectives pieces together the forgotten lives of Jane and Johns Doe. The killer took their lives and their identities.
8PM – 8:30PM: Hank ~ Kicking of a night of ALL-NEW programming, Hank chronicles living the high life in NYC before having to move back to a small town. Kelsey Grammar returns to TV.
8:30PM – 9PM: The Middle ~ Patricia Heaton returns to TV in a show that looks at the hero that is the parent in a middle-class town in Indiana. Supermom apparently has nothing on her.
9PM – 9:30PM: Modern Family ~ It seems to be family-themed Wednesday. 3 fictional families interview for a documentary, not knowing how much information they will really be sharing.
9:30PM – 10PM: Cougar Town ~ Welcome the return of Courtney Cox to the small screen! A newly-turned 40 year old wants to be more than just a mom and a successful career woman. How about being on the prowl in Cougar Town?
10PM – 11PM: Eastwick ~ Three housewives who would want nothing to do with each other on a regular day end up being the best of friends after a few drinks and a stranger comes to town. What more? He brings out their supernatural powers, of course.
8PM – 9PM: Flash Forward ~ A cataclysmic worldwide event causes everyone to black out for 2 minutes 17 seconds and gives them a peek at their life 6 months from now.
9PM – 10PM: Grey's Anatomy
10PM – 11PM: Private Practice ~ Moved to its new night, Private Practice and Grey's team up together.
8PM – 9PM: Supernanny
9PM – 10PM: Ugly Betty ~ The move to Friday could speak bad juju for this show …
Saturday: Saturday Night Football
7PM – 8PM: America's Funniest Home Videos
8PM – 9PM: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9PM – 10PM: Desperate Housewives
10PM – 11PM: Brothers and Sisters
There ya have it, folks! Of course, midseason replacements are bound to show up sooner or later. We'll cover those as necessary. Check back tomorrow for CBS's fall schedule (which I now hate…well, you'll hear enough about that tomorrow). Until then, Wingz out!


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After a near fatal stroke leaves her mother Ann paralyzed, daughter and filmmaker Karen Guthrie returns home to help care for her. Ann's ex-husband Ian, who never really moved far away from Ann, returns to the home as well, bringing the family together again. Although they've never really spoken openly about their lives, Karen feels that now is the time and sets out to ask the questions she never could. The answers are quite surprising as they finally bring to light feelings that have been kept inside.
The Guthrie family seems rather typical as you begin watching The Closer We Get. Father Ian doesn't really share his feelings too often, unless it's to push one of his children to succeed. Ann was the one who always held things together, and Karen and her siblings normally kept their opinions to themselves. It's only as they finally start to explore their feelings, spurred on by the stroke that Ann suffered, that we really start to see how different their lives are.
These moments are made all the more shocking because of how close the family seems. Ian returns home to help Ann, even though he doesn't really have to, and the children take weekly shifts to offer aid. There was a reason that Ian left though, and it's here where the secrets come out, leading to one final surprise that the family must now deal with.
Is The Closer We Get essential festival viewing?
This film is not what you might expect it to be, and that's all the more reason to watch. By the end, it's hard to believe that this is actually a documentary, but that only proves the saying that 'truth is stranger than fiction.'
The Closer We Get screening times
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From airport go streight direction Caleta de Fuste-Castillo (towards south Morro Jable) at the eighth round about see the indication Golf Las Salinas and turn right to get in, go straight on following the street and reach nr. 106
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$1 to $1.50 New Tax on Cigarettes? We Talked About it on Koffee With Katz! [AUDIO]
What do you think about adding another buck or buck 50 to the already pretty hefty cigarette tax? We were surprised by what some callers had to say!
At first it seemed like it might be divided by smokers vs. non-smokers, with smokers being the ones not wanting a tax. As we took more and more calls, there were plenty of non-smokers who said, "enough taxing the smokers already!"
Listen to the Senator and a few callers from the show this morning and, as always, the legislature WELCOMES yours and my input. It IS OUR government, after all…and they make it really easy to put your two cents in. You're encouraged to call your representative, email them or attend hearings in person. All the info you need is right here.
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Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2005
M.A., University of Virginia, 2000
B.A., University of Virginia, 1997
Dr. Blackshaw came to the Mount in the fall of 2005. Since then she has created over a half a dozen electives for the Spanish major, and she has taught in the core (Freshman Seminar and Modern Civilization) and in the Veritas Program (Veritas Symposium and Veritas Spanish). She has also served as a moderator for the Hispanic Cultural Association (formerly the Spanish Club), she has led students on study abroad trips to Spain, and she has served on the Assessment and the Undergraduate Academic Committee (for which she serves as chair for AY 2013-2014).
Outside of the Mount, Dr. Blackshaw serves on the Board of Referees for the journal LEF-E (L'Érudit franco-espagnol) and she regularly reviews manuscripts for other peer-reviewed journals. She also serves as a Middle-Atlantic Regional Delegate for the Modern Languages Association.
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Nineteenth-Century Peninsular Literature, Twentieth-Century Peninsular Literature, Romantic Drama
"Duque de Rivas's El desengaño en un sueño: A Contradictory Repudiation of Romanticism." Bulletin of Spanish Studies 89.3 (May 2012): 369-389.
"Joaquin Pacheco's Alfredo and the Father-Son Conflict in Spanish Romantic Drama." Hispanófila 164 (May 2012): 21-38.
"Between Enlightenment and Romanticism: Muslim Spain in Húmara y Salamanca's Ramiro, conde de Lucena." Romance Quarterly.58.1 (2011): 2-15.
"Don Álvaro or the Force of Paternal Impotence." Letras Hispanas. 6.2 (Fall 2009): 64-80.
"It is the East and Zulima is the Sin: Shifting Representations of Muslim Spain in Hartzenbusch's Los amantes de Teruel." Decimonónica: Journal of Nineteenth-Century Hispanic Cultural Production. 6.1 (Winter 2009):1-18.


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Ironically, the biggest need in Oakland? Help with their defense. The Raiders knew this. Perhaps it is time everyone else did to. That is why you have me.
First round – Michael Huff
There is a reason that Huff did not need to go the Senior Bowl. He knew his talent level and the rest of the NFL did too. His versatility and aggressiveness on the football field led to him being the Thorpe Award winner as a senior.
Huff combines leadership and poise along with impressive closing speed. He gives the Raiders options in the secondary that they didn't have just last week.
With the Raiders lacking an identity on defense over the last few years, a hard-hitting safety that can play the pass was needed. Huff will make teams fear throwing the ball his way and his ability in pass coverage will close down the opposition's ability to exploit what was a previous hole.
He could be a fit at free safety, giving him control over the field as both a helper in run support and over the top help.
Grade: A
Second round – Thomas Howard
DeMeco Ryans would have been the best fit but he was off the board. Howard is one of the top three coverage linebackers coming out of this draft and as many will attest to, tight ends had their way with Oakland over the last few years.
An agile defender that has a great first step and pursues sideline-to-sideline are the plusses while his ability to shed blocks has often drawn criticism. The same traits have been said for Donnie Edwards when he was with Kansas City and now San Diego.
If Howard comes close to that, the Raiders got a steal. It was a need pick with little depth at linebacker and Howard can immediately step in and make an impact.
Grade: B+
Third round – Paul McQuistan
This pick had Art Shell all over it. McQuistan is a fiery offensive lineman that plays until the whistle blows and even after it does.
The question is where will he play?
He was a tackle in college but the belief is he will slide inside to guard. If not, the Raiders had opportunities to take a number of tackles that project better than McQuistan.
At guard, however, McQuistan has potential to become a road grader as he enhances his technique and better utilizes his strength. He should be able to keep defenders at bay given his size and lengthy arms but needs to work on his push in the running game.
This looks like a developmental pick and in the third round you should be looking for more starters.
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Ortiz, Kameda and Thompson in action Oct 27
By Gabriel F. Cordero
On October 27, Sergio "Yeyo" Thompson, Roberto "Massa" Ortiz and Tomoki "Mexicanito" Kameda will headline a silver belt tripleheader in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico at the Chetumal International Business and Convention Center. Local hero Thompson (24-2, 22 KOs) will defend his WBC super featherweight silver title against Luis Armando "Tucu" Juarez (16-5-2, 4 KOs). WBC bantamweight silver titlist Kameda (24-0, 15 KOs) will face Javier Franco (21-9-1, 10 KOs) in a ten rounder and Ortiz (26-0, 22 KO) will defend his WBC silver super lightweight belt against an opponent to be named. The event is presented by Cancun Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions with broadcast on Televisa and Fox Sports in the USA.


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Employment on the rise but productivity stagnation remains a concern
The Bank of England, through the Monetary Policy Committee, has forecast that in 2014 the UK economy will show levels of economic growth that are better than in any recent year. GDP is expected to increase by 3.5% before falling to slightly lower rates of growth of 3% in 2015 and 2.6% in 2016.
These forecasts are for the UK in total but, in the absence of any unusual distortion, should mean a more buoyant regional economy. Employment, which has been increasing markedly, is expected to enjoy the fastest annual rate of increase of recent years, at 2.75%, in 2014 and continue to increase in 2015 and 2016.
There is an emerging difference in changes between employment and national output. Employment has increased faster than would have been expected even though productivity has stalled. If Northern Ireland enjoys comparable changes in employment, by over 15,000 in the last year, employment will continue to increase at a similar rate in 2014 and into 2015.
Northern Ireland shares the same apparent productivity problem as is revealed in the UK. Although the reason for the productivity lag cannot be identified with precision, there are several contributory causes.
Firstly, businesses responding to the recent recession are thought to have been reluctant to downsize employment to reflect the recession because they wished to retain skilled, or difficult to replace, employees. Secondly, older employees are now more likely to try and remain in the labour force and delay the effective date of retirement — and this seems to have made a significant impact on the labour market.
For whatever reasons, both in Northern Ireland and for the UK in total, employment has increased more than expected and, hypothetically, there might be a potential increase in output of 6%-9% which could be achieved with no further increase in employment. In short, as the recovery continues, output may be expected to increase faster than employment.
Based on the Bank of England report, there are two key questions from a Northern Ireland perspective. First, has the Bank of England made a reliable forecast for the UK economy? Second, how will those forecasts impact on a region such as Northern Ireland?
The validity of the forecasts depends partly on several critical assumptions.
These include:
- Bank rate will average 0.6% in 2014, against an average of 0.5% in 2013. That is consistent with an increase of about 0.25% later this year.
- The effective exchange rate for sterling will remain at about current levels.
- Oil prices, internationally, will continue to fall by about 2% each year.
- Gas prices (in Great Britain) have fallen from 2013 to 2014 by 18%, but will edge up in 2015.
- Nominal government spending in 2014 will be 2% up on 2013, but be squeezed down fractionally in 2015.
If the Bank of England assumptions hold firm, there are positive implications for increases in GDP, small improvements in real household income, and some increases in employment.
Interestingly, and slightly dangerously, the bank believes that average weekly earnings will rise by 1.25% in 2014 compared to a 1.9% inflation rate. Only in 2015 will earnings appreciably exceed inflation.
Nevertheless, the forecasts by the Bank get closer to straining credibility when they suggest that UK exports will increase by over 5% in 2015. That estimate must then be reconciled with increases in GDP in the Eurozone which are less than 2% pa and in the USA at 2%-3%.
Recent forecasts from the Eurozone are even more pessimistic than was assumed by the Bank.
The Bank of England forecasts err on the side of 'an optimism bias'. The defence of maintaining base rate at 0.5% is now not easy to accept and is counter-intuitive. In Northern Ireland, mortgage lending rates look set to rise.
The role of the local banks is set to become more critically important and their lending actions will need to be monitored.
Company report: Ballyvesey Holdings
The Ballyvesey Holdings group is owned by Northern Ireland family shareholders and has its registered headquarters in Doncaster. The trading network extends across Great Britain and Northern Ireland and into Europe, including over 30 active and diverse trading companies in the freight transport business, vehicle sales, plant dealerships and specialist financial support.
The group's principal activities are described as in transport services, vehicle sales and trailer manufacture.
In Northern Ireland the group owns several transport companies, including Montgomery Transport, East-West Transport and Dukes Transport (Craigavon). In addition to a number of transport companies in England, the group also owns a subsidiary recruitment agency in Poland, as well as a Northern Ireland metal recycling business and an English-based trailer manufacturer.
During the most recent year, Ballyvesey bought the trade and assets of Birds Groupage Services for £4.4m.
Turnover in the year to September 2013 increased by £29m to total £498m.
This 6% increase in turnover may have reflected an expanding range of plant dealerships for a range of brands and an increase in the metal recycling business. Group operating profit fell by 5% lower than in 2012 which, in turn, fell below the unusually high figure of over £11m in 2011. Pre-tax profits also peaked in 2011 and more recently have fallen back.
Direct capital spending increased in 2012 to just over £3m and further to £3.9m in 2013. Annual payments on the lease and purchase agreements of vehicles operated by the group rose to nearly £19m.
Average employment in the group in 2013 was 2,344 people, a further 15% increase on the previous year. The company has a modest dividend policy for shareholders. In each recent year dividends to shareholders have cost £242,000.
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Armed to the teeth • Freedom of religion includes the right to be a nonbeliever. Freedom of speech includes the right to remain silent. And the right to bear arms includes the right not to allow a gun of any kind in your home. Sadly, another Utah town is in the process of making it government policy that no domicile should be without a firearm. The city council in Spring City, home to some 1,000 souls in Sanpete County, is preparing a resolution that would encourage all residents to have a gun, ostensibly for self-defense, more accurately as a political statement that, no matter how many mass murders there are in American schools, the Second Amendment right to be armed is inviolate. Unlike a law passed 13 years ago in Virgin, the Spring City resolution would be a recommendation, not a requirement. And Virgin doesn't actually enforce its mandate. Still, the idea that any level of government would encourage everyone, willing or not, emotionally fit or no, to arm themselves is a concession to an image of an America ruled by a law of the jungle that does not befit a civilized society.
You want some fries with that? • The idea that a state's law should prohibit patrons in a restaurant from being served a nice glass of wine or a cocktail as they peruse the menu is silly. The idea that said state should expend its limited money and manpower trying to entrap wait staff into violating that law is absurd. Yet that's just what is happening in Utah. The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is sticking to a reading of state law that says diners in restaurants can't have a drink until after they have ordered their food. People who walk into restaurants want a meal. A law or policy that says they should not be allowed a part of that meal a drink while deciding on an entree, or even while waiting for their table, is just another goofy tourism killer that Utah does not need. Members of the 2013 Legislature should not even have to wait to be seated before they change this harebrained law.
Not biting the hand that bailed you out • It is a reflections of just how skewed much of the thinking on Wall Street is when we note with relief that some of its big-monied overlords this week decided not to do something very stupid. The board of AIG, the insurance giant saved from bankruptcy in 2008 by the federal government's bailout, decided Wednesday not to join a lawsuit brought against the United States its former CEO Maurice Greenberg. Greenberg is complaining that the terms of the deal, which did make the Treasury a profit of some $22.7 billion, were too harsh. Another reason why too-big-to-fail banks and other financial institutions need to be phased out.


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Shadwell Racing
|Thoroughbred Racing Stable, Stud farm
|Key people
|Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Shadwell Racing is the Thoroughbred horse racing operations of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai.
Introduced to Thoroughbred flat racing while a student in the United Kingdom, Sheikh Hamdan established his first racing stable there in 1981. Over the years he has invested heavily in both racing and breeding and has acquired major operations in England, Ireland and the United States.
He owns eight stud farms worldwide containing over 200 regally bred mares and many top stallions. Six of these are in the county of Suffolk, England, three near Thetford – Nunnery, Melton and Snarehill Studs – plus the Salsabil Stud near Bury St. Edmunds, Elmswell Park Stud and Beech House Stud just outside Newmarket. The other two are Derrinstown Stud in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland and the 1,350-acre (5.5 km2) Shadwell Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. The Nunnery Stud is where the whole British breeding operation is controlled and currently standing there are Green Desert, Aqlaam, Nayef, Haafhd and Sakhee. In the past Nashwan and Unfuwain both also stood there. At Beech House Stud stands Mujahid. Elmswell Park Stud and Salsabil Stud are located deep in the Suffolk countryside. These operations together look after Sheikh Hamdan's private mares. It is here that the mares are cared for prior to foaling, and then once they have foaled they stay until they return to Ireland with their foals in the late summer. The quiet surroundings of Salsabil Stud are ideal for the mares and foals at this early stage of the foals' development. The Snarehill Stud is used as a base for breaking the young Thoroughbreds. It is also used for rest and rehabilitation for horses in training. Finally there is Melton Paddocks which was originally the public stud before the building of the Nunnery Stud, but now it houses the Arabian stallions. The Shadwell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky was constructed in 1991. At the farm's stallion division, Nashwan Stud, currently stand Aljabr, Daaher, Dayjur, Dumaani, Intidab, Invasor, Jazil, Mustanfar and Swain. The Derrinstown Stud in Ireland prides itself on being purposely designed with the very latest facilities taking advantage of the limestone-rich pastures and soft rains of County Kildare for the rearing of horses. The stud currently stands Alhaarth, Bahri, Elnadim, Haatef, Intikhab, Marju and Tamayuz.
This investment has translated to great success on the race track. He was the British flat racing Champion Owner in 1990, 1995, 2002, and 2005. He has enjoyed over 50 Group 1 wins in Europe in addition to big race success in America, Australia and Dubai. His leading horses have ranged from sprinting champions such as Dayjur and Hamas, champion milers like Lahib and Bahri to great middle distance runners such as Nashwan, Unfuwain, Haafhd, Nayef, Jazil and Invasor. This is in addition to racing several classic winning fillies who have gone on to be great broodmares. The most famous being Salsabil who topped winning the Epsom Oaks by beating the colts in the Irish Derby. Shadwell's most famous broodmare is Height of Fashion who was sold by Queen Elizabeth II to Sheikh Hamdan Al-Maktoum after setting a new course record in the Princess of Wales' Stakes. She was the dam of Nashwan, Nayef and Unfuwain. She is also the grand dam of Ghanaati through her daughter Sarayir.
In England he currently has approximately 200 horses in training spread over a number of trainers including Michael Stoute, Michael Jarvis, John Dunlop, Barry Hills, John Gosden, William Haggas, Marcus Tregoning, Ed Dunlop and Mark Johnston. In the past he sent horses with great success to Dick Hern, Alec Stewart and Harry Thomson Jones. In Ireland he has sent his horses for many years to Kevin Prendergrast and Dermot Weld and likewise in France to Freddy Head. In the United States, Kiaran McLaughlin is a trainer for Sheikh Hamdan's stable. David A. Hayes conditions horses for the sheikh in Australia. In the UAE American trainer Doug Watson is responsible for the sheikh's runners at the Dubai carnival.
In England he currently has two retained jockeys in Richard Hills and Tadhg O'Shea. In the 1980s and 1990s Willie Carson won many big races for Shadwell most famously on Nashwan and Salsabil.
In late 2005, his Shadwell Stable acquired the Argentina-bred and Uruguay-owned racehorse Invasor and brought him to race in the United States. Invasor won several major graded stakes races including the 2006 Breeders' Cup Classic and was voted the U.S. Horse of the Year and ranked No.1 in the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings. He them won the Dubai World Cup but was retired in June 2007 following a non-life-threatening training injury and now stands as a stallion at Shadwell Farm in Kentucky. Shadwell Stables won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Owner of 2007 thanks to the efforts of Invasor and leading filly Lahudood.
Major International Racing Wins
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- 2,000 Guineas:
- Nashwan (1989)
- Haafhd (2004)
- Epsom Derby:
- Nashwan (1989)
- Erhaab (1994)
- 1,000 Guineas:
- Salsabil (1990)
- Shadayid (1991)
- Harayir (1995)
- Lahan (2000)
- Ghanaati (2009)
- Epsom Oaks:
- Salsabil (1990)
- Eswarah (2005)
- St. James's Palace Stakes:
- Marju (1991)
- Bahri (1995)
- Coronation Stakes:
- Al Bahathri (1985)
- Ghanaati (2009)
- Queen Anne Stakes:
- Lahib (1992)
- Prince of Wales's Stakes:
- Muhtarram (1994 & 1995)
- Nayef (2003)
- Ascot Gold Cup:
- Ashal (1990)
- Eclipse Stakes:
- Nashwan (1989)
- Elmaamul (1990)
- King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes:
- Nashwan (1989)
- International Stakes:
- Nayef (2002)
- Queen Elizabeth II Stakes:
- Lahib (1992)
- Maroof (1994)
- Bahri (1995)
- Champion Stakes:
- Nayef (2001)
- Haafhd (2004)
- Falmouth Stakes:
- Al Bahathri (1985)
- Alshakr (2000)
- Tashawak (2002)
- King's Stand Stakes:
- Dayjur (1990)
- Golden Jubilee Stakes:
- Atraf (1996)
- Malhub (2002)
- July Cup:
- Hamas (1993)
- Elnadim (1998)
- Nunthorpe Stakes:
- Dayjur (1990)
- Haydock Sprint Cup:
- Dayjur (1990)
- Dewhurst Stakes:
- Alhaarth (1995)
- Mujahid (1998)
- Middle Park Stakes:
- Fard (1994)
- Hayil (1997)
- Awzaan (2009)
- Racing Post Trophy:
- Al Hareb (1988)
- Lowther Stakes:
- Al Bahathri (1984)
- Fillies' Mile:
- Aqaarid (1994)
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- Irish Derby:
- Salsabil (1990)
- Irish 1,000 Guineas:
- Al Bahathri (1985)
- Mehthaaf (1994)
- Matiya (1996)
- Bethrah (2010)
- Irish Champion Stakes:
- Elmaamul (1990)
- Muhtarram (1993)
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- Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
- Ta Rib (1996)
- Prix Jean Prat
- Tamayuz (2008)
- Prix Jacques Le Marois
- Tamayuz (2008)
- Prix du Moulin de Longchamp
- Aqlaam (2009)
- Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp
- Dayjur (1990)
- Prix Vermeille
- Salsabil (1990)
- Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
- Naaqoos (2008)
- Prix Morny
- Arcano (2009)
- Prix Marcel Boussac
- Ashayer (1987)
- Salsabil (1989)
- Shadayid (1990)
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- Melbourne Cup:
- At Talaq (1986)
- Jeune (1994)
- Caulfield Cup:
- Tawqeet (2006)
- Blue Diamond Stakes:
- Nadeem (2006)
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- Dubai World Cup:
- Almutawakel (1999)
- Invasor (2007)
- Dubai Duty Free Stakes:
- Altibr (1999)
- Dubai Sheema Classic:
- Nayef (2002)
- Godolphin Mile:
- Tereshkova (1996)
- Dubai Golden Shaheen:
- Atraf (1997)
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- Belmont Stakes:
- Jazil (2006)
- Breeders' Cup Classic:
- Invasor (2006)
- Pimlico Special:
- Invasor (2006)
- Suburban Handicap:
- Invasor (2006)
- Whitney Handicap:
- Invasor (2006)
- Donn Handicap:
- Invasor (2007)
- Albertus Maximus (2009)
- Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf:
- Lahudood (2007)
- Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes:
- Lahudood (2007)
- Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes:
- Alwajeeha (2008)
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• It may be that Boris Johnson has yet to bag an Olympic medal. But many watchers of the Conservative soap opera will attest that the London mayor is now within striking distance of the Conservative party leadership, the prize he seeks. The last push will be a challenge, but he is a man for challenges, as shown by his determination to push ahead with his green agenda for London. "Since I was elected in 2008, I have delivered on all the green election pledges I set out that are so vital in helping to make London a better place," he has said. His latest initiative in this area is a top-table debate on the environmental role to be played by the great world cities. And the keynote speaker? Matt Ridley, the former chair of Northern Rock – and thus a man of great foresight, you might guess. He is also a man who, to borrow a description from our own George Monbiot, thinks "that global temperatures have scarcely increased, so we should stop worrying about climate change … that elephants should be hunted for their ivory, planning laws should be scrapped, recycling should be stopped, bosses should be free to choose whether or not their workers get repetitive strain injury and companies, rather than governments, should be allowed to decide whether or not the food they sell is safe." For sure the green activists of the capital and beyond have a bunch of stuff to learn from him.
• Still, giving centre stage to a leading sceptic of climate change shows leadership. We all value leadership. After years spent snubbing its nose at the very idea, even the Green party now sees the benefit of having a strong hand on the tiller. So the race to replace the Greens' very first leader, Caroline Lucas, continues apace. It may or may not be the candidate from the north-west, Peter Cranie, for he is principled and telegenic and has many other fine qualities. But, alas, it won't be him unless the party can stump up a bit more money. Now popular on YouTube is the recording of a leadership hustings during which Cranie learns that the potential winner of the leadership race could be required to carry all that weight for no more than £8.30 an hour, the London living wage. I can't work for that, said Cranie. "I can't stand for leader with the amount that's on offer. I can't put my family in a position where we can't afford to live and we have no income." Remuneration, we learn, is a matter to be settled by members at the party conference in September. If they want Cranie, they'd better fill the collecting tin.
• Meanwhile, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the regulatory body for nurses, has been having problems keeping on top of its workload. An inquiry uncovered a backlog of 1,500 fitness-to-practise cases and delays of as long as 27 months in taking action to prevent nurses working after serious allegations were made against them. Again, a firm hand clearly required. And which hand better than that of Mark Addison, appointed on Tuesday as the organisation's new chair? After all, he was once chief executive of the Crown Prosecution Service. Now there is a model of efficiency.
• In this the age of mummy lit and Mumsnet, a few words on childbirth and childrearing from Tom Meighan, frontman of the rock band Kasabian. "What is your most prized possession?" asked Q magazine. "Mimi. Me daughter. Although a 'possession' is a bit of a funny word for a child, isn't it? She's not a possession, and she's not possessed. Not unless she's in The Omen, which she isn't. It were quite a difficult birth and … Well, you got to go through it – ain't'cha, mate. You gotta. Mother Nature don't give you a baby easily. It ain't always going to be like coming down the waterslide at Alton Towers." Gina Ford, Supernanny. Watch your backs!
• Finally, the Olympic war with the French becomes increasingly ugly. "Spare a thought for poor England," mocked one radio personality. "All that money spent and no gold medals. Yes: France, Italy, Germany, we've all won golds already. Perhaps we should have a European bailout for them." Enjoy your superiority while it lasts. There's a long way to go. This isn't over.
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Tacoma City Council has approved a resolution for a 50-year lease agreement between the city, Foss Waterway Development Authority and Foss Waterway Seaport. This will allow the seaport to continue its efforts to redevelop the historic Balfour Dock Building.
Built in 1900, Balfour is part of a structure that once was a mile long. It has served as a museum and educational facility for a number of years. Improvements have been made, the most recent being a glass wall at the north side of the structure.
The lease comes with two options to renew for 10-year periods, if terms of the initial lease are upheld.
Tom Cashman, executive director of the seaport, said the new lease gives potential donors confidence in the project because the operators now have long-term control of the site. Donors are less likely to give money to a facility with a short-term lease, he observed.
The new entrance on the north side will be completed in early November. Work on the east wall, funded by the state, will begin next year.
Other work that has been done this year includes seismic upgrades, a new roof and renovations to old windows. This goes with the esplanade on the water side, completed several years ago.
Cashman recently announced he will be stepping down from his position as of Sept. 30. He had served as executive director for nine years. He noted that when he started, the organization was dependent on volunteers and a few part-time employees. It now has seven full-time employees.
"I am pleased with what we were able to accomplish," he said. "We made great strides in a project many in town said would never happen."
He spread the credit for that success to the board, city government and the many volunteers who donate their time to the facility. "There is a real willingness among people to make this happen."
Cashman said he would be interested in a future position where he can shape something new or help an organization that wants to pursue a new direction.
"Tom has provided quality leadership for the seaport during his tenure," Board President Archie Matthew said. "Under his leadership, he gathered together what was essentially an all-volunteer organization and a dilapidated facility and shaped a comprehensive vision, built a set of dynamic programs and raised more than $20 million to put the project on a strong path to fulfill its mission."


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Harvard Library Urges University to Take A Stand Against Big Publishers
Excerpt from "Harvard University says it can't afford journal publishers' prices" by Ian Sample
Exasperated by rising subscription costs charged by academic publishers, Harvard University has encouraged its faculty members to make their research freely available through open access journals and to resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls.
A memo from Harvard Library to the university's 2,100 teaching and research staff called for action after warning it could no longer afford the price hikes imposed by many large journal publishers, which bill the library around $3.5m a year.
The memo from Harvard's faculty advisory council said major publishers had created an "untenable situation" at the university by making scholarly interaction "fiscally unsustainable" and "academically restrictive", while drawing profits of 35% or more. Prices for online access to articles from two major publishers have increased 145% over the past six years, with some journals costing as much as $40,000, the memo said.
More than 10,000 academics have already joined a boycott of Elsevier, the huge Dutch publisher, in protest at its journal pricing and access policies. Many university libraries pay more than half of their journal budgets to the publishers Elsevier, Springer and Wiley.
As one of America's premier institutions, it could potentially have long ranging consequences for the publishing business if Harvard decides to take a stand against absurd subscription prices. If Harvard and some other top tier institutions make a stand, it is likely that the University of California system will follow suit. Not sure when and how this will happen, but the current model for publishing is not sustainable with shrinking academic budgets.
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you get what you pay for. they make good throw down guns (plinkers). i don't think i would carry one each and everyday.
This is a discussion on Can anybody tell me about Hi-Point Firearms? within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I see them on sale at a local feed & western store for some really cheap prices from time to time. I usually think that ...
I see them on sale at a local feed & western store for some really cheap prices from time to time. I usually think that you get what you pay for, but just what am I getting? Does anybody here know, or have any experience with these guns?
Last year I saw a 9mm pistol on sale for around $89.00 (reg. price $120.00.) It got me into their store out of curiosity. Gun counter guy said it was a good plinker but not much more. He said that you would have to use a hammer & punch to remove a roll pin to disassemble the slide from the frame for cleaning. Not my idea of a well designed firearm, but I dont claim to have any experience at designing firearms either.
What I am looking for here is actual experience or knowledge of these guns.
Its so much easier now days, to "Love and honor" my wife, when she is armed, and shoots a better group than I do. (Till death do us part, eh?)
The way you get shot by a concealed weapons permit holder is, you point a gun at him, the Sheriff said.
you get what you pay for. they make good throw down guns (plinkers). i don't think i would carry one each and everyday.
my wife and i have 3. a 9mm, a .45, and a 9mm carbine.
the pistols are heavy and ugly as sin, but both of ours have been perfectly reliable, and are fairly accurate.
my wife calls my carbine that #@!$^ ugly gun, but it's real accurate out to 50-60 yards and totally reliable so far.
it's fun to shoot, except for the 10 round capacity.
you can do better for a carry gun if that's what you're looking for, but if that's all you can afford, get one.
as for plinking/fun, they're some of the best. they'll eat almost any ammo you put in them, and if you drop it, chances are it won't hurt it. might break your foot if it lands on it though.
plus, they do have a lifetime warranty. if it breaks, send it back and they'll fix it, even if you're not the original owner.
One reason to pass is that they have absolutely no resale or trade-in value at all.
I'm getting it.
Craig45 gives the balance I was wondering about. (between "run, do not walk away" and "buy it and have fun.")
Like the sales man said, they are good plinkers and fun guns, but I would not trust my life with them.
I would not EVER concider buying one if I had zero responses in favor, but I still do not think of them as serious protection devices.
Maybe for the purpose of getting a plinker target/squirl gun in .22 for my boys to use. But I wasn't thinking about re-sale value.
Thanks for the feedback!
Its so much easier now days, to "Love and honor" my wife, when she is armed, and shoots a better group than I do. (Till death do us part, eh?)
The way you get shot by a concealed weapons permit holder is, you point a gun at him, the Sheriff said.
IMHO a High Point would be such a Low Point in my managrie i wouldnt allow it to roost by the ravins and jennings lol
Make sure you get full value out of today , Do something worthwhile, because what you do today will cost you one day off the rest of your life .
We only begin to understand folks after we stop and think .
Criminals are looking for victims, not opponents.
had a guy with a Hi-Point 9mm in the second to last concealed carry class I taught...
Gun malfunctioned on almost every shot, with 3 different kinds of cartridges...
It only worked (for short preiods) when drowned with lube.
Like Frankmako stated: "You get what you pay for"
Not trying to sound brash, but just calling it like I saw it
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They shoot but I can afford to buy better and will.I purchased the 45
and shot one box of shells through it with no issues.Got rid of it
because I hated it no quality or workmanship to at all.
You need a cheap house gun or something that you go into woods with while you hike or fish. Buy it because it will shoot every time. However, don't buy it if you plan on carrying it as CCW. Don't buy if you plan on going to the range everyday. But , like I said dang thangs shoot every time and I mean it..
Listen, Think and React.....Nuff Said.....
This is the classic "love em or hate em" topic. Some people say they'll shoot anything, some say they jam all to hell. I've only shot one - a 9mm and I only ran one clip. It worked, didnt jam, was fairly accurate but this is definately not enough for me to say its a worthy investment. Everyone in the thread has pretty much nailed it down to "shoot it for fun, but dont trust your life with it". I agree with that totally. Its a good beater gun. The carbines arent too shabby for pest controlling either. They'll pretty much take care of anything up to coyote sized critters.
The Hi-Point C9 was rated a "best buy" by Gun tests Magazine in the May 2006 issue.
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Dang! I was unaware of that. Thats pretty impressive.Originally Posted by Captain Crunch
A couple of members have had decent luck with them but, many more have had quite negative feelings about Hi~Point firearms.
Just going by memory I would say it has been about 90% Nay & 10% Yea.
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This year we got the following Colossus news/stuff:
1.Hasbro X-Men Marvel Legends Wave 2 – Colossus Figure announced.
Some nice actual pics over at http://marveltoynews.com/
2. Tom Whalen Mondo X-Men Pins featuring Colossus:
3. Funko Dorbz X-Men 3-Pack featuring Colossus:
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A new Colossus figure! In the romper-suit costume. I like the gauntlets though…
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Top 10 Favorite Films Of 1996
While 1996 was a solid year of film – none of the below movies would be on my all time favourites list. Jerry Maguire might make it on if I was thinking of favourite writer/directors (in this case Cameron Crowe). 96′ was also the summer where I went to the movie theatre every week with my best friend Colin – with From Dusk Till Dawn and The Rock kicking off the Summer brilliantly.
10. Trigger Happy (aka Mad Dog Time)
9. The Cable Guy
8. Happy Gilmore
7. Tin Cup
6. Star Trek: First Contact
5. Trainspotting
4. From Dusk Till Dawn
3. The Rock
2. Twister
1. Jerry Maguire
Also Watched: ID4, Scream, Fargo, Sleepers, Mission: Impossible, The Birdcage, A Time To Kill, Primal Fear, The English Patient, Striptease, Space Jam, Mars Attacks, Crash, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Kingpin, Stealing Beauty, Swingers, The Island of Dr Moreau, DragonHeart, The Frighteners, James And The Giant Peach, The Nutty Professor, Escape From LA, Bound, Executive Decision, The Phantom, The People vs Larry Flynt, Bio-Dome, Eraser, The Ghost and the Darkness, Down Periscope, Broken Arrow, Ransom, Chain Reaction, Black Sheep, The Fan, Phenomenon, Daylight, Jingle All The Way, One Fine Day, Last Man Standing, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, The Quest, 2 Days in the Valley, She's The One, Eddie, Fled,
Special Feature – Worst Movie of the Year: The Island of Dr Moreau
Special Feature – Best Trailer: Eddie (maybe… at least it was memorable!)
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Special Feature – Best soundtrack: Mission: Impossible
Special Feature – Premise War: "Golf" Tin Cup vs Happy Gilmore
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Empire magazine has posted a trailer breakdown with Director Tim Miller and there is a nice titbit of info on page 2:
Tim Miller:
He should be this monstrous guy, and they actually let me make him seven-and-a-half feet tall. I did actually call Daniel Cudmore to ask him if he wanted to do this, even though he'd be entirely CG the whole time. He was very nice about it. He was like, 'I appreciate your offering, but nah.'"
Deadpool Red Band Trailer:
Looking forward to this!
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Colossus returns to the big screen in Deadpool – the official trailer was shown last night at the San Diego Comic Con and featured our favorite hero about half-way through. (Various versions on youtube.com, though Fox are on the case taking them down so no promises)
Unfortunately Daniel Cudmore has stepped aside, instead we have a mo-cap-ed Andre Tricoteux in the role – though if we dont get to see a powered down Piotr Rasputin you can see why they would go for someone less well known and probably significantly cheaper.
(Fun fact: Cudmore and Tricoteux are both slated to appear in Duncan Jones' Warcraft movie next year)
Deadpool hits theaters in February 2016.
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James Horner
As I am sure you've heard James Horner died yesterday. A hugely successful film composer he is perhaps best know for his work on Braveheart, Avatar and Titanic.
However his best work, in my opinion, is the score for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
"Khan" is still, and perhaps always will be, the best of Trek. And a big part of that success was the music. Go listen.
RIP James Horner.
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Top 10 Favorite Films Of 2013
This was one of the hardest years to rank. It was a weak year for franchise pictures – most notably the Star Trek sequel seemed to destroy any good will I had for it after the hughly enjoyable reboot. Into Darkness disappointingly seemed to break the greater Star Trek universe while pathetically recycling story and dialogue from better movies. Iron Man 3 was poor; Fast & Furious 6 wasnt as good as 5, though was still better than 1, 2, 4 and indeed 7; none of the sequels to Kick-Ass, Hunger Games, Hobbit, Thor or Die Hard managed to add anything to their franchises.
10. Star Trek Into Darkness
I hate what this movie did and represents. It's an extremely poor sequel to the mostly excellent reboot. Yet. It's Star Trek. It's the characters that I love. It's looks lovely. Of all the movies on the list I will revisit this more than most. However. It disappoints me that despite a successful reboot, and all new, unpredictable timeline that they went back to the well and tried to retell the Khan story (much, much less successfully than TWOK). This was a missed opportunity.
09. We're The Millars
Genuinely funny – some laugh out loud moments.
08. Rush
07. Pain & Gain
06. Evil Dead
05. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
04. Man Of Steel
03. Delivery Man
Vince Vaughn. You either love him or hate him. Whichever side you are on – I think you should watch this. There is some decent, genuine acting in here. It's a funny, heart-felt story about family.
02. Lone Survivor
01. About Time
Richard Curtis inserts time travel into a rom-com. This ain't no sci-fi movie – the time travel element is full of plot holes — best to just ignore the intricacies and roll with the rom-com side of the plot. Which is obviously the objective. Domhnall Gleeson takes the mantle from Hugh Grant as Curtis' self-effacing lead — with an amazingly similar sounding voice over. Bill Nighy and Tom Hollander steal every scene they are in. It's lovely.
Special Feature – Also Watched: Iron Man 3, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Thor: The Dark World, Fast & Furious 6, Now You See Me, Snowpiercer, Kick-Ass 2, Oldboy, 12 Years A Slave, The Hobbit, Olympus Has Fallen, White House Down, The Conjuring, We're the Millars, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Star Trek Into Darkness, Dallas Buyers Club, Oblivion, Pacific Rim, The Wolverine, World War Z, This Is The End, Gravity, The Heat, The World's End, The Internship, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Escape Plan, The Lone Ranger, Riddick, Captain Phillips, 2 Guns, The Hangover Part III, The Host, The Family, Identity Thief, 42, R.I.P.D., Filth, Trance, The Last Stand, Blue Ruin, A Good Day To Die Hard, Jack The Giant Slayer, 21 & Over, The Call, The Frozen Ground, Parker, Dead Man Down, The Colony, Snitch, Parkland, VHS2, The Numbers Station, Alan Partidge: Alpha Papa, The Last Exorcism Part II,
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Top 10 Favorite Films Of 2012
It's weird looking at all the films you've seen in a year and picking ten. Neither Avengers or TDKR made my top ten… Avengers was just vapid nonsense and in my opinion Bane (and his voice) was the only thing worth watching in The Dark Knight Rises… it's too long, political and a bit silly (they managed to fuck up Catwoman). Peter Jackson managed to fuck up The Hobbit by making one short book into three movies and shooting it at 40 fps making it look fake. That said my list is somewhat eclectic…
10. Fat Kid Rules The World
09. Jack Reacher
This is the most surprising movie on my list because I didn't much like the movie the first time round. I am no fan of McQuarrie which is probably grossly unfair but I do not like The Way Of The Gun or Valkyrie). But I found myself checking Reacher out again on Netflix and found it somewhat memorizing – Tom Cruise, and especially Rosamond Pike are infinitely watchable. And for some reason the whole silly affair works.
08. Sleepwalk With Me
Mike Birbiglia is a funny guy. The movie isn't all that funny mind you – it's good and humorous – but it's strength is found in Mike's honest performance. If you want to see funny check out his My Girlfriend's Boyfriend set. It's unlike any other comic you'll see.
07. Flight
06. Lockout
05. Wreck-It Ralph
04. Pitch Perfect
Ridiculously enjoyable movie about singing. No apologies for rating it this high.
03. Battleship
Apologies maybe needed here. Peter Berg makes a silly movie about a board game; but it's a entertaining romp into action sci-fi genre with a better than received performance from Taylor Kitsch. I still think it should have been a full on Friday Night Lights reunion movie with Kyle Chandler in for Liam Neeson and one of the girls (Minka Kelly/Aimee Teegarden/Adrianne Palicki) in for Brooklyn Deckards role. That would be genius!
02. Skyfall
Daniel Craig's third outing as 007 manages to reset the reboot back to the beginning. Which is no mean feat when you are 23 movies in… It is probably the best looking Bond film ever shot (Oscar winner Roger Deakins working the camera) and Adele's song is one of the best in the series.
01. Dredd
The best comic book movie ever made.
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Worst Movie: Men In Black III, The Hobbit
Special Feature – Best Documentary: Indie Game: The Movie (this is an unbelievably good film)
Special Feature – Best Trailer: Ted (Red Band Trailer)
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OEM Chrome wheels and lug nuts
Where is the best place to buy OEM Chrome wheels and Chrome lug nuts for my 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland?
Are there any places that will take a trade-in for my old wheels ?
Mine are totally corroded and peeling.
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how bad are they can you post a pic?
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This place would buy back your cores, but their pricing is too high to begin with:
Go aftermarket, or go via eBay to find take-offs and McGard lug nuts. JK wheels match the Grands'. You can take your old wheels to a recycling center and get $50-75 for them.
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hear is a set of rechomed for $849 shipped
http://www.wheelsandcaps.com/specials_packages_item.asp?id=11∂=ALY09043U85N#ALY 09043U85N
have other wheels too so can change the look if you want
mine are pealing too since i live in NYC and the salt id bad for them.
want to buy new ones but spending the money elsewere
can sell your old ones for $100-$200 depending how bad they are.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ---- Senior UAB volleyball player Alison Woods was recently named one of 12 recipients of the Conference USA Fall Spirit of Service Award, announced by the league office.
The C-USA Spirit of Service Award is designed to recognize the community service efforts of the league's student-athletes, based upon significant community service, good academic standing and participation in an elected sport.
Woods, a native of Franklin, Tenn., was a four-year member of the volleyball squad under head coach Kerry Messersmith. On the court the setter finished third all-time in program history in assists with (3,708) and reached the 1,000 dig plateau during her senior campaign. She is just the second UAB volleyball player to surpass both 3,000 assists and 1,000 digs in a career in Green and Gold.
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I do have additional snow tires and rims that are the same as the stock 18"ers in polished aluminum available if someone would require them.
This is a GM employee vehicle so in my opinion it is a vehicle that is well priced for the option content. I do flip my cars every 12-24 months so that is why this vehicle is available for lease assumption. I unloaded my last 3 cars through leasebusters...
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Winnipeg Gets Its Hockey Team Back
After Winnipeg won the World Hockey Assn.'s Avco Cup in the spring of 1979, things went pretty much downhill—for the Jets in general and Winnipeg in particular. Once the center of western Canada's economy, the prairie capital stalled through the '80s and '90s as grain prices fell, the loonie plunged, and manufacturing declined. Fed up with lost opportunities, brutally cold winters, and summers plagued by giant mosquitoes, workers fled to Calgary and Toronto. Historic buildings were abandoned, and Portage Avenue—considered by some the coldest stretch of pavement on Earth—became Canada's largest skid row. "Nobody built a damn thing in Winnipeg in the 1990s," says Martin Cash, a Jets fan and business writer for the Winnipeg Free Press. "I mean, it was grim."
Meanwhile, in the fall of '79, the Jets joined the National Hockey League. Then the league expanded and Winnipeg contracted. In 1996, after no one wanted to buy the struggling franchise from a local investor, the Jets relocated to Phoenix as part of a larger trend in which teams in places where people like hockey (Minnesota, Québec, Hartford) moved to places where people had never heard of hockey (Dallas, Tampa, North Carolina). Former concert promoter Sam Katz remains haunted by images of children emptying their piggy banks at "Save the Jets" rallies: "It felt like someone put their fist through your rib cage and pulled out your heart."
Since becoming mayor of Winnipeg in 2004, Katz has overseen a Manitoban renaissance. Buoyed by high commodity prices and booming core industries such as agribusiness, biotech, aerospace, and insurance, the city boasts one of Canada's most diverse economies and lowest unemployment rates. Yet the resurgence wasn't complete until May 31. That's when a group of investors purchased the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers for $110 million—not including a fee of at least $60 million to move the franchise to Winnipeg. "Watching that press conference was one of the best moments of my life," recalls Claude Ouimet, who celebrated by wearing a signed Bobby Hull jersey and watching old Jets games at 4Play Sports Bar in downtown Winnipeg. Fighting back tears, he continues: "It was like seeing the Rolling Stones." On June 21 the NHL's board of governors made the move official.
The team's new owner, True North Sports & Entertainment, is already capitalizing on the enthusiasm. The company—which is run by Mark Chipman, a car dealership magnate, and David Thomson, chairman of Thomson Reuters (TRI) and Canada's richest person—is already off-loading its minor league hockey team, the Manitoba Moose, to investors in Newfoundland and making room for the Jets at the 15,000-seat MTS Centre. Shortly after the announcement, the company sold out 13,000 season tickets in less than three days, an NHL record. "We do not expect to be covering losses here," says True North President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ludlow. Although he admits: "It's largely plug-and-play. It's not like we're bringing in a cricket team." At press time, the organization hadn't officially named the team. The faithful have already cast their vote.
The rest of the city hopes to benefit from trickle- down puckonomics. Dave Angus, CEO of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, thinks "a major-league city translates into business"—namely, much hoped-for retail, condo, and office development around the MTS Centre. Real estate agent Karen Tereck already has several mansions in verdant River Heights in mind for the city's 20-odd newest millionaires, as well as an 1,800-square-foot, $2,600-per-month downtown loft that's "perfect for a young, single player" because of its proximity to the nightclub Alive in the District, a haven for "puck bunnies."
Service businesses, such as Alive, are the most likely to reap immediate benefits, says Angus. Oreanna Cheater, who opened 4Play across from the MTS Centre in 2010, expects business to double next season as fans return for televised curling tournaments. Craig Evans, CEO of Granny's Poultry Cooperative, the U.S. Steel of the Manitoba chicken wing business, suggests "a doubling of wing volume in the city is not unrealistic." Granny's expects sales of the company's signature boneless Wingstix—now Jetstix—to jump from 4,000 lb. a year to 20,000 lb. And while Jets management attends the NHL draft in Minneapolis on June 24, Jacques Lavergne, director of sales and marketing at the Fairmont Winnipeg, will be in a nearby convention center pitching his property to NHL travel managers at the league's "hotel draft." Becoming the official visitor's hotel could translate into 4,000 room-nights a year, he says, with increased spending by players and groupies at on-site restaurants. Tourism Winnipeg is also leveraging game nights into destination packages—along with snowmobiling and fishing—tailored to Manitoban males. These so-called Mancations may result in trips to Solid Gold, a gentleman's club near the MTS Centre. "You're bringing 15,000 people downtown twice a week—it'll be a huge advantage," says Solid Gold manager Aldo Grancich, who plans to offer free entry to Jets ticket holders. "With the Moose," Grancich adds, "we served the players, administrators, trainers, and even the referees." With a pro team, he expects revenues to soar.
The economic benefits aren't merely for the sordid. Belinda Bigold, the owner of High Tea Bakery, is taking a record number of orders for her signature Jets jersey cookies. She expects to sell thousands of the $2.50 confections this year, up from 600 during the between-times. "Winnipeggers will go berserk for the next couple years," says Bigold. "Every corporation involved will order something special with the logo on it." That includes Kelly Hughes, owner of the culture haven Aqua Books and Eat! Bistro, two blocks from the MTS Centre. "Our restaurant clientele is 75 percent women," says Hughes. "We do well with Leonard Cohen and the ballet." Regardless, Aqua Books just released a series of T-shirts featuring the shop's name in the old Jets logo. It's their best-selling shirt.
This being Canada, enthusiasm has its limits. "We need to be careful not to overstate what the NHL will do for the economy," says Ryan A. Compton, a professor of economics at the University of Manitoba. "It won't turn Winnipeg into Calgary." Still, Derek Holt, a vice-president at Toronto-based Scotia Capital, is optimistic. "More fundamentally," he says, "there's not a Canadian who doesn't relish the thought of hockey being played back in a city where the guy sitting beside you doesn't smell like suntan lotion."
One such Canadian is Curt Keilback, who called Jets games from 1979 to '96. Keilback initially followed the team to Phoenix but has since returned to Winnipeg to sell real estate, broadcast minor league games, and establish himself in the Canadian film industry. (He is currently portraying an announcer in a biopic sequel about legendary Canadian hockey announcer, Don Cherry, Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story Part 2.) And he'd do anything for a shot at a comeback. "I've let it be known I'd like to be involved," says Keilback. "It would mean everything to me."
Highest paid player:
— Then: Keith Tkachuk, $6 million
— Now: Ron Hainsey, $5 million
— Then: "One Great City"
— Now: "Heart of the Continent"
Unofficial Canadian Ambassador:
— Then: Bryan Adams
— Now: The Biebs
Coldest Day:
— Then: -39.4C
— Now: -34.7C
— Then: 629,300
— Now: 684,100 (2010)


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The methods of a controversial Australian doctor who advocates assisted suicide – and is planning to offer instructions on how to do it in Toronto and Vancouver next month – have already been used in Canada.
At least two Canadians have already died and five more have made preparations following the instructions of Philip Nitschke, according to the physician and an independent researcher familiar with the cases.
The two deaths took place since the doctor offered his "Safe Exit" workshop in Vancouver last fall, according to Russel Ogden, a sociologist at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, who has spent years documenting assisted suicide.
In all seven cases, patients suffering from serious, incurable illnesses obtained one of the death kits recommended by Dr. Nitschke, according to Mr. Ogden.
In one option, patients bought pentobarbital from Mexico, where it is easily found. Taken in high quantities, the drug stops the heart and lungs from functioning. Others have purchased helium gas used to inflate balloons which can be fed into a plastic bag worn over the head, triggering asphyxiation.
Mr. Ogden refused to give more details on the patients, citing ethical concerns and confidentiality agreements.
Both deaths are described as painless and quick in Dr. Nitschke's instruction book, The Painless Pill.
"I'm pleased that I've been able to give information so people know what they're doing and know they won't fail," said Dr. Nitschke from his home in Darwin, Australia. "People often end up in a worse situation than the one they were in because they mess things up. People tend not to panic or act precipitously once they know what they need and how to go about it."
Mr. Ogden, whose research directly observing suicides has been controversial inside and out of academic circles, gets almost weekly phone calls from those preparing for suicide.
"It's my observation that total prohibition brings with it a total lack of control, and it creates a niche for entrepreneurs in the area. The state is contributing to that," Mr. Ogden said.
Dr. Nitschke's methods have been in circulation for years, Mr. Ogden notes, but the physician's work has outraged anti-euthanasia advocates, who lobbied successfully to ban his commercial message advocating choice from Canadian airwaves.
Libraries in Vancouver and Toronto that refused to allow the presentation, along with the Television Bureau of Canada, a broadcaster umbrella group, have obtained legal opinions telling them Dr. Nitschke is breaking the law.
"To come and talk to people about the best way to go, it's in the Criminal Code, you're not supposed to help people commit suicide," said Linda Couture, head of the Quebec group, Living with Dignity. "On one hand, we're trying to prevent suicide, on the other hand we allow a person to say, here's how you do it."
However, legal opinion seems split.
David Eby of the B.C. Civil Liberties Union says police in Vancouver were well aware of the contents of Dr. Nitschke's presentation last year and did not arrest him.
"The law is pretty clear that you need to act to assist somebody in the suicide. You need to give them the rope, or give them the drugs, or do something that actively assists them," Mr. Eby said. "Giving them the information of the effect of various medications does not rise to the level of case law."Report Typo/Error
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