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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Milly Martinet and Courtney Klingler combined for three homeruns to lead Campbell to a 9-3 victory over North Carolina Tuesday at Williams Field.
Coach Peterson on the win "It was a great win for our team, we played Campbell softball today and it was a lot of fun and I am proud of the girls."
Katie Baker earned the win pitching five innings, scattering four hits, one run (one earned), walking three and striking out three. The win for Baker pushes her record to 6-5 on the season and Campbell's overall record to 14-12.
Kendra Lynch is charged with the loss for the Tar Heels. She pitched two innings, allowing five runs (five earned) on three hits while walking one and striking out one.
Campbell was paced at the plate by Courtney Klinger, who was three-for-four with a home run driving in three. Milly Martinet was two-for-four with two homeruns driving in four.
Campbell rallied for three runs in the top of the first inning. Ericka Nesbitt walked to lead off the game; Kerstine Womack reached via a fielder's choice. Klingler doubled to right centerfield scoring Womack on an errant throw, advancing Klingler to third. Martinet drove the second pitch of her at bat over the centerfield fence to push CU's lead to 3-0. The Tar Heels answered with a leadoff homerun by Kristen Brown, cutting the lead to 3-1 after the first.
Campbell went in order to in the top of the second. The Tar Heels scratched across run, when Jordan Scarborough doubled to right centerfield and was driven in on a two out single by Kristen Brown. Campbell still led 3-2 going to the top of the third.
Ericka Nesbitt singled to start the top of the third inning for CU. Womack reached via an error by the third basemen, placing runners at second and third. Nesbitt scored on an illegal pitch. Klingler hit the second pitch of her at-bat over the left field fence pushing the Campbell lead to 6-2. North Carolina went in order in its half of the third.
Womack started the top of the fifth inning with a single to left field. Martinet homered to left field, extending the CU lead to 8-3. The Tar Heels went in order to close out the fifth.
Shaela Churchill singled with one out in the top of the sixth inning. Pinch runner Amanda Daw scored on a single by Klingler giving CU a 9-3 lead. Katie Baker induced three groundballs to hold the lead at 9-3.
Campbell returns to Amanda Littlejohn Stadium Wednesday to take on Syracuse at 5 p.m.


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To anyone who I missed shipping your items, or missed responding to PM's during the past aprroximately week and a half, Im sorry. Im getting back on track and am working through shipping items and responding to PMs in the order they were originally received. I just ask that you please be patient with me for a couple days while I get back in the full swing of things.
I felt the need to make my apology public, as I have been a part of the TDH family for many years. I feel that if I have let even just one member down on shipping times, or communication, then I've let everyone down.
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Thanks for the nice review, i look the look of this but for my photos i use my macbook pro. I know there is a version for the Mac but i was wondering could you do a review on Aperture 3? As i dont know which one would be best to use, has the best features etc.
What i really need is a program which can analyze images based on what they look like and find duplicates, group similar images together etc etc. Can Lightroom do anything like that or is there any other software out there which can?
Sorry, no time to read the review just yet but in your experience how does Lightroom 3 compare to Capture One?
I use Capture One LE (last 4.8.3) and trialed Lightroom 2, it seemed very similar, was quite easy to use and much the same as Capture One hence I don't know if the price difference is justifiable to anyone in my position, wishing for a more pro photoshop experience who doesn't wish to spend £600+ or whatever on CS5.
The raw engine in LR & Photoshop CS5 are the same - ver 6.1 to be precise. ACR does the lens correction, noise reduction etc. It is common code so LR can't be better than CS5. ACR 6.x will be included in a future version of Photoshop Elements as well. Cheers
Just a quick point. You say there is no upgrade from version 1 but Adobe states on their web shop that the upgrade is for version 1.x and 2.x. Any reason for the discrepancy?
I'd like to point out that there is another more than capable alternative to Lightroom in the form of ACDsee Pro3.
In reply to Jonathan and to correct the review, the upgrade license covers both 1.x and 2.x as stated on the Adobe website - I purchased the upgrade edition and have used it to upgrade my my 1.x serial number with no issues.
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Faith Magazine is online. The editorial examines the eclipse of authority with reference to the summer riots and the current ecclesial compromise.
Fr Hugh MacKenzie looks at some serious problems with the EdExcel GCSE religion course and its textbook Roman Catholic Christianity.
The Letters page has contributions on the article by Dylan James in the last issue, on contraception and natural family planning.
I have a book review of The Council in Question. A Dialogue with Catholic Traditionalism (Moyra Doorly and Fr Aidan Nichols) together with Liturgical Reflections of a Papal Master of Ceremonies (Mgr Guido Marini.)
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Story by Sister Hilda Kleiman
Photography by Jose Morales and Sister Hilda Kleiman
In their most competitive match yet this season, the Mount Angel Guardians volleyball team played against the Joint Pain All-Stars of Salem. While the Guardians lost to the All-Stars, each game was close, with a score for the final game of 22 to 25.
A small but enthusiastic crowd who joined the Guardians in the Damian Center were kept abreast of the fast-paced action by announcer Alex Woelkers. Several seminarians cheered and waved a Vatican flag from the balcony.
In one of the first rallies of the first game, Fredy Preciado saved the serve even if the Guardians lost the point:
A few rallies later in the first game, the entire team showed excellent hustle:
In the second game Michael Nguyen and Frank Villaneuva worked to keep the ball in play so Stephen Cieslak could attempt to score:
In the third and final game, the Guardians started to close the gap in game's final score with one of the longest rallies of the night:
|The Guardians gather for a final team cheer at the end of the match.
|The Guardians congratulate the All-Stars at the net.
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Audible Dwelling 0.2
The character in 3.00 am does not identify himself. He speaks to himself and simultaneously to all. Though he somehow embodies the consciousness of many, he is no longer sure whether that many is society, a collection of individuals, or some kind of intermediate grouping. He is aware his consciousness and capacity for self-reflection is a product of a belief that is ebbing away. As a result he is both lucid and confused. In defending himself he also claims to defend the interests of many, but is also aware that this entails certain problems. It would appear therefore that he is some kind of spiritual embodiment of the welfare state.
The character talks to the Swedish experience, but communes with the digitally mediated world in English – the language of the globalised individual libertarianism that is loosening the ties of locality and nation on which his consciousness is predicated. His call to 'look around', to address where you are, is an extension of this political situatedness.
In one sense, his ruminations are a plea for the potential of intrinsic moral value – our desires about how the world could and should be. He specifically identifies threats posed by the conjunction of political and cultural theory, taking aim at the 'science' of value established by Carl Menger, the founder of the rightwing Austrian School Economics and its cultural counterpart semiotics, which together have persuaded the many that all meaning derives from the free market theory of prices.2 He therefore quotes both Menger's dictum that "today everything touches everything else" – the notion that all values derive from market exchanges – and Margaret Thatcher's claim that the is "no such thing as society". In the course of his ramblings, he touches on the 'Problem of the One and the Many'; classical conceptions of the state; sorties problems; the qualitative judgements on behalf of others necessary to welfarism; the benefits and dangers of attempts to perfect social form; theories of value, alienation and history; the horizontal relationality common to neo-classical economics, neo-liberalism and semiotics and to the crash of financial models that are first cousins to semiotics in 2008. At the end of his ruminations the character can be heard appealing to Gunnar Myrdal, the welfare economist, to help him understand what is happening to him.
1 In a Society Without Qualities a given part has no interior quality or determination, its character is determined quantitatively
2 Carl Menger was a neo-classical economist and founder of the 'Austrian School of Economics', which provided the critical impetus for the 'Chicago School'. The anti Marxism of neo-classicalism encompassed later economists Ludwig Von Mises, and Friedrich von Hayek, Milton Friedman and Fritz Machlup at the Chicago School. The Austrian & Chicago Schools were the primary intellectual influence on the Mont Perelin Society, the crucible of neo-liberal thought. More radical strands of Austrian thinking were developed by Murray Rothbard and David Friedman who bought anarchism into line with free market capitalism, influencing a range of digital theorists including, Alvin Tofler, Richard Stallman, Louis Rosetto, Howard Rheingold, Stewart Brand, Kevin Kelly and Chris Anderson. Menger's 'scientific' method was adopted by Ferdinand De Saussure who applied price theory to language, bringing the Austrian approach to value into considerations of culture through waves of semiotics, structuralism, poststruturalism, deconstruction and post-modernism.
The "full roof" form of Audible Dwelling is inspired by Meridian Hall, with Prouvé's air-ventilations exchanged by speaker units. The angle of the roof-wall has been changed to 70 degrees to allow docking with other Learning Site dwellings. Swedish building regulations require houses to have a minimum 90 centimeter of wall before the roof begins. This regulation is marked by the colouring of the door that leads into the transmission-line compartment. Like Prouvés Youth Center, the inner surface of the Audible Dwelling is plywood. Similarly Audible Dwelling's "ship-doors" have raised thresholds and the insulation is a sandwich construction.


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MONTREAL, April 1 (Reuters) - Detroit's Big Three automakers on Friday reported higher March and first-quarter auto sales in Canada, as forecasters expect Canadian demand this year for vehicles and trucks to exceed that of record-breaking 2015.
General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. reported double-digit sales increases for March and the first quarter of 2016, compared with the same periods a year earlier, fueled largely by low gasoline prices and greater demand for trucks.
"The market continues to see solid sales momentum in March," Canadian auto analyst Dennis DesRosiers wrote in a note. "It has been a dream start to 2016."
Automakers sold 175,142 vehicles in Canada last month and 402,896 units for the first quarter, up 9 percent for both periods, DesRosiers said, noting the March sales were a record for the month.
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Scott & White Healthcare – Round Rock is performing several types of knee "articular" cartilage procedures in patients who suffer from a traumatic injury, congenital defect, or certain kinds of osteoarthritis. The procedures, done either arthroscopically or as open surgery, range from stimulating the body to repair the damaged tissue on its own to those that involve transplanting bone and cartilage from cadavers to replace the defective tissue. Candidates for cartilage transplantation include patients with a small, localized area of cartilage damage.
"With cartilage transplantation, our goal is to bring normal tissue back to the injured area to try to restore the weight-bearing cartilage surface as best as possible," said Darryl B. Thomas, M.D, sports medicine fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon at Scott & White – Round Rock and a leader in the field of cartilage transplantation. "These procedures may offer active patients a way to get back to an athletic lifestyle with relatively pain-free range of motion."
Cartilage transplantation uses grafts of cartilage and bone that are taken from the patient's own tissue or from a donor cadaver. The grafts are harvested from a non-weight bearing part of the donor knee which has a supply of healthy "articular" cartilage. They are then transplanted into the patient's knee at the site of "articular" damage. Patients who've not had success with a chondroplasty – "cleaning up the cartilage" or a microfracture – "stimulation of the bone marrow to grow new cartilage-like cells" may benefit from cartilage transplantation.
"I tell patients up front that this isn't for everyone — they must be willing to go through prolonged rehabilitation," said Dr. Thomas. "This is not your standard arthroscopy procedure with just a few days on crutches and then you're back to normal activity. Oftentimes these procedures can't be done arthroscopically, and require larger incisions to gain better exposure of the damaged area. As a result, these surgeries often have a longer recovery period before returning to activity."
Dr. Thomas sees patients of all ages for cartilage transplantation anywhere from teens to 60-year-olds. "Once you reach your 60s, you generally don't have localized arthritis and you're not usually a good candidate for cartilage transplantation. More often than not, these patients will be looking at partial or full knee replacement surgery if traditional non-operative methods of treatment have been unsuccessful."
According to Dr. Thomas, as more and more people have gotten into sports, not just at the recreational level, but collegiate level, there's been a steady increase in focal cartilage injuries. Dr. Thomas expects to see a spike in cartilage injuries as many people enter personal fitness programs and as more baby boomers continue to be physically active later in life.
"To allow patients to continue to be physically active as long as possible, I try to do everything I can to repair, restore, or resurface the knee's cartilage surface and prevent them from needing a total knee replacement early in life. This is especially true when the patient had a cartilage injury or other sports-related injury at a young age. It's better in the long run to restore or repair your own knee cartilage if at all possible.
In many cases, patients don't even know about cartilage transplantation as an option. They've been told that because of their knee arthritis they either need to give up certain activities they love, or wait until they're painful enough to need a knee replacement."
"Articular" cartilage transplant patients are typically referred by a primary care doctor or another orthopedic surgeon. "If a patient's orthopedic surgeon doesn't perform or offer some of these cartilage restoration procedures, they should not feel uncomfortable asking for a second opinion from a surgeon that does," said Dr. Thomas.
As with any surgical procedure, there is a small risk of infection. Additionally, because donor cartilage may be used, there is some minor risk of disease transmission. "Graft rejection, however, is not usually a problem," said Dr. Thomas. "Although these procedures can require a prolonged post-operative rehabilitation period, they offer patients a chance to return to a relatively normal lifestyle, when no other good surgical options are available."


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Krysten Ritter on the set of her new show.
Lindsay Lohan is still in Greece
earning a living.
Mischa Barton got a job as the spokesperson for some e-cig company. You know, because she makes it look glamorous.
Speaking of glamorous, Miley Cyrus was in NYC yesterday.
This is the quality education you can expect when you sign up for lessons at Megan Fox's acting school.
Maggie Gyllenhaal is getting tiring. Too much of her lately.
No one gets tired of Michael Fassbender though.
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Posted May 24, 2004 by Kay Walten in Mayan Ruins,Mindful Traveler
Just south of the main ruins of Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico are the seldom seen temple ruins of old chichén, an area relatively few people know exists let alone visits on a journey here. In mid April we were graciously invited to tour this mysterious part of Chichen Itza by our new friend at the Mayaland hotel, Quincy. The hotel generously donates lodging to the archaeologists who are excavating the site and Quincy can arrange the only horseback tour to old chichén.
This is an easy 2-3 hour tour where you ride a short distance on groomed jungle trails, then dismount to explore overgrown pyramid mounds and a landscape of cut limestone blocks from toppled Mayan temples. Many of these blocks have been labeled by the archaeologist and turned face down to protect heavily carved sides. Others stand upright staring endlessly across time to all who visit. I sense a certain power seeing temples like this, in their natural state, and perhaps they are more authentic as the remains of an ancient civilization. Regardless, they are not to be missed if you have the time to visit here.
Things get started once Sylvestre (below with his white mare Madonna) arrives with the horses. The tour starts from the Mayaland grounds and arrives at the ruins after a leisurely 20 minute ride.
Kay stands partially up the side of this mound like so many early explorers must have before her.
One cannot help but marvel at the size of this mound and wonder what its original purpose could have been. Many Mayan ruin mounds were once finely sculpted buildings or pyramid temples, faced with carved limestone, often containing internal passages. Most are thought to have been built in reverence to specific Mayan deities or to commemorate momentous events. Others were used as observatories to the stars and planets. The Maya had an amazingly accurate knowledge of the cosmos. The calendar they used is actually more accurate then the one we use today.
Fallen blocks from ruined temples are scattered across the landscape
Surreal serpent heads with faces in their mouths and skulls- all these had significance
More serpents and faces- the archaeologists' task is to determine the placement of the stones
The task of organizing begins with recording original locations, then collecting related pieces. This is an archaeological jigsaw puzzle where the pieces seldom fit together perfectly. It is a formidable challenge to make the educated guesses required to place the stones and re-build a temple, and it is all based on what we know of these places and the prevailing theories of our time. The fully detailed truth may never be known because in the aftermath of Mayan wars, famine, disease and conquest many of the clues have been lost or destroyed. In most cases only the stone remains to tell of past glories, beliefs and achievements.
Partially up a hillside this part of a wall remains a rectangular block that has detailed carving.
Another intact wall fragment hints at what must have stood before on this mound
Facing stones of finer buildings were exactly cut and excavation of a buried internal passage in a mound
Ghostly sentinels of the past- these column statues stand near the main plaza excavation
With great regrets, we were sadly informed that Mayaland cannot continue this tour to the general public. We are so pleased that we captured these photos and shared with you!
Check out Mayaland hotel near Chichen Itza and spend some time in this part of the Yucatan.
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Months ago, as LP and I started to contemplate our honeymoon, there was a stubborn obstacle in our way.
See, I'm in the United States on an extension of my student visa, which is tied to having a job. I work freelance, which is okay, but it can become a grey area in the eyes of officials when coming and going from the country.
I also want to fast-track my application for residency, and when it gets submitted I won't be able to leave the country for months without resetting the whole thing.
When people ask after our plans it is not a very romantic answer. But our honeymoon compromise to each other is to set aside a month or two in the American summer of 2013 and take a big holiday.
This holiday will be part honeymoon, part unofficial celebration of me being a resident of the USA and the last chance we might have for a while to take the sort of long, winding holiday commonly planned by students.
It has made for some enjoyable fantasy. We started with a few potential destinations, but options have now exploded to cover much of the globe.
It's created another issue: we can't take all of these trips simultaneously.
It came to me that our list of mooted holidays was resembling a combination of LP's and my travel bucket lists: the places we'd love to get to before we die.
The top of our list is Europe.
LP studied in England as a fancy-free 20-year-old and made several long trips through the continent and is eager to get back. I have never been. Much of my travelling energy has been devoted to America. Well, I went to Europe when I was three, but as everyone who asks me if I've ever been tells me, this doesn't count.
Between the New Zealanders we know abroad, and people LP and I know already in Europe, there's a golden run of friends to see spanning England, Wales, Norway, France, Germany and Switzerland. We could fill that in with destinations across Italy, Spain and Portugal, and I think we'd have a good and busy couple of months.
Past this, our list gets scratchy and less defined, informed by loose perceptions of a place garnered from secondhand stories and popular culture.
Japan: I've seen enough panoramic film footage of the Tokyo cityscape to build up an expectation that it's a burst of neon and concrete and life and strange culture on par with a New York and Las Vegas. I've romanticised its national oddities through screenings of Lost in Translation and weird Japanese game shows and had conversations with several people who have lived there to know that there is actually something unusual and interesting about the national way. I have it on good authority that outside the main cities, there's a beautiful country to explore.
India: LP has always had a more burning desire to visit India than I. But a pair of conversations about the country has piqued my interest; both were with people who loved their time there, and each noted a fascination with the psychology of dealing with, and the atmosphere created by, the sheer volume of people you are always surrounded by. It sounded... electric?
Cuba: My desire to get to Cuba is pressing largely because some day soon America will inevitably relax trade and travel restrictions with the country. From that point, I imagine foreign money will flood in and development will recommence in the country, new vehicles will take over the roads, and the island will no longer be a quaint time capsule.
I like to picture myself in Cuba wearing a cool hat and loose-fitting light-coloured flannel shirts, maybe smoking a cigar.
Africa: The pull to Africa is powered by a notion that I can't escape: at some point in my life I should get as far out of my comfort zone and away from my home culture as I can possibly get.
Much of what I read about Africa each day is tragic: civil war, famine, pirates and the like. But, the snatches I know about the continent, its history and culture, and what friends have told me about the people and the places, put Africa always on the list of places that I'd like to go to, even as a product of the media environment we exist in I'm equally wary and nervous of the continent.
LP and I have also expounded at length about sitting on a series of beaches in Thailand, or renting an apartment in Rio De Janeiro or Buenos Aires. I enjoy being a lazy tourist, and I've often opted in my life to just go somewhere new and hang out for a couple of weeks rather than going to several countries in a shorter space of time.
It's self-evident, but strange to contemplate, just what proportion of the world you'll never get to. It's disquieting to think of just what proportion of your life you'll spend wrapped up in working weeks. The whole scale of our lives is tipped so far against exploration.
So LP and I know that taking a month or more off work is an indulgent promise to make, but we're into it.
So today, let's go crazy. You've got six weeks off and you've been setting aside the funds. You've promised yourself that you're going to head out and explore part of the world you've always wanted to.
Where are you going? Why are you going? What are you seeing? What are you avoiding? Why?
Or if you've been everywhere, where should we go?
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Well, given that you will be living in America, with their ridiculously low levels of leave, I'd take this opportunity to go as far as possible. Europe is not that far from the US, although it is of course a fantastic tourist destination. Same with Central and South America, not that far from California.
If I was you I would take the opportunity to go somewhere where, as you say, you can take the time and absorb the culture, somewhere very different from NZ/America. So I guess Africa and India? Or if you want something relaxing, a six week trip across Europe is always great. I just got back from 4 weeks there, filling in the parts of Western Europe I have missed previously, and I could go back tomorrow. Even with the 40+ hours in transit it takes to get there from here.
Whatever you decide, I'm sure it will be great. Travel always is...
6 weeks and money is no issue?
Yeah, Europe would be on the list. Historical places mainly.
Also a contender would be things like an Alaskan dog sled trip.
Or a sailing trip in the Carribean (I know, kinda opposite ends of the spectrum there).
Or South American ruins? The temple runis in thailand look good too...but need to avoid the crowds for both.
India is a really interesting place and i think the impression you have of it fits my experience pretty well, though i only had a month there and saw a few states.
they say people either love it or hate it, i almost felt like i hated it while i was there, but it got under my skin and i have felt desperate to get back since i left. its not exactly a holiday, especially if you are travelling around a lot, but its an incredible experience.
Could you do that for a month then spend 2 weeks recovering on Thai beaches?
I vote go somewhere exciting inside the US for your immediate honeymoon. As a couple who have always been pressed for both time and money, Ryan and I frequently take anniversary vacations in a semi-local vacation. Just a few hours away can be a mini-adventure in a pinch. And, since you now live so close to the Pacific Coastal Highway and wine country, it may be time to research a quick honeymoon jaunt inside CA.
But, if I could go anywhere, top 5 (in no necessary order) are: 1. Exploring the ruins in Mexico 2. Nature ocean cruise in Alaska 3. Italy 4. Spain (Madrid for the art and Barcelona for the beach) 5. Japan
I'd love to do a tour of ancient Asian temples: Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, China and Japan. Of course I'm obsessed with Japan so it would be hard to make me leave there.
Also: temple tours in Central & South America.
I'm a bit obsessed with ancient culture rather than modern ones...
I've lived in Japan for 18 years now and cannot recommend it enough! There really is something for everyone here..
I have travelled extensively through my work and have been to many of the places you mentioned. I found India to be too much for me - just a huge, seething mass. Italy is the only place in Europe I have been that I enjoyed - although Spain is pretty cool, too... The rest of Europe leaves me cold. The beaches in Thailand are filled with tourists behaving badly - Bali could be a better option. My wife and I have done most of the usual tourist destinations (esp. in SE Asia) and now we tend to prefer getting off the beaten track... Earlier this year we spent a week in a little fishing village on the coast of Sumatra and had a wonderful time completely away from it all - no tv, no internet, no cell-phone coverage...
Whatever floats your boat really - wold be a horrible world if we were all the same, huh?
I actually already have this all mapped out in my head. A week in New York, three weeks doing a Contiki from NY-Boston-Niagra-Toronto-Quebec-Montreal-Vancouver-The Rockies-Banff-Calgary then a week in Vancouver, a week in Seattle, a week in San Francisco.
That's seven weeks, sorry, I got excited. I know how much its all going to cost too and that plain terrifies me. One day, some day.
Our bucket list trip is in 2014 to: Honolulu; Anchorage, Denali and Inside Passage (Alaska); Vancouver and Rockies; LA theme parks and back to Auck. Expect it'll take us around 6 weeks.
Central America & Top of South America are some of the few remaining backpacker places which hasn't been overrun with Tourists. Nicaragua Honduras Panama Colombia - its the new SE Asia
Before we head back home to NZ after 6 years of lving in the US, we are taking 4-6 weeks and making a trip to Europe. Firstly we will do London, mostly because my brother-inlaw lives there, then its on to Italy for a trip around. Its a place my husband and I have longed to visit, and its geared more towards the more of the way parts of Italy. Then we plan to visit Turkey and see Gallipoli. We both had ancestors that fought and died there and feel a pull to see this amazingly sacred place. We might then pop in a few other places, as our agenda is not fixed. I love travelling and seeing other cultures and places, it makes you appreciate life and creates a better person in yourself.
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Canadian artist and filmmaker Jon Rafman has decided to see what various rooms would look like when wrapped in modernist paintings from famous artists such as Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jasper Johns, and Yves Klein. It's part of an ongoing project called Brand New Paint Job which uses 3D digital assets taken from Google 3D Warehouse, a place where users of the company's free 3D modelling software can share their work.
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Thank you for your patience. There are several ways in which an employer may try and make changes to an employee's contract of employment. These are:
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2. By forcefully introducing the changes (called 'unilateral change of contract').
3. By giving the employee notice to terminate their current contract and then offer them immediate re-engagement under a new contract that contains the changes.
If the employee agrees to the changes then that would usually put an end to the matter.
If the changes are introduced forcefully then the following options are open to the employee:
1. Start working on the new terms but making it clear in writing that they are working 'under protest'. This means that the employee does not agree with the changes but is only working them because they feel they are forced to. In the meantime they should try and resolve the issue either by informal discussions or by raising a formal grievance.
2. If the changes are serious enough (e.g. a change to pay, duties, place of work, etc.) the employee may wish to consider resigning and claiming constructive dismissal. The resignation must be done without undue delay so as not to give the impression that the changes had been accepted. The claim must be submitted in an employment tribunal within 3 months of resigning and is subject to the employee having at least 2 years' continuous service.
3. Finally, if the employment is terminated and the employer offers re-engagement on the new terms that could potentially amount to unfair dismissal. However, the employer can justify the dismissal and the changes if they had a sound business reason for dismissing an employee who refuses to accept the variation in terms. This could be pressing business needs requiring drastic changes for the company to survive. If no such reason exists, the employee can make a claim for unfair dismissal in an employment tribunal. The same time limit of 3 months to claim and the requirement to have 2 years' continuous would apply.
It is also worth mentioning that sometimes employment contracts may try to give the employer a general right to make changes to the employee's contract. As such clauses give the employer carte blanche to change any term, so as to evade the general rule that changes must be mutually agreed, courts will rarely enforce such clauses. Nothing but the clearest language will be sufficient to create such a right. Any attempt to rely on such clauses will still be subject to the requirement of the employer to act reasonably and this may not have actually been met here as you are basically given a demotion, which is unreasonable.
In terms of my specific question regarding the term in my contract, what do you suggest?
I do not want to claim constructive dismissal as I rely on my salary for my mortgage, bills etc.
the clause would not allow them to just implement the changes without your knowledge and consultation. So what they have done so far is most likely unfair. The issue is how you deal with it from now on because the options above are the only ones you can pursue (apart from also trying to negotiate some kind of agreed exit)
Ok. Ideally I would like to negotiate redundancy and leave. My role in conferences is no longer available and they moved me to the publication part of the business with no communication. Now the new sales director (who sits in the US) has given me a new job spec which essentially is a demotion in the role itself. It has the same job title, but the HR director said - it's of the same level. The new role does not take on board my 14 years of skills and experience. The role (regardless of the title not changing) is one that you would give to someone of 5 years if that
you may certainly argue this is a redundancy and try to negotiate an exit that way but if the employer disagrees and refuses to make you redundant then the only way to pursue this is still via a constructive dismissal claim unfortunately
And in the case of constructive dismissal, they don't need to pay you anymore - not even what is owed or my notice?
if you claim constructive dismissal then you are leaving with nothing but will then make the claim and if you are successful you will receive adequate compensation, so there is obviously a risk
I can't afford to not even get paid for a month unfortunately as I used all my savings buying my flat recently, so just only starting to build that up, but don't have a month's worth of bills event.
Looks like I will have to ask for the redundancy as the role they have presented is one of a junior level and if they say no, I have to accept the role and then look for a new job?
I just thought that legally they have to offer me redundancy as an option if there are no other roles of the sale level and in my skills set.
No they do not, an employer can refuse to acknowledge there is a redundancy situation if they do not believe this is the case. You cannot force them to make you redundant which is where the constructive dismissal option comes in and that is where your legal protection is, even if it may not be ideal in the circumstances
the conferences director told me that my role no longer exists in conferences department - is that not saying the role here is redundant?
yes it more or less is, one of the definitions of redundancy is where there is a diminished requirement for employees to carry out work of a particular kind. But the issue is that you cannot force them to make you redundant, even if there is a redundancy, they can refuse it and be difficult, expecting you to take up another job, that is the problem - to do anything about it you would have to go down the constructive dismissal route
Please let me know if this has answered your query or if you need me to clarify anything else for you in relation to this?
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Oh I went to submit and it said the chat would close. I wanted to have a think last night which I did and I think you hit the nail on the head in that they will not see the role as redundant as they have merged it in to another role. However, I don't feel that my skills are transferable to this new role. I also feel like the terminology this sales director uses and his wording towards me is one of bullying. If I raise a grievance against him, could the company dismiss me if for example the grievance is unfounded? He has used stated on email "employees report in to their managers asking for approval for out of office meetings" and on another occassion "your actions potentially may need us to go back to clients and renegotiate". I feel that both of these quotes from the emails are of a demeaning and humiliating tone in front of colleagues and clients and both emails have caused me extreme distress to say the least.
I also was advised by HR that he said I was "insubordinate to him" which to me is a very strong word which could lead to him managing me out. I already feel backed in to a corner where this new role he has put to me, is one of a very junior level. I'm not sure how we can work together moving forward.
It just seems as though the law is on the side of the company, until I go down the route of constructive dismissal and if I raise a grievance, they could see fit to manage me out.
The conversation won't close and you can always come back to it. You should not be dismissed for simply raising a grievance, even if the employer does not find evidence to support it. Often a grievance may be raised due to the way someone feels about an issue which does not mean it is done maliciously, rather it would be their own perception that makes them consider there is a problem that needs resolving.
The law would not necessarily be on the employer's side - both you and the employer would have rights and they will be applied in different ways. If you are managed out and dismissed you will still have protection by potentially claiming unfair dismissal, otherwise f you have to leave, it is the constructive dismissal route. So there is always a potential claim you can make if necessary.
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The American Beverage Association's Clear on Calories initiative is in support of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" anti-obesity campaign. What I really love about this initiative is how they display the information. The calorie count is right on the front of the beverage
AND it's the number of total calories for the entire bottle/can, not just a "per serving" number! It doesn't get much clearer than that! Whether it's 200 calories or zero calories in a bottle, all drinks will have to display their number.
There have been other groups that have been pushing for front-of-label packaging, but it's harder to do with food because calories are not the only number you should consider when choosing a food. Beverages are a little easier to summarize because, like I said, your beverages should not be contributing any significant number of calories to your diet. Your body doesn't register these calories the same way it does food calories and therefore they don't ever really make you feel full, despite the fact there could be hundreds of calories in there.
I think it is great that this information is now clear for all to see. I am excited to have this tool available to myself and to the people I counsel on diet choices and weight loss. Next time you pick up a drink, look for the Clear On Calories label and use it to make a better beverage decision!


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Mobile Alternative Demilitarization Technologies
Volume 12 of the series NATO ASI Series pp 19-39
Cryofracture as a Mobile Demilitarization Technology for Non-Stockpile Chemical Munitions
- M. H. SpritzerAffiliated withGeneral Atomics
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Cryofracture is a demilitarization process that has been under development for chemical agent munitions for over 12 years. Cryofracture employs liquid nitrogen to pre-cool munitions prior to fracturing in a hydraulic press. Cryofracture exposes the chemical agents and explosives for subsequent destruction by other means such as thermal or chemical treatment. The cryofracture process is designed to demilitarize projectiles, cartridges, mortar rounds, mines and rockets. Over $60 million has been spent by the U.S. Army to develop cryofracture for demilitarization of chemical agent munitions stored at stockpile sites in the U.S. Extensive tests have been performed with live explosives and simulant agents, and the test results verify all key aspects of the process.
More recently, the cryofracture process has been applied to conventional munitions with the same good results. The process is also likely to find application for non-stockpile chemical munitions in the U.S. and throughout the world. A description of the process and the results of extensive testing are presented, with particular emphasis on the adaptation of cryofracture to non-stockpile chemical munitions.
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Paris, Prince & Blanket Jackson Attend Michael Jackson Tribute Concert [PHOTOS]
Michael Jackson's children Paris, Prince and Blanket Jackson attended the tribute concert to their late father.
Michael Jackson Forever, which has been dogged by an internal argument in the Jackson family, a band pull-out and rumors of poor ticket sales, started at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, England at 6pm on today.
PHOTOS: Michael Jackson's Kids Enjoy A Day At Magic Mountain
Michael Jackson's sister, La Toya, came out of retirement to perform. "I have put musical performance behind me for roughly two decades," she said.
"But there will never be another magical moment such as this to celebrate Michael with his fans to perpetuate the importance of his legacy. I am honored to share the stage with the incredible performers in this line-up, and I'm certain nothing would make my brother smile bigger or brighter than this tribute concert."
Michael Jackson's brothers Tito, Marlon and Jackie organized the event, which saw performances from Christina Aguilera, Cee-Lo Green, Smokey Robinson, Leona Lewis and JLS among other celebrities.
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Anca Vlasopolos' accomplishments include:
No Return Address: A Memoir of Displacement (Columbia University Press, 2000), awarded the YMCA Writer's Voice Grant for Creative Non-Fiction in 2001, the Wayne State University Board of Governors Award and the Arts Achievement Award in 2002; forthcoming, the historical novel Albatross and Samurai, Twilight Times Books, 2007; a poetry collection, Penguins in a Warming World, Ragged Sky Press, 2007; poetry chapbooks, Through the Straits, at Large and The Evidence of Spring; and a detective novel, Missing Members; as well as over two hundred poems and short stories in literary magazines such as The Rambler, Porcupine, Typo, Perigee, Poetry International, Barrow Street, Adagio, Avatar, Terrain, Nidus, Short Story, Natural Bridge, Center, Evansville Review, Santa Barbara Review, River Styx, Spoon River Poetry Quarterly, Weber Review, etc.
this fall the sun visits achingly
in short bursts
like a faraway daughter
here on what we've made
of Black Marsh
creeks so covered that water
only glancingly caught light
in a dark web
like wing fluttering
mad to untangle itself
into free air
in this place still calling back
to its names—Moross, Grand Marais,
Fox Creek—
it is weeping
from a sky mocking us
all summer with pretense of rain
now hiding itself
behind this dark lid
lifted now
as one might do a pot needing
just a quick check
a brief streak
fires the turning maple dying ash
these coal leaves waiting
trapped in the shrubs
to smolder
Only Not Rain
on such a day
light at the edge
of lashes
into elliptical rainbows
thugs the starlings
have taken over crabapples
not distant
peck at the margins
of overload
you can hardly hear
for birds' racket
the sky
hum electric blue
sunlight pours
on such a day
brimmed honeycombs
a neon-green bug
gall on oak
push that deep wonder breath
till not benign
only water
along furrows
dug by long sorrow
on just such a day
Seabirds Continue to Wash Up on Oregon Coast
no tree has yet answered to the name
no plant
unless you count those housemates
who learn to syncopate their symmetries
to the imprisoned anguish
inside Mozart's giddy violins
so now these birds
a half a world away
from mammals who
through human all too human
named them
these rhinoceros
of open waters
diving two hundred feet to scoop
just a small sardine
these formal black-white auklets
attending their acrobatic balls
show up
in droves
on coasts
washed up
for their own funeral
as if
in solidarity
a half a world away
with hornèd beasts
who too
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Exercise, appetite, and energy balance: The interactions between energy expenditure and intake, and the implications for weight management
Whybrow, Stephen, Stubbs, R. James, & King, Neil A. (2011) Exercise, appetite, and energy balance: The interactions between energy expenditure and intake, and the implications for weight management. In Preedy, Victor R., Martin, Colin R., & Ross-Watson, Ronald Ross (Eds.) Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition. Springer-Verlag New York Inc., New York, United States of America, pp. 1569-1584.
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This book disseminates current information pertaining to the modulatory effects of foods and other food substances on behavior and neurological pathways and, importantly, vice versa. This ranges from the neuroendocrine control of eating to the effects of life-threatening disease on eating behavior. The importance of this contribution to the scientific literature lies in the fact that food and eating are an essential component of cultural heritage but the effects of perturbations in the food/cognitive axis can be profound. The complex interrelationship between neuropsychological processing, diet, and behavioral outcome is explored within the context of the most contemporary psychobiological research in the area. This comprehensive psychobiology- and pathology-themed text examines the broad spectrum of diet, behavioral, and neuropsychological interactions from normative function to occurrences of severe and enduring psychopathological processes
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Welcome & Mission
Welcome to the Pleasant Lake Protective Association (PLPA) website!
The PLPA was incorporated in 1969 by a group of far-sighted area residents who valued the wonderful natural resource we have in Pleasant Lake and wanted to provide for its long-term protection. Thirty-seven years later in 2006, we revised our articles of agreement and by-laws to better reflect the increased array and complexity of our yearly activities. Those revisions also helped the PLPA qualify as a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization in 2007.
Our revised articles of agreement clearly lay out the PLPA mission statement.
"In furtherance of its purposes, the Corporation shall:
(a) Promote awareness of and monitor Pleasant Lake and its watershed area to preserve and protect its many qualities as a natural resource;
(b) Assist in and support the work of federal, state and local authorities in protecting Pleasant Lake's ecology with respect to water purity and its natural populations of fish, water birds and other wildlife;
(c) Educate its membership about boating rules and regulations, both state and local, pertaining to Pleasant Lake; and encourage its membership to comply with such rules and regulations;
(d) Advise the Town of New London with respect to policies pertaining to the control of the water level of Pleasant Lake at the Elkins dam; and
(e) Promote and assist in other events and activities that advance the purity, safety and recreational value of Pleasant Lake and collaborate with other organizations in endeavors that further the purposes of the Corporation."
In 2007, we also adopted a new organizational structure to facilitate the exercise of the PLPA mission statement by forming eight committees specifically focused on our most important tasks. You can learn much more about the work of these committees by visiting the website page entitled "About Us."
As you explore the many aspects of the PLPA and the important work it does, please consider joining us as a member and/or as a volunteer. Pleasant Lake is very special and we, like the far-sighted people who founded the PLPA so long ago, need to work hard to protect and preserve this natural treasure for generations to come.


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Im about to acquire an old home. My questions are.
Is it common for old homes to have no sub floor? It seems this one hasnt any.
The floors are thick tongue and grove though.
Most rooms the floor are in great shape and dont need sanding, refinishing.
But Id like to refinish a few rooms, I watched a guy sand a wood floor with a one brush type floor polisher with a sander pad attachment. Is this circular type of sanding ok for refinishing hard wood floors?
By 'Old homes'....what time periods do you mean?
About the early 1900's or a little older
I've been in more than a few houses that old with hardwood plank flooring and no subfloor. My old house (built in 1857, added onto and remodeled in 1910) had plank hardwood throughout and no subfloor.
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This is the good sheet, you know what we mean? The sheet that makes you say "oh sheet!" Other sites pretend like they know their sheet, but really they don't know sheet. You see what we're doing transposing one word with another, similar word?
Yippee, finally separate pillowcases to buy, thanks, Woot!
These are good sheets, I've bought a lot of them. Sturdy, percale, all-cotton, deep pockets on the fitted sheets, all at a good price.
Has anyone had issues with pilling?
These things organic cotton? Anyone? Beuller?
Will the twin fit a twin-xl 10" mattress?
SavingSista wrote:Has anyone had issues with pilling?
yes. not good sheets to have with cats. i have to wash and dry them all the time. then, i have to pick off the pills of cat hair afterwards.
ajprice07 wrote:yes. not good sheets to have with cats. i have to wash and dry them all the time. then, i have to pick off the pills of cat hair afterwards.
A cat comb or one of those "velvet" lint brushes will work wonders.
I bought these sheets along with the Eddie Bauer ones, and these are terrible compared to the Eddie Bauer ones. They're so much rougher. It's always itchy sleeping in these.
I bought three sets of these sheets, three different sizes for the three beds in our house. After two washings and two weeks (not consecutive) on my bed, there is a large rip in each the fitted and the top sheet. I'm really disappointed because I like the color and the texture is okay. They just aren't durable, poor quality. They were not misused, I have no strange sleep patterns (at least nobody mentioned it if I do!). Nobody has slept in the other beds yet, so I can't say that this is a problem with all the sets, but this one set ended up being a very expensive mistake.


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Ok, I've got a question about the 700r4's shifting characteristics under little to no throttle. If any of you read my post "New 700r4 blown in less than 30 mins", you already know what I've been through. Anyhow, I've got the second transmission installed, took it for the first road test and I can't tell if it is shifting normally or if it is stack shifting. Just to get it out of the way, the TV cable is set and I have double checked it by pulling the pan and checking pressure in all ranges. When I take off in OD with almost no throttle (I have to because I live in a pretty uppity yuppy neighborhood) it hits 3rd before I even get up to 25 mph. I know this probably seems to be a ******* question, yet while I consider myself to be quite mechanically capable, I have almost no experience with AOD transmissions. Could this be normal?
depending on the rear end gear you have and how easy on the throttle you are its possable.
Can you give any more details?
Even if you drive off in OD the trans, being an auto it will start off in first and shift up.Usually it chooses the gear for the speed of the car, mine shifts hard from 1st to 2nd and to 3rd but you hardly notice when it goes into overdrive.
Sorry to hear you still have problems,a new trans should be a bolt in solution.
Did you swap in the original govenor from the old trans?
700 question
same trouble??? adjust the cable to a bit more tension, should make shifts occur later.
I think with as much as you have been through, I would take the car to a reputable transmission shop. Let them drive the car and see what they think. It would be worth the price of a test driveif they charge you.
How exactly do you set your TV cable?
At the carb end I push the tab down and slide the cable back into
it´s retainer.Then I manually open the carb to full throttle,it will,if it needs it,pull the "right"amount of cable out of the retainer.
You can then adjust a few clicks up or down.That´s how the book says to do it.
Failing that I agree you take it to a shop for a test run.
If you have made any modifications to the vehicle/engine, I recommend that you verify that the gas pedal does open the throttle all the way. I have seen many times when the cable was adjusted improperly because it was adjusted by opening the throttle all the way at the carb, when the pedal wouldn't make it that far.
Then if adjusting doesn't work, take it to a shop.
Just a suggestion.
check what atdkart says..... for full throttle function first.
I had a new customer come to me through a friend years ago.
his 70 chev truck had been to some high zoot guys in the Phoenix area. One is very well known for EFI performance developement stuff.
They ALL over looked the reason the truck did not perform well was the throttle only opened the carb 1/2 from idle.
I built a new throttle cable bracket, corrected some 700R4 tranny problems and his truck was screaming fast. The customer took the truck on a test drive,,,,, all I heard was tire rubber .
The customer had a huge grin on his face... made my day.
Dont worry how old you are... it is the mileage on your body that adds up.
Thanks for the replies guys. I adjusted the cable out a couple of clicks and everything "SEEMS" to be correct now. My main problem is that I've got that memory in my mind od the first one breaking so I'm MAJORLY *****footing it with this one. As far as the cable goes, I went over that thing with a fine tooth comb probably 50 times and the pedal does open the carb all the way. My only question now is, since I have adjusted the cable out a few clicks, won't it reset itself the first time I go WOT?
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