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Household Budgeting Tips
Everyone can use a little help sticking to their budget. It seems like one say you are sailing along just fine and then the next you hit a snag and you feel like the entire system is coming crashing down. Me and the contributors here at Little House Living have put together this great list of our top household budgeting tips to try and help keep you on track. Make sure you comment with your best budgeting tip!
- Set priorities & Stick to them. Our priorities are rent, church&charities, savings, insurance, phone & internet bills, student loan payments & car upkeep. If those financial obligations are not met, we don't spend $$ on clothes, crafts, fun foods, date nights, or road trips.
- Limit trips to the grocery store to avoid buying unnecessary items. The more trips I make to the store, the more little fun items I buy. A candy bar here, a bag of chips there. All that extra spending can really add up!
- Pay more than the minimum due. On bills, credit card , and school loans, we throw more money into those payments than the minimum monthly amount in order to get them paid off quickly. Being debt free is a priority for us.
- Buy used and/or DIY. Seriously one way we have saved a lot of money. Thrift stores, garage sales, hand-me-downs, Pinterest, and local experts are our best friends. Why spend more money when you don't have to?
- Don't get too stressed. Stressing out about budgeting is similar to spending too much money in that you are centering your life around money, which is not healthy. We find a balance between being wise with our finances and being flexible where we can.
Erin - Mr. & Mrs. Toews
- Never pay full price. If you can't find it on sale, wait until you have a coupon or there's a sale. This can take a lot of willpower, especially those of us that are used to instant gratification, but the savings will add up quickly!
- Sleep on it. Impulse buys are almost always a bad idea. When shopping online, bookmark the item or add it to your cart, but hold off at least one day to complete the sale. Waiting will allow you to consider all your options and decide if you truly need the item.
- Research, research, research! Chances are, it's cheaper someplace else. When comparing food prices, use the price per pound, ounce, etc. This makes it easier to compare different sizes and brands.
- Get creative. Before buying something, consult your imagination and consider making it or making do instead. For example, my eight-month baby has quickly outgrown her onesies, but instead of buying bigger ones, I simply tuck them into her pants and use them at t-shirts. Also, old yogurt containers, jam jars, etc. are great for storage of leftovers and bulk food items, even nails or leftover paint (properly labeled, of course).
- Save Whenever Possible. This seems obvious, but what I mean is don't automatically spend extra money that comes into the household. Immediately tuck bonuses or tax refunds into a savings account. Using it up on a new television or vacation might seem like a good idea at the time, but you'll be missing that money when the car breaks down a few months later.
Amanda - Grace and Gusto
- Keep it simple. Do you really need to add whatever it is to your house? Will it cause clutter? Do you have a place to put it?
- Does it make your house beautiful or is it necessary to live? If neither...why are you buying it?
- Does it save you time, or somehow free up time to do something else that is more productive?
- Do you need a new version, when an older or used version would work?
- Can you really not meet your goal? Or is something holding you back? Could you push yourself to meet that goal even though things might be uncomfortable in the short term, you know it will benefit you in the big picture.
Merissa - Little House Living
- Use cash. My husband and I each give ourselves a weekly "allowance" in cash, and that is what we use if we want a Starbucks or other little indulgence. That way we don't have to feel guilty about it, but once the money is gone, it's gone.
- Watch electricity usage. Unplug small appliances after use. Your mother was right - turn off the lights when you leave the room!
- There are so many options for watching our favorite shows, it's easier than ever to get by without cable. With Roku, Appletv, or another streaming player, you can get Netflix or Hulu on your tv for less than $10/month. We have Amazon Prime and Netflix, and are able to save $45 each month by not having cable or dish.
- Don't buy new. Lately I've been challenging myself to not buy any household items brand new. Recently, I purchased both a clothes dryer and a kitchen table and 4 chairs on Craigslist. I saved 90% off what the new price would be for these items.
- Meal plan for every single meal. Base it around proteins you have and what's in the pantry. This strategy saves me trips to the store (where I inevitably buy something that's not on my list!) If you can meal plan in 2 or 4 week cycles, even better!
Sarah - Mindfully Frugal Mom
- Don't be afraid to call for better price especially on interest rates, cable, internet, etc.
- Go down to one vehicle. Sounds crazy, but going down to one car for a period of time can help filter money into larger debt and save on a huge chunk of expenses.
- Stock up on items when they go on sale. Pretty much every item a store hits it's rock bottom price every 8-12 weeks (8 in the South 12 in the North). Stock up on what your family will use within that time so that you'll never have to pay full price.
- A twenty ounce bottle filled with water (or even a brick!) in your toilet's tank will reduce water usage. Every bit counts!
- Barter with people you know for services. Babysitting for a haircut, mowing lawns in exchange for an oil change, etc.
Dominique - Barefoot in the Kitchen
Need more? Check out these 35 Frugal Budgeting Tips!
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My builder installed carpet in the upstairs bathrooms. I want to put in ceramic tile. should/can I remove the plywood floor and install backerboard directly on the joists, or must I live with the buildup height and put the backerboard on the existing plywood?
Carpet in the upstairs bathroom?? Yuck.
Absolutely leave the plywood down...you need that for a solid subfloor to install your tile on. You want as little flex as possible in the flooring to limit tile cracking and grout coming out.
Try using 1/4" Cement board and just install a transition threshold to adjust for the diference in height.
You have to leave the plywood, in fact you should probably add more. What thickness is the plywood? How large (depth: ie two inches X how much?) are the joists? Can you figure out the span of the joists? Backerboard does not add strength to the floor, it merely seperates the tile from the possibility of movement in the plywood.
Assuming your floor is sufficiently strong enough as per Bonus's questions, I would use Schluter Ditra. It will not significantly raise the hight of your floor and will provide a waterproof membrane and uncoupling layer that protects against tile cracking and delaminating.
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Puzzling Clattering Noise During Warm Startups
This is on a 2002 Deville. It runs good and quiet except during a warm restart. When I have the engine warmed up, then shut it off, wait six minutes and start it up again it makes quite a loud racket for a few seconds and then runs quiet again.
The noise is like a clattering mixed with a knocking. The clattering sometimes will stop while the knock continues a little longer. Usually the whole thing is over in between five and 30 seconds. The clattering part is usually only about five seconds or less.
In addition to this, to complicate it somewhat, I've had a tappet (valve follower) noise - a clicking noise that lasted a lot longer. That tappet noise is now pretty well cured. I put some Rislone in it and it has quieted down substantially.
After adding the Rislone and with the clattering still continuing, I got to thinking that maybe it was caused by dry starts. I did another oil change and put Lucas in the crankcase instead of Rislone. When I did this, the tappet clicking noise got worse and the clattering still continued so I switched it back to the oil/Rislone combination.
Then I read about air cavitation noises in the water power steering pump. I worked with that some but found the noise was not coming from the pump. I put a long screwdriver up to my ear and touched the pump and touched near the valvetrain area and it was definitely not the power steering pump; quite pronounced on both banks as far as I could tell.
It really sounds kind of like a rattling detonation noise. With that in mind I ran the tank down to almost nothing and added 93 octane last night. It was the Shell premium that has the cleaners in it. It has made no difference in the clattering though. Maybe I need to give it a little longer.
I was reading another thread here on carbon rap and that made me wonder a little bit about the knocking noise I'm hearing (distinguished from the clattering). The knocking noise lasts longer than the clattering, but then goes away (I think it stops when the oil pressure builds up).
A while back I pulled the intake manifold and the valves did have a coating of carbon on them. It didn't seem to be excessive or very thick but it was there.
Today, since putting the higher octane in I noticed something else unusual. It sounded like sleet (or small bb's) hitting a window. Sort of a crackling sound. It seemed to be coming from the intake throttle-body area. I wonder if the cleaner could be breaking up particles of carbon or something. I don't know where that much carbon would be coming from if that's what it is.
Another idea might be a broken spring. What do you think?
I have not noticed any metal in the drained oil. I did not cut the filter in two yet.
I have not totally isolated the sound source yet. I suppose it could be coming from the oil pump, but it sure sounds like it is coming from the top.
So I've ruled out power steering pump and I'm thinking maybe one of these:
Broken or overly weak valve spring(s)
Something else in the valvetrain
Oil Pump
Carbon related noises
Any ideas?
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I'd rule out detonation, especially at idle.
A stethoscope might help a lot in locating it.
Listen to the AIR pump check valves.
Cold carbon rap sounds just like a collapsed lifter or two and goes away after a few seconds (sometimes as long as 60). A good WOT run will usually clear it, but it's not too common on the 2000+ engines.
Have you ruled out a bad tensioner?
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Cadillac and many engine repair mechanics caution against the addition of snake oils and magic potions to the oil, gasoline, and air intakes of any car/engine.
Shell gasolines are all Top Tier fuels. ALL grades of Top Tier gasolines contain the "cleaner" - Chevron TECHRON.
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Guess my next investment is for a stethoscope :-) . Maybe it is the chain tensioner.
Will probably pull off the valve covers too and see if there is anything obvious there.
Based on the expertise I've seen here I take it so far that this clattering restart when warm is not that common. Otherwise I think you guys would probably be all over it with recollections from your past experience.
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Chain tensioners are pretty reliable.
No, chattering on a warm start is not common and most likely not cold carbon rap.
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That stethoscope helped a lot to narrow down the general area. I seem to have two noises going on during warm starts.
I pulled the valve cover. Looks like I definitely have a timing chain guide problem. (Glad it is on the front side). The nylon guide is broken and I assume flopping around in there randomly, especially on warm restarts for some reason. I can't see the other piece that broke off. I'm assuming it is laying in the bottom of the timing chain cover.
Just getting ready to change it now. Anything I should pay particular attention to?
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The oil pump is driven by friction between the crank pulley hub, the oil pump drive sleeve, and a machined face on the crank snout. There is a very specific torque + degrees of turn that you must follow during install or you have no oil pressure. The flexplate needs to be locked to obtain the high "tightness" required.
While you're in there, you might as well replace all the tensioners (nylon slipper faces worn) and the nylon guide slippers. The tensioners are hydraulic, you collapse them and pin the shafts - pull the pins when it's all timed.
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I not saying he is the only one to get it from. But Jake at Northstar Performance has a kit with tensioners, chan and sprockets and guides. He has a really good price on all of it. I would change it all. How many miles are on this. I always Torque the dampner bolt to 250 ftlbs and always use a new bolt. I have streched many of them.
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$225 for the entire kit, sprockets, chains, guides, tensioners
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ooh now...that megs cleaner wax is nice and easy to use...smells good too
you might be able to skip the polishing if the clay brings your paint up well enough.
sure there are more threads in here discussing this
Chris, just ordered a load of detailing gear from here. They also have guides and its very easy to follow once you know what your doing.
on your car...and if you are feeling flush...dodo juice...accept nothing less
srp offers very little in the way of protection, you need to use a good wax over the top,poorboys nattys paste blue is a good first time easy to use and not overly expensive wax!
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The IPC serves as a listening post on industry, monitoring patterns of organizational and technological practice, interpreting them for our partners and sponsors, and bringing our observations and insights to bear on the core disciplines and educational curricula of the Institute. Through our research we seek to help leaders in business, labor, government, and universities better understand global industrial developments and to work with them to develop practical new approaches for strengthening public policies, business strategies, technical practices, and educational programs
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Deadspin can't be fair even when it is trying to be fair.
Essentially, Barry Petchesky apologized Thursday to Jim Miller for a post that labeled the former Chicago Bears quarterback as being anti-gay. And then in the next breath, Petchesky said, yeah, but I still think he's anti-gay.
To back up a bit, yesterday I did a post slamming Deadspin and Petchesky for doing wrong by Miller. Appearing on WSCR-AM 670 in Chicago Tuesday, Miller talked about how factions of an NFL team will have a hard time accepting a gay teammate. The discussion was about the culture of the locker room with Miller speaking from his vast experience.
I heard the segment which included this key point.
Asked his stance on whether gays should be accepted, Miller said, "I could care less. You can play football or you can't. I'm just giving you my point of view that certain factions of a locker room will not accept it. … That's the reality of the situation.
Petchesky then did a post for Deadspin that had this headline: "Who's The Latest Person To Say Dumb Things About Gay Players In The NFL?"
Deadspin also sent out this tweet to its 368,000 followers:
Former Bears QB Jim Miller has opinions on gay players in the NFL. Spoiler: He's not a fan.
As a result, Miller got ripped for his supposed anti-gay views. Totally unfair. But then when is Deadspin about being fair?
Petchesky did try to clarify things Thursday. In its Funbag column, a reader asked: "When are you going to issue a correction/apology on the Jim Miller story?"
Petchesky began:
I feel terrible that the takeaway seems to be "Jim Miller's a bigot," even though I included his full remarks in there. Given the chance, I'd write it differently.
OK, nice to admit you made a mistake, Barry. Only he didn't. Here's the next sentence:
Regarding Miller, I took a leap as to his personal beliefs that I shouldn't have, even though I still think it's a safe bet (When asked if gays should be accepted, Miller said "I could care less," which is pointedly not a yes.)
Wait a minute, Barry. You just called Miller a bigot. You still think he's anti-gay.
Here's what "I could care less" means. Miller was saying "I could care less" about a player's sexuality.
If somebody asked me how I felt about working with a gay person in the newsroom, I likely would say, "I could care less." A person's sexuality doesn't matter to me.
Petchesky might phrase it the same way, as would millions of others. Does that make us anti-gay?
If you heard the discussion, and if you know Miller, one of the good guys who has made the transition to broadcasting in Chicago and for SiriusXM NFL Radio, you know he is not anti-gay.
Yet thanks to Deadspin, countless people now think Miller is a bigot.
Petchesky went on to stand by his argument regarding what Miller said about the culture in the locker room. It's all there if you want to read it.
Frankly, Petchesky blew any credibility in my eyes. If I were him, I would do a clarification on his clarification. Sometimes, it takes three attempts to get it right.


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Committee chief Tsunekazu Takeda on Thursday met with Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, who has voiced support for the city hosting of the 2020 Olympics. Ishihara was also the driving force when Tokyo lost out to Rio de Janeiro in its bid to host the 2016 games.
National Olympic committees have until Sept. 1 to submit bids for the 2020 Games.
Ishihara has said he wants to bring the Olympics to Tokyo as a symbol of Japan's recovery from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which left about 23,000 people dead or missing in northeastern Japan.
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Whether you're a system administrator responsible for hundreds of Windows clients, or a just a roomful of computers, this book will help you install, configure, and maintain Microsoft's newest OS. Written in jargon-free English that puts concepts in proper context, the book gives you a better understanding of Vista's innovations and capabilities, teaches you how to leverage Vista to increase worker productivity, and demonstrates how the system can best protect sensitive data.
Best of all, Windows Vista Administration: The Definitive Guide is a problem-solving reference that lets you quickly access the solutions you need, and helps you unlock certain features to improve system performance -- without forcing you to page through the entire book.
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The animal on the cover of Windows Vista Administration: The Definitive Guide is a ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea). Native to Africa, Europe, and Asia, the ruddy shelduck can be found in freshwater, desert and semidesert, temperate grassland, and mountain habitats.Members of the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae, ruddy shelducks are large ducks, at 24-26 inches long and 2-3.5 pounds. They are characterized by ruddy orange-brown plumage and black tails. Adult males have cream-colored heads and a narrow black "collar" during breeding season. Females have a paler, whitish patch on the face. Ruddy shelducks are good swimmers and are also impressive in flight; in fact, they're often mistaken for geese due to their large size. Also similar to geese, the shelduck's call is a loud, coarse honking.Ruddy shelducks spend more time away from water than most ducks. They pluckweeds, pick up insects from dry, grassy areas, and rummage around in the soil forinsect larvae. Like other ducks, they search for tasty water weeds and insects byupending when they are feeding in shallow water. Ruddy shelducks are aggressively territorial around their nests, but are otherwise social, spending much of the year in the company of others, sometimes in flocks of several thousand. Family groups tend to stay together even after the chicks have left the nest.In some Buddhist countries such as Tibet and Mongolia, the shelduck is highlyrevered, as its coloring resembles that of the robes the monks wear. It is also considered a sacred animal in Slavic mythology.
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I found this book to be slightly lower-level than I would expect from an O'Reilly tome. I assumed the book would focus mostly on administrative-level tasks, with an eye towards group policy, but instead it seemed geared towards home or small business owners rather than customers working in an enterprise environment.There were also curious absences: the section on the command prompt for instance, omitted any reference to Powershell, instead focusing on the differences between cmd.exe and command.com, a distinction completely useless to those of us getting up to speed on Powershell. Network Access Protection was also given only a cursory mention, with a line saying that "NAP is entirely setup on the corporate network..." For a small office or a starting sysadmin, WVA could be useful. But in a larger environment it comes up a little short.
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A very useful and easy to read publication, "Microsoft Windows Administration" is more than a collection of "recipes". A book administrators and other professionals would be proud to have on their selves.Starting with the first, and proceeding through to the last chapter, the book's 15 chapters are full of insight and how to-do techniques. In this highly recommended book, readers are guided through installation and usage of the new and controversial Vista's administrative tools, without forgetting the simpler tasks of installing and troubleshooting Vista. The publication is easy to read by the average user, yet, the book still covers enough material to interest readers up to higher knowledge levels. CarmenKMVP
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Citation: OPPERT,B.S., MORGAN,T.D., HARTZER,K., LENARCIC,B., GALESA,K., BRZIN,J., TURK,V., YOZA,K., OHTSUBO,K., KRAMER,K.J., EFFECTS OF PROTEINASE INHIBITORS ON GROWTH AND DIGESTIVE PROTEOLYSIS OF THE REF FLOUR BEETLE, TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM (HERBST) (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY PART C 134 (2003) 481-490. Interpretive Summary: The red flour beetle is a major pest of stored grains and grain products worldwide. Our previous research suggested that inhibitors of digestive enzymes, in the right combination, could be effective in controlling this beetle pest. We tested a number of protein inhibitors alone and in combination to identify those that reduced the growth of red flour beetle larvae. Although several demonstrated potency, inhibitors from potato and soybean had the greatest potential for red flour beetle control. Combining genes encoding the potato inhibitor and a soybean inhibitor in transgenic cereals may help to prevent damage to grains by storage pests.
Technical Abstract: Several proteinase inhibitors were tested in vivo with larvae of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, and in vitro with larval gut extracts to identify inhibitors with potential for use as biopesticides in transgenic plants. In vivo, the most effective inhibitor for suppressing larval growth was L-trans-epoxysuccinylleucylamide [4-guanidino] butane (E-64), followed by cysteine proteinase inhibitors from potato (PCPI), Job's tears (JCPI), and a sea anemone (equistatin). The combination of 0.1% E-64 and 1% soybean trypsin inhibitor (Kunitz) (STI)resulted in the most significant growth suppression (87% weight reduction). Maximum hydrolysis of casein by extracts of larval gut proteinases occurred at pH 4.2. T. castaneum proteinases hydrolyzed the trypsin substrate N-a-benzoyl-DL-arginine-p- nitroanilide at both acidic and alkaline pH values. With the chymotrypsin substrate N-succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe p-nitroanilide, however, hydrolysis by yT. castaneum proteinases was greatest at alkaline pH. In vitro, additional inhibitors were tested for their ability to inhibit casein hydrolysis by larval gut proteinases. The most effective inhibitors were leupeptin and E- 64, followed by equistatin, tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone, JCPI, PCPI, and antipain. Chymostatin, N-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone, and STI only weakly inhibited T. castaneum digestive proteinases. These data indicate that cysteine proteinases have a predominate role in digestion, with serine proteinases playing a lesser role in protein digestion.


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The ads have been promising all week that "what happens in the last few minutes will shock you".
Come on now, I feel we've been here before. But I'll play along - I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. I've prepared myself and earnestly await this life-altering development.
We're straight to the mansion tonight, and the girls are discussing their hopes for the upcoming dates with their shared boyfriend.
"I realise I'm the only original girl in the house who hasn't had a single date with Blake and it sucks, so I hope to God that this is my week," says Amber.
We realise it too Amber; you tell us with every spare breath.
Blake's messenger boy Osher turns up, telling the girls that Blake's decided there will be no group date this week.
"That makes the single date so much more valuable," says Osher.
He then produces three separate date cards from his jacket – cue an eruption of excitement from the girls. It seems three of them will be granted day release this week.
It's Zoe's turn to read the names.
The first card is for Sam, becoming the first girl to get a second date. She responds to the news with, "I need to go shave my legs".
Then it's new girl Lauren.
Amber is bursting with excitement. She just knows her name will be on the card. "You should open the third one," she exclaims, putting a blunt end to Lauren's celebrations.
"If my name is not on that date card, I don't know how much longer I'm prepared to wait for that single date," says Amber.
It's Laurina, who also gets her second date.
"Maybe it's two strikes and you're out," says buzzkill Amber, bringing complete silence to the room.
After going to the effort of shaving her legs (am I right, ladies?), Sam has to drive herself to the date.
But it seems times aren't too tough, and Bachelor Blake takes her up in a helicopter. Surely he's been in so many now, Blake's figured out how to fly one of those things.
We have time for the obligatory shots of Darling Harbour before they land at the Sydney Polo Club.
There's a picnic set up with your average fare – blanket, chairs, food, potted plants – and a globe.
Blake feeds her chocolate dipped strawberries, a task she struggles to grasp the concept of. They bond over their dorkiness, he pushes her on a swing, and he gives her a rose.
Time for date number two. Blake says he's organised a beautiful setting to enjoy some Italian cuisine. Turns out it's a gazebo and some fairy lights, a table with a red and white tablecloth, and some spaghetti. And he drives her there in a red Ferrari. True Italy indeed.
I'm not entirely sure I've seen Lauren before this moment to be honest. The date is fairly uneventful.
Lauren explains to Blake why she's never been in a long-term relationship. They're on a couch with a blanket; it's rather awkward and quite uncomfortable to watch.
On a side note, does Blake blink really slowly? Or do they slow down all of the shots of him to add to the apparent 'dreaminess'.
"She's someone that I want to know more, and the only way to do that is for her to be around longer," he says. Rose granted and accepted.
Next up, it's Laurina's turn. She's all dolled up in a green cocktail dress with straps that need constant adjusting and Sergio Rossi heels.
"I'm hoping that we're going to be doing something really, really fine. If he's got a private jet lined up, that would be ideal," she muses to the camera.
"You're up for anything though right?" asks Blake in the back of the limo. Laurina swoons "always", but speaks too soon.
They're at a bowling alley.
"I really don't enjoy bowling. That's not really acceptable," says Laurina. "Hashtag clown shoes with a cocktail dress. Hashtag awkward. I'm not feeling it."
You know what's more unbecoming than bowling shoes and a cocktail dress, Laurina? Speaking in hashtags.
After a reluctant game of bowling they're back into the limo and moving onto the dinner portion of the night.
"I have been yearning for a beautiful fine dining dinner with Blake," Laurina says.
"Where we're going to hang out tonight is a big celebrity hangout," says Blake, getting Laurina excited that things are finally picking up. Until they pull up at Harry's Café de Wheels.
"This is one of the most iconic locations in Sydney," introduces Blake.
Laurina's having none of it. "Do they just serve pies?" she asks.
She's even less enthused when she asks for a cappuccino and they don't have soy milk. What kind of food truck is this?
The pair sit down to eat and Laurina says "I feel this is some type of test," before bursting into tears.
She's in a fancy dress at a fast food truck and she's crying, Now, this seems like a legit night out.
Blake then decides it's time to step up the romance. He leads Laurina to a tree covered in fairy lights and surprises her, having flown her dog Bambi in for a visit.
The date ends with Laurina gushing, but no rose.
Back home the girls are pouring over tiny Bambi, except for Amber.
"Serious? The dog gets a date and I don't have a date? What is happening?" She storms out, and it becomes clear we're in for another episode of The Amber Show.
She's lecturing the others about her plight, and is thankfully interrupted by Blake arriving for the cocktail party. It turns out it's Rachel's birthday, so Blake whisks her off for a cocktail.
Amber then singles Jess out and rants some more.
Blake pulls Laurina aside to make sure she's feeling ok. They make up.
When Blake returns and asks Jess to go for a chat, Amber finally loses it and heads upstairs.
Blake eventually goes searching upstairs for Amber.
"I thought we needed to clear the air and just have a chat with each other," he begins.
"I've looked to see if that connection's there. At this point in time I'm sorry, but I don't think there is. That feeling that you get that you know, I don't have it. I don't want to put you through a rose ceremony, I think you deserve more."
Blake's doing his slow blinking again.
Amber is led to a waiting limo and is off.
"Thank you for letting me go," she says, displaying more characteristics of a decent human being than what's been revealed in the show so far.
I'm not going to lie, I actually feel for Amber. If I was locked up in a house for weeks with no contact with the outside world, waiting for a slow-blinking man to grant me bail, I'd probably be upset too.
Osher heads inside to tell the girls about the big shock we were promised. There will be no rose ceremony this week.
I don't know if I'm shocked, as much as disappointed. Isn't the rose ceremony the whole reason we watch the show?
Someone who's less concerned by the situation than me is Laurina.
Without missing a beat and clearly devastated by Amber's departure, she stands up from the couch and announces, "anyway I'm going to bed guys".


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Forget chicken soup or hot tea. There is a new batch of home flu remedies — and they don't skimp on the alcohol.
When Jeni Britton Bauer, owner of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams in Columbus, Ohio, was young, getting a cold or the flu meant her mother and grandmother would mix up a cocktail of their own cure-all for the winter ills — a syrup of honey, lemon juice and whiskey. She'd get a spoonful, or get to drink it in a hot lemonade before bed.
So in 2004, as those around her sniffled and sneezed their way through a moderately severe flu season, Bauer thought she could help ease some of the suffering by adding her own twist to the family recipe, turning the syrup into a sorbet so the coldness would add a soothing touch as well. The frozen treat contains orange and lemon juices, honey, "ginger, cayenne and liquid pectin — because it makes it into a cough drop that lubricates your throat," Bauer says.
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I'm writing this as a concerned man. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) told me they counted 183 dead smallmouth bass in Dale Hollow Lake today. My son, Jonathon, saw several more around the docks in a local marina. I made a few calls. Lake Cumberland has had some dead fish and so has Old Hickory Lake. Here's what the TWRA thinks is happening:
The weather has been brutally hot and the rain almost nonexistent. This has pushed water levels lower and water temperatures higher than normal and for longer periods of time. These two factors work together to lower available oxygen levels.
This trend has been made worse by extremely heavy electric demands. To meet those demands high volumes of cold water are being pulled through the dams for power generation which further lowers the water level in the lake. What's left is hotter, still.
All this has combined to make the habitat for bass, and especially for smallmouth, uninhabitable. They can't move to another lake, so they roam around and struggle until they die. It's a sad story that I hope isn't happening in other parts of the country, but I fear that it is.
I've noticed lately that the fishing has gotten tough — tougher than usual for this time of the year. The bite has been weak and hesitant, too. When you do manage to hook one, it doesn't seem to fight as hard as it should. In general, I'd say things just haven't been right for at least two weeks, maybe three.
I didn't pay much attention to those things until I heard what I heard today. Then it all started to make sense to me. I suppose it's an example of hindsight being better than foresight. I think the smallies around here have been sick for a while, and they're just now starting to die.
I'm no fisheries biologist. All I know is what I experience on the water. Maybe the TWRA is wrong, and I've lost my touch for summertime fishing. They sent a couple of the dead fish off to be analyzed by professionals to make sure of things. We won't know the answer for a long time.
Hopefully the weather will pass and things will get back to normal soon. If it's not the weather, though, maybe the TWRA and other state agencies can do something before the end of the year.
Regardless of how it turns out, I'm hoping it's something local that is only happening here in this part of the country. I'd hate to see it become a widespread problem. It's hard enough to keep big smallmouth populations healthy and growing without fighting issues like this.
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SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Stu Bickel to a one-year, two-way contract.
Bickel, 27 (10/2/86), collected eight points (1-7=8) and 85 penalty minutes (PIM) in 24 games with the Harford Wolf Pack in the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2013-14. The 6-foot-4, 207-pound native of Chanhassen, Minn., appeared in 67 games with the New York Rangers from 2011-13 and recorded nine assists and 157 PIM. He also skated in 18 playoff games with the Rangers in 2011-12. Bickel played one season at the University of Minnesota in 2007-08 and notched seven points (1-6=7) and 92 PIM.
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Guillaume Gelinas (pronounced GEE-OHM ZHEHL-ih-nuh) to a three-year, entry-level contract.
"Guillaume completed his junior career by having a tremendous season in the QMJHL," said Assistant General Manager Brent Flahr. "We are excited that he is joining the Wild organization and look forward to watching him work his way up the pro ranks."
Gelinas, 21 (6/14/93), earned the Emile Bouchard Trophy as the top defenseman in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in 2013-14 after totaling 92 points (23-69=92) and a plus-24 rating in 67 regular-season games with Val-d'Or. The native of Quebec City, Que., ranked seventh in the league and led all defensemen in scoring, totaling seven goals and 18 points more than any other blueliner during the regular season. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound defensemen helped the Foreurs win the President's Cup as QMJHL Playoff Champions, totaling 34 points (11-23=34) and a plus-11 rating in 24 playoff contests – seven goals and 10 points more than any other defenseman in the playoffs.
In parts of five seasons (2009-14) with Val-d'Or, Gelinas totaled 193 points (43-150=193) in 275 regular-season games. The blueliner totaled 38 points (13-25=38) in 38 games during four postseasons with the Foreurs (2011-14).
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has agreed to terms with forward Brett Sutter on a two-year, two-way contract.
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When is Real Estate Reported as a Business Asset on the FAFSA?
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Impact of Business Assets on Financial Aid
Families prefer to report real estate as a business or farm asset because these assets have less of an impact on the student's expected family contribution (EFC) than investment assets. Certain types of business assets are excluded from the FAFSA, and reportable business assets are adjusted to protect part of the net worth from need analysis.
The small business exclusion allows the applicant to omit the net worth of a small business from the FAFSA. A small business has 100 full-time or full-time equivalent employees and is owned and controlled by the family. More than 50% of the business must be owned by people who are directly related by birth or marriage. (The family members who own the business do not have to all be counted in the household size on the FAFSA to qualify for the small business exclusion.)
If real estate is reported as a business asset on the FAFSA, the federal need analysis formula partially shelters the net worth of the asset by reducing its value according to a bracketed scale. The first several hundred thousand dollars of the net worth is reduced by 40 to 60 percent.
The net worth of a business is calculated by subtracting any debt secured by the business from the current market value of the business. If the business was not used as collateral on the loan, the debt is not subtracted from the value of the business. For example, if family used a home equity loan on their home to fund the business, the debt is not subtracted from the value of the business because the loan is secured by the family home and not the business. Similarly, credit card debt on a personal credit card does not reduce the net worth of the business.
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If Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez throw punches as hard on the ring as they've done in their prefight press tour, their middleweight title fight on September 15 th will be as explosive as has been advertized.
Bob Arum and Top rank report that all but 900 tickets have been sold for the event in Las Vegas, Nevada for the WBC Middleweight title and the fighters are committed to making the fight worth the fan's time.
"It's about giving people good fights, even and spectacular and that's what I will do," said Chavez Jr. in a conference call. "I'm confident that I'm going to win and show what I like as a boxer. I will give people a fight they will never forget.
The 'true' champion goes for the belt
For Martinez, lauded as the "true" champ by The Ring magazine and most critics, the fight is personal as he tries to take away a title from Chavez Jr. that he does not believe the Mexican deserves.
He has the title and doesn't deserve it. Just because his last name is Chavez he is a champion and I can't stand it," said the Argentinean. "He has a mouth bigger than his brain. He thinks he's champion when no one believes in him. I'm going to knock him out and hurt him."
In light of many of the recent controversies surrounding the world of boxing ( most notoriously Timothy Bradley 's win over Manny Pacquiao ), the number three pound for pound boxer in the world is not going to let the decision go to the judges.
"There are no judges but my fists. This fight is not going to to go to points, I have to win by a knockout and I'm going to do it," he added.
Chavez Jr., who has everything to win by facing one of the best fighters in the world, has the same kind of confidence, assuring a knockout as he faces the toughest opponent of his career.
"On September 15, I'm going to shut him up. He's a talker and a clown," said the Mexican.
The contrasts between the two fighters are obvious though the two share a common weakness: their lack of defense.
While Martinez has responded to the criticism with an unusual amount of bravado, claiming he has won 53 fights that way and is not going to change, Chavez Jr. has acknowledged that he had weaknesses he addressed.
"It has been a work coming for some time. We have been working without rest, day after day to prepare better. That has taken me to this level and I'm ready to give everything.
The Argentinean believes he has enough pedigree under his belt to defeat Chavez Jr. without question.
"It's not about what he does wrong. It's about what I do well. I am the number two in the world. It's enough to say that I will knock him out," he assured.
Chavez ready to shake off the criticism
Another issue at hand that has generated bitterness in Martinez is the background of the two fighters. Martinez believes Chavez Jr. has been fed with a silver spoon due to his father's reputation while Martinez had to work his way up from the slums in Argentina. For Chavez Jr., it's a criticism that he has had to deal with for years.
"It doesn't bother me. I am used to the criticism because I'm the son of who I am, but I am making history and showing that I'm as hungry as anyone," said the WBC champion. "The tests and the facts speak for themselves for what I've accomplished and it has not been easy."
Despite wanting to distance himself from his father, Chavez Jr. has accepted his father's help. Chavez Sr. has been very present in the current training camp and has helped both his son and legendary trainer Freddy Roach come up with a game plan for the fight against Martinez.
"My dad has been a great support for me and he consults me on things he sees," explained the boxer. "He motivates me to stay focused. I ask him if I have any doubts. It's great to have someone next to me that knows so much."
Despite many believing that his strength and youth will be keys to his success, the boxer has stressed that improvements in his technique are a must in order to retain his title.
"We have been working on changing my strategy, we see his abilities," he explained. "I am working to be able to counteract him. We are going to be smart as always."
The Legendary support
While the "silver spoon" criticisms may be a harsh, its hard to deny that the help of the two legends has been fundamental. Martinez himself believes Roach is entirely responsible for Chavez Jr.'s improvements in the past year.
There is a clear game plan developed, they have studied film, prepared sparring partners that can meet up with Martinez' style.
"In the gym he showed me moves that he sees with his experience that we'll work and I'm delivering that to his son and we're working on it. " said Roach of getting support from Chavez Sr. during training camp.
Roach has studied some of Martinez' past performances to work on forcing the the Argentinean to change his game plan.
"We watch tape and he has patterns that can be read. He's a complicated guy because of his speed and he has people who follow but we know how to cut the ring up. We learned a lot"
Chavez Jr. stressed that he will show something to his fans, and critics alike, they have never seen before. Asked to give specifics about what he means the Mexican concluded simply by saying "You will see on Septmeber 15. I will knock him out."


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Posted by Ted Schadler on October 23, 2008
by Ted Schadler
It is inevitable and welcome that a revitalized Lotus has launched a hosted email and calendar service.
Inevitable because cloud-based email services are on the rise and IBM isn't going to miss out on that. It might be your entire messaging system -- email, calendar, contacts as in hosted Exchange, Gmail, and now Notes Hosted Messaging. Or it might be an ancillary service as in email filtering from Microsoft, Google Postini, or Symantec MessageLabs or Exchange management from Azaleos. But pushing email out of the data center and into the cloud has some real benefits (outlined below).
Welcome to Forrester's enterprise customers because having Microsoft as the only hosted email service in town limits customer choice. And that's never good.
Oh yeah, then there's the attractive price. While nobody can undercut Google's $50/user/year price, IBM has aggressively priced this offering for between $8 and $18 per user per month.
Posted by Ted Schadler on October 8, 2008
by Ted Schadler
Symantec today announced its acquisition of MessageLabs, a 520-person UK-based email filtering and security vendor. Given the cost and hassles that information & knowledge management professionls (IKM Pros) have keeping email spam down to a dull roar and keeping viruses outside the firewall, this is a great move for Symantec. And now IKM pros with deep Symantec relationships have a simple choice: Keep email filtering on-premise (and pay up front and on-going) or outsource that annoying task to Symantec MessageLabs (and pay by the month).
My colleague Chris Voce and I have been doing research into the costs and challenges of on-premise email versus cloud-based email. (We'll publish a report in the next month or so with the details, but Forrester clients can contact us if they want to talk now about email in the cloud or the cost of email.)
A few things have popped out of the research:
Posted by Gil Yehuda on October 2, 2008
By Gil Yehuda
I microblog.
Why? The truth is, I learn by doing and by speaking with others who do. So I dabble with Twitter, Plurk, Pownce, Spoink, Rakawa, Tumblr, Utterli, Yammer, FriendFeed, 12seconds, and probably a few others that I signed up for and forgot to use. I have found a nice collection of people that I like to follow, and some people follow me too. So microblogging appeals to the extrovert in me, and I'm strangely fascinated reading what other people are doing (or what they say they are doing). Narcissism and voyeurism are at play.


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Nokia takes back control of Symbian software
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj will assume full control of the Symbian operating system, retaking management of a key asset which it had given to the open source community to run only a few years ago.
Nokia said on Monday it would take care of Symbian platform development from April 2011 onwards, while the cross-industry Symbian Foundation will in the future take care of only licensing of the software.
Nokia bought out other shareholders in Symbian in 2008 and opened the software for any manufacturers to use for free on an open-source basis. But it failed to win wide adoption and this year Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson abandoned it in favor of Google's Android.
"As other licensees have abandoned Symbian, Nokia had little option but to take full control," said Ben Wood, head of research at CCS Insight.
The Finnish handset maker has remained the key contributor to the development of the software and has created some 95 percent of sales volumes of Symbian phones.
"It is a natural evolution of Symbian ... Nokia's success in the low- and medium-end of the smartphone market has forced its competitors to go for Android or Microsoft," said John Strand, founder and chief of Danish telecoms consultancy Strand Consult.
MKM Partners' analyst Tero Kuittinen said: "After Samsung and Sony Ericsson pulled their Symbian support, it was probably only a matter of time before Symbian became a de facto Nokia-only operating system.
"I believe there are signs of Nokia de-emphasizing Symbian development and putting more emphasis behind Meego for 2011 -- it's possible that Nokia is now switching into maintenance mode with Symbian instead of aggressively developing it," he said. Continued...


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Alice Chou introduces the IBM Champion Program
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We had the opportunity to catch up with Alice Chou, Director of IBM developerWorks, who talked us through the IBM Champion program .
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At IMPACT 2011, IBM has announced the availability of next generation of BPM products, christened Business Process Manager V7.5. These products will be generally available on 3 June, 2011. Read the announcement here . Available in three editions, Standard,...
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Are you planning on attending IBM IMPACT? For all of you WebSphere users out there, I sure hope the answer to that is yes. Simply put, there is no better event to attend in order to learn about everything going on across the IBM WebSphere portfolio. There is...
Aviarc brings their app design solutions to cloud and mobile
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In this video, Aviarc's CEO Shane Mercer explains how their solutions improve time-to-market for applications by providing a platform for the codification of business user requirements. For instance, user requirements for an app can be output directly as...変更: 日付 、変更者 daryl_pereira
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Aviarc CEO Shane Mercer discusses how cloud offers a new way to socialize and collaborate. Aviarc has a solution that allows you to go back in time in the development environment. Shane talks about how customized solutions may be more cost effective than...
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One of the best things about the IBM Impact conference is the opportunity to meet some of the IBMers that develop and support the products that you use in your business. Another huge benefit is that you can give them your feedback! Come meet Jim McVea and...
Be Heard at IBM Impact
One of the best things about the IBM Impact conference is the opportunity to meet some of the IBMers that develop and support the products that you use in your business. Another huge benefit is that you can give them your feedback! Come meet Jim McVea and...
Building applications for process automation and mobile: Mindtree's Laks Sundararajan
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In this interview, IBM Champion Laks Sundararajan explains how more of his clients are looking to develop applications that can service customer interactions that take place across multiple channels, including mobile and the desktop. Customers are also looking...
Building multi-channel conversations: freedomeone's customer engagement solution
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In this interview, Pierre Paul Samson, Co-founder and CTO at freedomone explains how they help businesses reach customers across different channels. Concentrating on banking, retail and transportation, freedomone captures rich information across channels to...変更: 日付 、変更者 daryl_pereira
Calling all Developers and IT Professionals!
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Did you know there's going to be an "Unconference" at the IBM Impact Conference this year? Neither did I. Mainly because I had no idea what an "unconference" was. Normally at a conference you're fixed into predetermined panels and...
Cloud Trigger: helping clients accelerate their Cloud offerings
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Lonnie Wills, CEO of Cloud Trigger explains the change that has occurred over the last year: rather than having to educate clients on what are the benefits of cloud computing, the conversation now is more one of how quickly clients can be brought into the...
Cohesive FT: Image creation and management in the Cloud
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Collaborative Lifecycle Management for mobile
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Corent: smart software-as-a-service
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Corent's CEO Feyzi Fatehi spoke about moving forward in the software business and how software-as-a-service is the way to go. He further discusses multi-tenancy and how successful companies brag about this. Want to know what 'faux saas' and 'smart saas' are?...
Creating secure banking services with WebSphere MQ: Johannes Bohm-Mader, PhD
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Data Management at IBM Impact
IBM Impact 2014 is the place to learn how to use disruptive technologies like Cloud, Big Data, and Mobile to create faster, more adaptive and secure solutions to overcome challenges and thrive in the digital economy. The conference takes place at the...
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Dave Nielsen explains why cloud computing is OSSM (awesome) コミュニティー・ブログ
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Developer benefits of the IBM partnership with AT&T
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Developing a comprehensive enterprise mobility strategy: PointSource
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Development of intranet and extranet applications with WebSphere Portal: Andrea Fontana
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Ameren Corp (AEE)
23 Jun 2017
$-0.33 (-0.59%)
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Teda Venture Capital sells 4.96 pct stake in Shenzhou Yiqiao Information Service
April 25(Reuters) - Shenzhou Yiqiao Information Service Co Ltd <000606.SZ> ::* Says Teda Venture Capital Corporation Limited has sold 4.96 percent stake in the company, decreasing its stake to 2.80 percent from 7.76 percent .* a Tibet-based investment firm acquired 4.96 percent stake in the company, and hold 4.96 percent stake after transaction . Full Article
Shenzhou Yiqiao Information Service sees FY 2017 Q1 net loss to widen
Shenzhou Yiqiao Information Service Co Ltd <000606.SZ> : Sees net loss for FY 2017 Q1 to be 25 million yuan to 30 million yuan, compared to net loss in FY 2016 Q1(14 million yuan) .Says increased fees of marketing development as main reason for the forecast. Full Article
Shenzhou Yiqiao Information Service says no dividend for 2016
Shenzhou Yiqiao Information Service Co Ltd <000606.SZ>:Says no dividend for 2016. Full Article
Ameren announces 2016 results and issues 2017 earnings guidance
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Shenzhou Yiqiao Information Service expects FY 2016 net profit to be 40 to 50 mln yuan
Shenzhou Yiqiao Information Service Co Ltd <000606.SZ>: Says net profit of FY 2016 expected to be 40 million to 50 million yuan . Says the net profit of FY 2015 was a loss of 159.1 million yuan (before reorganization), or a loss of 113.3 million yuan (after reorganization) .Says are the main reasons for the forecast. Full Article
Shenzhou Yiqiao Information Service receives civil judgment regarding loan contract disputes
Shenzhou Yiqiao Information Service Co Ltd <000606.SZ> : Says it receives civil judgment from Xining city intermediate people's court on the lawsuit filed by the co (plaintiff) against a Jiaozuo-based gelatin maker (defendant), regarding loan contract disputes .Says the defendant was requested to repay the loan taken out from the plaintiff and related interests and to bear the lawsuit cost. Full Article
Ameren Q2 non-GAAP core earnings per share $0.61
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BRIEF-Ameren CEO Warner L. Baxter's 2016 compensation $6.6 mln vs $6.5 mln in 2015
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