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Re: Ravens Biggest draft need: Impact DE
In my opinion, we need (1) or (2) DB's. Definitely one, two for good measure. We do need a shut down DE to put pressure on opposing QB's which in turn help out the secondary. We still need to sure up the "O" line and if there was one in the first round that was outstanding, I would draft him. A great "O" line buys your QB time. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have outstanding "O" lines, which allow them to perform their job to the best of their abilities.
Re: Ravens Biggest draft need: Impact DE
You are entitled to that. He sucked the first half (which there is no debating), and it skewerd your review of him in the second half because we didn't win. That's cool. I just don't agree, that's all. Let's agree on this. I'll take that half at least 3/4ths of that performance for 2 halves next week against the Chargers. How's that? :)
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Re: Ravens Biggest draft need: Impact DE
If Suggs is as good as many say he is, then there's no way we should have to think about taking a DE with our #1 pick.
That said, Suggs to me is a good player but not great. I understand the need to have more than just one legit pass rushing force but Suggs needs to be able to create on his own as well.
It will be very interesting to see what happens with him and a contract.
But to me, a good young CB is clearly the biggest need for this team on the defensive side of the ball.
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Re: Ravens Biggest draft need: Impact DE
I'm not 100% sure how improved QB play stops a 4 man rush from penetrating your line, but I do know that if the OL can create a pocket for a QB, the QB performs better. We've seen it time and again.
Realistically, is Tom Brady THAT good a QB if he doesn't have time to make and eat a sandwich before having to throw the ball? I think we can answer the question about Peyton Manning now. Look what KC did to him, and what the Chargers did to him last week. Look what our defense dows to him when we can get a pass rush. Collapse Manning's pocket and he can't function. That's no different for any QB. Our problem here is that we can't hold a pocket together for a QB.
Personally, I want to see Terry and Yanda play the tackles. I want Grubbs and Brown on the inside. And I wanted Greg Eslinger last year for a center, but the team felt that Mike Flynn was good enough.
I agree that a bona fide #1 WR would be a great add as well, but I think we can wait a year on that one... at least not a more pressing need then QB.
Devard Darling showed promise, but is he that downfield threat every week?
Sure we have needs on the defense, but with all fo these injuries we are still a top 10 D... And JJ isn't that HUGE a drop in play from AD...
Keep in mind Rolle may not be back, McAlister is getting older, and Pryce is now out for the year and lord knows what else. Do you want to trust our secondary to Cory Ivy and Derrick Martin as our future?? Me either.
I understand what you are saying, I guess we just see it differently... I think if we do all of the things you say, which I do see as needs, we'll be wasting it without a QB. YOu think picking a QB may cost us to fill those needs... but really, who impacts a game more then a QB? How can a serious deficiemcy in the most important position in all of sports, be ignored?
I still 100% completely hold to my belief that Chris Redman, Kyle Boller, Steve McNair, would ALL have looked and played MUCH better than they did behind a real NFL offensive line. Instead they all look horrible, get hurt, get knocked out, and turn into old men in an instant.
I just can't see wasting another 1st round pick on another QB who will come in and do the same thing.
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Re: Ravens Biggest draft need: Impact DE
Here's who we should be looking at in next years draft:
- DE: Chris Long, Virginia
Chris Ellis, VT
- CB: Terrell Thomas, USC
Mike Jenkins, South Florida
Antoine Cason, Arizona
- C: Steve Justice, Wake Forest
Mike Pollak, Arizona State
- Guard: Roy Schuening, Oregon State
Eric Young, Tennessee

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Frigidaire Washing Machine No Water
Hi all,
I have a Frigidaire GLGT1031CS1 Laundry Center. We have been doing laundry for most of the day, but when we put our last load in and set the dial we have no water at all running into the machine. There have been occasions in the past when the water supply lines have frozen or screens in the hoses have become clogged that water did not run but you could hear a buzzing noise like it was trying. This is just plain silence.
Water on
Power applied
Only cold hooked up, temp selector on proper temp
I am not sure if I am dealing with a bad rotary switch (other events such as spin are working normally) or if I am having pump problems. The only pump I see in diagrams is the drain pump, does this control filling also.
I have done dryers, furnaces and several other diy projects, but never a washer. Please forgive my cluelessness on their basic operation. Any help and/ or explanations that would point me in the proper direction would be genuinely appreciated!
The pump is to pump the water out, not in.
Lines freezing:eek:
Did someone run the line through an outside wall?
Really need to address this before you have burst pipes.
Have you removed the line to check if there water getting to the washer and rechecked the screens.
If there water to the washer then the next thing to check is the soinoid just behind where the water comes into the back of the washer to make sure there's power going to it when it calls for water.
If you google the make and model number and look for repair clinic there's going to be a trouble shooting and parts break down on there.
Thank you for your input joecaption.
I was walking by the machine early this AM on my way to the coffee pot and pulled the timer switch on a whim. Of course the water turned on immediately. Perhaps the solenoid you mentioned was stuck? I will have to wait and see if it happens again.
First stroke of luck I have had in six months, I am not going to question it at this point LOL!
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Darn it, I received my Botanical Spirits purée today and I didn't realize it was a jelly/ pudding. I guess I was expecting it to be more liquidy like SS CEJ or okra gel (I really like the gooey stuff).
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Any other enhances that are gooey?
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Bosch Distributor Maintenance Hiccup
Hi all, I need some input.
I recently aquired a secondhand Bosch distributor with the intent to convert it to electronic ignition and then use it in my car in place of my current Marelli unit.
The Berlina that the dizzy came from lived by the beach, and given the Alfa intolerance to both moisture and salt, it of course died by the beach.
The dizzy overall seemed in good order, except for some surface rust on the steel contact breaker plate, and generally being absolutley filthy! When I first got it I tested it in my car briefly and it seemed to run perfectly well.
So tonight, armed with my copy of the Alfa Giulia-Spider Owners Workshop Manual, I set about dismantling it to clean away the rust and get all the other crud out as well.
All came apart well, and nothing seems worn, so all was cleaned and went back together.
This is my first experience with dismantling a distributor myself, but following the instructions in the manual, it was as easy as 1, 2, 3!
When I emptied the dish that I used as kerosene bath there were a number of small parts of a plastic or bakelite or similar material in the bottom.
The dizzy was
really dirty
, so the kerosene bath that I used to clean everything turned completely black, so there was no seeing to the bottom until I emptied it.
I found another part of the same material protruding from underneath the flyweight in the centrifugal advance mechanism. I didn't actually dismantle the advance mechanism as I didn't see a need to. I opted to just wash the dirt out of it.
I can't tell clearly what the now-disintegrated part is from the diagram in the manual, but I feel it is most likely what is referred to as the Intermediate Plate.
See the pics below, and can anyone help me out with answers to the following questions please?
A. Is this the Intermediate Plate? Or if not, what is it?
B. What function does it perform?
C. Is it essential?
D. Where can I get another?
And I also have a question about the order to replace the plastic and steel washers at the top and bottom of the shaft. I took careful note of the order of mine as I dismantled the distributor, and as it turns out they were in the reverse order to that shown in the manual. i.e Underneath the advance mechanism, and above the drive dog - the steel thrust washers were closest to the distributor body, and the plastic washers farthest away. Whereas in the manual, they are shown the other way around. Any comments on this?
All assistance is much appreciated.
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My name is William Bailey. I work as an Application Architect in Ohio. My fiancé's name is Carol Whitmer. She is a Program Manager for a Non-Profit organization in Ohio.
Around Thanksgiving of 2009 we wanted to give a little back to our community. We found out which food pantries were local to me and picked one out.
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A film garnering attention world wide for its warnings about climate change and for its famous narrator makes its debut in Vermont tomorrow.
It's called 'The Great Warming' and the Canadian production features the actor Keannu Reeves as one of its celebrity narrators. The movie began as a three-hour television series and morphed into a major theatrical release.
Karen Coshof is the producer of the film and lives in Montreal and in Vermont part time. She told Mitch Wertlieb that much like global warming itself, the film is in a state of flux, and there are still plans to add new material.
"The Great Warming" runs 6/16 - 6/22/06 at the Palace Cinema 9 10 Fayette Road, S. Burlington, VT.


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Watch out Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray!
by LYNN BEGIN
along with CLIFF AND NANCY HILL
The Child Development Lab (CDL) Preschool is a popular and unique 36-week program offered every school year. This well-received preschool is held in a ground floor wing of the Rockford High School (RHS) with its own private entrance and fenced outdoor playground. Warm and nurturing teachers, with degrees, who provide a kindergarten-readiness curriculum, staff the CDL
The CDL encourages curiosity, a love of learning, and the development of kind friendships in a safe and secure environment. This "state of the art " program focuses on literacy, discovery, art, nature, field trips, and special events.
One such special event recently held on Thursday, November 17 was a "Slurping Soup Grandparents Day" where the 3 and 4-year old classes became "cooks" as they helped to peel and chop the potatoes and carrots, and snap green beans—all necessary ingredients for a hearty and delicious vegetable soup.
While the soup was simmering Grandparents arrived and the children, in an hour of fun, led their "papas" and "nanas" throughout the classroom while playing with their favorite toys.
The beautiful brisk fall day came to a close as everyone sat down to slurp soup in the warm and cozy CDL preschool room. The kids unanimously agreed that Grandparents are "soup-er"!
Parents considering enrolling their preschoolers in future CDL classes will be encouraged to know that RHS students play a valuable role in the CDL classroom. As part of the curriculum for their high school child development class, parenting class, or living skills class, high school students learn about various aspects of a young child's development. From an observation room they are able to observe and explore positive guidance techniques and activities for preschoolers before they, too, can begin to interact with the young children. The interactions between the high school students and the children allow the preschoolers to receive additional attention as the high school students work with the children and use their newly learned knowledge in a realistic situation with the ever-present support of the preschool staff. It's a win-win-win for everyone involved!
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In an attempt to provide opportunities for the Mathematics and Science teaching communities around the region to keep abreast of both the research that the AIMS Center for Math & Science Education, and the broader research community are finding, the Center will be putting on a series of "Colloquium" talks. These talks will be given by a variety of experts in the field: members of the Research Team of the AIMS Center, and other experts from around the country.
This year we have 16 sessions. Each session will take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 4:30-6:00pm. All sessions will take place in the Richard Thiessen Conference Center at the AIMS Center for Math and Science Education located on the campus of Fresno Pacific University.
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|Sep. 12, 2016
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|Sep. 26, 2016
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Mike Fenton
|Oct. 10, 2016
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Richard Thiessen
|Oct. 24, 2016
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Steve Pauls
|Nov. 14, 2016
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Lori Hamada
|Nov. 28, 2016
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Leslie Gates
|Jan. 9, 2017
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First of all, since this is my last missive before the big day, listen up: MERRY CHRISTMAS.
That's right, I said it: Merry Christmas. Not Happy Holidays, Best Of the Season, Cheery Holly, Have a Pleasant Yule, Season Greetings, Fantabulous Frosty, Bestest Wishes, Happy Times of Snow and Ice, Sweet Season, or any other of those wimpy little politically polished sentiments that have found favor nowadays in an attempt to kick The Big Guy out of the equation. Sorry . . . but while I respect all realities, I am a colored girl, born and reared rigidly Baptist, and if I don't give big public ups to God, I will be summarily booted out of the club.
That's my reality.
And it explains why glittery-grilled rappers, hefting their trophies on televised music award shows, always blow solemn but juicy kisses to heaven before thanking any of the 6,521 people responsible for the success of their latest joint, "Baby, Your Booty Makes Me Want to Pop a Cap in You."
That's their reality.
Whatever you want to call the day of You-Know-Who's birth, for me it's always been more of a time for reflection than the traditional Remorse-arama of January 1. There's something decidedly melancholic about sitting in front of the telly as the final seconds of the year wind down, contemplating a sad feast of tepid champagne, praying that Dick Clark makes it through to the commercial break, and joining roughly a universe full of other folks to wallow in regret and pen empty vows onto Page 1 of brand spankin' new journals. Ah, hear our collective sigh.
I'd rather experience my revelations, ask myself the huge why-am-I-here questions, after some typically joyous holiday experience, like fighting an 80-year-old woman for the last $29.99 cashmere sweater in a plastic bin at Filene's Basement. Roughly three seconds after clocking her with a swift right to the jaw and watching as she crumples to the floor with her walker and writhes pitifully under the florescent lights, I'm pretty sure I'd say You know, maybe I oughta rethink my life.
But I haven't been rethinking my life so much as retooling it, giving it what it needs to flourish, finally.
Penning these blog entries at the close of the year has been an invaluable "See ya, 2006," but now I find myself in a quandary (quandaries are nice, by the way—mine has two bedrooms and an attached garage). I began the week in a mild panic, wondering if I'd be able to fill this space everyday. Then, as you know, My Muse took care of that—The Esteemed Imperial Inimitable Goddess Ms. Gwen showed up with her suitcases and a tasteful little whip.
As this stint nears its end, I find that my head is crammed with ideas, probably enough blog entries for another year at least. I love this talking out loud, and then hearing from the folks I most love to talk to. It's funny how I never feel this inspired when I sit down to pen an entry for LiveJournal or MySpace. Maybe it's knowing that practically everyone here shares a passion for words and the magic they're capable of. I don't have to introduce the concept. And we don't have to wallow through candid snaps of Jake Gyllenhaal's crotch (LiveJournal, yesterday) or the gushing, exclamation point-ridden prose of pimpled preteens from Idaho (MySpace, damned near every day) to find each other.
The fact that we all gather here just proves how much we crave community, a place where we don't have to explain just why we're so quirky, driven, bellowing, shy, cocky, depressed, goofy, distracted, manic, or weepy. Because there's just one answer to practically every question: Hell, we're poets.
So, how to say goodbye? (There's a languid Sinatra ballad revving up in the background right here, one that will play softly until the end of the entry . . . )
I know . . . I forgot to talk about my MFA program, and I think somewhere along the line I said I would. So:
I'm at Stonecoast at the University of Southern Maine, and so far it's been an absolute marvel. (Maine, of course, is where quite the other states go to learn how to be white and quaint, but since it's a low-res program, I'm only there for 10 days at the beginning of every semester.) I'm contemplating the intricacies of the ghazal, wrote my first villanelle, intend to master sonnetry (a word I made up—like it?). My first semester mentor, Dennis Nurkse, is partly responsible for my poetry becoming tighter and more concise while managing to convey more. I've always wondered how that worked.
The faculty is stellar, I get to hang out with Tim Seibles, the place looked like Norman Rockwell painted it, I'm writing more than I ever have, I'm constantly discovering new poets, creative souls surround me 24-7, and I'm soaking up all that knowledge I missed out on while I was—uh, writing and performing poetry. But not officially. Not academically officially. Not legally. Not in a legally official academic way. Oh, pshaw—I'm having a blast.
And, speaking of MFAville, I've pretty much gotten past the nightmare of waking up in my dorm (!), grabbing a card key to go out into the hallway to use the loo (!), and encountering a row of annoyingly perky early-risers lined up at the mirror of a communal (!) bathroom that's equipped with one toilet (!) and one shower (!). Let's just say that when I rise to greet the world, I am nappy, crusty, old, and evil—and ill-prepared for perkiness.
I've also managed to move past a curious incident, when another student, offering me a ride, slid open the door to her minivan and said, "We're going to put you in the back of the bus!" Ahem.
Like I said, the place is perfect for me. It's pretty much like the real world. Who knew?
Why, you may ask, am I in an MFA program? It's all because of Cave Canem, and if I sign off on this without mentioning the extreme wonderfulness that is CC, I'd deserve to be—well, booted out of the club.
It was at Cave Canem that I learned that the key to being a good teacher is to learn all you can from your students. And the classrooms at CC's legendary summer session are filled with folks for whom the term "sheer brilliance" falls woefully short. I entered my first semester at Stonecoast immediately after leaving there, and I was buoyed by the confidence (not to mention the many hilarious practical suggestions); I needed to ace my re-entry into academia. Because of my CC chillun, I am blessed to know exactly what I wanted to do with the second half of my life.
Cheesy it may be, but I want to take this line, this time, to kiss every one of them and thank them for throwing my life into such sweet chaos.
(Heads up . . . Cave Canem is also the home of the only poet I've seen who has the chops to step into Gwendolyn Brooks' shoes someday. Don't tell anyone . . . but her initials are Remica Bingham.)
OK, this is running long (again) and at the Poetry Foundation office in my chill hometown of Chicago, the very patient and charitable Nick T. is drumming his fingers on a desk. I'll end by saying that this is the first year in a long line of years that I am doing exactly what I want to do exactly all of the time with exactly the people I want to be surrounded by. The demons are at rest.
And because my husband—the best poetry editor the world has ever produced—has been begging for his own entry all week, I saved the best for last.
Boof, you rock.
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Our weekly feature, Talking Tactics with Stewart Robson, continues today.
Every week, Arsenal Player's analyst will be looking back on the last first-team game.
Presenting from the first-team dressing room at Emirates Stadium, Stewart will tell you how the match was won, lost or drawn.
This week Stewart focuses on the Everton game.
The points discussed include:
- Arsenal's incisive early passing
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- Kieran Gibbs' attacking game
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- denying the threat of Leighton Baines
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- a strong all-round performance
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Ground war in Gaza for sure .
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...and Hitler was ELIMINATED....no cease fire every 5 years then more fighting.
Thanks for proving my point.
The only proint you prove BURT is that you are a Zionazi.
You can't just eliminate humans like they are rubbish, that wasy of thinking is very Hitlerish.
Hamas / religious Muslim fanatics are not humans....they are animal trash leftover from 1000 years ago.
They still live in the Stone Age and its value system....they have NO RESPECT for human life or PEACE.
Time for Israel to eliminate them from then planet and the world will be a better place for it.
What makes jews better than anyone else?? Those jews in isreal are scumbags running over Palestinians with their mercades for no fucking reason. Not to mention isreal using WHITE PHOSPHORUS WHICH A A FUCKING WAR CRIME!!!!!!!!!
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ummm, there are no Israeli children being slaughtered, only Palastinian ones..get yer facts straight sweetheart
The Fogel family including children were slaughtered in their beds by palestinians last year. They even slit the infant's throat. Fact.
Say its propaganda to the remaining daughter who was away at the time who lives on without her family.
These Palestinians were vicious in the dark of night on an innocent sleeping family. NOT propaganda.
Good. Lets say it this way. If someone bombs your house and kills your whole family or anyone in your family you are going to visit that bloodshed upon their head tenfold.
The Native Americans did the same thing to when the British started Occupying North America.
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What needs to end is this state within a state garbage. The posters who say this can never end until one side wins is right.
It doesn't have to be done by violence, but there are really only two options that will lead to peace.
1) Israel fully annexes the West Bank and Gaza and colonizes both.
2) Israel is destroyed.
Despite the starkness of the options, there are smart ways to solve this. Repopulating the Palestinians to Sinai is probably the easiest way, accepting them as Egyptian citizens, and seeing the end to the admittedly terrible refugee camps.
But you don't hear about how Egypt doesn't want them too often.
But I suspect if Israel did take the occupied territories, and saw the resettlement of the Arabs, a peace could be arranged between the states that would cool into something lasting in time.
It was basically done to Germany after WWII where many millions of people resettled westward, some voluntarily but many not, and as ugly as it was, peace has held in Europe for many decades now along those lines.
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Report: "Teen Mom 2" Star Leah Messer Welcomes a Baby Girl
After having twins as a teenager in 2009 on "Teen Mom 2," Leah Messer reportedly gave birth to her third child on Monday (February 4).
The reality star and husband Jeremy Calvert welcomed a baby girl, according to In Touch, with a source adding, "Mother and baby are happy and healthy. Leah went into labor late last night."
On Sunday night, Leah tweeted, "Yes, the time is near… Can't wait to meet you little Miss Calvert!" This will be her third girl, as the newborn will join twins Aliannah and Aleeah who she had with ex, Corey Simms.
An especially welcome blessing, the child's birth comes after Ms. Messer miscarried in 2012, five months before she married her husband. However, just months after the wedding, she announced she was pregnant again.
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I don't suppose the countryside was ever really idyllic, but it must once have been a more agreeable place than it is now. Every month Commons questions about agriculture bring us a world of misery in which farmers battle with falling prices, rising costs, rapacious supermarkets, EU bureaucracy, bizarre livestock diseases, and to cap it all, Defra, which is up there with the Home Office and transport as one of the most hopeless government departments.
I wonder sometimes how a memoir of a country childhood, written perhaps in 2050 but describing the present day, might go. All the jargon could be heard in yesterday's exchanges.
"It was the year of our lord 2009, and my carefree days seemed to be filled with endless sunshine. I was a merry lad, on a train-to-gain apprenticeship at the old call centre in Farmer Pettigrew's converted barn. My girl was the lovely Kelly Braithwaite, and at weekends she and I would roam over the hill sheep farming sector, seeking out nitrate vulnerable zones, for with all our kissing and canoodling we were usually too late for the day-rate vulnerable zones.
"Sometimes we would take a can of extra-strength Irish cider and sit under a black plastic-covered hayrick as the sun went down. Afterwards I would throw the can into a copse, and Kelly would give me a tongue-lashing to remember. 'Don't be a silly ha'porth, my girl,' I would tell her. 'I am merely participating in the "recycling-on-the-go infrastructure" as outlined by the new under-secretary of state, Dan Norris!'
"Soon we were on our way home and paused by Farmer Catchpole's set-aside. We would play a simple game, spotting indicator species – birds, insects and invertebrates. As country folk said round our way: 'Find a ladybird before your tea / You'll have a measure of increased biodiversity.'
"One night Kelly and I were walking hand in hand through the gathering dusk. I nipped off to empty my bladder of cider and to light up a fag, defying the government's stated opposition to 'slash and burn' policies. Then out of the dark we saw emerge an eerie figure clad all in white. Kelly grabbed my arm. 'It must be the ghost of old Nat Sowerbutts, who was ruined by the collapse of the Dairy Farmers of Britain, with the consequent reduction of milk prices to 10p a litre, and who fell in his drunken state into a vat full of slurry, forgetting that new regulations on slurry storage do not apply until 2012,' she said, trembling and shaking in my arms.
"'Lord bless you,' I told her. 'That is no ghost! That is Ned Flowerdew, the government-appointed trial badger culler. He means no harm, except to badgers, though if he offers you a whiff of what he has in that spray can, you would be wise to refuse.'"


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The Standards-Based Report Card reflects the Antioch Unified School District's commitment to provide the best information possible to parents regarding student learning. This guide provides an overview of what is included in the Standards-Based Report Card, explains the rubric for grading students, and answers frequently asked questions. The California Department of Education outlines the educational standards in the California State Curriculum Frameworks. The Frameworks contain standards for each grade level in each curricular area. Each standard may include many learning objectives that outline what each student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade level. Teachers use a variety of formal and informal assessments, students work, and daily observation of student performance when reporting student progress. The Standards-Based Report Card is designed to provide accurate, concise, and consistent communication of student performance and growth over time. We hope the Standards-Based Report Card is a useful tool that enhances school and home ommunication, and that it provides the basis for ongoing dialogue to support each student's success.
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AUSD provides a link to all AUSD school websites. For information about the Home Access Center go to the AUSD homepage. Under Quick Links you will see the Home Access Center (HAC). Homepages of each middle and high school contain a login/registration link for both SchoolLoop and the Home Access Center.
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Thursday, July 29, 1999
Metricom, Inc.
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Phone: 408-399-8200
Website: www.metricom.com
Price (7/28/99): $28 1/2
One might say that Metricom's stock has ricocheted off its lows. After skimming along most of the last year in the single digits and getting as low as $3 per share last October, the stock abruptly headed towards the sky in June. While closing at $10 on June 15, the stock reached as high as $56 1/2 by July 9. Ricochet!
The most salient piece of news behind the abrupt bounce was the $600 million cash infusion the company was receiving from Vulcan Ventures (owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen) and MCI WorldCom (Nasdaq: WCOM). The combined investment means that Metricom will be able to dramatically increase its development of a nationwide wireless data network, and also validated the company's plans and products in Wall Street's collective mind.
The shares of Metricom have cooled a bit since the blow-off highs made soon after the news came public, but those who have held more than a few weeks have seen the value of their shares multiply in value.
Headquartered in Silicon Valley with branches across the U.S., Metricom is spearheading the use of wireless Internet access devices. The company's primary product is Ricochet, a service that allows wireless access to both private systems and the Internet via its proprietary network for a flat monthly fee. Think of it as cell-phone Internet access without the phone or the per-minute charges. The service is now available in the Washington DC, San Francisco, and Seattle metro areas, and rapid rollout in other cities is planned. At this time there are roughly 29,000 Ricochet subscribers.
Right now, the access is offered at speeds similar to typical dial-up services, somewhere near 28.8 Kbps. Metricom is in the process of testing its system at 128 Kbps, and the company's recent investment from and partnership with MCI WorldCom and Vulcan Ventures will allow it to offer the higher-speed service in major municipalities across the country in the coming months.
Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures bought a 49.5% stake in the company for $55.8 million in January 1998. Both Vulcan and MCI WorldCom will infuse $300 million each into the company to fund the nationwide expansion of the 128 Kbps Ricochet service. Vulcan will retain its approximate 49% stake in the firm after the investment is made, while MCI WorldCom will own roughly 38% of the company.
Income Statement
12-month sales: $16.7 million
12-month income: ($90.8 million)
12-month EPS: ($4.83)
Profit Margin: N/A
Market Cap: $549.9 million
Balance Sheet
Cash: $20.8 million
Current Assets: $28.8 million
Current Liabilities: $26.0 million
Long-term Debt: $75.3 million
Shareholders' Equity: ($67.0 million)
Price-to-earnings: N/A
Price-to-sales: 32.9
*Note - Market capitalization and balance sheet figures do not take into consideration the Vulcan/MCI WorldCom investments.
Perhaps one way to have found Metricom before the hordes of investors did earlier this summer was to talk to a Metricom customer. By most accounts, Metricom customers are fairly happy with the service the company provides. The whole concept of untethered Internet access is quite attractive, and talking to the few early adopters of the service would have perhaps tipped you to the fact that Metricom's aggressive expansion plans were more than just hype.
Another way to have possibly seen that Metricom was headed for higher ground was to look at Paul Allen's equity stake. The multibillionaire investor believed enough in the company to buy 49% of the firm when the technology was largely unproven outside its niche. And it only makes sense that Allen would continue to fertilize this particular investment after the service was up and running commercially with expansive growth opportunities.
While Metricom's wireless service remains quite an attractive product, the trailing financial results are nothing short of ugly. Not only is the company in the red, with net losses far exceeding total revenue, but the company also has negative shareholder equity and an accumulated deficit of $265 million. This $265 million represents the total losses racked up at the company over the years and is no trivial amount.
One might forgive the losses if Metricom was a development stage company, but the firm has been operating at a loss for quite some time. The company has been public since 1992 and has not had a single profitable year in that period. To say management has had a hard time creating positive earnings would be an understatement.
But, that was then, and today's stock price reflects future cash flow expectations. The combined $600 million investment from Vulcan and MCI WorldCom will give Metricom the ammunition to actually go out and market its service on a nationwide basis. In the past, Metricom was doing little more than serving a few niche markets and a handful of early adopters. But now the company is taking its service to the mainstream. So, while the trailing results should give pause for thought, they may prove to be irrelevant.
One concern investors should consider is that the company does not actually own the license to the radio frequencies it operates in. Owning the frequencies is a major asset the company simply does not have. Plus, there will be other wireless competitors coming down the road. Metricom may have the only commercially viable data service at the moment, but that will undoubtedly change.
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:D Hi all from sunny Solent, UK.
I've already introduced myself as a newbie on the relevant thread and would like some advice from more seasoned sailors.
As a female the wrong side of 40, I'm new to sailing but have taken to it like a duck to water (pun intended) :D . I'd like to now improve my sailing skills and experience and combined with my cookery and hospitality skills, move into the field of stewarding/crewing on yachts. I'm not expecting to get straight onto the huge superyachts but maybe sail on the smaller charter boats that are more informal.
Am I being a little over ambitious? I'm planning on doing a marine hospitality course after gaining more sailing quals but, as the cost of courses in the UK runs into thousands I didn't want to invest in that only to find I'm not what people would be looking for. (Can't think why though! I'm lovely! :D )
So the question is, what kind of work/ training/ experience would you guys recommend for a stewarding position for someone in my position?
Thanks all!
Hi Drifter-
I have similar ambitions, I'm 50.
This is my limited experiance:
My daughter is 26 and has been a stewardess for 2 1/2 years. It is a grueling business. Quite frankly, I don't think we'd get hired at our age. ALL of the people she encountered on other crews were All under 40. She's been in the capitals of the sailing world (American Samoa, 6 days before it got leveled) and she's spent 1000's being trained for seamanship, safety, firefighting ect. She's never had "hospitality" training, the emphasis is on SAFETY at sea. She has an agent in Newport, RI that "sells" her resume. Being out to sea takes a physical toll on crew too. She's coming on land for a year to re-group, enjoy some space and start running daily again. I'm a bona fide diehard but I don't think we have a chance in this business at this level. Maybe local touring cruises but not private crew members on staff by contract. Sorry, that's my perspective.
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Thanks for that SailorGirl , it's pretty much the type of answer I was expecting regarding the age thing. How I wish I had started this earlier! I'm not as fit and resilient physically as I was say, twenty years ago, but I am hoping that some older sailors may want more life experienced crew for example.
I'm not looking for the glamorous, cocktail swigging, diving off the coach house type of life, but someone, somewhere must appreciate the experience and confidence that comes with age, not to mention tact and diplomacy! I've sailed with a few skippers now and tend to feel that at 40+ I'm somewhat of a spring chick on some boats by comparison! Surely not all want lythe young, bikin clads around the decks? (Then again I wouldn't blame them!)
I'm going to an Open Day at UKSA next week and expect to get an honest appraisal there on how good my chances are. For now I will concentrate on keeping fit, enjoying my sailing and honing my skills. Including the safety skills you mentioned which are a core of the Marine Hospitality course. :)
Sailorgirl has far more knowledge/experience in this area, so give her thoughts more weight than mine.
But if I ever owned a boat large enough to be called a "yacht" and that needed crew, I would much prefer to hire experience and maturity over bikinis and beauty. Or, at least, some combination thereof!:)
The young ones make fantastic crew -- they have great strength/stamina and virtually boundless enthusiasm -- but they require more training and "adult supervision." If someone's looking for peace of mind, there's really no substitute for the maturity/responsibility that comes from life experience.
So, I would say, don't get too discouraged by your age -- in fact, you could market it as an advantage you have over the younger candidates. If you have the time and available resources, take a chance and follow your dream. There may well be a niche somewhere for you. Good luck!!
Here in BC there are several charter companies that offer adventure cruises on a small scale.. e.g. 68 foot ketches, max 16 guests, usually to the Queen Charlottes or Alaskan waters. A friend is a cook for one of them, working 3 weeks on, 1 or 2 weeks off throughout the spring/summer/fall seasons. In winter she cooks for remote ski camps and offers yoga classes too.
I think this sort of venture would prefer maturity and experience over the other (she is nearing 50 herself - though very fit). I'd expect you'd have similar companies in the UK, esp in Scotland, perhaps? that may be a good target employer for you.
Sailorgirls perspective may well be more accurate, but I'd not write it off altogether just yet!
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On the other hand, if you must insist on dull drudgery, I'm sure there's a spot aboard Sailingdog's multi.
Seriously, though, the very fact that you want to sail makes you a pretty cool chick in my book. And anyway, most yachts are owned by people older than 40. So, though the bikini clads are welcome adornment - they always seem to have something else to do (school, bachelor parties, etc.). They never hang around more than a season and make lousy crew. So don't sell yourself short.
Awww thanks for the reassurance guys. All comments and advice most welcome. I'm pretty hard to put off once I've set my mind to something to be honest, so I'm sure I will end up doing something I enjoy in the end.
As Faster already mentioned, there are smaller, less glamorous yacht charter companies and this was the kind of thing I had in mind, I've been on crewseekeweb sites for a while and have already touched base with a few yacht owners to find out what kind of person they would be looking for. Responses vary!
And yes, there are a number of charter companies in Scotland which I will check out, but I had rather fancied sailing in warmer climes than dear old Blighty. Boca anyone? :D
Colder climes need people more skilled in preparing good food with few ingredients than people skilled in looking great in a bikini (not saying you would or wouldn't look good in a bikini of course) and serving martinis.
Anyway, the PNW is pretty warm in the summer, certainly better than Scotland at any time of year :D
What is the PNW?
And my bikini wearing days are over! ;)
Pacific North West, northwest US, British Columbia and Alaska generally. Lovely part of the world, so good it made me move from England ;)
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As Head of Fine Arts at The Pingry School in Martinsville and Short Hills, New Jersey I am writing on behalf of artist Jon Sarkin. I am a professional artist and have chaired Art Programs in Atlanta, Georgia, in London, England, and in New Jersey just outside of Manhattan for a total of over 27 years. I also founded a non-profit Art Collective and I have worked with a number of Artists Foundations/Organizations throughout my career as an artist, facilitator, and curator.
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Much can also be gained by looking at his use of language. His iconography is intriguing as visual imagery, like Twombly's work, but it is the conceptual nature of his use of language that has drawn me even further into Jon's circle of admirers. Just as John Cage radically organized elements of sound and silence, Jon Sarkin establishes a rhythm or pulse linguistically in his work that is best experienced when you verbally walk through one of his paintings. Over the past few years of Jon's yearly weeklong visits to our school, I have asked Jon to recite his poetry. (He is equally prolific as a writer as he is as a visual artist.) He often begins a class reciting the lyrics to one of his favorite Tom Waits' songs or a famous passage from one of several poets whose works he has committed to memory. When Jon begins to recite from his own works, it is like he is polishing off a well-crafted sentence with a period, his paintings become much clearer and richer.
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Banasthali Vidyapeeth Entrance Exam Results 2014, www.bansthali.org
The Bansthali Vidyapeeth Entrance Exam Results 2014: - Bansthali Vidyapeeth is known in the English language of Bansthali University. This University established in October 1935. In Indian rules and regulation. Its University is only for women. This University located in rural areas of Rajasthan state in Village –Vanasthali Dist. - Tonk, Rajasthan. The Bansthali University Total campus area 850 acres land. This University is running various degree courses such as BA, Bsc MA. MS, B. Tech. And more then. This University admission only for Girls and base of entrance Test. The Bansthaly Vidyapeeth announced results twice per year in the month of April/May & November /December. A number of candidates appeared in the entrance exam for Bansthaly Vidyapeeth and wait for their results.
Name of the Organization: - Bansthali Vidyapeeth (Bansthali University)
Name of the examination: - B. Tech & MCA
www.banasthali.orgBanasthali Vidyapeeth Entrance Exam Results 2014
How to check results 2014
· Go to official websites www.bansthali.org
· And touch the results option on a computer screen
· Enter the course and registration no., Roll no.
· Take the printout any purpose
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Synonyms for animal disease
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animal disease(noun)
a disease that typically does not affect human beings
animal disease
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