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On Pete Abe's site he reported that Pavano is starting for the gulf coast league on Tuesday, have you heard anything about he Yankess having plans to bring him back?
This season?
I really hope not. Maybe they're hoping to move him in a trade and eat most of his contract. At this point, I think the Washburn deal will probably happen, he'll replace Rasner, and the next in line behind Ponson has to be IPK. Hopefully Hughes will be back in 3 weeks as well.
Nady and Marte for trash. I'm thrilled. Thoughts?
The deal they reported during the game is awesome.
Brian - Yanks got Nady...give me props, I nailed the Nady acquisition (see 7-25 8am post).....
Great call Gerry, I love the deal. Got a nice right-handed bat and a hard-throwing lefty out of the pen as a throw-in basically. Tabata is the best player they gave up, and he's had some serious issues at AA this season.

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NOT only is TSYS looking to retain is Sustainable Travel crown this year the payment processing firm is looking to clinch 2014's Think Green award too.
The international business has an office in Fulford Road with 370 team members on site, and its main UK Data Centre in Knaresborough, employing 110 team members.
Julie Jones, Associate Facility director at TSYS, said: "TSYS' strength has always been our people and their relationships with our customers, as well as our awareness of the impact that we have on the environment.
"As part of our commitment to maintain our reputation of integrity and for doing the right thing, we take environmental consciousness seriously and place it at the forefront of our corporate ideals."
Recognising that electricity is its single largest environmental impact, TSYS measures its electricity usage in kWhs against the number of transactions processed by its data centre in order to produce a metric that reflects business growth.
In 2012 its kWh per transaction was 0.4612, while in 2013 this was reduced to 0.4199 kWh per transaction, showing a year on year reduction of 8.96 per cent, and the sixth consecutive year of kWh per transaction reduction.
As well as making progress with engineering solutions to reduce electricity usage in its data halls, TSYS is also investing heavily in new technologies, with one project in particular set to remove 90 racks of servers over the next 12 months, reducing the heat load and cooling requirement.
Proving the green ethos runs through all levels of the business, members of the TSYS team requested a Cycle to Work scheme, with 2014 seeing seeing a third scheme, with an uptake of 18 per cent versus the scheme average of 4 per cent.
This has led to a strong focus on cycling throughout the company, which supporting the York Cycle Challenge, where TSYS won the 200-499 employee category in 2014 with 18 per cent uptake and 5228 miles cycled.
To promote sustainable travel TSYS offers an additional two days holiday to team members who choose not to drive to work, while also reimbursing Park and Ride costs for York-based team members, encouraging them to use this option rather than add to congestion on Fulford Road.


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"The Guy Fawkes Inn is a snug pub is built on the spot where Guy Fawkes was born and serves unpretentious pub fare, lit by candles and gas lamps."
Head out of the station and you're minutes from the iconic York City Walls. Standing for nearly 2,000 years, they're the best-preserved city walls in the country, boasting more than two miles of walkable brickwork. Take the tour and you can stop off at York's oldest pub, Ye Olde Starre Inne.
Step off the walls and take a stroll down The Shambles. This pretty lane with overhanging timber-frame buildings is York's most visited street and it's lined with cool shops and cafes. If you need to refuel, grab a hearty but healthy lunch in Shambles Kitchen, then head to York Castle Museum, where you can step inside painstakingly rendered olde-worlde shops, prison cells and even an entire Victorian street.
Saturday night in York is a real adventure. If you're enjoying the historic vibe, try the Guy Fawkes Inn for a bite to eat. This snug pub is built on the spot where Guy Fawkes was born and serves unpretentious pub fare, lit by candles and gas lamps. For something more modern book a table at the The Blue Bicycle, where you can enjoy an award-winning menu and some of York's best seafood.
After dinner, escape the winter in one of York's traditional pubs. The Punch Bowl on Stonegate is packed with character and boasts a roaring fire to keep you warm. For something a bit more extravagant, visit one of York's cocktail bars. Bora Bora in the winding alleys of the 'Latin Quarter' has an off-beat tropical atmosphere, while more sophisticated sippers might want to check out the Biltmore Bar and Grill in Swinegate.
If you wake up craving a full English breakfast, make your way to Café Luca, where the cosy chairs and generous portions will set you up for the day. From here, take a 10-minute walk through historic York and you'll get to Clifford's Tower. An icon of the city, this sturdy tower has been a prison, a mint and a gruesome gallery where Henry VIII displayed the bodies of his enemies. But these days it's simply the best place to view the city.
You can't visit York without dropping into the world-famous Jorvik Viking Centre. Head down the hill from Clifford's Tower and explore the homes of Viking-age York.
Back in the present day, and ready for lunch, head to Café No.8 Bistro in Gillygate, just outside the city walls, for a slap-up Sunday roast. Fancy some dessert? Take a tour of York's chocolatey past, at York's Chocolate History museum, then treat yourself to something sweet - what better way to end your perfect weekend?
Got time to spare?
Here are some more interesting and surprising places to explore in York…
York's most haunted pub
In York for Halloween? Amp up the fear factor with a visit to The Golden Fleece. With five resident ghosts, this is the most haunted pub in York.
Go underground
The York Cold War Bunker was built to monitor nuclear explosions in Yorkshire during the Cold War. It was in service from 1961-1991, and tours are
a spine-chilling experience.
Dungeon masters
Take a trip to the York Dungeon to explore the bloodier side of York's history. Theatrical actors bring gruesome history to life in frighteningly vivid detail.
Get theatrical
Visit York's architecturally stunning Theatre Royal for
a cultural evening at one of the most renowned theatres
in the country.
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NWL notes: Lopez honing his skills
Boise backstop learning nuances of catching, calling a game
By Special to MLB.com | August 12, 2011 10:10 AM ET
In addition to claiming the ACC's Atlantic Division four out of the last five seasons, the Seminoles have also produced Giants catcher and 2010 National League Rookie of the Year Buster Posey. The 23-year-old Lopez was sure he was defensively sound, especially considering the success at Florida State. After just a few games as a professional, though, it was clear that changes needed to be made.
Almost immediately Lopez started developing new fundamentals as a catcher. Previously he had taken a more direct route to the ball -- now he stays back and catches it with softer hands. Simply put, the difference is in his reception -- it's like a ball landing on a pillow, as opposed to a brick wall.
"I'm starting to get the hang of that, and I'm starting to feel a lot more comfortable," Lopez said. "Pitchers are coming up to me and telling me a difference they notice now, compared to when I first got here as a catcher. The coaches are starting to notice, and I'm starting to feel a lot more comfortable back there."
Although it came as a surprise to him that his fundamentals weren't quite up to par, it wasn't long into the season that he and the Hawks' coaching staff realized changes needed to be made.
"Good catchers won't get realized -- the bad catchers will get realized for their mistakes," Lopez said. "When your catcher's doing his job, it's usually not noticed, because nothing is being messed up, and they're so quiet back there."
In addition to that, Lopez has had to learn how to properly call a game, which is no easy task in itself. During his days at Florida State, his coach called the shots, so that added another skill to throw into the mix. Although it is a new skill to learn, he's quickly become a student of the game and realized what skills he needs to master in order to be an effective catcher.
"You have to learn how to read swings to see if it's a long swing or a short swing, and if they're leaning over the plate or if they're bailing out trying to hit an inside fastball," Lopez said. "The hitter is pretty much dictating what you're going to throw."
Although essentially relearning the game from a defensive standpoint, Lopez hasn't had to adjust much offensively. He said his swing and stance are virtually the same from college, and thus far he's had to focus on being prepared early on in his at bats.
That hard work has paid off as he's hitting .306 with four home runs and 27 RBIs in 41 games with the Hawks. Through it all, he hasn't had any trouble adjusting to the tedious professional schedule, something that's allowed him to have consistency at bat while trying to relearn his native position.
"You just have to work through it," Lopez said of the grind. "If you work through it mentally, you'll usually work through being tired. You start telling your mind you're not tired, and then you start feeling somewhat normal."
Life as a pro: Texas Rangers 2011 first-round pick Kevin Matthews made his debut Tuesday with the Spokane Indians. The left-hander allowed three hits and one earned run while striking out six in three innings of work. Matthews made seven appearances in the Arizona League after signing.
Complete 180: Everett had its seven-game home winning streak snapped Wednesday after falling, 18-7, to Tri-City. Four Dust Devils homered, and the 18 runs were the most allowed by a NWL team in a single game this season.
Playoff tix on sale: After clinching a playoff berth July 25, the Eugene Emeralds are primed for their first playoff appearance in 10 seasons. Home games are scheduled for Sept. 6 and 7 (if necessary), and tickets went on sale to the general public Aug. 8.
Patrick Brown is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Greg: Welcome to Dairy News. I'm Greg Mills and today I have with me Tony Dowman. A big question for many dairy farmers is how many cows should I be running for the area that I have? So if I'm trying to work out my optimum stocking rate, how do I actually do that?
Tony: Firstly you need to understand how much cows eat a year and the average cow eats about six tonnes of dry matter per year of which about four tonnes of that six tonnes needs to be in the form of forage, and preferably home grown forage because that's the cheapest source of forage available and it also justifies why you own the land in the first place.
If your pasture utilisation figures is eight tonnes of dry matter per hectare per year and you want to have each cow eating four tonnes of that forage per year then obviously your stocking rate is two cows per hectare because two times four equals eight. If you're utilising say, 12 tonnes of dry matter per hectare per year which is getting up to where we'd like to see farmers performing, then your stocking rate would then be about three cows per hectare is what you'd be running.
Very hard to get past that 12 tonnes of dry matter per hectare per year without starting to incorporate some form of cropping such as maize silage. Technically we can get over 40 tonnes of dry matter per hectare per year if you do triple cropping in the forms of say, maize silage and brassicas and ryegrass for argument's sake. But that is a very intensive system to adopt, it is achievable, but if you start doing that then your stocking rate's around about 10 cows per hectare per year.
So it always comes out about the same if you think that each cow really needs to eat four tonnes of dry matter of home grown feed, and I don't care whether the cows eat that directly or it goes via a hayshed or your silage pit, as long as that's coming off from home grown feed. Then that means your business is in the most profitable part.
Greg: Looking at business profit, what sort of key performance indicators would I be looking at to see whether I am at that optimum stocking rate?
Tony: You really need to know your pasture utilisation, your tonnes of dry matter per hectare per year. That's calculated by looking at how much purchased feed comes onto the property which then gets discounted off the total milk production to work out how many litres of milk was produced from home grown feed. From that we can then calculate what was the tonnes of dry matter per hectare grown That's a really good indicator as to whether you're in the profit zone or not, and would also tell you what your stocking rate should be.
The other one is the cost of home grown feed. There's not much point growing home grown feed at $300 per tonne if you can buy it for $250 a tonne. We need to get the cost of home grown feed somewhere between probably $100 and $125, $130 a tonne or home grown feed on today's prices is where we really need to be otherwise why own the land because land ownership is all about growing feed for cows.
Greg: So looking at that, people who are considering maybe moving more from a pasture system towards a feed lotting system or feeding more on pads and more introduced feed, is there money in that and if there is, how do you decide whether there is?
Tony: With a feed lot dairy for argument's sake, the first question I would ask is "Where's the feed coming from?" Is it coming off your land and you're basically cut and carrying, or do you just have a very, very small block of land with the cows on it and then you are purchasing all the feed from somebody else to grow the feed for you? If it's your own land growing the feed, the same principles apply. You really need to have the cows eating about four tonnes of your feed per year and as I said before, it doesn't matter whether it goes straight down the animal's neck or going via the hayshed or silage pit and ending up being fed on your feed pad, the [nafs 3:51] works out exactly the same.
If you're going to go pure feed lotting what you've got to do then is say "Well what's the money I've saved without land ownership?" and that's the money that you're going to invest in paying the higher price of purchased feed. Then you just do the sum and say "Well, the profit or return on investment for my feed lot dairy is this much, where the return on investment for a pasture based system is going to be something different. Which ones makes me the most money and also gives me the most enjoyment at the end of the day," is the system that you'll tend to gravitate towards.
Greg: Thank you Tony.
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Alessi Annual Warehouse Sale - Alessi Soho
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Description: Alessi, a leader in tabletop design, is offering a special promotion of up to 70% off select floor samples, discontinued items and slightly irregular items. The sale will also be effective at Alessi's stores in New York City from Saturday, February 9th until Sunday, February, 24th. Discounted items include the "Blossom" fruit holder, originally $150, now $45; the Colombina Tealights in black, red and white, originally $34, now $10.20; Captain Banana corkscrew, originally $80, now $24.00; "Pots & Pans" stockpot, originally $150, now $45 among others.


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Hot pink mood board courtesy of BijouxBride
Well with our website colours and everything about Philosophy Flowers incorporating hot pink how could we not share this wonderful mood board with you?
Our flowers.
Here are a couple of images from our own portfolio featuring hot pink blooms! Have a look through our gallery and the rest of our blog posts for other images feature perfect pink petals!
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2012/2/29 Shigeru Hanada <shigeru(dot)hanada(at)gmail(dot)com>: > (2012/02/29 4:07), Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> Let's at least be clear about the reasons here. The fact that >> postgresql_fdw_validator exists means (a) there is a possible naming >> conflict that has not been discussed yet, and/or (b) the name is already >> settled and we need to think of a way to make postgresql_fdw_validator >> work with the new actual FDW. > > We can avoid conflict of name by using postgres_fdw or pgsql_fdw, but it > doesn't solve fundamental issue. ISTM that maintaining two similar > validators is wasteful and confusing, and FDW for PostgreSQL should be > just one, at least in the context of core distribution. > > Current pgsql_fdw_validator accepts every FDW options which is accepted > by postgresql_fdw_validator, and additionally accepts FDW specific > options such as fetch_count. So, if dblink can ignore unknown FDW > options, pgsql_fdw_validator can be used to create foreign servers for > dblink connection. > > How about removing postgresql_fdw_validator from backend binary, and > changing dblink to use contrib/postgresql_fdw's validator? It breaks > some backward compatibility and requires contrib/postgresql_fdw to be > installed before using contrib/dblink with foreign servers, but ISTM > that it doesn't become so serious. > +1 pavel stehule > Of course dblink is still available by itself if user specifies > connection information with "key = value" string, not with server name. > > One concern is how to avoid duplicated list of valid libpq options. > Adding new libpq function, like below, which returns 1 when given name > is a valid libpq option would help. > > int PQisValidOption(const char *keyword); > > -- > Shigeru Hanada > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
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SARASOTA, Fla. - Sarasota Police are investigating the discovery of the body of a construction worker that was found on the sandbar in Big Pass.
Big Pass is located between Siesta Key and Lido Key.
The body was found by a passing boater Tuesday morning and has been identified as 59-year-old Cresente Bautista.
Bautista, a native of the Phillippines who lived with his family in Ft. Myers, is the owner of C.B. Marine Construction Company. His company is currently repairing a seawall at Bay Island Park near the north Siesta Key bridge.
No evidence of foul play was found, and the investigation continues.


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The 2012 yearbook for the Normal Community High School Marching Ironmen's 2012 season.
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Tallmadge -- City officials are reviewing two development projects similar in some respects but also very different.
One proposes to build a senior apartment facility on Colony Park Drive, while the other plans to create senior apartments as part of a larger town center complex on North Avenue near the Circle.
To make the projects financially feasible, the developers of each are applying for federal senior tax credits. Tallmadge's Economic Development Director Dennis Loughry called the program "competitive."
"If we're lucky, we'll get one of the projects, but everyone's telling us we won't get both," he said.
But even if the city only lands one of the projects, he said the local economy will benefit.
City officials and those involved with the proposed projects explained that senior citizens on fixed incomes tend not to have a lot of extra cash to maintain their single-family homes. Some may even tend to vote against school levies because they feel they won't be able to afford more taxes.
They said when some seniors sell their homes and move into apartments, they tend to choose facilities about a mile from their previous residences.
These seniors stay in the community as consumers and free up their homes for younger, higher-income families that may have children in the local school district, officials explained. Those families may be more apt to maintain the properties and vote for school levies.
Although Loughry said he supports both proposed projects, from an economic development perspective, he said Testa Companies' town center idea would benefit the city more because it has "much more opportunity."
Regardless, he said the amount of interest developers are showing in the city is a positive.
"I think it's good. We have a lot of activity going on in the city," he said.
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Shed Simove explains how a little failure helps if you want to be successful in business.
I'm a firm believer that in business personal development should be compulsory for everyone. We should all learn how to be become fulfilled, decent members of society and ones that are easily capable of making our dreams come true.
Instead of learning techniques for success, most people grow up with snippets of information gleaned from common knowledge. The problem is that these snippets don't often deliver the whole truth about the process of how to achieve any goal you might have, and sometimes make it seem like something to avoid.
Here's one such snippet you'll most certainly have heard, 'If at first you don't succeed try and try again'. This is wrong, if you keep trying and keep failing then you need to change strategy to have any chance of being successful.
Persistence alone however, is simply not enough. Instead, what you need to do is persist and evolve your approach to success. 'Never giving up' is fine (and necessary), but simply doing the same thing over again may well only deliver the same results.
This is why you must frequently change your approach or – even better – try lots of different strategies at the same time. The more opportunities you work on simultaneously the greater chance you have that one will turn into a success – so always try and keep a broad focus.
The successful writer and playwright Samuel Beckett also had his own version of this idea. He said: 'Try Again. Fail again. Fail better'. In saying 'Fail better', Beckett neatly forces your brain to re-understand that failing is something necessary, beneficial and worth striving for. This is one of the single biggest lessons a businessperson must comprehend.
Here's a thought that comforts me when I encounter a setback or challenge (much better words than failure), 'A failure is simply something which tells you that you're nearer to your goal.' If you fail at something you learn from it and don't make the same mistake again. You have improved your knowledge and as such, are more likely to become successful in future.
Well I'm here to tell you different: luck is a myth and you can control pretty much everything as a businessman.
Here's another big tip for success: banish the word 'luck' from your vocabulary. When it comes to success there is no such thing as luck. In fact, the truth of the matter is quite different – and should make you feel incredibly empowered. The fact is that nothing happens without you making it happen.
'Luck' is often used as an excuse by people who don't want to try to attain success or by people who want to give up. These people might say, 'Other people are far luckier than me' or 'My luck has run out and so I can't reach my goal'. Nonsense! These attitudes are very dangerous because they suggest that your life is controlled by external factors that are uncontrollable by you.
Well I'm here to tell you different: luck is a myth and you can control pretty much everything as a businessman.
Rather than waiting for luck to happen to us, we must realise that we alone are responsible for what happens in our life. The key is to take control and create situations that allow good things (or 'lucky things' as some people wrongly call them) to happen.
The concept of being lucky is a falsehood and here is a good example of putting yourself in a position to be lucky. When I made some of my first gift products, a big firm in the US asked me to develop another item that went on to sell more than the original product I'd sold them.
This happened when I released a novelty item called 'The Parent–Child Contract Pad' (a simple notepad that mimics a formal contract for adults and kids to fill in) and the buyers at the gift chain told me that they wanted another item to sit next to the pad on their shelves and have even broader appeal. I quickly suggested an idea to the fantastic partner company I was working with at the time, and we went on to release the 'Sound Machine' (a little plastic box that plays sixteen different sounds, from applause to explosions – and even burping). It went on to be a surprise hit around the world.
This may have been a fortunate outcome but, that example of success wasn't down to luck, it was down to the fact that I'd created a product in the first place that gave me the chance to be lucky in the future. I'd bought a ticket and therefore had given myself the opportunity of winning the raffle.
Shed Simove is author of Success Or Your Money Back


text: Enigmo is the most unique game that you'll find for the Windows Phone 7. It is a 3D puzzle game where you manipulate slides, bumpers, and other pieces to control streams of flowing liquid. Water, oil, and lava droplets fall from "droppers" and will bounce around the walls of a puzzle. You move and rotate the various puzzle pieces in order to divert the flow of the falling droplets so that they can reach their target. The faster you complete each level, the more bonus points you will receive!


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ASB Great Debate Provides Exclusive Opportunity for Voters
ASB Great Debate Provides Exclusive Opportunity for Queenstown Voters
The ASB Great Debate scheduled for Queenstown on August 26 2014 is a major debate on the pre-election calendar featuring senior finance spokesmen from the major parties and prominent political journalist Duncan Garner.
Queenstown Chamber of Commerce CEO Ann Lockhart said the debate, which will be broadcast on RadioLive, is key to the election and represents an unrivalled opportunity for Queenstown voters to hear Hon Bill English (National ) Hon David Parker (Labour) Dr Russel Norman (Green) Jamie Whyte (Act) and Colin Craig (Conservative) present their respective party views.
"There are undoubtedly a number of significant election issues but as the elections tend to focus on the economy this finance debate will be an important forum. It is the only debate in the country, being held prior to the September 2014 election, where major parties will appear on the stage debating with the smaller parties. This is a coup for Queenstown and we are expecting a big response from people keen to hear first-hand from the finance spokesmen what their parties are promoting. With the various scenarios under New Zealand's MMP voting system the election could go any way and it is vital for voters to have all the facts at hand."
The inclusion of prominent political commentator Duncan Garner as MC underlines the high calibre of the debate," said Ms Lockhart. "Major media outlets will be represented, including television, and the format of the debate allows people to ask questions from the floor which we expect will provide both a lively and informative session."
The Queenstown ASB Great Debate will be broadcast on RadioLive an hour after its conclusion and will include a studio panel commentary.
The Chamber is urging people to pre-purchase tickets for the debate at the Queenstown Memorial Centre, August 26, from 6.00-7.30pm.
Door sales will be available but with strong interest anticipated it is recommended that tickets are purchased prior to the event from the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce office or online atwww.queenstownchamber.org.nz


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The Rockton toilet takes a practical approach to water conservation, offering two flushing options at the touch of a button—either 0.8 gallons or 1.6 gallons. The Dual Force flushing technology eliminates the need for double flushing, says the manufacturer. The toilet also features a computer-designed trapway and flapperless valve. Sterling, 920.457.4441; www.sterlingplumbing.com.
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It has probably been a crazy busy time in your house but as you clean up from Christmas what about all those photos you took. Now is the time to do something with them otherwise I can guarantee they will end up in a random folder on your computer or worse still in your camera or phone ready to be lost.
SO GET THE CAMERA NOW [that was for emphasis not yelling]
Download a copy to your computer and back it up.[twice is a good idea]
I always think it is pointless taking photos in the age of digital unless you do something with them. Share them with your family [ But and it is a BIG BUT] if you do it on facebook be very very careful with your privacy settings. If you need help just ask me as this is something I am very concerned about.
Now to more creative ideas
How about putting a couple of them with the year between laminate and packing away with your tree ready to hang up next year ?
You can always fit in another frame maybe make it a tradition that some christmas shots stay up for a year.
If you haven't made a calender yet now is a great time to shop for digital Calender templates – just google it or visit MyMemories or a Digital Scrapbooking store.
Why not take some time out and make an album now and add a new one every year. After all photos were not taken to be hidden in drawers or left on your camera but to remind us of the good/bad/funny or sad times.
If you are up for some digital graphics shopping I have reduced all my christmas items at MyMemories [ and there are lots more then mine there] if you are a novice I do recommend the MyMemories software as being simple to use. All of my products purchased there can also be used in other graphics software. You can get $10 off the purchase of MyMemories software JUST COPY AND PASTE THIS CODE – STMMMS1992
Here is a little inspiration made by my wonderful Creative Team member Ann with my A Colorful Christmas bundle.


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'"I'm not going to lie. I wasn't happy about being moved," Rivet said by telephone. "It wasn't the point of me going to Buffalo. I didn't care where I would have gone. I was leaving a place that I really enjoyed. I had a great setup, and now that's done. Now, I have to start over. We've heard great things about Buffalo. We're excited."'
Archives for July 2008
Rivet gets over trade shock
An easy decision for Myers
'"I picked Canada because I feel I wouldn't be where I am today as a hockey player if I hadn't moved to Canada with my dad," Myers, who was drafted by Buffalo in the first round this year, told NHL.com. "I feel I owe them a lot."'
Going Platinum
'"Every business in the world prices their product based on demand," Sabres managing partner Larry Quinn said. "I don't know why hockey should be different. Just look at the airlines. If you want to go to San Francisco, and you want to leave this week, you're going to pay $1,500. If you book your flight two months ago, you're going to pay $400."'
Prospect Profile: Chris Butler
'When Chris Butler signed a contract with the Buffalo Sabres on April 13, 2008, opting to forgo his final year at the University of Denver, he became the fourth player in the past three years to leave DU early for a chance to play in the NHL. His collegiate career may be over on the ice, but off the ice it's a different story; Butler plans to complete his bachelor's degree in Business within the next two years to keep a promise he made to his grandmother. That shows loyalty and determination that would be welcome by teammates and fans wherever he plays.'
2008-09 Variable Pricing Schedule
'The Buffalo Sabres have added a fifth "Platinum" category to its variable pricing schedule for the 2008-2009 season. The three Toronto games and a Friday night game against Montreal on February 6 will fulfill the Platinum category this year.'
Cunneyworth joins Thrashers' staff
'"I'm very happy for him," Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier said Friday. "It's well-deserved, and he'll do a terrific job."'
Miller Signing HUGE for Sabres Image
'Make no mistake, Quinn and Regier and certainly Golisano could spend millions and never create the positive buzz they've created by convincing Miller to literally bank on Buffalo's future. Soon, they'll arrive at a number Jason Pominville likes, and the deadly momentum of the 2006-2007 off season will be headed back in the right direction.'
Pirates may keep Dineen
'The Buffalo Sabres have spoken with Kevin Dineen during the past week about remaining head coach of the Portland Pirates. Dineen coached the Pirates for the past three seasons when the AHL team was affiliated with the Anaheim Ducks. "You can say we've had some positive discussions and we're looking forward to wrapping things up soon," Dineen said Friday.'
Sabres sign Darche; lose Cunneyworth
'The Montreal native should provide the strong, veteran presence the Sabres have lacked the last couple of seasons in the minors. Darche has been one of the best AHL players this decade, scoring 28 or more goals four times and 59 or more points three times. He tallied a career-best 35 goals and 80 points in 76 games with Worcester two years ago, his last full AHL campaign.'
Sabres sign journeyman LW Darche
'The Sabres are well-stocked at forward and are expected to have Darche open this season with their new AHL affiliate in Portland, Maine.'
Sabres sign LW Darche
'Darche, 31, played in 73 games last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning, posting career highs with seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points. Prior to last season, Darche had notched just a goal and an assist in 28 games over parts of four seasons with Columbus, Nashville and San Jose.'
Thrashers Name Assistant Coaches for '08-09
'Cunneyworth, 47, just completed his eighth season at the helm of the AHL's Rochester Americans and earned a 306-267-67 record in 640 career games behind the Amerk's bench. He ranks second on the franchise's all-time list for games coached and wins and is only the second coach in the franchise's 52-year history to coach 500 games.'
Sabres sign Mathieu Darche
'The left winger (11/26/1976, 6'1", 217 lbs.) spent the 2007-08 season with Tampa Bay, recording a career-high 22 points (7+15) in 73 games. He also picked up 10 points (3+7) in four games with Norfolk (AHL). Darche has 24 points (8+16) in 101 career NHL games with Columbus, Nashville, San Jose and Tampa Bay.'
Sabres' preseason includes Hockeyville
'Two of the Sabres' seven exhibitions will be played in HSBC Arena, and the games will be on back-to-back weekend nights. The Sabres host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sept. 27 and welcome the Minnesota Wild on Sept. 28 in a pair of 7 p. m. games. Ticket information will be announced later.'
Miller: eI chose Buffalo'
'"We all care about each other, we all want to win," he said. "I think that attitude is first and foremost. I'm just excited for the future."'


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Kean's measure would criminalize the "sickening" practice.
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MILD weather could be behind a dramatic reduction in rat infestations in homes and gardens across the Test Valley Borough Council pest control officials say call outs to deal with the rodents has fallen significantly during the last few months.
It is believed that because food is still plentiful in the wild the rats are not coming into people's gardens.
Figures show that between 1 October 2012 and 10 January 2013 the council received 254 requests relating to rat infestations.
However, between October last year and this January, only 92 requests for treatment were made.
"This is an overall decrease of 63.78 per cent.
"The number of requests for treatment has fallen significantly this year.
"This may be due to the mild weather we have experienced this winter which has meant that food is still available outside,"
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Officials say the worst areas in the borough for rat infestations are in the Andover area and this can be expected because it's Test Valley's l a r g e s t town.
The council has two full-time pest control officers on the go dealing with rat and other rodent problems in the borough.
The spokeswoman added that the council has not had any reports of the socalled super rats in the Test Valley that have been spotted in other parts of south-east England.
These are the large rodents that are said to be immune to anticoagulant baits which rats feed on until it kills them.
Rats carry disease and health risks including salmonella which can be caught through eating food or drinking water contaminated by rat faeces.
However, one of the most deadly infections transmitted by rats through their urine is leptospirosis – often referred to as Weil's disease.
Health experts say that the disease kills two or three people in Britain annually.
Pigs, cattle and dogs also carry the bacteria and health officials say farmers and vets are more at risk than anyone of contracting the sometimes fatal disease which in the worst cases can result in organ failure.


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BEFORE he was weighed-out of office, then Mayor of High Wycombe Trevor Snaith paid a visit to World Challenge's High Wycombe headquarters.
Cllr Snaith was given a guided tour of the Queens Road offices earlier this month. The company organises expeditions and works with schools in 25 different countries.
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A 25-year-old French conservation volunteer, Emily meets me at the jetty on the Mauritian mainland in a small motor boat – she is taking me to Ile aux Aigrettes off the south-east coast. It is a small 26-hectare coral island nature reserve that is famous for its rare giant Aldabra tortoises.
"Wow, the mosquitoes are bad on Ile aux Aigrettes," she says. "I'm living on the island in a small hut for another four months, with no insect screens. But the worst thing is the noise at night – it's impossible to sleep, it's the mating tortoises. You should hear them, like this!"
Emily starts making a rumbling call that sounds like a blue whale under deep water. "That is the mating call of the Aldabra giant male tortoise!" she beams at me. I am silent, in awe of both Emily and the tortoise.
"Ahhh. That's him!" says Emily, grabbing me by the elbow. She starts wagging her finger at a now docile male tortoise, staring at us, a metre away, from under the trees, his mouth full of leaves, slowly chomping. Emily guides me around the tortoise and takes me on a tour of the island. As we climb over second world war battlements – we are reminded of Ile aux Aigrettes's history.
"Lots of the trees were cut down for the military defences. There's been so much damage done to this island for centuries, but we are slowly helping it recover. We are committed to preventing another extinction like the former two Mauritian giant tortoises," she says.
"We need tortoises – the plants need tortoises – they eat the seeds and distribute them through the island through their faeces – once the new tortoises were introduced, the plants and trees started to grow better – the forest is growing again!" she adds.
Back on the mainland, I wave goodbye to Emily as she disappears in the motor boat back to Ile aux Aigrettes.
A man standing on the jetty with fishing rods and a big basket helps me up onto the jetty. "You come from the island?" he asks.
"You westerners, you come all this way to live on that island with a bunch of tortoises – for no money!" he says, shaking his head in disbelief. "Us Mauritians think you are all crazy!" he shouts, a big smile on his face.
He pauses and looks me in the eye – a very serious expression on his face. "I like the kestrel the best. Tortoises, are OK, yes, nice, but kestrels – beautiful."


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Facilities are very, very important to the Joshua Intervenors case, John Walker said Tuesday when the desegregation hearing in Little Rock broke for lunch.
But the Pulaski County Special School District has not made a good-faith effort to desegregate and build good schools in poor areas. Thats why the district should not be released from the desegregation agreement and court oversight, Walker said.
The district has reconstituted, with the states help, separate-but-equal facilities prohibited by law, said Walker, lead attorney for the Joshua Intervenors for about 30 years.
PCSSD has petitioned for unitary status and U.S. District Judge Brian Miller is hearing the case.
The district has chosen to spend $58 million building and equipping a Taj Mahal in Maumelle, Walker said. Are rich people entitled to better schools?
He was referring to the new high school being constructed to replace Oak Grove High School.
They are putting the burden on an already over burdened population, he said.
Walker and co-counsel Robert Pressman have challenged PCSSDs witnesses on all 11 components of Plan 2000, the agreed-upon blueprint for desegregating the school district.
In most cases, theyve tried to show that the district has fallen short in efforts to close the academic performance gap between whites and blacks, plus the lack of success in getting black students in advanced placement courses and in eliminating the disparity in discipline between black and white students.
But they seem to feel theyve found a smoking gun in the facilities issue.
Late last week, Walker said the district has chosen to spend $200 million building two new schools in Maumelle, another in Chenal, plus a $3 million addition to Pine Forest, also in Maumelle.
PCSSD attorney Sam Jones said he expected to rest his case Wednesday afternoon. Walker said his first witness would be School Board President Tim Clark.
Clark is a Maumelle resident, and led the effort to get a new high school built in Maumelle. He hosted a gala at the Maumelle Country Club when the board voted to build the new high school, the most expensive in district history, and put a huge picture of himself on a billboard captioned Thanks Maumelle for your help with the new high school. Together we can build a better Maumelle.
When the Kahn Report studied facilities as part of Plan 2000, it found nine of the districts 34 schools should be replaced. Oak Grove was not one of them.
Oak Grove last year had fewer than 400 students, yet the new school in Maumelle is being built for 1,500 students.
The district has said that Maumelle is the fastest growing area of the district and that it will fill all those seats in a few years.
Among the schools that were recommended for replacement were Jacksonville Middle School, Jacksonville High School and Jacksonville Elementary School, although no plans have been made to replace any of those schools.
When Pressman asked Brenda Bowles, assistant superintendent for pupil equity, whether the new school in Maumelle was a Cadillac, she answered, I dont know, but it was built for Cadillac people.
Then she said she didnt like Cadillacs, but called it a Mercedes-Benz school.
Do you consider that fair and equitable considering the needs at College Station and Harris (elementary schools) and those in Jacksonville? Pressman asked.
No, said Bowles.
College Station got $159,000 for restroom renovations and Harris got security lights for about $60,000.
Then Bowles revised her answer.
If those are the new standards (for school construction) then its equitable. If not, then no, she said.
In his redirect questioning of Bowles, Jones had Bowles read from letters regarding the new schools, testimony intended to show that Walker and the Joshua Intervenors were notified and had every opportunity to challenge the decision to build the new schools at Maumelle and Chenal and that in every case, they apparently declined.
Plan 2000 gave them 14 days after notification of the decision to build a new school to file a formal motion in opposition.
Jerry Holder, PCSSDs director of plant planning, said that Oak Grove had deteriorated since the Kahn Report found it adequate for instruction, but that for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act and for safety, it should be rehabilitated at an estimated cost of $6.5 million.


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Attorney General Hardy Myers today alerted recent immigrants to the United States of possible immigration services fraud and warned providers of such services that any illegal activities would not be tolerated by the Oregon Department of Justice. Myers and U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, Third District, Portland, joined members of the Attorney General's Immigration Services Fraud Task Force at a Portland news conference on immigration services fraud.
"Immigration law is extremely complex and constantly changing," Myers said. "People should only seek assistance from attorneys or individuals and organizations accredited by the Board of Immigration Appeals."
In an effort to provide Oregon immigrants with the best tools to recognize bad immigration advice, the Department of Justice formed a task force of community organizations and political leaders in 1998.
During the past 12 months, the group supplied Myers' consumer protection section with information concerning businesses and individuals providing immigration services without the assistance of an attorney or accredited representative of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The joint efforts resulted in the filing of four settlement agreements.
Named in an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance filed today in the Marion County Court House are Diana and James Shanks of Salem, owners of Diana's Translations, a business which primarily engaged in translation and interpretation services but also assisted clients with the completion of immigration forms. The Shanks, which admit no law violations, agreed to comply with the Unlawful Trade Practices Act and state and federal immigration-related laws and to provide $1,124 in restitution to six consumers.
Under the terms of the assurance, the Shanks also agreed to give written notification to all clients stating that Diana's Translations is not qualified to give immigration advice and identifying proper sources of immigration advice. The Salem company paid $2,000 to the Department of Justice consumer protection and education account.
Two Clackamas County businesses providing immigration services, Puertas Abiertas Para America (Open Doors to America) and its successor, Amistad, have been voluntarily dissolved as part of agreements signed with the Department of Justice.
Before closing its doors, Puertas Abiertas provided immigration services without being accredited by BIA and without assistance of an attorney. Owners Paul Dean Nichols and Geraldo Gutierrez, both of Oregon City, agreed to provide more than $7,000 in restitution to 21 customers and paid $1,500 to the Department of Justice.
Amistad, which closed its doors after operating for only three months, was established by former employees of Puertas Abiertas, attorney Dale Stache of Beaverton and Cynthia Hofer of Canby, a notary public. The company advertised as a full service immigration assistance organization when, in fact, the business simply provided administrative services to Stache, a sole practioner of immigration law. Both Hofer and Stache agreed to not violate the law in the future and Hofer paid $1,000 to the Department of Justice. Stache paid $300 and agreed to end all business connections with Amistad.
Other task force accomplishments include the Department of Justice adoption of an administrative rule, which prohibits the misrepresentation of power and authority by notary publics; the establishment of the Attorney General's Spanish language consumer hotline; and the publication of immigration services fraud brochures printed in six languages, including English, Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese and Serbo-Croatian.
The brochures urge immigrants to think twice before paying for immigration advice and remind those seeking information to do the following:
Members of the Attorney General's task force include: The Mexican Consulate of Oregon, Oregon Housing and Associated Services, Community Action Agency of Yamhill County, Catholic Charities, Oregon Law Center, Inc., Immigration Counseling Service, SOAR, Centro de Servicios Para Campesinos (PCUN), Lutheran Family Service, ICS (St. Luke Catholic Church of Woodburn), Commission on Hispanic Affairs, and attorneys-at-law, Robert Donaldson, Alan Gallagher, Dick Ginsburg, and Dennis McCaffrey.
State and federal officials represented on the task force include: Governor John Kitzhaber, U.S. Senator Gordon Smith, U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer and State Senator Susan Castillo.
For more information on immigration services fraud, consumers may call the Attorney General's consumer hotline at (503) 378-4320 or (503) 229-5576 (Portland only) or write Financial Fraud/Consumer Protection, 1162 Court Street, N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310.
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Chairman Gramm, and distinguished members of this Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to testify before you about the provision of local broadcast signals to rural subscribers via direct broadcast satellite.
My name is David K. Moskowitz, and I am Senior Vice President of Legal, and General Counsel, Secretary and Director of EchoStar Communications Corporation, a Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) company based in Littleton, Colorado. EchoStar was started in 1980 as a manufacturer and distributor of C-band satellite dishes and grew by the mid-1980s into the largest supplier of C-band dishes in the world. EchoStar's founder and CEO Charlie Ergen had a vision of a dish in every home, school and business in the United States, so that we might provide true, effective competition to cable for customers nationwide. In fulfillment of that vision, we have transitioned into the small dish business and have launched five, high powered, Direct Broadcast Satellites since December 1995, with a sixth to be launched this year.
Our goal has always been to provide direct competition to cable television so subscribers might have an alternative to the high prices and historically poor service of monopoly cable companies. Last year, Congress took in my view, a tentative first step toward giving DBS the right to compete with cable on a more equal footing when it passed the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999. The success of the copyright license given in this bill will turn entirely on its implementation. If implemented properly by the FCC, the law will enable us to provide local signals into the local Designated Market Area (DMA) from which they originate for a sustained period of time (beyond the current 6-month phase-in). The lack of local signals has been the number one reason why consumers, while interested in DBS and displeased with their cable system, have decided against switching from cable to DBS. People want access to their local news, weather and sports, and the technology of satellites allows us to give them that and more.
Although my company will be able to provide over 50% of the population with their local signals, constraints on DBS capacity and prohibitively high costs make it impossible for EchoStar to carry all 1616 television stations nationwide. (1) We currently carry about 100 television broadcast stations and plan to retransmit approximately another 65 before yearend. We would like to be able to serve each of our rural subscribers with their local signals. EchoStar has a substantial number of customers in rural areas living in C & D counties, which are rural areas as defined by the Bureau of the Census.
As you seek to develop, with your colleagues in the Agriculture Committee, the best funding mechanism to support the provision of local signals to rural subscribers, we believe that the policy goals underlying this program should be clearly articulated, and the challenges and obstacles involved in its implementation addressed.
What is the Policy Goal?
Cable television passes 97% of the population nationwide.(2) If the goal of a Government Loan Guarantee is to provide access for rural subscribers to their local television stations, then only 3% of the population would need to be targeted by the loan guarantee. The larger problem, however, is the lack of competitive choice: a much more substantial percentage of Americans, particularly rural consumers, do not have a competitive choice to cable offered on a truly equal footing, even though these viewers may have access to local signals through their cable system. This situation is not satisfactory. With appropriate legislation, and vigilant implementation of the existing laws by the FCC, EchoStar can become a true choice for rural viewers, and a competitor that welcomes competition from all other sources. The rural funding mechanism should accordingly be based on the fundamental policy of ushering in, and bolstering competition to cable and all other incumbents such as the telephone companies. We believe the intention of any federal and Congressional efforts should be to provide subscribers with the same kind of competitive choices that urban and suburban dwellers could enjoy if SHVIA is properly implemented. Without such a choice, cable subscribers in rural areas will surely become victims of even deeper price gouging and poorer service by their local cable company. And the "digital divide" will deepen.
In that respect, we were disappointed to see in the final days of the last Congressional session that the criteria for loan guarantees would have made the incumbent cable and phone companies eligible. This would have allowed them to more deeply ensconce the advantage they have over consumers with no true competitive choice to cable. We believe this would be a mistake, if the ultimate policy goal is to provide equality for rural and city dwellers alike.
Technological Obstacles that Must Be Considered.
We believe one of the primary obstacles Congress faces in seeking to provide equality to rural subscribers is, ironically, the must-carry requirements passed by Congress in the last session as part of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act. No single provision of SHVIA hurts rural subscribers more. With every channel that we must carry because of that requirement, our ability to extend local programming to additional markets is reduced by one channel. While neither EchoStar nor the other DBS provider would, at this time, be able to serve the rest of the country absent the must-carry provisions of SHVIA, many, many, many more of your constituents could receive local channels without these provisions.
For EchoStar, to be more specific, the must-carry provisions of SHVIA mean we serve 33 markets instead of 60. That's the difference between 56% of the population and 72% of the population nationwide (3). When must-carry becomes effective, the additional 30 or so stations we may be required to carry in New York and Los Angeles threaten to deprive consumers in 6 television markets of an effective competitor to cable. Moreover, the additional channel space that would be freed up by not being required to carry the same Home Shopping Network channel in every market, would mean that even more unserved markets would receive their local television stations via satellite.
Must carry is a law that was imposed on cable because of its monopoly status. EchoStar is not a monopoly. Your constituents would be suffering because of a law that, in contrast with cable must-carry, does not resolve any competitive problem.
Technological Obstacles to Serving Rural Subscribers
In addition to the legal hurdles, technological issues must be addressed in the provision of any satellite service that would carry the local broadcast signals of rural areas.
Additional spectrum is necessary to carry all 1616 television stations via satellite. The FCC must identify spectrum in a
band that can be used easily in conjunction with the current DBS service, since local signals must be integrated with the
other programming offered by DBS services to be of value to rural consumers.
The FCC has proposed allocating another 500 MHz of spectrum in each direction to DBS, but has proposed to defer this allocation until 2007.(4) This is an excessively long period given the urgent need of rural consumers for competition and service. While this proposal is consistent with an International Telecommunication Union timeline for this allocation, there is no reason why the U.S. could not implement that allocation earlier for the benefit of U.S. consumers. In addition, while some of this spectrum is used by the Department of Defense, we understand that this use can be reduced or phased out substantially more quickly. Congress could direct the FCC to allocate that spectrum on a more expedited basis, subject to appropriate conditions relating to servicing rural consumers.
Assuming more DBS spectrum could be allocated for Commercial purposes, the orbital location of such a service is key. There are three, full CONUS (continental United States) locations over the United States and any satellite that plans to carry local stations for rural subscribers must have location compatibility with those satellites. This poses a dilemma for a satellite provider of rural local television stations because there is no one location for that provider that enables compatibility with both EchoStar and DirecTV.
Then there is the issue of the method of encryption a rural satellite service provider might use and its compatibility with the two main service providers. EchoStar and DirecTV have differing, proprietary, encryption formats that cannot communicate with one another. A rural local satellite service provider would either have to find a format that is technically compatible with both EchoStar and DirecTV, or choose one of us over the other. Technological advances may ultimately solve this problem. We believe any service of rural local signals should be compatible with both of the main DBS providers.
After addressing these questions, Congress should tackle the real-life question of economic feasibility that lies at the heart of determining the appropriate level and type of financial support. Subject to overcoming these legal and technical hurdles, DBS would become an excellent conduit for at last bringing local signals and competition to rural subscribers.
From EchoStar's perspective, there is the issue of whether DBS providers can expect to derive enough revenue from providing local signals in rural areas to make a return on their investment. If EchoStar could not answer this question in the affirmative, the investment community would simply refuse to finance the construction of the very expensive additional satellite capacity required to achieve this goal. Added to the satellite costs are the extremely high costs of "backhauling" the signal of each station to the satellite uplink facility. The initial cost of establishing a local loop of fiber in any given television market varies widely--from between $3,000 to $50,000 per local station, depending on the city. It costs between $120,000 and $150,000 per station, per year to maintain that feed at an average range of cost per market of between $480,000 to $600,000. It is difficult to imagine that in some of the most sparsely populated areas of the country, a provider is able to gain enough subscribers to secure a return on its investment.
We believe service to rural subscribers is an important policy goal. If Government Loan Guarantees are made available, they should not be available to cable companies seeking to further entrench their monopolies. Clearly, the aim of guaranteed loans should be to both serve unserved subscribers and provide a competitive choice for those who currently have no alternative to cable. Satellite is the most efficient method to achieve both universal service and parity for rural dwellers in their ability to have a competitive choice. There are several resource, logistical, technical and economic issues to be addressed in the building and launching of a satellite to provide local signals in rural areas and these issues must be addressed before a provider can move forward. The benefit will come in not only providing video services for rural subscribers, but in providing them with the same kinds of advanced services that, increasingly, will be available via satellite.
Thank you very much for inviting me here to testify before you today, I look forward to answering your questions.
1. FCC News Release Broadcast Station Totals as of September 30, 1999 (released November 22, 1999).
3. Nielsen Media Research, Local Market Universe Estimates For the 1999-2000 Broadcast Season,
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I wish to advise you that Environmental Products & Services Ltd., (EPAS) Manufacturer of the Award Winning GreaseShield products have terminated the Distribution arrangements with Mikael Broke and his company GreaseShield AB effective the 7th October 2014.
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Dr. Allen was the leader of my team for colon-rectal cancer in my eyes. He was swift to get things moving along, from testing to my next phase of care. He directed me to a wonderful hematologist and a radio-oncologist that were on pr with his excellence. My surgery went better than expected, as has my whole recovery.. I wish there were more like him so everyone has such a positive experience during the darkest time. I find his manner, expertise and responsible concern a cut above the rest. He is also, a beautiful surgeon. Bless his practice and life ~ for he surely gives us his all when we are in his care. 5*'s plus! I have not heard a negative word about this surgeon, but rather, his life saving abilities instead. I find his warmth and availability quite refreshing... I know the difference. I was neglected by others over the years also, so Dr. Allen comes to a patient as a god-send in an extreme time of need... bless his heart!!!! Joni
Dr. Allen was a very kind and good surgeon--very attentive. When I had some problems post-operatively, he was always very available and willing to deal with it.
He is the best of the best. I have never met anyone like him. He is so caring and goes the extra mile. Any time of day or night he has been there. It will be sad day when he retires!
Contrary to the other glowing comments here, my experience with this doctor was quite negative. He was dismissive, unconcerned, and inefficient. He insisted that I had an infection, and when he discovered that I had colorectal cancer (stage II-III), he gave my husband and me the impression that my case was not at all of importance or concern to him. He did not try to get me rapid service for further exams (CT, etc. which my oncologist insisted on, and got, almost immediately), and forgot to send reports to him. I felt as though my presence irritated him, or made him yawn, neither of which bolstered my confidence. He was uninformative, unhelpful, absolutely unsympathetic. On performing the tumor biopsy, he cut through my rectum and assured me that it would heal fine. It never did, and I have been left with permanent damage. Malpractice-- out of the question as I am now not in any state to persue this type of disagreeable experience. I recommend that patients beware.
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Petplan Dog show lights up Blackpool
Petplan, the UK's favourite pet insurance provider, has announced their sponsorship of the Blackpool dog show, which will run from the 25th – 27th June.
Blackpool has been chosen as one of the four Championship Dog Shows to host the new and improved Petplan Junior Stakes Qualifier in June 2010. Petplan hope the new format will get more people from the North West region attending the show.
Petplan's Marketing Manager Alison Andrew commented, "We are delighted to be working with the Blackpool Championship Show and want to open the event up to dog lovers from across the region by making the show easier for the general public to understand."
Petplan will be handing out booklets which will help explain the basics of dog showing, additionally, expert "guides" will be available at the venue to help newcomers and members of the public around the show, by explaining the judging system and answering questions. Petplan will also have a hospitality area at the show available to their customers.
As the only UK championship show to be featured in the New York Times, and with over 50 trade stands on display, Blackpool has become known as one of the most popular Championship shows on the UK circuit. Held in the summer in a popular holiday area, it always has a large public attendance and is well known as a local attraction, enjoying great support from the local council. It will also give visitors a chance to experience great cuisine at numerous food stalls and enjoy drinks at the licensed bar as well as plenty of car parking facilities.
Secretary Steve Hall said, "The Officers and Committee of Blackpool Championship Show are delighted to be one of the four selected General Championship Shows to host the fully revamped Petplan Junior Stakes. Particularly we like the forward thinking of this Petplan team, with a more even spread of competitors competing in the final as never before. The Petplan presence and promotion hopefully will be second to none for a UK general championship show."
The Petplan Junior stakes qualifiers will be at Southern Counties, Scottish Kennel Club and the City of Birmingham with the final being held in Manchester in 2011.
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The Serenity House is a non-profit recovery home for women, not connected to any state, county or city funding. Serenity House is supported entirely by private donations and rent from its residents.
The Serenity House helps women who want to continue on their journey of recovery from alcohol or drug abuse, providing a sober, drug-free transitional home in which they can begin a new life and attain fulfilling, long-term sobriety.
We are located in a beautiful, residential neighborhood in Torrance. To ensure privacy, there is no outside signage that identifies Serenity house as a recovery home.
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Whoopi Goldberg Makes Her Comic Pitch To DiDio And Quesada [Video] [NYCC 2013]
Anyway you look at it, Whoopi Goldberg has had an incredibly successful and varied career in entertainment (homegirl EGOTed, ya'll). But for some folks, her most recognizable role will forever be as Guinan from Star Trek: The Next Generation, so it seemed perfectly natural that she'd attend last weekend's New York Comic Con. But Goldberg wasn't there to bask in Next Gen fan love. Rather, the award winning actress, and co-host on The View, was on the con floor pitching her idea for a comic.
She got advice from a few celebrities in attendance -- Ronald D. Moore, Seth Green, Clare Grant, Kevin Smith, and Kristin Baur van Straten, among others -- and made her pitch to DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan DiDio and Marvel Chief Creative Office Joe Quesada.


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Scarsdale real estate executive Bob Cohen is launching a Republican challenge to Suzi Oppenheimer, the Democratic senator seeking her 14th term in the state's 37th district.
Cohen, 55, runs a real estate and construction company in Manhattan and has been a volunteer in the Scarsdale fire department for 17 years. The state's 37th senate district covers parts of New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, Rye, Harrison, White Plains, Scarsdale, Ossining, New Castle and North Castle.
Cohen is going to kick off his campaign at 11:15 a.m. Saturday at the Scarsdale Public Library. More info about him is available on his campaign Web site.


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Samarcand Manor
Samarcand Manor, officially the State Home and Industrial School for Girls, was a humane correctional institution for young women established near Eagle Springs by the North Carolina state legislature in 1918. The purpose of the school was to reclaim and train delinquent girls by providing a "homelike place where those who have fallen may find temporary shelter, and under a firm yet kind discipline, begin to live morally." The school, built on 230 acres in Samarcand (named for the Muslim city conquered by Alexander the Great that served as his empire's seat of learning and culture), was one of the first institutions of its type in the South. The original clients were young girls or women who had been convicted of being prostitutes, vagrants, or habitual drunkards or who were guilty of any misdemeanor suggesting that they were "not virtuous." There were no definite terms, but the clients could not be held more than three years and were to be released on good behavior.
Agnes B. MacNaughton became Samarcand's first superintendent, and by 1919 more than 200 women between the ages of 10 and 30 had arrived. In the 1920s the daily program emphasized Bible study, manners, cleanliness, music, nature, and sports in addition to the regular academic subjects. The girls also received vocational training in sewing, weaving, canning, laundry work, and poultry and dairying activities. The program stressed self-reliance and pride in one's work. Between 1928 and 1930 a total of 296 girls were admitted, most between the ages of 12 and 16. By 1930 Samarcand had a hospital and an accredited high school.
In 1931, 16 Samarcand inmates set fire to two dorms and were charged with arson, then a capital crime. While awaiting trial, the girls burned their jail cells. Eight of the 12 involved were eventually sent to prison. Samarcand survived this notorious 1931 incident and other difficulties but was unable to withstand the financial strains of the Great Depression and the siphoning off of staff during World War II. In 1974 the state changed the name of the institution to Samarcand Manor and placed it under the purview of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Youth Division. Samarcand became one of five state training schools designed to rehabilitate delinquent children (both male and female) between the ages of 10 and 17. The school shifted its emphasis to treatment and therapy. In the early 2000s Samarcand had approximately 190 clients (40 females and 150 males) and 210 staff members.
Ida Briggs Henderson, "The Work at Samarcand," The State (4 Apr. 1936).
Lisbeth Parrott, "Samarcand Opens Door of Hope to 1,000th Girl in Tenth Year," Raleigh News and Observer, 7 Oct. 1928.
Samarcand Manor: 50th Anniversary, 1918-1968 (1968).
Additional Resources:
State Home and Industrial School for Girls (Samarcand, N.C.). Biennial report of the Board of Directors and Superintendent of the State Home and Industrial School for Girls, Samarcand Manor, Samarcand, N.C. Samarcand, N.C. [N.C.]: The School. 1926-1938. http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/4894 (accessed May 24, 2013).
"Samarcand." N.C. Highway Historical Marker K-34, N.C. Office of Archives & History. http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&k=Markers&sv=K-34
McLaurin, Melton Alonza, and Russell, Anne. The Wayward Girls of Samarcand: A true story of the American South. Wilmington, N.C.: Bradley Creek Press. 2012.
Steelman, Ben. "Review - McLaurin, Russell write a gripping yarn." StarNews Media. July 8, 2012. http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20120708/articles/120709845
Gilkeson, Florence. "Samarkand Makes Case to Stay Open." ThePilot.com. September 24, 2009. #
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Samarcand Building, 1926. Image courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina, call #: N_98_9_187.
"Playtime, children on the wagon." Image courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina, call #: N_98_9_188.
"Our Three Youngest." Image courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina, call#: N_98_9_189.
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I was told this place may be
I was told this place may be haunted, please advise does anyone have the history to this or where one can look up the history on it.
Hi, Jackie.
Hi, Jackie.
Thank you for your question. I was not able to find any lore along these lines about Samarcand Manor.
Mike Millner, NC Government & Heritage Library
I think a lot of these
I think a lot of these comments that are bad or coming from people that had problems prior to go in there. And probably will always have problems. That poor old me thing. I know people that is had a good life and they act that way. I was a very angry and trouble child I went there and I didn't get nothing in return but love. My house parents were wonderful got to play in the pool and have fun where I never had that my whole childhood. So if people are judging by the remarks that are being made please don't go by what these people are saying because it wasn't a bad place believe me my life was bad before I went there. Going hungry then go hungry there had a bed to sleep in didn't have a bed to sleep in when I was at home. Got treated like crap at home got some good there so please people don't put bad comments just to get attention because it's wrong making a place like that look bad when it wasn't.
Some of this stuff that
that place was like a little orphanage it wasn't bad at all has swimming pool privileges impact privileges you play pool and all kind of stuff and I was a bad child I got sent there from running away really running away and it wouldn't nobody treated me bad
I was there in 89.
I was there in 89.
I was in irland cottage. The start with after I got out of new beginnings.
Then went to New Horizons before I went home .
I was in a bodybuilding contest there and won 3rd place in my decision. I wish I could get that tap !
They told me once I got out I could come back and get it .
I never knew it would ever close .
Smh , I'm afraid I'll never see that tap . I was 15yrs old . I worked so hard for that trophy in my room . :( I wish I could go back to those days knowing what I know now .
I did kinda like this place
I did kinda like this place call me stupid if you want to BUT it was a whole lot better place to live than where I came from. I sister was there too her name was Peggy
Please let me know if you are
Please let me know if you are out there LIZ I miss you!! Addie 1966 graduate
Anyone still alive that was
Anyone still alive that was there over 50 years ago?? Well I am graduated in 1966
Thank God that we're still
Thank God that we're still alive.
I was there when I was about 12 or 13 years old; I'm 62 now. I still have an 'Honor Pin' that I received while there.
I remember being an escorts for the other girls around the campus. A lot was learned and utilized even to this very day. Thank you to all of the folks there at Samarcand that helped me during that time of need in my life.
Please I'd like to hear from anyone that might remember me from that time.
I was there when I was 12 . I
I was there when I was 12 . I can't remember what Cottage I was in but it was all girls at the bottom of the hill. He goes to impact play pool remember I won third place in the softball throw remember swimming in the pool with a real good friend named Connie she was a 9blonde hair green eyed beautiful girl older than me. And one of the cottage parents was named Miss heel she was a black woman and she was so nice. I'm 52 now and all I could do when I was there was try to run away. Oh yeah and I remember having a teacher he had a glass eye and his name was mr. Horsley. Anyone remember him.
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THE sister of convicted killer Daniel Martin has refuted claims she altered her story to cover her brother's back.
Sarah Martin told a court today she "would not alibi her brother" when she's the mother to three children.
Earlier this year, Daniel Martin admitted the manslaughter of 52-year-old Andrew Heath who was found dead following an arson attack at his flat in Chedworth Close, Warndon, Worcester in the early hours of December 14, 2011.
Sarah, her mother Teresa Martin, and Sarah's partner Matthew Davies are currently facing trial at Birmingham Crown Court charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to the investigation.
Giving evidence, Sarah Martin was accused of tailoring her version of events by saying she woke her brother up to go and look at the aftermath of the fire.
The court was told that her mother, who lived with Daniel Martin in Rodborough Close, Warndon, wanted Sarah to keep an eye on him as she believed he was using cocaine.
"I was being nosey and went out in the street," said Sarah Martin, having been woken by the commotion outside Mr Heath's nearby flat around 5.30am that morning.
"A lot of people were out there that morning.
"Matt (her partner) always moans at me for being a gossip. I knew he would not be interested (in going outside to see what was happening).
"But I thought Danny would want to know."
In police interview she said she thought she would pop round to check on Danny at that time instead of going during the school run.
She says she left her Rodborough Drive home to wake her brother, a point queried under cross examination.
"There is no need to take him out into the street is there," said prosecutor Gareth Evans.
"What is the need to wake him?
"In truth, you didn't go and wake up Danny, because he was already out.
"You are doing your best to help him.
"And why didn't you call your mum at work to tell her Danny was ok?"
She replied saying her mum would have got into trouble for using her phone at work.
"If he was really ill I would have called her. But because he was ok, I didn't see the need.
"She was ringing me at 7am anyway so I would tell her then.
"And I would not alibi my brother.
"My children always come first. Why would I lie?"
No motive for the attack has ever been disclosed and Daniel Martin is expected to be sentenced at a later date.
Earlier in the case, Mr Evans said Teresa Martin claimed her son was at her home until at least 4.30am on the morning of the fire.
But Mr Evans said it is accepted the fire was lit by Daniel Martin at 3.30am.
The jury is expected to retire tomorrow.


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ELMHURST — Two men were arrested Tuesday for allegedly assaulting two women with a bike seat and a brick, the Queens district attorney said.
Raul Baltazar, 26, of 74th Street in Elmhurst, was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment in Queens Criminal Court a day after he threw the seat at a woman, according to the DA. Roberto Motesta, 25, was charged with the same counts and reckless endangerment for throwing a brick at another woman at the same location, the DA said.
Around 6:45 p.m., Baltazar and Motesta got into an argument with the women outside a home on 92nd Street and 37th Avenue when they threw the projectiles at their legs, according to the criminal complaint. The victims suffered bruises and lacerations to their legs, according to the criminal complaint.
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London (Mar. 2)
Jewish circles here are indignant over an anti-Semitic "lecture" delivered by Waclaw Sledzinski, a Polish journalist who claims that he left Poland recently, in which he alleged that 7,000 Jews are employed by the Gestapo.
The "lecturer" discussed the Jewish situation in Nazi-held Poland in a manner hostile to the Jews, citing "facts" which contradict well-verified reports issued here by the Polish Government-in-Exile.
Jewish leaders here today also complained that promotions of Jewish chaplains in the Polish Army are not keeping pace with those of the Catholic chaplains. There are now seven Jewish chaplains in the Polish armed forces. Two of them are in Britain and five are stationed in the Middle East.