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November ... already ... OMG! This year has really flown by!
Recent events have shaken the lives of thousands ... and I find myself thinking how awful it must be for them ... and how fortunate I am.
Hurricane Sandy recently hit with devistating impact on the East Coast ... and my heart goes out to all of those who were in it's path ... it's going to be an enormous job to rebuild ... the pics I've seen on-line of the carnage it left ... almost surreal! Same feeling I had after Katrina!
Sad for those who've lost homes ... and loved ones ... and businesses ... starting over after such a tumultuous loss will take strength & courage ... may God give them both!
Here ... all we got was wind & rain ... very heavy at times ... and some flooding ... but nothing close to the Coast. The wind took down a lot of trees ... and one lady in Toronto perished after being hit by a sign that hit her! It has pretty much dispensed all the leaves from the trees ... and those awesome fall colours now lay in heaps on the ground. Now it's so dreary ... grey tones ... cold & damp ... need something to break up the monotany!
It's the little things ... like changing your blog look ... that can add a bit of cheer to your day ... especially when you actually can find time to do it!
Staffing challenges at work have forced me to resort to having to "think outside the box" so to speak ... split shifts have become my norm ... but at least it's keeping things on an even keel. The hardest part has been trying to take time off! I still have a week of holiday time to take ... and just no way to take it all in one shot ... so have resorted to three-day weekends off instead!
It's a change ... and a rest ... so I am taking what I can get for now ... and glad for it!
This will be a busy month for me ... both kids have birthdays ... Melanie on the 13th (and ya ... she was born on a Friday) ... then Tim on the 21st!
In between .... DH & I have tickets to a concert ... Gordon Lightfoot ... at Massey Hall in Toronto ... on November 16th! I saw him there once before ... over 25 years ago ... and he was awesome!
The tickets are courtesy of Tim & Mel ... a joint Mothers Day/Fathers Day gift ... very thoughtful!
Both Paul & I love his music ... he is a Canadian music legend ... a real troubador ... grass roots folk songs ... and one awesome performer.
The first song that comes to mind ... that I hope he does ... is "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
"The legend lives on from the Chippewa down of the big lake they call Gitchi Gumi
Superior it's said never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early.
With a load of iron ore 26000 tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty.
That good ship & crew were a bone to be chewed when the gales of November came slashing "
It is a song about an actual historic event ... a ship that sank on Lake Superior (one of my favourite lakes) many many years ago.
"In a rustic old hall in Detroit they prayed... in the Maritimes Sailors Cathedral.
The church bell chimed till it rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
They might have split up or the might have capsized ... they may have broke deep & took water.
But all that remains are the faces and the names of the wives & the sons & the daughters."
Second fave to that would be "The Canadian Railway Trilogy" ... it documents the creation of the CNR ... Canadian National Railway ...which connected the country from sea to sea. It was an awesome feat of engineering ... constructed over years of hard labour through severe landscapes by immigrant workers who pretty much worked for "a dollar a day and a roof for my head". Many of them perished creating it.
There was a time in this fair land
When the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains
Stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and
Long before the wheel
When the green dark forests were
Too silent to be real.
The last line of the song is a tribute to those who made it happen ... not to mention the most haunting!
"And many are the dead men ... too silent ... to be real!"
Paul told me that he actually had to write a paper in high school about this song ... and specifically about what he thought about that line ... it was definitely something to think about!
Hugs ... Marie
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Sunday, November 4, 2012
A Change Is As Good As A Rest!
Posted by Marie Alton at 6:38 PM
2 comments:
- Linda H said...
Oooooh, lucky you to be seeing Gordie L. I love his music too. I sang in a group in my early 20's, we did a lot of his music. I'll be thinking of you on concert night... :)
- November 4, 2012 at 10:35 PM
- Marie Alton said...
Linda ... How cool!
You know I'll give a full review after the concert!
Funny ... if you noticed ... I had to go back in and edit some of the words ... thought I had them commited to memory ... and as I was drifting off to sleep ... realized a couple of them were wrong! Almost went back down to change them ... but figured it could wait.
- November 5, 2012 at 10:26 PM
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Q: How will the state tax incentives and tax cuts in the recently passed "Jobs Bill" make our State more competitive?
CW: Incentives have been a way of life in economic development for 40 years. The use of Industrial Revenue Bonds in the Southeast started in Mississippi back in the 1970s and Kentucky's win of Toyota's first U.S. manufacturing facility in 1984 using a combination of state and local incentives opened the door to what is now a common practice throughout the U.S. The recently passed "Jobs Bill" is a giant step forward for Arizona on being able to compete on a national and in some cases, an international level for new investment.
Some components, such as the Governor's Fund, are a start, but when you compare our $25M fund to the initial funding of Texas' Enterprise Fund at $295M, you get the idea how level the playing field is out there. The real value to making Arizona competitive was in the areas of commercial property taxes decreasing, tax exemptions increasing for business equipment and job-creation tax incentives replacing Arizona's enterprise zone program.
Companies evaluating new locations are not looking for reasons to come to a community but are looking for reasons to eliminate locations from the site location process. This legislation just makes us competitive, but does not make us the clear-cut choice. There is still much we still have to do to obtain that goal.
DW: Hats off to the Legislature and the governor for making Arizona more competitive. Arizona's leaders sent a clear message to business in our state looking to expand and those companies both national and international looking to create new opportunities in Arizona. By Arizona reducing the overall tax burden on business those dollars drop straight to the bottom line allowing business to redeploy those dollars in human capital, research and development and technology.
Q: Is the furor over immigration policies still creating an image problem for the state?
CW: Yes. I was recently in Georgia where they enacted legislation that was referred to in the local press as "Arizona's SB 1070 on steroids." Arizona is still considered the "birthplace" for this type of legislation. Having said that, I do think it is not as big of an issue as it was last year when Gov. Brewer signed it into law. During the recent MLB All-Star Game, the issue was not much more than a side bar story. What creates an image problem for Arizona is when something happens that gives cause to putting the state in the national spotlight.
The most recent issue involved a handgun incident at the Legislature. My point is that Arizona's image problem is not limited to just one issue or incident. It's a puzzle and every time we put a new piece in place, it gives cause for Arizona's image to be re-examined and all the past incidents are in the spotlight again. Is this important? All I can say is when I was trying to relocate industry from Arizona to Georgia, the furor over Martin Luther King Day was an embarrassment to some business owners and it led them to move their businesses out of state.
SB: I think Arizona's immigration policies have quieted down to some degree, however, with the recall effort for Sen. (Russell) Pearce, it seems the opponents of SB1070 are trying to keep the issues in the forefront to keep giving the state a bad rep to put pressure on repealing the law.
With Alabama and Georgia enacting similar legislation, some of the national attention has died down and I believe these states have validated the Arizona law. I do have out-of-state clients that have asked me to put language in contracts that make sure we handle the immigration law issues because they do not understand it. I do think the law enforcement officials have done a superb job of enforcing the law without the racial profiling aspect that the opponents feared the most.
DW: People have moved on. Positives for the state like the "Jobs Bill" and the MLB All-Star Game have moved the general public beyond the issue.


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Nick Symmonds, who'll compete in the 800-meter race at the London Games, figures he has a right to bear an ad on his bare shoulder.
It already seems like a cliche to call the upcoming London Games the first social media Olympics. And with it will come new questions over the old issue of how much independence Olympic athletes have to market themselves.
In January, Symmonds auctioned off the right to put a small temporary tattoo on his left shoulder. Hanson Dodge a Milwaukee ad firm, got it for $11,100 -- and used the skin space for its Twitter address. He covers the ad when he races, but it's otherwise visible -- as he wants it to be in London.
And Symmonds sounds ready to push the line, or maybe cross it, as he tellsStuart Elliott of The New York Times: "This is the first real social media Games and it's going to be a feel-it-as-you-go-along type of thing. It will be interesting to see how (Olympic officials) monitor 10,000 athletes' social media accounts. I feel I can represent my country and also run a successful business."
The International Olympic Committee does have social media guidelines which warn against any social media usage that is for "commercial and/or advertising purposes."
Symmonds tells the Times he won't appear in Hanson Dodge webisodes during the July 18-August 18 blackout period when athletes cannot appear in ads for firms that aren't Olympic sponsors. But he wants to use his shoulder as display space in London.
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He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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There were many concerned faces prior to the school board's Jan. 21 decision to delay the closure of Arcadia Consolidated School. TINA COMEAU PHOTO
By Tina Comeau
UPDATED 11:15 p.m. Tuesday: Arcadia Consolidated School will still close. But it won't close at the end of this school year as the Tri-County Regional School Board had planned.
Based on a decision made at the board's Jan. 21 meeting, there is no longer any definitive date attached to when the elementary school will close. Instead, the school will be part of the planning process to determine how many students will attend a new elementary school in Yarmouth, and where those students will come from.
It is known that students from Central and South Centennial will attend the new school, but whether students from Arcadia School will attend as well is unknown at this point.
If it is decided that all of students from Arcadia School will attend Plymouth School, then the school board will at some point in the future again announce the timeframe for closure of Arcadia School.
If it is decided that some or all of the students will attend a new elementary school, than Arcadia School won't close until the new elementary school opens its door.
Part of the reason for the latter is to avoid a situation outlined by school board member Ron Hines, who said if Arcadia School were to close before it is decided what students would attend a new elementary school, it could mean some lower elementary grade students from Arcadia School might have to attend two more different schools before graduating from Grade 6.
"I don't believe that's a good educational process," he said.
Hines still said the school board cannot afford to keep two schools, partially filled and located five minutes apart, both open – referring to Arcadia and Plymouth schools.
But he also said he feels it is a reasonable choice to keep Arcadia School open for time being until there is more certainty as to where students will attend school in the future.
"I think the board should listen to the community in this matter," he said.
Hines is the one that brought a notice of motion to the board table, asking board members to reconsider a prior motion concerning the closure of Arcadia School.
With the majority of board members deciding to delay the closure of the school, it also means proposed school boundaries – that have been controversial since first made public in October – are on hold. The proposed boundaries were drawn up by senior board staff and were to have been voted on at the Jan. 21 meeting.
Instead, school catchments will be revisited again in the future where more concrete facts are known on where students will be attending school.
Board member Dolores Atwood supported the decision to delay the Arcadia School closure. She also said that, in her opinion, the fact that another school is located five minutes away is not a relevant argument for closing a school as there are so many more factors to consider.
One thing many in the public have criticized the school board for is making decisions without knowing, or laying out, what all of the repercussions of the decisions would be.
Atwood also touched on this, questioning if when the school board made the decision to close schools in March 2013, whether as board members they really knew what the full impact of their decisions would be.
"Did we have all the options?" she asked. "Do we, as a board, feel the same way about our decision today as we did in March?"
One board member suggested this isn't the case.
"I think I may have made a mistake, I'll take my own responsibility for that," said board member Andy Baxter about his decision to close Arcadia School and move students elsewhere. He said there's more information available now that might have caused him to make a different decision last year.
He also said he assumed that former Arcadia School students going to Plymouth School would continue to attend Maple Grove and the Yarmouth high school, but the proposed boundaries were suggesting otherwise, saying those students would go to Drumlin instead. That was something he hadn't expected to see happen.
There was a recorded vote and nearly all of the board members in attendance voted in favour of delaying the closure of Arcadia School.
The one board member who didn't support this decision was Elizabeth Acker, who said as difficult as it was she had to put funding ahead of passion. Acknowledging the decision to close Arcadia School was a difficult one for her, she said delaying the closure doesn't mean the school won't close eventually. Rather, she said, it will continue to strain board finances. Closing the school at the end of this school year, she said, would free up much needed funding for the school board.
"That's not what the parents want to hear, that's not what the community wants to hear," said Acker. "But we are charged with dealing with the funding that we are given from the government to make it fair (for all students)."
Acker stressed that the operational costs of Arcadia are equal to three teacher positions. She also said there would be more savings in areas of custodial and administration by closing the school.
"Often times our motto 'Students first' has been used by the public for accusing us of not putting their students first. That motto should say all students. It's not just the students of one school, it's the students of all schools that the Tri-County board is in charge of," said Acker. "To continue to keep that school open next year, we talk about teachers, we talk about program support, resources for the students, I think we're doing an injustice to all of our Tri-County students."
Board member Joan Brewer, who voted in support of delaying the closure of Arcadia School, asked the board's operations director if there is a cost associated with closing Arcadia School. The board's director of operations Steven Stoddart said there will costs involved because of infrastructure work required at Plymouth, that, among other things, will involve changes to the bus loop and moving playground equipment.
"I haven't done the cost estimate on that yet, but the costs could be considerable," he said.
All the more reason to hold off on closing Arcadia School said Ron Hines, who questioned how the board would even know what changes are needed when it doesn't know where displaced Arcadia School students will be attending class.
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Oldham have completed the signing of Bolton defender Dean Holden on a free transfer.
Holden played 27 times for the Latics this season during a long-term loan from the Premiership club.
The defender has signed a three-year deal.
"There is a sell-on-clause for any future transfers but I am delighted with the way Bolton have handled the negotiations and obviously it's a great deal for us," said Oldham chief executive Alan Hardy.
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Can the electability argument attract those who had their hearts set on more right-wing rivals?
Hillary Clinton's campaign ran aground on the shallow shoals of "electability," and now Romney's yacht has done the same.
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The area of policy you most care about is Y. Do you worry more about ideological purity or electability?
To win here, a presidential candidate must mix ideology with electability.
Romney won among those who placed the most emphasis on electability in November.
The Republican Party is too fixated on this fiction of electability.
Such is the chaos that ensues when a movement that is driven by passion starts grappling with the imperative of electability.


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A man arrested Sunday in connection with online murder and other threats that were remotely routed through innocent people's computers may have originated the messages from PCs at a company where he had been dispatched by his employer.
The threats led to four people being arrested by mistake.
A joint investigation team, including Metropolitan Police Department officers, seized PCs and other equipment from the company in Minato Ward, Tokyo, sources said Monday.
The suspect, Yusuke Katayama, who has been employed by an information technology firm in Shinagawa Ward since 2008, was dispatched to the Minato Ward company as a computer programmer, the sources said without naming the companies.
Katayama, a Tokyo resident, was arrested Sunday for posting a message with a threat to commit mass murder at a manga event in Tokyo. The message was posted on an Internet forum last Aug. 9 using a remotely controlled virus-infected PC belonging to a firm in Nagoya.
The police turned Katayama, 30, over to prosecutors Monday.
Last year, police arrested four people after online murder and assault threats were sent from their PCs. But the four were later freed and given apologies after it was determined their PCs were infected with a remotely controlled virus that sent out the threats without their knowledge. The police now suspect Katayama was behind all of those cases.
According to the sources, the PCs seized from the Minato Ward company contained tell-tale signs indicating that Tor software, which enables online anonymity, was used many times.
Tor software was used when the online threats were posted in the wrongful arrest cases. Police have also confiscated PCs from Katayama's home.


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E. Coli 0157:H7 (cont.)
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD
Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.
Jay W. Marks, MD
Jay W. Marks, MD, is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist. He graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
In this Article
- E. coli facts
- What is E. coli
- What is E. coli bacteria infection?
- What is E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria?
- Is E. coli 0157:H7 contagious?
- 25 symptoms of E. coli 0157:H7 infection
- What kind of doctor(s) treat E. coli 0157:H7 infections?
- How is an E. coli 0157:H7 infection diagnosed?
- What is the treatment for E. coli 0157:H7?
- What are the complications of infection with E. coli 0157:H7?
- How do people contract E. coli 0157:H7 infections?
- E. coli 0157:H7 and prevention of outbreaks
- Other enterohemorrhagic E. coli strains (for example, 0145, 026:H11, 0104:H4 and 0121)
- Summer Food Safety FAQs
Other enterohemorrhagic E. coli strains (for example, 0145, 026:H11, 0104:H4 and 0121)
Most enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC or STEC) infections were thought to be variants of strain 0157:H7, but this has been shown not to be the situation. Apparently, many other serotypes such as 0145 can acquire the plasmid that is responsible for the synthesis of Shiga (Vero) toxin, and thus can produce disease almost identical to disease symptoms produced by 0157:H7 in infected humans. Just like the 0157:H7 strains, these other E. coli serotypes can cause outbreaks of bloody diarrhea with hemorrhagic colitis that can become complicated by hemolytic uremia.
In 2011, an outbreak in Germany began due to E. coli 0104:H4 due to contamination of sprouts. The outbreak was extensive as over 4000 people in 16 countries became infected. There is some consideration that this strain (and others) may be grouped together as a new EEC group in the future.
Although EHEC strains can be transmitted person to person and on or in contaminated food, the source for the 0145 strain outbreak that has occurred in several states (California, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee) was never identified by the CDC.
Another strain, E. coli 0121, caused an outbreak in 19 states in the U.S.; it was traced to contaminated Farm Rich brand of frozen foods.
These serotypes produce essentially the same type of disease as 0157:H7 and are diagnosed and treated in the same manner. Consequently, the previous sections use 0157:H7 as the prototypic EHEC so for all practical purposes, it represents all the EHEC serotypes.
"E. coli (escherichia coli)." Updated Jan 07, 2015.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Reports of Selected E. coli Outbreak Investigations."
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Hitch and go safely this harvest season
Each harvest season some loaded wagons go into the ditch due to an inability of the towing vehicle and braking system to control the load.
There are a number of reasons that these loads go out of control, according to Mark Hanna and Chuck Schwab, Iowa State University Extension agricultural engineers.
"First, some drivers who offer to help reduce the harvest rush are not experienced with towing loads," said Hanna.
Another contributing factor is that the number of choices and sizes of farm equipment has increased dramatically over the past several years, making it a challenge to match the right towing equipment with the right wagon.
Pickup trucks have become a popular choice to pull grain wagons and are often used to tow loads that are too big. "One of the reasons people like to use trucks instead of tractors is to return wagons faster to the field," said Hanna. "But they need to stop and think about whether the truck can control the loaded wagon and be able to stop adequately."
Schwab said one hazard when using trucks is the brake capacity is not suitable for heavy loads. "Even when the brakes are applied, the vehicle will still be moving forward because it is overloaded, especially when going down a hill."
The two men offer these tips for matching the right towing equipment with the right load.
When towing grain wagons without brakes drivers should:
When towing grain wagons with brakes drivers should:
Also make sure to check that:
For more information on farm safety, visit the Iowa State University Extension Farm Safety Site.
This article originally appeared on page 114 of the IC-492(20) -- September 13, 2004 issue.
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X-Factor Premieres [VIDEOS]
The new Simon Cowell show 'The X-Factor' premiered on FOX. The singing competition is open to anyone 12 or older. Solo artists, duos and groups are also allowed. The winner not only receives 500 million bucks but they also get to appear in a Pepsi commercial during the Super Bowl. How cool is that!
13 year old Rachel Crow kicked off the show when she auditioned in front of not only the 4 judges, including Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, but a jam packed audience. She was feisty, funny and she could sing. Check out her audition


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MOON ALERT We have the all clear to do business and make important decisions. The new moon in Cancer occurs at 3:08 a.m.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Power struggles with a parent or a boss are likely. Domestic squabbles might also take place. Tonight, small appliances might break down or minor breakages could occur. Ouch! It's one of those days. Stay flexible.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
It's easy to get into arguments, especially with siblings, neighbours and relatives. This is because you are obsessed about something. You want to have your own way. You might feel you are right, and therefore, you can't back down.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
Compulsive feelings about financial matters could put you at odds with someone. Perhaps you're determined to buy something? Perhaps you're determined to handle something you own in a certain way? Take a quick check to see if you're being reasonable. Hmm?
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Emotional outbursts with others might take place. This could be due to jealousy or feeling miffed about something. Hopefully, it will pass quickly. (Try drinking lots of water.) Remember: anger has no function except to make everyone miserable.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Your desire to improve things at work or improve your health might make you obsessed about something. This could be private, behind the scenes or something secretive. Nevertheless, for your own sake, lighten up.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
A nasty confrontation with a female might take place. It most likely will be in a group situation, but not necessarily. Try not to make a big deal about things. When the annals of history are written, will all this really matter? Get things in perspective.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Although you are an excellent debater, you don't like arguments. You especially do not like public arguments. With this in mind, be as diplomatic as possible when dealing with authority figures because things could go sideways in a New York minute. Patience is your ally.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues. People will be heated about these issues and logic will be thrown out the window. Therefore, what's the point of arguing? You can't reason people out of an unreasonable point of view because reason never got them there in the first place.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
You might have quarrels about money, inheritances, shared property, taxes, debt or different values with someone. Avoid this if you can. Optimism is a survival issue for you. You need positive vibes, and certainly, not arguments. Do yourself a favour and jog in the other direction.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
It is the perfect day to demonstrate grace under pressure when talking partners and close friends. Why? Because a nasty argument could easily break out. And what's the point of that? Now you will be at odds with a loved one. Grrr. But if you demonstrate that the Capricorn patience, no worries.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Do your best to get along with co-workers because snarky little comments or minor hissy fits will not promote your cause. In fact, quite the opposite. (Plus you have to work with these people in the future.) Therefore, no matter how strongly you feel about an issue, drop it. Be cool.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Parents should be patient with children because everyone is slightly crazy and obsessed about something, including you. Therefore, don't pull heavy power plays because you're the adult. Appreciate that young people or your kids will be insistent about something.
Writer/director/producer J. J. Abrams (1966) shares your birthday. You are determined and focused. You have a disciplined willpower that allows you to overcome tough odds or obstacles in your way. You are protective to family and loved ones; and also convincing and persuasive. This year ahead is a test for you. It's a time of growth. Work to build or construct something, but avoid major changes. Do not act yet.


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Since the Democrats passed Obamacare in 2010, there's been more confusion than clarity, and the least informed are those who are supposed to benefit most. With little time left until implementation begins, we hear about a massive advertising campaign with profound consequences for every American — directly or indirectly. Also, the Afghan peace talks are torpedoed by a flag, and a Boston jury is looking at grisly evidence of multiple murders as witnesses testify against 83-year old Whitey Bulger, one of America's 10 Most Wanted for 16 years.
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Scott Ian was born in Queens, New York on the last day of 1963 to a Jewish family. He has a younger brother Jason and a Half-brother Sean. Ian attended High School in 1981. He began to listen to bands like KISS, Black Sabbath, and Judas Priest. Scott also got into what was called the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Scott is the rhythm guitarist in his band Anthrax that he founded in 1981. Scott is engaged to Pearl Ady.
As a founding member of Anthrax, Ian's inspiration on the band AC/DC and Angus Young, and he said"When we started Anthrax, Angus was my absolute inspiration". And helped to contribute and grow the Thrash-metal genre in the Mid-80's with Megadeth, Slayer, Metallica. Ian came up with the idea to crossover with rap legends Public Enemy in 1991, and built a foundation to rap/rock genre. After covering the song "Bring The Noise" by Public Enemy, Ian made a doorway for the bands Rage Against The Machine, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, and Linkin Park.


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New York City -- J. Crew is seeking $1.85 billion of debt to help fund its $3 billion buyout by TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners LP.
Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group are arranging a $1 billion seven-year term loan, $600 million in senior unsecured notes and a $250 million five-year asset-based revolving line of credit, according to a commitment letter attached to a regulatory filing, Bloomberg reported.
TPG and Leonard Green will finance their acquisition with a combined equity investment of up to $1.2 billion, according to a separate regulatory filing. Fort Worth, Texas-based TPG will invest up to $853 million of equity, while Los Angeles-based Leonard Green will contribute up to $317 million, the filing said.


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Travel Stories
Visions of China: The Silk Route by Train
by ANDY ALPINE
The Silk Road. The words conjure images of camel caravans laden with exotic goods as they trudge from Asia Minor to bazaars within the Great Wall of China. The desert sand is hot, the sun undulating. Gold glints in its powerful rays. A fairytale view maybe, but mine.
In the Fall of 2000, I traced the Silk Road for 21 days with Toronto-based Conference World Tours (CWT) � not by camel, but aboard a luxurious train aptly named �The China Orient Express.� The original train was built in the 1950s in Germany and serviced the Beijing-to-Moscow route.
A Railway Revival
After falling into disrepair, the train was refurbished in the 1970s and served China�s political elite (spending most of its time in a railway hangar in Beijing) until 1988, when intrepid traveler (and CWT owner) Maria Flannery convinced China Rail to further renovate the train for Western comfort. Flannery led her first group of Silk Road travelers aboard the China Orient Express in 1990.
The original Silk Road, which eventually stretched from Eastern China to the Mediterranean, was first traversed by Chang Ch�ien, a Chinese diplomat sent on a mission across Central Asia in 138 b.c. by the Emperor Han Wu Ti. Upon his return after 12 years and many adventures (captured twice, married once, fathering several kids), Ch�ien reported on 36 kingdoms that had previously been unknown to his people. These included the realms of Ferghana, Samar-kand, Bokhara � places that are today in Pakistan and Uzbekistan, plus a city called Li Kun, which many believe to have been Rome.
Fables of Ferghana
Ch�ien told stories of powerful horses (the famous Ferghana horse, rumored to be of �heavenly� stock) and treasures in these mysterious lands to the west. While textiles (of which just a small portion was silk), precious metals, ivory, furs and weapons were later traded along the route, the Ferghanas were what instigated the return, since horses offered one of the main tactical advantages in the warfare of the time. A second expedition was sent in 115 b.c., and the Silk Road was born.
The Road to Buddha
Most significantly, the route connected China to the belief systems and religious arts of India, Central Asia and the Middle East. Buddhism, until that time practiced only in India, was integrated into the culture, revolutionizing Chinese life. The Buddhist art and culture that flowed into China along the Silk Road would provide the focus for our own adventure aboard the China Orient Express.
John MacGreagor, a professor of the psychology of art, presented nightly lectures and slide shows, sparking our enthusiasm for what we would see the following day. MacGreagor�s passion for Chinese poetry, sculpture and painting, as well as his appreciation for the nuances of art, made us admire the treasures even more.
The train served as our mobile hotel for the entire trip. It was truly beautiful, with mahogany and red-lacquered walls, two dining cars, and a full bar-lounge car. Air-conditioned throughout, it featured compartments with comfortable bunk beds, a table, salon chair, and a large window from which to marvel at passing vistas. To add to the sumptuous feeling on board, we were entertained by music from David Kelly, a Chinese-speaking Australian pianist who held court nightly in the lounge car.
In addition, our compartment was looked after by two delightful attendants who would greet us with cold towels and hot tea each evening when we returned from a day of sightseeing. In fact, there was a staff of 60 maintaining the caravan on wheels and its 43 passengers, though most were unseen.
A Slower Pace
Though airplanes can spirit travelers to destinations quickly, being on a train offers the chance to experience an exotic land at a palatable pace. As we rolled through the Gobi desert with its ever-changing shades of stone and sand, or wound our way through the hills of the Qilian Shan mountains, we felt the same drama and wonder that early adventurers must have experienced.
While most activities were planned, we also explored on our own. Although we saw uniformed railroad attendants at the railway stations, we never felt the presence of government control over where we could go or not go. I mention this because several friends wondered if we were able to move freely in the cities without restriction. In fact, we spent many afternoons wandering alone in Kashgar, Beijing, Hohhot, Turpan and Urumqi.
Ancient Artistry
The organized tour introduced us to many of the artistic wonders along the route. The most impressive, almost overwhelming, site we visited was the caves at Dunhuang. This �City of Sand� was the point of departure from China for places west. For over 600 years (400-900 a.d.), voyagers embarking on Silk Road journeys would pay monk-artists to paint frescoes and carve reliefs and sculptures for them in the caves, believing that this would ensure their safe voyage and return. Their goal was to re-create Paradise inside the earth, and in many ways they have.
Dunhuang�s ultra-dry climate has preserved the statues and brilliant frescoes in the almost 600 caves, which stretch over one-and-a-quarter miles. The scenes in paintings often depict tales from the life of the Buddha or scenes of contemporary palace life. Because there was little natural light and no electric lights in the caves, our flashlights roamed in search of the next incredible gem, like spelunkers in search of spiritual treasures. Truly an awesome experience.
For me, another breathtaking moment at Dunhuang came when I knelt before a 90-foot Buddha that had been carved into a mountain. Unlike the darkness of the caves, light beams streaked through several openings onto the majestic Tang dynasty Maitreya Buddha (Buddha of the Future.) I actually felt embraced by its presence. (Since the recent destruction of the Buddhist images in Afghanistan, these statues are some of the last remaining ancient Buddhas of this size in the world.)
A Patchwork of the Past
Although quite different from the artistic and spiritual experience of the caves, another trip highlight was our visit to the 2,000 year-old market in Kashgar, a central outpost of the Silk Road during its heyday. Flying from Urumqi to Kashgar (the current itinerary includes going to Kashgar on the China Orient Express) we were immediately immersed in a very different culture.
Being in Kashgar is like stepping back in time to an ancient Central Asian khanate (principality). On the way into town from the airport, our bus had to stop on the highway to wait for a shepherd, who was leading his flock into the city at midnight to prepare for the morning market.
The feeling that you�ve stepped back in time is further accentuated by the exotic dress and culture of the locals. Kashgar is in Xinjiang province, and the language, dress, and customs are more Turkish than Han Chinese, although the people are ethnically Uygur. The Uygur headdress serves as a personal fashion statement, with the men wearing a variety of styles such as skullcaps, prayer caps, fur-lined caps, �dunce� and �thug� caps, and the women wearing brown veils or colorful scarves.
Nearly 50,000 people descend on Kashgar�s Sunday market to trade wares, livestock, fruits and vegetables, to gossip, or sometimes just to get a haircut (shaved heads are definitely the style these days). After exploring for the entire day, I became an expert on donkey�s teeth, an important factor in selecting an animal and bargaining over an appropriate price. We also watched people �test driving� horses, primping goats and sheep, cursing camels and just having a raucous good time. Watching isn�t the correct word, as we were definitely in the middle of it all: the timeless bumping, laughing, dust, smells, and jingle of bells from horse and donkey carts.
While culture and art scenes nourished our minds, the spectacular food of the region left us well-satiated. Each meal was a feast from breakfast all the way through to dinner on the China Orient Express. The chef on the train had been the personal cook of China�s ex-premier Deng Xiao Ping, and needless to say, we ate well.
Meals in restaurants were also impressive, such as a 17-course dumpling meal in Xian after viewing the famous terra cotta warriors (Xian was the capital of China during the time of the Silk Road). Each dumpling was individually shaped like a pigeon, duck, fish, or horse, to name just a few of the forms. At another meal, we watched the chef make noodles by running the dough through his fingers while he moved his arms in almost Tai Chi gracefulness. The thickness of each noodle was determined by the space between his fingers. Although Marco Polo brought pasta to Italy from China, he neglected to explain this technique.
I recently returned from an exhibition of Taoist Art at San Francisco�s Asian Art Museum. After entering the darkened room, I felt shivers running through my body when I saw two ancient scrolls of Lao Tse�s masterpiece, the Tao te Ching. The placard describing the piece stated that it had been discovered at the caves of Dunhuang.
I knew the exact spot in Cave #17 where the scrolls had been found. I knew because I had been there.
For more information on �The China Orient Express� contact Conference World Tours � Tel: 800-387-1488 or 416-221-6411; Fax: 416-221-5605; E-mail: conference@vision2000. ca or flannerym@vision2000. ca; Website: www.conferencetours. com.
For information on additional programs and operators, see the Geographical Index under �China.�


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Are Selena Gomez's Friends Staging an Intervention For Her 'Toxic' Relationship With Justin Bieber?
For all of the Jelena shippers out there, there are plenty of people who think that Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez should stop with the on-and-off, back-and-forth relationship they have going and just call it quits for good. Gomez's family and bestie Taylor Swift have shown their distaste for the pairing, but now it's gotten to the point where the 'Come & Get It' singer's friends are allegedly considering taking some drastic measures.


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He then jokes about the legal risks of keeping the butt as a souvenir for back home.
Some industrious Chelyabinsk citizen has already offered to sell a piece of the meteor for a souvenir.
The "Oba-Mao" T-shirts on souvenir stands around town were sellouts and his entourage snarled traffic for miles.
And more than anything, I wanted a souvenir for my father, so I rolled him back, and he had gold teeth.
He stepped into the host general's study and saw on his desk a Luger, a souvenir.
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They usually wanted an autograph, or a souvenir such as a uniform button.
She was still smiling distantly at him, but that smile was more of a souvenir than a reality.
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Astros slugger hits game-tying shot in ninth in win over Sags
By Danny Wild / MiLB.com | November 6, 2013 2:32 PM ET
While the Arizona Fall League is often talked about as a finishing school en route to the Majors, for Aaron Altherr, it feels like the good old days.
"I love it, it's just like playing in high school again," the Phillies prospect said. "My parents get to come out and watch me play."
The Arizona native went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI and Astros slugger Japhet Amador hit a game-tying homer in the ninth inning to help Peoria rally past Surprise, 6-5, on Wednesday.
Signed out of the Mexican League earlier this year, Amador blasted his third homer of the fall off reliever David Goforth (Brewers) to lead off the ninth before Altherr doubled, advanced on a passed ball and scored the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly by Jake Lowery (Indians) to left field. Dominic Leone (Mariners) induced a game-ending double play in the bottom of the frame after allowing back-to-back singles to pick up his fifth save.
"Goforth throws pretty hard and he has a good cutter, so I was watching for that. I got a good pitch to hit and I put a good swing on it," Altherr said of his double. "It didn't really roll that far, but I saw the center fielder [Tyler Naquin] still running for the ball when I was running to first."
Altherr began his day with a ground-rule double to lead off the second and then singled home fellow Phillies outfielder Cameron Perkins with one out in the third.
Surprise chipped away at the deficit , scoring twice in the fourth on an RBI single by Henry Urrutia (Orioles) and a sacrifice fly from Brett Nicholas (Rangers) before Daniel Alvarez (Orioles) lined a game-tying two-run single in the sixth. The Saguaros took the lead in the seventh on Red Sox prospect Mookie Betts' first homer with one out off Austin Wright (Phillies).
Altherr snapped an 1-for-23 slump with his first multi-hit effort since Oct. 8. The 6-foot-5 center fielder, who hit .275 with 12 homers, 65 RBIs and 23 steals in 123 games with Class A Advanced Clearwater this past season, missed a few games last month with a wrist injury that sidelined him from Oct. 17-28.
"I felt pretty good. I've been hurt the last couple weeks with my wrist, but I've started feeling better again," he said. "It was very hard [readjusting], especially with the talent down here. It was tough to get my timing back. It took me a while, but I'm happy it's finally back."
While Altherr, 22, may be familiar with playing in Arizona -- he was drafted in the ninth round of the 2009 Draft out of Agua Fria High School in Avondale, Ariz. -- the talent level in the AFL is slightly above that of his high school days.
"It's good competition, this is what I'm going to be facing in the years to come," he said. "It's a good experience being out here, seeing how they pitch and what their stuff is like."
Goforth (1-1) was charged with two runs on three hits over 1 1/3 innings and his second blown save after starter Taylor Jungmann (Brewers) allowed four runs on five hits and a pair of walks in 2 1/3 frames for Surprise.
Houston's Andrew Robinson (1-0) picked up the win for Peoria after allowing a pair of singles in the eighth. Starter Brandon Maurer (Mariners) held Surprise to two runs on three hits and three walks over four innings. He struck out three, throwing just 39 of his 79 pitches for strikes.
Danny Wild is an editor for MiLB.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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The judge in the civil securities fraud cases against former North Salem Supervisor Paul Greenwood has approved the distribution of $815,000,000 to investors in WG Trading Company and Greenwood's other companies.
The money will be distributed based on a percentage of the amount the institutions invested, less any withdrawals. Most of Greenwood's investors were pension plans, universities and other institutional investors. The distribution plan was proposed by the receivers who control the assets of Greenwood and his former business partner Stephen Walsh. The amount is about 85 percent of net investments and more money could be distributed later. The receiver, Robb Evans, continues to sell off assets, including homes and a horse farm, and has sued former investors who took out what he terms fictitious profits.
Meanwhile, on Monday the federal judges in the civil and criminal cases have scheduled a hearing on whether Walsh is entitled to the proceeds of the sale of his home in Sands Point, Long Island to pay for his criminal defense. The court had ruled that Walsh could use $900,000 from the sale but he has indicated he will seek the rest of the $4 million agreed-upon sale price, according to prosecutors. But the prosecutors argue Walsh took money from investors to pay upkeep on the home and buy out his wife's interest in their divorce. Because of that, the home is tainted by the fraud and Walsh is not entitled to the proceeds, prosecutors argued.
Walsh's lawyers have subpoenaed Greenwood, who pleaded guilty and is cooperating with prosecutors, Deborah Duffy, a former employee who is also cooperating, and others to testify but prosecutors are seeking to have the subpoenas quashed to avoid giving the defense lawyers a preview of the prosecution's case. The prosecutors argue they only need to show probable cause that Walsh committed the crimes to keep his assets frozen.
Greenwood, who lives in North Salem, and Walsh, of Long Island, were arrested in February 2009 and later indicted on six charges including securities fraud, commodities fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. They were accused of taking investor money for themselves and hiding losses with new investor funds in a fraud with elements of a Ponzi scheme. Walsh has pleaded not guilty.


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B2 badly planned and without order:
The whole conference was totally disorganized - nobody knew what they were supposed to be doing.
B2 not good at planning or organizing things:
He's impossible to work for - he's so disorganized.
More examples
- He's disorganized, inefficient, never there when you want him - in short, the man's hopeless.
- The house is a very disorganized at the moment because we're in the middle of redecorating.
- My desk is not actually as disorganized as it looks, you know!
- How can you find anything in such a disorganized office? You need to put some systems in place.
- She keeps her clothes is a disorganized heap in the corner of the room.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
- a chicken and egg situation idiom
- addle
- all of a doodah idiom
- all over the place idiom
- at sea idiom
- brainstorm
- disoriented
- distraction
- dither
- dizziness
- dizzying
- doodah
- ferment
- flutter
- not know what hit you idiom
- not know where/which way to turn idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- not know whether you are coming or going idiom
- off balance
- whirl
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She was still breaking into the Hollywood realm, and back in 1997 Kate Winslet agreed to appear nude for one steamy moment in "Titanic."
The "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" starlet told Yahoo that to this day she sees her bare-chested photo all the time.
Winslet shared, "People ask me to sign that [picture] a lot. It's still haunting me. It's quite funny really."
But don't expect to get a signature - "I don't sign that [picture]. It feels very uncomfortable. Why would I do that? I'm like, 'No! I didn't mean for it to be a photograph that I would end up seeing still 17 years later.'"
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Featuring free WiFi, Hendersons Boutique Lodge is located in Senekal, 400 metres from NG Church (First in district). Spar Food Store (Senekal) is 600 metres away. Free private parking is available on site. The accommodation comes with a flat-screen TV. A microwave and kettle are also featured. Each unit is equipped with a private bathroom with a shower. Towels and bed linen are offered. Hendersons Boutique Lodge also includes a barbecue. Roadside Picnic Spot is 2.6 km from Hendersons Boutique Lodge , while Rykwater Nature Reserve is 15 km from the property. Maggiori informazioni


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This is an important ring system, what should you know.....
DHc / CH2 = -653 kJ/mol
(-156.1 kcal/mol)
Let's investigate in more detail some of the important features of the
3D shape of cyclohexane.
|The most stable conformation of cyclohexane is the chair
shown to the right. The C-C-C bonds are very close to 109.5o,
so it is almost free of angle strain. It is also a staggered conformation
and so is free of torsional strain. You can rotate the molecule in the
CHIME image to show this just like a Newman projection.
The chair is the most stable conformation of cyclohexane.
|A second, much less stable conformer is the boat
This too is almost free of angle strain, but in contrast has torsional
strain associated with eclipsed bonds at four of the C atoms. You can rotate
the molecule in the image to show this just like a Newman projection.
In addition, a steric interaction of the H atoms inside the bow and the stern, known as the flagpole interaction also destabilizes the boat.
|A third conformation is produced by twisting the boat to give the twist
The twist relieves some of the torsional strain of the boat and moves the
flagpole H further apart reducing the steric strain. Consequently the twist
boat is slightly more stable than the boat.
|Conformational rotation (also known as ring-flipping)
of cyclohexane interconverts two chair forms. This proceeds from chair
to twist boat to boat to twist boat to chair. Watch the animation carefully
looking for the two chair forms.
Chair Cyclohexane
In chair cyclohexane there are two types of positions, axial and
The axial positions point perpendicular
to the plane of the ring, whereas the equatorial
positions are around the plane of the ring. These can be highlighted in
the diagram below.


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