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•There are several ways Boston Red Sox infielder Jed Lowrie could hit 20 or more homers. The most direct path would be to unseat shortstop Marco Scutaro. Though he's hitting well this spring, Scutaro is 35 — nine years older than Lowrie — and coming off an injury-marred season.
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First baseman Russell Branyan has yet to post 450 at-bats in a season. Outfielder Xavier Nady has battled injuries for the last two seasons and struggled at the plate most of spring training.
Remember, Allen slugged 22 home runs in three months in Class AAA last season after coming back from a shoulder injury.
•Mark Trumbo of the Los Angeles Angels has a head start on playing time. It looks like he will hold down first base in the short term for rehabbing Kendry Morales. Trumbo could continue to earn regular at-bats if underachieving Peter Bourjos struggles again in 2011.
The Angels could move Bobby Abreu to right field, Torii Hunter back to center and let Trumbo and Morales split first base and designated hitter.
Trumbo led the minor leagues with 36 home runs in 2010.
•The biggest and most intriguing long shot might be Milwaukee Brewers catcher George Kottaras. Light-hitting Jonathan Lucroy is ahead of him on the depth chart but is recovering from a broken right pinkie finger.
Kottaras is having his second consecutive monster March, hitting .367 (.385 in March 2010). While he hasn't shown that average in the majors, he did hit nine home runs in 212 at-bats last year and has a history of solid power (22 home runs in Class AAA in 2008). At 27, he could peak in 2011, given the chance.
Be advised, the stars will have to align for most of these players for them to show their full upside. But given how often players hit the disabled list, it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
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Amateur footage posted online show police firing tear gas at hundreds of students at the Jabriya boy's school.
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Devotees at Melbourne temple have posted three slideshows displaying the beautiful deities who live in the temple there all from Janmastami this year. If you follow the links below you will find a stunning display of photographs.
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By Rasanandini. Morning Darsan: Devotees queued outside and then packed the temple room to see the Lord on His Appearance Day, so there was standing room only.
Evening Darsan: Just to get Their glance, devotees queued throughout the temple campus, down Danks St.and along Boyd St.
Midnight Darsan: Here is a slide show of the Deities' candlelit darshan at midnight, the time of Lord Krishna's transcendental appearance. Thank you everyone, whether you were guest, sponsor, volunteer, or all three. May you relish the truth of Sri Krishna's words, "Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all living entities, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form". (Bhagavad-gita 4.6.)
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With the raising trend of outsourcing databases to the cloud server, it is important to efficiently and securely assure that the clients\' queries on the databases are executed correctly. To address this issue, server schemes have been proposed based on various cryptographic tools. However, these existing schemes have limitations in either communication cost or computational cost for verification. Meanwhile, only four types of SQL functional queries are supported in these schemes. It still remains as an open problem to design a verifiable SQL query scheme that provides affordable storage overhead, communication cost, computational cost and more SQL functional queries.
In this paper, we investigate this open problem and propose an efficient verifiable SQL query scheme for outsourced dynamic databases. Different from the previous state-of-the-art schemes, we reduce the complexity of storage overhead from O(mn) to O(n) and move most computation tasks from client side to cloud server side. Compared with the recently proposed scheme that also achieves O(n) storage overhead, we not only cut the communication complexity for verification from O(n) to O(log^n), but also release the client from O(n) exponentiation operations to O(1). In addition, our proposed scheme improves the previous ones by allowing more aggregate queries including variance query, weighted exponentiation sum query of any degrees, etc. Thorough analysis shows the efficiency and scalability of our proposed scheme. The security of our scheme is proved based on Strong Diffie-Hellman Assumption, Bilinear Strong Diffie-Hellman Assumption and Computational Diffie-Hellman Assumption.


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York's Stroughair found himself 11-4 down to New Earswick's Andrew Fothergill before turning the game round and winning 21-11.
The semi-final against Dave Walker from Leeds also proved a great comeback. Trailing 16-4, Stroughair won 21-16.
Featherstone's John Dudding just pipped Harrogate's Dave Spilsbury with a single to win 21-20.


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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux was a French Catholic nun who died in 1897. Loads of people wanted her to be made into a saint.
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How glorious! Soon we will all fall down and worship our Savior on His birthday, and help President Bush improve the economy by running up our credit cards buying gifts for True Christians. Glory! Anyone who does not go into massive debt this CHRISTmas season is a Saddam-loving traitor.
Speaking of traitors, did you hear about those damned, unsaved Canadians in our 51st state, saying that our God-ordained President was a "moron?" Damn them to Hell! Everyone knows Bush is NOT a moron! He is a True Christian who will soon have everyone in the whole world on their knees for JESUS. Bush has made history by having a midterm election that almost magically gave our government over to the Republicans. Praise God for that! Everyone all around the world loves BUSH! And the libruls are in the minority! True Christians turned out at the polls last month to make sure Bush got the legitimacy he was denied when Al Gore won the evil, librul, secular "popular vote" in 2000. God even helped Bush's brother Jeb beat out all the unsaved Jews to win in Florida! Surely this is the most ethical administration in history, especially now that Poindexter and Kissinger are out of the mothballs and back in action and protecting the American way of life! Now our Godly President is punishing the libruls almost as much as Jesus will. Praise! Truly we're going back to the honesty and integrity of our greatest President, Reagan!
Folks, happy days are here again! Bush is making sure we keep American traditions alive. Soon this nation will be living in the 1950s again, when things were good for everyone, and nice folks didn't even talk about negroes, Jews, homosexurals or America-hating libruls, because they were all out of sight. Happy days are indeed here again! Traditional values are back in style, and True Christians are leading the way with love, sweet love! Folks, there's NOTHING like Christian Love in action!
Folks, JESUS is everywhere, and He is making sure the libruls feel His wrath! He even sent angels to a strip club to chase away the libruls. And He is continually stopping Satan by destroying the evil Harry Potter! Truly, He is doing His work, all by Himself, all over the world. (But He still needs money, so send it in NOW!) Folks, if we're going to stop the terrorists, God needs your money now more than ever! HE is watching you!
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Marfa, Texas — Sexual assault of women serving in the U.S. military, while brought to light in recent reports, has a long tradition in that institution.
Women in America were first allowed into the military during the Revolutionary War in 1775, and their travails are as old.
Maricela Guzman served in the Navy from 1998 to 2002 as a computer technician on the island of Diego Garcia, and later in Naples, Italy. She was raped while in boot camp, but was too scared to talk about the assault for the rest of her time in the military.
In her own words she, "survived by becoming a workaholic. Fortunately or unfortunately the military took advantage of this, and I was much awarded as a soldier for my work ethic."
Guzman decided to dissociate from the military on witnessing the way it treated the native population in Diego Garcia. Post discharge, her life became unmanageable. The effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from her rape had taken a heavy toll.
After undergoing a divorce, a failed suicide attempt and homelessness, she moved in with her parents. A chance encounter with a female veteran at a political event in Los Angeles prompted her to contact the veteran's administration (VA) for help. She began seeing a therapist there who diagnosed her with PTSD from her rape.


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Alzheimer's Disease and Managing Finances
Over time, people with Alzheimer's disease lose their capacity to perform the financial tasks of daily living and to manage their financial affairs. In fact, this may be the first noticeable sign of the disease and an early indication that a person is losing the ability to live independently.
You might notice that a family member or friend is having difficulty counting change, paying for a store purchase, calculating a tip, balancing a checkbook, or understanding a bank statement. You might find unpaid and even unopened bills lying around the person's home. You might notice lots of new purchases on a credit card bill or strange new merchandise. Increasing trouble with managing money can be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease—and can quickly drain away personal or family resources. Often, caregivers, family, or friends don't recognize the problem or understand its seriousness until it's too late.
Research funded in part by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has shown that Alzheimer's-induced decline in financial skills occurs early and can progress rapidly. Early in the disease process, people with the disease may be able to perform basic tasks such as bill paying or counting change. However, they are likely to have problems with more complicated tasks such as reconciling a checkbook and bank statement, preparing a tax return, or making wise investment decisions. As Alzheimer's disease progresses, all of these abilities gradually are lost, with the more complex skills disappearing first.
Guarding Against Fraud
A major concern is increased vulnerability to fraud. Both strangers and people known to the person with Alzheimer's may take advantage. Kinds of fraud to watch for include:
- contractor fraud, such as unnecessary pest control treatments or repairs to foundations, roofs, chimneys, or driveways
- dishonest door-to-door solicitors
- scam charities
- health scams, such as marketing of unproven cures
- long-distance fraud via telephone, email, and mail
- credit card fraud or misuse of account and PIN numbers
- identity theft
- use of power of attorney to siphon off funds
- threatening or frightening the person into giving up financial resources
Indications that a person is being victimized include:
- sudden changes in bank balances, savings, or investments
- large cash withdrawals from bank accounts or retirement funds
- payment-overdue notices
- loss of services such as phone or utilities
- signs of physical or emotional abuse
When and how to address these problems are some of the most difficult decisions caregivers and family members must make. Experts agree that it is better to take charge of financial affairs early, before serious problems surface. Proactive steps to take, preferably soon after diagnosis and with the involvement of the person with Alzheimer's, include:
- planning in advance to delegate financial decision making
- finalizing trusts and estate arrangements
- providing increased supervision of financial activities
Making Legal Arrangements
The best way to obtain legal authority to manage a person's financial affairs is to get the person's consent via a durable power of attorney for finances. This legal document indicates the person's understanding and agreement to relinquish control of his or her financial decisions upon incapacitation.
To avoid legal challenges, it is preferable to obtain this agreement while a person with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's is capable of understanding and approving the arrangement. Without this agreement, obtaining legal authority to handle a person's financial affairs may be much more difficult.
People with Alzheimer's disease often are unaware of how well or poorly they are managing their finances. They may believe they are doing well when, in fact, there are problems. Most people see control of their finances as part of being an independent, self-reliant adult. Many older adults will strongly resist and be very suspicious of attempts to take over their financial affairs, regardless of earlier agreements.
One way to help a person with Alzheimer's feel responsible and independent is to give him or her small amounts of cash or, in some cases, voided checks to have on hand. Have the credit limit minimized on credit cards, or have the cards cancelled. Another strategy is for the caregiver and person with the disease to work together, as a team, on finances. You might tell the person that it is important for you to learn about finances, with his or her help. Of course, the best way to handle the transfer of financial authority is to do so with respect and understanding.
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In addition to the fact sheet mentioned above, the ADEAR Center offers a comprehensive publication, Caring for a Person with Alzheimer's Disease: Your Easy-to-Use Guide from the National Institute on Aging, that includes health, legal, and financial planning tips.
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22 April 2011
HAPPY EASTER - back on may 3rd
its the start of the spring break here in the Uk today - with four public holidays to look forward to in the next 11 days, and with the amazingly hot weather (26 degrees in london yesterday) it looks like being a great holiday. we also have the royal wedding to look forward to and so with all that in mind print & pattern will be away until after the may day bank holiday and will return on tuesday may 3rd. happy easter to everyone !
felt tablemat from the paperchase mid season sale.
Posted by bowie style at 8:00 am
Labels: EASTER
9 comments:
- Kristen said...
Happy Easter! Enjoy the break! :)
- 2:36 pm
- Lesley Grainger said...
Happy Easter Bowie. I can't wait for the wedding. Have a lovely break.
- 4:15 pm
- Hot Fudge said...
Happy Easter from Australia. I'll be at a twilight market on the evening of the wedding (local time), but will have the recorder set so that we don't miss a second.
- 2:52 am
- magic said...
happy easter x
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Happy Easter!
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- Jane said...
I am SO jealous and wish I lived back in Blighty! Happy Easter Allison and enjoy the Wedding!
Jane x
Foxy & Winston
- 1:13 pm
- design elements said...
enjoy :-)
p.s.: so many lovely images on your blog...
- 3:37 pm
- Flapjack Melody said...
Happy Easter to you too..!
& thanks for sharing this little gem - Paperchase are just the best..!
- 1:50 pm
- Hellohello baby said...
Hope you had a wonderful break.
Looking forward to you coming back, since i just discovered your blog. Love it and am now following :)
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From: winter dellenbach <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Brethren Divisions
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:46:03 -0800
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Ferne - could you please see if any McCammon in the Muhlenberg co. KY
winter dellenbach
On Saturday, November 20, 2004, at 10:59 AM, Baldwin, A Ferne. wrote:
> I have been especially pleased to have recently come into possession of
> several resources which will be useful for those researching family in
> N. Carolina,,, especially those who went to Cape Girardeau andKy... and
> other information especially focused on Muhlenberg Co, Ky.. If you can
> cite a specific person or family I may be able to find some info.
> Ferne Baldwin
> Manchester College
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Merle C Rummel [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 6:43 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [BRE] Brethren Divisions
>> A bit of church history as I understand it. From the early days we
> were
>> all one big happy family known as German Baptists. Soon after the
> Civil
> war
>> discource started to enter the church body and we became unhappy with
> each
>> other. Year 1881 a petition from Miami Valley Ohio came to annual
> conference.
>> There was a split or division and it depends on who you talk to as to
> who
> split
>> from who.
> No - you need to read my paper at www.cob-net.org/docs/brethrenlife.htm
> especially the one on "Brethren Pietism", under "Brethren Frontiers".
> comment
> made about one prominent Brethren Family was too common in our church:
> "They
> have God's Final Word, and if God decides to change His Mind, He'd
> better
> take
> another look at what He's Done!"
> Was Ephrata a Brethren community - well -not really, but sort-of So
> many
> Baptist
> Brethren went back and forth to Ephrata -and it split families, clear
> down
> into the
> Carolinas. This was mid and late 1700s. It centered on the
> differences
> in
> theology
> between our Pietist Heritage and our Anabaptist Heritage. The Pietist
> Heritage
> included Eternal Restorationism (Universalism) -which was refused by
> Annual
> Meeting in 1790 -and its Carolina leaders put on the Ban.
> And I found in Kentucky that the Annual Meeting Brethren refused to
> accept
> these
> Frontier Brethren in Kentucky-Ohio-Indiana-Illinois. This came out of
> the
> Great
> Revival there, and appealed to the Pietist Heritage held among these
> Brethren. It
> was not acceptabale to the Anabaptist Heritage predominantely held
> among
> the
> Annual Meeting Brethren back east. There was a short exception in
> 1821-1826
> when the Great Revival concepts were accepted at Annual Meeting, but
> after
> this,
> the Annual Meeting Elders placed these Frontier Brethren in
> "Avoidance",
> and
> some
> of the Frontier Elders were placed on the Ban. Almost all the Frontier
> Brethren
> Churches seem to have been challenged -and most of these left the
> denomination.
> This was a direct result of a query from Brethren who migrated west on
> the
> new
> National Road -across Ohio to the Dayton area: "What do we do about
> these
> Strange Brethren?" -- "Avoid them."
> I'm also placing the 1859+ actions with the Far Western Brethren in
> northern
> Illinois
> as a direct outgrowth of the previous avoidance, and the compromise
> there on
> several
> differences in practices (possibly including theologies), was not
> acceptable
> to many of
> the eastern Brethren -and was part of the "Old-Order" division of 1881.
> Merle C Rummel
> Church Historian
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Lector's Notes
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Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, October 19, 2014
Twenty-second digests for the congregation: Arrange with your liturgy committee to have these brief historical introductions read to the assembly before you do each reading.
Who should announce these before the first and second readings, and before the gospel acclamation? They're not Scripture, nor homiletic, so they shouldn't be delivered from the ambo. They're a modest teaching. So let the presider say them from the chair. Let the lector turn toward the presider and listen.
Print this page, cut it at the blue lines, and give the introduction paragraphs to the person who will speak them.
|Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, October 19, 2014
Before the first reading:
While the Jews were exiled in Babylon, the Persian emperor Cyrus planned to Babylon and liberate the captives there. The Jews would be free to return to Jerusalem. In this passage, the prophet Isaiah declares that Cyrus, even though a pagan, is God's instrument.
After the psalm, before the second reading:
We begin a series of readings from Saint Paul's letter to a church he and his companions had founded. He starts by reminding them that they received not just ideas from him, but from the Holy Spirit: faith, love, hope and power.
Before the gospel acclamation:
Ever careful about honor and status, enemies of Jesus try to embarrass him. Jesus cleverly wins the argument and stakes out higher ground.
To pay for use of the words above, please subtract an equal number of optional words from other places in the liturgy (click here for some suggestions).
Proclaiming It: Read this passage aloud mindful that you are speaking in the voice of Isaiah who is speaking as the voice of God. Imagine how authoritative the prophet tried to sound, telling the conquering emperor who his Real Boss is. That demands a weighty, solemn, commanding tone.
In view of the historical situation described above, and the theological implication described below, the word "anointed" is very interesting. Pronounce this weighty title with some irony, if you can. For Isaiah is giving to a pagan the title reserved for Judah's kings, the likes of David and Solomon, indeed the title that would eventually be reserved for the Messiah (which means "anointed" in Hebrew).
The final emphasis, though, has to be on the sovereignty of God, who can make an unwitting tool of even the most powerful earthly king. Notice the repetion of "I am the LORD, there is no other," and "though you know me not." One does not trifle with this God.
A Theological Reflection: This passage also contains a theological breakthrough, of interest to the Jews if not to Cyrus. To call this pagan "the Lord's anointed" was quite revolutionary. Like other passages from Isaiah we've read lately, it's meant to challenge Judah's parochialism and give them a more universal view of God's concern and of their place in God's plan.
What was going on among the Christians in Thessalonika that led Saint Paul to write? That unfolds slowly in the selections we'll proclaim over five Sundays. From today's text, it's clear that these people worked hard at being Christians, and that Saint Paul thought that praiseworthy.
A Theological Reflection: Regular lectors might meditate on the last sentence of this reading. There was more faith, hope and charity among the Thessalonians than Paul could credit to his own preaching ("our gospel did not come to you in word alone"). The Holy Spirit was clearly at work.
When modern people hear the word of God from you, they do respond to your eloquence or the lack of it. But much more do they respond to the Spirit at work within them. The Spirit is calling them to greater faith, hope and charity. While the Spirit is doing that, you don't want to model indifference, haste and ignorance. The Spirit doesn't depend on you to get through to the listeners, but should not have to contend with your proclamation, either.
By choosing to meet us in sacramental ways, in human liturgical gatherings, God accepts a certain "handicap" that our frail natures impose on everything we do. Your listeners need and deserve your help in disposing themselves to meet God. So your reading should have all the human qualities--clarity, drama, artistry, authority--appropriate to the occasion. And the occasion is that people have come together to hear the word of God, opening themselves to unpredictable promptings of the Spirit. That's what you are celebrating when you serve as lector.
|Several other commentaries on these passages. All are thoughtful, all
quite readable, from the scholarly to the popular.
Links may be incomplete more than a few weeks before the "due date."
|Father Roger Karban of Belleville, Illinois, USA, writes a newspaper column about every Sunday's readings. Here are his essays for today's passages, from: Read all of Father Karban's recent columns here, at the site of FOSIL, the Faithful of Southern Illinois.
Saint Louis University's excellent new liturgy site
Most welcome here are
Reginald Fuller's commentaries.
(SLU's offering may not be posted yet. If you get a 404 Not Found, try here).
Archived 2002 column of the late Father Francis X. Cleary, S.J. (Log in using 0026437 and 63137.) From the site of the Saint Louis Review.
|The Text This Week; links to Lectionaries of many churches, homilies, art works, movies touching scriptural themes, and other resources on the week's scripture.
|Lutheran pastor and college teacher Dan Nelson's notes for a study group. Dan explains the texts verse-by-verse, and sometimes word-by-word, with cross-references to other Bible passages. Especially useful if you're puzzled about the meaning of a word or phrase in the readings.
The Lectionary selections in the frame at the left, if any, are there for your convenience. The publishers of the page in that frame have no connection, except for membership in the one Body of Christ, with the publisher of this page. Likewise the publishers of the pages on the links above.
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I want a cookie! I want candy!
Do these words sound familiar? What about I want grapes, or I want an apple? Do you hear these words from your child's mouth?
Sure my 2 1/2-year-old son, Matthew, asks for cookies and ice cream sometimes, but more often he asks for grapes, pears and apples. Why - Because that's what my wife and I expose him to. And believe it or not, he likes them. Make no mistake: Parents are the biggest influence on children's eating habits. And what they learn when they are young can become a lifelong habit that can be difficult to break.
The overweight epidemic in our country has reached epidemic proportions, and itï¿?s not just an adult problem any more. It is affecting our children, full force. Today's kids are more overweight and unhealthy than at any other time in our history. This is a problem that we need to address immediately, and we need to be proactive about it. Certainly we can point the finger at the food industry with its overabundance of convenient, low-cost foods. We can blame school lunch programs, computers, video games, and friends, too. But what about ourselves? Ultimately, we decide what our kids eat, especially when they are young.
One thing my wife and I learned from our son is that he eats what we eat, plain and simple. If your child is a "bad eater" and will only eat pizza, fries and hotdogs, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, folks: It is your doing.
Here are some guidelines that will help you get your child on a healthier track.
Watch-out for sweetened juice drinks.
Imagine opening up the cupboard, taking out a 5 lb. bag of sugar, and repeatedly spooning teaspoon after teaspoon into your 3- or 4-year-old's mouth. Every time you give your child one of those juice boxes, that's precisely what you're doing - feeding him pure sugar water. One 6 oz. carton contains five teaspoons of sugar, on average. What if you gave your child several of them a day? You do the math. Do your tot a favor. Give her water, not juice drinks. She'll get used to it. Trust me, you're not depriving her of anything. In fact you'll be helping her immensely.
Watch our for kids menus.
Have you ever taken a long hard look at the kids' menu when you go out to eat? Do chicken fingers, french fries and macaroni and cheese ring a bell? Well, unfortunately this is what a lot of us feed our kids when we go out, and these kinds of foods offer no nutritional value. In fact, they are downright harmful to your child's health. What's more, your child will start to crave and demand these foods, and before you know it, you'll have a fussy eater on your hands.
One of the problems we run into when we feed our kids outside the house is that unhealthy foods like fries and chicken nuggets are just accepted. They are the norm. We become used to this because it is what everyone else seems to be doing.
Several months ago, my wife, Matthew and I were dining at one of our favorite restaurants. Matthew's grilled chicken came out, accompanied with a heaping portion of french fries, which I didn't order. When I asked the waitress to take away the fries, she looked at me like I had two heads. If I could read her mind, I would swear she was thinking what a mean man I was not to be giving that cute little boy french fries.
But here's what parents and even the waitress probably don't realize. Restaurants are not in the business of protecting your kid's health. They are in the business of making money, and foods like french fries and chicken nuggets cost them pennies to produce. The profit margin is huge.
The next time you go out to eat with your kids, ask for vegetables on the side instead of french fries. Better yet, don't order anything for your kid. Give him some of yours. Your portion is probably enough to feed three people anyway. Just make sure it's something healthy. You do not have to give in to what restaurants offer. You are the customer. Your kid will get used to it with time.
Watch out for grandparents.
One thing I've learned from my research on weight loss is that our minds associate food with pleasure - and it is painfully obvious. About a year ago, my wife, my son and I were visiting the grandparents. My father-in-law was feeding Matthew some grapes, which Matthew was thoroughly enjoying. Suddenly, my father-in-law asked, "Matthew, do you want a cookie?" It was how he said it, though - sort of seductively. Matthew's eyes lit up, he put down his grapes (the ones he was very much enjoying), and said, "Cookie, cookie, cookie!" So much for the grapes. I asked my father-in-law why he would offer Matthew a cookie if he was enjoying the grapes so much. I think he got caught up in the moment.
Make sure that whenever your child is away from your presence or visiting friends and relatives that they know you do not approve of them feeding your kid junk food. They probably don't mean any harm, but most people just don't know any better - which is why it has become customary to feed kids sugary, high-calorie snack foods. Ask them to offer your child something more nutritious, like a piece of fruit or whole-grain crackers.
Watch out for your own eating habits.
So you don't leave the kids with grandma and grandpa, you never go out to eat, and you don't pump your child full of sugar water. Terrific! But what do you eat? If you eat lots of pizza, Chinese food and burgers, there's a good chance your kid is doing the same. If vegetables don't appear on your plate, they probably don't appear on your child's plate either. If you're really committed to feeding your child healthfully, you have got to lead by example. After all, they mimic everything you do.
Keep in Mind . . .
If you want your child to live a healthy lifestyle and greatly reduce his chances of being overweight later on, it is critical that you start him off with good habits when he is young. Children get very used to sugar drinks, fries and cookies. They also get used to water, fruits and even fish. You are always in charge, no matter where you bring your child - whether it's the grandparents' house or the local Outback Steak House. Perhaps the first step is for you, the parent, to analyze your own eating habits and make the sacrifices you need to ensure that your children are getting the proper nutrition they need.
DR. TOM KERSTING, based in Bergen County, N.J., is the creator of the Power Programming weight-loss system and author of 'FAT PROOF: Power Programming Your Body's Weight-Loss Computer' (Harbor Press, to be published in January 2007). You can sign up for his free e-newsletter and free Power Programming CD on his website: www.fatproof.net. See More
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WGI and Continental Tire Agree to Partnership that Runs Through 2014
Renewned Tire Company Named Title Sponsor of GRAND-AM Continental Sports Car Challenge Race at The Glen
By: WGI Staff on 1/29/2010
Team Sahlen will hit the twists and turns of WGI in the newly named Continental Tires 150 on Saturday, June 5.
"We are pleased to welcome Continental Tire as a new sponsor to both the GRAND-AM Series and at Watkins Glen International," stated Michael Printup, president of Watkins Glen International. "We both have a rich history and benefit from worldwide recognition. This new partnership will help showcase the incredible sports car racing that happens at WGI, and Continental Tire's incredible line of consumer products."
"As the title sponsor and official tire of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, and expanding to the official tire of the Rolex series in 2011; Continental Tire has demonstrated our commitment to the Grand AM Road Racing Series and the growth of the Continental brand in the U.S.," said Travis Roffler, Director of Marketing, Continental Tire. "Watkins Glen is a world-class racing facility, and we are proud to be the official tire of this historic race track."
The Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen event weekend will be full of nonstop action and is a must see for every sports car fan. The highlight will be the 29th Running of the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race on Saturday, June 5 but that is only part of the fun. Earlier that same day fans will get their day started with 150 miles during the Continental Tire 150, GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. The Ford Racing Mustang Challenge only adds to the sports car weekend with more series expected to be announced. Tickets start at only $30 and kids 15 and under are FREE!
Tickets for the entire 2010 season including the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, August 5-8, and Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen, July 2-4, weekends are on sale now! Fans can take advantage of advanced sale prices and new options by calling the Watkins Glen International ticket office at 866-461-RACE (7223) or logging on to the official website, www.TheGlen.com. Tickets, gift certificates and track merchandise can all be purchased at The Shop located at 2 North Franklin Street in downtown Watkins Glen. The Shop is open Monday-Friday 9-5, Saturday 9-4, and is closed Sunday.
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fisch wrote:
> hi,
> the traffic graph in 1.1b13 is a nice, but it shows no graph - the
> values shown are correct.
> any hints?
> bye
> fisch
Huh? Looks fine here!
Sure you have the latest SWG viewer?
Also, try to switch autoscale to "follow" instead of "up". (Might be
that some high peak have scaled the graph a lot, but if so you should
also be able to "correct" it by reloading the page?!?)
Actually I'm not sure that much (anything, that is) has been changed
in the Traffic Graph in the last couple of betas (at least I don't
remember anything being said about such changes?) so if it worked for
you in earlier versions..???


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The Group's remuneration policy continues to focus on the achievement of corporate and individual goals aligned to the Group's strategy. A sustainable business, which is at the heart of the Group's strategy, is built upon a balanced approach to achieving growth, improving productivity, operating responsibly and developing a winning organisation.
The effectiveness and the market competitiveness of executive remuneration in the context of the Group's strategy and the need to attract, motivate and retain the high-quality executive talent required to deliver the strategy are the key considerations of the Remuneration Committee. Comprehensive business metrics including established Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) measure the delivery of the Group's strategy.
The consistent theme for a number of years, which will continue in 2009, is to build a strong link between executive remuneration and shareholder value. The total shareholder return elements of the Company's long-term incentive plan (LTIP), in particular the total shareholder return measure which compares the Company against a peer group of international FMCG companies, shows that the Company has consistently ranked second within that comparator group of companies in respect of LTIP awards which vested (or will vest) in each of 2007, 2008 and 2009.
The role of the Remuneration Committee is to determine the policy and framework that apply to the terms of engagement (including remuneration) of the Chairman, the Executive Directors and the members of the Management Board. It also determines the remuneration of each of them (including, where appropriate, awards under share incentive schemes and pension scheme participation) and any compensation payments.
The Committee has set a guideline that approximately 50 per cent of the remuneration package should be performance-related. The remuneration package comprises both performance-based variable elements (cash and share incentive annual bonus plans, and the LTIP) and core fixed elements (base salary, pension and other benefits).
The composition in the case of the current Executive Directors for 2008 is illustrated in the bar chart below:
The Remuneration Committee continues to promote a simple and transparent approach for the remuneration packages of the senior executive team. The value of this focus is clarity for shareholders and no ambiguity for any eligible participants about the required performance levels.
Responsible benchmarking is a key element of setting the reward opportunity for Executive Directors. As in 2007, the Remuneration Committee considered additional external market reference points to further enhance the robustness of the decision-making framework for pay.
As a result, in 2008, the established peer group of selected FTSE 100 companies (the Pay Comparator Group) was supplemented by market data of FTSE 350 companies taking into account the relative scale and complexity of each company as well as the practice of the FTSE 30 companies. The Pay Comparator Group, which is reviewed annually, is made up of companies with a consumer goods focus, an international spread of operations and those which are considered to be a competitor for top management talent.
The Pay Comparator Group has been in use for a number of years to ensure that base salaries and executive reward continue to be market competitive. During 2008, the constituent companies were reviewed and Associated British Foods was added and Scottish & Newcastle removed for the purposes of the 2009 pay review.
The constituent companies in the Pay Comparator Group as at 31 December 2008 are set out below:
|Associated British Foods
|Reckitt Benckiser
|Reed Elsevier
|BT Group
|Royal Dutch Shell
|British Sky Broadcasting
|Imperial Tobacco Group
|WPP Group
|Marks & Spencer
From 2009, data on the Company's closest competitor, Philip Morris International, will be taken as an additional reference point for the pay review.
The long-term element of remuneration is delivered through the Company's LTIP. In February 2008, as part of the annual benchmarking review, the Committee considered whether the total potential remuneration continued to be competitive against the market. The review showed that there was a significant shortfall in the total compensation available at higher levels of performance. On this basis, awards made under the LTIP in 2008 were increased from 250 per cent to 300 per cent of salary for the Chief Executive and from 200 per cent to 250 per cent of salary for the Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer. Awards for the Management Board were increased from 150 per cent to 200 per cent of salary. In order to maintain the positioning of the package at 'target' performance, an adjustment was made to the performance schedule for the 2008 award to the Executive Directors and the Management Board such that the same percentage of salary would vest for threshold performance before and after the increase in the award. The maximum award will be achievable only where stretching performance targets are achieved in full.
The Remuneration Committee consulted shareholders prior to making awards in 2008, advising them of the increase in award sizes and offering them the opportunity to comment. The new vesting schedule and award levels will also be applied to the LTIP awards to be made in 2009.
The Company's key remuneration principles for Executive Directors and the Management Board are summarised in the Remuneration policy summary table below.
The summary table sets out the key policy principles for the salaries for the Executive Directors and the members of the Management Board. Similar principles are applied to the salaries of senior managers and other levels in the organisation, where, with reference to external market practice, salary increases are linked to individual performance.
The Remuneration Committee continues to accept that the requirements of recruitment or retention may on occasion justify the payment of a salary outside the range regarded as appropriate for a particular position.
The remuneration of the Executive Directors is reviewed in February each year, with salary increases effective from April. With effect from 1 April 2009, the base salary for Paul Adams (Chief Executive) will be £1,225,000 (1 April 2008: £1,180,000), for Nicandro Durante £630,000 (1 January 2008, upon becoming Chief Operating Officer: £600,000) and Ben Stevens £590,000 (30 April 2008, upon becoming Finance Director: £560,000).
In addition to basic salary, the Executive Directors and members of the Management Board receive certain benefits in kind, principally a car or car allowance as well as private medical and personal accident insurance. The Executive Directors also receive as a benefit the use of a driver.
Details of the International Executive Incentive Scheme (IEIS) are shown in the Remuneration policy summary table.
|Remuneration constituents
|Base salary
|— reward individual performance
— reflect skills and experience
|— cash
— monthly
|— annual review (or on a significant change of responsibilities) with salary changes effective from April
— benchmarked for appropriate salary levels using a company size and complexity model coupled with: (1) the Pay Comparator Group with a mainly international consumer goods focus chosen from the FTSE 100 Index; and (2) published salary data for FTSE 350 companies
— Management Board members are reviewed on the Pay Comparator Group
— base salary is pensionable
|Performance-related bonus
|— incentivise the attainment of corporate targets on an annual basis
|— International Executive Incentive Scheme (IEIS)
— annual awards
— 50 per cent cash
— 50 per cent shares (deferred shares)
— deferred shares held in trust for 3 years and participants receive cash sum equivalent to the dividend on the after-tax position of all unvested shares held at the dividend record date
|— 6 common measures: underlying operating profit, market share, Global Drive Brand volume, net revenue and cash flow; and (new for 2009) costs
— the 'on target' bonus opportunity for the Chief Executive is 100 per cent of the base salary with a maximum award of 200 per cent of salary, and for the Chief operating Officer and Finance Director the 'on target' bonus opportunity is 90 per cent with a maximum of 180 per cent
— for the Management Board the 'on target' bonus opportunity is 67.5 per cent of the base salary with a maximu award of 135 per cent of salary
— awards are non-pensionable
|Long term incentives (2007 LTIP)
|— incentivise growth in earnings per share and total shareholder return (TSR) over a 3 year period
|— awards of shares
— variable due to performance over 3 year period
— discretionary annual award
— LTIP dividend equivalent
— the proportion of shares awarded under an LTIP award which later lapse upon the vesting of an award do not attract the LTIP dividend equivalent
— maximum annual award of 300 per cent of salary
|— provision of competitive post-retirement benefits
|— British American Tobacco UK Pension Fund; defined benefit plan (up to April 2005)
— benefit paid as on-going pension
|— pension accrues at 1/40 of annual basic salary
— normal pensionable age of 60
— maximum pension payable will not exceed 2/3 of base salary averaged over the preceding 12 months
— UK Pension Fund retains a scheme-specific cap following the introduction of the new UK pension regime in April 2006
— excess benefits continue to be accrued within an unfunded unapproved retirement benefits scheme
As reported in 2007, the maximum bonus opportunity was increased in 2008 for the Executive Directors and the Management Board. The annual bonus opportunity, both on-target and maximum, for the Executive Directors and Management Board in 2008, and which will be the same in 2009, are shown in the table below.
|On target bonus
|Maximum bonus
|Chief Executive
|Finance Director
|Chief Operating Officer
|Management Board
The IEIS rewards short-term business performance within the context of longer-term sustainability and any resulting award is delivered as 50 per cent cash and 50 per cent deferred shares (through the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme). Demanding targets are set by the Remuneration Committee at the beginning of each year and are measured in terms of both business and financial performance.
In 2008, the targets reflected the 5 common measures referred to in the Remuneration policy summary table. These are identified as the key drivers of sustained performance and have an equal weighting of 20 per cent. The performance points (described below) are set at the start of the year by reference to the projected performance for each target in the context of the Group's annual budget.
Subject to the Committee exercising its judgement in the assessment of the quality of the Company's overall performance, payouts for each measure are determined on a sliding scale with 3 performance points. These are: threshold (which must be exceeded to attract any payment of a bonus for that measure); target; and maximum amount (the level at which the bonus for that measure is capped).
In respect of the year ended 31 December 2008, the bonus payouts under the IEIS were 169.4 per cent for the Chief Executive; 153.5 per cent for each of the Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer; and 116.7 per cent for the members of the Management Board. The actual performance related pay values are shown in Table 1 – annual cash bonus and deferred share bonus.
The Committee receives reports from management to allow it to determine the extent to which performance measures have been achieved. No elements of the bonuses are guaranteed and, as in previous years, the specific targets are commercially sensitive and not made public.
Awards made under the Deferred Share Bonus Scheme (the Deferred Scheme) are in the form of free ordinary shares in the Company which are normally held in trust for 3 years and no further performance conditions apply in that period. In certain circumstances, such as resigning before the end of the 3 year period, participants may forfeit the shares. The Remuneration Committee encourages a culture of 'ownership' of these awarded shares and participants receive a cash sum equivalent to the dividend on the after-tax position of all unvested ordinary shares held in the Deferred Scheme at the dividend record date.
For performance during 2009 and payout in 2010, an additional measure, focusing on costs, has been added to the 5 existing measures to reflect the broader perspective of sustained business performance. The 6 measures will be equally weighted, each contributing 16.67 per cent, and will continue to operate under the current IEIS framework.


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|Jeffs Fall to Middlebury in Overtime of NESCAC Championship, 1-0
Jeffs Fall to Middlebury in Overtime of NESCAC Championship, 1-0
AMHERST, MA – The top-seeded Amherst College women's soccer team entered Sunday's championship game coming off a decisive 3-0 victory over Bates College in the semifinals, while the Panthers of Middlebury College were coming off an impressive 2-0 victory over Colby College in the semifinals. The championship game was a back-and-forth battle, but the Panthers slightly outplayed the Lord Jeffs, scoring the lone goal of the game in sudden death to emerge as the 2006 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Champions.
Both offenses came out of the gate strong, as Amherst and Middlebury each had a corner kick attempt in the opening five minutes of the game. The Lord Jeffs managed to get a shot on their first corner attempt, but a one-timer by first-year Meg Murphy (Springfield, MA) was saved by the Panthers' sophomore goalkeeper Adele Plunkett (Austin, TX). The teams were very evenly matched in the first 15 minutes of the game, with both teams setting up good opportunities and attacks, only to be shut down by the aggressive defenses.
The first major threat came with 28 minutes remaining in the half, when an Erin Oliver (Essex Junction, VT) corner kick ended up on the feet of senior midfielder Abby Kurtz-Phelan (Denver, CO), whose shot from 20 yards out rattled the crossbar, forcing Amherst keeper Piper Crowell (San Rafael, CA) to punch the ball out of bounds. Middlebury would have two more consecutive corner kicks, but the Lord Jeff defense would eventually clear the ball out of Amherst territory and escape unharmed.
Middlebury held a slight edge over Amherst for a majority of the first half, keeping the ball in Lord Jeff territory but failing to put together any serious attacks. With 14 minutes remaining in the half, Amherst took back the momentum and attacked the Panthers' zone. With 10:30 remaining, junior Heather Nowak (New Haven, CT) sent a free kick form the corner to the feet of sophomore Natalie Ferraiolo (Palo Alto, CA), who one-timed the ball over the goal, ending the Amherst rush.
Middlebury would threaten once more before the end of the half, as first-year Nora Weintraub chipped a shot over Crowell to the far post, but the ball sailed just over the goal with 4:15 remaining in the half. Neither team would threaten again, as the championship game remained scoreless entering halftime.
The second half started just as the first half had gone, with the teams battling back-and-forth without being able to capitalize on any opportunities. The first major attack came 17 minutes into the half, when senior captain Lesley Pruzansky (Saratoga, CA) dribbled to the corner and crossed to senior forward Amy Armstrong (Avon, CT), whose shot looked as though it would get past Plunkett, but the Panthers' defense formed a wall on the goal line to save the shot and clear the ball out of their zone.
Middlebury quickly recovered and countered, putting serious pressure on the Lord Jeffs for seven solid minutes. With 17 minutes remaining in the half, senior captain Kim Walker (Ridgewood, NJ) received a cross from senior Laura Kwoh (Pittsburgh, PA), but her shot was ripped high and wide of the goal. The Panthers would threaten again five minutes later when a loose ball bounced inside the Amherst 18-yard line, but Crowell charged out to grab the loose ball.
The Panthers had a great chance with 11 minutes remaining in the second half when Weintraub ripped a hard shot on target, but Crowell knocked the ball back out to the middle, allowing the defense to once again escape a very good Middlebury attack. The Middlebury offense was relentless for the remainder of the half, however, setting up several scoring opportunities deep in Amherst territory. With six minutes remaining in the half, Crowell turned away a Panther corner kick, but Weintraub settled the loose ball and ripped another hard shot from eight yards out that sailed just wide of the goal. Just one minute later, senior captain Caitrin Abshere (Madison, WI) had her shot sail just high, followed shortly by another Weintraub hard shot, but Crowell picked up another save. Middlebury's final attack in the second half came with three minutes remaining when Abshere's shot sailed high, ending a long stretch of Middlebury domination.
With 25 seconds remaining in regulation, Amherst had one final scoring opportunity when first-year Kathy Nolan 's (Palo Alto, CA) corner kick hit the head of sophomore Mary Marvell, but the ball sailed over the goal, sending the teams into overtime after 90 hard-fought minutes of scoreless soccer.
The first two-and-a-half minutes of overtime were packed with scoring opportunities for both teams, with Weintraub coming the closest to scoring when she ripped yet another hard, low shot past Crowell, but the ball sailed just wide of the goal. With less than three minutes remaining in the first sudden death period, Weintraub crossed the ball from the corner to Oliver, whose shot went low and to the corner, freezing Crowell on her line. The ball hit the back of the net, and the Middlebury bench stormed the field as the Panthers claimed the 2006 NESCAC Championship.
Both goalkeepers were challenged throughout the game, with Crowell and Plunkett each recording four saves. Middlebury out-shot Amherst 13 to nine, holding a slight offensive edge over the Lord Jeffs over the course of the game, adding seven corner kick attempts to Amherst's three. Junior defender Elise Tarbi (Stow, MA) played a very solid game for the Panthers, winning several one-on-one battles and beating the Lord Jeffs to many loose balls.
The Panthers stand at 13-2-1 and receive an automatic trip to the upcoming NCAA tournament with their win, while the Lord Jeffs hope to receive an at-large bid with their impressive 12-2-1 record and regular season NESCAC title.
|Amherst College > Athletics > Women's Soccer >Jeffs Advance to NESCAC Finals with 3-0 Win Over Bates


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