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By Krista Zanin
November 2002
While confidence and good lawyering go hand in hand, even the best attorneys falter when it comes to marketing themselves.
Learning how to advertise can be a huge challenge for young attorneys and for veteran lawyers striking out on their own after working for a larger firm.
Though the thought of marketing may be daunting, there are several techniques lawyers can use to build a client base and get their names out into the community, according to several attorneys experienced with marketing.
"It's extremely challenging," said Jeffrey N. Catalano, an associate with Todd & Weld LLP of Boston, who also has co-chaired an MBA seminar on marketing. "I think people are intimidated by the whole networking and client-building process. It's all baby steps."
While larger firms may be able to afford full-time marketing employees, those just starting out may struggle to afford a small advertisement in the Yellow Pages. But Catalano and other experts encouraged attorneys to not worry. The best marketing strategies, they said, generally happen during day-to-day activities.
Getting clients to give rave reviews
Good old-fashioned customer service is chief among the best marketing techniques for lawyers. Even that tops paying a bundle for advertising, said Patrick Francomano, a North Attleboro attorney and chair of the MBA's Law Practice Management section.
"A majority of good clients you get will be derived from other good, satisfied clients or other business professionals you've had contact with," Francomano said. "The referral system in and of itself is truly your best potential resource for good clients … That's why it's very important to have an approach toward your clients that is geared toward making their experience positive.
"I consistently tell clients both verbally and in writing at the close of a case, the client who is referred to me by another client is the highest compliment I receive."
Amy C. Cashore Mariani, a contract attorney based in Cambridge who chairs the MBA's New Lawyers section, agreed.
"One thing I have found to be successful is just keeping lines of communications open with people I have made contact with, because that's really the way you get new jobs," she said.
This word-of-mouth system is not unlike referring friends to good restaurants, Francomano said.
"Who doesn't want to see their friends and family treated properly … We are talking (here) about someone being charged with a crime. Wouldn't you want them to be represented by someone you know to be of high quality?" he said
So how do lawyers get clients to refer them to family and friends?
That depends on how well an attorney treats a client, according to Catalano.
"You have to care about your clients, and their case has to matter to you," Catalano said. "If you do that, other things will follow. If you care about your clients, good things will be created and a referral base will be created."
"When conversations invariably arise that lawyers are evil people, the best thing that can happen is for someone to say, 'But you don't know my lawyer.' That not only services you and your firm, but the profession as well," Catalano said.
A client is more apt to pass along a recommendation if he or she feels like an attorney listened carefully, Catalano said.
That technique helps the client feel at ease and is useful for an attorney to target other issues a client may need help with in the future. If the attorney doesn't have an answer for a client, the astute lawyer will refer that issue or question to another attorney he or she has confidence in, according to Catalano.
"You yourself may not be able to serve them, but if you are able to refer them to a friend or someone else in your own firm, it may not service you directly, but indirectly it will," he said.
A colleague who gets a referral may return the favor down the road, he said.
Turning to others for help
Francomano encouraged attorneys to be honest with clients. If they are unfamiliar with a field of law, taking the case could become a marketing disaster. More people share stories about their bad experiences with attorneys than they do about great representation.
"Don't get in over your head," Francomano said. "If you don't know an area (of law), you need to cut those off early on. Recognize your limitations and try to live within them."
It also helps to know experts in other professions, such as accountants, to refer clients.
"You want your client to be well taken care of and you want to be sure they go to someone you have faith in," Francomano said.
Tell people what you do
A crucial marketing mistake lawyers often make is not telling clients exactly what types of cases they take.
"The most frustrating thing … sometimes you come across a client who says, 'Oh, my brother got into a very bad auto accident and he went to see attorney so-and-so,' (and you say) 'Why didn't you call me?' (and the response is) 'I didn't know you did that kind of work.' One of the most effective marketing tools is to make sure your clients know the range of services you provide," Francomano said.
Mariani recommends lawyers develop a list of significant professional accomplishments to give to potential clients. The list could include important cases and resolutions.
"When a potential client asks you, 'What have you done for others lately?' you are able to provide them with a succinct list to show them," Mariani said.
Catalano said he likes to tell people about important or interesting cases he is working on when meeting new people. It's a good way, he said, to inform people about his legal medical-malpractice specialty as well as his firm's name.
"Advertise yourself, but add to yourself in an interesting way. Have at hand a very interesting case you're working on," Catalano said.
Catalano also will talk about other areas of law that his firm handles so that people will think of his firm when they need assistance.
Catalano also stressed the importance of being patient.
It may take years for a person an attorney met at a cocktail party or other event to call for legal advice. The follow-up is the trick to making sure that person still remembers you when they need help.
"It's not like you have to meet this person and invite them over for dinner," Catalano said. "But make sure you send various announcements or holiday cards or simple things that show you are still there."
Join organizations
Mariani also recommends attorneys join organizations as a way to develop relationships that could turn into a stream of referrals.
"Become active in your community and in your bar association to develop a network of contacts that you need to survive and have a practice thrive," Mariani said.
Still, Mariani said it's important to limit organization involvement to those that interest you. That could be anything from coaching Little League to joining a local chamber of commerce.
"There are really no limits to where you can find business," she said. "It's just a question of developing sufficient contacts to be able to do so."
"(Attorneys) should do what interests them, but they need to get themselves out there," she said. "It makes no sense to join an organization you are not going to enjoy."
Francomano said local chambers of commerce are good to join because, in addition to networking, they have other resources available.
For instance, in Francomano's local chamber, members can meet with someone to help them set up a business plan.
Other organizations, including Business Network International, organize people in different professions to be in a networking team. He said the service worked well for a lawyer specializing in real estate closings. She met a mortgage broker, who helped her build clients.
But Francomano also stressed that lawyers should carefully consider whether they have the time to join organizations. Doing otherwise can lead to a bad marketing decision.
"There's no sense in me joining an organization if I cannot attend the meetings," he said. "I'm already a member of the over-committed club as it is. You really have to pick and choose. If you get into everything and show up to nothing, what is that going to say about you?"
Just a phone call away
The MBA's Lawyer Referral Service is another opportunity for attorneys to pick up new clients. Approximately 1,200 attorneys in Massachusetts use the service. Of the more than 50,000 people who called looking for legal advice last year, 25,000 were referred to attorneys, according to Elizabeth A. O'Neil, MBA public service director.
"It's a great way (for lawyers) to expand their client base, particularly if they are starting a new practice, going out on their own or moving to a new community," O'Neil said. "If they don't have networking ties, (the legal referral service) really gets them in the community, and they like that."
The service refers callers from across the state to attorneys specializing in a variety of areas, from bankruptcy to landlord/tenant issues.
"We're always looking for attorneys throughout the entire commonwealth," O'Neil said. "We are not just in Boston. Our callers come from Pittsfield to Provincetown, who would like to find attorneys in their own communities."
Five full-time MBA staff members answer calls Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The service is available to MBA members who also pay an additional $75 or $100 membership, depending on how long they have been admitted to the Massachusetts bar. The fee is higher for attorneys who have been in practice longer.
Attorneys using the service must complete an application, be in good standing with Board of Bar Overseers, have professional liability insurance of $250,000/$500,000 and choose areas of law in which they have experience, competency or training.
Attorneys receive referrals on a rotating basis depending on the topic of law and where the potential client lives. The service is listed in Yellow Pages throughout the state. When someone calls for a referral, an MBA employee talks to the person and then transfers the call right to the attorney's office.
More information on Lawyer Referral Service is available by calling (617) 338-0556 or via e-mail at [e-mail lrs].
Starting out
Francomano said it's important for any attorney, particularly those starting out on their own, to set up a business plan that includes marketing. That should include how much time and money an attorney wants to spend on advertising, joining community organizations and networking elsewhere.
They also can serve themselves well by learning from veterans, he said.
"The most valuable thing someone can do is try to work with seasoned attorneys who have successful practices," Francomano said. "Work with other attorneys who are in a similar situation, learn from each other's experiences."
But lawyers also should not be afraid to be creative.
"You don't want to imitate anyone's mistakes, but by the same token you need to think beyond what everyone else is doing and not be afraid to take chances," Francomano said.


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SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Thomas Is Named To Dream Team II
Published: January 11, 1994
ISIAH THOMAS was named yesterday to the United States squad that will compete in this summer's world championships in Toronto and is expected to be the core of the American team for the 1996 Atlanta Games.
USA Basketball announced yesterday Thomas would replace TIM HARDAWAY, the Golden State guard who tore a knee ligament in October.
Thomas was left off the 1992 Olympic team that won the gold medal. Many felt he deserved a place on the squad, but his strained relations with MICHAEL JORDAN apparently became an obstacle to his selection to the Dream Team. (AP)

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Years ago, members of the USU marching band started calling trumpeter Eric Anderson "Doug." They said he looked like the cartoon character Doug Funnie, and Anderson didn't protest. Instead, he owned the name, dressing up on several occasions as Quailman, the character's superhero alter ego.
Anderson died after riding his bike into a slackline on the southwest corner of Old Main Hill on the Utah State University campus about 5 p.m. Monday. USU spokesman Tim Vitale said Anderson, 24, of West Jordan, sustained upper body trauma, including head and neck injuries.
Tuesday afternoon, his friend and fellow band member Omar Ordonez recalled Anderson's nickname and Quailman outfit, saying it was one of the many things that made him well-liked and friendly.
"He was just a guy who loved people," Ordonez said. "He enjoyed being around people and being with friends."
The slackline similar to a truck-towing strap was stretched between trees about chest high when Anderson hit it. The line was one of two lines set up at the location facing in an east-west direction. In what has become a popular sport, "slackers" balance, walk and bounce along the line, attempting a variety of trick moves.
Anderson was rushed to Logan Regional Hospital after paramedics attempted unsuccessfully to revive him at the scene. He was reported to be unresponsive when transported and declared dead about an hour later.
Several students witnessed the accident, university police said.
Vitale said current university policy does not restrict where students can slackline, and he added that at some point in the future, the university will examine slacklining to see if some sort of rules or regulations should be created. As of Tuesday, no discussions on the topic had occurred as university staff helped those dealing with the loss, Vitale said.
"Today we're keeping our eyes on what's most important, which is rallying around the family and friends," Vitale said.
During a conversation Tuesday, junior Omar Ordonez said he and Anderson first became friends during the marching band's fundamentals training several years ago. Anderson was an easy going and quickly made friends with everyone, Ordonez recalled.
Sophomore Justin Saunders, who participates in an informal group dubbed the "USU Slackline Team," called the incident a "super sad thing" Tuesday. Saunders was not present when the accident occurred and doesn't know the people who set up the line, but said the sport is popular on campus, with 100 people showing up to a recent event. Hundreds more follow the slackline group online via social media.
Saunders said he usually doesn't slackline on Old Main Hill, where the accident occurred, because the slope raises the chance of injury when dismounting or falling off the line. Instead, he usually chooses flat, grassy areas without a lot of cross traffic when slacklining. He also said he recalls seeing people "bomb the hill on their bikes."
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Clearwater, Fla. (February 24, 2008) – The Saint Leo softball team (9-2) won two out of three games at the Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater, Fla. In the first of three games, the Lions defeated #17 Midwestern State (9-8), 2-1. The Lions followed the defeat of the Mustangs by winning 3-0 against the Eckerd College Tritons (3-15) in dramatic fashion. The Lions would fail in their attempt of a three game sweep in day two of the tournament as they fell to the University of Tampa (13-4), 6-3.
Saint Leo took on Midwestern State in the first game of the day, defeating the # 15 Mustangs 2-1. Leading the way for the Lions was Tatiana Casis (Jr., Port St. Lucie, Fla.). Casis went 2-for-3 on the day with a single and the first of her two home runs on the afternoon. The Lions shortstop once again cleared both sets of fences at the Eddie C. Moore complex with the long home run to left centerfield. The Lions would collect six hits total on the day and were able to push runs across in the third and fourth innings. That is all Lions pitcher Ashley Urbanik (Jr., Riverview, Fla.) would need as she went the distance, scattering eight hits, and striking out seven. The Lions were able to overcome being outhit and committing one more error than the Mustangs.
The second game of the day was witness to a pitchers duel between Lions' starter Kiki VonHolt (Sr., New Port Richey, Fla.) and Ashley Palmer of Eckerd College. VonHolt (3-0) went the whole way only giving up four hits, striking out four, and not giving up a single run. Each pitcher matched zeros the entire game and the Lions could only manage three hits against the Tritons' Palmer. Two of those three hits came in the bottom of the seventh through when Ally Maddox doubled to deep left center with two outs to put runners on second and third. That double set the stage for designated player Stephanie Discepolo (Jr., Spring Hill, Fla.) to win the game for the Lions. With two down, Discepolo sent the Ashley Palmer delivery deep into left center field and over the fence for a walk off three-run homerun and the Lions home with a hard fought victory.
The Lions came out in game three with the intentions of sweeping the three game afternoon bill, but instead met a resilient University of Tampa team. The Lions jumped out in front early on two infield singles as Tatiana Casis reached on an infield single bringing in Elysha Agen (Fr., Palm Harbor, Fla.). The Spartans bats would stay hot though as they would tie the game in the second and then scored four in the third inning to take the lead, 5-1. The Spartans would score their last run on of the game in the fourth to make it 6-1. The Lions wouldn't quit though, with two down in the top of the sixth inning, Tatiana Casis would send a Spartans pitch over the centerfield fence driving in two. The Lions couldn't muster anymore offense though as they fell to the Spartans Sunday afternoon.
The Lions return to action this Friday, February 29 as they open home conference play against Florida Tech. First pitch for the single game is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.


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The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education
The Feldenkrais Method is for anyone who wants to reconnect with their natural abilities to move, think and feel. Whether you want to be more comfortable sitting at your computer, playing with your children and grandchildren, or performing a favorite pastime, these gentle lessons can improve your overall well being.
Learning to move with less effort makes daily life easier. Because the Feldenkrais Method focuses on the relationship between movement and thought, increased mental awareness and creativity accompany physical improvements. Everyone, from athletes and artists to administrators and attorneys, can benefit from the Feldenkrais Method.
Does your back hurt? Do you have trouble focusing your attention? Have you stopped participating in activities you used to enjoy?
We improve our well being when we learn to fully use ourselves. Our intelligence depends upon the opportunity we take to experience and learn on our own. This self learning leads to full, dynamic living.
Ordinarily, we learn just enough to function. For example, we learn to use our hands well enough to eat, our legs well enough to walk. Our abilities to function with a greater range of ease and skill, however, remain to be developed. The Feldenkrais Method teaches—through movement—how we can improve our capabilities to function in our daily lives.
View a brief video introducing the Feldenkrais Method®
The Feldenkrais Method is expressed in two parallel forms: Awareness Through Movement® and Functional Integration®.
Awareness Through Movement consists of verbally directed movement sequences presented primarily to groups. There are several hundred hours of Awareness Through Movement lessons. A lesson generally lasts from thirty to sixty minutes. Each lesson is usually organized around a particular function.
Functional Integration is another form of expressing the Feldenkrais Method. Just as Feldenkrais practitioners can guide people through movement sequences verbally in Awareness Through Movement, they also guide people through movement with gentle, non-invasive touching in Functional Integration.


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We needed a subject for this demonstration website to focus on to
illustrate the ease with which a website can present paintings or photographs.
The loading of the images is carefully tuned to minimise the page load time for
the end user, with the majority of the images loading in the background while the first
two or three images of the slideshow are being shown.
Independent test bed results for a simulated broadband connection from the USA
show a page load time for this website of about 12 seconds -
faster than many other providers websites load without images.
We have access to a set of holiday photographs from a holiday in Namibia and hence used them.
Namibia is a truly impressive country of landscape and climate extremes with an absolutely wonderful
set of indigenous peoples - if you get the opportunity - visit, soon -
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Home Improvement Questions? Ask a Handyman for Answers
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I will rate above 3 but I was looking for some one in the home improvement section that had knowledge of building principles to explain to me why this humidity and I mean a lot of humidity was being created in this garage.Example is the humidity coming up the floor wall should some building principle be followed. So I am asking you to open this question to such a person
The condensation will be caused by cold surfaces in the room that are below the temperature of the dew point. Think of air as a sponge. When is cools off the sponge becomes smaller and loses its ability to hold moisture. When this temperature drop is below the dew point you get your condensation and thus have wet surfaces. The 2 possible solutions to stop condensation is to constantly keep the temperature above the dew point(heat the space), or remove the moisture from the air, thus raising the dew point temperature. Most people don't choose the heat the space option because it is expensive and uncomfortable. The bets option is to simply remove the moisture.Take care.
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Re-released this season, the highly anticipated Manual Industrial Products 10 arrives as part of Hender Scheme's "Hommage" footwear collection. As the name implies, the shoes are hand-made versions of their famed industrially produced counterparts. Paying homage to classic silhouettes, the iconic basketball sneaker is reinvented in premium raw leather. The leather clad shoes come in a natural undyed finish made to age with the wearer in a beautiful patina.
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During the tenure of my Luce-funded project archivist position at the Burke Library, I will be processing, arranging and describing all of the collections in the Missionary Research Library Archives and the William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library Archives. MANY new collections are available for use and research. These original, unique, primary source materials can greatly add to a Union student's research. And, as the saying goes, 'those who fail to study the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them.'
Have you looked into any of these archives lately? You may be surprised how much they can add to what Union in Dialogue stands for: a discussion of social analysis, interreligious dialogue, embodiment, poverty, and a number of other pressing topics.
You can always look at the Burke Archives page, specifically at the Missionary Research Library Collection and William Adams Brown Archives links. We also make sure to post direct links through our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
One other option is through the Burke Archives Blog, which is specific to the Hidden Archival Collections of the Burke Library project. If you look at the tab called Completed Collections, you will see all of that which has been done since the project began in August 2011.
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From: "thecoombs" <>
Subject: [Ess] Death Certificate
Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 10:25:24 +1200
Evening All,
Have just received the death cert for my ggg-grandad George Alexander
died- 24th May 1846 Goldhanger
age 64 & half
occupation- Sheep Dresser?
cause of death-Not Certified
a Sarah Champion made her mark,Goldhanger
registered- 30th May 1846.
My Questions
1. How is it possible for a death certificate to be issued without certification of a medical practitioner
2. Is it unusual for 6 days to pass between death and registration.
3. What is a Sheep Dresser
4. Age is correct almost to the day so who is the informant, wife and daughters were at home with George in the 1841 census
census 1851 neither Sarah his wife or Sarah his daughter had married to a Champion and were still resident at Chapel St,
Would appreciate any advice and your thoughts.
Thank you Marion N.Z.
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Buenos Aires (AFP) Feb 22, 2013
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit southwest Argentina Friday but caused no damage or injuries, the US Geological Survey and local authorities reported.
The earthquake was "within the limit of moderate to severe, but it was 672 kilometers (417 miles) underground and was not perceived by the population," Argentina's National Institute of Seismic Prevention said.
USGS put the depth slightly shallower, at 585 kilometers (364 miles).
The quake struck a rural area near Suncho Corral, 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of the provincial capital, which is home to 400,000 people.
A local official confirmed that the quake was not felt in the larger city, and that there were no reports of damage or injuries.
The region is around 1,000 kilometers northwest of Buenos Aires.
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Long time followers of this page may remember back in March of 2012 i did up a hackintosh on an old Dell 620, that was my first foray into the macworld and i came away not overly impressed, Snow Leopard reminded me of Gnome2. Recently i went back for another look at OS X after cooking up a hackintosh which runs the OS Mavericks, read on to find out how this Archlinux refugee fared in the adventure.
Firstly i went to my favourite torrent site and searched for ' OSX USB Install Intel' i ultimately came away with this . For anyone wanting to follow my steps ( i will give a tutorial of sorts as one or two folk on G+ asked me to share the magic sauce) this would be a great time to go and find out what hardware your PC is running, If using lolWindows then there is a free app named Speccy and if using Linux then you probably know how to find out what hardware your box is using. Specificaly take note of the Soundcard, GPU and the NIC (network interface card) make and model. My machine has an ASUS mobo and an Intel i7 and an ATI HD4870 GPU Audio is Realtek ALC888/ALC1200, NIC is RealtekRTL8111, i will link to the appropriate kexts and a DSDT for that specific HW below.
Once i had my list of hardware i set about writing the newly downloaded image to a little 16Gb Sandisk USB stick, i was ofc using Linux so i used the 'dd' method. Having formatted the USB stick to FAT32 filesystem i began to write the image, as root i cd to dir where image resides then ran this command replacing ** with the USB drive's assigned letters
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i renamed the downloaded file 'OS X 10.9 Install USB.raw' to simply osx10.raw
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Contestant's Idol boast: I had affair with Abdul
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Affair claim ... Paula Abdul
A former American Idol contestant claims he had a sexual relationship with one of the judges, Paula Abdul, while taking part in the popular TV talent show.
ABC News released on Tuesday details about its one-hour Primetime Live special, scheduled to air in the US on Wednesday night.
In it, Corey Clark says Abdul coached him on his vocal performance and chose his songs and clothes.
Clark told ABC that Abdul initiated the relationship.
"I want to look out after you like, like I'm your mom," Clark said Abdul told him. "And then she was like, 'Well, more like your sister.' And I was like, 'OK, cool, cool' ... And then she was like, 'Well, maybe more like your special friend'."
The Fox Network said Clark was dropped from American Idol in 2003 for failing to reveal a past arrest that resulted from a scuffle with his sister.
The latest season of the hit show has its finale on May 25.
Abdul's lawyer has sent a letter to ABC threatening legal action if the special airs. "Mr Clark is an admitted liar and opportunist who engages in unlawful activities. He is communicating lies about Paula Abdul to generate interest in a book deal," said a statement on her behalf.
Clark earlier made allegations about Abdul in a newspaper interview, which reported he was shopping for a tell-all book.
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PASADENA>> Irreconcilable differences caused the leadership at Pasadena Pride Center to part ways.
President Rick Eisenlord resigned, and on Friday created the San Gabriel Valley Gay and Lesbian Center.
Eisenlord, 63, pastor of Good Shepherd Church Pasadena made the announcement in a press release.
Both he and the other co-founder of Pasadena Pride Center, Vice President Paulette Hunnewell, jumped ship to the San Gabriel Valley Gay and Lesbian Center, which is "faith based ... community driven."
Liz Schiller, interim president of the Pasadena Pride Center since Saturday, said the organization will continue to serve the community.
"All of the board members are committed volunteers," she said. "Nobody at the Pasadena Pride Center receives a salary or any personal benefit from their participation other than the satisfaction of a job well done."
Both groups have hired attorneys and litigation may be pending. And because Eisenlord bought the domain name for the Pasadena Pride Center, the website at www.pasadenapridecenter.org has been shut down.
The SGV Gay and Lesbian Center's first project will be to help the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender homeless population. It will collect food donations for the Pasadena Public Health Department's HIV food bank, Eisenlord said.
He encouraged prospective volunteers to attend his first meeting, which will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in Eisenlord's office at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Board members of the Pasadena Pride Center said they were pleased LGBT in the San Gabriel Valley have another resource to turn to.
"It's positive because I think the more services we have, the better," Treasurer Aaron Saenz said. "It's a pretty large area, so we need services."
Although the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center in Hollywood provides aid for the LGBT community, getting there could be quite a trek, especially for teenagers who are confused about their sexuality or who need help with coming out, Eisenlord said.
Even though there are three PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) organizations in the San Gabriel Valley, as the name suggests, their target clients are allies of rather than members of the LGBT community.
Aside from resources for people with HIV and social networking groups for men who are 40 years old or older, Saenz said the San Gabriel Valley has a dearth of services for the LGBT community.
"There is not as much mental health (help)," Saenz said. "I know they're there. We just have to find them so we could have a central referral base."
There are many cultural groups of all ages who need LGBT assistance, but they may have to wait awhile longer, Schiller said.
"We have been stalled for probably the last couple of years," she said, noting the organization existed before it received nonprofit status. "We haven't launched particular programs. We have done outreach. We are looking to discover the most-needed services."
Eisenlord, however, said he's ready to get started now even though he still needs many more volunteers, nonprofit status and grant money.
"We were a little concerned about saying faith-based because there is a lot of negative perspective about what churches have done to the lesbian and gay community," Eisenlord said. "You can be gay and a person of faith, and it's not contradictory. That's my message as a (gay) pastor."


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As a frugal guy living in New York, I have been slightly removed from the Black Friday extravaganza that happens annually in the bigger stores. We don't have a Walmart or Kmart in Manhattan (that I know of). These great Black Friday deals usually pass us by. I've decided to compile some of the best black Friday food ads that some of the big store have put together. I hope a few of these save you some money for the holidays
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I wouldn't go for the Rubbermaid stuff. Pyrex so much better. I think the Ninja is pretty much a waste of money. Spend the extra bucks on a Blendtec (play with the big boys buddy).
I have a Sodastream, which I love, but it's a bit expensive to refill the CO2 every few weeks. At the same time it is nice to always have seltzer.
Sam's Club
The Wolfgang Puck knife set is a good for a starter apartment and that Galaxy Tablet is perfect for your cookbook apps. Though I'd wash my hands before touch it.
Lately I've been on this Panini kick. If it can be put between two breads and toasted I'll do it (add excessive amounts of French Butter). For 19 bucks, not so bad. It's one of those products you buy, use for a few months then it'll get lost in the pantry.
Only thing worth buying here is the Greenies and the pet bed. Rest of stuff (even tidy cat) is junk. If you feed your animals this you really need to reconsider what their health will be when they are in their teen years. I'd suggest Stella and Chewys.
As with Petsmart, more crap. Science Diet and the rest of the items are just corn/filler filled junk that cheap. Don't cheap out on food. Your pet is part of family.
Taylor Swift's Red….purchased. I am sucker for country pop.
Home Depot
I am still in-between opinions on the bottom Freezer. Half the time when I open mine 1/3 of the items fly out. Don't get me started on getting on your hands and knees picking ice off the floor.
Isn't this place a pharmacy. If you're lining up on Black Friday for a pharmacy you're an idiot. I am sorry. Now if they had a discount in Viagra or some of those blue pill….maybe I'd understand.
Best Buy
Samsung Fridge with french doors….awesome. I played with it today at my local BB. It's futuristic enough for any gadget geek like me.
BJs Wholesale
18 Bottle Wine Cooler $99. Food saver $89. I had always thought BJ's was just some sexual joke of a store that actually sold adult toys, but I was wrong. They have some serious deals. How do I sign up for a BJ…card.


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The CHSAA finalized its AA, A and B divisions and determined its schedule alignment on Wednesday.
The Kennedy basketball team landed in the A division. Kennedy left Section 1 this winter and will join the CHSAA as a member this fall.
Stepinac and Iona Prep will both remain in the AA division. They will be joined in the New York Archdiocesan by Mount St. Michael, Fordham Prep, St. Ray's, Cardinal Hayes and All Hallows, the latter of which returns after a year in the A.
The other two local Catholic schools — Sacred Heart and Salesian — will remain in the B division.
Here's a look at the new alignment and how many league games each division will play:
CHSAA "AA" DIVISION — All New York Archdiocesan teams will play its divisional opponents twice apiece, each Brooklyn/Queens diocesan team once, and the Staten Island "AA" (St. Peter's) once. That will give the New York teams 19 league games and the Brooklyn/Queens team 17.
New York: All Hallows, Cardinal Hayes, Fordham Prep, Iona Prep, Mount St. Michael, St. Ray's, Stepinac
Brooklyn/Queens: Archbishop Molloy, Bishop Loughlin, Christ the King, Holy Cross, St. Francis Prep, Xaverian
CHSAA "A" DIVISION — Each team will play its divisional opponents twice apiece and the three Staten Island teams (Monsignor Farrell, Moore Catholic and St. Joe's by the Sea) once apiece for a total of 15 league games.
"A" Division: Bishop Ford, Cardinal Spellman, Kennedy, Monsignor McClancy, Monsignor Scanlan, Nazareth, Xavier
CHSAA "B" DIVISION — Each team will play its divisional opponents twice apiece for a total of 12 league games.
"B" Division: Cathedral Prep, LaSalle, Regis, Sacred Heart, Salesian, St. Edmund's, St. John's Prep
STATEN ISLAND — The schools will play each Staten Island team twice and the games outlined above (depending on class) for a total of 13 league games. Only games played against opponents within the class will count toward playoff seeding.
"AA" Division: St. Peter's
"A" Division: Monsignor Farrell, Moore Catholic, St. Joe's by the Sea


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kinetic energy
Kinetic energy is energy of motion, equivalent to one-half an object's mass multiplied by its velocity squared. If a body of mass m has an initial velocity u and is accelerated by a constant force F to velocity of v then from Newton's laws of motion, v 2 = u 2 + 2as and the definition of force F = ma, then the work done is equal to Fs.
W = FsIf the body starts from rest, u = 0 and so the work done on it would be ½mv 2. This gives the amount of energy that any moving body of mass m traveling at velocity v has.
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You had to be intrigued by the starting pitching match up, Ponson vs. Randy Johnson, when it was over, Ponson and the St. Louis Cardinals came out on top with a 4-3 victory.
Ponson, vying for the fifth spot in the rotation, allowed just one run and two hits in four innings. After he was done, he threw 14 or 15 more pitches in the bullpen to push his pitch count up over 60.
For the record, Ponson is putting his time in the gym getting in shape and I don't have any doubt he is going to do everything he can to make the most out of this opportunity with St. Louis.
"I'm pretty happy with the way I threw," Ponson said. "In Baltimore, I pushed the envelope a little more because I was a veteran. Over here, I'm fighting for a spot."
His competition for that fifth spot includes, the Cardinals' Top Prospect, Anthony Reyes who continues to struggle. Reyes, with an ERA of 8.68, allowed two runs and five hits in four innings, but picked up the win in relief, improving his spring training record to 1-1.
After the game, Reyes had this to say; "I feel like I'm definitely improving," Reyes said. "I felt more confident today, each time I've gone out there I think I've improved."
I concur Reyes is improving, but I find it hard to believe, he will actually be the Cardinals #5 starter, at least to start the season.
The two seam fastball that the Cardinals have him working on, I agree will help him in the long term in his career, I just don't think it will help him win a job this spring.
Adam Wainwright, considered by most as the Cardinals #2 pitching prospect in the organization, is also in the hunt to earn a job as a member of the Cardinals rotation.
My take after talking with Wainwright is, I'd try to keep him in St. Louis as oppose to sending him to Triple-A Memphis. I don't see him going down and setting the world on fire in the minors, but I do see him so hungry to stay in the majors, he'll work his tail off and doing anything asked of him.
No matter what, Tony La Russa is going to have a tough time making some decisions concerning his pitching staff.
Apparently competition is good for the Cardinals as long as it doesn't include the right field position.
Minor leaguer, Chris Duncan is smoking in spring training. He's hitting .325 with four home runs and six RBIs. Eight of Duncan's 13 hits have been for extra bases and he leads the club by a big margin with 29 total bases, followed by Scott Spiezio with 19 total bases.
You look at Duncan's numbers this spring and take a glance at Juan Encarnacion and what he's doing at the World Baseball Classic for the Dominican Republic team and you wonder how the Cardinals are going to let Encarnacion just come back and move into right field?
Here is a look at their numbers;
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|Juan Encarnacion - WBC
To me it is hard to send Duncan down after the spring training he is having, each of his last four hits have gone for extra bases and he has homered in consecutive games. Duncan's 29 total bases rank 3rd in the Grapefruit League and his 10 runs scored rank T-1st and his 4 HRs rank T-3rd in the league and 13 hits T-5th.
Here is an idea, move Encarnacion to left and insert Duncan in right. Something to think about.
For sure Duncan can't be considered an option in left field.
TODAY's GAME
The Cardinals play the fourth of six spring games vs. the Florida Marlins today. The Cards just finished their Central Florida road trip with a 2-1 mark after defeating the Yankees 4-3 yesterday at Tampa.
The Redbirds have won five of their last seven games and are above .500 for the 1st time.
Like I told you after the first week of spring training games, the pitching is coming around this week. Cardinals pitchers have posted a 2.38 ERA (72.0 IP / 19 ER) over their last eight games, lowering its spring ERA to a camp-low 4.62, and have two shutouts in the last four games.
Our pitching will be there as well as our bullpen when the season starts.
Randy Flores, Alan Benes, Tyler Johnson, and Brian Falkenborg are available to pitch after starter Mark Mulder today.
Keep an eye on Flores, he's coming back from surgery from last season. Brian Falkenborg has been very impressive early on and there are a lot of people pulling for Alan Benes to make the club this spring.
It's clear I have major heartburn about the WBC. Yadier Molina has just five at bats so far for the Puerto Rico team. Five at bats, I hope it was worth it, because I would rather have had him in camp working with the Cardinals staff and the new young pitchers.


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At the risk of losing even more credibility with state lawmakers and despite a deadline imposed by the Maryland Racing Commission, the state's racing industry acknowledged Monday it has not made peace among the ranks. If anything, the disparate factions demonstrated that resolving their disputes is a longshot. Disputes between the Thoroughbred and Standardbred segments over revenue-sharing, simulcasting, and off-track betting remained unresolved. "We can't get together on anything," racing commissioner Terry Saxon said. "That's mind-boggling. ... It's shameful." At its meeting in late October, the commissioners ordered industry leaders to resolve their Thoroughbred-harness differences within two weeks. The urgency was a letter from Casper Taylor Jr., speaker of the House of Delegates, imploring the industry to solve its problems and unite. The implied threat was if it didn't, it would lose any chance of regaining a state grant for purses. Horsemen, breeders, and track owners held several meetings but reached no agreement. "There's so much mistrust. ... I don't think anyone wants to agree at this point," said Mike Pons, president of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association.The commission approved a Wednesday-through-Sunday racing schedule at Laurel Park through March. But it did not consider summer dates because horsemen and Maryland Jockey Club cannot agree on when to shut down for the meet at Colonial Downs in Virginia. They couldn't agree last year, either. They did agree, however, to eliminate 11 stakes and cut the purses of nine others during the first three months of 2002. Those cuts follow severe reductions in the stakes program because of the loss this year of the state's $10-million purse supplement. At the close of the meeting, commissioner Erwin Mendelson said: "This is all going downhill." In other business, the racing commission began the final phase of its hearing on construction of a racetrack in western Maryland.William Rickman Jr. and his father, William Rickman Sr., have proposed a small track off Interstate 86 in eastern Allegany County. It would feature Thoroughbred and harness racing three weeks a year, offer simulcast betting 363 days a year, and be subsidized by off-track-betting parlors elsewhere in the state. The Rickmans own Delaware Park in Delaware, and Ocean Downs, a harness track on Maryland's Eastern Shore. William Rickman Jr. told commissioners that the track would feature a 40,000-square-foot main building with 700 seats, another 300 seats on the track apron, and 200 more under a clubhouse tent. The racing surface would be a combined three-quarter-mile oval with a quarter-mile lead-in chute. Bill Fasy, who would be the track's chief operating officer, said it would race Thoroughbreds 15 days and Standardbreds six days. Thoroughbred purses would be $152,000 per day, and Sstandardbred purses would be $66,000 per day, he said. The racing commission has granted preliminary approval to the track. As it has from the outset, opposition from western Maryland residents surfaced. "We are drawing a line and saying, 'No more gambling,' " said Mike Huskins, an Allegany County minister. "We're going to fight you at every step to make this thing fail."
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A DAD who is lucky to be alive after suffering a heart attack has praised the "out of this world" NHS staff who helped save his life.
Martin Ledbury began to feel "sick as a dog", experience crushing chest pain and broke into a sweat after he had been at a customer's house repairing an oil boiler.
Later tests would show that all three of his coronary arteries were almost completely blocked.
The 52-year-old, of Tweed Close, Medway Park, Worcester, fell ill on Friday, November 2.
He told his wife of 26 years: "I think I might be having another heart attack."
Within minutes of his wife Susan calling 999, the father-of-one said three "fantastic" paramedics and two volunteers were at his home.
He said: "I was very scared.
"I had a heart attack before in 2003 but this was worse.
"It was all down my left arm and it felt like there was a vice on my chest."
He was given aspirin to thin the blood and he was put on an echocardiogram in his kitchen before an ambulance took him to A&E at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
He was monitored in the medical assessment unit before he was moved onto a cardiac ward.
Mr Ledbury said: "The nurses are out of this world and worked their socks off.
"I was very satisfied with the care. I have no doubt they saved my life.
"The consultant in Worcester told me how lucky I was to be alive.
"You can't be more grateful than I am. You just can't knock them.
"Everybody at that hospital from the cleaner to the ward sister to the doctor was fantastic.
"Nothing was too much trouble."
Mr Ledbury thought he may need a new stent but tests showed that two of his arteries were 90 per cent blocked and the third was completely blocked.
He was stuck for words and went into shock when the consultant told him "you need a triple heart bypass".
He praised in particular a student nurse called Claire Styles and Jane Savage, manager of laurel ward, for the excellent care they gave him.
Mr Ledbury had the procedure at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton on Tuesday, November 20, spending seven hours in theatre.
The open heart surgery involved taking veins from an arm, leg and chest and grafting them onto the existing heart vessel.
He also thanked the staff there and praised his wife who he said had been "a rock" for him."
Dr Jasper Trevelyan, consultant cardiologist at Worcester, said: "We are delighted to hear of the positive experience Mr Ledbury had at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
"The cardiology team are extremely proud of the high quality service they provide to patients and they will be pleased to know that their hard work and effort has made such a difference."


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Location: Grassland, Soil and Water Research LaboratoryTitle: Soil-mediated effects of subambient to increased carbon dioxide on grassland productivity Author
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Submitted to: Nature Climate Change
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/8/2012
Publication Date: 9/27/2012
Publication URL: http://handle.nal.usda.gov/10113/58769
Citation: Fay, P.A., Jin, V.L., Way, D.A., Potter, K.N., Gill, R.A., Jackson, R.B., Polley, H.W. 2012. Soil-mediated effects of subambient to increased carbon dioxide on grassland productivity. Nature Climate Change. 2:742-746. Interpretive Summary: Atmospheric CO2 concentrations [CO2] continue to rise in large part due to anthropogenic activities. Many studies have examined the effects of elevated [CO2] on plant growth and ecosystem productivity, but they have not considered the effects of soil type on ecosystem responses to [CO2]. This is an important knowledge gap. Soils differ considerably over short (tens of meters) spatial scales in properties like texture and organic matter content, which determine water and nitrogen availability to support plant growth, and which may limit productivity increases from elevated [CO2]. Furthermore, differences in water/nutrient availability may favor certain plant species over others, and species change may also influence productivity responses to elevated CO2. We found clear differences among soils in productivity gains to [CO2] expected over the next 50-75 years (500 ppm), but with different causes in each case. On the most resource-rich soil, a heavy clay Vertisol, aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) gains were small, because elevated CO2 caused little increased resource use efficiency in the two dominant grasses (which together accounted for over half the total biomass). However, on a less resource-rich clay, a Mollisol, elevated [CO2] caused a strong linear increase in ANPP, explained mainly by increased dominance of a more water-loving tallgrass species, which gained more physiological efficiency at elevated [CO2] and outcompeted a more drought-adapted midgrass species. On a sandy Alfisol with low water holding capacity, strong linear increases in ANPP were found, but here attributable primarily to increased soil moisture accruing from lower leaf-level water loss at elevated [CO2]. These results suggest that there may be considerable spatial variation in grassland responses to CO2, and some soils will experience threshold species change as the existing species reach the limits of their ability to respond to the changing conditions, and are out-competed by better-adapted species. This spatial variation and species change needs to be accounted for in models predicting future ecosystem properties arising from climate change.
Technical Abstract: Climate change is likely to cause non-linear responses in ecosystem function because of the complex interactions among multiple resources limiting aboveground net primary production (ANPP). Using a novel experimental facility for imposing a continuous atmospheric CO2 gradient on three contrasting soil types supporting grassland plant assemblages, we have shown that the potential for future ANPP gains differs among these soils, because of differing combinations of limitation by water or carbon assimilation, with little evidence for nitrogen limitation. The potential for primary productivity gains in grasslands due to future increases in atmospheric CO2 will thus vary across the landscape.


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Halloween will be doubly scary this year. Paranormal Activity 2 and Saw VII 3-D (yes, seriously), will square off on an Oct. 22 release date. The original low-budget, high-grossing Paranormal Activity was produced for $15,000 and ended up taking in more than $190 million worldwide last year. Meanwhile, the lucrative Saw franchise, which has been chugging along since 2004, hopes to capitalize on the 3-D craze with its next installment.
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okay - so I've lost the distance I had gained so recently. I'm watching and I'm not sure wtf I'm not doing. Aside from some nose up issues, the discs don't look like they're coming out too badly. I'm trying to focus on late acceleration, but they're only going around 300-320' or so (and it's slightly downhill).
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This might be a strange request, but I did not know where else to ask. I just recently started FFXI back up from a three to four year break. I have been fortunate enough to run into some old friends already, but would like to know if a few others are still around. If you know anything about the following people, please let me know.
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Mr Tsvangirai, seen by the international community as one of the most courageous emerging African leaders, told The Australian Financial Review that Australian investment, especially in the resources and agricultural sectors, was essential to the economic, social and political future of Zimbabwe.
He said it was time to move away from "a preoccupation with what aid you can give" and focus more on investment and bilateral trade.
"Aid is very important. I don't want to underrate the benefit of Australia's role as one of the biggest aid donors," Mr Tsvangirai said.
"But it's very important to encourage bilateral trade co-operation between the two countries."
Mr Tsvangirai is visiting Australia at the government's invitation despite continuing international sanctions – a sign that Australia is seeking to support his efforts to steer Zimbabwe away from the devastation caused by years of brutal repression and political upheaval under the leadership of President
In Canberra on Monday, Mr Tsvangirai and Prime Minister
Even though President Mugabe remains firmly in power and is preparing to contest another presidential election at the age of 88, Mr Tsvangirai told Ms Gillard he believed there was now a case for the international community, including business, to take a new look at the country and help it realise its great economic potential.
Mr Tsvangirai called on Australia to take up a European Union proposal to suspend sanctions against Zimbabwe.
But he said it was more important to see the improving situation in Zimbabwe as a reason to invest and become involved in economic development than a reason for suspending sanctions.
"We are a mining country," he said. "Australia is a mining country. Australia has mining expertise. I'm sure we can benefit from it. It's the same with agriculture.
"I think Zimbabwe's potential is riding on growing Afro-optimism, especially in countries which were adopting market-based reforms and opening to foreign investment.
"Zimbabwe has advantages – infrastructure, the people are educated, we have basic skills. We are moving towards a market economy."


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According to reports,Bhoruka Power Corporation will look to raise Rs 1,200 crore debt for expansion of power generation capacities. Currently, it has an installed capacity of 160 mw, including 120 mw hydro and 40 mw wind-based. It has embarked on addition of capacity of 140 mw in two years and another 200 mw by 2015, according to S Chandrasekhar. Speaking to Financial Chronicle, he said this would need an overall investment of about Rs 1500 crore and about Rs 300 ... Read More »
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Ball set rolling for making Vijayawada a 'solar city'
According to reports, Krishna district Collector Budha Prakash M. Jyothi has set the ball rolling for transformation of Vijayawada into a solar city by approving the proposals submitted by the New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP). In the wake of a rapid rise in demand for electricity, development of solar cities is seen as the most viable proposition. It is designed to encourage local governing bodies to prepare a road map to guide their cities in becoming ... Read More »
BHEL seeks levy on imported solar power equipment
According to reports, state-run BHEL is pitching for duties on imported solar equipment to safeguard the domestic manufacturing industry that is being hurt by cheap imports primarily from China. BHEL's move comes close on the heels of the government slapping higher levy on imported power equipment, a development that would provide succour to domestic sector already grappling with sluggish business prospects. "The domestic (solar cell manufacturing) industry has to be given that protection otherwise cheaper imports will come and domestic ... Read More »
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's green mission
According to reports,the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has taken a decision to convert many of its existing new buildings into green buildings, with several power saving features and employing renewable energy. Though initially the plan was to have a hybrid – wind and solar – power plant atop the sports complex and the AMC central office building, but the AMC decided to draw another list of buildings that can employ the power and water saving measures. The AMC is now ... Read More »
Bihar's total potential for renewable energy was 1205 MW in 2011
According to reports, the total potential for renewable power generation in Bihar as on March 31, 2011, was estimated to be 1,205 MW including 619 MW biomass power. Bihar accounts for a meagre 1.34 % of total renewable power distribution in the country. Gujarat has the highest percentage of nearly 14%, says the recent energy statistics-2012 of the National Statistical Organisation (NSO) of the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, government of India. This publication titled "Energy Statistics 2012", is brought ... Read More »
Lack of support from state governments, Indian renewable energy market in trouble
According to reports, as national governments make a final attempt to save the global carbon trading market, it is time for Indian policy makers to review the struggling renewal market in India. According to a recent study by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and the Indian School of Business, the lack of clarity over long-term commitments by states for buying renewable energy (RE) and the lack of price signals are acting as a dampener for the renewal market. Recent data shows the ... Read More »


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Soolip Green Grid Cake Pedestal
There is nothing cheesy or maternal about this cake pedestal by John Derian. The green grid design appeals to both sexes and I love the collage work hidden under the glass. You've never wanted to be a hostess this much before, but now you can't wait to have a tea party!
I have to say that this is one of the prettiest cake stands I've ever found. Since I have two boys with autumn birthdays, I could see this getting lots of use!Tags: kitchen, cakes, plates, serving, serving dish, cake plates, mikasa, serving plates, country harvestAdded 9 Years Ago from Cooking.com


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The Oregon Department of Justice took action against UnitedStatesBusinessPages.com in response to a complaint from a LaPine small business owner.
The business owner said UnitedStatesBusinessPages.com called her on the pretext of updating its records. She answered "yes" to a series of questions about the address, phone and fax numbers of the business. UnitedStatesBusinessPages.com later used a recording of her saying "yes" to claim she had agreed to purchase a $500 online ad. The company then sent her a bill.
Instead of paying the bill, the business owner filed a complaint with the Oregon Department of Justice.
Some companies based in Canada appear to be American because they use a mail drop in the lower 48. The Oregon Department of Justice has resolved several cases of alleged cross-border fraud.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Thomas Elden handled the case for the Department of Justice.
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text: I think with BP in the first four games, BP wanted to protect his D, he wanted a ball control offense so his D wasnt on the field alot.(a problem last year). He also wanted to protect Bledsoe, let's not forget that last year at the begging we were pass happy, and were like top 5 in offense, then Vinny's arm began to fail, and so did our season. BP doesnt want that to happen with Bledsoe What we saw the first four games was, can our D hold people while our offense scores, either slow or fast. and in the fourth quarter our D has. then you had bledsoe telling BP you can bet, that he could handle it, he can pass, and he'll be fine at the end of the year. So against the eagles BP said fine, let's see what our team got. against the best team in the NFC BP wanted answer to questions Can our OL protect Bledsoe (0 sacks) Can our OL open up hles for the RB, after 4 games of not doing so (150+yards rushing) Can our D stop teams, and force 3 and outs (6 total first downs...i think) Can our D keep people out of the endzone, no matter where they getthe ball ( 3 points allowed) If our team, can keep doing these things. and Bledose cans tay healthy and not make mistakes, you will contnue to see this gameplan untill somebody stops us.


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From: "Kay Martin" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Puzzling Result: Statistician Needed?
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:06:32 -0600
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Jim, do have A and B of your study upgrade their tests right away. 12 markers just are not enough. I personally think it would be a very good idea to find at least one more cousin from each family who will agree to the test as well (25 markers). Having more test results to look at will help make the picture much clearer for you. I would look for a fairly distant cousin of A and B, but still one who has a good paper trail. Good luck!
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A hard-to-fathom result has occurred recently in our BROWN surname study. I
believe it's unlike anything seen previously in the project, or anything I've
noticed in the discussions on this list.
The background is that participant B joined the project primarily to test the
proposition that his BROWN line was related to that of participant A. People
researching the two families thought they had very strong "paper trail"
evidence suggesting a common BROWN ancestry, and they even thought they could see a
physical resemblance between members of the two lines.
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MicK McCarthy praises Ipswich's self-belief as they beat Charlton
Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy was delighted with his side's resilience as they held on to beat Charlton 2-1.
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McCarthy's side built up a 2-0 lead thanks to first-half goals from DJ Campbell and Daryl Murphy.
Charlton hit back with a penalty from Danny Haynes but Ipswich hung on to claim the victory at The Valley.
"The self-belief comes with winning games," McCarthy said. "It doesn't come from me, it comes from within.
"They are professional players and it helps when you are winning, or at least putting in decent performances.
"It gets a bit flaky at times and you wonder if you are going to be able to hang on. But they did and I'm pleased with them."
McCarthy was pleased to see the strike partnership pay off with both players on the score-sheet and said: "The two penalties opened the game up. We missed ours but it gave us an impetus to go on.
"We got good quality goals. DJ persisted after the miss and took his very well.
"They put us under pressure in the second half. They have two good centre-forwards who gave us a lot of problems but we persisted and held on."


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Stewart: America must improve its Democracy
January 5, 2013
Democracy is the hallmark of America. Most Americans revere and extol democracy, and yet some Americans denigrate government as incompetent, oppressive, harmful, even evil. For the past 30 years or so, the federal government has been incessantly maligned by some people as the problem rather than the solution. But what is the point of democracy without government?
If government has little value and our government is "we the people," do we have little value? Perhaps rather than arguing over how large or small government should be, we should be creating smart government that effectively and efficiently solves human problems, protects people from harm as much as possible, and promotes the general welfare of our entire population. To have smart government, we need to have the best democracy possible. Steven Hill, in "10 Steps to Repair American Democracy," has proposed ways to preserve and improve our democracy. Here are some of them.
Have fair, honest, transparent, trustworthy elections that inspire participation by most Americans. The presidential elections in 2000 and 2004 left many in our country and throughout the world doubting the integrity of our electoral system. Election officials should be impartial professionals rather than elected partisans connected to campaigns and political parties. A national election commission could establish and administer uniform election standards, including verifying the quality and veracity of voting equipment, ballot designs, voting access, recount procedures, etc. By eliciting the best from the private sector, an election commission could inspire the best voting system possible and make it available to every voter. No election should ever hang on confusing ballots, untrustworthy and unverifiable corporate-controlled voting machines, or partisan court decisions.
Many countries in the world have higher voter participation than the U.S. We should maximize citizen participation by having universal voter registration, a national voting holiday or weekend voting, enfranchisement of prisoners, ex-felons, and prohibition of voter suppression and intimidation. Automatic voter registration for everyone at age 18 would eliminate partisan registration drives crammed into short periods before elections and their inevitable challenges. It would produce clean and complete voter rolls.
Replace the archaic electoral college with a national direct election for President and adopt instant-runoff voting for all single-winner elections. In instant-runoff voting, voters rank the candidates for whom they want to vote. All ballots for the No. 1 ranking are counted. If someone gets a majority, he or she wins. If not, the candidate with the fewest No. 1 votes is eliminated and those voters No. 2 choices are added to the count. The process is repeated until someone has a majority. Advantages include: the winner always has a majority; no runoff election is ever necessary; more than two candidates can be viable; and voters can choose a candidate other than one of the top two without being a "spoiler."
A healthy democracy requires free, open and accurate public information. We must eliminate corporate monopoly of the airwaves and cable TV. We must support robust public broadcasting and unrestricted community access to the Internet. And we must restore the Fairness Doctrine to reestablish a range of viewpoints on important civic issues and reduce partisan, unbalanced news coverage. We should be ashamed when well-informed Americans have to turn to overseas sources such as the BBC for accurate information on American issues.
The United States should have the best democratic system possible, one that everyone aspires to emulate. We need to make changes to save American democracy and return it to being No. 1.
Dr. Bob Stewart is a clinical psychologist at Pathways and has been a resident of Greeley since 1971.
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Pac-Man is a video game from the era of classic video gaming. Here's one cool ice tray that lets you enjoy a nice chilled beverages using ice cubes that are shaped like the characters of the game.
The Pac-Man ice tray is a silicone ice tray that lets you make ice cubes shaped like the main character of the game, Pac-Man and his foes, the colored ghosts that constantly chases him around every stage in the game.
Made of the silicone, the ice tray can also be used as a mold. This means in addition to colorless ice pieces, you can make other treats like jelly, where you can add color to each of the jelly pieces to make a 'color-correct' version of Pac-Man desserts. The silicone tray will also be perfect for making chocolates for parties and video game themed gatherings.
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A Template Matching Table for Speeding-Up Game-Tree Searches for Hex
Rasmussen, Rune K., Maire, Frederic D., & Hayward, Ross F. (2007) A Template Matching Table for Speeding-Up Game-Tree Searches for Hex. In Orgun, Mehmet A. & Thornton, John (Eds.) 20th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, December 2-6, Gold Coast.
Transposition tables have long been a viable tool in the pruning mechanisms of game-tree search algorithms. In such applications, a transposition table can reduce a game-tree to a game-graph with unique board positions at the nodes. This paper proposes a transposition table extension, called a template matching table, where templates that prove winning positions are used to map features of board positions to board values. This paper demonstrates that a game-tree search for the game of Hex can have a more effective pruning mechanism using a template matching table than it does using a transposition table.
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A HARROGATE drugs gang has been jailed for more than 42 years.
North Yorkshire Police's Organised Crime Unit seized £561,000 worth of heroin, cocaine and amphetamine from addresses in Harrogate - including Stonefall Cemetery.
Ringleader Joseph McIntyre was seen by police hiding methamphetamine at the cemetery in 2012, then returned three days later with his sister Philomena and brother Thomas, but officers had recovered the drugs.
Ringleader Joseph McIntyre
Detective Inspector Mark Pearson welcomed the sentences at Teesside Crown Court yesterday, and praised the work of his officers for keeping the drugs off the street.
He said: "Every member of this gang played a significant part in the conspiracy, however Joseph McIntyre was undoubtedly the main man at the head of the operation.
"The involvement of the other members of this organised crime group cannot be underestimated either. Without their commitment to bulking out the drugs to enhance McIntyre's profits and their willingness to use their own homes and businesses to stash the supplies the conspiracy wouldn't have continued for as long as it did."
-Joseph McIntyre, 37, of Fountains Avenue, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs and sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment.
-Thomas McIntyre, 31, of Bilton Drive, acted as courier and led the operation when Joseph was away. He was sentenced to six years.
-Philomena McIntyre, 36, of Stanhope Drive, helped store and move the drugs. She was found guilty but not sentenced.
-Fay Read, 24, of Fountains Avenue, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs, and sentenced to four years.
-Martin Clayton, 50, of Forest Grange Close, was McIntyre's chief courier, and was seen making numerous trips to Bootle, Merseyside. He was the only gang member to plead guilty and is awaiting sentence.
-Victoria Clayton, 54, of Albert Place, and her husband cut the drugs with a bulking agent in their kitchen. She was sentenced to five years.
-Julie Scruton stored drugs at her Lime Street home and her husband David's car repair business in Chatsworth Road. She was jailed for six years.
-The jury could not reach a verdict on David Scruton's involvement.
-Russell Baker, 35, now of Robert Street, was jailed for three years, as his fingerprints were found on a bag containing drugs at Scruton's home.
-James Kenny of Partington Avenue, Bootle, worked for a drug dealing organisation in Merseyside. He was jailed for two-and-a-half years.


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A man whose life was forever changed because of a fateful experience with Newfoundlanders and Labradorians has been honoured with a plaque and a student award named after him at Grenfell campus, Memorial University in Corner Brook.
The school's International Student Association Caucus chose to recognize Lanier Phillips in that way as part of its celebration of Black History Month Wednesday.
Mr. Phillips was an African-American man among several sailors shipwrecked off the coast of St. Lawrence on the Burin Peninsula in 1942. He became inspired by the kindness of the men and women of that community, who treated him with respect as they nursed him back to health. After his return to the United States, he began a lifelong fight against racial discrimination and advocated for racial equality.
He returned to Newfoundland and Labrador, and St. Lawrence in particular, several times. In 2008, Memorial University of Newfoundland conferred him with the doctor of laws degree for his fight against discrimination.
He died at the age of 88 in March 2012, shortly after his final visit to St. Lawrence for the 70th anniversary of the shipwreck of his navy ship, the USS Truxtun.
In addition to a plaque bearing the likeness of Mr. Phillips and a description of his contributions to black history, an annual award will also be established in his name. The award will be presented to an international student at Grenfell Campus in recognition of their contribution to their community.


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WESTS TIGERS v BRISBANE BRONCOS at Campbelltown Stadium, Saturday 7.30pm
Last meeting: Round 14 2013 - Broncos 32 bt Tigers 12 at Suncorp Stadium
Head-to-head: Tigers 4 Broncos 17 Drawn 1
TV: Live, FoxSports 1
Ladbrokes: Tigers $2.15 Broncos $1.75
Betfair: Tigers $2.16 Broncos $1.84
Michael Chammas writes: The Tigers are without Robbie Farah and Aaron Woods but the Broncos are missing four of their best players. The Broncos have plenty of depth in the forwards so if the Tigers big men can match them through the middle they will win the contest.
Tip: Tigers by 4
AAP writes: Both teams have lost key players to Origin call-ups with Justin Hodges, Matt Gillett and Corey Parker missing for the Broncos while Tigers pair Aaron Woods and Robbie Farah are in the NSW squad. Both teams returned to the winner's circle last weekend after suffering back-to-back losses, the Broncos overcoming Gold Coast while the Tigers edged past Cronulla. Sam Thaiday remains sidelined for the Broncos with big boppers Ben Hannant and Martin Kennedy coming back into the squad. The Tigers are also missing James Tedesco and Liam Fulton for the trip to Sydney's south-west.
Key: The battle of the respective halfbacks looks crucial with Ben Hunt at the heart of everything for the Broncos while young gun Luke Brooks played a role in three Tigers' tries against the Sharks.
TIGERS: Kurtis Rowe, David Nofoaluma, Tim Simona, Chris Lawrence, Pat Richards, Braith Anasta (capt), Luke Brooks, Martin Taupau, Joel Luani, Keith Galloway, Sitaleki Akauola, Bodene Thompson, Adam Blair. Interchange: Sauaso Sue, Ava Seumanufagai, Blake Austin, Keith Lulia.
BRONCOS: Ben Barba, Daniel Vidot, Jack Reed, Dale Copley, Lachlan Maranta, Josh Hoffman, Ben Hunt, Josh McGuire, Andrew McCullough, Jarrod Wallace, Alex Glenn (capt), Corey Oates, Todd Lowrie. Interchange: David Hala, Ben Hannant, David Stagg, Jake Granville, Martin Kennedy, Jordan Kahu (two to be omitted).
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text: I think I have posted on this before, but I'm just curious if anything in Leopard will change how Vista will run in Virtual PC 7.0.3. Right now I'm installing Vista Basic. If you have Virtual PC 7 and want to try this with your Non-Intel Mac here's how you do it: --When you create the Virtual Machine set it as Windows XP Pro. Create the Virtual PC (if it's on an external it's usually faster (if its Firewire I should say)). Now when it starts immediately turn off the virtual pc and go to the pc settings: --Make your RAM Minimum of 512MB (you must have 1GB or more RAM to do this), and your Video RAM at peak top, mine is 16MB for the Vista Config. If you have a 64MB, choose 32, more VRAM helps to offload use of CPU for rendering. --Next (for laptops) as soon as you click to start the Virtual PC press SHIFT+FN+DELETE and press DELETE with SHIFT and FN held down repeatedly so that you can get into the BIOS settings. Go to the tab where you make APMI (sp?) Enabled (Advanced Power Managment Interface?) Safe the settings and continue. --Now if you're using a disk image, you have to use Toast to mount the ISO/Image file. Otherwise just pop the CD in and run. --Now you wait, last time I did this it took 4-6 hours to install. So I'm going to let it install and post more instructions for getting it to run well. Remember vista requires 1GHz or more of CPU power. So if you have less than a 1.2GHz machine, I wouldn't recommend trying it (unless you have Dual Core G4's for a tower that add-up to more than 1.2 GHz) I'd like to hear if anyone has done this on a G5 and how well it ran.


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Pauline W. Bernstein, 93, a Philadelphia public-school teacher and counselor, died March 21. Born in South Philadelphia, she was the former Pauline Weinberg.
Bernstein was a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for Girls, the Philadelphia Normal School and Temple University.
She taught at the Edwin M. Stanton and George Clymer elementary schools and was a counselor at the Pastorius School. All of these schools were in disadvantaged Philadelphia neighborhoods. She was devoted to her students and maintained contact with many.
Later, Bernstein's concern for inner-city students led her in a new direction as an elementary-school counselor. In her career of more than 30 years, she was awarded many honors, including a Fels grant to assist new teachers and an opportunity to be a model teacher during national education week.
In retirement, she served for more than 25 years as president of the Oak Lane/Elkins Park Chapter of American ORT. She was also active in Hadassah and B'nai B'rith Women.
In 1996, she was honored as "Woman of the Year" for both the Philadelphia region of Israel Bonds and American Ort.
A Lion of Judah member with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, she was especially proud of singing with the Mitzvah Schpeilers.
Bernstein is survived by her husband, Barney Bernstein; son Richard Bernstein; and a grandson.
Contributions in her memory can be made to: ORT America, Inc., Oak Lane Chapter, 75 Maiden Lane, 10th floor, New York, N.Y. 10038.


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GSA Issues WITS2001 Request for Proposals
May 12, 1998
Contact: Bill Bearden or Eleni Martin
(202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service (FTS) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for its Washington Interagency Telecommunications System (WITS2001) contract. This contract will provide Federal agencies in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area with all existing local voice and data telecommunications services plus services that become commercially available during the life of the contract.
The WITS2001 RFP reflects a strong customer-focused approach to voice and data services. It includes information on customer expectations in areas such as service ordering, billing, operational support services, trouble reporting, and customer service to ensure a smooth transition for existing customers.
The WITS2001 contract is a hybrid contract providing services and operations, administration, and maintenance. The contractor will operate, administer, and maintain government-owned WITS network assets that currently provide services to 170,000 WITS line subscribers. The contractor will also be responsible for providing services via the contractor's owned or leased assets on an Indefinite Quantity, Indefinite Delivery basis to all Federal clients in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. As part of this solicitation, GSA intends to work with the contractor to increase the WITS program's share of the Federal data services market in the National Capital Region.
The current WITS contract was signed with C&P Telephone (now Bell Atlantic) in 1989 and will expire in January 1999.
The RFP (Solicitation WTT-98-PW-N-0001) is available via the Internet at http://post.fts2k.gsa.gov/wits2001/. Paulette Ward, the Contracting Officer, can be reached at (202) 708-5419. For additional information, contact Trish Sitnik at (202) 708-8000.


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8:45 a.m. FOLSOM, Calif. — A 9-year-old girl with a heart condition who always wanted to meet a tiger will have her wish granted, thanks to United Health Foundation and Make a Wish of Northeastern California and Northern Nevada. The groups grant wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Folsom Zoo, 403 Stafford St., Folsom. Contact: Anita Sen, 310-422-7568 or Michele Flynn, 916-769-7489.
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