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My favorite shellfish but only next to oysters, mussels or tahong, are so versatile they can be steam for an appetizer, cooked as a simple but very flavorful soup or cooked as a main dish. Grilled over live coals, they are popular as a pulutan for beer drinkers.
I bought half a kilo of mussels the other day and thought I'd make some baked tahong–something I haven't done in quite a while. I debated over how I would make them. Would I do it with the usual cheese topping or would I do it the way my father did one time long ago? I decided on the latter. With something as flavorful as mussels, less is more.
I'm not very sure about the origin of this recipe. It is definitely not Filipino because olive oil is drizzled over the mussels on the half shell before they are baked.
Ingredients :
1/2 kilo of large mussels
about 1 tbsp. of finely chopped garlic
some olive oil
sea salt
Cooking procedure :
Wash and scrub the mussel shells well. Place in a large bowl and cover with water. Let sit in the fridge for several hours to expel sand. Change the water every two hours or so. That's SOP when cooking with shellfish. Unless you allow them enough time to expel sand, well… the sand will be inside the shell when you cook them. If you're making soup, the mussels will expel sand during cooking and the sand will be all over the broth. Besides, since you want the mussels to be partially open to allow you to break off the half shell, you will really need to let them soak in water for some time.
After about 6 hours, the mussels would be partially open. Pull out the "beard" and pry the shell open. Scrape the meat on one side of the shell. Break off the empty half shell and discard. Do the same with the rest of the mussels.
Arrange the mussels on a shallow baking dish. Sprinkle a little sea salt over them. Top each with a pinch of freshly chopped garlic. Drizzle olive oil over the mussels. Bake in a fairly hot oven, about 170oC, for 4-5 minutes.
Serve at once with kalamansi halves or lemon slices on the side.


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We are on a new server, with a new host. Our generous, silent benefactor has hosted these forums for free, for years. The time had come when that server (a workhouse goddess) needed to retire from bearing this beast of data and we went in search of a new home, which we now paying for as well. (Your kind donations help with that!)
The DNS propogation ran all last night. I received faint few notices of any trouble. We lost perhaps 1, maybe 2 posts in our time line during the switch over, which was incredible luck.
Our new host is a company I, and another moderator here, use for all our sites. They are incredibly dependable and have the best customer service I've ever dealt with (instant help, no matter the time of day.)
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A group of moderators handled the move. It was a team effort! Joe Dolson was my hero yesterday Dazzlin Donna is SO SMART! She'd say something "programmer-like" and my performance engineer husband, Eric, would be commenting nearby with "yep, yep, she's right" and "yes, that what I just told you Kim!", LOL
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Should anything appear to be odd to you, by all means let us know here. We were literally down to the wire and there was NO time for staging/dev/testing. It's a true testament to the skill and expertise of the folks who volunteer to keep these forums going that it all worked out as well as it did.
Take a bow!
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Everything seems fine this end (nice and fast too!)
Posted 28 August 2009 - 04:15 PM
Oh well, he gets an extra few infinite bananas -->
Posted 28 August 2009 - 04:36 PM
Edited by Grumpus, 28 August 2009 - 04:36 PM.
Posted 28 August 2009 - 04:41 PM
You likely recall Al, my friend who hosted us for our first years as our private benefactor who never asked us for $$. We left him when his server, as you know, could no longer handle the load and had another generous person host us, who I keep secret, but he is someone you know His server held us well for many more years until she could bear us no more.
So, we now reside at ICDsoft, on 2 servers. No dedicated servers anymore, but they can handle our DB and growth and as many can see, are faster. No more freebies but folks have been kind and donated $$ here and there, so we can handle the costs. I am a reseller for them anyway, so I got us a sweet discount!
I will respond to your orig post and queries as well.
Posted 28 August 2009 - 05:12 PM
I got here just in time to have to get you a housewarming gift... will have to see what I have in my bag-o-tricks.
Posted 28 August 2009 - 05:42 PM
Hi Stock, good to see you again. Where have you been hiding?
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 10:35 AM
I got here just in time
Heh Weird karma there...but I have to say, everytime I see "Grumpus" show up, I'm thrilled! You are a most brilliant and talented guy and I wish for everyone in the Community to get to know you.
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Posted 30 August 2009 - 02:34 PM
I could adjust my hosts file, of course...but I really prefer to know when the DNS has actually changed! Unfortunately, it's not there for me, yet...
At any rate, I wanted you to know that the DNS is not, in fact, 100% yet. I'm not sure what the hang up is, but I've encountered a few obscure oddities...
At any rate, thanks for the accolades! I just did the initial grunt work - moving and upgrading the database. Mostly, it was a lot of waiting while very large files transferred. And transferred. And transferred.
And so on.
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Posted 30 August 2009 - 06:43 PM
That said...
The clock should be up (or at least very close to it) by now. Even the slowest updating ISP should theoretically have it by now. Maybe they have something in there where it uses the cached one for 24 hours (or 12 hours or whatever) since the last "hit" on it - rather than the first hit? And because you keep trying it every few hours... it's resetting the clock? Doesn't make sense to me that they would do that, but if I was Doctor House and I looked at the symptoms, that'd be one of the diseases I'd consider doing a biopsy for.
Who is your ISP? (if you don't want to say out loud - that's cool - just curious as to whether I can find something about it - an issue like that is usually something that pops up in forums if it is an issue had by others - and there is often a solution posted as well).
Edited by Grumpus, 30 August 2009 - 06:43 PM.
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Very strange stuff. But yeah - 72 hours is probably a good time before we start really looking overly hard at the situation.
Posted 31 August 2009 - 04:00 AM
What's our time to live (TTL) setting in the DNS? That's an *advisory* number telling DNS servers to check after that period of time has elapsed for DNS changes. Being advisory, it means a lot to most well-behaved DNS setups, and jack to those who think they know better.
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Posted 31 August 2009 - 08:36 AM
This is now the 4th day, which just seems unusual...
Any how, proxies work.
Posted 31 August 2009 - 04:26 PM
Have you closed your browser since then? Browsers are notorious cachers too, especially Chrome. Heck, Chrome caches 301 redirects too.
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Posted 31 August 2009 - 05:06 PM
I haven't closed my browser, no -- but I have (had) tried multiple other browsers, none of which had been used to visit Cre8asite at any time recently.
But it's all in the past now, so that's all a moot point.
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(I see Stock found our bananas!)
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It's been a while since "permissiveness" was blamed for America's social ills. Wall Street thievery and wildcate ventures including Bernie Madoff's helped set aside the notion that the old nemesis could be invoked on liberals with impunity -- and permissiveness talk sort of went away.
Now the pope's letter to the Irish, and the premise behind Rome's investigation of nuns, signal a revival. In one case, Benedict says child abuse was in large measure egged on when the "renewal" called for by Vatican II "was sometimes misinterpreted," a situation made more confusing by "profound social change" in and around it.
Nothing Benedict says indicates he thinks anything is wrong with church laws and discipline. Things just got lax and the church sheriffs were distracted from enforcing those laws. The remedy is to do a better job. There's no need to reform the system itself.
Unmentioned is the permissivness angle. Bishops are told they "failed, at times, greviously, to apply the long established norms of canon law to the crime of child abuse." But so far the bishops face no sanctions for this permissive behavior.
His sorrow for the victims and their families is poignant. Perhaps the families will accept this compassionate apology as the end of it.
But the assumption that the church's existing laws just needed to be applied more assiduously ignores the discussion of systemic reform and resorts to the "few bad apples" approach. And aside from a little scolding, the pope's gives a pass to those in charge while the sordid record of decades of child abuse.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Rode and other church officials let it be known that the investigation of American nuns would be pursued because too many nuns had abused the directives they'd received from the Council. They were,in effect, being punished before examination, without predisposition. Not even the harshest critics of progressive nuns accuse them with abuses anything like criminal charges such as those leveled against Irish clerics. Most nuns, by contrast, stand by the decisions they made in renewal as a fulfillment of the Council's intentions. At most there have been honest differences of perspective.
A double standard on permissiveness? Seems so.
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The noise you are hearing is it louder at idle or while driving? Has the vehicle ever been overheated? Has the oil level been checked?
It's louder while driving. It has not been overheated. The Oil Level has not been checked.
The first step is definitely to check the oil level. Do this after the car has had at least 15-20 minutes to cool and for the oil to run back to the oil pan. Also check it several times to make sure you get a good reading.
After checking, what do I do if the oil is OK?
If the oil is okay and the engine has never been overheated then the noise is most likely being caused by a external accessory such as a idler pulley or alternator. The next step would be to listen to these various components with a mechanics stethoscope or a long screwdriver held to your ear. Normally you can identify the noisy component this way. However if you still can't locate it then the drive belts will need to be removed one at a time to see when the noise disappears.
What about valves and timing chain?
Does the noise indicate anything that could harm the car.
That is a possibility although rare on this engine unless the engine is sludged up. When all the drive belts are removed if the noise is still there then the problem is internal in the engine. You must first isolate the noise before being able to say whether or not it could cause any harm. I am not there to listen to the noise so I can't say at this point.
Can I continue to drive the car without isolating the noise, providing performance reamins good?
I can't tell you that because we don't know what is causing the noise yet. If the noise turns out to be internal then continued use could cause the destruction of the engine. We must find out what the noise is first before that can be determined.
Thank you for your insights. Are you local to Capistrano Beach?
If the noise is from a idler pulley then the pulley could eventually seize and throw all your drive belts off leaving you stranded. It is alot of "what if's" If the noise is just a heatshield rattling then you could drive it forever without harm. No I am in the Texas area.
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- I'll try to review this, methinks. Today or the next day, it shall be done. ~ 18:29, 5 May 2011
The idea, the angle, the grand funny of the article...
|Great... first the power goes out and I lose what I had, and then my web browser crashes and I lose it again... not that I had terribly much either time. I'm mostly just making excused. But... er, sorry about this taking so long.
Anyhow, the article's good. Really. Overall, I'd reckon the approach works, and the pieces work, and it all fits together pretty well and flows pretty well; all it really needs is perhaps some clarification on parts, and some expansion... did you ever approach Aleister about fluffing it out, as you mentioned before? Mind, it's not just fluff that might merit adding... reading the wikipedia article on the guy, there's some pretty interesting stuff there that isn't even broached in passing, some with a fair bit of potential, at that. After all, who doesn't like a good pie throwing, for instance? Not that he'd have been hard to hit, considering him apparent size and opulence, and all, but hey, it's pie. The whole flying thing, too... owning everything on earth and in the heavens, and dominating the between, or something. Okay, that's not very good, but there sure seems to be a lot about this guy you could use.
Some of the transitions could use more stuff said, too. More expansion or information or whatnot... deferring to his mother, anything more about that? Is that just what good children do, but did he forget his earlier impression of rubbishness about the whole thing? The gay-god joke thing seems kind of out of the blue, and nothing appears to come back to it, either. It's just sort of there, so why is it there? Any impact? Or was that why the hippies liked him? When his mother disowned him and appointed his brother to be the relevant god, how did that mess with his control and whatnot? I suppose you're probably prodding at something here, but I'm missing it and being confused, as usual, so perhaps clarify, if you can? And when he ditched the Hinduism thing, how exactly did he transform his society? Names and what he said are one thing, but it seems pretty cursory compared to some of it.
Or ignore me; that often works too, as I'm usually one of the most clueless ones around.
The implementation, how funny the article comes out...
|More jokes? Maybe, but the guy lends himself to be funny without them so well, the way you approach this, that it's not an issue. Better jokes? I wouldn't know how, but again, not an issue. Clarity of what you're saying might help in places, however
|Prose and formatting
Appearance, flow, overall presentation...
|I want to give this a low score since it's probably the weakest part of the article, but it's actually pretty good, especially relative to most around here. That said, what brings it down is more a bunch of little things than anything in particular... little things.
Take the order of the first three sections, for one. It's actually just fine, but it doesn't seem just fine, reading it. It seems to skip most of his childhood and go on into the rest of his life, in a way, when in fact there's as much childhood stuff as anything else. I suppose it's the 'God-boy, a God-young-man, and a God-fat-man' that does this, mainly. It's a good progression to make, but it also gives the unfortunate impression that it's then going to talk about his manhood, because that's where it'd be at at that point, and it doesn't specify how old he is in any of the following stuff - years are something, but most folks are apt to just skim over that in the beginning - so he seems a lot older than he is in the godhood section, which then makes the gets laid section seem a bit... strange. I'm not saying you should get rid of that phrase, but perhaps remind the readers that he's just a teenager, and how quickly the transitions were made, and the progression should make more sense. The opposition he received for his age might be worth a mention or mockery, as well, but that's another matter.
Other things... aaying he 'personally attracted' the wealth, that just seems a really strange way to phrase it. Why was it personally? How did he attract it, as opposed to... eh, I dunno.
The part where it says 'mother-knows-best', that sentence was all... well, it was just strange. I tried to make it less strange, but you'll probably want to look at that.
Some of the sentences get rather broken, too many commas and subclauses, I suppose. For instance, 'Well, proof of being god is that, as creator, you own everything, and thus...' - there is nothing technically wrong with this, but something more fluid and less comma-y would probably help, but if I could come up with something myself to show what I mean, I probably would have just put it in the article already. Although a few sentences get like that throughout.
In the beginning of the Time tells section, why does the name suddenly switch back to his birth name? The entire article previously seems to speak of him as Guru Maharaj Ji or often just Ji, and it goes back to that afterward, so even if he does go by the name, the article is still talking about its subject. Unless you're trying to make a point here, say what he calls himself, but it's still an article on Ji. Although the point should be makeable anyhow.
The graphics themselves, as well as their humour and relevance...
|Not really sure what I can say about these... they're good, not great, but good. Captions seem vague - not entirely sure how the first one demonstrate unseriousness, though there's a good chance I'm just missing something, and it doesn't really matter, anyhow, as it's a good opening one, opulent and all. Or is that the joke?
The one with him in America is perhaps the weakest - he's wearing western attire and all that, but he's just sort of there. Maybe just a better image would help, with him actually doing something or some such, but surely this could be funnier than just that he's in America? Or can it? Honestly, I'm rubbish with image captions. Try Aleister for that sort of thing.
Anything else... or not...
|This is a number. It was of course carefully chosen and entirely relevant.
|Final score
~ 21:34, 7 May 2011
|Good article, hope this helps, Aleister could be of massive help as well, though you already knew that, yadda yadda, uh... well, if you have any questions, concerns or dead ferrets, you know where to find me. I'll just leave, now.


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Celebrate the risk takers, says Guernsey's Governor
GUERNSEY'S Lt-Governor has urged islanders to celebrate the business leaders who take a chance on their future to drive the island forward.
GUERNSEY'S Lt-Governor has urged islanders to celebrate the business leaders who take a chance on their future to drive the island forward.
In presenting the best business award – the Commerce and Employment Guernsey Business of the Year – to Livingroom estate agents, Air-Marshal Peter Walker, pictured, said capitalism had to be celebrated.
'We need people with ideas who are prepared to innovate, take risks, put their futures and that of their families on the line to create the wealth that allows us to have a health service, social services and an education system and quality of life we enjoy in Guernsey,' he said.
'All of you who contribute to that deserve our undivided support and praise for the job well done.
'To those who were not fortunate enough to be on the platform but made the shortlist, that is an achievement in itself and they should be extremely proud.'
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Would these risk takers include the States.
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pb falla
Who listens to this claptrap ?
I think he needs a slogan
Our economy needs risk takers and entrepreneurs who stimulate economic growth, and acknowledging successful business ventures is good. Nevertheless I fear the Governor got a bit carried away with all the mutual back-slapping and forgot the philosophy of capitalism: individualism and self-advancement. Yes we all benefit from a successful economy (which these entrepreneurs contribute to) but leave off with thinly veiled suggestions that all these business leaders were doing something altruistic.
Very true, PLP
Thousands of these types worked in the Banking Industry, and look where we are now!
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Ed, per chance can you explain what happens, financially of course, a small businessman the extreme consequences when the risk taken, does not fulfill its projected outcome?
To all other readers a translation; who picks up the bill when a rich person takes a risk and it all goes t**s up??
That's right the small busiessman or the tax payer picks up the tab.
So for your benefit Ed, what the Governor was in fact saying was "Just take a punt on any financial deal, and if the wheel comes off don't worry, because people like us never have to foot the bill".
As we have seen after the banking crisis and the current meat fiasco the profits are always privatised and the loses are always socialised. So, the Governor and his toadies always find themselves in a 'win win' (sic) situation whatever 'risk' they take.
pb falla
Nick Leeson ?
Howard Holland comes to mind.
Forgot to add, the current Harbour master, with his big ideas on how to spend our islands cash with no risk to himself.
Saints Bay
Or DEp Kev and his plan to fill in Belgrave Bay. It is know as OPM - Other People's Money.


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Light bulb law faces challenge in Congress
WASHINGTON Amid battles over health care, the federal budget and the soaring deficit, another fight is brewing on Capitol Hill this week — over light bulbs.
Some House and Senate Republicans want to repeal a 2007 law that phases out traditional incandescent light bulbs in favor of more energy-efficient options. The Senate's energy panel has a hearing Thursday on the repeal bill proposed by Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. Texas Rep. Joe Barton is pushing companion legislation in the House.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., last week introduced a similar bill that also calls for a study into whether new bulbs pose a health risk. "The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy," she said in a statement.
The battle pits the lawmakers against environmental groups that strongly back the new standards, which require manufacturers to produce bulbs that use 25% to 30% less energy than standard incandescents, starting Jan. 1.
"This is not some sort of nanny-state policy," said Jim Presswood of the Natural Resources Defense Council. "It harnesses market forces to drive innovation."
Presswood's group says the change, once fully implemented, will save the average household $100 to $200 a year in energy costs and cut power-plant pollution by 100 million tons — the equivalent of taking 17 million cars off the road. The standard had bipartisan support when it was passed and was signed into law by President George W. Bush.
The light bulb industry also opposes the repeal. "Consumer choice isn't being eliminated here," said Kyle Pitsor of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. Pitsor said new bulbs now on the market include more advanced incandescent blubs that use 28% less energy than standard bulbs.
Some consumers have complained about dimmer light from one type of the new bulbs, CFLs, or compact fluorescent lamps, and about their disposal because they contain small amounts of mercury. The new light bulbs also cost more than traditional incandescent bulbs, but they last longer.
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Lawmakers say the repeal effort is a matter of principle. "From the health insurance you're allowed to have, to the car you can drive, to the light bulbs you can buy, Washington is making too many decisions that are better left to you and your family," Barton said in a statement.
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Golfing Arizona's finest courses, 2012
PHOENIX -- Some readers told me that last year's golf reviews were too Scottsdale-centric. So we took heed and made a concerted effort to spread ourselves out into the greater Phoenix area this year. 2012's Arizona swing includes a resort course, a mountainside track under brand new ownership, a desolate desert classic and visit with an old favorite.
The Legacy
6808 S 32nd St.
Phoenix, Ariz.
(888) 828-3673
If you are aching for golf as soon as you deplane, The Legacy is an excellent South Phoenix choice that will cure your winter golf jones. It's mere minutes from the airport to the first tee.
The Legacy Resort opened its gates in 1999 and has been a welcome wagon for those seeking resort quality golf at bargain course prices. It's very affordable by the premium standards of Pleasant Valley greens fees. There are packages for guests of their myriad guest condos and suites, frequent specials on their Website and they are also very active with Golfnow.
The course is a great solution to helping you retrain your atrophied off-season golf muscles. While it's far from a pushover, this Gary Panks design has wide and beautifully maintained fairways provide you with welcoming landing areas for swings that aren't piped down the middle. It measures a respectable 6,900+ yards and the entire par 71 course winds its way through its sprawling developments built on a former farm at the base of South Mountain.
Standout holes include the scenic par-3 seventh. It is an elongated, rising narrow target, surrounded front, back and side with forbidding bunkers. On the day we played it was chilly and raining throughout the morning, but as we approached the tee the sun broke through the overcast and South Mountain glistened in the sun framing the hole with a shimmering silvery backdrop.
Panks plays mind games with you on another par 3. Hole 15 has a tee box that juts out into the water hazard and forces you to carry water to an elevated green guarded by sand. On that rainy day I hated the feeling that I to think "Don't let this club slip out of your hands today or it will end up in a watery grave" countermanding the usual swing thoughts of "What water? There is no water – just hit it straight."
The course includes a number of old farm machines scattered throughout lending it a rustic feel. Old fashioned silos greet you along the right side of the long par-5, 18th making for hard to miss out of bounds markers. Beyond those silos there is still a working farm where horses are still kept at pasture.
The clubhouse is large but they have such a huge stock of clothing and equipment that it feels a little bit constricted. You could spend a half an hour in the place just checking out the inventory.
The Boulders North Course
34831 N. Tom Darlington Dr.
Carefree, Ariz.
(480) 488-9028
The further you travel north from the 101, which loops around the entire city, the more the desert begins to re-establish its desolate, craggy beauty. Local building ordinances try to assure that man-made structures do not ruin the views by restricting the color and height of homes and business developments. I was shocked to see the ubiquitous Target symbol in a very reduced size in an adobe wall no higher than 5 feet high along the main thoroughfare Scottsdale Road. If not for that tiny sign, you couldn't tell it was even there. The residences become more impressive in their scale, design and construction. Angular post-modern palaces of glass and steel side by side with green construction takes on the traditional adobe homes. You begin to peep cars that you have only seen in magazines and movies. By the time you get to Carefree, you know that you are headed for an epic golf destination.
We returned again to review the South Course this year, unfortunately, that course was only available to members that day, so we decided to check back in with the North Course and see what, if anything had changed over the year. Thankfully, nothing much had.
The Boulders course is a gem. Designed by Jay Morrish, the course architect that has made spectacularly taming wild spaces as his calling card, it is my favorite desert golf experience for more reasons than just the golf. It is easily one of the prettiest courses you will ever play, but its beauty belies the fact that it is punitive and will kick your ass if you are slicing or hooking your ball. As you travel around the course, you are constantly in view of Black Mountain and of a boulder pile that looks as though it was created by theme park designers. It looks so alien as to be fake, but it isn't. The lush green grass is bordered on all sides by dozens of varietals of cacti, scrub brush, flowers bushes and trees. As we were about to tee off on the third hole we were confronted by an unholy clamor as four hawks mixed it up in the tree above our heads. Wild life abounds, which is why the starter, with a chuckle, told us that local lees allow for a golfer to play his ball with no penalty if a coyote steals it.
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Morningstar has downgraded
Morningstar notes that Aquarius's four mines are located in South Africa and Zimbabwe, countries it deems to have high sovereign risk. A lack of hedging also exposes earnings to commodity price fluctuations.
Morningstar further cautions that, given the company's single commodity exposure to platinum group metals, the shares are only suitable for risk-tolerant investors.
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Dutch graphic designer Dick Bruna created this hip book cover design in 1963 for Shirley Jackson's Bramen met arsenicum (Blackberries and arsenic). What a lovely pair of vintage moderncats.
Other Dick Bruna book cover designs with cats include Vanwege de Katten (Because of the cats) by Nicolas Freeling, 1963; and Zomer Voor Stephane Jorris (Summer for Stephane Jorris) by Daniël Gray, 1961.
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Pop star Michael Jackson has secured $14.6 million of credit against his fairytale Neverland Ranch, according to reports today.
The embattled star, who faces hefty legal bills from his child sex abuse court case, came to the arrangement with the Bank of America, according to property records.
But sources close to Jackson said he was not facing financial problems, despite persistent rumours that he is broke.
"You don`t expand credit lines to people when they`re in trouble," said lawyer Brian Oxman, who helped assemble Jackson`s legal team.
Last month Jackson`s investment adviser Charles Koppelman moved to quash persistent claims that the pop star`s finances were in dire straits, saying: "Everything`s in good shape. He's in no financial straits as far as I'm concerned."
Earlier this year Jackson`s outstanding loans were estimated to be as great as $363.5 million.
But Jackson was reported to have taken advantage of falling interest rates to consolidate debt and lower his loan payments.
Legal experts predict that Jackson could be facing legal bills of $7.2 million stemming from his prosecution over allegations that he abused a teenage cancer patient.
Jackson, 45, has denied molesting the boy and called the allegations a "big lie".
Meanwhile lawyers for news organisations petitioned the judge in the Jackson case yesterday to release the grand jury indictment against the pop star and to unseal transcripts of 13 days of testimony that led to the indictment.
Citing decades of court precedent, lawyer Theodore Boutrous argued that indictments can be sealed only under extraordinary circumstances, which have not been part of the Jackson case.
The indictment against Jackson includes a conspiracy count, four counts of lewd acts involving a minor child, one count involving an attempted lewd act upon a child, and four counts of administering an intoxicating agent, alcohol, to assist in commission of a felony.
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Otto is one of the biggest home shopping companies in the world with over 120 subsidiaries across the globe in Asia, Europe and North America. Otto began life in 1949 post-war Germany when Werner Otto started a small mail-order business with 3 employees based in the Schnelsen district of Hamburg. The company was called "Otto Versand" and by 1959 the first OTTO catalogue was produced, 300 hand bound copies featuring 14 pages of 28 pairs of shoes. Over the years Otto have published twice a year with their Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter catalogues.
Otto began to grow internationally during the 1970's with the purchase of 3 Suisses, the French Mail- Order business and the setting up of Otto Holland. Bon Prix was founded by the Otto Group in 1986, selling fashion and homewares. Bon Prix is now considered one of the top 10 mail-order companies in Germany.
In 1999 the Otto Group bought the Freemans UK catalogue brand to go with Grattan's catalogue they had previously aquired in 1991. By 2000, these 2 mail order firms, Grattan and Freemans, were consolidated under the Otto UK umbrella and then in 2009, the parent company in the UK was renamed Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH). FGH also operates the catalogue companies Kaleidoscope, Look Again, Curvissa and Witt International. BonPrix, an Otto group subsidiary since 1986 ia also now part of FGH.
- 1949 - Founded by Werner Otto
- 1959 - First 14 page OTTO catalogue produced
- 1976 - Heine bought by OTTO
- 1981 - 3 Suisses join OTTO group
- 1986 - Launch of Bon Prix
- 1991 - Grattan catalogue bought
- 1999 - Freemans bought
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Chow's story is haunted by the relationships that take place behind
the door of room 2046.
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The camera glides around the characters with a measured grace. The meticulously composed images become glistening moments snatched from time, their arrangement, then rearrangement, creating the impression of visual music. The judicious use of slow motion strains as if to make these moments last forever, searching for a kind of transcendence in the smallest of gestures. The soundtrack conjures up a state of melancholic delirium, merging Shigeru Umebayashi's lush rhapsody, Nat King Cole's sentimental Christmas Song ("Chestnuts roasting on an open fire") and arias about surging passions and lost loves. The effect is haunting, hypnotic, dreamlike.
The heart-melting power of the new film from Wong Kar-wai has much more to do with these things, with the endlessly artful way he brings all the elements together, than with any details of plot or character. They're certainly there, but Wong's primary interest lies elsewhere: with truths hidden between lines of dialogue and with feelings buried beneath the characters' actions and the flow of incident. It's as if he's trying to put emotions on screen.
2046 is very much a companion-piece to his earlier In the Mood for Love (2000), echoing that film's languorous rhythms as well as reintroducing its central character, Chow (Tony Leung), and returning to its themes of desire and denial. But it's even more stylish and seductive.
It's Wong's first film in CinemaScope and his use of it is masterly, frequently forcing the characters to the edges of the vast expanses of the frame, making it seem as if it's a struggle for them to make their presence felt. And such is the density of the imagery that there are times when it's difficult to work out whether one is looking at the world being represented or at some kind of reflection.
The plot is simple, although the order is jumbled in line with Chow's reminiscences. Recently returned from Singapore, he's living in Hong Kong's Oriental Hotel, eking out an existence through his work as a journalist and writing a futuristic novel about humans and androids. Set at a time where "nothing ever changes" and in a place where people go "to recapture lost memories", his story is also visited on screen, clearly marked off by its science-fiction setting.
The film's present tense deals with Chow's encounters with the three women who, at different times, live in the apartment opposite (room 2046), each of the relationships casting him in a different light. Variously arrogant, tender and cruel, he's as much a composite of male attitudes towards women as they are representative of a range of female characteristics. They're played by Carina Lau, Zhang Ziyi and Jie Dong, while Gong Li plays a fourth, a gambler Chow has met during his time in Singapore.
Chow's story is all "about men and women looking for love", and it's haunted by the relationships that take place behind the door of room 2046. They in turn are filled with traces of earlier liaisons, and the film is pervaded by an aching sense of transience: Chow grasping at memories, people constantly on the move, leaving apartments, cities, each other.
The number 2046 resonates throughout the film: the apartment, the title of Chow's story, the year in which it's set. Apparently Wong chose it initially because 2046 is the year when China's pact with Britain to leave Hong Kong "unchanged" is due to come to an end. But, in the delirious emotional spiral created by the film, it also refers Chow back to the affair he'd had with the woman of his dreams (Maggie Cheung) in apartment 2046 in In the Mood for Love. His decision to stay at the Oriental is thus cast as a desperate attempt to reconnect himself with a past he can never retrieve.
back story
2046 was more than five years in the making. In the British film magazine Sight & Sound, Tony Rayns (who's credited with the English subtitles for the film) reports first seeing an outline as early as 1998. It comprised three separate stories then, all based on 19th- century operas, all dealing with the relation-ships between humans and androids. Traces of this remain in the finished film, but there are also reports that at one stage it was to have been the story of a Japanese hitman in Bangkok. The shoot eventually began in August 2001, about a year after the complet-ion of In the Mood for Love. Three cinematog-raphers are credited - Wong Kar-wai's longtime collaborator, Australian Christopher Doyle, with whom he's had a falling-out, and Kwan Pung-leung and Lai Yiu-fai - though the visual style is constant. Production was suspended during the SARS outbreak in 2003 but otherwise continued even beyond the screening at last year's Cannes Film Festival, where the print was delivered only three hours before the scheduled starting time. Further reshoots and cuts ensued in the months leading up to the official premiere in China last September.
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HazMobile to collect hazardous waste in Hawke's Bay
November 9th, 2012
HazMobile to collect hazardous waste in Hawke's Bay
The HazMobile returns to Hawke's Bay this month, giving residents the opportunity to get rid of their hazardous waste.
The collection is a free service which allows householders to safely dispose of hazardous material including oils, chemicals, wet cell batteries and solvents. The service operates like a drive-through - the driver stays in the car, while staff unload the hazardous material. It is recommended that your waste items are packed into boxes so they are easy to remove from a vehicle. It is recommended that containers are clearly labelled to help the person receiving the waste.
Waste which will be accepted at HazMobile includes:
• Household chemicals: including
toilet, drain and oven cleaners, disinfectants, furniture
and shoe polish and pool chemicals
• Garden chemicals: pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers
• Automotive products: waste oil, petrol, diesel, brake fluid and car care products.
• DIY products: varnishes, solvents, paint strippers, glues and wood preservatives.
• Light bulbs: Fluorescent tubes, energy-saving light bulbs and ultraviolet light bulbs.
• Batteries: wet-cell batteries used in cars and boats, rechargeable batteries used in appliances
• Gas cylinders
• Paint: oil and acrylic based paints along with aerosol cans
If you are unsure about the disposal of a product check the labelling – if it uses words such as "Warning ", "Danger", "Caution", "Poison" or "Do not dispose of with household rubbish" you can assume HazMobile will accept it.
Hastings District Council Waste Minimisation Planner Angela Atkins says" Hazardous waste can cause serious harm to people and the environment if it is not disposed of correctly. All residents should have a look around their properties to identify items which could be best disposed of at the HazMobile."
HazMobile collections will be located at the Hastings Sports Centre, Railway Road on Saturday November 17th and at Eastern Truck and Marine, Austin Street, Onekawa, Napier on Sunday November 18th and will be open from 10am - 2pm on those days.
The HazMobile collection is supported by the Hastings District Council, Hawke's Bay Regional Council and Napier City Council.
NOTE: Non-rechargeable dry-cell batteries (zinc carbon, zinc chloride and alkaline batteries in AAA, AA, C, and D sizes) are NOT classified as hazardous waste and can be disposed of in recycling containers located at Hastings District Council reception, the Environment Centre and the Henderson Road Recycling Centre year round, as well as at the HazMobile.
HazMobile does not accept commercial waste or waste in commercial amounts.
Further information on the HazMobile collection and hazardous waste is available at http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/hazmobile


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If Flacco gets a long term deal, does the tag become viable for Kruger or Ellerbe? I'll confess to not knowing what their respective numbers, for their positions, woudl be.
Ellerbe isn't worth 8m for one year, period. The guy's play has been good this year, but I think it's a stretch to say he's over all the concerns he had from 2009-2011. Is he motivated now just because he wants a big contract? Will he revert to bad habits one he cashes his bonus check? Even more importantly, he has yet to prove he can stay healthy. He's never played even close to a 16 game season and he's been banged up for good portions of the 9-13 games a year he HAS played.
I'm not knocking the guy, again he's been probably our best and most consistent defender when on the field this year, but it is what it is. He also plays a devalued position that rarely sees big contracts. Even borderline-elite guys with good production like Curtis Lofton are only getting around 6m a year or so. David Hawthorne, who is a very comparable player to Ellerbe in terms of his career path and talent, got 5 years 19m from the Saints last season, and he had proven more at the time he signed that deal. I think that 5 year 19m deal is basically the ceiling for Ellerbe, so you certainly don't want to dump nearly half of that into a one year commitment.
Ellerbe wont be that expensive, MLB arent a premium position anymore. McClain had a good season last year and didnt cash in that much. Ravens will be fine cap wise, I expect Cary to be gone=CB's are in demand. Kruger stays IMO. Hope they bring back McKinnie-to me he is the most important. A few deals will be reworked to create room and a few players will be lost of course, especially with 11 draft picks.
$8M for a LB franchise tag? I wish it were so low...
Franchise tags on LBs this year is an estimated $9.45M. I seriously don't think the team will do that for Kruger. Slight chance for Ellerbe, very slight as that would be way overpaying him.
I don't understand why people are so concerned with trying to keep Kruger. It's nto gonna happen. He's as good as gone. Cary Williams is likewise in that same boat, but people have understood that for a while.
Similarly, I don't understand why EVERYONE is so convinced that Jacoby is gone. I think if we can get him to sign a 3 year extension or something similar that he can provide a good value for dollar going forward.
Whiel I'd hate to see Leach go, I can see the reasoning why he might be let loose.
McKinnie and Ellerbe should be attmepted to be retained, and neither should be terribly expensive.
Our RFA's should by and large be let to wal... Reed, Harewood, Dickson... none of these provide a good value for dollar and can easily be replaceed by late round picks, of which we have Many(maybe even too many).
I envision Jacoby being restructured and extended, Oher extended to lessen his cap number, same for Boldin and Ellerbe and Mckinnie re-signed. I could see David Reed and Harewood non tendered but brought back at a cheaper rate, but they also could be allowed to walk as well.


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Annoyed by the Dalai Lama
No, really, the Dalai Lama is a lovely man, wise and full of goodness. But his editorial in The New York Times today plucked on my last interfaith nerve. He writes of being inspired by an early meeting with Trappist monk Thomas Merton, and goes on to announce, "I'm a firm believer in the power of personal contact to bridge differences, so I've long been drawn to dialogues with people of other religious outlooks."
Well, it's all fine and dandy when a very holy and celibate Buddhist monk and a very holy and celibate Catholic monk have "personal contact" and dialogue. But when mere mortals have personal contact, they sometimes fall in love and create families. Then sometimes these "dialoguers" begin to have second thoughts about how personal the contact should be. And then they retreat to citing the importance of maintaining boundaries, and tribal purity laws. I've written about this before. What bothers me is what feels to me like hypocrisy: do reach out and touch somebody from another religion, but for God's sake don't take the ultimate step of actual intimacy.
A lot of what the Dalai Lama wrote in today's paper is great stuff: the yearning for peace, the importance of learning, the defense of maligned religions. Refreshingly, he admits that as a boy he thought Buddhism was superior to other religions. He goes on to underscore his support for Karen Armstrong's marvelous "Compassion movement," and is careful to include Islam as a partner in this. But then, I couldn't help noticing that his new book is subtitled "How the World's Religions Can Come Together." For those of us who are the products of this coming together, it is hard not to see that title as naive, or perhaps ironic.
I tried to explain my annoyance to my teenage daughter, who has grown up with Buddhist mentors in addition to Jewish and Christian family and education. She is far less cynical, and in general, far less annoyed, and far more, well, Zen, than I am. "You're looking for a problem, Mom," she said. "As an interfaith person I'm not offended by that at all if they want to stick to their own religions, as long as they don't tell me what to do." Ah, but so many of them do.
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May 25, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Sounds to me like you've done very well with your daughter. I can only hope my daughters come to a similar conclusion.
I'd have to agree with your daughter as well. I don't see the problem with what the Dali Lama said. He is a spiritual leader to millions and that is the world he lives in. You can't really expect him to jump on the interfaith bandwagon.
Interfaith, dual-faith, etc is a family movement…it is coming from two people who love each other and search together for a way to celebrate their heritage and/or faith. That we've gathered together with like minded people isn't surprising. To expect religious leaders of one stripe or another to welcome us with open arms might be asking too much. But we'll get there…and it'll be through our children.
May 26, 2010 at 8:01 am
Sue, your headline grabbed my attention. "Who could be annoyed by the Dalai Lama," I thought! "Maybe the Chinese government…,but Sue?" I appreciate that interfaith individuals live the coming together of religions in a personal and intimate way the Dalai Lama probably doesn't "get." But that didn't seem to be what really annoyed you. So I read his Times editorial, but it didn't answer the questions in my head. I want to know more about your annoyance. It seems most pointedly a reaction to elements in Buddhist and Catholic discouraging intimacy, especially for monks. While I admit I don't embrace this level of aestheticism for anyone, the Dalai Lama still manages to demonstrate great compassion for others, more effectively than me, I might add. That was the main point of his editorial, as it is of most of his writing – compassion trumps difference. I don't think you mean to take issue with that overall claim. I want to understand more clearly understand your perspective.
May 31, 2010 at 8:00 pm
this post is most excellent, although my viewpoint still differs


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You guys, I ate so much junk over the holiday break. Seriously. I cannot even believe what a sweet tooth, late night snacking minion I became. I've never had that happen before, but apparently I was really worn out this year and needed to eat my exhaustion away. Now that we are back into a schedule I'm ready to hunker down and get smart about meals again. A few of us bloggers figured you all might be feeling the same so we joined forces with Alexia to bring you some of our favorite lighter meals that are easy to prepare, taste incredible and will not make you feel like you need a wheelbarrow to haul you away from the table. And scroll to the bottom because there is also a giveaway worth over $600!!
So, here's why we chose to use Alexia, other than we all are obsessed with their product, Smart Classics Fries and Potatoes are all 98% fat-free and have just 100 calories per serving. Boom! How's that for healthy and easy since you don't have to waste your time peeling, chopping, boiling etc? We knew exactly what recipe we wanted to share to help our readers eat a smarter dinner and that's Cade's steak hash. It's awesome and appears on our table alllllll the time. Plus not only can you check out the entire party of recipes below, but we all are going to throw a twitter party with all of you! Here's the details….
When: January 16th
Where: Twitter (just follow @ohsweetbasil @tasteandtell @sweettreatsmore and we will direct you to the other bloggers) and make sure all of your tweets include #getsmart for the hashtag
When: 8pm EST
And like I said, we've teamed up with your favorite bloggers to bring you a whole party of ideas. Everything is a little on the lighter side, but packed full of flavor. I am pinning every recipe to make this January and I can't wait!
And on a side note, can we please talk about resolutions? I asked on facebook a few days ago what everyone thinks about resolutions and was surprised to find that I'm not alone in my not setting them. For me I've just found that resolutions really don't stick. Instead I've been setting small goals throughout the year and working towards those. It's actually been working great. One of my goals last year was to take better care of my body. I just wanted to make better decisions about what I'm eating, how much, drinking my water and keeping priorities in order. I can't even begin to tell you how happy, healthy and peaceful this last year has been. It's nice to feel more balanced. I'd love to hear what you all think about setting health goals versus dieting resolutions and more!
5 Ingredient Steak Hash
- 1 Bag Tri Cut Alexia
- 3 teaspoons olive oil, divided
- 3 bell peppers, sliced, seeds and top removed
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 4 teaspoons paprika
- 2 teaspoons garlic salt
- cilantro * optional for garnish
- 1 Flank steak
- 2 teaspoons season salt
- Heat a grill pan over high heat and sprinkle each side of the steak with the season salt. Place the steak in the pan and turn down to medium heat. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes and turn over (longer for more well done, but it will get cooked more in the potato pan so don't over cook it), allowing it to finish cooking on the other side. Remove from pan and tent with foil on a plate for 10 minutes.
- In a large saute pan over medium heat, add the first teaspoon of olive oil and add the peppers and onion. Cook until tender about 3 minutes. Add the potatoes and remaining olive oil and cook until hot all the way through and golden on the outside.
- Meanwhile, chop the steak, and once the potatoes are cooked add the steak, toss and allow to cook an additional 2 minutes. Serve with fresh cilantro for a little freshness.
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Ohio State Garners First Weekly Award of 2011
Dec. 14, 2010
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The conference office announced on Tuesday the first weekly men's indoor track and field awards for the 2011 season. Ohio State's Cody Marshall earns the nod as field athlete of the week.
Track Athlete of the Week:
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Freshman Cody Marshall began his collegiate campaign by capturing the first pole vault title as the Buckeyes traveled to Kent State for the Golden Flash Gala last weekend. The East Canton, Ohio, native set a personal record of 4.90 meters to take home the title in Ohio State's first meet. This award marks the first weekly laurel of Marshall's career and the second straight for an Ohio State field athlete since Matt DeChant took home the award in February 2010.
Last Ohio State Field Athlete of the Week: Matt DeChant (Feb. 22, 2010)
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If the Dallas/Miami series showed us anything, it's that Championships are not won by 1 or 2 moves (Miami), but rather by a series of intelligent transactions (Dallas). For us fans, it is sometimes hard to be patient enough to see the movement through.
If you look back on what the Pacers have done in recent years, there is a trend and seems to be a specific direction that is being followed. Patience is the key. I feel like the first move towards our eventual destination was the draft day trade of Jermaine O'Neal and the draft rights to Nathan Jawai for T.J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic and the draft rights to Roy Hibbert. For as great as J.O. once was for the team, at the time of the trade he was equally as bad for the team. From his contract, to his deteriorating body, to his public desire to be traded, it was all bad. The trade was clearly a means to shed the franchise of one of the most significant ties to the era of Pacers basketball that still hangs over our franchise to a slight degree. The hidden blessing of that trade however was the addition of Roy Hibbert. Rasho served his purpose for a season, and Ford was a failed experiment (which may or may not be attributed to the coach at that time) who's time is now up as well.
Fast forward a season and a lot of losses and you see the Pacers in the back of the lottery line again. This pick was a "no-brainer" right? Go for a point guard that can take the wheel for the team for the next 5-10 years. Well we know that didn't happen. Larry Legend went with his gut and took the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history and the Sporting News College basketball player of the DECADE, Tyler Hansbrough. Sure there was a lot of complaints and nay-sayers early on, but as we now see Tyler is a very solid piece to the core of a very good young team. The grit and grind type of player that every championship caliber team needs to have one or two of. His game might not be the most attractive thing around but I think it's hard to argue at this point that it doesn't fill a need on the roster.
As we start getting closer to the present, we look at last years Draft and see what some feel may turn out to be the smartest draft pick the team has made since Donnie Walsh picked a skinny kid from UCLA. Not many people had much of a clue about Paul George leading up to the draft last year, so it came as somewhat of a shock to see Larry pick a kid without a great pedigree who only played 2 seasons for a not-so-major Fresno State. It took a little while to see exactly what Larry saw in Paul George, but now that we have seen the tip of the iceberg the future looks "shades at night" bright for the California kid. Already establishing himself as a freakish athlete and a potentially top-rate defender, we see that we've got a guy who can be a major contributor on both ends of the court going forward.
We look at the coaching scenario and it's one that has been a sore subject since the departure of the man who is the newest Championship head coach in the NBA, Rick Carlisle. After suffering through the torturous methods of the coach that shall not be named, Larry gave us the man who restored the faith. Frank Vogel stepped in as the dreaded Interim head coach and did a pretty admirable job leading a band of young players into the playoffs for the first time in 5 years. Preaching a blood and guts mentality and his brand of "smashmouth" basketball, Vogel got the most out of a team that most pundits said would be the laughing stock of the playoffs. Pushing the #1 seed Chicago Bulls to 5 hard fought games and earning the respect of many around the NBA world, COACH Vogel got the team back on the right track. We've started towards the ultimate goal, by getting back into the playoffs.
The off-season had been a fairly boring time for us up until the past week. As the draft got closer, rumblings started getting louder about possible trade scenarios. Coach Vogel sat down with Brian Shaw about joining his coaching staff. Shaw, the owner of three rings as a player and an additional two as an assistant coach with the Lakers, isn't exactly lacking in the area of Championship experience. So on the day of the draft, news leaks that Shaw has accepted the position as, eventual head coach, Frank Vogel's lead assistant. The draft comes with the Pacers selecting 15th and picking SF Kawhi Leonard and then promptly trading him for hometown kid and developing young guard George Hill. Some love the trade. Some hate the trade. George Hill might not single handedly win us a Championship but I definitely feel like Hill will be a vital piece in getting this team deep into the playoffs in the future, and eventually contributing in a Championship series.
There is still some work to be done with this Pacers team. Free agency and trades over the course of the next 2 seasons will prove to be the deciding factors in this teams future over the next 10 years or so. Luckily, Championships are won with a series of moves that eventually lead to the culmination of great things. Piece by piece, a team like Dallas built their franchise with a series of transactions that may have not been the most covered stories around the Association, but they all played an integral part in the ultimate goal. The moves that Larry Bird has made haven't been the most glamorous or the most talked about decisions around the league, but as we saw this past season the best decisions aren't always the ones that get hour long specials on ESPN.


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Docket Management
Docket: 02N-0152 - Timely Pediatric Studies and Adequate Pediatric Labeling for Human Drugs and Biologics
Comment Number: EC -41
Accepted - Volume 1
Comment Record
Dr. Helen Johnston
2002-07-01 17:43:01
Highlands Pediatrics
Health Professional
Comments for FDA General
5. General Comments
The Pediatric Rule is a foundation for pediatric therapeutics. And the recently passed Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) moves children further onto safer medical ground. They must BOTH be in place - the requirement and the incentive - to ensure that therapies for children are not lost in a legal or political quagmire. The Pediatric Rule is essential for the following reasons: The Pediatric Rule ensures that children are no longer a therapeutic afterthought by the pharmaceutical industry. All new drugs must be studied for pediatric use at the time a drug comes to market unless the FDA grants a waiver. This puts children on a level playing field with adults for the first time. The Pediatric Rule includes biological products. The BPCA provides incentives to the pharmaceutical industry to study drugs but does not address biological products. Significant portions of therapeutics used in children are biological products. Without the Pediatric Rule there is no mechanism to ensure that pediatric studies are conducted on these important medications. The Pediatric Rule captures drugs and age populations that the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act cannot. The BPCA incentive of additional market exclusivity can only be applied once during the life cycle of a drug. When FDA requests pediatric studies under BPCA, all potential pediatric uses must be anticipated in the request. This request cannot be expanded later if additional studies are needed in very young children or newborns or if a new use is discovered for a drug. Once studies have been completed and the incentive has been granted, there is no obligation on the part of participating companies to generate additional pediatric data. The Pediatric Rule may be invoked in instances where pediatric information is essential but the BPCA is no longer available. The Pediatric Rule is ongoing Ł the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act is time-limited. The BPCA sunsets in 2007. If it is not renewed, history suggests that the industry may not see it within their scope or financial best interest to continue to do pediatric drug studies. The Pediatric Rule will allow pediatric studies to continue. The Pediatric Rule is mandatory Ł the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act is voluntary. Because BPCA is voluntary, not all sponsors are interested in complying with the terms. The Pediatric Rule applies to all drugs and biologicals whose intended use in pediatrics is the same as adults, thus ensuring appropriate pediatric information.


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Last Thursday evening, I was honored to be the guest speaker at the Kappa Alpha Order's Wood Court at The Maryland Club in Baltimore. The Black-tie event was well attended and I met some great guys. While there, I was given one of KA's highest awards - "The Robert E. Lee Appreciation Award" which recognizes the recipient "for excellence in his interpretation of the life of Robert E. Lee to the American People." This was the first time the award has been presented since 1997. The fact this year marks Lee's 200th birthday, makes this particular award all the more special to me.
Of course, my interpretation of Lee may not be the same as yours. I do, however, believe the facts and research support the traditional view of Lee (including his faults) unlike much of the psycho-babble and straw-man arguments published in recent years which, like so many other efforts to tarnish American heroes, are little more than thinly veiled attempts to demonize American values & heroes and then disguise this as "objective scholarship." Please. No historian or writer is totally "objective" though some do make honest attempts. To deny that is to deny human nature and deny what is so obvious to even the most casual observer. Do I have to state the obvious? Unfortunately, yes. Most of academia leans left and attempts to politicize everything to their advantage. I agree with America's dean of Civil War historians, Dr. James I. Robertson, Jr. who I heard say: "Robert E. Lee never existed [in the minds of some] because we don't have a Robert E. Lee today."
It really is no more complicated than that. Thank you gentlemen of KA for your kindness. I am truly honored.


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Guns for Sale - Savage Arms Corp. -- Stevens Model 311A 12 ga. Double Barrel
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Attention Double Barrel fans, this is an excellent Stevens Model 311A (Savage Arms Corp.) 12 ga. Double Barrel. This shotgun is in really excellent condition. The checkered pistol grip walnut stock and checkered walnut fore stock are nearly perfect (one tiny, barely detectable, light bruise0n the stock), that's it. The Pachmayer recoil pad is subtle and in good condition. The frame has a fine color case hardened finish, un-blemished. The barrels, triggers & trigger guard are blued. On close inspection there are some light scratches on the right barrel near the chamber end, some light scratches on the trigger guard and on the muzzle (see photos). When you first look at this outstanding Model 311A it looks as if it just came out of the box. It has 30" barrels, the left appears to be a Full choke the right a Modified Choke, both look like new and the LOP is 13"-14". The date of manufacture is pictured. Even under high magnification we can't tell if the letter is an H, N, M or ? The number looks like a 7. We have leraned from on of our auction viewers who is very knowledgeable on the subject that this beauty was mage in 1949. Regardless of when this 311A was made it is obvious it was fired very little (see photos of receiver). This Stevens will be an excellent addition to any SxS collection.
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Ragin Cajun Homecoming Pep Rally at DTA!
It's Homecoming Week for the Ragin Cajuns, and you can see the red and white pride all over Acadiana this week! Downtown Alive! will celebrate their UL pride with a pep rally to get ready for the big game against Tulane Green Wave on Saturday.
It's a Ragin' Cajuns kind of night with 5th Avenue dominating playing everything from Prince, Midnight Star and then on to high energy like Stevie B and Dino between the crowd shouting Geaux Cajuns! In front of a sea of red and white, 5th Avenue will provide the perfect soundtrack to getting into the winning spirit at DTA! With over 100 years of combined experience, original members Tracy Menard, Tom Landry and Brent Guidry will have you reminiscing to back in the day and dancing and cheering all night long. To you, they say, "May the Funk be with you!" and Go Red!
DTA! begins at 5:30 p.m. with food and beverage concessions – musical performances from 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted. We'll see ya'll there, with our red and white on, of course!


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Canberrans will be able to download up to 100 megabytes of data through a free Wi-Fi network to be launched in Civic in October.
The first trial of the Wi-Fi network was launched in Garema Place on Thursday, with people able to access it from 12-7pm.
The Garema Place hotspot will be turned on permanently in October.
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher announced iiNet as the successful tenderer to provide Wi-Fi spots across the capital.
She said the $3.1 million network in the central business district would enliven Civic and create a hub of digital activity for businesses.
"It's about ensuring we're able to share the benefits that come with technology," Ms Gallagher said.
"It's the way the modern world works, and this will allow that to happen in a way that is free and accessible to all."
iiNet has delivered a free public network in Adelaide that is used by 200,000 people each month and has up to 500 people connected during peak periods.
iiNet chief business officer Greg Bader said Canberra's program was set to be the largest in Australia.
The company has been contracted to provide free internet from 745 access points, of which 400 will be indoor and 345 outdoor. The service is expected to deliver users with 100Mb megabytes a day, totalling 3 gigabytes each month.
A mobile Wi-Fi service will be tested on five ACTION buses during the next year, with a full roll out to be considered if the trial is successful.


text: During the fall of 2008, 7541 SCH were produced through online instruction. Sixty-six percent of these enrollments were generated by students who are coded through an off-campus program. That represented an unduplicated head count of 1950 students (nearly one in six students). In Spring 2009, that unduplicated number increased to 2227 with 8,606 SCH. Online courses represent close to 6% of the University's total student credit hour production (SCH). With a steep growth curve, close to 10% of the University's enrollment is anticipated to be online in the not-too-distant future.


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Yesterday we began the Open Oil Book Sprint "How to Read and Understand Oil Contracts". The event is brought together by NGO Open Oil (http://www.openoil.net) and is intended to produce a book that can be used by anyone wanting to get an understanding of how oil contracts between Governments and oil companies are negotiated, what the pitfalls are, how they can be improved etc.
We are starting with a full crew of 10 contributors including contract negotiators, lawyers, and oil related NGO representatives from all over the world. Yesterday we spent the day planning the book and focused a lot on the first 3 sections. We were also visited by Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency International and World Bank manager of programmes in Africa and Latin America.
After a good days planning we enjoyed a great meal prepared by chef (and Open Oil projects manager Lucy Wallwork). We also have 3 other Open Oil staff to assist with logistics and founder Johnny West is here to contribute to the content.
This morning we were up bright and early to get into the actual writing. I think everyone is over the jet lag since we didn't push it too hard last night and the environment here is very relaxing.
The book is going to be a challenge because it needs to be readable by anyone and the group here are experts in this field. For this reason we will employ some of the Open Oil staff that are not experts in this area to read and revise the content to make sure it fits the target audience. We also have a designer/illustrator onboard – Lynne Stuart – up from Capetown, South Africa to design illustrations, icons, the cover and the internal contents of the book.
Update: Almost at the end of the first day of writing and we have 25,000 words and good mock ups of the design. A lot of time is going to have to be spent making the content easy to understand and so we have already started this process of editing on the content in the first section.
Update 2: We are part way through the 3rd day and all sections are more or less complete with 41,000 words. We have focused clean up on the first section and tomorrow we form more groups and start cleaning up the rest of the book. We have one full day with everyone tomorrow and then half the crew leave on Friday but this should be fine.
Update 3: Day five and almost done. Last bits of clean up and one rewrite of a section that was not complete until this afternoon. We have had many group break outs to discuss sections and chapters and no new sets of eyes left. One helpful process has been printing out sections and cutting up with paper, marking, and re-ordering.


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This article was published 1/4/2009 (3036 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
West St. Paul council will hold a special meeting later today to decide if it will turn 80 hectares of land into an emergency holding tank for flood waters from Grassmere Creek, Mayor Cliff Dearman said this morning.
It will be a different property than the municipality used for emergency storage in the 1997 flood, said Dearman, who would not identify the location before council has heard from its engineering consultants and decided whether to go ahead.
"No local homes would be endangered. I'm not going to create another problem," he said.
Dearman said the property would be used as a holding area if there is a sudden rush of water from the west — from Woodlands, Rosser, and Rockwood, flowing into Grassmere Creek.
"If the creek backs up, if we get another jam, we get all the water from Woodlands and Rosser rushing down," he said. Dearman said cold weather has slowed the melt from the west, but as the thaw begins, "If water from the west comes, and we get backup, there's nowhere for Grassmere to go but over the banks."
Dearman emphasized that the 80 hectares do not contain any homes, nor are there any homes nearby that would be endangered by a holding area.
"Council is looking at every single scenario that could happen. That's why we got 300 (plastic Tiger Dam) tubes."


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Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, our West campus gives students the opportunity to develop their chiropractic skills in state-of-the-art laboratories as well as an on-campus outpatient clinic. Like in Davenport, this campus delivers instruction using the lecture-and-lab model. The diverse location provides a great multicultural backdrop for learning.
Its crowning glory, however, is the Sports Council Program, a student organization that provides unparalleled opportunities to explore a career in sports chiropractic. With the experience and network gained from serving on the Sports Council, Palmer students have gone on to provide chiropractic care to Olympic athletes and professional sports teams. Learn more about pursuing a career in sports chiropractic by watching this video of Dr. Michael Miller, a Palmer graduate and team chiropractor for the New England Patriots.
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