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Oil prices rose to 11-week highs on Wednesday as part of a cross-market rally after the US Congress approved a deal to avert tax hikes and spending cuts that threatened economic growth.
US lawmakers on Tuesday approved a deal to prevent huge mandated tax increases and spending cuts that investors worried would have pushed the largest oil consumer into recession.
The uncertainty and political brinkmanship had rattled consumers, businesses and financial markets for weeks. Concerns a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" would not be reached was the latest economic threat to weigh on oil markets, which were pressured throughout last year by the euro zone crisis and tepid fuel demand.
The agreement prompted a broad global market rally, boosting investor appetite for riskier assets and pressuring the dollar and safe-haven government bonds.
International benchmark Brent crude traded up to $US112.90 a barrel -- highs not seen since Oct. 19 -- before paring gains as traders assessed possible new headwinds for the US economy.
"There was the fiscal cliff euphoria, but the markets are a little overdone and people realize you still have the debt ceiling battle, social security taxes going up and dealing with spending sequestration and budget cuts," said Mark Waggoner, president at Excel Futures.
Brent February crude traded up $US1.36 to settle at $US112.47 a barrel, off the earlier highs but above the 100-day moving average of $US111.29. After two straight sessions of gains, the Brent's 14-day moving average hit $US109.80 a barrel, and was close to pushing above the 200-day moving average of $US109.82.
US February crude gained $US1.30 to settle at $US93.12 a barrel, pushing above the 200-day moving average of $US91.90 but off earlier highs of $US93.87.
Trading volumes showed signs of rebounding after dropping off during the late December holiday period, with Brent volumes slightly above the 30-day moving average, while US crude volumes were down 11 per cent below that level.
US RBOB gasoline futures traded up 1.3 per cent, boosted by news Monroe Energy LLC had taken the gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC) offline for 10 to 14 days at its 185,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, over the weekend to address issues with the slurry circuit.
The market was also awaiting weekly US oil inventory data, delayed by the New Year's holiday, for signals on direction. Reports from the American Petroleum Institute and the US Energy Information Administration, due out on Thursday and Friday, respectively, were expected to show builds in refined product stockpiles and a draw in crude inventories, according to a Reuters poll of analysts.
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Further support for oil came from positive economic data from the United States and China, the two largest consuming nations. US manufacturing ended 2012 on an upswing, with factories returning to growth in December after contracting the previous month, the Institute for Supply Management said.
China's official manufacturing purchasing managers' index held steady in December at 50.6, adding to evidence its economy picked up in the fourth quarter of 2012 after gross domestic product growth slowed for seven straight quarters.
Traders were watching tensions in the Middle East for signs of threats to production in the vital area. Iran is carrying out naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping route through which 40 per cent of the world's sea-borne oil exports pass.
Iran has threatened to block Hormuz if the country comes under military attack over its disputed nuclear program. The United States has said it would not tolerate any obstruction of commercial traffic through the strait.
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Richard Petty once told me that bad luck comes in cycles. He said that you just continue to work hard and one day it will turn back around your way. That seems to be the case for the resurgent Kyle Busch as he heads to Kansas this weekend.
Busch burst on to the NASCAR scene winning races in all NASCAR national divisions and reached 100 victories at a record pace. However, he was virtually nonexistent last season as misfortune kept him out of the Chase and out of the limelight.
"We've still got some work to do to get better at some of the tracks that we did struggle at last year, and we know that," said the young Gibbs Racing driver as he prepared for this week's race.
With a series of top-five finishes over the last five races, Busch seems to have shaken off that bad luck bug and also found the way back to Victory Lane.
"I'm glad the monkey is off our back," said Busch after his victory in Texas. "We're riding a wave right now that's 30 feet tall, and ready to keep riding."
However, he has to face one of his worst tracks on the circuit in Kansas this weekend. He is without a victory in 11 starts in Kansas. To add insult to injury, he hasn't finished inside the top five either.
"That's going to be a battle for us, just making sure we've got a good handling car and one that I can drive and push hard and make speed," said Busch on his Kansas troubles.
If Busch's luck continues to ride on the positive side, this could be the week that he shakes those Kansas blues.
If he had two wins last season as he does so early in 2013, Busch would have easily made the Chase but he still isn't taking anything for granted.
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ARGOS warehouse staff at the Bridgwater distribution centre will be going on a six-day strike from Sunday (July 20) in a dispute over changes to terms and conditions.
As reported, more than 100 workers walked out for 24 hours on July 4 but now another strike has been announced by the Unite union from 6am on July 20-26.
Workers will join warehouse staff employed by Argos at five distribution centres across the UK in a dispute over changes to their contracts such as increased weekend working – which they say will have an adverse impact on their family lives.
A warehouse worker, who did not wish to be named, told the Mercury: "We will be having a picket from 6am on Sunday. Saturday we think the warehouse is closed as per usual, so unless they change their minds, we won't turn up.
"The trades' council have been very supportive of us, as have other unions and individuals, which we thank them all for."
The strike is anticipated to affect the twice-yearly launch of the Argos catalogue and customers may experience a delay in receiving this.
A spokesman for Home Retail Group said the company was advised of the strike and had contingency plans in place to ensure a normal service for customers.
He added: "Around 75% of our total Distribution workforce, including our drivers, are not striking.
"We are also recruiting around 350 new permanent jobs in the distribution centres around the UK as part of the changes.
"New shift patterns have been developed in partnership with our Unite employee representatives, with a focus on maintaining our colleagues' work/life balance. As 100% of colleagues are on accepted terms and conditions we are now working hard to understand any outstanding issues.
"Distribution colleagues are key to the success of our five-year transformation plan to become a digital retail leader."
National officer for Unite Matt Draper added: "The reason our members felt pressurised to sign these contracts is that they would have lost the unsatisfactory one-off payment of £2,000 to sacrifice their family life for many years to come.
"Unite are frustrated at the lack of movement from the company and we're determined to show our resolve to see changes made to the proposals.
"To be absolutely factual, 100% of staff have not accepted the new terms and conditions, individuals have not.
"Our members were told sign or be sacked, that is a reality. They will point out that one individual at Bridgwater has not signed and has not been dismissed; he has been told he can remain on his current terms. I thought they said 100% had signed up."


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AS winners of the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards trophy for Best Duo, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have a well-established reputation in the acoustic folk world.
Following the release of their acclaimed 2012 album Hidden People they have graced stages the world over.
As the eldest of the three Lakeman Brothers, Sean has played the guitar since the age of six.
Having travelled the world for a decade with folk popsters Equation, he then famously went on to orchestrate the sound of his little brother Seth, producing his most successful albums, garnering many awards, and a top 10 hit album along the way.
Kathryn is held in the highest regard by peers and music fans alike.
Following a successful duo career with fellow Barnsleyite Kate Rusby, Kathryn joined the Lakeman brothers in Equation.
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Fox News amplified an anti-immigrant group's message that immigration reform will negatively impact African-Americans and repeated the debunked claim that the Senate immigration bill is a "job killer." In fact, the claim that immigrants steal jobs from African-Americans has been discredited as "a pernicious myth," and economists agree that the Senate bill is a net benefit for the economy.
During a segment highlighting the "DC March for Jobs," an anti-immigrant rally sponsored by the Black American Leadership Alliance (BALA), Fox News host Jon Scott stated that the group is "opposed to amnesty for some 11 million illegal immigrants and they say they are calling the Senate plans a job killer."
Scott proceeded to air comments Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) made at the rally in which he claimed that those who say the Senate immigration reform bill is good for the economy "are misrepresenting the truth." Brooks added: "It makes things worse economically. It makes things worse from an immigration standpoint."
Fox News chief political correspondent Carl Cameron also parroted BALA's claims, including that "the immigration reform bill as passed in the Senate would take away jobs from low-income, particularly black Americans." The segment then segued to remarks from Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who falsely claimed at the rally that if the Senate bill were to pass, "wages would ... go down, unemployment would go up," and economic output per capita "would be down for 25 years."
What Fox failed to mention, however, is that BALA "is just the latest incarnation of a shifting series of front groups for the anti-immigrant nativist group FAIR, which has been trying for years to drive a wedge between African Americans and Latinos." The group is rooted in the anti-immigrant, nativist tradition of the John Tanton network that includes designated hate groups with ties to white supremacist foundations.
Moreover, its claims about immigration reform have been thoroughly discredited by economic research.
As the Immigration Policy Center concluded following a comprehensive study of immigration's impact on minority workers, "there is no correlation between the size of the foreign-born population and the African American unemployment rate in U.S. metropolitan areas."
Economist Daniel Griswold with the Cato Institute has called the claim that low-skilled immigrants harm the employment prospects of African-Americans a "pernicious myth." In congressional testimony, he explained that as "with most other Americans, few African Americans compete directly with immigrant workers," and added:
My own research at the Cato Institute shows that the growth of Hispanic immigration has not had a negative effect on lower-income African Americans. In fact, the evidence from the past 20 years shows that as immigrants have moved in, native-born Americans, including African Americans, have generally moved up.
Numerous studies over the years have confirmed these findings.
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edit UnScripts:My Little Womb Newt: Pregnancy is Sexy
I started this as a new "iCarly," but it turned out fairly close to satire. Recently, I trimmed the intro, since it was too long winded and not the same style as the rest of the article. Mn-z 14:44, February 8, 2013 (UTC)
- I suppose a key aspect of fetish is single-minded determination. However, the idea of a newt asking a brony? for permission to enter her from behind overwhelms any humor, and I see mostly quirky fiction-writing not humor. Separately, thanks for the name-dropping, but no thanks. Spıke Ѧ 15:01 8-Feb-13
- Spike is a character on My Little Pony. He is the dragon pet/slave/fax machine of Twilight Sparkle. Also, Fluttershy is a pony. A "Brony" refers to a fan of My Little Pony, typically a teenage-adult male fan (bro + pony = brony). I get the feeling that you haven't watched the show much. --Mn-z 15:09, February 8, 2013 (UTC)
- It doesn't seem like an Uncyclopedia article to me, but it seems even less like an anything-else. I'll just describe why it isn't what it isn't because that's easier.
- It's entirely to well written and to subtle for the garbage can, seriously, I think the trash would regurgitate it for its quality. It's too vulgar and weird to be a normal ponyfic. It's just not weird, grotesque or pornografic enough to be clop/gorefic. It has to much sexuality and not enough teenage boy meets boy to be Yaoi. It has too few jokes and too little overt humor to be uncyclopedic and it's entirely too fictional to be encyclopedic.
- I think this should exist somewhere, and unfortunately I can't think of a better place, as bad as that sounds. Darkestaxe (talk) 14:43, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
|Firstly...this review and the scores is only about the first section. More on that in the concept part of the review.
Over all I found the first section pretty funny and I liked your narrative style, how the newt asks his requests so directly and how absurd the situation is. Its funny when the newt ignores many of the pony's questions and how much the reader wants to know wtf is going on. I cover this more in the next section.
|The first section...is rather simple and is written in an utterly absurd fashion...and in such a way that the reader wants to know whats going on...what will happen next...and you maintain that suspense by the increasing absurdity.
This is lost when section 2 begins...where the simplicity vanishes. As for the rest of the article...sorry but I didn't find any of it particularly funny and I found it pretty convoluted and confusing. There are so many ideas that go all over the place, so many characters to keep track of...many of whom are unnecessary...so many strange moments that aren't well explained. I personally didn't find any moment as engaging as in section 1. I didn't really care if I would find out what would happen. It might be hard to hear...but if I were you I'd cut the rest of the article out. Totally. Save it for some other article(s).
If you would be willing to do this and expand the first section into a full article...here are a few ideas.
Anyhoo...these are some ideas on how to rework the article...if you are able to give up the rest of the script after section 1. Here is a list of particular things in section one I found funny, I didn't understand and a few corrections:
Moments I found funny:
What I didn't understand:
|Prose and formatting:
|Apart from a few things I didn't understand and corrections, in the first section, I found the prose well written except when the narrative goes a little off topic or when things are not clearly explained. In this kind of article you should always answer this question for every sentence if it is dialogue: Who is saying what about what to who? If you can't answer these questions then try as concisely as possible to fill in those gaps. If it is description of action: Who is being/doing what to/about what and how? And as with all sentences: What the fuck is going on and why is this necessary to the article.
Your first section is written in such a way that I mostly can answer all of these questions. The next sections...are sort of the opposite. Often I don't know what's going on or...I don't know why it's in the article in the first place.
Also...think of more creative captions for the images.
|Try and use images that are not stock photos of my little ponies. Use images from the real world...or drawings/cartoons from outside of my little pony and use them in clever/creative ways. If you must use my little pony images...then use images that would not be expected and write a killer caption that is hilarious.
|It should be clear by now that I really think the first section is very promising and that the rest ought to be chopped. I would recommend that you keep the sexual innuendo and dirty words to an utter minimum. The first section avoids it a lot and to good effect. If there is an abortion...make it for a really good reason...and make it the focus of the rest of the article...and take a stand on it...and make it clear in a clever way what the newt has to do with it and what it represents.
Don't worry about some readers and their dislike of edgy articles or shocking moments in articles. Pick your audience and write for them. Pleasing all will ultimately please no one. If you really want to get this featured...then you will have to make some compromises, just don't compromise the humour or essense of the article and who you are as a writer. Just cause someone states their opinion directly and openly as though it is fact...does not make their advice useful or their views as the be all end all of great comedic writing. Brush it off and keep writing what you like.
And finally...remember that Jesus loves you and that you should go to confession every day and not eat meat during lent.
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|Jesus is our saviour and he died for our sins.
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The "tall poppy" syndrome is largely an Australian phenomenon. Doing well makes you a big target and there's no shortage of people who'll happily try to take you down.
Recently, that mood has extended to corporate Australia – or more specifically to AGM season, where interest groups try to use those meetings to advance their agendas.
Sure, we've always had vocal critics at annual general meetings, many who just try to push their own agendas.
Sometimes, they are even relevant.
AGMs are the new battleground
But now shareholder activism has taken a new turn. The AGM has become guerrilla marketing for lobby groups and their causes. Even when there's literally no chance of a resolution being passed, just putting the motion to the company's shareholders is enough to garner media attention for the cause. More so if the company is large or widely held by retail investors.
We saw exactly that this week with the resolution put to Woolworths (ASX: WOW) shareholders which would have – if passed – put limits on the company's operation of poker machines.
Bear in mind, these are legal, highly regulated gaming machines. They are operated by many, many hotel and club proprietors across the country, not to mention the listed casino operators. They are also in competition for the gambling dollar with lotteries providers and bookies, both listed and private.
And yet, a small group of shareholders decided to try to nobble their own company.
It's hard to escape the feeling that this was a marketing exercise on behalf of the lobbyists. If it's not, I'll look forward to the same motion being put to each and every ASX-listed business with exposure to gambling every year from here on.
I won't hold my breath.
A problem – but the wrong solution
To be clear, I'm not advocating for or against greater restrictions on poker machines. I think problem gambling is an important social issue that needs to be confronted and dealt with. Too many families are being affected by gambling addiction every day.
I am criticising the practice of targeting single companies as a proxy for an industry and in pursuit of a goal that is clearly out of reach. It is an abuse of the process.
Even if the motion was carried, the only outcome would have been to handicap Woolworths' business, with precious little impact on the industry as a whole.
Socially responsible or just 'feel good'?
I have no problem with investors who decide not to invest in companies who have gambling businesses.
However, socially responsible investing requires a personal ethical decision on what you are prepared to invest in – and it's a nuanced issue.
Sure, most of us can agree that cigarettes and guns probably fall outside the boundaries of socially responsible investing, but what about retailers that sell cigarettes. If pollution is bad (I think it's a safe assumption), then do we avoid all companies which aren't carbon neutral? Some don't invest in mining companies, yet happily put their money into companies that use the processed materials.
On the surface, it seems easy to make "ethical" investment decisions, but the reality is much more complicated.
Over before it began
The issue is that the resolution, as put, was never, ever going to pass. The proposers knew that, the company knew that, and yet it has earned thousands of words of reporting and commentary.
Mission accomplished for the lobby group in question – because the mission was essentially a guerrilla marketing exercise. The issue was raised and talked about, and all on Woolworths' dime, after it was forced to hold an extraordinary general meeting to deal with the resolution.
For the record, the motion only garnered 2.5 per cent support.
Of course, much of the commentary that followed has focused on the vote and Woolies' handling of the issue.
By virtue of the motion being raised, the company is now dealing with the distraction. Meanwhile casinos, pubs, TABs and bookies across the country continue to ply their trade unaffected.
Foolish takeaway
If you want to genuinely affect social or regulatory change, it's a legislative and social issue. At the very least, a genuine effort would see the same approach taken to all listed companies in the same space – from Woolworths to Wesfarmers (ASX: WES), Crown (ASX: CWN) and Tatts Group (ASX: TTS), and only when those shareholders had garnered enough support to give the motion a fair chance to succeed.
Anything less is simply a PR exercise, with the "tall poppies" forced to foot the bill.
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NEW YORK -- Attention must be paid to Pablo Sandoval. The Giants' 4-3 victory Monday over the New York Mets emphasized that.
By now, of course, Sandoval has established himself as difficult to ignore. He's a two-time All-Star, the 2012 World Series Most Valuable Player and, of course, the Kung Fu Panda. But on a team with graceful Buster Posey, unconventional Hunter Pence, massive Michael Morse and a pitching staff full of stalwarts, Sandoval occasionally slips into the background, especially when his offensive production remains merely adequate. But Sandoval's production in San Francisco's series finale demonstrated his ability to shape a game's outcome. Without him, the Giants wouldn't have secured their third triumph in four games against the Mets.
Batting third in San Francisco's order, immediately ahead of Sandoval, Posey matched a career high by drawing four walks. None of the walks were intentional. But the Mets made it obvious that they preferred to take their chances with the free-swinging Sandoval instead of the more disciplined Posey. For one afternoon, at least, they made the wrong choice.
Sandoval drove in three runs, including the go-ahead tally in the ninth inning. Facing Mets closer Jenrry Mejia, Sandoval sliced a ground-rule double into the seats bordering the left-field line to score Gregor Blanco and shatter a 3-3 tie.
Earlier, Sandoval erased San Francisco's 2-0 deficit with a two-run, third-inning double. He nearly drove in another run with a seventh-inning single, but he made such fierce contact that Mets center fielder Juan Lagares apprehended Blanco at home with a perfect throw.
Sandoval relied on his supply of cliches to discuss his hitting: "I try to focus and do my job. ... All year I've felt great. ... I tried to put the ball in play. ... I just try to get a good pitch to hit, focus on not trying to do too much."
It's more impressive to allow Sandoval's deeds to do the talking. He has 13 hits in his last 25 at-bats with runners in scoring position. Impervious to pressure, he delivered each of his run-scoring hits with two outs. He was behind on the count against Mejia, 0-2, before connecting.
"You know Pablo. He gets a bit anxious sometimes," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "But you can tell he's comfortable and seeing the ball well."
The subtext to any discussion about Sandoval is his impending free agency. Already saddled with burdensome contract obligations for 2015 and beyond, the Giants might have to rely on creativity to fashion a contract that would enable them to retain Sandoval. As for Sandoval, who possesses ordinary overall statistics (.280, 12 homers, 49 RBIs), his performance down the stretch could determine the value of the deal he'll be able to command.
Sandoval wasn't the sole source of the Giants' success. Bochy lifted starter Tim Hudson for pinch-hitter Travis Ishikawa after five innings, forcing extra duty from the bullpen that received plenty of rest while Ryan Vogelsong and Madison Bumgarner threw complete-game two-hitters earlier in the series. (Trivia question: Who was the only Giant reliever to appear in the series' first three games? Answer: Javier Lopez.) Juan Gutierrez, Lopez, Sergio Romo and Santiago Casilla combined to blank New York for four innings, yielding two hits and walking one. Romo, the deposed closer, continued to regain his previous form by making his fourth consecutive scoreless appearance. Casilla converted his ninth save opportunity in a row.
The Giants even generated some warmth and fuzziness as rookie second baseman Joe Panik, a native of Yonkers, N.Y., pleased legions of relatives and friends in the stands by collecting a career-high three hits.
"It felt really good; I'm not going to lie," Panik said. "Especially with the team winning. That kind of solidified the day and the weekend."
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Source: The Herald
The former Minister for Information and the current Deputy Central Region Minister are at each other's throat over who is circulating a sex video that purportedly has shown the latter having hot sexual encounter with a Sunyani polytechnic student by name Belinda Asante alias Maame Asantewaa, in a plush Accra hotel.
The two, Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate and Mr. Aquinas Tawiah –Quansah, the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantsiman West Constituency in the Central Region are trading verbal blows over who is behind the circulation of the sex video.
The Deputy Minister last week told an Accra-based radio XYZ that Mr. Asamoah-Boateng was behind the circulation of the video to make a political capital out of it.
The Herald is informed that agents of Mr. Asamoah-Boateng are said to be trying to have the video shown to the public in the constituency capital Mankessim, but the MP's agents are also said to be waiting, baiting their breath to pounce on them if they dare show up to do the unthinkable.
But a statement issued by the former Minister said his attention had been drawn to an allegation from the Deputy Minister that 'I am behind the circulation of a supposed sex video in circulation in which he was believed to be the male sex partner on the videos'.
He said he had read the allegation from Aquinas Tawiah-Quansah on the website of radio XYZ and also in The Herald newspaper and several other websites.
'I am also aware of a desperate attempt by him (the Deputy Minister) and his cohorts to put out a fake text message allegedly emanating from me' he said
He stated on record that Mr. Aquinas Tawiah- Quansah's allegations were not only untrue and spurious but also a figment of his own imagination.
For the records, 'I have not seen the said sex video and I cannot be said to be the one circulating a video I have not seen. I am focused on my campaign within the Constituency , propagating the good message of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as I look up unto the Lord for his blessing on my parliamentary ambitions ' he said
H e denied being behind the circulation of the video and considered it unfair for Aquinas Tawiah –Quansah and cohorts to drag his name into this scandal when he knew very well that ' I was neither part of his love –connections nor present when he did whatever he is alleged to have done in the said video'
He categorically said "I was not and do not wish to be part of anything in that sex video".
He called on the Deputy Minister to focus on the issues and address them directly.
He reminded the Deputy Minister to take his leads from The Herald since it had mentioned the name of the said sex partner in the video and gave an explanation as to how and why the video was recorded.
He said this information alone was enough lead for Aquinas Tawiah –Quansah to get to the bottom of the problem.
Meanwhile, Mr. Asamoah-Boateng, prior to the statement, has told The Herald that he was in possession of the sex video but he is yet to watch it. He however, confirmed that his agents had watched the sex video, which he claimed was in circulation in the Mankessim township.


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Now, suppose someone asks you what day Christmas falls on in 2005. First, you retrieve the 12th digit of your secret number; this is 4. Now you know that the first Sunday is on the 4th. You also know that Christmas is 21 days later. Since a week has 7 days, you know that Christmas is exactly 3 weeks ahead and thus also falls on a Sunday. Let's try a harder example: July 21. The secret number for July is 3. There are 18 days between the 3rd and the 21st. That's 2 weeks and 4 days. Since adding a week takes you back to the same day, we only need to add 4 days to Sunday, which is Thursday. Tada!
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In a release from the Oldham County Chamber of Commerce, the Era was told that 2015 was the 21st year for Showcase, an annual tradition offering business exhibits, a health fair, a new car show, local entertainment, a basketball shootout competition for boys and girls and much more.
In addition, the Chamber hosted a panel discussion at its Kickoff Luncheon held at noon on May 6.
Six years ago at the Celebration of Women event there were virtually no men present, but last week, the room was quite close to 50 percent men as both genders celebrated the businesswomen of the community.
Approximately 187 million women entrepreneurs worldwide own at least some portion of 32 to 39 percent of all private businesses and many of the women at the event at CityPlace were a part of this statistic.
"This event is about celebrating all of the contributions women make to Oldham County, and to the world," Karem said previously.
Baptist Health La Grange's Genesis Garden exceeded its expectations in its first year of growth of providing easy access to healthier food options to patients and those in the community suffering with chronic disease.
After a Community Needs Assessment in 2012, residents in Oldham, Trimble and Henry counties reported that obesity, heart disease, stroke and cancer are leading health problems with the top six risky health behaviors falling into two categories: substance abuse and nutrition/weight issues.
Right to Work legislation may have failed in Kentucky's state legislature but advocates of the measure are pushing for local level passage in Oldham and other counties across the state.
Just as vocal advocates of the bill were given opportunity to show their support during a previous meeting, voices opposing the measure got their chance to speak out At the Mar. 3 meeting of the Oldham County Fiscal Court.
Tri-County Community Action has served seniors for more than 25 years in Oldham, Trimble and Henry Counties, but after the Kentucky Office of Aging changed its standards last year, the non-profit agency located in La Grange was afraid it would have to shut its doors to the adult day care program.
Instead, though, the program opted to transition from a social model to a medical model adult day care and this would require some changes around the already-existing facility.
After two plus years of confusion and "eyesores," a new owner has finally taken over the struggling Oldham Plaza in La Grange.
Todd Clark, of Clark Enterprises, bought the Plaza, situated on First Street, for $3.22 million at a master commissioner's sale last Tuesday. Clark was one of two bidders on the property, which opened with a $3.2 million bid by the plaintiff in the foreclosure, Parkstone Capitol Partners.
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Apple Patch Community Board of Directors Chairman Steve Moss announced late last week that Joe Spoelker was named the new director of the non-profit.
Spoelker, who was formerly director of community affairs, stepped into the role of interim director in late January when Arthur Avitabile left the position to pursue other interests.
Businesswomen in Oldham County come with many different definitions according to Deana Epperly Karem, Executive Director of Oldham Chamber and Economic Development. They are leaders, mentors, coaches, friends, sisters, confidants and activists.
These strong women are being celebrated once again at the sixth annual Celebration of Women, hosted by the Oldham Chamber next week.
Some dream of winning the lottery and spending their fortune on a dream home, but the odds of that actually happening are extremely low.
For the past three years, Live in Oldham County has increased the odds of winning a dream home with its Dream House Giveaway.
This year, however, the contest winner will have a little more control of their winnings.
In years past, a house was preselected by Live in Oldham County, but this year, the lucky winner can take his or her $200,000 prize to build their dream home in a sponsored neighborhood.
Brian Watt, owner of Independent Hardware-Oldham County Rental presented Certificates of Attendance to Ben Kimbler of the Oldham County Road Department and his team for participating in a presentation of "Safe Operation and Maintenance of Handheld Equipment." The presentation was arranged by Independent Hardware with the help of ECHO and SHINDIAWA at Oldham County Road Department Facility on Jan. 15. Independent Hardware is proud to support the crew at the Oldham County Road Department and thanks them for the great job they do in our community.
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I have conducted an interview with Bethesda Softworks' Brian Chapin about the upcoming Mothership Zeta Fallout 3 add-on for Polish site Polygamia.pl. Among other things, it has some new information about the aliens themselves, as well as about what they are up to, who the other abductees might or might not be and whether all Mothership Zeta quests focus only on combat.
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CLEMSON — We gather every week to talk to the quarterback, and he always obliges.
Essentially, it's an assemblage of non-athletic media types intent on extracting detail upon detail out of Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd.
These informal meetings have grown to become known as "Tuesdays with Tajh," which might also be a good name for a book or a movie.
We arrive with questions fully loaded, then leave after having been effectively disarmed by Boyd.
"I like you guys, I really do," Tajh has said.
That sentiment must be true, because it would explain why he has felt obligated to answer questions ranging from which actor he'd like to portray him in a movie to his musical preferences to why he plays better in domed stadiums.
Questions of a more serious ilk were lobbed his direction Tuesday, spawned by an Internet report that surfaced over the weekend citing sources that claim Boyd has accumulated more than $80,000 in gambling debt.
"I have no idea where that came from," Boyd said. "It was kind of shocking to me as well. That on top of the loss (to Florida State) made for a rough little weekend."
The report claimed that the bulk of Boyd's debt was incurred through betting on NFL games, which brought laughter from Boyd as he cited the fact that his cable provider allows him access to only two games each Sunday.
"I rarely watch NFL games," Boyd said.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney heard the report, too, and asked Boyd about it Sunday morning.
"He just shook his head and said, 'No way, coach,'" Swinney said. "I have no reason not to believe Tajh Boyd. He's never lied to me before. His character and integrity from my view are impeccable, so I'm going to take his word over some website that I've never heard of, ever."
The university is investigating the report, but Boyd has a more urgent task at hand – namely, regrouping a team for which he's the unquestioned leader and personally redeeming himself after what many would consider the worst performance of his career.
"It was disappointing because I know what type of team we have," Boyd said. "It was frustrating to go out there and not put our best foot forward. I don't think I responded like I needed to as a leader."
There's no blame game when it comes to Boyd. He assumes accountability, which is a good thing for a player in his position to do, but he does so with aplomb, which makes it difficult not to regard him in high esteem, even as an unbiased journalist.
Bad games, good games, fair to middling games, Boyd always shows up, smiling.
He's cordial and candid, thoughtful and insightful.
Boyd has regaled us with anecdotes, jokes, quips and song, even in times when it would've been much easier to cut the interviews short and move on to something considerably more pleasurable.
Heck, if anything, Tajh talks too much.
In fact, he recently began telling us how excited he was about the commitments Clemson had from several high school stars, even though his playing days as a Tiger would be over before they arrived on campus. Boyd began to rattle off their names before being interrupted midstream and politely informed that such chatter is off limits until players have actually signed their letters-of-intent.
"Well, there are some great players who could potentially end up playing here," Boyd said, obeying the letter of the law.
Boyd is on the cusp of becoming the winningest quarterback in Clemson history. But he's also turned out to be much more.
Boyd is so engaging, so gregarious, so personable that reporters from other media markets take notice.
"Gee whiz, you don't know how lucky you are to have a guy like Tajh to interview every week," more than one member of an opponent's media throng has told me this season.
After giving it some thought, they're right.
Perhaps I've taken him for granted because interviewing him has always been so easy.
There are only five more "Tuesdays with Tajh," which is a shame.
I'm going to miss him.
Scott Keepfer also writes for The Greenville News.


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X-36 RIB — By
Tim Clark — June 2001
Inflated Proportions
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The X-36 was originally developed for U.S. Special Forces. I'd seen photographs of the military model before my rendezvous with Nautica at Haulover. It's a Spartan, formidable craft, especially in light of the machine gun in the bow.
The gleaming white X-36 I boarded looks more inviting, although she still has a pretty tough profile. Five Stidd Special Mission seats, three abreast at the center console and two others farther aft, send an immediate message that the boat is capable of serious speed and maneuverability. These optional seats, which convert to stand-up bolsters, were also developed for the military, to ergonomically combat fatigue and stiff joints during long, high-speed voyages. They feature four-point harnesses, contoured headrests, "high-torque" handgrips, locking armrests, and 17 inches of height adjustment. Like all metal structures on the X-36--the optional aluminum radar arch in particular--the Stidd's lightweight frames are finished in polyester powdercoat, which is baked on for exceptional durability.
Although the Stidd seats are painted and upholstered in smart, civilian white, their soldierly ranks stand in marked contrast to the casual padded benchseating molded into the front of the console and over the aft engine compartment. These give some indication of the stylish appurtenances available if a boater chooses to deck out the X-36 exclusively as a tender. Guido Marti, Nautica's product development engineer who was with me on the test, says that Nautica routinely customizes things like seating, consoles, upholstery, and even swim platforms according to clients' desires.
Standard on every boat is a modified deep-V hull with multiple strakes for added lift. It is constructed of several layers of biaxial woven fiberglass enclosing a closed-cell foam core. (A lighter but still strong fiberglass-Kevlar composite, used on the military version of the RIB, is available as an option.) Stringers are three inches thick and composed of fiberglass-encapsulated, high-density closed-cell foam. Our test boat's twin 270-hp Mercury MerCruiser D7.3L D-tronic diesel stern drives rested on heavy-duty aluminum engine mounts fixed to engine beds reinforced with resin-coated marine plywood.
The RIB's tube is divided into a dozen separate, individually inflated air compartments, so should one section leak, the others are unaffected. (Marti says that even if the entire collar were deflated, the boat would still stay upright and afloat.) The tube, which Nautica guarantees for 10 years, is made in-house from heavy-weave polyester fabric coated with Dupont 1650 dtex Hypalon, which protects it from chemicals (such as fuel), abrasion, and sunlight. Unlike some other RIB makers, Nautica fixes its tube to the boat mechanically, mating it to a long track and bolting it in place, so it can be repaired or replaced without having to return the entire boat to the factory.
While these tubes or "sponsons" probably add enough buoyancy to float the Hummer that hauled the boat, they also provide a nice shock-absorbing effect underway. We ran the boat in a section of the Intracoastal Waterway near Bal Harbor in Miami Beach over no more than a one-foot chop. But there were plenty of two- to three-foot wakes from other boats to chase. Sometimes hitting one at more than 40 mph, I expected to catch a little air, but the combination of our boat bottom's sharp entry and the tube's pliability put us past the wake with hardly a bump, just sometimes a fleeting, hollow thud.
Driving the X-36 is a lesson in the built-in advantages of rigid inflatables. Because she's light, the X-36 gets on plane almost instantly and responds to the wheel swiftly. But she's solid enough for stable handling. During tight turns at speeds well over 30 mph, she digs in and banks well and, thanks to the sponsons, stays high and dry. When you straighten her out, she seems to lock firmly into a groove on the water's surface. Above 40 mph, it almost feels like the boat has left the water, until you hazard a turn and find she still has plenty of bite and stability, with tracking having fallen off only a bit.
At those speeds I was grateful for the tinted windscreen on the X-36's console. At 2750 rpm the RIB was at her most efficient, making nearly 35 mph, which translated into a range of more than 650 miles. At WOT (3800 rpm) her speed was just a hair under 50 mph and her range was 548 miles. Even noise levels stayed pretty reasonable, all things considered. The twin D-tronics are housed in a heavily insulated compartment below the molded benchseat at the stern (the whole housing lifts high and out of the way on two gas-assisted arms). At high speeds, when dB levels were in the upper 80s (65 dB is the level of normal conversation), it seemed that far more sound came from the wind in my ears than from the diesels.
I returned to the ramp at Haulover permanently cured of the notion that RIBs are just oversize bathtub toys. The X-36 doesn't need a machine gun in the bow to blow you away. Though her speed, roominess, and stability recommend her as a tender, I won't be surprised if more than a few boaters pick one up for less subordinate purposes. Like the Humvee, she's a sport-utility vehicle with the accent on sport.
Nautica International (305) 556-5554. Fax: (305) 557-0268. www.nauticaintl.com.
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Ancestry.co.uk has put the first records online from the London Metropolitan Archives. They are Poor Law Records 1840 – 1948, Workhouse Births & Baptisms 1834 – 1906 & Workhouse Deaths & Burials 1834 -1934. According to an article in the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165021/Workhouse-records they reckon to have all the records online by late 2010. What a great resource this will be for those of us, and that must be most of us, who have London ancestors.
Having said that I have just tried to access some records and it comes up telling me to upgrade my subs to Premium, as I already have a Premium membership this seems a little odd. Hopefully they will respond to my email and put this right.


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This is a pretty awesome read if you've got the time. Huge 130 page preview of the season by a variety of writers. Really fun stuff.
I thought this part of the Pacers preview was pretty interesting:
Yet another article that mentions how healthy we were, and how they don't think we can duplicate it. Funny thing is, outside of Tyler's vertigo issue, I can't remember any of our key players missing extended time over the last few years. Here's to another healthy season!Freakish Numbers And I Dont Mean That Dirty Number 8 by Eric Maroun
Is it an obscure number? Yes. However, 985.97 was a crucial number to the Pacers season last year. 985.97 was partially responsible for the run that Indiana made in the playoffs which died out shortly following them taking a 2-1 series lead on the Chris Bosh-less Miami Heat. Most importantly, its a number that is most likely not repeatable in the 2012-13 season. So what does it represent?
Per BasketballValue.com, The Pacers main starting lineup of Darren Collison, Paul George, Danny Granger, David West, and Roy Hibbert were on the floor together for 985.97 regular season minutes last year, by far the most common lineup put out on the court by any team in the league. For comparisons sake, here are the next four most common lineups:
- PHX: Steve Nash, Grant Hill, Jared Dudley, Channing Frye, Marcin Gortat 744.88 minutes
- LAC: Chris Paul, Randy Foye, Caron Butler, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan 648.20 minutes
- OKC: Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha, Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins 610.27 minutes
- MIA: Mario Chalmers, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Joel Anthony 516.95 minutes
What does it mean? It means that the Pacers were ridiculously, unbelievably, unfathomably healthy last season. All five players mentioned played in at least 60 regular season games with George and West appearing in all 66 regular season contests and Hibbert checking in for 65 of them. While the Pacers are the sexy pick to win the Central Division due to competing with young Pistons and Cavs teams, a still-at-least-a-year-away Bucks team, and Derrick Rose-less for half the year Bulls squad, wondering if they can match last years success is a valid concern.
Darren Collison was traded away for Ian Mahinmi, leaving George Hill as the starting point guard on the team. Hill played in 50 games last year, with most of the games he missed coming due to a stress fracture he suffered in his ankle. David West is still less than two years removed from a devastating ACL tear in his left knee that he sustained while in New Orleans, which is always a concern. And Roy Hibbert, despite a clean bill of health thus far during his four year career, did not get any smaller in the offseason meaning he will once again be putting about 280 pounds of stress on that 72 frame of his. While this is obviously not a guarantee of an injury for the big man, its at the very least a recipe for one in the future.
Basketball, maybe more than any other sport, is a game built on familiarity with those on your team. Being able to anticipate where a teammates shot is going to miss so you can be in position for the rebound, knowing when someone is going to make a backdoor cut so you can time your pass correctly, and consistently feeding a three-point shooter in the perfect spot to allow him to catch and shoot in one fluid motion is what separates the average teams from the good teams and the good from the great. While duplicating their healthy 2011-12 campaign is unlikely, I suppose its possible. The Pacers better hope so; the success of their season may be riding on it.


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Honest to God, yesterday before going to the Garden I was throwing a bunch of old Sports Illustrateds into the recycling bin when, completely randomly, a page opened to a tiny photo of Aaron Voros. In a little blurb, SI was touting an upcoming Rangers-Penguins game and talking about how Voros had led the Rangers to a 6-1-1 start, their best in years, at the start of the 2008-09 season. Imagine, promo-ing Voros, and not Crosby or Malkin, for a Pens-Rangers game?! What in Holy Hell?
Then Voros goes out and helps lead the Rangers to an 8-2 win over Tampa Bay last night.
He was a big part of my column in The Journal News and LoHud.com today.
Just a couple of quick thoughts:
1) Christopher Higgins, I thought, played his best game as a Ranger. Fabulous away from the puck, and he scored goal No. 8. No matter how good he's been, and he has been, he's going to cost himself a lot of money if he doesn't start scoring a bunch of goals these last 32 games.
2) Is it just me, or has the Captain suddenly re-gained his skating legs? He looks a step faster these last few games.
3) I've always thought that hockey players were the most confidence-fragile of all athletes. I wonder why that is. But when they have it, it grows, and you can see it. When they don't, it plummets, and you can see that, too. Right now, the Rangers have it.
I think a few of you are aware of your comments disappearing. It seems to me (no tech wiz, as you know) that some comments that are all CAPS or have a bunch of exclamation points (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) are going directly to the spam queue. Because, I guess, a lot of spam looks like that. So think about that when you comment.
NHL Network will broadcast the CHL/NHL Top Prospects game tonight at 7 p.m. The top-rated prospects for the 2010 draft will play, including Tyler Hall, Tyler Seguin and Cam Fowler. Last year's game featured 16 players who went in the first round of the 2009 draft.
AFTERNOON UPDATE, 4:33 P.M.: This just in from the NHL.
NEW YORK (January 20, 2010) — Gary Bettman, commissioner of the National Hockey League, released this statement upon the passing of veteran NHL publicist and historian John Halligan:
"John Halligan cherished the character of the game as much as the characters of the game. He loved the stories of the game and, over his decades in hockey, told those stories with an abiding respect for the history — and humor — so that future generations of fans could enjoy them as much as he did. Even as we mourn his loss, we recall his enduring smile and the sheer delight he derived from the chase of the puck.
The NHL has lost a dear friend. Our sincere condolences to his family."
And this from the Rangers:
New York, January 20, 2010 – It is with great sadness that the New York Rangers announce the passing of a long time member of the Rangers family, John Halligan.
"John Halligan was an institution with the Rangers, and is as much a part of the tradition and history as any player who has worn the sweater," stated Glen Sather, President and General Manager. "His tremendous loyalty and love for the organization and the game of hockey will be greatly missed."
Halligan joined the staff of the New York Rangers in 1963, and served as the club's Public Relations Director and Business Manager during his first tenure with the team. After 20 years with the organization, Halligan left the team in 1983 to join the National Hockey League as Director of Communications. He returned to the Rangers in 1986 as Vice President of Communications and remained in that capacity until 1989 when he became Director of Community Relations and Special Projects. He then rejoined the league in 1990 as the Director of Communications for NHL Anniversaries, the group which coordinated the League's 75th anniversary celebration in 1991 and Stanley Cup centennial in 1993. Halligan continued his tenure with the National Hockey League as the Director of Special Projects until 2006.
Halligan was a founding member of the Rangers Alumni Association along with Bill Chadwick and Steve Vickers and remained an active member. In 1993, he was honored by the organization at the New York Rangers Golf Classic for his dedication and service to the Rangers and their alumni.
In his 53 year career as a public relations executive, author, and historian, Halligan earned numerous honors and awards. He was honored by USA Hockey and the National Hockey League with the prestigious Lester Patrick Award in 2007 for his outstanding service to hockey in the United States. During his career, he was also recognized by the Public Relations Society of America, the City of New York and the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. In addition, he served as a member of the selection committee of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Halligan authored numerous works, including "Game of My Life: New York Rangers," "New York Rangers: Seventy-Five Years," and most recently "100 Ranger Greats: Superstars, Unsung Heroes and Colorful Characters."
Halligan is survived by his wife Janet.


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New Zealand mystery monster reported in The Aucklander and published on rense.com 29 Jun 2005, was accompanied by a photo of a scientist examining a dinosaur like footprint. The original article from rense.com reads:
"Something mighty strange is at large in Auckland and appears to be making its home in the Domain. The creature, for it is definitely an animal, only comes out at night. Then, it roams free through the huge park, leaving behind large, never-before-seen footprints, and unusual, unidentifiable droppings.
Alarmed early-morning joggers say trees are freshly scratched when they run the paths in the early morning. It's as if someone, or some beast, is trying to climb the trees. Of course, there must be a perfectly good explanation for all this. The problem is, nobody knows what the answer could be. Even the boffins in the white museum at the top of the hill, who are surely the best people in town at nutting out the mysteries, are at odds over what kind of brute could have taken up residence nearby. They agree on only one thing - it's a life form. But not as we know it. Glenys Stace is the museum's spokesperson on the new park resident. She pauses gravely before speaking. Her usually twinkling blue eyes are subdued as she gives full weight to the puzzle that experts like her have been asked to solve. "It's come to our attention, from people using the Domain, that strange things have been appearing," she begins. "It's possible this creature is hanging around." Her caution is understandable." (end of article)
On July 1 2005 The New Zealand Herald published a photo of a woman sitting on a park bench reading a book with a dinosaur peering over her shoulder. The photo was captioned: "Jo Lees has an unexpected visitor in the Auckland Domain. Dryosaur is a new attraction being launched today at the Auckland Museum. Picture / Brett Phibbs." There was no associated article.
It turned out both the article and photos were a publicity stunt by the Auckland Museum for a series of school holiday displays and activities about dinosaurs. The star attraction was a model of a Dryosaur. The website rense.com has acknowledged this, but the Auckland Museum's website kept up the pretence of having captured a real live dinosaur in its publicity about the school holiday activities.
Editorial Comment: If creationists used these kinds of tactics to get publicity for the Creation based Dinosaur museum in Glendive Montana (see www.creationtruth.com for details), they would be condemned in the most vitriolic terms. Museums are supposed to be places where people can learn about the real world around them, so they should concentrate on presenting facts. Otherwise they become Amuse- eums. The real world is interesting enough, and educational institutions should not have to resort to fantasy to attract students to learning about it. (Ref. deception, education, media)


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BRIDGWATER Cricket Club's new first team captain Steffan Jones says his side are targeting a league, cup and Twenty20 treble from the 2014 season.
Bridgwater open up their 2014 campaign with a weekend double header against local rivals Ashcott & Shapwick - and former Somerset player Jones believes they have the quality to compete with the very best sides in the country.
He said: "We want to win everything we are entered in - the league, the national cup and the twenty20 competition - if we perform, I don't think there will be a stronger side in the country.
"But that's just names on a team sheet, we've got to go out and perform well, starting this weekend.
"We've got so much quality in our side - we've signed a cracking leg spinner from Australia, in Cameron Williams, Chris Skidmore continues to develop and is bowling with real pace now and Robbie Montgomery is another who looks a brilliant cricketer.
"The boys have worked hard over the winter and are looking forward to the start of the season now. I've tried to install an element of professionalism, so we've been doing fitness over the winter on Sunday evenings and have been training outside for a few weeks now.
"We played well in our pre season games and the lads are looking good."
Jones, who is currently head of elite performance at Wellington College, takes over the captaincy from Michael Coles, who has joined Corsham - and the Welshman is delighted to be back.
"It's a great club and I'm looking forward to captaining throughout the season - it's great to be back."
Bridgwater take on Ashcott and Shapwick at Northbrook Road on Saturday (May 3) in the opening WEPL Premier One fixture of the season, before a second meeting the following day in the national knockout cup.