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The argument concerning fighting in hockey often comes down to "it will stop when someone dies." Someone has already died. We've just chosen to forget.
Don Sanderson died in early 2009 after suffering injuries in a fight while playing Senior AAA, the highest level of amateur hockey in Canada. He was 21.
The reaction following Sanderson's death was similar to what we're seeing today after Montreal Canadiens enforcer George Parros smashed his face on the ice Tuesday night during a fight with Toronto Maple Leafs tough guy Colton Orr.
Orr and Parros engaged and carried out their fight within all the notions of what is considered acceptable in an NHL scrap. Parros lost his balance, fell face forward on the ice and lay bleeding and unconscious on the ice.
He left by stretcher for hospital.
Then, play resumed.
Like it always does.
Media types railed against fighting in hockey and were called all kinds of names for doing so in the days following Sanderson's death. Former players stood up for fighting and were called dinosaurs and worse. The same thing is happening right now on message boards and Twitter.
It's a divisive subject. You've got your opinion. Your neighbour has one, too.
But know this, the end is coming. Maybe it's a decade away. Maybe it's less. There is soon to be money, big money, involved in this subject and the NHL will shut down fighting. They'll make it too costly for the player and too expensive in terms of penalties for teams for fighting to continue.
They won't do it to protect the player. They'll do it to protect their business.
People in hockey are losing their appetite for scenes such as Tuesday's. Less and less convincing will be needed to eliminate it from the game.
The cons are rapidly outweighting the pros. Hockey people realize blows to the head result in brain damage. They'll keep engaging in it, however, until they're told to stop. Sadly, that's pro sports, where "kill or be killed" is the ruling maxim.
The decision-makers, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and his 30 owners, have proven resistant to the moral arguments against fighting. But they won't ignore the financial realities.
A lawyer is going to convince a group of retired NHLers they have grounds for a similar class-action suit such as the one recently decided in the U.S. regarding the NFL and concussions. A deceased player's mother is going to take the stand against the NHL. The NHL will spend millions on a defence. They will lose.
The $800-million settlement was peanuts to the NFL. The NHL would have a more difficult time swallowing such a figure.
Morality won't end fighting in hockey. That's a shame.
But money will get the job done. And, I say, the end will justify the means.
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Crist Says He'd Support a Repeat of Florida Democratic Primary
Nadine Elsibai Sun Mar 2, 1:37 PM ET
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Florida Governor Charlie Crist said he'd support a repeat of the Democratic presidential primary so the state's delegates can be counted at the party's national convention.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said he's open to the possibility. Primary elections are paid for by a state's taxpayers, so the offer from Crist, a Republican, is ``very helpful'' because money is an issue, Dean said.
``We're very willing to listen to the people of Florida,'' Dean said on CNN's ``Late Edition'' program today.
The Democratic Party stripped Michigan and Florida of their delegates to the convention as punishment for holding votes before the sanctioned date of Feb. 5. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, head of the Democratic National Convention, said last month that delegates from those states shouldn't decide the nomination.
New York Senator Clinton beat Illinois Senator Barack Obama in the Florida contest Jan. 29, though neither campaigned there in accordance with the party's decision. Clinton won in Michigan after her rivals withdrew from the ballot.
Clinton said Jan. 25 that delegates from Florida and Michigan should be seated at the Democratic National Convention in August.
Dean said the dispute over seating delegates is the fault party leaders, not Florida voters.
``If they would like to fix that problem so that we can seat Florida without any problems, of course we would like to seat Florida,'' he said.
Crist said, ``I think it's very important though that those delegates are seated.
``I'm hopeful that the Democratic National Committee comes to the conclusion it's the right thing to do,'' he said on CNN today.
This is not a new strategy. Rush Limbaugh openly advocates a similar one, as a means of strategically making it easier for McCain to win the November elections. Here is the newest Hillary Clinton supporter, explaining his rationale.
Why We Need to Keep Hillary Alive
March 3, 2008
RUSH: Elmhurst, New York. This is Eileen. Hi, Eileen. Nice to have you here. Yeah, Eileen what's shakin'?
CALLER: Hi, Rush. I total disagree with this strategy. You setting up a Clinton-Obama reconciliation ticket. You're going to get two of the most immoral, unscrupulous Clintons back in unchecked power and we are going to be screwed.
RUSH: We're already screwed. What we have to do is limit the being screwed to as small a screwdriver as it can be. And here. Here's the thing. The strategy is not to have these guys win. They may form a fusion ticket at some point down the road. Do you understand what the purpose of the strategery is?
CALLER: Yes. To keep Clinton in, to keep Clinton in. You think they're going to claw their eyes out.
RUSH: No, the strategy is... Yes. The strategy is to continue the chaos in this party. Look, there's a reason for this. Our side isn't going to do this. Obama needs to be bloodied up. Look, half the country already hates Hillary. That's good. But nobody hates Obama yet. Hillary is going to be the one to have to bloody him up politically because our side isn't going to do it. Mark my words. It's about winning, folks!
RUSH: Look, folks, I understand out there, many of you are worried here about my strategy. I don't even know if it's going to work. I don't know how many Republicans tomorrow in Texas, are going to cross over vote for Hillary. I don't know if it's happening in Ohio, either. I'm not urging action. It sounds like I'm urging action, but you know I don't give marching orders here. I'm just thinking aloud and telling you what I think is important to happen here. If either one of these two get the nomination -- and one of these is going to get it; it's either going to be Barack Obama or Hillary -- they're both ripe targets if we just don't run around and act afraid of them, and if we don't try to steal their voters at the expense of our own. Anyway, that's for later on down the line. There's a great piece today in the American Spectator Online, and it's by Mark Hyman, and it's entitled, "'The Coming Brokered Democratic Convention' -- There is only one thing the public can be certain of regarding the Democratic presidential nomination: without a miracle, there will be a brokered convention. Senator Barack Obama was leading Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the delegate count going into the Super Tuesday II primary elections on March 4. Obama held 1,193 primary delegates to Clinton's 1,038.
"The status of the superdelegates is meaningless because their pledges today may not carry any meaning come the Democratic nominating convention in Denver during the last week of August. A Democratic candidate needs to reach a minimum of 2,025 delegates to clinch the nomination outright. Clinton will not reach that figure before the last primary election is held in Puerto Rico on June 7. Neither will Obama," says Mr. Hyman. He "needs 832 more delegates to reach the magic number of 2,025. There are only 981 remaining primary delegates that are up for grabs. Three hundred seventy delegates will be decided on March 4 and 611 will be divvied up across 12 primaries between March 8 and June 7. Obama would have to win an astonishing 85% of the remaining 981 delegates in order to claim the Democratic nomination outright. There are no winner-take-all primaries for the Democrats. Obama will never get the needed 832 delegates. He may fall short of reaching 2,025 delegates by as many as 250" delegates, and we're not factoring, again, the Democrat superdelegates, here.
As Mr. Hyman says, "[N]either Obama nor Clinton will tally the needed 2,025 delegates when the primary election season is completed. The pair will have eleven weeks between Puerto Rico's primary election on June 7 and the convening of the Democratic convention on August 25 to persuade superdelegates to support their candidacy. A lot can happen in 11 weeks. There will be horse trading, influence peddling and cajoling. It will be a real knife fight to the end. Layer on top of this real-world events. Everything from the economy, Iraq, terrorism and damaging revelations of the ties between Obama and Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, the land developer currently under federal indictment, could greatly influence the superdelegates' commitments. Still, the only date that really matters for the superdelegates is the day they cast their ballots in late August." Now, let's go to the audio sound bites on this, because now there's talk of redoing the Florida Democrat primary. And getting some of that talk started is none other than Florida's governor, Charlie Crist. He was on Late Edition yesterday with Wolf Blitzer. Blitzer said, "Let's talk about the Democrats first. One-point-seven million Democrats or so voted in the Democrat primary, but that vote's not going to be counted in your state. Are you, as the governor, ready to let the Democrats have another primary if necessary to seat those Democrats, those Democrat delegates at the convention in Denver?"
CRIST: That would be fine with me. I -- I think it's very important, though, that those delegates are seated. I'm hopeful that the national Democratic Party, the Democrat National Committee comes to the conclusion it's the right thing to do. Every vote must count, every vote should count -- and for the Republicans as well. They're not counting half of ours.
RUSH: Whoa! So here's Charlie Crist. I think Governor Crist perhaps may be a stealth practitioner of the Limbaugh strategy here. Do you not think so, Mr. Snerdley? There is no question Charlie Crist doesn't want this Democrat contest to end. There's no question that Charlie Crist wants -- and now Howard Dean weighs in. He was on the same show, and here's Wolf Blitzer. "You heard Governor Crist just tell me moments ago that he's ready to go ahead, support a redo here in Florida. Are you ready to accept his offer right now?"
DEAN: That's a very helpful thing for him to say because money is an issue here. Look, there's two possibilities. One is that there would be such a redo as Governor Crist might suggest, and two is that the party would come and have some other alternative that they would try to push with the credentials committee but we're very willing to listen to the people of Florida.
RUSH: Whoa! Howard Dean here, throwing gasoline on the fire; opening up the possibility that if Florida pays for it, that they'll have another Democrat primary here! Now, you might be, "But, Rush, the rules, the rules!" Folks, let me tell you something I learned over the weekend. This is an important distinction. In the Democrat Party, there are no rules. There are just traditions and customs. There are no rules in a knife fight. Let's not play Civics 101. Let's not play junior high school, senior class president election. There are no rules. There are traditions. There are customs in the Democrat Party. What are you talking about, Rush? Stop and think about it. If you want to break the rules, talking about, "Hey, you people in Florida, you blew it. You people in Michigan, you blew it. You violated Democrat Party rules." The party really didn't have any rules. There was a tradition that they bucked. This is a tradition. They went against the party's request, but now we see that we can't disenfranchise Democrats from two major states in the country. So the tradition that every vote must count -- the custom that delegates from every state will be seated, will now be employed -- with no rules being broken. You see how easy this is? I mean, we're talking J. R. Ewing and Sue Ellen here on one side (Hillary is J.R.) and we got Cliff Barnes and his family on the other side. That's Obama. "Once you take the ethics out of this," as J.R. said once, "the rest is easy. "
RUSH: So, anyway, folks, the bottom line here, according to Mark Hyman, American Spectator Online, all these primaries are just beauty contests, neither one of these two can win the delegates necessary by the end of the campaign season, which is June 7th in Puerto Rico, and then the real fun is going to begin after that. He says there's no question the Democrats are going to find a way to seat these delegates from Florida and Michigan. If Hillary has to go to court, she's going to do it. That's absolutely right. This is all she's lived for. All these news stories, who's going to tell Hillary to get out, there's a news story today, who's going to tell Bill to tell Hillary to get out. They're not going to get out and if she wins one of these two states tomorrow, look out, folks. The media is starting to get a little tougher on Obama now. This is going to be fascinating to watch. I'm telling you, I think this is an excellent point. And of course all this is good, if you ask me, because it keeps the party full of chaos and tumult.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
10 Simple Things You Can Do To Protect Your Investment In Generating Leads
 Jamie Klein (Edited by Stacy Straczynski)

 In their "Marketing Outlook 2009" report, the CMO Council indicates that improving customer insight and retention (32.5 percent), and increasing marketing accountability and measurement (26.0 percent) are key objectives companies looking to expand their market share in 2009.

 However, surveys consistently tell us that 70 percent or more of the leads you give salespeople are not followed up on effectively.

 • A new study just released by The Luxury Institute echoes these findings from the perspective of the high net worth consumer, stating that approximately 73 percent of the time, luxury consumers felt that salespeople did not do an effective job of following up on products and services marketed to them.

 • CMO Council's new report, "Calibrate How You Operate," reveals that 41 percent of the 400-plus marketers audited point to data silos and limited cross-functional feedback loops as major internal challenges subverting the marketing operational process and limiting the opportunity to effectively measure the quality of customer follow-up.

 Can any business really afford this waste in any economy? Here are 10 things you can start doing right now to make sure those lead investments turn into a definite ROI.

 Sales and Marketing Follow-up Strategies

 1. Follow-up is THE crucial component. Survey after survey supports this statement. Put a weekly inspection process in play by your leadership for your sales team today.

 2. Time is of the essence when performing follow-up. Leads have a limited shelf life and the leads you are working on never stay in neutral—they are either moving closer to or further away from a sale. Leadership must show sales teams that timely follow-up on their leads is important to your organization.

 3. Keep your sales lead process simple in the lead follow-upstage. Leads can only be in one of the following three categories: "purchased," "not interested" or "in-progress."

 4. Make sure you have follow-up policies for "not interested" and "purchased." Ensure your leadership focus on leads in progress. In progress lead are where you will find the majority of your lead marketing investment—and your biggest potential return on that investment.

 5. You need a software program to help sales and leadership keep track of each of these three leads categories. Make sure your system is easy to use and can produce effective lead follow-up reports.

 6 Your software and reports must reconcile and account for every lead that your sales team has been assigned. For example, if a sales agent received 40 leads for the month and five were not interested, two purchased and 33 were in-progress, your reports must reflect this. Ensure that your sales team has been directed as to what the next steps are on each of these categories. If you do not take the time to do this, sales will have leads with little or no follow-up. Remember: Leadership must do this at least once a week.

 7. Leads in progress should be reported in categories so leadership understands what is holding the customer back from purchasing. Leadership should be able to guide sales on their next follow-up steps based this important information.

 8. When you review the report details with your sales team, you can see the in-progress leads updated each week. Making sure there is progress each week for every lead is the key. If there is little progress on the leads from week to week, stop giving that sales agent new leads until they catch-up on the current leads they have been assigned.

 9. Weekly performance reports on the in-progress leads should have three or four key follow-up areas that you will be looking for when you meet with the salesperson. This type of leadership follow-up will help your sales agents improve. Make sure you write down what you will be looking for next week and then next week record the action the sales agent took toward these requested steps.

 10. Recognize and celebrate great lead follow-up in front of the entire sales team. Set the tone for the importance of this process.Coaching and counseling with poor follow-up agents should be done one- on one and will also send a message to your team on the importance of follow-up.

 In his new book "Lead Domination," Jamie Klein covers in detail the 10 topics above—as well as other applicable strategies! Jamie has over 30 years experience in the lead management sales and marketing profession. He has launched luxury ownership business enterprises, lead management initiatives, and sales and marketing operations for luxury brands including the Marriott , the Four Seasons, and St. Regis. He speaks frequently at national conferences and is one of the premier real estate sales and marketing experts in North America.Jamie can be reced via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com


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If I had seen last week's Fun section before my wife, I would have hidden it.
But, then, we never would have seen Gregory Peck live on stage.
I wasn't prepared when Mary asked if I would take her to a show she really wanted to see. Given the childish twinkle in her eyes, I couldn't refuse, even when I learned that the show was the Amazing Acro-Cats.
This cat circus, featured in the paper, stopped in Prairieville en route to shows scheduled in New Orleans.
Mary falls among the cat-lover portion of the population, while I have always resided among those resistant to feline charms.
I'll admit I've grown fond of Butterbean, a kitten Mary rescued from a combination gas station and bait shop. Why a kitten needed to be rescued from a bait shop, I've never understood.
Rescue tales seem like pedigrees for cats, and it seemed every cat at the circus had its own story of woe.
Secretly I was intrigued by whether an animal trainer can make a cat do anything a cat doesn't want to do.
I learned they can't.
Trainer Samantha Martin showed that she could entice cats to jump over hurdles, except when they decided to go under them.
She could get a cat to balance atop a ball and roll it, but only after the cat looked at Martin for a while like the trainer was crazy.
Martin could get cats to stand on their hind legs and push shopping carts or ride a skateboard except when they preferred to sniff something.
Actually, I soon found myself chuckling, not at what cats did on cue, but what they decided to do on impulse.
At one point, when the trainer tried to get the audience to focus on a cat trick on one side of the stage, most people were laughing at a feline that had climbed a pole on the other side to swat at something on the ceiling.
The show worked, but only because Martin, like any true herder of cats, didn't try to rein them in too tightly. When they did their tricks, they brought applause. When they chose to act like cats, they brought laughter.
For reasons unexplained, the cat show included a chicken and a groundhog named Garfield.
Garfield garnered applause when he hoisted an American flag. In vain, I pulled for him in a bowling match against Tuna, the aloof cat starlet.
Impressive in the one-frame contest, Garfield made a spare, but Tuna followed with a strike.
Maybe because groundhogs lack rhythm, Garfield was shuffled into the wings for the show's rock band finale.
Cats playing drums, guitar, keyboards and other instruments were joined by a chicken playing tambourine and cymbals.
The chicken, named Gregory Peck for her percussion style, proved to be the best musician.
Mary was enthralled.
She couldn't get Gregory Peck's autograph, but it probably would have just been chicken scratch anyway.
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This article was published 21/12/2013 (1338 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Police are searching for suspects who allegedly stole the presents from under an 80-year-old Winnipeg woman's Christmas tree.
The woman came up from the basement of her Greensboro Square home around 11 a.m. Friday to find two men she didn't know standing in her living room, Winnipeg police said in a press release Saturday.
The two men ran from the living room and out the front door, knocking the woman down as they fled. The woman was not injured, the release said.
The suspects left in a waiting blue- or green-coloured SUV driven by another suspect, whose gender is unknown.
The suspects allegedly took, among other things, the presents the woman had for her family under her Christmas tree, the release said.
One of the two suspects is described as Asian with light-brown skin, medium-length brown hair and a moustache. He was wearing a brown winter parka with fur on the hood. There is no description of the second man who had been in the woman's living room or driver of the getaway vehicle.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the West District Crime Unit at 204-986-2877 or CrimeStoppers at 204-786-TIPS.


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Rolling the DiceProbability puzzles require you to weigh all the possibilities and pick the most likely outcome.
A gambler goes to bet. The dealer has 3 dice, which are fair, meaning that the chance that each face shows up is exactly 1/6.
The dealer says: "You can choose your bet on a number, any number from 1 to 6. Then I'll roll the 3 dice. If none show the number you bet, you'll lose $1. If one shows the number you bet, you'll win $1. If two or three dice show the number you bet, you'll win $3 or $5, respectively."
Is it a fair game?
HintWhat will happen if there are 6 gamblers, each of whom bet on a different number?
AnswerIt's a fair game. If there are 6 gamblers, each of whom bet on a different number, the dealer will neither win nor lose on each deal.
If he rolls 3 different numbers, e.g. 1, 2, 3, the three gamblers who bet 1, 2, 3 each wins $1 while the three gamblers who bet 4, 5, 6 each loses $1.
If two of the dice he rolls show the same number, e.g. 1, 1, 2, the gambler who bet 1 wins $3, the gambler who bet 2 wins $1, and the other 4 gamblers each loses $1.
If all 3 dice show the same number, e.g. 1, 1, 1, the gambler who bet 1 wins $5, and the other 5 gamblers each loses $1.
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This article was published 6/2/2013 (1658 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Three Manitoba principals are among this year's Canada's Outstanding Principals announced by The Learning Partnership.
The Manitoba principals, who will join the prestigious group of 51 educators at an awards presentation and gala in Toronto Feb. 26, are: Neil Moffatt, Heritage School and Sharon Pekrul of Isaac Newton Junior High School, both in Winnipeg, as well as Tom Gallant of West Lynn Heights School in Lynn Lake.
"Behind every great school is a great principal who is not only an outstanding educator but an excellent manager and leader," says Akela Peoples, president and CEO of The Learning Partnership.
"These school CEOs communicate compelling visions, engage their communities, mentor their staff and, most importantly, create safe and nurturing learning environments for students. We are thrilled to be recognizing these individuals as examples of excellence in public education."
In the Canada's Outstanding Principals program, principals are nominated by their peers, school staff and community members in every province and territory. Nominations are reviewed and final winners selected on a representation-by-population basis by a National Selection Committee made up of a distinguished group of Canadian education, community and private sector leaders.
Candidates are chosen using the following criteria: characteristics of outstanding principals; evidence of partnerships with parents and community; a personal story illustrating successful change and innovation that resulted in improved student achievement; and letters of support.


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|The eSkills for Jobs 2015-2016 in the United Kingdom is organised by techUK. Collectively, techUK's members provide about half of all tech sector jobs in the UK. The overall eSkills for Jobs campaign in the UK includes communication activities, together with some awareness-raising events and trainings, with a particular focus on women in tech.
To find out more about eSkills initiatives in your country, including information about jobs and training opportunities, please visit the national website:
"The UK has a thriving ICT sector and is one of the leading countries across Europe for the tech industry. To ensure that the UK and Europe as a whole maintains its international standing in the global tech sector, I urge both European and UK policy makers to strengthen their efforts to develop an e-skills strategy. Ensuring our current and future workforce is fit for the digital economy is key if we are to flourish in ever more competitive global markets." Jacqueline de Rojas, VP & General Manager, Northern Europe Citrix.
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As part of the Information Economy Strategy announced in 2013, the UK Government put £29.5m toward the creation of the Tech Partnership.
The Tech Partnership is a network of employers that have developed an ambitious range of objectives to help employers equip the UK's current and future workforce with the e-skills required for the economy to continue to flourish. Examples of the Partnership's aims include, providing an online careers portal for the tech sector, working with UK education institutions to promote e-skills, establishing Tech Skills Hubs across the UK that help tech businesses work together to grow, and establishing a post-graduate training programme that prepares new graduates for technology careers.
The UK Parliament's Digital Skills Committee in the House of Lords is currently examining whether the UK is developing a workforce with the skills to compete in the global digital economy. The committee will assess the impact of big data and other technology advances for the UK economy, and how the UK workforce can be equipped to work effectively in a knowledge-driven economy. The committee is expected to publish the outcome of its investigation in March 2015.
The UK Government backed Tech Partnership as part of the Information Economy Strategy also has a number of objectives related to closing the e-skills gap including, doubling the number of tech apprenticeships, achieving a 50:50 gender balance in young people entering tech careers, and making sure that digital careers are seen as desirable for 16 – 21 year olds.


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The latest builds of SDK 4.0 have been updated in preparation for
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can not find playerglobal.swc due to the addition of the
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When using recent nightly SDKs with Flash Builder Beta 2, please modify them as follows:
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LANSING, Mich. - State health officials say an 87-year-old Livingston County man is the 19th person from Michigan to die as a result of contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company.
The Michigan Department of Community Health says at least 262 people have contracted illnesses including fungal meningitis that are part of a national disease outbreak.
The Michigan total includes three state residents treated in Indiana and listed in that state's count.
The state health department confirmed this week that the Livingston County man died on April 11. His name wasn't released.
More: Dr. Frank McGeorge answers meningitis questions.
Time line of events:
- Suspect steroid in meningitis outbreak sent to Michigan
- Milan man falls victim to fungal meningitis outbreak
- Meningitis outbreak climbs to 39 cases in Michigan
- Ingham County woman is Michigan's 8th meningitis death
- 1st lawsuit filed, meningitis cases on the rise in Mich.
- Michigan infection totals rise to 256 cases
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Flan is generally used in reference to the Flan people, (sometimes called the "Flannae"), a race of humans of Oerth, the World of Greyhawk, though the term may also refer to the language and culture of said people. The Flan peoples were the first humans known to have settled the eastern portion of the continent of Oerik, the Flanaess, which is named for them.
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Italy was forced to pay investors higher rates to raise 6.5 billion euros in an auction of medium- and long-term bonds on Wednesday, but not as much as feared.
Just two days after an inconclusive election result rekindled fears about whether Italy would keep to deficit-cutting policies, the treasury raised 4 billion euros in 10-year bonds at a rate of 4.83 per cent against 4.17 per cent in the previous auction on January 30.
Dow Jones Newswires said it was the highest rate paid at a bond auction since October.
"Whilst the interest payable is significantly higher than in recent auctions as a result of the blurred political picture, fears of a 5 per cent-plus figure proved unfounded," said CMC Markets trader Matt Basi.
Italy also raised 2.5 billion euros in 4-year bonds at 3.59 per cent against 2.94 per cent on January 30.
Demand surpassed supply by 1.65 times for the 10-year bonds and 1.6 times for four-year bonds.
Leftist leader Pier Luigi Bersani on Tuesday admitted he had failed to win parliament -- without a majority in the Senate -- and warned that the country was in a "dramatic situation".
The Italian business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said Wednesday that it did not exclude the yield on 10-year bonds rising above the psychological 5.0 per cent level given the tension on the markets following the inconclusive result of the election.
On Tuesday, the yields on Italian government 10-year bonds jumped on the secondary market to 4.897 per cent -- the highest rate in three months -- from 4.490 per cent on Monday as investors demanded better returns to risk holding Italian debt.
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Well my weekend of fun and eggsperimentation continues. Though I miss my wife, there is something to be said for a committee of one deciding when and what to eat. It has allowed me to veer off in any old direction I want foodwise and eat when I want timewise. My mother gave me a dozen eggs yesterday that she wasn't going to be able use up in a week and I found a recipe in the BGE Cookbook for Spicy Spanish Frittata with Chorizo that would use up 10 of the eggs. Other than Manchego cheese and pimento, I had everything else on hand. I will let the pictures pick up from here.
The ingredients were: eggs, heavy cream, scallions, grilled chorizo, diced pimento, peas, pimenton (smoked Spanish paprika, Manchego cheese, Kosher salt and black pepper.
The diced chorizo is being sauteed.
The eggs, heavy cream, salt & pepper are combined in a medium stainless steel mixing bowl.
The liquids, salt & pepper have been whisked together.
The chorizo, peas, pimento, & scallions have all been added.
The last two items were the Manchego cheese which gets sprinkled with the smoked paprika.
The baking dish with the frittata is on the grill which has been outfitted with the platesetter and preheated to 400.
Thirty five minutes have passed and the frittata is light, fluffy and done. It will go back inside and rest for 10 minutes.
The frittata has rested for 10 minutes. Time to eat!!
The frittata recipe had the time/temperature down perfectly. The egg was moist, light and fluffy. It may seem contradictory but they were also very filling. I'm cancelling lunch today and will skip straight to a grilled pizza for supper.
The fillings were very tasty and I am already thinking of new fillings to try.


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VAN WERT — It's not often a team can shoot 29 percent, miss 20 consecutive three-point attempts in a game and come away with a victory. It's even less often that victory will come by 33 points.
That's just what happened at the Division IV sectional at Van Wert on Wednesday night, as Ottoville's Lady Green raced past Fort Jennings, 55-22. The Lady Green (13-8) will play the 8 p.m. contest on Saturday night at Van Wert when they take on Kalida for the sectional championship.
Whether it was nerves, playing in an unfamiliar environment or the Lady Musketeer defense, Ottoville never found a rhythm on Wednesday, at least from the perimeter. Though senior Taylor Mangas drilled an early triple to put the Lady Green up 5-0, it would be until mid-way through the fourth quarter that Ottoville would connect from distance again.
Where Ottoville had a significant advantage over the Musketeers was on the interior, where sisters Lexie and Lyndsey Wannemacher turned in outstanding performances, both on offense and on the glass. Lexie got the scoring started with a put-back of a Lady Green miss before adding a pair of hoops from the low block later in the first quarter, the second of which she converted into an old-fashioned three point play.
The Lady Green managed just 4-for-12 shooting in the opening period, but held a 14-3 lead as the stanza came to a close. Fort Jennings (3-19) was held to 1-for-7 shooting, a Jenna Calvelage 3-pointer, from the field and committed nine turnovers. Ottoville's high-pressure defense took the black-and-orange out of its comfort zone and forced rushed decisions and rushed shots.
Unfortunately for the Lady Musketeers, it was a trend that would continue throughout the contest.
"We were diving for every loose ball, we were working hard for everything we were getting, and that's contagious. When they're hustling, it forces everybody else to hustle," noted Ottoville head coach Dave Kleman. "Defensively, I loved our effort tonight. If we play as hard as we did tonight, I'll take whatever happens. You can take losing or winning as long as you're busting your butt."
Fort Jennings endured a scoreless drought of 7:26 between that Calvelage three and their next field goal, which came with 4:15 on the second quarter clock. Alyssa Schimmoeller made her way to the basket and drew contact, resulting in a three-point play. That effort only brought the Musketeers to within 18-6, however. a Brooke Mangas three point play and a hoop and free throw from Lyndsey Wannemacher closed out the half for the Lady Green, giving them a 24-6 cushion.
The Musketeers were just 2-for-17 shooting in the first half and coughed up 19 turnovers. Ottoville used its size advantage to out-rebound Fort Jennings, 19-14, with eight of those coming on the offensive glass.
Though the hole was far too deep for Fort Jennings to climb out of, the Lady Musketeers showed a lot of fight coming out of the locker room. Emily Kehres scored on an offensive rebound early in the third and fellow senior Cassie Lindeman drilled back-to-back 3-pointers moments later, forcing Klemen to burn a timeout.
"She's been our go-to shooter this year," Musketeer head coach Rhonda Liebrecht noted on Lindeman's eight-point third quarter. "She's knows the ball is coming her way."
A baseline drive and score by Ottoville's Alicia Honigford stemmed the tide and Lexie Wannemacher added a put-back to establish a 20-point margin on the scoreboard as the Lady Green took a 36-16 lead into the final period.
Kasidy Klausing grabbed an errant shot and scored the put-back for Fort Jennings to open the fourth, but Lexie Wannemacher's hoop-and-harm immediately followed, capping a 14-point effort for the junior.
The Lady Green closed the game by scoring 16 of the final 20 points, with four of those coming on Lyndsey Wannemcher buckets from the low block. Lyndsey finished with nine points for the Lady Green.
"They (the Wannemacher sisters) work their butts off," Kleman explained. "They're in the gym all summer, trying to get better, and they're starting to get rewarded from that right now. That's great to see because they're great kids."
The loss caps a difficult first year for Liebrecht, but she sees the foundation of an improving program.
"Our girls work hard, and that's my goal to get from them," Liebrecht added. "We can't make this program just do a complete 360 like that, but I keep telling them and reminding them to put the work in, to work hard, and they're getting it. To get where we want to be, we have to work hard. It's all baby steps, but we're making them."
For Klemen, the latest victory is the continuation of a young team that's growing together.
"The kids really enjoy each other," Kleman noted. "They're a very tight-knit group. If I make one of them mad, I make them all mad, and if I make one happy, I make all of them happy, because they're really tight. I just think that we're coming together and understanding what we're trying to do offensively."
Score by quarters
Fort Jennings 3 3 10 6- 22
Ottoville 14 10 12 19- 55
Fort Jennings (22)
Calvelage 3, Schimmoeller 3, Lindeman 10, Clippinger 0, Kehres 4, Jettinghoff 0, Osting 0, K. Eickholt 0, Klausing 2, Metcalfe 0
Ottoville (55)
T. Mangas 11, B. Mangas 6, Lindeman 5, Le. Wannemacher 14, Kramer 0, Landwehr 0, Ly. Wannemacher 9, Thorbahn 1, Sarka 2, Von Sossan 0, Boecker 3
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Beer lovers are getting in the mood to sink a pint or two at Chippenham's 23rd real ale festival, at the Olympiad on March 28 and 29.
Tickets are on sale for the Chippenham Beer, Perry and Cider Festival, organised by the North West Wiltshire Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale.
More than 100 beers, ciders and perries will be on sale and festival goers will get a free commemorative glass.
Organisers Dave and Jessica Purton are keen to let regulars know that this year's event is earlier in the year than usual.
Mr Purton said: "We do not want anyone to miss out."
Tickets cost £6 for the Friday evening, which runs from 6pm to 11pm, and £5 for each of the two Saturday sessions.
CAMRA members get £2 of free beer tokens. Tickets for evening sessions must be bought in advance.
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- Robert Peck, Libraries, Cyberspace and the First Amenment (ALA 2000).
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- Robert Peck, Violating the Inviolate: Caps on Damages and the Right to Trial by Jury, 31 U. Dayton L. Rev. 307 (2006).
- Robert Peck, The Development of the Law of Joint and Several Liability, 55 Fedn. Def. Corp. Counsel 465 (2005).
- Robert Peck, The Victim Compensation Fund: Born from a Unique Confluence of Events Not Likely to be Duplicated, 53 DePaul L. Rev. 209 (2004).
- Robert Peck, Tort Reform's Threat to an Independent Judiciary, 33 Rutgers L. Rev. 835 (2003).
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FOR two groups of players who have been coached by Wayne Bennett, it was the bunch who had been with him longest which beat the latest - once again. The Knights will surely improve through this year and beyond, but right now the Dragons are better. They have shown that twice in the opening seven rounds.
The Dragons, holding their own under their new coach Steve Price, haven't quite shown the consistency that he would be commanding, but last night, at home, they responded to a poor performance in better fashion than their opponents did. They should have won by a far greater margin than they did.
The final execution will grate with Price, but the overall performance will not. Last week, against Cronulla, the Dragons' attack was limp, but they found their form with the ball in hand - at least in the first half - just in time to topple their former coach, who continued his problems against his former clubs.
Both teams, in fact, had been trying to right the wrongs of last week; the Dragons couldn't manage a point against Cronulla - the first time a Dragons or Illawarra side had done so against the Sharks since 1973 - while the Knights were poor despite a victory against hapless Parramatta.
The Knights still struggled to put points on the board last night, yet they were brave. A number of their players struggled through pain during the encoounter, namely centre Junior Sa'u and five-eighth Jarrod Mullen.
The latter certainly showed the required toughness in another State of Origin audition - this one against the Blues' incumbent five-eighth Jamie Soward - even if the game didn't flow his way.
Mullen was hurt very early on. Dragons prop Dan Hunt hit him hard after the five-eighth kicked, and Mullen fell awkwardly, jarring a leg. At that stage, the Dragons were looking more hungry, and appeared to be rewarded with an early try, but video referee Bernard Sutton denied Ben Creagh after the second-rower came down with Soward's kick, losing control as he did. The Knights responded, and did so with more success, swiftly transferring the ball through their back line to winger Akuila Uate, who rather easily dispensed with his opposite Daniel Vidot to score.
Another Knights player was next to score, but for the Dragons. Back-rower Beau Scott, who has signed to play with the Knights from next year, scored and the Dragons took the lead. It was the catalyst for them to really get going. After 22 minutes, the attack which has been missing for much of the season suddenly reappeared - Soward's netball pass put fullback Brett Morris through a hole, and he sent winger Jason Nightingale over.
Five minutes later the match could have been over, when Soward's bomb found grass after Uate's indecision. His subsequent push on Uate, just before the ball found its way to Vidot, was penalised.
Creagh could have had more tries than the Knights before the break. He stretched over two minutes before half-time but lost control again, far more obviously this time. The Dragons could have led by 18 points, but only did so by eight.
The Knights worried the Dragons after the break, but their night effectively ended when Zeb Taia's effort was denied due to obstruction.
Price now leads Bennett 2-0. Whatever happens now, he can look back on that fondly.
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 12 (J Nightingale B Scott tries J Soward 2 goals) bt NEWCASTLE 4 (A Uate try) at WIN Jubilee Oval. Referee: Jared Maxwell, Gavin Reynolds.


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FLORENCE, Ala. – The Saint Leo volleyball team closed out the 2011 North Alabama Classic with a win and a loss as the Lions dropped a five-set marathon to host North Alabama 3-2 (25-20, 19-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-9), but rebounded with a dominating 3-1 (25-10, 20-25, 25-20, 25-17) win over Queens University of Charlotte.
In the game against North Alabama (7-0) the Lions rebounded from the first-set loss to take the next two from the hosts as SLU (4-3) was in prime position for the stunner. With set four tied at 23, the UNA Lions managed to tally the final two points that tilted the game, and match in their favor. In game five North Alabama jumped out to an 8-2 run and then held off a Saint Leo rally to close the set win.
The Lions were led in the game by senior Emily Calderon-Reyes, whose 17 kills and 17 digs led the team. Senior Danielle Bletso was also one of four Lions to drop down double figures in kills as she successfully connected on 14 swings and hit a team-leading .357. Sophomore Jordan Sisson and freshman Lauren Campbell added 13 and 11 kills, respectively. Sophomore Molly Alexander, donning the libero jersey, had a game-high 25 digs.
Playing without a break, an angry Lions' squad came out against Queens (NC) and wasted little time in dispatching of the Royals. Dropping just one set when Coach Sam Cibrone altered the lineup, the Lions got contributions from a number of team members and picked up the regional win over the Royals (4-3).
Bletso led the team with 18 kills, but it was freshman Tawni Warren that turned heads, notching 12 kills, 16 digs and four service aces. She also played a part in five blocks. Alexa Reed added 43 assists in the fourth win of the Lions' 2011 season.
Saint Leo will have little time to rest after the 11 hour trip home. The Lions will turn around and travel to Ft. Lauderdale and play their first Sunshine State Conference contest of 2011 when they face Nova Southeastern on Tuesday night. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
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It is in this area, just to the south of Stanthorpe, that Queensland's first commercially grown table grapes were harvested. Grapes have been grown here since the 1870s, thanks predominantly to the arrival of Italian settlers. The first legally planted wine grapes are said to have been grown by the Puglisi family of Ballandean. The family vineyard, Ballandean Estate, is the venue for "Opera in the Vineyard", each May.
Don't miss Ballandean's little bit of Egypt - make sure you drive past the famous hand-made pyramid. The amazing Girraween National Park and rugged Sundown National Park are also only a short drive away.
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This morning, after being down with a cold for the past four days, I felt like having something a bit more wholesome and warming for breakfast. I can't think of many meals more comforting than a bowl of oatmeal and that's exactly what I needed this morning. Combined with almonds, chia seeds and cinnamon and a layer of soft rhubarb on the bottom, this baked oatmeal is truly comforting, and perfect for lazy weekend mornings.
Baked rhubarb oatmeal
(Recipe inspired by Heidi Swanson + this recipe)
230g rhubarb, chopped into 2cm pieces (fresh or frozen)
230g rolled oats (use gluten-free, if you prefer)
100g almonds, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons chia seeds
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
pinch of salt
500ml home-made almond milk (recipe here)
olive oil, for brushing
1. Preheat oven to 180C and brush a medium-sized oven dish lightly with olive oil.
2. Cover the bottom of the dish with rhubarb pieces. Combine the oats, almond, chia seeds, cinnamon and salt in a separate bowl. Pour the mixture on top of the rhubarbs and finally pour the almond milk (evenly) on top.
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Anastacia Diagnosed With Breast Cancer For The Second Time ☹
Singer Anastacia made the announcement on her facebook in a post about the cancellation of her upcoming "It's A Man's World" European tour.
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Anastacia has sadly been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time after having successfully survived her 2003 battle with the disease. Consequently she has been forced to cancel all performances, tours and any travel from now until further notice. Anastacia was excited about her forthcoming European tour which was due to start April 6th in London. "I feel so awful to be letting down all my amazing fans who were looking forward to 'It's A Man's World Tour'. It just breaks my heart to disappoint them" she said.
Anastacia will continue the writing and recording of her new album despite her diagnosis and hopes to schedule a new tour as soon as possible. Now more then ever, she is determined to live by her motto "Don't ever let cancer get the 'Best of You!'" A born survivor, Anastacia has one goal and that is to make a full recovery with the support of her family, friends and everyone around her.
Please respect her need for privacy during such a trying time.
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What's in a name? Well, everything, to be blunt. All Shakespeare references aside, it's your main identity for life and the only thing you'll take with you to your grave, if you want to be a little morbid about it. This holds true for having an easily identifiable custom domain (URL) for your ecommerce storefront.
It takes very little work to buy and set up a custom domain. It's simple and it can be done without having to leave Shopify. You can also integrate your online store with your existing website if you choose. Here are 5 reasons why having a custom domain for your ecommerce storefront will boost business:
- It's good for your image. Having an online shop with a generic URL does little to boost your presence on the Web. Using a custom URL like brownwatercoffee.com (awesome Shopify store selling delicious coffee FYI) will work wonders as it'll make you and your company seem more professional. It will help bring your customers back in the future too, as they'll find it much easier to remember the location of your online store.
- It will make your store more visible in search results. This will make it easier for your customers to find you when they want to grab that awesome product of yours they've heard about from a friend. Punching your company's name into a search engine like Google or Yahoo is far easier than having to remember a specific URL. This might seem counter-productive to buying and setting up a URL, but it will actually increase your position in search rankings.
- It's better for SEO. Owning your own domain is crucial for SEO because any of your Google rankings and the links to your site are all tied to your domain. if you switch domains, you best be aware of any SEO implications and the potential damage it can cause.
- It unifies your brand. Having a similar custom URL for your main website and your store helps avoid a disconnect between the two in your customers' minds. Bringing both together under the same URL (through a subdomain like shop.yourcompany.com) or very similar URLs (i.e. yourcompany.com and yourcompanyshop.com), will plant the seeds in your customers' minds that your company website and online store are cut from the same cloth.
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November 12 2011, 10:53AM
Agreed on all fronts. I can't believe when I see stores who invest time, money, blood, sweat, and tears into their business and then keep some generic crappy URL. Come on people.
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November 12 2011, 11:03AM
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August 15 2012, 11:42PM
I've already have my own domain in my server.
Can you have a sub-domain from our main domain even if isn't installed in Shopify servers?
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A MALVERN cancer survivor has urged fellow participants to get their running shoes on in a bid to collect their sponsorship money.
More than 3,000 charitable runners put their best feet forward for the event at Pitchcroft on Sunday, June 16, to raise cash for Cancer Research UK.
Many were in fancy dress and wearing the names of loved ones who have been affected by cancer.
But the race itself is only half of the work – collecting the money and handing it in is also part of the challenge.
Retired music teacher Janet Burley, from Malvern, was among the 3,400 women who took part and she is urging others to send in the money.
The 65-year-old, of West Malvern Road, raced for the first time this year after recovering from breast cancer.
The mother-of-two was diagnosed in September 2011 after a routine mammogram and had surgery and months of treatment, which was eventually successful.
"I wanted to take part in Race for Life last year but my oncologist thought it was too soon," said Janet, whose elder son, Simon, is a Race for Life event manager.
"The moment I was told I had cancer was the worst of all. I was in shock but I quickly decided to just get on with it.
"If it weren't for research I wouldn't be here today so I wanted to take part as a thank you and to make sure more people like me can benefit from research in future.
"I know from experience that every penny really does count."
Kelly Rumble, Race for Life event manager in Worcester, said: "Many people don't realise that the entry fee only covers the cost of the event.
"It's the sponsorship money that really makes a difference."
Organisers are now urging women to sign up for the Race For Life Twilight event, which also takes place at Pitchcroft on October 18.
It has a night-time twist and women are encouraged to sign up and join in by lighting up the sky with glow sticks, fairy lights and sparkly accessories.


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Madonna attempts to tackle Sarah Palin with political humor: FAIL
Madonna "Guns" Ciccone kicked off her "Sticky & Sweet" tour in the U.S. and decided to take a swipe at Governor Sarah Palin that's so nonsensical it makes Lindsay fucking Lohan sound like Edward R. Murrow. Somewhere, Senator Obama just went "These white women are killin' me!" Page Six reports:
The Material Mom indulged her Republican-hating ways, shouting, "Sarah Palin can't come to my party. Sarah Palin can't come to my show. It's nothing personal." Then the kabbalah queen told the crowd, "Here's the sound of Sarah Palin's husband's snowmobile when it won't start," followed by a loud screeching noise.
Wow. That was literally the worst attempt at political humor I've ever seen in my life. (Including Ross Perot's existence.) I think I speak for everyone when I say that Madonna should stick to what she knows: Battling the Thundercats as Mumm-Ra, THE EVER-LIVING!


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by cathytxtwfr
Ouidah, Benin
African waist beads are nicknamed "sexy beads" by Peace Corps volunteers because they are worn by women on the hips underneath clothing as a way to seduce husbands. Seeing a person's beads in Benin is equivalent to seeing someone's thong in America. Different culture, different ways of being sexy. (There are other meanings and histories to these beads if you are interested here: http://africaisdonesuffering.com/2013/02/waist-beads/ ) On the other hand, infants (boys and girls) up to a year old wear them with their diapers so you can always see those, but those have no sexual connotation (of course!)
The fabric I used were secondhand sheets from a Beninese "thrift shop" AKA mounds of old clothing thrown away from developed countries piled on the side of a street.
Because I noticed the Laurel fits loosely on me, I omitted the zipper and added a bit of smocked beading from dress #11 of "I am Cute Dresses" by Sato Watanabe.
I love this version, however I am unhappy with how the hem "turns inward" where there is beading. I wrote more in my sewing journal here: http://cathywu.com/journal/treadling/2013/04/25/sexy-beads-colette-laurel-i-am-tiny-tucks/
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Apr 26, 2013, 12.12 PMby Szyrafa
This is so cute! I like this idea! :)
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Apr 26, 2013, 01.31 PMby cathytxtwfr
thank you!
Apr 26, 2013, 02.35 AMby Manic Pop
Whoa! That's a lot of hard work! Nice job with the detailing.
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Apr 26, 2013, 01.30 PMby cathytxtwfr
thanks! it's actually quite relaxing to to do :)
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A Florida fisherman got more than he bargained for.
"I hooked a hammerhead shark" on Sunday, Adam Fisk posted on LiveLeak, "and fought it for about 2 hrs. It towed me for miles causing me to beach my kayak two cities over from where I launched."
You can watch Adam's wild ride here.
The hammerheads must be in bloom, because last week a college student managed to haul a 14-foot hammerhead onto a beach in Broward County.
"It was extremely exciting, an adrenaline rush," Viktor Hluben, 22, tells the Sun Sentinel.
He and his friends also took kayaks out to sea, where they used amberjack for bait. You can watch the shark fight here:
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Dozens of concrete power line poles were deployed July 22 in the Gulf of Mexico about 30 nautical miles east of here, marking the first time concrete poles have been used to create an artificial reef near Texas.
American Electric Power donated the 152 hollow concrete power poles to the Texas Artificial Reef Program administered by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. AEP and the City of Corpus Christi allowed storage of the poles on city property until TPWD was able to budget and plan the project.
The poles range in length from 10-40 feet and represent a total of 1,457 tons of concrete. They were transported by contractor Derrick Construction of Rockport and deployed at a site known as Outer Continental Shelf Block Matagorda Island 712 in 130 feet of water. This site is an existing artificial reef created several years ago using an abandoned oil platform deck. The addition of the power poles will enhance the reef habitat, providing more reef structure for fish and other creatures.
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Celebrating women in Canadian military forces
Rona Ambrose, Minister for Status of Women, hosted a reception in Senate Speaker Noël Kinsella's salon in honour Women's History Month. The gathering was to celebrate women in Canadian military forces.
Rona Ambrose, Minister for Status of Women, hosted a reception in Senate Speaker Noël Kinsella's salon in honour Women's History Month. The gathering was to celebrate women in Canadian military forces.
Interesting. I didn't realize that Senator Wallin was an honourary colonel in the Air Force.
Thanks for the link. She's an honourary colonel thanks in large part to what her dad did? Stupid symbolic political-patronage interference in military matters? Which do you suppose is worse?
I'm not sure that's entirely fair. She's an honourary colonel thanks in large part to her service as a diplomat and senator, her long career as a journalist and prominent public figure, and (I think more secondarily, but not insignificantly) the fact that SEVEN members of her family have served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
While some honourary colonels have no doubt served in the Forces themselves at some point, I do think that a large point of honourary colonels is to put well known public figures of some stature into a role that helps them advocate for the Forces and represent the Forces in a symbolic way to the larger world, and as a means of recognizing civilians who have supported the Forces (or, more specifically, particular regiments or CFBs, or their surrounding communities) in some way.
While I wouldn't feel it at all appropriate to question the appointment of honourary colonels by the Forces given my limited knowledge, and I'm sure they are all deserving, I think if you look through the list you'll find plenty of people boasting significantly less distinguished careers than Pamela Wallin, and several people with much less direct links to the Forces as well.
I just figured our Minister of Defence had everything to do with this appointment, and the uniformed folks at DND had to grit their teeth and play along.
And I have no qualms blasting all those even more unworthy civilians for getting in the way of the real VIPs at the DND. Like the ones stepping gingerly through poppy fields in Kandahar these last several years.
And what galls me most, I think, is her parading around *in uniform* at an event celebrating women in the Forces.
I am willing to believe she contributed to John Manley's project with seriousness and devotion to country, and I thank her for it. But honourary colonel? Yeesh.
Fair enough.
However, I think your problem is with how the military uses the "honourary colonel" appointment, not with Pamela Wallin. If the owner of the local Trenton grocery store (a man who from all accounts is a pillar of his community, don't get me wrong) gets to become an honourary colonel, then to the extent that there's a problem here it's a problem with the SYSTEM, imho, not with Pamela Wallin.
Similarly, as for the uniform, whatever we think of how it happened she IS an honourary colonel, and honourary colonels are entitled to wear the uniform of an honourary colonel. And if an honourary colonel shouldn't wear her uniform at an event honouring members of the Forces then imho an honourary colonel can't wear her uniform ANYWHERE.
As for our troops in the field, I'm all in favour of showering them in any sort of accolades we can think of, but I do believe that the notion of an "honourary colonel" is meant for a different purpose, for the most part, than honouring our troops with a post-mission appointment.
I do agree, mind you, that it all seems a bit strange, and that we seem to have a number of HCol's who, imho, don't seem sufficiently… well, I don't know. Let me simply say, they just don't seem sufficient for the honour. However, absent any indication that Wallin lobbied for the appointment, or takes the appointment insufficiently seriously (and I'm quite confident that she takes the appointment seriously) I wouldn't necessarily criticize HER per se for the current state of affairs.
Fair enough, backatcha.
Ed Holder "MP" – Mullet in Parliament
I think you mean "Mullet Permed".
aka MP Jerry Kurl.
I hear from my niece that most of the women in the 'Forces' are lesbians….true or wallin ?
I wonder if there were any woman from the military there?
I found that odd as well.
It could just be who Raphael chose to photograph, or the photos he chose to post, but it is strange that in a post of photos from an event held "to celebrate women in Canadian military forces" not only is there not a single woman from the Canadian Forces in any of the pics, there's NO ONE from the Forces in any of the pics, period. Not even in the background!


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While global economic uncertainty can change predictions at any moment, the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) looks for 2013 to be fairly steady in terms of pork and beef exports. The export trade group held its strategic planning meeting this week in Indianapolis.
While subcommittees discussed any number of issues surrounding U.S. meat export opportunities and challenges, market share and possible expansion, the federation's staff and leadership offered some perspective to the media.
"With high feed prices and other production costs, it's a difficult time for pork producers," shared Danita Rodibaugh, USMEF chairman and Indiana pork producer. "It is more important than ever that we capitalize on opportunities in foreign markets to get the best return on each carcass and every single cut."
So far in 2012, that return to U.S. pork producers has been running $56.50 per head, nearly $3 more than the record level of 2011, she noted. For beef, the return has been $212 per head, up 6 percent from year-ago levels, which has occurred despite a lower volume of sales.
U.S. pork exports have held strong through the first eight months of the year—up 2 percent in volume and 8 percent in value from 2011's red-hot sales. "We hear a lot of talk about exports lifting our economy," Rodibaugh says. "In that respect, pork is truly one of the nation's pacesetters."
"In the end, we expect 2012 to be close to 2011's record exports," said Phil Seng, USMEF's president and chief executive officer, regarding all U.S. meat exports. "Not many industries can say that they are growing their market around the world." In 2011, the United States exported $11.5 billion worth of meat to more than 100 countries.
"I cannot begin to tell you how important these results are to the bottomline of our operation and thousands like us across the United States," Rodibaugh added.
So far, 2012 has been a good year, Seng noted. He pointed to the implementation of the three free-trade agreements— to South Korea, Panama and Colombia—as contributing to the positive trend.
The CODEX Minimum Residue Limits (MRL) passed in July is a "very important milestone," Seng says, as it advanced the commitment to basing decisions on scientific results. Russia's ascension into the World Trade Organization (WTO) also should level the playing field based on science. "Russia is now in the league of nations that is complaint with international (scientific) standards," Seng notes. "Let's hope that they play by the rules.
Looking at specific markets, Joel Haggard, USMEF senior vice president in the Asia/Pacific region, said that while the volume of U.S. product in these markets is down a bit, value is up, which means "customers are paying more for our meat." He added, "overall, it's positive if you look at historical trends, which continue to move upward."
While China's economy has slowed from its double-digital annual growth to something closer to 7 percent, Haggard said that Asian economies in general are "humming along." "They are able to pay more for meat, and U.S. product is performing well," he said.
China is aggressively building up its domestic pork production and supplies, so it's unlikely U.S. pork will see a year-end surge in sales to China like it did last year, Haggard noted. But with such a big market, even seemingly small sales add up to a lot.
In Japan, U.S. pork's No. 1 value market, USMEF sees opportunity in growing chilled pork product sales. Haggard said the U.S. product has performed well against Japan's domestic chilled pork.
South Korea has rebuilt its swine herd much quicker than expected, following its 2010 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. The country had culled one-third of its swine herd in response to the disease. An aggressive import program took place in 2011, but now South Korea is sitting with a large volume of pork on hand. Haggard added that the country will need to work through those supplies, but he expects pork imports to "stair-step" upward in 2013.
In other important pork markets, Mexico remains the largest volume market for U.S. product. Having faced a tough period, following a 2008 financial collapse, Mexico's economic market has grown. However, it is just now back to 2008 levels, said Chad Russell, USMEF regional director for Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic. A major drought in 2011 forced the country to liquidate its cattle herd, and now with U.S. beef production down, beef affordability will be a big issue for Mexican consumers.
Add in recent issues regarding Mexico's determination that the U.S. chicken sector dumped leg quarters onto its market, which means duties could be imposed in 2013. That would raise U.S. poultry prices and reduce shipments to Mexico.
In the end, it could all spell good news for U.S. pork as consumers move to less expensive protein options. Even though U.S. pork prices could run higher in 2013, Russell said exports to Mexico could increase by 4 percent.
As for other countries, Russell said Central America, while not a large market, is a fast-growing one with low tariffs and growth opportunities. Honduras and Guatemala are particularly strong markets for pork.
Looking to Russia, "It's been a good year; we are very pleased with the terms Russia agreed to with the WTO," said John Brook, USMEF regional director for Russia, Europe and the Middle East. Now, U.S. pork has duty-free access to the country.
But challenges remain, "Russia has a well-financed and active effort to become self-sufficient in pork and poultry," Brook noted. On the other hand, the country is still dealing with African swine fever. Russia also has announced that it will test pork for ractopamine, which will be touchy since under WTO membership a country cannot set its own minimum test levels without providing the science to justify the action. "We're encouraging the U.S. government to engage with Russia on this," Brooks said, "we're waiting to see how this plays out.
Turning back to the home-front, Seng emphasized that the farm bill uncertainty is a concern for U.S. meat exports as USDA's Foreign Market Development Program and the Market Access Program are important to market development and expansion for the U.S. meat sector. Seng pointed out that $22 million of USMEF's budget comes from USDA.
"We are blessed to have a very diverse organization and tremendous support," he noted. Beyond beef, pork and lamb producers, soybean and corn growers support USMEF efforts through their checkoff programs. Packers, purveyors and traders along with farm and agribusiness organizations also help fund USMEF. "If (USDA) funding doesn't come through, it looms very large in terms of what we can do internationally," Seng said. "We do have contingency plans in place, but we hope Congress would reach a compromise for the greater good."


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