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Hilary Mantel's weighty Tudor tome "Wolf Hall" is the bookmakers' favorite to scoop the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction.
The tale of Henry VIII's England was awarded the Man Booker Prize last year. It is up against five other novels for the 30,000 pound ($45,000) prize.
The prize is open to any novel by a woman published in English and will be awarded Wednesday evening in London.
The shortlist includes American writers Barbara Kingsolver for "The Lacuna," Lorrie Moore for "A Gate at the Stairs" and Attica Locke's "Black Water Rising."
The other books nominated are "The Very Thought of You," by British writer Rosie Alison, and "The White Woman on the Green Bicycle," by British-Trinidadian writer Monique Roffey.


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Pretty accent piece
This is a very pretty accent piece for a see through top or open back. The fabric is nice, has a bit of stiffness to it to hold its shape and the embroidery is very pretty. The color is nice on any skin tone:) I found that since it is not adjustable at all my normal 34B was tight and cut into my skin around and in the back. I returned and ordered a 36B (never bought that size before) and it was much better. I am a little concerned that the clasp in the front may fail quickly as it is plastic:( Hope for the best it is nice to have structure and a pretty accented back design!
Fit well but the band was itchy
I really wanted to like this bra. The straps on the back were really cute. I bought a 32B and it fit perfectly. The only problem was that the fabric wasn't too soft and started to make my chest itch around the band. I walked around with it on to see if it would settle in a little more, but the itchiness became more and more apparent. It's a cute bra, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone with sensitive skin. :(
Love the bra, wish it came in a 38.
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Sonya is a dude.If we've agreed that Julien is really a woman... lemur... thing... Sonya may very well be the same way.
- If you're referring to the "Julien is transsexual" theory, that doesn't make him a woman, it makes him a man with an unfortunate genetic issue. Same in reverse if you mean Sonya was assigned male at birth.
King Julien XIII really is the most sane of all the Lemurs. That's why he's king.
- Amazingly he seems to grasp almost everything going on. He understands that The People are dead (he just doesn't care) he understands that the Foosa are deadly, and really does come up with the plan for using the new Freaks to scare them away, which would be a good idea if it weren't for the fact that Alex is part of it. And he has a fairly good idea for getting the New Yorkers on his side. In the sequel, he initially doesn't really believe that a sacrifice in the volcano will get water (although he seems to by the end), he just seems to suggest it to get attention. Yes, he is crazy, but very few if any of his ideas are disagreed with. He doesn't do it by being the strongest and scaring people; he does it by being the most sane resident (and telling people to shut up a lot).
- The one-eyed king of the land of the blind, then?
The watering hole in Escape 2 Africa is a special case, resulting from a pact between herds.
- From the look of things, the watering hole is the only water for miles. Sometime in the past, the then-ruling alpha lion declared the watering hole a safe zone, where prey could be safe. In exchange, the prey would help him defend his territory, should a threat arise, such as a rival pride of lions. This way, the herds of prey could get water without fear of being eaten, and the lions would have a large army of allies. In the generations since then, the lions and other predators have done their hunting away from the watering hole, preying on wandering herds. As a result of all this, the prey animals at the watering hole have lost their fear of predators.
- So it's like the birthing/crowning ceremonies in The Lion King?
- This theory is similar to the Water Truce in The Jungle Book: in the dry season, the river bank is a safe place where predators and prey can drink together.
- It's also Truth in Television - in Africa where everything is trying to eat everything else, a watering-hole is actually a fairly safe place for animals to mix. Not always safe, of course, but people have witnessed lions and their various prey relaxing in close proximity at waterholes.
The Penguins will be even more important in the third film.
- The penguins were just background characters in the first film. They had some important duties in the second film, even if they weren't the stars. In the trailer for the third film they are an important focus and seem to be part of the attraction for the movie. Their badassery has even been Flanderised. I think they're going to be co-stars for the third movie. They have become VERY popular thanks to The Penguins of Madagascar spin-off series.
- Confirmed in that they are pretty much co-stars along with the lemurs.
- Not as important to the movie as it seemed they would be (Alex, Julien, Marty, and the newcomers stole the show), but they were very important nonetheless.
Alex and Marty will sing a Triumphant Reprise of "New York, New York" once they finally get back home.
- Jossed. They didn't sing at all after get back to the zoo.
- They did, however, sing it on the plane just before it crashed (again).
Alex's parents died in between moviesThey would have been pretty old by #2, and the beginning of #3 does highlight that time has passed since, so it's not implausible.
King Julien XIII predicts the victory of the New York Giants against the New England Patriots at the Super Bowl...twice.Nah. That's just Wild Mass Stretching.
If there's a 4th movie, DuBois will return and team up with Nana to get Alex.
Sonya is completely mute to human earsSonya only makes bear noises. When Alex tries to talk to human, he only makes lion sounds to human ears.
King Julien XIII is a Time Lord.Julien has spent his entire life cycle shaping the culture of the Madagascar lemurs, encouraging their party animal lifestyle and doing his best to create a Utopian society. He's now on his thirteenth incarnation, hence King Julien XIII.
King Julien is a reincarnation of Emperor KuzcoThey are surprisingly very identical in terms of character; both are kings with huge egos and they both love dancing.
- Or maybe he could even be a descendant of Kuzco. He's a lemur because... Yzma's potions...


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Former Gator Hornsby arrested in Mississippi
Jamar Hornsby, the former Florida safety who was dismissed from the team after he was arrested for using the credit of a UF student killed in a motorcycle accident, has been arrested in Mississippi and charged with assaulting a man with brass knuckles at a McDonald's drive-through.
Because he is on probation for the case in Florida, Hornsby could face jail time, state attorney Bill Cervone said.
Hornsby is currently attending East Mississippi Community College and has signed to play with Ole Miss next season.
Starkville police Det. Maurice Johnson told the Associated Press that Hornsby and East Mississippi teammates Darrell Simmons and Robert Jordan were arrested around 2:15 a.m. March 1 after an unidentified man rear-ended Hornby's vehicle as both waited for service.
Johnson said the drivers of each car spoke briefly. One of the three football players then took something from the victim, and Hornsby attacked the victim shortly after.
The victim, whose name is being withheld for his own protection, went to the hospital with unspecified injuries.
Johnson said that the victim and Hornsby did not know each other, and that the attack was related to the accident. Hornsby, 22, is free after posting $15,500 bond and faces up to 20 years in prison on the aggravated assault charge. He also likely violated his probation by possessing brass knuckles, which are illegal. He faces up to four years in prison if he fails to complete probation.
Hornsby had 111 tackles and two interceptions this past season for EMCC and was named the MVP of the Mississippi junior college northern region.


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Satveer Chaudary, a practicing Hindu, was re-elected from Minnesota District 50 on a democratic ticket in the just concluded
But this message was not a congratulatory message or a message conceding defeat. But in Satveer Chaudary's words – an email concession which reads like an attempt to convert his religious beliefs.
The entire e-mail message can be found here.
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The race of your life is more important than this one--and it is my sincere wish that you'll get to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
He died for the sins of the world, yours and mine--and especially for those who accept His forgiveness. His kingdom will come and His will be done--on earth as it is in heaven. There's more....I love belonging to the family of God.
Jesus is the way, the truth and offers His life to you and each human being. Pay attention...this is very important, Satveer. Have you noticed Jesus for yourself...at some moment in time, yet???
Become His family and know the love of God that passes knowledge.
The video of the news report can be found here.
Hinduism is always attacked for its evil caste practice by Christian missionaries. Some Christian missionary please explain to us this sort of racism.


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Jake Pavelka, Nicole Scherzinger, and Buzz Aldrin took the competition seriously by taking hours at the dance studio with their dancing partners.
The cast of "Dancing with the Stars" season 10 have just been announced this week but they have flexed their muscles for sometime. Evidence from their rehearsals emerges in the form of several pictures taken while they tried some moves with their respective professional dance partners.
Jake Pavelka, who shocked people by choosing the villain as his fiancee on "The Bachelor", is seen sitting on the floor while Chelsie Hightower leans on him from behind. Buzz Aldrin, the oldest contestant this season, works the floor with Ashly Costa. "This dude, for an 80-year-old - he could probably bench-press me if he wanted to," competitor Evan Lysacek says.
Meanwhile, Nicole Scherzinger, whom many thought was an unfair addition due to her career as a dancer, admits she has suffered early injury. "It's day two, and look at my heel," the singer tells MTV News while revealing a red cut. "It's ugly. Look at that. My feet are so beat up, after just a couple days of rehearsals, and I'm not used to these shoes. Sure, I'm used to wearing 7-inch heels with The Pussycat Dolls, but this is a different style of dancing and a ballroom shoe."
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I been thinkn my husband is cheatin on me leaving early for work comming home late most days. Always has some where to go and dont invite me he recent ly put a lock on his . he accuses me of wareing makeup for other guys. I came home from work yesterday to notice hed showered and had wpre dress clothes earlier that day. Mind you I came hom a little after d in the afternoons and he runs a Junkyard. He left his phone today so I went thru it to find a bunch of beasitaliy porn an just porn. We hardly have sex any more he use to want it everu single day and gey mad when he didn't gey it what do I do.. I know I shouldnt have went thru his phone but I did and know im even more lostAnswer Question
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Talk to him, and try to maintain composer
. In my opion, he is cheating.
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Halo 2
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"Arguably the Best Console FPS Ever..."
Lets face it: Halo was one step further in FPS Genre. I'm not calling it Revolutionary but what it did was Evolutionary. Bungie did an awesome with adding everything possible in a FPS game. The gameplay felt so polished that it made us realize what next-gen gaming is all about. It was almost flawless, everything was balanced out. Not many FPS games have flawless gameplay with major vehicle battles, smooth controls, tons of action on screen, Smart A.I., awesome storyline, deep multiplayer and great co-op which works as good as single player. Halo 2 does it again and it's the only Halo Killer on consoles.
Enemy A.I.- One of the most intelligent enemies you'll ever face in a game. It feels like you're playing against tons of people online. These enemies make the campaign much more fun and a different experience every time you play it. They can hide behind stuff, constantly move around to dodge your fire and group together to give you a hard time. This was in original also but they are improved a lot this time. Now if you try to hide somewhere, they can easily find you. They've the ability to jump on things and locate where you are hiding. Moreover, they can swap weapons with each other and can hijack your vehicle if you're too slow. Overall, Halo 2 has a great variety of enemies unlike its predecessor. Bungie has added quite a few new enemies to the list such as:
Drones- Really smart and annoying. They come in groups and fly really fast. They can hide almost ANYWHERE and also carry a gun.
Brutes- Well, these guys don't have shields like Elites but they're much stronger. They carry a deadly weapon (grenade launcher) which is also pretty good for melee attacks.
Prophets- I'll just say that these guys are religious and think Master Chief is a Demon. You'll figure out the rest in the awesome storyline.
and couple more as surprises..
Marines A.I.- Much more improved than before! They will give you a lot more cover fire (that doesn't mean this game is easy), can drive vehicles for you and let you have the fun with machine gun. Now you can also swap weapons with them (by tapping A button). This adds more strategy into the game. In tougher situations, you gotta give them better weapons. Otherwise, they'll die faster so be careful.
Controls- As good as Halo. Xbox has the best controller for FPS (still not better than keyboard/mouse) and Halo series prove it. The button setup is the same but couple of new things are added: Hold Y to Dual-Wield and Left Trigger to fire another weapon. If you try to melee attack, throw a grenade or switch weapons while Dual-Wielding, then he automatically drops the other weapon and does it. Nothing to worry about, everything works fine. You'll get used to it within 15 minutes!
Campaign- Even though Bungie said it's twice as long as the original's campaign, you'll still end up beating it in between 12-15 hours (and that's the same length like before). It depends on your skills though. If you're a Halo master, then you can beat it easily. If you're new to the series, then I guess it will take up to 15 hours. Okay lets put that aside Right from the beginning, you'll be hooked to this game. It's much more action packed with jaw dropping moments and plenty of surprises. In simple words, it's just the best single player experience you will find on Xbox. Yeah, it's kind of short but sweet as hell. If you've nothing better to do the whole day, you'll be glued to the screen till the end. As far as storyline goes, it raises more questions. I won't reveal anything, but all I can say is the ending is a cliff hanger. Some people liked it, some didn't. That shouldn't bother you that much since everything is so great. Bungie has added bunch of new weapons such as Brute Shot, Covenant Sniper and some secret ones which you'll find out.
There are also Turrets now which are pretty useful to kill bunch of enemies in a second. The most noticeable new addition to weapons is Swords. Now you can finally get your hands on them and kick some ass. Now some weapons are changed this time like Pistols. They toned down its power because it was so unbalanced in Halo 1 and it was a cheap way to kill opponents in Multiplayer. The rife is changed too. Now it's more powerful, but it fires less ammo. It also has a scope for convenience.
One of the best new additions is Dual-Wielding. I know it has been done before, but Halo 2 handles it perfectly like no other FPS on a console ever. Some weapons are weak when you pick them up, but when you dual wield, they become deadly and wipe out enemies faster than ever. Of course, you can't melee attack or throw grenades when you dual wield. Also you can't dual-wield with some weapons like Sniper, Rock Launcher, Swords and a couple more.
New vehicles are added too. Remember the Covenant Tank from Halo 1? Now you can drive it and cause mayhem. It's easily one of the best and most useful vehicle in Halo 2! If you were looking forward to this game since Day one, then you probably know that they took out some vehicles like ATV. I was expecting a human flying vehicle too but oh well. Let's just hope Bungie release some with Downloadable Content. Anyways, now you can hijack enemy vehicles. It adds more fun to the gameplay! Vehicles have awesome damage effects now which I will explain in Graphics section.
So almost everything here is vastly improved! Bungie did some awesome things which other developers fail to do (especially on consoles). If the campaign feels short, there's a higher difficulty to play through. The Legendary mode is as awesome as it was in Halo 1. It's challenging but loads of fun at the same time. You haven't truly experience Halo 2's Campaign until you invite a special friend to play Co-op. It's infinite fun! You can make lots of strategies with your buddy so you must try this. Sadly, there's no Co-op support with System Link or on Xbox Live though. Doesn't hurt me much, but it may disappoint some people.
Bottom Line: The story will make you play the game till the end and the incredible action will keep will keep you on the edge of your seat!
Multiplayer- Best Multiplayer on a Console Ever. It's so deep that you can easily compare it with PC games. You can customize almost everything. There are 11 maps and more will arrive soon via Xbox Live. Sadly, there are still no Bots but other things make up for it. Every new weapon and vehicle which is in Campaign is also here. Now you can finally fly Banshee and have loads of fun. Swords are here too which makes melee attacks more useful than ever. And of course, it supports Xbox Live and System Link. Up to 16 Players can have a match together. Moreover, you can invite up to 3 guests on your Xbox Live. This game is the Best Xbox Live Experience. Not only it will push Xbox sales, Live users will be increased too. Halo 2 is the game you've been waiting for!
Score- 9.9 out of 10
Best looking Xbox game okay change that, Best Looking Console Game Ever! Now you might ask But Chronicles of Riddick looks more impressive? Yes, it does look visually more impressive but there are reasons for it. It has long loading times, tight areas, less enemies on screen and overall, nothing much going on screen at once. You gotta look at everything in Graphics department. Once again, Bungie did an awesome with graphics. First, I'd like to say there's NO loading time from the beginning to the end. That's very impressive! The draw distance is improved you'll see much larger areas than Halo 1. The only bad thing in Halo 1's graphics was repetitive level designs. Now it's gone! Bungie worked hard on it. Not only that, you'll see much more enemies on screen at once. That's because of less polygons on each character and clever use of Bump Mapping.
Enemies are much more detailed. There are more explosions on screen at once (you'll notice it early in the game) and more vehicle battles. Speaking of vehicles, now there are awesome damage effects. If it gets damaged a lot, you'll see effects in driving. Now they can catch fire and explode. Cutscenes look very impressive and now they're longer than before. This game also supports HDTV for the guys who have it. You'll just love every moment in this game, its awesome.
Furthermore, there are Ragdoll Physics and Destructable Environments. Now the death scenes look really stunning with ragdoll physics. You'll especially notice this in Multiplayer matches. Another thing improved here is the ability to blast a lot of things in Environments and the effects look great. If you shoot down Banshees flying in the air, they'll crash in great effects.
Score- 9.8 out of 10
Yes its the best looking xbox game but still doesn't get a perfect score. You'll notice Pop-up textures in SOME cutscenes AND they aren't in high quality like the other ones.
Halo 2 has probably the Best Music this Year (IMO) and it will probably be remembered in the history of Gaming. We all loved Halo 1's music, this one is even better. The music plays on the right timings and makes it feel like you're watching a movie. Voice Acting is much better (including performances from Michelle Rodriguez and Laura Prepon) and there are about 20,000 dialogues now. When the enemies are wiped out, you can get close to Marines and hear them say funny dialogues. Now Covenant speaks proper English too.
The sound effects are much better one of the best you'll hear in a game. From shooting to explosions, its all incredible. It also makes the cutscenes much better than before. This game also supports Dolby Digital 5.1 what more can you ask for?
Usually I don't care much about sound but the music in this game gets a 10 out of 10. Hopefully it will win awards there is also a Halo 2 Soundtrack in stores. You guys should pick it up.
Halo 2 is Xbox Game of the Year. In fact, it's just the best Xbox Game Ever and I doubt any other Xbox game will beat it in the future. If you're an Xbox owner, you MUST have this game! The gameplay is near flawless and you'll hooked to the screen from the moment you start. All new additions are perfectly done and overall, this game is much more fun than the Original. Bungie is probably the best developers for Xbox and I just hope they make Halo 3 (it's possible) for Xbox 2. Single Player is incredible and you'll be hooked on Multiplayer for months or even years especially because it supports Xbox Live. This game is a System Seller it's selling like hot cakes. So what are you reading for? Go get the game now games like this don't come everyday!
My Final Score- 10/10
Reviewer's Rating: 5.0 - Flawless
Originally Posted: 11/11/04
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Last April, some passer-by dobbed in a Brisbane mum for leaving her kids in the car while she ducked out to get groceries for lunch. She ended up in court.
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I leave my daughter in the car with the door locked when I go in to pay for petrol - so this is illegal? She wasn't in any danger. Or was she ...
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Star Wars Darth Vader Voice Changer
Ever wanted to sound like a Dark Lord of the Sith? Now you can. Use it to make prank calls, fool your friends, and be a hit at parties. Although I wouldn't recommend wearing it to the bank to try and make a withdrawal.
I know Halloween has past, but dressing up for Star Wars should be a year round festivity. Both Leila and Vader available.
Use the force, Luke. You've probably see this one around on some blogs. It's hilarious! Especially for Star Wars geeks like me.Tags: science fiction, pets, puppy, costumes, Dog, dress up, Halloween, Star Wars, darth vaderAdded 9 Years Ago from Costume Craze
Does your pet have a bit of the dark side in him? This fun officially licensed STAR WARS™ pet costume includes a Darth Vader- character headpiece/helmet and a jumpsuit with attached arms, cape with belt.Tags: Dog, pets, Halloween, Star Wars, darth vader, darth vadar, pet costumes, dog costumes, pet_costumeAdded 9 Years Ago from Spirithalloween
Now you too can be a Jedi Master, with your very own lightsaber. Every Star Wars costume needs one. And you know (costume or not) the man in your life would love one of these anytime.Tags: science fiction, mens, toys, costumes, adult, dress up, accessories, lightsabers, sexyAdded 10 Years Ago from Costume Craze
Anakin? Luke? Obi-wan Kenobi? Doesn't matter, he can be any of them with this great Jedi robe.Tags: kids, science fiction, baby, toddler, costumes, robes, dress up, accessories, infantAdded 10 Years Ago from Costume Craze
What would a jedi be without his braid? Obi-wan Kenobi wore one of these also.Tags: science fiction, baby, toddler, costumes, dress up, accessories, infant, child, HalloweenAdded 10 Years Ago from Costume Craze
For your good boy who you *know* is going to grow up to be a *very* bad boy. Bonus is that this star wars costume is a bit more uncommon.Added 10 Years Ago from Costume Craze
Darth is everywhere but how often do you see Boba Fett? For when your son wants to be a little more original and yet still a bad guy.Added 10 Years Ago from Costume Craze
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Luke... I am your brother... come to the darkside!! Plus it looks totally warm and functional for a kid. Costumes have come a long way since I was a kid.Added 10 Years Ago from Costume Craze
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I've always loved Chewie. He was definitely my favorite and I'll make sure he's my sons too.Added 10 Years Ago from Costume Craze
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"Passion Fish" tickets available
Jeff Davis Arts Council Executive Director Lanette LeJeune said that tickets to this Friday night's showing of "Passion Fish" and 20th anniversary celebration cost $7 each for those planning to attend the reception after the showing at Evangeline's Café. For anyone wanting just to see the film without attending the reception, tickets only cost $5 each. The tickets to Friday nights showing are available at the Tupper Museum, Jeff Davis Business Alliance and Evangeline's.
Tickets to Saturday's showing of the film cost $5 each and are only available for purchase at the Strand Theatre box office that night.
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Inspired by the minty green of Yarnover Truck's exclusive Anzula colorway and the refreshing warm weather of southern California, I designed this lacy tank which easily doubles as a lightweight cowl. Though the lace sports a strong diagonal pattern, the fabric does not bias, which means you won't fight to keep the tank in place. A simple tube designed with a bit of negative ease, this style highlights the bust, nips in at the waist, and hides the tummy, all at once! Layer it over a long tee & take it right into fall – the perfect, year-round accessory!
Ladies Small, Medium, Large, XL, 2X, 3X
To fit 34 (38, 42, 46, 50, 54)" bust
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Length: 30 (31, 31, 32, 32, 33)"
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Our NGO (working in Tamale, Ghana) is new to FrontlineSMS, but we can see a lot of potential. Unfortunately, we have a very practical problem - it is as if FrontlineSMS is unable to connect to the MTN modem we are using. Does anyone know how to solve that problem?
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The Australian dollar was higher at noon, trading just below 106 US cents ahead of some key Chinese inflation data.
At 12.00pm AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was at 105.84 US cents, up from Thursday's local close of 105.49 US cents.
During the offshore session, the Australian dollar reached a high of 105.99 US cents, its highest level since September 14, 2012, when the currency touched 106.24 US cents.
The Australian dollar opened the local trading day 105.95 US cents, having gained about half a US cent after a positive night on Wall Street and in response to some encouraging comments from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi.
The local unit gave back a little of those gains in morning trade as market players focused on the imminent release of China's consumer price index (CPI) and producer price index (PPI) for December.
"We are poised potentially for a move higher," OzForex corporate dealer Michael Judge said.
"But I think after a full cent and a half that we have seen on the upside this week, it is unlikely that existing resistance at 106 US cents is going to become supported any time soon.
"Although it is certainly in the short-term frame of investors, I don't think we are going to see a jump outside of a quarter of a US cent," Mr Judge said.
Market expectations were for Chinese CPI to have risen 2.3 per cent in December, with producer prices to have fallen 1.7 per cent.
The data was due out at about 1230 AEDT.
Meanwhile, the Australian bond market was weaker at noon.
At 12.00pm AEDT, the March 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.525 (implying a yield of 3.475 per cent), down from Wednesday's local close of 96.570 (3.430 per cent).
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The eight winners of the 2011 Small Project Awards were recently announced by the AIA. In its eighth year the program focuses on highlighting good design at any scale. The jurors for this year included: Deborah Pierce, Obie G. Bowman, Randy Brown, Lance Hosey, and Wendy Evans Joseph.
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Making the Most of Long Exposure Handhelds
I originally posted this as a "for the hell of it" post (I was motivated lol) about 6 months ago, and then decided to use it to enter into an article competition (after beefing it up significantly and adding another entire chapter), and it ended up winning first place.
After reading a post a couple days ago where someone was asking for breathing techniques during shooting, I decided that I should post it again since it is probably buried under thousands of posts. And besides, it's a much more polished product now anyway
The intent behind this was to create a general purpose instructional article that applied to everyone, and I think that if you read it, you will come away with at least one or two things, regardless of your experience.
In this attempt to understand concepts second nature to all veterans of a militarized basic training, we explore the four fundamentals of marksmanship and how they apply to improving one's photographic technique.
Recently, a member over in the DPReview Pentax SLR Forum was expressing his frustration with vibration control. That's when it occurred to me: there are no tutorials out there that really give an in-depth explanation as to how to improve your photography technique for those inevitably blurry long-exposures. I'm not saying said member has terrible technique, but there really isn't anything out there to address it, especially for us newbies that are just starting.
Allow me to offer a military approach to camera shooting that I can attribute only to extensive marksmanship training.
...if you are like me and never touched a weapon until your adult life by way of raising your right hand, your Drill Sergeants provided that intimate, patient instruction and guidance that makes you think of warm country evenings at home with grandma: Steady Position, Breathing Control, Aiming and Sight Picture, and Trigger (Shutter) Squeeze.
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By Rodney Frelinghuysen
The human face of joblessness -- blue- and white-collar - is everywhere. So government jobs reports, however optimistic, provide a mixed view of our economic recovery. The official national unemployment rate remains frozen at 7.6 percent, with New Jersey's rate much higher at 9.7 percent. While some "experts" see progress, there is nothing to celebrate if you are one of the millions of people unemployed or underemployed!
Many people who have work are holding several part-time jobs. Older workers cannot retire because they still need income. Recent college graduates are taking any job available and there are not many to match their education.
As I travel my Congressional District, talking with people on the street or in their small businesses, I meet people who have been job-hunting for years. Because these individuals are not reflected in the "official" rate, the "real" unemployment rate is probably closer to 15 percent!
The annual Energy and Water Appropriations bill passed by the House this week is part of a plan: a "jobs plan."
Among its other important provisions, the bill contains over $46 million to complete the ongoing Port of New York-New Jersey Harbor Deepening Project -- a largely unknown ten-year effort designed to keep our Port "open for business" to the largest ocean-going cargo ships. Securing this funding has been a key mission for me each year I have served on the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, which I now chair.
More than 90 percent of global trade, valued at over $1.7 trillion, moves by ship and the Port of New York and New Jersey is the largest port on the East Coast of North America and the third-largest in our nation, behind only Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. However, it faces competition from ports up and down the coast, including Baltimore, Norfolk and Savannah.
But our efforts to complete this harbor deepening project have not always encountered smooth sailing.
For many years, it was hard to focus the attention of state and federal leaders on this maritime commercial and national security priority in our backyard!
And a few years back, the Obama Administration tried to cut funding from the project from $92 million to $57 million when the Army Corps of Engineers said it could use $107 million to keep the project moving forward!
When the President finally signs this year's legislation into law, the federal government and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will have invested more than $2 billion in creating deeper channels and berths. There has been a remarkable collaboration among the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, shippers, terminal operators, unions and environmental organizations.
Why is this important?
The Port is the economic engine of northern New Jersey, spurring more than $36 billion in economic activity each year. The Port is responsible for 279,000 jobs, representing $12 billion in annual wages. At the same time, the port generates more than $5 billion in annual tax revenues to state and local governments.
Tens of thousands of people are directly employed along the piers, docks, warehouses, truck staging areas and rail yards at the Port, with thousands more working in New Jersey companies which depend on this vital asset. The Port is critically important because we must remain competitive with other ports along the East Coast, especially as the Panama Canal is widened to accept the largest container ships on the planet! Our future jobs depend on it!
Combined with the state and federal effort to raise the road deck on the Bayonne Bridge, the Harbor Deepening Project will put our region in a good position to benefit for growing global trade. Here at home, these projects affect the cost of goods, retain current jobs, add new ones, and help New Jersey businesses - a true "win-win-win' for our state.
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NINDEX monitor is an EEG monitor for automatic measuring of depth of anaesthesia, intended for use in operating rooms, intensive care units and research.
NINDEX monitor main information is the NINDEX number. NINDEX number comes up from a multivariate statistical algorithm applied to the EEG. It is correlated with the anaesthetic depth in such a way that NINDEX = 99 indicates an awake subject and NINDEX = 0 indicates no EEG activity. NINDEX gradually descends with increasing anaesthetic depth. In this way, the anesthesiologist gets real time anaesthetic depth information without any special knowledge of the EEG.
In order to output reliable data, NINDEX includes several artifact detection algorithms and automatic electrode to skin impedance measurement.
In today's clinical practice, the routine general anesthesia does not include the monitoring of the brain, that is, the main target structure of the anaesthetic drugs. Changes on Nervous System activity in patients are measured through indirect signals from the Autonomic Nervous System, mainly cardiovascular parameters and motor responses. These signals may fail to reliably monitor the depth of anaesthesia.
NINDEX monitor adds a direct measurement of brain activity by the anesthesiologist. The use of an anaesthesia depth monitor significantly reduce risk of unintended intra-operative awareness and also of too deep anaesthesia levels that could be potentially hazardous to the patient. It also has been shown that use of EEG monitors is associated with significant savings in anaesthetic drugs.
NINDEX monitor is the only anaesthesia depth monitor developed and manufactured in Latin America. For several reasons it's the best anaesthetic depth monitor choise in Latin America countries:
Yes. NINDEX monitor is approved by MSP of Uruguay.
NINDEX monitor is commercially available since 2008. It's installed in several operating rooms in Uruguay.
Current NINDEX algorithm is a mature technology. It has been extensively validated by use in several thousands surgeries since 2008, including day surgeries, cardiac surgeries, orthopedic surgeries and neurosurgeries.
NINDEX monitor was developed by Controles S.A. (www.controles.com) and Dr. Daniel Cibils.
Dr. D. Cibils is Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology, with more than 20 years of experience in clinical EEG-monitoring.
NINDEX monitor is manufactured by Controles S.A. according to ISO standards.
NINDEX monitor has been succesfully used with SWAROMED and MEDITRACE silver-silver chloride electrodes. There is widespread availability of both electrodes on the Uruguayan market
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"Being white is pretty awesome," writes lawyer Dawn Cutaia in the York Daily Record, saying that white folks don't have to be part of the KKK to be racist. It can be as easy as laughing at a black person's ethnic name or not hiring them because of it.
"You don't have to be a member of the KKK to be racist, but not being a member of the KKK does not mean you aren't racist. Slavery may have been outlawed 150 years ago, but the Civil Rights Movement was less than 50 years ago. Fifty years ago blacks were still sitting in the back of the bus, drinking out of separate water fountains, being sprayed by fire hoses for peacefully protesting, and living in extreme poverty with substandard education."
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QuestionI am a US citizen that works as a consultant for a Sierra Leonan company. I have spent the entire tax year living in Sierra Leone and pay taxes to the SL government out of my salary. What taxes should I expect to pay on that income in the States if any? What forms will I need? Many thanks
As you may know, the income tax rules for US citizens working outside of the US can get pretty complicated. The general rule is that US citizens are taxable on all income regardless of where it is generated. However, to prevent the same income from being taxed twice you may be eligible for a credit against your US taxes for taxes paid in another country. There is also a "foreign earned income exclusion" and a "foreign housing exclusion" available to some US citizens that work and live abroad; both of these ease the tax pain of living/working abroad for those that are eligible. Due to the complexity of the issues, you may want to read IRS Publication 54 and determine if you need to consult with a CPA with experience dealing with "ex-pats" such as yourself.
In addition, if you maintain bank or other financial accounts outside of the US, you should make sure you are complying with the "FBAR" rules, which require the filing of a form (TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Financial Bank Accounts) on an annual basis if the value of the account(s) exceeds a certain threshold during the year. There may be additional reporting requirements for such foreign accounts depending on the type of account and the value.
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We are starting to get some feedback from folks around the world who are organizing Keep Space for Peace Week events during October 3-10.
The video above is from the protest at the US space surveillance and communications base at Croughton in Northamptonshire, England.
This photo is from the first of several events planned in Nagpur, India during space week. Other events are also scheduled in several other cities throughout India as well.
Following our October 3 event at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Maine we gathered in front of the shipyard administration building for a photo. We'll be back here for another vigil again on Thursday, Oct 15 as the Maine Peace Walk passes through Bath at the time of the 3:30 pm shift change.
Then we also plan to return on Saturday, October 31 at the time of the next 'christening' of another Aegis destroyer from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Thousands of people come for the ceremony so there will be a huge crowd for us to communicate with on that day.


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Outfielder Don Robertson was signed as an amateur free agent on September 26, 1949 by the Chicago Cubs. Don would spend his first season in pro baseball (1950) with the class C Springfield Cubs of the Western Association and the 19-year-old responded with a .280 hitting average and 14 homers in 134 games. Don started his second season with Springfield again in 1951 and appeared in just 21 games before being called up for Military Service during the Korean War.
On his return to baseball, at the start of the 1954 season, he was given a chance with the major league Chicago Cubs. He made his debut against the St. Louis Cardinals on April 13, with no hits in his lone at-bat. Don would stay with the Cubs, appearing in 14 games with six at-bats and no hits, ending his short major league run when he was sent to the Pacific Coast League in late May. He finished the season playing with the Los Angeles Angels, hitting .237 in 82 games.
Robertson would spend four more seaons in pro baseball, all in the minor leagues, with seven different teams but without much success. He ended his baseball career in 1958 with the Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League with six active seasons under his belt and a minor league career hitting average of .237 and 39 home runs while appearing in 459 games.
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A History of
Alfred Nicolas Rambaud, 1895
The Old and the New
Russia, Grossman, 1917
Six Weeks in
Arthur Ransome, 1920
, Cecil Malone,
1920[1] Russian
Bolshevism at Work, William T Goode, 1920
The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Fred Engels, 1848
The Communist Programme, Nikolai Bukharin 1919
The reason for this book is simple. I and many others have discussed how incomplete and wrong the history of the revolution in
Russia has been that has reached Iceland.
Recently the papers have carried reports that have barely tried to give an
overview of these extraordinary events. They have just reported ill-considered
and often untrue telegrams or dubious letters from the papers abroad. Despite
this, it cannot be hidden that the Russian Revolution is absolutely
extraordinary and must have far reaching consequences. So that people will have
little or no choice but to follow these events.
This book is an opportunity to give people a more complete account of the Russian Revolution, the events and their causes. How it got off the ground and the organisation behind it. Of course in such a short book it is not possible to do this other than in broad strokes.
To this end, I have tried to capture the reliable history of the Revolution and I have particularly chosen those events that have often been written about by both sides.
I know full well that many people will find fault with this book. Doubtless many more will find much of it questionable. But I invite the readers not to let prejudice against the Revolution both in
Iceland and
abroad cloud their judgement of the subject matter. The first condition for
this is that reading it can be of use.
Reykjavík Maí 1921
We Icelanders, who live at the ends of the earth, have escaped the worst of the horrors recently played out through the civilised world. With growing wonder we have heard how millions have been sent out to certain death, how whole states have starved and the same states, driven by necessity have risen against the men and parties who sent them down this impassable route.
We have seen empires like
Austria fall and small countries
rise up to trash them. We have seen states as important as Germany rise in
its fury against the Kaisers dynasty and its followers, and overthrow them in
the hope that this way they could get a just peace.
But we have also seen how their hopes and those of other states have been defeated. How the right of the fist and shameful injustice triumphed at the so-called peace conference of
The injustice of the result has fired the anger of all the best people in the world. There we sit in the short run - they may not challenge the authority of the victors. For behind the Versailles Peace treaty stands English, French and American capitalism. It remains to be seen how long how long they remain in agreement.
People's hopes had been enormous and hadn't thought it possible that war could happen between civilised states. Likewise, after the war, people had told themselves that something great and extraordinary, something truly wonderful must spring from the blood spilt.
Some believed that the war would ensure the rights of small nations like the Allies said. That this was a war for peace - the last war that there ever would be.
Utterly empty delusions!
Now great dread has struck mankind. People are asking—how are we to prevent this ever happening again?
At the same time as the victors of the world war have been dividing the spoils, they have caused the events in
Europe that will have even more repercussions than what happened
in the world in previous years.
People are beginning to fall silent about the War and the
Versailles peace treaty and get louder about the
Revolution in Russia,
The Proletarian movement that is called Bolshevism throughout the world.
Everywhere people are taking sides over this movement— for or against—revolution will plunge the world into ruin if not stopped, or Bolshevism is the only way to save mankind.
The present system had displayed all its weaknesses and had led to poverty and insecurity for most of the world. The question became for people whether they should turn to follow or be utterly hostile to this new movement. Many people both here in
Iceland and
abroad thought that the Russian Revolution was a whirlwind that would soon
subside. If this were the best way to look at it then it would mean that the
movement didn't have deep roots.
But for a whole century the revolution has been digging itself into
It has been energetically prepared by many of the best people that Russia has. And
it is precisely these people that it is necessary to get to know to understand
the revolution and form ideas about it, whatever future it has.


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Every year, we get together with family to enjoy great food, share some laughs, and watch football. This begs the question, where does porn viewing fit into this equation?
As the largest adult website in the world, Pornhub is thankful to accommodate over 35 million daily visits from our friends around the world. That being said, we're always a little bit disappointed when people choose family time over Pornhub time, each and every year on Thanksgiving. Of course we kid – family time is important – but so is watching porn!
To see just how drastic this annual turkey-related traffic-exodus is, we recalled our dutiful Pornhub statisticians, who, after apologizing to their families, set about crunching the numbers.
Our turkey-hungry, mashed potato deprived team traded their gravy for coffee and were able to show that Thanksgiving is indeed all about family! There was an average of 30% less traffic coming to Pornhub from the United States on Turkey day 2012, where traffic drops ranged from 19.2% in Hawaii to 32.6% in Massachusetts.
Are you all really too busy to come see your good friends at Pornhub? Ok, we get it, it's cool… We'll let it go as long as you come back right after your festivities end… You are coming back right?
Welcome back! We knew you couldn't stay away for longer than 24 hours! Just as we noticed a country-wide drop the day of thanksgiving, a large spike was seen the very next day – 22.3% above November averages. The day after Thanksgiving must have been freezing cold in Alaska, where people flocked to Pornhub, warming themselves up (and our servers) with a 41.2% increase in traffic.
Have a look at the following chart, which compares Thanksgiving traffic to a regular Thursday, broken down by hour.
As we can see, the day's traffic starts out pretty normal. It begins to dip around noon-hour, when the first football game starts, and turkey hits the oven. The drop is pretty consistent until about 4pm when a rising trend begins into the wee hours of the night.
As we showed in an earlier post, when national holidays and world events take center stage, people tend to save their porn viewing for later in the day – and Thanksgiving is no different.
So when you remove your belt and unbutton your pants after dinner, think of us! Gobble Gobble!


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Bell Helicopter has announced senior staff changes and the integration of its XworX research and development center into its engineering department, at a time when questions persist about the company's future role in the BA609 civil tiltrotor program and the launch customer for the 429 light twin helicopter seeks to back out of its purchase agreement.
Barry Kohler, vice president of commercial programs, has been promoted to president of Bell Helicopter Textron Canada. He succeeds Eric Cardinali, who has been named senior vice president of integrated supply chain for Textron's Cessna Aircraft.
Kohler will be responsible for Bell Helicopter Canada's manufacturing, engineering and flight-test operations in Mirabel, Quebec; a supply center in Calgary, Alberta; a warehouse facility near Mirabel in St. Jérôme; and the 1,600 employees at those sites.
Nick Lappos, who reported directly to Bell CEO John Garrison as a senior vice president and head of Bell's XworX, has been appointed chief technology officer and will report to engineering executive vice president Jeff Lowinger as part of the integration of the engineering department and XworX. In his new role, Lappos will oversee and provide technical guidance for all developmental and production programs, chair the Irad (internal research and development) new product planning board, and represent Bell on the Vertical Lift Consortium. Technical fellows who previously reported to Lowinger will now report to Lappos.
Martin Peryea will assume the role of director of XworX, reporting directly to Lowinger. He will be responsible for the execution of the Bell technology Irad, major contract research and development programs, manufacturing technology development, XworX demonstration programs and operations, and Irad planning and administration.
Under Lappos, XworX had been involved primarily with developing a new generation of composite rotor hubs and main rotor blades for existing production helicopters and, to a limited extent, assisting Bell with resolving certain undisclosed development difficulties with the 429, a new light civil twin certified last July. In January, Bell 429 launch customer Air Methods told AIN that it would not be taking deliveries of any more 429s beyond the one it had received in October.
In 2004, Air Methods signed "letters of intent" for up to 15, and CJ Systems, a company it acquired in 2007, held letters for another 10. Air Methods CEO Aaron Todd cited a weight problem with the 429 "that Bell is working on" and the need to acquire more single-engine helicopters due to shifting market conditions as reasons for not acquiring more 429s.
Last year Bell told AIN that it held letters of intent for more than 300 copies of the 429, and that it was in the process of converting them into firm orders. However, last month at the Singapore Air Show, Bell's Garrison said that with only 50 of those converted to firm orders, the targeted production rate of the 429 had been reduced to 25 this year and 50 next year. Garrison said the company now has a
one-and-a-half-year backlog for the 429.
Bell is looking to the Asian market to improve the 429's prospects, campaigning it on a sales tour of India and Japan.
It remains unclear what impact Bell's latest management moves will have on its joint venture with AgustaWestland (AW) to develop the BA609 civil tiltrotor, or Bell's appetite to continue that program in the face of increasing costs and AW's public entreats to acquire a larger share of, or perhaps all of, the program.
Bell did not return AIN's calls or e-mails soliciting information on the 429 and 609 programs.


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Savory Meatballs Recipe
A neighbor shared this recipe with me at a block party back in the '60s. It's been a favorite of my family's and is easy to fix for a large group.
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 teaspoons ground mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1/3 cup cornmeal
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into 2-in. balls. In a large skillet, brown meatballs in batches in oil over medium-high heat.
- 2. Place in a 2-qt. baking dish. Combine soup and water; pour over meatballs. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in meatballs reads 160°. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
3 each: 363 calories, 23g fat (8g saturated fat), 133mg cholesterol, 644mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 1g fiber), 26g protein.
Reviews for Savory Meatballs
Average Rating
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2016
"Good recipe - I baked them instead of frying and did my own sauce :)"
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2010
"Good but need to double the ground mustard, poultry seasoning and make the meatballs smaller in size."
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2010
"It seems I always have someone begging me to make meatballs. This is the recipe they want because I've made it many times. I usually serve it with noodles or mashed potatoes and sometimes rice."
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3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), better known by its "street name" of Ecstasy is a psychoactive semi-synthetic drug, chemically related to Amphetamines. It acts as a stimulant and causes hallucinations, often of a psychedelic nature. It is rather unique among drugs as it also has the effect of reducing fear and anxiety, and people using it often have a feeling of immediate intimacy with the people they are with.
MDMA is currently a controlled substance. However, after it was synthesized, it was used (with largely undocumented results) in psychotherapy, couples therapy, and in the treatment of clinical depression. There are also advocates who believe it would be useful in treating post-traumatic stress disorder and the anxiety found in terminal cancer patients. Despite the strict controls on it, it is widely used as a recreational drug. However, its effects on humans, as well as its possible side effects are still poorly understood. However, death in users of the drug are rare, and are usually related to dehydration or heat stroke from the drug's tendency to increase physical activity and decrease discomfort.
MDMA was first synthesized in 1912 by a chemist working for the large pharmaceutical firm Merck. However, although it was patented at the time, no one looked at its possible effects on humans until the 1920s. Its primary effects were finally determined in animal studies conducted in the 1950s and it first appeared as a street drug in the 1970s.
Although the drug is often consumed by swallowing it orally in pill form, it can be taken in many other forms, such as a powder.
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In the episode Hunting, Allison Cameron experiments with the patient's ecstasy and during the drug's initial phases she aggressively pursues and sleeps with Robert Chase. Ironically, this becomes the seed of Chase's attraction to Cameron and their later relationship.
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Southmoreland officials: High school's state test scores not dire
The academic performance at the high school was a subject of discussion again during a Southmoreland School Board meeting on Thursday.
Recent academic performance statistics from the state Department of Education show the high school to be a shade under the desired performance level. The high school's building-level academic score was a 69.8, below the targeted level of 70 percent.
Superintendent John Molnar reiterated his position that the high school is moving in a positive direction and offered a Powerpoint presentation during the meeting to illustrate his assessment.
Among the data provided was a 1,488 average score on Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATs), which Molnar said is the highest for Southmoreland High since 2009; a ranking by the Pittsburgh Business Times as one of the top 50 schools in SAT scores (Southmoreland ranked 44th); and scores on the recent Keystone tests.
"Not to say the high school doesn't still have some issues, but I think we're starting to trend in the right direction," Molnar said. "I'm pleased with the improvement measures that are starting to take place there."
Some examples provided by Principal Dan Krofcheck showed the state average score in math to be 38.6 percent of students checking in as advanced or proficient, compared to 64.47 percent at Southmoreland High. In reading, the state average was a shade under 50 percent, while Southmoreland checked in at 81.05 percent.
During the meeting, former school Director Catherine Fike expressed her displeasure with the high school's performance. Fike said when she was on the board, most of her colleagues and the administration didn't want to hear about her concerns.
"I simply tried to (make known) corrective action to a serious problem," Fike said. "Never once did anyone even discuss it or ask if I had any recommendations or solutions to this devastating problem. ... It's way past time for the members of our community to step up and demand that our children receive the quality for which we are paying dearly."
In other action:
• The board adopted the accelerated budget opt out resolution which certifies that if the board chooses to raise taxes on the 2014-2015 budget the increase can be no higher than 2.9 percent of the district's current millage rate.
Seven of the eight board members in attendance (Levi Miller was absent) voted in favor of the motion. School Director Ken Alt cast the lone negative tally.
"This budget does leave open the possibility of a tax increase up to the limit," Alt said to explain his vote.
Under the Act 1 Taxpayer Relief Act of 2006, school districts must limit tax increases to the level set by an inflation index calculated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education — unless the tax increase is approved by voters in a referendum or if the district obtains referendum exceptions from the Department of Education or a Court of Common Pleas.
• The board approved the hiring of two coaches.
Todd Bunner is the new varsity head softball coach. David Kiefer is the new head coach of the track and field team.
Each of the school directors in attendance voted to hire Bunner. Alt said he would "pass" on voting for Kiefer.
Athletic Director Charlie Swink said Bunner has been the middle-school softball coach for the past three years and has experience coaching travel softball.
"He knows a lot of the girls," Swink said. "He knows the game pretty well. He knows what we need to do to compete at the Triple-A level that we're at."
Kiefer is a social studies teacher and an academic team leader at the high school. He has been involved with the Southmoreland track team in a number of capacities for years.
"He has 20 years experience and has been on staff here at Southmoreland High School with the track-and-field program that entire time," said Krofcheck. "He has served as a coach in basically every sports season in one form or another."
Krofcheck said Kiefer is an assistant football coach at Mt. Pleasant and has been a football assistant at Greensburg Central Catholic.
Paul Paterra is a staff editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-887-6101 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Welcome to Monday and Welcome to Book Love! Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown, is a book that every micro-entrepreneur or small business owner needs in their toolkit. Have you ever had the feeling that the business you've created has become a beast. That not only does it consume you, but you can't even remember what the one essential thing was, that you wanted to create in the first place? Are you too scared to turn down any opportunity in case you miss out? Do you say yes …Read More »
Book Love: 'So we leaned in…now what?'
You may remember Julie's great review last year of Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Now, further down the track, we have Sheryl back on the TEDWomen stage, being interviewed by Pat Mitchell about what she has learned since her Ted Talk and the book's publication. If the book has had an impact on you and your life please share in the comments, we'd love to hear from you! Sheryl Sandberg admits she was terrified to step onto the TED stage in 2010 — …Read More »
Sheryl Sandberg Facebook COO asks us to Lean In … should we?
To say that I was resistant to reading Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead is a bit of an understatement. However, when my great friend Joanna Penn sent me an email on Friday night telling me for the third time that I should read this book, I decided to stop fighting it and bought the book on Kindle … fully expecting to do battle with Sheryl in my mind as I read the pages. I really admire Sheryl Sandberg and what she has …Read More »
Launch! how to quickly propel your business beyond the competition
Today in BOOK LOVE we review the wonderful work of Michael A. Stelzner and his book Launch. This is a book for those who are brave enough to take a long hard look at what marketing means in today's market place and what it's likely to mean in the future. As Stelzner shows us, 'it's focusing on the needs of others, giving gifts, working with outsiders, and restraining our marketing messages that will lead to marketing success stories.' These are the complete opposite of traditional marketing principles and in this book …Read More »
The four e's of selling without selling your soul
Imagine this: your brand is out there for real. Your website is up and looking mighty fine. People are noticing you and liking what they see. You could say the dating game is going well. In fact, you've met someone special. You're so happy to have found each other – you were starting to believe it would never happen. You don't want to mess up this beautiful relationship you have going… but something is bothering you. You both know that the S-word is on the agenda. That dirty S-word creeps …Read More »
The book that will change the way that you market your business
I bought this book on Amazon after a very cryptic email from a popular business blogger, Naomi Dunford. She started out the email with the following phrase It's 2:21 in the morning. I just finished the best business book I've ever read. And I'm not going to tell you what it was. Why? Because I want to keep it for myself. And can you believe it, she did!!! … and by doing so, she really got my curiosity going. I wanted to know what that book was more than …Read More »
Boom! 7 disciplines to control, grow and add impact to your business
My library of entrepreneur books is growing at an alarming rate, however I was still excited to be able to review this first book from Emma Wimhurst, the founder of Diva Cosmetics. Disclosure first… Emma is a regular speaker for Women Unlimited, and she ran a very inspiring session on creating vision for your business for us earlier in the year in June, so she is someone who I respect and enjoy listening to … This book is like having Emma on hand to give you advice at every stage …Read More »
The Jelly Effect
The Jelly Effect was recommended to me by my co-trainer at the Mastering Communications workshop we held back in March and I have to say, I was not disappointed. This book is a great starting point for small business owners who want to be more effective in their communications across the board. Andy covers topics such as how to be an effective networker, improve the quality of your presentations and sales effectiveness. The most profound thing that I got out of the book was the concept of 'AFTERS' . This …Read More »
The Success Principles
Within minutes of openingThe Success Principles: How to Get from Where You are to Where You Want to be I felt empowered and motivated. Jack Canfield doesn't allow you to hide from the reasons for not achieving the success that you are looking for in any aspect of your life. The opening chapter Take 100% responsibility for your life, sets the stage for the rest of the book and the quotes alone are worth the price of the book. "When you are interested in something, you do it only when …Read More »
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ME: Times Union, this is Kristi.
MOM: Oh, Peter, she's there. She picked up.
ME: Mom? What's going on? Is there something wrong?
MOM: We got an email that says we need to confirm our bank account information. What should we do? Call the bank? Go to the bank? There's a link to click.
ME: Read me the email, Mom — starting with the intro.
MOM: Peter, pull up the email. Oh, it must have gone to old mail.
DAD: Did you delete it, Lynn?
MOM: No, there it is. Under new mail. I thought you read it.
ME: Do you always have to be on speakerphone? Mom — or Dad — one of you, just read me the message.
MOM: Dear Sir or Madam. Oh, it looks like they spelled Madam wrong. It has two "d's". Don't they have someone to proofread? This doesn't seem very professional.
ME: Mom, that's because it's probably written by some guy in Nigeria.
MOM: So what do we do? How do we confirm our account? Are they going to charge us or shut down our bank account?
ME: Hit delete and never, ever give your banking information to anyone. The same goes for passwords. Do not share them.
DAD: We never know our passwords. Mom never writes them down, and she forgets them. I write down all our passwords and keep them on a pad next to the computer.
ME: What? Dad. You are not supposed to do that, especially with banking information. You need to be a human firewall.
DAD: A what?
ME: A human firewall. People can steal your passwords and assume your identity. You are essentially giving them a key to your financial records and anything else.
DAD: We have a firewall on our computer. They set it up when we bought it. I don't have a firewall on our house.
ME: Dad, not an actual firewall. A human firewall. As in you, a person, protecting your information. Take that paper and shred it and, if you can't remember your passwords, hit "reset password" the next time you use the site. You barely do anything online, anyway, so there shouldn't be much to remember.
MOM: Oh, speaking of passwords. I don't know how to get back on The Facebook. I keep getting emails saying people are writing things on my space, but I don't know how to respond.
ME: Facebook, Mom, no "the." And it's your wall, not your space. Even on My Space it wasn't my space.
MOM: Fine. What's the password and how do I reply?
ME: Mom, I am done teaching you guys these things because you do it, don't touch it again for months, and then have no idea what you're doing. And we have this conversation all over.
MOM: You have no patience. All our friends' kids help them with their computers.
Just tell me how to do it. Dad's cousin keeps saying hello, and I don't know how to say "hi" back. Dad was going to email her to tell her we don't understand, but we can't find her email address.
ME: Mom, the last time you got on Facebook you wrote on Jenn's wall like it was a letter, complete with the "Dear Jenn" and "Fondly, Lynn." Your name is right there, and because it's on her wall — which is essentially the public platform on Facebook — she knows it's to her. Until you start using Facebook regularly, and properly, you aren't going to understand it.
DAD: Mom is always doing things for you, you can just be patient and help her the next time you're here.
MOM: Oh, and I want to get on Pin-interest, too.
ME: You mean Pinterest?
MOM: Whatever it's called. They were talking about it on the Today Show.
DAD: It's the fastest-growing social media site and the third most-popular. Facebook is first, then Twitter.
ME: You need to fully grasp email before you can foray into all these other things. I still don't understand why you two have smartphones. You don't use any of the things that make them great. You don't use any apps —
DAD: We use the weather app.
ME: Fine, whatever. That's not worth $150 a month, or whatever you are paying for the data plan on two smartphones.
MOM: Kristi, don't tell us what to do. It isn't affecting you.
ME: An-y-way, you obviously don't use social media, you are convinced it costs money to email someone a photo — not that you even know how to upload a photo to email it — and, when I send you an email, it takes you three days to respond.
MOM: Kristi, you know I can't see photos that are emailed anyway. When your cousin sent us photos of the kids, we could only view them one eyeball at a time. The pictures were huge and took up the whole screen.
And, besides, we aren't sitting at the computer, waiting for emails to come in. We have lives, you know.
ME: That's the point of a smartphone, you don't have to be at the computer. You could respond to an email from the toilet, for Pete's sake, or while watching "Dancing With the Stars."
DAD: Did you see on "Dancing" the other night? When Mom was watching, these messages kept popping up at the bottom of the screen with a little number sign in front.
ME: That's called a hashtag.
MOM: No, a number sign. Like on your phone.
ME: Right, it's also called a hashtag. It's basically an easy way to search for a conversation thread on Twitter, then join in or just read.
MOM: Why would I want to see what people are saying about "Dancing With the Stars."
ME: Mom, it's not just "Dancing" — it's anything. Things in pop culture, breaking news, trends, etc. Hashtags are a common element on Twitter, no matter the day or time.
DAD: So we go to HashTag.com to see what people are saying?
ME: Daaaaaad.
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At my mom's 85th birthday party last week, my aunts were asking if all of the pictures were going to be on "Spacebook." One of my aunts also regularly "spikes" (Skypes) with her grandkids. Isn't technology great at family connections? :)
My husband is a step up from that. He has zero desire to learn anything about FB and internet is solely for searching things. He really has no desire for email or anything more since it isn't need in his blue collar job. Age isn't his excuse, stubborn is!
My dad was an author, both prose and poetry. Before almost everyone even knew what the internet was (circa 1991), I bought him a Mac Plus and a few associated peripherals. He LOVED it!! Not a visit went by when I wouldn't find him with his nose in the screen. He never could get the hang of the difference between "save" and "save as" or feel there was any need to delete unused files or clean up the icons on his desktop. But, I would give any of those hundreds of hours of in-home tutorials just to have one more minute sitting next to him describing document formatting.
Loved, loved, loved the column, Kristi, right down to "The" Facebook!!!
Early 60s!? That's not old folks! My 60+ years old siblings and my 80+ years old dad are all tech savvy. In fact, it was my dad who told ME how to install a wireless router…
My mother is pretty comfortable with "The Facebook" and even has Pinterest. However, several years ago, I was always getting phone calls like that. When I finally convinced her that it's nearly impossible to "break" the computer, unless you download something from an unknown website, she finally just figured it out on her own. Luckily, she knew better than to "confirm her bank account" with some guy in Nigeria.
I did the same thing with my mother in law recently. She wanted me to help her get on Facebook. I told her to figure it out herself because if I set up her page for her, she'd never remember how to use it or any of the passwords…. just like when her daughter set up Gmail for her. Finally, she figured it all out herself… and I think she's on Facebook more than me!
OMG Kristi, this is hilarious! All of us who have parents that are "electronically" challenged certainly enjoyed this – and now I know I'm not the only one who has these types of conversations! Thanks for the chuckle!!!
Great picture of you!
Absolutely hilarious. The second sentence immediately reminded me of my mom and dad.
Sounds like conversation with my Mom… I have to giver her credit thought… learning to use a computer at 86 yrs old!
When I read this in the paper Sunday, I couldn't help but laugh. This was so funny! :) Great work. Sometimes, I get frustrated when my parents ask me how to do things and then they're amazed when I do something so quick.
Funny stuff. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing but my parents have chose to "not go there" – no computers for them.
You're lucky you live in the same town as them. I have to do everything over teamviewer while I t/yell at my dad not to touch the keyboard.
This is one of the best things I've ever read. Thank you for sharing.