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Even if firearms restrictions are approved, which will be a tough fight, leaders will be left wondering what more they can do to prevent a tragedy in their own community such as the one that struck Newtown, Conn. on Friday, Dec. 14.
Why wait for the government to find a solution to attack such a complex problem and prevent a Newtown massacre?
There's merit in trying to prevent young "different" troubled people in the community from doing the unthinkable.
One profile common to most of the shooters is they are young, intelligent, and in some cases loners craving for attention.
We're struck by the fact that once again former students who attended school with the shooter didn't know much about him. One former classmate said, he wasn't connected to other kids. Another said he was "weird since he was five years old" and another said, "He obviously was not well."
Perhaps one strategy for a community and a school system is to get involved with the so-called "different" students and help them through their mental health issues.
Is it possible for a community to mobilize resources and maybe even assign mentors to the so-called "different" students?
High school officials know who the troubled kids are. Terrence Bizal, principal at Elk River High School, says school officials need to identify those troubled and different students, some with mental health issues, consult with the parents, create a plan, work with mental health therapists in the schools and involve the community.
Rotary Clubs have Strive programs, where clubs work all year long with senior students who need help to graduate. It is having amazing results.
The local YMCA's Boys and Girls Clubs and other youth support groups could be involved in supporting the school's plan for the troubled student.
One area for the community to consider is sheltering homeless students. In the Anoka-Hennepin school district last year 600 students were homeless part of that year.
In Anoka-Hennepin, 50 churches are willing to work with families in need.
Close-in suburban school districts partner with local and county agencies to help troubled students.
Dr. Joseph Meuwissen, a school psychologist at Bloomington Jefferson High School, says classes like shop and auto mechanics are being cut or offerings reduced – just the kind of classes to which the "different" students would be attracted.
It's asking too much of a school system to solve all the problems of the "different" students, especially now when school budgets are being cut along with the number of counselors.
If the total community were to help the disturbed students, perhaps it could prevent a Newtown.
In this case it does take a village to raise the student with mental health issues, without labeling them and maintaining their privacy and dignity.
Brettwebb Mitchell, a pastor, writer and consultant who specializes in parenting issues, offers a foundational three lessons we can learn from the tragedy in Connecticut.
1. Along with gun control we need to invest in community-wide counseling services that help individuals and our families who are on the edge of despair. Such counseling services have been cut by governments through austerity maneuvers.
2. We need to strengthen friendship programs in and out of school that teach us to live with others who are not like us.
3. We will need to broaden and enhance the joy of living with the increasing diversity of our human gatherings rather than propagating fear of the stranger. For if we do not do so, if we ignore all these strands that contribute to making young innocents lives of today into killers tomorrow, we live on the precipice of an inescapable storm, a historical tsunami of violence that will engulf us in ways we cannot imagine.


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Saturday, August 17, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM (PDT)
A Summer-Long Celebration of Food, Movies and Music Comes to Beverly Hills on Saturday August 17th
Big - 25th Anniversary
Rated PG. More than anything else, 13-year old Josh Baskin (David Moscow) wants to be "big." After beineg told he is too short for a carnival ride, he puts a coin into a fortune telling machine called Zoltar Speaks and makes a wish to be "big." The next morning, Josh wakes up - only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! Starring Tom Hanks at the "big" Josh. Join us as we celebrate the 25th anniversary release of one of the greatest fantasy-comedy films of all time.
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Continuous Use of COCs
This study has been completed.
La Asociación Pro Bienestar de la Familia de Guatemala (APROFAM)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: December 10, 2007
Last updated: October 28, 2011
Last verified: October 2011
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Detailed Description:
The primary objective is to determine if continuous COC use leads to higher continuation rates over 12 months of follow up than use of the standard 28-day COC regimen.
|Pregnancy Prevention
|Drug: Oral contraceptives--ethinyl estradiol, levonorgestrel
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Continuous Versus Cyclic Use of Combined Oral Contraceptive Pills
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: EthinylestradiolU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by FHI 360:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- 12 month cumulative COC discontinuation probabilities [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Pregnancy rates through 6 and 12 months; 6 month cumulative discontinuation probabilities; acceptability; bleeding and other side effects; hemoglobin/hematocrit [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|August 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: A
Drug: Oral contraceptives--ethinyl estradiol, levonorgestrel
3 visits - screening/enrollment, 6-months and 12 months
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Drug: Oral contraceptives--ethinyl estradiol, levonorgestrel
3 visits - screening/enrollment, 6-months and 12 months
Detailed Description:
Family Health International has recently initiated a USAID funded study to investigate the pregnancy rates, continuation rates, and acceptability of COCs in women taking COCs by the 21/7 cyclic regimen compared with the continuous use of COCs with bleeding-signaled hormone-free intervals. The primary objective is to determine whether continuous COC use leads to higher 12-month continuation rates than use of the standard 28-day COC regimen. Secondary objectives are to 1) compare pregnancy probabilities through 6 and 12 months between the continuous use group and the 28-day group 2) compare COC continuation rates through 6 months between the continuous use group and the 28-day group 3) compare acceptability of the two COC regimens 4) to compare bleeding and other side effects between the continuous use group and the 28-day group 5) to compare hemoglobin/hematocrit between the continuous use group and the 28-day group
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|18 Years to 30 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18-30
- Currently has menstrual periods every 21-35 days
- Willing and able to be randomly assigned to one of the two study groups and to comply with all study requirements
- Has signed the informed consent form
- Has a negative urine pregnancy test at enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Has contraindications to COC use (see WHO MEC-3rd edition)
- Is in any other research study
- Has been pregnant in the past 3 months
- Is breastfeeding or has breastfed in the past 3 months
- Is currently using an IUD (women who agree to IUD removal are eligible once the IUD is removed)
- Has had an injection of DMPA in the past 6 months
- Has had an injection of NET-EN in the past 3 months
- Has used combined injectables, oral contraceptive pills, implants, or a hormonal IUD in the past 2 months
Has had any of the following conditions since her last pregnancy, or since menarche if never pregnant:
- Pelvic infection treated with antibiotics
- Diagnosis of infertility
- Endometriosis
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00570440
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00570440
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|PROFAMILIA - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
|Ens. Luperon, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
|PROFAMILIA - Managua, Nicaragua
|Managua, Nicaragua
Sponsors and Collaborators
La Asociación Pro Bienestar de la Familia de Guatemala (APROFAM)
|Principal Investigator:
|Kavita Nanda, MD, MHS
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by FHI 360:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
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|NCT00570440 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 10, 2007
|Last Updated:
|October 28, 2011
Keywords provided by FHI 360:
AE adverse event
AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
ALT (SGPT) alanine aminotransferase
ART antiretroviral therapy
AST (SGOT) aspartate aminotransferase
DCF data collection forms
DMC Data Monitoring Committee
FDA (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration
GCP Good Clinical Practice guidelines
HB sAg Hepatitis B surface antigen
ICH International Conference of Harmonisation
IND Investigational New Drug Application
IRB Institutional Review Board
IU international units
mg milligram(s)
mm3 cubic millimeter(s)
PCR polymerase chain reaction
SAE serious adverse event
µg microgram
ULN upper limit of the normal range
WB Western Blot
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ethinyl Estradiol
Contraceptive Agents
Contraceptives, Oral
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Reproductive Control Agents
Contraceptive Agents, Female
Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State highway officials say West Virginia's bridges are safe despite dozens that are both in disrepair and at risk of collapse if hit hard enough in the wrong place.An Associated Press review of federal records found that 178 West Virginia bridges have been designated "fracture critical" -- they don't have redundant protections and are at risk of collapse if a single, vital component fails -- and "structurally deficient" -- in need of rehabilitation or replacement because at least one major component of the span has advanced deterioration or other problems.Experts say the combination of red-flag categories is particularly problematic.At least three of those West Virginia bridges were along interstates -- two on I-70 in Wheeling and another along I-64 in Barboursville."We go out every day to make sure these bridges are safe to the traveling public," state Department of Transportation senior bridge engineer Billy Varney said. "I have family that drives across these bridges as well. If we felt that there were safety issues, we wouldn't be putting the public on those bridges."Among the state's 10 highway districts, bridges that are both structurally deficient and fracture critical were more likely to be found in the southern part of the state, where coal mining and truck traffic is prevalent. There were 26 such bridges in the district encompassing Fayette, Greenbrier, Monroe, Nicholas and Summers counties, and 25 such bridges in the district that includes Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and Wayne counties.Nationally, the AP review identified nearly 7,800 bridges nationwide falling in both categories. The AP reviewed data involving 607,380 bridges in the National Bridge Inventory, which are subject to National Bridge Inspection StandardsThe federal government requires states to inspect bridges at least every two years, a mandate inspired by the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge linking Point Pleasant to Ohio that killed 46 people.The AP review found that 80 of the 178 West Virginia bridges had been inspected in the previous two years, 87 in the previous year and one in the previous three months. State transportation department spokesman Brent Walker said inspections are done more frequently when specific problems or deficiencies are found. Inspectors look at three primary components: the steel beams and trusses, the support structures beneath them, and the roadway itself."Our inspection program is pretty good," Walker said. "Let's not forget the reason that we have it in this country is because of a bridge in West Virginia that collapsed." According to the Federal Highway Administration, 952, or 13 percent, of West Virginia's 7,100 bridges are structurally deficient. Walker said any overpasses more than 20 feet in length are considered bridges in West Virginia."A high percentage of our bridges are over 50 years old, and so it doesn't surprise us that we have such a high number of deficient bridges," Walker said. "It doesn't mean they're unsafe. It just means they're up in age."Some repairs are aesthetic, and weight limits can be reduced to as low as 2 tons as an alternative before bridges have to be closed for repairs. The DOH replaces aging bridges when it can afford to, but will make repairs and maintain bridges when possible to make them last longer, he said."If they get too bad, we'll close them," Walker said. "We're not putting vehicles on unsafe bridges. We have a fairly aggressive bridge program that we go and attack the best we can. The bridges that need it, for the most part we're practicing triage. A lot of times, it's a funding issue as well." Walker said the department works with a budget of about $130 million, including $100 million from the federal government, for state bridge projects.A report released earlier this year by the Washington-based coalition Transportation for America ranked West Virginia as 14th worst among the states in the percentage of structure deficient bridges, though that was an improvement from the previous two years.The coalition's report found that 36 percent of Pocahontas County's 98 bridges and 26 percent of Marshall County's 82 bridges were deficient, the highest percentages in the state. Bridges in Webster, Gilmer and Braxton counties had the lowest deficiency rates. 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Kodak Bankruptcy Ruling: Lessons for Business & Workers
Perhaps the US Supreme Court was right, after all. Companies are people, too. They are not immortal, their promises can be broken, and like all fallible folks, they will probably -- wittingly or unwittingly -- let you down numerous times in the course of your life and theirs. Moreover, they may not honor contracts to customers, suppliers, investors, their local communities, or even employees.
Richard Diehl just found out how fickle both man and enterprises can be. Diehl, who lives in Greece, N.Y., worked 36 years for the Eastman Kodak Co. and wrongly assumed he had earned from a grateful company "retiree medical, dental, life insurance and survivor income benefits." On Monday, Diehl and 56,000 other Kodak retirees got a rude jolt when a bankruptcy judge agreed with the company's request for the termination of those benefits, effective December 31.
Kodak in a pre-ruling statement said it could not "support continued payment of retiree benefit" even after initiating several cost-reduction actions that included laying off "nearly 4,000 employees this year and exiting or winding down several businesses and the proposed sale of our Personalized Imaging and Document businesses."
Kodak is clearly a troubled company, and its many problems are spilling over to all employees -- current and retired -- suppliers, customers, and shareholders. The once-mighty photographic equipment, printing, and imaging company is fading slowly into oblivion with sales dropping sharply each of the last four years, and net losses piling up in the hundreds of millions. The company's market value has dwindled to less than $60 million, and its shares now trade as a penny stock on the PINK exchange. Sadly, the company that gave millions worldwide the photography equipment to record their memorable moments today is lacking even a smidgen of its own previous glory.
By the time Kodak emerges from bankruptcy -- if it perchance achieves even this moderate goal -- it would have a tiny footprint. The company's management is reorganizing Kodak as a "much smaller, leaner enterprise focused on commercial, packaging and functional printing and enterprise services." It will also have lighter debts and a much reduced retiree obligation, thanks to bankruptcy court judge Allan Gropper who agreed Kodak should terminate many of its obligations to retirees," according to a report in USA Today. "Individuals may see their life savings lost or lose their jobs," the judge said. "Bankruptcy can have a particularly painful effect on retirees."
Really? Tell that to Kodak's retirees who counted on the company to continue providing generous benefits long after they had left the company and who must now seek alternative medical and survivor obligations. Many of the ex-employees cited in news reports blamed Kodak's management for mismanaging the company's affairs and for failing to anticipate or foresee the major technological changes that ended its domination of the photography market.
The news that Kodak's current management wanted to ditch many employees and substantially cut retiree benefits hit me hard initially as I thought about all the naïve folks who based their lives on two wrong assumptions. The first was that the company would continue to be the undisputed leader in its market segment, and second, that it would unfailingly stick with the agreement to provide those benefits. They were wrong on both score.
Kodak and other troubled companies may not see anything wrong in terminating benefits to employees, but there's a larger lesson here for American enterprises and workers. While one part of me would like to side with the retirees and blame Kodak, the more enlightened part of me (thank you, Intel ex-CEO and ex-chairman Andrew Grove) remembered that employment and, unfortunately, promised benefits are "at will" in the United States. This means your employer only owes you wages for work already done and does not owe you guaranteed employment or lifelong benefits beyond what it is able to pay, even if it promised much more. Employees therefore have an obligation to ensure they secure their retirement by whatever means necessary and independent of past, current, or future employers.
Grove's observation may be coming too late for many Kodak employees, but I would like to restate the six points he emphasized in his book here for current workers. He said:
There are implications for businesses, too. Executives must understand that as Grove noted in his book Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Point That Challenge Every Company, employees will become more mercenary in their actions and will not always put company interest first. You may not like the implications, but that's what the Kodak bankruptcy ruling has reinforced.
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WWE Quiz to Prove a Point
by, 07-06-2011 at 05:51 AM (5629 Views)
When it comes to the state of the WWE, everyone has their opinions as to what's wrong with it's product today.
As for my views on the matter you can read my previous blogs. However, for this one, I have decided to give you peeps a quiz to illustrate some of the key problems. Give them a go and see how many you can get right!
1. Who, and when, was the last superstar to win their MAIDEN WH/WWE title in a ONE ON ONE SINGLES MATCH (No stipulations, ie Hell in a Cell), and without the use of a Money in the Bank briefcase (the Miz, for example)
2. Who, behind Cena (1000+ days), Orton (510+), Undertaker (445) and HHH (1000+), has the longest combined WH/WWE title reigns in today's WWE roster, and how much (to the nearest 50 days)?
3. On today's roster, how many superstars have held the WWE/WH Title, and Intercontinental Title for a duration of at least 30 days each (Try and name them if you can)?
4. Which superstar had a winning record at PPV's in 2010 - Cena or Orton?
5. When was the last time the WWE Championship was defended at a PPV without Orton or Cena being involved? (APART FROM MIZ/LAWLER AT EC 2011) - Edited
1. April 3, 2005 - Batista.
2. Sheamus - 161 days
3. 5 - CM Punk, HHH, Kane, Randy Orton & Rey Mysterio
4. Cena... just! With 6-5 record compared to Orton's 5-7-1.
5. No Way Out 2009! (When it was the Smackdown belt, and Cena was involved in the WHC match that time also)
If you got all of them you are without a doubt a WWE nerd and I salute you in all your awesomeness, especially if you got that last question which truly surprised me.
Let me finish by adding a quick analysis of each of these questions:
1. It may just be my opinion, but earning a number one contendership in a tournament/ match gives a challenger some momentum and validity for having a match with the champion. On top of that, the true pinnacle is to pin or make the champ tap out to cement your legacy. When Guerrero frog- splashed Lesnar I really felt something that I haven't gotten since, and that was due to the image of the three count being made on top of Lesnar.
2. I understand that Orton and Cena are going to be up there, but surely the likes of Mysterio or Kane should be up there. Don't their careers deserve that? Could Orton and Cena have less time as champs and still be faces of the company - I think so. I'm glad to see Sheamus getting up there, however.
3. Ok now this one has bugged me, not because that the superstars in the list aren't elite, because they are. But where is the home- grown talent? Punk arrived with a reputation, as did Rey to some extent. This leaves Orton the last guy to accomplish this feat, like 5 years ago? This could be when the prestige of the Intercontinental Championship went downhill, from which it has never recovered from. Where has the talent gone recently?
4. Neither one had an amazing record last year, which is worrying. This is because they are DUE good results - alas why Orton has the belt now, and destroyed Punk and Christian's reputations to fans outside of the IWC. (And why I still argue that if Punk returns someday, that he'll be due a push)
5. Now I don't want to sound like I'm bashing these two stars, because I am not (at least not in this blog), but come on... Cena or Orton every PPV for 2 AND A HALF YEARS?!? Really? Really? Wouldn't a combination of Sheamus/Miz/Edge/HHH/Punk be good enough... or at a stretch the likes of Swagger/Kingston/Truth/Barrett. WWE rely so heavily on these two that the PPV title matches are mild at best which has lead to poor buyrates and low attendance figures. It not hard WWE.... THERE'S A CORRELATION IN THIS
Wow I got worked up writing that last point, I apologize if that was tiresome. If not, I don't care. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this quiz/ rant and you learned some new interesting facts about the WWE.
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Florida Panthers defenseman Brian Campbell has logged plenty of icetime this season; 766:53 to be exact, the most among NHL skaters.
For a team that is last in the NHL goal differential and has allowed the most goals, Campbell's plus-minus rating is likely to take a hit from the minutes he is logging and the Panthers' defensive and goaltending struggles.
Entering Monday's action, Campbell, 33, is last among the 765 skaters in the NHL with a minus-20 rating. A number that is staggering when you consider that he is a plus-24 for his career. He also posted five straight season with a positive plus-minus rating before posting a minus-9 rating in 2011-12 with the Panthers.
Panthers general manager Dale Tallon isn't worried about his veteran defenseman's plus-minus rating.
"He plays 30 minutes a game on a team that has a hard time keeping the puck out of the net," Tallon told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "I'm not worried about Brian Campbell."
Tallon signed Campbell to an eight-year,$57.14 million contract in the summer of 2008 when he was the general manager for the Chicago Blackhawks and then acquired him for the Panthers in summer of 2011 trade.
Campbell is in the fifth year of that deal, which carries a cap hit of $7,142,875 million, according to CapGeek.com.
Florida is last in the Eastern Conference with 20 points, one season removed from winning the Southeast Division.


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August 1, 2006
Well, you can always give me the rest of your Rovira 100% bars; I'll be more than happy to take them off your hands hehe [:D] Is the selection you listed what you have already purchased, or is it what you intend to?
I have some Venchi 75% cubottos left, along with some of their milk and fondente cubottos. What do you think of the 85%? I found it surprisingly mild for its percentage.
April 29, 2004
i'd be more than happy (know the george carlin skit? 😉 to give my chocolate to you. but with postage and all...
that was my list of chocolate i wanted to buy yesterday. but with shops closing early and me working late i only got around to the venchi part. i like the 85% and it is incredibly mild for its percentage. so much so that i prefer it to their 75% which is ok too. both beat slitti hands down imo.
might be able to get my hands on the other things today.
tried venchi's licorice chocolate and really didn't like it. luckily i had some licorice at hand to offset the taste 😉
the only other venchi stuff i've tried is their gianduja or whatever it's called. the sweet nougaty stuff. nice!
August 1, 2006
Yeah, Cuba Venchi's gianduja is really the best around. You can't find any better than theirs. I haven't tried their licorice bar, but it sounds interesting because I like the taste of licorice combined with chocolate. The 85% was too mild for me; if I'm eating a high percentage chocolate like that, then I don't want to have to make efforts to "taste" the chocolate's strength. Perhaps if they didn't Dutch their chocolate, it might taste better.
Yeah, I remember that George Carlin skit, hehe. "I've never been fine AND dandy at the same time; I've been fine, but not dandy too...." I love that. Well, if you're serious about the Rovira, I'll pay for shipping expenses to get it over here. If you want to E-mail me regarding it, then click on my name.
I love licorice of all kinds too; my favorite is the salty kind. The saltier, the better. Since my father is Dutch, I grew up on the stuff and he's a fanatic, as well. The only licorice I don't particularly care for is American licorice because it's way too sweet and tastes too artificial for me. I also love the "English licorice," aka "All Sorts."
It's a shame you lost your taste for 100% chocolate. Maybe if you wait a month or two, it will return. After eating a bar, I eat a sweetened bar to I avoid the same problem you have now.
August 1, 2006
Speaking of licorice, I finally tried the BruCo 72% anise bar. It's not bad; the chocolate does not overpower the anise and is stronger towards the end. It's really smooth with a bit of tobacco in the finish, which can be detected rather easily. All in all, the flavors are balanced rather well and match well too.
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just tried domori's organic 100% (called chacao puro) and liked it more than domori's puro or their 75g 100%. strong but good.
the least bitter 100%? that has got to be bonnat's! don't know how they do it. it is not bitter at all! even sweet. just had a small tasting here at work with five people and all were amazed. even those who don't touch dark chocolate, much less 100%.
they're guesses ranged from 70 to 80%.
maybe it's the cocoa butter that does the trick, because the chocolate melts really fast. the surface when you break it has a nice reddish color.
flavor is nutty and fruity as in wine.
April 24, 2004
Originally posted by alex_hmaybe it's the cocoa butter that does the trick, because the chocolate melts really fast.
May be some of the squirrels in the chocolate factory stumbled and dumped a sack of sugar in it [;)].
My name is Polarbear and I am a chocoholic...
My name is Polarbear and I am a chocoholic...
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Believe me, I will. The last online source that carried Bonnat didn't have the 100%, so I don't know how recent of an addition this bar is. I think it's been around for a while, though, because I've heard others mention it quite some time ago. When you send me the Chacao chocolate, you'll have to include the Bonnat 100% hehe. Remember now, you are REQUIRED to do so hehe [;)]
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i think i have come up with the answer to the mysteriously sweet bonnat 100%. i assume it's a case of mixed up wrappers. the bars sold like mad in the only store in munich to sell them. everyone was amazed at how sweet they were.
now a new load has arrived and i immediately bought a bar. this tastes like 100% now! reminiscent of domori in it's cheesy (camembert) and subtle nut way. i haven't had a chance to talk to the shop owner in depth because of all the xmas bustle, but will do when the season is over.
now it would be interesting to find out what bar was hidden in the first miswrapped set. and whether it is any good under normal expectations.
July 31, 2006
We had a box of Surabaya in which some bars were in fact Trinite. I only found out when I ate some out of date ones, so anything is possible.
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I've been drawing on the gun issue for as long as I've been drawing political cartoons. It appears to be one of those issues that will not go away, will not be solved, even as the bodies pile up to the tune of 30,000 per year or so.
Perhaps the NRA's desperate tactic of publicizing an enemies list marks a turning point, as more and more of the public come to realize that the NRA's absolutist position mocks common sense as well as the dead.
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The cliff: have we fallen for hysteria?
Published: December 28 2012 - 12:43PM
Who's afraid of the big, bad fiscal cliff? The obvious answer to that question is the White House, the Business Roundtable and the Federal Reserve – and really, not many others outside the Beltway.
Economists such as Dean Baker and Paul Krugman say that going over the cliff will not be so bad, given that we have weeks, if not months, to repair any economic damage.
The Business Roundtable, which represents the chief executives of major US companies, counters that the fiscal cliff will hurt the meager economic progress we have made in the past year – and in fact, has hurt it already – and should be avoided at all costs.
In the middle of the debate are numerous numbers, statistics, benchmarks and calculations that have been hoisted in front of the public eye as proof – indubitable proof – that the fiscal cliff is destroying the economy.
It turns out, however, that many of those damning numbers that prove the evil of the fiscal cliff are not, actually, so damning. Don't get us wrong: going over the fiscal cliff is not good, and there is strong consensus that damage is surely to come. There's also no good reason for Congress' theatrical refusal to end a fight that they themselves picked.
In the interest of playing devil's advocates – and just plain old reality-checking – we look at a few benchmarks that are supposed to prove that the fiscal cliff is the worst thing that has ever happened. Still, truth is one thing and hysteria is another. Here is some context that the 10 people paying attention to the fiscal cliff might find handy.
The sharemarket and corporate America are suffering because of the fiscal cliff.
The sharemarket, as measured by the S&P 500, is up 17 per cent overall this year, according to Barclays. If that's painful, there are plenty of investors willing to take more of it.
There is also the complaint that the S&P has been flat since the election. Many have blamed that on the fears of the fiscal cliff.
David Kotok, from Cumberland Advisors, doesn't buy it. He blames the flatness in the S&P on the drop in the value of Apple stock. Apple accounts for about 4.9 per cent of the S&P 500 index. That was great when Apple stock was rocketing to $700 a share in September, but now Apple has been steadily and steeply falling in value since, and now trades at $512 a share.
Kotok believes Apple's fall is what's causing the dip in the S&P. He points to other S&P indexes that have risen since the election, and aren't weighed down by Apple: the MidCap 400 Index, the S&P 600 SmallCap Index, and Guggenheim's Equal Weight 500.
Another reason the sharemarket is not suffering (yet) is the strong impression that the market now expects Washington to be incompetent, and it certainly doesn't expect any kind of answer to the fiscal cliff until the last possible minute, if that.
As such, most fiscal cliff theatrics are being met with sharemarket yawns. Peter Tchir, of TF Market Advisors, noted to his clients on Wednesday: "Two weeks ago, news that the President was returning early to work on a cliff deal would have sparked a 20-point move in the S&P 500. [Today] it didn't." The reason, in part? "Recent events have eroded what confidence was left in government, making any meaningful long-term progress highly unlikely."
Corporate earnings have not been so hot, it's true. But that is unlikely to be a pure fiscal cliff issue; remember that the US is experiencing slow economic growth and not much demand. If you have to look to Washington, consider that for most of the year, a bitter election kept many companies on the sidelines, unsure of whether Obama or Romney would win.
Whatever uncertainty exists, it has not hurt the ability of companies to borrow money, which is important because would you lend money to anyone you suspect wouldn't be able to pay it back? You would not. Investors who buy bonds think exactly the same way: they like to buy bonds only when they're sure they're going to get paid back.
It's significant that, even in the face of the fiscal cliff, investors are supporting US companies. Last week – in a slow week allegedly plagued by fiscal cliff fears – US companies sold $US13 billion of bonds and all are performing well, according to research by Jody Lurie of Janney Montgomery Scott. If investors were truly worried about the effect of the fiscal cliff on corporate earnings in the next few weeks, they would not be buying the bonds of big US companies.
Nor have shareholders suffered unduly. Barclays noted that companies in the S&P 500 paid shareholders big dividends; in fact, Barclays says, those S&P dividends are on pace for the highest year-over-year since the 1950s.
Holiday retail sales are suffering because of the fiscal cliff.
A damning Associated Press headline announced "US holiday retail sales growth weakest since 2008".
That sure sounds recessionary. But a deeper dive into the story shows an omnibus of potential reasons: hurricane Sandy, the presidential election, the shootings in Newtown, and, of course, the fiscal cliff. There are a few problems with this satchel of excuses, not the least the idea that people stop shopping at times of distant school shootings.
Most important, however, is this: when theories for an economic change are lined up like little soldiers, there is obvious ambiguity that the fiscal cliff is the most to blame.
In fact, the most likely reason for the drop in holiday retail sales is simply this: the Thanksgiving shopping week, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday, were huge. Black Friday sales were up both online and in retail stores, where millions more shoppers packed stores than they did in 2011; Comscore also said that Cyber Monday set a record as the biggest online spending day in history, with consumers dropping $US1.46 billion on consumer goods. Consumers spent more than $US1 billion on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Consumer experts know that when you have a big Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the rest of the holiday spending tends to be soft. Consumers, after all, don't have unlimited funds to keep spending for weeks and weeks on end.
It's also likely that much of the holiday shopping haul – paid for with credit cards – will take a while for consumers to pay down.
Currently, consumers are buying themselves financial breathing room by delaying their debt payments, according to the Wall Street Journal. The paper noted this week that US households spent 10.6 per cent of their after-tax income on debt payments in the third quarter of the year, the lowest level since 1983.
New holiday shopping bills are likely to pile on top of old debts, indicating that consumers probably won't spend much in any case for the next few months – fiscal cliff or not.
Also, let's be clear: only a minority of Americans understand what the fiscal cliff is, and according to Gallup, only around a third of Americans are watching the negotiations closely.
The fiscal cliff has already subtly wrecked the economy.
This is one of the most compelling arguments against letting the US go over the fiscal cliff. It all hinges on "Because Ben Bernanke said so" – and indeed, the august chairman of the Federal Reserve did indeed say that not only is the fiscal cliff a big risk to the economy, we're already suffering from it.
But the economy, in fact, is not doing so badly. Inflation is under control. Gas prices – which have an enormous impact on household finances – are actually dropping. Unemployment seems to be improving, albeit at an excruciatingly slow pace. Manufacturing is solid, as is consumption and personal income. Housing is rebounding.
Robert Johnson, an analyst with Morningstar, judged some of the economic data and concluded that not only is the fiscal cliff not hurting progress, the economic numbers "[look] almost a little too good to be true".
Sentiment measures – especially among small businesses – are not so hot. Still, if you remember how few Americans understand the fiscal cliff, you'll see why ignorance, in this case, has led to relative economic bliss.
Could we be growing faster? Perhaps. Still, there is no evidence that the economy has been backsliding; all the evidence so far indicates the economy is getting back on its feet, no matter how incompetently Congress has handled this vote.
The only proper answer to the allegation that the fiscal cliff is "destroying" the economy is the baffled comment of Inigo Montoya, the vengeful Spaniard from The Princess Bride: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
The fiscal cliff is the greatest looming threat to the US economy right now.
Unfortunately, the fiscal cliff is just one of the major economic disasters we're facing, and it's a distant, distant third. By consensus, the effect of the fiscal cliff on the economy will be slow and agonising. But other crises are facing the US with more immediate impact.
The biggest economic crisis America is likely to face soon is the threat of a strike by longshoremen, which could shut down America's major ports. The last time that happened, it cost the US economy $US1 billion a day.
A week ago, talks broke down between the International Longshoremen's Association and the US Maritime Alliance. The ILA represents around 15,000 dock workers and the Maritime Alliance represents the management at 14 of the biggest US ports, including Boston, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Savannah, New Orleans and Houston.
The longshoremen's contract expired on Friday, and a strike would begin on Saturday. The issue is so major that the National Retail Federation joined 100 other associations – including the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, American Apparel & Footwear Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Association of Manufacturers, National Retail Federation, Toy Industry Association and the US Chamber of Commerce – to send a letter to the President on Wednesday pleading for White House intervention.
A strike at those 14 ports would mean a widespread economic impact in the United States, since millions of jobs depend on what comes through the ports. Everything from agriculture to consumer goods could be delayed or become more expensive as shippers look for different ways to get their goods into the US.
The combined impact of a strike would be enormous; the University of Georgia has estimated that Georgia's ports alone account for nearly $US40 billion in the state economy. A port strike would also hit employment hard, as jobs would be lost – perhaps temporarily, perhaps not – for not only dock workers, but also potentially every kind of worker who depends on shipped goods for their jobs.
The second-biggest issue facing the economy in coming days is that of the debt ceiling. It is poised to be resurrected as a horrible sequel in the economic spotlight – sort of like Weekend at Bernie's II, in which two men use a corpse, revived by voodoo, to locate lost treasure; the plot involves magic, goats and sacrificial blood, which, in this case, could be a metaphor for the finances of taxpayers (the metaphors run deeper on further inspection, but would take us away from our primary mission).
In any case, savvy readers will remember this pointless debt tussle from its first incarnation in 2011. Currently, the debt limit is set at $US16.39 trillion; the Treasury has already borrowed $US16.31 trillion; the Treasury estimates it will be less than 10 days before the US crashes into the debt ceiling again.
The last time that happened, ratings firms issued the US its first-ever downgrade in its debt, which is akin to a consumer getting notched on his credit score. The effect the last time was minimal, because the US is still better at managing its money than, say, the eurozone; it's dubious, however, whether the US can take strike two.
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/business/the-cliff-have-we-fallen-for-hysteria-20121228-2byqb.html


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Women have a special capacity to love, but women who
consecrate their lives to Jesus Christ do so in a
distinct way. Consecrated women do not care for or watch
their own children grow, but they have a special bond
with each of them forever. Mari Carmen Perochena lived
this exceptionally. As one of the first consecrated women in
the Regnum Christi Movement she was instrumental in many people's
lives. She was a woman in the way she loved
and was a woman because she loved. Mari
Carmen recently passed away after a 20 month battle lung
cancer. For her, this illness was a manifestation of God's
love and she used it to continue loving her souls,
those entrusted to her care. She shows us that those
touched by a consecrated woman are bound to her forever
through love in silence, prayer and suffering. I experienced this
firsthand over the last six years. As I went from
being a troubled and disgruntled volunteer to consecrating my life
to God in Regnum Christi, Mari Carmen Perochena was my
guardian angel. I began a year of volunteer
service under her care. When I started this endeavor I
did not know much about Regnum Christi. I had reluctantly discerned
my vocation to the consecrated life. My discernment left me
confused, not wanting to be consecrated, though deep down I
knew what God wanted from me. I spent a year
in Atlanta working with young women during this unstable period.
As my director and spiritual guide, Mari Carmen sensed that
behind my adamant fight, God could be calling me to
be his own. She sensed it was not my time.
She patiently listened to me in spiritual direction, softly corrected
my errors, and let me find myself and God. I
remember countless afternoons of her stories about the beginning of
the consecrated life in Regnum Christi, with pictures of her
encounters with John Paul II. Every action was a seed
sown in my heart. Her love was never loud or
pushy; it was like that of a mother who wants
the best for her children. At the beginning
of the summer of 2002, I resolved to go home
after camps and missions, but later, during World Youth Day
in Toronto, I made the decision to stay in Atlanta
for another year. The decision was hard, and when I
got back I found out Mari Carmen was leaving Atlanta.
Her silent, penetrating love was more than enough to make
me choke up when I heard she would not be
around for my second year. Well, I thought she would
not be around, but she kept close. She silently loved
me and waited for God to speak to my heart
as she prayed for my vocation. And she
did pray. During my second year in Atlanta, Mari Carmen
was in Rhode Island as a teacher and spiritual guide
for the consecrated women in formation. Her love in prayer
was also silent; only after I was consecrated did I
discover she would ask the consecrated members in her classes
to pray for a "certain co-worker" who was discerning her
vocation. When someone asks you to pray for something it
is because she has it in her heart and prayer.
In December of 2002 the graces of her prayers flooded
my heart and I was able to say 'yes' to
God's call to give my life to him. His grace
comes through intercession. Mari Carmen was in a new place,
with new souls, but those from before were still part
of her. My life and vocation are forever linked with
her life and vocation. My life was further linked to
her prayer with the opportunity to help her with little
things around the house after I was consecrated. Every time
I had something needing serious prayers I would go to
her office and ask her to pray for the intention.
Grace comes through prayer, as well as through sacrifice and
suffering. Mari Carmen took Christ's words, "if you
want to follow me you must take up your cross
daily," quite literally, as we all should. Long before her
cancer was diagnosed the grace to accept my vocation came
from her sacrifice for me; she offered small details in
her day to God for me and others who crossed
her path, that no one saw. The last 20 months
of her life were a constant, noble, testimony of suffering
for souls. It was impossible to guess she was sick
before we knew she had cancer. She played basketball and
Frisbee with us, came to our meals, continued to attend
people in spiritual direction, gave classes, traveled to Rome to
work on her doctorate and more. She always had a
smile on her face or a word of wisdom for
anyone passing by her room. Mari Carmen suffered, but she
did so joyfully because of her intense union with Jesus
Christ. The last few months of her life did not
allow her to be as active as she was in
the past, but her love culminated in suffering. I was afraid of following Jesus Christ because I was
afraid to fail and let him down. I did not
think I could ever be happy, but the love of
Jesus Christ through Mari Carmen Perochena melted my heart. She
was a woman in love with Jesus Christ and in
the way she loved. I am just one on a
long list of people Mari Carmen has touched, but I
do not care. I am on the list and I
know that once you get on a list like that
you cannot be taken off!


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Over the last several weeks, we've posted our year-end roundups of the best television, top albums, and most underrated movies of 2012. We thought we made some pretty good choices, but since no list is ever going to be comprehensive in the eyes of the fan whose favorite didn't make the cut, Wired readers had some suggestions of their own. With the help of your generous and in no way angry comments, we've compiled a new list of 10 TV shows, movies and albums that deserved props in 2012 -- as dictated by you.
After our album roundup name-checked Lamar Kendrick, sometimes dubbed the "savior" of West Coast rap, reader Bill Larson took issue. "Check out Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. He is the one who will really save West Coast rap." The irresistible beats of "Thrift Shop," a hilarious paean to the joys of second-hand shopping, are a strong supporting argument.
Adventure TimeHow could we forget Adventure Time? In retrospect, we have no idea what we were thinking. "It's smart, unique, hilarious, and full of humanity," said Wired reader Rick Falcon. "Agreed! Adventure Time is endlessly inventive!" added Brock Parks. You're all right. We were so wrong! Quirky, hilarious and unexpectedly full of humanity, Adventure Time continues to get better with every season and is quickly earning a place as a modern animation classic for kids and grownups alike. Mea culpa.
American Horror Story"Where is American Horror Story on this list??" asked Kristian Urosevic. That's a trick question, Kristian. It wasn't there. But in its second season, American Horror Story: Asylum got crazier, more claustrophobic and unpredictable, bringing its special brand of shocks and scare tactics to an insane asylum full of crazed nuns who believe mental illness is just another word for sin. Between the canings, racism and homophobia, you'll almost definitely have moments where you wonder why you're watching this show -- but you will be anyway.
SuitsWe failed to include the legal drama Suits in our original list, outraging several of our readers. "I will sue you guys for that!" said Zentrope. We'd prefer to avoid any in-no-way-actionable legal complications, so we've added the USA show to our list. Rife with reliably appealing lawyers experiencing reliably dramatic drama, Suits is a show that Wired Editor Adam Rogers assures us is absolutely, totally pretty good. And we believe him.
Judge Dredd"Most underrated and under-seen movie of the year: DREDD," said Kevin Kirby, a sentiment about the dystopian comic book-inspired film that was affirmed by numerous commenters -- and our own movie review: "Dredd 3D might be the only movie ever to make audiences say, 'Did you see that guy get his face blown off? It was beautiful!' Ultraviolence isn't for everyone, but for those who like their carnage over the top, this movie is aces."
Seven PsychopathsAfter reading our list of underrated films, David Lee was "surprised I didn't see Seven Psychopaths on here." Fair enough. A rollicking trip through dog-theft and black humor with Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken, Seven Psychopaths was an unabashed good time that was both more violent and far more clever than it needed to be.
Farewell My Queen"One should try to list movies that most people really have not heard of much less seen. Such as The Kid with the Bike, Footnote, Farewell My Queen, Unforgivable, In The Family, The Turn Horse, The Deep Blue Sea, Keep The Lights On," said Wired reader Matt Langdon. Not sure we agree with your obscurity threshold -- and technically, only two of those movies were from 2012 -- but point well taken with Farewell My Queen, a French tale of lady-on-lady intrigue in the court of Marie Antoinette as the shadow of the French Revolution begins to descend.
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After our album roundup name-checked Lamar Kendrick, sometimes dubbed the "savior" of West Coast rap, reader Bill Larson took issue. "Check out Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. He is the one who will really save West Coast rap." The irresistible beats of "Thrift Shop," a hilarious paean to the joys of second-hand shopping, are a strong supporting argument.


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Vallejo has many quirky features that make the city unique in the Bay Area and beyond. One is a collection of more than a dozen alleyways, dating back to the city's earliest days.
Local trivia notes that the original alleys, most running east to west, were named after early 1900s automobiles, as the country became engulfed in the newest form of transportation, and away from its horse and buggy history.
On our Times-Herald Facebook pages, we asked current and past Vallejoans to relate any memories about the city's alleys.
Here are some responses:
* Jim Rouse: We used to walk the railroad tracks from Redwood Street down to the back ally behind the El Ray theater and wait in line till the doors opened to the movies.
* Don Biddinger: Wow, I was a newlywed, my wife and I lived in a cottage at Sonoma (Boulevard) and Florida (streets), we saved and bought a house in Minahen Meadows. I'm still here, Born and Raised!!
* Susan Hatton: We owned a house on the 900 block of Virginia Street and there were four garages in the alley and when I was a kid my parents let me put furniture in the garage and me and my friends cleaned it all up! I thought that was so cool ... my very own room in the alley.
* Alan Ross: My first apartment was in the alley on Ohio Street. It was two garages made into a small home, my next door neighbor was Superior Court Judge Sherwin; this was back in 1970, rent was $75 a month!
* Dan Sarna: I always heard stories about the downtown in the old days, when there were casinos and brothels -- a lot of them had evacuation points out in the alley, and they'd just go from one building out into the other.


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LAKEPORT -- A neighborhood watch program began in the city this summer and Lakeport police are looking for more citizens interested in participating.
"Our goal is to reduce crime and expand communication between the police department and city residents and business owners," Lakeport Police Department (LPD) Officer Destry Henderson said in a statement.
The program was first implemented in the area of Armstrong Street, with residents of nearby neighborhoods participating.
There were positive impacts in that area of the city, and the program helped develop another communication line between the LPD and community members, Henderson stated.
The LPD seeks additional city neighborhoods to become involved in the program.
People wanting to start a watch program in their neighborhood, join an existing area program, attend a meeting or ask additional questions should contact Henderson at 263-5491, ext. 27 or email@example.com.


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Hong Kong toy company Threezero is proud to announce its collaboration with AMC in producing 1/6th scale action figures from The Walking Dead television series. The production plan for this toy line will feature main characters as well as iconic zombies from the show. The first samples of this partnership can be seen on display at the Diamond Select booth (#2607) at Comic-Con International: San Diego, which takes place July 17th July 21st, 2013.
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Paper heavier-than-air craft. wonderful Games To Entertain within Home
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craft within the branches. And within game is nice for paper heavier-than-air craft contests as a result of it balances everybody flies below the equal issues. (For additional on paper heavier-than-air craft contests, see my web content origami-kids.com) however indoor flying conjointly incorporates a few issues, specifically walls and ceilings, to not mention furnishings, to crash into. The factor to try and do is to show these drawbacks into advantages. Here square measure some games you'll be able to play that cash in of the actual fact that you´re within
Paper Plane Golf
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wherever all the holes square measure thus you'll be able to play the course once more and improve your ´golf´ game. this is often a superb game to play if you´re sick and got to keep in bed. It´s conjointly fun if you´re sick and got to keep in bet. It´s conjointly fun if you´re feeling lazy or observance TV. All you wish could be a paper heavier-than-air craft (almost any Paper Airplane Kit
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You´ll would like 2 or additional individuals and a minimum of one heavier-than-air craft for this game. Any model can do, however we have a tendency to advocate the Butterfly, Slice, or Count. begin by standing close, so have every player take 2 massive steps faraway from the others. Throw the plane back and forth as if it were a ball, with the players plucking it from the air. attempt to grab the plane Paper Airplane Game Fly
by the body thus it doesn´t get squished. once you´ve with success thrown and caught the plane some times, every player ought to take another between you is simply too nice, otherwise you come upon a wall or piece of furnishings. Variation: once you get smart at the game; strive victimisation as several planes as there square measure players in order that everyone is throwing and catching at constant time.


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Come on down to Accelerated Genetics' Young Producer Winter Get-Away! All producers and herdspeople interested in getting off the farm for a weekend are encouraged to attend the Game Show Weekend, to be held January 28-29, 2012, at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. The weekend is a great way to get rid of the winter blues, get off the farm and spend time enjoying life, learning something new, while staying warm inside with fellow producers.
Besides relaxing during the weekend, adults can attend educational sessions including: Beef Quality Ensuring a Great Product' and Timed A.I. Which Protocol Is Best for You.' Youth will have the opportunity to explore activities the Wilderness Resort has to offer, including four separate waterparks! On Sunday there are adult and youth combined breakout sessions with a unique one titled Promoting Your Farm'.
For this year's theme Game Show' everyone is to dress up for Saturday's dinner in their most outrageous costume or as your favorite Game Show host or hostess. Prizes will be awarded for Best Dressed during dinner Saturday night.
Accelerated Genetics recognizes that connections are an integral part of agriculture. Giving producers a way to create a strong network is an important step towards forming the next era of agriculture, one bound by leadership, enthusiasm and cooperation.
Reservations are needed by January 4, 2012! For more information about the Winter Get-Away and to register call 1-800-451-9275 ext. 5422 or email email@example.com. All meals, speakers and activities are paid for by Accelerated Genetics. The only cost is a hotel room at $139.00/night. (This includes wristbands for entry into the waterpark for four (4) people. Additional wristbands can be purchases for $10/person.)
The Accelerated Genetics Young Producer Program is open to any producer or herdsperson, in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa or Illinois, who are interested in expanding their horizons, meeting other producers, and having fun doing it. Anyone interested in becoming involved is encouraged to attend any or all of the Young Producer activities throughout the year! Another upcoming activity is the Leadership Conference on March 24-25, 2012 in Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
Accelerated Genetics is a global provider of bovine genetics and research, reproductive services, and solution-based animal health products. With a focus on People, Products and Pride, the Accelerated Genetics vision is to be the producer's trusted first choice.


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I use SMBIOSResolver to inject proper informations to AppleSMBIOS, but = or >10.5.2 is needed or you'll get a kernel panic at boot.
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Call me strange but sometimes I enjoy relaxed first looks at software. You know, the ones where the person doesn't really know whats going on yet. Christopher O'Riley A.K.A Wassaname takes his first stab at Propellerhead Record. He doesn't produce the kind of music I'm really into but for some reason I found this video interesting. I never heard anyone call something "giant sweet" before.
If you want the opposite effect check out the official commercial:
Even though I spend 99% of my time in Ableton live it's good to jump completely out of that environment for a song or two. If you make music for a living and need an alternate universe to record in nothing beats the Propellerhead world.
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A GANG who planned to flood Scarborough with drugs worth £275,000 has been sentenced to more than 12 years.
North Yorkshire Police's Organised Crime Unit began investigating the gang in July 2012, and recovered ecstasy, cannabis, cocaine and amphetamine to secure the convictions.
Jonathan Bailey, 40, of Halsey Close, Oldham, and Graham Clarke, 53, of Chapel Rise, Hunmanby, had earlier pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs, and were sentenced at York Crown Court. Bailey was handed a six-year prison term, while Clarke was jailed for four-and-half years.
Rachel Clarke, 28, of Cleveland Avenue, Scarborough, was sentenced at a hearing on March 21 to 12 months' imprisonment for being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
Sarfraz Hussain, 35, of Newbold Moss, Rochdale, received a nine-month suspended sentence on Tuesday after pleading guilty to money laundering.
The court heard ecstasy tablets with a street value of almost £10,000 were found at Graham Clarke's house, and Hussain, who had taken a package containing the tablets to him, was arrested in possession of £1,800 payment for the drugs.
Rachel Clarke's mobile phone showed text messages arranging the sale of ecstasy, and a raid at Bailey's Oldham home found 53.93kg of cannabis resin, with a street value of more than £231,000, 500g of cocaine worth £32,500 and 176g of amphetamine worth £1,900.


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TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy has been shot in the face in West Michigan and an 18-year-old man is jailed following what authorities describe as horseplay involving a gun.
The Grand Rapids Press reports police were called to the home in Ottawa County's Tallmadge Township on Wednesday night following the shooting.
Investigators say 18-year-old shot the 16-year-old with a handgun, critically wounding the boy. The 16-year-old was hospitalized.
Names of those involved weren't immediately released. Four other young people, ages 17 to 19, were in the home when the shooting happened. They weren't injured.


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Jackson, Tenn. Kirkland's Inc.'s fourth-quarter income plummeted 87%, the home-decor retailer reported Tuesday.
Net income for the 13 weeks ended Feb. 2 was $1.5 million, compared to $11.4 million for the 14 weeks ended Feb. 2, 2007.
As a result of a shift in the retail calendar, fourth-quarter 2008 had 13 weeks, compared to 14 last year, Kirkland's said in a statement.
Net sales for the quarter fell 17% to $138.3 million, down from $167.5 million in the comparable period a year ago.
For the 52-week fiscal year, the company reported a net loss of $25.9 million, compared with a net loss of $100,000 last year.
Net sales for the year totaled $396 million, down 11% from $443.2 million last year. Robert Alderson, Kirkland's CEO, said in a statement that the chain has recently closed underperforming stores, slowed store opening and capital-expenditure plans, and cut overhead costs.
"Despite one of the tougher quarters in recent memory in terms of macroeconomic trends and margin pressures, we were able to hit our targeted inventory level while refocusing our assortments toward fiscal 2008," he said in a statement. "Although we are still early in the process and have work left to do, we are pleased to see some early signs of improvement in the business."


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Baylor names finalists for 2014 Cherry Award, the nation's largest teaching award
More than two decades after its creation, Baylor University's Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching remains the only national award (and the single largest monetary award) presented by a college or university to an individual for great teaching. Every two years, it brings one of the nation's top college professors to teach at Baylor for a semester.
The most recent Cherry Award winner, Dr. Brian Coppola, is just wrapping up his tenure at Baylor after having spent the spring teaching organic chemistry in residence here. Last month, the finalists for the 2014 Cherry Award were announced:
- Dr. Meera Chandrasekhar, Curator's Teaching Professor of Physics, University of Missouri. A native of India, Chandrasekhar has taught at Missouri since 1978, earning recognition for her teaching from groups such as the National Science Foundation and the Missouri Governor's office. Her hands-on physics programs for students in grades 5-12 and summer institutes for K-12 teachers have received several awards.
- Dr. Joan Breton Connelly, Professor of Classics and Art History, New York University. Since 1990, Connelly has directed NYU's Yeronisos Island Excavations and Field School in Cyprus; in 2002, she was honored by the Cyprus government for her contribution to the exploration and preservation of Cypriot cultural heritage. She also was appointed by President George W. Bush to a U.S. Department of State advisory committee, serving from 2003-11.
- Dr. Michael K. Salemi, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Salemi has taught at UNC since 1976, earning multiple awards for economics education from such groups as the Southern Economic Association, the National Council on Economic Education and the Association of Economic Educators. He chaired the American Economic Association's Committee on Economics Education from 1994-2000 and served as president of the Society of Economics Educators in 2004.
Each finalist will lecture at Baylor this fall as well as a Cherry Award lecture on their own campuses sometime in the next year. The winning professor will be announced next spring and will teach in residence at Baylor during the fall 2014 or spring 2015 semesters.
Sic 'em, Cherry Award finalists, and to Robert Cherry Foster, whose estate gift has made this award possible!


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Art prints & frames, handmade in England since 1982
Born in France in 1869, Henri Matisse is a giant of modern art. With a career spanning over half a century, his style evolved from paintings influenced by Impressionism, to boldly coloured works in the Fauvist style and eventually to his unique paper cut-outs, which are considered some of the most iconic works of the last century.
These prints look fantastic in larger sizes and are an uplifting addition to any room.