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While holiday baking is probably not top of mind right now, the new book, Gluten Free Baking for the Holidays, from Jean Sauvage, is absolutely stunning and has definitely put holiday baking on my mind. It's jam packed with delectable recipes and gorgeous photography. This book begins with some basic gluten free baking advice, which is utterly indispensable if you're new to gluten free baking. In addition to a glossary of terms used and equipment needed, the book includes "A Baker's Dozen of Gluten-Free Baking Tips." The first of which is probably the best advice I've ever read in a cookbook, "Read the recipe before starting." I know, it sounds like pretty common sense advice, but how many times have you started a recipe only to discover that you have to chill the dough overnight or that the butter must be room temperature? You'd think I'd have learned this by now, but I can't even count how many times I've embarked on a cooking or baking adventure only to realize to my chagrin that this dish won't be ready in time because I failed to read the recipe. Of course, maybe all cookbooks state that… I'm notoriously bad at reading the intros as well!
My poor pre-reading skills aside, I feel confident that with this cookbook I could tackle gluten free recipes for cookies I've never even heard of like Pfeffernuesse, which sounds wonderfully spicy, and try my hand at homemade Fortune Cookies. How fun would hand-crafted custom fortune cookies be at your New Year's celebration this year? In addition to cookies, Gluten Free Baking for the Holidays delivers recipes for cakes, tarts, pies, breads and even deep-fried treats like Cannoli and Jelly Doughnuts.
All of the recipes use Jeanne's Gluten-Free All Purpose Flour Blend, which makes your gluten free holiday baking a breeze. Don't worry about having 12 different flours on hand, you only need some a few basic ingredients to make each recipe. Mix a big batch of the flour blend and you're set through the holidays. Having one less thing to worry about during the holidays is priceless in my book.
{Giveaway} Congratulations to Linda, our giveaway winner! This contest is now closed.
Gluten Free Baking for the Holidays will hit bookstores on October 10th, but the wonderful folks at Chronicle Books have generously given us a copy to share with you now. In addition to the book, we're kicking in all the key ingredients for making Jeanne's signature flour blend- Brown Rice Flour, White Rice Flour, Sweet Rice Flour, Tapioca Flour and Xanthan Gum. That way you can get started right away! If you don't win and want to get your hands on a copy of this book, check out Jeanne's site for ordering options. The book retails for $24.95. To enter, tell us in the comments what gluten free holiday baked good challenges you the most. We'll select a winner randomly from all who enter by 11:59 pm on 09/17/12. Open to US and Canadian residents only.
Here is Jeanne's recipe for dinner rolls. We know it's a little basic, but that's one thing that we love about it. Dinner rolls are such an essential part of holiday meals that having a great recipe for gluten free dinner rolls seems like just the thing to help simplify your life during the crazy holiday months. Enjoy!
- Melted Unsalted Butter for brushing
- Tapioca Flour for dusting
- 4 Tbsp (50 g) Granulated Sugar
- 2 cups (480 ml) warm Milk (about 110°F/43°C)
- 2 Tbsp Active Dry Yeast
- 2 cups/ 420 g Jeanne's Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour (see below)
- 2 tsp Xanthan Gum
- 4 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 extra-large Eggs
- 1/4 cup/ 60 ml neutral-flavored Oil, such as Rice Bran or Canola
- 2 tsp Vinegar, preferably Apple Cider
Brush 18 standard muffin cups (one 12-cup pan and one 6- cup pan) with melted butter and dust with tapioca flour.
In a small bowl, whisk 1 Tbsp of the sugar into the warm milk. Wish in the yeast to dissolve. Set aside to proof. The mixture will get foamy. If your kitchen is warm, the mixture will foam quickly—watch it to make sure it doesn't overflow the bowl.
In a medium bowl, mix together the all-purpose flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, salt, and remaining 3 Tbsp sugar.
In the bowl of stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the eggs on medium speed until foamy, about 3 minutes. Add the oil and beat for 2 minutes. Reduce the speed to low, add the vinegar, and beat to combine. Add the yeast mixture and beat to mix. Add the flour mixture and beat to combine, then increase the speed to medium-high and beat for 3 minutes longer.
Distribute the dough equally among the prepared muffin cups, filling them about three-fourths full. With a sharp knife that has been dipped in tapioca flour, cut a deep slash in the top of each roll. Dip the knife in flour before each cut, and don't worry if a little extra tapioca flour is left on top of the rolls.
Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C/gas mark 5.
Let the dough stand in a warm, draft-free place to rise until doubled in bulk, about 40 minutes. (I usually do this on top of the stove while the oven is preheating.)
Brush the top of each roll with melted butter. Bake until the tops are a nice golden brown, about 20 minutes. If they start to brown too quickly, loosely tent the rolls with aluminum foil. Remove the rolls to wire racks to cool. If you are serving them immediately, it's nice to put them in a tea towel-lined basket to keep warm.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Jeanne's Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour Blend
Makes 4-1/2 cups/ 660 g
- 1-1/4 cups/170 g Brown Rice Flour
- 1-1/4 cups/ 205 g White Rice Flour
- 1 cup/ 165 g Sweet Rice Flour
- 1 cup/ 120 g Tapioca Flour
- Scant 2 tsp Xanthan Gum
In a large bowl, whisk together the brown and white rice flours, sweet rice flour, tapioca flour and xanthan gum thoroughly. Transfer the mix to an airtight container. Store in a cool, airtight container. Store in a cool, dark place for up to 6 weeks or in the refrigerator for up to 4 months.


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Leopard wrote:my view is that Anodes are a little on the normal-to-brickish side on low speed / short putts, but on high spin they glide like crazy.
Frank Delicious wrote:Leopard wrote:my view is that Anodes are a little on the normal-to-brickish side on low speed / short putts, but on high spin they glide like crazy.
This is it, all MVP discs have bad low speed glide but the anode has great glide when thrown as a driver with good spin. That combined with them being kinda faster than aviars and wizards and whatnot make them a long driving putter.
I did get out to the local pitch and putt and threw the pure and anode against each other and again while they are close, the deflashed pure didn't really like holding longer hyzers and loved anny drives while the anode still excels at straight and hyzer lines.
dehaas wrote:i asked the same questions over on dgcr and figured i would get much better information here...as a wizard thrower how would i find the pure useful? i carry 4 wizards, a beat light one, 2 pretty straight ones, and an glideless brick evo. i didn't know if they perform a certain type of shot better than a wizard, or if they would complement in any way, or could serve as a replacement.
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Children visiting Schweitzer Park today are playing on new equipment that was installed by a legion of volunteers.
The park, at 238 S. Bel Air St., was the latest Anaheim playground to get a remodel thanks to volunteers, including local community residents, city of Anaheim and Anaheim Family YMCA volunteers, Disney VoluntEARS and KaBOOM! organizers. KaBOOM! has been organizing community-built playgrounds since 1996, including several others in Anaheim.
Volunteers first prepped the area on Friday and then on Monday built the new playground in less than eight hours.
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Read Luke 4:31–36. What testimony is given there about the holiness of Christ? What is significant about who gave that testimony too? What lessons can we draw from this story about God's holiness? 1
Demons, who are fallen angels, remember who Jesus really is, and even they—in their nastiness, hatefulness, and rebellion—are constrained to acknowledge Him and that He is holy. Notice, too, that they feared that He was going to destroy them. Why so fearful? It must be that, so full of sin, even demons fear before the presence of God's holiness, somewhat in the same manner that sinful humans do.
In the last book of the Bible, John describes receiving a vision from God. Read Revelation 1:12–17. John, sometimes referred to as the apostle who had the greatest insight into the love of God, has the same response to encountering the Holy God as we saw in the Old Testament.
Moreover, a vision of how celestial beings worship God in the heavenly sanctuary yields a similar picture to what Isaiah depicted centuries earlier in a vision (see Isa. 6:1–3).
What did John hear the heavenly beings around the throne saying? Rev. 4:8, 9.
Though God is love and all heavenly beings adore Him, we can see that, around the heavenly throne of God, the worship anthem is not "God is love, love, love." Nor do the heavenly beings cry out, "God is good, good, good." Instead, day and night these mighty beings exclaim, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty." Though all heaven is involved in the ministry of God's love and salvation to this world, heavenly beings around the throne of God day and night praise the holiness of God. As sinless beings, they are awed by His holiness, but they don't hide in fear of it, as do fallen beings.
In all the human encounters of the divine as depicted in Scripture, one never finds a suggestion that God is frightening. What we see instead is that, in the piercing light of His holiness, human beings finally see themselves for who they really are. And that is scary. In Scripture, when people truly encounter the God of heaven, we find no hand clapping, backslapping, and lighthearted singing. Rather, there is abject personal repentance. Each one sees and admits their personal guilt and without any excuses and without reference to the faults of anyone else. How different our words, our lives, and our actions would be were we all to live with the constant sense, not only of God's presence but of His holiness, as well.


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Topic: Breast Cancer Walk Story
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I just felt like I needed to write about my day yesterday. My office participates in the American Cancer Society breast cancer walk every year. We have two in-office bake sales and everyone donates money. My company matches all the money that the employees donate. There is usually a "walking" team of 5-6 of the gals in the office. It's a 3.2 mile (5k?) walk and every year they ask if I want to do it.
Well, I have a very difficult time walking that far so I always say no. This year, the friend who asked if I wanted to do the walk told me that another friend was just volunteering and not walking. And I realized that I COULD do that! They had many choices of places to work...one friend was a greeter (which is effectively a cheerleader), another worked registration, but I chose to help in the Survivor's Tent.
I was so worried. I was afraid it would be a day filled with tears. But I only found it difficult when someone would stop and start talking to us about their mom, wife, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother...and they were overall stories of surviving, tho some of these people had already died.
I helped paint pink ribbons on everyone's cheeks so we got to meet all the survivors as they passed thru the tent. These women were so strong, most were so funny and they had us all laughing. Some were "cured", some 2 month survivors, some 18 year survivors. We even got the men to let us paint pink ribbons on their scruffy faces. It was so inspiring.
I had a partner who helped me paint faces. She is closing in on almost two years of survival from a very rare form of breast cancer. We talked some about our stories and I told her that many of us had admitted to wishing we had breast cancer instead of CC. She understood exactly what I was saying since there is very little research into her specific form of breast cancer.
I don't know exactly why I wanted to tell this story. Cancer survivors come in all forms and none of them have it "easy". Research is not perfect, there are so many forms of each disease that there will always be some that miss out. But it still doesn't make the lack of research into CC make me happy. I want them to come up with "the answers"...how to prevent CC and how to cure it. And I think we need to keep fighting to get recognized. I wish I was able to do more...walk in a walk, meet all my friends on CC.org. I would love to meet with everyone in Chicago, but I just don't think I can get up there. And I feel bad about that...you will be so close.
I guess I just wanted to tell you all to keep fighting the fight. We will keep doing everything we can to make CC a much more researched cancer. And I will do whatever I am able to do in that fight.


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A slew of readers have been asking whether I think the S&P 500 has a triple-top formation in this 1500 area. Well, in Technical Analysis of Stock Trends -- what I refer to as the Bible of technical analysis -- Robert Edwards and John Magee note how rare triple tops are. More important, they also note that confirmation of the pattern necessitates a break in the valley below.
Yes, folks, that valley is all the way back at 660. Come on now -- breaking 660 would essentially mean going to zero, and even the most bearish of bears doesn't really think that will happen, do they? So here's a memo to anyone calling this a triple top: If it really is one by Edwards and Magee's definition, we have a lot more to fret over than just this issue alone. Another possibility, of course, is that it's merely a resistance area.
Now let's address the bulls' question of whether this move above 1500 means the start of a brand new bull market. Well, consider that the S&P has now been stuck between 650 and 1500 for more than a decade -- next month will mark 13 years since it visited 1500 for the first time. Looking back to the 1970s, the Dow reached 1000 in 1968 and could not definitively push past that level for 16 years, until 1984 (after a brief breach a year earlier).
So I have compared these two periods, though I decided to look at the S&P rather than the Dow. I did not calculate any of the following in terms of time or price -- or percentage -- but, rather, the general swings of the market.
Point A marks the index's first trip to the highs in 1968, as well as its first visit to 1500 in the year 2000. Then, in each period, we saw a bear market that took us to point B -- followed by a rally to a higher high, or point C on both charts. In the 1970s that led to the two-year bear market, from January 1973 to December 1974 low (point D) -- quite similar to the roughly two-year decline from 2007 to 2009. The rally in the 1970s -- point E -- took the market to a lower high before it headed down again to point F, which I've deemed analogous to the spring and summer of 2011.
Now comes the test: On the 1970s chart, point G is a higher high that led to about a two-year bear market, with a nearly 40% decline to point H. In the current market, such a higher high would mean a move above 1570 -- a rally the current market has not yet achieved.
If you believe the last 13 years have been a big setup similar to what we saw in the 1970s, this is your template. Bulls should keep points G and H in mind, while bears should keep focused on when the high at point G may appear.
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For Jewish students at the University of Guelph, this school year has marked the first time they've had their own campus rabbi, thanks to a new partnership between Hillel Canada and the Orthodox Union.
Rabbi Daniel Levitt was hired as Guelph Hillel's new director for the 2012-13 academic year, in addition to serving as the university's campus rabbi as part of the OU's Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) initiative.
This dual role is an experimental project between the two organizations, as Rabbi Levitt's is the first JLIC rabbi to also serve as a Hillel director on a university campus, he said.
"It's never happened before," Rabbi Levitt said. "I have responsibilities in building religious life and educational programming on campus, in addition to the social cultural stuff that was already going on."
Rabbi Levitt, along with his wife Naomi and their two children, came to Guelph after spending two years in Nashville, Tenn., where he served as an assistant rabbi at a synagogue and campus rabbi for Vanderbilt University.
The OU typically sends rabbinic couples to campuses where there are large Orthodox populations to work alongside Hillel, Rabbi Levitt said.
While this isn't the case at Guelph, the growing Jewish population at the university presented the need for some sort of religious programming.
Hillel says it has 450 students on its mailing list, but it estimates that the number of Jewish students on campus could be more than double that number. Guelph has about 22,000 students in total.
"From Hillel Canada's perspective, by partnering with the OU they can bring a more experienced, higher-calibre Jewish professional… to be able to provide, all under one salary, more Jewish content, which is something that students are interested in," Rabbi Levitt said.
"We wanted someone who is a little more knowledgeable both in dealing with people and Jewish matters," said Rabbi Aaron Greenberg, JLIC director with Hillel of Greater Toronto, who was involved in the hiring process.
"Having that title does allow you to do certain things," Rabbi Greenberg said. "It gives you a lot of opportunity and a sense of respect on campus."
Choosing a JLIC couple also provides a female presence on campus, which can help Hillel better connect with female students, Rabbi Greenberg said.
While very few students at the university come from Orthodox backgrounds, Rabbi Greenberg said this isn't a problem for Rabbi Levitt in connecting with students on a personal level.
"What's great about Rabbi Daniel is he's not saying 'I'm a rabbi. I'm holier than you are.' He has [students] over for football, he hangs out with them and they really see him as a tremendous role model and someone who's very relatable."
In addition to monthly Shabbat dinners at the Hillel House, which have been offered in past years, Rabbi Levitt and his wife have opened their own home to students for Friday night and Saturday lunch meals.
"Many students have talked about how that was something they felt was missing," said Rabbi Levitt, who says he has also started hosting discussions over lunch on Jewish ethics and Torah throughout the week.
"Some of them didn't realize they felt it was missing until it was open to them."
In addition to Hillel, this is also the first year Chabad on Campus has had a presence at Guelph, and the two organizations say they plan to collaborate with one another in the future.
"We're discussing right now making a big Chanukah program together on campus," said Chabad Guelph co-director Rabbi Yehoshua Chanowitz, who moved into the new Chabad House less than three weeks ago with his wife Nechama and their family.
"Part of the need was the fact that there were so many more students coming here every single year, and many students were asking for a Chabad Centre to service their Jewish needs," he said.
Daniel Troster, a first-year Hillel representative, said that while he was initially hesitant about coming to Guelph, after hearing the city has a small Jewish community, he is very pleased with all the new resources available for Jewish students on campus.
"When I heard about Guelph Hillel and I heard about their philosophy and what they do, it really helped my decision to come to Guelph," Troster said.
"I feel like there's a lot of Jewish students who don't choose this university, because they feel that there's not enough Jewish people. Hopefully Jewish life on campus will increase. We've definitely had a greater turnout this year than in past years, but we definitely want to increase that."


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in the latest edition of ShowCase: New Keelung Harbor Service Building, Archinect presents the first prize winning project by Neil M. Denari Architects, Inc. (NMDA). The details include; 120,780 square meters, Ground breaking: 2013, Completion: terminal (2015), office building (2017). double o zero immediately noted that "Something like this would have countless comments just a few years ago. Now it is just another thing".
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Bulova Chairs First Meeting; Gross Elected Vice Chairman
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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova chaired her first meeting today since her election as chairman on Feb. 3. She was sworn in on Feb. 6. At the meeting, Supervisor Penelope A. Gross, Mason District, was chosen by the board as vice chairman, which is a one-year term. The Braddock District supervisor position is currently vacant; a special election will be held March 10 to fill the seat.
Board members are in the second year of their four-year terms:
- Sharon Bulova, chairman, at-large.
- Penelope A. Gross, vice chairman, Mason District.
- Vacant, Braddock District.
- John W. Foust, Dranesville District.
- Catherine M. Hudgins, Hunter Mill District.
- Jeffrey C. McKay, Lee District.
- Gerald W. Hyland, Mount Vernon District.
- Linda Q. Smyth, Providence District.
- Pat Herrity, Springfield District.
- Michael R. Frey, Sully District.
For more information, including this year's meeting schedule, links to board members Web pages, podcasts and more, visit the Board of Supervisors Web page.
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director, Office of Public Affairs
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A VICTORIAN family will start 2013 as multi-millionaires after winning $40 million in Oz Lotto last night.
A retired Lilydale woman purchased the winning entry and was shocked to get a phone call just a short time ago informing her of the win.
"You're joking," she said. "Let me get my glasses to check the ticket!"
The woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous, said she'd been dreaming of receiving the winning phone call for many years.
"You know, I don't drink, I don't have many vices, but I like to buy the odd lotto ticket in a big draw like this one."
"You never in a million years think you'll win, but there's a hope that someday, something big might happen," she said.
"You don't know what this means to us. We've worked hard and struggled for what we have, and this will make life just so much easier. We'll pay off the house, pay off loans and help our children and grandchildren."
The winning 18-game QuickPick ticket was purchased from Knox Central Lotto in Wantirna South, proving to be a lucky location for winners.
Statistics released by Tatts this week reveal Wantirna South ranked third in the list of Victorian suburbs with the highest frequency of lotto wins between 1 December 2011 and 1 December 2012, with three wins across all games falling in the area.
Knox City Lotto also sold a TattsLotto win in March this year, worth $474,094.13.
Tatts spokesperson Zoe Knobel said the winner was understandably overwhelmed by the news.
"It's not every day you wake up to a phone call from Tatts telling you that you've become a multi-millionaire overnight," Ms Knobel said.
"This $40 million prize is the biggest single lotto win we've seen this year.
"It's also the fourth single highest lotto prize to ever be won in Australia. The highest amount that's ever gone to a single winner to date is a $53.2 million Oz Lotto prize."
The winning numbers in Oz Lotto's $40 million draw (983) were 36, 19, 15, 43, 12, 41 and 22. Supplementary numbers were 38 and 1.
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The 11th annual Cheshire Best Kept Stations awards ceremony was held at The Grange Theatre, in Hartford, on January 14.
Plumley village railway station scooped the top award when it was named the best in Cheshire.
Announcing the Awards, John Hulme, organiser of Cheshire Best Kept Stations, said: "Northwich Station won the Customer Care Award which reflects the accolades received for superior service.
"Over the past five years, passenger numbers at Northwich Station have increased significantly and the staff should be applauded for their customer care when issuing tickets and providing customer information.
"They also keep the booking office and platforms very clean and tidy.
"The station is also supported by a strong volunteer team who look after the station planters and in 2013 have organised a number of events to celebrate the stations 150th Anniversary."
Plumley village railway station won the judges' vote thanks to its welcoming gardens, overall tidiness and the Waiting Shelter Art Gallery painted by pupils from Lower Peover Primary School.
Knutsford Station won the Best Staffed Station Award and Hale won the Old Cheshire Award, also both on the Mid Cheshire Line.
Sally Buttifant, community rail officer for the Mid Cheshire Line, said: "I am absolutely delighted with these awards as they recognise the hard work and commitment of the volunteers on the Mid Cheshire Line.
"All the community volunteers on the line give their time freely and are dedicated to making our stations more hospitable for those that use our local train services.
"We all owe them a big thank you."
Sybil Crossman, chairman of Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council, said: "At Plumley, the parish council and the people of Plumley see our railway station as one of our most important assets, so we are all thrilled that our station has been voted the Best in Cheshire.
"This accolade is a tribute to Clr Tony Gabbot and his community volunteers, the station adopter and the help, support and guidance from Andy Yates and his staff at the local Plantation Garden Centre."


text: Raese calls WVU's account of media contract a 'whopper' By Eric Eyre April 30, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Morgantown businessman John Raese's latest letter to West Virginia University came with a title Tuesday -- "The Biggest Fish Tale Ever Told" -- along with new accusations that WVU officials have tried to cover up mishandling a lucrative media rights contract.Raese, whose radio company unsuccessfully bid on the multimillion-dollar contract, criticized WVU officials for making public statements and then later changing their stories about the media rights deal. He described their explanations as a "whopper.""It's hard to put credibility in people's statements when they continue to say they misspoke while addressing the public," said Bob Gwynne, a lawyer for Raese-owned Greer Industries.Last month, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey released a 24-page report that found WVU athletic director Oliver Luck and other university officials made "significant errors" while evaluating companies' proposals for WVU's third-tier media and sponsorship rights. But the attorney general concluded there was no "intentional wrongdoing."In response, WVU announced it would re-bid the contract -- initially awarded to IMG College of Winston-Salem, N.C.In his four-page letter Tuesday, Raese criticized WVU lawyer Bill Hutchens, who was quoted in a Morgantown newspaper saying the university's Board of Governors was informed about the "financial parameters" of the proposed media rights deal with IMG College -- valued at $110 million over 12 years.A WVU spokeswoman later said Hutchens "misspoke" and only briefed board members in "general terms."Morrisey's report doesn't mention Hutchens' statements, Raese said."Without his contradictory statements to the media and the public, at least one of which is a misrepresentation of fact, there would be no tale to be told," Raese said in his letter to WVU board members. A WVU spokeswoman said the university received Raese's letter Tuesday but provided no additional comment.Raese also alleged that WVU Board of Governors Chairman Drew Payne apparently violated the state Ethics Act when he disclosed to the media that WVU would net $5 million a year from its contract with IMG, which planned to partner with West Virginia Media Holdings.Payne, a West Virginia Media shareholder, stood to gain financially from the contract.State ethics law bars public officials from disclosing confidential information that would further their "personal interests or the interests of another person."Morrisey's report dismissed Payne's statements to the media as "hyperbole," saying Payne never received specific financial details about WVU's proposed deal with IMG and West Virginia Media, which owns four television news stations across the state.Raese's letter also jokingly makes references to the movie "Pulp Fiction" (his letter starts with recent developments, then moves back in time) and the television series "Dragnet" (Raese writes that he's presenting "just the facts, ma'am"). Raese also suggests that Morrisey "bring 'Pinocchio' into The Biggest Fish Tale, but we would ask the AG to remember what happens to Pinocchio's nose." Raese said it's "shameful and disgraceful" that WVU board members seem to be "going along with" university officials' recent statements about the media rights contract."This is certainly not the way to build the public trust, and you are participating in all of this," Raese wrote. "As the old saying goes: 'Oh, the web we weave.'"The university's third-tier media rights cover some nonconference football and basketball games, nonrevenue sports, radio broadcast rights, coaches' shows, signage, online content and seatback sales.Reach Eric Eyre at email@example.com or 304-348-4869. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 3 Former Charleston National employees gather for a reunion 4 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 5 Vietnam veteran builds prosthetics in war zones Robotics company, Byrd Institute to offer tech training Previous Story Toyota plant to mark milestone Next Story


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— October 2001
The Seven-Year Itch
|An Alabama couple took a while to make their first yacht a reality, but it was worth the wait—for them and Hargrave.
The best things come to those who wait, according to an old adage. But taking seven years to decide what your boat should look like? Now that takes waiting to a whole new level.
Actually, Grady and Sharon Burrow didn't take seven years to settle on the design of Missy B, their new 109-foot Hargrave. To be more accurate, the time frame represents the span between their first meeting with Michael Joyce, president of Hargrave Custom Yachts (then head of brokerage firm Colonial Yachts, which he still runs), and the day they took delivery of their boat.
Still, it begs the question: What took them so long?
The Burrows certainly weren't dragging their feet--rather, the couple from Birmingham, Alabama, were carefully navigating their way through the process of building their first yacht. For the first three or four years, they were mapping out plans for a 150-footer to be built in Malta to accommodate frequent personal and family cruising (they have seven children and a few grandchildren) as well as occasional chartering. According to Joyce, when the government-controlled Malta Dry Dock decided to turn its attention back to the massive ship projects it had traditionally focused on and asked to be released from further dealings, the Burrows began looking for brokerage offerings in the 125- to 150-foot range. Unable to find the right yacht for their needs, the couple decided to build a smaller vessel with the then-recently established Hargrave Custom Yachts. The purpose of the project remained the same, however, so the final two years were spent on planning and constructing the 109-footer shown here.
But just because they decided to build a smaller yacht doesn't change the scale on which they and Hargrave measure Missy B's success. In fact, according to Sharon Burrow, they were able to incorporate many of the proposed 150-footer's features without having to crowd them in.
A main reason for this is Missy B's wide-body design. Since her beam is 22'3" and there are no full walkaround side decks, three distinct conversation areas plus a baby grand player piano fit in the saloon. A number of guests can fill the room without anyone feeling as if he or she is sitting on top of one another.
The wide-body design has another benefit. It allows the high-gloss dark woods--anigre, cherry, burl, and bird's-eye maple--to warmly envelop each room. On a narrower, smaller yacht, the interior might feel closed in. The paneling is enhanced by big-boat architectural details like columns and prominent crown moldings. "The level of finish in the interior is really a notch above what we have been doing," Joyce says. "Phil McIntosh, who supervises all our production at the yard, said, `When Grady's boat arrives, Mike, you'll be in the big-boat business!' We can build up to 130 feet in the yard at present, and this boat will let people know we can deliver the goods in that size range." (Hargrave builds in Europe and Asia as well as stateside.)
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Recall if you will Michele Strobel, the anti-gay candidate who is challenging Representative Norm Johnson (R-Yakima) for his seat in the Washington state Legislature because Johnson co-sponsored the domestic partnership expansion bill in 2009. Rep. Johnson has two gay sons. Strobel announced her candidacy with this statement:
"It was a slap in the face to Christians," Strobel said. "It was a slap in the face to traditional values."
Strobel soon publicly linked herself to anti-gay crusader Larry Stickney, affirming her reputation as a single-issue, anti-gay candidate. In an early effort to counter the single-issue reputation, she diversified by trying to "save" some bikini baristas from their employment, and made a public display of her opposition to a strip club in a city she in which she does not reside. But attention has returned to Strobel's core value of anti-gay activism with this ad attacking Rep. Johnson for his co-sponsorship of the domestic partnership law. The ad ran in the Sunday and Thursday editions of the Yakima Herald-Republic.
Legend has it that an ancient British king, Canute, overly impressed with his legislative power, set up his throne on the edge of the sea and commanded the tide to cease its ebb and flow.
Mother Nature, who alone commands the tide, ignored him.
Although Canute might have been a good king in every other respect, his one effort to command Mother Nature earned him the derision of centuries.
More recently, a groups of politicians in the Washington state legislature decided that the natural condition of marriage between members of the opposite sex is discriminatory, so they proposed a new law that recognized same-sex partnerships, a law that State Representative Norm Johnson co-sponsored.
Johnson now hopes that 14th District voters will share his Canute-like delusion and re-elect him in November. Instead he deserves the same response that rational people have always given those who try to abolish Nature – derisive laughter. Johnson should be not only voted out of office, he should be laughed out of office.
Fortunately, a more rational candidate, Michele Strobel, is running for his position and deserves the support of realistic voters.
Paid for by CORAL (Committee for Rational Legislation), PO Box 531, Yakima WA 98907
The ad got the Canute story completely wrong (Canute sought to prove that he couldn't command the tides.). But the real story here is how Michele Strobel responded to the outcry this ad caused. According to the Yakima Herald-Republic Strobel claimed to have no prior knowledge of the ad.
Calling the ad "divisive, derogatory, in poor taste and mean-spirited," Strobel said Thursday she would have told its creators thanks but no thanks.
"If these people want to be supportive of me, this is not the way to do it," she said. "Unfortunately for me, I can't control what people do."
She sounds pretty darn decent there, doesn't she? But her claim loses credibility when the details surrounding the ad are examined. (link added)
[The controversial ad] included text indicating it was paid for by the Committee for Rational Legislation (CORAL) and listed a Yakima post office box as the committee's address. CORAL registered earlier this month as a political committee with the state Public Disclosure Commission, listing Philip Brendale of Yakima as its treasurer. The financial backing for the committee, according to the PDC, came entirely from Kwik Lok Corp., an international business founded and based in Yakima. The company donated ,241 to CORAL to pay for news-paper advertising, according to the PDC.
Kwik Lok, which is owned by Jerre Paxton, also has donated ,600 to Strobel's campaign. Kwik Lok's sales director, Lorne House, who said Thursday that he wrote the copy for the ad, has donated ,000. Brendale's wife, Sandi Belzer Brendale, has donated to Strobel.
Strobel, however, said she doesn't know Paxton or House. She also said she didn't know anything about Kwik Lok until she found out, after the fact, that the company funded the ads.
"In fact, I had to say, 'Kwik Lok? Kwik Lok? Who is Kwik Lok?'" Strobel said.
This despite taking ,600 in campaign money from the company.
The maximum donation any company or individual can make to a candidate's legislative campaign in Washington is 0 per election. So ,600 translates into Kwik Lok and its owner Jerre Paxton each maxing-out their donations for both the primary and general elections. It just isn't credible that Strobel wouldn't know who her major donors were, especially since Strobel only has a total of 6 donors who donated the maximum for both elections. Unless, of course, she is thoroughly disengaged from her campaign. Neither explanation is particularly flattering.
Then the article goes on to report this disturbing news. (link added)
She does know Sandi Belzer Brendale, who has long been involved in far-right political causes in the Yakima Valley, including being the section leader of the local John Birch Society chapter. Strobel said she has seen no need to distance herself from Brendale.
"I don't know her well enough to say that she's someone I want to distance myself from," Strobel said.
Both Philip and Sandi Brendale were listed as Strobel endorsers in an official campaign ad that ran Sunday. So was House.
Either Strobel isn't at all bothered by the John Birch Society connection (the Strobels have rubbed elbows with JBS before), or she didn't do due diligence on her endorsers before publishing the list in the newspaper and simply didn't know that Sandi Brendale was a member. Again, neither explanation is flattering for Strobel, although the former seems most likely.
The value set of the John Birch Society is hardly distinguishable from that of the Tea Party on matters of taxes and immigration, and Michele Strobel is without a doubt a Tea Party candidate. No surprise that the John Birch Society was a co-sponsor of the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference.
Vigorous opponents of the Civil Rights Act back in the day, today JBS works to stoke anti-gay sentiments and to counter "the homosexual agenda". A search on the JBS website on the term "homosexual" yields 100 hits. Here's an excerpt from the essay "Stop the Homosexual Revolution" written recently by JBS president John F. McManus. Given Michele Strobel's strident anti-gay stance and Tea Party affiliation, there is a lot for her to sympathize with in the John Birch Society.
[W]ould a homosexual seek to join the military because the close quarters associated with the military life would present him or her with a source for desired liaisons? The answer is an emphatic yes.
Acceptance of homosexuals is a severe departure from long-standing practice. It makes more likely the acceptance of other fundamental departures from military discipline and the proper function of the military. Moral relativism, a feature of homosexuality, spawns the attitude that all military orders and practices are relative and not to be acted upon swiftly or carried out without question. …
Congress should not only be urged to cancel the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, all members should be asked to reinstitute the ban on homosexuality.
Michele Strobel also just received ,320-worth of in-kind support in the form of campaign mailers from Family Policy Action. Family Policy Action is clearly an arm of Family Policy Institute of Washington, the local affiliate of Focus on the Family and Family Research Council; the address and telephone number for FPA and FPIW are one in the same. FPA has spent over ,000 this election on mailers on behalf of anti-gay candidates, according to the Public Disclosure Commission.
For someone who doesn't like ads that are "divisive, derogatory, in poor taste and mean-spirited", she sure does attract the assistance of people who do. The Yakima County Republican Party has endorsed Rep. Norm Johnson.
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Strasburg eager to bounce back from last start
WASHINGTON -- Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg has allowed six earned runs in a game only three times in his career. One of those occasions was Sunday in Cincinnati, when the Reds got him for nine hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings, forcing him to throw 114 pitches.
Strasburg will have a chance to bounce back on Saturday afternoon, in the second game of the Nationals' big series against the division-rival Braves. Catcher Kurt Suzuki, who was behind the plate for that last start, said there isn't anything in particular Strasburg needs to improve upon.
"It's just one of those things where it didn't go his way," Suzuki said. "He gave up some two-strike hits where it was a good job of hitting, where they just kind of fought it off and it landed in some green [grass], but overall, he's going to pitch how Stras pitches. He's not going to change a thing, and I want him to stay that way."
Strasburg's previous outing with six earned runs came last July 31 against the Phillies. He proceeded to win his next four starts, with a 1.50 ERA, allowing 12 hits in 24 innings.
"He doesn't really dwell on it too much," Suzuki said. "He obviously thinks about it, because he's a smart kid and he knows what he wants to do out there, so he makes adjustments in the game. He just goes from inning to inning and makes adjustments along the way."
Andrew Simon is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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How to ease ear infection pain
Ear infections hurt – a lot – and most children will need some pain relief for what is often a very intensive earache.
Some children will suffer regular ear infections so it's worth knowing what sort of pain relief is available.
Medical options
Analgesics like paracetamol and ibuprofen will usually ease the pain and relieve the fever that usually accompanies an infection. You may need to give it for a 24-hour period until the pain and infection subsides.
It's very important you follow all the dosage instructions to the tee, working out how much to give according to your baby or child's weight before age.
Home remedies
- Warm compress: a warm wheat bag or covered water bottle against the sore ear can take the edge off the pain. Ensure that whatever you put against the ear is only warm and not hot.
- Drinking and sucking: the action of moving the jaw to suck or chew can ease the pressure in the ear. Pressure can build up during an ear infection when pus is present.
What about antibiotics?
While acute middle ear infection is the most common reason antibiotics are prescribed for children, more and more GPs are no longer prescribing antibiotics straight up for an ear infection, preferring to let children's bodies have a go at fighting the infection first.
The National Prescribing Service says parents should not be concerned if their doctor does not prescribe antibiotics or suggests they wait and see what happens before having a script dispensed.
"In some cases, such as babies, antibiotics will be necessary, but most ear infections will get better without specific treatment," the NPS says. "Pain will usually subside within one or two days, in which case antibiotics would not be needed."
If your child suffers recurrent ear infections, immediate treatment with antibiotics may be warranted. Talk to your GP.
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This face wash comes in a 150ml, 5.07 fl.oz matte pastel pink squeeze tube. At the top, it has the logo 'amie' in silver, and underneath in green it says pure & natural beauty. It uses a colour scheme of baby pink, fushia and green, with an appealing floral design along the bottom of the bottle. It boasts that it includes harmonising natural extracts: orange blossom, mayblossom, elderflower and raspberry, and it is pH balanced and soap free. The beautiful and clean look of the packaging really caught my eye, and it gives the impression of a fresh and natural face wash.
After rinsing face with water basically smooth on a 10p sized amount and then rinse off after massaging it into your skin. Follow with a scrub, and then moisturiser (you don't need the scrub really, it justs helps), I use the other scrub and moisturiser from the amie range. It's that simple. I use it morning and night and it has kept my skin really soft and clear.
It has a nice clean smell, and is a pale pink which matches the bottle. It feels slightly lumpy but smooths into your skin really easily, and rinses off quite easily too, no need for a toner as it is not a cream face wash. It feels very cooling and clean on your skin, though sometimes when you wash it off there is some remaining on your skin, so you need to be careful.
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Where to buy.
Boots discontinued it, but it is easily found online for about £5.00
I would highly recommend this for young skin, 11+, as I have used it for years and it has kept my skin super clean, and after trying other face washes I couldn't find any other with results that were as good, very good value for money
I bought this ages ago, and wanted to eat it. It smells that good. I have very sensitive skin and perioral dermatitus, which is a pain especially when you are cleansing you face. It's brilliant for that, doesn't cause aggrivation, soothing in some ways, doesn't dry out the face. It has a strange texture, almost oily feel, but it won't leave you feeling caked up. On it's own, used twice a day, it calmed down my red, angry skin, but I didn't feel stripped dry clean. Except a few spots surpassed its meek benzyl whatever based acne fighter, and my pores were looking a bit worse for ware. I threw it to the back of the cupboard and forgot about it for a while. It wasn't until a few months later that I fell in love with this, I started using Clearasil Ultra deep pore treatment scrub. This is like a raging bull to your skin, way way harsh, but enough salicylic acid to floor a horse, so my skin cleared up. But it became very tempremental, easily reddened, it didn't help at all with calming. So Now I use that for one week, then Amie for a while until I feel I need a few days spot treatment. As partners they are brilliant, really reccomend it. I'm happy that I can recognise the ingrediants, and its been advertised on many of my favoured natural skincare websites, so I feel like I'm treating my skin when I use this. I am looking forward to trying out the moisteriser from this brand, I hope its as good as this.
My only other problem with it is that its very easy to use too much or too little, its hard to tell if you are using the right amount, and it doesn't lather up, so it doesn't feel like its cleaning your skin. Not good with mascara either.
I confess, I am in love with the Amie moisturiser. So whilst in boots one day, stocking up on moisturiser, they had a 3 for 2 offer on all skincare. Dumping 2 of the moisturisers into my basket, I hesitantly added this; the Amie Morning Clear Purifying Facial Wash.
The packaging of this product is gorgeous, a 150ml clear tube, showing the thick pink liquid inside. On the said tube is pretty green and hot pink flower details. Also of course the brand, name of product, short product description and naturally active ingredients, printed following the same colour scheme.
Upon opening this product you can smell the wonderful floral scent. It is fairly fruity and fresh but you get that hint of fresh cut flowers. I presume the scent is down to the orange blossom, elderflower, mayblossom and rasberry.
You are advised to use this morning and night by smoothing it over your wet face and rinsing away with warm water. I squeezed it out and was surprised by just how thick it was, luckily the whole in the tube is small so it is very easy to control how much of the liquid comes out. I didn't follow the instructions exactly, I first rinsed my face with warm to water to open up the pores, massaged in the face wash and then rinsed my face with cold water to seal the pores. To my surprise the wash didn't foam up at all although this is probably due to the lack of sodium lauryll sulphate.
I was dissapointed with the results, almost immediately after my skin felt dry and way too tight, this carried on even after moisturising. To give it a fair test I continued using the face wash for a few more days. Unfortunately every time my skin felt drier, after less than a week my skin was extremely dry and flaky in patches.
Overall I really wouldn't recommend this as it just dries up skin whilst cleansing. Luckily as it was 3 for 2 I didn't have to pay for it, nor would I ever pay for it as it doesn't work!
I don't really use things for my face much, I usually just give my face a splash of cold water. But I know I should be kinder to my ( sensitive/combination/dry - it's complicated ) skin and recently a 3for2 on facial skincare was on offer at Boots so I thought what the heck? I bought this, Simple cleansing facial wipes and a cucumber clay mask.
Amie Morning CLEAR Facial Wash is aimed at teenagers, and people in their 20's. Basically if you have young skin. It's around £4-5 for an 150ml tube, which I find quite reasonable. It's pH balanced and, well, you can Google that for more info. It also contains no harsh chemicals and it's soap free , so this making it kinder to sensitive skin too. It claims to remove dirt, make-up and oil from your face leaving it refreshed , soft and smooth without stripping or drying out the skin. It's against animal testing too, which may add attention to dear animal lovers like myself!
It's got a gorgeous smell ( you can barely smell it when it's in the tube, but test it on your hand, or when you put it on and the smell kicks in ) of orange blossom, elderflower, may blossom and raspberry. Okay so I'm not sure I can smell everything from there but whatever I smell , I love it!
To use ( you can use a cleanser first, but this is not necessary ) you just massage a good amount over WET skin then rinse away with warm water. Use morning and night and also , on the tube it says follow up with Amie Morning Dew Matte-Finish Moisturiser , but I don't do that and honestly, it's perfectly fine on its own ?
Well , in my opinion I think this is amazing! It smelt lovely and the results were great. My skin was noticeably cleaner, smoother and softer. I hardly wear make-up, just the odd foundation or lip gloss so I'd have to go in further to see if it's good at removing make-up as well as dirt! It doesn't foam up much but this is probably because it's soap free, but no one wants foam in their eyes right ? It still works just as good! Some people have said it leaves an oily residue on your face, but I didn't get that effect at all. I think it may differ depending on your skin type.
I recommend this to pretty much anyone, no matter what skin type you are. It's not directly for the younger skin groups , so if you're NOT in the target market for this product, I wouldn't worry. I'll definitely keep using this product, this is the one for me. 5/5!
This is a facial wash that is aimed at teenagers and on the bottle it says Purely for young skin. However I'm 30, loved the look of the packaging and the fact that it didn't sound like it would be harsh in anyway and so bought it. I got mine form Waitrose for £4.95 for 150ml. This is actually more than I would usually spend on facewash - normally spend a couple of quid on a supermarket or Boot's on brand but I figured maybe I should actually start treating my skin a bit more kindly so this sounded nice.
The facial wash is free from parabens, sulphates, mineral oils, GMO or animal extracts. Now ok I don't know what half of those are but at least it sounded like it was a fairly natural product and not full of chemicals that might irriate or dry the skin.
The fragrance is orange blossom, elderflower, mayblossom and raspberry. However I would say it is only very lightly fragranced and it just has a pleasant mildly fruity/ floral smell.
The facial wash itself is pale pink and when you squeeze it out of the bottle it comes out quite slowly, is quite thick and actually looks more like a moisturiser in my opinion! In fact when i squeezed some out the first time I had to check the bottle again to make sure I hadn't picked up a moisturiser by mistake. I think this may be because it is soap free that it has this texture. When you massage it into your face it does not foam up at all but I think that is quite nice too as you don't get bubbles in your eyes!
It was easy to rinse off under the shower which is where i always cleanse my face. Afterwards I could actually notice a difference, my face felt refreshed , clean and soft. My skin was not dry afterwards which is sometimes what happens on my forehead after using other facial washes.
I would recommend this facial wash - it is simple, soap free, ph balanced and is a great everyday cleanser whether you are 14 or 40 I would say.
The Amie skincare range is the brainchild of Fiona Parkhouse, an ex-Estee Lauder marketing executive. She wanted an affordable and effective skincare range that her own twelve year old daughter could use, and that wouldn't contain harsh chemicals. Everything in the range has been teen-tested.
I read about this range in a newspaper article and as I am on a quest of my own to find pure products without unpleasant chemical additives, I decided to give the facial wash a try. Admittedly I'm older than the target market of teens and twenty-somethings, but that didn't mean I couldn't use it!
The newspaper article stated it was on sale in Boots and Superdrug, so I popped in Superdrug and found it at £4.95 for a 150ml tube. It's a soft pink colour, with a delicate floral scent. I found the texture was quite creamy to use. It doesn't really foam up much, but that's probably because it doesn't contain a lot of chemical foaming agents such as sodium laurel sulphate or sodium laureth sulphate (known skin irritants). It's also good to know it doesn't contain parabens, mineral oils, petrochemicals, genetically modified ingredients and has not been tested on animals. It is made up of 96.8% natural ingredients.
What it does contain are may blossom and elderflower to decongest and prevent spots and orange blossom and raspberry to tone. It's PH balanced and soap free.
Overall I found this has a good cleansing effect and is fine for washing off make-up. It leaves my skin feeling tingly, but although it's good for the t-zone, my cheeks are starting to feel a little too dry and in need of more moisturing than usual. I suspect this is one best left to the teens and twenties who might be suffereing from oilier skin breakouts. Still, I wish I'd had something like this when I was a spotty teenager!
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Sep 20, 2013
Happiness in Simplicity
I'm not sure why some people choose to engulf themselves in a drama filled life, but they do. And for some reason, they feel they should allow me to partake in their drama buffet. No thanks! I learned a long time ago...
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Maximizing your human experience
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Sep 11, 2013
Anniversary of Strength
September 11… I will never forget feeling scared and vulnerable… I will never forget feeling the deep sad loss of so many lives… I will never forget the smell of the smoke that reached across the water and...
Sep 4, 2013
Five Life-Changing Dynamics
1) Understand that no experience comes labeled, you are the one who labels. The power to choose is yours! As William Shakespeare said, "Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so." You and only you are the one who...
Aug 21, 2013
A Great Life
Today, you awaken to a day in which you have the power to make and inspire change. What will you do with today? Will you finally break free from the victim mentality and take control of your life? You have been blessed...
Aug 13, 2013
The Essence of Beauty
It's amazing to see the negative impact the marketing machine has had on the self-image of women across the globe. And while empowering women should be a global initiative that ought to un-mercilessly call-out such...
Aug 5, 2013
Goals, Dreams, and Success
We are beings of infinite potentiality. That sounds wonderful, but what does it mean to have infinite potential? If we are all so infinitely potential, why do very few of us experience happiness, good health, or success?...
Jul 29, 2013
Happiness, Success, & Love: Don't Give Up!
We often have a diluted sense of self; we do not see the magnitude of the greatness inside of us. As a result, most people live within the parameters of the lowest part of their life; they dwell in the basement of their...
Jul 16, 2013
Each Day is a Lifetime
The idea of each new day being a birth to new opportunities and a clean slate is not a new one. We often hear about the importance of seeing a new day as a fresh start; and while talking about the birth of a new day is...
Jul 9, 2013
Success: There Is No "Secret"
Millions upon millions of books have been sold in the marketing frenzy that fooled people into believing there was a secret way of "thinking" yourself into success. Millions of books sold, but how many of those...
Jul 2, 2013
My Own Greatest Hero, My Own Worst Enemy
Your life is a story you're telling yourself. I like to live each day of my life as if it's a page, a chapter in my life's story. I get to choose how my story plays out. Even if I don't get to choose the events...


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It has however decided to reduce the age for tax exemption for senior citizens to 60 years from 65 years.
The Committee headed by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha had proposed no tax on income of up to Rs 3 lakh per annum; 10 per cent for Rs 3-10 lakh; 20 per cent, for Rs 10-20 lakh and 30 per cent on annual income beyond Rs 20 lakh.
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Women, relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, stands near papers with writings for wishes for the passengers onboard the missing plane as they arrive to attend a daily briefing held by Malaysian officials at a hotel in Beijing, China. Australia deployed Tuesday an airborne traffic controller over the Indian Ocean to prevent a mid-air collision among the many aircraft searching for the Malaysia Airlines jetliner that went missing over three weeks ago. (AP)
"The recommendation is not acceptable as it will result in huge revenue loss. The total revenue loss on account of recommended changes in PIT slabs and removal of cess works out to Rs 60,000 crore approximately," said the proposed Direct Taxes Code - 2013, released today.
The Finance Ministry said the recommendations of the Committee "were not in harmony" with the broad taxation policy and have not been incorporated in the revised Code.
As per the current structure, there is no tax on income of up to Rs 2 lakh per annum; 10 per cent on Rs 2-5 lakh; 20 per cent on Rs 5-10 lakh and 30 per cent on income beyond Rs 10 lakh.
In his Budget speech, Finance Minister P Chidambaram had said that revised DTC was ready and will be placed in public domain for discussions. It proposes 35 per cent tax rate for individual and Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) having income exceeding Rs 10 crore.
"With a view to maintaining overall progessivity in levy of income tax, the revised Code provides for a fourth slab for individuals, HUFs and artificial judicial persons. In their case if the total income exceeds Rs 10 croe, it is proposed to be taxed at the rate of 35 per cent," the ministry added.


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Gawker picked up on it, too.
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Gawker picked up on it, too.
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So uh...that wasn't me guys. I really apologize for the confusion everyone, but I was simply saying that I thought it was amusing that a Pacers-related gif got to the front page of Reddit. That's all and I didn't mean to cause confusion and waste everyone's time haha.
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Report: 82% Of Wiseguys Think They're Real Funny
Man, I'd forgotten how awful Gawker commenters are.
Not sure anyone knows, but, DJ White will be a Celtic past this season. Good for him.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
What is this? How is this? How is Cleveland beating Miami by 21 points.
It seems the streak has come to an end!
Yay, we don't know what we're doing as a franchise! thanks PG!
Miami is going to win this basketball game.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
The cavs tricked them into playing in fear that the scoreboard was going to explode.
"Danny Granger is one of the top players in the league. To move Danny, you better get a lot back." - Larry Bird
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Report: 82% Of Wiseguys Think They're Real Funny
This was said when it was a 21 point deficit. Just to clarify.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
Miami was clowning with the fans, Lebron was clowning with them.
So the Heat are going to be 26-1 with Birdman. Coincidence?
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
How did a lineup of Livingston Ellington Miles Gee Thompson get a 28 point lead?
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
I swear those replays made it look like LeBron flicked the ball the last second and it should've been CLE ball.
It looked simultaneous to me. And they had already ruled it Miami ball so not conclusive evidence to overturn it in my mind.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
The idea of playing Boston in the first round is very scary.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
I would find it interesting to see the Heat come into San Antonio streak intact and the Spurs end it after the fall out from the previous meeting. Interestingly, the Spurs play the Clips the Friday before, the Grizz in the second of a back to back the Monday following, and then OKC the Wed. after that. Not an easy 4 games.
Miami's going to win the championship again.
Any team we face in the playoffs is going to be scary. The East is a lot stronger overall than last year.


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GREATER Manchester Police turn 40 today — and have released pictures from their archive of policing in Bolton to mark the milestone.
The force responsible for policing Bolton was formed on April 1, 1974, when Manchester and Salford Police joined with parts of Cheshire Constabulary and Lancashire Constabulary.
A special five-a-side football tournament will be hosted by Bolton police in Victoria Square on May 3 to celebrate the anniversary.
Vintage police pictures from the archives include the town's first police car and officers on horseback outside the Grand Theatre in Churchgate in the 1940s.
Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said: "We grew out of borough and city forces that were very close to their communities and we have returned to that with our commitment to neighbourhood policing.
"What has changed is new technology and new ways of committing crime and different social attitudes, along with a more diverse community, and we have developed new specialisms to deal with this.
"The force now faces the greatest challenge in its history with the spending reductions, but will stick true to the principles of policing by consent."
The police has been allocated £40,000 worth of funding from police and crime commissioner Tony Lloyd as part of Project 40, which will continue to build strong relationships with the people of Greater Manchester.
GMP's most notable achievements include continued investigations into the moors murders of the 1960s, investigations into serial killer Harold Shipman in 1998 and tackling the gun crime epidemic in south Manchester in the 1990s and 2000s.
- Tell us your memories of policing in Bolton by calling our newsdesk on 01204 537271 or by emailing email@example.com
Bolton police's fast car in 1935
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Opposition from both liberals and conservatives doomed the house version of the 2013 Farm Bill, which failed by a vote of 195 to 234 on Thursday, with "nay" votes coming from both sides of the aisle. Among House Republicans, 171 voted for the bill while 62 opposed it. As for House Democrats, 24 voted for the bill and 172 against.
Previously, the House Agriculture Committee approved the bill with a largely bipartisan vote of 36 to 10.
In the full House, however, the bill encountered opposition from liberals opposed to its $20.5 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as the Food Stamp program. Some conservatives on the other hand, believe the cuts to the nutrition program, and cuts to various farm programs, did not go deep enough.
The vote drew mixed reactions from agriculture organizations and other groups.
"Passage of a 2013 Farm Bill remains the top priority for NCBA," says NCBA president Scott George, a dairy and beef producer from Cody, Wyo. "That is why we are extremely disappointed in the failure of many members of the House for not recognizing the importance of a full five-year farm bill. In the midst of the struggling economy, rural America has been one of the few bright spots. This failure by the House places cattlemen and women behind the curve on having agriculture policy which not only provides certainty for producers nationwide, but also incorporates priorities important to the cattle industry.
"We were very close in this legislation to providing disaster programs for our producers, which would have extended disaster assistance for five years and would have covered losses in 2012 and 2013," George adds. "This was not a perfect bill for any industry, but in the end cattlemen and women made sacrifices in order to support this bill. We expected members of the House to do the same."
National Farmers Union president Roger Johnson expressed similar sentiment. "With today's failure to pass a farm bill, the House has let down rural America," he says. "We are deeply disappointed that the House voted against the best interests of family farmers and rural America."
Conservative group Heritage Action praised the vote, issuing this statement from CEO Michael A. Needham: "Today is a victory for the taxpayer and the free market. Now is the time for the House to recognize what so many others have: The unholy alliance that has long dominated America's agriculture and nutrition policy must end."
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) also welcomed the House of Representatives' rejection of the proposed bill, but for much different reasons. "Now is time to press the restart button," said JCPA President Rabbi Steve Gutow. "The House of Representatives defeated a Farm Bill that would have eliminated food assistance for 2 million individuals, many of whom are in working families with children or seniors. Now Congress has the opportunity to debate a serious food policy that aims to feed all Americans, not take food from the hungry. We will continue to work with our partners in Congress and our allied faith and anti-hunger advocates to protect SNAP. We encourage Congress to move forward with a more responsible Farm Bill, one that doesn't aim to undermine our safety net."


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When I moved to the Twin Cities with my wife and two children almost 30 years ago, we settled in the Morningside neighborhood of Edina, just blocks from the 50th and France shopping district that is the picture-perfect, walkable downtown.
Along 50th Street and France Avenue, you can buy anything a shopper might want, even if she doesn't really need it, and things she needs, such as groceries at Lund's. Edina's lovely downtown still has a movie theater, restaurants and shops accessible from sidewalks we liked to stroll for the fun of walking and people watching.
Much as my wife liked 50th and France, I can still remember how excited she was when the "Edina Sun Current" reported we'd be getting a Target just north of us in St. Louis Park. I'm sure the owners of those cute little stores at 50th and France weren't as excited as my wife that another big-box competitor was opening nearby.
I find myself reminiscing about pedestrian-friendly downtowns and the popularity of big boxes as I read in our newspapers about the expansion under way by the biggest of boxes: Walmart.
In newspapers ranging from ECM Publishers' "Union-Eagle" in Princeton, up north, to the southern-metro communities served by our "Sun Thisweek" in Dakota County, we're reading about new Walmart stores going up. Within a few miles of the new Walmarts in Princeton, Burnsville and Lakeville are downtowns whose continued existence is threatened by competition from the nation's biggest retailer.
How do we keep our downtowns alive when consumers are enticed by the low prices and infinite variety of merchandise at the big boxes? It takes hard work and investment by local heroes who believe downtowns are worth saving, and it takes a special quality that attracts people to our cities' main streets.
In Princeton, the old Ben Franklin, which closed a dozen years ago, sat empty while city officials were celebrating the decision of Walmart to build in the city. Likewise, Lakeville officials speak warmly about the historic downtown, which, like Princeton, has its share of vacant storefronts, while praising the employment, tax revenue and shopping opportunities that will be provided by the Walmart going up a few miles south.
In Burnsville, where the City Council spent millions to create a downtown called Heart of the City, the signature building in that new downtown — Grande Market Square — has been foreclosed upon, according to a story by "Sun Thisweek" Burnsville Editor John Gessner.
The same city officials who recruited developers to construct the Heart of the City district are now praising the construction of a new Burnsville Walmart, just a few miles north of the new Lakeville Walmart.
The question is: Can we have our downtowns and our big boxes, too? How do Lakeville and Princeton, Elk River and North Branch, develop the appeal in their downtowns of Edina or, say, Stillwater? Those last two cities might not be good examples. Edina's fabled affluent population might give its downtown a financial advantage that cities with normal demographics can't match. And, historic Stillwater has the charm of being a river town to which tourists are drawn.
There are elements besides big bucks and rivers that can keep downtowns alive, despite Walmarts. The city of Anoka is the Anoka County seat, and that draws people to the courthouse and its nearby shops and restaurants. Likewise, Cambridge, the home of Isanti County government, draws folks to its downtown, where we publish our Isanti County News.
So what do places like Princeton and Lakeville do without the high demographics, the riverfront or the county government center? Those downtowns have to be saved from Walmart by such local heroes as Carie Fuhrman, Mary Chapman and Jeff Hammer in Princeton, and Judy Tschumper and Mark Hotzler in downtown Lakeville. And by city councils that believe in downtowns.
In anticipation of Walmart opening in Princeton next spring, Fuhrman, Princeton's community development director, and Chapman, coordinator at the Chamber of Commerce, came up with a downtown-revitalization program that will provide almost $20,000 each to three businesses willing to set up in vacant downtown spaces.
Jeff Hammer, owner of Crystal Cabinet Works in Princeton, has bought the former Ben Franklin building and will use that empty storefront as a showroom for his products.
In Lakeville, Tschumper, executive director of the Downtown Lakeville Business Association, works with downtown property owners to create events and excitement in the historic downtown. Hotzler, a real estate developer, has bought up most of the property on the city's main street and redeveloped spaces for entrepreneurs.
The city of Princeton has kicked in $30,000 for the Fuhrman-Chapman "It Starts Here" program. Years ago, the Lakeville City Council passed a special property tax that supports the activities of the business association there.
City governments in other of our communities are getting on the downtown bandwagon. Last week, the city of Elk River unveiled a downtown-enhancement plan drawn up by a task force.
There is something about a downtown that people won't let die, even in the face of competition from monster retailers.
"It's the heart and the soul of our community," Fuhrman said of Princeton's downtown.
Joni Astrup, associate editor of our "Star News," quoted Stewart Wilson, chair of Elk River's Housing and Redevelopment Authority, as saying some cities are trying to create downtowns they never had. That's what Burnsville's Heart of the City and Apple Valley's Central Village attempt to be – new downtowns.
"Elk River already has a downtown and has had it for over 150 years," Wilson said.
So by saving our downtowns, we're preserving our history.
What do you think? Are downtowns worth saving in this age of the box?
Larry Werner is director of news for ECM Publishers. His email is [email protected]


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A PRE-school has been rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted.
Kittens Pre-School in Darwen was described as providing a 'lively environment' which develops key skills.
Inspector Frank Kelly said staff at the Veronica Street facility were enthusiastic about giving young children a great experince.
He said: "The excellent organisation of the playrooms and outdoor play area provide children with a wealth of fun learning experiences.
"Well-planned, adult-led activities ensure that children make rapid progress in their learning.
"Teaching is rooted in a very good knowledge of how children learn."
He added that staff were 'enthusiastic and warm' and said: "The welcome from staff effectively underpins the children's sense of belonging and security. The ongoing engagement of parents means staff are familiar with children's specific needs and interests.
"The strong bonds formed enable the children to be happy and confident to play and learn throughout their day." Leadership was praised as constantly seeking to improve.
Mr Kelly added: "The team spirit is very good and the staff work harmoniously together. This effective practice creates a pleasant and very safe place for children to be."