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Shankill bomber Sean Kelly 'truly sorry' for loss of life in 1993 attack which killed nine civilians
Shankill bomber Sean Kelly yesterday apologised for the massacre – telling a crowd he was "truly sorry" for the loss of civilian life in the 1993 attack.
His comments came as hundreds of republicans attended a ceremony in memory of fellow bomber Thomas Begley, who died when the device he was carrying exploded prematurely.
Nine Protestant civilians, including two children aged seven and 13, also died in the attack at Frizzell's fish shop on October 23, 1993.
"It was an IRA operation that went tragically wrong," Kelly told the event in North Belfast this afternoon.
He said the loss of civilian lives "was not the intention of the IRA".
There can be no excuse for the loss of innocent lives, he added.
"I am truly sorry for the loss of life and the injuries that were suffered that day, and for the suffering the families have endured," he said.
Kelly received a total of nine life sentences for his role in the attack but was released early in July 2000, under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
The plaque was unveiled by Begley's father, Billy.
It states that Begley "died on active service" and is "always remembered by his many comrades and friends".
Mr Begley said there was no intention to cause offence by holding the commemoration, saying he understood the pain felt by victims' families.
A PSNI helicopter hovered above throughout the 20-minute ceremony.
A loyalist protest against the event took place nearby on the Crumlin Road.
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Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) is losing his second-in-command.
"I knew from the day I hired him that he would only be here for a short time,'' Cuccinelli said in a statement. "Because of his love for his commonwealth and his sense of duty to her people, he agreed to come on board to help me run the office, but with the understanding that it would be a temporary role for him."
West was elected to the Circuit Court in 2000. Before that, she served as a juvenile and domestic relations judge and as director of the Department of Juvenile Justice and secretary of public safety for then governor George Allen (R). She also served as assistant commonwealth's attorney in Virginia Beach and deputy commonwealth's attorney in Norfolk.


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LOL He brought over his tooth brush
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lol my cousin predicted that my SO would slowly start bringing over stuff and she was right
It started with a tooth brush
Then it moved to a change of clothes
Then he brough over food
what the hell is next?
Im over here thinking
"Don't try to be moving stuff in on the sly"
lol not that I mind but it was just funny because a week before he brought the toothbrush, my cousin predicte it
When she came over today I showed her all of his stuff that he brought, within a weeks time mind you
her response
"He's trying to put a claim on you, leaving stuff here so if anyone comes over they see it. haha He's going to try to move in soon. WATCH I was already right once, just wait."
do you think a man slowly bringing his stuff is a sign of wanting to be here more to possibly moving in? I just thought it was more convenient to have a change of clothes here and what not because he hasstuff to do the next day if he stays the night.
could be a bit of both :) a bit of wanting to move in, a bit of conveinience :D enjoy
My DH brought over stuff while we were dating, but definitely wasn't ready to move in. He just liked not having to remember stuff he needed. But I don't doubt that other men would do it as a precursor to moving in.
well he is obviously comfortable and not worried about the relationship becoming more serious, guys who just arent that into you dont usually move anything in!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
I have things over at SO's house. Toiletries, stuff to shower etc. I'm definitely not ready to move in with him though lol. Just convienence.
guys do it too - and apparently they do it with their tooth brush!
Maybe Im the odd one
I never thought to leave stuff at his house. He lives with other people though so maybe it's that factor.
Quoting Sarina.c.c:
I have things over at SO's house. Toiletries, stuff to shower etc. I'm definitely not ready to move in with him though lol. Just convienence.
He could be doin it without realizing. I kinda did the same thing when DH and I got together... but after a week, he asked me to move in. I just wanted the stuff I needed where I was going to be at the most, but moving in together was definitely the highlight of my year :)


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Old-fashioned bean supper Sept. 13
Camden — The Camden-Rockport Historical Society will host a public supper Saturday, Sept. 13, at 5 p.m. featuring beans cooked by Maynard Stanley Jr. the old-fashioned way — in a hole in the ground.
The supper will be held at the historic Conway House complex on Route 1 just south of the Hannaford store at the Camden-Rockport town line.
Entertainment will be provided by Miners Creek Bluegrass Band.
The supper will start at 5 p.m. and will continue until the beans run out. The price of the ticket includes beans, a Kirshner hot dog, homemade coleslaw, biscuits with real butter, a pickle or two, plus an iced drink or coffee, as well as a selection from the table of homemade pies.
The cost is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and members, and $5 for children age 6 to 12 (no charge for under 6). Those who become new members of C-RHS will receive one free meal.
All proceeds from the supper will be dedicated to the building repair fund.
For more information, contact the Historical Society at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling 236-2257.


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U.S. Doctors Say Biofuels Could Kill 192,000+ Per Year in Developing Countries
Photo: Stephanie Says, Flickr, CC Turning Food into Fuel is Not the Solution The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has released a warning that U.S. and European policy to increase the production of biofuels could lead to almost
US Capitol to Receive a Powerful Infusion of Young Energy
Our nation's capitol will soon receive a powerful infusion of young energy. From April 15-18, more than 10,000 young leaders will converge on Washington, DC, at Power Shift 2011.At
Plug In! First Electric Motorcycle Charging Stations in Barcelona
The other day, coming back from the beach, I saw some strange looking parking icons painted on the street; motorbikes with a plug! And indeed it seems to be happening now, Barcelona has launched its first electric
America: We're Number 3!
Photo Credit: laverrue via Flickr/CC BY In Cleantech, Anyhow Sort of has a certain ring to it, doesn't it? Don't worry, the US is still the world's number one economic superpower -- though some analysts say we'll be taking a backseat to China in coming
First Practical "Artificial Leaf" Powers Fuel Cells for Rural Homes
Scientists have long been trying to mimic the photosynthesis perfected by leaves
Biogas and How to Make a DIY Anaerobic Digester (Video)
Image credit: The Urban Farming Guys Biogas and anaerobic digestion made number one in HowStuffWorks' list of wacky alternative energy, and poop-to-energy biogas projects have proven popular on Discovery News too. From biogas in Haitian slums to green
San Francisco Nightclub's Sustainable Dance Floor Powered By Partiers
Last weekend, 1400 club patrons at Temple Nightclub in San Francisco shook their booties and booted up the power of the sustainable dance floor. 480 Watts were generated
Renewable Energy Standards Across the US: A Survey of States' Clean Power Commitments
The policy toolkit for making clean energy more competitive in the marketplace is pretty empty-looking these days -- there will be no price on carbon for the foreseeable future, whether it be a cap or a tax, and the subsidies for
Green Schools Project Promotes Renewables & Sustainable Agriculture (Video)
The retail and banking giant Cooperative Group's ethical business push has been making headlines in green business. From Fair Trade to renewables to sustainable agriculture, the organization is building on its
Maybe We Really do Need to Pick Either Nuclear or Renewables
Grist's David Roberts tackles what's sure to be an unpopular question: What if the conventional wisdom, the one currently guiding the national political conversation about our energy future, is wrong? What if it's indeed not the case that we're going
The Key Drivers for Cleantech, From Weather to World Economies
John Denniston of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a major investment firm supporting cleantech, gave a keynote speech at Cleantech Forum five years ago, discussing the major drivers pushing the industry forward. He was
Community Wind Funds Spread Wealth from Renewables
When I wrote about one community that demanded more wind turbines be built near it, I noted that creating ways to spread the economic benefits of wind installations with the communities that
7 Cities with Great Green Projects Others Should Imitate
Cities can be hot-spots of pollution, with thousands or millions of people, cars, pets, industries, and more contributing to global warming. But they can also be centers of innovation, as bright ideas, available funding, and
Heating Your Shower With Compost (Video)
I've written before about how to make a hot compost heap, and I've been known to explore navy showers as a way to lessen your environmental impact too. But what if you could combine the two? Specifically, what if you could heat your water using the
'Flying Donut' Turbines Tackle NIMBY Issue
In five years of reporting about windpower in Sweden, I was always amazed at the sometime subtle, sometimes blatant negativity about wind turbines. Maybe if there was a turbine directly in my back yard I would have felt different,
Solar Farm U-Turn May Be Ideological, Not Fiscal
We've been following the introduction of feed-in tariffs with great interest over on the other side of the Atlantic. From accusations of solar subsidies being a sweetener for the well
Nutmobile Travels to Green Spaces
The goofy looking Nutmobile is headed to New Orleans on a 16-city tour through summer to show off its green features, including a wind turbine,
Warren Buffett <3 Wind Power (His Utility Company is #1 in USA)
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Joe Winter Makes Inkjet Fun
Joe Winter's work from an exhibition earlier this winter:
Joe Winter's images evolve and dissolve, often through the combustion of ink and light, and the force of error and malfunction. Winter has created an active, office-like area that includes a lamp focused on colored construction paper and a printer with print-outs of ethereal, deteriorating sunsets, emerging as the machine's ink runs out. Faded paper from under the lamp and abstract prints resulting from the violent shaking of the printer are hung on the walls.
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AGO Art Rental and Sales in business at Art Toronto
October 28 – November 1, 2010
ART TORONTO 2010: The 11th Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
We are pleased to announce that for the first time AGO Art Rental and Sales will be open for business at ART TORONTO. Look for a wide representation of independent Canadian contemporary artists works available for sales on site. Look for us at the Art Gallery of Ontario Booth.
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Since 1965, The Art Gallery of Ontario's Art Rental & Sales has consigned artwork from Toronto's top galleries and independent artists, including Olga Korper Gallery, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Bau-Xi Gallery, Georgia Scherman Projects, Feheley Fine Arts, Diaz Contemporary, and many more, totaling over 40 galleries, and more than 50 independent artists. Our entire rotating inventory of over 500 works is available for rent and purchase.


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Starbucks served up another grande of a financial statement yesterday, reporting a 29 percent jump in quarterly profit even while it invested...
Starbucks served up another grande of a financial statement yesterday, reporting a 29 percent jump in quarterly profit even while it invested heavily in expansion.
Worldwide, Starbucks had 9,671 stores on July 3. Company executives detailed plans to step up worldwide growth by 20 percent, going from 1,500 new stores in the current fiscal year to 1,800 next year.
Executives talked excitedly about opportunities in such diverse places as Ireland, Jordan and China.
But the core of the company's success, analysts said, remains its ability to grow in its most mature markets.
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Kristine Koerber, a senior analyst at JMP Securities in San Francisco, noted that Starbucks has managed to increase same-store sales — those open at least a year — for more than 10 consecutive years.
"There really isn't another company out there with a track record like Starbucks," Koerber said. "More importantly, the company's really only in the fourth inning or so of the game."
Chief Executive Jim Donald said company officials were surprised to find that the store with the highest first-year profitability turned out to be near Redmond, where there are 25 Starbucks within a five-mile radius.
"It was an unbelievable wakeup call for us," Donald said. "We think the opportunities out there just abound."
Starbucks has nearly 7,000 stores in the United States and has said it plans to have 10,000 to 15,000 domestic locations.
"That number's looking a little bit conservative at this point," said Dan Geiman, an analyst with McAdams Wright Ragen in Seattle.
Third-quarter profit of 31 cents a share topped analysts' estimate by a penny and outshone the 24 cents a share of the year-ago quarter.
Profit was $125.6 million, up 28.7 percent from a year ago. Overall sales grew 21 percent. Same-store sales grew 7 percent, and operating margins grew even though thousands of extra assistant managers were kept on the payroll to have enough managers to run new stores.
Yesterday's report came after stock exchanges closed for the day, but the news pushed Starbucks stock up nearly 4 percent, to $52 a share, in after-hours trading.
Chairman Howard Schultz said existing stores have benefited from a "significant level of innovation around our core," with new products like music CDs contributing increasingly to sales.
Stores also have been able to draw customers at all times of day.
"Five, six years ago, we didn't do much business past 7, 8 o'clock at night, and now we're doing a ton of business at those hours," Schultz said. "We have become this third place between home and work."
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MSN Virtual Earth has been around for a couple of months now. In the unlikely event that anyone has missed this, it provides a great mapping engine for satellite and roadmap style views. The bit I care about as a developer though is that we've really tried to make it a platform for building new applications, and so I wanted to link to places where you can find out more about the APIs.
Firstly, MSDN includes documentation for the Virtual Earth Map Search Control. You can embed this Javascript control in your own web sites, or even by hosting a web control in a Windows Forms or traditional application. The control supports navigation to a latitude / longitude co-ordinate, panning and zooming, adding pushpins and handling mouse events.
Secondly, there's a community site called Via Virtual Earth that adds additional documentation as well as some great samples. Right now, you can find a Hurricane Rita tracking app, a photo map, a Windows Forms sample, and a Yahoo traffic data mapping, along with perhaps 25 others.
Anyway, if you haven't looked at this stuff, it would make for an interesting project, particularly given the competition that's running right now.


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South Bend, Washington – Late yesterday afternoon the Pacific County Sheriff's Office learned of the death of former Pacific County Sheriff John Didion and wishes to extend heartfelt condolences to John's wife, children, and grandchildren at this sad time.
After a successful career as an NFL linebacker, John and his family settled in Pacific County where John served as Sheriff from 1998-2010. John was a key supporter of the Naselle Youth Camp for at-risk youth over the years. "He worked to keep that facility open when they faced state budget challenges" Sheriff Johnson noted.
According to Sheriff Johnson, former Sheriff Didion began his career with Pacific County as a road deputy and was later assigned as the D.A.R.E. officer. Didion also served as the Washington State D.A.R.E. coordinator. He worked to modernize the Pacific County Sheriff's Office during his years of service. In 2009-2010 Didion served as the President of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.
"John did a lot for our community and for the Pacific County Sheriff's Office where he served as Sheriff for 12 years. He will be missed by many," said Sheriff Scott Johnson.


text: Page Bertelsen is best known for insightful documentary portraiture and stunning visual storytelling. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, having lived in New York City, where she completed the professional certificate program at the International Center of Photography, and in Santa Fe where she worked with the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops in New Mexico and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Page is increasingly sought after in the Bay Area for her fresh and imaginative images of both people and place, and for her intimate, artistic, and journalistic coverage of weddings, events, and celebrations. In addition to capturing wedding stories, her photographic subjects encompass a range of themes, from cancer survivors to travel writers, from Benedictine monks to Italian sunbathers, from Sicilian vineyards to Mexican rodeos, and from winter landscapes to industrial structures.


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Senate Passes Lanza's Bill to Prohibit NY From Funding Civil Trials for Terrorists
The Senate gave passage yesterday to Senate Bill S.3871, sponsored by Senator Andrew Lanza, which would prohibit New York State, or its local governments, from funding any civilian trials of enemy combatants for acts of terrorism in federal courts located in New York.
Senator Lanza has been a vocal opponent of President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder's ill-conceived plan to try Sept. 11 terrorist suspects in New York City civil court. He has urged the Obama Administration to reverse its decision.
"The President and Attorney General went to extraordinary and costly means to ignore the will of Congress and the people of New York," said Senator Andrew Lanza. "They seem hell bent on giving foreign terrorists greater rights then they are willing to give American soldiers. Civil trials allow foreign terrorists to exploit our civil trial procedures and discovery rules, and gain intelligence information which will be used to more effectively attack America. This is what happened during the trial of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers. Helping our enemies is unconscionable and injurious to our national security. I call upon the Speaker to allow the bill to simply come to the floor of the Assembly for a vote. I am confident that Assembly members will put our State and Country's safety first and pass the bill. I have successfully debated and passed this critical legislation in the Senate. It is urgent that the Assembly act now. The President and Attorney General seem hell bent on forcing these trials upon the people of New York based upon some misguided and dangerous political agenda. We the people must act to protect ourselves."
"The arrogance of the Obama administration, and specifically that of Attorney General Holder, has clearly blinded them to the dangers of holding civilian trials in New York," said Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn), who has carries the bill in the Assembly. "Each trial brings renewed threat to New York's citizens and opens us up to another horrific terror attack. The President's actions are reckless and irresponsible. By his actions, Mr. Obama has sent a clear message that he does not care about the safety and welfare of those he was elected to protect and serve."
"Enemy terrorists executed the largest mass murder in American history ," said Senator Lanza. "Mass murdering, foreign enemies of America should not be afforded the same privileges and rights which are afforded to American citizens under the U.S. Constitution." Lanza adds that a civil trial would afford these murders even greater rights than a United States soldier which is unconscionable.
"The notion that these terrorists would be tried anywhere near the World Trade Center is not only a major affront to the people of Staten Island who lost so many that day, but also a security risk to all New Yorkers," said Senator Lanza.
The legislation passed last night after Senate Democrats debated Lanza on the bill for over two hours. 18 members of the Democratic Conference voted against the bill. To view Senator Lanza's debate follow the link below:


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I can't imagine how much it would suck to be taken hostage. The squalid living conditions, the starvation, having your ass beaten on a daily basis–only to end up dead.
Unless you got the luck of the Irish, like Fr. Michael Sinnott.
The 79-year-old priest was taken hostage some 31 days ago in the Philippines. But his captors suddenly wanted him gone, and released him this past Thursday.
Their reasoning? They wanted to watch Manny Pacquiao fight.
No foolin'.
Sinnott quotes his captors as saying, "Your freedom is our freedom. We don't want to be here for a long time, too. And we want to watch Pacquiao's fight."
Well, that and the kidnappers were tired of taking care of a frail 79-year-old man recovering from heart surgery.
But still, ya gotta love Pacquiao…first he (indirectly) orchestrates the release of a hostage, then goes out and whoops Miguel Cotto.
Betcha Floyd Mayweather couldn't do that. [GMA News, Image]


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Australia? Single on Festival here.
I'm assuming this is not US band The Steppers (Come And Get It/What The Problem Is on Aware, 1973), but anything is possible.
On the album Kev's Back (The Return of the Yobbo) by bawdy Australian comedy singer-songwriter, real name Brian Dennis. The song is about an indigenous family claiming land next door to millionaire Alan Bond: see the discussion by David Raintree in Humour, Multiculturalism and 'Political Correctness'.
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Fruit of the Bartered VineMarch 25, 2014
Broc Cellars fits hardly anybody's idea of a California winery. You won't see any cellars, for one thing, or anything remotely pastoral, like a vineyard. The cellars are a warehouse, on a corner in an industrial district here in Berkeley. Across one street is a cement plant. Across another is a motorcycle-repair shop. The melody of passing freight trains plays every once in a while


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First off, some of you may have noticed that this blog's name recently switched from "Living Life 2 the Fullest" to "Psychological Matters." Now the address will be changing. All future articles, including this Friday's will be found at http://www.kerrykerrmcavoyphd.com/psychological_matters/.
I have also been making some other modifications and additions this year. A few months ago I created a counseling website that features information about my counseling practice. It makes sense to host this blog on that site since they share a common theme. So, going forward this blog will be hosted there.
As I have shared before, I have also been writing. Two years ago I published two paperback devotionals called Jesus, The Ultimate Therapist: Bringing Hope and Healing and Jesus, The Ultimate Therapist: Healing Without Limits. The Kindle ebook versions were made available last summer.
Now, I am back at work on the third book in the series. This latest book is scheduled to be released early 2014 and will address how we experience God during difficult times. The tentative title is God, Where are You When I Need You? Exploring our Experience of God's Presence.
In light of this, I have just launched a author website! This site will provide information about the first two devotionals, upcoming books, release dates, and a new blog that will focus on spiritual reflections and insights.
Thank you for all your great support here and I look forward to seeing you at my two new websites, Kerry Kerr McAvoy, PhD and Living Life 2 the Fullest!
Please also "like" me on my Facebook page and follow me on Twitter (@KKMcAvoy).


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At one o'clock Pacific Standard Time, I will be posting up 50 Ramblin' Rolls in assorted colors!
Ramblin' Rolls are coming!
July 26, 2013 at 12:17 pm - 3 Comments
Oh Ramblin' Roll….why for do you elude me? Your tight pockets, your sharp lines…your pretty camo coloring.
When might we see your return.


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On April 14th Supervalu announced full year losses of $1.51 billion after incurring a non cash impairment charge of $1.74 billion for the financial year to February 2011. Nevertheless, the stock appears to remain popular with several Guru investors and recent insider activity has been acquisitive at or around Thursday's closing price of $10.97.
The company is the fourth largest U.S. grocery chain with annual sales of approximately $38 billion and a network of 4,294 stores composed of 1,114 traditional retail stores, 1,280 hard-discount stores and 1,900 independent stores serviced primarily by the company's traditional food distribution business.
Craig Herkert became CEO in May 2009 after the company reported losses of $2.9bn and following the departure of Jeff Noddle who had overseen the disastrous acquisition of New Albertsons Inc in May 2006 and consequent increase in the company's debt from $1 billion to $7.9 billion. Herkert, who has thirty years of experience gained originally at Albertsons and then Wal-Mart, has based his strategy on cutting costs and prices and has focussed increasingly on the Save-A-Lot branded stores which are now the largest U.S. hard discount store by revenues. However, in what was a difficult year for the company, net sales fell by 7.5% in the financial year to February 2011 while expenses only reduced 5.8% and the company reported bottom line losses of $1.51 billion (losses per share of $7.13).
The company helpfully publishes figures that strip out the non-cash impairment charges ($1.74 billion) and other once off restructuring charges (approximately $63 million) to report adjusted full-year net earnings of $296 million, or $1.39 per share and the stock price reacted positively after the company forecast fiscal 2012 earnings per share within a range of $1.20 to $1.40. However, an adjusted profit of $296mm compared to $393 million the previous year with no forecast improvement for the current year is an indicator of just how difficult it is proving to turn the company around. Additionally, previous guidance figures have typically over promised or been revised downwards with initial 2011 guidance for a per share profit of $1.75 - $1.95, subsequently adjusted to a loss of $5.74 - $5.94 and compared to an actual loss of $7.13 per share. Similarly, in 2010 actual earnings per share of $1.86 compare poorly to guidance of $1.95 - $2.15.
Of perhaps more concern are the terms of Supervalu's credit facilities. Under the credit agreement the company has to maintain a leverage ratio of less than 4.25 until Dec 31, 2011 reducing to 4.0 the year after. The company calculated its year end leverage ratio to be 3.5 which is uncomfortably tight and implies that a further loss of around $300 million or more could result in an acceleration of the facilities and a restructuring that could wipe out existing shareholders.
However such a negative outcome remains unlikely and, trading at around 8.5 times forecast 2011/2012 earnings, an improving economy could mean that 2011 is the turning point for Supervalu's performance that may be accompanied by a higher valuation multiple. Consequently, buying stock at these levels appears to be a fairly risky bet on a wider economic recovery rather than an endorsement of management. I doubt that Mr Buffett will be buying in soon.
Disclosure: The author has no long or short positions in Supervalu Inc.
On April 14th Supervalu announced full year losses of $1.51 billion after incurring a non cash impairment charge of $1.74 billion for the financial year to February 2011. Nevertheless, the stock appears to remain popular with several Guru investors and recent insider activity has been acquisitive at or around Thursday's closing price of $10.97.


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Did Dave Grohl Retire The Foo Fighters At The Global Citizen Festival?"Without making a big deal out of it, we don't have any shows after this... honestly, I don't know when we're gonna do it again." - Dave Grohl from the stage of the Global Citizen Festival.
Outside Lands: America's Coolest Music Festival – LiterallyMetallica, Jack White, Beck, the Kills, Skrillex and so many more top musical acts lit up a cold and foggy Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for the fifth and possibly finest edition of the Outside Lands music festival yet.


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Vulvar vestibulitis: Inflammation of small glands at the entrance to the vagina. Vulvar vestibulitis is the most common physical cause of painful intercourse in young women. In roughly half of cases, the condition appears due to a rare form of a gene (the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene) that regulates inflammation.Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary
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text: Hi all, I've been playing my 62 RI jazz bass for about five years now and I can't get the setup right. I like the action to be quite low and completely even across the fretboard. In other words, when I dig in I should get an equal amount of buzz at the 2nd fret as on the 15th. However, there's always more buzz at the 15th fret than at the first frets. I had a luthier once redress the frets and lower the frets at the higher positions. This helped, but 6 months later I had the same problem. So I started tightening the truss rod and have been doing so for the past couple of years. Every 4 to 6 months I take the neck off, turn the truss rod clockwise 90 degrees and put the neck back on. 5 months later the neck has bent the other way again. Is this normal? Should I continue adjusting the truss rod in manner? Is there any harm in taking the neck off this many times? Will the screws/holes in the neck pocket fail me one day? Thanks.


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CAC Map
The CAC will be located from the north end of Lincoln Hall to the south end of Shattuck Hall.
The Clean Air Corridor includes three of Portland State's most used buildings: Cramer and Neuberger Halls and the Smith Memorial Student Union; and two high-profile LEED certified buildings, Lincoln and Shattuck Halls.
This Corridor is viewed as the heart of campus and currently has multiple sustainability efforts underway including solar panels, hydration stations, water/energy conservation measures, emergency blue lights, recycling/composting, access to bike lanes, and proximity to the Portland Farmer's Market, the Electric Avenue, the Eco Learning Plaza, and the planned Green Streets initiative.


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Minneapolis, Kansas: Rock City
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- 1051 Ivy Rd, Minneapolis, KS
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- Rock City Park. Three miles southwest of town. I-70 exit 250B, then north on US Hwy 81 for ten miles. Turn left (west) onto Hwy 18/Dove Rd for four miles, then right (north) onto Hwy 106/N. 110th Rd for five miles, then left onto Ivy Rd for one mile.
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This is a great place to let the kids out of the car to play! I brought my four girls (ages 3-11) and they all had a great time exploring and climbing. We were there for nearly two hours and the kids were still not ready to leave. Pictures don't do justice to how large some of these rocks really are!
The gift shop has a very small selection of treats, so I would recommend stopping in Salina (just over 10 minutes away) for drinks or a picnic lunch. There are shaded picnic areas and a nice breeze, even on hot summer days![Chris, 05/30/2014]
Rock City Park
An amazing place to visit. However, the 1051 Ivy Road address when entered into a GPS does not take you to the correct location.[Kristin, 12/31/2012]
Street addresses of attractions sometimes discombobulate modern GPS devices. The text directions might help (or try in the GPS with a nearby cross street, such as Ivy Rd and North 105th Rd).
Rock City
Bring a picnic lunch and a couple nerf guns or a flag to be captured![Naomi Haverland, 11/25/2012]
Rock City
What a great place to explore our earth's geology! The gift shop had a free brochure explaining what these concretions are and how they came to be. Looking out over the Kansas terrain, you see flat land... and then these sandstone concretions pop up in a area about the size of a couple of football fields. You are amazed; how did they happen to be here, what are they, why aren't they anywhere else, how in the world? For a mere $3 you can have the adventure of discovery (and jaw-dropping amazement), learn Kansas history, feel how rough the surfaces are, walk on nice trails, picnic in a gazebo. The only thing commercial about this place is the little gift shop, and it's closed after Labor Day (There is a slot to deposit the fee.).
Great photo ops, great hide and seek, great day. I'll go again and take a picnic lunch and closed-toed shoes.[Anita, 09/16/2012]
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At 4 p.m. on Aug. 29, families from the west side of Long Beach and workers from the city's port began to roll into Berth 55 Fish Market and Seafood Deli for an early dinner before the storm. Men pulled at their beers; a local musician showed his friends his picture in the newspaper. Meanwhile, Mike Redlew, owner of nearby Long Beach Sportfishing, guided a tour of concerned citizens and the media in his fishing boat around the port in an effort to showcase alternate places for a fireboat station—and to guarantee the future of his business and that of Berth 55.
The port's handlers have asked these businesses to vacate in order to make room for the relocation of a fireboat station. "I can tell you my opinion," Redlew said. "If you want to replace a small business, and you know it's not going to sit well with the community, then you have to put something there that is inarguable. Public safety, such as a fire department, is inarguable. . . . They're going to use port security and the fire department for the basis because it's very unpopular to argue against."
After Redlew showcased alternate potential relocation sites, the diners moved the party to nearby Queens Wharf Restaurant, joining those already there for a community forum on the subject. Representatives from the port and city—including Fire Chief Mike DuRee, port executive director J. Christopher Lytle, members of the Long Beach Police Department and Vice Mayor Robert Garcia—were in attendance, all ready to talk about an issue that both sides can agree is vital to Long Beach but no one can resolve to everyone's liking.
When combined, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles function as the eighth-largest in the world, serving as a conduit for more than $140 billion in goods per year and creator of 316,000 jobs in Southern California. It's a representation of a global economic machine firing on all cylinders—but officials feel Berth 55 and Long Beach Sportfishing (which have occupied their spaces for years) are in the way of progress.
In December 2008, the Port of Long Beach informed the businesses they would be placed on a month-to-month lease in anticipation of the 10-year Middle Harbor Project, "a $1.2 billion modernization of the shipping terminals on Piers D, E and F," according to the 2012 budget. Also, the port is working on Shore-to-Ship Power and the replacement of the Gerald Desmond Bridge, which is expected to finish in 2016. These renovations and projects would create more jobs and a greener port, according to city and port officials.
Everyone can like that. But in May, Berth 55 owner Lawrence Maehara received news he had 180 days to vacate the property in order to relocate a fireboat station under the Gerald Desmond Bridge to Berth 55's location, which, officials claimed, would provide a unique opportunity for landside- and waterside-emergency services. Maehara and Redlew appealed to the port, asking to cohabitate the property. According to them, plans for sharing the land were being discussed until July, when the business owners were given a drawing that did not features spots for their businesses. Instead, penciled in were plans for a corrosion-control center and another business.
"We did question why this private enterprise is getting priority over us, who have been there for 42 years," Redlew said.
Residents reacted angrily to this news, and the Aug. 29 meeting was a way to express their frustrations. Queens Wharf was packed; city officials, their sunglasses tucked into their collared shirts, stood against the wall, while the crowd—mostly dressed in shorts and T-shirts—ate fried shrimp and French fries. When Maehara finally took the microphone, the crowd erupted. "I really hope you realize how important this is to the community," he said, "and how important it is to me and my family and my employees who have been here a lot longer than I have."
Maehara held up a petition. "This represents 3,000 people that feel the same way that I do."
City officials tried to state their case, to no avail. As the meeting progressed, the audience learned that DuRee and Commander Robert Luman from the Long Beach Police Department had to leave early to attend a budget meeting. A few men and women stood up, shouting: "We want to know the truth!" "We don't have any jobs." "This is our facility."
Before he left, Luman—addressing claims that a fireboat couldn't respond quickly and safely from the Berth 55 location to the middle of the harbor—pointed out that drivers are trained and have safety at the highest priority. "When we're driving through red lights," he began, "you've never seen a police car just blow through—"
The crowd openly chortled and shouted, "Bullshit!" and, "Oh, yeah, you do."
Over and over, members of the audience asked why the city and port couldn't find a way to keep Berth 55 and still build a fireboat station. "I feel terrible about it," Lyttle said.
"Oh, yeah, I can see your tears," an older lady quipped in response.
That night, officials couldn't provide any answers that would suffice. Some community members were devastated, viewing Berth 55's struggle as just another example of big business swallowing up small-business men.
"I grew up and lived my whole life in Long Beach," said Paul Allen Collins, an architect on the Westside, into the microphone during the Q&A session. "What's wrong with what's going on right now is exactly what's wrong with the United States. Our government is making all these decisions and not listening to what the people want."
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The meeting ended with no change to the port's current plans. Afterward, port managing director Douglas A. Thiessen struck a defiant tone. "Let me make it clear," he said. "This is a public-safety facility. There may be an opportunity for one or two of our contractors who work for us to also use that space. But there have been no guarantees given to anyone about who will use this facility."
But at least one politician offered a glimmer of hope for Berth 55 and Long Beach Sportfishing. Garcia—who represents District 1 on the City Council—stood on middle ground. "I would love to see some sort of compromise in which you could have both," he said after the meeting. "Port officials have said this is not possible. But I would love to see the businesses survive, as well as building the new stations."
This article appeared in print as "Their Berth Rights: Can community activists save two beloved Long Beach businesses from the wrecking ball of port progress?"


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It was all over the place — a popular subject on radio and Twitter — because that was the image Burke wanted to portray.
Burke is nothing if not prepared. He often works out his press conferences lines prior to having his press conferences. He writes down catch-phrases and memorizes them. Like an actor, he chooses his motivation, sets the mood and then determines what look he will display to the public he so often owns.
The look at the firing of GM Jay Feaster and assistant GM John Weisbrod in Calgary was that of a man who had rolled up his sleeves, a touch wild-eyed, having slept little and who hadn't bothered to groom his lengthy mop. It was all part of a way of demonstrating how much he had put in to the decision to take over the Flames in earnest.


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Pennington completed 24 of his 33 passes. Laveranues Coles made eight catches for 153 yards, Jerricho Cotchery had six catches for 65 yards and one touchdown, Derrick Blaylock rushed for 36 yards on 19 carries, while both Kevan Barlow and Chris Baker scored touchdowns for the Jets (1-0).
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It followed a party statement which said the peer was being investigated for bringing the party into disrepute because of his failure to apologise to the women party activists who had made allegations against him.
Lord Rennard was due to retake his seat as part of the Liberal Democrat group in the House of Lords after an internal party inquiry last week said he should not face a disciplinary hearing over the accusations.
Nick Clegg had warned the former party chief executive that unless he apologised there would be further action saying "no apology, no whip" and urging him to "do the decent thing".
Shortly after news of the fresh investigation, Lord Rennard issued an extraordinarily personal three-page statement in which he said that he had been the victim of a smear campaign by the media and a "whispering campaign" within the party.
In the statement he said he:
:: Resigned in 2009 after warning Mr Clegg he had become the victim of smears over House of Lords allowances, claims of which he was later exonerated
:: Had suffered depression and anxiety that had led him to contemplate self harm
:: Knew that at least two of the women who complained about his behaviour had been subjected to media pressure to tell their stories
:: Had previously offered to meet the women who had made claims and met one of them in 2011 and apologised if his behaviour had caused distress
:: Was the victim of a "whispering campaign" by people who had a personal grudge against him to limit his involvement in the 2010 election campaign
:: Had been warned by doctors in 2007 that he was at risk of heart attack or stroke.
He added: "It is impossible to describe how enormously distressed I am by this situation and I am certainly too ill to attend the House of Lords today."
The statement from the Liberal Democrats said: "Nick Clegg made clear last week, and again this morning, that it would be inappropriate for Lord Rennard to resume the Liberal Democrat whip unless he apologises. Lord Rennard has refused to do so.
"The Regional Parties Committee, which oversees disciplinary procedures under the English Party membership rules, today decided to suspend Lord Rennard's membership of the party pending a disciplinary procedure.
"As such, he cannot return to the Liberal Democrat group in the House of Lords.
"Lord Rennard will now be investigated for bringing the party into disrepute on the grounds of his failure to apologise as recommended by Alistair Webster QC."
A spokesman for Lord Rennard described the committee's decision as "extraordinary" and said the peer was "taking legal advice with a view to civil action against the party".
The spokesman added: "He does not wish to see legal action between fellow Liberal Democrats, but his membership of the party matters more to him than anything apart from family and friends. Indeed he feels that the party is also his family."
But Bridget Harris, a former aide to the Lib Dem leader and one of the women who alleged she was harassed by Lord Rennard, welcomed the decision to suspend the peer.
Ms Harris told Sky News: "I think Nick felt deeply responsible that all of this happened and technically, on paper, it felt like there was very little the leadership could do.
"But actually, as it has turned out today, there is something we can do. We can send a strong message that this kind of behaviour is not tolerated."
In his conclusions last week Mr Webster found that while it was clear "Lord Rennard's behaviour has caused distress to a number of women" and that the women's evidence was "credible", the claims could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt.
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Sterling American Scout C-2 Cargo
I thought I would post a few pictures from the construction of the American Scout. As I previously stated in another thread, this is at least the third one of these Sterling Scout models I have made over the years.
I bought this from someone who's dad collected kits, the price was fair according to what they go for on Ebay and the box was never opened. Unfortunately it was perhaps one of the last of the Sterling American Scout kits that were made after they were sold to Estes, they must have wanted to get a few more kits in circulation. Every piece of balsa in the kit were different thickness, for example one bulkhead was 3/16" and the corresponding one was 3/32", more important none of the pieces were identified, guess they ran out of ink. This was no task for someone who hasen't built this kit at least several times before to be able to identify at least 95% of the parts from past experience.
What I decided to do is make every piece of the cabin and deck booms out of plastic, I wanted that perfect finish and didn't want to spend days on trying to match balsa pieces deck by deck that were of varying thickness, not to mentioned many were just so poorly punched from the sheets. Also the theory was I could make each deck to attached to the next by corner plates and screws from inside so that each deck could be painted without having to tape the cabin walls.
As most everyone does I keep placing the parts on the hull so I can enjoy the fruits of my labor along the way. I'll keep posting a few pictures during various stages of the construction but first need to install a lock on the downstairs of my celler for a little peace and quiet time.
I wanted to state how much I hated building some of these Sterling kits in the 50's because even when new the quality control and many of the parts never punched out of the sheets without damage of one sort or another, but how we love them today even at Ebay prices.
That was one heck of a kit for its day, and too bad it is no longer available, except occasionally on Flea Bay.
Guess if a want a C-2 tanker/freighter, I'll have to get some plans and start some heavy-duty scratchbuilding---.
Ed, you must dearly love the American Scout for some reason, or maybe you are just a masochist to want to keep building these old Sterling kits.
Your plastic construction sure does look good. I was thinking the same thing that you posted in one of your pics, that you have a hobby shop collection of Evergreen!
Back with a few pictures of my last American Scout built in 2004 and my Missouri from 2003 - 2005.
the [QUOTE=Kmot]Ed, you must dearly love the American Scout for some reason, or maybe you are just a masochist to want to keep building these old Sterling kits.
Hi Knot, Actually built the first one when I was perhaps 13, the second around 35 and this one at 61. I guess I just get tired of them after a while and want to make the next one even better. Building another 42' Sterling Corvette at the same time as well a Model Slipways Loyal Class Fleet
Ed, knowing what you actually get in the Missouri kit, your craftsmanship is outstanding! That is also evidenced by your current progress on the American Scout.
It was always too much of a high dollar kit for me, even at its original prices, that I have only drooled at the pictures in the catalogs. Saw the real ship many years ago when we escorted her during the evacuation of South Vietnam.
Pete G.
Use of plastic and Hull Weight
Does the use of the plastic card add significant weight to topsides? Knowing that the lower Hull is built with balsa block material and that the upper portion of hull is balsa airplane type construction will the added weight of the plastic card cause ballast and trim problems.
I have a Scout which I plan to start next year. I will do it with a friend who has one started and one in the box. He also has the MO in the box. Our kits are from older runs of the kit and thankfully the balsa materials are a uniform thicknesses.(I think in earlier post you said yours were not) I know that making wood look like steel is difficult, especially open grained balsa, but the ship must swim after project is complete.
Like you I will really strive for detail. My goal is to have friends and family question my sanity when I put it in the lake behind my house.
Ship looks great. I will watch your progress with great interest.
edmigley51146 Really nice job. The Scout is such a great looking model. We have two in our club. WSBA Member Bob D won Peoples Choice at the Midwest Model contest in May of 06. He was worried about running it after he broke a boom so we convinced him to build a cargo ship just for running. He got a fiberglass Scout hull and built himself a generic ship to play with.
The other is by member Chuck L in Manitowoc has one too. She looks fantastic on the water cruising along.
roach101761 I don't know what the other builders but I found that the fiberglass hull required considerable ballast to get her down. I used styrene to construct the superstructure, my lifeboats were solid wood, the crane pedestals were recycled Lindberg PT torpedo tubes, and the cranes were HO railroad cranes. There was allot of topside weight. I used two of the big old window sash weights to ballast her.
Use of Plastic and Hull Weight
The reason why I wanted to make all the cabin structures, booms, if fact, anything else I could out of plastic I knew I could get much more detail in the end results. Go back a few photos and take a close look at the USS Missouri I posted. Everything including the 16" guns was made from plastic, now compare this to the Sterling kit's method and building materials.
With plastic cabins I can do all the electrical boxes, power cables, trim, portholes (illuminated) doors both open and closed but in the long run it's so much more easy, stronger, and will finish better than balsa. Our boats spend more time on shelves being admired than actually in the water.
I do not disagree that you can do the same detail with wood but plastic is forever that's precisely why we fiberglass the hulls to make them stronger and give us a more enduring painting surface. As far as ballast, this model will require a lot of ballast anyway to get it down to just below the waterline.
Lot's of nice posts and pictures coming forth in this thread. Liberty Ships and C-2's were the way it was for most of us remaining builders and admires of all things classic.
I learned a valuable lesson with the Dumas USS Crockett kit and high weight. The twin 50 cals were way oversized and made of white metal. They weighed a ton. I liberated some 50's from a Lindberg PT. Not the nicest examples of machine guns but the model behaved sooooo much better.
Even though plastic is denser than balsa (even light plywood) you can use very thin stock plus you can skip the heavy filler to remove the grain. The finished construction should be lighter. Plywood is still a great choice for structural beams.
I would think that on a large displacement ship like the freighter, you could almost build the upper works out of anything and still need ballast in the hull.
Just my two cents.
Build Log Continued
Had a few more minutes last night so I decided to take some creative license in adding some detail to the stack. Also I laminated two sheets of plastic together and have started to cut out the platforms both fore and aft of each of the towers. Again this replaces the balsa that comes with the kit.
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Larry Link, the former owner of a ghost town tourist attraction, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports, was found dead early June 7 near his car by a family member.
If an illegal did kill Link, it would be second such murder within about the last 15 months. An illegal alien still at large is thought to have murdered Robert Krentz at his cattle ranch northeast of Douglas, Arizona.
Drug Smuggling Played a Role?
Police have not verified a report that an illegal alien murdered Link, but a county commissioner said that it is a likely possibility. Ed Kerr told the paper that he found a significant quantity of dope on his ranch and that smuggling has increased.
"Last summer in August, I found five bundles of marijuana on my ranch land about 50 feet from the freeway. That can't be more than eight or 10 miles from Larry's." he said. "They were scattered about. One was under the billboard, one was beside the fence. Illegals with empty backpacks had dropped their load. I-10 is, obviously, a connecting point. We're getting a lot of traffic, more than what we've seen in the past couple of years. They have ultra-light planes flying out of Mexico and dropping off bundles and then illegals walking and picking them up."
Three years ago, Kerr said, he found seven undocumented immigrants hiding in a culvert on his land off of Highway 338.
Link was the highly popular proprietor of Stein's Ghost Town, which he shut down a few years ago. He and his wife had just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
The Murder of Robert Krentz
Residents of Douglas, Arizona, received a similar shocking blow last year when Robert Krentz was found dead on his ranch. An illegal alien and/or drug smuggler almost certainly murdered Krentz, according to news reports.
Former Rep. Tom Tancredo, along with Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, told the Arizona Daily Star that Krentz was helping an illegal when he was killed. The pair reported that "Krentz phoned a family member Saturday afternoon to say he was out near his watering hole, providing one or more illegal immigrants with aid."
Krentz freely helped illegals looking for water when they came on his property. According to the Star, Krentz didn't retaliate for the burglaries at his ranch by permitting illegals to die of thirst.
In a 1999 PBS interview, Robert Krentz and his wife, Susan, said illegal immigrants once stole property from their ranch, but that incident didn't stop him from aiding other trespassers.
"You know, we've personally been broke in once. And they took about $700 worth of stuff. And you know, if they come in and ask for water, I'll still give them water. I, you know, that's just my nature," Krentz was quoted as saying in written transcripts of the interview.
Authorities in Arizona, the Star reported, including Sheriff Larry Dever, believe one person murdered Krentz. The night of the killing, police found tracks leading back to the Mexican border.
A fellow rancher told Fox News that Krentz was likely shot when he was about to call the Border Patrol. "I think Rob came to help this guy, and the moment he put that telephone to his ear, he was shot," said rancher Richard Humphries, who lives in nearby Elfrida. "It's happened to me. They don't want you to call the border patrol."
Another possiblity is that drug-smuggling Mexicans murdered Krentz in retaliation for the arrests of eight of their number at his ranch the day before.
According to the Star, Krentz was murdered just a day after his brother told authorities about drug smuggling, a phone call that netted 290 pounds of marijuana and eight smugglers at Krentz's ranch.
Fox News reported that authorities have suggested two other theories.
One, a drug cartel scout. The Chirachua mountains in southeast Arizona are 11,000 feet tall, rugged and remote. It is a popular drug corridor and the killer may have been clearing the way for a load of drugs moving north when Krentz surprised him.
Two, the suspect belonged to a band of thieves terrorizing the remote ranches scattered around the area — an idea supported by other ranchers.
"Two days earlier a 9mm and a 9mm Glock had been stolen from a home in Portal," said rancher Roger Barnett. "There is no way to know for sure it was the murder weapon. But the bullet the killed Rob and his dog was a 9mm."
Roger Barnett is the rancher fighting an order to pay $87,000 to a pack of border jumpers he detained on his ranch.
Dever, the Cochise County sheriff, told the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was wrong to claim the border is "more secure than it has ever been."
Krentz's murder partly inspired the passage of Arizona's tough immigration measure, S.B. 1070, which a leftist federal judge declared invalid at the behest of the Obama administration.
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Sounds like 'Tripper's Day' that originally starred Leonard Rossiter then Bruce Forsyth, when it became 'Slinger's Day.'
I'm trying to recall a Comedy from about 1988 may-be 1987 possibly about a Supermarket (I think possibly on ITV) and the Manager was a sort of mixture of Basil Fawlty and Mr Bean with may-be a bit of an element (not too much though) of Victor Meldrew. In the end I think his Carreer as a Supermarket Manager in the programme did not work. I hope this makes sense as these memories are really the only one's I can recall from possibly about 10 minutes of the show.
Thanks to any replies,
Sounds like 'Tripper's Day' that originally starred Leonard Rossiter then Bruce Forsyth, when it became 'Slinger's Day.'
Because my girlfriend wanted to see Brucie we watched 'Slinger's Day' first.
I bought it because I remembered liking the few minutes I saw of it round my parents friends house when it was first shown on TV.
It's a total cheese fest, possibly the most 80s sitcom I have ever seen.
We both loved it and watched the whole first series in one go.
I'll watch 'Trippers Day' next, although I can't remember seeing it when it was originally transmitted.
I recall that, in the week it started, the series was promoted on the front cover of the TV Times, with a cheery pic of Rossiter.


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Pricing And Commercial Kitchen Space
Business By rubiarubia Updated 26 Mar 2012 , 4:54am by rubiarubia
Hi everyone! I've been a longtime Cake Central reader, but this is my first post. I'm in the process of officially starting my own special-order cake/dessert business. I've worked in the industry for a while, but have decided that it's time to start my own company (it's called Boujie Baking Co. Fancy Schmancy Goodness)!
I'm doing special orders only to start, I live in a small town and want to get my name out there and get a following before I open any sort of storefront. Also, I have very little start-up capital.
I have pretty much all my licensing, permits, etc., but have a couple of questions for those who've done similar things:
1) What are some creative places I might be able to find commercial kitchen space? I've found several local options, but most of them want a minimum of $17/hr, which just doesn't make sense if I'm only baking one or two cakes at a time. I would have to mark up the cakes like crazy just to cover costs, let alone making a profit... (Or do most people just bake at home and not tell their customers??)
2) Speaking of making a profit, how does everyone price their cakes? I've come up with an Excel spreadsheet that lets me figure out the cost, but then with hours baking, decorating, shopping, etc... again, I'm finding it hard to figure out how to actually make a decent profit. I still have a full-time job, but I would like this to bring in some cash, too. I won't be touching any of the profits for at least the first year, but I'd love for the business to grow itself.
I think that's all! Thanks so much in advance!
www.boujiebakingco.com (Just got the website up and am super excited... had to share!)
You have some very unique and interesting ideas. I love your website! Keep looking for a commercial kitchen where you can bake legally - try small bakeries, restaurants, bars, delis, churches, schools, social service organizations. Surely one place in your community would appreciate some extra income that won't cut too deeply into your profit.
I strongly suggest doing the legal path. Too many new businesses try this shortcut and find that some opportunities are only open to legit businesses; and not being legal means you are one phone call away from being closed down.
For pricing, the baking industry uses a standard system: triple the cost of ingredients for wholesale; quadruple ingredients for retail. For products that are more labor intensive (such as wedding cakes) keep track of hours and add for your time.
Good luck to you!
Thank you so much for the input! Wow, quadruple the ingredients cost sounds like a lot, but I guess it's not too bad. Really, it's the only way for me to make any sort of profit. I just feel like for the smaller cakes, that sets a high price. But I suppose we don't always know the value of our own products, and if it's good enough (which I think it is ) people will pay for that quality.
I definitely am planning on doing everything legally. I have most of the permits and licenses, just need to get a couple more, and then that darn commercial kitchen space. I'm sure I will find something eventually...
Anyway, thanks again for your feedback, and I would love to hear any other thoughts, tips or suggestions anyone might have.
$17/hour is not too bad for a commercial kitchen, you should be able to make a profit if you price your cakes accordingly and target the right audience. For specialty baked goods you should be able to charge at least $5/serving.
4 x ingredients is a good rule of thumb but you'll want to make sure you factor in labor and overhead as well as your profit margin. For example, if a cake uses $50 of ingredients, takes 8 hours to complete (including baking, decorating, cleanup, etc), your wage is $15/hour, you have $30 in overhead per cake (assuming 50 orders a year and $1500/year in overhead), and a 25% profit margin, the price of that cake should be $50 + 8 * ($17 + $15) + $30 + 25% = $420. If you only charged 4 x ingredients you would be at $16 below cost assuming your wage is $0/hour.
Of course if the cake is much simpler and only takes an hour, the price would be $50 + 1 * ($17 + $15) + $30 + 25% = $140, which is considerably less than 4 x ingredients.
17/hr is cheap. Here in GA, nothing less than 25/hr
I am in sort of the same position, but not as far along as you are. I was trying to figure out how to make a profit while starting small renting a kitchen. Thank you, Jason, for the formula. With that formula, I'm still coming out way too high for my market for the smaller cakes. Is it common to "weight" the larger cakes? I feel like I can charge more for the larger cakes and maybe use that increase to discount the smaller cakes to bring them within the market where I live. Is that a smart thing to do?
I am in sort of the same position, but not as far along as you are. I was trying to figure out how to make a profit while starting small renting a kitchen. Thank you, Jason, for the formula. With that formula, I'm still coming out way too high for my market for the smaller cakes. Is it common to "weight" the larger cakes? I feel like I can charge more for the larger cakes and maybe use that increase to discount the smaller cakes to bring them within the market where I live. Is that a smart thing to do?
With this formula we actually end up charging more for smaller cakes on a per-serving basis due to fixed cost components and the fact that there isn't too much of a labor difference in decorating, say, an 8" cake vs. a 12" cake.
If you need to adjust your profit and discount your hourly wage for smaller cakes you are of course free to do so (and it may be a good idea based on market prices), just make sure you don't adjust your profit and wage too low. But even with a lower profit/wage on a smaller cake they do still provide a benefit by contributing to your overhead, especially if you can utilize slack time to complete the smaller orders.
Yes, it's the smaller cakes I'm having a hard time with. If I only charge $20 for a simple 6" cake, for example, how could I possibly cover costs? The ingredients alone cost ~$7, and then the mixing, baking, cooling, and decorating time in a kitchen that runs $16/hr automatically run it up quite a bit. That's not to mention my labor. But I don't really see how I could charge more than $20 or $25 for such a small cake. And I don't have enough orders coming in right now to be able to do much multi-tasking, yet don't want to turn people away, as I'm just starting out. Very frustrating! I guess I could only offer cakes of a certain size, which I could actually make a profit on?
A price per serving was mentioned.. do some people price their cakes that way, so the buyer has some sort of justification for buying a $80 9" cake (or whatever price...)?? The numbers of this whole situation are making it seem very unfeasible, yet I know special order cakes IS a business, so there has to be a way to make it all make sense.
Thanks for all the imput, everyone!!
Oh and PS: I got an email from the California Board of Equalization telling me that I don't need a Seller's Permit because I don't charge sales tax on baked goods. I'm still going to call them and double check, but have other Californian's found that to be true?! Crazy!
Yes, it's the smaller cakes I'm having a hard time with. If I only charge $20 for a simple 6" cake, for example, how could I possibly cover costs?
You can't, which is why many bakeries set a minimum order. For example, the smallest cake we make is an 8" round, which starts at $44. If someone wants a 6" round we can make it for them (and we have), but it still starts at $44.
When you are just starting you should be prepared to take losses as you grow your customer base, the great thing about renting a commercial kitchen is that you usually have flexibility to scale up or down as demand changes.
However, you should make sure that you really have a viable market that can sustain your business in the long term. Your area might be tough...the demographics ($22-25K median HHI) and size (~40K) of the Arcata/Eureka metro area don't look very promising for a premium custom bakery, but that doesn't mean you can't still make it work, you just may have to target more business customers and look for wholesale opportunities, or do some research with more local data to find more affluent pockets within the area.
A price per serving was mentioned.. do some people price their cakes that way, so the buyer has some sort of justification for buying a $80 9" cake (or whatever price...)??
We set a flat starting price for single tier cakes, since that's what people who buy those kinds of cakes are used to. For multi-tier cakes we charge per serving.
Oh and PS: I got an email from the California Board of Equalization telling me that I don't need a Seller's Permit because I don't charge sales tax on baked goods. I'm still going to call them and double check, but have other Californian's found that to be true?! Crazy!
That's correct...if you don't have a seating area of a certain size, then you are not required to collect sales tax on to-go items. We needed an exemption letter from BOE saying this in order to get a business license from our city, since they normally require a seller's permit.
Wow, so much great information! Thanks!
I will definitely be doing minimum orders. The demographics around here are a bit weird, there is a lot of money in the community (and people really care about good food!), even though the official median income seems low. I really just need to get my wording and marketing together so that people aren't shocked by the prices. And I feel like my ingredient costs are still kinda high, mostly with the frostings. But I guess that's what I get for using so much buttercream (?) ...
Good news: I found kitchen space! It's VERY small, but very close to my home, and just perfect for what I need for now. We're going to start with a trade my labor producing some things for him for his kitchen space. It's really ideal, except that I still need to build overhead into my cake prices, and right now my overhead is labor. I guess the pricing is just a lot more difficult than I anticipated.
Quick question regarding cake boards: I'm looking at the simple corrugated ones from BRP Box Shop: http://www.brpboxshop.com/2744.html . The price is right, and I've heard great things about their products (and free shipping!), but I'm not sure about the exposed edge. What boards do most people use? Of course for tiered cakes I'll have to look into cake drums, but I'm just thinking about simple one-level cakes, for the day-to-day.
Thanks everyone!
Congrats on the kitchen space! Quick question - did you know this person beforehand or just approach someone? I was thinking that sort of arrangement would be ideal, but am not sure how to go about asking. I don't currently know anyone who would be in a position to provide such a space. So, I was just curious as to how you went about getting to that agreement.
Also, you asked about the boards. This is just my opinion, but I think the exposed edges make the cake look less professional. I'm sure those boards would be fine, but I would still try to cover the edge with a ribbon. And I know it's not as cost-effective, but I like even smaller cakes to have a cake drum type board underneath. I always make mine from 1/2-inch foamcore board covered with fondant and edged with a ribbon.
I actually approached the coffeeshop about them being a pickup point for my cakes. Since I still have my day job, I was worried about delivering cakes to people, schedule-wise. So I was seeing if they would be a place where I could drop off finished cakes, and my customers could come pay for them and pick them up. We got to talking about kitchen space, and it turns out he has some that I can use!
Yes, I agree that it looks a little unprofessional, which is why I'm concerned. I could finish the edges with ribbon, but I think fondant and cake drums for every cake is a little much for me right now (except for wedding cakes, etc...). I want something efficient, effective, and nice looking. There are also these: http://www.brpboxshop.com/215.html, which are a bit more expensive but may be worth the extra $0.40 per board...
Sounds like it was meant to be! That is really great! It also inspires me to at least start a conversation with someone. There is a little bake shop near me that does to-go baked items but no custom cakes, so I was thinking of approaching them about some sort of arrangement. Thanks for giving me something to think about!
I do like your second choice of board better and I agree about the time/expense of doing a custom board for every cake. In the end, I don't think the average person will notice or care about the difference in the boards. They both look sturdy and are food-safe, which are the most important things. And certainly better than plain cardboard! So, I would go with whichever your gut tells you so that in the end you are proud of and comfortable with the entire finished product that you give to your customer.
@Jason: Thanks for the info about the BOE. I called them (just to be sure!) and they confirmed this. However, what I didn't think about was buying ingredients wholesale. I know I need a seller's permit to do this (at least at my local restaurant supply store). But is that even an option for me if I'm not charging the end user sales tax? In other words, as far as tax is concerned, am I the end user? Thanks!
Restaurant supply stores should be OK with a business license if you don't have a seller's permit (if not, the BOE exemption letter explaining that a seller's permit is not necessary should suffice).
You can certainly still buy wholesale, but since you do not collect sales tax from your customers you would have to pay the sales tax yourself when you buy ingredients.
Do you have any idea how this works if I am providing desserts to a restaurant? I'm selling them wholesale, and when I sell desserts retail I don't charge or pay sales tax, because my customers are not eating them on my property. But the restaurant will be charging sales tax on them, I presume... so does that mean anything for me??
I believe the issue of whether or not to charge sales tax is between the retailer and the CA BOE, as a wholesale supplier once your goods are in the retailer's possession you should not be liable for sales tax past your place in the supply chain.
I would contact the BOE to confirm this though.
Will do. And I think you're right. I'm just working up a quote for an event I'm doing in a couple weeks and tax popped into my mind... Thanks for all your help!


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Luxembourg lovebirds at the Olympics – Stéphanie part of the family already
(CS) Luxembourg's Crown Prince Guillaume and his fiancée Stéphanie looked very much in love as they took in the Olympics in London with the Grand Ducal family.
Throughout the Olympics, Luxembourg's royal family has been supporting the country's athletes, whether they competed on the tennis pitch or in the pool.
Guillaume's fiancée travelled to London with the family and these photos show that she's already a part of the Grand Ducal clan ahead of the nuptials in October.
Even the Grand Duke himself simply had to take a snapshot of his son with the future princess. Waving Luxembourg flags and scarves, Guillaume's brothers Félix and Sébastien were also at hand.
Princess Alexandra, Prince Louis and his wife Tessy (not pictured) completed the family photo session.
For more photos of the Luxembourg royals at the Olympics see our recap of the Games in pictures.


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Early exit polls: Clinton, Sanders close on race relations in Michigan
WARNING: Early exit polls are incomplete, and they should be interpreted with caution. They only include interviews with voters who cast ballots earlier in the day, which could underrepresent certain groups. And the networks don't release full results before polls have closed statewide; they only tease out certain numbers, some of which will shift significantly in the final survey.
Early exit poll results from Michigan's Democratic presidential primary show Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders running close on some key questions.
The results teased out by sponsoring news organizations Tuesday evening don't include a horse-race number; the networks don't release that data until polls have closed statewide.
According to ABC News, the percentages of Democratic voters who say both candidates' policies are about right on an ideological scale are roughly even: a little over 60 percent.
About 60 percent of voters said Clinton was honest and trustworthy, versus about 80 percent who said the same of Sanders. Around 60 percent said honesty or empathy was the most important attribute for a candidate — slightly more than the four-in-10 who said electability or experience was most important.
Roughly equal percentages of voters said they trust Clinton and Sanders to handle race relations; both candidates have courted African-American voters in the state.
Seven-in-10 voters said they would be satisfied if Sanders were the Democratic nominee, compared to the roughly two-thirds who said they would be satisfied if Clinton wins the nomination.
But a little over 70 percent of Michigan voters want to keep President Barack Obama's policies, CNN reported.
Meanwhile, in Mississippi, about 60 percent of voters are African American, which ABC News said would be a record for the state.


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