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Portugal: Sun, Sea & Software
The Q-Day Conference 2016 under the theme "Portugal: Sun, Sea & Software" will be held on 22 September between 9am and 6pm, in Lisbon.
It is an annual conference of public interest, on strategic, innovation, entrepreneurship, decision models and internationalization promoted by Quidgest, with the support of several entities.
Has achieved over the years, renowned speakers and a great level of audience, very interested in the subjects. It is aimed at managers, public officials, politicians, IT directors and opinion leaders.
"Portugal: Sun, Sea & Software" is the theme of this year's conference. Besides sports, Portugal is a European reference, recognized worldwide for its sunny weather, its maritime extension and tradition, as well as its tourism potential in general. It has all the conditions to be also a reference in the field of new technologies especially in terms of software management.
We will disclose our technological merit, attracting skills and combining our valences, and our environmental and cultural heritage, the ability to take an important role in the global digital transformation.


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Dead Weight is great. It kills small Hexproof creatures when brought back from the graveyard and makes bigger Hexproof creatures easier to deal with.
July 12, 2012 6:27 p.m.
back in the early innistrad meta (the one that was slow as hell being full of solar flare) I remember sticking a Dead Weight on my opponent's Sun Titan on the first of the 5 turns you get for the game going to time. It was the 2nd game and I had won the first, he would have been able to force a draw for the round if the Sun Titan was hitting for 6 instead of 4.
July 12, 2012 6:37 p.m.
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I really love this art bin. Keeps everything organized. It could be used for many things. Even my husband could use it for his nuts and bolts and all those small items. I recommend.
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It was a little dicey figuring out the differences between the 3 Super Satchels. I ordered one that had no compartments on top and then I order the one that had dividers in the top for a different reason. Once I figured it out, I accidentally bought 1 too many, but no probs. I have plenty of uses for it... These are very handy and I'm happy to have them. Top section works a little hard and the side compartments are not removable but only an issue transferring the brads when packing up in NJ.
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The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) national board of directors has overwhelmingly recommitted itself to consolidation with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).
The board also has unanimously resolved to find a way to merge the two unions' pension and health plans, a major sticking point in the unions' last two attempts to marry.
By an 84% vote, the SAG board recommitted itself to the consolidation and affiliation effort during its Monday meeting. According to the approved resolution, the board based its renewed determination on the facts that 58% of voting members favored merger; that "more than 50% of the entire membership voted, the highest turnout in the history of the guild, and…many who opposed the plan nonetheless indicated support for the consolidation of SAG and AFTRA."
SAG had needed 60% of its voting members to favor consolidation, but fell 2% short. AFTRA saw 75% of its voting members approving the merger. Leaders of the SAG opposition had stated publicly that they favored merger, but not the specific plan offered to members.
The SAG board's Monday resolution also instructed the guild's AFTRA relations task force to seek members' suggestions for possible changes to the consolidation plan, and to meet with AFTRA's strategic alliance committee, consider the suggestions, and to recommend new action to the SAG board. The two union panels were the driving force for the recent consolidation effort. They met several times, even involving the AFL-CIO—finally recommending merger and forming documents, such as a constitution and business plan—for the proposed new union, the Alliance of International Media Artists (AIMA).
Hoping to Heal P&H
The SAG board's benefits-plan resolution reasoned that a single pension or health plan "may be in the interest" of SAG members and the plans' participants. The resolution added that the financial markets have negatively impacted the plans, requiring a reduction in health benefits, and that the guild would address the problems in future collective-bargaining sessions with producers.
The board then called upon the plans' trustees to "take all reasonable steps" in three areas:
• Studying whether a pension-plan merger would "provide a sounder basis to maintain" and enhance security of pension benefits.
• Deciding if merging the two health plans would prove cost efficient and "result in maximizing health benefits."
• Exploring consolidating the administrations of the two unions' plans.
The resolution also authorized the two plans' administrators to consult with trustee subcommittees and "a common set of consultants," and to recommend "alternative approaches" to merging the plans. The board also authorized the administrators to present a progress report no later than SAG's Oct. 18 plenary meeting.
McCord Responds
Kent McCord, SAG's national treasurer—who led the opposition to the consolidation and also opposes SAG National President Melissa Gilbert for the top post—stated support for exploring ways to merge the benefits plans but concern over the board's intent in recommitting to consolidation. Gilbert strongly supported consolidation, as did Gordon Drake, the third announced candidate for the SAG presidency.
"Looking at cost savings of certain administrative areas of pension and health, I think, is a wise thing to do," McCord told Back Stage on Tuesday. He said he hoped the guild would release the Mercer study—a report that covered a possible merger of the benefits plans—to the entire SAG membership so the actors can get a clearer idea of the problems and possibilities in merging the plans. He added that the guild should also release the new study it plans to conduct.
"We need to allow the members full access to the information so they can determine if it's in their interest to move forward with whatever results come out of the study," McCord opined.
McCord expressed concern that SAG leaders might be looking to only change enough of the AIMA documents to get the 60% needed for consolidation. But he added that a consolidation that could benefit all members is possible.
"There are means to create the autonomous entities that remain sovereign; and where we can do what they're talking about in the pension and health plans through scales of economy; cut costs so we can give more services; and in the area of collective bargaining create the affiliation between us—as we did with Phase One and with the commercials contract—to negotiate those areas where our charter is to protect wages and working conditions of members, whether broadcasters, recording artists or actors."
Phase One is the 1981 document through which SAG and AFTRA agreed to united activities such as joint board meetings and joint bargaining of major contracts, such as the upcoming commercials-pact talks in September.


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The United States served as host for the 1995 freestyle wrestling world championships, held in Atlanta, Ga., on August 10-13. The host country took first place with 71 points and four gold medals. Iran placed second with 59 points and one gold. Russia was third with 58 points, followed by Turkey with 35 points and Cuba with 34 points. Valentin Jordanov of Bulgaria won his seventh world championship.
The Greco-Roman world championships took place in Prague on October 12-15. Russia won with 75 points, and Germany followed with 39 points. Russian heavyweight Aleksandr Karelin won his seventh world championship.
The freestyle World Cup took place in Chattanooga, Tenn., on April 7-8. The U.S. won its third straight dual meet title by defeating Russia in the final match 20-19 and gained a total of 10 team points. Russia scored 8 points, Turkey 6, Iran 4, and Canada 2.
The 65th U.S. collegiate championships were held in Iowa City, Iowa, on March 16-18. Winning the team title was host school Iowa with 134 points and one champion. Winning his third collegiate title was North Carolina's T.J. Jaworsky at 60.8 kg (134 lb).
Sumo's new star, Takanohana, gained promotion to the top rank of yokozuna at the end of November 1994 and dominated 1995 by winning four of the six annual 15-day tournaments. His older brother, ozeki (the second highest rank) Wakanohana, and yokozuna Akebono, a Hawaiian-American, won the other two titles. Takanohana captured the Hatsu basho (New Year's tournament) with a strong 13-2 record, defeating ozeki Musashimaru, an American-Samoan from Hawaii, in a play-off. In the Haru basho in March, Akebono had a near-perfect 14-1 mark to win his eighth yusho (tournament title). But Takanohana won three consecutive yusho, in May, July, and September. In May's Natsu basho, he won by 14-1; in the Nagoya basho in July, he took the title with a 13-2 record; and finally in the Aki basho in September, he breezed to his third straight yusho with a perfect 15-0 mark, increasing his total yusho to 11. In the year's sixth and final basho in November--a historic encounter involving two brothers competing for the first time ever--ozeki Wakanohana defeated Takanohana in a play-off after they finished the Kyushu basho with identical 12-3 records.


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CHESTER, Pa. — Philadelphia Union striker Carlos Ruiz thought his days of playing for his country were over.
But when Ever Hugo Almeida — who coached Ruiz at CSD Municipal in Guatemala and Club Olimpia in Paraguay — took the reigns of the Guatemalan national team, Ruiz decided to come out of retirement after two-and-a-half years.
Now, "El Pescadito" headlines a Guatemala team looking to make some noise at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, beginning June 6 when they face Group B rival Honduras at The Home Depot Center.
"I know how he works," Ruiz said of Almeida. "He's the reason I came back to the national team. It's very important for my country."
Guatemala's best finish in the Gold Cup came in 1996 when they placed fourth, but Ruiz's attacking ability immediately makes los Chapines a formidable threat in this tournament. The Union striker is Guatemala's all-time scoring leader with 42 career goals, and currently leads Philly with three goals, including a stunning 40-yard, left-footed half volley in last Saturday's win over Chicago.
"He's capable of doing those things," Union manager Peter Nowak said. "That's why he's so dangerous — because of those surprise moments. No one suspects he's going to pull something like that out of his sleeve. And all of a sudden, it happens."
Ruiz will report for international duty following Philly's contest against Toronto at BMO Field on Saturday (12:30 pm ET; Direct Kick, MatchDay Live) and could miss anywhere between two and five games, depending on how far Guatemala advance.
Considering no one else on the Union has scored more than one goal this season, it would seem Ruiz's production would be hard to replace. But Ruiz doesn't think that will be much of an issue.
"We have great players on this team," the Guatemalan said. "Any player can play the same or better than me. Danny [Mwanga] is recovered. [Jack McInerney] is a great player. Levi [Houapeu] can play that position. Peter is not going to have a problem to try to find another forward to play in my position."
In addition to Mwanga, McInerney, Houapeu, rookie Chris Agorsor and, of course, the club's 2010 leading scorer, Sébastien Le Toux, the Union may have another option to help fill Ruiz's void up top.
Serbian striker Veljko Paunović has been on trial with the club for a while and recent reports indicate their marriage is on the verge of being official. On Thursday, a Union coach declined comment on the record, but Paunović himself tweeted earlier this week that he signed and Nowak indicated in his weekly press conference that help could be on the way.
"Right now, we have options when Carlos leaves," the Union manager said. "And we're still looking to get a couple of players to help us for the end of season. We're going to be fine."
Dave Zeitlin covers the Union for MLSsoccer.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DaveZeitlin.
Philly's Ruiz hopes to be surprise element for Guatemala
CHESTER, Pa. — Philadelphia Union striker Carlos Ruiz thought his days of playing for his country were over.


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We'll help each other gain the skills and equipment needed to defend our country, if the need arises. With your help, we'll spread the American tradition of practical rifle marksmanship across our great land. We'll work together to find or create the facilities and resources to allow every able and willing citizen to learn to shoot a rifle safely and well close to home.
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Ariza is a poor shooter, let alone from beyond the arc. IMO, Ariza is ready to contribute, and whether or not he starts isn't important to me...
Ariza is a poor shooter, let alone from beyond the arc. IMO, Ariza is ready to contribute, and whether or not he starts isn't important to me...
League realignment? hell, how 'bout Knick realignment...
NY gets
Pierce (SG)
Jefferson (PF)
Odom (SF-PointForward)
Ridnour (PG)
Jerome James (C)
Boston gets
Malik Rose
Penny Hardaway
Seattle gets
Kobe Bryant
Nate Robinson
Tim Thomas
Lakers get
Ray Allen
Jamal Crawford
Mo Taylor
Mark Blount
and then...ship JYD and Sweets to Washington for Kwame plus change
NY Starting 5
Luke Ridnour (future allstar PG)
Paul Pierce (SG)
Lamar Odom (SF)
Al Jefferson (future allstar PF)
Kwame Brown (C)
jerome james
channing frye
jackie butler
david lee
trevor ariza
jermaine jackson
This will give Herb Williams a fresh handle on this team, 'cause you know Stephon just doesn't want Herb as coach. One of them will not be here come October.
Of course, all this is pure speculation, probably doesn't work salary-wise, WON'T happen and yes I'm smoking some serious ****. Ariza the veteran Knick on the team? JAJAJAJAJAJ. So don't gang up on me for using my imagination and wasting your time.
Lord I beg you for a Knick championship before I die!!!
ya...how much for a dime bag dude...I'd ask for a 20, but it seems like it ****ed you up real bad.
If we could get Walker with the MLE then you can't argue with it. He would fit very nicely into Zeke's plans (of which I strongly dissaprove). Walker fits right in the Marbury, Crawford, Q, Tim Thomas mold of guys with attitudes who would be below average defenders in the WNBA. But he's an All-Star caliber player on the offensive end, and if the plan is to make the playoffs (and lose in the first round) now then he's your man.
Personally I would rather see us get a little defense. Under Carlisle the Pistons showed that you can win with strong defense, a team first attitude, and a good coach without any highly regarded/overpayed players. Zeke clearly missed that and decided that trading terrible overpayed players with short contracts for decent overpayed players with long contracts was the best way to build a team. I would have honestly rather seen him make a trade or two for some young players, then cut everyone and sign a bunch of nobodies who can defend. I think we would have been contending sooner.
I guess that you can't change the past and that at least this is better than anything Layden could have done. Considering the spot we're in I don't think that Walker is a half bad 4. I would also welcome an athletic PF who can defend. Sweetney looks like a good backup, but he's limited physically and doesn't do much for you defensively. Swift is a hell of an athlete and his baggage doesn't even compare to Kwame's. Although if Zeke is convinced that Kwame will work hard then I wouldn't be against getting him.
I also wouldn't mind standing pat. I like the three guys we drafted and think that we might already have a decent team. Maybe bring in someone who can defend (that does not mean Jerome James) with the exception and see how the young guys do. If the young guys play well they're much more valuable at the deadline or next offseason.
i think kobe is untouchable, and the celtics would never go on with that trade because they are currently rebuilding also with all their young players, they will never give al jefferson up but they will likely ship pp out.Originally Posted by portega1968
i doubt luke ridnour will be a future all star but he is a decent pg. plus, there are so many players involved and so much money that the teams involved probably wouldnt even go through in the trade. in conclusion, u totally dismantled the team and added players with equal or less talent with the current team.
ps: what is it with trading marbury the knicks is where he belongs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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youre a jackass.........
just thought I'd let you know.
ny3nyk, no doubt that would be the biggest swap since that 9-man trade a couple of years back; vitually impossible. Nevertheless, with Phil back in LaLaland. I'm wondering if Kobe's days are numbered. Plus, Isiah is looking at what he would get for Marbs, so it seems he doubts Stephon will ever fit his new plans for more defense and an uptempo offense. I hated it when they traded away Spree, but I learned to move on. Seems we are all going to have to move on without Steph sooner than later. So if he is going to be traded, I want a top 10 player for him. I believe KG is on the block, so that would be my target, even if it takes 3, 4 or 10 teams to get it done.
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bobs3304, you have some sort of complex that leads you to insult people you don't know? If you don't like seeing the b/s I write, just ignore it dude. It takes a real coward to talk like that to anybody, evenmore to somebody you don't even know. I'm guessing you had a loud upbringing. Save yourself some bad vibes and avoid responding to my stuff like some narcissist teeanger.
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Originally Posted by portega1968
thanks dr. phil
I'll keep that in mind.
oh.......wait. this is coming from a guy that thinks Boston will trade us Al Jefferson, let alone Pierce. lol, you must be ****tin me.
But ok Phil, you win. I'll try not to be a "narcissistic teenager" .
The trade is very creative. The first problem is that the Knicks are getting the future and present stars of the Celtics organization and the #2 guy on the Lakers while giving up almost nothing: no one want Marbury's attitude and contract that's why the Knicks got him for scraps in the first place and the best deal that you're earing about is Dalembert and McKie. I don't think that Marbury gets moved because you're not going to get an equa player in a trade and the Knicks are not concerned with the cap.Originally Posted by portega1968
Furthermore, Phil went back to LA to coach Kobe and he's not getting moved for Ray Allen who had one great year in his contract year after several years as a more athletic Allan Houston. In a few years I expect that he will look much like Houston does now.
Garnett is not on the block. He's the face of that franchise and one of three players who makes any team an instant title contender. This year was a fluke. If they were going to trade KG the Wolves would have taken someone with more pside than McCants.
Bobby, our pottymouthed hoopsjunkie, your posts reveal an excellent sense of comedic arrogance worthy of Bam Margera himself. So I'm willing to bet you've got something more creative than Dr. Phil. Feel free to keep on trying. Blessed are we the ordinary Knick fans who have the privilege of being iluminated by your insightfulness.
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ny3nyk, you're probably right. But think about it....who would've thought before the Lakers lost to Detroit in the finals last year that the likes of Shaq, T-Mac and Vince would be changing addresses? Just a few of us who heard the rumblings but had reasonable doubts anyway. The same feeling is out there these days for KG, Kobe and Pierce. Time will tell if they are gone by next summer as I expect, but it would be a pity if New York wasn't on the receiving end of any of these players if they do move. I even suspect Lamar will not be shipped out b4 Kobe. I haven't seen him publicly or enthusiastically favor Phil's rehiring. I mean, Phil did trash him big time in that book.
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yep anything is possible but i still think kobe will stay and patch any differences with phil after what happened this season with his lakers
I'm not hearing any rumblings about Kobe or KG. Only on forums like this one.
KG is one of three players who instantly makes you a contender for the title, not moving.
Phil returned to LA to coach Kobe not to trade him.
Pierce, maybe. The problem is that Danny Ainge is very particular and I doubt he likes Marbury even one bit. They can get more than we can give for Pierce. But he might move if they get a bigman for him. I bet Chicago would love to have him.
Al Jefferson is about as untouchable as any young player this side of LeBron and Wade. The only way they're giving him up is for KG.
The bottom line is that we don't have much to give in a trade for a big time player other than cap relief and Frye. Sweetney and Ariza and Lee are nice prospects but probably not players you build around. Marbury, Crawford, and Q are all one dimensional ballhogs.
I think Marbury for Harrington is the smartest move we could make. You can't win with Marbury. I'm all for second and maybe third chances but blown fourth chances don't bode well. Harrington is a solid young player with one year at 7 mill on his contract. He's extremely valuable in a trade or on the team. I would also love to get Boris Diaw or Childress as well.
y is everone on walkers d!ck.......HE IS TRASH....
he may not be that old(29 i think) but he is already washed up....
i hate him........bringing him to the knicks would be a horrible idea......
i dont member if it was in the thread but someone made an escuse saying hes a point powerforward when he touches the ball he is expected to shoot
that is total bs........ball movement is very important in basketball......hell touch the ball and not give up the ball even if he has 5 guys covering him
then u may say....o with 5 guys he may get fouled.......HE CANT SHOOT FREE THROWS!!!!.....getting him would be a waste of money and a waste of roster space.....PERIOD


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The Republican presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee, has been garnering attention in the media with his surge in political polls. However, a campaign stop this Sunday by Huckabee at a mega-church whose pastor sees Hitler as linked to the Catholic Church, could soon steal the spotlight.
According to Mike Huckabee's campaign website, the controversial stop at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas will take place this Sunday, December 23. He will speak at the church's two Sunday services at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
The Catholic League's president, Bill Donahue, told CNA that the pastor of the church, Rev. John Hagee, is militantly anti-Catholic.
As the senior pastor of Cornerstone, Rev. Hagee is best known for his "End-Time" writing but also focuses on bringing evangelical Protestants and Jews together.
The Catholic League asserts that John Hagee has another goal as well, "slandering the Catholic Church."
John Hagee's Anti-Catholic Record
It's not hard to find evidence that Rev. Hagee does not think highly of Catholics or the Catholic Church. In a video discussing the biblical book of Revelation, John Hagee suggests the Pope is the anti-Christ, and that the Catholic Church is "The Beast" (17:30 and following) mentioned in the book.
Another cause for concern is the pastor's latest book "Jerusalem Countdown", which has recently been revised and updated. "Though most of his rantings in this book are directed at Muslims, he just can't help but take another shot at Catholicism," says Donahue.
"In one chapter, 'Centuries of Mistreatment,' he misrepresents the history of the Catholic Church so badly," explains Donahue, "that it would be hard for any anti-Catholic bigot to beat."
Hagee sees anti-Semitism as being born out of the Catholic Church.
"Anti-Semitism in Christianity began with the statements of the early church fathers, including Eusebius, Cyril, Chrysostom, Augustine, Origen, Justin, and Jerome .... This poisonous stream of venom came from the mouths of spiritual leaders to virtually illiterate congregants, sitting benignly in their pews, listening to their pastors. They labeled the Jews as 'the Christ killers, plague carriers, demons, children of the devil, bloodthirsty pagans who look for an innocent child during the Easter week to drink his blood, money hungry Shylocks, who are deceitful as Judas was relentless,'" writes Hagee.
At another point, Rev. Hagee says, "The Roman Catholic Church, which was supposed to carry the light of the gospel, plunged the world into the Dark Ages.... The Crusaders were a motley mob of thieves, rapists, robbers, and murderers whose sins had been forgiven by the pope in advance of the Crusade ....The brutal truth is that the Crusades were military campaigns of the Roman Catholic Church to gain control of Jerusalem from the Muslims and to punish the Jews as the alleged Christ killers on the road to and from Jerusalem."
"The Spanish Inquisition was perhaps the most cynical plot in the black history of Catholicism," relates Hagee, "[it was] aimed at expropriating the property of wealthy Jews and converts in Spain for the benefit of the royal court and the Roman Catholic Church."
The influential preacher's historical narrative even goes so far as to depict Adolf Hitler as being taught anti-Semitism by the Catholic Church. "Adolf Hitler attended a Catholic school as a child and heard all the fiery anti-Semitic rantings from Chrysostom to Martin Luther."
According to Mr. Hagee, the Church even implicitly supported the Nazi dictator. "When Hitler became a global demonic monster, the Catholic Church and Pope Pius XII never, ever slightly criticized him. Pope Pius XII, called by historians 'Hitler's Pope,' joined Hitler in the infamous Concordat of Collaboration, which turned the youth of Germany over to Nazism, and the churches became the stage background for the bloodthirsty cry, 'Pereat Judea'.... In all of his [Hitler's] years of absolute brutality, he was never denounced or even scolded by Pope Pius XII or any Catholic leader in the world. To those Christians who believe that Jewish hearts will be warmed by the sight of the cross, please be informed—to them it's an electric chair," wrote the pastor.
Bill Donahue did not rule out debate with John Hagee and added that "as long as the debate is civil, that is all that matters." Yet, the Catholic leader does not view Hagee's teaching in that light, but rather as instruction that "clearly distorts Catholic teachings, or misrepresents its [the Church's] history".
CNA attempted to reach the Huckabee campaign for comment, but a phone call and an email were not returned before press time.


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Japandroids, Brian King (left) and David Prowse. (SUBMITTED)
Local hockey fans have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the little guy following a David and Goliath battle over which Vancouver rock band's tune will ring out through Rogers Arena for two Canucks games.
Acclaimed summer anthem The House That Heaven Built by local indie rockers Japandroids will pump through the arena as the Canucks take to the ice, temporarily replacing U2's Where the Streets Have No Name.
Voting for the Project NU2 contest wrapped early Wednesday morning as the official Canucks Twitter account announced the drum-and-guitar duo had taken the most votes "by a long shot."
Less than two weeks ago, however, the Canucks tweeted out that Burn it to the Ground by ever-popular and critically derided Nickelback — also based out of Vancouver — and Guns N' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle were in a neck-and-neck tie.


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Bin Laden's Home Videos Released
Larry King Gets Punched On TV?
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Most of the theater productions I've seen in South Florida over the years, from Palm Beach to South Dade, can be classified as "pleasant." Bearable to sit through, they didn't offend, irritate, or prompt me to leave during intermission. They proffered moments of dramatic tension, provided the occasional insight, featured a solid performance or two. Yet they didn't knock me out or even remotely rock my world. In fact, were I not required to write a review the next morning, I would have forgotten about them by the time I got home.
Most of the shows I sat through this past season were no exception. To be fair, the community did serve up a portion of indelible events -- evenings that made my head spin or my heart break; evenings that kept me up until dawn because I couldn't shake the image of a gesture, the echo of dialogue, the pleasure of a well-timed joke; evenings that reinforced my belief in the transforming power of live performance. Carousel, Death of a Salesman, Endgame, Hysteria, All in the Timing, Passage, and the newly minted City Theatre company's marathon of one-acts, Summer Shorts, come to mind. Similarly, performances by local actors Matthew Wright, Kim Cozort, Paul Tei, Scott Buckley, Sloane Shelton, James Samuel Randolph, and Barbara Sloan were particularly moving.
Unfortunately, substantive scripts, drop-dead production values, and directors who bring an inventive and sustained vision to their work were not the norm during the last twelve months. Yet, in some respects 1995-96 still turned out to be a banner year for South Florida theater, for three reasons: a sheer abundance of shows, a commitment by artistic directors to produce previously unstaged work, and heavyweights in the national theater world taking notice of local productions as never before.
The past season appeared to be propelled by almost round-the-clock programming, one-person shows, world premieres, gay-themed dramas, war-horse musicals: Almost every week, it seemed, from the kick-off of the Broadway series last October through "high" season (January to the end of April), a production debuted. In May, the first of the notoriously sluggish summer-season months, the pace did not let up, and a prodigious number of plays opened through Labor Day weekend.
A combination of factors contributes to this, from a young generation of theater addicts staying in the area to launch their own companies to already established theaters extending their scheduling year-round. The community's mission, however, should they choose to accept it, is to produce a quality of work that rivals the quantity of work.
The season was also marked by a plethora of world premieres, penned by local as well as out-of-state playwrights. Virtually every artistic director in town reported reading through piles of scripts by regional and national writers; New Theatre, Area Stage, the Caldwell, and the Pope staged reading series featuring the most noteworthy examples of this work throughout the year. And a critical mass of local play-writing talent gathered together to help one another shape nascent material. Members of the Writers' Alliance and the Theater With Your Coffee? group met monthly to develop in-progress plays, some of which were produced through New Theatre's New Plays Project or during Summer Shorts.
Finally, the last twelve months drove home the fact that South Florida theater is not as isolated from major theater centers as it might once have been. With the region continuing to thrive as a vacation escape or to serve as a base for national entertainers, local companies cannot always ascertain who may be watching. The shadow side of such exposure was the Love! Valour! Compassion! brouhaha -- New York director Joe Mantello sat through a production at the Caldwell in Boca Raton and then sued the theater for using his ideas. A more encouraging occasion was the open audition for Les Miserables in Miami Beach, held by producer Richard Jay-Alexander, who was impressed with homegrown talent he'd seen on local stages. Lower-key scenarios involved actor Nathan Lane catching New Theatre's spin on L! V! C! two weeks ago, and David Mamet turning up at EDGE/Theatre on Miami Beach last spring to see a production of his Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
The 1996-97 season certainly seems as jam-packed as the previous one. It also picks up where the last one left off in terms of new plays. Almost every theater -- from the commercial Coconut Grove Playhouse to the less conventional Area Stage to the newly formed experimental venue The Next Stage -- has plans to debut first-time pieces. And, after years of vowing to develop new work, Actors' Playhouse hired actor-director George Contini as literary manager to help choose original scripts for presentation in the theater's New Play Reading Series.
Lest we forget the masters who inspire us, audiences will have the opportunity to steep themselves in the plays of Edward Albee, who has just been designated to receive a lifetime achievement honor from Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center on December 8. Between December and February, in a serendipitous display of parallel programming, the Broadway Series will bring us Albee's most recent work, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Three Tall Women; Coconut Grove Playhouse will mount the playwright's most famous piece, the blistering Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; and the EDGE/Theatre will present Zoo Story , The American Dream , and Tiny Alice.
Well before the Albee fest, however, you'll have time to shake out your glitter gowns and brush off your tuxedos for the Broadway Series opening. Linda Balgord as Norma Desmond arrives at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts for her closeup with Mr. DeMille in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical theater rendition of Billy Wilder's classic noir film Sunset Boulevard (September 29 through November 9). Another diva vehicle, slated for spring, is Terrence McNally's Master Class, although the actress playing Maria Callas has yet to be cast. The star-fueled series also includes Christopher Plummer in Barrymore and Mariette Hartley and Elliott Gould in Deathtrap.
Coconut Grove Playhouse opens its season in October with Jean Cocteau's Indiscretions, a decadent farce about a family's incestuous propensities. Fittingly, it stars Joan Van Ark and Linda Gray, actresses known for their roles in two of television's most infamous prime-time soaps, Knots Landing and Dallas. Also on tap: Palm Beach, a world premiere musical from composer Charles Strouse, of Bye Bye Birdie, Annie, and Applause fame.
Stephen Metcalfe's Strange Snow, the first play produced by the recently established Americas Theatre Group at the Florida Shakespeare Theatre, opens next week in the company's state-of-the-art space in the Biltmore Hotel. The group's diverse season includes the "Peanuts" musicals, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Snoopy, as well as Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra playing in repertory.
New Theatre's lineup, including contemporary offerings from Jon Robin Baitz and Tina Howe, will culminate next summer in Tony Kushner's immensely challenging two-part epic, Angels in America. Meanwhile, Actors' Playhouse inaugurates its second year at the Miracle Theater in the Gables with Big River, a 1985 musical based on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Miami Beach's Area Stage continues to enjoy success with Loretta Greco's Passage. With private investors showing an interest in funding a traveling production, artistic director John Rodaz hopes to mount the highly theatrical docudrama in Washington, D.C., and New York City later this year. Plans for subsequent shows at Area's Lincoln Road space include Nicholas Wright's intriguing Mrs. Klein and Nicky Silver's out-there Raised in Captivity. The EDGE/Theatre on Espanola Way offers an arresting mix, including parody (Cute Boys in Their Underpants), contemporary classics (the Albee pieces), and original work by artistic director Jim Tommaney. And on October 25 and 26, Miami Light Project hosts actor Danny Hoch at the Colony Theater in his Obie Award-winning one-man show, Some People, in which he hilariously morphs from one New York City character to another.
Back over the causeway in downtown Miami, the energetic company members of 3rd Street Black Box report ambitious plans to present Eric Bentley's adaption of Fernando de Rojas's Celestina, Maria Irene Fornes's Mud, and Caryl Churchill's latest work, The Skriker.
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Having pioneered Miami's Design District as an outpost for art and theater last year, ART-ACT Production will be joined in the neighborhood by Imazari Theatrical Works and Akropolis Acting Company. ART-ACT continues to present irreverent pieces, including a Tennessee Williams parody, The Glass Mendacity, and Claudia Allen's Movie Queens, about gays and lesbians in Hollywood. Among Imazari's offerings are Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy and Mac Wellman's Seven Blowjobs, while Akropolis will produce three original dance theater pieces created by company members Ricky J. Martinez, Giovanni Luquini, and Jennylin Duany.
On Biscayne Boulevard and NE 71st Street, director Marta Garcia, actor Nancy Gomez, and performance artist Octavio Campos unveil The Next Stage, a performance arts space in which they will present interdisciplinary collaborations, beginning with October's ENATOWAP.
Just across the county line, Florida Playwrights' Theatre in Hollywood offers an array of off-Broadway revivals, including works by Charles Ludlam, William Luce, and Christopher Durang. Right next door, Hollywood Boulevard Theatre's blend of musicals and world premieres also includes Noel Coward's Hay Fever and Nell Dunn's cheeky Steaming, about six women hanging out in a Turkish bath. In the spring, Boca Raton's Caldwell Theatre will present the recent Broadway hit revival The Heiress. And, not surprisingly, Manalapan's world-class Pope Theatre plans a compelling year of piercingly written dramas and comedies, including Richard Dresser's Kafka-esque Below the Belt and Staci Swedeen's celebratory exploration of family life, Three Forks.
The South Florida theater scene has evolved since the days when Coconut Grove Playhouse and the Broadway Series were the only games in town. Now, a spectrum of programming -- from the traditional to the cutting-edge -- offers audiences broad dramatic perspectives. The challenge now is for the majority of the work to move from merely pleasant to sublime.


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The Moroccan forward's future remains unclear, with his contract at Selhurst Park set to expire at the end of the month.
Chamakh joined Palace from Arsenal last August and enjoyed a notable upturn in form following Tony Pulis' arrival as manager in November.
Having played a key role in helping the London club secure Premier League survival, Chamakh is now hoping to continue his career in England.
"I am out of contract and if I do not stay at Crystal Palace I want to stay in England," the 30-year-old told Sky Sports .
"I love playing in the Premier League and I was really happy with how things went last season.
"It took me a while to settle when I first came to England, like it does most players when they first come to the Premier League, but I am happy when I am playing and I want to continue doing that in the Premier League."
Chamakh's agent, Willie McKay, claims there is plenty of interest in his player.
"Marouane is one of the best free agents around this summer and I have spoken to a number of Premier League clubs about him," said McKay.
"I think Marouane showed what a top player he was for Crystal Palace last season.
"Marouane is happy and settled in England and wants to stay in the Premier League and hopefully we can have his future resolved within the next 10 days."
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Alack, why am I sent for to a king
Before I have shook off the regal thoughts
Wherewith I reign'd? I hardly yet have learn'd
To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my knee.
Give sorrow leave a while to tutor me
To this submission. Yet I well remember
The favors of these men. Were they not mine?
Did they not sometimes cry "All hail!" to me?
So Judas did to Christ; but He, in twelve,
Found truth in all but one; I, in twelve thousand, none.
God save the King! Will no man say amen?
Am I both priest and clerk? Well then, amen.
God save the King! although I be not he,
And yet amen, if heaven do think him me.
To do what service am I sent for hither?
Give me the crown. Here, cousin, seize the crown;
Here, cousin,
On this side my hand, and on that side thine.
Now is this golden crown like a deep well
That owes two buckets, filling one another,
The emptier ever dancing in the air,
The other down, unseen, and full of water:
That bucket down and full of tears am I,
Drinking my griefs, whilst you mount up on high.
My crown I yield, but still my griefs are mine.
You may my glories and my state depose,
But not my griefs; still am I king of those.
Part of my cares I give you with the crown.
Your cares set up do not pluck my cares down:
My care is loss of care, by old care done,
Your care is gain of care, by new care won;
The cares I give I have, though given away,
They tend the crown, yet still with me they stay.
Ay, no, no ay; for I must nothing be;
Therefore no no, for I resign to thee.
Now mark me how I will undo myself:
I give this heavy weight from off my head,
And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand,
The pride of kingly sway from out my heart;
With mine own tears I wash away my balm,
With mine own hands I give away my crown,
With mine own tongue deny my sacred state,
With mine own breath release all duteous oaths;
All pomp and majesty I do forswear;
My manors, rents, revenues I forgo;
My acts, decrees, and statutes I deny;
God pardon all oaths that are broke to me!
God keep all vows unbroke are made to thee!
Make me, that nothing have, with nothing griev'd,
And thou with all pleas'd, that hast all achiev'd!
Long mayst thou live in Richard's seat to sit,
And soon lie Richard in an earthy pit!
God save King Henry, unking'd Richard says,
And send him many years of sunshine days!


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A meeting between Commerce & Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma and European Union trade commissioner Karel de Gucht in Brussels on Monday remained inconclusive, with both sides sticking to their respective positions.
India clearly told the EU it would 'not accept' any further concession, as far as the automobile sector was concerned.
The EU, especially Germany, had demanded an indefinite tariff rate quota on the import of cars from Europe, as well as zero duty on all cars, eventually.
It also sought the Indian market be opened further, a senior official told Business Standard.
At the meeting, both ministers reviewed the progress in talks for an ambitious free trade agreement.
Today's meeting comes within days of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreeing to a 'successful outcome'.
Talks on the FTA began in 2007.
The official said India had already offered 'much more' to EU compared to what it had offered to Japan and Korea, with whom it had similar agreements.
"Now, EU has to narrow its ambitions if it truly wants the deal with India.
"We have given the best we can, much better than what we have offered to anybody so far, in the automobile sector and in other areas, too. But they seem to be asking for more and more concessions," the official said.
India once again asked EU to remove the 20 per cent threshold relating to the safeguard clause introduced under the Mode-4 quota of services trade.
This relates to free movement of Indian professionals under a relaxed visa regime. However, it seemed EU didn't agree to India's demand.
"This provision will significantly reduce the benefits India can enjoy.
"With such a provision, it becomes meaningless for India to negotiate on services," the official said.
Under services trade, India also expressed "severe concern" on EU's denial to recognise it as a 'data-secure' nation, without which it wouldn't be able to gain substantial market access for its information technology industry.
According to EU law, European countries engaged in outsourcing business with countries not certified as 'data-secure' have to follow stringent contractual obligations that raise operating costs and affect competitiveness.
An official statement on the meeting is expected to be released on Tuesday.
So far, 16 rounds of negotiations on the FTA have been held. The last round was held in Brussels on March 18-22.
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No Movement Yet On Crowdfunding Regs
The SEC has a very large task ahead of it in order to complete adoption of the regulations required under the JOBS Act.
One provision of the JOBS Act permits general solicitation of investors by a company if only accredited investors are allowed to invest. This will permit the use of a web portal or other electronic platform for the solicitation of accredited investors. Congress gave the SEC a deadline of July 4, 2012 to adopt regulations specifying the steps a company is required to take in order to clearly establish that each investor is accredited. The SEC proposed these regulations on August 29, 2012. Because the SEC had invited comments before the proposed regulations were issued and those comments were factored into the proposed regulations, we had anticipated that final regulations would issue soon after expiration of the comment period.
We were wrong. At an American Bar Association meeting on November 16, 2012, a panel of Senior Staff from the SEC's Division of Corporate Finance indicated that they received a large number of helpful, but complicated comments. The comment period has closed. The panelists expressed that they are finding it difficult to finalize this regulation. They are actively working on it, but are unable to provide a time frame within which the regulation will become final.
In the meantime, the SEC is working on regulations for the crowdfunding title of the JOBS Act. They are finding that there is a lot of interest in, and passion about, crowdfunding. They recognize that complicated regulations will make crowdfunding hard to use, and they are seeking to avoid this. However, they are required to work within the statutory framework, as well as stay consistent with the SEC's mission. The Staff has stated that it will be very difficult for the SEC to meet the statutory deadline of December 31, 2012 for the promulgation of the crowdfunding regulations.
As a practical matter, it is already too late for the SEC to meet the statutory deadline for crowdfunding regulations. The law requires that proposed regulations be published and a 30 day comment period be provided before regulations can become final. Since proposed regulations have not yet been published, it is no longer possible for the crowdfunding regulations to be finalized by the end of the year.
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A bull in your dream is often an indicator that you feel more competitive than usual about something. It represents a feeling of subdued aggression which can burst out any time!
It may also indicate frustration of feeling alone in some sort of struggle in your life – that people have deserted you at a time of need. A dream with a bull also exemplifies stubbornness in your life. You need to reflect being more assertive, regardless of the risk of seeming pushy. The dream may also be an indicator of repressed sexual feelings – a desire for some type of sexual pleasure.
The dream may indicate the presence or lack of presence of aggressiveness. It is time to take a good look in the mirror. Have you been too aggressive to someone you love or care for recently? If so, you need to be more careful! You may be driving them away. Do you need to show more assertion in the workplace? Are people there treating you badly or taking advantage of your niceness?
If so, you will need to take a stand! Make it known to the people around you that you mean business and that you aren't a pushover! It may even be time to ask for a raise or a promotion! Oftentimes, bosses just need to be reminded that you are aggressive in tackling your work and that you feel like you need to be compensated better for all your extra work.
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Detailed dream interpretation...
To dream of taking the bull by the horns also means that you need to take better control of your life. Take an aggressive yet positive stand on the issues that you are confronting. You are the master of your own soul and sometimes life just needs to be grabbed by the collar and shook for loose change. Be a bull-y sometimes! Life sometimes calls for it!
A bull in the farm, field, or countryside often symbolizes the feeling of naturalness, peace and tranquility. You may need to take a retreat and get back to your roots if you feel like you are being too aggressive in life. Remember that rest is also an essential part of being productive!
A Spanish bull fight may mean a lot of very different things. If you are the matador it may mean that you are dodging some of the responsibilities in your life. Are you ignoring someone or something that you need to pay attention to?
If you are the bull, it may mean that you are trying to reach or sink your horns into something that is very hard to hit. Are you sure your projects are achievable? Are they worth the time and effort you are putting into them? If you are an observer in a Spanish bull fight, it may mean that it is time for an adventure. Do something more fun and exotic! Waking life doesn't need to be all about success and aggression towards achieving the things you want. Life is too short for that! Take time to smell the flowers and enjoy the scenery on your path of life.
Bulls were also used as representations and offering to God. Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and the religions of Ancient Egypt have references to bulls and cows. If your dream involved an ancient bull, statues, sculptures and representations of such, you may need to take time and consider how you have been doing towards your religion and form of worship. In fact, dreams have in ancient times often been interpreted as messages of the Gods. Are you trying or do feel the need to be a more spiritual person? Take time and think about it!
A bull that is weeping or crying bull indicates you have feelings of loneliness and lack of attention. It indicates that you feel like the people in your life are not giving you enough thought. You may feel like you are alone. Do you feel the need to have someone in your life right now? Do you feel like people aren't paying you enough attention?
In your dreams, you may also have been in personal contact with a baby bull. This means that you need to create and nurture new ideas. Try being a little more creative and exercise your mind through meditation and other activities.
Feelings that you may have encountered during a dream with a bull...
Aggression, Anxiety, Confidence, Dissatisfaction, Depression, Excitement, Fear, Helplessness, Loneliness, Peacefulness, Power.


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Have now been twice and on both occasions I did feel special. Standard of accommodation in New Zealand Motels very high. Itinary well laid out and easy to follow. At all times felt comfortable to know help if needed which I doubt is only a phone call away.
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The Heinz 57 for Synergy 169 WORKS on this ROM (RLS16)
Not even any need for Kindacrapmods afterwards, the notification bar and pulldown also work.
I believe it changes the 23 toggle mod, though.
Also, after installing the theme you will have to manually put secsettings.apk from the RLS16 .zip(or the patch Hero posted) back into /system or you will lose the custom settings menus
The theme also replaces samsungcamera.apk, and secgallery2.apk, so if those change for the negative they will need switched out also(make sure to grab the right ones from the RLS16 zip). I *think RLS16 has a better camera than the one in that theme.
Other than that, all seems well
Make sure to Mount system, factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik and system
Select force 2d rendering... Use blue theme or no theme... Not red... and try selecting stock kernel... These aren't required but I did these and didn't have an issue and I've flashed 3 times
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
All I did was clean flash RLS16, let it boot, went thru the signins, disabled lockscreens like I always do anyhow, then back to TWRP and flashed the theme/ wiped cache and dalvik..
I should note that I don't use AOSP anything(apps,etc), no transparent statusbar, if that makes a difference
Booted just fine.... Then I replaced the mentioned apps with root explorer/ then wiped cache and dalvik once again, rebooted just fine..
I can't say I'm sure of why it did not work for you.
EDIT: It HAS to be the last on EZ made, for Synergy r169. Others will NOT work.
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It's Howl-O-Ween At The Hartley Nature Center, Saturday October 27th
Halloween comes early – this Saturday – at the Hartley Nature Center. Bring the kids and explore the haunted trails of Hartley Park and the Hartley Nature Center. Their annual Howl-O-Ween will include two sessions this year.
Hartley's Howl-O-Ween is perfect for families with young children – as there is nothing too scary – so it's perfect for everyone from pre-schoolers to adults.
Here are the details:
- WHAT: Howl-O-Ween
- WHERE: Hartley Park and Hartley Nature Center
- WHEN: Saturday, October 27th – with two sessions from 10AM-Noon and again from 1:30-3:30PM.
- COST: Just $15 per family


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August 14, 2012, 10:46 AM
Which would you choose? This would be a range queen, I'd most likely be reaching out to 300 maybe 500 at absolute maximum yards with this rifle shooting at steel gongs.
August 14, 2012, 10:50 AM
In responding to the two listed, I have shot both and I prefered the Scout. JMHO ... ;)
Be Safe !!!
August 14, 2012, 11:55 AM
I have a Socom 16...It will group better at the range than a friends Scout...But I want a Scout too....
August 14, 2012, 01:58 PM
If its a range queen, what's wrong with the standard rifle? The 22" barrel gets the most from the .308 round, compared to the shorter ones, muzzle blast is less, and you have a longer open sight radius.
The advantage to the shorter barreled guns in when you are getting in and out of cramped spaces. The drawback is the muzzle is that much closer to your face, and some find the blast to be ...distracting.;)
August 14, 2012, 02:11 PM
Aesthetics really, I like the look of the Scout and SOCOM more for whatever reason.
August 14, 2012, 04:18 PM
Scout. The SOCOM has a thick front sight post that deters me. My scout is not as long as the standard and not as short as the SOCOM - it is right in between
August 14, 2012, 04:36 PM
Unless you plan to upgrade the SOCOM with SEI's SOCOM muzzle device kit you should get the Scout.
August 14, 2012, 06:51 PM
Scout, but the SOCOM come out to play more often.
August 14, 2012, 08:53 PM
I own both and enjoy them equally. The Scout is my 300 yard hunter and serious shooter. The SOCOM is my red dotted 25 round mag off hand plinking fun gun in a folding stock. They both handle better than my 22" standard. If i were to narrow to one choice it would be a Scout with a Smith Enterprise gas lock front sight using a direct connect Vortex muzzle brake. That combo looks awesome, highly effective braking and it's only an inch longer than the factory SOCOM.
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Discussion in 'Lawn Mowing' started by bah1491, Mar 21, 2013.
I'd pay $300 just to see that
Lmao 15' batwing...... That would be pretty cool to see somewhere like that!
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Laugh if you want, but a ztr is not the proper equiptment for cutting 20 acers.
We have a 20 acre property with a mile of curbs defining parking and the west border. Since my decks trim curbs as we mow, there is minimal trimming as I sterilize a 3 inch band around all hydrants, phone boxes, poles, etc. We complete the job (Mowing and trimming) with 3 mowers in 1hr. 50 minutes and charge $500. According to my figures, that is about $83/hr.
I wasn't laughing at the batwing, I was laughing at the statement it could mow 20 acres in under 2 hours.
Seeing you all couldnt mow for $300 for that area - I am sorry to say you fellows wouldn't last a day in my area. Cut throat, bottom dollar everything. You need to be effecient, in and out. You all talk about places like this want to see striping? Golf courses dont use ZTR - well my area to your areas must be different in a big way. 19 acres with the right equipment is really not that big of deal to knock off. Yes, running with a 52 or 60 Z is not practical but it may serve a purpuse somewhere on the property.
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How many MH's does it take you to mow 20 acres? $300 would be at my break even point.
You don't see brickman using 15' batwings.... I would hope it would be quicker on 19 flat acres. What do you use as a production rate for a 60" exmark z or 72" z ?
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Guys no offense but really $20 an acre and this $35 per man hour..... I would rather sit and home and collect welfare!! Why even deal with commercial stuff if thats all your making? Back 15 years ago my fathers company was producing 50 per man hour. If My equipment is efficient enought to do make me $60-70 per hour per mower and $45-55 trimming I dont need to be in business! Around here Commercial I can easily get $43-46 an acre mow trim blow, residential an easy $70 for an acre with average trimming. If i was to do multiple acres i would go in at around $760.00 per cut. Two guys mowing at 4 hours and one guy trimming 4-4.5 hours then blowing just say 30 mins and your gone! thats a profit of $575.00!
I would assume that NC has a bit higher cost of living than my region. This comes back to the "lean, bare bones, effiency" thing..... I am glad I got to see some responses out of this, especially those of you who know and operate with the high volume lower margins, as we do.
Do they make a batwing I could tow behind our John deer gator?
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HONOLULU — A religious liberty group is fighting an amended lawsuit that claims churches owe millions of dollars for renting Hawaii public school buildings for services.
A judge previously dismissed a lawsuit claiming the churches owe more than $5.6 million in rental fees, saying the legal action didn't contain the required level of detail for a case alleging fraud.
Mitchell Kahle, founder of Hawaii Citizens for the Separation of Church and State, and public advocate Holly Huber filed an amended suit in February, detailing alleged underpayment of fees by One Love Ministries and Calvary Chapel Central Oahu for the use of school facilities.
The lawsuit was filed under a law that allows private parties to bring actions on behalf of the government.
Religious liberty group Alliance Defending Freedom filed another motion to dismiss the lawsuit earlier this month, reiterating its previous argument that the state Department of Education knew how the facilities were being used.
"The substance of it is basically the same," one of the group's attorneys, Erik Stanley, said Monday. "There's really nothing new in the amended complaint."
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The original lawsuit also named three New Hope churches as defendants. But their denomination, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, agreed to pay a $775,000 settlement, said general counsel Elford Clark. He said the court approved the settlement amount.
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text: Association eNews: May 24, 2012 May 24, 2012 In this week's e-News Association Facebook group 2012-13 supply orders IBC holiday closure Form 990 with the IRS New USBC Youth jersey Association websites Webinars College bowling on TVAssociation Leaders Facebook groupFor those that may have missed last week's eNews, we invited all association officials to join a Facebook group designed for you to discuss operations and best practices for bowling associations. The group has nearly tripled in members with 179 officials joining in the last week alone. Some great discussion has taken place, with topics including recruiting and retaining membership, attendance at league officer meetings and successful association newsletters.All association officials are encouraged to join this group and participate in discussions. To join, please click here. Once on the group page, go to the top right and select "Join Group". Please note you must be signed into Facebook prior to requesting access to the group. Feel free to pass along the group page address to your board:www.facebook.com/groups/usbcassociationsSummer supply ordersAssociations can start ordering supplies for the fall season starting June 5; all orders placed online beginning June 5 will contain supplies for the 2012-13 season. The eNews from last week stated that next season's supply orders would go live on June 4. After further research, we found that we will need extra time to prepare for the new season.Any orders needed for the 2011-12 season should be placed online no later than June 3. Should the need arise for 2011-12 supplies after June 3, associations will need to call the Bowling Information Center at 1-800-514-2695.Once an order is placed for the 2012-13 season, the association will receive an estimated ship date (when the order will ship from USBC Headquarters; not a shipment arrival date).For those associations that did not attend the 2012 USBC Convention, Executive Director Stu Upson announced we no longer will award magnets after this season and will have a new award available for special achievements. Associations with a surplus of magnets may be able to contact associations nearby and see if they have a need for any additional magnets.International Bowling Campus closingThe IBC will be closed Monday, May 28, for the Memorial Day holiday and will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, May 29.Associations as "agents" for form 990USBC local associations fall into the category of "agents" as defined by the IRS in the "General Instructions for Form 990 and Form 990-EZ." As an agent, dues money collected on behalf of the national and state organizations should not be included in the association's gross receipts.The appropriate form to file is based on the association's annual gross receipts. The form to file for the 2010 Tax Year and later (filed in 2011 and later):990-N – Gross receipts normally less than $50,000.990-EZ or 990 – Gross receipts greater than $50,000, less than $200,000, and Total assets less than $500,000990 – Gross receipts greater than $200,000, or total assets greater than $500,000Please be sure to remember this as the next tax filing approaches.New USBC Youth jerseyUSBC Youth members had a chance to help decide the style of jersey they will sport on the lanes for the 2012-13 season, and soon they will add the new look to their collection.The USBC Youth jersey is one of the benefits for USBC Youth Standard members. The latest version of the popular jersey will be sent to youth bowlers who purchased their membership through leagues that began after March 15, 2012.This is the third design of the jersey, but this time around USBC Youth members were able to help select the style. The youth members were sent a survey that featured several design options and voters overwhelmingly selected the design that is predominately black and white, with red highlighting the USBC Youth "star" logo on the athletic jersey.Adult Leaders and others can go to USBCSportStore.com to purchase their jerseys.Association websitesAssociations that have websites should be sure to enter their web address into WinLABs and transmit to USBC Headquarters. By sending the information to us, the website shows up on the "Find an Association" tool of BOWL.com and members can find it that way.Please be sure when entering the website to use the "www." format and remove the http:// part of the address (format should be www.associationame.com). 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…One in every 125 kids is allergic to peanuts, yet according to the National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation, Clarins Ultra Protection Sun Control Stick is loaded with hydrogenated peanut oil.
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…The culprit would be benzophenone-2, which is also used as a pesticide. Another ingredient in Angel Perfume is diethyl phthalate, which attacks the brain and lungs.
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The Forensic Investigation into the Polonium Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
by Sean Allocca, Editor
Alexander Litvinenko took tea with two men at the Millennium Hotel in London on a bright afternoon on the first of November, 2006. That night he began violently vomiting—the beginnings of a three-week episode of radiation poising that would eventually lead to his death. What investigators are still trying to pin down is where that poison came from, and ultimately, who is responsible for the death of the Russian dissident.
Investigators quickly discerned the two men at the hotel were former KGB operatives, and that Litvinenko had ingested a fatal amount of the radioactive element polonium 210, likely manufactured in Russia. But, experts are still trying to determine if polonium has an exact "fingerprint" which would show where it came from.
A new 300-page report released by the British government, this week, documents the forensic investigation into his death, and alleges Litvinenko survived another radiation poisoning only two weeks before in October of 2006.
In the report, forensic experts systematically trace the radioactive poison from the teapot's spout back to portions of Mr. Litvinenko's hair that had been cut and tested for polonium after his death. The Health Protection Agency posthumously tested several organs and found Litvinenko had ingested an estimated 4.4GBq—approximately equivalent to 180 times the activity of 1 kilogram of uranium ore.
What experts did not expect to find in the hair analysis was the signs of radiation poisoning, two weeks before the fatal dosage, which they believe likely occurred during a previous meeting with Russian operatives sometime between Oct. 14 and Oct. 25, 2006.
"Tests conducted on Mr. Litvinenko's hair demonstrated that he had ingested polonium 210 on not one but two occasions," wrote Chairman Sir Robert Owen, author of the report. "The first dose was much smaller, and had been ingested by Mr. Litvinenko several days earlier."
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Experts also address the so-called "fingerprint" theory—that detectable impurities characteristic in every commercially available batch of polonium could be used to trace its origin and its manufacture date. Investigators were hoping that information might secure irrefutable evidence against the murderers. However, the report seems to refute the claim.
"A sample of commercially produced polonium 210 had been analyzed at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) and found to be entirely pure," Owen wrote. "There were no signature impurities."
The report also includes a 260-page "contamination schedule" that lists all the contaminated sites across London. In all, 56 scenes were assessed during the operation, including the hotels where the two men, Lugovoy and Kovtun stayed, as well as the Emirates Stadium, where Lugovoy went to watch Arsenal against CSKA Moscow following the November, 1 meeting with Litvinenko, according to this report.
However, the circumstantial evidence that the two former KGB operatives were the murderers seems hard to ignore. In one of their hotel rooms, radioactive contamination was at the highest levels throughout the investigation.
In addition, experts, looking at CCTV footage, realized that the two men had used a lavoratory during their stay at the hotel, but Litvinenko had not used it at any point. Experts tested the bathroom and found extremely high levels of radiation on the stall door, the sink and the hair dryer—consistent with a secondary transfer, according to the report.
"The open evidence that I have set out above establishes a strong circumstantial case that the Russian State was responsible for Mr. Litvinenko's death," Owen wrote in conclusion.
Litvinenko signed his last statement two days before his death. He thanked his adopted Britain, his wife, Marina, and their young son. "You may succeed in silencing one man but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr. Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life," he wrote. "May God forgive you for what you have done, not only to me, but to beloved Russia and its people."
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November 29, 2004, Greencastle, Ind. - More than 5,000 luminaria will create a holiday glow on the DePauw University campus this Saturday night, December 4, to welcome all to the annual to the annual "Service of Readings and Carols." The service, which includes poetry and music, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary of Gobin United Methodist Church. All are invited to participate. Per tradition, DePauw Bonner Scholars will place the luminaria around campus throughout the day, providing a beautiful backdrop for the evening's festivities.
This year's program will feature the DePauw Chamber Singers and the DePauw University Chorus, directed by Vincent Metallo, assistant professor of music, and accompanied by John Clodfelter. Other performers will include the University Brass and soprano Dawn Harris, assistant professor of music. Musical selections will include: There Shall A Star from Jacob Come Forth by Mendelssohn, Gloria in Excelsis Deo by Pinkham, Bruckner's Ave Maria, Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, and favorite carols.
Readings will include the works of Elizabeth Jennings, Madeleine L'Engle, Langston Hughes, and Alfred Lord Tennyson.
"This is an evening that many in the DePauw and Greencastle communities look forward to, one in which people of all faiths and backgrounds can come together and share in the fellowship that the season fosters," says University Chaplain Larry Burton. "We look forward to ringing in the holidays with friends, old and new."


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A seismic wiggler is rippling through Deep Ellum. Not enough to crack the streets, but maybe enough to rustle the nose jewelry. Over the summer, the space once home to Mel's on Main reopened as Main St. Sports Bar, a haunt that serves wings and other things that go well with a cathode ray tube fixation. Then this October, Coppertank Brewing Company shuttered its bulging 15,000-square-foot operation, the brewery's operators preferring to focus their nightlife firepower in Austin.
Within the next few weeks, the Coppertank will be resurrected as America's Pub, a one-stop warehouse nightclub with four concepts rolled into one huge after-hours abstraction. America's Pub combines the best of dancing, theater, sports and food, boasts founder Brian Hagan. "Our theater is we have two charismatic entertainers, an MC and a DJ that perform, acting as glorified hosts," he says. And the food is inexpensive grub on afterburners. "Quick in, quick out," Hagan emphasizes.
America's Pub has hit Dallas at a particularly propitious time, what with all of the flag-waving fits and God blessings on America erupting on our bumpers and front lawns. Patriotic partying is now hipper than a yin-yang tattoo. To that end, America's Pub will have a huge dance floor, live music and more than 50 televisions sown all over the premises broadcasting more sporting events than a human can ingest without sprouting spud roots.
In the eight or so years Hagan has been operating America's Pubs, which now inhabit Kansas City, Missouri, St. Louis and Wichita, Kansas (coming soon to Cleveland), Hagan says he's discovered that the more TVs the merrier. The more short attention spans the merrier, too.
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Also in Deep Ellum, Santiago Peña, the contractor and sculptor who crafted the interiors for Thai Tango, the defunct Dragonfly Restaurant and Bar, Star Canyon and AquaKnox restaurants, among others, is not content serving tacos to go from Santiago's Taco Loco Express on Main Street. So he's taking over a circa 1941 white, graffiti-blemished brick building across from Monica's Aca Y Alla to turn it into Santiago's Cantina Grille. The 200-seat restaurant, serving up a medley of Spanish tapas and Italian and American fare, will be equipped with two barbecue pits in the rear as well as patio and rooftop seating. "All the restaurants and stuff I built, they only do one thing," says Peña. "I always wanted to do something that does a little bit of all of it."


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My sister husband expired last year without leaving a will. She has two minor children. The ancestral house was in name of the husband. What is the procedure by law, if my sister wants to sell the house.
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She can deal with her share, however with the minor children you have to move to court to sell their share or else the minor child may set aside the sale when they turn 18.
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Al-Futtaim Motors provides 500 Camry cars to Cars Taxi
Al-Futtaim Motors, sole distributor of Toyota in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), recently signed a deal with Cars Taxi to provide the transport company with a total of 500 units of Toyota Camry's.
The cars will be provided on a staggered delivery basis of 50 units per month starting in July 2003. This deal follows closely on the heels of the recent purchase of 454 Toyota Camry cars in April to July 2000.
Al-Futtaim Motors, a member of the Al-Futtaim Group, offers a line-up of vehicles and automotive products. This includes Lexus and Toyota passenger cars, four-wheel drives, light commercial vehicles, Hino heavy duty commercial vehicles, industrial vehicles, special purpose vehicles, tires, batteries and other accessories and automotive products from some of the world's leading brands. — (menareport.com)
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