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I went thru every emotion possible last weekend when he came back from working out of town...love, hate, anger, disappointment, embarrassment, disgust...you name it, I went thru it.
I want to try and trust him again, but I don't know how I can. He is back out of town again in the same place as when he did this 2 weeks ago.
On top of it, one of the girls text him today asking if he was in town....he did tell me and screenshot the text where he told her never to contact him again.
My nerves are shot and I doubt I will sleep tonight...Moscato will be my friend again tonight!
I have been on this site long enough to see a pattern. Truly remorseful WS divulge all info as asked. Those that won;t discuss or TT are usually hiding other A or a lot more details. Sorry
Moscato will be my friend again tonight!
I'm hanging out with a beer myself right now.
Very sorry that you are going through this.
I have been asking him questions about that night now for a week (1 night with 2 escorts)...he says that I am torturing myself by asking and that he wants to move on and for us to be happy again. He is remorseful and sorry. He has answered all the questions when I ask. I know he loves me and hates himself for what he did.
Are you sure he's being remorseful and not just regretful? Remorse comes in the form of action. Not just answering all of your questions. If he was remorseful he wouldn't be telling you that you are just torturing yourself so that he can move one. Yes, you read that right. So that he can move on. True remorse would be answering those questions as many times as YOU needed to.
Remorse will be him showing you in action. Have you let him know what you have needed for your needs to help you heel from his actions? What about needs of the marriage? What is he doing to show you that he is thinking of you while he is out of town again? Is he checking in? Sending your photos of where he is or whatever it is that YOU need?
Sorry for all of the rhetorical questions but 2 weeks out doesn't seem like that long ago for true remorse to kick in yet. This thing is a very long and arduous journey.
On top of it, one of the girls text him today asking if he was in town....he did tell me and screenshot the text where he told her never to contact him again.
This is a good start. What else do you need?
Hang in there feelinglost360. We are here for you. Keep reading. Keep posting.
Just thinking....why would an escost be texting him? Does it really work that way? Just thinking
Yes. One of the guys that I used to work with married an escort (don't ask). This is how they get "regular" clients. Once they have your info they will keep hitting you up. Drug dealers do the same. "Whatcha need?" It's how they make their $$. He needs to block that shit going forwards.
But it will take a long time. You are just at the beginning of this ride - even if your WS is truly remorseful it will takes months or years to feel normal - and that assumes that he really makes his life an open book and earns back your trust.
He needs to understand - and you need to understand that this obsession to know every detail, to go over it over and over again - this is normal. More, you can't stop it even if you tried. It will pass, but their is no skipping past it.
He just left back to work a couple hours ago again and my heart has already sank. I wish he didn't have to go. I am so heart broken. All I think about is the what if's.
It was a stupid mistake/choice that he wishes he never had done and I truly believe that. At least that is what I am trying to believe. He is trying to make it right. He has been very attentive and loving.
We installed the Life360 on our phone last week before he went back. Good so far. I am just having a hard time on how I am going to trust him again....and how to stop thinking about what they did that night. Makes me so sick to my stomach.
He told me that weekends that he can't come home, for me to come up with the kids. So I am going to take him up on that for sure! He also took his video game system with him to keep him in his room and not go out with the guys.
I wish I could just forget this ever happened. It has torn me apart. I love this man more than anything. I understand people make stupid decisions, I have made one before too (Not this relationship) But damn this hurts to the core!
I'm hoping everything will work out for the best and we can get thru this if not make our relationship stronger (Is that possible?)


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Georgia Dome & Atlanta Falcons Select FieldTurf...Again!
FieldTurf is the choice of The Georgia Dome…again. The world's safest and highest performing artificial turf system will be installed at The Georgia Dome prior to the 2011 football season. The announcement of the new FieldTurf surface was jointly made by The Georgia Dome, the Atlanta Falcons and FieldTurf. FieldTurf has been in place in the Dome since 2003.
FieldTurf will install its "Classic" product at The Georgia Dome. The installation is scheduled to begin in July. The Dome is home to the Falcons, Georgia State football, the Southeastern Conference championship football game, the Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Atlanta Football Classic and a variety of additional sports and entertainment events.
The recent release of the 2010 NFL Players Playing Surfaces Opinion Survey marked the tenth straight year that FieldTurf was rated as the top artificial surface in the NFL.
"We are pleased to again have FieldTurf installed as our playing surface at the Georgia Dome," said Falcons President Rich McKay. "Our players have always liked playing on the surface. FieldTurf is a leader in the industry, and we are happy that the Georgia Dome was able to reach an agreement with them to install a new playing surface."
"We've hosted well over 200 professional, college and high school games on our FieldTurf field since its installation eight years ago, and we've been very happy with its performance and durability," said Georgia Dome General Manager Carl Adkins. "We're excited about the upcoming installation of the new FieldTurf 'Classic' system and are looking forward to the upcoming football season."
"There is no doubt that The Georgia Dome is one of the top multi-purpose stadiums in the world, and we are very pleased to continue our association with the facility," said FieldTurf President Eric Daliere. "Through the years, with so many NFL teams as part of the FieldTurf family, we have become the turf of choice for league teams. The Georgia Dome and the Falcons were among the early NFL franchises/stadiums to utilize FieldTurf, and we are both proud and grateful that the playability and safety of our product merits their continued support."
Daliere also mentioned that the unmatched flexibility of FieldTurf's system was an exceptional fit for the Dome and the multitude/variety of events that are hosted by the facility.
Twenty-one of the 32 NFL teams have chosen FieldTurf for their stadiums and/or practice facilities. Additionally, more than 100 top Division I universities play their home games on FieldTurf.
The Georgia Dome opened in 1992, and is the largest cable-supported domed stadium in the world. The facility has hosted two Super Bowls, both a men's and women's Final Four and various events during the 1996 Olympics. The Georgia Dome has a permanent capacity of 71,250.

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When most people think of entrepreneurship, they think of dot com startups, well funded franchises and other such complex and expensive sounding ventures.
The truth is, however, you don't have to have a lot of money, or a special skill, to start a business. Just to prove the point, we've come up with fifty simple, easy to execute ideas that you can use today, with very little investment, to start your road to entrepreneurship.
So, without further ado, here are the fifty simplest entrepreneurship ideas we can come up with:
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Playhouse Teens Presenting Little Women January 17-19
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MEREDITH — Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy, the much-loved March sisters of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, will be brought to life onstage by The Winnipesaukee Playhouse's Teen Ensemble on January 17-19.
Adapted by Marian de Forest, this production of Little Women features 12 local performers between the ages of 12-18. It is a "coming of age" drama set during the American Civil War for which the girls' father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved mother, Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.
Alcott's novel was loosely based on her own family. Written at the urging of her publisher, Little Women was a departure from the typical books for young people at the time. It was an immediate critical and popular success, selling out its first printing and inspiring a sequel. There have been several successful film adaptations of the novel and it is still popular reading material today.
The Playhouse's production is directed by Brett Billings with a set by Josh Jansen and period costumes by Lesley Pankhurst. It features live musicians, also teens, who will be performing period-appropriate music.
Tickets for Little Women cost $14 for the orchestra and $10 for the balcony. They can be reserved in advance by calling (603) 279-0333 or visiting www.winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org. Performances will be Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and they take place at The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Road in Meredith.


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ONE Direction singer Liam Payne was reportedly involved in a home fire scare Monday.
The penthouse balcony of the 20-year-old's $3.4 million East London residence apparently caught fire while a gas lamp was being refuelled.
"His friend went to fill up the gas for a heating lamp, there was some sort of accident and the whole balcony went up in flames," a source told British newspaper the Daily Mirror.
Payne is believed to have hopped in an ambulance with his buddies following the explosion.
One man was allegedly hospitalised with burns covering 20 per cent of his hands and face. Another man and a woman are said to have suffered superficial burns to their hands.
A spokesperson for Paine has not confirmed whether or not the star was injured, although the Mirror reports he was inside the residence when the fire occurred, engulfing 80 per cent of his balcony.
Thirty-five firefighters reportedly extinguished the flames and evacuated residents on the block of the Canary Wharf building where the incident occurred.
"Firefighters worked quickly and professionally to get the fire under control as quickly as possible," Station Manager Laurie Kenny said.
"About 30 people left the building before we arrived and were not injured. Two of the occupants had superficial burns to their hands and the third had burns to his hands and face. All three have been taken to hospital," she confirmed.
Earlier in the day, Paine filmed a music video with bandmates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.
Building staff have reportedly refused to discuss details of the fire with the Mirror. However, residents opened up about their experiences.
"There were a lot of sirens, fire engines turned up, police turned up down below us," one neighbour shared.
"I looked over at the balcony and saw that they were running into the building. The sirens had been going on for a while before I took any notice of them. I went out to the corridor, heard people in the stairwell so I checked and there were firemen there.
"They said there was a fire but it was under control so there was nothing to worry about," the insider continued. "They were there very quickly and got it under control."


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By now you probably have seen the viral video of the worst twerk fail ever, when a girl in a handstand twerking in a video for her boyfriend fell backwards, shattered a table and caught her pants on fire.
Within a few days the video logged over nine million youtube views. It was a-mazing.
It was also staged.
Jimmy Kimmel revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night that his crew shot that scene a few months ago with a professional stuntwoman. They just uploaded it to the web last week to see how quickly it would blow up. Or as he told his viewers the "internet conspiracy theorists" who claimed the video looked like the incident was staged were right. Here's a link to Kimmel's "unedited" version on YouTube.
He then shows clips of legitimate news stations airing it as if it was true, that the girl was just a victim of bad twerking. Miley Cyrus even got dragged into many stories.
He got us all.
Well played Jimmy! One of the greatest new media pranks of all time.
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There's so many on the market. Been leaning toward a supplement called BioVibe..Any adive one way or the other would be helpful or any other suggested supplement that actually works. Thanks...
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I have been reading really good things about the natural supplements Prosta-q and bp-qmax. When I finish my current bout of antibiotics and alpha blockers (which dont seem to be working) I am definitely going to try this.
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I hear what you are saying. I've had prostate troubles most of my life and those things don't work for me either. I'll look into the supplements you suggested and give it a try. Any new info you hear I'd be glad to hear it..Thanks...Pete
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The product is ok if you want to remove a standard nail polish however if you have anything else on your nails I wouldn't go for this if your like me and love a variety of nail textures then you will find it so time consuming to remove glitter, nail jewels and acrylics. I use this as day to day use if I want to change a flat colour it's not strong smelling and gets the job done in the end.
I often buy the Sally Hansen conditioning nail polish remover from Boots as I do tend to get through a lot of remover as nail art is a huge hobby of mine and I can get through a lot in an evening just taking it all off to start again!
I like the different Sally Hansen range that I often browse at Boots but I am starting to think that they are a bit over priced.
For example you can get the Boots essential remover for around £1 and the Sally Hansen tends to cost around £3 for the same amount in volume. I am not sure they actually make a huge difference to the nail in terms of nail care.
Any nail polish remover is stripping the nail of its natural oils so you have to replace these with nail oil and hand cream to help them back to being self nourished. Any nail polish remover is bad for your nails, the more you use them the more you are exposing them to damage but it is worse if they have acetone in the remover although a lot do have this in and it does remove tough products a lot quicker.
To use Sally Hansen I soak a large cotton pad in remover and rub it against the nail. It's best not to work towards the cuticle as this can drive the polish in to the nail bed so try to work away.
In conclusion, I don't mind this, it does work, I would buy it again for sure but I am not convinced that these nail polish removers are totally worth the price tag they command.
I love this product! It is my everyday remover. I use pure acetone for glitters and glue remover, but everything else comes off with this stuff. I don't find it drying, and it is very fast. Even the darkest polishes are completely gone in under a minute and without rubbing. It cuts though two coats of strengthener, 2-3 coats of polish and a coat of seche vite easily. The only type of polishes that cause me any grief are super dense glitters but someone with more patience than I would probably be fine using this.
A lot of people are turned off by the acetone content, but you do more damage to your nail plate by rubbing and pressing them when struggling with non-acetone removers. The less you stress you nail plate, the happier they will be. Since I started using this remover, I have noticed my nails don't peel as easily or as badly as when I was using other removers.
----- General information -----
I have used many different brands of nail vanish remover, and have never been fussy about it. As long as it did the job of removing my nail polish, I was happy. About 6 months ago, I started watching youtube videos on how to create different nail designs, and so I would paint my nails every night, taking it off at least three times until I was happy with the result of my painting. It was around this time that I decided to get a nail varnish remover that would also help my skin, as the skin around my finger nails started getting pretty dry.
----- Why did I buy this particular brand? -----
I bought this brand because I believe Sally Hansen have a good reputation in the nail world. I have always heard good things about their products, and any I have used in the past have been of a high standard. This nail varnish remover matched my needs as it contains Aloe Vera, Pro- Vitamin B5 and Vitamin E, to keep the nails and skin moisturised. I though it was worth a try at £2 at my local beauty shop.
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The bottle is exactly as pictured above. It comes in 200ml, and is a type of Aqua colour.
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The product really did work. It removed my nail varnish quicker than most nail varnish removers I have used before, AND it kept its word on the moisturising front too. My nails didn't seem as brittle, and the skin around them was no longer slightly sore, which was strange as usually it stings when polish remover gets in to the mini cuts. I was surprised as it seemed to have an instant soothing effect, and it actually exceeded the expectations that I had.
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I really really love this product. I continue to purchase it, even at the full price of £2.50 in the local store. I now have higher standards when it comes to nail varnish remover, and Sally Hansen has set that standard, and that will be a hard one to beat.
One of the main reasons to buy nail polish remover is to REMOVE the nail polish, but after scrubbing and scrubbing with tons of the remover, there were still several places that still had polish! Bottom line: save your time and money and do not buy this product.
I have quite long nails and like to wear nail polish all the time. I occasionally leave my nail bare for a couple of days but for a change but this isn't very often I like my nails bare looking. I am not loyal to any brand of nail polish remover and just buy which one I fancy at the time or one I have bought before and quite like. This one is a remover I hadn't bought before so thought I would give it a go.
It comes in a transparent plastic bottle with the name clearly on the front and so can easily be spotted on a shelf. The liquid is just like water in consistency and it is a pale lilac colour. It has quite a strong smell to it being just like any other polish remover and not really a pleasant smell but it isn't too nasty. It doesn't linger for too long in the room it is being used, so that's a good thing about the smell.
It is very easy to use it by just pouring a little onto a cotton wool pad, ball or wool from a roll and gently holding it over the nail and allow it to soak into the nail polish. I tend to hold it each of my nails for around 20 seconds or so and then simply wipe the polish away. I leave it to penetrate the polish so that I don't have to wipe it too roughly and damage my nails. This remover dissolves the polish really well in just 20 seconds and even less time. I generally find this length of time just helps me not to have to apply more of the liquid onto another pad if any of the polish hasn't completely been removed the first time.
I have very strong nails which don't break too often which I am pleased about before I find it really annoying when I have broke a nail. This remover is designed to strengthen nails and leave them in a very good condition. I have been using this remover for around 3 weeks or so and although my nails are still quite strong they don't appear any stronger than normal. Maybe if you haven't got very strong nails you may notice a huge difference but I cannot see any change in the strength of my nails using this remover. The surface of my nails do feel nice and smooth after using the remover, so I would say it does moisturise them really well.
Although there is no change in the condition of my nails I have found that none of my nails have broken in the past 3 weeks so I would say this maybe does strengthen them because usually I have at least a chipped nail but I haven't in the past weeks since using this polish remover.
It contains Vitamin E, pro vitamin B5 and Hydrolyzed Wheat protein to help with dry brittle nails and to help strengthen them and make them stronger and to also moisturise them so they don't feel dry.
I like the way this one works for removing polish and it even removes 2 coats plus a base coat really well without having to use it twice to remove it completely. I do think it is always wise to hold the pad onto the nail for the length of time I stated above to benefit the most from this remover. I have tested it holding the pad for around 10 seconds or so and I find all of the polish hasn't been removed and I have had to use more of the remover.
This remover gives my nails a good base to then apply nail polish. My polish sits well on my nails after using this one.
It hasn't irritated the skin around my nails or my cuticles and it hasn't caused any rashes etc.
For a 200ml it cost £2 and I think it is very good value for this price and well worth it. The quality is really good too.
This removes is one I recommend to anyone looking for a remover which works well and in no time at all and one which isn't too harsh for the nails. I think it is a gentle remover. It is one I won't hesitate in buying again sometime in the future.
I give this remover 5 stars.
Thank you for reading my review and I hope it has been of some help.
I decided a few weeks ago to paint my nails something I haven't done in a long time. My nails are not great and they bend and snap very easily. Usually nail polish remover makes this worse as it dries my nails terribly. I chose a Sally Hansen nail polish remover as it was described as moisturising on the bottle and also acetone free.
The bottle cost me £2 in Tesco. I also noticed that they stock other nail polish removers by Sally Hansen covering everything from brittle nails to soft and weak nails.
The nail polish remover is blue in colour and comes in a bottle with a screw off cap. The bottle states that as well as removing nail polish gently it also helps to promote healthy nails as it contains vitamin E and aloe vera to help strengthen dry and brittle nails as well as provide moisturisation.
To use the nail polish remover you are recommended to use a cotton wool ball or pad apply a small amount of the remover to the pad and hold on the nail for a few seconds before wiping the polish away.
I normally wear a few layers of polish and also a base coat and a top coat. The latest colour I had on my nails was navy blue which normally takes a lot of effort to remove. This polish remover dissolved a lot of the polish on the first attempt.
After using this my nails felt soft and I didn't get the tight feeling I sometimes get when I use other removers. My nails also looked healthy again when I have used removers with acetone I have noticed the top surface of my nail can sometimes look coarse and rough. This didn't happen with this particular remover.
I can't say I have noticed any difference in the condition of my nails they are still weak and bendy but I think that this helps in removing polish as it doesn't dry out the nails surface.
A bottle lasts me a long time so in my opinion it is worth the extra cost.
I wouldn't say I'm loyal to any particular brand of nail varnish remover, since they all do the same job anyway. I usually just buy whatever the cheapest one in the shop is, and recently I got the Sally Hansen Acetone free Polish Remover in Asda. I didn't buy this because it was Acetone free, but because it was cheap, although it did make me curious about what Acetone is.
Acetone is a chemical typically found in cleaning products. It's also a component in superglue remover. Studies suggest that Acetone can be toxic when ingested or inhaled, and can cause irritation to the throat and eyes. I didn't know this about Acetone before, since I just bought whichever nail varnish remover was on offer, but after reading about it, I'm going to try and avoid using it. It's also used in some food packaging, so it may not be possible to avoid it completely, but I can avoid using it on my nails.
I usually use cotton wool pads when removing my nail varnish, since i find them more absorbent and easier to use. If I don't have any available, I use kitchen roll, since toilet paper and tissues are soaked through too easily and makes a mess. The opening of the bottle isn't too big, so it's easy to pour some of the product out, without it all spilling out at once. I find this very useful, since I've covered myself in nail varnish remover too many times to count.
Although nail varnish removers generally do the same job, I have found that if I've used a top/bottom coat along with a few coats of a good quality nail varnish, it does take a little while to come off. However, the last time I used this product, the top/bottom coats and colour came off very quickly. It took minimal effort from me, whereas with some other nail varnish removers I'd had to rub the nail repeatedly.
The product is enriched with Vitamin E and Chamomile, which are essential nutrients for healthy nails. I've always had quite weak nails, and I have found since using this that my nails do feel a bit stronger. However, since my nails are always painted, I can't really pass judgement on whether or not the product has made a major difference.
I can't remember the exact price of this when I bought it, but I think it was on offer at around £1.50. The price is currently £2 in ASDA, and the bottle is 200ml. This works out at £1 per 100ml, and I thought this was a good deal, since the product works so well.
After using this nail varnish remover, I've become loyal to it. Before I used it, I just bought any nail varnish that I could find on offer, regardless of brand. Now I can safely say that I will be sticking to this product. It's cheap, but it does the job quickly, with no fuss and no mess. 5 stars from me.
I am not particularly brand-loyal when it comes to nail polish remover. I usually use the little pots of wipes, but have found that they are not always effective at removing multiple layers of dark varnish - and as you need several of them to do the job, they are not particularly good value for money either. Because of this, I decided to try out a bottled nail polish remover, coupled with cotton wool pads, as an alternative solution. The bottle I chose was Sally Hansen Regular Nail Polish Remover.
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Sally Hansen is a well-established US beauty brand which is probably best known for its nail products. They sell a range of different nail polish removers, ranging from the most basic type for 'regular' nails to more specialist versions designed to improve nail quality or remove artificial nails. My nails are fairly average so I went for the 'regular polish remover' which is said to be suitable for all nail types. This comes in a semi-transparent plastic bottle with a screw on lid. The liquid itself is a pale purple in colour and a similar texture to water. It is said to contain Pro-Vitamin B5, Vitamin E and Apricot Extract to help moisturise and prevent brittleness in nails, while removing nail polish quickly and effectively. The scent of the product is fairly strong when you sniff the bottle (and not particularly nice), although this is typical of nail polish remover in my opinion. On the plus side, it doesn't really seem to linger on your nails when used and the intensity of the smell diminishes the further away it is from your nose, and the less concentrated the liquid is. In other words, it stinks when you put your nose on to the top of the bottle, but is much less noticeable when you are using it to remove your nail polish.
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I bought this 200ml bottle of nail polish remover in Boots for £2.45. I think this represents pretty good value for money as it does the job that I want it to do, and a bottle will last for a reasonable length of time.
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This is a nail polish remover which I would not hesitate to recommend. It is simple to use, good value for money and removes nail polish quickly and effectively. It also leaves nails feeling like they are in a good condition which is an added bonus. I was impressed by the speed at which it removed multiple layers of nail polish. I have yet to try it on glitter polish (always trickier to remove in my opinion) or any of the 'special effects' type polishes but for the removal of a normal, good-quality polish it does a very efficient job. I just wish it smelt a bit nicer!


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Thierry Chotard was born in La Rochelle, France, in 1964. He received his Mechanical Engineering degree and the Ph.D. degree in applied mechanic, acoustic, and material science from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France, in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He serves as a Lecturer at University of Limoges in 1998 then as a Senior Lecturer in 2002 at the same place. He works currently as a Professor at the same University since 2005. He is a Member of the GEMH (heterogeneous materials research group) and as a Leader of the thermomechanical behavior of ceramics team. He works on thermomechanical characterization of refractory materials (castables, sintered, etc.) and is especially interested by damage investigation at high temperature by acoustic emission technique. He is a Member of the "Groupe Français de la Céramique" and as a Local Correspondent of the FIRE network (Federation for International Research on refractories and Education). He serves currently as a Codirector of the University Research Institute IPAM.
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private schools have launched a bullish defence of their contribution to Scottish society and the wider economy.
A report by the Scottish Council Of Independent Schools (SCIS) says the value of the sector to the wider economy is £446 million a year and more than 11,200 jobs.
An accompanying commentary written by John Edward, director of SCIS, attacked the "old assumptions" about the privileged socio-economic background of private pupils in the wake of tough new charities legislation.
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In 2012, the Office Of The Scottish Charity Regulator launched an investigation into the charitable status of private schools - a status which exempts them from paying millions of pounds in rates and tax.
The inquiry looked at the wider public benefit schools were providing, as well as their fee levels and the number of means-tested bursaries on offer.
Although some schools were told to improve financial assistance for poorer pupils, nearly all schools have now passed the charities test.
Mr Edward highlighted the regulator's figures, which show more than 400 poorer pupils in Scotland receive a 100% remission on their school fees, in addition to an expansion in means-tested bursaries.
His report states: "No group in Scotland is better able to demonstrate their compliance with the requirements to meet charitable purposes.
"Independent schools are charities because they fulfil purposes for the public benefit ... they are no different to other educational charities, such as further education colleges or universities.
"Means-tested financial assistance now far outstrips any taxation rates that follow from charitable status."
Mr Edward said now was an appropriate moment to move away from narrowly-focused preconceptions about a lack of diversity at private schools. He added: "They are not a distinct group seeking to be set apart by the way they are educated.
"It is a striking characteristic of the debate on charitable status, for example, and widening of access through means-tested bursaries, that old and unrevised assumptions about the socio-economic background of pupils remain.
"Scottish schools and families have met the challenge presented to them, a policy outcome that should be a matter of note for legislators and of recognition of the efforts made."
Meanwhile, the separate economic assessment report found the wider contribution of private schools to the competitiveness of the Scottish economy - including what schools and staff spend on goods and services - totalled £446m.
This included exports worth almost £28m per year and a contribution of more than £263m a year to public finances.
In addition, the report says the sector generates a number of wider benefits, including supporting the Scottish university sector, developing a high calibre workforce and encouraging inward investment.
The conclusion states: "This report has demonstrated the Scottish independent schools sector generates substantial benefits for the Scottish economy.
"In addition, this report has also found evidence the sector generates a number of wider economic benefits that cannot be fully quantified."
The report was produced by BiGGAR Economics, an independent economic consultancy based near Edinburgh, which has undertaken similar assessments for Edinburgh, Heriot Watt, St Andrews, Aberdeen, Robert Gordon and Glasgow Caledonian universities.


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How has Warren Buffett created the largest and greatest investment portfolio in human history?
By mastering his temperament and "trading like a girl."
So argues Motley Fool writer and Mississippi native Louann Lofton in her new book "Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl."
In October 2008, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average began to nose dive shortly after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, investors panicked and began to trade. But not Warren Buffett. "He did what any rational person should have done in the face of so much fear. He took a deep breath, steadied himself and started buying stocks, putting $20 million to work in companies like Goldman Sachs and General Electric… (He) reminded investors that the best time to buy stocks was when everyone was fleeing the market, leaving bargains galore ready for the taking," Lofton writes.
She quotes Buffett: "The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect… You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd."
"Feminine" qualities like relationship building, patience and collaboration were absent during the market mania that kicked off the Great Recession.
Lofton cites various studies showing women have a different approach to investing — namely by thinking long-term and trading less. The University of California's 2001 "Quarterly Journal of Economics" paper "Boys Will Be Boys," for example, surveyed 35,000 discount brokerage accounts over a six-year period and found that men traded stocks 45 percent more than women did. Excessive flip-flopping reduced the men's net returns by 2.65 percentage points, as compared to the women's loss of 1.72 percentage points.
Additionally, when Hedge Fund Research Inc., a data source for the hedge fund industry, tracked the annualized performance of female-managed hedge funds from 2000 to 2009, it found that women-managed funds returned an average 9.06 percent, compared to the 5.82 percent weighted index of other hedge funds.
So how can you learn to trade like a girl? Trade less, shun risk, research extensively, ignore peer pressure, value people and relationships, question the masters and act fairly and ethically.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 30, 2013 — John M. Rosenberg, a lawyer from Prestonsburg, Ky., will receive the American Bar Association Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division's 2013 Difference Makers Award.
Rosenberg is emeritus director of the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Inc. (AppalReD), a legal services program serving low-income people throughout the state. He will receive the award, which recognizes an individual for his or her service to the local community, for his work as director of AppalReD for more than 30 years.
Judge Jennifer A. Rymell, GPSolo chair, also noted Rosenberg's work in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, where he was involved in litigating a number of major civil rights cases, including the successful prosecution of the Klansmen responsible for the murder of the three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964 and the first trial under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prevented the re-election of Sheriff Jim Clark in Dallas County, Ala.
"We are honored to present Rosenberg with this award," Rymell said.
Rosenberg is a graduate of Duke University and the University of North Carolina School of Law. He also holds honorary doctorates from Morehead State University, the William Mitchell School of Law and Berea College. He serves as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service. Along with his brother and parents, Rosenberg is a Holocaust survivor who was featured in Arwen Donahue's book "This Is Home Now."
Rosenberg will be presented with his award during the Difference Makers Awards program on Oct. 4 at GPSolo's 8th Annual National Solo and Small Firm Conference in Lexington, Ky.
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FALLBROOK -- The Fallbrook Community Center will offer pme-week day camp sessions for children ages 6 through 12 beginning June 14 at the center at 341 Heald Lane.
Activities and features include field trips, sports, games, arts and crafts, movies and popcorn, theme days, cookouts, dramatics, water days, science, cooking and nature projects.
Fees are $115 per week for the 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. session, $140 per week for the extended session, which goes from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fees include field trips. project materials and an afternoon snack.
Themes and trips include:
- June 14-18: Butterflies and a trip to the Wild Animal Park.
- June 21-25: Rainforest and a trip to Live Oak Park.
- June 28-July 2: Clowning around and a trip to the WAVE Water Park.
- July 6-9: The Beat Goes on and trip to the WAVE.
- July 12-16: Pirates of the Caribbean and a trip to Legoland.
- July 19-23: Pond Life and a trip to Jack's Pond Park.
- July 26-30: Radical Reptiles and a trip to the WAVE.
- Aug. 2-6: Birds of a Feather and a trip to the Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Museum.
- Aug. 9-13: Olympics and Greese and a trip to Legoland.
- Aug. 16-20: Playful Pets and a trip to the WAVE.
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- Aug. 30-Sept. 3: Birthday Bash and a trip to Live Oak Park.
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Talk about typecasting.
Matthew Modine (moh-DEEN') will portray a fictionalized version of himself in "Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas," opening Sept. 16 at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Previews for the comedy by Blair Singer begin Sept. 8 for a limited run through Oct. 18.
The 50-year-old actor, who has appeared in such acclaimed films as "Birdy," "Married to the Mob" and "Full Metal Jacket," plays an actor eager to find a cause that can put him back in front of the public.
Also in the cast: Peri Gilpin, best know as Roz on television's "Frasier," and French Stewart, a regular on TV's "3rd Rock from the Sun."


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I got this for Windows 7 and it will not open. It says "your license is invalid for this system". "False" so not sure what this is suppose to run on. Nothing at all about this program on the homepage.


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Warring parents 'damage children'
A judge has warned of the exceptional harm caused to children who are manipulated by warring parents.
Mrs Justice Parker said that it not only distorted the relationship of the child with the parent but also the outside world as children who were suborned into flouting court orders were given extremely damaging messages about the extent to which authority could be disregarded.
The judge said she was disappointed that the professionals in the case of three brothers, who cannot be identified, were unable to understand that message.
The social worker and guardian appointed by the court had asked her not to intervene over contact with the father but allow the boys to stay with the mother as they wished.
At London's High Court today, she said: "Parents who obstruct the relationship with either mother or father are inflicting untold damage on their children and it's about time the professionals truly understood this."
She said that they had not taken into account the degree of parental manipulation in the case and the danger represented to the younger children from the inappropriate power given by the mother to their 15-year-old brother.
"I am in no doubt that he feels he needs to fight his mother's corner on contact. I don't think that he is developing as he should under her influence and in her home. I cannot trust him to co-operate and I think it's doing him harm.
"At his age, he should be regarding both of his parents as out of touch and useless - rather than siding with one against the other.
"The extent to which he has become a knight in shining armour for his mother is truly concerning."
The judge said that the couple, who married in the mid-90s, were both intelligent and articulate but their inconsistent parenting had led to the eldest boy sometimes showing extraordinarily violent behaviour. He was the "carrier for the toxic emotions in this family".
Earlier this year, the mother had gone to a refuge and the local authority had uncritically accepted her allegations of violence against the father, ignoring his evidence which showed that she was very emotionally troubled.
The mother had herself shown physical violence to the children and had inappropriately allowed her eldest son to become her confidante and to discipline his brothers, to whom he had sent "disturbing" texts urging them to resist contact.
The judge said that the Children Act referred to the "ascertainable" wishes and feelings of a child which meant the court had to look at actions rather than words.
"It is my view that the ascertainable wishes and feelings of these boys have been demonstrated. They are more than happy to be with their father and may feel some relief being out of the maelstrom."
She added: "I regard parental manipulation of children, of which I distressingly see an enormous amount, as exceptionally harmful."
She was in no doubt that the mother's track record was such that she could not currently have contact with the two younger boys.
"Much as I would like to give these boys Christmas as they believe they want it, it is unsafe for them to spend Christmas Day with their mother and her family."
She said she w as in no doubt that they should live with their father until the case returned to court, while the older boy should live with his grandmother and only see his mother under supervision.
She was not suggesting that the father was an "angel" but he was genuinely concerned for the boys, had a more objective view of what was in their interests, and far more empathy than the mother
She commented: "I take domestic violence extremely seriously, It is a terrible social evil when it exists. But not all allegations of domestic violence and abuse are true and at the end of a stormy and difficult marriage as this has been betwen the parents of the children, it is very easy for parents to re-write history in their own minds."


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First boxing card is Dec. 19 at Wadena Armory
Bob Tubandt's Wadena Boxing Club will be hosting their first card of the season Saturday, Dec. 19 at the Wadena Armory.
Joining Wadena on the card will be clubs from Fergus Falls, Willmar, Leech Lake, Duluth, Detroit Lakes and White Earth.
Tubandt has 11 veteran boxers on his 2009-10 team along with 11 newcomers.
Wadena's veteran fighters include Justin Isaacson (208), Trent Petro (180), Travis Petro (170), Patchrick Szathmary (175), Cody McManigle (142), Jeremy McDonald (140), Taylor Geiser (134), Jeremy Hoemberg (149), Shane Motschenbacher (130), Kevin Harper (102) and Albert Boldt (85).
Newcomers on the team after Jan. 1 will include Jose Perz (220), Zach Nevala (250), Joe Roers (175), Dakota Comeau (75), Nathan Wellier (210), Josh Meech (165), Matt Umland (60), Neil Janson (122) and Justin Nanik (160).
Tubandt will be assisted by Todd Steward, DeWayne Steward and Jeremy Umland.
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Any online retailers that you can recommend where to purchase the Champion PRG mix?
East Coast, mine came from Seed Solutions. I got it from someone else who ordered it from them so I have no idea how convenient it is or what the price is. Sorry, but I am sure this is where it came from.
If anyone else is interested, the Accent PRG came from Tri-Turf, in Michigan, and the Double Eagle came from LESCO.
Last Monday, Oct. 19, I took some samples to try to show root development. The pictures might be a little confusing in that I show plugs I pulled but there are not any holes in the blue cans. The plugs were taken with a cup cutting tool from the in-ground plot, planted a few days after the blue cans.
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Bottom to top: Double Eagle, Accent, LESCO premium athletic mix, Champion mix
Im not sure the photos will tell you much. In person, I was able to see the LESCO premium athletic mix roots are the least developed, at this point of course the bluegrass has barely germinated yet. Double Eagles roots are the most well developed. Accent is a close second (very close). The Champion mix roots are surprisingly sparse.
What I can say is more subjective than scientific. I did what I could to examine/compare the roots with the tools that I have. Who knows how much of the root system I washed off with the soil when I was trying to expose them on the plugs I pulled.
The layering in the soil comes from this: originally I used a sod cutter to remove sod from where this plot now is. I used it to patch a soccer field because it more closely matched the existing field than sod I could have purchased would have done. I had to fill the resulting hole and plant something, so I used the sand-compost mix I topdress the soccer field with. This mix, incidentally, is lighter than what I used in the blue cans.
L-Accent, R-Double Eagle
L-Champion Blend, R-LESCO premium athletic mix. Oct. 19 (35 days)
All four with much of the soil washed off
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Soil Removed - Showing Roots
Double Eagle
LESCO Premium Athletic Mix
Champion Mix
Thanks for the research.
Wonderful project. This shows that it pays to plant good seed. And it sure helps to know which seed is best beyond what the salesman says. Bravo! The seed data indicate reistance to dollarspot and very good resistance to red thread. Does not mention Grey leaf spot resistance. It does mention very high seedling vigor--which is obvious in this test.
Accent: http://www.grahamturf.com/main/products/ryegrass/accent/accent.htm
Thank you, Riggle, and thanks for the link. You post many good references.
I had looked at NTEP for the varieties in my test that I could find listed. Lots of information there. It would be nice if they offered a 'sort by' feature to help produce a list fitting a specific set of user entered criteria. Might be a good turnaround project for a university.
It's nice that the Accent turns out to have good Pythium resistance too. We don't have too much trouble with that on rye this close to the lake but I understand they do on the east side of the state. We see it on bent a few days a year. Only takes once...
I will definitely work Accent in on an athletic field somewhere next year. Three weeks ago I overseeded a friend's yard with it both because they needed help and because I want to watch how it performs.
Last September I planted a baseball field in approximately 50% Double Eagle. I had to goose it in early October to get it to fill in but it came in nicely and held up well this year, its first season. Rest of the seed was a KBG blend. Last September-October was a much better growing season here than 2009, IMO. I am surprised at how well the blue containers have grown with the weather we have had.
Funny, it is getting harder to distinguish between them. The weather sure turned bad fast.
Somewhere I have an end-of-season type set of pictures taken after the October 19th ones above. If I find them I will put them up.


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I love Stowe. This time my wife insists that I bring one of my scope to observe. (isn't she great?) Will probably be my C6 or my 102 refractor.
Any suggestions as to from where to observe? Any fields or parks inside or outside town?
I was trying to use the CSC to check out the light pollution and I put in the lat and long but it only gives you the closest observatory, not the point. Am I doing that right?
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SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Chargers gave Tom Brady one chance too many, and that's all the three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback needed.
Brady and the New England Patriots shocked league MVP LaDainian Tomlinson and the Chargers on Sunday, winning 24-21 to move within one win of their fourth Super Bowl trip in six seasons.
Brady overcame three interceptions, his career playoff high, to lead the Patriots to 11 points in 3:26 late in the game. He now has a 12-1 postseason record heading to Indianapolis for the AFC championship game next Sunday.
The winning points came on a 31-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski with 1:10 left. That capped a 72-yard drive highlighted by a 49-yard pass to Reche Caldwell, who left the Chargers as a free agent after last season.
With the Patriots trailing 21-13, Brady threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to the wide-open Caldwell with 4:36 to play. The Patriots tied it on a tricky 2-point conversion, snapping the ball directly to running back Kevin Faulk, who was standing next to Brady and ran through the middle of the line.
San Diego's Pro Bowl kicker Nate Kaeding was short on a 54-yard field goal try with 3 seconds left.
It was a crunching end to San Diego's season, and could lead to coach Marty Schottenheimer's ouster.
Behind Tomlinson, the Chargers went an NFL-best 14-2, including going 8-0 at home in the regular season.
Schottenheimer fell to 5-13 in the postseason, with Cleveland, Kansas City and San Diego. Although he has a year left on his contract, at more than $3 million, he and general manager A.J. Smith have had an icy relationship for months.
Afterward, with the record crowd of 68,810 silenced and a terrific season wrecked, Tomlinson went after an unidentified Patriots player. Tomlinson ran for 123 yards and two scores, and caught two passes for 64 yards.
Schottenheimer will no doubt be criticized for going for it on fourth-and-11 from the New England 30-yard line in the fourth quarter rather than having Kaeding try a field goal.
Philip Rivers, the Chargers' first-year starting quarterback, was sacked by Mike Vrabel and fumbled, giving the Patriots the ball at their 35.
San Diego lost its fourth straight postseason game dating to the Super Bowl following the 1994 season.


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GENEVA (Reuters) - Canada requested on Monday consultations with Brussels over the European Union's restrictions on seal product imports, effectively launching a World Trade Organization dispute in the matter.
In a letter to EU Ambassador Eckart Guth, Ottawa said it believed the ban on sales of all products from seals, including fur, meat and oil, were inconsistent with international trade rules and should be repealed.
"These measures appear to be inconsistent with the (EU's) obligations," Canadian envoy Bruce Christie wrote, citing potential breaches of several trade regulations. "These violations appear to nullify or impair the benefits accruing to Canada under those agreements."
Brussels enacted the ban, which will apply in the 2010 hunting season, after years of pressure from animal rights campaigners, who say Canada's annual seal hunt is inhumane.
It would affect an estimated 4 million euros ($6 million) in annual businesses.
Canada, which has insisted that the European Union should recognize that the hunt is conducted humanely, has previously warned it would launch a WTO challenge. If it is victorious in the litigation, it could win the right to impose retaliatory sanctions against Brussels.
At the same time, Canadian Trade Minister Stockwell Day has stressed that the sealing controversy should not affect separate talks between Canada and the European Union on setting up a free trade agreement.
Brussels argues that its legislation is not protectionist or discriminatory as it applies to all seals from all places. The ban also exempts products from traditional hunts carried out by the Inuit people in Canada and Greenland.
Before eventually opting for a total ban, the European Union had mulled enacting a partial embargo along with clear labeling of products to show they contain culled seals.
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Lotus teams up with Saxo Bank
Lotus F1 have today announced a new partner in the name of Saxo Bank, a Danish investment institution that is also well known for its sponsorship in the cycling world.
With another financial backer on board, the team looks set to start 2014, even though financial struggles led people to suspect the team would have trouble to make it to the first race of the season. The big debt the team currently faces is very certainly not helping to squash that thought.
Team Principal, Eric Boullier announced today "We are delighted to begin a relationship with Saxo Bank, a fast-growing online trading and investment specialist who have demonstrated strong support in sport through sponsorships in the world of cycling at the highest level with Team Tinkoff-Saxo.".
"Saxo Bank is taking an exciting and proactive approach to this new partnership with Lotus F1 Team and we are looking forward to enjoying a long and fruitful relationship."
Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen, co-CEOs and co-founders of Saxo Bank: "Saxo Bank is excited to have the opportunity to diversify its sporting partnerships, which now forge close ties to two of the world's most popular sports. The philosophy and ambitions of Saxo Bank resonate closely with those of Lotus F1 Team, a team which has emerged as a genuine challenger in a sport which is dominated by bigger and more established players. We look forward to being a key partner of Lotus F1 Team as they embark on the new season and will be supporting them trackside over the coming year."


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Issue No. 02 - March/April (1998 vol. 18)
pp: 36-47
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/40.671401
The construction of real multimedia systems based on processors instead of special purpose hardware requires both higher signal processing performance and higher bandwidth memory systems to the processor. For these applications, a 32-bit embedded RISC processor with a 64-bit "single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD)" coprocessor, the V830R/AV, has been developed. Its asymmetric dual-issue superscalar architecture with the 64-bit SIMD coprocessor achieves 2-GOPS performance in video signal processing applications. The 200-MHz V830R/AV incorporates a Concurrent Rambus DRAM interface that has a 600-Mbyte/s data transfer rate, and it also integrates several multimedia-oriented peripherals. This results in a processor-based real-time MPEG-2 MP@ML decoding system in a unified memory architecture environment.
multimedia, processors, signal processing, RISC, memory architecture
Tomohisa Arai, Kazumasa Suzuki, Kouhei Nadehara, Ichiro Kuroda, "V830R/AV: Embedded Multimedia Superscalar RISC Processor", IEEE Micro, vol. 18, no. , pp. 36-47, March/April 1998, doi:10.1109/40.671401


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Whether the familiarity was reassuring only Jonathan Trott could say but it was probably inevitable that the first ball of the England batsman's second attempted comeback to first-class cricket would be delivered by one of Australia's Test seamers.
That being the case, it was even more inevitable that it would be a bouncer, and Peter Siddle duly obliged. The second ball was even shorter, soaring high above the batsman's helmet, but the third lifted wickedly towards the body, hurrying Trott into an instinctive and far from convincing defensive fend that looped back down the pitch off the edge of the bat. The ball dropped well short of Siddle but served to emphasise Nottinghamshire had missed a trick in not bringing in a short-leg.
It also ensured the bouncers kept coming, some from round the wicket, and though a pull that crossed the distant square leg boundary before a fielder could move was encouraging, a gloved hook down to fine leg was less so. It was a rather slower, but no less canny, bowler than Siddle who dismissed him: being fortunate to survive one concerted leg before appeal when he attempted to hit Andre Adams across the line did not deter Trott from trying to repeat the shot, again he missed, and this time he looked up to see umpire Martin Bodenham's finger raised.
The innings was relatively short, at 31 balls for 23 runs, but it was apparent Trott was standing deep in his crease, stepping forward into a more orthodox position as the bowler's arm came over. The stress-related issues that prompted his leaving the Ashes tour aside, forward momentum at the point of delivery was one of his technical problems when it came to dealing with the pace of Mitchell Johnson in Australia.
For Siddle, Trott looked much as he had in Australia. "He looked the same player, he went for his shots, played some nicely. I had a chat to him at lunch the previous day, he seemed happy and going well. It was certainly nice to get him early."
Not that Trott was the only Warwickshire batsman found wanting. William Porterfield hung his bat out, fellow opener Varun Chopra drove loosely, and if Tim Ambrose was unfortunate to get one that kept low, the 18-year-old Sam Hain was neither forward or back when he edged to the wicketkeeper, while Rikki Clarke chipped tamely to midwicket.
It was as well for the Bears that Chris Woakes stayed calm, playing every ball on its merit. The all-rounder lost Keith Barker, caught at the second attempt in the slips, and Jeetan Patel, when Samit Patel held on to an edge off Siddle, but with the ball getting ever softer, Woakes found a determined companion in Chris Wright. Together they guided Warwickshire past the follow-on and beyond 300.
Playing throughout with a pleasing orthodoxy, Woakes went on to 91 before being bowled by Harry Gurney with the new ball. The innings may have been opportunely timed on a personal basis, as well as for his county. Despite missing the England training camp that begins in Loughborough on Tuesday, the 25-year-old is expected to link up with the Test squad in Nottingham on Sunday, and if either Stuart Broad or Jimmy Anderson is considered unfit to play at Trent Bridge, Woakes – rather than Durham's Ben Stokes – is believed to be in line to deputise.
With Nottinghamshire's second innings to come, Woakes has taken 29 championship wickets this season, at an average of 20.6, and the fact he has played himself into form with the bat as well can only help his cause.
"I haven't been hitting the ball too badly actually, but it was definitely good to pass 50," Woakes said. "I was just looking to bat time, I felt like I didn't have to force it. I've been bowling with a good rhythm, and I feel like I've found a bit [of extra pace]."


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Friday, November 09, 2012 –
It's Time to Get to Work
The election is over. It's time to get back to work. The appearance of Washington is unchanged. Democrats control the White House and the Senate and Republicans control the House. The American people have spoken. Those in Washington and those coming to Washington are going to have to sit down, hammer out solutions, and compromise a little bit.
Pulitzer Prize winning columnist George Will said, "Gridlock is not an American problem. It's an American achievement. The framers of our Constitution didn't want an efficient government; they wanted a safe government. To which end they filled it with slowing and blocking mechanisms. Three branches of government, two branches of the legislative branch, veto, veto override, supermajority, [and] judicial review. When we have gridlock, the system is working." Will is exactly right about the importance of gridlock. It prevents the government from acting unless there is broad public consensus; it compels compromise. When dealing with big problems, if America is to overcome them, gridlock forces elected officials to drop their petty differences in favor of policy that benefits the greater good of the country.
To preserve the greatest governmental experiment the world has ever seen, those of us in Washington are going to have to compromise on some things that don't break our core principles. This includes the Democrats. While they won the Senate and the Presidency, they didn't win the House, so both sides have to give a little. Ideas are going to have to be fleshed out and debated on the merits. The House must pass its bills, the Senate must pass its bills, and they must come together to work out their respective differences.
Next year each house of Congress absolutely must pass a budget. Like any person, household, or business must do at a time when money is tight, creating a budget is the first step in formulating a plan for the future. Regardless of what has happened for the last three years, the U.S. Senate must do its duty and put together an outline of where the nation stands and where it needs to go. The budget is likely to be disconcerting, but aren't we always told that acknowledging the problem is the first step to solving it?
The American people are fully aware of how poorly our economy is doing, how tough the job market is, and the ever rising costs of basic items like food and energy. Without compromise – again, from both Democrats and Republicans – I do not see how we can overcome these dreadful realities. I'm eager to get back to Washington to continue fighting for the people of the Ninth and for all of the American people.


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Fiscal Cliff Jeopardizes Civil Space Jobs
The looming Fiscal Cliff could have dire consequences for NASA, the nation's lead civil space agency, and NOAA, the agency responsible for satellite weather observations and climate studies, according to an analysis prepared for the Washington-based Aerospace Industries Association.
U. S.leadership in civil space as well as the nation's ability to prepare for extreme weather events are at stake, according to the AIA report, The Economic Impact of Sequestration on Civil Space Program, prepared for the AIA by the George Mason University Center for Regional Analysis.
At NASA 20,500 contractor positions are at risk; at NOAA, 2,500.
"This report demonstrates that the biggest single threat to our space programs' continued success are arbitrary and capricious budget cuts," said AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey in a Dec. 13 statement that accompanied the report's release.
"NASA and NOAA are responsible for cutting edge activities that expand the boundaries of knowledge and discovery, lead to economic innovation and save lives. We can't afford not to invest in these sources of American scientific and technological greatness."
Precipitous spending cuts, of 8.2 percent, are scheduled to take effect across much of the federal government on Jan. 2 — if the White House and Congress cannot come to an agreement on a compromise course. Additional cuts at the two agencies would follow over the next eight years. Other federal agencies, both defense and non-defense, face similar reductions, which some economists predict will push the nation back into recession next year.
In total, 2.14 million jobs in theU. S.are at risk in 2013 alone, according to an analysis led by George Mason's Stephen Fuller.
As far as NASA, 20,500 contractor positions could be lost, most of them engineers, scientists and skilled technicians.
At NOAA, the near term loss is estimated at 2,500 professionals, who design, build and operate satellites. There are no private sector counterparts to fill in.
Texas and California face the biggest employment losses from the NASA reductions, 5,610 and 4,586 jobs respectively.
In Texas, the losses would be focused on the Johnson Space Center in Houston, home to NASA's human space operations and development.
In California, the losses would be spread among the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which develops and operates most of NASA's planetary missions; the Ames Research Center, where experts are assigned to research projects responsible for air traffic management, o astrobiology and extra solar planet discovery; and the Dryden Flight Research Center, which is focused on flight test and space hardware development.
The "fiscal cliff" is a consequence of the 2011 Budget Control Act and an on going debate over raising the nation's debit limit. Part of the legislation calls for an automatic sequestration, or spending cut. Sequestration is set to initiate a cut of $1 trillion across DOD and non-DOD programs (including NASA and NOAA) over nine years, starting on January 2, 2013.


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March 12, 2011 BY John Kim
Brandon Roy's rising star status hit a few bumps on the road this season, but when healthy, he's one of the best shooting guards in the game. After playing four years in college at Washington, Roy serendipitously ended up staying in the Pacific Northwest after being drafted by the Portland Trailblazers, and was later picked up by Nike Basketball as one of its athletes for the future. Brandon Roy's one of the few basketball players to have his own Nike Trainer PE; Sneaker News showed you a Nike Trainer 1 as well as a Trainer 1.2 Mid Fuse as part of the 'All-For-One' Pack, but this lucky find by Ryan_A79 of Canada proves that there is a third Trainer PE out there for B-Roy. There hasn't been a known release of this shoe (or any of his other PEs) so this is truly one unique sneaker pick-up. The white/red/black colorway represents the Trailblazers' Home uniforms, and the BR7 logo on the heel certifies these an official Brandon Roy PE product. Check out the extra shots after the jump and let us know what you think.


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Friday, October 05, 2007
Older and mouthier
…Writing in Newsweek (Oct 8, 2007), Sharon Begley talks about how some seniors tend to make racist remarks like calling people "colored."
…It is not their generation or how they were taught. Seems the frontal lobes shrink as we age and can lead to blurting out weird stuff.
…This is the area of the brain providing inhibitions, encouraging social niceties. Inhibitory control—as the scientists put it—can wane as we age.
…They tested this, of course. Docs at Australia Univ of Queensland gave volunteers paragraphs with distracting words in the text and asked them to read it aloud without the distracting words.
…Begley said it would be like reading her article all except for words beginning in "s."
…Then they tested racist attitudes.
…The subjects only blurted out racist comments to the degree that they could not avoid the distracting words.
…So that, kids, accounts for why Grandma might ask you some embarrassing questions or say things in front of your significant other.
…Plus—it's fun!
….OK, HA added that. She tries to stick to inappropriate use of the F word and telling kids to get off her lawn.
…But there's time yet.
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In all of trading, the quickest way to make a lot of money is to latch onto a trend in a futures market and ride it. This approach has two catalysts. First, futures trading involves leverage (i.e., you only put up a small fraction of the value of the contract when entering a trade) and second, when a market soars or swoons a lot of money can be made quickly. Of course, that's the good news. The bad news is that things can also go in the other direction, so strong risk control is an essential element to successful futures trading. (For a primer on factors driving trends, check out 4 Factors That Shape Market Trends.)
This piece will not get into the nitty-gritty of risk control and money management. Rather, it will simply make the case for identifying and trading in tune with the primary trend of a given market.
In the Beginning
A long time ago, about the time personal computers came into being, trend-following systems that were "always in" - i.e., always holding either a long or short position at all times - were fairly popular and could be useful. Back then a market could trend a good ways before a lot of people caught onto what was going on. Today market information is so readily available and gets disseminated so quickly that simplistic trend following is not necessarily a viable alternative as a standalone approach to trading.
Likewise, the numerous "whipsaws" and long stretches of non-trending price action make a pure "always in" trend-following approach less than optimal from a rate of return perspective. And then there is always the emotional "wear and tear" that comes with taking a lot of losing whipsaw trades along the way while waiting for a few truly big winning trades to generate the bulk of overall profits. As a result, very few traders still rely very heavily on "always in" trend-following methods.
Still, as it turns out, there are strong benefits to using trend-following methods, particularly when they are used primarily as a filter. Applying a trend-following method as a filter can allow a trader to keep his or her capital focused in the areas that have the greatest likelihood of maximizing returns.
Distinguishing a "Trend Filter" from a "Trading Signal"
The purpose any trend-following indicator is simply to be able to objectively designate the current trend as up or down, or in some cases, possibly as trendless. There really is no prediction built into any given trend-following indicator. A given method does not tell us that the trend will be up (or down) tomorrow, only that it is up (or down) as of right now. So investors must still be aware of the potential for whipsaws.
When viewed in this manner, the act of designating a given security as being in an uptrend or a downtrend is different from generating a specific "buy" or "sell" signal. As such, just because a trader designates the trend as "up" does not necessarily imply that he should be holding a long position. It does, however, mean that he should not be holding a short position. In other words, the primary function of a trend-following filter may not be so much in telling you what to do, but in telling you what not to do. (Learn how to spot the pivot point from which a new movement will emerge in Find A Trend With The Partial Retrace.)
Trend-Following Filters in Action
Let's look at one example of a simple trend-following filter in the futures markets. We will designate the trend as "up" if the following two conditions are met:
- The 10-day moving average is greater than the 30-day moving average and;
- The latest close is above the 200-day moving average.
If both conditions are met, then a trader in this example would only consider taking a long trade and would completely eschew trading from the short side.
On the flipside, we will designate the trend as "down" if the following two conditions are met:
- The 10-day moving average is below the 30-day moving average and;
- The latest close is below the 200-day moving average.
If both conditions are met, then a trader in this example would only consider taking a short trade and would completely eschew trading from the long side.
Figure 1 displays one example of a market using this filter. The chart presented is actually an exchange-traded fund that emulates a futures market. This type of ETF can act as a good proxy for a given futures market since there are no contract expirations as there are in the futures markets. (See how ETFs can fulfill certain strategies in How To Use ETFs In Your Portfolio.)
|Figure 1 - Using Simple Trend-Following Tools to Filter for Market Trend
|Source - ProfitSource by HUBB
The first filter indication marked on Figure 1 notes that the 10-day moving average is above the 30-day moving average and also that the closing price is above the 200-day moving average. At this point the trend is designated as "up" and until further notice a trader can consider entering into a long position but should absolutely not consider entering into a short position since this would mean "fighting the trend."
The second indication ("No Trend; No Positions") simply points out the lack of an objective primary trend. At this point the trader would simply stand aside this market until a new trend is established. (Learn to identify the things that may impact your investments down the road. Don't miss Taking Global Macro Trends To The Bank.)
The next new trend is established once again to the upside a few weeks later. The next "no trend" indication after that did not occur for roughly five months. During this entire time the trader would have been focused solely on the long side of the market. As all price dips during this time were relatively shallow and short-lived, most traders who attempted to play the short side of the market during this time would have most likely ended up experiencing a string of losing trades. The trader who focused solely on the long side of the market based on a simple trend-following filter not only enjoyed the greatest likelihood of making money by virtue of focusing on the primary trend, but also avoided the emotional and financial drain of any countertrend losing trades.
The Bottom Line
The "rules" used in our example are not intended to comprise a complete trading system. The only purpose of these rules is to keep a trader focused on the price direction which is presently showing the greatest strength. In other words, trend filtering is only one - albeit, a highly useful - piece of the trading puzzle. A trader using a filter like the ones in our example still needs to incorporate specific buy and sell rules, must determine how many contracts to buy or sell short and must determine where to place stops, etc.
Nevertheless, in the end, the trader who can focus his or her capital and attention on strongly trending situations stands a greatly enhanced probability of profiting in the futures markets over the long run.
For related information, take a look at Leading Economic Indicators Predict Market Trends.


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Colorado menu featured at A-Basin's latest summer event
By Summit Voice
SUMMIT COUNTY — Colorado's growing season for wildflowers and produce may be short compared to other parts of the country, but it's always sweet. Arapahoe Basin will highlight both this Friday (July 20) with the alpenglow dinner and wildflower hike at the Black Mountain Lodge.
Chef Chris Rybak is planning an all-Colorado menu for this event in the popular series, and there are still a few spots left. You can sign up online at A-Basin's website.
Eating locally produced food is a great way to support Colorado ranchers and farmers, especially in a tough dry year like this, and it's also makes sense environmentally by reducing the carbon footprint of the food you consume (think about trucking food all the way from California).
Chairlift rides up the mountain are between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. and the dinner starts with light hors d'eouvres and live entertainment. Chef Rybak will begin serving the Colorado-themed meal at 6 p.m. and you can work off some of the calories with a twilight hike back down the mountain to the base area starting at about 8 p.m.
And while the wildflower season started a bit slow this year, some of the best displays are expected at the higher elevations, where the spring snowpack protected tender plants from the dry and windy spring conditions that prevailed across most lower elevations.
The recent rains haven't hurt, either, according to A-Basin GM Alan Henceroth, who has been posting monsoon updates on his blog. Henceroth wrote July 10 that the grass, brush and flowers have responded to the rain events with explosive growth.
" The place looks incredible. The recent change and growth in the vegetation is striking. With the Argentine North Fork Trail in such good shape and the flowers popping out, I think the Wildflower Dinner and Hike july 20 will be quite spectacular," he said.
Wildflowers growing near A-Basin
The high country of the North Fork, around A-Basin, features some of Summit County's best displays of wildflowers — and not to mention edible mushrooms.