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The New Regionalism: Trade Liberalization or Insurance?
Several of the recently negotiated regional trade agreements (Canada-U.S., NAFTA, E.C.-Hungary/Poland/Czeck and Slovak Republics) contain significantly fewer concessions by the large countries to smaller countries than vice versa. Yet, it is small countries that have sought them and see themselves as the main beneficiaries. In this paper we attempt to resolve this seeming paradox by interpreting such agreements as insurance arrangements for smaller countries, which partially protect them against the consequences of a global trade war. What they offer to the large countries in return is largely non-trade benefits (such as restraints on domestic policies in the smaller countries, firmer intellectual property protection, firmer guarantees of royalty arrangements affecting resources on state-owned lands). When evaluated alongside the regional trade arrangements of the 1960s (such as the E.C.), these agreements may appear to produce little or no benefit relative to the status quo for smaller countries; but when evaluated relative to a post-retaliation tariff equilibrium, the value of these agreements to small countries is large because they help preserve existing access to larger foreign markets. There is little incentive for large countries to negotiate such arrangements without side payments of the non-trade variety, because these agreements constrain their ability to play strategically against smaller neighbouring countries (who are still important trade partners) in a trade war. Such regional agreements compared across constrained and unconstrained Nash outcomes will typically be welfare worsening for large countries, and side payments are needed for the
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|published as Perroni, Carlo and John Whalley. "The New Regionalism: Trade Liberalization Or Insurance?," Canadian Journal of Economics, 2000, v33(1,Feb), 1-24.
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Cairo - An Egyptian judicial official says the country's prosecutor general is investigating two Muslim Brotherhood leaders on allegations that they instigated violence against protesters critical of the country's new president, who hails from the Islamist movement.
The Monday decision to question Mohammed el-Beltagy and Essam el-Erian follows clashes on Friday between supporters and critics of President Mohammed Morsi that injured more than 100 people.
The investigation comes on the heels of a showdown between Morsi and the prosecutor general. Morsi tried to remove the prosecutor from office, but backed down after pressure from judges.
A security official said three others including a minor suspected of burning empty Brotherhood buses at the protest were ordered detained pending investigation. Both officials spoke anonymously as they were not allowed to talk to reporters.

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by Christopher Freeburn | March 8, 2013 12:19 pm
[1]Shares of Smithfield Foods (NYSE:SFD[2]) climbed almost 4% in Friday morning trading after the company's largest shareholder said it should divide its operations[3].
In a letter to Smithfield's board, privately-held Continental Grain, which owns 6% of Smithfield shares, advised breaking up the nation's largest pork producer into three units and also urged the company to start paying a regular cash dividend, Reuters noted.
Continental pointed out that companies like Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN[4]) and Hormel (NYSE:HRL[5]) pay regular dividends. Doing so would return cash to company investors and "encourage a more stable shareholder base."
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BIS Becomes Insuritas, Inc.
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loving this new paul woolford thing
― lukas, Saturday, 24 March 2012 20:20 (five years ago) Permalink
So shit...
baby boy loose this track, baby boy loose this track.
in other news.
I really didn't see myself being a Paul Woolford fan after so many years of well dad house but damn he's finding a vibe the last few years.
― jimitheexploder, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:16 (five years ago) Permalink
LHF album? opinions?
― the late great, Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:57 (five years ago) Permalink
i've been enjoying woolford for awhile now, feel like the turning point was actually around 2005
also really like this recent one, "can't do without"
― the late great, Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:58 (five years ago) Permalink
although it definitely doesn't need to be 8:27 long
― the late great, Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:59 (five years ago) Permalink
and then right after that obv he killed it with "erotic discourse"
not sure how that could every qualify as dad-house
― the late great, Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:00 (five years ago) Permalink
Royal T's refix of I Luv U is inasane.
― jimitheexploder, Saturday, 31 March 2012 13:28 (five years ago) Permalink
this is a 2011 track but it looks like nobody ever talked about it on ILM?
i heard it's not going to get a release, fucking crazy!
loved pearson sound rewinding this on boiler room #47
starts coming in at 32:30
― the late great, Saturday, 31 March 2012 19:52 (five years ago) Permalink
'This is killing me: the song featured in last week's Dusk & Blackdown Rinse mix that samples The Breakfast Club - "Well, if you say you haven't, you're a prude. If you say you have you're a slut. It's a trap. You want to but you can't, and when you do you wish you didn't, right?" Anybody? Thanks.
― viborg, Saturday, 3 March 2012 17:37 (1 month ago) Permalink'
Oh yeah sorry this is 'Kook' by Presk out now on Fourth Wave.
― jimitheexploder, Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:34 (five years ago) Permalink
^ Big fan of that Presk tune.
― Mr Andy M, Monday, 9 April 2012 13:40 (five years ago) Permalink
Yeah it's now stuck in my head and probably will be all week.
― viborg, Monday, 9 April 2012 19:23 (five years ago) Permalink
Also, Jimmy Edgar 'For the Children'. Maybe that's more bobbins? I don't fully understand the difference.
― viborg, Monday, 9 April 2012 19:29 (five years ago) Permalink
― lukas, Saturday, March 24, 2012 4:20 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
Alone is pretty good but I like this one even better (Lolita)
― dmr, Monday, 9 April 2012 21:34 (five years ago) Permalink
Vessel is on one at the moment:
The Panther Modern record is ace too.
― jimitheexploder, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 08:23 (five years ago) Permalink
― jimitheexploder, Thursday, 19 April 2012 08:24 (five years ago) Permalink
is this the thread where you all talk about more beatmaker-y shit
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 27 April 2012 22:30 (five years ago) Permalink
into this song even tho it sounds like something I prob was into like 10 years ago or something
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 27 April 2012 22:31 (five years ago) Permalink
Hey, this Distal album I'm listening to is nice!!
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 30 April 2012 21:46 (five years ago) Permalink
yes please
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 30 April 2012 21:50 (five years ago) Permalink
"kook" is pretty good, what w/ a great sample, epic synth vibe and creepy "presk" vocal clip, but i still prefer "sweat" (presk & cinnaman)
presk IS killing it though, four for four on dope EPs
― the late great, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 02:04 (five years ago) Permalink
btw is it just me or does croydon house sample "sacred cycles"?
― the late great, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 02:28 (five years ago) Permalink
Another Presk track, remixing Tessela and Hackman. The rest of the 12" is wicked too.
Feeling the latest South London Ordnance on 2nd Drop too: http://soundcloud.com/stholdings/south-london-ordnance
― jimitheexploder, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 08:57 (five years ago) Permalink
Anybody like that Kry Wolf track up on XLR8R?
― pattern loader, Sunday, 13 May 2012 08:15 (five years ago) Permalink
― pattern loader, Sunday, 13 May 2012 10:56 (five years ago) Permalink
the first four tracks of this new slugabed album are great, but then it turned into a blur of hi-fi synth-fusion to me (ie no hooks). maybe i shouldn't have tried to listen to it all at once.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:01 (five years ago) Permalink
going back to '09 listening to Marcus making this weird, weird house music basically that brings in all these elements, I wanna go back to that. If you want a guitar in your track, that's cool, you can do that. Now in UK bass you cannot have guitars—that's one of the rules. You have to have 808s, big Julio Bashmore bass, a US rap sample repeated, cowbell, a little Burial garage sample and a Deadboy synth that goes "eeewwwaaooo," bending all over the place. And those are the rules now. And you do get a lot of, it's just the same old same old that I get sent. There's so many people making music now, that it's flooded.
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:26 (five years ago) Permalink
Bashmore has actually been using guitar a lot on his recent stuff
― Number None, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:40 (five years ago) Permalink
I'm really psyched that DJG seems to be extricating himself from dubstep and slowly evolving into something else.
He was way too cool for the kids he was hanging out with IMO.
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:02 (five years ago) Permalink
Having been going over old DMZ tracks in the last few days I was wondering if it makes sense to have a Dance Partisans of the Past thread, encompassing everything from early 00's proto dubstep to cotemporary Bass, or whether assorted thread already suffice?
― EDB, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:10 (five years ago) Permalink
I wouldn't mind having a place to get nostalgic about my record crates.
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:12 (five years ago) Permalink
Ate a lot of ramen so that I could buy all those DMZ platters.
Oh god, I don't want to think about my current diet when I look at my records in 10 years.
― EDB, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:15 (five years ago) Permalink
Throws up devil horns.
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:18 (five years ago) Permalink
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:25 (five years ago) Permalink
Looks like XLR8R just got bought by Buzzmedia, RIP.
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 02:25 (five years ago) Permalink
Is there anything resembling an independent English language dance publication left?
Little White Earbuds?
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 02:30 (five years ago) Permalink
And I by publication I mean something with a separate editorial entity from the marketing department, no offense meant to Sonic Router or any of the other blobs out there.
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 02:44 (five years ago) Permalink
Blogs, stupid phone.
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 02:45 (five years ago) Permalink
This next banging track is brought to you by Red Bull Music Academy, Scion A/V, Nike, etc.
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 02:49 (five years ago) Permalink
oh how i wish that typo had appeared on the fluxblob thread
― the late great, Saturday, 2 June 2012 02:50 (five years ago) Permalink
I would never be that mean to poor Matthew, we used to talk about comic books.
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 02:55 (five years ago) Permalink
This Resident Advisor review is brought to you by Juno Plus.
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 03:00 (five years ago) Permalink
you're breaking my heart here
― the late great, Saturday, 2 June 2012 03:08 (five years ago) Permalink
Its just annoying, no need for a coronary.
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 03:09 (five years ago) Permalink
Canadian rapper turned house producer Sixtoo/Prison Garde.
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 03:36 (five years ago) Permalink
Bringing that gritty funk from the mean streets of Vancouver.
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 03:38 (five years ago) Permalink
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 05:08 (five years ago) Permalink
I'm torn between my desire to hate on the Red Bull Music Academy and my desire to give them a thumbs up for giving away free FLACs.
― Josiah Alan, Saturday, 2 June 2012 10:40 (five years ago) Permalink
If EDM is this decade's alternative rock, does that make Skrillex: Eddie Vedder?
― Josiah Alan, Monday, 11 June 2012 08:39 (five years ago) Permalink
My mate Sully was good enough to pop down and do a set for us on Saturday. I may be biased, but the guy needs his own Fabric cd - very cool blends of uk bass and us-style house, lots of cut-up mixes etc.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 11 June 2012 10:23 (five years ago) Permalink


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Silterra targets mobile displays with high-volt technology
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WASHINGTON With an eye on the consumer electronics market, particularly higher-resolution displays for smartphones, silicon foundry provider Silterra Malaysia is promoting its 0.13-micron high-voltage technology.
Company executives said Wednesday (Aug. 20) they are targeting the display driver IC market where higher-resolution thin-film transistor LCDs are turning up on a range of handheld devices like smart phones, mobile TV phones and PDAs. They also hope to capitalize on the slew of new, multimedia phones that have emerged in response to the introduction of Apple's iPhone 3G.
High-voltage chips are "not a new market [for Silterra], but this market is rapidly changing," said Yit Loong Lai, Silterra's vice president for sales and marketing. Lai said 65 percent of Silterra's overall business is in Asia, where new smartphones have been popping up almost daily in response to the introduction of the iPhone 3G.
Silterra's fourth-generation, high-voltage technology includes a 2.13-micron2 SRAM bit cell designed for higher-density memories needed for high-resolution displays like high-end wide-quarter VGA displays.
Lai said Silterra's 0.13-micron high-voltage one-transistor SRAM is scheduled to enter volume production during the first half of 2009, replacing a six-transistor SRAM bit cell version.
Silterra is in the midst of the three-phase foundry expansion plan. Last October, it announced a $100 million investment aimed at expanding capacity at its existing 200-mm fab. Capacity should be increased soon to as many as 40,000 wafers a month, Lai said.
Meanwhile, it is negotiating unspecified deals with Japanese partners, with agreements expected to be completed by the end of 2008.
Finally, Lai said Silterra said negotiating with an unnamed Chinese municipal government to construct a 12-inch wafer fab. The China fab would come online with 65-nm process technology. Talks are expected to be completed by the end of the year.
The Malaysian foundry provider has been working with Belgium's IMEC since 2004, initially at the 130-nm process node. Research shift to the 90- and 65-nm nodes last year. Lai said he expects Silterra to begin limited production capacity of as many as 2,000 wafers a month by the fall.
Overall, executives said Silterra's strategy will be to attract more Asian consumer electronics and wireless display customers than in the past as a way to increase market share in segments like display driver ICs.


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Najib is widely expected to win the election, but further gains by the opposition would undermine his standing within the dominant Umno.
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is widely expected to call national elections in the first half of 2012, aiming to win a fresh mandate while economic growth remains relatively strong and before a looming global slowdown jeopardises his chances.
Economic growth is expected to slow to a rate of 4-5 percent this year as exports suffer, the central bank said in March. Last year it expanded by 5.1 percent, more slowly than the previous year, but still slightly better than expectations.
The election promises to be the most fiercely fought in Malaysia's history, and the January acquittal of charismatic opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy charges has added to the unpredictability of the outcome.
The polls will be a test of whether Najib's gradual efforts to reform the state-heavy economy and its race-based political system are enough to restore the ruling coalition's prized two-thirds majority in parliament.
Najib is widely expected to win the election, but further gains by the opposition would undermine his standing within the dominant Umno and could prompt a leadership challenge from a more conservative, less reformist candidate.
Following is a summary of key Malaysia risks to watch:
In March, Malaysia's cabinet approved a national minimum wage for the first time in the country's history, a clear sign Najib is positioning himself for a vote.
An opinion poll published in early March said support for him rose to 69 percent early 2012, from 59 percent last August.
The surprise high court acquittal of former deputy prime minister Anwar in January has given the opposition a formidable campaigner and eloquent critic of the government. But the impact of his freedom is not clear-cut — some analysts say it could help Najib by undermining the opposition's claims that the judiciary is controlled by the government.
Najib has tried to claim the reformist mantle as Umno struggles to retain support among young, urban voters but he faces resistance from conservative elements within Umno who are loathe to give up affirmative action benefits for ethnic Malays.
Najib pledged to repeal two notorious security laws last year, following the government's heavy-handed response to street protests demanding electoral reform in July, but he has yet to replace them with new legislation. A new bill that bans street protests has cast serious doubt on his reformist credentials.
A crucial gauge of his ability to reform the political system will be proposed changes to the electoral system that the opposition says is weighted in favour of the government.
The three-party opposition alliance says it aims to campaign more strongly among ethnic Malays in rural areas, where support for Umno remains strong, and to focus on recent corruption allegations against government officials.
Religious tensions are also a concern. In late October, about 2,000 Malaysian Muslims gathered near the capital to denounce alleged Christian attempts to convert Muslims, widening a religious rift that could cost Najib minority votes.
Political uncertainty has weighed on foreign investment since 2008 but speculative inflows in search of higher-yielding markets have boosted the ringgit currency.
What to watch:
Clues about the timing of the election, which must be called by March 2013. Signs that the global economy is deteriorating more rapidly could prompt Najib to rush to the polls before Malaysians feel the pain from a slowdown. Another reason for calling the election earlier would be to get in ahead of Umno'sinternal elections which will are likely to be held in the second half of 2012.
The risk of more protests, and government response to them, as well as racial and religious relations. Najib is trying to reach out to non-Muslim minorities who make up about 40 percent of the population. Last year, he set up diplomatic ties with the Vatican in a bid to win Christian support.
Resistance to reform. Najib's promise to repeal the Internal Security Act and Emergency Ordinance as well as to reform other laws to promote civil liberties has been questioned by Perkasa, an influential conservative group backed by some members of Umno.
Economic reform
A scandal over a publicly funded cattle-rearing project that the opposition says was used as a personal fund for the family of one of Najib's ministers continues to rumble. The minister at the centre of the scandal has said she will quit, and her husband has been charged with embezzlement.
It raises the risk that elections will be delayed, and highlights Najib's stuttering efforts to reform the corruption-prone Southeast Asian nation.
In addition, Malaysia could delay a $2-billion listing of a state-linked palm oil firm as farmers' opposition to the deal risks undermining the ruling coalition.
Najib has pledged to reform a decades-old affirmative action policy favouring ethnic Malays and replace it with a "New Economic Model" to promote greater competition. But the prime minister has since softened his stance on reforming the policy for fear of alienating conservatives among the majority ethnic Malays who make up about 60 percent of the electorate.
Investors and the opposition complain that the race-based policy has been widely abused, fostering cronyism and leaving the economy run on patronage.
The government is implementing a $444 billion initiative, called the Economic Transformation Program, that is aimed at propelling the country to developed nation status by 2020.
The central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate on hold at 3 percent since May 2011.
In the annual economic assessment it released in March, the central bank said it expected inflation to hover within a 2.5-3 percent range, slightly lower than lat year's 3.2 percent.
The budget deficit was expected to hit 5.4 percent in 2011 and the government expects it to fall to 4.7 percent this year. That target could be put at risk by election spending and a worse-than-expected global slump.
What to watch:
How the global slowdown affects the Malaysian economy, and how this affects development spending.
A possible rise in Malaysia's budget deficit if the economy slows and the government ramps up spending in an election year.


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Northumberland and the Borders local foods
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Fill your table and party dishes with local foods from Northumberland and the Borders at Christmas time. We have award-winning, high-quality and delicious options to add to your menu – all from regional food producers. Here are some of our favourites.
Northumberland meat and game
Sausages from Greenbrae, a family-owned business at Newton Farm at Harbottle come from traditionally reared beef, lamb and rare-breed pork.
The meat can be bought at fairs and markets around the region and directly from the farm. Two of Greenbrae's most popular ofefrings are their Christmas sausages with cranberries, chestnuts and orange or apricots, chestnuts and chives.
Rothbury Family Butchers has won numerous national accolades for its sausages. In October it won Sausage of the Year for its newest creation – a pork, pear and black pudding creation.
This sausage will be a tasty start to any day over the holiday season, accompanied by free range eggs from Kearsley Farm, near Matfen.
Northumberland and the Borders produce lamb fed on heather, giving the meat a low-fat content and a light sweet flavour. Ingram Valley Lamb is one such produce and it has received a national Quality Food award.
You can find a good listing of Northumberland meat and game produces in our recent feature Have Yourself a True Taste of the North this Yuletide.
In the Scottish Borders you can find beef, lamb and pork at Whitmuir Farm, Duns, and Aberdeen Angus beef at Hardiesmill Farm, Kelso. Also near Kelso is Playfair Farms, which produces naturally reared lamb, beef and pork at its farm in the Cheviot Hills.
At Yetholm in the Scottish Borders you can find award-winning pâtés made by Crookedshaws Farmhouse. They are available from farm shops in the Borders and can be bought in ceramic gift packs or porcelain containers.
Northumberland fish and seafood
The coastal regions in the north of England and southern Scotland provide an amazing range of fresh and delicious fish and seafood.
In this part of the world you will find line-caught mackerel, pollock and traditional Northumberland white fish. There is also fresh creel-caught lobsters, crabs and langoustines (also known as scampi or Dublin Bay prawns).
The salmon and sea trout are traditionally caught using centuries-old methods of coble fishing and the taste is second-to-none. On the shores of Holy Island oysters are harvested and two smoke houses, Swallows of Seahouses and Robsons of Craster, provide fresh kippers and smoked herrings, as well as smoked sea trout and salmon.
Northumberland vegetables
Potatoes that are famous across the UK are grown at Tiptoe Farm near Cornhill on Tweed, with several varieties ready at different times throughout the year.
Seasonal vegetables include pumpkin, beetroot, turnip, cabbage, red cabbage, cauliflower, and celeriac.
Northumberland puddings and sweet things
As reported here at www.thisisnorthumberland.com a few days ago, the UK's best Christmas pudding can be found in Northumberland, near Alnwick.
It is the Alnwick Rum Christmas Pudding. The company responsible for this remarkable creation, Proof of the Pudding, also makes some other irresistible cakes and desserts, including sticky toffee, sticky ginger pudding and steamed golden syrup puddings.
The Heatherslaw Bakery near Cornhill on Tweed makes traditional fine hand-baked biscuits, cakes and bread. The products are made to the Heatherslaw recipes – some of which are decades old. One of its most popular creations is the ginger parkin, a rich, crunchy ginger biscuit that's not too hard and not too sweet. In other words – perfect!
The region has many farm shops which produce their own cakes and biscuits, or source them from local suppliers. Some of the best include Moorhouse at Stannington, www.moorhousefarmshop.co.uk, the Blagdon Farm Shop at the Milkhope Centre just off the A1, www.theblagdonfarmshop.co.uk, the National Trust's Wallington Morpeth Farm Shop, Wallington; Sunnyhills of Belford, www.sunnyhillsofbelford.co.uk; and the Oxford Farm Shop, near Berwick.
Even though it is winter, let's not forget some of the region's fabulous ice creams – loved by children (of any age) at any time of the year.
Some of the best producers in the UK include Doddington's Dairy near Wooler in north Northumberland, award winners Spurreli of Amble, Wheelbirks, near Corbridge, the Morwick Dairy near Warkworth, and Giacoppazzis in Eyemouth.
Northumberland cheeses
The rich sweet grass of Northumberland and the Borders means there are plenty of dairy farms, with some of the best producing lovely cheeses. For more than 10 years cheese has been made at Doddington Farm near Wooler, and the farm's cheese has received international recognition and awards.
At the opposite end of the county the Northumberland Cheese Company at Blagdon makes 16 artisan cheeses, including ewe, goat, cow and Jersey cheeses.
Just like Northumberland, Scotland's climate is well-suited to the making of cheese and some of the better know cheeses come from Standhill Farm near Hawick and Stitchill Jerseys, Kelso. The latter produces hard and soft cheeses that can be bought at local farm shops and markets and is the only producer of clotted cream in Scotland.
A good cheese needs an equally good biscuit and in the south of Northumberland is Gilchesters Organic Farm, a producer of fine flour used in its very special spelt biscuits. They produce original, thyme and honey and mustard.
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Today's column is regarding some good news for local football players. Recently, WJBF News Channel 6 announced the rosters for Border Bowl II and 15 players from Columbia County were named to the initial roster. That is an increase over the 11 Columbia County players that were selected to play in last year's Border Bowl. There is a chance that more could be added if conflicts arise with some of the selected participants.
A week after winning her second consecutive Region 2-AAAAA girls cross country title, Alyssa Hooker got the one she really wanted.
Shaving a little over 15 seconds off her region-winning time, the Lakeside sophomore brought home her first state title, winning the Georgia High School Association Class AAAAA State girls cross country championship with a time of 19:45.70.
Lakeside sophomore Allen Clark crossed the line in 16:30.48 to finish third in the boys race, joining Hooker on the 2014 Class AAAAA All-State Team.
Baseball Tournament
The Georgia Regents University Augusta Dugout Club is playing host to its 1st Annual Jaguar Baseball Golf Tournament at Forest Hills Golf Club on November 21 at 9 a.m. Cost is $400 for a four-person team and sponsorships for $100 a hole are available. Call Matt Morrison at (706) 533-6875, Coach Rau at (706) 726-7917 or Clint Hardy at (706) 339-3661.
Track and field registration
Thursday, November 13
Greenbrier vs. Harlem, 6 p.m. (girls), 7:30 p.m. (boys)
Friday, November 14
Harlem at Glascock County, 6 p.m. (girls), 7:30 p.m. (boys)
Saturday, November 15
Augusta Prep vs. Augusta Christian, 1:30 p.m. (girls)
GHSA Class AAAAA State Playoffs, TBA
Evans. Lakeside at Richmond Academy meet, Augusta Aquatic Center, 5:30 p.m.
Once they got the momentum train rolling, the Greenbrier High School girls softball team couldn't be stopped.
The Lady Wolfpack, or "Cardiac Pack" as dubbed by coach Garrett Black, scored nine, two-out runs in the sixth inning of last week's Class AAAAA state championship game against Cambridge, winning 10-4. That inning just exemplified what they had done all year.
Needing big wins along the way, they got them. They avenged an earlier loss to the Evans Lady Knights, beating them late in the regular season to clinch the Region 2A-AAAAA title.
In two games that went down to the wire, it was Greenbrier pulling an upset sweep of Grovetown in East Georgia Pop Warner playoff action at Grovetown High School Wednesday night.
The Junior Pee Wee Wolfpack pulled off a thrilling 20-19 overtime win in the first game before the Pee Wee Wolfpack toppled Grovetown 19-12.
Both teams advanced to the Georgia state championships in Albany, Ga. on Saturday, playing for the chance to advance to the Southeast Regionals.
A year after winning the Region 2-AAAAA title, Greenbrier High School girls basketball coach Stefanie Basinger has some problems to deal with.
They're problems she's willing to deal with heading into the Lady Wolfpack's home- and season-opener against Harlem on Thursday.
As we celebrate Greenbrier's State Title in softball and as the football season winds down, I decided to give you a few stats that jumped out at me this fall.
• The Pack set a school record with 36 wins this season
• They won their Region title – an amazing 17 of the 19 years they have fielded a team
• They have advanced to the Elite 8 in the state playoffs in 14 of the last 17 years
• 32 Of 32 in stolen base attempts (school record)
At Evans High School on Friday night, the Knights squared off against Greenbrier with a chance to remain undefeated in the county for the second consecutive year – and that's what they did, beating the Wolfpack, 56-28.
"We tried to make the playoffs this year but fell short of that, so the county championship, we'll take that all day," said Knights' running back Robert Clay.
On a night filled with big plays, the Knights (5-5, 4-5 Region 2-AAAAA) saw the Wolfpack grind out an 11-play, 75-yard drive to start the game, with Josh Pierce scoring on a 2-yard run.
When Senior Night for Lakeside High School football players takes place on Friday, Cam Johnson can say he's been a part of the Panthers' program longer than his four years at the school.
His father, Jon, is a longtime assistant football and baseball coach at Lakeside. In middle school, Johnson was a ballboy helping out with the team. Then he got the bug to play.
"I said, 'Dang, that looks like a lot of fun,' so I decided to pick it up freshman year and my dad helped me with it ever since," Johnson said.
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Cultural travellers may be prompted to book family activity holidays to Egypt after archaeologists unearthed two new tombs near Cairo.
The north African nation's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced the find, which was made in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, located to the south of the Egyptian capital.
Speaking to French news agency AFP, the organisation's chief Dr Zahi Hawass explained the particularly impressive nature of one of the discoveries.
"This is the largest tomb in Saqqara," he said. "It took me two hours to look round all of it."
The biggest of the stone-carved tombs contained relics such as pottery and skeletons in a vast cavern which branched out into a number of smaller alcoves.
Dr Hawass added: "This discovery... confirms that the Saqqara area still contains undiscovered secrets."
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When Publishers Weekly released a series of Best Books of 2009 lists this week, the "Top Ten" list did not include any books by women authors. GalleyCat wrote about the ensuing controversy on Wednesday, as the founders of Women In Letters And Literary Arts (WILLA) passionately rejected the list.
The story generated a stream of Twitter posts and plenty of literary debate. Since that story, a number of other news outlets reported on the story, including the Guardian, NY Times, Salon, and Publishers Weekly.
Since Wednesday, WILLA's membership has increased by more than 1,000 supporters–more than 5,600 people now support the group's Facebook page. In a statement, Erin Belieu (pictured, via), director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida State University and WILLA co-founder, added these thoughts: "They know they're being blatantly sexist, but it looks like they feel good about that. I, on the other hand, have heard from a whole lot of people–writers and readers–who don't feel good about it at all."


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An Actual Human Has Finally Confirmed That 50 Shades Of Grey Is Casting
This is the moment, you guys, so close your eyes and memorize this feeling: a real live human being has finally confirmed that actual casting is taking place for the movie version of 50 Shades Of Grey. Granted his name is Stephen Amell and I have never heard of him before this moment, but regardless. He apparently stars in the TV show Arrow, and he has the following brilliant insight regarding the upcoming movie and his potential casting as Christian Grey:
"I get questions about Christian Grey all the time. That project is a long way off. I know this, because I had a meeting about it. A long way off. I mean, not that long, but not close. I wouldn't call it long, but I wouldn't call it close."
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Marion County Community Action will begin the "Subsidy" portion of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that provides heating assistance to eligible households on Nov. 12. The significant cost of energy to heat homes leaves many households unable to fully meet heating bills or purchase sufficient bulk fuel to keep their families safe and warm. Your local Community Action Partnership (CAP) stands ready to help!
A household shall be considered to be eligible for LIHEAP subsidy when the household meets the basic eligibility criteria:
Members of the Marion County Fiscal Court and the Lebanon City Council will be discussing E911 during a meeting scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday on the second floor of the David R. Hourigan Government Building.
For the past two years, city and county officials have been working together to bring E911 service to Marion County. The meeting is intended to update local officials on the progress toward implementing the service and to discuss agreements about operating costs going forward.
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Just before the federal government declared default, the U.S. Senate announced Oct. 16 that it reached a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff and get the federal government working again. The Senate and House must voted on the measure. Only then did a bill emerge that President Obama signed.
Local and state officials met with engineers, city workers and property owners Friday morning to discuss the recurring flooding problems that have been affecting downtown Lebanon.
"Everyone's aware of the issue now, and they realize something needs to be done," said George Graves, who owns the Xpressions building on S. Spalding Avenue.
City Administrator John O. Thomas said the city has experienced flood events previously, but this past year the problem affected a larger section of downtown.
The Marion County Friends of the Library will host a meet and greet event with State Sen. Jimmy Higdon, State Rep. Terry Mills, Lebanon Mayor Gary Crenshaw and Marion County Judge/Executive John G. Mattingly from 9-10 a.m. Oct. 19 in the large meeting room at the Marion County Public Library.
On Oct. 1, kynect.ky.gov went live. This is Kentucky's health benefits exchange, which was created as part of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Through the exchange, individuals can enroll in private health insurance plans or Medicaid (if they meet eligibility requirements).
Anyone who is having problems navigating the website can contact an in-person assister, also known as a kynector.
Marion County Jailer Barry Brady returned to the Marion County Fiscal Court Thursday seeking approval for a $60,000 transfer, if needed.
The court unanimously approved the request.
Marion County Treasurer Kevin Cochran told the court if that transfer is necessary, it will be in addition to the $120,000 the county has already transferred to the jail this fiscal year.
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A sheriff's deputy has been fired for allegedly breaking the law he worked to uphold.
Taylor County Sheriff's Deputy William "Billy" Rice was charged Tuesday morning with federal drug crimes and taken to a jail in Bowling Green.
Three times this year, downtown Lebanon has flooded due to heavy rains.
Following Monday's regular meeting, the Lebanon City Council spent more than an hour in a work session with representatives of O'Brien and Gere Engineers about what steps are needed to address the problem.
The initial proposal is to complete a study that would include a topographic study, aerial photogrammetric mapping, hydraulic models and technical memorandums. The cost for completing this study is $118,787.
The Lebanon Post Office celebrated its 100th anniversary on Friday, Sept. 27. John Bramel provided photos of the staff of the post office from 1913, and a photo of the current staff.
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Physician Employment Up by 32% at Hospitals Over Past Decade
Employment varies by region, with 56 percent of New England physicians reportedly employed or under contract compared to 29 percent in the West South Central Region. This variation is largely due to state corporate practice of medicine laws, such as those in Texas and California, which prohibit the employment of physicians.
Hospitals' use of intensivists and hospitalists is also on the rise. In 2007, 50.4 percent of hospital respondents had hospitalists at their facility and 20.7 had intensivists. Now those figures have risen to 59.8 percent and 29.7 percent, respectively. Again, the New England region and West North Central region were at opposite ends of the spectrum. Roughly 85 percent of New England hospitals used hospitalists and 55.2 percent used intensivists in 2010, while only 32 percent and 11.5 percent of West North Central hospitals did the same.
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In my previous post I talked about the struggle of sticking with new behaviors and the need for accountability from people who have some skin in the game with you.
One of the primary behaviors I need to focus on is simply that. To focus.
With so many distractions and too many great – much less the really good – opportunities that come across our paths every day, staying on task with the matters that allow us to have an impact seems to be an almost insurmountable challenge – hey, did someone just 'like' my Facebook post???
I need to narrow my options and field of view.
I was having coffee with my friend – and very strategic thinker – Karin Wiberg sometime back and lamented my lack of headway in a number of areas of my life. She calmly and thoughtfully started asking me about the various activities and commitments I was enmeshed in. And how each was contributing to my overarching goals.
Since then I have continued to question each activity before I commit. There have been several times I've cut an event that I later regretted as part of learning where the boundaries need to be set. As a victim of 'iwanna know-itus' and FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), it's been, and continues to be, a very difficult process of being deliberate in my choices.
The image that comes to mind when I think of focus is of a magnifying glass being held over a stack of kindling. If the glass is held firmly in place but out of focus you'll have no fire. Conversely, if it is held in sharp focus but moved constantly, you're still gonna get no flame. But harness the power of the sun through that glass on one spot for a few seconds my friend and you've got yourself some heat you can cook with.


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7 Facebook Updates That Are Bumming Us Out, Man
7 Facebook Updates That Are Bumming Us Out, Man
A friend of mine posted on Facebook: "Being friends with someone on Facebook and complaining about what they post about is like phoning someone to tell them you don't want to talk to them." Which is prescient because I'm about to complain about what people post on Facebook. I do agree with my friend -- people have every right to post what they like. But let's put it this way: Your posts are bumming me out, man.
Sometimes I like your posts. But sometimes ... how do I say this? ... they ruin my freaking day. There I am, innocently scrolling through my feed, seeing what people are up to, catching up on the news of the world, finding trends to write about, etc., and arrrr!! ... There's that post that makes me want to bang my head against the wall and wail, "What's the point of it all?!" while shoving a fistful of Paxil into my mouth.
Here are seven Facebook updates that are totally bumming me out.
Pictures of abused animals. I adore animals, so maybe that's why these pictures disturb me so much. Yes, I realize that the pics are there to show what horrible things people to do animals, and to get people to help critters by either by donating to rescue groups, or becoming a vegan, or by signing a petition to put the bastard who did this to an animal in jail. But seeing a pic of a dog starved down to its skeleton or a baby pig squealing while its tail is being being cut off ... It's totally bumming me out, man.
Pictures of starving Third World children. Same deal. Yes, I realize posting pics of Third World babies with swollen tummies and flies in their mouths draws attention to an issue that sadly gets forgotten in the onslaught of media stories about celebrity breakups and pregnancies. But a bummer? Fo' sho'.
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Tragic news stories. As a blogger I write about these bummer news stories all of the time. But at least readers have a choice whether or not to click on them based on the headline. When someone posts a total bummer news story and then sums it all up in their post, well, there it is. Stuck in my brain all day. Makin' me hate the world.
Death updates. I think it is wonderful that people pay tribute to a lost loved one. And certainly remembering the anniversary of a loved one's death is touching. But seeing 10 of them a day is, well, there's no other way to describe it. Depressing as all hell.
Illness updates. No doubt people who go into all kinds of detail about their illnesses want to keep their friends and family updated. And their friends respond sympathetically, which keeps their spirits up. That doesn't mean that it doesn't depress me. Especially when I see so many of them in one day that it would take me hours to respond to them all, so I don't respond to any of them, and then I feel like a douche. But this isn't about me. Okay, it is.
Skinny girls posting about their diets. Yeah, sister, this totally bums me out. You've eaten nothing but kale for three weeks and you're already a size 2. Stop!!
Anything said by the GOP. Besides Rep. Akin's comment about "legitimate rape" and the female uterus' miraculous and fantastical ability to fight off rapist sperm, you've got Rep. Steve King's comment that he's never heard of a woman getting pregnant by incest or statutory rape, and GOP Missouri Committeewoman Sharon Barnes' contention that if a raped woman becomes pregnant, God has "blessed" her. These updates quoting GOP morons make me wanna curl into the fetal position in the corner of my bathroom and rock back and forth until the election is over.
What status updates bum you out?
The attention seekers! "oh, when will it stop??" "I have a feeling its going to be a bad day" "I am a wreck today"..... and so on. If you need help with a problem or want to discuss something, just say so, and talk to somebody. Don't post mystery statuses so people will blow up your page asking what's wrong.
any political posting....I don' care WHAT your view is - stop cramming it down everyone's throats.
and along with that, your religous views as well. I have one friend that makes about 6 or so old testament related posts a day. I respect your right to worship as you see fit. Please respect my right to do the same. It wouldn't be so bad if she would concede there are other points of view, but she has no wiggle room at all!!
Quoting KatieBellsMom:
any political posting....I don' care WHAT your view is - stop cramming it down everyone's throats.


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Kim Thayil and Chris Cornell of reunited grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN were interviewed on the French show "Une Dose 2 Metal" on L'Enorme TV when they played at this year's Hellfest on June 22 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the entire chat beginning around the five-minute mark below.As previously reported, the 20th-anniversary reissue of SOUNDGARDEN's breakthrough 1994 album, "Superunknown", sold 5,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 51 on The Billboard 200 chart. The 20th-anniversary reissue of "Superunknown" was made available in two deluxe versions. The Deluxe Edition is a 2-CD package featuring the remastered album along with disc two consisting of demos, rehearsals, B-sides and more. The Super Deluxe Edition is a 5-CD package featuring the remastered album, additional demos, rehearsals and B-sides and the fifth disc is the album mixed in Blu-ray Audio 5.1 Surround Sound. The Super Deluxe Edition is incredibly packaged in a hardbound book with a lenticular cover, liner notes by David Fricke and newly reimagined album artwork designed by Josh Graham. It also features never-before-seen band photography by Kevin Westerberg. A 2-LP gatefold of the original 16 vinyl tracks remastered on 200-gram vinyl in a gatefold jacket was also made available. In addition, the "Superunknown" singles and associated b-sides with newly interpreted artwork sleeves by Josh Graham was reissued on Record Store Day, April 19, as a set of five limited-edition 10-inch vinyl records. In a recent interview with Loudwire Nights" host Full Metal Jackie, Chris Cornell stated about "Superunknown": "I think the main thing is, it's sort of unquestionably SOUNDGARDEN in every way. I don't think there are songs on it that could have or would have been written by anyone else, arranged that way, performed that way, whether it's the music, lyrics, the sounds. I think we had already come into our own and had our own sound, but 'Superunknown' cemented it as living in its own world. It created an autonomy for us that we could make albums that were strictly SOUNDGARDEN albums that no one else was going to sound like and no one else could write. We kind of lived in our own world. I think that was important for us. I think we started out as a band that way, and I think during the early '90s, we then sort of lost the autonomy being lumped into other Seattle bands. That wasn't bad; that was a good thing. It was great that it was us and our friends kind of conquering the world. But it took away some of that autonomy for all of us. And 'Superunknown' for us, in one fell swoop, immediately got that back. There are songs on it that just, if you look at the history of rock, they're just nothing like anything else. And that was the beginning of it. I think that was the seed that led to 'Down On The Upside' and 'King Animal' in terms of our process and in terms of us owning who we are. So it was a good period for us. I couldn't say that we knew that we were doing that when we were making it. We were making that album just like any album. One song at a time. Just writing songs, but it became that." SOUNDGARDEN's North American tour with NINE INCH NAILS will kick off on July 19 in Las Vegas. Interview:
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Businesses slashed their inventories for the 12th straight month in July, but sales posted a second consecutive gain, providing hope that companies soon will switch from trimming stockpiles to increasing their orders.
The Commerce Department said Tuesday that inventories dipped 1 percent in July, slightly more than the 0.9 percent cut that economists expected.
Sales rose 0.1 percent in July after a 1.1 percent increase in June, the first back-to-back gains in a year. The rebound reflected a 0.5 percent increase in sales at the wholesale level, which offset a flat reading on sales by manufacturers and a 0.2 percent decline at the retail level.
In a separate report, the government said August retail sales jumped 2.7 percent, reflecting a surge in auto sales fueled by the government's popular Cash for Clunkers program and strong demand in other areas.
The big August gain in retail sales boosted expectations that consumer spending will help lift the country out of a recession in the current July-September quarter.
Economists are hoping that a rebound in sales will convince businesses to ease their inventory reductions further and instead restock shelves. An increase in orders would boost production and lift the fortunes of the nation's beleaguered manufacturing sector.
The July reduction in inventories marked the 12th consecutive monthly decline, the longest stretch since inventories had been cut for 15 straight months in a period from 2001 to 2002 that covered the country's last recession.
The reduction in inventories has dragged down overall economic growth. Falling inventories reduced the gross domestic product by 1.39 percentage points in the April-June period. The overall GDP fell 1 percent at an annual rate in the second quarter, so there would have been growth in the spring if not for the big inventory cuts.
A 1.4 percent decline in inventories held by wholesalers led the overall drop, along with cutbacks of 1 percent at the retail level and 0.7 percent at the manufacturing level.
Wholesale inventories are goods held by distributors who generally buy from manufacturers and sell to retailers. They make up about 25 percent of all business stockpiles. Factories hold another third of inventories and retailers hold the rest.
The drop in July left the inventory to sales ratio at 1.36 in July meaning it would take 1.36 months to exhaust stockpiles at the July sales pace. The ratio had been 1.38 in June, and 1.27 in July 2008.


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The quality management of Nano-Care Deutschland AG
All products and services of Nano-Care Deutschland AG are developed, produced and handled based on the highest quality standards
ISO 9001:2008….a synonym for reliability and quality
Naturally, our company is certified to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 and we are always in the process of continued development in our quality management.
The basics of ISO 9001-2008 certification are the continuous improvement in the quality management system, careful production and proper rendering of services to increase customer satisfaction.
The optimal orientation of business processes and the quality of customer-specific services are at the forefront of focus in our company, which is confirmed impartially by the certification of TÜV-Rheinland.
We are not interested in a snap-shot of our quality standards.
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Product security takes on a special role in our company. Multiple measures and company-internal standards, which regularly transcend the legal specifications and customer requirements, secure the quality and the innocuousness of our products.
We also work closely with renowned independent testing institutes and laboratories to enable maximum product security.Nano-Care Deutschland AG distances herself from the colloquial term "nano-sealant" for glass, ceramic, textiles, stones and other surfaces. It was built by the market in the last 10 years and it is not correct from the technical point of view. Our nano-coatings are not sealing the surface – they protect it without impeding the breathability of the substrate.


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i fractured my pubis and ishium on 30th july , i had xray on the 25th october, and the break on the pubis has not healed and is still open and has not changed any, should this have not healed by now or is this usuall, how long should this take or should it need surgery.
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A fracture through the pubic rami and ischium should heal in about 6 to 8 weeks. But, every patient is different and may take a little less or a little more. This fracture usually heals well, since it is a bone to bone healing.
However, if the symphysis pubis is injured, through the cartilage connection, and is widely separated, then healing may not occur. Symphysis pubis injuries widened more than 2 cm are usually need to be surgically fixed.
So, by 12 weeks, a fracture through the bony portion of the pubic rami and ischium should have at least some signs of healing. It is around this time, that the decision, of wait a little longer, or bite the bullet and surgically fix the fracture has to be made.
Fractures, by definition, are not a nonunion until 6 months have passed, but it is usually possible to tell before that which fractures have the appearance of going on to a nonunion.
You need to discuss your options with your surgeon. Be sure to ask about the risks and benefits of each and what the expected outcome is to be.
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thank you for your reply.the consultant i have seen has chosen to leave it for another 6week before making a decision,and i have been in the hospital gym for the last 8wks could this be the cause of the pubis not healing and should this stop.thank you
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When rehabilitating a fracture, letting pain be your guide is always the best bet. If you have sharp, intense pain right at the fracture site, then you need to back off and stop the offending activity. As this type of pain is telling you, that you are exceeding the stress limits for the injury.
If you have work-out type pain that you get when you do physical activity or stretching, that is okay. That is just the muscles working to get back into shape.
If you put too much stress on the bone, it will let you know. If you have no pain, or just minimal tolerable pain, you are not doing any damage.
And, actually applying stress across fractures will help stimulate the body to heal the injury. This is called Wolff's Law - bones will respond to the stresses applied to them. That is why your bones get stronger and stouter when you lift weights and develop osteoporosis when you are sedentary (age, injury, space flight).
So, again, just let pain be your guide. Hope your fracture heals in the next few weeks. Actually, if you have minimal pain at the fracture site, the fracture has sort of been "glued" together with a soft matrix called osteoid. Osteoid is laid down in the fracture site first, then the body calcifies it. Once it begins to calcify, it is called callus. Callus is the new bone formation that heals fractures.
But, osteoid is not strong enough to withstand the stresses of everyday life. But, it is a start in the healing process. So, maybe in the next few weeks, you will see some calcification going on around the fracture.
Good luck.
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A third person has died from mushroom poisoning at a Loomis, California senior care facility, according to reports.
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The caregiver made and served mushroom soup earlier this month apparently without knowing they were poisonous.
The Sacramento Bee cited the state Department of Social Services as confirming the death. KCRA named the victim as Frank Warren Blodgett, 90.
Barbara Lopes, 86, and Teresa Olesniewicz, 73, died and three others were sickened when they ingested the soup made from wild mushrooms, which are in season in North America.
KCRA wrote that the poisonous North American amanitas — known as the "death cap" for sprinkling of brown over a white cap — resembles edible mushrooms popular in Asia. Amanitas sicken hundreds each year in California.
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I get many emails asking me, if I could update that or do that for them.
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Alternatively, she challenges him to give up a toy he already owns in order to get a new toy. The Blakes use this approach to help their children differentiate between needs and wants, and it has the added value of teaching Christopher about charitable giving. To get their children started on the right financial footing, the Blakes opened bank accounts for them when they were born. The parents contribute approximately $50 a month, which is sometimes augmented by financial gifts from relatives.
As they save by being disciplined consumers, the Blakes can put their income to work. Earning a combined income of $140,000 a year, the couple are growing two mutual funds (his stands at $14,000; hers, $12,000) along with a 457 retirement plan and Janice's personal retirement account. They maintain two brokerage accounts for stock investments. One is a joint account and the other is Janice's alone. They both invest 10% to 12% of their income each year.
For Janice, investing isn't just a financial necessity. It's also a fun social activity. Eight years ago, she started a women's investment club to help friends who were intimidated by money management and needed encouragement. "As a community, women of color are not as involved, aware, or learned about stocks and bonds. It was a way for me to learn more and a way for my sister-friends to learn more." The investment club encourages family involvement; one of Mark's cousins is a member, as well as Janice's sister.
Money is not a delicate topic at all for the couple. They both believe strongly in not making major purchases without talking about it first. Mark can't go and secretly spend, say, $700 on fishing supplies, and Janice can't buy $400 worth of shoes on a whim. "The financial steps or missteps you make affect your family," says Janice. The Blakes discuss things as they arise, Mark says. "It can be any time of day. We'll be driving to work or to the train station; we don't have a set time to talk about money." The discussion extends beyond the immediate family unit: The Blakes ask family members to purchase savings bonds for the children's birthdays. It's an effort to prevent the children from seeking their identity in material things, while encouraging family members to give in a different way.
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Last Tuesday, i was at school with bunch of my friends, bored of listening to my english teacher talking and talking, until she instructed us to do on some task; write captions to pictures about my high school anniversary celebration. So, i done the task and start to bored again lolll. One of my friend started to talk about Harry Potter, so i remember that i had opened a site called Pottermore but i dont know how it works lmao. My friend told me that I have to make an account first and just tap on Sorting Hat option.
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LMAOOO chill guys. Although i got slytherin it doesnt mean i am a cunning person in real life (meanwhile im not cunning at all lol). When I got Slytherin, my homepage became green. For example, if you got Ravenclaw then your homepage will become blue.
*i actually loves the logo tho*
So these days i've been talking about Harry Potter with all my friends, and today i was come over to my friend's house just to chill and watch Harry Potter MARATHON, from Half Blood Prince to Deathly Hallows part 1. Half Blood Prince became one of my favorite movie of Harry Potter series.
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As a family, you can take up the TruthScripts challenge! When most Awana programs break for the summer, your family can continue to take God's Word to heart! Memorizing a short passage of Scripture can bring your family together and encourage spiritual conversations.
Commit to memorizing a TruthScripts passage as a family over the summer or any time of the year that works best for you.
Select a Scripture passage. We suggest you begin with Psalm 1 (other passages in the TruthScripts program include Psalm 23; Psalm 78:1-8 and Romans 8:28-39).
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A Chef's knife is an all-purpose knife used for chopping, slicing, and mincing; its blade is usually between 8 and 14 inches long. Chef knives are the workhorse of the kitchen; if you can only have one good knife, this is the one to have. The best chef's knives are made of high-carbon stainless steel which keeps its edge longer and won't rust or discolor. Another metal commonly used in the making of chef's knives is carbon steel. This metal is softer, making it easier to sharpen as they go dull more easily. They also have a tendency to rust and discolor over time, but this does not affect the knife's ability.
Chef knives fall into one of two categories, Western or Eastern. Western knives are typically German styled with a curved section at the front of the blade allowing for the up and down rocking motion. There is a French styled chef's knife which is straighter and more triangular allowing for a slicing type of motion. Both knives are excellent companions in the kitchen. Eastern knives are based on Asian design with the most popular being a santoku knife. This knife has hollow, beveled indentations ground into the blade so food won't stick to the blade during the cutting stage. Asian knives are sharpened on one side of the blade only. These are excellent knives though they may be difficult to have sharpened.
The benefits of a chef's knife are too numerous to list. This knife does it all; chop, dice, mince, slice and whatever you decide you'd like to do with it. A good knife will cost about $100.00 and is well worth the investment as they will last for a lifetime if properly maintained. My favorites Wusthof Classic and Henckels 4 star both 8 inches in length.
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Since the days of Cain and Abel, birth order has fascinated us and formed who we are, perhaps what career we choose, as well as our relationships with siblings, our spouse and with our friends.
Along with the genes and personality traits that our parents pass along, the order in which they conceived and popped us out into the world helps make us who we are.
There are variables, however, to the theory that the firstborn is usually more responsible, smarter and strives to please more than the second – or third-born. Or that middle children have less of a clear-cut role in the family, or even that the youngest expects others to make decisions for him and therefore takes on less reposnsiblity. Often the sex of the child, as well as the dynamics in blended, single or divorced families, throws a wrench into the accepted birth order suppositions.
My own four children are all over the map in terms of birth order traits.
Blake, the firstborn, enlisted in the Marines right out of high school, so clearly he took on a leadership role in life, as well as in the family. He was always the peace keeper and protector growing up and remains as such.
One website I visited on birth order states that the firstborn may respond to the birth of the second child by feeling unloved and neglected. Blake reacted to his brother Kenny's birth by chucking a Matchbox car at his face, resulting in a butterfly stitch to the forehead. There were other ongoing such incidents until he reached their teens; they are now the best of siblings.
Kenny has the distinction of having been the youngest for eight years until I remarried and had his sister, Jess. Her birth catapulted him to the position of middle child, a rank that's often described as "discouraged, becoming the 'problem child.'" Acting out for the middle kid is described as a way to garner his or her parent's attention. Spot on for Kenny as a teenager. And Jess — who not only shares Kenny's status as middle child, but also his birthdate — revealed some of those tendencies as well during her teen years.
Jess, like Kenny, has a double place in the hierarchy of my children in that she is the oldest of the Evans' kids, so she shares many firstborn traits, too, which can counteract the characteristics of the typical middle child. Being the only girl throws in a whole different set of actions — and hormonal reactions — to the sibling mix.
Her older brothers at first protected and coddled her, and then as she got older, they felt she was a royal pain. Now, for the most part, they have reverted back to their original, nurturing ways.
"Baby" Jack really doesn't exhibit the typical traits of the youngest in the family, but he has experienced the inevitable parental responses to being the last child born. While Blake's baby book is filled to the brim with duly noted milestones and dozens of photos, I couldn't even begin to tell you where Jack's is located in the attic (or is it the basement?). Wherever it is, it merely notes his size and weight at birth, plus includes those inked newborn feet the hospital produces.
I can recite the time of birth, weight and length of Blake, Kenny and Jess, but am hard pressed to recall Jack's vital newborn statistics. I don't even recall his first word!
The birth order experts postulate that the baby of the family usually feels smallest and weakest, unable to take on responsibilities, but nothing could be farther from the truth for my youngest guy. In fact, one birth order site reveals that: "Unburdened by the high expectations that many parents have for their eldest children, many youngest experience greater successes than their siblings, or that they will make their mark on life in a very individualistic way." That's my baby!
So many forces collide to shape our personalities, our approach to life, and it's spellbinding to watch it all in the faces of our children.
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beautiful body~ And drawing of course. It looks amazing. Great character designing and designing on the clothing. I also like those white lines c:. Ugh, I sound so stupid when writing it like that. But I like how it connects to the heart on the chest
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New York, Aug 31 (IANS) After facing years of internal power struggles and a court ruling, members of the Sikh community have voted to elect new leaders of one of the largest gurdwaras in the US.
A total of 6,802 registered voters queued outside the San Jose gurdwara in California on Sunday, Mercury News reported.
The election was ordered by a superior court judge to resolve the issue between two Sikh factions with different agendas.
"The people are showing up to speak their minds again. This is a good day for everyone here," Summan Tersen Singh, an applied materials technician, was quoted as saying.
The incumbent steering committee promised continued growth and prosperity, while the challenging committee sought votes on the assurances of honesty and accountability in matters of finance and governance.
Each faction projected 21 candidates for a new steering committee while two others ran as independent.
"Everybody can see what we have done and they like it," Pritam Singh Grewal, a steering committee candidate, was quoted as saying.
The incumbent steering committee wants to build an elder-care facility, funeral home and Sikh heritage park and a path around the sprawling complex in the Evergreen Valley hills, the report said.