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by Business Insider | September 12, 2013 11:00 am
Active management tries to beat the market, while passive management tries to mirror the market. After the financial crisis there has been a loss of confidence in active management, as passive investing strategies have outperformed.
Daniel Wallick of Vanguard which is known to champion indexing, says there are three pre-requisites for successful active management.
1. Low cost – "low cost is the only thing we know ahead of time that can improve the odds of investors in outperformance. We've looked at a variety of different factors. We've run analysis and, really, the only thing we know ahead of time that can improve odds is low cost."
2. Talent- "low cost alone won't guarantee outperformance, and that's why you also need to be able to acquire talent."
3. Patience – "given the relative inconsistency of any outperformance—and this is true for all managers—you also have to have patience to live with those decisions."
"Let me just give you one set of numbers around the patience decision. We looked at all the active funds over the last 15 years, and we found that 18 percent of them outperformed.
Practically all of them had at least five years where they underperformed through that 15-year period. So practically all of them underperformed for a third of the time. Now, these all ended up being long-term winners.
Of those that outperformed, two-thirds of them also had three consecutive years of underperformance. Using the three-year track record as a reason to get rid of somebody: That actually would have kicked out two-thirds of the winners along the way."
How To Check On A Financial Professional 's Title (SEC/NASAA)
The SEC And North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) together have released an investor bulletin reminding investors to be cognizant of the difference in titles and licenses. This is because some titles require professionals to pass exams and meet certain ethical standards, while others require very little effort. To check their credentials and the SEC and NASAA urge investors to ask the following questions.
1. "Who awarded your title?"
2. "What are the training, ethical, and other requirements to receive the title?"
3. "Did you have to take a course and pass a test?"
4. "Does the designation require a certain level of work experience or education?"
5. "To maintain the designation, are you required to take refresher courses?"
6. "How can I verify your standing with this organization?"
Focusing on some key aspects of finding the best advice out there is well worth the time. Ask the right questions and do the right research and you can find confidence in your financial advisor.
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In the same remote valley where 20 people died in a flash flood last summer, six Louisiana Boy Scouts trapped by a rising river built a campfire and ate jambalaya and grits, confident rescuers would eventually arrive.
The boys' two adult leaders had them set up camp near a mountain they could climb if their trail flooded - one of a series of decisions that allowed the group to emerge unharmed from the Albert Pike Recreation Area in southwest Arkansas. Rescuers also praised them for good planning, leaving a map of their planned trek and avoiding the valley floor when they realized how deep and fast the river had grown.
"They did exactly what they needed to do," Montgomery County Sheriff David White said. "As long as they stayed on high ground, we figured they were going to be in good shape."
While the weekend's conditions weren't as bad as the deadly flood that struck last year while people were sleeping, they were dangerous. The boys crossed the Little Missouri River at the start of their trip Thursday but by the time they went to leave Sunday morning, it had grown to 70 yards wide and up to 5 feet deep. Scoutmaster Jeff Robinson tested it and ordered the troop to retreat.
"I realized the water was too strong to cross the river with the boys," Robinson said. A National Guard helicopter eventually plucked the group to safety after sunrise Tuesday.
The boys said they passed the time in between talking and sleeping in. With no cell phone service available, several said their biggest concern was what their parents were thinking.
"I was worried that my parents would freak out," said Ian Fuselier, 13.
After eating jambalaya, eggs and grits Sunday, the boys had only one meal of jambalaya Monday. But Robinson said they had enough food to last several days, a water filter and a dry camp.
"If we had to stay three, four, five days, we had the resources to do so," he said.
Troop 162 was reported missing when it didn't return home Monday as planned, and anxious parents and relatives drove up from Lafayette, La. Search teams on the ground couldn't find the boys, and rain and fog prevented a helicopter from doing a flyover.
With no news about their children, the parents gathered Monday night at a local church in a scene eerily similar to a vigil nearly a year before. Pastor Graig Cowart led them in prayer, calling out the names of the stranded boys and asking for their safe return. Relatives joined hands. Some cried.
"These people are really hurting," Cowart said during the wait Monday night. "They felt really alone and isolated."
The Scouts themselves said there was no reason to worry.
The troop had filed a detailed schedule and map for its hike with a Scout leader who didn't make the trip, and they knew to avoid low areas during rain, said Art Hawkins, executive director of the Boy Scouts' Evangeline Area Council in Lafayette.
One of the problems authorities encountered the year before was they didn't know exactly how many people were in the park. Also, people had camped in low areas despite being told a flash flood watch had been posted.
The Scouts were found early Tuesday when the weather improved enough for a National Guard helicopter to make it into the park and spot their campfire. Just after 2 a.m., Guardsmen tossed the troop a bag with supplies: ponchos, food, water and blankets.
After daybreak, a helicopter landed in a clearing about 300 yards from their camp. The pilot ferried the eight out in two trips, delivering them near a camp supply store where their families applauded their arrival.
Parents who had appeared anxious hours earlier said they had full faith in Robinson and assistant scoutmaster Andy Trahan.
"I knew they were well prepared," said Jonah Fuselier, Ian's father.
Authorities didn't have immediate estimates for how much the rescue efforts cost or which local and state agencies would pick up the tab. The Scouts wouldn't be asked to pay, Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said.
Hawkins said he was sure the boys thought about the people who died last year when they were hiking through the area, but he noted they camped in a different situation and location.
"I wish I could videotape the whole thing," he said. "This was the lesson of all the things you could do right. There was nothing that could have been done differently to change the outcome."
After breakfast at the church and a thankful prayer led by Cowart, the scouts and their families started home.
The parents planned to drive separately. The scouts and their leaders were to go together in the same van they took to Arkansas, just like they planned.
Associated Press writers Andrew DeMillo and Jeannie Nuss contributed from Little Rock.


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Cleopatra's Murdered Sister: Pharaoh's Murdered Sister Identified
Cleopatra's murdered sister, Arsinoe IV, who was said to be murdered by the Egyptian pharaoh had her remains identified. An archaeologist said she found sister's bones in a ruin known as the Octagon in Turkey.
The bones belonging to the sister, or possibly half-sister, of Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra were identified by an archaeologist this week, it was reported.
Researcher Hilke Thur claimed she identified the bones of Arsinoe IV, which were discovered in Turkey, according to Charlotte News-Observer.
In 1904, archaeologists began excavating a ruin known as the Ephesus, which is known as the Octagon due to its shape. Inside the ruin was a burial chamber, which contained the bones of a young woman. Thur, an archaeologist with the Austrian Academy of Sciences, believes the ruin is was a tribute to the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
"When I was working with the architecture of The Octagon and the building next to it, it wasn't known whose skeleton was inside. Then I found some ancient writers telling us that in the year 41 B.C., Arsinoe IV—the half-sister of Cleopatra—was murdered in Ephesus by Cleopatra and her Roman lover, Marc Antony," Thur told paper.
She added: "Because the building is dated by its type and decoration to the second half of the first century B.C., this fits quite well. I put the pieces of the puzzle together."
Arsinoe IV was the younger half-sister or sister of Cleopatra, the Ptolemaic dynasty ruler known as the last pharaoh of Egypt. She lived from 69 B.C. to 30 B.C. It was said that Cleopatra saw Arsinoe as a threat and had her killed.
"In antiquity, ordinary people were not buried within the city. That privilege was only for special people—those with an aristocratic background, or people who did special things for their city. So the body must have belonged to a special person. Also, the skeleton was of a woman," Thur elaborated.
The skull of the skeleton in the Octagon "had been removed for tests; it disappeared in Germany during World War II. But there are photos of the skull, and notes written down by those who examined it," Thur added. She concluded that Arsinoe had an African mother, but that claim has been disputed.
"We get this skull business and having Arsinoe's ethnicity actually being determined from a reconstructed skull based on measurements taken in the 1920s?" wrote David Meadows, a classicist and teacher from Canada, according to Discovery.com.
And Cambridge classics professor Mary Beard said Arsinoe and Cleopatra might not have shared the same mother. "In that case, the ethnic argument goes largely out of the window," she said, according to the website.


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The recent death of inspiring Minnesota teenager and singer/songwriter Zach Sobiech has put a spotlight on osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone which typically appears during puberty.
About a third of all patients diagnosed with osteosarcoma each year will eventually die from it.
However, new research made possible in part by Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota researchers may shed help new light on the condition.
In a letter published today by Nature Genetics, researchers outline two locations within the genome that influence whether a child is more or less likely to develop osteosarcoma.
Logan Spector, Ph.D., researcher in the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota and associate professor in the Medical School's Department of Pediatrics, was co-author on the paper.
According to Spector, the main conclusions the research were as follows:
- This research found two locations in the genome that indicate whether a child is more or less likely to get osteosarcoma.
- While the gene variants do not have much implication for individuals, since even in carriers osteosarcoma will be very rare, they do explain more about the biology of the disease and open up new avenues for future research. For instance, the GRM4 gene was linked to osteosarcoma, but it had not previously been on anyone's radar.
- Researchers must now determine how these gene variants are modulating risk of osteosarcoma. This type of research will encompass a variety of models, including examining many more patients, animals, and in vitro cellular experiments.
"These types of studies are considered the gold standard for finding genes associated with human disease, because the number of markers across the genome means the results are considered unbiased," said Spector. "The findings are likely to be replicated and that work is already underway here at the University of Minnesota."
This research was performed in partnership with researchers from a variety of locations and coordinated by the National Cancer Institute.
If you'd like to learn more about Zach Sobiech and his battle with osteosarcoma, you can visit his page on the Children's Cancer Research Fund website. There, you'll find a documentary about the teenager and can watch the music video for his hit song, Clouds. You can also contribute to the Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund.


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CENTREVILLE, Mo. (KMOX) — Centreville police are not answering questions about their police dog who died on the job during the heat wave.
Centreville Police Chief Steven Brown did not return calls from KMOX seeking new information on what happened to Altof, a German Shepard who had to be euthanized over the weekend, apparently due to heat stress.
The Belleville News Democrat was reporting that an internal police investigation was underway to determine the sequence of events leading up to the dog's medical emergency.
Altof was reportedly out in the heat Friday working narcotics arrests.
The temperature that day reached 106 and witnesses told the paper the dog was left inside a police SUV for a long time


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Peggy Kriha Dye Named General Manager of Opera Columbus
Opera Columbus has appointed Peggy Kriha Dye as General Manager of the company. As such, Kriha Dye will oversee all artistic and educational programming as well as main stage productions, and produce Opera Columbus' new Opera Cabaret series.
Also a professional opera singer, Kriha Dye most recently played the title role in Armide with the prestigious Opera Atelier in Toronto's Elgin Theatre, The Royal Opera in Versailles, and the Glimmerglass Festival. Her performance was noted in The New York Times, stating, "Peggy Kriha Dye, a soprano, sang the formidable title role with alluring sound and urgency."
Over the course of her career, she has also performed with the Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Shanghai Opera, and many others. She has also recently worked on a production of Lucio Silla with the Salzburg Festival.
Kriha Dye holds a BA in music from St. Cloud State University (MN) and a Master's in music from the Manhattan School of Music (NY). She has also trained at The Juilliard Opera Center, apprenticed with the Merola Opera, and been selected as an Adler Fellow with the San Francisco Opera. Kriha Dye has also served as an adjunct professor with Kenyon College.
"We are very fortunate to have someone as talented and experienced as Peggy to lead our organization," stated Charles Warner, Chair of the Opera Columbus board of trustees. "We welcome the enthusiasm and devotion to the art form that she brings to the table and look forward to building on her great success in conducting outreach programs throughout central Ohio."


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Hungry Girl Today: 4.8.09
Hi HG!
I'm curious about the Hungry Girl kitchen at HG HQ. Is it in your office? Is
cooking part of a normal day at HG? How many people work there? Would
you post a photo? I just have a picture in my mind of your cartoon image in
a crazy cartoon lab with test tubes boiling over and Tofu Shirataki noodles in
bowls everywhere. It might make a good cartoon show!
Itchin' to Know More About Your Kitchen
Dear Itchin',
HAHA! I love this question (well, series of questions) and the cartoon kitchen
image that is now etched into my brain -- so thank you for that! The kitchen
is located at the HG office in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. The office is
bright and colorful and fun! It's filled with lots of REAL food, fake food (as in
plastic), pillows shaped like giant candy bars, TVs that look like food, and
other foodie items. We've got closets overflowing with foods that are being
tested and a pantry filled with all of the HG staples. Click to see some pics!
Cooking is DEFINITELY a big part of a normal day at HG. On any given day,
we're whipping up two to four HG recipes -- whether they're in testing phase
(meaning we're still working to get them just right) or being made to be shot
(as in photographed -- we're not into murdering our dishes!). There are
about eight full-time HG employees and a few freelancers, but there are
usually about five or six people at the HG HQ on a daily basis. As for the
cartoon lab with boiling-over test tubes and Tofu Shirataki everywhere -- I
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It's really important to read labels carefully. If something contains HFCS and
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The following is Larry Kudlow's November 13 address to members of The Heritage Foundation's President's Club at the fall 2006 President's Club meeting, held at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
We were endowed by our Creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We were not endowed by the Federal Government, we were not endowed by entitlements, we were not endowed by pork barrel spending, we were not endowed by budgetary earmarks. We got our freedom and our liberty from the Creator, from God. That is a lesson conservatives have to remember.
Now, it is interesting. I'm an economist, at least I used to be. We had some data points today. The government published its budget and tax figures for the month of October, the first month of the new fiscal year 2007. And after three years of lower marginal tax rates on personal incomes, capital gains and dividends, the revenue tax collections at lower tax rates are soaring, continue to soar at a 12 percent rate. At a 12 percent rate this will mark, I think, the third straight year at a double digit rate. If that doesn't justify the Laffer Curve, I don't know what will.
But unfortunately the spending rates continue to hover around 8 percent and therein lies the problem, and therein lies one of the issues of this election. It's an invisible-hand issue; it is not being discussed in the mainstream media. A simple-back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that if we had held government spending to something on the order of about 6 percent-no big deal, even that's almost twice the rate of inflation-the budget would be virtually in balance, at lower tax rates today in this fiscal year. if we had made modest spending restraint adjustments, on entitlements and non-entitlements alike. That's how close-that's how good a story this could have been. [Applause.]
If we had held government spending to something on the order of about 6 percent-no big deal, even that's almost twice the rate of inflation-the budget would be virtually in balance
That's how good a story this could have been. And there is no institution that has talked more about this than The Heritage Foundation. That's why I'm so pleased to be able to speak this evening on these points. The idea that there's something called big government conservatism and rapid spending, the idea that pork barrel spending and corrupt budget earmarks wins elections helped us to lose this election. I know Iraq was a big issue, but that's what helped us to lose this election. [Applause.]
If you look very carefully at the exit polls and rank the top issues, alright, let me start with this-extremely important issues-corruption was 41 percent, terrorism and the economy 39, Iraq 35. If you go down one notch and say, ask them extremely and very important issues, economy 82, corruption 74, terrorism 72, Iraq 67, from which I conclude it is still the economy, stupid.
Now, the point I want to make this evening is that even though the economy is functioning at a healthy rate, with low unemployment, plenty of job creation, plenty of wealth creation, plenty of home ownership, the fact remains under the surface the economic issue has suffered from the issues of over spending and budget deficits. A recent Boxwood Poll by the Club for Growth shows that the Republican Party has lost its brand as the party of low spending and limited government. That's what the data show. People for low spending and limited government are now voting Democrat in this last election. That may be the dumbest vote they've ever made, but there you have it, we have lost that great issue. It is not good. We have to take it back. [Applause.]
In addition to maintaining low tax rates, maybe getting rid of the corporate income tax altogether, maintaining the retirement accounts, maintaining all of the investor class tax-free savings accounts including the key aspect of Social Security reform, things that I think my other friends and colleagues have spoken about- I have a very simple idea for the White House and the new Republican leadership in Congress. Don't be on the defensive, do not appease the left, do not slide left, do not move your lips. [Applause.] Instead, merely propose a spending limitation bill on the road to a balanced budget at current low tax rates. [Applause.] I want to see this. Conservative Democrats. Red-what do we call them now-it used to be boll weevil-Blue Dog Democrats. They are conservative. I've interviewed a bunch of them on the program. Ross Perot voters, independents who deserted the GOP heavily.
The CNN poll released, I don't know, 10 or 12 days ago showed that the Reagan message of limited government and limited services is still intact by nearly two to one. They put that out. I don't know if anybody paid attention to it. It was a classic Reagan message: by about 55-35, people said government is still reaching too far.
I want a spending limit PAYGO. The Democrats will offer a revenue PAYGO, which means when they propose a hundred billion dollars of additional spending on education and health-and Lord knows what else-in the next session of Congress, they will work to raise taxes to finance it. That's a phony revenue PAYGO. I want the GOP-House, Senate, White House-to be united behind a spending-limit PAYGO which says if you increase spending here, you must lower spending here. It's very simple. [Applause.] This was the message of the high tide of the Gingrich army, Congress in the middle 1990s. Bill Clinton is getting credit for a balanced budget.
Those are old fashioned, Reaganesque Republican ideas. We need to renovate them. A spending limit-and then complete the task of tax reform, and then complete the task of tax free investor savings accounts, and then complete the task of free trade, and other economic growth policies, and then go after the deregulation of business, but before we get even to the Thanksgiving week, before the Democratic leadership runs away with the politics of the day, I want to see all three branches of the Republican party go for this spending limitation and balanced budget approach at lower tax rates. That is our job, that should be our response, right now. [Applause.]
And if they won't go there, if we can't get it done, then the great think tanks like Heritage and all of us, the scribblers, the broadcasters, you name it, this should be our mantra, I want a spending limitation, balanced budget approach at low tax rates to promote economic growth and regain the Reagan high ground principles. [Applause.] That is my message tonight.
You can only get one point, one good point on the air in a six- or seven-minute segment. Mine is spending limits, balanced budgets, low tax rates, and Ronald Reagan, and then we can come back in 2008 as I know we will.
Ed Feulner, thank you for having me.
Larry Kudlow is an economist and host of CNBC's "Kudlow and Company".


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OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI/Ole Miss Athletics) — Ole Miss sophomore quarterback Bo Wallace passed for a career-high 403 yards, and junior wide receiver Ja-Mes Logan had eight receptions for 160 yards – both career highs – but the Rebels (5-5, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) couldn't hold on and fell to Vanderbilt (6-4, 4-3 SEC) 27-26 on Saturday night at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
The Rebels were attempting to win their sixth game of the season and become bowl eligible for the first time since 2009, but couldn't hold on to the lead in the second half.
Defensively, the Rebels were led by sophomore defensive back Cody Prewitt, who had a team-high seven tackles, and two tackles for losses. Mike Marry and Denzel Nkemdiche each had six tackles for the Rebels.
Ole Miss recovered a fumble on the second play of the game, and converted on the turnover seven plays later with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Wallace to Vince Sanders in the back left corner of the end zone. Sanders finished the game with five receptions for a career-high 96 yards.
Senior kicker Bryson Rose was a busy man in the second quarter, knocking in three field goals of 22, 28 and 41 yards. Rose's three field goals moved him up to fourth on the Rebels' career field goals made list, and third in career points scored by a kicker.
The Rebels opened the second half strong, scoring on the opening drive with a nine-play, 56-yard drive capped off by a 1-yard touchdown run by Wallace, his sixth rushing touchdown of the season. The touchdown gave Ole Miss a 23-6 lead.
Vanderbilt scored 14-unanswered points in the third quarter to cut the Rebels lead to three points. A Rose field goal with 5:28 remaining, his fourth of the game, gave Ole Miss a 26-20 lead. Vanderbilt then won the game with a 26-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jordan Rodgers to Chris Boyd with 1:51 remaining on the clock.


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This beautifully detailed, vintage inspired ring has a timeless, refined elegance. The center gem is showcased in a delicate basket setting with milgrain and diamond accented cathedral archways. A knife-edge band reflects light from its beveled facets (0.10 total carat weight).
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- Price$1,395,000
- Beds4
- Baths7
- Acres1.00
- Built2001
13401 Mason Grove Lane, Town and Country
Stunning architectural details & meticulous maintenance set this 1.5 story home apart. Walls of windows & gleaming wood floors grace the generous rooms that flow effortlessly & envelope you with extensive moldings, commanding fireplaces & interesting ceilings. Formal spaces include a large living room with wet bar & fireplace, an office with stately paneling & a dining room that is suited for grand parties. Casual gatherings gravitate to the kitchen with custom cabinets, granite and SS appliances, all of which opens to a hearth room with a stone fireplace. Views of the wooded lot are seen from the master suite with his/hers closets & luxurious bath. The 2nd floor has two ensuite bedrooms. High end finishes continue through the lower level with huge open spaces that connect via a 2nd kitchen/bar. Find serenity by the infinity pool & soak up the nature that abounds on this beautiful lot! 3 car garage,irrigation and a BRAND NEW ROOF! Convenient to Queeny Park, shopping & highways.
Essential Information
- Price$1,395,000
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms7.00
- Full Baths4
- Half Baths3
- Acres1.00
- Year Built2001
- TypeResidential
- StyleAtrium
- StatusContingent No Kickout
- Basement TypeBathroom in LL, Fireplace in LL, Full, Rec/Family Area, Walk-Out, 9 ft + pour
- AmenitiesPrivate Inground Pool, Underground Util
- FeaturesBurglar Alarm-Owned, In-Ground Sprklr Sys, Patio, Smoke Alarm/Detec
- Parking Spaces3
- ParkingAdditional Parking, Attached Garage, Garage Door Opener, Rear/Side Entry, Circle Drive, Oversize
- # of Garages3
- Garages36x22
- Community Pool & Private PoolYes
- Lot DescriptionBacks to Trees/Woods, Cul-De-Sac, Creek, Wooded
- Windows6 Panel Door(s), Atrium Door(s), Lever Style Door Handles, Some Insulated Wndws
- ConstructionBrick/Stone Msn Pred
Additional Information
- Date ListedSeptember 7th, 2017
- Days on Market55
- HOA Fees1000
- HOA Fees Freq.Yearly
Community Information
- Address13401 Mason Grove Lane
- AreaParkway West
- SubdivisionMason Grove
- CityTown and Country
- CountySt Louis
- StateMO
- Zip Code63131
- InteriorBuilt-In Bookcases, Open Floor Plan, Some Carpeting, Walk-In Closets, Wetbar, Some Wood Floors, Coffered Ceilings, Special Millwork
- AppliancesDishwasher, Disposal, Gas Cooktop, Microwave, Range/Oven-Electric, Refrigerator, Central Vacuum
- HeatingForced Air
- CoolingZoned, 14 SEER+
- Has BasementYes
- BasementBathroom in LL, Fireplace in LL, Full, Rec/Family Area, Walk-Out, 9 ft + pour
- FireplaceYes
- # of Fireplaces3
- FireplacesFull Masonry, Gas, Woodburning Fireplce
- Stories1.5 Story
School Information
- DistrictParkway C-2
- ElementaryMason Ridge Elem.
- MiddleWest Middle
- HighParkway West High
Listing Details
- Listing OfficeDielmann Sotheby's Intl Realty
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CFB Bowl Game Las Vegas Odds
(TheSpread) – The 2013-14 College Football Bowl Schedule is set. Here is a look at what Las Vegas thinks of this season's bowl games.
View Current College Football Odds
The featured game of the bowl season will be the BCS National Championship Game with No. 1 Florida State facing No. 2 Auburn on Monday, Jan. 6 in Pasadena, California. According to oddsmakers at the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas, Florida State is the favorite to win the game, as the Seminoles have odds of -8.5 points against Auburn in the title game. The over/under total for the game has been set at 65.5 points. Florida State is 13-0 on the season and 11-2 against the spread. FSU is the ACC champion while Auburn won the SEC and was 12-1 on the year and 11-2 against the spread.
One of the other featured bowl games is the Discover Orange Bowl, who has No. 7 Ohio State taking on No. 12 Clemson at 8:30PM ET on Jan. 3 from Miami. According to oddsmakers at the MGM Mirage, Ohio State is the slight favorite, as the Buckeyes have odds of -2.5 points against Clemson. Ohio State was runner-up in the Big Ten, going 12-1 overall, 8-0 in conference play and 6-6-1 against the spread. Clemson was 10-2 overall this year, 7-1 in the ACC and 6-6 against the spread. These two have no recent meetings, but Ohio State enters the contest at just 1-4 against the spread in its last 5 games.
Bet on College Football Bowl Game Odds
For a look at the 2013-14 College Football Bowl Las Vegas Odds, see below.
2013-14 College Football Bowl Game Las Vegas Odds & Schedule
Saturday, Dec. 21
Gildan New Mexico Bowl – Albuquerque, N.M. – 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Washington State -4 vs. Colorado State
Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl – Las Vegas – 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
USC -5.5 vs. Fresno State
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl – Boise, Idaho – 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Buffalo -2 vs. San Diego State
R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl – New Orleans – 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Tulane vs. Louisiana-Lafayette – odds not available
Monday, Dec. 23
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl – St. Petersburg, Fla. – 2 p.m. (ESPN)
East Carolina -12.5 vs. Ohio
Tuesday, Dec. 24
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl – Honolulu – 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Oregon State -2 vs. Boise State
Thursday, Dec. 26
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl – Detroit – 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Bowling Green -5.5 vs. Pittsburgh
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl – San Diego – 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Northern Illinois -2 vs. Utah State
Friday, Dec. 27
Military Bowl – Annapolis, Md. – 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Marshall -2 vs. Maryland
Texas Bowl – Houston, Tx. – 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Minnesota -4.5 vs. Syracuse
Fight Hunger Bowl – San Francisco, Calif. – 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Washington -3 vs. BYU
Saturday. Dec. 28
New Era Pinstripe Bowl – Bronx, N.Y. – Noon (ESPN)
Notre Dame -15.5 vs. Rutgers
Belk Bowl – Charlotte, N.C. – 3:20 p.m. (ESPN)
North Carolina -3 vs. Cincinnati
Russell Athletic Bowl – Orlando, Fla. – 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Louisville -3 vs. Miami
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl – Tempe, Ariz. – 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Kansas State -3 vs. Michigan
Monday, Dec. 30
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl – Fort Worth, Tx. – 11:45 a.m. (ESPN)
Navy -6.5 vs. Middle Tennessee
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl – Nashville, Tenn. – 3:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Ole Miss -2.5 vs. Georgia Tech
Valero Alamo Bowl – San Antonio, Tx. – 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Oregon -13.5 vs. Texas
National University Holiday Bowl – San Diego, Calif. – 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Arizona State -12.5 vs. Texas Tech
Tuesday, Dec. 31
AdvoCare V100 Bowl – Shreveport, La. – 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Arizona -7 vs. Boston College
Hyundai Sun Bowl – El Paso, Tx. – 2 p.m. (CBS)
UCLA -7 vs. Virginia Tech
AutoZone Liberty Bowl – Memphis, Tenn. – 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Mississippi State -7 vs. Rice
Chick-Fil-A Bowl – Atlanta, Geo. – 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Texas A&M -11.5 vs. Duke
Wednesday, Jan. 1
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl – Jacksonville, Fla. – Noon (ESPN2)
Georgia -9 vs. Nebraska
Heart of Dallas Bowl – Dallas, Tx. – Noon (ESPNU)
North Texas -6.5 vs. UNLV
Capital One Bowl – Orlando, Fla. – 1 p.m. (ABC)
Wisconsin -1 vs. South Carolina
Outback Bowl – Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. (ESPN)
LSU -7 vs. Iowa
Rose Bowl – Pasadena, Calif. – 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Stanford -4 vs. Michigan State
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl – Glendale, Ariz. – 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Baylor -17 vs. Central Florida
Thursday, Jan. 2
Allstate Sugar Bowl – New Orleans – 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Alabama -14.5 vs. Oklahoma
Friday, Jan. 3
Discover Orange Bowl – Miami, Fla. – 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Ohio State -2.5 vs. Clemson
AT&T Cotton Bowl – Arlington, Tx. – 7:30 p.m. (FOX)
Missouri even vs. Oklahoma State
Saturday, Jan. 4
BBVA Compass Bowl – Birmingham, Ala. – 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Vanderbilt -2.5 vs. Houston
Sunday, Jan. 5
GoDaddy Bowl – Mobile, Ala. – 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Ball State -9 vs. Arkansas State
Monday, Jan. 6
BCS National Championship Game – Pasadena, Calif. – 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Florida State -8.5 vs. Auburn (65.5)
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He has long been a proponent of zero population growth (read here, here and here) and supports the idea of limiting families to a two child maximum. (Isn't China doing something like that?) Additionally, Mr Buffett has been caught saying that "high income" earners are not paying their fair share of taxes.
For the first time that I can remember, the worlds richest man is spinning the facts in order to prop up the stock price of a company he is selling. At his annual shareholder meeting last weekend, Mr Buffett defended both Goldman Sach's and Moody's.
Knowing the public facts, his defence of Goldman does not surprise or worry me. The charges against Goldman will eventually be seen for the political attack they really are. More importantly, Berkshire Hathaway is not currently selling Goldman shares.
However, anyone who has researched the banking/mortgage crisis that cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars can can easily connect the dots and lay a large portion of the blame squarely with the rating agencies: Moody's and S&P. These two rating agencies improperly (and perhaps criminally) rated sub prime mortgages as AAA. My concern is that Mr. Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger defended Moody's stating. "When the tiger gets out and starts creating damage, it's insane to blame the tiger, it's the idiot tiger keeper."
Moody's and S&P were the tiger keepers! The troubling part is that they publicly defend Moody's calling it an "incredibly wonderful business." If it's so wonderful, why are they selling their shares?
It's not the "tiger keepers" they think are the idiots, it's you and me.


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A Collection of Victorian and Edwardian Anthems. Edited by Barry Rose. Music Sales America. Romantic, Sacred, Choral. Novello & Co Ltd. #NOV032208. Published by Novello & Co Ltd. (HL.14019496).
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This unique anthology features twenty anthems and canticles from this particularly fruitful era of the British choral heritage. Barry Rose has selected and edited a set of pieces by composers including Goss, Mendelssohn, Stanford and Sullivan, as well as several lesser-known composers of the period. This book is a rich resource, suitable for services or concerts of all kinds. The huge variety of music on offer includes easily accessible anthems with simple four-part harmonies and organ, or more complex and sonorous music for eight-part choirs.


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Fort Hays State University > About FHSU > Academic Divisions > College of Arts and Sciences > Associate of General Studies > Leadership Studies
To receive an emphasis in Leadership Studies,
students must complete 12 credit hours from the Department of Leadership Studies.
A sample of courses might include but are not limited to:LDRS 300: Introduction to Leadership Concepts (3)
This course will actively engage students in the acquisition of information
about historical and contemporary theories, concepts, and issues associated
with leadership. Students will be exposed to the nature of leadership through
presentation of objective material, through group activities, and through laboratory
exercises.LDRS 302: Introduction to Leadership Behaviors (3)
An interdisciplinary course designed to introduce the student to the tasks,
strategies, and skills of effective leadership. Course activities will move
the student from theory to the practical processes of leadership. Basic concepts
essential to personal skills development and organizational leadership behavior
are included. PR, LDRS 300 or PERM.LDRS 310: Fieldwork in Leadership Studies (3)
This interdisciplinary course is designed to provide the student with an awareness
and understanding of current issues relating to the nature and tasks of collaborative
leadership behavior. The student is asked to identify an issue or problem and
practice leadership by developing and implementing a community project. PR,
LDRS 300, LDRS 302 or PERM.LDRS 306: Leadership and Team Dynamics (3)
Teambuilding, teamwork, and team leading draws information from a wide variety
of disciplines to introduce students to the ever important topic of teaming.


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In case you haven't figured it out after all these years, Joan Jett is still the "tough girl." When her name is mentioned in print, that phrase always follows, like magic, by rote. In an e-mail interview with New Times, Jett has her own take on the pigeonhole she first acquired back in 1975, when she formed The Runaways with the help of lascivious promoter Kim Fowley: "I'm bad at being subtle," she says, "but I'm not that tough."
With a voice like a fat indelible marker, Jett wasn't made for subtlety. And beneath the seeming toughness, there's always been sensitivity in her hit cover of "Crimson and Clover," which injected a heart into that song's bubblegum center; in the philosophical come-on "Play With Me"; and in "Naked," a moving punk ode to emotional exposure from her new album, Sinner. The new album is among her best, perhaps second only to her 1980 solo debut, reviving her reputation for consistently catchy, bone-basic rock after the S&M-inspired misstep of 1999's metallic "Fetish" single, her last studio recording.
But Sinner has its share of Jett firsts, including a surprisingly elegant ballad, "Watersign," and something even further out of character: explicit politics. "I don't like to wear my politics on my sleeve," says Jett, "but I feel we are at a point in history where being quiet is not a responsible or wise choice."
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Jett's usual underlying messages sexual positivity and self-acceptance show up on Sinner in her cover of the old Replacements tune "Androgynous," an empathic sketch of a gender-ambiguous couple. "It's a song I've always loved for its uniqueness and truth," says Jett, "not to mention its beautiful melody."
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As on all of Jett's albums, Sinner's meatiest cuts are the rave-ups, including the sexy "A.C.D.C.," the snotty "Tube Talkin'," and the sweet "100 Ft. Away." "I never change with trends," says Jett, "partly because I can only do my music with conviction when it turns me on, and three-chord rock 'n' roll and punk is, so far, the only music I love to do." Sinner's best track, however, isn't a raver or even a ballad, but something in between: "Baby Blue," so sparse and cool and hard that it's straight out of an S.E. Hinton novel, written in the third person about a certain tough girl whom you may already know.


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Tot Mate isn't just another line of early learning furniture. It's dependable furniture designed to endure the rigors of preschools and daycares. It's manufactured by people who understand the needs of the people who use it. We may be a furniture manufacturer, but first and foremost we're parents and grandparents - people who know kids and care about the furniture they use.
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Topic: [Swordtail Records] SR28 Niblz EP Out Now
Swordtail Records SR28: Niblz EP is out now exclusive to Beatport (will follow in all other stores in a few weeks). The EP is made up of 3 originals, covering progressive, house and some more melodic sounds.
The release has received support from: Jamie Madden (Digitalchild), East Cafe, Fred Numf, Chris Sterio, Bitten Sergei, DJ Samer, Flash Brothers.
For more information on the release: http://www.swordtailrecords.com/sr28.html
Up next in July is Syntagma from Abdomen Burst (with remixes from Native, Ian Rubert, Negative Neutron and Oleg Zubkov).
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In a short period of time Scribblenauts went from being a cool idea that many of us had heard little about to what looked like it could be the most highly anticipated Nintendo DS game of 2009. The game is based around a simple but ingenious mechanic, one that would be impressive on any system let alone a handheld. In Scribblenauts you type something in and then it appears, just like that. That thing–weapon, dinosaur, tool, helicopter, whatever–drops into the level and interacts with the environment just as if the developers had intended for it to be there all along. That's no small feat given the game's many levels, huge dictionary of available items (around 22,000), and varied goals.
Scribblenauts marks a fantastic achievement for its developer, 5th Cell, as well as a milestone in game development. The simple fact that a concept like this was brought to life is an accomplishment and worthy of much hype that we've seen built up for the release. Unfortunately this brilliant concept suffers from poor controls and frustrating situations that can leave the player feeling more like they are handling an technical demo (albeit and impressive one) than a fully finalized product. It's a game that people will want to love, but not everyone will be able to get into as deeply as they would have imagined after first learning about the game.
Scribblenauts doesn't really have a story behind it, aside from you being a boy who wants to collect stars ("Starites"). In each level you are tasked with getting those Starites but you have obstacles in your way–it might be a guard that you can't kill or you might just have to make Santa Claus happy. You can call upon the staggering number of items in order to help you complete your task, which is where your creativity comes into play. It's not exactly profound stuff, but that's OK because the point is solving problems with your imagination and without a list of puzzle pieces in front of you. You have to decide what those puzzle pieces will be and how to solve a level. You can make it as easy or complex a task as you would like.
Sometimes this amounts to sheer brilliance. You can think your way around a problem, call upon a clever item, and solve the problem in seconds, but often things aren't so easy. After all, 22,000 items sounds like a lot, but once your imagination really starts to flow you might be surprised by what you come up with. Also, not everything will react how you'd like so you can't solve every situation with a bomb or tornado, even if those would be your initial guess.
This leads us to the single biggest issue with Scribblenauts, the controls. They are imprecise at best, and frustrating at worst. They really shouldn't be the major focus of the game, but they often turn out to be a deciding factor in levels. You often have to navigate the items you call, which is often easier imagined than acted out, causing you to have to restart levels and rethink strategies. When each level is meant to be beat in multiple ways (in order to get rewards) you might be spending more time with certain puzzles than you'd like increasing the frustration factor. The game relies entirely on the stylus controls which are not up to the task–they feel inaccurate and hard to use. This is a problem in a game that doesn't leave much room for error and requires lots of interaction with the game's items. Luckily you always have the option to play a number of different levels so you can skip around if you find one you don't like.
Another part of the game that seems like it could use some polishing are its unclear goals. On some levels you have something very precise to do, but on others the intentions are quite vague. For example in one early level you are presented with a few children dressed up for Halloween and the tip you get is "Trick or Treat". At this point you're really just in a trial and error situation. You can try "candy" which works. But after this where do you go? How about "icepop"? That also works. After these I pressed "Æ" a few times to see what that game would spit out. I got "šišky" which incredibly turned out to be a sort of treat, which worked also. Wanting to get creative I figured I'd trick the kids. How about a "trap"? Nope, that's some sort of vehicle. How about a "lion", that would scare them good right? Nope, he ate them. "Zombie" and "monster" both worked though. Ultimately not everything reacts how you'd expect so much of the game comes down to guess work–not something that takes away from it, but a factor that can be an issue under situations when precision is needed. (This level was rated a one star difficulty out of a possible four so there was more flexibility and no need to use multiple items.)
Scribblenauts rewards you for beating levels with the fewest items used, as well as calling upon new items, working quickly, and coming up with non-violent solutions. There are incentives to beating levels in multiple ways, most of which come in the way of "ollars", the game's currency. These can be used to unlock new levels in the world (there are 10 total, plus the tutorial), as well as songs and avatars.
If you are looking for more than the standard game play, Scribblenauts has a large number of unlockables and a level editor. These won't make or break the game, but they will keep you coming back for more.
If you are going into Scribblenauts looking for a tight, refined puzzle game you are going to be disappointed. The game tries to do a lot and unfortunately falls short on some key areas. If you are going into it looking for something that you can play for 15 minutes here and there and do some incredible and zany things, then you should really enjoy what it offers. The goals may be simplistic and the controls limiting, but the best parts of the game are what you make of them, giving you incredible freedom to play the way you want. The way that Scribblenauts allows the player to leave the confines of a typical puzzle, that is to say the developer's imagining of the solution, is something that is a major achievement and makes the game worth trying out.
Ultimately, people looking at Scribblenauts as an elaborate toy that they can experiment with will be much more pleased than those expecting a puzzle with clear right and wrong answers. The game can be extremely rewarding when you get in the groove and start thinking outside of the box (just not too far outside it).


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very very nice :D Though, one thing that bothers me is... At first I thought it was a girl and a guy, then I was like, wait, they could both be guys and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference o.o XD 5h :)
XD don't worry. It's a girl and a Guy.
Erica says, "It's gorgeous, and it says to me...'I'm available'" in a Russian accent. :D I didn't know you could do people kissing XD very nice
this is so adorable :) the colors are lovely and i like the guy's hair :D


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The University of Georgia School of Law will host a conference focusing on the relationship between human rights and climate change Feb. 12 at Dean Rusk Hall on North Campus.
The International Human Rights and Climate Change conference will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will focus on the question "What is the relationship between human rights and climate change?"
Yale University philosophy professor Thomas Pogge will deliver the keynote address, "Poverty, Climate Change and Overpopulation," at the conference luncheon.
All are welcome to attend, but those wishing to attend the luncheon must preregister for the conference by Friday at the Web site www.law.uga.edu.
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DH decided he wanted to do a family get together, we'll have around 10 people. Great, I figured, throw chicken kebobs and London broil on the grill, make some salads, done. However, he informed me that he has no desire to be cooking while the guests are over. His solution was to cook the stuff in the morning and reheat. Obviously, he's oblivious to the fact that reheating something grilled which has been in the fridge a couple of hours is not a good thing.
Plan B...I'm thinking I can still do the chicken kebabs if they are on skewers with veg to keep them moist and reheat (covered, sprinkle some broth to moisten) in the oven.
Grilled flank steak...what do you think about serving it room temp with chimichurri and/or salsa? I'd keep it whole after grilling, refrig, and slice before serving.
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Wednesday 22 November 2017
Swimming Lessons in West Sussex from Baby to Adult
Welcome to Robins Garth. Swimming lessons in Small Dole, Henfield, West Sussex.
Robins Garth has been a wonderful location for swimming lessons in Small Dole, West Sussex since 2009. At the foot of the Southdowns, with views across to Bramber Castle and the river Adur, on the edge of the Southdowns National Park.
The pool was renovated in 2009, with swimming lessons and pool hire in mind. Things such as parking and changing rooms were all carefully planned to ensure the best use of space. Set in the countryside, its a beautiful, relaxed location for parents to bring their baby to learn to swim.
Our pool has proved itself to be the most successful, privately owned in the area. We hire our facilities to only the most prestigious swim schools, pushing the standards of coaching. If you choose one of the companies listed in our Partners page, you can be sure your child will receive an excellent level of tuition.
The first experience in a swimming pool should be a pleasant, positive and relaxed one. We have even had babies drift off to sleep whilst floating through the starry tunnel. Baby swimming has been proven to aid your babies sleeping and feeding patterns. It also, on a really positive note, tires them out!
We have lots of toddlers and preschool children attending lessons. They love the toys, games and the animals that are often seen wandering around. The chickens and ducks are friendly and love to be fed! All children are made to feel welcome, making them comfortable in the environment. Many come with their friends and classmates from our local village schools in Henfield, Steyning, Ashurst, Storrington and Horsham.
As parents, we encourage our children to try many activities. Being so close to the sea and river a lot do watersports, such as sailing and surfing. So we take water safety very seriously. To this end, only the best swimming companies West Sussex has to offer are invited to join us:
Water Babies
The Water Babies team teaches from birth to preschool. They teach over 35,000 babies every week in the UK. This makes them the largest baby swim company in the World. They have a unique instruction program, designed so you and your baby gain as much as possible from every lesson. All Water Babies teachers have completed the same training scheme. This ensures continuity even if you move home.
They have adopted Tommy's as their charity, raising hundreds of thousands of pounds over the years with their fun filled Splashathons.
For adults and toddlers. WetWetWet takes your child on to be a confident young swimmer. Adults are equally welcome, with dedicated lessons.
All teachers are fully ASA qualified. The school is fully compliant with all current child protection procedures. Swimming is a good option for anyone recovering from injury, as it is non weight bearing. WetWetWet therefore also offer adult fitness and Aqua Zumba classes. They run dedicated classes for deaf children, so they too can enjoy this fantastic sport.
Simply Swim
Lucinda Hope started her school to provide a more flexible approach to teaching, accommodating the needs of each child. Her calm, patient and friendly nature has earned her great respect with both parents and toddlers alike.
Lucinda is an ambitious, fully qualified STA instructor. She offers parent and baby classes, pre school and after school lessons with the teaching ethos being a gentle and quiet approach, helping many nervous children gain confidence and enjoy their time in the water. All the instructors who work with her are fully qualified and follow the same approach to their teaching. Simply Swims rapid growth goes to show that she has struck a great balance between fun, enjoyment and structure whist shaping a child's confidence. Coaching for adults to improve their technique and fitness is also available.
Crest Swim School
Crest Swim School understand the importance of your family's swimming safety and incorporate elements of water confidence, water safety and swimming skills work alongside learning and improving all 4 strokes. As swimmers progress through their classes they introduce elements of diving, water polo and personal survival to bring variety to lessons whilst still improving their strokes.
Lessons for babies and toddlers use a fun approach to swimming to allow children to gain confidence in the water. Using a combination of songs, games and floats they learn to swim whilst having the support of their parents in the water with them. Their preschool lessons allow children aged 3 and 4 who are happy and confident in the water to have a more structured lesson, whilst still having a fun element within the lesson. These classes are without parents in the pool so are aimed at children with some previous experience. They also cater for children who are aged 4+ of all abilities at their afterschool and weekend classes. They have classes for children with little or no experience in the water and have progressive classes up to advanced swimmers.
Adult Courses
It is often harder for an Adult to learn to swim. They can feel embarrassed and nervous. Our pool is ideal for adults, being quiet, uninterrupted with no spectators. The small adult classes allow for a more personal approach, aiding concentration.
Would you like to get away from the hustle, bustle and parking costs of Brighton and Worthing?. Perhaps you're looking for somewhere local to work, home or nursery. Robins Garth at the edge of West Sussex is the perfect setting to embark on your swimming journey.
The Towers Convent School in Upper Beeding
The Towers Convent School in Upper Beeding has a fantastic pool facility. Its located just to the west of us. There are ten changing rooms with a spacious area pool side for parents to watch the lessons.
It is an indoor pool, 17 meters in length with plenty of free car parking. Being a much larger and deeper pool, its ideal for stronger swimmers and those wishing to develop their technique.
The Towers School pool is available during the weekend on Sunday afternoons between 2pm and 6pm. Being at the weekend means the whole family can spend a little time together, whilst enjoying watching the progress of their children.
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Water temperature plays an important part in the enjoyment of swimming. Ours is kept at 33 Deg C, perfect for babies.
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Richard Littlemore | December 10, 2009
By Richard Littlemore • Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 22:05
Christopher Monckton, Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, is quick to claim science expertise that is unsupported by his education in classics or his diploma in journalism. He is less eager to acknowledge his role as a spokesperson for an unfolding series of think tanks, all of which have direct connections or a history of accepting money from the oil industry.
Monckton is currently in Copenhagen, shouting "Nazi" and "Hitler youth" at the youth delegates who have had the courage and temerity to challenge his poorly informed views on climate science. (See next post.)
He is here as a representative of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) one of several groups that have been unsuccessful in covering up their oil funding.
Another such group is the Friends of Science (FOS), one of the sponsors of a recent Monckton tour of Canada. FOS wound up the subject of a messy funding scandal after Professor Barry Cooper used his privileges at the University of Calgary to create an "education fund" designed to hide the oil-and-gas industry source of FOS funding. (In his defence, Cooper later told the Globe and Mail, "[The money's] not exclusively from the oil and gas industry,
The co-sponsor of the Canadian tour was the Fraser Institute, which also has been identified as a recipient of oil funding, notwithstanding that it has a policy of keeping its funders secret.
Monckton is also "Chief Policy Advisor" to the Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPInstitute.org). The SPPInstitute is a project of Robert Ferguson, whose oil connections were clear enough when he started an earlier such organization, the Center for Science and Public Policy, with a large bolus of cash from Exxon Mobil.
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Benchmark crude eh? Okay,
Benchmark crude eh?
Okay, lets assume Monckton is raking in oil cheques and planning to do it for a good long time to come. Under those circumstances , would it be the course of wisdom to call a bunch of nice kids nazi-youths?
Not if he's just in it for the money. That kind of talk could make the money dry up. ….. No, he's a true believer, it's not about money with him.
the bulging eyeballs kind of give it away a bit too.
Scott Anthony replied on Permalink
So you're argument is that
So you're argument is that Monckton is too much of a nutcase to be funded by the oil industry?
If only he'd stuck to Sudoku!
You might be interested in my Amazon.co.uk review of 'The Climate Caper', to which Lord Monckton nobly contributed a foreword:
Puzzlers beware!
As a great fan of Christopher Monckton's puzzle books (particularly Junior Sudoku X, which in my view could hardly be bettered) I was intrigued to find the great man branching out into other areas of intellectual endeavour.
Frankly, though, I was disappointed by this. Most of the book consists of the maunderings of a retired phycisist called Paltridge, who seems to have a beef with the findings of climate scientists.
I was hoping that there might be more of interest in Christopher Monckton's introduction to the book. But even here there was not a single brain-teaser - just a rather pompous endorsement of the views of Paltridge! The only real puzzle is why the 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (to give him his full title) should feel himself qualified to pronounce on climate science at all, since as far as I can gather he has no qualifications in the field or any discipline related to it.
But perhaps this is what is known as 'peer reviewing'? He is after all a genuine peer of the realm, which is more than can be said for those reviewing learned papers for publication in academic journals.
Despite this, I cannot in all honesty recommend the book to Sudoku enthusiasts.
Climate 'conspiracy' a honeypot for extremists
The great climate science conspiracy theory seems to have tremendous appeal to a wide variety of extremist politicians.
Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party - whose roots go deep into the foul underbelly of neo-Nazism - is another example. Unbelievably, Griffin is currently attending the Copenhagen Conference as a representative of the EU parliament's environmental committee.
Griffin, who like Larouche has a long history of anti-semitism and who is also an enthusiatic holocaust denier, claims that climate science is based on 'fraudulent statistics' and is being used 'to impose an anti-human utopia as deadly as anything conceived by Stalin or Mao.'
From Griffin's perspective, this sort of stuff serves as a proxy for what he can't say openly while posing as a mainstream politician: 'they' are trying to take over the world. No prizes for guessing who 'they' might be.


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CARLSBAD --- Hoping to end its trucking expenses and possibly even make a little money, Encina Wastewater Authority plans to turn part of what is flushed down the region's toilets and washed down the sinks into fertilizer pellets.
"We feel fairly confident that there's a market out there with existing organic manufacturers," Encina General Manager Michael Hogan said in an interview last month.
An official with New Jersey's Ocean County Utilities Authority, one of the few other treatment facilities in the nation using the high-heat, sludge-drying equipment, said last week that Encina won't have trouble finding people who want to use the tiny pellets, which are smaller than BB gun bullets.
Oceangro, Ocean County's fertilizer product, is sold to farmers, golf-course owners and garden centers. It is also given away for landscaping projects around government buildings.
"It makes an excellent product," said David Ertle, the agency's director of central services.
Part of a project
The fertilizer project is part of a $27 million upgrade to the agency's sewage treatment facility at 6200 Avenida Encinas. The project includes expanding the biosolids treatment building, adding new sewage treatment equipment, and building silos to store the fertilizer pellets. The project is in the design phase, with construction scheduled to begin next year and end in 2007, Hogan said.
Encina, which serves 300,000 residential customers in North County, is considered a "joint powers authority" because it is owned by six member agencies: the cities of Vista, Carlsbad and Encinitas, as well as the Leucadia Wastewater District, the Vallecitos Water District and the Buena Sanitation District.
Hogan said he has been told by the dryer's manufacturer that there are no similar systems in use west of the Mississippi River, although the cities of Corona and Sacramento are in the process of installing them.
The new system will produce "Class A" biosolids, or waste that has been heat-treated so intensely that it's safe for use on crops for human consumption, golf courses and playing fields. The solid sewage material will spend an average of 45 minutes in the drying system under temperatures averaging 225 degrees Fahrenheit.
Closing the door
Encina's solid waste sludge goes on farm fields now -- but not in California.
Every day, just before dawn, four trucks, each capable of hauling 26 tons of waste sludge, arrive at the wastewater authority's plant.
By day's end, the heavily loaded trucks are in Yuma, Ariz., where the waste slurry is spread on farmlands. The resulting crops of alfalfa, Sudan grass, oats or barley are sold as animal feed or exported to other countries where it's legal to use the Class B waste as fertilizer. Class B waste has been treated for 15 days at 100 degrees.
The trucking trips to Arizona cost Encina $1.5 million a year, and there is always concern that Arizona farmers could stop accepting the sludge.
California farmers have.
Three years ago, Encina spent $600,000 a year to truck its sludge to Riverside County, but those farmers no longer accept Class B waste.
"Landfill is an option, but landfill is a very expensive option," Hogan said. "It's actually cheaper for me to haul it to Arizona than to put it in the landfill."
Imitating success
Communities on the East Coast began facing that problem back in the 1980s and 1990s, officials with sewage treatment plants in New Jersey and the Washington, D.C., area said last week.
The Ocean County Utilities Authority, which processes 50 million gallons of wastewater a day, or about 14 million more a day than Encina, got into the fertilizer production business in the late 1980s.
The first equipment Ocean County used didn't work very well, but the rotary-drum, heat-drying system Encina wants to use has been running great at Ocean County's plant since 1997, Ertle said.
The agency produces 9,000 tons of fertilizer pellets a year. The majority of the pellets are sold to farmers, golf-course owners and companies that bag it for resale, Ertle said. The remainder is given to government agencies for landscaping projects.
"In the Ocean County area, a dozen or 15 stores carry the product," he said.
The agency's salesperson tells people the product is a "Milorganite knockoff." Milorganite is a fertilizer that the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has produced since the 1920s.
"They really paved the way for us," Ertle said of the Milorganite product, which is sold nationally.
Striking a compromise
People love the pellets because they're "goof-proof," Ertle said. They are a slow-release fertilizer, which doesn't burn grass or landscape plants.
However, the agency does tell its purchasers to carefully pick their application times. When the pellets get wet, they do give off a slight smell for the first week, Ertle said, commenting that he just told a community college not to apply it last week.
"Let's be smart about this," he said. "The grass needs to be fed, but it doesn't need be fed the week before graduation."
An official with the Water Pollution Control Facility serving Leesburg, Va., said Leesburg doesn't put the product on playing fields during the summer months in an effort to avoid any possible controversy over the use of treated sewage as fertilizer on places where children will be playing.
"They do it over the winter when the kids arenít on them," Plant Assistant Superintendent Ed Rockholt said. "The biosolids can be controversial. … It's perfectly safe to use, but there's controversy."
Positive publicity
Leesburg has been producing its fertilizer pellets since 2002. The small facility, which processes 5 million gallons a day of wastewater, started using the heat-drying system for the same reason Encina is heading in that direction -- vanishing farmlands and concerns about disposing of the waste in other ways, Rockholt said.
The agency sold nearly 100 tons of the fertilizer last year, for a total revenue of $6,000.
"We'll never recoup the money we spent on the dryer," Rockholt said of the $11 million equipment purchase.
However, the goal wasn't to make a profit, but to find a solution to the vexing problem of sludge disposal, he said.
Much of Leesburg's product is given away.
"We feel giving it to the citizens, it's the best PR we can do," Rockholt said.
So far this year, residents have taken home 43 tons of free fertilizer, employees collected 6 tons, and 115 tons went on public property.
Contact staff writer Barbara Henry at (760) 901-4072 or email@example.com.


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The Magnets to Return to Adelaide with HOMEGROWN, Feb 14-March 17
International a cappella stars The Magnets are returning to Adelaide for the 2013 Fringe with their new Best-of-British show HOMEGROWN - an evening of glorious harmonies and jaw-dropping beatboxing celebrating five decades of British pop music from The Beatles and Led Zeppelin through to Adele.
One of the break-through acts of the 2012 Adelaide Fringe and 2011 Cabaret Festival, this six-man sound machine make all their music with their mouths alone in a sonically stunning, spectacularly theatrical, TOTALLY a cappella show.
HOMEGROWN will play in The Vagabond at The Garden of Unearthly Delights from 14 February - 17 March (except 18th, 25th, 4th, 11th) from 8.20 - 9.20pm. Tickets ($40-$38) may be purchased by phone 1300 FRINGE (1300 374 643), online at www.gardenofunearthlydelights.com.au OR www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix, or at the door 30 minutes before a performance. Running time: 60 Minutes.
Literally a 'six-man sound machine', The Magnets make all their music with their mouths alone, including the drums of vocal percussionist/beat-boxer Andy Frost and the richly textured bass of Fraser Collins. However, this is no attempt to mimic instruments, but rather the blending of six distinctive voices to create a unique sound that rivals any band with guitars and keyboards.
Conceived in the shadow of the London Olympics, HOMEGROWN includes an incredible mega-medley history of British pop and beatboxer Andy Frost's show-stopping solo. Musically sophisticated, stylishly choreographed and spiced with humour and audience participation, the show also offers a taste of the band's award winning original songs and some cheekily anglicised Aussie classics.
The Magnets have paid their dues as a student group and street performers through a major record deal with EMI and more than a decade of international touring. They have supported artists such as Blondie and Tom Jones and performed private shows for heads of state, supermodels and royalty. 2013 will see the release of their fourth studio album on Wrasse Records, supported by tours of New Zealand, Australia and Europe. For more about The Magnets, go to www.themagnets.com.


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Kim Pirrella, sister of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga, is walking down the aisle in My Big Gay Italian Wedding and My Big Gay Italian Funeral, which play in in repertory at St. Luke's Theatre. Pirrella will play Lucia Fuccio on October 12 and 13, filling in for Liz Gericitano while she takes a leave of absence for her real-life wedding.
Starring and written by Anthony Wilkinson, My Big Gay Italian Wedding and My Big Gay Italian Funeral are both loosely based on his own Italian family. Wedding centers on Anthony Pinnunziato (Wilkinson), a gay Italian-American from a large, outspoken family who wants to marry his boyfriend Andrew (Brandon Goins) in a traditional wedding ceremony. Funeral tells the story of the same family, who is mourning the death of Anthony's father. In both productions, Pirrella will play Lucia, a New Jersey lipstick lesbian with a diva attitude.
In addition to guest appearances on Real Housewives of New Jersey, Pirrella is a food blogger who posts instructional videos about healthy cooking. She will make her off-Broadway debut in My Big Gay Italian Wedding and Funeral.
In addition to Gericitano and Wilkinson, Wedding and Funeral star Donna Castellano, Marissa Perry, Hugh Hysell, Debra Toscano, Liz Gerecitano, Meagan Robar, Erik Ransom, Chad Kessler, Brandon Goins, Joe Scanio, Jody Lyn Flynn, Marie Fontaine and Jonathan Wiener. Wedding also stars Nick Varrichio and Paul Moon, while Funeral stars Brian Patrick Murphy, Mustafa Gatollari and Beth Dzuricky.


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Many thanks LadybugCindy.
Fun puzzle!
Thanks aishahm. It was the niggle of the day!Does anyone know what size or ratio to make an image so that the black 'letter boxes' disappear in the second thumbnail please?
Personally I prefer the smaller pieces. I always wondered why some puzzles had what seemed to be much bigger pieces. Thanks for a little insight.
The same puzzle, of 221 pieces, is here. This image is 1030 x 750 px, the other 1600 x 1200 px which appears to give larger pieces. Obvious perhaps. http://www.jigidi.com/solve.php?id=RKIT4ZQS


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It's been more than ten years since Johnny's Tavern opened its Corinth Square location, and after playing host to thousands and thousands of local fans during Jayhawks games, its managers decided it was time for fresh look.
Johnny's closed its doors a week from last Saturday for an extensive remodel that proprietor Pat Roberts said will dramatically alter both the serving area and the kitchen.
"We're trying to squeeze in about three and a half weeks of work in nine days," he said. "The layout is the same, but just about everything else will be different. We've got new booths, we've darkened the walls, we're adding a big garage door window in the front that will open up to the new patio. The whole place has a much for taverny, pub-like feel."
Roberts said the restaurant has also invested approximately $30,000 in new television and sound equipment.
The timing of the remodel was set to coincide with construction work to the exterior of the building that is being managed by LANE4 as part of the Community Improvement District renovations under way throughout the shopping center. The roof or the building will have a new gable, and crews are doing extensive work on the area at the front of the building to create what will be a new four-season porch.
Roberts said they hoped to have the restaurant open for business for lunch on Friday.


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The Doctor says... #1
Overloading Mizzium Mortars gets past Hexproof.
October 17, 2012 12:41 a.m.
yeah i know but that could happen a minimum of turn 4 by casting Battle Hymn with at least 3 guys out (not a problem) then casting an overloaded Mizzium Mortars . i need a more efficient way to stop flyers
October 17, 2012 12:43 a.m.
and i guess Bonfire of the Damned works too haha
October 17, 2012 12:44 a.m.
What's your opinion on adding Izzet Charm ? And have you considered using Teleportal as a finisher?
October 18, 2012 6:52 p.m.
I like Izzet Charm . i actually had it in the first draft of this deck. but in play testing i always found myself wishing i had something else over it. It is unaffected by Goblin Electromancer and i dont really need alot of dig. i have done alot of thinking about Teleportal and i think come sinker it will be in it. the card would be sick with Goblin Chieftain . things would ahve gotten crazy haha. But right now i see my main finishers being Burn at the Stake or a Battle Hymn into card:Devil's Play or Bonfire of the Damned .
October 18, 2012 7:31 p.m.
Have you considered Coat of Arms ? It is an amazing finisher with Krenko.
October 18, 2012 8:52 p.m.
if it was standard legal....Coat of Arms +Teleportal =GG
October 18, 2012 8:56 p.m.
The Doctor says... #8
Consider Syncopate .
October 18, 2012 11:04 p.m.
i was thinking Syncopate when it was spoiled. but i feel Negate main boarded is solid and then Essence Scatter and Dissipate in the side board is solid. depending the meta, they may switch.
October 19, 2012 12:43 a.m.
AirlockFart says... #10
Goblin Rally anyone? As for Geist of Saint Traft I'd recommend Dissipate or Syncopate , depending on the situation.
October 20, 2012 2:07 a.m.
fruityking says... #11
October 22, 2012 12:14 p.m.
Not sure how competitive it is but Dynacharge makes for a very interesting game.
October 23, 2012 2:23 p.m.
Increasing Vengeance instead of Reverberate
November 18, 2012 10:49 p.m.
Reverberate has defensive capabilities as well as offensive. You copy any spell whereas Increasing Vengeance is just a spell you control. You are able to counter a counter and what not.
November 18, 2012 11:44 p.m.
Are you going to be adding Legion Loyalist when gatecrash comes out?
January 21, 2013 10:56 p.m.
I dont know whats going to happen with this deck. i havent gotten the chance to look at all the spoilers yet. ill sit down soon and see what i can do. im sure ill be able to do more once dragon's maze comes out.
January 22, 2013 2:18 a.m.
Coinstamp180 says... #17
I was wondering if Psychic Spiral might be good for your sideboard? Might be good if you encounter strong mill and manage to land it.
February 18, 2013 1:46 a.m.
AEtherize would be solid. Better that devastation tide imo. This is pretty cool, I like it +1 I also have a Goblins deck for competitive standard and haven't seen any problems yet, although there are alot of cards that could prolly stop it but no one really plays it. Good Flavor. I say aetherize because you are gonna hit hard as hell once you get 5 dudes out. Its perfect against other aggro. I might also suggest thundermaw. I mean, he's nasty. Dragons usually eat goblins but they can be nice too. Cheers
February 18, 2013 2:05 a.m.
...oh, you left your runechanters pike on the ground _~ if you get a krenko out at outs good time, I also suggest spell rupture. Welcome.back mana leak for 1 mana. Much better than essence for surr
February 18, 2013 2:09 a.m.
thanks bud! i havent really looked at this deck wih gatecrash. Im looking forward to dragons maze tho. I feel like goblins will do well then.
February 18, 2013 12:57 p.m.
I love that you use reverberate. I'm sure against sphinx's rev that's nasty. I'm thinking about using it too, even though I already use rev. Haha
February 18, 2013 9:59 p.m.
haha this deck hasnt seen a whole lot of play. I built it, played it one fnm and got steamrolled. haha i usually stick to just drafting. but yeah reverberate is a solid card. offensive and defensive
February 19, 2013 12:47 a.m.
Have u seen my goblins list? With the use of blood artist, all them 1/1s become 2/2s essentially. Gaining you life in the process. Its really dirty. What kind of decks are in your "meta" I hate that word. Lol
February 19, 2013 1:31 a.m.
yeah yours is sick. My meta is pretty standard. alot of the deck lists recreated from pro tour gatecrash. I wanna build r/w/b Burn at the Stake the ali antrazi deck teched. its freaking sick
February 19, 2013 2:10 a.m.
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During the West Virginia Board of Education's monthly meeting June 11, two West Virginia schools were recognized for being named U.S. Green Ribbon Schools.
Cameron Middle-High School in Marshall County and Eastwood Elementary School in Monongalia County were among 48 schools and 9 districts across the nation to receive the national award that is part of a larger U.S. Department of Education effort to "improve student engagement, academic achievement, graduation rates, and work force preparedness, as well as a government-wide aim to increase energy independence and economic security," according to a news release. Schools must first obtain West Virginia Sustainable Schools (WVSS) status prior to becoming a USGRS.
Cameron Middle-High School is the fourth school from Marshall County to apply for the WVSS, and the third to be recognized as a USGRS Awardee. It is a rural school with grades seven through 12 and located within the 312-square mile Marshall County School District. Currently, Cameron implements several sustainable programs.
Eastwood Elementary School is Monongalia County Schools' first LEED certification candidate with a mission of "Growing Healthy Kids in a Healthy World" through a focus on curriculum, health and wellness; the arts; world languages; and community connections. Staff, students and families use the school as an instructional tool to learn about their effect on the community and the broader world. In addition, Eastwood uses about 25 percent less energy than a conventional school of the same size and uses over 31 percent less water than a traditional elementary school.
"West Virginia schools are working hard to support healthy school environments and accelerate learning," said Gayle Manchin, president of the WVBE. "Cameron Middle-High and Eastwood Elementary schools deserve this recognition for their innovative approach to integrating sustainability practices within the life of the school."
Both the federal and state sustainable school programs recognize schools that demonstrate sustainable practices in their facilities. They also have worked to integrate those practices into the curriculum. All schools must meet standards in three criteria: environmental and sustainability education; healthy school environments; and environmental impact and energy efficiency of facilities. Educational efforts should incorporate science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), civic skills and green career pathways.
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When Earth Day was first conceived by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970, the purpose was to draw more attention to the important environmental issues of the time. Nelson felt that the media and public were not paying enough attention to environmental protection, so he conceived a day where the sole focus would be on the Earth and other green issues.

These days, conservation, protecting our environment, and sustainability are still front-and-center issues for many. While your preschooler can't possibly understand the political wrangling and concerns that exist today, they can get involved in more simple ways.

When explaining Earth Day to a young preschooler, your best bet is to keep it simple. Talk about easy, long-term ways your family can take care of the earth as a way to celebrate, and maybe even do something special on that day like taking part of a community clean up. If you set good habits now, your preschooler is much more likely to carry them with him or her later on in life. So things such as not littering, recycling, and participating in community cleanups will become his or her norm, rather than something they never or occasionally do.

This free coloring page from educational website ABCmouse.com is simple but packs a powerful message. Ask your preschooler to color it and then hang it in your house -- showing your preschooler that you are proud of his work, but to also remind him of how important loving the earth is.

Right click to enlarge this printable Earth Day coloring page from ABCmouse.com.

Coloring page courtesy of Age of Learning, Inc. and ABCmouse.com.

Looking for ideas for Earth Day with your preschooler? The best way to celebrate our Earth is to get outside and play (as well as implementing some long- and short-term habits into your daily life), but if you find yourself inside, this printable Earth Day poetry page from educational website ABCmouse.com will get your child thinking -- not only about Earth Day and the world around them, but about words and how they can be used. Reading and writing poetry with your little one can be a lot of fun, and this activity, which asks kids to draw a picture to go with the poem, will stimulate their creative juices.

Once you have finished explaining Earth Day to your preschooler and have completed the two sheets, talk to your preschooler about what he or she thinks they can do to help the Earth. Then put words into action and do it. If your little one is uncertain, try some of these earth-friendly activities that you can do as a family -- some are more long-term, while others you can do once a month, quarter, or year -- whatever best fits your schedule:

Do a beach, park, or playground clean up. It can be just your family, or a group of families working together. Some communities hold yearly, twice-yearly, or quarterly clean up days, but certainly you can do your own as well.

Recycle. When you are putting something into the recycling can or bins, draw your preschooler's attention to it. Preschoolers can also help bring the bins to the curb on pickup days.

 Plant a garden -- one of the most earth-friendly activities there is!

Start a compost pile. You'll be amazed at how much household waste you cut down on. Your preschooler can be in charge of bringing the scraps to the pile.

Make a craft out of recycled materials.

Right Click to enlarge this printable Earth Day poetry activity page from ABCmouse.com.

Activity page courtesy of Age of Learning, Inc.