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Handwriting Curriculum Advice
I have two sons, 5(k) and 7(2nd), that have horrific handwriting. My 2nd grader was in public school up until this year and I feel like I am undoing a lot of negative techniques. My 5 year old is starting fresh, but not picking up on just copying the letters. What programs have worked for y'all? I have mainly been looking at Handwriting Without Tears and A Reason for Handwriting, but I cannot make up my mind. Any advice?
I looked at HWOT and I wasn't impressed. I haven't heard of a A Reason for Handwritting. We are currently using ABeka. My girls are writting cursive and doing well (K and 1st). I know it is difficult to find a program that will work.
Good luck!!
Well, as I don't use any bought curriculums I am not a help to you there, but, I think I can give you some advice for this anyways. What I have done to improve my kids' handwriting is, I had them learn cursive handwriting. They still wrote in print but they had to know cursive handwriting and be proficient in it as well. Well, that seemed to help them in their printing abilities way more than I expected. Maybe, you could try this before you buy something. Just a thought. :)
We are currently using Horizons, but there just isn't enough extra practice on the letters. I am at a loss right now.
Honestly, my handwriting is not the best so I'm scared that I would hurt them instead of helping them! Did you use print-outs or did you use blank paper?
Drawing, tracing & using scissors will help because it is all about the motor skills. Here are some links that might be helpful to you
well what worked for me was learning itlalic handwriting for the kids,
my son won best handwriting prize and the girls had nice handwriting
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I saw that one yesterday on the Sonlight website. I like that it has the three lines instead of two. I'm worried that the two-line approach might get confusing for my sons since all of their other workbooks have three. I'll have to look further into that curriculum.
I LOVE A Reason for Handwriting and can't stand HWOT. The school distrtict here uses HWOT. It has sooooo many components and it seems to overcomplicate the whole process trremendously. My DS suffered with it for years and now that he writes the way he wants to, he has beautiful handwriting. I've been using A Reason fro Handwriting with my 4 1/2 y/o DD and she is loving it! Short, sweet, to the point, and developmentally appropriate sequencing. We've like it so much that I'm now considering A Reason for Spelling and A Reason for Reading as she gets a bit older.
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I saw that one yesterday on the Sonlight website. I like that it has the three lines instead of two. I'm worried that the two-line approach might get confusing for my sons since all of their other workbooks have three. I'll have to look further into that curriculum.
The two lines really bothered my middle boy this year. He really needed that third line to help with letter sizing.
My oldest used to have very nice handwriting but it's slowly getting worse. She tries to write fast to get done and ends up having to rewrite everything. I always have to remind her to write slow and take her time or she'll have to redo everything. I'm not sure if I should get some kind of program to help both my girls. I'll have to look into the links on here.


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Last season, Danario Alexander had 38% of Missouri's receptions, 44% of its yards and caught half of its 26 touchdown passes. Throughout the spring and fall, the Tigers talked of having a more diverse passing attack, of replacing Alexander not with a single player, but by committee.
Through four games, that has been true...sort of. No individual has caught more than a third of the passes or has more than 35.5% of the total yardage. But only two Tigers have been primary targets for Blaine Gabbert. Wide receiver T.J. Moe and tight end Michael Egnew have caught 70 of the team's 111 completions and have accounted for 62.3% of the team's receiving yardage.
"Guys kind of earn the position in practice to throw the ball to them more. So we kind of put it on our players to compete to get it more," Gary Pinkel said. "We also have always leaned on a couple players more so than others, I think, if you look historically."
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Obviously, someone is going to have to lead the team in receptions. But never since going to the spread offense have the Tigers' top two receivers been so far and away more productive than the rest in the non-conference season. In 2009, Alexander and Jared Perry caught 53.2% of the completed passes for 75.5% of the yards over the first four games. In no season with Chase Daniel at quarterback did the Tigers have two players account for as much as half of the receptions or yardage in the non-conference portion of the schedule.
Moe leads the country in receptions per game with 9.25. Egnew is fifth (and first among tight ends) with 8.25. On the surface, those numbers are great, but the major question is, does the lack of distribution pose a problem for the Tiger offense? Not for at least one person.
"It's not an issue for me," Moe said with a smile.
In all seriousness, though, the issue is not who is catching the passes as long as someone is catching them.
"As long as we're getting completions, then we're doing well I think," Moe said. "If we're getting open, the guys in the slots a lot of times are the first reads. It's not Blaine's job to go past the first read if we're open. We have some plays in for some of the other guys and that will develop a little more as the season goes on, but right now, we're just going to keep trying to catch the football."
The other receivers agree.
"If we're winning and it's working, it's good," junior Jerrell Jackson said. "It's really the plays that's called and those plays are working. So we're going to keep going at 'em."
As much as Moe and Egnew's play, it has perhaps been Jackson's health that has caused the passing game to be so reliant on just two players. In 2009, Jackson was Missouri's third-leading target with 37 catches for 458 yards. Many of those numbers were piled up after Perry suffered a season-ending knee injury against Kansas State. While Jackson was expected to be Blaine Gabbert's go-to receiver this season, a broken wrist forced him to play the first three games at less than full strength while wearing a cast. He sat out the Miami of Ohio game with a thigh bruise. He is the third-leading receiver so far with 11 catches for 140 yards and a touchdown.
"He's been limited obviously. When you have a cast on your hand and you're a receiver, it's not going to be the most ideal situation," receivers coach Andy Hill said. "But I think he's done a nice job battling through that and I think if we keep moving him around a little bit, he'll get more and more as we go on."
"I probably could have did a lot better and coach probably would have threw the ball (to me) a lot more, but they knew I had the cast on so they held it back a little bit," Jackson said. "Now that I'm getting back healthy, I think it will be getting thrown around a lot because they know that us three and Wes Kemp are all possible to make good plays for them."
Kemp has caught just nine passes for 104 yards in the first four games. But three of those grabs-for 43 yards and his only touchdown so far-came in the Tigers' last game against the Redhawks.
"Big catch last week, couple good catches, did well, big touchdown catch. Hopefully he'll do more," Pinkel said. "I thought we got him really involved our last game and he's doing very, very well in practice, got a great attitude. He's a good leader, great kid and I think he'll do a lot of good things."
In each of the last four seasons, Missouri has had at least five players catch 20 passes or more. The distribution was never greater than the 12-win 2007 season when a half-dozen Tigers had at least 37 receptions. It would be surprising to see the distribution carry that far, but Missouri would like to spread the ball out a little bit more in the coming weeks.
"I think as long as it works, I think that's okay," Pinkel said of the current disparity. "I think when you can diversify a little bit, you can throw it around to different people, I think overall it helps you. I don't really see that to be a problem, I'd just like to incorporate some of our athletes if we can."
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I have the parfum from the late 90s and it is totally gorgeous. Reading threads it seems the edt when moved to the big Exclusives seemed to lose something.
Just wondered whether "vintage from the 90s" is vintage enough for a perfume that's been around this long... all I know is that the "vintage" is said to be better than what you can get now.
I have the parfum from the late 90s and it is totally gorgeous. Reading threads it seems the edt when moved to the big Exclusives seemed to lose something.
I would try to get the parfum. I have some from two years ago that is quite good.
^ (in lieu of Kumquat): Yes, BdI is available in 15ml extrait.
I have a feeling though it may not be available in the US from Chanel. But someone may be able to correct me.
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The Ernst Beaux classics which are now part of Les Exclusifs are available as extrait: Bois des Îles, Cuir de Russie, Gardénia, No 22. They are currently only available in 15 ml bottles which retail for around 150 euros.
If you're lucky you may still find vintages in Chanel boutiques or resellers; I happened to find a 28 ml bottle of BdÎ at Chanel in Berlin last spring (their last one!).
I got my extrait from Bergdorf Goodman's in NYC. It's stunning!
"You smell like sunshine and happiness."
BTW, it turns out it's not such a good idea to order from Chanel directly. They will gouge you on shipping & usually tack on NYC sales tax, too!
i have the vintage edc and edt as well as the new exclusif version for BdI. Others might disagree... but i actually like the exclusif version the best. The vintage ones smell a bit too powdery / sweet to my liking. On the SA at Saks 5th Av - yes, i agree they are great. I live in Singapore and went to the store in NY in 2007. they were helpful without acting pushy. most SA in singapore will typically walk up to u and ask unsimilingly "may i help u"; not so much that they really want to help (mostly untrained in perfumery), but to pressure u to buy something and deter u from testing on your own. sigh..


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Coronation Street's Michelle Keegan has revealed her shock at being sent explicit pictures over Twitter.
Keegan told the Daily Star, "I do get sent some weird pictures on Twitter. I've been sent the odd picture of men's private parts.
"I've had a few that I've opened and they really did shock me, but I just shut them down and block them.
"I can't explain the mentality behind men feeling the need to do that, I really can't. But I guess I'm not a man so I'll never understand it myself."
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Newcastle are among the clubs showing an interest in Benfica defender Victor Lindelof, who could be on the move this summer.
Newcastle's defensive record has been appalling this season, with only rock bottom Aston Villa conceding more this season, and it is an area that will need improvement over the summer.
Much will depend on what league the Magpies find themselves in next season, but reports in the Portuguese press claim that Newcastle scouts have been checking out Lindelof with a view to making a swoop.
The 21-year-old Swedish international has impressed since breaking into the Benfica side in the second half of the season and host of top clubs including Paris Saint-Germain and AS Roma are also said to be keen.
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Hello Kathi, Loren here. From the sound of things I think we are on different families.There were a few families by that name in Fayette Co.My research is for the family of Adam, born 1775 he had a son Emanuel born 1806 burial Walnut Creek Quaker Cem. Martinsburg, Fayette Co. Ohio with a son Solomon Ezekial born 1847 with a son Charles Edward Easter born 1874 with a daughter Addie Isabell Easter Johnson born 1903 who was my mother and I was born in 1937.The other side of my family goes back to the Mayflower.
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by Susan J. Aluise | April 11, 2013 1:50 pm
Shares of Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB[1]) are still climbing in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) late-March approval of its promising oral multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera.
In fact, the stock has gained 15% in the last month and 4% in the last week.
But while the stock has had a great run so far — and has strong legs for the drug development marathon — will it keep up? Let's break down the bullish and bearish arguments.
The Approval: Biogen scored a big win with the Tecfidera approval on March 26, which classified the drug as first-line treatment for the disease, meaning it can be used for newly diagnosed patients.
Tecfidera is different than most MS treatments in that it activates Nrf2[2] — a powerful protein that basically sleeps inside every cell in the human body. When awakened (or activated), Nrf2 bonds to the DNA within a target cell and jump-starts the body's own defenses against inflammation by helping shut down unstable chains of cell-damaging free radicals. Research suggests that Tecfidera also can boost the central nervous system's ability to reduce other processes associated with MS.
The drug, which costs nearly $55,000 a year per patient, could net Biogen more than $3 billion in annual sales. The EU is also expected to hand down a decision on the drug in Q2.
Other Drugs: Biogen also boasts a deep portfolio of multiple sclerosis drugs; its three injectibles (Avonex, Tysabri and Rituxan) already account for the lion's share of the company's $5 billion in annual sales. Last week, BIIB announced positive phase 2 clinical trial results for its developmental MS drug daclizumab, noting that it significantly reduced brain lesions[3] in patients with the relapsing-remitting form of the disease. In addition to its MS drugs, BIIB has a promising hemophilia A treatment in its drug pipeline.
Good Ratings: Overall, analysts have a "Buy" rating on the stock. RBC Capital on Tuesday maintained an "Outperform" rating on Biogen and raised its price target[4] from $180 to $215. JMP Securities initiated coverage of the stock[5] on March 28 at "Market Outperform" with a price target of $203.
Competition: Biogen is not the only company focused on MS treatments … and the competition is certain to heat up. San Francisco-based Receptos, which filed for an $86.3 million IPO[6] last week, is in Phase 2 trials with a promising oral drug; top line results in the trial are expected in mid-2014. And while drug pipelines are no sure bet, Receptos is being bankrolled[7] by a couple of Big Pharma's biggest guns: Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY[8]) and Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ[9]) Ortho McNeil Janssen unit.
Plus, the market already includes other pill-based MS treatments: Novartis' (NYSE:NVS[10]) Gilenya as well as Aubagio from Sanofi's (NYSE:SNY[11]) Genzyme unit.
Valuation: At around $200, BIIB has gained 60% in the past year and set another 52-week high. Thus, it has a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a forward P/E of 21, both indicating that it's overvalued. That P/E is higher than biopharma peers Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG[12]) and Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD[13]) which hover around 18. Plus, Novartis and Sanofi trade at the far lower multiples of 13 and 8 respectively.
Bearish Options: Options traders appear to be betting against the stock in the short run, according to a report from Schaffer's Investment Research[14] on Monday. There are nearly twice as many puts than calls on options set to expire in the next three months.
With both sides laid out, the only question that remains is that of the verdict. All in all, there's a lot to like about Biogen. It has a powerful MS franchise, a promising new candidate for the hemophilia A treatment market and the Nrf2 element of Tecfidera potentially has broader applications for other tough-to-treat conditions that ravage the central nervous system.
Such strengths definitely outweigh competition and other bearish factors. In the end, Biogen still looks attractive despite the run-up … but investors shouldn't expect too much in the short-term.
As of this writing, Susan J. Aluise did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lawson Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAWS) ("Lawson" or the "Company"), a distributor of products and services to the MRO marketplace, today announced that Michael DeCata, President and CEO, and Ronald Knutson, Executive Vice President and CFO, will be presenting at the 2014 KeyBanc Industrial, Automotive & Transportation Conference, which will take place May 27th to May 29th at the InterContinental in Boston, Massachusetts. Management's presentation will take place on Wednesday, May 28th at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. In addition to presenting the Company story, management will be available for one-on-one meetings.
About Lawson Products, Inc.
Founded in 1952, Lawson Products (NASDAQ: LAWS) is an industrial distributor of approximately 300,000 maintenance and repair products. Lawson Products serves the industrial, commercial, institutional and government maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) market. The Company ships products to customers in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean from five strategically located distribution centers in North America. Under its Kent Automotive brand, the Company supplies products to collision and mechanical repair shops as well as automotive OEMs. For additional information, please visit www.lawsonproducts.com.


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Two autograph signing sessions have been planned with the stars of the 'Longmire' TV show who are in Buffalo for the weekend's Longmire Days celebration. They'll be held both this morning and Saturday morning, from 9-noon. Today's will be in the former Clear Creek Elementary School. Saturday's session will be held in downtown Buffalo, in Crazy Woman Square.
The stars scheduled to be there are Robert Taylor, who plays Sheriff Walt Longmire, the sheriff's daughter Cady, aka Cassidy Freeman, Louanne Stephens, who is dispatcher Ruby on the show, and deputies Vic and The Ferg, otherwise known as Katee Sackhoff and Adam Bartley. Lou Diamond Phillips, who plays the sheriff's friend Henry Standing Bear couldn't make it, nor could Bailey Chase, who portrays Deputy Connolly.
'The Ferg' got a jump on the others, Tuesday night, coming in to the area early to be at the book signing in Sheridan for author Craig Johnson of Ucross who's Longmire books are what the A&E show is based. In an interview prior to the author's talk, The Ferg said he was looking forward to his Longmire Days weekend.
In addition to being an actor, he's also a musician and stand-up comic. Last year, during Longmire Days, he performed his comedy routine at the historic Occidental Hotel in Buffalo. This year, he's bringing in his band, to present an evening of jazz standards Sunday night, from 6-8, as the finale of the celebration.
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Strong Employment Bodes Well for 2011 Car SalesBy Lacey Plache May 9, 2011
For the third month in a row, labor market recovery has demonstrated growing strength, with 244,000 non-farm jobs added to the economy in April. This stronger than expected job growth in April indicates strength in the economy itself and is further supported by upward revisions to February and March payroll employment numbers of 235,000 and 221,000, respectively. The result is particularly encouraging as it occurred in spite of growing economic uncertainty from multiple sources.
Inflation threats from rapidly rising oil and commodity prices, Japanese earthquake and ensuing parts shortages in multiple industries, and a weakened dollar all have contributed to a more challenging environment for economic growth. While it would not be surprising for companies to limit expansion in the face of such uncertainty, any factor that exercises a drag on the economic recovery potentially threatens the auto sales recovery as well. Given the headwinds that auto sales currently face regarding constrained supply and its accompanying upward effects on prices, it is essential that the key drivers of demand remain strong to support sales momentum seen in the year to date.
Employment is important for auto sales since it directly impacts consumer ability to pay for auto purchases, which in turn drives demand. During the recent Great Recession, monthly auto sales declined 41 percent based on a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR). At the same time, the economy lost more than 7 million jobs between December 2007 when the recession began and June 2009 when it officially ended. Net job loss continued during the rest of 2009 with nearly 1.5 million additional jobs lost. Combined with population growth during the recession and the recovery to date, the economy is lacking over 10 million jobs in comparison to pre-recession levels. A healthy recovery should add at least 250,000 jobs per month. Even at this rate, which despite recent increases has yet to be reached and maintained during the current recovery, we are still over three years away from regaining these lost jobs.
Of course, every journey must start somewhere, and the recent employment results are encouraging indeed. In the private sector, U.S. employers added 268,000 jobs in April. Jobs were added in both the goods-producing and service-providing sectors, which account for 16 percent and 84 percent of private jobs in the economy, respectively. The additions to each sector were consistent with that sectors share of private jobs. Key goods-producing sectors contributing to job growth were manufacturing (adding 29,000 jobs) and mining (adding 11,000 jobs). Even the construction sector added 5,000 jobs. On the service-providing side, the retail sector had a sizable increase of 57,000 jobs. Despite the Easter season, these additions do not appear to be the result of seasonal hiring. In contrast to the private sector, the government shed 24,000 jobs in April, continuing a six-month trend. Such losses are to be expected as government stimulus winds down, and, in fact, are a positive sign that the economy is gaining strength on its own.
In contrast to positive job growth, the unemployment rate increased from 8.8 percent in March to 9 percent in April. This rate is from the Household Survey whereas the payroll employment data is from the Establishment Survey, generally considered to be the more reliable of the two sources. Even so, the increase in the unemployment rate serves as a reminder that we are still in the relatively early stages of a healthy recovery. Sluggish wage growth serves as a similar reminder. Average hourly earnings grew just 0.1 percent in April, failing to meet expectations of 0.2 percent growth. Such a result is not surprising, however. There will be little upward pressure on wages until the excess supply in the labor market decreases, i.e., until more jobs are added to the economy and the ranks of the unemployed thin.
Persistent unemployment during the recovery has been often cited as a key obstacle to auto recovery, and, certainly, improvements in the labor market can only have positive effects on auto sales. However, despite its importance, employment recovery has not been the only factor contributing to auto sales growth as of late. Notably, the recent momentum displayed by auto sales began before net job addition accelerated. Auto sales stagnated in the mid-11 million SAAR range for much of 2010 before topping 12 million SAAR in October 2010. Since that point, auto sales have continued to show strength, and SAAR was above 13 million during each of the past three months. At the same time, however, the unemployment rate did not show substantial improvement until December 2010, and even then, was driven by people leaving the labor market in discouragement rather than by actual employment growth. Furthermore, payroll employment growth, as reflected by job creation, did not show sizable gains until February 2011.
These patterns suggest that a factor other than employment improvement triggered the recent momentum in auto sales. One likely contributor is consumer confidence, which has shown an upward trend since September 2010. While it is doubtful that improving employment conditions were a key underlying cause of growing confidence in this case, the U.S. stock markets bull run in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose from around 10,000 at the end of August 2010 to a recent high of over 12,800 unquestionably buoyed consumer spirits, and accordingly, their motivation to purchase durable goods, such as autos. In addition, confidence has grown as the recovery has progressed, and especially after the avoidance of a double dip last summer. Increased consumer confidence would have triggered the release of pent-up demand for autos, in particular from consumers who were delaying auto purchases due to generally weak economic conditions, rather than due to personal constraints from a weakened employment situation or decreased access to credit.
Pent-up demand is far from spent. During 2008-2010, auto sales fell far short of the 16+ million level seen during much of the 2000s, with a resulting 13 million or so units potentially not purchased. Even assuming that some of those lost sales were diverted to used cars and that some have been eliminated as households scale back on the number of vehicles owned, there are still potentially millions of units of pent-up demand to be released. The recovery has reached a level that many economists believe is sustainable. If this conclusion proves correct, then improvements in consumer confidence should also be sustainable, thereby supporting a further release of pent-up demand and bolstering auto sales.
These factors reduce the need for improving employment conditions as a driver of the auto sales recovery in 2011. However, as underscored by this months employment report, an employment recovery appears to be underway, driven by underlying strength in the economy. In addition, the recent decline in oil prices eases one key headwind constraining employment growth. Continued growth in employment should add force to the auto sales recovery, further motivating auto sales and, in particular, providing demand strength in the face of rising auto prices. The main risk is that auto demand will prove too strong in the face of constrained supply and drive auto prices higher still, thereby dampening demand once more. The interplay of these forces will be key determinants of auto sales in the months to come.


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SUNRISE, Fla. -- As the swank Maple Leafs charter was soaring through the night sky in the wee hours yesterday, thousands of feet above the murky waters of Lake Okeechobee, Curtis Joseph was munching on some mouth-watering delicacies when he was overcome by a revelation.
I don't want to retire, Joseph thought to himself. Not now. Not yet.
Joseph had just backstopped the Leafs to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, a game in which he had allowed just one goal on six shootout attempts by the Lightning. Now, as the Leafs were winging their way across the Sunshine State for a date with the Florida Panthers tonight, the veteran goalie realized he was not ready to pack his pads away for good.
"I'm having too much fun," Joseph said yesterday after the Leafs had completed practice at the BankAtlantic Center yesterday. "I mean, we had P.F. Chang's on the plane. Eating lettuce wraps on a private plan. Nice."
He has a point. Who in their right mind would want to give all that up? Truth be told, any retirement plans Joseph harboured at the start of the season started to erode a number of weeks ago.
"No question, I still want to play," Joseph said.
"It's easier to retire when you don't feel good. That was the case earlier in the season. But I'm having fun now. I'm really enjoying the game."
Let's be realistic here for a moment. Joseph turns 42 next month. He no longer is the dominating goaltender that he was earlier in his career, as evidenced by his 3.47 goals-against average and .867 save percentage. Early in the season he admittedly was awful, resembling a guy with eroded skills who couldn't stop a beach ball.
Not very convincing selling points, are they?
"I'm good for salary cap purposes," countered Joseph, who is paid $700,000 US this season.
Chuckling, he added: "I know Donny won't like to hear that, but ..."
Joseph was referring to Don Meehan, his long-time friend and agent.
The Leafs appear to be leaning in a different direction in terms of a backup for Vesa Toskala in 2009-10. Whether any of the other 29 teams would take a chance on him remains to be seen, although it likely is a long shot at best.
"He can still be a backup somewhere," Leafs coach Ron Wilson said. "He was not what we expected but he's been good the past three or four games."
According to Joseph, there is a legitimate reason for his slow start in this, his second stint in a Toronto uniform.
Joseph admits pressing family issues made it difficult for him to concentrate early in the season. But he has managed to overcome his domestic matters and is excited about hockey again.
"There is no doubt I was scatterbrained at the time," he admitted. "Any time your family is involved, it is hard to keep your concentration. When you are not yourself, you are not yourself. Anyone that has been through it will tell you the same thing.
"When you have the mindset that this will be your last season, you don't play with a lot of confidence. That's what it was like for me coming out of training camp. No matter if you are a (hot-shot) rookie or a 15-year veteran, you are not going to succeed if you don't have confidence.
"Now I have it again. And I'm enjoying myself again. It's great."
Wilson said he would like to play Joseph once per week for the remainder of the season, which has less than a month remaining.
And who knows? Chances are, despite his desire to stick around, that a lack of interest from around the league means these could very well be the final days of his illustrious NHL career.
Joseph knows that. At the same time, he is a fighter.
If he has to do a second stint at the Spengler Cup in Switzerland next winter in order to show the hockey world he can still play, so be it.
In the end, Curtis Joseph won't give up, no matter how many throughout the league might want to give up on him.


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There are weddings where the father of the bride and the father of the groom don't want to talk to each other anyway, but in this case a federal judge is ordering one Chicagoan to stay away from his little girl's future father-in-law when she walks down the aisle in August.
Casey Szaflarski stands accused of running a video gambling business linked to the Chicago Outfit, and his daughter is marrying the son of Frank "Toots" Caruso, a reputed leader of the mob's 26th Street crew. The groom is Frank Caruso Jr., who was convicted in the 1997 racially motivated beating of Lenard Clark, and the couple will exchange vows Aug. 21 at the Palmer House.


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Two men, aged 29 and 24, and a 23-year-old woman have been charged with assault, hijacking and drugs offences.
The charges relate to an incident in the Fountain Hill area of the Waterside in the early hours of yesterday morning.
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Some of the most common emails I receive are from the loved ones of those who have bipolar disorder. These emails are written by husbands and wives, lovers and friends, parents and children who all just want to help and to be there for the person they love ... but they don't know how.

If you want to help your loved one with bipolar disorder but just don't know how, I highly recommend When Someone You Love Is Bipolar: Help and Support for You and Your Partner by Dr. Cynthia G. Last.

Psychologist Who Has Bipolar Wrote Book

Dr. Last is a practicing psychologist who has bipolar II herself. Her book is packed full of tools for loved ones of those who have bipolar disorder, including symptom checklists, trigger checklists and behavior contracts. The foreword of the book is written by her husband, and I found it touching to read the compromises he's made to help their marriage, plus how they've tackled this together.

The book is well organized and easy to read, and its format makes it an excellent quick reference guide as you move from the initial diagnosis through the various obstacles and questions that arise as you and your family work to achieve stability and gain a better understanding of bipolar disorder. It also includes first-person experiences and dialogue that many people in a similar situation may find familiar.

There are worksheets for learning your loved one's early warning signs, and there are worksheets for you to evaluate your own needs and your available support. The book also includes a list of triggers common for those with bipolar disorder.

When Someone You Love Is Bipolar: Possible Disadvantages

Sometimes the book does gloss over certain topics — I found myself wishing it included more in some areas. However, that's a relatively minor complaint, as overall I found the book to be an excellent resource.

Finally, I need to stress that your loved one really needs to be open and willing to participate in the exercises outlined in When Someone You Love Is Bipolar for those exercises to be useful and effective. This isn't something you can force — if the person who actually has bipolar isn't a willing partner and participant, then you won't get as much out of the book as is possible with someone who is willing to do the work needed.

But overall, I liked the book quite a lot. It includes strategies for dealing with both the ups and the downs of the condition, plus tips on how to help your partner stay well, stick with a medication regimen and prevent mood episodes.

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Last, Cynthia. When Someone You Love Is Bipolar: Help and Support for You and Your Partner. The Guilford Press, April 2009 (first edition).


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USB flash drive/ DVD drive problem
Hello guys
I recently ran into a very weird windows 7 bit problem after installing it on my desktop. I cannot copy large files/ holders into usb flash drive or write large files to cd/ dvd. The copying/ moving process would stay on for about 5-10 seconds then freezes then I get an error message. That is:
H: refers to a location that is unavailable. it could be on a hard drive on this computer...
I have all the latest drivers.
And windows/ nero 9 can't use my dvd drive to burn files.
Some info about my system: AMD X4 630 CPU. MSI KA780G (AMD 780G chipset) mobo. I have 2 sata hdds, non raid mode. The DVD drive is IDE. 4gb ram ddr2 ram. windows 7 64 bit.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks
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XP, Vista, W7 64bit Home Premium
You could go to your driver page on the MSI site - there is a Ati system driver that might help - have a look as there is others also that might need updating -
MSI Global ? Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Mainboard, Graphics and more
You might have a look at this fix - I don t think its for your board, but Im unsure - post back, as this would be helpful to know.
You encounter problems when you move data over USB from a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has an NVIDIA USB EHCI chipset and at least 4GB of RAM
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thanks for the help, it's a really close to what my problem is. after i installed it i thought i was fine, but nope
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by Brad Moon | March 8, 2012 2:53 pm
This whole e-book thing isn't going quite the way that consumers were expecting when they started buying into the technology. E-readers were supposed to help readers save money on book purchases, and the savings would more than offset the investment in hardware.
Then publishers went on the offensive against Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN[1]) and other e-book retailers, and pretty soon the $9.99 Kindle new release became much harder to find. Today, e-books don't represent the savings they once did, and in many cases it's cheaper to buy an old-school paper copy of a new release than it is to buy the digital version. For example, at the time of writing, Amazon sells Stephen King's bestseller "11/22/63" in hardcover for $17.49, with the Kindle e-book version going for $26.91. Still, consumers shrugged and ate up e-readers, to the point that ownership of the devices among U.S. adults grew from 10% in November 2011 to nearly 20% in January 2012.
The fact that consumers are paying more for e-books is a factor in U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) warnings this week that the agency plans to sue Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[2]) and five publishers for collusion on e-book pricing, based on allegations that they acted together to raise prices industry-wide, charges that European regulators have also been investigating. In addition to Apple, the defendants in the DOJ suit are expected to include CBS's Simon & Schuster (NYSE:CBS[3]), Hachette Book Group, Pearson (NYSE:PSO[4]), Macmillan, and News Corp's HarperCollins (NASDAQ:NWS[5])
If e-book prices are no longer a carrot, a good chunk of the e-reader growth can likely be attributed to dropping hardware prices. Amazon's cheapest Kindle in 2007 retailed for $399, while the latest Kindle can be had for $79 — if you're willing to put up with advertising desktops.
Another growth factor has been libraries. The ability to borrow an e-book from a library has proved extremely popular. The borrowed e-book can be loaded from home, the copy is pristine and there's no need to return it since it simply deletes itself after the borrowing period is up. Little wonder that libraries were seeing the popularity of their e-book collections take off, with some locations reporting a 400% increase in e-book checkouts last year.
The popularity of borrowing e-books didn't go unnoticed by publishers, however. Determined to prevent their industry being gutted by the transition to digital (as they feel the music industry was), publishers haven't just hiked the prices of e-books for customers, they've been taking measures to curb library adoption of e-books as well.
TechCrunch reports that Random House has revised its pricing policy for libraries, raising the price for e-book titles by as much as 300%. Library journal The Digital Shift pointed to the example of a Random House e-book being offered to libraries for $40 being raised to $120. The library is able to buy the print version of that same book for $20. Even some children's titles — which often cost $10 or under in print — are going for as much as $85 as e-books for libraries.
This isn't the first case of a publisher lashing out at libraries over e-books, either. Last year, HarperCollins set a limitation of 26 check-outs for its e-books, after which a library would be forced to buy a new copy. Other major publishers either refuse to sell some popular titles to libraries or don't allow them to lend out their e-books at all.
If libraries fall behind in offering e-book lending, though, it's unlikely to stop the transition to e-books. Manufacturers of e-readers like Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS[6]), Sony (NYSE:SNE[7]), and Amazon have more to fear from multipurpose tablets cannibalizing their dedicated e-reader sales. But an extended battle with libraries is liable to create a digital divide where people prefer to buy digital books but are forced to resort to paper and trudging to the library if they wish to borrow them.
With libraries representing a multibillion-dollar customer for book publishers, and studies showing that library lending boosts sales (rather than costing the publisher future sales), these restrictive e-book policies seem counterproductive.
No word on whether the DOJ investigation will extend beyond retail pricing to include library agreements, but expect the outcome to have a ripple effect either way. Until e-book pricing stabilizes at a reasonable level (at both the retail and library purchasing level), the losers seem likely to be consumers and the publishers themselves.
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When one door closes, another opens, so the old saying goes. In my case, the door that opened didn't just let in sunshine, but actually the world – more specifically World Care.
Early one Monday in February, I found it necessary to rearrange my schedule and absentmindedly turned on the television to hear a local newscaster announcing a benefit luncheon for Haitian relief that day at the University of Arizona. I decided to attend and it couldn't have been a more fortuitous decision.
There I met Oro Valley resident Lisa Hopper, 48, founder and president of World Care, a nonprofit I had heard of, but knew very little about. The proceeds from the luncheon were to be directed to World Care and Lisa was there to make a brief speech on the urgent need for Haitian relief efforts. I learned Lisa is no ordinary CEO, but a visionary whose organization offers help to those in need on a continuum from local to international. She said it all started with a recurring dream.
"I was working at George Washington University Hospital in D.C. running their radiology department," she said. "I kept having the same dream. I was in a warm, rural desert setting with a clipboard in my hand. Next to me was a plane with the words 'World Care' printed on it and there were boxes all around."
Changes started to take place in Lisa's life when GWU Hospital was being sold and she had to find a new job. She landed a position at University Medical Center in Tucson in August, l994. Her first baby step toward fulfilling that recurring dream was to collect unwanted school supplies in her garage after work and redistribute them to teachers for kids in need.
Today, World Care has a board of directors, staff, more than 600 volunteers and occupies the former Keen Elementary School, a 40,000-square-foot facility. World Care, which uses only 3 percent of funds received for administrative purposes, offers help starting here in Tucson, with supplies and dollars given to l70 local agencies. Programs such as Tools for Schools, the Computer Refurbishing program and Prison to Work Success program continue to make a difference in many lives. World Care help also has been given to victims of disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, the 9-11 attacks and wildfires in California.
International needs also are a priority with help going to more than 70 countries over the past 13 years. Most recently, World Care partnered with KOLD Channel l3 and Walgreen's to send over a million dollars in supplies and $100,000 in cash to Haiti to help victims of the January l2 earthquake.
Lisa and a few members of her team spent a week in Haiti in February to get a first-hand look at the devastation and relief efforts.
"I had traveled to Haiti in 2003," Lisa explained. "It was horrific then; now, it's almost indescribable. Take the three million people, place them in a small box with few resources and dirty water. Now shake the box up and that is Haiti today."
She said she witnessed thousands of crushed buildings, the smell of decaying bodies, people walking in a daze and children alone on the streets trying to find family.
"We had to make sure the supplies and dollars reached their destination, and most importantly the victims," Lisa said.
In addition to her World Care work, Lisa is finishing a book titled, "In the Wake of a Dream," to be published this month, which details the struggles and triumphs of creating a humanitarian organization with worldwide impact. She also teaches a class — The Spirit of Social Entrepreneurism — at the Honors College of the University of Arizona.
Even with such a tightly-packed schedule, Lisa finds time for a few hobbies.
"I love to paint, cook and play golf," she said.
Lisa Hopper is the embodiment of the spirit of one — one person with a vision of a better world who, with the help of others, turns it into reality.
World Care, which receives no government funding, can be reached at (520) 514-1588,
www.worldcare.org or PO Box 64001, Tucson, AZ 85728.
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The Budget has, in recent years, been more tears than laughter, more pain than gain. Yet the upturn in Britain's economic fortunes has put the Chancellor, whose '5 and 2' diet has had a dramatic effect on his waistline, in a buoyant mood. Osborne's wit – famously sharp in private – shone through in public this afternoon.
He began slowly, by teasing Ed Balls. He reminded the chamber of Labour's dire financial record, which elicited his first laugh: 'Or, as the Shadow Chancellor put it: "some mistakes were made".' Boom-tish.
The gag about the slow pace of construction at Ebbsfleet was a groaner ('more ebb than fleet'); but things looked up when the speech turned to King John and Magna Carta:
'A weak leader, who rose to the top after betraying his brother, compelled by gang of unruly barons to sign on the dotted line.'
Even the Labour frontbench were laughing openly at their leader's least favourite topic of conversation. Mr Miliband responded to the Budget but said little of note.
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Simon Halls resigned as co-CEO of Hollywood power agency PMK/HBH shortly after the news that the firm would be merging with fellow Hollywood heavyweight BNC.
Now, Halls is joining fellow former PMK/HBH vets Stephen Huvane, Robin Baum and Andy Gelb at newly formed Slate PR, The Wrap reports.
Halls brings clients Tom Ford, Jude Law, Ang Lee, USA Network, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.


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Country: USA
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- Role of multidecadal climate variability in a range extension of pinyon pineStephen T Gray
United States Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona 85745, USA
Ecology 87:1124-30. 2006..Vegetation forecast models must incorporate these temporal and geographic aspects of climate variability to accurately predict the effects of future climate change...
- The unusual nature of recent snowpack declines in the North American cordilleraGregory T Pederson
U S Geological Survey USGS, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, 2327 University Way, Suite 2, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA
Science 333:332-5. 2011..The increasing role of warming on large-scale snowpack variability and trends foreshadows fundamental impacts on streamflow and water supplies across the western United States...


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BP eyes new option for plugging well
BP Plc defended its embattled chief executive on Wednesday and denied he would soon leave as the company prepared to launch within days a new approach to ending the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
CEO Tony Hayward, criticized for a series of public relations gaffes and failed efforts to end the disaster, has the full support of the company's board and will remain in his job, a BP spokesman said. The spokesman dismissed a Times of London report that Hayward would step down within 10 weeks.
In response to the spill, big oil companies including Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell said they would spend $1 billion to develop a new spill containment system for the Gulf of Mexico.
It will aim for water depths up to 10,000 feet and have an initial capacity to contain 100,000 barrels (4.2 million gallons/15.9 million liters) of oil per day. The failed BP well is a mile below the ocean surface.
The environmental disaster caused by the April 20 oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana has devastated U.S. Gulf Coast tourism and fishing industries and dented President Barack Obama's approval ratings.
BP capped the blown-out well last week, choking off the flow of oil for the first time since the explosion. U.S. officials have given BP permission for more pressure tests on the capped well to be reassured of its integrity.
BP scientists are also preparing another option -- a "static kill" to help smother and plug the leak. That approach would involve pumping heavy drilling mud and possibly cement into the well, much like BP's failed "top kill" effort in May.
The top U.S. spill official, retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, said that if he approves the plan, BP could begin that "static kill" operation by this weekend -- if bad weather does not force a delay.
Photo shows the new containment capping stack in this image captured
from a BP live video feed from the Gulf of Mexico, July 20, 2010.
Credit: REUTERS/BP/Handout
Article continues: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65O5TA20100722


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" Brand: Infinite Reflections / Type: Air Fresheners / Category: Home Fragrance "
I recently attended what my friend described as a "candle party". I like to burn fragranced candles so decided to give it a go even though I was completely unfamiliar with the company selling the products - Party Lite.
~~Party Lite~~
You can only buy Party Lite products at parties - they run the same formula that Anne Summers and Tupperware have used for so long. I generally dislike these parties as I feel duty bound to buy something that is generally over-priced and unwanted purely because I am friends with the hostess but I felt pretty certain I would find something I fancied at a candle party.
Being something of a Party Lite virgin I was surprised at the level of knowledge my fellow party goers had of the company. The representative gave a lengthy spiel on the products on offer and I have to say there were some absolutely gorgeous candle holders and accessories on offer but some of the prices were, I felt, just too high to consider.
One of the products which caught my eye however was the Infinite Reflections Fragrance Warmer. As someone who had never had such a product before I decided to buy it, along with some Aroma Melts, which are Party Lite's version of Yankee Candle's famous wax tarts.
~~The Product~~
I decided to buy the Infinite Reflections Fragrance Warmer purely because I liked the look of it. When you originally take the product from the box you are met with two pieces of glass. The first piece is a rectangular block which is open on top and on two sides. On the base of this block is a holder for a tea light. The second piece of glass is a small glass bowl which sits on top of the glass block and is your burner.
You can burn scented oils in this as well as candle melts.
~~My Thoughts~~
I paid £24.50 for this burner, which I appreciate is quite expensive. What caught my eye was the design of the burner, with the glass "walls" of the burner designed in such a way to give the impression there are a limitless number of tea lights sitting on the bottom melting the wax in the bowl above. There is something I find incredibly relaxing about this image and my only caveat is it's probably best to position this so it's at eye level to really appreciate the illusion the holder provides - a mantelpiece being the ideal location for it.
I also think that perhaps it might work a little more efficiently at melting the wax or warming the oil in the bowl if the tealight were to be positioned a little higher up on the block as it can take a good 20 minutes or more to melt the wax in the dish and release the aroma.
The burner is very easy to maintain and clean - certainly I really like how the little bowl sits on top of the block and can just be lifted off to wash. The block does attract dust due to it being made of glass but a quick wipe down with a duster does the trick there. To remove the spent wax in the bowl I just place it in the freezer for about 20 minutes and then find the wax comes out easily and in one piece with the prod of a knife.
I have been rather pleased with this purchase as I find it a straightforward design which is easy to clean and yet looks sleek and unobtrusive when sitting on my sideboard. One of the reasons it's taken me so long to buy a burner is the fact I quite simply haven't come across a design I particularly liked so while this is expensive, I like it so for that reason alone I feel it's money well spent.
I wish I could be as positive about Party Lite's Aroma Melts, which I also purchased at the party, having found them to be a bit on the insipid side in comparison to Yankee Candle wax tarts. So many of the Party Lite aficionados at the party I attended were disparaging about Yankee products but I have to say thus far while I am no fan of their burners, their actual candle products have impressed me more.
So if you find yourself at a Party Lite event my advice to you would be to check out their range of burners and candle holders over the actual candle products themselves - and certainly if you are looking for a burner which has the added advantage of looking lovely and being a bit of a conversation piece, the Infinite Reflections Fragrance Warmer fits the bill.


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New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) It was Delhi's speed date with European literature as nine authors came together on Friday night to share their work and views with literary enthusiasts in the capital. The event, 'Long Night of Literatures' was organised by Goethe Institut and Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council. The event was held at Instituto Cervantes.
Conceptualised in 2010, it is the first time that 'Long Night of Literature' has introduced a novel format of 'literary speed dating' inviting authors other than from Germany and India.
"We thought of 'literary speed dating', but realised that for this unique format, we would need a higher number of authors. To ask other European countries whether they were interested in participating, seemed only natural. This is how it all fell into place. We are more than happy that the Indian audience cherished this new experience", said Ute Reimer-Bohner, Director Information and Library Services, South Asia, Goethe-Institut.
While German author Danko Rabrenovic read out from his latest book on negotiating the idea of home as a Serbian in Germany, Katarzyna Bonda, queen of crime fiction from Poland, read from her latest thriller on a female criminal profiler.
Indian author and journalist Raj Kamal Jha read a couple of paragraphs from the first chapter of his novel 'She Will Build Him a City'. Jha wrote his novel during his stay in Berlin. "I called the chapter 'Winter Afternoon' since I wrote it in the winter in Berlin. That was when my son saw snow for the first time, so I remember that," he said.
The other authors included Aisling Fahey (Britain), Josef Haslinger (Austria), Constantin Simon (France), Gabor Lanczkor (Hungary), Asha Miro (Spain) and Andrea Blanchetti (Switzerland).
The format encouraged the audience to listen to several authors through the course of the evening where each one addressed a group of 12-15 people for 20 minutes. This concept allowed the audience – comprising of students, academics, authors, translators and literature enthusiasts in general, a very close interaction with the authors.
"This year, the 'Long Night of Literatures' presented a glimpse into the diversity that European literature represents. The new format required the audience to be committed and attentive. The format enabled close interaction with the authors and this was appreciated by the writers as well, as they engaged with a small group of people at a time. Representing diversity is never easy and this was but one small step," said Chandrika Grover Ralleigh, Director Pro Helvetia – the Swiss Arts Council.


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I'm not english. We own a '93 sonata V6 3L for two years. de automatic gear has been "rebuild" wich is normal for a gearbox this age. Parts are getting rusty in our rainy climat (Holland). Rubber parts are starting to "dry-out" en tear.
My wife is driving the car with low milage, this way the car is suprisingly reliable. It let her down once, when there was a short-circuit at the "ignition-key -lock", a new Lock installed +- 15 euro's and all was fine.
On this yearly-check the exhaust is leaking, fusee hose teared, one blinker defect, all normal for an OLD hyundai. But also the floor at one door was too rusty and has to be repaired...
But the car has also some qualities, it drives very nice and the engine is powerfull, so is fun to drive. the leather interiour is a litle bit slippery but has a lot of room, sits good and looks okay.
I have now owned the Sonata for a year. It is a Burgundy 2.0 cdi 1993 model which I purchased after a disaster with a Rover 820. Living with Sonata. It"s a big family saloon which seats 5 in comfort & has a massive boot, this suits us as we are a family of 5 & several times a year, travel to other parts of the UK. Whist never an MPV, the car serves its purpose well.Mpg is around 30 round town & 34 on a journey. Servicing is standard with costs around £130 once a year at the main dealer where I got a 20% discount card with the car which counts against parts, labour ,etc. This is about to help as an unknown shopper crashed into my rear lights smashing a lense which is going to cost us £80 as they will only supply a full lense unit. As you would expect, it has electric windows all round, power steering, fully adjustable seats & steering wheel along with air conditioning,(ok, we only use it twice a year but it helps when the kids start skwauking!) This is our 3rd Hyundai & whilst impressed with the after sales staff, the courtesy cars sometimes let me down but this gets better every year. I was stopped at work recently by a colleague who stared fondly whilst recalling how his Sonata pulled the family caravan for years with ease, worthy of note for potential buyers. Who will buy the Sonata. Someone like me who has a budget,a family but cant afford an extortionately priced MPV. Marks out of 10= 7/10. PS; Don"t expect luxury car refinement unless getting a much later model. Just an update at 8/10/01. I mentioned previously that my customer Loyalty card allowed 20% off parts & labour, well, on Thursday, 4/10/01 after booking the Sonata in to Gold in Gateshead for a rear indicator lense(smashed by an u/k person's shopping trolley), wheel bearings & an MOT, I was informed to collect it at 4pm that day. As I needed a courtesy car, Gold telephoned my insurance compa
ny & updated the premium to fully comp, in other words, I insured their car for the day! At 4pm I was told the bill was £292 & produced my discount card which met with the reply,"You should have produced it this morning, company policy means we can't amend the bill" Needless to say they wouldn't budge merely pointing to an A4 sized sheet of paper on the wall adjacent to dozens of others which stated the policy. So my loyalty wasn't worth the £50 after purchasing the car from them & having services & MOT's aswell. Needless to say the cheque was stopped & a new one for the correct amount is winging it's way. The funny thing is that we were just discussing the possibility of buying the Hyundai MPV around March 2002 from Gold, I reckon not!


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Opening Day Open Thread
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Opening day is finally here. I'll be keeping an eye on the Tigers/Yankees this afternoon. It's supposed to be a little wet and cold in the Bronx but they're expecting to get the game in.
If you're wondering, Obama will skip opening day for the Washington Nationals and won't be throwing out the first pitch. I heard he couldn't find his Mom Jeans so he decided to cancel.
Since it's the symbolic start of spring, here's the late, great Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell on baseball:
7 Responses to "Opening Day Open Thread"
Jeremie Jordan on
March 31st, 2011 1:49 pm
Officially the end of the 'next year' talk for us Cubs fans. Now we must endure the season.
backwoods on
March 31st, 2011 1:59 pm
I'm looking forward to seeing what the Braves do in the post-Bobby Cox era.
nannykins on
March 31st, 2011 2:12 pm
Heaven is gearing up for baseball today too because they have our beloved Ernie Harwell.
My 86 yr. old father-in-law can't remember what he had for breakfast but today he will be able to recite every statistic ever printed for the Tigers and his adopted team the Devil Rays.
Go Tigers!!! And thanks Doug for posting the Ernie Harwell piece – had a good cry and smile on my face all at once.
Marshall_Will on
March 31st, 2011 2:21 pm
Jeremie, too funny! I'm a White Sox guy ( but virtually ALL of my [living] relatives are Cubbies Fans )
Still, as an Oregonian GOP'er, I…. can relate to the anguish Cubs fans go thru.
Heard the poor guy had to leave TOWN!
OK_Loyalist on
March 31st, 2011 9:08 pm
I sure wonder what in the world happened to SPG
SignPainterGuy on
April 1st, 2011 1:45 am
I`m back ! Lost my hard drive (maybe to the hack job at MM`s Place 2 weeks ago) on St Patty`s Day, the day before my 58th birthday…………too much fun out of the loop, not having i`net news and conversation with my friends.
Getting all the software re-downloaded to have a place to restore to (new hard drive was totally blank) is a real adventure ! Lost all the firmware for both my digital cameras and printer and about 35 desktop shortcuts……..nothing like plenty to do !
It`s good to be back !
OK_Loyalist on
April 1st, 2011 3:09 am
on you being back
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Generation of wimps looming
Maybe I'm a crotchety old man.
Maybe I just wish things could stay the way they were when I was growing up.
It was bad enough when kids weren't allowed to play dodge ball anymore because of the safety concerns. I was recently sent a report that said the state of New York has passed legislation with the aim of requiring state regulation for summer camps that include at least one game that "poses a significant risk of injury."
Which activities are now on the list, you ask? Freeze tag, kickball and Wiffle Ball, among others.
Yep, Wiffle Ball. The game utilizing a ball specifically designed to be lightweight and travel at a reduced speed. Now it's deemed too dangerous to play without proper medical emergency plans in place, which come at a cost and could force some games to be eliminated.
While I'm not overly concerned with what's going on in New York, I'm a big picture guy and it seems to be yet another step down an alarming path — we're raising a country of wimps!
If you're wondering, that is not a good thing.
I am beyond thankful I was part of one of the last generations not subjected to this. Pinball war ball was the cream of the crop when it came to P.E. games back in my day. If my middle school gym teacher Mr. Poppinga had come in one day to tell us pinball war ball was no longer allowed, I may have just left to start a riot outside the school.
Can you imagine today's children playing a game with "war" in the name? Oh, the horror.
And, to be honest, I was even a pretty big sissy as a kid. But I like to think my glasses being flung from my face thanks to a direct hit from a Nerf ball actually helped me move at least a little bit toward the other end of the spectrum. I patched those frames up with masking tape and got back out there.
The summer before seventh grade I was shot in the eye with a BB gun. Life sucked for a couple months, I wasn't allowed to play football that year and, worst of all, I had to wear protective goggles for basketball.
It was a pretty serious injury and required surgery, but it certainly didn't — and won't — stop me from screwing around with BB guns in the future. The way I see it, it was a freak accident and I caught a bad break, but those things can happen no matter what you're doing.
Can you get hurt playing freeze tag or dodge ball? Yes. Can you get hurt clipping your toenails? Yes. Can you get hurt solving math problems? Yes. (I have a 12-year old chunk of lead in my knee to prove it.)
Where does it end? At some point we have to let kids be kids and let people be people.
However, with no children of my own, maybe I'm just not qualified to speak on the matter. In much of the interaction I have had with parents in the past few years, it often amazes me how defensive and over protective they can be. Every precaution must be taken these days, it seems.
That includes protecting feelings. When did we feel the need to start giving participation ribbons for ninth place? Everyone will have to deal with failure at some point, and there is something to be gained by learning that lesson at a young age.
Maybe everything changes when you have a little one, again, I wouldn't know, but I really hope I won't be afraid to call my kid a wimp when he or she deserves it.
According to Pence Elementary Principal Nathan Wear, the only activity strictly not allowed at recess in Fairfield is tackle football. I was delighted, and a bit surprised, to hear that actually. It seems Mr. Wear has it figured out when he said the goal at Pence is to let the kids play how they want, but to teach them to be responsible while doing so.
I'm definitely not saying we need to go out of our way to be tough and dangerous just for the sake of it. Some safety measures can certainly still be taken.
In some instances, things have been made better. For example, I'm not going to be slapping on any lead-based paint when there are healthier choices available.
By the same token, a rousing game of red rover isn't for everyone, but I think the option should be available to those wanting to have a little fun. Health problems in this country have been well documented, and when you keep taking away options for physical activity and exercise, TV, video games and forming your own butt mold in the couch become that much more enticing.
Sooner or later, we have to stop putting on the bubble-wrap suits.


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Lotto cash boost for mental health
Counselling services credited with improving mental health are among groups are benefiting from a major funding boost.
The Big Lottery Fund announced grants of £51,840 to six projects across Northern Ireland under the Healthy Minds NI programme.
A man overcoming a childhood bereavement and a woman caring for disabled sons recounted how two of the groups to receive funding had changed their lives.
The services in line for funding include counselling sessions for men in Londonderry and a series of workshops for women in the North Down and Ards area.
The Men's Action Network (MAN) in Derry is using a grant of £9,325 to offer vital counselling sessions for local men.
The organisation's Director of Services and Development Michael Lynch said: "It can be very difficult for men to come forward and ask for help but the Network is here to provide that help and advice in a safe environment.
"Thanks to the grant from the Big Lottery Fund we are now able to engage up to 40 men throughout the year in counselling sessions."
Paul Sharkey praised MAN for helping him turn his life around over the last two years.
"Attending the anger management course was the best thing I have ever done. I would probably be in prison by now if I had not got this help," said the divorced father-of-six.
"It has changed my life completely and done wonders for my relationship with my children."


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Walk of the Week: Carnmoney Hill.
This walk explores a beautiful green oasis in the urban landscape of Newtownabbey — Carnmoney Hill.
Thanks to lease agreements with Newtownabbey Borough Council and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, the Woodland Trust cares for 70 hectares (173 acres) of land at the hill, with grassland, wetland and woodland — both ancient woodland and new planting.
Walkers can explore this natural treasure trove by choosing between a lower woodland walk and a hilltop walk.
Be prepared for some steep inclines, but in return you have the promise of breathtaking views over Belfast Lough and the surrounding countryside.
From the M2, proceed onto the M5. At the end of the M5 you will see a roundabout — follow the sign for Carrickfergus. At the next roundabout take the first left, signed to Glengormley.
Proceed straight ahead to the mini roundabout. Go straight ahead at this roundabout onto the O'Neill Road. Travel uphill and take the first right turn into Knockenagh Avenue. A short distance ahead you will see the entrance to Carnmoney Hill on the left hand side. Park at the lay-by.
Walkers can choose between three walking routes — each clearly signed with red, yellow and blue waymarkers. The red route is the shortest and offers a 15-minute saunter around the foot of this ancient green monument. Eight hundred metres of pathway, suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs, will lead you on your gentle stroll.
The yellow route will lead you on the Lower Woodland Walk, which lasts up to 45 minutes and includes some steep inclines.
For the more energetic walker, there's the blue route — the Hilltop Walk. Lasting up to two hours, this route will lead you up to and along the very top of the hill. The hilltop walk includes very steep inclines, but you will be rewarded with stunning scenery and views.
A welcome board is in place at the entrance and highlights the choice of walking routes. The routes are also detailed on a leaflet that is available from the Woodland Trust.
The backdrop
Carnmoney Hill is one of the Borough's ancient, natural monuments. It's one of a chain of hills — the Belfast Hills — which provide a striking backdrop to the city.
Archaeological gems remain on Carnmoney Hill, giving a flavour of times gone by. For example, two souterrains (man-made underground tunnels) have been found on the hill. These were probably used as escape routes from Vikings and other raiders.
A prehistoric rath or fortified settlement, known as Dunanney, provides evidence of human habitation on the hill some 1,200 years ago. In ancient times, fairs and festivals were held at Dunanney, with its wonderful views over Belfast Lough. Keep a lookout for the restored Victorian well.
Carnmoney Hill consists of a mix of habitats, including grassland, wetland and woodland. The woodland includes fragments of rare ancient woodland — that's land continuously wooded since at least 1600. The Woodland Trust has planted more than 57,000 young native trees, which link and buffer the fragments of ancient woodland, providing an extended haunt for Carnmoney's precious wildlife.
Bats, foxes and the Irish hare are just some of the mammals at home on the hill, while birds include breeding buzzards, sparrowhawks and long-eared owls.
The abundant wild flowers include stunning bluebells, purple orchids, wood anemone and wood sorrel, with primroses lining the ancient hedgerows. The hedgerows, mostly hawthorn, form quiet passageways and in the 1800s would have led to isolated farmsteads on the hill.
Carnmoney Hill offers breathtaking views. The best viewpoint is from the top of the hill, where you can drink in views over Belfast Lough, the famous Harland & Wolff cranes, south to the Mournes and north to the Antrim Coast. You'll also get an excellent view of Cave Hill — Carnmoney's impressive neighbour.
Information boards are in place throughout the site and offer detailed information on the Hill's trees, birds and mammals.
Further information
For further information on walking or any other outdoor activity, please contact Countryside Access and Activities Network (CAAN), tel: 028 9030 3930 or walkni.com.
CAAN in association with Belfast Telegraph have provided this information. Every care has been taken to ensure accuracy of the information. CAAN and Belfast Telegraph, however, cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions but where such are brought to our attention, the information for future publications will be amended accordingly.Walk Name: Carnmoney Hill.
Area: Newtownabbey.
Nearest big town to start point: Carnmoney village in Newtownabbey|on the outskirts of Belfast.
Distance: There are a choice of|routes to choose from.
Terrain: Hill walks with some|steep sections.
Access Restrictions: Carnmoney Hill is freely open to visitors all year round.
Publications: The Woodland Trust's leaflet 'Carnmoney Hill — a natural wonder of Newtownabbey' is available by telephoning the Bangor office, tel: 028 9127 5787 or from the Trust's website treeforall.org.uk/northernireland 'Belfast Hills Walking Map and Guide' is available from the Belfast Hills Partnership website belfasthills.org/downloads.php
Walk Developed By: The Woodland Trust.
Map: Sheet 15 of Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland Discoverer Series. Grid reference J342 829.
Belfast Telegraph


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TomTom GPS Watches
TomTom are market leaders in GPS technology and we are excited to introduce their GPS Sports Watches to Golfposer for 2017. These ultra-slick smart watches use GPS to track your position on the course and offers real-time course updates with accurate yardages, course hazards and round tracking. TomTom golf watches are highly regarded in the industry and are well worth considering for improving your game.
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GPS Golf Watches by TomTom
TomTom have entered the golf market and their 'Golfer 2' GPS watches are incredibly sophisticated, lightweight and comfortable to wear having been designed especially for golfers. Waterproof, scratch resistant and with an extra-large display for ease of use, the TomTom GPS golf watches are something special and will look the part in either black or grey.
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