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The Lessons of History & the Challenge of Today
Generations of American seniors have enjoyed secure retirements, thanks to the wisdom of past leaders like FDR, who signed Social Security into law, or Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill, who worked in good faith across party lines to save it. Seniors know they can count on their fellow citizens to honor the American promise to provide the foundation of financial stability and access to quality health care through Social Security and Medicare. They earned both. Today's seniors know of the poverty and insecurity older Americans faced in the days before Social Security and Medicare. So do I. And we'll never go back.
When FDR signed Social Security into law, we made a bedrock promise to provide American seniors the means to retire without fear of poverty. When LBJ signed Medicare into law, we extended that promise. For decades, older Americans have enjoyed universal, quality health care. These programs, while facing challenges, work. I am fully committed to defending them from radical restructuring and reckless revision.
While changing demographics and rising costs mean we must work to make Medicare sustainable for future generations, there is no immediate danger. Preserving Social Security presents only modest long-term challenges. I will work -- and have voted -- to put both on a path to long-term stability. If you are retired, or nearing retirement, you will get the benefits you earned.
But Congress must make sure that the children and grandchildren of today's seniors look to the future and know they can expect a secure retirement, too. I have consistently urged my colleagues in Congress to get to work now, make reasonable reforms today, to keep both Medicare and Social Security strong.
Keeping the Security in Social Security
Social Security is not in crisis. Since its inception in 1936, it has run a surplus nearly every year. Only recently have we seen annual shortfalls, but the Social Security Trust Fund can continue to pay benefits for decades, due to a cumulative surplus exceeding $2 trillion. Under even the most dire projections, the changes necessary to provide for every future recipient are not drastic. But we will need to negotiate modest, bipartisan changes for future recipients, not unlike what President Reagan and Speaker Tip O'Neill worked out nearly 30 years ago.
As we do, I will firmly oppose efforts to privatize Social Security. It is imperative that Social Security never be subject to the whims of the financial markets. When seniors watched individual retirement accounts drop precipitously a few years ago, Social Security remained as sound and dependable as ever. It is an essential part of our national safety net, and you don't wager the security of citizens on a roll of the dice.
Fighting the Destructive Republican Budget Plan
The Republican leadership in the House has released a plan, authored by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, that purports to reduce the deficit. I don't think it will, because its assumptions are nothing short of fantasies and its cuts so destructive and draconian that the plan could send us back to recession. Experts may dispute its projected costs, but I oppose the Republican Plan based on facts that no one disputes.
The Republican plan shifts health care costs to seniors. By turning Medicare into a program that gives seniors vouchers instead of full coverage, it is a radical distortion of Medicare's purpose. It doesn't guarantee seniors access to care. If needed care costs too much, the patient would get the bill.
The Republican plan would cost seniors more and more every year. The Ryan Medicare voucher rises in value according to the rate of inflation. If health care costs rise faster than that -- as they have for many years -- seniors bear a greater burden to pay for care. That is unacceptable.
The Republican plan re-opens the prescription "doughnut hole," costing seniors more. And, it repeals the preventative screenings with no co-pay for seniors that I voted for. The Republican Plan would repeal the Affordable Care Act and its many associated benefits for seniors.
And the Republican plan cuts investments that benefit all Americans, regardless of age, like education, research, transportation and health care. It is not the balanced, compromise approach to budgeting I have consistently supported.
The Danger of Inaction
Non-partisan analyses of America's long term budget options indicate that we must reduce future deficits by about $4 trillion over the next ten years. Down the road, the cost of Medicare, in particular, will accelerate to unsustainable levels if we do nothing.
Today's Medicare recipients, and those set to enroll soon, have earned their benefits and have planned retirement accordingly, and will not be affected by changes. But we must plan ahead. Like many problems looming on the horizon, this one is best solved now.
We can not turn away from the challenge of protecting Medicare for future generations of American seniors. It has been an indispensable part of America's social fabric since the time I was born. But just as we risk seniors' health care by replacing Medicare under the Republicans' disastrous proposal, we put the nation's financial stability at risk if we do nothing.
The Votes
I voted for a budget based on the bipartisan Simpson - Bowles proposals for comprehensive, disciplined reform. The editors of USA Today listed me as one of the bravest members of Congress for that vote. I voted against the Republican budget plan (the "Ryan Plan") that dismantles Medicare and shifts costs to seniors.
I helped pass the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act that ensures seniors can choose the doctor they trust.
I supported the Medicare Premium Fairness Act to protect seniors from Medicare Part B premium increases.
I voted for health care reform which gave seniors affected by the Medicare "doughnut hole" $250 toward their prescription drug costs.
I voted for an immediate 50% discount on brand-name prescriptions for seniors affected by the Medicare "doughnut hole."
I helped bring $1 million dollars to the state of Connecticut for senior nutrition programs like Meals on Wheels.
I secured $120,000 to complete the renovations to Cross Road Residences, a low-income senior housing complex in Stamford.
I helped secure a grant of $2.8 million to help renovate the Kingsway Apartments in Norwalk, helping seniors live comfortably while getting the daily care they need.
I called for a $250 payment to Social Security recipients in 2010 to help them make ends meet in a year with no Social Security cost-of-living increase.
I helped write and pass new laws that will help prevent another financial crisis by reining in the risky behavior that permeated Wall Street and helped cause the financial crisis. We can never again let excessively risky bets threaten the retirement savings of every American.
Source: http://www.himesforcongress.com/social-security-and-medicare


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The very best care for your pet - Bryn and Golborne Veterinary Centres
At Bryn and Golborne Veterinary Centre's we promise to care for your pet as if it were our own. Our caring staff will go that extra mile to ensure the best possible care at a reasonable price.
A bit about us...
Bryn Veterinary Centre was opened in 2005 by Chris Copeman MRCVS. We started with just one vet and one nurse but quickly flourised due to word of mouth and we are now very well known and highly recommended by our clients in the area.
In 2009, Chris opened a second branch in Golborne. This practice again grew quickly and in the last four years has become as popular as our main surgery at Bryn.
Our staff now consists of five Veterinary Surgeons, seven Nurses and a receptionist, who work between both practices. The majority of our staff have been with us for a long time so you will often see the same faces when you visit, a factor that many of our clients appreciate. To find out a little bit about our staff please click here.
Chris has always believed that veterinary care should be affordable and flexible to suit the owners budget and as a private business we are able to acheive that. Today our prices are still highly competitive and some of the lowest in the area, without comprimising on our quality of service.


text: On June 20, 2014, ANNIE (nee Weisberg), cherished wife of the late Samuel Bloom; loving mother of Eris (Brian) Chorney, Tamara "Tami" Bloom and the late Jan Bloom; devoted sister of the late Albert, Mickey, Jerome, Frank and Morris Weisberg, Goldie Falk, Rona Smith, Jeannette Greenberg and Sadye Maltz; adored bubbie of Philip Chorney (Jessica Krasnick) and Jenna Chorney. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mount Wilson Lane on Sunday, June 22 at 9 a.m. Interment Anshe Emunah Aitz Chaim Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Gilchrist Hospice Care, 11311 McCormick Road, Suite 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031. In mourning at 6 Brimley Court, Reisterstown, MD 21136, receiving Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., then from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., with services Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m.


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Q. When and how did you discover this place?
A. Recommended by friends.
Q. A fun observation/fact about the place?
A. Snug décor
Q. What can kind of ambience or crowd can be expected?
A. Mixed crowd
Q. Why should people check this place out at least once?
A. It's a casual hangout place. Good for a Lunch Date or a Dinner Date.
Q. What would be the best time to hit this club?
A. Evenings, preferrably.
Q. What would the entry scene be like?
A. No entry fee charged here and stag entries are allowed.
Q. What is the most standout aspect of this place?
A. Fajitas is something you can't miss out on.
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A former Whittington Hospital doctor is one of two people to become the first to be prosecuted over female genital mutilation in the UK.
Dr Dhanoun Dharmasena has been charged with an offence while working at the hospital in Islington in November 2012.
Another man, Hasan Mohamed will face a charge of intentionally encouraging an offence of female genital mutilation.
Dr Dharmasena and Mr Mohamed will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on April 15.
Director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders said the Crown Prosecution Service was asked by the Metropolitan Police to consider an allegation of female genital mutilation.
The alleged offence took place following a patient giving birth in November 2012.
Police believe a doctor at the Whittington Hospital repaired female genital mutilation that had previously been performed on the woman, allegedly carrying out the illegal procedure himself.


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David's credibility as a speaker and TV issue commentator flows from his experience and success in the public and private sector.
Never at a loss for an opinion (thanks to his relentless study of the issues), David has strong views on the issues of the day.
I think his legacy, really I've said many times, is the Texas miracle. What we have today with our economy, there's no question in my mind that that would not exist without his leadership.
I think if you want to look at what Governor Dewhurst has done the last ten years, he's helped model this state to run like a business. He brought his business expertise to state government.
Because of his compassion, because of his ability to understand conflicting perspectives, and because of his impeccable manners, and finally, his very persuasive charm, that he will be remembered as a really good lieutenant governor who always tried to do the right things. I believe his charm is part of his legacy, and those impeccable manners.
He also was a man of honor because he did what he said he was going to do. I knew that if he said that he would follow through with something, I would trust him to do that. And he did, 100% of the time. He was one of the greatest advocates for veterans in the state of Texas that we have ever known, and we're going to miss his leadership in the state government.
That was Lt. Governor Dewhurst's genius. He was not only getting members of the Senate to work together, but also the members of the pro-life groups and the different segments. As a result, we have probably one of the strongest [pro-life] laws in the country [in Texas].
He was a real statesman. And provided leadership in higher education that this state had not seen before.
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Cough, hack, sneeze — the sniffly season is upon us. Traditional go-to choices include tea (warm fluids are soothing, hydrating and some have antioxidants), orange juice (vitamin C!) and Grandma's chicken noodle soup. But do these foods provide us with the nutrients needed to help the body recover? Or are there other options? The next time you're sick, consider preparing — or having someone else prepare — one of the dishes below, which are chock-full of foods rich in immune-boosting nutrients.
Muesli Parfait This immune-boosting breakfast packs a lot of punch: You get anti-inflammatory Omega-3 fatty acids from the walnuts, a big dose of antioxidants from the mixed berries. Oats provide iron, vitamin A and a unique compound called beta-glucan that has been associated with a wide range of health benefits. Finally, the yogurt provides a source of probiotics and glutamine, an amino acid that is needed in greater amounts when the body is stressed.
Salmon Baked in Foil served with Sautéed Kale Salmon is another rich source of Omega-3 fatty acids, as well as selenium and vitamin D, both of which are involved in moderating the immune system. Kale and many other dark leafy greens are rich …read more


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BIRD watchers have been enjoying sightings of a great white egret for only the third time at the Arundel Wetland Centre.
The egret, a member of the heron family, was spotted at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's reserve in Mill Road on Sunday afternoon, near its Reedbed hide.
It then took to the air, coming down at the Scrape hide, and continued to 'hide hop' for the rest of the afternoon, moving between the Scrape hide and Sand Martin/Ramsar hides. The great white egret was still on the reserve on Tuesday morning, according to a spokeswoman for the trust.
Until 20 years ago, great white egrets were very rare in the UK. The first verified sighting in Sussex was at Thorney Deeps, in 1985. Sussex Ornithological Society records say only 39 were spotted in the county up to 2011. The last sighting at Arundel was on November 2, 2013.
The great white egret is a large, pure-white heron with a yellow bill and black feet.
In the 19th century, its feathers were used to decorate women's hats, which lowered its numbers on the continent.
However, the bird is now bouncing back and the frequency of sightings in the UK is rising.


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Spring plus sap equals syrup
BLACKDUCK - "For lo, the winter is past" -- but it's not the voice of the turtle that is heard in the land. Instead, it was the sound of sap bubbling over wood fired of spiles now coming out of the trees, and the promise of maple syrup to come.
The arrival of spring meant longer hours for a Bemidji attorney, a Cass Lake school teacher, a cattleman and other as well as for the women who alternately either help, or put up with, the advent of the sugar season.
The ritual is little changed from years ago, though metal spiles now replace the hand-made wooden spigots carefully carved over the years. Maple trees, variously identified as hard, red or sugar maples, are usually tapped with a common 7/16 drill bit, cut at a slight upward angle, the metal spile or spigot tapped in place and a bucket or bag hung in place to collect the draining sap.
In some cases, a few trees are tapped to collect sap to be made into syrup for use by the family or a few lucky friends. Several local syrup makers will hunt from three to four or five dozen trees, or in some cases, larger, older maples, which are tapped with two or three spigots at a time.
Rich Ferdig says he started pulling spigots from his trees over the weekend, and that the sap collected yielded enough for about 14 gallons of syrup. He started April 2 and says the season was "short, but good."
The season ends when nights no longer dip below the freezing mark and daytime temperatures are warm enough for the sam to run as it did abundantly this year. Good weather or bad, while the sap is running, it's and eight or nine hour day, ever day. Ferdig works with Bob Matheny to get it all done.
Ken Michalicek tapped 300 maples this year, which is down from approximately 450 a year ago. He finished pulling them with the help of his grandsons Monday. He then became the process of cooking it down, 70 to 80 gallons of sap at a time. (The sample he offered for a taste was full of that real maple syrup flavor enjoyed by so many for so long.)
Once collected, the sap goes through cooking down process. The long-time idea was that it took 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup and about 80 gallons to make maple sugar candy. This year, hydrometers are used instead of the old "watch it drip from a spoon to know when it's ready" method of long-standing practice.
On the side, Michalicek wondered about the means Native Americans may have used to make syrup before the availability of metal pots for cooking. He speculated on the suggestion voiced by some that logs were hollowed out, the sap collected in it and then cooked down by heated rocks being tossed in until the syrup was formed.
"It had to have taken a lot of rocks, if that's how they did it," Michalicek said.
Michalicek added that the idea to his discussion about the equipment he uses, including the pre-heater, which warms the sap before putting it into the vat for cooking down, and the constant effort to keep equipment clean and the product pure.
Jeff Wiebe worked his usual 40-45 trees again this year, and varying numbers of trees and taps were reported by others. Wiebe cooks his sap in a vat from his father-in-law's home, brought here from Indiana.
One interesting note was the willingness of those making syrup to promote visits to others gathering sap this spring.
That was true with Larry Zea and his partners Bob Wallmer and Tom Adams. They do their cooking out near Wallmer's home on Pimush Lake. It was true again when we visited with Pat Kovar, who was being helped as well as showing the how-to-do-it to Steve Bechtold. Sam Christiansen and many others were added to the list of maple enthusiasts still to be contacted.
No one quoted prices, but most suggested something around $60 per gallon for this year's product. Prices may be buoyed by the shortage of syrup in the New England states and Quebec. The Canadian province traditionally is a major supplier to U.S. markets, but a shortage there is affecting prices generally.
In this area, some producers will offer a portion of their output for sale, but most use it themselves or as gifts to family and friends.


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Hala U. Gali-Muhtasib was born in Accra, Ghana in 1962. She received her M.S. degree in biology from the American University of Beirut in 1985 and Ph.D. degree from Kansas State University in 1990. She was then awarded two postdoctoral fellowships from the Anticancer Drug Laboratory in Manhattan, KS, USA and from Case Western Reserve University in CLeveland, OH, USA. In 1994, she joined the American University of Beirut, Lebanon as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in 2003. From 2006–2009, she was the Chair of the Biology Department at the American University of Beirut. Dr. Gali-Muhtasib received three research awards for her contributions to cancer research using plant-derived products: the Suad al-Sabbah prize in 2003, the Abdul Hameed Shoman prize for Young Arab Researchers in 2004, and the ISESCO Science Prize in 2008. She is the Managing Editor of a special issue of Frontiers in Bioscience. Her research interests range from the fields of cancer chemotherapy and cancer prevention to identifying potential "targets" for prevention and therapy. Her laboratory is focused on translational research which includes understanding the mechanisms of action of anticancer drugs and cancer chemoprevention agents. Her current research interests include search for new plant-derived compounds using bioassay-guided fractionation, development of new bioassays, and discovery of new and more effective hypoxia-selective cytotoxins and radiosensitizers.
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While health care steals the spotlight, Stolen Valor Act struck down
Most of the media on Thursday was mesmerized by the theatrics surrounding the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act. But the court issued a ruling on another contested law--one with intriguing constitutional plot twists and a colorful character in the starring role.
In United States v. Alvarez, at issue was whether the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a federal misdemeanor to falsely represent yourself as a recipient of any U.S. military decoration or medal, violates free speech.
In the Supreme Court's opinion today, the justices ruled 6-3 that the Stolen Valor Act violated the First Amendment.
The case arose from one Xavier Alvarez. In 2007, newly elected to the board of directors of a the Three Valleys Municipal Water District, Alvarez introduced himself as a meeting like this:
"I'm a retired marine of 25 years. I retired in the year 2001. Back in 1987, I was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. I got wounded many times by the same guy. I'm still around."
As the opinion from the federal court case that preceded the Supreme Court hearing so plainly put it, the facts were these:
"Alvarez has never been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, nor has he spent a single day as a marine or in the service of any other branch of the United States armed forces. In short, with the exception of 'I'm still around,' his self-introduction was nothing but a series of bizarre lies. ... Apparently, Alvarez makes a hobby of lying about himself to make people think he is 'a psycho from the mental ward with Rambo stories.'"
This series of "bizarre lies," according to the opinion, included these:
- He claimed to have rescued an ambassador during the Iranian hostage crisis, and that he had been shot in the back as he returned to the embassy to save the American flag.
- He reportedly claimed that he was a Vietnam veteran helicopter pilot who had been shot down but then, with the help of his buddies, was able to get the chopper back into the sky.
- He claimed to have played hockey for the Detroit Red Wings.
- He claimed to have worked as a police officer (who was fired for using excessive force).
- He claimed to have been secretly married to a Mexican starlet.
After the FBI obtained a recording of the water district board meeting, Alvarez was indicted for violating the Stolen Valor Act. According to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Alvarez is the first person to be charged and convicted under the present version of the act.
The Supreme Court's ruling striking down the Stolen Valor Act concluded that even false statements like Alvarez's qualified as protected speech under the First Amendment. SCOTUSblog's Tejinder Singh offered analysis:
"The plurality reasoned that, with only narrow exceptions, content-based restrictions on speech face strict scrutiny, and are therefore almost always unconstitutional. False statements of fact do not fall within one of these exceptions, and so the Stolen Valor Act can survive strict scrutiny only if it is narrowly tailored to a compelling government interest. The Court concluded that the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional because the Government had not shown that the statute is necessary to protect the integrity of the system of military honors--the interest the Government had identified in support of the Act."
To achieve those same interests, Singh also noted, Congress may be able to rewrite the law more narrowly to avoid violating protected speech--no matter how bizarre it may be.


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A good, varied pitch with a fingery start and, butch finish. Climb the thin groove and wall above it to the upper break. A powerful sequence up the bulging headwall gains the top and a lower-off.
Really good climbing particularly in the lower half and over the roof.
The old tat can be replaced on the lead with your own 8' sling.
Blew the last move dammit. Great route. Not eliminate at all. Kestrel was nesting under the roof but didn't seem bothered by my girlie wails.


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Dec. 13, 2013
The music was fidgety, arch,
an orchestral version of twang.
Welcome to atonal hell,
welcome to the execution
of a theory, I kept thinking,
thinking, thinking. I hadn't felt
a thing. Was it old fashioned
of me to want to? Or were feelings,
as usual, part of the problem?
The conductor seemed to flail
more than lead, his baton evidence
of something unresolved,
perhaps recent trouble at home.
And though I liked the cellist—
especially the way
she held her instrument—
unless you had a taste
for unhappiness
you didn't want to look
at the first violinists face.
My wife whispered to me
This music is better than it sounds.
I reminded myself the world outside
might be a worse place
than where I was now,
though that seemed little reason
to take heart. Instead
I closed my eyes, thought about
a certain mezzo soprano
who could gladden a sad day
anywhere, but one January night
in Milan went a full octave
into the beyond. Sometimes escape
can be an art, or a selfishness,
or just a gift you need
to give yourself. Whichever,
I disappeared for a while,
left my body behind to sit there, nod,
applaud a the appropriate time.
It's the birthday of mystery novelist Ross Macdonald (books by this author), born Kenneth Millar in Los Gatos, California (1915). He also published under the names John Macdonald and John Ross Macdonald. He is most known for a series of novels starring Lew Archer, a private investigator. Macdonald named his character after Sam Spade's dead partner in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon (1930).
Macdonald spent most of his early life in Canada, where his father worked for a time as a harbor pilot. His parents separated when he was three. His mother suffered from typhoid fever and couldn't support the both of them, so he moved in with many different relatives during his childhood. He wrote, "I counted the number of rooms I had lived in during my first sixteen years, and got a total of fifty."
He read a lot growing up, even climbing the fire escape of the town library at night so that he could read the authors who were off limits to young people during the day.
Macdonald published his first story in 1931 in his high school newspaper, and he said it was a parody of Sherlock Holmes. He graduated from high school in 1932 and worked for room and board as a farm laborer for a year before going to college.
His wife, Margaret Millar, also wrote mystery novels, and was the first of the two of them to make any money from their writing. Her first book was The Invisible Worm (1941), and the money they made from that allowed Macdonald to quit his job teaching high school and attend the University of Michigan.
He wrote, "Never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own."
Macdonald served as president of the Mystery Writers of America organization in 1965. In his later years, he spent three or four hours a day writing. He used spiral-bound notebooks, filling about three pages a day while sitting in the same bedroom chair where he wrote all of his books for three decades. He worked on several books at once, sometimes getting ideas for his plots by sitting in on local criminal trials.
Macdonald spent his free time bird-watching with his wife. He was a very private man, but also a dedicated conservationist. He sometimes came out of hiding to take part in protests for preserving the environment. He and his wife were particularly active in the efforts to save the California condor from extinction.
His later novels include The Underground Man (1971) and Sleeping Beauty (1973), and both have environmentalist themes.
It's the birthday of German poet Heinrich Heine (books by this author), born in Düsseldorf, Germany (1797). He's one of the most popular German poets of the 19th century. His father wanted him to become a businessman and got him a job at a bank, but he lost the job when his father tried to involve him in an embezzlement scheme. He set out to study law instead, but he was the victim of rampant anti-Semitism. He eventually had to convert to Protestantism in order to complete his law degree.
Around the same time, he started writing a series of love poems, each one of which ended with an ironic twist. These poems were collected in The Book of Songs (1827), and they became extremely popular. Many of them were set to music by composers like Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Brahms.
He's considered one of the wittiest German writers of all time. He once said, "The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin."
It's the birthday of poet James (Arlington) Wright (books by this author), born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio (1927). Wright's whole youth was aimed at leaving his small hometown. His father worked at the same glass factory for 50 years, and his mother left school at 14 to work in a laundry. Neither went to school past the eighth grade. He was the middle of three sons.
He started writing poetry when he was 11, when a friend tried to teach him Latin and also gave him a copy of the collected works of Lord Byron.
Wright suffered a nervous breakdown in 1943 and missed a year of high school. He graduated a year late, in 1946, and joined the Army. He was stationed in Japan, and when he retuned to the States, he went to Kenyon College on the GI Bill. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1952. After college, Wright married his high school sweetheart, Liberty Kardules. She had worked as a nurse and a teacher in Texas. He depended on her to get around because he never learned how to drive.
He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, where he worked with Theodore Roethke. When Wright finished his Ph.D., Roethke gave him a ticket to the world heavyweight championship fight of 1957 as a graduation present. He was also friends with Robert Bly, and their friendship began as Wright's first marriage was ending.
Wright taught at the University of Minnesota and then at Macalester College in St. Paul until 1966. He later joined the Department of English at Hunter College of the City University of New York, where he taught until he died. He loved being a teacher. He said: "I've written books of verse, but I'm a professor. And to me personally, teaching is the art that gives me the more pleasure. I'm not trying to put myself down as a poet, but I mean what I say. That is, the contact with my students, and my reading of books and trying to share my thoughts and feelings with my students, gives me more pleasure, and I honor this as a high art. Remember that the teachers include Jesus, Socrates, Siddhartha, Meister Eckhart."
Wright had a knack for impressions and would often be overheard entertaining children with his voices and jokes, but he'd always go back to the lower-class, undeserving Ohio poet around his colleagues. He said, "To speak in a flat voice is all that I can do."
Wright's first book of poetry was The Green Wall (1957). His Collected Poems (1971) received the Pulitzer Prize in 1972. He said of the award, "It'll fade, and I'll be a footnote in some high school anthology." He also said: "I didn't believe it; I thought I didn't deserve it. I still don't think I deserve it."
Wright suffered from a chronic sore throat, and in 1979 he was diagnosed with cancer of the tongue. He died in 1980 just after finishing his last book, This Journey (1982).
He said: "Sometimes there is a force of life like the spring which mysteriously takes shape without your even having asked it to take shape, and this is frightening, it is terribly frightening. [...] Being a poet sometimes puts you at the mercy of life, and life is not always merciful."
It's the birthday of playwright and actor Marc Connelly (books by this author), born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (1890). His parents were actors, and his father also ran a hotel. Connelly moved to New York City when he was 27 and took a job as a theater critic for The Morning Telegraph. He eventually met and befriended his counterpart at The New York Times, George S. Kaufman, with whom he collaborated on a number of plays, including Dulcy (1921), Merton of the Movies (1922), and Beggar on Horseback (1924). Connelly won the Pulitzer Prize for Green Pastures (1930), a retelling of Bible stories through the framework of Southern African-American culture. Beginning in the late 1950s, Connelly followed in his parents' footsteps by taking up an acting career. He appeared in more than 20 movies.
He was also a member of the Algonquin Round Table — the last surviving member, in fact — and although he was often taciturn, he could trade zingers with the best of them, should the need arise. One man, feeling Connelly's hairless scalp, observed, "Why, your head feels as smooth as my wife's behind!" Connelly, reaching up to feel for himself, remarked, "So it does, so it does." He lacked a sense of urgency when it came to producing new work, though, prompting Kaufman to say, "Charles Dickens, dead, writes more than Marc Connelly alive."
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ah. feels game. a day 1 buy for me!
God this game looks so beautiful. Such an under served period in many mediums as well as video games. I am looking forward to playing this.
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Should I be concerned the motor is only rated
Max Current: 43A
Max Power630W
I think I will wait for the CS 10 blade to come back in stock. In reading back through this thread it seems that the
Turnigy L2855-2300 is recommended on 5S. True?
Even though the specs say
Voltage: 14.8v (4s)
Max Current: 26A
Max Power: 450W
Must hold up ok if others are using it eh?
Last edited by jrjr; Dec 22, 2012 at 10:09 PM.
Those fans are Freewing I am pretty sure, and they are totally fine.
Those L2855's can all do 900W fine, and by 1000w they are under a bit excess duress.
So it will be fine.
I used to fly my Meteor (5S L2855-2300kv) at WOT pretty much all flight - just because it looks nicer to have a jet-like speed, LOL. But the batteries were not happy.... and I also know the motor, on the test bench, gets quite hot at long term WOT, (overly hot!) so it will be similar in the plane.... but a bit lower power/heat than on the bench becuase of airflow restriction reducing its ability ro run at full power when in a plane anyway, but still would be running it at a level higher than 'good for long life'.
Though.... they are very cheap motors and if one fries... put in another! hehe
I have not fried one on 4S or 5S ever, so far. But none of them are any good for 6S.... eg the 2100kv, even though you can use 6S on 2200kv or so - it has to be a higher power level motor to cope with it.
Same thing.... they are all the exact same motor, BUT the windings are different.
In such a series of motors they are truly ALL capable of the same POWER. eg 900W.
But lower KV version use thinner windings so their max current level drops, but their voltage capability rises.
So there are those TWO aspects that matter in a motor. The Max atts..... 900W across them all. Then their individual Current (Amps) ability. But generally, if one can use 50Amps, they all can anyway. I am sure the lower kv ones would be under a bit mor duress, but seem to still be acceptable levels.
HobbyKing list 'rubbish' numbers......
What they most often do is test a motor on some cell count, eg 3S 11.1v, record the Amps, then post that it was "11.1V 25A 300W"... as if that is the max specs. But they were really just one case of what they tested. Totally useless numbers....
So in general you can do a lot mreo than they state - but they do list correct numbers in some cases. So you really need to know a bit about motors to guesstimate what it will be able to do... and find out more accurately whern you test one!
But anyway..... these L2855's will do 900W fine.
Max current, I would say keep it under 55A area generally.
Ex: 5S 18.5v is 49A for 900W
At 4S 14.8V that is 61A to be 900W (P = VI Watts = Volts x Amps)
So to run at 900W on 4S, which 900W is fine for the motor in power terms, is 61Amps whcih is NOT totally fine in Amps terms for it!
Thus you need to check the 'whole picture' of your setup situation, to know what will work... or last... versus 'bad for it'.
Note, that will give a "pretty good speed".... nothing amazing.
Still a nice fast enough jet.
And very cheap to do!
Above that comes 1000W or so systems.
Such as:
- Lander CS10 alloy on 6S
- CS10 with CyclonePower 2200kv on 6S
- CS10 2500kv on 5S... like a Leopard, HK MAD, CP motor - all above average, stronger than L2855's
Most of those cases are $72 to $90 range. And also need better batteries.
But power/speed costs money! LOL
Meanwhile, the CS10 L2855-2300kv for 5S use is just $30 !!
I used Zippy 5S 3000mAH 20C batteries for ages... just $20 each! But they are not really up to it. You need 30C for that setup, to have a bit more power but also batteries having an easier life.
I also have some Zippy 5S 4000mAH 20C and 40C, but I have not tried those in the Meteor. But use a pair in the Dynam Me-262 which uses that same motor combo. Those batteries do it 'easy' in that, so they should be fine in the Meteor too. The 40C is a bit more powerful a result, and also cooler batteries - but the 20C are OK. I think the 20C's were $34 approx.
Anyone use this retract successfully??
I've used the larger ones in the past which appear strong enough, but are so big they dont fit flush with the wing. Will this smaller suffice??
I have those in my Meteor... but you want the Metal Trunion version really. They are much better... for a fraction more cost.
And I have sprung oleos, which you pretty well need if you want it to last long term... especially on grass! I take off from a cricket pitch, but land on the oval's grass. And it is fine doing that.
Metal trunion version of that retract:
Oleo set:
The oleos are a bit costly, but they are excellent and there isn't much else you could get to do the job as well anyway. I did use the stock wire legs/wheels, cut down to suit, for ages, so you can certainly do that to save money!
My installation is somewhere WAY back in this thread.
The main gear is SUPER simple.... but the nose gear takes a bit more time. Not too bad if you know what you are doing from experience, but if you don't have those clues etc it can be a big project!
The main notes are:
1) Nose: Make the leg fold FORWARDS
2) Mount the retract off its "top" - the side that is away from the trunion. Change the retract mount plate to the 'full' one. Just use one large plywood 3mm or 4mm plate put up into the cut-out nose area (part of the existing open area used too). Mount the steering servo into that same single plate (pre-do it all before epoxying the plate in!).
3) Use pushrod steering - I have an outline of doing that in my Blog (most people don't do it right, but if you do know how and why then they are the best system by far!)
4) Mains - just dremel out the existing plastic mounts to take the retract unit, that works fine and is strong... and dremel out some foam for the legs and wheels to recess into.
Just took some static readings with my Meteor with the Lander 3580kv EDF using one of my current 4S 40-50C batteries that is getting a bit old now,
Initial peak was approx 900Watts @60Amps and settled around 865Watts @58Amps.
Then tried it again on a newer NanoTech 4S 5000mah 35-70C from another model and initial peak was approx 935Watts @ 62Amps which settled around 900Watts @60Amps.
I don't think going to 5S would be a good idea as I'm sure it will drive the motor way too hard so I might just get a couple of new 4S high C rating batteries maybe 3300mah and stick to 4S.
That 20-30 Watts that is lost at WOT with the old batteries, do you think it will make much of a difference to performance?
900/14.8=X/18.5 X=1125 watts @ 5S
Now the question is, will your motor/esc handle that?
But then I may be off base too
This video shows the CS10 L2855-2300kv on 4400 65C 5 cell that I am thinking of but its more than the battery I was looking at.... 4000 30C
1120W 59.x amps and check the heat after shut down..... near 140 degrees F
Maybe I should drop to the 2100kv?
Last edited by jrjr; Dec 23, 2012 at 07:34 PM.
The battery is the limiting factor here and will puff like crazy I imagine
Last edited by jrjr; Dec 23, 2012 at 09:10 PM.
I use the 3000mAH 20C in a number of planes, but the Meteor has the cleanest ducting so it runs it at teh hghest pwoer level of them all. And too much for a lot of WOT use. Though I used to fly it 80% WOT all the time..... sometimes they puffed.
You won't get the numbers as per the bench test anyway, they always drop a fair amount. I think in-plane on the 3000mAH 20C it is about 1.1Kg thrust and 50A area. But as I mentioned, the Meteor is better off with 30C in that setup.
Planes with more restrictive ducting will run it at lower power (40A to 45A areas), so those can use the 20C fine.
Meanwhile the 65C and it lower IR means more volts to the motor = more power = more heat etc. So that end result is too much for it.
Sticking to NON-Nano, plus 30C or 40C, would keep it in a workable power region instead.
You should check/tune any setups, IN-PLANE, to tailor the optimal battery for it..... de-tuning (via higher IR) can often be required to keep a setup running in a sustainable area.
But that 'tuning' is across all the items - from motor, to battery, to ESC. So that ALL of those are working in power areas they are fine with. You can put an 'overkill' ESC or motor without any real issue, but you often can't put an 'overkill' battery, or it will drive one, or both, of those other two into excessive levels.
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Ravi Sood has struck a second deal this year involving his money management firm, but instead of buying, this time his firm is being bought.
Aston Hill Financial Inc. said Monday that it has struck a stock-and-cash deal to buy Navina Asset Management Inc. for $4.2-million, acquiring about $225-million in assets invested in closed-end, mutual and hedge funds. The deal is subject to potential additional earn-outs of up to $1.8-million if certain conditions are met.
Most of the Navina funds are managed by Mr. Sood, who is chief executive officer of Toronto-based Navina and former CEO of Lawrence Asset Management Inc. In January, Lawrence acquired Navina Capital Corp., and the combined entities, which had about $330-million in assets, emerged under the name of Navina Asset Management.
Mr. Sood also runs the Lawrence Partners hedge fund, which lost 80 per cent in 2008 and left a trail of irate investors that includes author Peter Newman. See Macleans story.
Aston Hill's deal to buy Navina will close next month if all the necessary regulatory approvals are met.
"The primary benefits of the acquisition to Aston Hill include the addition of Mr. Sood's unique talents to Aston Hill's existing ... portfolio manager team, a 10 per cent increase in assets under management and operational synergies that are expected to enhance Aston Hill's profitability," the company said.


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Graham N. Olsen, 12, of Terre Haute, Ind., died Feb. 8 , 2004, at Especially Kidz Health and Rehabilitation Center in Shelbyville, Ind. He was a native and lifelong resident of Terre Haute.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Thomas Funeral Home. Officiating: The Rev. Mark Grayless. Calling hours: Noon until the hour of service at the funeral home. Burial: Highlawn Lawn Cemetery.
Survivors: His parents, Robert Olsen, Terre Haute, and Anita Metros Olsen, St. Augustine; brothers, Gunnar R. and Samuel A. Olsen, both of Terre Haute; grandparents, Robert G. and Annette Olsen, Terre Haute, Jeff and Trish Metros, and Elaine and Dwight Lutz, all of St. Augustine; great-grandmothers, Wanda Rupska, Terre Haute, and Eula Metros, St. Augustine; aunts, uncles and cousins. Memorial contributions may be made to the Especially Kidz Health and Rehabilitation Center 2325 S. Miller, Shelbyville, IN 46176
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A sorry superlative:
The dullest film I've ever seen.
Bad directing. Bad editing. Bad acting. Bad writing. Bad cinematography. Bad black and white. Bad structure of many sections titled "voyages." Bad complete absence of characters. Bad portrayal of Hart Crane. Bad pretty boy upstaged by his gorgeous younger brother. Bad pacing. Bad poetry reading. Bad epigraphs. Bad repetitions. Bad silences. Bad single blurry color sequence in a cathedral. Bad narrative. Bad no details other than of James Franco's head. Bad ending. Bad beginning. Bad music.
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3. one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science
A sudden image:
Franco qua student procrastinates, like students everywhere, and has so little and so poorly wrought material that he can't afford to cut any of it if he wants to hand in a feature-length film.
A hanging question:
Why make a film when a mirror would suffice?


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Weird. It's WEIRD, people. Lake effect is that weird weather pattern that swoops down from the Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario) onto the unsuspecting citizens of Upstate New York.
About 15 minutes after I posted this post with this photo– showing ZERO visibility during heavy snow squalls with vicious winds…
This appeared out my window. Five minutes later. Wild!
There's an old saying here in Upstate: If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes. LOL!


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Boston MA South Shore Music Hall Presents FOR THE RECORD
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Hope Lies Within, Shadow Therapy
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Doors 8:00 PM / Show 8:30 PM (event ends at 1:00 AM)
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We are For The Record from Billerica, MA. We are 5 best friends doing what we love.
Hope lies within is a collaboration of 5 close friends doing what they love most. Each with very similar outlooks, goals, and ideas of what really defines music. They hope to bring joy to the listeners ears by simply making music that wanders from the norm and catches your attention by demonstrating raw emotion and a strong core musicianship all at once. In a nut shell, hope lies within is a melodic Rock/ Hard Rock band that blends elements of progressive rock and classical voice to keep the sound original but also sound very natural. The number one goal for hope lies within is to do what they love and have fun while doing it.
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By Ellen | August 16, 2012 | Comments (5)
An English Bulldog named Sarge helped get himself rescued after he was stolen from his home two weeks ago. The beloved dog was reunited with his guardian, Oklahoma National Guard Specialist Phillip Ortiz, after the dog escaped twice from the home of his kidnappers.
Sarge's ordeal began when Phillip's home in Moore, Oklahoma was burgled. The thieves made off with his computers and with Sarge. For Phillip, who is unmarried and has no kids, it was heartbreaking. "This is my son. He goes everywhere with me. He gets pampered," Philip told KFor TV News.
Phillip and his family canvassed the neighborhood and put up flyers and contacted local news stations to spread the word about Sarge.
Meanwhile, Sarge escaped the crooks' home and was found by four neighborhood children when he was walking on the street. The kids took him home because it was hot outside. "The dog came walking down the street and looked tired," Adriana Nevarez, mother of the children, said. The kids loved Sarge and named him "fat boy" in Spanish.
But the same thieves who had taken the dog from Phillip ended up stealing from Adriana's home too and took Sarge yet again!
Thankfully, Sarge escaped a second time and made his way back to the safety of Adriana's home. When one of the thieves approached Adriana to get the dog back, the man told her the dog belonged to his dead grandmother, but she demanded proof the dog was actually his and he left.
Shortly after, police swooped in on the suspects' home and arrested two men. The police called Phillip to tell him they had retrieved his electronics, but said they had not found his dog.
Around the same time, Adriana's children came across one of Phillip's lost dog posters and recognized Sarge. They told their mother who contacted Phillip. Sarge was soon after home with Phillip.
"They're my heroes now," Phlilip said. "They found what I loved and for her [Adriana's] kids to do that was pretty amazing; it speaks of how good she's raising those kids on her own."
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Vitamine D Treatment in Chronic Heart Failure
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The investigators hypothesized that in vitamin D deficiency the 25-OH-D3 vitamin substitution improve the heart function in chronic heart failure.
Type of study: Controlled, randomized, double blind, placebo control
Number of patient: 300; 150 treated and 150 placebo controlled
Type of drug: 180 000 IU 25-OH-D3 vitamin oil (Vigantol) per month in the 0,1,2,3,6, month
Duration of study:1+1 year
Primary end points:
Survival rate, Ejection fraction by ultrasound, Brain natriuretic peptid,
Secondary end points:
Safety of D-vitamin supplementation, well being score, blood pressure, BMI Walking distant in 6 minutes
Screening, Randomization, 1month, 2 month, 3 month, 6 month, 12 month, 24 month,
|Chronic Heart Failure Vitamin D Adverse Reaction
|Drug: Vigantol oil and MCT oil
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Effects of 25-OH-D3 Vitamin Substitution in Congestive Heart Failure. Controlled, Randomized, Double Blind Trial
- Survival rate [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- D-vitamin supplementation safety [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- ejection fraction by ultrasound [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- serum brain natriuretic peptid level [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- walking test in 6 minutes [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- well-being score [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|December 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|May 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 25-OH-D3 vitamin
180 000 IU 25-OH-D3 vitamin oil per os, per month in the 0, 1, 2, 3, and 6 month at the visit. The patient take the drug under medical control
Drug: Vigantol oil and MCT oil
Vigantol oil, 9 ml, 180 000 IU at the 0,1,2,3,6 month (5 times in the study) MCT oil as placebo, 9 ml, 0,1,2,3,6 month (5 times in the study)
Other Name: no other name
Placebo Comparator: MCT oil
9 ml MCT oil as placebo in the 0,1,2,3,6 month at the visit, under medical contol
Drug: Vigantol oil and MCT oil
Vigantol oil, 9 ml, 180 000 IU at the 0,1,2,3,6 month (5 times in the study) MCT oil as placebo, 9 ml, 0,1,2,3,6 month (5 times in the study)
Other Name: no other name
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- vitamin D level between 10-30 ng/ml
- ejection fraction by ultrasound < 40 %
Exclusion Criteria:
- blood calcium > 2,6 mmol/l
- urinary calcium > 0,1 mmol/body weight kg/die
- blood phosphorus > 1,45 mmol/l
- nephrolithiasis in the history
- GFR < 30 ml/min
- vitamin D injection in the last 6 month
- actual 1,25-OH2-D3 vitamin treatment
- Myocardial infarction or serious coronaria stenosis in the anamnesis uncontrolled atrial fibrillation
- serious valve disease
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01535196
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01535196
|Semmelweis University Ist Department of Medicine
|Budapest, Hungary, 1083
|Semmelweis University Cardiovascular Center
|Budapest, Hungary, 1125
|Principal Investigator:
|Istvan Takacs, PhD
|Semmelweis University
|Responsible Party:
|Istvan Takacs, Principal investigator, Semmelweis University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01535196 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|January 9, 2012
|First Posted:
|February 17, 2012
|Last Update Posted:
|February 19, 2014
|Last Verified:
|February 2014
Keywords provided by Istvan Takacs, Semmelweis University:
vitamin D
heart failure
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vitamin D
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Bone Density Conservation Agents


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Jan 31 (Reuters) - Lear Corp reported a better-than-expected 14 percent rise in quarterly revenue as an increase in U.S. vehicle sales boosted demand for its car seats and electrical power systems.
Lear and other auto parts makers such as BorgWarner Inc and Visteon Corp have been helped by strong U.S. auto sales, which hit a six-year high in 2013.
Global vehicle production increased 6 percent in the fourth quarter, with a 5 percent rise in North America, Lear said.
Revenue at the company, which supplies parts to General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co among others, rose to $4.26 billion in the quarter from $3.72 billion a year earlier.
Analysts on average were expecting revenue of $4.05 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
However, a 7 percent fall in vehicle production in South America hurt Lear's quarterly profit. The company's adjusted earnings of $1.55 per share missed analysts' expectations by 4 cents.
Net income attributable to Lear fell to $72.8 million, or 88 cents per share, from $881.9 million, or $9.00 per share, a year earlier.
The year-earlier quarter included a $767 million tax benefit from a reversal of valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets in the United States.
The company maintained its full-year sales forecast it gave two weeks back. It expects sales of $16.9 to $17.4 billion.
Analysts on average are expecting revenue of $17.08 billion.
Lear shares closed at $76.84 on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. The stock has risen about 58 percent in the past year.


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National Cookie Month
October is apparently "National Cookie Month", what is your favorite cookie? Do you make them homemade or from the store?
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by Dawn on Oct. 1, 2012 at 6:22 AM
Thats a toss up between peanut butter and chocolate chip. We make our own cookies.
by Gold Member on Oct. 1, 2012 at 7:24 AM
Chocolate chip, and I make them myself (grain-free)
I love chocolate-peanut butter no bake cookies. I really love almost all cookies lol...
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Gooey chocolate chip is my favorite.
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TORONTO, April 16, 2013 /CNW/ - CPI Corp., CPI Portrait Studios of Canada Corp. and CPI Canadian Images (collectively, the "Companies"), operator of 358 portrait studios across Canada, announced today that an order was issued on April 15, 2013 by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, placing it in receivership. Duff & Phelps Canada Restructuring Inc. was appointed as the Receiver.
The Companies' parent, US based CPI Corp. discontinued operations on April 4, 2013, due to significant financial challenges and ongoing operating losses. The Companies have a long history of profitability which makes it an attractive acquisition target. The principal purpose of the receivership proceedings is to create a stabilized environment in order to carry out a process to solicit purchasers for the Companies' business and assets in order to preserve the going-concern value of the Companies.
On April 30, 2013, the Receiver intends to bring a motion to deal with matters relating to the pension plan of CPI Corp. and other ancillary relief.
During the receivership proceedings, the Companies' operations will continue in the normal course. The Receiver is optimistic that the stability required by the receivership proceedings will provide the opportunity to advance and efficiently execute a sale process with the objective of completing a going-concern transaction in the best interests of the Companies' employees, customers and other stakeholders.
General information about the receivership proceedings of the Companies can be found at the Receiver`s website at http://www.duffandphelps.com/services/restructuring/Pages/RestructuringCases.aspx
Forward-Looking Information
This news release includes certain forward-looking information that is based upon current expectations, which involve, among other things, risks and uncertainties associated with the Companies' business and the receivership process. Forward-looking information in this news release includes, among others, statements with respect to the timing and continuance of the receivership proceedings, the sale process and potential opportunities for the Companies' ongoing operations. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking information, including those identified by the expressions "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "will", "may", "should", "could", and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Companies. The forward looking information is not historical fact, but reflects the Receiver's current expectations regarding future results or events. Forward-looking information is subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause the Companies' actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking information, and even if such actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on the Companies. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, the Companies' revenue streams being consistent with historical patterns, adjusted to reflect the Companies' recent changes to operate on a standalone basis; customers continue to use and pay for the Companies' services in accordance with historical results, credit and market risks, the uncertainty involved in court proceedings; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future; the ongoing operation of the Companies' business and other factors.
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Shane Filan admits nerves ahead of first solo performance on Rose of Tralee
SHANE Filan has said he's feeling nervous ahead of his first live solo TV performance on tonight's 'Rose of Tralee'.
"It's the biggest TV show in Ireland, and I was chuffed to be asked" He said.
"Everybody grows up watching it and it's a very iconic thing in Ireland every year."
Filan performed with Westlife during the festival over a decade ago, however this will be his first solo performance.
"It's going to be very different, but I'm looking forward to it, I'm excited and nervous and anxious".
The singer has also said that his new album will be a positive one.
cv"It's very personal and it's very positive. I could have wrote a lot of other songs which were negative, but I thought if I'm going to do this it has to be positive".
Shane Filan will perform on tonight's second part of the Rose of Tralee is on RTE One from 8pm, with the winner being crowned at around 11.15pm.
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