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Bullying trauma: School and family responses
Increasing numbers of children and teenagers are the victim of severe bullying. The short and long term effects from this trauma can be severe and disabling. Today, the primary reason for near epidemic of bullying is the use of the internet and text messaging to vent excessive anger and ridicule, referred to as cyber-bullying.
The tragic consequence of cyberbullying to a Catholic New York Catholic high school student has raised important issues about Catholic education (crisismagazine.com a suicide in Brooklyn raises quesitons about parochial education).
There is an anger problem in many schools. Some students exhibit harmful, excessive anger directed both at fellow students and teachers and such anger-expression is widely reported to interfere with the ability to teach and to learn. Certain students are often singled out and become scapegoats of this misdirected, undeserved anger.
Current anti-bullying programs in Catholic schools are often ineffective. They rarely address the most important issues for those students showing bullying behaviors. These issues include: a) uncovering the origins of his/her anger, b) insisting on a mental evaluation of those who bully, and c) making a commitment to resolving the anger as a condition for staying in the school.
Harm from Bullying
The persistent flow of intense anger from one student toward another can:
damage the ability to feel safe or to trust
increase anxiety
harm self-esteem
make a child vulnerable to depression and
can result in intense feelings of anger and fantasies of revenge against the one who bullies which can be misdirected, primarily at family members.
Other conflicts we cite in the child chapter of our APA textbook, Forgiveness Therapy, include: an increased the risk of
self-harm in late adolescence (Lereya, 2013); increased the risk for suicide ideation and suicidal/self-injurious behavior in preadolescence (Winsper, et al., 2012); a precursor or marker on the trajectory towards the development of Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms in childhood (Wolke, et al. 2012); an increased risk of psychotic symptoms in early adolescence, which nearly doubles among children who were victims of bullying at age 8 or 10 years (Schreier, et al., 2009) and social isolation, loneliness, psychosomatic symptoms and fears of going to school.
On forty-year study showed the long term psychological damage to confidence, the ability to feel safe and to trust and to hope. Those bullied in childhood had increased levels of psychological distress at ages 23 and 50. Victims of frequent bullying had higher rates of depression, anxiety disorders and suicidality nearly four decades after exposure. Childhood bullying victimization was associated with a lack of social relationships, economic hardship, and poor perceived quality of life at age 50 (Takizawa, R., et al. 2014). This study did not measure the serious conflicts of excessive anger in those bullied which interferes with the ability to resolve the sadness, anxiety and insecurity caused by the bullying and which is often misdirected at others who do not deserve it. If the level of anger had been measured in these individuals, it would have been significant and probably would have been associated with impulses for revenge.
Parental protection
Given the extent of emotional conflict in youth arising from numerous sources, including the divorce, narcissism and pornography epidemics, as well as violent video-gaming, it is important that parents ask their children regularlyhow they are being treated in schools because most children who are bullied do not tell their parents.
The importance of monitoring what occurs with peers was highlighted by an American study of 10,000 adolescents in which 49% of the youth met the criteria for one psychiatric disorder (Merikangas, K.R., et al, 2010). It is important to understand research that demonstrates that excessive anger is highly prevalent in all psychiatric disorders with irritability being a criterion from making the diagnosis of both anxiety and depressive disorders.
A decrease in bullying is also dependent upon parents working to resolve any marital conflicts and raising their children in the virtues that decrease excessive anger, selfishness and sexual immorality. Youth particularly benefit from the wisdom of St. John Paul II that the opposite of love is to use a person as a sexual object which is want occurs with pornograhy use. Monitoring of internet devices should be a given to protect youth.
When parents identify that a child is being bullied at school, the parent should report this both the teacher and the school principal.
Factors contributing to bullying behaviors
Cultural, family and personal issues are contributing to an increase in the degree of bullying in communities and in schools. A leading cultural reason is what has been described as the epidemic of narcissism. An important book on this subject is The Epidemic of Narcissism: Living in an Age of Entitlement by psychologists J. Twenge and H. Campbell. Narcissism can be described as severe selfishness and predisposes children to treat others in an insensitive manner with a lack of respect and a disregard for the needs of other children. Severe selfishness interferes with the development of a healthy personality.
Also, Dr. Paul Vitz's book, Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship, describes the role of the mental health field in the development of selfishness in the culture. He explains how a philosophy of indulgent self-actualization now underlies much of today's psychotherapy.
Another factor is the prevalent permissive parenting style in American families. Permissive parents want their children to be their friends and often lack the wisdom and the courage to correct selfish and angry behaviors. Their children overreact in anger at home and do the same outside the home. In addition, many children model after selfish parents that damages their ability to master their anger and to treat others in a respectful, sensitive manner. Also, selfish children, and adults, have an inflated sense of themselves that leads them to try to dominate others.
The abandonment of character education in schools is another important contributor to the bullying problem. In the past character education involved teaching children the virtues that could help them to master their emotional and personality struggles such as anger and selfishness. For example, children were taught the long-term benefits of trying to master their anger by growth in the virtue of forgiveness and their selfishness by growth in the virtues of generosity, self-control and self-denial.
The collapse of faith in the culture also influences bullying. When the faith in families was stronger, children were taught to view all individuals as being made in the image of God who were their brothers and their sisters. Another factor is divorce epidemic that results in children unconsciously taking into the classroom sadness and its associated anger that can be misdirected at innocent children.
Additional causes of bullying in our clinical experience include:
• excessive anger from numerous sources including
- misdirected anger that is meant for a family member, most often the father, or a sibling or peer
- jealousy (the mother of hatred, St. Thomas Aquinas)
- sadness and loneliness
- low self-esteem
- poor body image
- pleasure in giving vent to anger
• strong desire to control others
• siding with bullies to impress peers
• modeling anger of a parent, sibling or peer
• obsessional competitiveness
• prejudice.
Specific reasons for being bullying
The most common reason for being bullying is the clothing worn by a child and his/her appearance. Other common reasons include:
weakness in athletic abilities due to a lack of eye-hand coordination
a child's intelligence
strong creative and artistic gifts
a strong moral code
confidence with a refusal to go along with the crowd
a healthy personality
smallness in stature, obesity, excessive thinness, etc.
self-esteem education that fosters an obsession with oneself
sexual bullying in those who believe others can be used as objects.
The strong anger that develops in many children who are bullied is often misdirected into the home toward siblings, the mother or themselves and in the community. These children may have such fears of rejection by those of the same sex that they develop what can be viewed as friendship phobia. Their isolation contributes to intense loneliness and, in some children, depressive illness.
Case Study
Miguel, a ten-year-old boy, told his parents whenever other children made him a scapegoat at school or at sports. Although he was the smartest student in his class and a good athlete, he became increasingly anxious and angry as a result of the constant ridicule by peers. The apparent reason for the abuse was his protruding front teeth. They called him Bucky the Beaver at every opportunity. To his credit, even when he was outnumbered, he was emotionally strong and had no difficulty responding in an assertive way to his tormentors. However, he developed symptoms of anxiety as a result of peer ridicule.
The anger with his peers regularly spilled over into his relationships with others in the family. Miguel knew he was misdirecting anger and was motivated to try to resolve his resentment with his peers. He was asked daily to try to view his peers as being jealous of his intelligence and athletic abilities and then to think of forgiving them. He was helped in this process with his fathers encouragement. Miguel's dad told his son that he had been subjected to similar treatment as a boy. Miguel actually came to feel compassion for his peers and viewed them as being weak males who could not face him individually, but needed to hide in a group.
School Response to Parental and Child Complaints
In our consultation with Catholic schools, the most effective approach we have seen to address this serious problem of children at risk for serious psychological harm is to recommend to parents, principals or pastors, who should have a major role in protection of children in their schools that a child who consistently overreacts in anger and those who bully other children should be suspended from school and be required to have a mental health evaluation.
When parents complain to the school about the bullying of a child, a common response from school administrators is to hold the victim equally responsible for the conflict(s). In our clinical experience this often is not the case. Then, parents can present a written list of the bullying episodes with the name(s) of the bully and insist that bullies participate in an empirically proven anger management program. They may also request that teachers receive more training on dealing with anger in the classroom and with bullying.
The angry, defiant child who bullies other children in Catholic schools should be required to participate in ongoing treatment with a mental health professional who has expertise in the resolution of excessive anger. Principals and teachers should communicate with the treating professional to ascertain whether the child is willing to grow in the virtues that can decrease excessive anger such as forgiveness, respect, generosity, charity and kindness.
This intervention can be effective not only in protecting innocent children, but also in helping the angry, defiant child to realize that there are strong negative consequences to bullying behaviors. Also, such a strong correction may be the prime motivating factor that finally leads an angry child to change abusive behaviors and to grow in virtues that can lead to the growth of a healthy personality.
The parents should be reassured by the principal and pastor that the bully will not be permitted back into the classroom and place innocent children at risk until a treatment plan is initiated for the excessive anger in the bully. Not infrequently, this bully's anger is an unconscious cry for help, which should not be ignored but addressed.
Over the past forty years with our nationally recognized expertise in the treatment of uncovering and treating excessive anger, we have seen a marked reduction in the anger of the bully through family therapy, forgiveness therapy and, at times, the use of medication.
Principles and pastors often will not allow those who bully to return to the classroom until this process begins and the child commits to work on his/her excessive anger.
If a child with such entrenched problems refuses to change, then it is vital that other children be protected and this might mean, in some cases and after careful discernment, expelling the offending child from the Catholic school.
Mistakes by Principals and Teachers
We have treated both teachers and students who have been verbally abused and/or threatened by students or who have been physically harmed by students' thrown objects. There is a double trauma when Catholic school administrators fail to take any effective action against the abuser(s). The administrators' failure in this regard places teachers and students at-risk for physical and psychological harm.
One of the hallmarks of Catholic Education is to equip the poor and to teach different people to live together in peace.
The failure of principals or presidents to stop bullying or other forms of aggression, defeats the basic principles and hallmarks of Catholic Education.
The failure of principals to enforce a regular discipline with its consequences renders the faculty impotent.
The failure of principals and presidents to enforce a consistent code of conduct with expected consequences, defeats the morale of the faculty, and leads to anarchy of the students, or brutal disciplinary actions.
Reasons for the Failure to Correct
In our clinical experience with youth and adults the major reasons for failing to correct and protect others from the excessive anger in those who bully are:
• a lack of confidence and courage
• an excessive need for acceptance
• the failure to uncover and resolve one's own anger
• fear of angry people from one's childhood, particularly one's relationship with one's father,
• a compulsive need to control the school, the students and parents
• anger with parents who identify weaknesses in a principal because of a failure to adequately address the anger problem
• mistrust of outside consultants such as mental health professionals
• mistrust of males that is misdirected at the pastor who should be, but is often not, consulted
• lack of proper accountability of principals to the diocese,
• fear of an angry reaction from the parents who are informed that their child should undergo a mental health evaluation
• fear of losing students and financial losses from pursuing programs that counter bullying
• lack of trusting God with the future of the school and one's career,
Forgiveness Education and Forgiveness Therapy
I am aware of a number of Catholic educators who encourage their students to think about forgiving at the beginning of the school day to try to resolve anger they may be unconsciously or consciously bringing into the school from hurts or injustice from the family or peer relationships. These educators have told me that they believe the use of forgiveness has numerous benefits for them and helps prevent them from overreacting during the school day.
Teachers, regardless of length of service, report not being confident in their ability to deal with bullying and 87 per cent want more training (Boulton 1997). New programs for teachers and students need to be developed to protect children in our schools, to help victims learn how to resolve their strong anger with impulses for revenge, to encourage peers to understand bullies and to support victims, and to provide treatment protocols for the hostility in bullies. Our article in the American School Board Journal, Learning to Forgive, in the Educators section of this website, can be beneficial to assisting teachers in helping students learn to master their anger.
My co-author of our APA textbook, Forgiveness Therapy, Dr. Robert Enright, U.W.-Madison, is the leading forgiveness researcher and educator. He has developed a complete set of professionally-produced guides for forgiveness education, from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. These have been used in over 30 countries worldwide and their effectiveness for reducing anger in children as young as age 6 have been researched and found to be effective. The results include studies in Milwaukee's central city, Belfast's interface areas, and Seoul, Korea. These studies now are published in peer-reviewed journals.
Forgiveness therapy has been demonstrated to be effective in females victimized by those who bully by diminishing anger and hostile retribution, reducing aggression and delinquency, and improving academic performance (Par, et al., 2013).
Response to Mistakes
The Church has been going through a very painful time of purification because of the failure of Bishops, priests and Catholic educators to protect youth from the risk of sexual abuse, primarily of a homosexual nature (Fitzgibbons, R., et al. 2011). The post crisis response has been positive overall with the glaring exception of failing to identify the important risk factors of severe narcissism and male insecurity in potential abusers of youth, particularly males
Priests who have been accused of placing youth at risk have been required to take leave from their ministry and undergo an evaluation according to the norms established by the Dallas Charter.
In justice, principals and school administrators who demonstrate negligence in protecting youth from the serious psychological harm of bullying should also be required to step aside from their work and be evaluated in a similar fashion.
The Church cannot fail to act in justice when youth in Catholic schools, as well as educators, are are placed at-risk of serious harm.
Help for the Victim
Building confidence and healthy same sex friendships
The experience of being bullied can lead to depression and loneliness, explosive anger and impulses for revenge, anxiety and mistrust, low confidence, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, social isolation and even paranoid ideation. In addition to trying to resolve anger with the bullies by a process of forgiveness, many of these youngsters benefit from working on building their confidence and their ability to trust;that is, their ability to feel safe with their peers.
Growth in confidence in the victims of bullying can occur in a number of ways particularly by working on same sex friendships and by strengthening the relationship with the same sex parent. Since these children are often have strong fears of being rejected, parents can encourage identifying trustworthy, friendly peers and working on trying to let down walls that have been put up and trying to trust again in same sex friendships. The resistance in these children to pursuing such friendships can be very strong and parents need to be patient but persevering in helping establish good same sex friendships. The acceptance in such friendships can help decrease the bullying trauma. Parents can also recommend growth in the virtue of gratitude for the God-given gifts that they bring into peer relationships and in the virtue of forgiveness for the bullies in order to break the emotional control of the past. Also, in families with faith, a discussion of the benefits of working on a friendship with the Lord can strengthen confidence and hope.
Parents as protectors and the first educators
St. Thomas More told the tudors of his children to first educate them in virtues. However, since parents teach more by their behaviors and emotional responses, it is essential that they work to master their anger and their selfishness by employing a number of virtues described in the anger and selfishness chapters on this website, particularly the regular use of forgiveness, self-control, generosity and respect. In addition, because of the serious emotional and behavioral conflicts in youth today, parents should teach their children to never bully or join peers who bully and to try to befriend and protect innocent children who are bullied. They should insist that their peers be kind and respectful, not belittling and mean.
If the bullying is in the community and is strong, it can be helpful to review a number of reasons for bullying including sadness, insecurity, jealousy or modeling after an angry parent. Children should also be encouraged to forgive the bully which has numerous benefits as described in the anger chapter.
When the school is unable to protect children from the pain of ongoing harassment or insensitive treatment, other options can be considered including enrollment in another school, in a charter school or in home schooling.
If a child is bullying a parent or sibling, correction should always occur. Also, if bullying and defiant behaviors in the home are severe, consideration should be given to warn the child that unless these behaviors change he/she may need to live with another family member or with friends. Such bullying is often the result of intense selfishness with a strong sense of entitlement.
School phobia and boys who don't play sports
Boys who do not play sports often experience significant peer rejection and bullying in a culture that places excessive emphasis upon athletic success as a sign of true masculinity. Such boys can develop a school phobia. They often have strong feelings of loneliness and sadness, few male friends, weak male confidence and resentment toward males who were insensitive to them. These boys can develop same sex attractions in an unconscious attempt to gain the male acceptance that was missing in their male peer relationships.
These males benefit from special attention from their parents, especially their fathers. A challenge here is that fathers tend to be confident bonding with their sons primarily through athletic activities. Many fathers often have difficulty knowing how to be close to their sons who do not show an interest in sports. A common error fathers make with sons who lack eye hand coordination is to attempt to force them to play sports. Many boys simply lack the ability to learn the skills needed for baseball, basketball, soccer or football.
Fathers can bond with such sons in a number of ways including hiking, fishing, hunting, playing chess, and walking. They can also identify and discuss topics of interest to their sons. In addition, these boys also benefit from their fathers helping them to grow in an awareness of their special God-given gifts that is essential in building male confidence.
Fathers are often limited in their giving to boys who don't play sports for some of the following reasons:
- lack of self-knowledge that they modeled after fathers who had difficulty in positive emotional self-giving
- a father's unresolved anger with his father which he misdirects at his son
- a father's obsession with sports as a way to strengthen his male confidence
- weak male confidence in the father
- selfishness in the father
- lack of balance in the father's life.
Parents can help these boys and teenagers by criticizing the prevailing cultural view that sports and the body image are the most important measures of masculinity. They can present the traditional Western civilization opinion that healthy masculinity is the result of having a strong character or personality. We have found that an effective approach to building confidence in such males includes:
- improving the quality father-son time together in non athletic activities
- identifying with positive character traits of the father and other male family members
- working on good male friendships
- exercising to improve body image
- discussing the role of the male as being a protective spouse and father, not an athlete
- not being obsessed with one's body
- forgiving those who damaged male confidence
- downplay the importance of sports in regard to healthy masculinity
- not feminizing a boy or enabling excessive play with girls or girls' toys, such as dolls.
Parents can help these children by :
- encouraging trust and self-giving in same sex friendships
- recognizing that one is a child of God with a specific mission (see The Purpose-Driven Life)
- being thankful for one's God-given body and gifts.
- meditating upon asking the Lord to help one feel confident and safe in trustworthy male friendships
- meditating upon the Lord as a good friend
- asking the Lord to protect male confidence and to see oneself as God sees him
- thinking one is powerless over all the anger with those who rejected him and turning it over to God.
Many of these boys can act in an impulsive, angry or even explosive manner at times as a result of their peer rejection pain of sadness and insecurity. A number of these boys are surprised by the depth of their resentment, including at times anger with God for not giving them eye-hand coordination. Their resentment is often misdirected at siblings and the mother. Growth in forgiveness and in a greater appreciation of their special God-given gifts can diminish this anger. Also,for Catholic youth the sacrament of reconciliation is helpful in resolving such strong resentment.
The role of faith
When appropriate, faith can be beneficial in the healing process with children who have been bullied. Growth in trust can occur in some children by suggesting that they meditate several times daily, "Lord help me to feel safe with friends whom I can trust." Also, participation in parish youth groups lead to a new ability to feel safe with peers. Many youngsters have been hurt so deeply by bullies that they are unable to forgive them. discover that they cannot forgive those who have bullied them. Catholic youngsters can be helped by giving their anger to God, reflecting that revenge belongs to God or taking their deep resentment into the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The process of resolving anger with bullies is challenging and requires a great deal of strength and grace.
Some male also discover within themselves an anger with God for allowing them to be hurt regularly by their peers. They can experience a relief by expressing aloud, "God, why did you let this happen to me?"Also, uniting one's rejection pain with that of Christ who was also ridiculed and abandoned can help individuals find meaning and strength in their suffering.
We have also seen faith benefit the bullies by their meditating upon being powerless over their anger and wanting to turn it over to God, especiallly with someone who has treated them in an unjust manner in the family.
Current anti-bullying programs need to be improved
New initiatives are needed first and foremost in the home to combat the intense selfishness and excessive anger in youth. Parents are the first educators of their children. They should take this role more seriously and give their children the education in virtues they need in order master their anger and selfishness and to treat others with more respect and sensitivity. Educators should also work on mastering anger and selfishness in their lives so that they can also educate children in virtues that can help decrease them decrease excessive anger and disrespectful behaviors. Forgiveness education programs such as Dr. Robert Enright's are needed in our homes and in our schools.


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The Loire Valley, 1895. When 17-year-old Sara Thibault's father is killed in a mudslide, her mother sells their vineyard to a rival family whose eldest son marries Sara's sister, Lydia. But a violent tragedy compels Sara and her sister to flee to New York, forcing Sara to put aside her dream of following in her father's footsteps as a master winemaker. Meanwhile, Philippe Lemieux has arrived in California with the ambition of owning the largest vineyard in Napa by 1900. When he receives word of his brother's death in France, he resolves to bring the killer to justice.
Sara has traveled to California in hopes of making her own way in the winemaking world. When she encounters Philippe in a Napa vineyard, they are instantly drawn to one another, but Sara knows he is the one man who could return her family's vineyard to her - or send her straight to the guillotine.
A riveting tale of betrayal, retribution, love, and redemption, Kristen Harnisch's debut novel immerses listeners in the rich vineyard culture of both the Old and New Worlds, the burgeoning cities of late 19th-century America, and a spirited heroine's fight to determine her destiny.
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Sum-up: Portland's Bureau of Transportation meeting for potential SW Portland bicycle transportation improvement project, Thursday, July 23 and Thursday, August 20, Multnomah Arts Center, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Portland is currently in the process of expanding the network of family-friendly bicycle streets. The segment of Southwest Terwilliger/Westwood between SW Vermont to SW Terwilliger is a low traffic street ideal for a bicycle boulevard designation and provides connections to routes throughout Southwest Portland, including The International School. Please join your neighbors in helping City staff identify key improvements to increase safety for all modes and specifically improve bicycle access.
NOTE: Funding for the entire project will be provided by the Bureau of Transportation.
The Bureau of Transportation has scheduled a public meeting to discuss the potential project with your neighbors. At the first meeting, Transportation staff will provide an overview of bicycle boulevards, review existing traffic conditions, and hear your feedback. City staff will return for a second meeting to present recommendations on specific improvements.
Bicycle Boulevards are good for schools because they lessen the number of cars on the road and lower the average speed of moving traffic. By doing this, they also provide safer routes to school for students and families to utilize. Please consider attending the following meetings to help support your school and Bicycle Boulevard improvements in your neighborhood:
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Whether it is the fruit season or the harvest festival, you will never be short of wine and wine tastings in North Carolina.
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North Carolina is the first grape state of the US. Going to the originating place of a wine has a special checkbox in every traveler's things to do log book. Since then, a number of wines have been produced in this region with from a vast number of wineries.
Enjoy your drink in the wineries at Baltimore or a setting of mountain slopes that is breath taking. NC even has wedding places where you can marry amidst the best wine in the country. With more than 400 vineyards and 150 wineries here, you can map your way through our wine trails and enjoy every stop. Some of the tours to be taken are:
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This tour includes two beautiful wineries in Hendersonville and Bold Rock Cider. The all famous lunch in Hendersonville is not something to be missed along with wine tastings that range from adventure to sophistication.
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The Horse Country awaits you with breathtaking boutique wineries. The taste of wine in all three boutiques is totally different and unique from each other. The tasting setups are also different, designed to complement the kind of wine being served. Medal winning wines are poured at each location and often the winemakers will be available to talk to you about their wines.
The Wine & Dine Tour
There is no point of visiting a winery in North Carolina which doesn't offer food which goes hand in hand with the kind of wine being served. Many wineries serve French food to cater for the place where the best and oldest wines come from. Two vineyards famous for their food include Addison Farms Winery and Fontaine Vineyards. It is not only the food but the view that awaits you at these wineries which make it worth visiting.
Bachelor Party Tours
Apart from all the different places you can visit, North Carolina wineries are famous for hosting the best bachelor bashes ever. All boys or all girls guided tour with a festival filled evenings await you before you final go to the life long prison of marriage. Do not miss this!
Symphony Park
Symphony Park hosts great grapes in the summers, which is an event not to be missed if you are a wine enthusiast. This festival features more than 220 wines and more than 20 wineries.


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With some low-cost purchases and simple DIY projects, RMS user tiffer40 transformed her bedroom for only $500. Her husband helped her build the lighted headboard, they stained their existing furniture and updated the space with smart buys from favorite de
So gorgeous with a felt rug as a headboard, Indian chair & Moroccan wedding blanket & Moroccan lantern. I sell the wedding blankets on
Love this headboard. DIY pallet opportunity here with an eco-friendly dark stain. #upcycle
Love the exposed brick contrasting with the soft headboard. The windows and high ceilings are gorgeous.
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Dark grey lush bedding with deep rich accent colors- purple & indigo and wide variety of textures throughout the room... The wood and textiles.
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almost makes me wish we didn't have an actual headboard but could play with multiple ones everynow and then pinterest shows so many diy headboards!
What a great idea! using a low dresser as a foot board in a small bedroom.
What a great, laid back eclectic style bedroom with a slight beachy style! Love that wood headboard and blanket.
•❈• Piano Headboard Project DIY directions with pictures. Craigslist always seems to have pianos for free or very low amount.
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DIY Rope Basket and great idea for a headboard. I'm not sure how the headboard was made, but it looks like maybe a DIY project....
Take a bit of the 70's flare into your interior style. Whether it's psychedelic wallpaper or stripes, retro patterned rugs & couches, or macramé plant holders & wall hangings - this look will be ultra cool this fall. Get a 70's vibe with this d
Cool idea for a male bedroom...faux tin wall tiles from HomeDepot or Lowes...sprayed and finished to match your decor...I like this idea for a baby nursery too...would look great in a baby boys room with a black crib...or painted all pink in a little girl
Love the lines of this bed/sidetable combo. Almost like Ikea's Malm, but classier. Could this be a DIY?
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Headboards Surprise With Storage Rest easier about storage space in your bedroom with headboards that have built-in cabinets, drawers and shelves
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Would look pretty cool if done with jute instead of vinyl, no? DIY White Woven Headboard
Color scheme w some brighter orange
Small bedroom living quarters? No problem. Make a wall statement with wood boards, aged & textured. Low platform bed, lighting, & a great bed throw to cozy up with. Keep it simple & you can still achieve a bold look.
DIY Headboard using boards from Home Depot or Lowes. Personalize it with their name. Simple and cheap!
Slumber in sophisticated style with this industrial-chic bed, showcasing a platform silhouette and caster feet.
HUDSON SIGNATURE BED- Now this is a bed for mountain living! Or frankly..... anywhere
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Bedroom with holiday decorations and a wall shelf beneath a stenciled mirror - DIY Christmas and holiday decorations - Styled by Lowe's Creative Ideas - Royal Design Studio stencils
beds with low headboard
Map in gold frame above above bed, linen spread over white matlesse spread, chest bed tables with tall lamps with tiny linen shades - neutral, simple, stunning
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This setting offers an interesting study in scale. Notice the oversize headboard with the low nightstand. The silver pendant balances out the two extremes for a polished bedside look. Notice also the delicate layers of pattern in the tone-on-tone wallpape
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project headboard. {DIY headboard} (i like the circles on the wall with embroidery hoops...cute idea!)
DIY a headboard using dowel rods and vinyl flashing. Tutorial - or finally what to do with the old slats from the vertical blinds
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Antlers above bed. I could MAYBE deal with this. But no skulls and no creepy glassy animal eyes.
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Upcycled headboard ideas - amazing what you can do with doors, wood pallets, shutters, gates, and more
Home and studio of Tenka Gammelgaard styled with Louis Poulsen lights. Photo: Jacob Termansen.
idea for above-bed art or anywhere seasonal art: square frames with coordinating scrapbook paper in them. fun. colorful. cheap. easily switched out if you get new bedding. Or try fabric. I LOVE this idea!!
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as much as i always dread and hate change, im ready for newness! i need excitement and such to keep my brain from fighting with itself and these manic episodes lol. today i awoke to nick talkin bout the future and knowing i have an extreme phobia of aging and wasting life and such, he just had to bring up the fact we only have 3 years left here before he gets out and he wants to go guard and put in to perm. move to colorado!!! tis beautiful and ive always wanted to visit but i DO NOT want to leave within 9 hours of here (driving distance from family... my parents are old and due to my brother being gone , theyre getting custody of my 5 year old neice and if something happens to one of my parents **KNOCK ON WOOD!! it doesnt) but i get custody of her so id like to stay close next 6 years or so... With that said nick said "ya know just because were married it doesnt mean you have to pcs with me, We can visit each other and such, i like distance and long distance relationships are what im very used to and good at but this is marriage and i dont see it working at all! not even about the lack of sex or temptation but i know we'd get completely disconnected! also my heart will stray further away even more so than it already has so imma go and do all these errands and shit i have to do today so i dont have to think about this bullshit stuff anymore, id like to live in the present for now! ive wasted almost 25 years of my life living in the past or future , but i want to live in the NOWWW at moment!
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I'm not ready to have another baby yet, says model mum Pippa
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The model (30) said she hopes to have more kids with her presenter husband Brian Ormond in the future, but she's happy focusing on her career for now.
"I'm not thinking of it right now, but I would love to in a while," she told the Herald. "I'm so busy and it's nice to concentrate on (other projects) for now.
The Kildare native has more on the go than ever with her website and personal styling events and revealed last month that her range for US beauty brand Blank Canvas will go on sale this summer.
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With Ollie turning two years old yesterday, the fashion blogger admitted the time has went by in the blink of an eye and that he's already following in her fashionable footsteps.
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I am wondering if it is possible to use the COPY function to load data from a text file on a Windows network drive to my PostgreSQL database running on Linux.
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FTp it !
The first thing you should do is to upload that file via FTp or SSh to the server then, you'll be able to copy it, unless you map a windows Network drive under linux then call it to copy. if you are willing to dump a table, you can use one of the many postgresql GUI tools under windows http://www.pgadmin.org or http://www.dbtools.com.brOpen up
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Got-Next has posted their review of MVP '06 NCAA Baseball, giving it a 4 out of 5.
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- Get a fresh perspective of Ras Al Khaimah's tourist attractions by taking off from Marjan Island and soaring in a luxury seaplane.
- The breathtaking 45-minute flight provides eternal views over Dubai's famous landmarks, such as the Burj Khalifa, World Islands, Palm Jumeirah, and the Burj Al Arab.
- Enjoy an exquisite water take off in Ras Al Khaimah and then a stunning water landing on the historic Dubai Creek.
- Discover the heritage of the Dubai Creek area, a place full of stories that show you another side to Dubai.
A seaplane adventure tops most lists of things to do in Ras Al Khaimah. It affords sublime views of the area before sweeping you away to the unforgettable symbols of Dubai like the Burj Khalifa.
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The Dubai Creek was the UAE's first airport and British seaplanes landed here up to five times a week during the 1930's and 1940's. So you're touching down on a slice of heritage as the seaplane gently lands on water. For the pilot it's a regular experience. He's landed a seaplane thousands of times. But for first-time passengers it's a thrilling experience, the water looming larger before you gently come to a stop on the creek. Disembark here and you can spend the day exploring the tourist attractions around Dubai Creek, revelling in the heritage of the city's historic area. The tour can also be completed with a return land transfer, allowing you to continue ticking things off your list of things to do in Ras Al Khaimah.


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Johannesburg - Municipal officials need to look at dealing with infrastructure problems in new ways, Co-operative Governance Minister Richard Baloyi said on Thursday.
"When a programme does not work, don't try to put another name on that programme and hope it will work. We need to come up with answers that will not become problems in the future," said Baloyi.
He said officials who came up with fancy terms for a problem, were not really solving the problem.
"Everything you do should be done towards reaching your achievements. Let's get our hands dirty."
Baloyi was speaking at a municipal infrastructure consultative conference in Boksburg.
The conference was discussing ways to support municipalities with planning, developing, repairing and maintaining ailing infrastructure to improve service delivery.
Baloyi earlier said municipal leaders and officials should stop blaming poor service delivery on apartheid.
"We can't blame it [service delivery] on apartheid. Gone are those days," he told delegates.
"Today, we cannot claim that we do not own this infrastructure. It is for us to rise above it and do something [about failing infrastructure]."
Baloyi said an internship programme was on the cards to train municipal officials.
"I will engage with universities to work with us through an internship programme and try shape their courses to help interns deal with specific problems in the municipality."
An internship programme should be set up where academics worked for the municipality for a year as a practical part of their courses, he said.
This would help generate the skills needed to deal with ageing and failing infrastructure.
You could have done that with all the guys that were retrenched years ago, and have left a lot of good feeling in the communities, at a fraction of the cost. But no you wanted to get your hands on the reins of power, not knowing what you were doing, for the sake of what. To say you are now in charge. More tax payers money p1ssed up the wall. But at least some are starting to realise that things cant go on the as the are at present. So well done for that, so lets role our sleeves up and get cracking together to make this nation as great as we can make it.
Tell that to the Tshwane leadership who are hell bent on wasting money on changing names - when thousands are homeless and road network needs attention......step in and ban wasteful expenditure.
This exercise was just past of a team building campaign. They all know it and things will remain the same.
What happens to a business when lazy people take office???? Poor service delivery and ultimately bankruptcy. I am surprised that Richard Baloyi actually had a crowd to talk to.
Pleasing to hear. We wish you all the best Mr Baloyi you have at least said it. We shall not discourage you by being negative - thumbs up to you.


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Dead serious, as if you are playing in the middle. There has to be a sense of purpose in the effort at the nets.
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Its a delivery that demands a lot of practice. Concentrate and keep watching the spot you want the ball to land on.
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You got to watch the ball coming out of the bowlers hand. That will ease a lot of your problems.
I am a right-handed opener. I often get bowled when tackling yorkers. Why does this happen'
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You are lifting your head at the time of making contact. Also watch and control your backlift.
I struggle with my line and length when bowling leg breaks. Please help.
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Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices: a cross-sectional survey studyUT SBMI Journal Articles
Publication Date11-14-2005
JournalBMC Public Health. 2005 Nov 14;5:120.
AbstractBackground U.S. Hispanic physicians constitute a considerable professional collective, and they may be most suited to attend to the health education needs of the growing U.S. Hispanic population. These educational needs include tobacco use prevention and smoking cessation. However, there is a lack of information on Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices, their level of awareness and use of cessation protocols, and the type of programs that would best address their tobacco training needs. The purpose of this study was to assess the tobacco intervention practices and training needs of Hispanic physicians. Methods Data was collected through a validated survey instrument among a cross-sectional sample of self-reported Hispanic physicians. Data analyses included frequencies, descriptive statistics, and factorial analyses of variance. Results The response rate was 55.5%. The majority of respondents (73.3%) were middle-age males. Less than half of respondents routinely performed the most basic intervention: asking patients about smoking status (44.4%) and advising smoking patients to quit (42.2%). Twenty-five percent assisted smoking patients by talking to them about the health risks of smoking, providing education materials or referring them to cessation programs. Only 4.4% routinely arranged follow-up visits or phone calls for smoking patients. The majority of respondents (64.4%) indicated that they prescribe cessation treatments to less than 20% of smoking patients. A few (4.4%) routinely used behavioral change techniques or programs. A minority (15.6%) indicated that they routinely ask their patients about exposure to tobacco smoke, and 6.7% assisted patients exposed to secondhand smoke in understanding the health risks associated with environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). The most frequently encountered barriers preventing respondents from intervening with patients who smoke included: time, lack of training, lack of receptivity by patients, and lack of reimbursement by third party payers. There was no significant main effect of type of physician, nor was there an interaction effect (gender by type of physician), on tobacco-related practices. Conclusion The results indicate that Hispanic physicians, similarly to U.S. physicians in general, do not meet the level of intervention recommended by health care agencies. The results presented will assist in the development of tobacco training initiatives for Hispanic physicians.
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Citation InformationFrancisco G Soto Mas, Richard L Papenfuss, Holly E Jacobson, Chiehwen E Hsu, et al.. "Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices: a cross-sectional survey study" (2005)
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It was a week ago that Ghetto and the rest of the movement done a show on 1xtra for Westwood's rap show. The set involved not just spitting but a touch of sending from Scorcher, who hasn't been on radio for months, directed at P Money and Tinchy - Audio below.
Ghetto, Scorcher, Wretch 32 and P.Nero on Westwood (1xtra) - 09.03.08
In true sending style, just the sunday that has passed, P Money brought some of his pals into the 1xtra studios and sent straight back. Hear his bars for Ghetto and Scorcher below (Listen in from 8:00 till 11:05). Was a great show especially with Vectra's mixing and P Money's spitting, make sure if you haven't already to check out the show. For all the previous heads up on the indirects and directs between Ghetto and P Money go here.
Vectra, P Money, Blacks & Mega Montana on Westwood (1xtra) - 16.03.08
Although Ghetto's Who's Got? sent for all the Boy Better Know crew it seems like no one has replied. JME has released his cover for his Serious? album and it is possibly the funniest thing in the world. I don't think this is the original cover work he will use, I just don't think he's that stupid to publish this although I would like to see him release an exclusive special edition 100 copies of this cover. I don't know why but in a sad way it would be fun, for some reason that I can't think of. Skepta seems to of come back with a rawer garage style recently and re-working it in with his original grime sound. I didn't like Nokia Charger Wire at first but it's grown on me although Jammer's Oi yoii woii has possibly the most anoying chorus of all time, some body give the guy an award for that. Frisco is about to drop a video for Time is right taken from Back the Lab Vol2 and has also got a remix rotating.
Frisco featuring Bashy, JME and Black The Ripper - Time Is Right Remix
Not forgetting Wiley though, who is preparing to release Grime Wave on 5th May (approx unless delays). Will he be on the Mountain remix? only time will tell. Although from the interview I done with Ghetto last year, Wiley was the only guy that he thought should of been on the Top 3 Selected remix and wasn't. "How did you choose who went on the Top 3 Selected Remix? I'll tell you the truth, the only person who should of be on there and isn't on there is Wiley. Everyone else can shut up because you wasn't mean't to be on there." That is surely a good sign?
I was at Roundhouse in Chalk farm last night and caught Ghetto performing with a Live Band. From what I remember he slipped in a mix of tracks from both mixtapes Ghetto Gospel and Freedom Of Speech like Understand, Top 3 Selected and Mountain. The Final track, Mountain caused as much hype as I've seen it receive in most raves. It's such a different experience hearing a band full of bass and electric guitars, drums and keyboards recreate a track with their simple elements. I've only ever seen a couple of acts with a live band, would be nice to get some more on the go because it creates such a relaxing atmosphere. From what I hear aswell Bashy gave a great performance at the most recent I Luv Live aswell. Can grime cope with a Live band? I bloody well hope it can because I need my addiction to be fed and self reloads of any old bars are starting to take its tole on my hairline.


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The brother of late punk legend Joey Ramone has blasted the widow of his sibling's bandmate Johnny Ramone after she publicly endorsed U.S. presidential candidate John McCain's bid for the White House.
Linda Cummings, who was married to the late guitarist - real name John Cummings - has reportedly spoken out in support of the Republican and his running mate Sarah Palin's campaign.
But Joey Ramone's brother Mickey Leigh, who helps run Ramones Productions, is furious Cummings is using the band's name to back a possible MCCain administration - insisting the Ramones as a band were not supporters of the Republican party.
In a statement, Leigh says, "It has been brought to my attention that Linda Cummings, using the name Ramone, has been in the media joining with the Palin family and the MCCains to attempt to aid their campaign for the Presidency.
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And Leigh makes reference to Johnny Ramone's speech at the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in 2002, where he proclaimed, "God Bless George Bush" - saying the confusing comment now makes sense.
He adds, "I should add that when Johnny stated 'God Bless George Bush' at the 2002 Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame awards, I realise now that he was on to something. Because if it were not for George Bush and his handling of our country the past eight years, I doubt so many Americans, including so many highly regarded Republicans, would now be getting behind (Democratic candidate) Barack Obama. So, yes, God bless George Bush for paving the way to Obama."
Joey Ramone lost his battle with lymphoma in 2001, aged 49.
Johnny Ramone died in 2004 after a battle with prostate cancer and was believed to be a Republican voter, once telling reporters: "I think Ronald Reagan was the best president of my lifetime."


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The first month of full-bore reconstruction work on Crescent City Harbor's inner boat basin - damaged by a tsunami in 2006 and destroyed by one in 2011 - has progressed like clockwork, with dock pilings being installed at a rapid rate and repairs to rock slope walls more than halfway done.
With many projects under way and with rocks and other construction material being delivered by semi-trucks daily, officials are urging extreme caution and patience in the harbor.
There haven't been any recent accidents, but plenty of close calls, harbor officials said.
With 49 pilings installed in June, Dutra Construction, the lead contractor for the inner boat basin project, is on track to finish drilling around late-September to mid-October if there are no major setbacks, according to the harbor's lead engineer, Ward Stover, of Stover Engineering.
Dutra has been able to install two to three steel pilings every day it drills, thanks to a new technique employed this year, according to harbor district officials.
A more efficient method was actually discovered by accident during the first week of drilling, when the drill bit became stuck inside the piling that had just been installed. The entire piling with the drill stuck inside had to be removed, and after the drill bit was dislodged, the piling was vibrated back into the hole.
Now, Dutra is using a piling as a conductor case to drill the hole and returning to slide the piling into the hole later, according to Stover.
D dock and C dock are structurally complete and have working electricity, but are still in need of water hookups and a few other minor details.
Repairs to the inner boat basin's rock slope wall continue to move at a quick pace, with the wall running parallel to U.S. Highway 101 almost complete. The first step of rock wall work, excavation, has started near A Dock in the southeasterly corner of the basin.
Four-ton armored stone will be installed, providing added protection from tsunamis.
Sixty thousand tons of rock for the inner boat basin are needed, and they're being delivered 20 tons at a time for at least 3,000 truckloads.
A second barge crane and rock slope repair crew arrived recently and is working on the walls at the entrance to the inner boat basin, adjacent to the harbor district office.
Boat traffic to the inner boat basin has been constrained by the position of the barge crane, and skippers are asked to be extra-careful entering and exiting the inner basin.
Rock slope walls at the entrance of the inner boat basin were heavily scoured due to the effect of lots of water being forced through a narrow passage.
The dredging division of Dutra Group said that its dredge vessel, the Paula Lee, is en route to Crescent City and expected to arrive Thursday. Dredging of the outer boat basin, which was filled with silt from the 2011 tsunami, is expected to begin Friday and continue around the clock, as the Paula Lee has other dredge projects to complete this summer in the Bay Area.
The Crescent City Harbor Commission will hear an update on construction work from harbor district staff tonight at 6:30 in the Del Norte County Supervisors chambers.
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Business owner and infamous investor Anthony Grant 'Tony' Bloom has set up quite a name for himself with his numerous achievements and contributions. But apart from being a well-known business magnate and the chairman to the Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, the man has set up and help founded two charitable organizations namely the Bloom Foundation and the Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.
Known previously as the Tony Bloom Charitable Trust, the charity offers and makes grants to certain organizations and causes with similar purposes and objectives. It aims for "the prevention or relief of poverty in developing countries by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient; to promote and protect the physical and mental health of disabled and terminally ill children and soldiers disabled or made ill by conflict" as mentioned in its charitable objects.
Together with Tony, the remaining trustees include his wife Linda, Adam Franks, Marc Sugarman and Marcelle Lester.
As mentioned, the charity's chief objective is the relief and prevention of poverty, specifically in the United Kingdom, in other parts of Europe and the developing countries in Africa and Asia.
Linda Bloom, Tony's wife founded the OMS foundation with him after having been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. It was fifteen years ago when she suffered from immobility and limb numbness due to the degenerative condition that affects the flow of information between the central nervous system and the body. She could not sit up on her own nor lift a pen. Tony recalls it as an agony. It was hard for him to see his wife suffer so much but thanks to proper diet, adequate exercise, self hypnosis, meditation yoga and an evidence based diet and lifestyle approach developed by Professor George Jelinek, she got her condition under control.
Multiple Sclerosis is unfortunately a disease that has no known absolute cause and cure. Most patients never really get cured from it rather they learn how to live with it without having to severely disturb their usual lifestyle. The foundation aims to spread awareness and guidance to other patients and help them make guided decisions to better their conditions.
In 2011 and 2015, Tony Bloom ran the Brighton marathon to spread awareness and funds for the cause.


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Perhaps you caught some of the news coming from the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington and the White House dinner for hundreds Tuesday night.
I'm not going to run my usual rant on the entertainment (Lionel Richie), invited movie stars (Robert DeNiro) or the menu and the wines -- the latter you can read about it here.
What caught my eye was a series of one-paragraph "news" releases from the White House press office about various meetings between VP Joe Biden (he who may or may not run for president in 2016) and African-nation presidents.
Here are samples.
Biden met with President Jacob Zuma of South Africa: "The two also discussed African peacekeeping capabilities, including support for an African rapid response mechanism, to help address peace and security needs on the continent. Additionally, the two exchanged views on the Gaza crisis and Syria."
(Always good to "exchange views," no?)
Biden met with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria: "The Vice President reiterated U.S. partnership in defeating the terrorist threat and the need to pursue holistic approaches that respect and protect human rights."
(Holistic approaches are good. Human rights are good. Problem solved.)
Biden met with President Moncef Marzouki of Tunisia: "Vice President Biden and President Marzouki agreed on the importance of a successful democratic transition in Tunisia, which would set an important precedent for the entire region."
(Success is important. As are precedents.)
I don't know about you but I feel a lot better knowing that Vice President Biden can agree with so many leaders of other countries.
I'm just sorry I missed out on the cappuccino fudge cake and the 2013 Napa Valley Black Coyote Sauvignon Blanc. Gotta be good wine. The 2010 sold for $48 a-bottle.
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Cloud-based multi-channel payment processing provider TIO Networks announced that PayPal will acquire TIO for $3.35 CAD per share in cash. That is an approximate $304 million CAD equity value. That price is just a 5 percent premium compared to the day before the announcement.
The acquisition is clearly meant to expand Paypal's reach in payment services, and scale its audience to a very large public (including people who cannot benefit from regular banking services).
TIO Networks is a small-cap company with a market cap of $280M. It is a company with strong growth. InvestingHaven's research team tipped TIO Networks several times in the last 12 months, since the company traded at $1.70. Meantime, the stock price of TIO Networks has doubled. This is another spot-on call by InvestingHaven.
Read this article from December 2015: Tio Networks Continues To Attract Buying Interest With A Great Growth Outlook
Read this article from summer 2016: 3 Outperforming Small Cap Technology Companies To Consider In 2016
Read this article from January 2017: 3 Top Tech Stocks For 2017 On The TSX and TSXV In Canada
We remain optimistic about TIO Networks. The company realized for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2016 revenues of $74.7 million CAD and EBITDA of $10.6 million CAD. The growth prospects are still very large. We believe this company is a hold.
Both companies did not announce too many details about the transaction: "Further information regarding the transaction will be contained in the management information circular which is expected to be mailed to TIO shareholders in March in connection with the special meeting of TIO shareholders to be held to consider the transaction."
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Brunch Recipe for a Crowd: Country Ham & Onion Quiche Baked in a Sheet Pan
3 Square Meals (+ Dessert) is one of my favorite themes at The Kitchn, but I am equally excited about this next month that's guaranteed to be packed with tips and recipes for warm weather entertaining. This week we are focusing on appetizers, but there's Easter to look forward to, as well. I figure I'd pack a double whammy: quiche is the quintessential spring dish, whether served as a nibble before the main event or as the shining star of a casual brunch.
Yesterday we showed you how to make a foolproof quiche, and I wanted to take it one step beyond and show you my favorite way to make quiche even better for a party. A few months back I spied a show stopper recipe in Martha Stewart for a quiche baked, in of all things, a sheet pan. I couldn't get the fabulous idea out of my head and just knew it would be perfect for all of my upcoming entertaining. I made some pretty drastic changes to the original recipe, but what came about is definitely worthy of feeding a discerning crowd.
Instead of a traditional roll-out pastry dough (which I've been known to butcher a time or two) I attempted a quick and easy shortbread crust, minus the sugar. It's so simple in fact, that all you have to do is pat it directly into the pan. Hallelujah! I was nervous of the outcome at first, but it in the end it worked like a charm, yielding flaky goodness almost as light as air.
I wanted to use produce in the filling that really showcases the season; I can't think of two better examples of spring in the South than sweet Vidalia onions and salty country ham. For the custard, I tripled (!!) my favorite tart recipe. It includes a tip I learned from Thomas Keller: the batter gets a whirl in the blender to create lots and lots of bubbles, which help suspend the filling ingredients instead of letting them sink to the bottom. Oh, he's a clever one, that man.
I'm excited to say that everything came together to create a sublime quiche—a beyond buttery crust, a creamy custard, and flavor bursts of onion and ham. It definitely feeds a crowd, so make sure you have some hungry mouths to feed.
Country Ham and Onion Quiche
For the crust
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1 1/2 cups (2 1/2 sticks) cold, unsalted butter, cut into cubes
1 teaspoon salt
Pinch cayenne pepper
For the filling
Olive oil, to taste
1 cup chopped sweet onion, preferably Vidalia (about 1 large)
1 cup chopped country ham (or cooked bacon or pancetta)
1 cup grated Gruyere cheese
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
8 large eggs
1 tablespoon kosher salt
White pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 350°F.
For the crust, add the flour, Parmesan, butter, salt, and cayenne to the bowl of a food processor fitted with the S-blade. Pulse until the mixture just starts to resemble coarse cornmeal; there should still be some visible pieces of butter. Gently pat the mixture evenly into the bottom (but not up the sides) of a 12-inch x 18-inch half sheet pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, then bake until pale golden in color, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool while making the filling.
For the filling, heat a tablespoon or two of olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until translucent and tender, about 6 to 8 minutes. Sprinkle the onions, ham, and Gruyere evenly over the baked crust.
Add cream, milk, eggs, salt, and pepper in a blender and mix until frothy. Remove and discard any foam from the top. Pour the custard evenly over the onion-ham-cheese mixture, directly into the crust.
Bake the quiche until the custard is set, about 33 to 38 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow it to cool for a minimum of 15 minutes, or wait to serve at room temperature (Thomas Keller serves his chilled). Cut into 12 large rectangles or small squares; serve with a dollop of sour cream and garnish with sprig of Italian parsley for color.
Related: Make-Ahead Recipe: Crustless Mini-Quiches
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Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo looks headed for a win in his primary fight with former Democratic Rep. Gene Taylor, though the race still hadn't been called early Wednesday morning.
With all precincts reporting, Palazzo had 50.5 percent of the vote, while Taylor took 43 percent.
The longtime Democratic congressman lost in the 2010 GOP wave to Palazzo, but this year Taylor wanted a rematch with an "R" beside his name. He switched parties to run in the primary and was relying on his personal connections with voters to triumph over the built-in disadvantage of being a former Democrat running in a GOP primary.
He ran a scrappy, underfunded campaign that relied largely on face-to-face contacts with voters at church fairs and parades and persistent goodwill from constituents who still remembered and supported him from his 20 years in Congress.
Taylor hammered Palazzo for his support for the Budget Control Act of 2011 that created the automatic cuts to defense and discretionary spending known as sequestration. Taylor said he would have opposed that.
But Palazzo hit him for his vote for Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as Speaker of the House, among others, and his built-in advantage as a longstanding Republican ultimately helped boost him ahead of Taylor by the end of the night.


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