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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian Auto Workers union has set a Wednesday deadline to reach a deal with General Motors Corp on buyouts and early retirement packages for about 1,200 unionized workers who will lose their jobs when GM closes a Windsor, Ontario, transmission plant in 2010.
"We could end up setting aside bargaining here on Wednesday and coming back in September with a strike deadline if we don't come together on these issues," CAW President Buzz Hargrove told reporters in Toronto.
Bargaining could be put on hold at 5 pm EDT.
The CAW has said it has a strike fund of C$70 million, which would be enough to cover a six-month walkout at GM Canada, where 15,000 CAW members are currently employed.
The union has been in early contract talks with GM since Thursday and was told during the negotiations that the Windsor plant, which employs about 1,200 unionized workers and another 150 managers and others, would be closing.
"This came as an incredible shock to us on Friday, that, in the middle of the bargaining, they would make that announcement," said Hargrove.
The 45-year-old Windsor plant makes four-speed front-wheel-drive transmissions for GM vehicles like the Chevrolet Malibu, HHR and Pontiac G6.
"We have worked extensively with our labor and government partners but have been led to the unavoidable conclusion that there are no available replacement products in the relevant timeframe for this location," GM said in a release.
The automaker has been cutting costs and production capacity in North America as part of a turnaround effort.
The CAW agreed there is no replacement product to put in the Windsor plant, but said it believes that there is room to put new products in GM's St. Catharines and Oshawa plants, which would be a key issue in the union's bargaining with the company.
CAW Economist Jim Stanford blamed the Windsor closure on a continuing loss of market share by the "Big Three" North American automakers -- GM, Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC. He said the three account for less than 50 percent of vehicles sold in North America due to unfair trade.
"Most of the vehicles are sold by companies that are not based here and most of those sales are imported from offshore. Places like Japan, Korea, Europe," he said.
Stanford said South Korea, for example, sells about 130,000 vehicles in Canada, and yet buys only around 300 Canadian-made vehicles a year.
He called on the federal government to help come up with a multifaceted strategy for Canada's auto industry, including trade and investment policies, and technology measures to help the industry adapt to environmental rules and other issues.
Jim Prentice, the federal minister of industry told reporters in Ottawa that the government was working with GM and other auto companies to try to preserve Canadian jobs.
"The Windsor plant is part of a restructuring that is taking place within the industry. It's part of changes in consumer preferences," Prentice said.
"The transmission that has been produced there is a four-speed transmission. GM is moving to a six-speed transmission that is more fuel-efficient so they will be making changes to their mandates here in Canada."
Separately, the CAW said it began talks with Chrysler on Monday. Chrysler employs about 8,000 CAW members. The current three-year contract expires in September, as does GM's.
About 9,000 CAW members ratified a new contract with Ford Canada earlier this month, agreeing to freeze wages and give up a week of vacation as part of the three-year deal.
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Like Wine? Like Running? Then The Grape Gallop Is The Race For You!
The Grape Gallop, the event that pairs exercise and wine tasting, is making its third trip to Milford's (NJ) Alba Vineyard on Saturday, October 10, 2015. Open to every level of runner, walker and wine connoisseur, Grape Gallop is a 2 or 3.5-mile romp through the vines of this picturesque New Jersey winery.
Schedule??? Registration/check-in opens at 8:30 am with a 10:00 am race start time. Wine sampling begins at 10:45 am.
Free Stuff??? Each entrant receives a long sleeved technical event shirt, a stem-less event wine glass, a reusable event tote bag, and a sampling of Alba's award winning wines.
Entry fee is $55 for pre-registration ($60 on race day). As a cool option, Grape Gallop also offers a Designated Driver entry for $35. Those who select this option may purchase wine glasses after the event for $5 each and are not eligible for wine tasting.
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We've talked about Dolby Atmos and DTS:X at length -- and how awesome both audio formats can be. However, we understand that it can be daunting and expensive to upgrade your system. Well, not today.
Amazon is currently discounting the Denon AVR-X1300W 7.2-channel Receiver. This model features a list price of $599, but Amazon is knocking off $170 for Cyber Monday, making the cost a very cool $429. That even includes free shipping!
That's really a small price to pay for such immersive sound. First announced back in May 2016, this model comes with support for Dolby Atmos out of the box. (The DTS:X and the DTS Neural:X upmixer can be added via a firmware upgrade later this year.) If you pair it with the proper speaker configuration and Dolby Atmos content, you can experience sound from every angle -- including overhead. Find out more about the technology, the receiver, and this deal on Amazon's product page:
The AVR-X1300W has seven discrete amplifier channels, with each cranking 80 watts. It also has support for HDMI 2.0a and HDCP 2.2 specifications on all six of the receiver's HDMI inputs, as well as 4K Ultra HD video with 4K 60Hz video, 4:4:4 Pure Color sub sampling, High Dynamic Range (HDR) and 21:9 video, 3D, and BT.2020 pass-through capabilities on every input.
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Rev Patrick Sheridan's Memorial Card
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Mayo Abbey Church
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Plaques for Fr Patrick Sheridan and his nephew Fr John McGreal
Uncle and Nephew laid to rest at the foot of the Altar in Mayo Abbey Church
Interior of Mayo Abbey Church
Fr. Patrick Sheridan was born in Westport, Co Mayo and was the son of Patrick Sheridan who was a merchant on the Octogan and Bridget Horan from Louisburgh. He served as PP in Mayo Abbey 1870 - 1895. Fr. Patrick also had a brother Fr. Myles Sheridan who served as PP in Louisburgh. Before he passed away in 1895 at 70 years Fr. Patrick Sheridan had arranged for the building of a new school in his parish.
Fr. Patrick's Father died in 1847 and generously mentioned Patrick in his will.
"...I will & bequeath the sum of 40 ster(ling) to my eldest son, Myles Sheridan, although he has pleased me very much. 9th, I will & bequeath the sum of 50 to my son, Pat Sheridan, now a student in the Royal College of Maynooth to enable him to finish his studies should the said Pat not be ordained I will bequeath to him the third part of my dwelling house, Bank House & Store and after my wife's death, these properties to be equally divided between the said Pat and my above named son, Denis, provided the said Pat returned to worldly pursuits. 10th, I will & bequeath the sum of 5 ster to Mrs. Cullen, the superioress of the Convent of Mercy. 11th, I hereby nominate & appoint my wife Bridget and my son Denis Sheridan as my residuary legalies. 12th, I hereby appoint & nominate my said wife Bridget and my son-in-law Dominick McGreal as my executors to carry this my last will & testament with executors."
Signed by: Patt Sheridan
A new school was opened in Mayo Abbey in 1861, prior to that there were four local Hedge Schools in the Parish. The teacher of the new school was Pat Hughes. The PP and manager of the school was Rev. T Walters. When Rev. Walters passed away in 1870 his successor was Rev. Patrick Sheridan, who along with Archbishop Of Tuam, John McEvilly and a Martin Forde planned to build a newer school in the village.
The new school was built in 1894 but was not opened until 1896, due to a dispute about unpaid bills to the construction company and unfortunately Patrick Sheridan passed away due to ill health in 1895. It was a nephew of Fr. Patrick's, Fr. John McGreal also from Westport who was the PP at the time of the opening of the New School.
Fr. Waters, Fr. Sheridan and Fr. McGreal are all buried in the Old Mayo Abbey Church, there are plaques there in their honour, this church is now disused but is in a very good condition.
N.B. Fr Patrick Sheridan was a Great, Great Grand Uncle of the Author, information shared is from the Sheridan/Lavelle/Beckett Family Collection
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Enlarge / Martin Shkreli leaves a federal court in New York. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg)
In 2009 at an apartment cocktail party in New York's East Side Village, Steven Richardson met one Martin Shkreli, and, soon after, Richardson invested $400,000 in Shkreli's buzzing MSMB hedge funds.
Though federal prosecutors allege that Shkreli went on to defraud investors of those funds, including Richardson, the two became close. Richardson, now 63 and a seasoned former American Express executive, described himself as Shkreli's "personal mentor."
In his testimony in a federal court in Brooklyn Wednesday, things certainly got personal—from troublesome Twitter use to sexually charged e-mails and Shkreli's oral hygiene.
Shkreli, now 34 and notorious for a drug price hike, stands on trial for eight counts of securities and wire fraud.
Federal prosecutors allege that Shkreli hid millions in losses at MSMB from bum trades, which he covered up by plundering the pharmaceutical company he founded in 2011, Retrophin. Richardson would become chairman of the board of directors at the pharmaceutical company.
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We are proud to offer FAT FUEL Coffee & Cocoa in our studio!
Extensive research has gone into developing this nutritional concept—a healthy, hot, and delicious beverage option. Scott, one of the owners, has been practicing yoga with us for years and is excited to offer free samples to our students on Saturday, April 22, before and after all morning classes. Come say hello, try the coffee or cocoa, and learn how its quality fats can complement your healthy lifestyle.


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CP Client Spotlight: Chuck Abdalian
I'd like to introduce the CP community to Chuck. After surveying the staff for their own Chuck fun facts, I quickly learned that he's gained a Chuck Norris-like persona around CP. Among the tidbits I came across, my favorites included:
– Chuck Abdalian shaves his head twice daily
– Chuck Abdalian holds the gym record for fist-bumps with CP staff during a single training session (174)
– Chuck Abdalian keeps caffeine up at night
– Chuck Abdalian can execute a Turkish Getup with a 16kg kettle bell (likely the only true statement I collected)
Since the majority of these facts are useless, it is best that we move on to some actual Chuck information. Here's a little look into his training world. Enjoy!
Q: How long have you been training?
I started training when I was 14, running a mile and lifting weights on alternate days. I have been training for most of the last 50 years.
What is your long-term training goal?
After high school sports, my training goal was to stay in the best shape I could within the time constraints of my professional career.
What is your favorite exercise?
My favorite exercise is the overhead forward lunge along with the deadlift and glute hamstring raise.
What is your least favorite exercise?
I have not met an exercise I do not like, but I have been heard cursing the Prowler on some humid days.
What is your most memorable accomplishment (training, personal, professional, etc) since joining CP?
When I started at CP 3 years ago I could not stand up straight due to a lower back injury. Leading up to my injury were years of running and biking 1,500 to 2,000 miles a year and lifting weights 3 times a week. I was in great shape, but my body was unbalanced, which contributed to my injury. So, my most memorable accomplishment since joining CP is the remediation of my injury, I now stand up straight! I am also in better overall shape – the CP Team has restored my athletic agility. I train 5 times a week and have gone over 1,000 days without an injury since coming to CP. I am now starting my 51st year of training.
What does being part of the CP Family mean to you?
Being a part of the CP Family is very unique. I look forward to my training sessions and have missed very few workouts since coming to CP.
The CP Staff and clients truly become your family and friends, since we all share a common goal and passion. The goal is Excellence through hard work fueled by determination. No matter what age group client's fall into – from 10-year-old boys and girls to senior men and women athletes – we are all striving to continuously discover, develop and push our potential. The sign over the entrance to the CP facility states, "Discover your potential" and the next sign you see when entering the gym is "Excellence Starts Here". That says it all. There is never a display of ostentatious "Attitude" by clients or staff, but from the friendly banter, you know the people surrounding you share your passion and display an inner intensity and drive to "leave it all in the ring" to quote Bob Costas tribute to Joe Frazer's professional attitude.
Belonging to the CP Family is powerful – some regular clients drive one and a half hours to regularly train. That is a real testament to the CP Team.
What is your favorite CP Family moment?
On the Columbus Day holiday a few years ago, a CP client, a professional rugby player, came in with his girl friend as a guest. She was a model and athlete, in better shape than anyone at CP! She wanted her work out recorded for professional purposes. On of my favorite interns of all time, Kyle, a real character, was assigned the task of recording her workout. The expression on his face was priceless as he went about his assigned task. Of course, this was a singular and ironic occurrence at CP, which made it special. Usually the only videotaping going on is of a pitcher's mechanics or New Balance filming a commercial. We all shared something in common with the CP guest that day – we shared excellence and determination.
Having trained in other gyms, what makes the training environment at CP unique?
I have enjoyed a long professional career and have worked with a broad spectrum of fellow professionals. In my opinion, the CP Team are first class professionals with a deep knowledge and passion for what they do. This attitude infuses the training facility and their clients. The CP Team ranks with the best professionals I have worked with, hands down. I have seen first hand the impact on young athletes. As an example, I have watched the development of a determined young man from the time he was an 11 years old skinny kid. He is now 14. He has become very strong, athletic, quietly confident and even more determined. He displays exceptional deportment and character. He embodies the CP philosophy "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore is not an act but a habit."
Finally – no curls allowed. Don't let Eric catch you doing a curl! Now that is as unique as all of the CP Staff wearing tee shirts with sleeves!
What would you say to those who think that CP is only for baseball players?
Functional training forms the base for all sports specific training, so CP is not just for baseball players. I have worked out with not only professional baseball players, but also rugby players, softball players, Olympians, professional women football players, as well as grade school, high school and college athletes representing all sports and of course senior athletes and that occasional model.
Please shoot us an email (email@example.com) if you'd like to receive additional information regarding CP's services!


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Sports- An Overview
Sports have been an all time favorite of people right from ancient ages. Even when social medic was not developed or there was no other entertainments sports was a very well know source of entertainment program amongst all the section of the society. Right from children to adults to elderly people sports have and have been a very entertaining sector. Not only entertainment but I would rather like to say that sports are the best source of exercise for all the sections.
If you are involved in some kind of sports activities it would rather give you a rejuvenation of your body mind and your soul. There is much different kind of sport activities available. Sports can be indoor or outdoor. But my personal idea or wish is always to do outdoor sports as they would seriously help you to keep yourself fit and health. Getting involved in sports not only helps you to keep your body fit but they would help you to keep your mind and soul fit and fine as well. Exercises not only keep your body fit but they also keep your mind fit and healthy. There are many different varieties of sports activities available. Government also promotes the up gradation and development of sports activities across the world.
There are many sectors in government offices that has a sports quota and they give employment to sports and sports players. Many schools and colleges have a different section for the development of sports among them. There are indoor sports as well as outdoor sports as well as online sports. Sports have been all time favorite amongst every section or every age group of people. Even elderly people like to play sports. Many countries have been promoting sports in a very precisely and excessively high value manner.


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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Miami-based artist Tony Mendoza will be showcasing his "Cafecito with the Ladies" series at Village Design on Saturday, February 25, at 6 p.m.
Mendoza, a Cuban-American, creates colorful and vibrant paintings inspired by his experiences growing up in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. Using his surroundings as inspiration, he has managed to create a whimsical and optimistic view of society that has made him an innovative figure in the South Florida art scene.
His art reflects an optimistic, joyful and whimsical view of society. The clever use of his surroundings as a source of inspiration has catapulted him onto the South Florida Art Scene as one of its most innovative artists. Mendoza's style is Primitive Expressionism and "Caricaturista," a type of art that is whimsical in nature. Mendoza works mainly with acrylic on canvas" - The Miami Herald
Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about a local artist and discover the Fort Lauderdale Beach area. Complimentary drinks will be served to all attendees.
Village Design
600 Breakers Avenue (corner of Breakers Avenue and Terramar Street)
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 6 p.m.
About North Beach Village Design
North Beach Village Design is the latest addition to North Beach Village Resort. Located at 600 Breakers Ave., on the corner of Breakers Ave. and Terramar St., North Beach Village Design is the perfect place to relax and enjoy artwork from artists all over the world.
The gallery's current exhibit, titled, "Live In The Moment," features more than a dozen prints on canvas by award-winning local iphonography artist, Andy Royston. Each morning Royston uses his iphone to shoot and edit the breaking moments of dawn just steps away from the gallery on Fort Lauderdale Beach. This premiere collection was curated in celebration of Fort Lauderdale.
Additional artwork and sculptures from both local and international artists are also on display and available for purchase.
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With hundreds of flights per day, on multiple airlines, McCarran International Airport is convenient and easily accessible!
Hoover Dam - Breathtaking in its beauty, mind-boggling in its engineering, the Hoover Dam is always worth a visit.
Valley of Fire - Nevada's oldest state park, you've seen it as a backdrop in countless films and TV commercials and for good reason. In fact, Valley of Fire's spectacular red rock formations have even doubled for Mars in numerous Sci-fi Flicks.
Grand Canyon - Breathtaking and grand this natural wonder is about 300 miles from Las Vegas.
Red Rock Canyon - Only minutes from Las Vegas is the spectacular Red Rock Canyon. During your tour you will drive by Calico Hills' huge, radiant sandstones, see limestone Indian roasting pits, Indian "hand prints" and pictographs at Willow Springs.
Nightlife and Entertainment - No other city can compete with the events, concerts and shows in Las Vegas. We're truly the Entertainment Capital of the World. And, no matter what you're looking for, we've got just the event. There are Las Vegas shows with dancing, singing, acrobatics and more. There's comedy or drama and a healthy amount of spectacle.
Golf - Championship courses, right here: Shadow Creek, The Wynn Golf Club, Bali Hai, Badlands and more, all designed by the world's best golf-course architects
Shopping - Home to some of the most spectacular shopping in the world; Crystals at CityCenter. The Forum Shops at Caesars. The Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian. The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood.
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Kidney Stone Pain Relief
Kidney stone pain relief is a topic more or less to my heart. You may find this complicated to believe, but as I sit here writing this my left kidney is commencing to cramp with yet one more stone. It's true. shortly, I'll have to go be free from the pain. thankfully, I know the "secret" of how to get that Kidney stone pain relief, and how to actually get kidney stone pain relief.
Small Stones: Even with small stones the pain could be excruciating. At the bottom end of the pain spectrum, physicians prescribe non-steroidal anti-inflammatory antidote to ease pain, and suggest drinking plenty of water. Hydration is extremely important to both the remedy and prevention of kidney stones. you have to be drinking enough liquid to make your urine closely clear. likewise to antidote and hydration, your physician may advise you to prevail active while you are trying to pass the stones. Walking, jogging and other tasks can help break up the stones and make them easier and less painful to pass. You are probable to still feel quite a bit of pain as the stone move by means of your system, but most of the time stone could be passed in less than a week.
Moderate Stones: For lager stones, your physician will possibly prescribe lots of the same things as for smaller stones, but may feel the require to add alpha-blockers or muscle relaxers. These drugs will help calm down the muscles of the ureter enabling the stones to pass easier and with less pain. once in a while if you are even having problem passing the stones, your physician may suggest using shock waves to break up the stones and make them easier to pass. Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) uses hundreds of small shock waves to pulverize kidney stones. The procedure is painful and is frequently performed under anesthesia. Side effects may include blood in the urine and mild bruising on the back and/or belly. frequently you will feel better after some days but it make take months for each and every one of the fragments to fully pass out of your system.
Severe Cases: In severe situations where the stone is too large to pass naturally, physicians will execute surgery and will use each and every one of the pain prescription that entails. Large kidney stones make themselves known with debilitating pain often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. In situations like this get to the physician or crisis room as in a while as doable. After they perform a couple of tests to confirm the stone they will most probable give you a strong sedative to help relieve the pain. If the physician decides that surgical procedure is warranted they may decide on either Ureteroscopic Stone Removal - if the stones are lodged in the ureter, or Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy if the stones are too large to pass from the kidneys. For anyone affected by a kidney stone, pain relief is often the only thing they can concentrate on. Even small stones can cause almost unbearable pain and left untreated can cause long term hurt. If you suspect that you have a kidney stone you require to begin remedy immediately! Kidney stones are one of the most painful ailments that men can face, and horror stories abound about the pain of passing stones. If you are presently suffering, you should try this secret kidney stone remedy that is proven to dissolve your stones and help them pass pain free.
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The Frac Operator is responsible for driving, operating, and maintaining frac equipment. The Frac Operator will also be responsible for mentoring and assisting in training for equipment, safely and efficiently. STEP is currently recruiting for all levels of Frac Operators including: Sand Operators, Pump Operators, Telebelt Operators, Chemical Van Operators, Hydration Operators and Blender Operators based in Red Deer, AB.
The Frac Operator should be able to safely and efficiently assist in the following duties with the guidance and mentorship of senior crew members
Field Operations
- Assists with inventory of product to properly ensure job quality
- Responsible for driving and operating heavy and complex frac trucks and equipment Including loading and unloading of unit
- Connects totes, runs hoses &/or pipe to required units on location
- Acts as a mentor to other equipment operators. Assists in training and provides guidance on safe and effective operating procedures
- Performs regular maintenance on flow meters, pumps and hoses
- Responsible for QA/QC during execution of treatment
- Performs rigging in/out duties for fracturing equipment for service; contributes to safe rigging operations during and after service delivery
- Lifts, carries and moves iron pipes, hoses and fracturing equipment to/from trucks and well site
- Aligns, assembles and disassembles iron, hoses and fracturing pieces
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Domain Model Adding Associations. Chapter 11 Applying UML and Patterns -Craig Larman. Objectives. Identify associations for a domain model. Distinguish between need-to-know and comprehension-only associations. Introduction.
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Chapter 11
Applying UML and Patterns
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An association is a relationship between instances of types that indicates some meaningful and interesting connection
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On that note, it's worth recalling something GM Viktor Kortchnoi said when asked about when someone should start playing a new opening they are in the process of learning. Basically he asserted that you should just go ahead and start playing it in serious games, why not? Losses will be inevitable, but there's really no other way to get better at it. I like this outlook, which shouldn't be taken too literally by Class players - some preparation and study is essential, beyond just knowing the first few moves of a chosen opening - but it helps avoid the perfectionist trap of always thinking that your preparation is never "good enough" to play. At some point, you just need to fire away.
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Result: 1-0
A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3
[...] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 e6 (3...¤f6 is the Slav Defense.) 4.e3 f5 with this move-order we have what is called a "Slav Stonewall". 5.¤c3 ¤f6 6.¥d3 ¥d6 the Modern Stonewall, instead of ...Be7. 7.O-O ¤bd7 ...O-O immediately is much more common here. No reason to wait. 8.b3 a standard plan for activating the dark-square bishop. 8...O-O 9.a4 done to allow the bishop to get to a3 and exchange off its counterpart on d6. 9...¤e4 a standard and often necessary move for Black in the Stonewall. In this position it is forcing, as the Nc3 is unprotected. 10.¤e2 £e7 keeping my options open and also deterring Ba3. 11.¤e1 I welcomed this, as I felt it was a waste of time for White. The intent is obvious, to push f3, but moving the knight back to the first rank does not seem worth it. 11...g5 I was in an aggressive mood from the start of the game and this move shows it. Not a very sophisticated approach.
11...a5!? would be good prophylaxis against White's queenside play. 12.f3 ¤g5 13.£c212.f3²12...¤ef6 13.¤c2 g4 a logical follow-up, as Komodo agrees.
13...¢h8 however might have been best to play immediately, as the king needs to vacate the g-file for a rook and I only do this much later in the game.14.¥a3 c5?! not a good decision, although my opponent does not take advantage of it.
14...¥xa3 is what the engine considers best. During the game, I wanted to preserve the bishop for use in the kingside attack. 15.¤xa3 ¢h8²15.dxc5
15.cxd5!? dissolves the center to White's advantage. 15...¤xd5 16.e4 gxf3 17.exd5 fxe2 18.£xe2±15...¤xc5 16.b4? now my opponent is too aggressive. 16...¤xd3³17.£xd3 b6?! it seems that I am not really looking hard at the position and its requirements. Developing the Bc8 is a nice idea, but there are other things that are more urgent, given the pawn tensions at f3 and c4 and a potential weakness at h2.
17...gxf3 would be the direct approach. 18.¦xf3 dxc4 19.£xc4 b5 20.£xb5 £c7³
17...£c7 gives White no good options. 18.cxd5 ¥xh2+ 19.¢h1 ¥e5³18.cxd5 this would have been strong earlier (move 15), but now I'm OK. 18...¤xd5
18...gxf3!? is better, as once the Nf6 moves away it no longer can recapture on g4 and get a good outpost. 19.gxf3 (19.¦xf3 ¥b7³) 19...¤xd5³19.b5 my opponent now looks to simplify.
19.fxg4 would break up Black's kingside to good effect. 19...£c7 20.g3 fxg4 21.¤cd4²19...¥xa3 20.£xa3 ¥b7 21.£xe7 ¤xe7 we now have a very equal-looking middle/endgame position. 22.f4 ¦ac8 23.¤cd4 threatening e6. 23...¢f7 24.¦ac1?! this "obvious move" gives me the initiative as my Ne7 now springs to life. (24.¢f2) 24...¤d5³ returning the favor by threatening e3. 25.¢f2 ¤b4 threatening the fork on d3. 26.¦b1 (26.¦fd1 ¦xc1 27.¤xc1 ¥e4³) 26...¤d3+ this is still a strong move. 27.¢g3µ White's king safety is now something of a problem, which along with my nicely centralized Nd3 gives me an advantage. (27.¢g1 h5µ) 27...h5 here I correctly find the logical follow-up, which raises mate threats. 28.¦fd1? this should lose, but the winning continuation is not obvious. (28.h4 gxh3 29.¢xh3 ¦g8µ) 28...¥e4 a good follow-up move, but not nearly as good as the best move.
28...h4+ secures the point, comments the engine via the Fritz interface. 29.¢xh4 ¤f2! now the White king has no way back. 30.¢g3? (30.¤xe6 ¦h8+ 31.¢g5 ¢xe6−+) (30.¤xf5 ¦h8+ 31.¢g3 ¤e4+ 32.¢xg4 ¦cg8+ 33.¢f3 ¤d2+ 34.¢f2 ¦xg2+−+) 30...¤e4+ 31.¢h4 ¦h8#29.¤c6µ eyeing the jump to e5 and threatening a7, something I gave too much weight to. 29...¦h8? now I'm not thinking aggressively enough.
29...¢f6 removes the check on e5. 30.¤c3 h4+ 31.¢xh4 ¤c5µ30.¢h4 this is enough to restore equality.
30.¦xd3! is a simple forking tactic that gets two pieces for a rook. 30...¥xd3 31.¤e5+ ¢f6 32.¤xd3±30...¤c5 31.¦b4 this solves the dual threat to the Rb1 and a4, but not in the best way.
31.¤e5+!?31...¢f6 32.¦bc1 and now Black cannot go pawn snatching: 32...¥xg2 (32...¤xa4??33.¦d7! with mate coming.) 33.¦xc5 ¦xc5 34.¦d7 and now 34...¦xe5 is forced. 35.fxe5+ ¢xe5 36.¤f4² snagging the bishop, as a fork on g6 is threatened.31...¥xg2³
31...¥xc6 was the other option. 32.bxc6 ¦xc6³ this had the advantage of getting rid of preventing the knight from reaching e5.32.¤e5+ I was quite aware of the fact that I had potential mating threats, but now so does White, given the location of his knight and potential rook action on the 7th rank. 32...¢f6 33.¤g3 naturally the h5 pawn is poisoned and can't be taken, due to the subsequent pin against the king. 33...¥d5 34.¦bd4?! (34.¦c1!?) 34...¤b3 the best move, but at this point I was tired and had relatively little time on the clock, so I didn't have a coherent follow-up plan. 35.¦4d3? looks obvious, but should lose.
35.¦xd5 is necessary and only leaves White slightly worse. 35...exd5 36.¦xd5³35...¦c2−+ again another best move and obvious follow-up, but without clear vision of a winning continuation. However, the next series of moves are simple enough. 36.¤f1 ¦hc8 37.¤d7+ ¢e7 38.¤e5 ¤c5 good but perhaps not best. I felt I should at least keep making threats, feeling somewhat frustrated that I could not find a breakthrough. 39.¦d4 ¢f6 played to take away the g5 square from White's king. 40.h3 now I felt I should be able to break through. 40...gxh3 41.¢xh3 ¥g2+ unfortunately here I could not find a winning idea, under pressure.
41...¤e4!? would bring another necessary piece into the attack, since d7 does not in fact need to be guarded. 42.¤d7+ (42.¦xe4 fxe4 43.¤g3 ¦c1−+) 42...¢e7 43.¤e5 ¦g8 44.¦xe4 ¦g1−+ and mate threats mean White loses material.42.¢h4 ¥d5 43.¢h3 ¦g8 (43...¤e4 again is the key. 44.¦xe4 fxe4 45.¤g3 ¦c1−+) 44.¤g3 h4
44...¦g2 Black missed this excellent chance, comments the engine. 45.¤xh5+ ¢e7 46.¤c6+ ¢d6−+(44...¦h8 is also good, preparing to push the h-pawn.) 45.¤h5+µ45...¢e7 46.¤c6+ ¢f8 now we're back to equality... (46...¥xc6 47.bxc6 ¦gg2µ) 47.¤f6? except that this (again) should lose for my opponent.
47.¦xd5 leads to a perpetual. 47...exd5 48.¦xd5 for example 48...¦g1 49.¦xf5+ ¢e8 50.¤f6+ ¢f8 51.¤h5+ ¢e8 etc.47...¦gg2 48.¦h1 ¤e4?! unfortunately this was a good idea several moves ago, not now.
48...¦g3+ and Black wins 49.¢xh4 forced 49...¦g6 with a double attack on the Nf6 and the h6 square (threatening the Rh1 via a skewer check). 50.¦xd5 exd5−+(48...¦g6?! immediately doesn't work, as White simply replies Nxd5.) 49.¤xe4³49...¥xe4 50.¦d8+ ¢g7 51.¦d7+? again my opponent offers up an opportunity. (51.¤e5) 51...¢h6−+52.¤e5 ¦g3+ a great idea...on move 48. Here it blows the discovered attack by the Be4 on the Ra1, since the Rg3 will be hanging.
52...¦gf2 moving to e2 works fine as well. 53.¢xh4 forced 53...¥xh1 54.¤f7+ ¢g7 55.¤e5+ ¢f8−+53.¢xh4 by this point I'm totally exhausted and out of ideas. 53...¦g7 simplification is actually a good route to go and should result in a draw. 54.¦h3 ¦xd7 55.¤xd7 ¦g2 keeping hopes of a mate threat alive. 56.¤e5 The knight dominates, comments the engine (correctly). 56...¥c2 57.¦h1 ¥xa4 58.¦a1 ¥xb5 59.¦xa7 ¥e8? this really made no sense, but my brain was too tired from all the calculating and I missed the simple follow-up. The original idea was to dominate the Ne5. (59...¦g7 was simplest.) 60.¦e7 at this point I just gave up, seeing that I would lose the two pawns and was exhausted. The game is far from over, though. (60.¦e7 ¥a4 61.¦xe6+ ¢g7 62.¦xb6²)
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Now that the semester is over and I've taken a few weeks to sleep, eat healthy food again, and basically just chill poolside, I've decided to write a few posts about the last units we did in each of my classes. All of my professors saved the coolest, most interesting stuff for the last weeks of class, which is pretty smart of them. Continue reading
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Im Renee Montagne.
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
And Im Steve Inskeep.
The U.S. and its allies gained ground last month in Afghanistan. Their challenge now is holding it. That involves building relationships with the locals, who have lived under Taliban control for the past two years.
MONTAGNE: And this morning well listen as one Marine tries to build those relationships. The job requires him to be everything from a fighter to an educator.
NPRs Corey Flintoff is embedded with the Marines in Helmand Province.
COREY FLINTOFF: Lieutenant Colonel Brian Christmas led his 3-6 Marine Battalion in the fighting that drove many Taliban fighters out of Marjah. Now he spends his day visiting dusty markets and holding meetings, or shuras, with local leaders.
Lieutenant Colonel BRIAN CHRISTMAS (Commander, 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment): Allow me to speak for a little bit, and allow him to translate, and then Ill ask for your comments. But let me explain the process of what we can provide to you and what the government is going to provide to you.
Unidentified Man #1: (Foreign language spoken)
FLINTOFF: The sandy-haired 39-year-old commander sits cross-legged on the ground among a group of about 20 turbaned farmers and shopkeepers. Christmas needs to convince them that the NATO occupation is a benign presence that can help bring needed services such as health and education. One priority that the elders have identified consistently is the need for a school, and Christmas, eager for a symbol of American goodwill, would like to make that happen.
Lt. Col. CHRISTMAS: If you identify a building to hold school, and a schoolteacher, then as soon as that individual is ready to start teaching the children, I will provide school supplies, and I will pay the schoolteacher until the government picks it up.
Unidentified Man #1: (Foreign language spoken)
FLINTOFF: Eventually a tall, black-bearded young man shambles forward. He is a motorcycle mechanic by trade, but he can read and write well, and his neighbors have named him as their first potential teacher. Christmas arranges to meet with him in a couple of days to settle on the terms for getting the school started. The commander is optimistic that he'll soon see at least a rudimentary school in session.
(Soundbite of helicopter)
FLINTOFF: But two days later, things have gotten more complicated. Lieutenant Colonel Christmas sits on a mat outside the would-be teachers mud-brick shop with several other young men who might also teach in the school. For over an hour, the men raise various problems about where the school should be and how to provide security for it. Nothing is getting resolved and Christmas tries over and over to nail down the details.
Lt. Col. CHRISTMAS: So should we talk to the elders about renting a building to do it or would you like me to build an outdoor classroom?
Unidentified Man #1: (Foreign language spoken)
FLINTOFF: Finally, the young mechanic brings up the real issue.
Unidentified Man #1: (Foreign language spoken)
FLINTOFF: If there's good security, he says, he can teach anywhere, but hes under pressure from the bad guys, the Taliban fighters who come from this area and remain here, hiding among the population. Christmas sets another meeting for the following day, still hoping to get some decisions on when and where the school will open. The same young men come to the meeting and they recite the same problems as the day before. But this time the real cause for their hesitation is much more overt.
One man says the Taliban will want to know why he's been talking with the Americans. They send night letters, notes that threaten death for anyone who deals with the foreigners.
Unidentified Man #2: (Foreign language spoken)
FLINTOFF: Christmas has an answer for that.
Lt. Col. CHRISTMAS: If you know who they are, then you point them out. So write them on a piece of paper and Ill go get them right now. You see what Im saying? I know its not that easy, but Im saying at some point you have to stand up.
FLINTOFF: One man, speaking halting English, says if you really want to help us, give us time. Give us one month. Christmas answers that one month is too long, but if that's what the people want, they should come to him when they are ready. He walks away with his men, head down, pondering.
Later that day, another man from the village walks up to the lieutenant colonel. He talks about how he's afraid of the Taliban, afraid of the night letters, a threat thats much more immediate for him than the presence of Marines or Afghan soldiers. But after a few minutes, he reaches into his shirt and pulls out a folded piece of paper.
Lt. Col. CHRISTMAS: I know what that is. Ill take that. Ill come see you later.
FLINTOFF: Lieutenant Colonel Christmas isnt saying whether the note contained Taliban names.
Corey Flintoff, NPR News, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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Art & Props
The Art & Props Team was founded in 2009 by Mrs Liliane Chuan Lavergne with the mission to extend St John's Cathedral's ministry for children through:
- Supporting the art and craft needs of the Sunday School's teaching and other activities;
- Creating art and craft products to raise funds for donating to charitable Christian organizations that help children or young adults; and
- Enhancing the Christian fellowship among teachers and parents through sharing their love and care for children and common interests in art and craft.
In addition to making props and accessories for children's performances and preparing craft work for lessons and other activities of the Sunday School, the team also creates handicraft products, such as jewellery, woollens, cards, boxes, as well as various accessories and decorative items for sale. Many different art and crafting techniques have been engaged in our production, including knitting, decoupage, jewellery smithing, beading, glass painting, paper cutting and calligraphy, etc. Through inviting experts to conduct training and members' own sharing, we continue to acquire new and exciting skills and techniques, which greatly enrich the range of the Team's products.
Since founding, the Team has staged numerous selling events, which usually precede major festivals, such as Christmas, Chinese New Year and Easter. The funds raised have been donated to a number of children-supporting Christian organizations, including the Cathedral itself.
The Team currently has around 20 regular members. Our regular meeting time is 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm on alternate Saturdays in Fanny Li Hall of the Cathedral. We may meet more frequently or outside this schedule when there are special projects or events.


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It might be a little early for me to be listening to songs like this; I usually reserve these kind of depression-inducing favorites for sometime in the middle of January, when I haven't seen a morning where I'm not brushing the snow from my car before heading out to work for a good 6 weeks, and won't again for another 6 weeks at least. But in this case, I'll make an exception.
If I didn't know that Rosie Thomas was such a prankster, I would assume that – based on her catalog of songs – she was the most heartbroken woman in history. This particular song – from her album These Friends of Mine – features Sufjan Stevens on banjo and backing vocals. It's a hauntingly beautiful track about the loneliness that accompanies accepting the end of a relationship – with another person, with a city, with a former way of living.
Don't listen to it too much. Between the tryptophan and this, you'll cry yourself into a coma. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Celebrate with a Chamber Visit
* Ambassador Visit * Ribbon Cutting *Ground Breaking Event
The Chamber would be delighted to help your business celebrate with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony if the company has:
Breaking Ground to build , Opened its doors in the last 12 months – or has not received a First Dollar of Profit , Changed ownership or is under new management, Moved to a new location, or Has been remodeled or expanded at its present location.
A Chamber Visit is an important part of your over all marketing and advertising plan and is a great way to kick-off a grand opening of a business. It offers an opportunity to meet key leaders in the community and get acquainted with your neighbors and Chamber members. The Fergus Falls Area Chamber of Commerce would enjoy assisting you in planning a successful event for your company. Having participated in hundreds of ceremonies, we know how to get optimum exposure for your company.
Chamber Staff & Ambassadors, from the Fergus Falls Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador's Team, conduct the ceremony, take a group photo, and a certificate commemorating the opening. The Ambassadors begin with a welcome statement before the ribbon cutting and photos are taken to appear in the following month of the Chamber's Newsletter. Scheduling a Ribbon Cutting or Ground breaking event with the Chamber should take place a minimum of two weeks ahead of the event to allow the Chamber time to invite members of the Chamber's Board of Directors and the Ambassadors to join your celebration. We will bring the large pair of scissors and/or our gold shovels the day of your scheduled Chamber visit Event.
Chamber Staff Members & Ambassadors will help to make things go as smoothly as possible by:
We'll notify the Chamber's Board of Directors and Ambassadors, City Dignitaries and chamber members and encourage them to attend your event. We'll put you in touch with other Chamber businesses that can provide catering, deli and beverage services, publicity and even invitations. We'll bring the gold shovels and/or giant scissors and take pictures at the appointed time. We'll include a photo and acknowledgment of your Chamber Visit in an issue of the Newsletter.
There is no charge for the Chamber's involvement -- it's a value-added benefit of being a member. People generally anticipate spending about a half hour at the visit, so be prepared with collateral materials.
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Invite Neighbor businesses, Existing customers, Suppliers to your trade, Prospects, and Personal friends and family.
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Call the Chamber at 218-736-6951 & schedule the ceremony.
Fergus Falls Area Chamber of Commerce Member Benefit: Networking
As a Chamber member, you understand the importance of building lasting relationships with the people you serve - businesses you work with and members of the community. As a Chamber Ambassador, you'll receive the opportunity to network with a small group of members in an energetic and informative setting several times a year. Chamber Ambassadors visit 3-4 places the 2nd Wednesday of the month with each visit lasting about 20 minutes. Following a Q&A session, a group photo is taken and published in the "Chamber Update" in "The Daily Journal" and on our website and social media. We typically carpool to the first visit at 9:55am and wrap up the final visit no later than 12:00pm.
But as with any commitment, you have to be sure it's right for you-
Why Be an Ambassador?
To connect with members of the community and learn about area businesses, first hand.
To educate others about your business/organization and the products or services available.
To show your support for other businesses and the Chamber.
Who is on the Ambassador Team?
Chamber Members from both businesses and non-profit organizations can join, especially those people who are looking at making personal connections and building professional relationships.
What do I have to do?
Be there. You will be scheduled for Ambassador Visits a 3-4 times per year and you can request specific months that fit your schedule. If you are unable to attend, due to unforeseen circumstances (aka life) - just let us know in advance or notify us of whom from your business will attend in your place. Bring business cards to share and be ready to network. Oh, and wear a blue shirt - they look great in pictures!
Still not sure?
Call the Chamber staff 736-6951 and we can answer your questions – we love to listen!
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Slayer begin their US Tour
Slayer - the most uncompromising and hardest-hitting of the so-called 'Big Four' - just launched their current US tour of brutality.
At the onset, guitarist Gary Holt took delivery of three new Marshall DSL100H heads: 'Once I got my dirty paws on the new DSL100H's, I found what I was missing in my Slayer amp rig!' the axeman exclaimed. 'All the volume and thick brutal tone I had before now had a giant dose of "bay area crunch!" Perfect right out of the box, awesome amps! Their sound speaks for themselves – loudly!'
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In November, the House of Representatives passed one of the most comprehensive bills on healthcare reform since Medicare was enacted in the 1960s. Rising insurance premiums and limits on pre-existing conditions have shut millions of Americans out of obtaining health care coverage. Moreover, because of a "donut hole' in insurance coverage, elderly individuals often cannot afford medication that they desperately need. A country as great as this one should not have a healthcare system that leaves out so many.
If passed, I believe H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, will be a giant step forward in our work to provide quality, affordable health care for all Americans. The bill ends denial of coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Moreover it provides for a strong and robust public option that will be able to compete with the private insurance companies. Not only will this public option be available for all Americans to purchase, this competition will result in lower premiums for all Americans. The bill could also work to reduce our nation's deficit, and could help to slow down the out-of-control growth of health care spending.
H.R. 3962 also contains other long-overdue reforms to the health insurance industry, including:
An extension of COBRA benefits for workers who lose or change jobs
Provisions to prevent price gauging on insurance premiums
Yearly caps on out-of-pocket medical expenditures
Ending co-pays for routine checkups and preventative care; and
Provisions to allow children to stay on their parents' health plan until they reach 27
Source: http://baca.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=31


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Okay, seriously now, Righty and I have been obsessed with goat cheese lately. It's creamy, rich, smooth and bursting with flavor!! But I understand, not everyone likes goats and cheese as much as The Cheeks. For my next recipe no cheese, I promise!! I super duper cross my heart and cross my cheeks while I'm at it!
Shrimp Salad
2 Teaspoons olive oil
1 pound of medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 garlic cloves, crushed or 1 teaspoon of pre-crushed jarred garlic
1 tablespoon of fresh parsely
1/4 teaspoon pepper
12-15 scallions, white and green parts, thinly sliced
6 medium tomatoes, coarsely chopped
Goat cheese crumbles
In a large nonstick frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add shrimp, garlic, parsley and pepper. Cook and stir for about 1 minute. Add scallions and cook about 2 minutes longer until the shrimp begin to change color.
Stir in the tomatoes and cook 3-4 minutes, until the tomatoes are heat through and softened and the shrimp are pink. Remove from heat and sprinkle with goat cheese crumbles.


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This mothering lark is hard. Who knew? Obviously the newborn stage is tough, I grant you. However, even when you're getting 10-hours sleep a night and your offspring can wipe their own arses, I wasn't quite prepared for how hard the 'starting school' stage would be, for both of us.
This might be a timely post for readers waving their littlies off to school in September. Gird your loins, people. The eldest, Dante, had been at nursery for 3 years, so I presumed moving next door into the big school with all his friends wouldn't be too much of a biggie. Wrong. It has been a MASSIVE learning curve, both for his little brain (he can read! he can write!), but more than that, he is now learning about the big. wide. world, he is part of the school community and working out his place in the pecking order of playground politics (don't get me started on Pokemon cards…). It's hard.
Don't get me wrong, he is at an AMAZING school where he is truely thriving and he adores both his class mates and his teacher – I just think they are learning SO much amazing stuff and they are constantly being stimulated and inspired that their brains are constantly firing and it's hard to switch off. We had a bit of burn-out in the first term where he got sick a lot and in hindsight I don't think he was getting enough down-time to let his brain switch off. So, we are now trying these little tweaks to our home life to help him navigate his school life better:
1/ We have a few mantras, mini pep-talks in the car on the way to school to set a positive tone for his day. Some my mum used to say to me and some are our own. 'Be honest and kind'. These are the only two things we ask Dante to be. I think for a 5 year old, simplicity is best. He knows that as long as he tells the truth he will never get into trouble and being kind is fundamental to everything else he will learn to be at school. Kind to his classmates, friends, teachers and to himself. 'If something is hard, try harder' – this is a BIG one for him, maybe it's his nature, or maybe it's his age, but if he feels he's not very good at something, or is finding something a challenge, he tends to get frustrated and give up quickly. Trying to instil in him the fact that we all have to do things in life we find a challenge I think is important, but also showing him that succeeding in something we find hard is actually all the more rewarding.
2/ Making our home a sanctuary. This is something I read about on Cup of Jo aaaaages ago and it stuck with me. The idea of when they walk through the front door and kick off their shoes they can unwind and feel revived is so simple but so key to balancing out the pace of school life. Whether it's hot chocolates, onesies and a bit of trash telly in the winter, or ice lollies and the paddling pool with his brother for an hour in the summer. Before we get into the dinner, bath, bed routine I always make sure he has some down-time to unwind.
3/ Make the most of the weekends. Before he started school I feel like we had all the time in the world, now in those 48-hours we have at the end of the week, I try to make sure we are focused on being together as a family. It's so easy as working parents to spend the weekends catching up with jobs at home, getting the chores done ready for the week ahead, but we are trying to carve out time to actually just BE. Whether it's just a leisurely pancake breakfast (Dante's favourite), a bike ride, beach trip or even hopping over to Italy for the weekend to see his beloved Zia Maria, I want him to feel like life isn't just about school, he has a 'home life', too.
4/ Do a bedtime brain dump. When you've spent the whole day learning about how rubbish and plastics are killing the ocean's wildlife, that can kind of stick with you if you're a sensitive 5 year old. Bathtime seems to be the key time, once he's unravelled from his day, where he wants to process the stuff he's learnt or has stuck with him through the day (how do snail's shells stick on? Why do whales have noses on their heads? Why didn't X want to play with me at lunchtime today? I'm worried I'm going to come last on Sports Day…). Just like I try and write down any 'to-do lists' or worries from the day before I sleep, it's a bit of time for him to off-load and I think he's sleeping all the more soundly for it.
5/ The great mystery of what they had for lunch. So, I've polled approx. 30 parents and not ONE of their offspring can answer the question: 'So, what did you have for lunch at school today?'. Similarly, if I ask Dante what he's been doing at school he will usually reply: 'I can't remember'. Which at the start of the year INFURIATED ME. I'd look at his timetable and he'd have had a day packed with science, PE, art, Spanish…. and NADA had sunk in. It wasn't even so much that I was worrying that he wasn't learning anything but more that I had missed him for the previous 8 hours and wanted to know what he'd been up to! Over dinner, we now try and ask him more leading questions to spark his memory:
'Tell me something amazing you did today'
'Who did you play with at break time today'
'Did anything funny happen in class today?'
'What book is Miss H reading to you at the moment?'
'What was your least favourite part of your day?'
'Tell me something that you bet I don't know?' (this is always a winner, he is such a fact-lover!)
'What are you looking forward to about tomorrow?'
Obviously we don't bombard him with questions! Usually it only takes one or two to get the ball rolling and he's off on a tangent.
Trust me, we do NOT have this parenting thing sussed, by any stretch of the imagination, but I've seen all of these things really help Dante settle and grow in his first year at school… let me know how you get on!


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The timezone in Reid-Bedford Bend is America/Rankin_Inlet
Sunrise at 06:54 and Sunset at 16:59. It's light
Latitude. 32.2394°, Longitude. -90.9814°
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- Morning Star Church (6.3km)
- Immanuel Church (6.7km)
- Hopewell Church (7.4km)
- Mount Pilgrim Church (9.3km)
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- Cypress Bayou (10.9km)
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- Diamond Island (6.8km)
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- Pilgrim Rest School (historical) (4.8km)
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- Cedars School (historical) (7.4km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Paces Bayou (3.9km)
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- Redbone Creek (11.3km)
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- Southall Lake (10.3km)
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- a shallow ridge or mound of coarse unconsolidated material in a stream channel, at the mouth of a stream, estuary, or lagoon and in the wave-break zone along coasts.
- Oak Bend Upper Bar (1.1km)
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A controversial work that attacks the system that allows Congress to delegate its legislative power to unelected administrative agencies and bureaucrats. Contending that delegation corrodes accountability, fails to produce effective public policy, and is unconstitutional, David Schoenbrod has written the first book that shows how delegation can be stopped.
Path-breaking study by Schoenbrod (Law/New York Law School) of the pernicious effect of Congress's delegation of power to various federal agencies. Schoenbrod argues that the provisions of Article I of the Constitution that invest legislative power in the Congress have been systematically subverted by Congressional delegation of power to agenciesa practice, he notes, that the Supreme Court rejected until the Court-packing controversy of the 1930's forced it to grant implicit permission. Moreover, he contends that from whatever ideological position one looks at such delegation, the result has been to subvert democratic government (and it's notable that the galley of this book carries blurbs from Americans both righte.g., Robert Borkand lefte.g., the president of the ACLU). Delegation has caused lawmakers to construct statutes of overwhelming complexity; to take credit for apparent solutions that solve nothing; to obtain political contributions for affected industries; and to blame agencies for inevitable failures. In one of several devastating case studies, the author analyzes how the orange- growers' cooperative, Sunkist, has used its political power to dominate the Department of Agriculture's marketing board; to exclude consumer interests; to prevent funds from being used to organize a referendum of all orange-growers (the majority of whom may be opposed to Sunkist's practices); and to prevent even a list of orange-growers from being releasedall in the interest of the preservation of "orderly markets." Schoenbrod says that such abuses can be rectifiedbut that it's up to the Supreme Court to do so, by reigning in Congressional delegation and itsconsequent regulatory-agency fiascoes. He shows persuasively that Court action would help the public interest by reducing "a regulatory system so cumbersome that it needlessly stifles the economy, and so complex that it keeps the voters from knowing whom to hold accountable for consequences." An original and devastating analysis that may have considerable political impact.


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It's a fantasy
Lyrics by Vega
Music by Pieter Cronje
Can you hear the whispers in the dark?
It's softly calling out your name
it takes you away to an ancient world
a time from where legends came.
It's a fantasy
a collision of distant memories
It's a fantasy
A whish list of where I want to be
It's a fantasy
it moves my reality
It's a fantasy
until dreams come true
You don't have to close your eyes
to see the city with no boundaries
In this torturous race against time
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Happy National Author's Day
Posted by Julie Spira on November 1, 2010 · 1 Comment
Today, November 1, 2010 is National Author's Day. Unlike 60-years ago where most authors didn't have the tools to promote their books, today, every author needs a social media marketing plan.
National Author's Day was originally adopted by the General Federation of Women's Clubs in 1929. Twenty years later, the U.S. Department of Commerce added it to their calendar. If authors had the ability to use social media back then, they would have been more successful.
As an author of a bestselling book, I'd like to both celebrate this holiday with my fellow authors and more importantly talk about the benefits of social media marketing for authors.
1. Social Media can make your book a bestseller. It happened to me and it can happen to you.
2. Social Media can help build momentum prior to your book's launch.
3. Social Media will help you create new relationships with like-minded authors who will help promote your book.
4. Social Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Linkedin and others give you free access to promote your book.
5. Book sites such as Amazon allow you to post your video, blog, and provide information about yourself and your upcoming book signing events and appearances.
6. There are many blogs dedicated to writers and authors who are happy to do book reviews of your title or a blog book tour.
7. Internet radio show geared towards your topic or niche will be happy to have you as a guest on their program.
For more help with Social Media for Authors, please contact us at Social Media and More, where we can help you decide on publishing solutions, create book trailers, and help create your personality and brand on the Web.
Amazing Woman's Day 2010 Worldwide Launch
Posted by Julie Spira on January 18, 2010 · 1 Comment
It's an honor to be selected to be a Feminine Leader at the Amazing Woman's Day 2010 Worldwide Launch in Beverly Hills.
Please join me on Saturday, January 30, 2010 where I will be speaking to authors and those who dream about writing a book. Learn how through social media marketing you can become a bestselling author.
I'll be discussing the social media strategy I used on Facebook, Twitter, and blogging and more that made my first-published book, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online a bestseller on its launch date.
Amazing Woman's Day was created by Marsh Engle. The day will be filled with education and enrichment for women to help them succeed in 2010. We all have a book in us. Why not make it a bestseller?
What: Amazing Woman's Day 2010 Worldwide Launch
Where: Beverly Hills Hotel
When: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Why: Because you are an Amazing Woman who will be inspired and educated by dynamic leaders
Cost: $196
To order tickets, please go to AmazingWomansDay.com for a day that will change your path in 2010.
Julie Spira to be Featured Speaker at Writers Panel
Posted by Julie Spira on January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Bestselling author and social media expert Julie Spira will be a featured speaker at the Independent Writers of Southern California Presents A Panel Discussion: Writing 2.0: Electronic, POD, and Social Media on Monday, January 25, 2010.
The panelist of authors and book marketing experts will explain the new methods offered today and show writers
how to integrate these new tools, social media, and shortcuts to better promote their published books.
The panelists include:
PENNY C. SANSEVIERI, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc. Penny is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert.
ELLEN REID, one of the industry's premier book shepherds. For over ten years she has been helping authors and independent publishers produce books that win awards and, more importantly, stand tall to compete in a rapidly changing book market.
ANNETTE FIX, author of "The Break-Up Diet: A Memoir," a finalist in the memoir category for ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year. Her memoir was optioned for development as a cable television series as a direct result of her social networking on Twitter.
JULIE SPIRA, bestselling author of "The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online," and founder of Social Media and More.
When:Monday, January 25
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where:Veterans Memorial Building
4117 Overland (at Culver Boulevard)
Culver City, CA
Parking is FREE, enter on Culver
(Networking follows)
RSVP: email@example.com or 877-799-7483
Free for IWOSC members, $15 for non-members.
non-members. Reservations are required.
Deadline noon, Monday, day of the event (Jan. 25). Call (877) 799-7483,
or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
IWOSC, the Independent Writers of Southern California, is a nonprofit association that has provided support, tools, and resources to help self-employed professional writers in Southern California since 1982.
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Just got home from the Women's National Book Association Convention...Julie, your speech was sensational! You gave us all so much valuable information about the world of social networking that the audience couldn't write fast enough...me included! You are a great speaker that provided so much "hands-on" information that you left us all wanting more. I'm excited to learn that you are now offering social networking bootcamps. I will be taking the 3 hour course in just a few weeks. Thanks so much for helping all of us navigate our way through the new world of social networking BRAVO!
~Karen N.


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Maruti Ignis snapped testing in India for the first time – Spied
I'm a true-blooded petrolhead. Hope you enjoy our news stories, launch coverages, motorshow coverages and test drive reports.
Confirmed to launch during festive season 2016.
Seen here are the first spyshots of the Maruti Ignis testing on Indian roads, ahead of a launch confirmed to take place during the festive season period this year.
The Ignis had its Indian premiere last week at the Auto Expo 2016, by way of the Ignis concept, shown alongside the Maruti Baleno RS concept. Compared to the model sold in Japan, the Ignis concept featured a chrome-rich grille and roof rails, just two of the many tweaks planned by Maruti engineers specifically for the Indian market.
In the Japanese market, the Ignis is powered by a 1.25-liter four-cylinder DualJet engine capable of 91 PS and 118 Nm of torque, and assisted by the SHVS smart-hybrid system with a 3.1 PS DC synchronous motor. For the Indian market though, Maruti will have to use the tried-and-tested 1.2-liter K-Series engine, though the 1.0-liter BoosterJet turbocharged unit could also be considered.
Also read: Bookings for Maruti Vitara Brezza open
At the tape, the Ignis measures 3,700 mm in length, 1,660 mm in width, 1,595 mm in height, 2435 mm in wheelbase and 180 mm in ground clearance. Based on the new generation platform by Suzuki, the "compact crossover" weighs a mere 880 kg in its fully-loaded 2WD JDM specification.
Maruti Ignis – Spyshot Gallery
Maruti Ignis Concept at Auto Expo 2016 – Image Gallery
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Preschooler: A long, long time ago I heard this voice – like when I was 1 or something, and it wasn't me in my mind. It sounded kind of serious. It was at night, and I think it was God. And you know what it said?
Me: What?
Preschooler, whispering: "Go to bed."
Sounds like God was answering my prayer more than my daughter's that night.


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Sorry, I had to put "work" at the top of my queue there for an hour or so. I must admit that I am much more connected to the TV sphere here than the Movie side - but everyone talks. It's like a high school cafeteria in that way. I would place industry hate towards Marvel in one of three areas:
Does Hollywood Need Stars or Comic Book Heroes More?
Today, venerable NY Magazine and vulture.com writer Kyle Buchanan published an article that puts the box office receipts of recent blockbuster comic book franchises in stark relief to the star power quotient of the lead actors from those same films. Just last week, Vulture broke out its annual Most Valuable Stars list…


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Are you thinking of how to get an honorary doctorate degree? Then try to be a world renowned chess champion. What a move of the Grand Master? All the grand masters have been playing the chess game with the computers. The story is that sometimes the computers have won and sometimes the grand masters have won. The super computer Deep Blue has the ability to search 200 million positions per second. But still on some occasions the grand masters Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand have defeated the super computers. This may go on till the quantum computers are arrived. Then it would become impossible for the grand masters to win against the quantum computers. The grand masters have always been saying that playing the chess game improves the sharpness of our mind. In order to make the current super computers undefeated against the grand masters will take hundred years. And this may take just a minute for the quantum computers to become invincible against the grand masters. We can not really imagine what would happen in a world of technological singularity.
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