text: Insurance Sector Trends: Forecast for 2017 and 2016 Year End Review Insurance Update Share this 20 MAR 2017 The insurance industry faced strong headwinds, crosswinds and (a few) favorable tailwinds in 2016. It was a dramatic, unpredictable year, which saw political upheaval, an extremely challenging commercial environment, continuing changes in regulatory standards, and increasing friction among regulators and other government actors. Significant developments included: Brexit − the reality of which is yet unknown, but the impact of which is already being felt The election of Donald Trump as President of the US, which raises profound questions concerning how the US will engage with global markets and the US approach to financial services regulation The first full year of Solvency II regulation in Europe Mega insurance deals agreed, then thwarted A dramatic acceleration in development, deployment, and investment in insurance-oriented technology (InsurTech) by many in the industry and disruptors who seek to transform it A historic "covered agreement" between the EU and the US on insurance regulatory accommodation, which may or may not survive the new political realities in the US, but which could help define the relationship between the two largest insurance markets in the world Persistent low interest rates/investment yields, continued softening rates for many insurance products and greater competition for customers across almost all sectors of the industry. Our Insurance Sector Trends: Forecast for 2017 and 2016 Year End Review looks at these and other developments from around the world and offers some of our thoughts on how these interrelate and, most importantly, how they may affect your business. We expect 2017 will see the pace of change and the challenges increase. Developments to date suggest this is so. Read our Insurance Sector Trends: Forecast for 2017 and 2016 Year End Review. Learn more by contacting your DLA Piper lawyer or any member of our Insurance team.


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I really enjoyed last nights diving practice. It was a good night for our whole groupeveryone seemed to be feeling brave and willing to go after difficult and scary things. I got to cheer on two of our more experienced divers as they did 2.5s from the 3m (forward and reverse). Meanwhile, I worked on dives that require a backwards takeoffback dive, inward dive, and (briefly, just to make sure I could) back flip. I was really pleased to land my inwards last night head-first. It was only the second time Ive worked on this skill, and the first was nearly two months ago, and involved hitting the water face-first far too often. I was worried I would regress back to that, but my body seemed to remember the skill. I did these off the 3m as well as the 1m, which was a first. Back flips off the 1m were a new skill as well, and were pretty easy to land. Now that Im gaining some confidence that I can actually do these things, Ill be able to focus more on making my form better. Right now my biggest problem is still with the take-offI tend to be falling backwards as I jump off the board, which has me landing far far awaynot a good thing.
I have been feeling so much better the last couple of days. Tuesdays visit to my doc resulted in a second round of antibiotics to treat what seems to be a sinus infection (which explains why the diving felt so bad last week). The coughing and asthma is now not a problem except when I exercise hard aerobically, so Im still holding off that for the time being. Im eager to get back to my regular activityIm well into week 4 of this asthma/illness dealbut Im also ready to be cautious about pushing too hard, and finally put this whole episode behind me.
My next event is the 2 Bridges 5K swim in the Hudson on June 1. I visited the wonderful Hudson River Museum today with a couple of friends, and seeing the exhibits there and being near the river for much of the day made me more excited about being part of that event. Im not stressedyetabout feeling underprepared for it. I figure Ill bring whatever level of fitness I have by then to the swim, and whatever that turns out to be, Ill end up having fun, seeing friends, and spending a beautiful day on the water. Right now I feel very glad not to have any longer events on the horizon.

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MIDDLEBURY — French inventor François Isaac de Rivaz created one of the first internal combustion engines at the beginning of the 19th century. It ran on hydrogen gas. Around that same time, a nascent Middlebury College hired its first mathematics professor, expanding its offerings into the sciences. Now, more than 200 years after the onset of these seemingly unrelated events, their historic ripples have collided.
BRIDPORT — Monday's season-opening legislative breakfast in Bridport offered a preview of two emotional debates on personal freedom that could play out on a grander scale this spring in the Statehouse.
At issue: Should families be given broader rights to have their children opt-out of vaccines designed to protect them from deadly diseases, and should terminally ill people be allowed to opt-in to a proposal that would allow them to take their own lives under medical supervision.
BRISTOL — The Addison Northeast Supervisory Union board expects to select a new superintendent in the next month, and a search committee has whittled down a pool of 18 applicants to three finalists: Catrina DiNapoli, David Adams and Douglas Harris.
As part of the superintendent selection process, the public is invited to meet the candidates next Monday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. at a forum at Mount Abraham Union High School — and learn more about the candidates' visions for the school district.
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MIDDLEBURY — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and playwright David Moats is hoping to convince area drama enthusiasts to spend an afternoon in France with the "Branch family" next week.
And those who accept his invitation needn't board a plane or pack their bags. "An Afternoon in France" promises to be a fast-moving, 75-minute journey into a family's deepest secrets that Moats will deliver four times on stage at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater from Feb. 16 to 19.
MIDDLEBURY — Addison County Transit Resources officials this spring will roll out a public campaign to raise up to $700,000 to round out the financing of a new $4.2 million transportation headquarters in Middlebury that could be built by early 2013.
BRISTOL — Vermont State Police on Monday evening cited Vergennes Union High School Co-Principal Edwin Webbley for driving under the influence of alcohol, an action taken after VSP received a call from his wife at their Bristol home and were told Webbley's car had struck the back of their garage.
According to a VSP press release, Webbley's wife told VSP at about 6:50 p.m. on Monday that Webbley was "intoxicated and that he was a danger to himself and others."
ADDISON — As town budget crafting season has wrapped up, the Addison selectboard has proposed to spend more in the 2012-2013 fiscal year than its members had budgeted in the current fiscal year — but this year the town has managed to save almost $75,000 that the board is planning to use to lower the town's tax rate next year.
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When one comes back from injury, one should do it in style. Maybe
Venus Serena will wear the mask part of this ensemble for her French Open warmup tournament in Brussels next month. Please. Photo via Serenawilliams twitter.
Correction: We thought this was Venus, because of the nature of Serena's tweet, and because she too is returning from injury. Well, we were wrong.


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Event will celebrate Gov. Richard Caswell�s birthday
This summer�s third �Sensational 2nd Saturday� weekend will sandwich a birthday party between two jazz performances, with lots of community activities rounding out the two-day celebration.
Be the Moon � a jazz trio � will kick off the weekend with a performance Friday night at The Red Room. Pulling from a wide variety of musical genres, the group writes Americana/Folk-Rock that brings to mind Tom Petty, Wilco, John Prine, Whiskeytown and Ryan Adams. The 6:30 p.m. performance will be presented by the Community Council for the Arts. Light hors d�oeuvres by The Folded Napkin and a cash bar will be offered at this free concert. The music will continue from 9:30 to 11:55 p.m. as part of The Red Room�s typical weekend venue.
On Saturday, The CSS Neuse State Historic Site and Governor Caswell Memorial will host a birthday celebration for Gov. Richard Caswell from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. This is the final installment of this summer�s three-part 2nd Saturday program, sponsored by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.
The birthday theme will help celebrate the birth of North Carolina�s first state governor and Revolutionary War hero. Talks at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. will highlight Caswell�s life and career, and attendees can enjoy cake and ice cream at noon, games, crafts and costumed interpreters. The site gift shop and exhibits featuring Caswell�s life and career will be open.
On Sunday, Tacha Coleman-Parr, noted jazz festival headliner, will end 2nd Saturdays for August with a Sunday afternoon concert in the library�s Schechter Auditorium. The Kinston native � who graduated in the 1980s from Kinston High School � will be the guest artist vocalist for Summer Serenade. Offering a selection of jazz standards, ballads and originals, she will be backed by the jazz sounds of the Eric Xavier Jazztet (Eric Xavier Dawson is also from Kinston) and accompanied for a couple of numbers by Antuan Hawkins, children�s librarian and performing artist.
Saturday will be packed full of family activities, including a complimentary breakfast at the Lenoir County Farmer�s Market; CSS Neuse, Harmony Hall and Mother Earth Brewing tours; open shops and restaurants of downtown merchants; bluegrass at Lenoir Community College; and water fun at the Woodmen Community Center�s Lions Water Adventure.
For a complete schedule of 2nd Saturday events across the state, go to www.ncculture.com.
2nd Saturday Weekend
6:30 to 8:30 and 9:30 to 11:55 p.m., Be the Moon, The Red Room, 220 N. Herritage St.
9 a.m., breakfast, Lenoir County Farmer�s Market, Herritage and Caswell streets
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Birthday party, Gov. Caswell Historic Site, 2612 W. Vernon Ave.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., CSS Neuse II tours, Gordon and Caswell streets
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Historic Harmony Hall tours of house, gardens, one-room schoolhouse, 109 E. King St.
11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Lions Water Adventure, 2602 W. Vernon Ave.
Noon to 7 p.m., Mother Earth Brewing hourly tours, 311 N. Herritage St.
7 to 11 p.m., Bluegrass jam sessions, Lenoir Community College gym, 231 N.C. 58 S.
12:30 to 5:30 p.m., Lions Water Adventure
3 p.m., Summer Serenade jazz, library�s Schechter Auditorium, 510 N. Queen St.


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Battle Levels
Battle Level refers to the intensity of a BrikWars battle, ranging from skirmishes to apocalyptic crusades. The category a battle fits into isn't just to do with points values, but what kind of units are used and objectives, so take what you see below as a rough guide. Links provided are just a sample of battles; many more exist buried within the tens of thousands of posts on the BrikWars forums, Brickshelf, MOCpages, personal websites, NELUG, and more dark corners of the internet, or have been lost or gone un-reported.
A Skirmish is a small battle often focused in small areas such as bars or streets, while small they can be extremely entertaining, allowing players to utilize close combat weapons and random objects like beer mugs with brutal LOL-efficiency. Skirmishes rarely feature vehicles of any kind.
A Confrontation occurs when two to three platoons of soldiers face each other in combat over some obscure possibly pizza or siege based objective, hilarity will almost always occur. Confrontations feature the fun high-explosive weapons and vehicles of higher levels but will stay easy to manage like skirmishes.
Once Upon A Stranded Toybox (Unfortunately the music to this amazing video was disabled)
A Clash is relatively common among war-gaming clubs and friends playing together in an thoroughly organised way. Features of this kind of battle are multiple groups playing some kind of extended scenario such as assassinating enemy leaders or escaping with the gold. Clashes require lots of prior organisation but once the game momentum gets going it tends to work out. They feature good use of vehicles of various sizes from squads of bikes to tanks, Dragons & mecha.
The Onslaught is a rare breed of battle, mainly because it can become easier to jump to epic level games. This kind of battle is known by its large armies utilizing all kinds of war machines.
An Epic can feature the larger varieties of weapons, or can simply be of a grander scale.
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An Armageddon is an extremely large battle that encompasses the ultimate weapons in brik warfare, Super Weapons and Hyper Weapons. To this day no Hyper Weapons have been built. Armageddons rarely ever happen (possibly 1-2 in BrikWars' 15 year history). Unfortunately, many battles have been lost to the dreaded 404 and Hosting Fees; as such, no battle report still exists of such battles.
There are also a plethora of battles which have defied standard ranking by not following what most battles are, they may involve races or role-playing. They occur because BrikWars is a great platform for modification to any kind of turn based strategy game.


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Dung Beetle
"A black insect, with brilliant metallic blue or purple reflections on the under side, and well known as "wheeling its drowsy flight" during fine evenings. This it does in search of a patch of cow-dung, through which it makes its way until reaching the ground, where it bores a perpendicular tunnel about 8 inches deep, and as wide as a man's finger; then ascending to the surface it conveys a quantity of dung to the bottom, and on this it proceeds to deposit an egg; another layer of the same material and another egg follow until the entire shaft is filled." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893


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A scared girl on a spaceship begs an adult for help to find her father.
Strong high school senior confronts her mother who abandoned her when she was a child.
Daughter cautions Mom about giving her brother too much responsibility.
A daughter is fed up with her mother's crazy choices and is moving away with her father.
A precocious daughter acts as a marriage counselor to her adult parents.
Son is talking to his father who does not approve of his choices in life and acting career.
A girl has conflictive thoughts about dating and all the responsibilities associated with it.
A young woman gives a passionate speech to her dad regarding a missing homeless teen.
Troubled teen confronts his stepfather about the abuse against him and his mom.
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Workshop of the working group 2 'Narrative and Discourse' of the
'Cost Action IS0804 - Language Impairment in a Multilingual Society: Linguistic Pattern and the Road to Assessment'
Picture-based narratives: design, macro- and micro-stucture analyses, data processing
Date: 9-sept-2011 -- 13-sept-2011
Location: Berlin, Germany
Contact Person: Natalia Gagarina
Website: www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/workshop_costis0804.html
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The Wokshop aims at finalizing the design for the picture-based narratives which are the part of the tests for multilingual children (See homepage of the COST Action). The elicitation of the narratives includes storyretelling and storytelling. The features for the macro- and microstructure of the elicited narratives will be elaborated, the transcription and coding procedure will be worked out. Finally, the protocols with the instructions how to perform the testing and the scoring will be the part of the manual, prepared during the workshop.


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Our Cottage Rooms were built around 1926, they are made for couples only, with your own personal private hot tub for each one. This is the B&B, and of course a scrumptious breakfast is included with the Cottage Rooms. Come for the Romance, renew your vows with nature and each other by the river under the pines.
Let us make your honeymoon, anniversary, or birthday a wonderful experience.These rooms are also pet friendly, by prior appointment, for very small well behaved lap dogs only, under 20 pounds. The fee is 20 per night per pup. Call for pre approval.
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Dripping Springs Cabins are for Families, Couples or Singles. Our Family Friendly Cabins are perfect for small family groups or couples, featuring a private hot tub and river views from each cabin.See our cabin descriptions for all the ammenities. We welcome families with children in this section where there is ample room for them to enjoy nature.They are pet friendly pets under 20 pounds, with prior arrangements. . The fee is $ 20 per pet per night. It's also a perfect spot for reunions and corporate retreats.
The "Gold Medal" Big Thompson River runs around us in a circle, which means we have the best trout fishing arounnd, and leaving us on a peninsula, so we have lots of privacy. We are just 1 1/2 miles outside of town, close to dining and shopping and Rocky Mountain National Park. We are high in the Rockies, at 7500 ft, the summers are nice and cool. Wildlife is abundant on our 5 acre property, and fishing is great.As you know Colorado is now a 420 friendly state. We remain a non smoking property indoors, but have designated smoking areas for our guests.
Each summer happy couples come to be married on our riverside dock, or under the big cliffs by the river. We do any type of ceremony you wish, and we design it to fit you. We specialize in elopements, and small weddings. I am a non denominational wedding officiant. I run the resort with my husband, and our wonderful staff. We welcome everyone to share in the beauty that belongs to us all and can be found in this tranquil mountain setting.
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We promise you a very clean and comfortable place to stay, in one of the finest places nature has to offer, and we give you great personal service that can't be found in any large hotel. We are passionate about your experience here and work hard to make it incredible!
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We have the most wonderful lifestyle imaginable. We work about 6 1/2 months each year, then travel the other 5 months. "You" could stay open year round or maybe just work 8 or 9 months and take off on adventures of your own.
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The Holiness of God: 2009 National Conference
The holiness of God has been obscured, and, consequently, the church's doctrine and ethics have been tarnished. Entertainment has replaced worship in many places, the Gospel is misunderstood and neglected, and the church assimilates itself to the culture instead of …Read More
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a surprisingly strong rebuke of Moscow, the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday affirmed Ukraine's territorial integrity and deemed the referendum that led to Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula illegal.
The vote on the Ukraine-sponsored resolution in the 193-member world body was 100 countries in favor, 11 opposed and 58 abstentions. Twenty-four countries did not vote.
While Ukraine has a lot of sympathy among U.N. member states, Russia has a lot of clout. Both sides lobbied hard ahead of the vote, and diplomats had predicted a significant number of abstentions and a maximum 80 to 90 countries supporting the resolution.
So the high number of "yes" votes, representing more than half the 193 U.N. member states, was a sign of international anger at Moscow's slow-motion military invasion of Crimea.
"This support has come from all corners of the world which shows that this (is) not only a regional matter but a global one," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia told reporters after the vote.
"It's the message that the world is united and Russia is isolated," Deshchytsia said later in an interview with The Associated Press.
He said the strong support reaffirms the U.N. Charter's guarantee of territorial integrity and "will give an overwhelming majority of countries an additional argument" for "stronger and more concrete action" against Russia.
Russia was only able to muster 10 other "no" votes — Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
But Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin called it "a moral victory for the Russian diplomacy, because an increasing number of countries are beginning to understand the complexity of the situation and the motives behind the actions of Crimea and the Russian Federation."
"The fact that almost half of the members of the United Nations refused to support this resolution, I think is very encouraging," Churkin said. "So it's a very encouraging trend and I think this trend will become stronger and stronger."
Among the abstentions were Russia's fellow members of the BRICS, the world's biggest developing economies — Brazil, India, China and South Africa.
Unlike the more powerful Security Council, resolutions in the General Assembly cannot be vetoed and are not legally binding.
Russia has blocked action in the Security Council where they have veto power as one its five permanent members. Even so, the 15-member council has held eight meetings on Ukraine, as Western powers strive to keep up the pressure on Moscow.
Before the vote, Ukraine's Deshchytsia told the assembly that his country's territorial integrity and unity had been "ruthlessly trampled" by Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council entrusted to maintain international peace and security, and in direct violation of the U.N. Charter.
Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin urged a "no" vote, saying a historic injustice in Crimea has been corrected and its people had expressed their right to self-determination in wanting to join Russia.
He called the resolution "confrontational in nature" and said it would be "counterproductive" to challenge the results of the referendum.
Over the past week, Churkin mounted a campaign against the resolution, claiming the dispute is an East-West issue. Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev countered in meetings with regional groups that Russia violated the U.N. Charter and stressed that the country is not a member of any bloc.
"The international community has sent a strong message through the passing of this resolution that Russia cannot simply trample over international law," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement after the vote.
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said many supporters recognize that "if such a blatant violation of a nation's borders is left unchecked, the consequences for other nations could be severe."
She said it was also important to note that only a handful of states supported Russia and many, like Russia, "fear free expression and peaceful assembly."
"Today's vote shows that despite significant misinformation spread by Russia, the truth of what Russia has done in Crimea has penetrated to all the regions of the world," Power said.
The resolution adopted Thursday says the referendum on Crimea has "no validity" and calls on all countries and organizations not to recognize Russia's annexation.
It also calls on all parties to immediately pursue a peaceful resolution of the situation in Ukraine "through direct political dialogue" and to refrain from "inflammatory rhetoric that may increase tensions."
Deshchytsia, the Ukrainian foreign minister, told AP his country plans to go back to the Security Council, despite Russia's veto, and will take its case against the annexation of Crimea to other international organizations and individual countries. He said that will include holding an "intensive dialogue" at the Ukraine-NATO ministerial meeting next week.
When asked about the possibility of a formal link between NATO and Ukraine, which Russia strongly opposes, Deshchytsia said "we are talking about all possible options to resolve this conflict."
He said the government's position remains to solve the situation peacefully and diplomatically and NATO membership "at the moment is not on agenda." It would require a decision of parliament for Ukraine to apply for membership in the Western military alliance, he said.
Ukraine needs "good relations ... partnership relations with Russia, and good contact between people of Ukraine and people of Russia," Deshchytsia said.
But in response to the latest situation, Ukraine signed an association agreement with the European Union last Friday "and this direction is supported by the Ukrainian people and gives us an additional argument to say that Ukraine is part of Europe," he said.
Associated Press writer Cara Anna contributed to this report from the United Nations.


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Videotron presents event-packed year-end report
Montréal, January 8, 2013 Canadian telecommunications leader Videotron stood out again in 2012 by delivering the best possible customer service in all of its lines of business: cable TV, Internet access, and residential and mobile telephone service.
2012 was a year of big projects for the Company, said Robert Dépatie, President and CEO of Videotron. We continued deepening our close relationship with our customers. That connection is what spurs our 6,000 talented employees to excel, day after day, in order to offer customers the best experience. Anticipating our customers needs is a core objective on which we will remain focused in 2013.
Not surprisingly, Videotron was ranked the most respected telecommunications provider in Québec for the seventh consecutive year by Les Affaires magazine, based on a Léger Marketing survey. The high regard in which Videotron is held by Quebecers translated into new milestones for the Company in 2012: Videotron now has more than a million customers for its multi-product bundles.
Videotron continued expanding its service and product offerings. Early in the year, it extended its hybrid fibre/coax network to the North Shore, bringing state-of-the-art services to thousands of new customers.
In keeping with its focus on anticipating customer needs, Videotron worked to simplify the online experience by completely revamping its videotron.com website for residential customers. The new sites advanced design and optimized ergonomics were rewarded by a Boomerang award in November 2012.
The best in television
In another landmark event, the launch of Videotrons illico TV new generation service was very well received in 2012. The new high-definition television experience is distinguished by its user-friendliness and ease of use. With illico TV new generation, hundreds of thousands of households across Québec can now access an unparalleled selection of content and entertainment offerings with one click.
illico gave customers front-row seats to all the action at the popular television programs Occupation Double and Star Académie. A series of new high-definition channels were added to the channel line-up. Videotron customers became the first to be able to watch FX Canada, which carries some of the most popular and critically acclaimed U.S. series of the past and present. They also enjoyed exclusive access to the new content produced by the bold and imaginative minds at MAtv, formerly VOX. Comedy buffs were served their fill of laughs by the wacky programs on Lib tv, Canadas first mobile channel, which celebrated its second birthday in a typically original manner.
Videotron also led the pack by logging 100,000 orders for the movie The Hunger Games on all its platforms combined, a first since the launch of illico on Demand in 2003. Videotron pursued its mission of delivering the best possible entertainment experience by offering the largest selection of on-demand content in Canada. The result was 100 million on-demand orders on illico TV, illico web and illico mobile. As part of its drive to always give customers more, Videotron launched its illico.tv iPad app in late 2012, enhancing its entertainment offerings by giving customers access to their favourite content on the popular tablet.
Internet: faster than ever
Videotrons Internet access service set new speed records in 2012, solidifying the Companys number 1 position in the field. It now supports download speeds of up to 200 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 30 Mbps. With an exceptional 97%1 customer satisfaction rate, Videotron continued to differentiate itself by offering customers the most reliable service and an enhanced line of Internet access plans that keep pace with the latest technology. For example, the speed of its Basic Internet service was boosted from 3 to 5 Mbps and High-Speed Internet from 8 to 10 Mbps.
Mobile: the world at your fingertips
During 2012, Videotron released a series of new mobile handsets and tablets for its customers, including the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note II, HTC Radar 4G, Samsung Galaxy Q, Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Nokia Lumia 710, Sony Xperia T, LG Optimus 4X HD, Motorola RAZRTM V and HTC OneTM S.
In addition to rolling out its mobile services to the Beauce region during the year, Videotron innovated by offering its customers Internet service anywhere, anytime over Mobile Wi-Fi. The device, which operates on Videotrons 4G network, quickly became an indispensable tool for families and business people. Videotrons Mobile Usage app, another eagerly awaited innovation, was a boon to customers who want to keep an eye on their Internet data usage in real time using their Android smartphone or tablet.
Customers continued enjoying free long-distance calling to other Videotron customers, a community of nearly 3 million people. Advantageous new plans, which make international roaming much more affordable and significantly lower the cost of long-distance calls in North America, were introduced to make life easier for customers.
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The Central Connecticut men's golf team compiled 620 strokes after two rounds at the Hartford Hawk Invitational Monday. Central currently stands in 12th place on the team leader board carding a 302 in round one followed by a 318 in round two.
The two-day, three-round tournament is being held at Bull's Bridge Golf Club in South Kent, CT. The first two rounds were played on Monday, September 24th and the final round will take place on Tuesday, September 25th wrapping up tournament action.
Topping the team standings after Monday's round is tournament host Hartford who shot a two-round score of 584 (+8). Central is only 10 strokes out of the field's top ten trailing Fairfield (10th) and Iona (11th). The Blue Devils lead Hofstra (13th), Lehigh (14th), Bryant (15th), and Holy Cross (16th).
Senior Matthew DeJohn proved to be consistent on the tournament's opening day starting with a round one 75 and completing his day with a round two 76. DeJohn is in a six-way tie for 21st place and seven strokes over par, just nine strokes off of the tournament leaders Patrick Ross and Brandon Matthews (-2).
Before he wrote a second round score of 83, senior captain Dan Fanion carded the lowest round score for a Blue Devil in the tournament with a 72. He was tied for fourth place after the first round and fell to a 40th place tie on the individual leader board after round two. He is 11 strokes over par with a cumulative score of 155 after Monday.
Senior Greg Beloin is tied for 51st (77/80/157) and 13 strokes over par. Sophomore Monte Mullen (78/86/164) is 20 strokes over par which ties him for 74th. Freshman Connor Murphy (86/79/165) is tied for 74th (+21).
The third and final round of the Hartford Hawk Invitational will resume tomorrow at Bull's Bridge Golf Club in South Kent, CT.


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Brighton was originally a fishing village called Brighthelmstone, so it remained until the mid 18th century when it's relatively close proximity to London (52 miles from the centre) attracted the cities glamorous and wealthy to partake in the restorative properties of the sea and fresh air. By the 1780's major developments had begun such as the Georgian terraces and the Royal Pavillion and in this period the town became known as Brighton.
The railway arrived in 1841 which brought Brighton within the reach of day trippers from London as a result the town further expanded. Major development occurred in the Victorian era this included building of the Grand Hotel in 1864, the West Pier in 1866 and the Palace Pier in 1899. By 1901 the cities population had grown to over 120,000.
Reaching a peak of over 160,000 by 1961. Modern Brighton forms part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation stretching along the coast, with a population of around 480,000.
Brighton now boasts many attractions the Royal Pavilion, Grand Hotel Palace Pier and the West Pier remain major landmarks with the relatively recent addition of one of Europe's largest Marinas. The sea front has restaurants bars and night clubs, part of the beach itself is designated a nudist area.
In May the City hosts the Brighton Festival which is one of Britain's largest art festivals the Brighton Fringe Festival runs at the same time as the Brighton Festival and is regarded as the second largest such event in the world. There are many other festivals throughout the year including The Great Escape, Paddle round the Pier ,Brighton Live and Brighton Pride.
Brighton pride is the premier event for the gay, Lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. A community for which the Brighton has become known as "The Gay Capital of Britain".
The city of Brighton & Hove has approximately 80 schools 2 universities and a medical school
Notable buildings in Brighton include Brighton Pier, St Nicholas Church, The Grand Hotel and the Royal Pavilion. The Royal Pavilion is a former royal palace built as a home for the Prince Regent during the early 19th century, under the direction of the architect John Nash. The grand hotel was constructed in 1864 and was the scene of the 1984 Brighton Hotel Bombing.
Brighton Pier (known as the Palace Pier) opened in 1899. It features a funfair, restaurants and arcade halls. Volk's Electric Railway runs along the foreshore from Brighton Pier to Black Rock and the Marina and is the oldest operating electric railway in the world. The West Pier was built in 1866 it has been closed since 1975 awaiting renovation.
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CavalierTalk: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Board & Forum
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1st June 2006, 04:38 PM
Hi guys, Ozzy is fine during the day, but when he wakes up early morning he is a bit scratchy, on the side of his head and mouth, what's the best thing to watch out for?
1st June 2006, 04:49 PM
Hi Claire,
I'm glad you posted this. Twinkle actually woke us this morning with her scratching. She was literally itchy all over. She was only frontlined a couple of weeks ago and she looks fine. Her ears are clean and I can't find anything in her coat so I'm at a loss. I'm going to bathe her tonight and see how she is after that.
1st June 2006, 05:06 PM
I need to Frontline him as he can now use it - was on stronghold before, his ears are clear, but you start to get worried.....
1st June 2006, 05:14 PM
I know what you mean - been reading up on it all day. Hopefully everything will be okay once you frontline him.
1st June 2006, 05:50 PM
The things to check for are ear mites, ear infections, fleas, any skin conditions, and maybe allergies.
Next up in seriousness is PSOM, an ear problem similar to glue ear in children which can cause scratching and discomfort.
Unfortunately you do also need to consider the possibility of syringomelia as scratchiness in the morning and evening or at night would be one manifestation. Also this needs to be considered when no other explanation for scratching can be found by a vet. All indications at this time are that there is a very high incidence of this condition in the breed and that most cavaliers have the skull malformation that can develop into SM (some researchers believe 50% of the breed as a minimum, probably closer to 85%) .
You can find a whole section on PSOM as well as detailed info on SM at www.sm.cavaliertalk.com . It is good to be familiar with what to watch out for as a 'just in case' measure, as symptoms are varied and tend to be progressive. Also just be aware that vets will tend to be dismissive of this option, as they are unfamiliar with the high incidence in cavaliers of what otherwise is an extremely rare condition in dogs, according to neurologists.
Most likely there's something minor going on here but the larger concerns should be kept in mind too. Many old time breeders will talk about how cavaliers were always known for having a 'scratching disease' with no apparent cause, which now is thought to have been early, fairly mild incidences of SM.
2nd June 2006, 06:41 AM
when i first got zack, he was scratching like crazy. the only scratching i had any previous experience with was from fleas so i put Advantage on him. He did not improve. During this period he also had diarrhea and vomiting for a month which immediately cleared up after treatment with worming medication. The scratching cleared up at the same time. There was no sign of worms on fecal exam but worm medication was tried to see if it would help and it did. apparently worms can cause problems even when there are no obvious symptoms of worms.
Perhaps worms is another cause of scratching, maybe an allergic reaction to worms?
Good luck with it. it was pretty stressful to see him scratching all the time, it's no fun.
2nd June 2006, 11:01 AM
Judy, Joanna, Claire,
It might help you to keep a log, some sort of diary as to the scratching episodes.
I'm glad that you are all aware of SM, you will know the other signs to look out for, don't be overly worried at this moment, stay calm OK.
Perhaps a friendly call to your pups breeder? have any of the other siblings shown signs? are you in contact with the owners of the other litter mates? or dogs from those parents/lines, all information helps.
Alison, Wilts, UK.
2nd June 2006, 11:38 AM
Hi Alison....
Will keep a note, Mollie his sister is down the road and she is fine... I will do an email to the breeder as we keep in touch and see if she has anything.... will be taken him the vets within a couple of weeks and will make sure take notes to him for him to have a look.
2nd June 2006, 03:54 PM
That's a good suggestion Alison, contacting the breeder. I'm not in contact with the litter mates' owners and would like to get that contact info from the breeder.
i didn't get Zack from a reputable breeder but it wouldn't hurt to contact them and see what information i can get now from them as to the parents' health so far and contacts for the litter mates.
The scratchng zack was having was really scaring me, about SM. thank goodness it ended so abruptly when the GI symptoms ended, making it seem unlikely to have been caused by SM. It stopped 3 months ago. This doesnt' mean Zack won't get SM but it has removed a reason for my worry that he was having a particularly early onset of it.
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Samsung counsel doubts EU regulator's speed and resolve concerning standard-essential patents
Today I attended two Samsung v. Apple patent trials in a row in Mannheim, Germany. Last December, Samsung brought four new patent assertions in that court. It's now trial season for those claims. A month ago, a trial was held on a standard-essential patent assertion. Another trial (involving a non-standard-essential patent on speech output of […]
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- 1 Introduction to PekWM
- 2 Installing PekWM
- 3 Starting PekWM
- 4 Configuring PekWM
- 5 Themes
- 6 Setting a Wallpaper
- 7 Common Problems
- 8 External Links
Introduction to PekWM
The Pek Window Manager is written by Claes Nästen. The code is based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It also has an expanded feature-set, including window grouping (not unlike to ion3, pwm, or even fluxbox), auto properties, xinerama and keygrabber that supports keychains, and much more.
Installing PekWM
Install PekWM from the repositories.
pacman -Sy pekwm
Starting PekWM
Method 1: kdm/gdm
This will most likely automatically be added to the session types. Select pekwm from the menu.
If it isn't automatically added you will need to create a .desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions called Pekwm.desktop.
Create /usr/share/xsessions/Pekwm.desktop with the following content.
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=PekWM Comment=Start PekWM Exec=/usr/bin/pekwm Icon= Type=Application
Note: To use this you will have to have a login manager enabled at first. For instructions how to do that, look here.
Method 2: xinitrc
In your home folder add the code below to your .xinitrc file (~/.xinitrc)
exec pekwm
Configuring PekWM
The main config is stored in the file ~/.pekwm/config. It controls all of the rest of your config. It controls the workspace and viewports settings, the menu and harbour behaviour, window edge resistance, and more. There is an example file with complete documentation to be found in the PekWM documentation here.
PekWM will by default when installed from the arch repositiories come with some pre-created menus. These do not reflect what exists on your system and as such are highly likely to be very inaccurate to what you actually have installed. These are to be seen as an example and not something that you should use without editing.
Your menus are stored in .pekwm/menu in your home directory (~/.pekwm/menu)
One way to automatically set up menus for your installed applications is Menumaker. To set up menus of all your installed applications run it with the following command:
mmaker --no-desktop pekwm
To see a full list of options, run mmaker --help
This will give you a pretty thorough menu. Now you can modify the menu file by hand, or simply regenerate the list whenever you install new software.
As I've already mentioned the menu file is ~/.pekwm/menu. The syntax for the menu file is fairly straightforward. A simple entry has the following structure:
Entry = "NAME" { Actions = "Exec COMMAND &" }
A submenu has the following syntax:
Submenu = "NAME" { Entry = "NAME" { Actions = "Exec COMMAND &" } Entry = "NAME" { Actions = "Exec COMMAND &" } }
(Make sure these brackets are always closed, or you will have errors and your menu will not display)
To add a separator line to the menu, use the following:
Separator {}
PekWM also supports dynamic menus. These are basically menu entries or submenus that display the output of a script that is run every time the entry or submenu is accessed.
You can find some dynamic menus online. Check the exact syntax the menu requires, as they can vary. There are not that many dynamic menu scripts around, unfortunately. You can find dynamic menus for Gmail and network connections here, and one to display the time and date here. There is also a project called pekwm_menu_tools which aim to be a set of useful applications for generating dynamic menus for PekWM.
The hotkey settings are stored in ~/.pekwm/keys. This file controls all the keyboard bindings and keychains used in PekWM. You can add keyboard bindings to launch programs or to perform actions in PekWM, such as show a menu, move a window, switch desktops, etc. For a full list of PekWM's actions, see the documentation.
You can have more than one action assigned to one key combination. To do so, just separate the actions by a semicolon. Here is an example:
KeyPress = "Ctrl Mod1 R" { Actions = "Exec osdctl -s 'Reconfiguring'; Reload" }
When you press Ctrl+Alt+R Pekwm will display on the screen the text 'Reconfiguring' (osdctl -s 'Reconfiguring') and reconfigure (Reload). (Note that this requires osdsh to be installed)
You can also do "chains" of keys, so for example the code
Chain = "Ctrl Mod1 C" { KeyPress = "Q" { Actions = "MoveToEdge TopLeft" } KeyPress = "W" { Actions = "MoveToEdge TopCenterEdge" } }
Would make it so that if you first press Ctrl+Alt+C and then Q you move the active window to the top left corner of the screen, and if you press Ctrl+Alt+C and then W you move the window to the top center edge.
The Mouse settings are stored in ~/.pekwm/mouse. This file is also rather self-explanatory in it's layout. For example:
FrameTitle { ButtonRelease = "1" { Actions = "Raise; Focus" } }
means that if you release button 1 (usually left mouse button) over the frame title of a window the window will be "Raised" above the other windows and it will become the focused window.
One of the things PekWM is set up to do by default is to focus windows when the mouse moves over them (as opposed to the "click to focus" style). This is one thing that quite a few users would like to change to the more "traditional" way. To change this, look for the following lines in the file and do what they say (there are quite a few of the first, but only one occurrence of the second):
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus. # Uncomment the following line if windows should raise when clicked.
Startup Programs
The startup programs file is ~/.pekwm/start. If you'd like to display a wallpaper or launch a panel whenever Pekwm is started, you can add entries for these things in that file. Note, though, that these applications are run every time Pekwm is started -- including when you run 'Restart' in the root menu. The commands are executed only after Pekwm is started.
To add an application, use the following structure:
nameofapplication &
The & at the end is crucial, or anything after it won't be run. To give you an example of what this file could look like, here is mine:
xfce4-panel & conky & hsetroot -fill ~/images/darkwood.jpg &
Before you can use this file, you will have to make it executable with the following command:
chmod +x ~/.pekwm/start
The Variables file contains the general variables used in PekWM, the default entry should explain it quite clearly:
$TERM="xterm -fn fixed +sb -bg white -fg black"
Whenever the variable $TERM is used in any of PekWM's configuration files, the command xterm -fn fixed +sb -bg white -fg black will be run. For example changing it to:
would mean that urxvt would be loaded for terminal commands.
If you'd like certain applications to open on certain workspaces, have a certain title, skip the (window) menus, or be automatically tabbed together, you can specify all that here. It is probably the most confusing configuration file in PekWM, but it is also the most powerful file. The amount of things that can be set in this file are far too great to fit here, but it is explained in detail in the autoproperties page of the documentation. The default ~/.pekwm/autoproperties file also contains a crash course to autopropping.
Links to some theme sites are provided below. To install a theme extract the archive to a themesdir the default ones are:
- global - /usr/share/pekwm/themes
- user only - ~/.pekwm/themes
GTK Appearance
To customize the look of GTK applications you can use LXAppearance (available in the AUR)
Setting a Wallpaper
Since PekWM is just a window manager it requires you to use a separate program to set a desktop wallpaper. Some popular ones are:
Common Problems
When using Nvidia TwinView, Windows maximize across both screens
Edit ~/.pekwm/config and look for the line:
HonourRandr = "True"
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HonourRandr = "False"


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Tammy Kelly takes a light approach to Super Bowl snacks
Buffalo chicken, onion rings and pizza � all staples for a great Super Bowl party.
Try making them a little lighter on the waistline this year by giving these recipes a try. Your guests will never know the difference.
Buffalo Chicken Bites
8 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1/4 to 1/2 cup hot sauce, more or less to taste (Frank�s is my favorite)
3 ounces fat free cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup chopped green onions
2 cups corn flakes cereal, crushed
1/2 cup liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters)
1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, combine chicken, cream cheese, hot sauce, green onions.
Roll mixture into 1- to 1 1/2-inch balls and place onto a plate or separate baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining mixture, until you have 30 balls in total.
Place flour in a shallow dish.
In a second shallow dish, place egg substitute.
In a third shallow dish, place corn flakes.
Dip each chicken ball first into the flour, then the egg and ending with the corn flakes.
Place on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Serve warm with a low calorie ranch or blue cheese dressing. The recipe makes six servings.
Per serving (5 bites): 3 WW Points Plus
Oven Fried Onion Rings
2 medium (or 1 large) sweet onions, sliced half an inch thick
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups crushed potato chips (kettle-cooked chips, if available)
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Preheat oven to 450F.
Combine the flour, salt, black pepper and cayenne in a bowl. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, egg and additional flour, whisking until a smooth batter is formed. In a third bowl, place the crushed potato chips.
Prepare the onion rings by first dipping a ring into the seasoned flour, then into the batter (let the excess batter drip off), and then coat with the crushed potato chips. As you finish the rings, place them on a large plate. Repeat with all rings.
Cover a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper. Drizzle the vegetable oil on the parchment-lined sheet and place in the oven for eight minutes. Carefully remove the sheet from the oven and tilt to evenly coat with oil.
Working quickly, place your onion rings on the baking sheet and return to oven. Bake for eight minutes, then flip onion rings and bake for an additional six to eight minutes, or until golden brown.
While baking, prepare your dipping sauce.
Dipping Sauce
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons ketchup
2 tablespoons horseradish
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
Dash ground black pepper
Dash cayenne pepper
Combine all ingredients and refrigerate.
Oven Fried Pickles
1 jar pickle slices
2 eggs
1/3 cup flour
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon hot sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
1 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 cups panko bread crumbs
Turn oven broiler on high.
In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and flour. Add Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, garlic powder, Cajun seasoning and pepper. Mix well.
Place panko bread crumbs in a shallow dish. Dunk each pickle slice into the egg mixture, than dredge it in the panko breadcrumbs.
Place coated pickles on a rack set above a baking sheet and sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Place pan in the middle rack of the oven. Broil for about 3 minutes on each side.
Serve with dip. Combine Ranch dressing with hot sauce for dipping, or choose your favorite (I like a Yogurt Feta Dressing with mine).
Mini Cauliflower Pizza Bites
1 head cauliflower, grated
2 egg whites
1 cup full-fat yogurt
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Turkey pepperoni (optional)
For the crust, pulse the head of cauliflower in the food processor until rice like. Cook over medium heat with half a cup of water in a saucepan. Cover with a lid and let steam for five minutes, mixing every minute or so to make sure the cauliflower does not brown. This step softens the cauliflower. Once softened, remove from heat and let cool before adding the wet ingredients.
In a separate bowl, whisk the yogurt, egg whites, basil, oregano, salt and garlic powder together until evenly combined.
Pour the wet mixture into the cooled cauliflower. Fold until thoroughly combined.
Scoop the cauliflower crust mixture into muffin cups that have been sprayed with a non-stick spray. Fill them up firmly until they reach the top of the tin and flatten the top. The recipe makes 12 crusts.
Bake at 425 degrees for 45 minutes, or until the tops have browned lightly and the edges begin to pull away from the tin. If you plan to add the turkey pepperoni, do it in the last 15 minutes.
Run a knife along the edges before removing. Remove each cauliflower crust carefully, especially while still warm. They will hold together well.
Serve with marinara or pizza sauce for dipping.
Tammy Kelly is director, Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Center, 1791 N.C. 11/55, Kinston, NC 28504. Reach her at 252-527-2191 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher
Wiley, Oct 13, 1995 - Business & Economics - 296 pages
Building on the insights of his highly acclaimed earlier work, The Skillful Teacher, Stephen D. Brookfield offers a very personal and accessible guide to how faculty at any level and across all disciplines can improve their teaching. Applying the principles of adult learning, Brookfield thoughtfully guides teachers through the processes of becoming critically reflective about teaching, confronting the contradictions involved in creating democratic classrooms and using critical reflection as a tool for ongoing personal and professional development.Using numerous examples, Brookfield describes what critical reflection is and why it is so important. He tells how teachers can reframe their teaching by viewing their practice through four distinctive lenses: their autobiographies as teachers and learners, their students' eyes, their colleagues' perceptions, and theoretical literature. He includes specific advice on using practical approaches to critical reflection such as teaching diaries, role model profiles, participant learning portfolios, structured critical conversation. the Critical Incident Classroom Questionnaire, the Good Practices Audit, and more. He explains how the literature of educational research and philosophy can be used as an aid to, rather than an inhibitor of, critical reflection. And he discusses how to create a campus culture that supports critically reflective teaching.
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Whale Watch Cabo: Mexico
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TOPO Distillery in Chapel Hill, NC
The Magical Eiffel Tower
Published in Meadowmont Magazine
I just received my copy, my issue of January 2016, today of Meadowmont Living.
I had submitted photos of the beautiful homes in Meadowmont Comunity, the fall leaves on the Golf Course. They loved the photos and had asked me if they could as well published the poem I had written, that went along. I gave them the poem and here it is today, printed!
In the this issue I have, yet again, a 2 pages spread!


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A Bona Fide Ride Back Through Street Rod History
After searching for months, 20-year-old Mike Stowe found this 40 Ford coupe in a Michigan junkyard and drove it home. This morning, he drove it to work. Although hes in his early sixties now, Mike still gets the same kicks driving the coupe now as he did when he was a young hot rodder.
Youd expect a car that has participated in practically every chapter in the history of street rodding to have gone through a lot of styling changes. In this case, Mike built the car right the first time and never felt tempted to goof it up with every new trend that came along. He has modified it a little, but Stowes 40 looks the same now as it did in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Next to a 32 roadster, a 40 coupe was the rod to have in the late 50s.
Mikes dad, Percy Stowe, already had a sectioned and channeled fendered Deuce roadster, so Mikes choice was easy. For $150 he got a running 40 with a salvageable stock chassis and a seven-pistoned flathead. He immediately junked the flattie and dropped in a 55 Chevy 265 small-block. Mikes plan was to keep the project as original in appearance as possible. Many of the parts he needed, including the fenders, hood ornament, grille center bar, hood latch, and other trim pieces, were still available as NOS parts. * Most of those parts are still on the coupe. Mikes dad Percy sprayed the Sierra Gold paint, a 57 Chevy color. They entered the car in the 61 Detroit Autorama and earned a First Place award.
In 1963, Mike swapped the 265 motor for a 283 Chevy that he found in a hot-rodded Studebaker. In the years that followed, he put a lot of miles on the coupe, but, as numerous other hot rod and business projects competed for his time in the 70s and 80s, the coupe received less attention. Even so, he never sold it, and eventually reached the point when he knew he never could. In 1988, Mike became interested in his faithful old driver again, and after some fresh paint, the coupe started reappearing in public at shows in the area.
The coupes most recent revival began early last year at Mikes business, Great Lakes Motor Works in Boyne City, Michigan. The worn-out 283 was replaced with a new out-of-the-crate aluminum-head Chevy 350 and a TCI chassis was built to replace the stocker. The rejuvenated coupe, a mix of good-as-new condition and good-as-old tradition, has become Mikes daily transportation during the warm months. In May, he took the car on the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour, letting it off the leash for the long haul from Detroit to Southern California.
This gorgeous 40 is a bona fide ride back through street rod history. After 43 years of steadfast service, the old coupe isnt slowing downits picking up speed.


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The below video has no context other than it's caption: "Beautician Shows Off Epic Blackheads Removal Skills In This 'Wonderful' Video," and it features all the best of clogged hair follicles, oil, and secretions of the sebaceous glands.
A baby shepherd's hook is dug into someone's skin, yanking out slimy blackhead after slimy blackhead for just under a minute.
Twenty-two million people have watched this happen..
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(sĭkwoi'Ә), name for the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and for the big tree, or giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), both huge, coniferous evergreen trees of the bald cypress family, and for extinct related species. Sequoias probably originated over 100 million years ago. Once widespread in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, the trees were almost exterminated by the ice sheets of the glacial ages. Several species are known only by fossil remains; some such fossils have been found in the Petrified Forest in Arizona.
The two living species survive only in a narrow strip near the Pacific coast of the United States. The redwood occurs along the coast of California and S Oregon, often in easily lumbered, pure stands. Growing 100 to 385 ft (30–117 m) high, it is probably the tallest tree in the world; the tallest known tree is the redwood Hyperion (379.1 ft/115.5 m), in Redwood National Park. The redwood is able to obtain the abundant moisture needed to sustain its towering growth by capturing water from regularly occurring ocean fogs. The water then drips down from the leaves and branches to the soil, where it penetrates to be absorbed by the roots. The redwood's trunk is 20 to 25 ft (6.1–7.6 m) in diameter, and its needlelike leaves are usually bluish green. Some redwoods are believed to be over 2,000 years old. The big tree, 150 to 325 ft (46–99 m) tall and with a trunk 10 to 30 ft (3–9.1 m) in diameter, grows on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California. It reaches an even greater age than the redwood; some individuals are believed to be 3,000 to 4,000 years old. The leaves are small, overlapping scales. Both trees have deeply grooved, reddish bark and soft, straight-grained, reddish heartwood whose resistance to decay makes it especially valuable for outdoor building purposes, e.g., for shingles, siding, and flumes. Although the sequoias are protected in Kings Canyon, Redwood, Sequoia, and Yosemite national parks, Giant Sequoia National Monument, and several California state parks, their existence elsewhere is threatened by exploitation.
China's deciduous dawn redwood tree (Metasequoia) is believed to be a related species and is perhaps an ancestor of the California redwood. This genus was named and described from fossil remains a few years before the few living specimens were discovered during World War II. Some thousand trees were subsequently found, and they were on the verge of extinction by lumbering. The fast-growing dawn redwoods are now propagated elsewhere. The East Indian and South American redwoods are in the unrelated brazilwood genus.
The sequoia is classified in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, order Coniferales, family Taxodiaceae.
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Moving Memorial For Fatally Shot Arapahoe High School Student And Equestrian Claire Davis From Centennial, CO [VIDEO]
Sadly, last month, we as a nation grieved the loss of another young person lost too soon due to senseless violence. I'm not here to rail on guns or school shootings or young people today or even the unfairness of the world. However, I do want to mark the life of one lost before their time.
Claire Davis was a 17 year old student at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, CO. She was shot point blank in the face, a fatal wound that would later claim her life. But Claire was more than that.
I didn't know Claire, but her obvious passion for horses tells me a lot about her. Equestrians may come in all shapes and sizes and from all walks of life, but they share the traits of compassion, empathy and work ethic. As a life long horse person, I know this to be true. This video is from the moving tribute where Claire's horse was ceremonially unsaddled for the last time. RIP Claire.


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The XZ beach chair from Numen (the group behind the tape and tuft installations!).
Bold's beautiful packaging design for Middagsfrid with illustrations from Peter Herrman.
Landskip bag from fu-na. Love all the sets of animal pins that go with the bag!
VIDEOThe string based www shelf by Viktor Matic.
Joy Lin's cute seafood packaging project, Coastal Catch.
VIDEOAdorable iphone diorama from Michael Ko.
Twice The Vice Spirited Chocolates ~ the single malt collection includes The Macallan 12 Year, Glenlivet 15 Year, and Lagavulin 16 Year
Mini Rodini's Long Leg Body Map rib 100% organic cotton onesie turns your kid into a globe
The Rock Planter is digitally modeled using a custom algorithm to generate its' faceted shape then 3D printed in ceramic.
UK's National Health Service raising awareness for blood donation on the streets of London with blood type/full body suits...
A new bubblegum pink faceted façade graces Mexico City's Hostel La Buena Vida!
Audio Focus, an audio recording device using parallels in cameras and photography of the 60's and 70's. Two microphones with an adjustable focus area, record in stereo. By Laurence Veitch.
21st-century tech-friendly reading chairs reviewed by the weekend journal. Pictured, the Cappellini Capo.
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Bulavkus: USB safety pin, wear 4GB. By Art Lebedev.
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Fishbone Fluids, a new series of high-speed images of 1mm fluid jets hitting each other by Ted Kinsman. Weird world of liquids.
Black Mustache card collection from Stellavie – 'Mustache is currently the new black'. Wonderfully weird mustache cards in vibrant colors, perfect for many occasions.
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Agency Almasty's beautiful llustrations for Emirates Airlines in-flight magazine Open Skies, about how a large part of the eritrean population lived underground during their war of independence against Ethiopia.
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On 9 June 2010 the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley MP, announced a full public inquiry into the role of the commissioning, supervisory and regulatory bodies in the monitoring of Mid Staffordshire Foundation NHS Trust.
The Inquiry is established under the Inquiries Act 2005 and is chaired by Robert Francis QC, who will make recommendations to the Secretary of State based on the lessons learnt from Mid Staffordshire. It will build on the work of his earlier independent inquiry into the care provided by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust between January 2005 and March 2009.
The final report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry was published on Wednesday 6 February 2013. Please click here to access a copy of the report, as well as details of the Chairman's public statement on the day


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The mission of Royal Canin has always been Health Nutrition. It is characterised by a precise balance between 50-odd nutrients (proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, amino-acids, fatty acids, mineral salts, vitamins and trace elements). The formulation of our diets corresponds to a complex puzzle whose construction enables to guarantee a constant nutritional formula, respecting the precise and specific needs of cats and dogs.
This is the only strictly scientific procedure, since it places the animal at the heart of the formulation process: indeed, the ingredients used are selected for the quality of the nutrients provided and for their nutritional benefits. The nutritional philosophy of Royal Canin excludes all procedures that tend to highlight raw materials known for their gustative properties (lamb, salmon, game, etc.).
Veterinary nutrition is a science that aims to identify the essential nutrients and the role they play, based on the intake. It is a field in which we are constantly acquiring fresh knowledge: the number of publications referenced under the keywords "Health" and "Nutrition" was 2746 in 2009, versus 1241 in 1995, a more than twofold increase in a decade !
Every year a whole new batch of pet foods and nutritional formulas appears on the market, containing, besides essential health-sustaining nutrients, natural elements to prevent a number of risks of diseases and protect the body.
It is estimated that the life expectancy of dogs, for instance, has increased by 3 years in the past 15 years.
Nowadays, animal rations can be formulated according to specific needs, well-identified deficiencies to be prevented or other specificities discovered by ongoing research. Scientists and the major pet food manufacturers now
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ONE DAY, I joke with friends: 'If you were a cannibal, which author would you eat and which herb would you use?' I almost immediately go for J.M. Coetzee – slow-roasted over coals – and simply but deftly flavoured: salt, pepper, tarragon. Now, every time I have bearnaise sauce, I think of slow roasted Coetzee and tarragon. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Franciscan Place to Discover God's Healing Presence and PeaceChiara Center, named after Franciscan mystic, Clare of Assisi, is a place of healing, light, and sacred images.We welcome individuals or small groups who desire to enter into quiet, peace and prayerful healing presence.Individuals or groups determine the length of time and create the rhythm of prayer, quiet and rest. Spacious grounds, sacred places, and very comfortable guest rooms with a view enhance the days of retreat.Guests who choose to stay overnight at Chiara Center enjoy a warm and comfortable respite, free of distractions and noise, in a scenic setting. Chiara Center offers 30 guest rooms (both single- and double-occupancy), each furnished with a recliner, two full-size beds, a television and a private bath with a shower. A hair dryer, linens, towels, soap and shampoo also are provided. In addition, each floor has a lounge and an adjoining kitchen.Nutritious and well-balanced meals are available as well as refreshments for breaks and special activities. Guests also have the option of providing their own food. Dietary preferences are honored. A library, exercise room, computer room and laundry room are available for guests.The spacious grounds, the walking paths, the sacred shrines, and the beautiful St. Francis of Assisi church are all part of the experience of staying at Chiara. Joy, peace and hope are tangible.
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A blogger attempts to trace the fissures in India's society.
"Despite our country's much-vaunted pluralism, Indians harbour a keen sense of difference, be it of language, religion or complexion."
Without this 'difference' how does pluralism exist in the first place ?
"The modern Indian state outlaws caste-based discrimination, while requiring "positive discrimination" for members of marginalised groups."
Self contradictory. the so-called 'positive' discrimination is also caste based!
"Caste is a difficult and thorny category, its origins and evolution still murky."
Agree, am always at a loss as to how come every fundamental text of bharata happens to be written by the so-called outcastes!
Ramayana by a jungle robber Ratnakar later called Maharshi Valmiki. Mahabharata and Gita by son of a fisherwoman named Vyasa. Vedas, Upanishads, Aranyakas, Brahamanas compiled by the same son of fisherwoman.
And these are the basic texts of bharatiya samskriti !
Am at a loss as to how come the 'evil brahmins' came to accept these texts of low caste origin.
Every brahmana through all ages accepted these texts as profound.
Kalidasa, again of low origins, is also considered some great guy.
Only reason seems to be that enlightened educated people such as we have today were not present then to explain 'caste' system and 'manusmriti' to bharatiyas.
Thankfully, we live in 'modern' times.
"At worst, they smack of ancient caste bigotry, like the unhealthy valourisation of fair skin (as epitomised by embarrassing ads for lightening products) in a country of shining brown-skinned toilers."
Shiva, the dark coloured god of hindu pantheon was heard complaining that he does not get any devotees nowadays.
Sri Krishna the other day complained similarly. He asked some lyricist- 'radha kyon gori, mein kyon kala' – why is Radha of lighter shade while I am black ?
Sri Rama similarly expressed unhappiness about his dark colour.
Kali ma was also angry on this point.
Last heard, these dark skinned gods were forming an association to petition GoI for some reservation for them among devotees.
The lighter skinned god Brahma, was not available for comment. He could not be found in any temples also, since there are hardly any temples that has Brahma as murti. Whats the point in being the creator and all, even with white skin!
"Yet despite this slow erosion of caste as an insidious force, India remains a divided society"
The Brits have something to be thankful for in these times of having been turned into chamcha of a has been superpower- US. Their legacy of 'divide et empera' is being religiously followed through by 'educated' indians.
"Anyone visiting India today would be struck by its chasms of difference. "
Absolutely. It is proven that anyone who puts on eurocentric lenses will view things in its characteristic tinge.
"But in India, the revelations of this latest study are stark reminders of how much division underlies the fabric of the nation, and of how much work remains in perfecting our democratic society."
Absolutely! The white man's burden, you know ?
It just got transferred to his brown skinned brother who uses 'fair and lovely' and is english educated.


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Library coffee shop is open for business in Camp Hill
How many coffeemakers do you have?
A few weeks ago, I saw a coffeemaker that I simply had to have. I knew my life would entirely turn around if I owned this coffeemaker. Printed on the side of the box were the words: "World's best coffeemaker."
I lifted the box containing the coffeemaker. I shook the box. I looked longingly at the picture on the side of the box of the world's best coffeemaker.
"You do not need another coffeemaker," my son said. He sounded a little bit as if he was talking to an 8-year-old who wanted more cookies.
I put down the box and returned to my seat in the restaurant. I sadly stared at the coffeemaker and thought, "How many coffeemakers do I have?" I mentally counted. I have five.
That's probably too many coffeemakers.
I have a standard sit-on-the-counter-and-make-coffee coffeemaker. I have an automatic espresso maker and a stove-top espresso maker. I have two French presses — and a partridge in a pear tree. I'm either drinking a lot of coffee, or spending an enormous amount of time making it.
I'm not a coffee snob, but I am snotty about coffee. I like it battery acid strong and I carry little packages of instant coffee in the glove box of my car, so I can add it to a purchased cup that isn't strong enough. I usually grumble about people selling me brown water while I do this.
That's the snotty part.
I like truck stop coffee. I like late-at-night diner coffee that stains the cracks inside of a white mug brown. But mostly, I like a lot of it.
I told Lori Loss, who is the office manager at Cleve J. Fredricksen Library in Camp Hill, about my five coffeemakers. She said I sounded like someone who liked coffee. Loss was probably being nice. I sound a little strange to me.
I was talking to Loss about coffee because the library has opened a coffee shop in the library's lower level. The shop, called The Coffee Corner, opened in November and has for sale coffee, decaffeinated coffee, tea, hot chocolate, bottled water, baked goods and snacks from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. weekdays.
You can buy a cup of coffee and go look at books, read a magazine or sit at a table with friends. The library's staff just asks that you put a lid on your cup for library wanderings.
Loss, who supervises the shop, said the coffee shop's hours might be expanded in the future, and there's the possibility that some of the library's books for sale might be moved into the coffee area, so you can look for books to buy while you drink your coffee and eat your muffin.
A cup of coffee at the library? Things simply could not get any better.
For more information about the library's coffee shop, go to www.fredricksenlibrary.org.


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Feb. 3, 2007
Let's just say it is not the Bisons favorite place to play on the road. After picking up a big road win at Mercer on Thursday, the Bisons were unable to get a sweep on the road, dropping a 69-67 game to the Stetson Hatters.
With eight seconds to go in the game, the Bisons took the ball the length of the court with a chance to tie the game or take the lead, but Trey Williams missed on a three pointer, and Eddie Ard could not get the put back to go.
The Bisons are now 0-5 all-time in Deland, Florida.
"If you are not going to guard and you go nine minutes to start the second half without scoring--you are going to get beat," Head Coach Scott Sanderson said. "It should have been worse than it was."
Jumping out to a 26-15 lead with 9:20 to go in the first half, it looked like the Bisons were going to run away with the game early. However, Stetson turned up the offense, and locked down their defense after trailing by 11 points to go on a 26-13 run to end the first half up by two points 41-39.
"We were very good and then we subbed and they started to score and we never got it back," Sanderson said. "When you give a team like that confidence or any team and they start making shots they have not made all season long, that's what happens. It is a product of you not doing what you are supposed to do defensively and you not doing what you are supposed to do offensively, and we scored only 5 field goals in the entire second half."
In the second half, the Hatters took the momentum from the first half, and scored the first six points to take a 47-39 lead with 17:13 left in the game. Things continued to head downhill for the Bisons, because while Stetson continued to knock down shots, the Bisons could not buy a basket.
The Hatters stretched the lead to the largest of the game at 55-43 with 12:51 to go. The Bisons did not get their first field goal in the second half until the 11:49 mark when Brian Fisk launched a three-pointer.
The Bisons would not give up, led by senior Brian Fisk who netted a season high 30 points on a night where he went over the 1,500 point mark for his career. The only other Bison to reach double figures was Michael Lusk who had 12 points. Eddie Ard and Trey Williams each posted just three points apiece.
"(Brian) played with a lot of heart and passion," Sanderson said. "He knows it is coming down to the end for him and he wants to do the best he possibly can. It was like we were playing with one or two horse power all night long with him and Michael Lusk."
Fisk cut the Hatters lead down to just three points with 5:44 left with a lay-up after a steal by Lusk. The Hatters then stretched the lead back out to seven points with back-to-back scores by Garfield Blair.
Fisk would then hit two free throws with 2:29 left in the game after a couple of field goals from Jason Hopkins to bring it to 69-67, but the Bisons were unable to score the next two times down the court including the final possession.
"We came back, but it should have never got to that," Sanderson said. "We are not going to quit playing, but it should have never gotten to that point and I hold myself responsible for that."
"We couldn't get guys going," Sanderson said. "I put guys on the bench for a long period of time. I just don't understand how we are not zoned in and play a game like this, especially in a place where we have not won."
Kris Thomas led the scoring for the Hatters with 12 points. A. J. Smith and Eric Diaz both added 10 points apiece. The bench from Stetson outscored the Bisons bench 34-10.
The Hatters shot 24-of-43 from the field for 55.8 percent, 8-of-19 from the three-point line for 42.1 percent, and 13-of-18 from the free throw line for 72.2 percent. The Bisons on the other hand shot just 19-51 from the field for 37.3 percent, 6-of-19 from behind the arc for 31.6 percent, and 23-of-28 from the line for 82.1 percent.
"To shoot 65 percent (from the field) and 42 percent from behind the three point line, I don't care what happens you are not going to win games," Head Coach Scott Sanderson said. "We didn't deserve to win and they deserved to beat us."
The Hatters, now 8-15 overall and 4-8 in the Atlantic Sun picked up their 300th win all-time in the Edmonds Center.
"We have got to get back and practice a little more, we have got to regroup from this one," Sanderson said. "We are all jockeying for position, there is not a game we need to drop, and we needed to win both of these games on the road. We do not take care of business like we are suppose to and again you have to give Stetson credit they kept battling and battling. They deserve to win tonight. You have to give them credit they wanted the game worse than we did."
The Bisons, now 14-10 overall, and 8-5 in the Atlantic Sun will return home to face Belmont in the Battle of the Boulevard in the CSS Atlantic Sun Game of the Week on Friday night at 6:30 PM CST.


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Location: Infectious Bacterial Diseases ResearchTitle: Shedding of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis into milk and colostrum of naturally infected dairy cows over complete lactation cycles Author
|Bradner, Laura - Iowa State University
|Stabel, Judith
|Beitz, Donald - Iowa State University
|Robbe-austerman, Suelee - Animal And Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS), National Wildlife Center
Submitted to: Iowa State University Animal Industry Report
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/20/2013
Publication Date: 2/4/2013
Citation: Bradner, L., Stabel, J.R., Beitz, D.C., Robbe-Austerman, S. 2013. Shedding of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis into milk and colostrum of naturally infected dairy cows over complete lactation cycles. Iowa State University Animal Industry Report. A.S. Leaflet No. R2793.
Interpretive Summary: Johne's disease is a chronic, debilitating intestinal disorder in cattle characterized by diarrhea, reduced feed intake, weight loss and death. Cattle usually become infected as young calves by ingesting feces containing the causative bacteria. However, symptoms of disease do not usually present themselves until the animals reach 3 to 5 years of age or even older. During this time the animal is infected and may be shedding the organism in its feces without showing any clinical signs of disease. In addition to reduced production by these animals through reduced milk production, they also present a potential infective threat to the rest of the herd. Shedding of this bacterium into the milk of infected dams is one mode of transmission to young calves. However, there is very little data to determine how much shedding occurs. The present study evaluates the shedding of the bacteria into colostrum and milk durinig the 305-day lactation cycle. These results are critical for producers to understand and to assess exposure of calves to the bacteria on-farm.
Technical Abstract: The primary mode of transmission of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is fecal-oral. However, MAP is also shed into the milk and colostrum of infected cows. The objective of this study was to identify if an association exists between stage of MAP infection and days in lactation with the amount of MAP present in milk and colostrum of naturally infected cows. Results indicated that MAP is primarily shed in early lactation and in cows with advanced infection. This provides crucial information to dairy producers pertaining to the threat of MAP transmission via milk and colostrum. Producers now know that allow a calf to suckle even once is exposing it to the highest concentrations of MAP and therefore possibly infecting the newest generation of animals.