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Specification describes Dunaj functionalities with focus on the differences from Clojure, and defines idioms and best practices.
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8th Kingdom - Jesus Christ - The Eternal Kingdom - Jesus Christ - The Only Possible Legitimate Messiah - The prophet Jeremiah was specific when he wrote in 23:5-6 of the coming of the royal son of David: "Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord, "When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as king and act wisely And do justice and righteousness in the land. "In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell securely; And this is His name by which He will be called, 'The Lord our righteousness.'"
8th Kingdom - Jesus Christ - The Eternal Kingdom - The Bible's book of Job (Job 4:18) seems to indicate that God did not at one time (before the cross and resurrection of Jesus) trust the holy angels to remain holy and not take part in the fallen angelic, Mystery Babylon conspiracy against God and against mankind - In the book of Daniel (Daniel 10:21) it is revealed that only the Angels Gabriel and Michael the Archangel were aware of the plans and timing to restrain Mystery Babylon and to bring in the incarnation of God (Jesus Christ) into the realm of mankind - The Angel Gabriel that spoke to and instructed the prophet Daniel (Daniel 9:21) is the same Angel that spoke to and instructed both the priest (Luke 1:19) Zacharias [the father of John the Baptist] and the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26-35) regarding the incarnation of Jesus Christ
8th Kingdom - Jesus Christ - The Eternal Kingdom - The Bible's book of Daniel Chapter 7 tells of a vision that Daniel had during the reign in the first year of Babylonian King Belshazzar [the grandson of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar - 3rd Global Gentile Kingdom of the earth] regarding four beasts (the 4 remaining global gentile governments- Persia, Greece, Rome, Revised Rome) - Later in Daniel chapter 10 in the third year of Cyrus King of Persia [4th Global Gentile Kingdom of the earth] it was given to Daniel to have further interpretation regarding the previous vision in chapter 7 - Possibly Jesus Himself and an angel [thought to be the angel Gabriel] came to Daniel with encouragement and more information - The information that the Angel brought to Daniel was that the Holy Angelic realm was actively opposing and fighting against [the fallen Mystery Babylon realm of fallen angels (Revelation 17:5,9)] - The angel had currently been resisting Mystery Babylon's (spiritual) Persian Empire and also very importantly the Angel was already preparing to resist the then coming Mystery Babylon's (spiritual) Geek Empire [5th Global Gentile Kingdom of the earth] -- "Daniel 10:20-21 Then said he [thought to be the angel Gabriel], [now] Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia [a fallen angel]: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince [another fallen angel] of Grecia (Greece) shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the Scripture of Truth [Bible]: and there is none that holdeth [has the knowledge - plans of God] with me in these things [in the O.T. times before the incarnation, cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ], but Michael [the Archangel] your prince [a holy angel of Israel]."
Jesus Walk 2011 -- Jesus Christ has risen from the grave - Truly He has risen - He has risen indeed!
The Jesus Walk Holy Week Timeline Devotion - The 11th Annual [Started in 2001] 10 Day Jesus Walk Easter Timeline Devotion it will change your life! - Friday April 15th ---> Easter Sunday April 24th, 2011 (PDF Available)
[Friday] Jesus Walk 2011 -- Anointing - Preparation Friday - Catching up with Jesus and His disciples in the town of Bethany
[Saturday] Jesus Walk 2011 -- Triumphal Entry Saturday - Jesus is King The Triumphal Entry - Jesus Enters Jerusalem the capital city of Israel and presents Himself as the Lord and King for all people
Update: We are going to have a briefly expanded look at the Saturday [Sabbath Feast day] and then after the 2011 Easter Timeline Devotion is completed on Easter [Feast of Firstfruits Day] we can have an expanded look at the coming Feast Day of Pentecost [Sunday, June 12, 2011] - The Feast of Pentecost is one of the most confused and misunderstood of all the 8 Levitical Feast Days of Israel so we will take a good look and close examination at what the very important and relevant Pentecost Feast Day is and what it has had in store for mankind for almost 2,000 years since the original Pentecost events of Acts 2:1

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Thursday, September 23, 2010
23 September 1956 "Food Shopping and Kitchen Equipment: The Essentials"
Here are some good lists to stock your pantry. (Click to enlarge)I would add to the diary a different variety of cheese, as I don't usually like the taste of American cheese, but you could certainly follow this list to a T and be quite fine.
Isn't it also interesting to note that many ladies had shopping baskets (as in the picture). Another point where we were 'green' in the 1950's without even knowing what green was. A shopping basket or personal cart was rather normal. Paper bags were becoming popular at the large supermarkets, but many women were used to going to the local grocer and only filling their marketing basket. This especially continued in the cities, while in the new suburbs, shopping was not as frequent so you bought more and could carry it in your car as opposed to a bus or walking, so the paper bag became the norm.
Today I carry a vintage 1950's circus canvas fabric basket from an old 1950's grocery store. It folds up nicely and is easy to carry with my shopping bags.
I think this is a good way to approach a list. The idea of breaking it into percentage is a good solution and even could easily cater to your own needs. One could break it into any number, though this is a good solid foundation. This, by the way, is basically the formula that I use. I find that by having my marketing list annotated to these various needs it makes shopping simpler and easier to stay on budget. A calculator (something not available to a 1950's housewife) is also a good asset to this list. This allows one to tally up their products before reaching the checkout. Then, if something is putting you over your limit (and remember if you are shopping with cash you cannot just say, "Oh, well" because although the debit/credit card doesn't care, the store will most likely frown on your trying to buy 50 dollars worth of groceries with 40 dollars.)
This is a fun little list to have. It gives a homemaker a good goal to reach for her stocked kitchen. One needn't have all these things, but perhaps tacked up in the pantry as a sort of 'wish list' would certainly help. I have almost all of these things listed, including the deep fat fryer with basket. Mine is a vintage 1950's variety I bought at a church bazaar for all of one dollar and is similar to this one. One day I would like a vintage stove that has one built in, like this: A gal can dream, can't she?
Many of these items can be bought 'vintage' and rather inexpensively. And, as I have almost always found, if it has lasted the past 60 years, it is well made.
Well, I hope you enjoy these little tips from my guides and I am sorry for the lateness in my posting today.
Until tomorrow Happy Homemaking.
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- AnonymousSeptember 23, 2010 at 5:07 PM
Great post. I am wondering if you could cite your source for the vintage lists; the book looks interesting and I would like to see if I can ILL it from my local library.ReplyDelete
I think I will print these list. :) I would also like to know the source. TY for sharing.ReplyDelete
I like that tapioca is a staple. :-) Also...not just any chocolate, but GHIRARDELLI.ReplyDelete
Great tips!Thankyou very much:)ReplyDelete
I,too would be interested in the books you used.
I love these types of posts! Thanks for sharing, great information. I too would be interested in the source!ReplyDelete
I would love to see a photo of your vintage grocery shopping bag.ReplyDelete
The book I used for this is a small paperback simply entitled Home Makers Guide. I have tried to find it a few times on amazon so I could put it in the corner store, but to no avail. It was first published in 1950 and my copy has an intro entitled Home making forty-two years 1913-1955. If I ever do come across more copies, I will snatch them up and put them in an etsy shop (I plan on having a sort of yard sale sort of etsy shop on the new site so anything I have doubles of or don't need can find a new loving vintage home).ReplyDelete
I think I posted a photo of my shopping cart once full of fresh plants bought at our local farm.
The post I made on 25 June of this year has a photo of my shopping basket filled with the bounty of that day: fresh herbs for my culinary herb garden purchased at our local farm. Here is the link http://my50syear.blogspot.com/2010/06/29-june-1956-plane-crash-that-changed.htmlReplyDelete
I will scan the cover of my book to help any of you in case you spot it at any local book shops.
I didn't know they had deep fat fryers for the home back then....how cool!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 24, 2010 at 11:03 AM
OK, On the equipment list there are measuring spoons, but NO measuring cups. And what the heck is a Chopping bowl? ;-)ReplyDelete
The staples list is very helpful.
Great interesting post.
Julie in WA
A waffle iron that makes 8 waffles at one time? Wow! Mama needed that when we were growing up. It takes *forever* to make waffles for everyone.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 24, 2010 at 11:14 PM
Thank you 50sgal for your blog posts. We've been selling our house, buying another, moving towns (which are all huge and different undertakings for us), and staying in temporary accommodation while my husband waits for his transfer. Much of this time internet has not been available but I always had the happy thought of 'conversations' with you and the ladies continuing, giving me so much delicious reading material when I did finally settle and returned to regular computer time. (All that inspiring reading material accumulating while I couldn't access the web. What a treat that was awaiting me.)ReplyDelete
It was particularly heartening to read your writings today after a few jibes from a visitor inferring I could do some typing for her resume for her promotion. (She is very high up on the corporate ladder.) ...to get my mind off my home and onto something important. It is so comforting to know others place a high importance on the running of their homes. It is important and worthwhile and I love it but I did feel hurt by this professional person's digs at my choices in life. I'm happy that she's fulfilling her dreams. I think my are no lesser just because I don't get paid.
Thanks for being there. Love you 'work'! Linda
- AnonymousSeptember 24, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Ooops excuse typos.ReplyDelete
Thank you, Linda, as always I am always honored and happy whenever anyone appreciates my little 'attempts' here. I love our community and even when we disagree or inadvertantly step on one another's tail, I always come out of it feeling better, a little wiser, and glad for the effort.ReplyDelete
Unfortunately we may always have to deal with others seeing our 'being at home' as either a waste of time or 'mindless', but we know different. We all have different temperments and for those who feel comfortable in the boardroom, may truly be 'bored' in the home and vice versa. Yet, we who choose to be homemakers know there is no more challenging job for us than all that is entailed in running a home. We wear SO MANY hats. I hope your move is alright, I certainly know the pitfalls and annoyance of moving.
- AnonymousSeptember 25, 2010 at 4:45 PM
I love this post, probably because I adore the lists in vintage homemaking books.ReplyDelete
Gingerella, I think a deep fat fryer back then would have been a large deep saucepan with basket rather than the electrical appliances we have today.
Actually Kate, a deep fat fryer back then was, indeed, a deep fat fryer. Just as the ad I posted and as the fryer I have and use from the early 1950's.ReplyDelete
Really appreciate the 'budgeting versus bookkeeping' definition.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 28, 2011 at 10:48 PM
Nice blog.ReplyDelete
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Tonight I had a really fun date that involved some discussion of our top 10 favorite things. Near the end of the date, we wrote out long lists of things that make us extremely happy (we decided to leave sexual things off the lists), and we narrowed each list down to 10 items. Below is my list in no particular order:
Are any of those on your list? What else is on your list? There were a few that were really hard to leave off the list. Also, looking over the list, it seems like several of these could be done simultaneously. I wonder how many I could do at the same time…
Addendum: I just realized that I left off playing board games. I can't leave that off. It's definitely top 10. I would probably bump "when someone else's animal likes me," which I love, but I'd rather play board games.
I really love the idea of making lists like this on a date– I might have to borrow it for an upcoming date myself. 🙂
Some of the ones you've listed would also make my top 10 (snuggling/cuddling, reading in bed, treats, naked time, playing board games, etc), but a couple I would add to my personal list are: figuring out how to complete a complicated task/puzzle by myself without seeking assistance, and being able to witness a loved one experience a life changing event and watching their expressions (such as watching new parents at the hospital immediately after a baby is born, or the facial expressions of a bride and groom at a wedding– both events tend to cause a look I can only assume is "joy").
Actually all of these would be on my list including the addendum! Things I would include would be, 1. Hearing my husband's laugh. 2. Being able to make someone's day better or more fun. These would probably bump "treats" off the list, and "running faster than someone else, if something HAD to be bumped.


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Guest Column: What is Too Much?
Nathan Skytta pops back in to give us his thoughts on blows to the head in the NHL.
Since the early days of the National Hockey League, the sport has been known for its intensity and its feistiness, but since the turn of the decade, the intensity in hockey has increased dramatically. There comes a point in time when the league has to draw a line between right and wrong.
On Feb. 21, 2000, Marty McSorley, while playing for the Boston Bruins, swung his stick with three seconds left in the game and hit Donald Brashear, who fell backwards and hit his head on the ice and sustained a Grade 3 concussion.
During a Sunday afternoon game on March 7, this year, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke hit Boston Bruins Marc Savard in the head with a shoulder check. Savard sustained a concussion and has not skated since. He is missing key games for his team as they fight for their lives in the NHL playoffs and yet, Matt Cooke is able to play for his team in the playoffs. Something is just not right about that, and the NHL commissioner's office needs to set forth rules and regulations when it comes to blow to the head.
Hockey players are becoming faster, more skillful and bigger, and there is no way the equipment provided can protect the players from the vicious blows and hits that their body takes during a game. As it is now, there's a higher risk of injuring a player by blindsiding them against the boards or even while they are skating across center ice.
An unwritten rule in hockey is that a player is not supposed to skate through the center of the ice with their head down. Doing this may lead to a crushing hit from an opposing player or a turnover — both things a player carrying the puck would prefer not to happen.
Right now, there is no rule in hockey that says hits to the head are illegal, but many players have been fined and sometimes suspended for their rough play. This punishment hasn't stopped players from putting an opposing player into the boards.
The NHL needs to implement a rule against blows to the head before it's too late and before someone gets permanently injured from a cheap shot.
Out of the four major sports, those being the NHL, NBA, MLB and NFL, the NHL need the rules for blows to the head the most. In the MLB, if a pitcher purposely throws a pitch at the head of an opposing player, odds are they will be ejected and suspended for at least one start.
In the NBA if a player hits an opposing player in the head, odds are they will be suspended as well — just ask Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics, who is missing game two of the NBA playoffs because he elbowed an opponent during an altercation.
In the NFL, the league has done everything possible to make the helmets as "concussion-proof." Hits to the head in the NFL, especially on a quarterback, are illegal and can cost a player some dough and some time off the field.
The NHL and the NHL Players' Association need to sit down, clearly look at the risks of blows to the head and realize that they are putting the player in danger every time a player is against the glass fighting for a loose puck. Yes, big hits are good for the game and get the fans out of their seats and onto their feet, but what the NHL needs to figure out is what is too much.
Currently, there is a temporary ruling that allows the league to punish players for hits to the head on unsuspecting players, but that only lasts until the end of the season. The league needs to be stronger on the punishments. Cooke was allowed to return to the ice after a two-game suspension for his hit to the head of Savard, but Savard has not played since. The suspension process needs to be changed in order to make the player think about hitting an opponent in the head.
If a player purposely hits an opposing player in the head, have different suspension lengths like the MLB has for steroid users. The first time a player hits an opponent in the head, or even up high, suspended him for two or three games and fine him a certain amount.
If that does not teach a player to control his antics on the ice and he hits another opposing player, then suspend him for fifteen or twenty games and have him meet with the commissioner and the league before returning to the ice.
If the player then commits the actions again, then suspend him for the rest of the season.
Hits to the head can be not only career-threatening but possibly life-threatening as well. Detroit Red Wings defenseman Andreas Lilja missed almost the entire regular season, and a year of hockey, after sustaining a concussion during the 2008-2009 hockey season. It took Lilja almost an entire year to recover completely and to regain the strength and courage to step foot on the ice again.
Who knows if the hit that Savard took will end his career or not, but if the league had a concrete rule about hits to the head, then maybe Savard could be helping his team right now in the playoffs and not wondering when he will be able to play again.
The NHL needs to sit down and clearly look at all its options. Do they want the game to continue on the path it's on now and have the chance of a player getting injured, or do they want players to have to suffer the consequences of blind-siding an opponent? The NHLPA is fully onboard with implementing rules that involve hits to the head. Now the NHL needs to get on board and come up with something before it is too late.
NHL Power Rankings
1. San Jose Sharks 13-3-0
Entering Nov. 11, the Sharks boast the NHL's loan undefeated record at home (9-0). The "Shark Tank" as fans call it, has been a dead zone for opposing teams as well as an imminent loss. Under the new coaching regime, the Sharks offense is reaching is potential, with the most goals for in the league. The defense has stepped up with the offseason acquisitions of Rob Blake and Dan Boyle, providing leadership and guidance for the Sharks fairly young defense. Most importantly, San Jose has shown character in being able to come back in games in which they trail, something absent the last few years.
2. Detroit Red Wings 9-2-2
The defending Stanley Cup Champs find themselves at number two in the power rankings. Marian Hossa has been exactly what they expected, netting 8 goals and adding 9 assists, in only 13 games played. Detroit is still playing as advertised, with a tough defense led by Niklas Lidstrom and Brian Rafalski. Goalie Chris Osgood has split time with backup with Ty Conklin and neither has put up stellar numbers, making it difficult on Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk, the Wings offensive juggernauts. Both carry the Wings offense again this year, although Datsyuk has only put in 3 goals. With right-winger Johan Franzen coming off injury, Detroit is going to start spreading the wealth.
3. New York Rangers 11-5-2
After 18 games played, no one would think that youngster Nikolai Zherdev would lead the team in points, but that is just the case with 5 goals and 9 assists. Markus Naslund, a big free agent signee, has been doing his part with 5 goals and 8 assists. With the exception of a hat trick last week, center Chris Drury has been struggling. Scott Gomez has had problems with finding the net, only scoring 3 goals thus far. Drury and Gomez are key to the team's success. They have to improve, but with a goalie like Henrik Lundqvist and his 1.99 goals against average, the Rangers will be in every game.
4. Montreal Canadiens 8-2-2
Left wing Alex Tanguay leads the team in points with 14, along with defenseman Andrei Markov. Montreal is fourth in the league in the goals per game category with 3.42. With the combination of that offense and goalie Carey Price, the Canadiens are a very dangerous team. Price has a 2.61 GAA and .917 save percentage, keeping games close. The problem the Canadiens have is on defense. With the exception of Markov, not many defenseman are contributing. Roman Hamrlik has 5 points, but the rest have 2 points or less. The offense will not be able to carry the team the whole season. The defense must get involved if Montreal expects to win the tough Northeast division.
5. Boston Bruins 8-3-3
Archrival Montreal got the nod over Boston because of their head-to-head matchup earlier in the season, a shootout victory for the Canadiens. Boston has been a very formidable opponent and the record shows that. On average, the Bruins get outshot every game, but goalie Tim Thomas has been exceptional, boasting a 1.85 GAA and two shutouts. For the offense, Marc Savard is the unquestioned leader of the team with 16 points. The next best offenseman has only 9 points. Savard is also second on the team in penalty minutes, putting added pressure on the penalty kill unit. With Savard being off the ice constantly, more players have to step up if the Bruins are to legitimately challenge Montreal.
6. Buffalo Sabres 8-3-3
Buffalo has one of the best penalty kill units in the game, which helps them cover their own mistakes. Along with doing that, goalie Ryan Miller has a GAA just over 2. Buffalo is a team that just gets it done and they score when they have to. Their records at home and away are virtually identical making them a team to bet on every night.
7. Washington Capitals 8-4-2
It's been a breakout year for Alexander Semin so far, leading the league in points with 22 (11G 11A). Alex Ovechkin has been an assist man this year, with 7 helpers and only 3 goals. It's safe to say an Alex is going to score every night the Caps play.
8. Chicago Blackhawks 7-3-3
Captain Jonathan Toews has been having a tough time lately, with only 1 goal in 13 games played. Patrick Kane has picked up the slack, however, leading the team with 18 points (7G 11A). The problem for Chicago is goaltending. Nikolai Khabibulin has started seven games and Cristobal Huet has started six. Rumors are swirling that Khabibulin could be traded at any time, but with a 7-3-3 record, it doesn't look like it is much of a distraction.
9. Pittsburgh Penguins 8-4-2
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin only have a combined 7 goals, yet lead the team in points. How is that possible? Both have a staggering number of assists. Malkin has 18 assists on the year, and Crosby has 13. As good as it is to see both helping their teammates, Malkin and Crosby need to start being more selfish and put the puck in the net if Pittsburgh wants to get better.
10. Anaheim Ducks 9-7-1
After such a terrible start, Anaheim has climbed back into the hunt for the Pacific division and the Western Conference. Over the last ten games, the Ducks are 7-2-1, making them one of the hottest teams in the league right now. A troubling stat, though, is they have more goals against, then for. They better get that straightened out quickly.
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The Supreme Court of India has ordered that women of all age may enter the Sabarimala temple. Since 1991 women were not legally allowed to enter the temple following an order by the Kerala High Court. After 37 years the apex court has overruled this ban.
Justice Indu Malhotra has observed that the Supreme Court should not rule over matters of faith. I agree with that. The judiciary has to guarantee the constitutional rights of the individuals. Every faith has its own rules that protect the rights of its adherents. The judiciary should not interfere with faith.
However, this case is different. The judiciary had already (in 1991) involved in this matter of faith to deny the rights of female worshippers. So it is binding on the higher court to correct what a lower court had already ruled.
There is also the issue of segregation of worshippers on the basis of gender. Is this justifiable? Though there seems to be a legal issue of human rights, gender equality etc, it is more a matter of faith. It is not much a matter of law. The simple question to be answered is this. Are men and women equal before God? Put it another way, is a God who makes a distinction on the basis of gender is a god at all? We must question not the validity of the law but the validity of our own concept of God.
Even from another point of view, the god-concept related to this issue must be questioned. The religious argument is that the deity can be polluted by the presence of menstruating women. First of all, does menstruation pollute anyone including the women who menstruate? This is wrong scientifically.
Even if we allow against all scientific evidence that menstruation is something that pollutes how can a deity be polluted by human impurity? So, faith has to bring under its scrutiny the validity of our concept of god than the validity of the worshipper.
I like Jesus for many reasons; particularly the way he stood up to wrong traditions. He touched what the traditions forbade a person to touch. The Jews of his day believed that touching a leper would make a person unclean. Touching a dead body was also an act that makes you unclean. Touch by a bleeding woman would make you unclean as well. However, Jesus chose to touch and heal the lepers. He held the hands of the Jairus' daughter who was already dead and raised her. On the way to Jairus' house, a woman who was considered impure because of her bleeding touched him and she was healed. Jesus affirmed her faith.
Jesus was not made impure, nor lose his divine power by the presence or physical contact by those who were unclean. But the reverse is true. His presence and touch made clean those who were unclean. That is the God I want--the one who is immune to my impurity but who has the power to cleanse me. That is the God that I found in Jesus.
Monday, October 01, 2018
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Merrimack wrestling takes third place at Milford-Souhegan
Three Merrimack wrestlers won championships in a field of 11 teams from around New England on Saturday at the 25th annual Milford-Souhegan Invitational.
Merrimack finished as the top New Hampshire team at the tournament with three champions – Julien Hovan (138 pounds), Dom Damata (195) and Chad Mason (285).
Hovan's route to victory left no doubt, as the Tomahawks' 138-pounder pinned Coventry's Noah Young in 34 seconds. Merrimack's Brendan Parr took third in the same weight class.
Damata outlasted Milford's Dominic Goulette 2-0 in overtime, before Mason won by fall over Winnacunnet's James Phennicie in the heavyweight title match.
Merrimack received a third-place showing from Andy Almonte at 120 pounds, while Jon Torres claimed fourth at 113 after a pin by Wilton third-place finisher Rudy Schnare.
Winchester (Mass.) took the team championship with 201 points, and was followed in the standings by Coventry (177), Merrimack (122), Milford (109), Manchester Central (97), Winnacunnet (91), White Mountains (86), Manchester Memorial (47), Manchester West (46), Nashua North (35), Souhegan (22) and Wilton (16).
Merrimack 54, Manchester Central 28
The Tomahawks were victorious in their season opener Wednesday, Dec. 7, thanks to six wins by fall.
Andy Almonte (120 pounds), Julien Hovan (138), Brendan Parr (145), Eric Griffin (182), Dominic Damata (195) and Adam Black (220) all scored pins against the Little Green.


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I saw Scorcese's Irishman on Netflix and I liked it. I didn't watch the entire 3 1/2 hours of it in one night. I watched it over the course of four days, but, even so, I fell asleep in it several times because it is deliberately paced. In fact, I missed so much of it that I watched it over again and found out that I had missed some of the best parts.
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Seriously, can anyone tell me? It's NOVEMBER! Thanksgiving is next week. Then Christmas will be along shortly after, then it will be 2012. Where did the year go?
I am fairly certain I spent it in a work-related haze, but I did get quite a bit done this years, so there's that. Next year, I'll have four books out with Harlequin Intrigue to show for all my hard work, so I'm not going to complain about the lack of personal life, or the pedicure I needed two months ago, or the fact that my acrylic nails are currently up to Cruella deVille length and still going.
Maybe next week I'll have time to worry about such things, but not this week. This week, I'm BUSY.
In good news, the cover for my 2/2012 Intrigue release is finally here and it's fabulous. What do you think? I think the cover gods continue to smile on me.
Isn't it creepy and really cool looking? I just love the color and the house and it's sooooooooo like my description in the book.
So what do you have planned for Thanksgiving? Do you do the whole cooking thing? I don't as no one wants me to cook. I bring paper plates and cups. My mom does most of the cooking and my dad fries turkeys. There is nothing quite like fried turkey. YUMM!
Deadly (now hungry) DeLeon
Monday, November 14, 2011
Where Does the Time Go?
Seriously, can anyone tell me? It's NOVEMBER! Thanksgiving is next week. Then Christmas will be along shortly after, then it will be 2012. Where did the year go?
Posted by Jana DeLeon at 9:55 AM
3 comments:
- Diane Kelly said...
I feel the same way! Time is flying at warp seed. Love the cover! It goes along with your great settings.
- November 14, 2011 at 1:01 PM
- Jana DeLeon said...
Thanks, Diane. I think this cover is my favorite so far of the Intrigues.
- November 14, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
Love the cover, too, Jana! And FOUR books with Harlequin Intrigue is amazing!
One of the triplets has to work until 5 AM Thanksgiving morning in preparation for Black Friday at Target and has to go back in that night at eleven so we'll have our dinner after she wakes up and before she goes back to work.
We're having turkey and all the fixings. My son, the vegetarian, will have to make do with the relish tray, mashed potatoes, and green bean casserole. No tofu turkey on the menu.
- November 14, 2011 at 8:11 PM


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Darien Women's Club Woman of the Year: Deb Uhlar
Deb Uhlar
By: Mary Andersen, Mark DeLay School
Have you met the Darien Women's Club Woman of the Year for 2016? Her name is Deb Uhlar and she is tireless in her efforts of giving back to the community of Darien and its surrounding areas. Not only is she extremely hard working, she is also very modest. When I initially asked her if she would like to be the subject of an article for the Darien Neighbors Magazine, she said, "No." It took a little coaxing from our DeLay School principal, Mrs. Lisa Kompare, for her to agree. Deb was surprised with her Woman of the Year for 2016 award at the May Banquet. Her humbleness makes her that more endearing.
Deb has lived in Darien for 21 years. She has three kids, ages 26, 24, and 21, who all went through District #61. Her daughter, Abby, was part of the pilot program for all day kindergarten at Fairview School. Her 2 daughters attended K.I.D.S. Club for a couple of years before she started working for the district. She and her husband have fond memories of all of the wonderful opportunities their kids had in school. It went beyond just strong academics. They were also involved in sports, band, chorus and even theater. There are moments when she and her husband miss the hectic lives of keeping up with all of the different kid-centric activities. . .but those moments are fleeting.
It seems that Deb thrives on keeping herself busy. She has a master's degree in social work from the University of Michigan. She was a medical social worker at Mercy Hospital in downtown Chicago for almost 20 years. After that many years she decided she needed a break from the stress and changes within the healthcare system. She wanted more challenges after staying home with her kids for awhile. One interesting job was being a census taker for the 2000 census. She would occasionally take her toddler son on home visits. Once Eric, her youngest, started kindergarten, Deb volunteered in his classroom and the library. By 2002 she applied to be a teacher's aide in the district and has been here ever since.
Her favorite part of working in District #61 is that she always feels appreciated. She's worked with a lot of different teachers over the years and it feels really good to know that they need and appreciate her efforts. Deb also has a lot of fun with the staff at Mark DeLay and that really helps to get through the day. Working in the schools has given Deb a different and better understanding of how schools operate. She has also been a staff member of the K.I.D.S. Club program since November 2013.
With a busy school day and extended day with K.I.D.S. Club, how does Deb find the time to give back? She works around school holidays and breaks and also does volunteer work on the weekends. Deb has been an active member of the Darien Women's Club since 2012. She joined because she likes to do volunteer work and this particular club offers so many opportunities for that. She also gets to meet some new friends and do social activities like book club. The Darien Women's Club meets the first Wednesday of every month at the Darien Park District. Come out and join if you like social events and helping others.
There are countless ways that Deb gives back with this club. She helps with the Art Fest, Darien Fest, and the Little Store at Burgess Square Nursing Home. Most of her time over the last 4 years has been dedicated to co-coordinating the Children's Clothing Resale. This is a community wide event that is currently being held at Lace School. Over the last 40 years it's been held at Lace, Eisenhower, Cass Jr. High and now has found its way back to Lace. The Fall Clothing Resale was held on October 14, 2017 at Lace School. Deb used to shop at the resale for her kids many years ago and has enjoyed being on the other side of the program.
The Darien Women's Club isn't the only organization that benefits from Deb's hard work and dedication. She has been volunteering with the DuPage Senior Citizens Council for over 20 years by delivering meals to homebound elderly or disabled people. Through her work in the hospital, Deb would get frustrated by the lack of volunteers for a meals on wheels type program when she would refer patients to that service. She also took her kids on deliveries when they were younger so they could experience different lifestyles and home situations. Deb also provides food items for her church's PADS program. They provide food and shelter for the homeless once a month.
Deb Uhlar is an all around great person. We are thankful for Deb every day at Mark DeLay. In her spare time (does she have any?) she loves to read, ride her bike, walk the neighborhood, watch Chicago and college sports, travel with her family and spend time in her family cottage in Florence, Wisconsin. She and her husband also love to try out local breweries and know when all of the specials are. Congrats Deb!


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Product overview: HotelKey is an app for the hospitality industry used to send virtual keys to guests to unlock the facility's door through their phones. The owner of the facility does not need to stand at the door all the time.
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Q8Oils Palub: technical support with a human face
Palub: Product Applications LUBricants, is the technical service of Q8Oils. Here you can find five enthusiastic experts with a passion for the industry. Please do not hesitate to contact them for information concerning product applications, specifications, safety requirements, and much more.
The various segments
Palub consists of four main business segments, each of which have their own specialists and products.
David De Mesmaeker
This segment covers questions concerning the use of oil in engines and transmissions of heavy duty vehicles and passenger cars, as well as motorcycles. Earth-moving equipment and agricultural tractors belong to this segment as well.
General Industry
Vincent Blackman & Joris Leyers
General Industry is responsible for oils and fluids used in hydraulic systems, industrial gearboxes and circulation systems. In addition, demoulding oil, oil for the food industry and greases belong to this segment as well.
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Go to the Energy sector if you have questions about gas engine oil, turbine oil, marine engine oil, and compressor oil. The majority of the advice provided in this segment is about oil analysis, because some engine guarantees are often associated with regularly taking oil samples.
Questions about water-soluble and/or pure metalworking oil, for both machining and forming processes, as well as rolling oils are so specific that Palub first makes a pre-selection, which means they are able to resolve 80% of the questions quickly. The other 20% are discussed with international colleagues who work with metalworking products on a daily basis.
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Furthermore, he can report that a new (6th) colleague, Ismail Madrane, is in training as we speak. Ismail will focus on providing technical support to the German market.
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The Palub team provides training to direct customers and distributors, as well to the customer service. They do this at the home locations in BPA (Blending Plant Antwerp) and KPR&T, as well as during local sales meetings, or at the customer's location. This involves training on new products and/or applications, as well as providing training to newcomers in the oil market.
Next, there is a technical area within the scope of Palub: the maintenance of certain tools that also are available for the customers: Olyslager Lis, Cross list, Technical IRIS and Q8Oils University. Do you have any questions about these tools? Please do not hesitate to contact them.
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But the best and most important tool in the hands of Palub? Very simple: their own experience. Because by simply using the experience from within the team, it is possible to find a solution for every situation and difficult question.
From our expert Joris van der List
After working 8 years in the Q8Research institute in Rotterdam, Joris van der List joined Q8Oils in 2011. Next to being Technology Manager, he is expert in the Energy segment and has a background in mechanical engineering.


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Kathy Lambert's role model was always her father. A longtime captain in the San Francisco police department, he inspired his daughter to pursue public service -- first as a Washington state representative and now, since 2002, as a member of the King County Council. After surviving domestic violence at the hands of her ex-husband -- severe abuse that nearly killed her -- Lambert became a champion for fellow survivors. She has worked with the youth program Safe Place and was named Outstanding Public Official of the Year by the United Way of King County in 2013. A former teacher, published poet and children's book author, she is now tackling issues ranging from waste energy to creating a new Department of Local Services.
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This article "Simple tricks to create fun food for kids lunchboxes" is a collaboration between Little Peeps Eats and Adventure Snacks.
My eldest son is now heading into term three of Kindergarten (where did the first half of this year go?). I'm now starting to think about all of the fun things I've got planned to add a bit of fun to his school lunch. When looking at some of the amazing kids lunchboxes on places like Instagram – it can be easy to think that it's a hard task to create fun foods for kids. But in all truth – there are a few tips and tricks that make the process quite fast and simple!
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10 tricks to create fun foods for kids lunchboxes
1. Pimp your Baby Bel cheese
Image credit: @fran.zis.ka.shl
For the Lego lovers out there, it's pretty darn simple to create this fun Ninjago character.
- Simply pull the opening tag around; and
- Make dots for the eyes using an edible pen or writing icing (available from most supermarkets, in the baking section)
And you are good to go! You can also use mini cutters to cut shapes out of the wax which is simple and super fun.
2. Lunch Punch cutters create awesomely fun sandwiches
It's super easy to create fun food for kids lunchboxes when you have a Lunch Punch sandwich cutter!
As you'll see below, the Unicorn sandwich cutter is just gorgeous!
3. Lunchbox notes will make them smile
School can feel like a a lonely place for many kids (even those blessed with a lot of friends). Remind them that you are thinking of them always by including a cute note in their lunchbox!
4. Crinkle cut veggies
When my son started kindergarten this year, for some reason he stopped eating his fresh veggie sticks. This was a surprise, as he had always enjoyed them at home. I found a simple crinkle cutter at my local grocery store and it has worked wonders in sparking his interest in eating fresh veggies again!
5. Banana sushi
Whenever I pack a banana loose in my son's school bag, no matter what I do it seems to get seriously knocked around! Cleaning squished banana from a school bag is no fun. Trust me. It ain't pretty!
It is his favourite fruit though, so I like to include it in his lunchbox in the form of banana sushi!
Banana sushi is super easy to make.
- Lay out a wrap (we like to use wholemeal wraps)
- Spread with cream cheese (peanut butter works well too if your school isn't nut free)
- Place a peeled banana on top
- A little drizzle of honey will always win me extra points
- Roll, and slice
Oh and the gorgeous lunchbox featured here is a Bento 5, and this particular one has Unicorns on the front! Soooooo cute. It comes in a range of awesome designs.
6. Pack some yoghurt into a reusable squeezie pouch
Both of my boys get super excited about having yoghurt from squeeze pouches, and they make a fabulous addition to the school lunch. I think it all comes back to their supermarket experience when they were just bubbas! When I'd take them grocery shopping, if they'd start whinging (which was pretty much every shop!) I'd grab them a squeezie yoghurt pouch to keep them happy. It would keep them occupied in the trolley and stopped the whinging!
I soon realised how expensive this was as an option to provide yoghurt (and far from environmentally friendly). We now like to use the reusable pouches, and love the quality of Sinchies and how much more cost effective they are. They are a simple way of making food fun for kids, especially once you see the awesome range of prints they come in!
7. Mix & Match veggie shapes
I purchased a set of small cutters from my local kitchenware store and use them to make my carrots and cucumbers look super cute. Simply punch out the centre of your cucumbers and carrots, and place the cucumber centre into the carrot, and vice versa!
8. Get Wrap'd!
Wraps can be a really tricky lunch for kids when they are covered with a heap of cling wrap or alfoil. I learnt very quickly that if I pack food that takes any sort of effort for my son to open or prepare, it won't get eaten. That's why we just loooove our Wrap'd! He just loves peeling back the layers (it's just like a banana!) of a Wrap'd to enjoy his lunch!
It really makes the process sooo much quicker easier when packing lunch too. In addition to wraps, they are also great to pack hot dogs, nori rolls, soft shell tacos, long bread rolls and sausage rolls.
9. Eggcellent eggs
Image: The Kitchn
You might be wondering how eggs can be a fun food for kids lunchboxes. It's actually quite simple to turn a standard boiled egg into a cute shape simply by popping it into an egg mold! I found mine at a local Japanese retailer for just a few dollars.
They come in a variety of designs and really simple to use!
Eggs are a wonderful source of protein – which is often lacking in kids lunchboxes these days. So grab yourself a mold and create some eggcellent eggs!
Tip: Boiled eggs last up to one week in the fridge, so you can do a batch at the beginning of the school week. Winning!
10. Food on Stix!
Placing food on Stix is the ultimate way of making fun food for kids!
The combinations are endless:
- Sushi sandwiches
- Fruit pieces
- Bliss Balls (Tip: pierce through with a wooden skewer first)
- Fresh veggies & cheese
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A poll of tenanted households, conducted by YouGov on behalf of Safeguard Europe has revealed that renters living in the South are more likely to encounter damp and mould in their homes than those living in the North.
The poll of 1,154 tenants, conducted earlier this year, found that the highest proportion of tenants reported encountering damp or mould live in London (63%), the East of England (60%) and the South East (56%).
Meanwhile, fewer tenants have experienced such problems in the East Midlands (39%), the North East (39%) and Scotland (40%).
Householders were asked about problems they have come across while living in any rented property. Damp and mould emerged as the number one problem, with 51% reporting to have experienced it.
Problems with drainage, water supply, poor ventilation are also prevalent with 32%, 29% and 26% of those interviewed reporting having experienced these issues.
Weather doesn't appear to be the main factor for the North-South damp divide. The wettest regions of the UK are Scotland, the North West, parts of the South West and Ireland, according to the Met office.
It isn't down to the proportions of people renting either. Although more people rent in London than in other regions – over half of households according to the Department for Work & Pensions – this isn't the case in the East of England and the South East.
It might be reasonable to suggest that the poorest areas suffer most from damp properties. When income is looked at, the three areas with the dampest rented properties have the highest level of income – and the highest income from property. This is likely a function of affordability of rent which is lowest in southern regions (due to high rents), meaning that renters are forced into lower quality housing
The idea of the survey came following the introduction of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, which came into force at the end of March this year.
The act forces private landlords to ensure their properties are fit for people to live in, giving tenants the ability to take their landlords to court if they don't do so – something that was virtually impossible under previous existing legislation.
The poll also highlighted that awareness among renters of their powers under the new legislation is relatively low with only 35% aware of the Act. Having been told by the researchers about the new law, 42% of those surveyed said that they would now be more likely to complain in case of problems.
Commenting on the findings of the survey, Safeguard Europe's Managing Director, Hudson Lambert, said: "It's quite shocking to discover that in 2019, such a high proportion of households are living in homes that aren't safe. Damp and mould aren't just unpleasant, they lead to health problems, particularly in the young and the elderly".
Lambert called on landlords in both the public and private sector to ensure that their properties were free from damp, which is commonly caused by rising damp, rain penetration, leaking pipes or gutters or condensation.
Although damp can be a complex issue, with its causes sometimes misdiagnosed, all types of damp are treatable.


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My hope is that these game "platform wars" will produce some set of standard APIs - if for no other reason then to make it easy to "steal" games from one platform and make it exclusive to another one (I believe this is exactly what happened with a recent Steam game which is now on the Epic platform). If it is easy to make a game work on a new platform, multiple plaftorms are great. If not, then they're fragmenting the gaming landscape but do not necessarily increase competition.
I think the maturity of high-bandwidth, low-latency internet is still being overestimated. 5G being ubiquitous in a few years? Where? Even in the US, there are many places without affordable broadband providers. Outside the US, there are likewise huge differences in infrastructure. Google Stadia will need huge server parks deployed across the world to succeed - my current ping to google.com is over 100 ms on a very good wired connection, which simply won't cut it. Of course Google does have the money to make this happen, but then we still have one more problem to consider (which affects streaming platforms as a whole): even the illusion of game ownership you had with Steam is no longer there. The game you love will be available only as long as Google provides the servers for it. Afterwards, it's gone, along with all your saves, achievements, etc. I don't think I want to support this business model, personally.
These transitions take years. One year we sent a survey on what people thought about digital distribution and most of our customers were very skeptical about the idea of buying a game and downloading it.
The thing about Stadia's lag is that your ping time is only one component of the total lag. There's compression and decompression lag and many other things. When they did the tests on lag, it was coming up around 144ms from button press to reaction on the screen in the best case scenario right on Google's network on a nearby server. That's probably around where you would be with your 9-10ms lag time. For me, with a 80ms ping time to google, it'd be around 230ms lag. The bandwidth continues to go up, I just got 940/40 here, but in a lot of places in the US and Canada, the speeds are going up while the bandwidth caps stay static. At 30gbps, without anyone doing any other streaming in the house, that's about 8 hours per day that you could use it before hitting the cap, and a lot of the kinds of households that would use stadia for streaming are already close to their caps. If they're already using 7/8ths of their cap, then they'd only get about an hour a day on Stadia.
I think the main thing that would keep people buying equipment for their house though would be VR. I don't see Stadia's lag being low enough for that and the VR devs are already doing a bunch of tricks to shift the view at the last moment in the render pipeline to speed up head tracking latency that just wouldn't be possible when your render pipeline is 30-60ms away.
Navi and multigpu eh? I've heard that Navi was doing something architecturally different to get around GCN's limitation of 64 compute units, but I didn't imagine that they would do multigpu as that method. I figured they'd start spinning up a new architecture at this point.
Personally, if they do multigpu virtualization in a way that lets me pass part of a gpu through to a VM, then so much the better. I might get rid of my one and only remaining windows system if I could do gpu passthrough with just one GPU. (My last windows box is a Ryzen3-2200g using the integrated graphics, in a Mini-STX settop box formfactor.)
It's not just gaming that's going to a multi source model, but also video streaming. Every big company is trying to get their own streaming service going. If it were just me and not my family, I'd be subscribing to one service at a time for a month or two, then dropping that one and moving to another, and just playing the content backlog from each service every time I switched. Trying to get the whole family on board with that kind of plan is harder... As for PC gaming, I'm pretty much sticking to just 4 services myself. Itch.IO, Humble, GoG, and Steam. I'm not bothering with anyone else, and if they go exclusive on one of those for awhile, I'll just be patient or play it on consoles instead.
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I didn't perceive any lag when I played with it.
I just looked up the article. I was a bit low, it's around 166ms, but 166ms lag is not out of the typical range for modern gaming, on par with most consoles. Did they have any FPS games controlled with a mouse on display? I think mouse movement lag would be a lot easier to notice than third person action game lag.
I just looked up the article. I was a bit low, it's around 166ms, but 166ms lag is not out of the typical range for modern gaming, on par with most consoles. Did they have any FPS games controlled with a mouse on display? I think mouse movement lag would be a lot easier to notice than third-person action game lag.https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2019-hands-on-with-google-stream-gdc-2019
As one of the testers of Stadia (Project Stream) when they had closed testing, I was surprised at how responsive the controls were. The game they sent out to the testers was Assassins Creed Odyssey, and running at max settings. With fast paced combat and a lot of action sequences I didn't experience any lag at all. I tested the game using M/KB and a XBox controller.
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While the goal of any e-commerce venture is to turn a profit, oftentimes investors will settle for a huge payday when, or more likely if, they're bought out. This shouldn't be the end goal until it's time.
If your e-commerce site doesn't realize its full potential, potential buyers will hesitate to see if you've already reached the crest and you're plateauing.
The key is to exit the field when you're as close to the marketplace zenith as possible.
A couple years ago, e-commerce sites were getting bought for a lot less than earlier valuations. The online marketplace wasn't as attractive despite the explosion of mobile phones, which substantially grew the online marketplace.
For example, Gilt sold to Hudson's Bay Co. for a quarter of its $1 billion valuation; One Kings Lane, a home goods site that was also valued at a billion dollars sold to Bed Bath and Beyond for under $100 million.
But the measly payouts didn't last …
In fact, the two biggest e-commerce store exits of the last decade happened within the last two years. Here are the top five private e-commerce exits over the last decade:
1) Chewy.com Bought By PetSmart for $3.35 Billion (2017)
In 2015, private equity investors purchased PetSmart when it was valued at $8.7 billion. That's what makes the purchase of Chewy.com in 2017 so dangerous.
Not only was it the largest e-commerce acquisition in history, but PetSmart was making a huge gamble with the purchase. They were betting almost its entire business on the e-commerce site, opening themselves up to a lot of risk if the purchase didn't work quickly enough.
Sure enough, PetSmart's eyes were bigger than its stomach. They've had to transfer a third of Chewy.com's equity to PE company BC Partners to avoid a portion of bondholders who financed the original purchase.
The move mirrors asset transfers by retailers in similar trouble, like J. Crew Group Inc. and Claire's Stores Inc. While this was a huge windfall for Chewy.com, which was started in 2011 and saw profits of $900 just five years later, it's unclear whether it'll ever work out for PetSmart.
2) Jet.com Bought By Walmart for $3.3 Billion (2016)
Unlike the top e-commerce exit in history, Jet, despite going for $3.3 billion, was purchased by Walmart, which paid for it not in bonds, but cash and stock.
The move by Walmart was an attempt to compete against Amazon.
They had been struggling to keep up with the Jeff Bezos behemoth, and saw the purchase as a way to do just that in the online space. Walmart was also looking to buy the brain behind the e-commerce company, founder Marc Lore.
In fact, Jet's success as an e-commerce startup shouldn't come as a surprise …
Lore sold Quidsi to Amazon for $545 million in 2010 before moving to start Jet a couple years later. Some people just have a knack for the big exit.
3) Zappos.com Bought By Amazon for $1.13 Billion (2009)
This one barely squeezes onto the list because it happened just within the 10-year window, but at the time it was the biggest on record and a coup for the online shoe retailer—still based in Henderson, Nevada—that had started a decade earlier as Shoesite.com.
The cost for Zappos.com was 10 million shares of Amazon stock, and $40 million in cash and restricted stock for the Zappos employees. As part of the deal, and like a few on this list, the management team would retain control from their base just outside Vegas.
That 10 million in stock was initially valued between $850 and $900 million, but when the deal—which was initially announced in the summer of 2009—finally completed in November, it was valued at over $1.1 billion.
4) Avito Bought By Naspers for $1.08 Billion (2015)
The South African conglomerate Naspers purchased Russia-based Avito when it was already the world's third-largest classifieds site and the third-largest internet company in all of Russia.
Naspers did so by increasing it's pre-existing 17.4 percent ownership portion to a majority 67.9 by acquiring shares with existing investors.
Because the Russian economy fell into a recession, the move by Naspers was a success.
The economic crisis in the region meant many in Eastern Europe were purchasing second-hand clothing and used cars to save money. The site itself, Avito.ru, saw a 55 percent increase in sales after the purchase, maximizing the return on the deal.
5) Lazada Group Bought By Alibaba for $1 Billion (2015)
Lazada is a private Southeast Asian e-commerce company founded in 2012 by Rocket Internet (a German-based internet company).
When it launched in 2012, the goal was to sell inventory directly to customers from its own warehouses, thereby eliminating the middleman.
It was a smashing success.
A year after it was up and running, a marketplace model allowed third-party retailers to get in on the operations and sell through their marketplace. A year after that and the new marketplace already accounted for over 60 percent of its sales.
In one more year, the Alibaba Group purchased a majority stake in the company to help expand into Southeast Asia. Last year, Alibaba poured another billion into the company to continue its expansion plans.
Alibaba invested a lot more wisely than PetSmart, that's for sure, but only because they were already big enough to survive its failure.
Same with Amazon, Walmart, Naspers and the last big company on this list.
6) Dollar Shave Club Bought By Unilever for $1 Billion (2016)
Never underestimate your customers because that's how Dollar Shave Club went from a gripe at a party between co-founders Mark Levine and Mike Dubin about the cost of razors, to a $1 billion windfall half a decade later.
They recognized the market for cheap, monthly razors, rather than the $20 or $30 men normally spend at convenience stores. And when a product they sold turned out to be a bust, pissing off their customers, they refunded the full cost for the 64,000 people who had purchased it.
Unilever approached Dollar Shave Club in 2015 about the purchase, and six months from the first dinner, the deal was struck for $1 billion in cash. The founder and CEO, Dubin, remained in that role and Dollar Shave Club is operated as an independent entity owned by Unilever.


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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Expansionary Austerity - a Guide to Killing Zombie Economists
Pondering the puzzle of far too many zombie economists, many of European, English, and American fresh-water origin, I started researching how to REALLY kill a zombie.
The recent tragic British recessionary news motivates this research. Britain receded into a recession in the fourth quarter, making the current depression the longest even considering the prior depression. This NIESR chart is from Jonathan Portes, Director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, previously, Chief Economist at the UK Cabinet Office. Notice that, in Britain, this depression is also almost as deep as the prior one.
Menzie Chinn, of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, also weighs in with his view which highlights the drastic difference that zombie-supporting political ideologues make in the affairs of nations. Here is his chart:
And Chris Dillow, via Mark Thoma, both have the same question I do (minus the zombie part).
So, I feel I am on solid ground in my quest. The best reference so far for killing zombies (not refereed a.f.a.i.k.), seems to be the Zombie Wiki.
The essential step, though there are many, is destroying the brain of the zombie. That sounds about right to me, though I would hope these charts and the recent IMF studies would destroy the offending brain cells. I think it's way past time that expansionary austerity die its deserved death. Waiting for dark, got my high power flash and brain destroying implements. Off to hunt Zombies.
Can anyone identify the economist in the opening picture?
Update: Here is a link to the IMF Working Paper; the conclusion is at page 30, but take a minute to browse their graphs. Austerity is contractionary.
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"Can anyone identify the economist in the opening picture?"ReplyDelete
I'm not sure about his name, but I've seen him around Martin Place (Sydney).
My guess is that he works at the Reserve Bank of Australia (otherwise, he is at the Commonwealth Bank).Replies
Hello Magpie (here in NA a bird of great intelligence and voice). Well, that would be great...but I suspect this is a figure in the public eye that is an internationally known economist or some suitable imposter. I just can't quite place him....Delete
The IMF research dept has some timid critiques of expansionary contractions. Krugman uses them as an example of how austerity is incorrect, but note that IMF is in fact for moderate austerity. Blanchard has been explicit about it. I would´n't use the IMF as an example. For a critique of the IMF see last year UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report chapters 2 and 3 (http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/tdr2011_en.pdf)ReplyDelete
Yes, caution about the IMF is warranted. I should be very specific here...I am referring to an IMF working paper (so the normal author's opinion yadayada) that seems definitive. At least in the short term, austerity is contractionary. I'll update the blog with the linkReplyDelete
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