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Thursday, November 29, 3-5pm
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Free workshop with a $5 admission charge to cover the facility.
Thanks to the FBCW and support from the British Columbia Gaming Commission, emerging writers interested in memoir have a unique opportunity in Port Alberni, where the Federation of BC Writers is sponsoring a memoir workshop with editor, storyteller, and writer Marva Blackmore.
Blackmore has told stories internationally and at venues across Canada including the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. She brings a long and varied life experience to her storytelling – be it her personal stories, historical tales, epic renderings, folk and fairy tales, or literary stories. She has delighted audiences at festivals, coffee houses and on concert stages.
She is a past president of the Storytellers of Canada, and also belongs to the Mid-Island StoryTellers in Parksville/Qualicum Beach as well as the Around Town Tellers in Nanaimo.
As the founder and Artistic Director of Tales for the Telling, Storytelling for Adults, at the McMillan Arts Centre in Parksville, BC, she produces a monthly storytelling event showcasing professional storytellers from Canada and the United States performing juried programs. Using a variety of marketing techniques, she has grown the audience from 20 to 30 people initially to sold out houses of 70 to 80 people in just over three years.
"We're thrilled to have the FBCW provide this for West Coast writers of all levels," said Jacqueline Carmichael, the Port Alberni rep for the FBCW and a board member with the organization. "Marva brings to the table an exceptional power not only for storytelling and memoir, but for helping others develop their skills and stories. This will be awesome."
Blackmore is frequently invited to tell stories at local events and to local groups. Additionally, she has written and produced two storytelling shows incorporating stories and songs that are extremely popular and frequently hired. One of her shows has been performed at the National Arts Centre Fourth Stage.
She participates in Epic tellings and was a regular participant in Stories from the Ages in Ottawa. She also participates in the Epic tellings in Vancouver and organized the very successful telling of the Odyssey in Nanaimo in 2014. She also organized and facilitated the preparation workshop for that event and arranged to have the event recorded and distributed via the internet to participants who could not attend.
She teaches courses in Storytelling and also leads workshops in Memoir Writing Using Storytelling Techniques. She edits fiction and memoirs for local area authors. She also produces self-published e-books and hard-copy books for local authors under the banner of her own publishing company, Weaver of Words Publishers.
Reservations should be made at email@example.com. For information, call Jacqueline Carmichael 250-726-6072.


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Gorenje Says Capital Raising Plan Likely to Fail
Velenje/Ljubljana, 15 November (STA) - Home appliance group Gorenje admitted on Monday that its EUR 25m capital raising plan will likely fail due to a lack of interest, which it blamed on a lack of liquidity on Slovenia's equity market.
The Velenje-based group has seen little interest in three rounds of capital raising started in September. According to reports, it had sold EUR 4.8m worth of shares through two rounds, which is well short of the 70% cap for the capital raising effort to be deemed successful.
The company turned to Mexican group Mabe in the third round, which was open to non-owners, but business daily Finance said that Mabe changed its mind at the last minute, thereby dooming the capital injection.
In a statement issued on Monday, Gorenje said that investors have been reserved to the capital injection due to the lack of liquidity on the Slovenian equity market.
But despite not deciding to take part in the capital injection, Mabe is still a potential partner or even investor in Gorenje, Finance added quoting well-placed sources.
This was confirmed by Gorenje, which said that Mabe was a potential partner with which the group could achieve synergies, which was why talks were still examining ways of securing growth for both companies.
Meanwhile, Gorenje rejected a last-minute offer from Philip Sluiter, the Dutch businessman who sold kitchen appliance maker ATAG to Gorenje in 2008 and holds nearly 7% of the group.
Sluiter, who Finance says does not support the current management, is reported to have offered to buy all of the EUR 20m in shares under the condition that company undertakes restructuring.
As part of this, Sluiter called for a business strategy to be crafted with the help of a renowned consultancy firm and hinted at changes in management.
In response, Gorenje said that Sluiter had passed the opportunity to buy the shares in the first two rounds which were open only to existing shareholders.
"The offer of Home Products Europe (the company owned by Sluiter) is not in line with the valid prospectus...which is why Gorenje cannot provide an invitation for participation," the group said.
The three rounds of capital raising were launched in September, three months after the International Finance Corporation carried out a EUR 25m capital injection to Gorenje. Together with the IFT injection, Gorenje wanted to raise EUR 50m.
The capital raising had been approved by shareholders in May as part of the management's strategy to speed up implementation of its strategic goals which envisage the company raising its revenues to EUR 1.5bn by 2014.
The biggest shareholder in Gorenje is the state-owned Pension Fund Management (KAD) with 22.2%. IFC holds 11.8%, while Ingor, a company associating Gorenje executives, owns 5%.
Gorenje added in its statement that the failed capital injection should not affect business in the coming two years.
However, Finance writes that Gorenje will speed up its sale of non-core investments, including energy holdings (Gorenje owns half of Istrabenz-Gorenje, which in turn holds a stake in power company GEN-I) as a result.


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Item objects represent a unique piece of media that can be downloaded or streamed. Each item object implements the org.gnome.UPnP.MediaObject2 interface, that is documented in the Server Objects page, and the org.gnome.UPnP.MediaItem2 interface that is documented in the MediaServer2Spec. Although the org.gnome.UPnP.MediaItem2 is documented elsewhere, there are some peculiarities of its implementation in dLeyna-server that merit further explanation. These are described in the sections below.
Transcoding and org.gnome.UPnP.MediaItem2
As mentioned in the Manager Object page, DMSs often provide different representations of the same media file. Separate sets of meta data, such as a mime type, a URL, a size, a color depth, etc., are associated with each representation. Unfortunately, it is difficult to represent this in org.gnome.UPnP.MediaItem2. Although, org.gnome.UPnP.MediaItem2, allows multiple URLs to be specified, it only permits a single set of metadata to be associated with each item. For example, the MIMEType property is a single string and not an array. If multiple URLs were associated with the same item, one would not know to which URL the MIMEType property pertained. For this reason, dLeyna-server only ever returns one element in the URLs property. By default, the value of this URL, and all of the metadata properties that can change with a representation (MIMEType, DLNAProfile, Size, Duration, Bitrate, SampleRate, BitsPerSample, Width, Height, ColorDepth), refer to the first representation returned by the DMS for this item. However, the client can change this behavior by calling com.intel.dLeynaServer.Manager.SetProtocolInfo. If this is done, these properties correspond to the first representation returned by the server that is compatible with the specified protocol info. If no representations are compatible, these properties will not be present in the item.
dLeyna-server offers a second solution to the above problem, that may be useful in certain programming environments. It implements a nonstandard property called "Resources", which is an array of dictionaries. Each dictionary represents a separate representation of the item and contains all the properties, including the MIMEType and the URL, that pertain to that representation. This can be convenient if you wish to display the media item in a web browser. You can simply create a video or an audio tag, with one source for each element in the resources array, and then let the browser work out which one suits it best. The specification for the Resources property is given in the table below:
|Returns the set of resources associated with an item.
The names of the properties included in this array are identical to the names of the org.gnome.UPnP.MediaItem2 properties, to which they correspond, such as, MIMEType, Size.
Note: If you want the resource properties to be included in the results of a call to one of the List or the Search functions, and you are explicitly filtering properties, you must include "Resources" in the filter array. The filter parameter also applies to the contents of the returned resources. So if you specify a filter of ["Resources", "MIMEType", "URL"], the dictionaries in the resources array will contain only the MIMEType and URL properties.
dLeyna-server defines four additional resource properties. These have been added to improve our DLNA support.
|Indicates whether the content of the Resource is in original source format or if the content is transcoded. There is 1 key: 'Transcoded'. New in v0.0.2
|A dictionary of boolean values indicating the values of the various operations supported by a resource. There are 12 keys: SenderPaced, TimeBased, ByteBased, PlayContainer, S0Increase, SNIncrease RTSPPause, StreamingTM, InteractiveTM, BackgroundTM, ConnectionStall, DLNA_V15. New in v0.0.2
|A dictionary of boolean values indicating the values of the various DLNA Operation attributes. There are 2 keys: RangeSeek and TimeSeek. New in v0.0.2
|Contains the number of times the implementation detects that a change was made to the resource. A value of 0 indicates that it has never been updated.
A third option is provided to make the lives of DMC authors easier. In a DMC, the best resource is defined not by the local device but by the capabilities of the renderer chosen by the user, to play the given item. Once the user selects a file to play and a renderer upon which to play it, the DMC needs to retrieve the renderer's Sink ProtocolInfo. It can then pass this data directly to a new function that dLeyna-server adds to the org.gnome.UPnP.MediaItem2 interface, called GetCompatibleResource. GetCompatibleResource returns a dictionary of properties that corresponds to the item representation that best matches a specified protocol info. The signature of GetCompatibleResources is given below:
|GetCompatibleResources(s protocol_info, as filter) -> a{sv}
|The first argument is a comma separated list of protocol info values, as described in the Manager Object page. The second argument is an array of properties to be included in the returned dictionary. The format and the behavior of this array is identical to the filter argument passed to the Search and List functions.
Additional properties
dLeyna-server defines some additional properties for org.gnome.UPnP.MediaItem2. These properties are described in the table below:
|Contains the URL of the album art associated with an item.
|The presence of this property indicates that the item is a reference item that references another item located elsewhere in the DMS's directory structure. The value of this property is the path of the referenced item.
|An array of all the artists who contributed towards the creation of the item. The array will be empty if no artists are associated with the item.
|See Resources section. New in v0.0.2
|See Resources section. New in v0.0.2
|See Resources section. New in v0.0.2
|See Resources section.
dLeyna-server does not implement the org.gnome.UPnP.MediaItem2.AlbumArt property for the same reasons that it does not implement the org.gnome.UPnP.MediaContainer2.Icon property. However, it does provide an alternative method of retrieving the album art associated with media content. It does this through a new property called AlbumArtURL described in the table above that exposes the URL of the album art directly.
Unimplemented Properties
dLeyna-server does not support the following MediaServer2Spec properties:
- PixelWidth
- PixelHeight
- Thumbnail
- AlbumArt
However, because these properties are optional, dLeyna-server's failure to support them does not affect its compatibility with MediaServer2Spec.


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Founded 1845 | Yale University
Purdue University Founded: October 21, 1939; Re-Organization: 2014Status: Active Ideal Chapter Size: 100 Conduct History: Health & Safety Violation (2019)
Grand Senior President's Cup - [1974, 1972]
Phi Pi Phi Silver Cup - [2017, 2016]
Alpha Gamma Upsilon Bronze Cup - [2019, 2012]
Most Improved Chapter - [2012]
Distinguished Merit Award
Dollens, Ronald W. '65 [1999] Kauffman, John T. '43 [1992]
Evin C. Varner Distinguished Service Award
Miller, Stan N. '64 [1986] Byers, Buford H. '49 [1976]
Delta Beta Xi
Allen, Robert A. '43 [1968] Allen, Eric N. '71 [1996] Atkinson, Gary '73 [2006] Bauer, Alex J. '05 [2018]Byers, Buford H. '49 [1966] Cochran, Ralph P., Jr. '44 [1953] Dant, III, John W. (Wally) '82 [2019]Daugherty, Von Roy '39 [1951] Dollens, Ronald W. '65 [1988] Hallett, Robert J. '64 [2002] Hays, Luther M. '55 [1993] Holmes, William H. E. '44 [1950]Howard, David J. '83 [2019] Kauffman, John T. '43 [2000] Kirkwood, James '67 [1971] Marshall, Henry L. '41 [1951] Miller, Stan N. '64 [1975] Morgan, Donald R. '57 [1982] Sinise, Gregory '70 [1979] Sum, Robert N. '52 [1991] Taylor, Charles E. '42 [1961] Valentine, Jason G. '01 [2011]
Undergraduate Scholar of the Year
Crook, Stephen R. '82 [1984]
Kleinoeder Graduate Scholar of the Year
Valentine, Jason G. '01 [2009]
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Purdue University was founded in 1869 and its first class graduated in 1874. The Euphemian Club, initially known as Phi Beta Epsilon, was organized by five students at Purdue University in the fall of 1926, and recognized by the University on October 27, 1927. It changed its objective from being an honorary association to a social fraternity in January 1928. Louis Neubacher was an early leader of the organization. The Euphemian Club was chartered as Phi Chapter of Phi Pi Phi on May 17, 1930. On October 21, 1939, Phi Chapter of Phi Pi Phi became Alpha Pi of Alpha Sigma Phi with 45 charter initiates.
The first club house was on Vine Street. The chapter house from 1929 until 1966 was located at 218 Waldron Street. Von Roy Daugherty, Purdue '39, was President of the Purdue Alumni Corporation and kept Alpha Pi alive through World War II. The Chapter headed the drive for a uniform national new member manual in 1948 and William Holmes, Purdue '44, led the committee that drafted the manual. In October 1950, the mortgage on the Waldron Street house was satisfied and burned. In the late 1950's, a need for larger quarters was apparent and the housing corporation bought an adjoining lot to the 218 Waldron house at 220 Waldron Street.
In 1963, Alpha Sigma Phi was one of 12 "Greek Letter" groups allocated a lot on a new Fraternity row on campus. The Chapter launched a building program and broke ground on a new chapter house on October 8, 1965. Alpha Pi Chapter moved into its present house at 951 David Ross Road, Lafayette, Indiana, on September 4, 1966.
Alpha Pi won the National Province Leadership Award for 1966-1967. The newsletter, "The Grapevine," won chapter newsletter awards in 1981, 1972 and 1973. In 1976-78, the Chapter won the Service Award. Alpha Pi won the Tomahawk Award in 1990.
After years of declining membership, risk management concerns and poor academic performance, Alpha Pi alumni contacted Fraternity Headquarters about a re-start. With approval from the alumni and University, Fraternity Staff member Seth Melchor, Bowling Green '10, led a re-organization effort during the fall semester of 2014. On November 9, 2014, Alpha Pi initiated 49 men into the Mystic Circle and has once again re-joined the ranks of an active chapter in good standing of Alpha Sigma Phi.
Stan N. Miller, Purdue '64 - Grand Senior President [1982-84], Grand Treasurer [1980-82], Grand Councilor [1978-80], Evin C. Varner, Jr. Distinguished Service Award [1986], Delta Beta Xi Award [1985]
Donald R. Morgan, Purdue '57 – Grand Senior President [1985-86], Grand Junior President [1984-85], Grand Marshal [1982-84], Grand Councilor [1980-82], Delta Beta Xi Award [1982]
John Kauffman, Purdue '43 - Trustee and Chairman of the Educational Foundation, Distinguished Merit Award Recipients [1992], Delta Beta Xi Award [2000]
Ronald Dollens, Purdue '65 - Grand Councilor and Foundation Board Member, Distinguished Merit Award [1999], Delta Beta Xi Award [1988]
Robert A. Allen '43 – Grand Councilor [1967-68], Grand Secretary [1970-73], Grand Junior President [1974-75], Delta Beta Xi Award [1968]
William H.E. Holmes '44 – Editor of The Tomahawk [1953 -57], Alumni Secretary on the Fraternity Staff, Delta Beta Xi Award [1950]
Gregory S. Sinise '70 – Grand Councilor [1998-02], Grand Marshal [2000-01], Delta Beta Xi Award [1979]
Dallas Montgomery '04 - served on Fraternity Staff [2008-2009]
Alex Bauer '05 - served on Fraternity Staff [2007-2012], Delta Beta Xi Award [2018]
Eric N. Allen '71- Foundation Treasurer [2011-18], Delta Beta Xi Award [1996]
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Technical Analysis DE30 : 2019-11-08
Improving German data bullish for DE30
Germany's private sector activity contraction was less than forecast in October. Will the DE30 stock index continue advancing?
German data lately were positive on balance: the services sector expansion accelerated in October and contraction in manufacturing sector slowed. Markit's services PMI rose to 51.6 from 51.4 while the manufacturing PMI inched up to 42.1 from 41.7 in September. Readings above 50 indicate expansion, below 50 mark contraction. Composite PMI edged up to 48.9 from 48.5 in September, indicating slowing contraction in private sector activity for October. And factory orders rose 1.3% on month in September after 0.4% decline in August. At the same time construction PMI rose to 51.5 from 50.1 in September. And on the consumer end retail sales rose 3.4% over year in September after 3.1% growth in August. Improving data are bullish for Germany's stock market index.
On the daily timeframe DE30: D1 is rising above 200-day moving average MA(200) which is also rising.
- The Donchian channel indicates uptrend: it is widening up.
- The Parabolic indicator has formed a buy signal.
- The MACD indicator is above the signal line and the gap is widening, which is a bullish signal.
- The Stochastic oscillator is in the overbought zone, this is bearish.
We believe the bullish momentum will continue as the price breaches above the upper boundary of Donchian channel at 13206.55. This level can be used as an entry point for placing a pending order to buy. The stop loss can be placed below the lower Donchian boundary at 12742.60. After placing the order, the stop loss is to be moved every day to the next fractal low, following Parabolic signals. Thus, we are changing the expected profit/loss ratio to the breakeven point. If the price meets the stop loss level (12792.60) without reaching the order (13206.55), we recommend cancelling the order: the market has undergone internal changes which were not taken into account.
Technical Analysis Summary
|Buy stop
|Above 13206.55
|Stop loss
|Below 12792.60
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A young teen with supposed ties to a local Blood set did not like his teacher writing with the color of a rival gang.
In the video recorded by a classmate, the instructor in the middle of teaching when the student gets up and starts toward the front of the room to confront him.
'What is this?,' the teen asks as he approaches the teacher.
Another boy joins in and presses him about his choice of color: 'Why is it in blue? Put it in red.'
The alleged gang-affiliated teen then takes the electronic eraser from the teacher and begins wiping the board.
Eventually, the teacher gives in and switches the color of the marker to black instead.
The teen then walks back to his desk and sits down saying: 'He [is a] fool.'
The two gangs in question reportedly have a long=standing rivalry that goes back decades.


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How long does it take to get six pack abs? I get this question a lot and the answer is different for every person that asks, so heres a method to calculate how long it will take for you. Theres some math required, but its easy with a calculator. Please "LIKE" this video if you enjoyed and COMMENT with any questions or requests. ——————– Directions: 1. Find your lean body mass. — a. weight x body fat percentage (as a decimal) — b. weight – pounds of fat = LBM 2. Take goal body fat percentage (as a decimal) and subtract it from one. — a. Men: 1 – 0.10 = 0.90 — b. Female: 1 – 0.17 = 0.83 *In most cases to see abs, you need to be under 10% if youre a male and under 17% if youre a female, so that is why 0.10 and 0.17 are used. You can change these numbers to whatever body fat percentage your goal is. 3. Find your goal weight. — a. LBM # number from step 2 4. Calculate how many pounds you need to lose. — a. starting weight – goal weight 5. Find out how many weeks it will take to lose the weight. — a. pounds left to lose 1 or 2 *On most diets, you can expect to lose 1 to 2 pounds per week, so that is the reason for dividing by 1 and 2. You can change these numbers to whatever your weight loss goal is. 6. Now you have a good idea of how long it will take you to reach your goal. Good job if you did all of that math. A+ for you. ——————– FACEBOOK: facebook.com TWITTER: LBL – twitter.com Michael – twitter.com CLOTHING STORE <b>…<b>
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Yesterday Kodansha Comics held their panel and made the following announcements of new properties:
Fire Force - By Atsushi Okuba the author of Soul Eater - It releases this November.
Ichi F - A non-fiction graphic memoir about the clean-up of the Fukashima nuclear incident from the perspective of a worker - It releases March 2017
Toppu GP - By Kosake Fugishima - If you like motor vehicles this one is probably for you.
Clockwork Planet - Adapted by Kuro
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The New Zealand dollar fell after figures showed US inflation was twice as strong as expected last month, driving the US dollar index to its highest in more than two weeks on expectations the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates this year.
The kiwi fell to 72.61 US cents as at 8am in Wellington from 73.02 cents on Friday in the US before the inflation data was released. The trade-weighted index declined to 77.73 from 77.99.
The US consumer price index rose 0.2 per cent in August versus expectations of a 0.1 per cent gain and taking annual inflation to 1.1 per cent, while core CPI rose 2.3 per cent. The US dollar index rose to 96.11, the highest since September 2.
Westpac's Imre Speizer said the the US inflation report showed pricing pressure continues to build, although very slowly, suggesting the Fed will probably wait until December before increasing rates.
Traders are awaiting the Federal Open Market Committee's two-day policy meeting, which ends on Thursday morning New Zealand time for clues to the timing and magnitude of interest rate increases.
Investors will also eye the Bank of Japan on Wednesday amid expectations it might ease monetary policy further to help stoke the country's moribund economy. Just over half of economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast an expansion of stimulus this week.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Graeme Wheeler is expected to keep the official cash rate at 2 per cent when he reviews interest rates on Thursday morning.
The kiwi traded at 55.80 British pence from 55.20 pence in Wellington on Friday, ahead of the Brexit media reports, fell to 96.91 Australian cents from 97.21 cents, dropped to 4.8483 yuan from 4.8749 yuan, was little changed at 64.98 euro cents from 65.02 cents and slipped to 74.07 yen from 74.55 yen.


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Cesar Lopez, J.D. LL.M.
President & CEO
Mr. Lopez has over 25 years of experience in the natural resources sector, with a strong focus on mining and mineral exploration within Latin America and Eurasia. From 2015 to mid-2018 he served as Executive Chairman at Southern Pioneer Resources, a private Canadian mineral exploration company with silver and copper projects in Chile. Prior to that, Mr. Lopez served as President and CEO of Aegean Metals Group, where he successfully led the senior exploration team that discovered the Hot Maden project in Turkey. Hot Maden is a high-grade gold asset, with an NPV of approximately $1.4 billion.
A founding partner and the former CEO of AQM Copper Inc., Mr. Lopez successfully managed the acquisition and development of the Zafranal copper and gold deposit in Southern Peru, which resulted in the acquisition of AQM Copper Inc. by Teck Resources Limited in November of 2016. Prior to these positions, Mr. Lopez acted as director of Centenario Copper Corporation from 2004 to 2009.
Mr. Lopez holds a Law Degree from Universidad Gabriela Mistral in Chile and a Master's Degree in International Commercial Law from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He holds a Diploma in Marketing from UC Berkeley and is also a candidate for a Master of Science in Mineral Economics from Universidad de Chile and Curtin University of Perth (Western Australia). A member of the Chilean Bar Association and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Mr. Lopez was named a member of the Board of Advisors of Mines and Money Americas in 2016.


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RPC Corby has provided 900g Euro Squeeze multilayer polypropylene bottle for Greek food manufacturer Provil's new Sandwich Creams sauces range.
Provil has packaged five products in the range in RPC's bottle, including Tartar, Sundried Tomato, Smokey, Wasabi and Sweet and Spicy Mustard.
RPC's multilayer PP/EVOH/PP structure is said to offer better protection against oxygen ingress to deliver an expanded ambient shelf for the products.
According to RPC, the bottle's large labelling area ensures effective on-shelf branding, helping to enhance Provil's brand image.
Provil marketing coordinator Hara Kougiournitzi said: "The Euro Squeeze bottle is lightweight, easy to use and squeezable, making it the ideal solution for both professional and home use."
RPC offers Euro Squeeze range in a range of sizes as per the individual customer requirements.
RPC Corby, which is part of the RPC M&H division, produces various bottles products such as eurosqueeze bottle, eclipse bottle, hercules bottle, orion bottle, squeeze bottle and thermic juice bottle.
RPC Corby also produces jar products, including standard jar, thermic jar, bear jar, classic jar finesse jar and sapphire jar.
With a turnover of around €4bn per annum, RPC Group provides plastic solutions for packaging and non-packaging markets.
RPC operates seven divisions, including PC Ace, RPC Bebo, RPC bpi group, RPC Bramlage, RPC M&H, RPC Promens and RPC Superfos.
With 12 manufacturing facilities, RPC M&H division produces anticounterfeit closures, bottles, canisters, dosing devices, e-cig, jars, PET aerosols, plastic tubes, pots, tubs and vials, reforms, refillable bottles and glass, roll-ons or single-serve packaging.
The division also offers matching screw caps, including tamper-evident and child-resistant, overcaps, flip-top and disc-top caps, fitments, droppers and plugs. It also manufactures dispensers such as triggers, pumps and sprayers.
RPC M&H division supplies its packaging solutions to the global, regional and local brands in personal care, healthcare, food, beverage, home care and industrial markets.


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From the .50bmg list:
Tomorrow, Tuesday 3/20, the Connecticut state legislature will begin hearings on legislation that will ban outright or
require the registration of .50 caliber rifles. Currently, the vote is too close to call.
CT residents should attend the hearing of the Public Service committee if they don't want to hand over thousands of dollars
worth of equipment. Those who live outside of CT may want to make their views known also. (Ban/registration means no
competitions in CT. That means competitors will have to go to other states to compete, taking their tourist dollars with them.)
You can e-mail the governor to let him know how this will impact you:
His snail-mail address is:
Gov. John G. Rowland
c/o Governor's Office
State Capitol
210 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
You can e-mail the legislators on the commitee by going to this link:
(There's not enough time to send snail mail to the committee.)


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If you're a new patient or suffering from unexplained fertility problems we're likely to suggest hormone screening, as it can really help us to better understand your needs.
In men, particular hormones can be good indicators of how much sperm you're able to produce.
The levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) in your blood can help us get an idea of how much sperm you might be producing. We'll also check your testosterone levels.
If you've been told you're producing little or no sperm in your ejaculate, we could recommend MERC as a way of collecting sperm for treatment. If it's not successful you might then go ahead with surgical sperm retrieval.
For the MERC test we'll need you to provide us with several semen samples in one day – usually around three samples with two hours left between each.
Once you've given us the samples we'll process them, finding any sperm that could be used in fertility treatment. If we identify sperm in your samples we might then freeze them to use in future treatments.
Whether or not you're generally healthy or have had a child before, we'll always recommend semen analysis to every man that comes to CARE. When couples are struggling to start a family around 30% of cases are related to sperm, so it's essential we see whether this is a possibility.
We'd usually book you in for semen analysis before your first consultation or as part of a fertility assessment. That way, the results will be ready when you meet your consultant.
Before the sperm test, you'll need to abstain from sex for three to five days. When we test your semen sample, we'll assess:
Problems with your sperm chromosomes can cause miscarriages or serious genetic conditions and illnesses in children, so if we think your sperm might have any chromosome disorders we'll encourage you to be tested.
We'll usually recommend sperm chromosome screening as an additional male fertility test for:
For screening, we simply need you to provide a semen sample. We'll then freeze your sample and test it for abnormalities, and results should be available within a few weeks. Once we have the results, together we'll discuss your next steps, which could be further tests or possible treatments.
We're most likely to recommend sperm DNA damage screening if you're struggling with:
For screening, we simply need you to provide a semen sample. We'll then freeze your sample and ship this over to our laboratory, where it will be thawed and tested for DNA damage.
Once we have the results, together we'll discuss your next steps, which could be further tests or possible treatments.


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One of the questions that is asked time and time again, is how do you know that what you are buying on line is genuine? There are many ways to find out if your Pokemon cards are genuine.
What recourse do you have if you find that they are fake or are not quite what you were after?
If you have paid by Paypal, you can always put in a dispute and say that the cards were not as described. If they say that they are Pokemon cards, and yet, they are not legitimate, then they are not really "Pokemon cards" Paypal should refund your money.
Australian Consumer Law protects you from this type of Scam as well. If you find people selling fake or shoddy cards, you can report them to Pokemon Support who will then take appropriate action.
Remember that fake cards, apart from ripping off the original owners, are usually cheap, shoddy and will fall apart in a few days. Most kids that have them to play with will trade them for almost nothing, as they are not durable.
You can buy Genuine Pokemon Cards online on this site with no worries whatsoever.


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Thursday Reads: Male Politicians and Pundits should Worry about their "Erectile Dysfunction" and STFU about Women's Health (and Other News)Posted: February 9, 2012 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, 2012 primaries, morning reads, religious extremists, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, Republican politics, Republican presidential politics, Team Obama, U.S. Politics, War on Women, Women's Rights | Tags: autonomy, Birth Control, chastity belt, Chris Matthews, contraception, EJ Dionne, history of birth control, Mark Shields, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, privacy, Rick Santorum, sponges, Tim Kaine 50 Comments
Good Morning!
I thought this painting was appropriate, since we are being dragged back into the 19th Century by both Democrats and Republicans these days. We all know about the war on women being waged by Willard "Mitt" Romney, Rick "the Dick" Santorum, Nasty Newt Gingrich and Ron "White Power" Paul. But Democrats have now been empowered the Catholic Church's attack on Obama's attempt to protect women's health care.
But now "liberal" pundits like Chris Matthews, Mark Shields, and E.J. Dionne have joined the battle to remove any semblance of privacy and autonomy from women.
Today former DNC Chairman and Governor of VA–and likely Senate candidate Tim Kaine came out against the requirement that contraception be included in health insurance policies.
Pat J is right. We need a women's freedom party. Aren't any of these dinosaurs aware that birth control (and abortion) have been with us during most of recorded history? Check out this series of photos in Newsweek drawn from the history of birth control.
Did you know that Aristotle recommended birth control methods for women in the 4th Century BC?
The philosopher recommended that women "anoint that part of the womb on which the seed falls" with olive oil in order to prevent pregnancy. His other top picks for spermicides included cedar oil, lead ointment, or frankincense oil. If the lips of the cervix were smooth, he noted, then conception would be difficult.
Ancient Egyptian women used sponges.
Long before Seinfeld's Elaine Benes weighed the merits of a man to determine his spongeworthiness, women were using sponges as a method of preventing pregnancy. The sponge has its roots in early Egyptian civilization, and this photo depicts the variety of models available in the early 20th century. Those sponges were made of a variety of materials, and were sometimes drenched in lemon juice or vinegar to act as a spermicide. Today's sponges (called, in fact, Today's Sponge) are synthetic, and use a chemical spermicide.
Another early method was the chastity belt. Perhaps religious nuts like Rick Santorum and Mark Shields would find that one acceptable?
At Wonkblog, Sarah Kliff thinks the Obama administration "sees political opportunity in the contraception battle," because of the data shown in this chart:
Kliff writes:
while Catholic leadership has blasted the new regulation, polls show that a majority of Catholics are actually more supportive of the provision than the rest of the country. A poll out Tuesday from the Public Religion Research Institute finds 52 percent of Catholic voters agreed with the statement, "employers should be required to provide their employees with health care plans that cover contraception and birth control at no cost." That's pretty much in line with overall support for the provision, which hovers at 55 percent – likely because Catholics use contraceptives at rates similar to the rest of Americans.
A majority of Catholics – 52 percent – also agree with the Obama administration's decision to not exempt religious hospitals and universities from the provision. "Outside the political punditry, most Catholics agree with the administration on the issue," says one Obama campaign official, explaining the view that this could be a political win.
And a lot of this likely isn't about Catholic voters at all.
Rather, it may well be about the demographics that are most supportive of this particular health reform provision: young voters and women. In the PRRI poll, both groups register support above 60 percent for the provision.
Those two demographics are important here for a key reason: they were crucial to Obama's victory in 2008. Third Way crunched the numbers earlier this month and found that the "Obama Independents" — the swing group that proved crucial to his 2008 victory — are, as Ryan Lizza put it, "disproportionately young, female and secular."
Let's hope Obama keeps all that in mind instead of bending to the will of the old gray white male Catholic Bishops and the elderly male fake-liberal pundits who won't STFU and let women make their own choices.
Even some of the saner folks in the GOP are warning their wingnut colleagues that a fight against contraception would be a "disaster" for their party.
The new and unexpected war over contraception may not end up as only a battle between the White House and the Republican party. It could end up as a fight between the GOP and itself. As we saw during the 2011's push to defund Planned Parenthood — when some Republican Senators rebuked their colleagues in the House for attacking the organization — Republicans on Capitol Hill do not speak with one voice on matters of women's health. Now, as Speaker John Boehner seemingly prepares to turn the House GOP's attention to contraception, pro-choice Republicans are warning that the GOP may become the next Komen For The Cure.
"I think this week's outrage over the Komen decision should be a warning to the Republican party about how quickly there was a mass outrage over further and further attacks on general women's health," Kellie Ferguson, executive director of Republican Majority for choice, told me Wednesday. "You could see the same backlash on attacks on contraception." ….
"For the last number of years, we in the pro-choice community in general — and we specifically as Republicans — have been saying as this pandering to a sort of social conservative faction of voters continues, you're going to see the line pushed further and further and further," she said. "And we're now crossing the line from discussion of when we should regulate abortion to when we should now regulate legal doctor-prescribed medications like birth control, which is woven in the fabric of society as an acceptable medication."
I'm sure glad that some Republicans get it. Nevertheless, John Boehner is determined to reverse the contraception rule.
"In imposing this requirement, the federal government has drifted dangerously beyond its constitutional boundaries, encroaching on religious freedom in a manner that affects millions of Americans and harms some of our nation's most vital institutions," House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a rare speech on the chamber floor. "If the president does not reverse the attack on religious freedom, then the Congress, acting on behalf of the American people and the Constitution we are sworn to uphold and defend, must."
Oh really? The last I heard the Supreme Court decided that Americans had a right to make their own decisions about contraception. Good grief! I guess everyone is probably sick to death of hearing about birth control, but I just can't get past this. I thought all this was settled more than 40 years ago. It's time for all these old men to worry about where they're going to get their next Viagra fix and STFU about women's health.
I do have a few other headlines for you this morning.
Washington state has legalized same-sex marriage.
A bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington state won final legislative approval on Wednesday in a largely party-line vote that moved the state to the cusp of becoming the seventh in the nation to recognize same-sex nuptials.
Washington's Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire said she looked forward to signing the measure and "putting into law an end to an era of discrimination" even as opponents, led by religious conservatives, vowed to seek its repeal at the polls in November….
The Washington legislation cleared the state House of Representatives by a vote of 55-43, a week after the state Senate passed it by a 28-21 vote. Democrats, accounting for the lion's share of support for the bill, control both legislative bodies in Olympia.
Several prominent Washington-based companies employing tens of thousands of workers in the state also endorsed the bill, including Microsoft, Amazon and Starbucks.
I wanted to call attention to this horrifying story from the Las Vegas Review-Journal: Video shows officers beating motorist in diabetic shock. This happened a year ago, but the video has just now been released by the victim's attorney.
Adam Greene is on his stomach as a pack of police officers pile on him, driving their knees into his back and wrenching his arms and legs. One officer knees him in the ribs; another kicks him in the face.
"Stop resisting," officers on the video yell, but Greene, his face pushed into the pavement, hasn't resisted. He doesn't even move — maybe can't move — because he's gone into diabetic shock caused by low blood sugar.
Greene has been awarded $292,500 to be paid by local and state authorities. He was badly injured in the beating, and had to be treated for broken ribs and severe bruising to his "hands, neck, face, and scalp."
Alan Yatvin, a legal advocate for the American Diabetes Association and a Philadelphia attorney, said police across the country frequently mistake low blood sugar — called hypoglycemia when blood sugar is exceptionally low — for intoxication in people with diabetes.
A Web search on the issue returns dozens of video clips and stories similar to Greene's.
Symptoms of hypoglycemia include shakiness, dizziness, hunger, pale skin, moodiness, aggressive behavior, loss of consciousness and even seizures.
"You need police to be trained in what to look for," Yatvin said. "The problem is, there's no authority over all police departments. Every department has its own procedures, and states have different rules and training regimens."
My question is, even if Greene had been drunk, what would justify a hoard of cops beating him half to death?
There's a long article at Alternet that I haven't had a chance to finish yet, but that certainly seems worth reading: How Deep Is the Republican Christian Right's Connection to the Anti-Gay Bills Sweeping Sub-Saharan Africa?
In the weeks following Hillary Clinton's historic December United Nations speech claiming that "gay rights are human rights," the conservative Christian community in the United States has castigated the Obama administration. Clinton's speech was popularly interpreted as a rebuke of countries like Uganda, where the Anti-Homosexuality bill calling for the execution of some LGBT people, keeps popping up. The Christian Right is particularly outraged by State Department plans to withhold aid to countries that violate basic LGBT human rights.
At Right-Wing Watch, Brian Tashman posted immediate condemnations from 700 Club Host Pat Robertson and Christian radio host Janet Meffird. Robertson said, "This country cannot continue to violate God's principles and to make a mockery of his laws and think we're going to get away with it. And when the blow comes, it's going to be horrible."
Meffird jumped into the fray to support anti-gay measures on the table in Nigeria that include long-term
include long-term imprisonment. She dismissed claims that these anti-gay campaigns are stoking violence against LGBT people, asking, "All right, but they're not killing them, are they?"
Matt Barber of the right-wing Liberty Council Action said, "[T]his Obama administration, instead of focusing on real human rights abuses, is trying to force nations to adopt America's immoral positions on issues of sexuality." Peter Sprigg, a fellow at the Family Research Council, called it an attempt "to impose an alien ideology on other countries."
There are lots more examples of wingers supporter these inhuman laws. I hope to finish reading the article today.
At Salon, Steve Kornacki has a piece on how Romney will get back at Rick Santorum for getting in the way of his (Mitt's) march to the GOP nomination: Rick Santorum will pay for this.
In his victory speech, Santorum crowed that "tonight, we had an opportunity to see what a campaign looks like when one candidate isn't outspent five or 10 to one." Which is true enough, but it also points to the main reason to doubt that Santorum's trifecta will vault him into serious contention for the nomination: He's got Romney's attention now — which means that he's in for the same well-funded abuse that Gingrich endured as soon as he won South Carolina. Actually, the abuse began on Monday, when Romney's campaign realized that Santorum was going to do well the next day. But now it will intensify, with Santorum in position to use his impressive show of strength to further marginalize Gingrich and to emerge as the right's consensus alternative to Romney.
Apparently, Santorum will now make a play in Michigan, which will hold its primary on Feb. 28. The state is an appealing target for him; it's filled with the kind of blue-collar and middle-class voters Romney has struggled with elsewhere, and it contains a surprisingly sizable chunk of conservative evangelicals. It is Romney's native state, but polls have shown the former Massachusetts governor is at least theoretically vulnerable. After that, Ohio and the Southern states that will vote in early March could also be good targets for Santorum. On paper, he could do some serious damage to Romney in the weeks ahead.
But the GOP campaign will look a lot different in these states than it did in the ones that voted Tuesday night. Expect Romney to engage Santorum directly, as he did with Gingrich (the next debate is in two weeks), and expect his campaign and his super PAC allies to spend heavily, flooding the airwaves with the sorts of negative attacks that helped do Gingrich in. Romney's surrogates will get in on the act too. When Michigan's primary arrives in three weeks, it's just about impossible to imagine Santorum enjoying a 70 percent favorable rating in the state. Romney and his campaign are used to this by now: Every challenger who has suddenly surged into contention has fallen back to earth quickly.
Yup, Mitt is a mean motherf'er. This is going to be fun to watch. Meanwhile lots of pundits see trouble ahead for Romney because of his declining national popularity and the lack of enthusiasm of the GOP base–shown by the low turnout figures in the primaries and caucuses so far.
Santorum says he "knows what's coming."
"I know what's coming next," Mr. Santorum wrote to potential donors in a fund-raising e-mail message on Wednesday. "I saw what Mitt Romney and his team did to Newt Gingrich after he won South Carolina," tarring him with millions of dollars of negative advertising.
"They're going to come after us now," Mr. Santorum warned.
Sure enough, Mr. Romney began attacking Mr. Santorum directly on Wednesday, saying at a stop in Georgia, "During Senator Santorum's time in Washington, the government grew by 80 percent and he voted to raise the debt ceiling five times."
Raising the debt ceiling? That's pretty weak. Romney is going to have to do better than that.
That's all I have for now. What are you reading and blogging about today?
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Oh ye of little faith!
It is so obvious that at long last, after 12 months of gasbag banter, the GOP has finally found an issue they believe will work for them: the (fake) war on religion! What better issue to "herald the troops" than a make believe war guaranteed to strike terror into the hearts of the faithful?
Just forget everything you have heard so far about jobs, the economy, and Obamacare, their collective teeth are sunk into a topic that though it makes little or no sense, may just do the trick.
It gives Rick more visibility. Mitt can deflect the question of magic underwear. And Newt can instruct us on the history of the Catholic Church. Perfect!
The GOP C-Pac is being held this weekend and my money is on a continual loop of speakers during their best imitation of Elmer Gantry for the viewing audience.
Quitterella is expected to screech and this one is right up her alley. Soundbites will be available to all tv outlets with each speaker decrying the administration as "anti religious" thugs among other things.
Yup, this one was designed to fit perfectly into their worldview since whatever bilge they had to offer has fallen flat on its face.
Jobs? What jobs? Who needs jobs when we are in the midst of protecting the church!
I see Newt Gingrich as an Snake Oil salesman, he got baptized in the Catholic Church and straight off started making money off a dead pope with his former his former mistress, his current wife who is now selling books to CHILDREN!
Ah, and they think they have the moral ground to tell women, to prohibit women from accessing contraceptives!?!
The crazy part is that they don't even understand that reproductive care also means, 'delivery'! I can remember how hospitals require cash for women not having this coverage when they went into labor. People, wake up, that is what that little sign is about 'if stable we will transfer you'…yup kick you out because your policy didn't have 'Reproductive Care'!
Bangs head on desk again….
Every Sperm Is Sacred! Dem. Lawmaker Sneaks 'Life Begins at Ejaculation' Amendment into Vile 'Personhood' Bill
Despite being rebuffed by voters in Mississippi and Colorado, proponents of the "personhood" movement are still pushing to enact legislation in states like Ohio and Oklahoma that would give zygotes the same rights as American citizens. These bills would not only criminalize abortion in all circumstances, they would also outlawcommon forms of contraception, as well as in vitro fertilization.
To poke fun at the absurdity of the measure, Oklahoma state Sen. Constance Johnson (D), has tacked on a provision affirming — in the words of a famous Monty Python song — that every sperm is sacred:
Santorum would like every home filled to the brim with children people can't feed, them he will give his speech on demonizing the poor. The logic is so crazy and people like Chris Mathews, seem to conceal the link between poverty and lack of family planning/access to contraceptives.
Every Sperm is Sacred {Monty Python's Meaning of Life}
Bangs head on desk….
quotes didn't make it. 😦
I am not surprised, it was President Obama that signed the Obama Presidential Stupak Executive Order that took out reproductive care from our health insurance policies in the first place. He in essence has been arguing with himself will the media offer him cover, so he can claim he is a hero to women in the US.
The CAVE IN was expected…the media spin will be interesting.
Still laughing about Fareed Zakaria proclaiming that Obama had passed Universal Health Coverage, why were we pesky Liberals complaining! Honestly, his pundits will claim he parted the sea when he spills water from a glass…
Can someone tell me about his work as a Community Organizer?
Chris Matthews is a "relic" of my generation: the type of kid back then who genuflected to the priests and kissed the nun's butt. Chances are that Chris was himself a "virgin" on his wedding night.
He can be counted on to never criticize the Church under any circumstances and though he admitted to practicing some form of birth control throughout his marriage, again chances are he feels "sinful" doing so.
Chris also was super impressed when W parachuted onto the deck of that ship with his "codpiece" waving in our faces while declaring "mission accomplished". A "real man" in Chris's opinion. HIs man crushes are legendary.
His "sexism" is never more apparent than when he entertains a female guest on his show. He talks over, interrupts, and his body language reveals his discomfort in having to lower himself to include her opinion. He showed this distaste last week when finding himself being challenged by Rachel Maddow during one discussion.
There are times when Chris's analysis shows signs of brilliance but overall he is a pompous, ass kissing toady, impressed with himself and his male guests.
Chris Matthews is a product of his times and generation, raised to believe in whatever edict is passed down by the church he was raised in without question.
If the Church decreed today that the only way to heaven was to microwave a puppy, Chris would find a way to defend it.
Pat, I pretty much agree. However, it seems to me that Matthews talks over everyone on his show. To me, it's like MATTHEWS: this is what I think on this subject. Guest, don't you agree? GUEST: if agrees, Matthews lets him/her talk. If disagrees, Matthews starts talking and doesn't let them finish. But he is definitely one of the good Catholic boyz.
He seems to be acting more and more deranged.
Thanks for mentioning that, one day with his hair all wild he really looked like the character from One Flew Over The…
You are too funny, but yes, him talking about sex minus that tingly feeling… 😆
Isn't funding a form of "intrusion" into the internal affairs of the church? Or would that just be an intrusion if it's withdrawn? It's hypocritical for the church to get federal funding to subsidize proselytizing but fight funding for Planned Parenthood because it subsidizes abortion.
It's unbelievable that contraception is controversal again. I don't believe any man really wants to know when he has sex with a woman of child-bearing age it could result in a pregnancy once every nine-months – if he's monogamous! Raise your hand if your boyfriend/partner ever asked you if you had taken your pill.
And Yay for all of us who voiced our outrage over Komen – looks like it sent a message!
Just read Dakinikat's Blowback post from last night (I know I'm late but you guys post so fast!!!!). Loved it as usual, especially this:
"Religious status does not give any person or institution the ability to ignore law… Our country is not supposed to favor any one religion or enshrine its pet biases into law."
Extremely well said!
Can someone help me understand, though, if churches are exempt, are the Catholics arguing that their university and hospitals should also be exempt? Is that the problem?
I just read a couple of articles that indicated BHO may stick to his guns!! I know – quelle surprise. We'll see, though.
great post. 🙂


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Growing up, VHS tapes lined the shelves that were designated for books. They ranged from cartoons to taped television shows to sporting events. Each of these were rewatched time and time again. But perhaps the tape that got the most air time in my house was the 1975 Steven Spielberg classic Jaws. Since, the way the world saw sharks has been dramatically altered.
According to their website, "OCEARCH is a recognized world leader in generating critical scientific data related to tracking (telemetry) and biological studies of keystone marine species such as great white and tiger sharks, in conjunction with conservation outreach and education at a measurable global scale."
Simply put, they're attempting to educate and change the perspective of sharks.
Cisco Brewing, on the island of Nantucket off the Cape Cod coast, is helping to do its part. They've created a light lager named Shark Tracker and donate a percentage of those proceeds to OCEARCH. In other words, drinking a Shark Tracker is helping to preserve the ocean of a keystone species (a term which means, should these animals disappear, it would mean the end of the oceanic ecosystem as we know it).
Cisco and OCEARCH are playing their part in supporting the cause."
Earlier this summer, I spent a week on the beaches of Cape Cod. While there, a Great White Shark coincidentally named Cisco "pinged" off the coast; Another Great White claimed a chunk of a large striped bass off the charter boat Hindsight, a boat I fished from three days later. Unfortunately, there was no shark sighting during our day on the boat.
The beer itself is a delicious accompaniment to the scorching days in the sun on the beach or on the boat, and it's billed as such. On the Cisco websites accompanying video on the beer's page, it's called a beer that is "definitely a style that would compliment a day of fishing." At 4.8%, it's light and easily-quaffed, but also complex and flavorful enough to warrant proper consideration. Brewed with Bravo hops and pilsner malt, it's got a crisp, bready bite with some earthy tones. In a can, it fits well in a tackle box, a cooler, a backpack, or the bag of kid's toys you haul down to the sand.
Use the hashtage #DrinkBeerDoGood each time you drink it, too.
OCEARCH and Cisco partnered up to create not only a great tasting beer, but also to create a lasting relationship between drinkers and the ocean. The craft beer world has long encouraged a sort of mindfulness, whether that mindfulness attends to the flavors you're experiencing or the businesses and people that are being patronized or even hoping drinkers will donate to important causes. Shark Tracker is no different.
We used to fear Jaws. On beaches around the world, we all know the John Williams' score that accompanies the film and we've all chanted it on the water. We shouldn't view the sharks return to the waters of places like Cape Cod as something to be afraid of, but something to celebrate, and Cisco and OCEARCH are playing their part in supporting the cause.
And now we can help, too, without stepping into a shark cage, but just by drinking a great tasting beer.
Forager's Dollar Menu Pie Is a Slice of Heaven
No, this is not another over-the-top, pastry-inspired stout or sour.
Have Faith in Threes' Barrel-Aged Bad Faith
Everyone's favorite stout treatment works wonders on a witbier.
The Best Beers to Rep Your Team for the Super Bowl
When the New England Patriots play the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, you'll need some local beer to celebrate a win or soak up a loss.


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Belfast High Court gathering shows support for public interest journalism
Journalists outside Belfast court - © Amanda Ferguson
NUJ Belfast branch - © Amanda Ferguson
7 September 2018
Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) gathered outside the Courts of Justice in Belfast today in solidarity with the makers of the documentary 'No Stone Unturned'. Two journalists involved in making the film were arrested on Friday 31 August.
This morning an application for judicial review is due to come before the High Court for mention.
There was a large attendance this morning outside the court, led by Gerry Carson, NUJ Irish executive cathaoirleach and Alison Millar, vice president of the ICTU.
Prior to the hearing, NUJ assistant general secretary, Séamus Dooley, met the journalists privately to assure them of continued trade union support and solidarity. They then joined NUJ members and supporters outside the court house for a brief gathering before entering the court.
Séamus Dooley said:
"The National Union of Journalists stands firmly with Barry McCaffrey, Trevor Birney and Fine Point Films in their resistance to this flawed police process. 'No Stone Unturned' is an uncomfortable documentary. It is deeply disturbing in the very best tradition of investigative journalism.
"Investigative journalism is not for the faint hearted. It is not the function of journalism to make life easy for those in positions of power or authority.
"Earlier this week in the House of Commons, the foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt eloquently spoke about the role of investigative journalists when he declared 'the two journalists were doing what is in the very best traditions of all journalism - exposing evil and bad things that governments do not want exposed.'
"Jeremy Hunt was talking about the appalling detention of journalists in Myanmar. This morning I invite the foreign secretary to add his voice to ours, as we also condemn the Myanmar imprisonments.
"The rights of journalists to expose things that governments or police authorities do not want to hear, is, like journalism itself, without borders.
"The arrest of Trevor and Barry and the raids on homes and offices last Friday were truly shocking.
"It would be reasonable to expect that the documentary might have had a response to the revelations, carefully and courageously laid out in 'No Stone Unturned', a response predicated on the need to finally bring to justice the killers of Adrian Rogan, Malcolm Jenkinson, Barney Green, Daniel McCreanor, Patrick O'Hare and Eamon Byrne.
"What is not reasonable, what is despicable is that the authorities instinct was not to act upon the revelations contained in the film, but to act against those who made the documentary.
"Let us be very clear - there are no secrets in this case. No stone has been left unturned.
"The PSNI and the Office of the Police Ombudsman were not surprised by the content of this documentary. Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey did not have to be arrested in the manner in which they were detained last week. There was no need for the dramatic raid, the huge police presence or indeed to release them on bail.
"Serious questions must be asked about the nature of the arrests, the warrants and the role of Durham Constabulary in this charade.
"We thank all those for attending today and for the many messages of support. We stand with Trevor, Barry, Fine Point Films and every journalist or documentary maker who feels under threat as a result of this aggressive action.
"We cannot allow journalism to be silenced and we invite all of you to stand with the NUJ in our fight to ensure, in the words of Raymond Williams - that journalism is allowed to be the arrow and not the target."
The documentary film No Stone Unturned names suspects in a murder investigation in Northern Ireland. It highlights the collaborative relationship between the British army, RUC police and Loyalist paramilitary gangs.
The NUJ has launched a public petition in support of those arrested. The statement calls for the "immediate lifting of the threat of legal action against Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey."
If you want to add your name to the NUJ petition then please email your name to email@example.com
Read the full text of the petition and the background details about the campaign.


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Re: More J/Link examples pls
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg55483] Re: [mg55417] More J/Link examples pls
- From: Todd Gayley <tgayley at wolfram.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:48:24 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
At 02:51 AM 3/22/2005, Sam Hwang wrote: >I found the bonus samples of J/Link in Mathematica is obscure, are >there any other examples? Thanks! > >Regards, >Sam Hwang Sam, What sort of thing are you trying to do with J/Link? Perhaps if you provide more details I or others can point you at some relevant examples. Todd Gayley Wolfram Research


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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) –- A crowd of several hundred people came out to Brackett Park in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis Tuesday night to learn more about the murder of 25-year-old Shea Jeffrey William Stremcha, and the two men now charged in connection with his murder.
The crowd of neighbors and citizens came with safety concerns, wondering about a motive, how the suspected burglars settled on breaking into Stremcha's home and what caused them to fire a deadly shot into his chest.
"This is a very, very rare kind of crime and very, very unique," Third Precinct Inspector Lucy Gerold told the crowd. "We have DNA and fingerprint evidence that put both of them at that scene so it's a very strong case."
Robert Shelby, 27, and Semaj Williams, 21, both of Minneapolis, have been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree burglary for the July 20 incident. Police said Shelby allegedly fired the gun, while Williams was involved in the break-in.
According to criminal charges, officers were dispatched to a residence on the 2900 block of 45th Avenue South in Minneapolis on the report of a shooting.
Upon arrival, they found Stremcha on his back in the hallway outside the bedroom with a pool of blood around his body. A large knife was resting near Stremcha's hand and it was determined that he died from a single gunshot wound to the heart.
Police met with Stremcha's fiance, who was the only other occupant in the home. She said she and Stremcha were sleeping when she woke up to the sound of breaking glass. She said she woke up Stremcha, who grabbed a knife from a table next to the bed and left the bedroom to investigate.
A short time later, the woman heard a loud gunshot and saw Stremcha fall to the floor. Police found traces of blood on Stremcha's knife and a small trail of blood in the home and sent it to the Minneapolis Police Crime Lab unit to be processed. The lab results showed the blood at the crime scene was a match for Shelby. A fingerprint recovered at the home was also found to match that of Williams.
Both men were arrested and taken into custody. Police noted that Shelby had a large cut on his hand at the time of the arrest. Police arrested the pair within 36 hours of the crime.
Neighbor Ashley Crain said she's already living her life differently. She often saw Stremcha and his fiancé come and go, and now said she's sadly watching over her shoulder at all times.
"One house away. It's tough," said Crain. "And for us we are always reminded because the house is right there so you can't walk your dog down the street the same way you did before."
Inspector Gerold told the crowd Tuesday night that a burglary turned murder is rare. Out of all the reported burglaries in this area since 2000, only six involved guns. In fact, Gerold said crime in the area has gone down 40 percent since last year and 60 percent when police compared July of 2011 to July of 2010.
Still, police are urging anyone that hears a break-in or just sees suspicious activity to always call 911 immediately.
that sounds like a slam dunk for the prosecution…but then again with that evidence they'll take a deal
Hate crime? Yeah right.
Should have grabed his 357 and started shooting instead of a knife.
How has diversity made your life more financialy comfortable, I live in a suburb 20min north of minneapolis, same town I work in, luckily section 8 hasn't flooded my burb yet, therefore it is still a nice place for a family, but you keep enjoying that diversity i hope it pays you a visit 1 night, I have no fear of diverse people, they just serve 0 purpose to me, what does a goof in another country have to do with diversity here? I hope you're joking about being a parent, otherwise I feel pity for your children
You hold your racist convictions so intensely that you wish death upon those who diagree with you? You, sir, are beneath contempt.
I'm glad you feel pity for my 17 year old who was awarded a $70,000 academic scholarship to Stanford in May. And she grew up right here in good ol' Minneapolis – the city of "diversity". Ever been to Chicago? New York? Hell, Cleveland? Probably not. Your idea of seeing the world is probably going out to Applebee's on a Friday night and taking a "vacation" to St. Cloud. I don't pity her at all. She was well educated and has a head start on handling the real America. Your comment basically defines you as a person – "they just serve 0 purpose to me, what does a goof in another country have to do with diversity here". You, my friend, are a chicken. And I'm glad I live close to downtown, where I work, and where I am fortunate to have an above average job. Oh, and I feel safe. I love this city. Chicken.
Well goody for you, Jeff. Looks like your daughter picked a "diverse" college there! stay safe bro!
Perhaps you need to go back and read Dear Jeffery's comments again. Given the context, the meaning is quite clear. And he IS a racist.
Really Kevin. Well we all shipped our butts out to the BURBS 6 years ago and now all but 3 homes are black owned. Big ups to ya Jeff. If you make it out to our so called HOODBURBS Anoka look us up. Got a home for you to buy. 3 left the the whites..No really that's the last name of the family across from me. They are looking to move, Then we will have 2. And the count down start.
You are correct. The vast majority of blacks don't committ crimes, because there is so many of them and they are too lazy to committ crimes.
Your right, the vast majority of blacks don't commit crimes… BUT you see past the fact that the majority of crimes are committed by blacks or minorities. Look at the statistics. "Moron"???
Can't you read the Detroit free press and stay off our site? Maybe they wouldn't have the economic necessity if they didn't have 8 kids from 7 fathers(none of which provide support). I know, I know. Abandoning your kids isn't a race or culture issue, it's an economic one right? Maybe go back to college and major in something other than "ethnic studies" and we might get something resembling a rational argument from you. Until then, go away.
"Those who do, do so out of economic necessity."
There is no "economic necessity" to home invade someone and kill them for their possessions, Eric.
At what point of poverty would YOU decide to home invade your neighbors and kill them for what they have and make it yours so that YOU could be better off, Eric?
Not unlike what happened to my people. Anyway, food for thought..
You mean losing the war?
The die was cast when they named him Semaj. Anyone with that name is limited to one of two career choices. Burglar or terrorist.
I was thinking he could qualify as a chalk outline template someday. More likely now, he'll have a prison uniform "sagging" as he servers time with his "fam" in da joint.
I live out in the so called BURBS,,Where the whites keep getting whiter. It's really sad to see those who only want life that way, Yes in time the people of Minneapolis will be knocking at your door. Forced or not, Give it time,
Ummm…. I don't think the other suspect was 12 years old as mentioned in the story. If he was 12, I didn't think printing JV names was allowed.
Please fix….
Robert Shelby, 27, and Semaj Williams, 12, both of Minneapolis, have been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree burglary for the July 20 incident.
Check out this POS Robert Shelbys criminal record on http://www.mncriminals.com (free to register to the public).He should have never been out on the street to begin with.The other one is young yet so he only had a 1st degree robbery.
Make these guys go into the lions area at the zoo. Do not let them out!! We will save money on lion food for a day!! That is actually more than they are worth.
The hate written in these comments is amazing and so disappointing. This is a very sad situation for a family that was a victim of a terrible crime. Please stop using this forum to anonymously (cowardice) spread your hate. Shockingly pathetic.
Leave racism out of it…
Leave all matters of ethnicity out of it…
Leave income brackets out of it…..
If all you have are numbers to deal with then we can play with the math.
And forget about just one city or community .. let's view the nation as a whole.
All cities have their safe and not so safe areas.
And people of all races commit heinous crimes of violence.
What is left are merely matters of probability.
Based on violent crimes committed across the nation do a bit of homework and see if you can find enough statistical data to draw your own inference.
Leave opinion out of it … just deal with the math.
Then talk about realities and true probabilities based on existing trends.
There are a 1000 analogies to this situation.
While what happened in Norway was horrific, God willing, it was an anomaly, while what occurs in this country on a daily basis is a matter of accepted course.
There have been more deaths caused by violent crime in the United States in 2004 alone than in both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
11,600 to violent crime.. and untold thousands injured.
Now look up demographics for criminals and victims.
Your stomach will hurt.
Politicians won't touch this one.. not a bit.
Statistics don't lie… Personally, before reading these stories, I tend to guess (more assume) that the suspects are indeed African-American. Hoping to be wrong to prove to myself that there is still hope for their race as a WHOLE, I find myself more right than wrong. Now, it is obvious (hopefully to everyone) that the simple fact these men were black DID NOT cause this crime (anyone could've), at the end of the day they are and statistics are a big and fair cause to stereotypes..
Agree 100%!
Yes I also agree.
Right now there is most likely a grand jury that is working on bringing first degree murder charges against both of these fools. Any time you cause someones death while committing burglary of an occupied dwelling it is first degree murder. They only charged them with second so they could hold them.
Too bad he didn't own a gun, We may have been hearing about a guy who is alive, after he shot two intruders. One being from Detroit I'm sure and the other probably from Chicago,
Diversity hasn't done a darn thing for me, other than hearing complaining or losing money on my home, or paying high taxes.
I'm from Detroit. I haven't murdered anyone. I know mahy black people that haven't murdered anyone. In fact out of the hundreds I've met (Detroiters in fact) none have killed anyone.
Know what? I met a white guy from Minnesota at church who spent 20 years in prison for murder.
So much for your BS!
I'm from Chicago. I'm committed a crime – I've gone over the speed limit in my car. Oh, and I've texted while driving. But I haven't committed drug- or violent crimes. So dump your stereotypes based on where people lived before moving to this racist state.
'm with you Cindy. Can you imagine waking up to see these 2 in your house?
How do you know they were on welfare? Welfare prevents crime because they aren't desperate
Hey, when a Minnesotan commits a crime, should we blame ALL minnesotans? Because the vast majority of crimes in Minnesota are commited by Minnesotans. How about that white Christian right wing Christian who killed 90 people in Norway? How about we profile all white Christian conservatives? How far can we take this?
Oh, but its "rational" to blame an entire race for crimes individuals make, unless its YOUR group, right?
Wow Eric, this has got you pretty upset doesn't it? Maybe you should go back to the "D" & take your cousins wit cha…
What's welfare got to do with it?, Turn off Faux news!
Poor people may commit crimes to survive but murder is a violence issue, I think some races are more prone to violence, Ask Darwin, Maybe he has the answers?
Oh come now children. It'll all be over soon & then after several months, maybe years we'll all be the same color. GREY. That is the color of dust, isn't it?
Breaking and entering is a choice. Packing a gun is a choice. Defending one's self is a choice. Many bad choices here started by two men who've been making bad choices for a while and for some reason yet unknown broke into a house. Spindoctor what you want, but they weren't invited over for dinner.
I love your candor, but what can we do about the problem?
Sounds like the most dangerous city in the USA…St. Louis.
i have to agree, if this poor guy had owned a handgun he'd probably be alive. but judging by our justice system the families of a the slain intruder probably would have sued and won. and how is this kind of crime rare anyway?
They always have previous violent offenses; they've always been in and out of the criminal just-a-system. I'm getting on my representatives website and leaving another note "keep violent offenders in jail, take them off the playground the FIRST time they offend and keep them off unless we know FOR SURE they can be let back on… and STOP overcrowding prisons with non-violent offenders, people with drug problems, etc." I don't get more long winded than that because they just take it and put it in a pile marked "prison reform" or something like that – but if enough of us did it, things would change. But it will take A LOT of us.
You know — you could avoid "racist comments" by just advocating for keeping violent offenders in jail, who ever they are. You'd achieve more of what you want, either way. Racist comments, whether honest arguments or not, go nowhere and actually make things worse (even if you were right).
Proof that you can teach a monkey to shoot a gun.
Sad thats about the only thing.
Too bad the victim didnt have a gun and we could bury these 2, 6 feet under rather than waste money on a trial. Guilty! Next……………
Definitely too bad. However, I'm happy he was able to at least leave his mark with the knife before they gunned him down. He went down fighting like a man at least. Not like these cowards who committed the crime.
I have black friends who do dress and act like that, and I have black friends who don't. Guess which ones of them have the better jobs and lives?
If I shoot a hole in my wall defending my life against one of these perps will my home insurance cover it? Is there a rider I can add?
The fact that you have a fear of an entire race of people means you are a terrible coward. The fact that you "hope all of the white apologists get a visit" from criminals means you are hoping more people are killed by criminals as this brave man was.
I am not scared of an entire race.
Fight crime, shoot back. Thats my motto.
You have black friends? Do they call you a friend? I am surprised you have any friends considering the things you are typing
Hank I have a lot more friends than you could possibly believe.
I also speak the facts. Blacks cause more crimes than whites.
Yes and yes.
you people need to shut up,because the killing that white people have done to other races do not compare to what races are doing these days.you people brought evli to this world so know deal with it or clean it up.
I say rip off their eyelids and then sand blast their face!!!!!
come on now, you know when white people commit violent crimes all they "comment" on here is "that's a shame, send him to jail for life..death penalty etc etc etc"…But If it is anyone of color its immediately "send those (insert minority race here) back to where they came from we don't need them!"..Nothing changes, Had it been two white guys that did this there would be 5 comments top. Its a fact white people are the most racist people on earth. (look at the wars, hate crimes, statistics)..Whitey, you funny.
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