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Aleksander Balos
Aleksander Balos is a Polish artist and figurative painter, who lives in the United States and is a naturalised American.
Aleksander Balos was born in 1970 in the town of Gliwice, Poland. His parents, Jan and Janina, were artists, who encouraged him to study art in Gliwice Art Center, while he was still in elementary school. He did his first painting lessons with his father's oil paints. In 1989 he went to the United States to attend St Joseph High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin. There he met with an artist, Mrs Gaggliardi, who encouraged him to attend an art school. Balos studied oil painting under painter and philosopher, Garry Rosin, whose influence of surreal representation left a lasting influence.
After completing BFA in painting with honors from Cardinal Stritch University, and having his first museum show at The Charles Allis Art Museum in 1995, Balos traveled to Chicago, where he attended the School of Representational Art for 2 years. In Chicago, Balos became an American citizen. He moved away from surrealism to representational realism. In 1998, he exhibited his triptych Last Supper at Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago. He continues to be represented by this gallery in Chicago, Atlanta, New York and Palm Beach. In 2004 he made contact with Arts Nord Sud, who represent him in Paris, France, and the following year Mr. Balos started exhibiting in Netherlands in Utrecht Gallery, and Gallery Calve in Spain.
struggles, and their effects on us and our environments.
I am particularly interested in portraying the dualities present in all human experience. There are no absolutes in life. Rather, each experience is comprised of conflicting opposites. Each individual additionally has her/his own unique experiences. Therefore my paintings are ambiguous and not necessarily resolvable, offering an opportunity for reflection and interpretation by each viewer. The figurative paintings merely reflect a subjective understanding of the human condition, and my desires to explore that further. I attempt not to impose my own interpretations, but rather share with the viewer what it is that I am currently exploring in my art.
I find human figures to be best suited for the task of portraying and narrating my compositions. The viewer may best relate to the simple human form, and this can ease efforts to understand the depth and complexity of the situation painted, and attempts to interact with it. My hope is that the viewer s own subjective interaction with the painted canvas will bear some meaning in itself. "
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I came across this thread:
http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/forums/to ... idge-beef/
This product is sketchy. The company is connected by family to a Lea-Way Company which is a collection facility for dead, diseased, and dying animals. Coincidence? Perhaps, but not likely.
The price is too cheap to be the quality they claim. The product also includes charcoal, which is used to absorb noxious smell and taste components. Furthermore, if you write BRB, their representatives respond with lies and anger to questions that could be answered reasonably and politely. The lies included a bogus USDA license number
No way, no how, will I feed this product.
Not only is the address the same, but the contact person is also the same: Steven Lea.
Check out the May 2006 planning board minutes from Iredell County if you want to know what Lea-Way does. The link between those 2 businesses is disturbing, especially for those of us who feed raw.
OK... Well, that's certainly not the quality food I want to feed my pet. Let's dig a little further and find those board minutes, shall we?
http://www.co.iredell.nc.us/Departments ... inutes.pdf (go to page 6)
Lea-Way Company picks up deceased cattle from area farms
and provides a means for sanitary disposal; the existing plant processes useable materials into pet food products but it
must ship out the unusable parts to outside renderers.
So now we know that Lea-Way Company does collect meat that's unfit for human consumption and does use it for pet food. Can we connect that company to Blue Ridge Beef?
Here you see that there is a BRB branch in Statesville, NC -- the same location as Lea-Way Farms. The point of contact for this branch is "Steve."
Here you see that the point of contact for Lea Way Farms is named "Steven Lea." Could be a coincidence... Can the "Steve" from BRB be matched with the Steven Lea of Lea-Way Farms?
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/steven-lea- ... 25/ab6/548
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mar ... opics/2490 (Steven Lea the owner of Blue Ridge Beef)
http://www.cfasouthern.org/market-place.html (Dean Lea working for Blue Ridge Beef in Georgia)
So, what do we have?
Lea-Way Farms
Owned by Steven Lea
Processes meat that's unfit for human consumption for pet food
Located in Statesville, NC
Blue Ridge Beef
Owned by Steven Lea
Sells pet food at very competitive prices
Located in Statesville, NC
Blue Ridge Beef in Georgia
Owned by Dean Lea
Can we match the Blue Ridge Beef in Bunnell, FL to a Lea as well? Best I could find was:
http://www.lookupanyone.com/namelisting ... AGP11NNAEF
Bottom line: It appears that Blue Ridge Beef sells meat disposed by Lea-Way Farms. I will look for other sources


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New Mexico Land Records
This entry was originally written by Karen Stein Daniel, CG and Margaret Windham for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
New Mexico is a Public-Domain State
New Mexico was admitted as a territory on 9 September 1850 and became a state on 6 January 1912. When it became a part of the United States, it became a public-domain land state. The New Mexico State Records Center and Archives has large holdings of land records going back to 1693. Spanish and Mexican land grants date from that period. The original records are in Spanish, but some have been translated. Researchers will want to consult:
- Oczon, Annabelle M. 'Land Grants in New Mexico: A Selective Bibliography,' New Mexico Historical Review 57 (January 1982).
- Salazar, J. Richard, ed. and comp. Calendar to the Microfilm Edition of the Land Records of New Mexico: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I, Surveyor General Records and the Records of the Court of Private Land Claims. Santa Fe: New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, 1987.
Information regarding homestead lands for New Mexico is located at the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM), New Mexico State Office, 1474 Rodeo Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87505 (mailing address: P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, NM 87502-0115) www.nm.blm.gov. This office maintains public land records on microfiche for New Mexico, Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma, including copies of original patents, tract books, and plats. They also hold topographic maps.
The National Archives and Records Administration'Rocky Mountain Region, P.O. Box 25307, Denver, CO 80225-0307 www.nara.gov/regional/denver.html maintains retired records from federal agencies and courts in New Mexico, including tract books, abstracts, registers, canceled land entry case files, survey plats, private land claim plats within Pueblo land grants, and plats and field notes of the Surveyor General.
Deed books from 1850 exist for most counties, as well as mining deeds from 1850 to 1920. Both sets are generally indexed. A large body of land records for the counties is available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, as well as within the respective counties, where complete records are maintained by the county clerk. Additional land records can be found at the University of New Mexico, Center for Southwest Research, in Albuquerque. The 'Online Archive of New Mexico' http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm is particularly helpful for locating various manuscript collections, including land records, within the state.


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Look what arrived in my mail box today!! Some gorgeous brand new fabric from Parson Gray's Curious Nature line. As soon as I saw that these were available to purchase last Thursday from Hawthorne Threads, I bought a yard of three of my favorite prints for an upcoming project that I'm working on. I've been exited about these fabrics since I first heard about them, and they are even more stunning in person.
This might be my favorite print from Curious Nature. It's called Trade Blanket in Oyster.
I love the way this print almost has an optical illusion to the design, like the little clusters are floating away from the background. This is Starcomb in Dark Water.
And this green is so nice. It's called Dimitri Vine in Pines.
I really love that each of these designs are all strong enough to stand on their own, but they work so well together too. I can't wait to get more!


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Pakistan Floods Relief
CARE Responds
In the wake of the worst flooding in recorded history in Pakistan, CARE and our partners have reached more than 100,000 people with relief, including emergency supplies and medical care.
Blogs About the Pakistan Floods
Visit our Notes From the Field blog and read stories from CARE staff and those effected by the floods in Pakistan.
What We've Done
In July 2010, unprecendented flooding in Pakistan left one-fifth of the country submerged underwater and affected 20 million people, forcing them into temporary camps, schools and anywhere else they could find shelter.
A year after the floods hit, CARE found that millions remained vulnerable, living in makeshift tents and sheters and unprepared for another monsoon.
Again, in early-September 2012, the monsoon caused flash floods and urban flooding, which affected 1.1 million people and destroyed 827,000 acres of crops.
CARE has been there to help all along and we will remain in flood-affected areas of Pakistan to help as people rebuild their lives and communities.
We have:
- Distributed emergency aid, including tents and non-food items, such as water purification tablets, hygiene kits, mosquito nets, plastic floor mats and kitchen kits;
- Established camps for displaced people to help with dry food rations, emergency supplies and health care as well as shelter;
- Provided heath care and treatment through CARE's mobile and stationary health clinics;
- Conducted health and hygiene awareness-raising sessions;
- Helped revive livelihoods by vaccination of livestock;
- Carried out assessments of flood-affected areas to help determine humanitarian needs and the best ways to effectively assist those in need;
- Increased staff to help with direct assistance and our capacity to support flood-affected people.
How CARE works in emergencies
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Pirates and Ninjas Bury the Hatchet in Pixel Whirled
Posted by Rob Rich on September 26th, 2011
Holmade Games, creators of Hurdle Turtle and preservers of all things retro, have recently unleashed their newest creation on the App Store. Pixel Whirled is an arcade shooter in which players have to constantly flip back and forth between the ninja and pirate sides of the screen while shooting down encroaching waves of enemies. Isn't it nice when two mortal enemies can put aside their differences in the name of self-preservation?
Pixel Whirled has received a few new additions in its transition from an Xbox Live Indie Game to iOS. Mostly the expected Game Center Achievements and touch controls, but it looks as though a few "super cool" power-ups have also been thrown in. This is all in addition to the retro arcade goodness already contained within, of course.
If Pixel Whirled sounds interesting (and really, why wouldn't it?), why not do a quick search for it on the App Store? It's available right now for the low cost of one dollar.
Pixel Whirled
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Despite being relegated to certain death, HP is actually still providing software updates to webOS.
Although HP has squandered millions (actually, billions) with their acquisition of Palm for webOS, developed and then torched their TouchPad in an attempt to hit billboard status, beyond all expectations, they are still working on webOS behind the scenes. The webOS-Internals team is reporting that the Pre 2, now almost a year old, is set to receive an update to OS 2.2.4 which almost brings it to parity with features of the rare Pre 3.
If you're unfortunate enough to have both a Pre 2 and a TouchPad, this update will allow the devices to talk over bluetooth in order to share text messages, as well as phone calls. While using bluetooth is a good way to keep the data local, iPhone and iPad users have iMessage which syncs over iCloud in order to keep your messages up-to-date on all devices, which means you don't need to be in close proximity of your phone. A much better implementation.
Amongst all the hullabaloo concerning mobile security, webOS 2.2.4 also implements encryption for the local filesystem. This likely means system databases and essential files are either stored within a real cryptfs or are encrypted separately. Not quite as handy as having the ability to remote wipe without running your own Exchange server, but it's a step in the right direction for data integrity.
Hopefully some bugs were squashed and there's more to the changelog than 5 features, but judging by the package size (46MB), it's not likely. It's still unfortunate that webOS is floating in limbo with HP, but it's great to see that the webOS team is still looking at the future for current users.


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Soleil Moon Frye Talks Halloween, Parenting, and Future Babies
Oct 2012
This week, we got to catch up child star turned amazing mom Soleil Moon Frye. The actress, who attended Target's Halloween Party took some time to talk to The Bump about her family's fall traditions, raising her two daughters Poet, 7, and Jagger, 5, and her hopes for two more babies.
Photo Credit: Target
The Bump: Now that fall is finally here, what are some family activities you have planned for the season?
Soleil Moon Frye: I have a few of them. I absolutely love to take the girls on walks and collect the fall leaves. I love to walk around and show them the leaves changing; it's something I did with my mom as a little girl. We also love to decorate for Halloween, especially going to the pumpkin patch and picking out pumpkins. We also love picking out our Halloween costumes. Sometimes a few of them, because the girls change their minds everyday. Right now, they're going to be a witch, a fairy, a princess…pretty much everything!
TB: You mentioned Halloween, which is coming up soon. How do you celebrate Halloween with the girls?
SMF: We go all out. We decorate like crazy. We put lots of spider webs up. Jagger likes scary and Poet doesn't like scary, so we try to balance the two. It's so fun because it's so festive and bright, and there's something for everyone.
TB: That sounds like a good night. I know being eco-friendly is something that's important to you. What are your tips on creating a more eco-friendly Halloween, whether it's with decorations or costumes?
SMF: My biggest tip is creating costumes out of items you have. There are always boxes in the house, so take the boxes and turn them into something, like a present or a robot. My favorite costume that I ever had was homemade. My mom made me into the Statue of Liberty. We had no money and she literally wrapped me in tin foil and made me a torch and crown. It was the best costume ever, because I remember it so well. Plus, she put so much heart and love into it.
TB: That sounds so cute! Are you going to make your daughters' costumes?
SMF: I always try to. Last year, Poet was "another being." She had black wings and we sprayed on streaks so it looked like she had wings. It was crazy and amazing! She looked like she landed from another planet or something.
TB: That's wild! You're such a great example of a working mom. How do you balance your career and family, especially when you have to travel for work>
Soleil Moon Frye: I try my best. I think it's really important to tell people that they can be a working parent and a great parent. I don't feel like you have to sacrifice one thing for the other, but you have to find that balance. For me, it's just throwing everything up in the air and trying my best. I also think spending time with your kids and making it quality time is really important. Also, make sure they know that you care. I think just letting them know, even when you're not with them, that you're thinking of them. I try to leave lots of notes and things like that when I'm not there.
TB: It must be hard to be away from them. Would you ever consider having another child even with your schedule?
Soleil Moon Frye: It's on my mind like everyday! I want a third!
TB: Do you think you'd want another girl?
Soleil Moon Frye: I just feel like if I have a third it will be another girl and I would be so into it. And then maybe the fourth would be a boy. Fingers crossed within the next year!
TB: We definitely will! You've clearly had a lot of amazing moments with your daughters, but what's been your most memorable moment as a mom?
Soleil Moon Frye: There are so many! Definitely the moments that they were born. I also love when it's quiet with all of us lying on the hammock, just relaxing. I also love when they turn out of the blue and say "I love you so much." When that happens it's sincere and their own doing coming from a place where they genuinely feel it. That makes my heart melt. The other day Poet came in when I got home from New York and she made me an envelope of treasures with a note in it. The fact that she had done it herself, and that she went and created it herself was so precious.
TB: It's those little things that make being a mom so great! If you only had one tip to give new moms, what would it be?
SMF: To enjoy the happy chaos. It's crazy, and it's amazing, and it's an adventure. There are times when you wonder if you're doing it all right or if you're doing it all wrong. There are times when you feel like the best parent in the world, and there are times when you feel like you're making mistakes. Just try not be so hard on yourself. Just know that it's all going to be okay. We're all trying our best.
What do you think of Soleil's parenting tips?


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- faithbestill
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- Because Of Grace
- Mon Ange
- Discovering Truth
- My thought for today
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Police are advising people in Skelmersdale to be on the look-out for a missing snake.
The 8ft snake, believed to be a Boa Constrictor, was reported missing at shortly before 9.30pm yesterday (Tuesday, July 22nd) from an address on Bearncroft in the town.
Boa Constrictors are not venomous and are not usually aggressive but the snake could pose a risk to small children or pets by wrapping itself around them to seek warmth.
Anyone who sees the animal is advised to contact the police.
Experts have advised the reptile, which doesn't like noise, is likely to have gone to ground to find somewhere to sleep.
Inspector Mark Porter, of Skelmersdale Police, said: "While we do not believe the snake is aggressive or would attack anybody there is the potential for risk to small children or pets from the animal seeking warmth. I would urge anyone who sees the snake to get in touch so that it can be recovered safely.â€
Anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting log number 1586 of July 22nd


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Andre Agassi is going to play one last Wimbledon, and then end his career on the hardcourts of the U.S. Open. He announced his impending retirement this morning, along with his intention of playing a full summer schedule, with his career concluding in Flushing, NY at this year's U.S. Open.
Agassi might be the best of example of an athlete's career coming completely full circle. In his younger days, he was considered brash, cocky, and kind of a punk. He once boycotted Wimbledon's All-England Club because they insisted he wear traditional white clothes, and at the time, he was very much a fan of neon bicycle shorts, earrings, printed shirts, and Whitesnake hair. The 80s were an unusual time.
And now, a decade and a half later, he's holding his retirement press conference there. You can't find anyone who's more reverential towards the game, or as universally respected and admired. Not a lot of people saw that one coming when Andre looked as he did as pictured on the right.
So he'll (probably) finish his career with eight grand slam titles (including 7 runner-ups), and an Olympic gold medal. The only other tennis player to have a career slam and an Olympic gold is Steffi Graf, who also happens to be Agassi's wife. And if he gets through his first two matches at Wimbledon, and Rafael Nadal is able to do the same thing, 2nd-seeded Nadal would then a have a third-round matchup against Agassi.
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Hello, all of you! A larger turnout than I expected! I'm Cassie Antrobus, I work at the Institute, and I am one of the few staffmembers who lives off campus, so naturally I'm head of Expatriot House.
So, Welcome! This should be lots of fun! Since our house is smallest, we sometimes suffer in the competitions -- and we have to borrow a common room for the meetings -- but we have the most fun, I think!
Also, we have parties and mixers throughout the year, either at my place, or if any of you live in a better-suited house, wherever!
I also handle a lot of the paperwork at the institute, so if you have any admin troubles, you'll likely be coming to me. Don't worry, I don't bite, and I *always* find a way to work things out.
I know there were refreshments in the main hall, but I have some munchies, and I thought maybe you'd like to watch a movie, so I brought the TV and VCR.
There's a fairly good collection here -- any recommendations?
Cassie Antrobus
Psychic Dyslexia Institute
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This is a community for non-believers and free thinkers in Japan. Japan is pretty much a non-religious society, so the need for such a community is probably not so high, but I figured I'd make a group anyways, just in case anyone else is interested.
Location: Japan? lol
Members: 35
Latest Activity: Feb 7, 2016
Started by Nerdlass. Last reply by Carl Pastor Oct 20, 2011. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Better Sunday activity for the freethinkers in Kasese, Uganda. Played with Riverside FC from Kilembe near the the copper mines. Highlights here https://youtu.be/EI5jENAeKJ8
YES, I think I am in Japan now. Science is cool, I use internet to reach Japan. Kind regards and love from Uganda, Kasese.
Kyle Miki, welcome to one of many atheists site. I haven`t been here for a long time. I`m more with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Peter Boghossian sites. This site is proving me 'old fashion' since I don`t feel comfortable with some postings here. But for the rest of the comments I`m OK. Read you...:)
im here in kyoto still
Just wanted to say hello
I just joined atheist nexus and am glad to find there are fellow believers(?) in Japan. Tokyo here.
Hello all. My name is Spencer Lucas and I'm the Atheist Census Coordinator for Atheist Alliance International. Has anybody taken the atheistcensus.com survey ? If not please do.
Also I'm curious about the low count in Japan (48 in Japan compared to 10,000 in Canada). Does anybody have any theories? Any suggestions on how to promote this project to Japanese atheists? I know there are a lot of them.
well i first arrived here in '62. i was here off an on till 66, i was here till '68 then, and i left and came back in '68. ive been here since.
thank you!
Carl-san,wow 40 years!
that's longer than I do!
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If you answered yes to any of these questions, or you have other questions related to researching a family tree, please join us at the Tama County Museum at 200 N. Broadway Street in Toledo on Saturday, April 2.
The Tama County Historical & Genealogical Society will have volunteers available between 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. to help you get started. And there is no charge for our time. Your only cost will be your interest and your time. However, if you hit pay dirt on information and want a printed copy, there are copying and/or printing fees. And, we would say the probability of you getting lucky would be pretty darn good.
The Tama County Museum's genealogical collection for family research is one of Iowa's gems. They not only have microfilm copies of Tama County records and newspapers but they have items from almost all the counties in Iowa. Whether it is census records, vital records, cemetery books or other history books, the museum's library has quite a bit. There are also microfilms for passenger lists for many of the ports, books for different states and countries along with other related items. But if we do not have it, we will get you pointed in the right direction.
What do you need to bring besides yourself and your curiosity? Look around the house for information that you already have or call up your parents and ask them what they have. To get a good start, you should have your parent's names, birth dates, birth locations, their parent's names, and birth and/or death information. Put everything you have in a folder to keep it together for your own convenience. Also, please do not worry about what you do have or do not have. The whole point of this day is to help you get started.
What do the museum's volunteers provide you? Their experience and knowledge of the museum's records, research along with their enthusiasm. Not only do the museum's volunteers enjoy doing their own family research, they enjoy helping someone put their own puzzle pieces together. Nothing makes us happier than to see people when they find some new bit of information.
The volunteers do recommend you call ahead either to the museum at (641)484-6767, Chris Draisey at (641)484-2303 or Joyce Wiese at (641)481-0373 to let us know what time you would like to come in. So come on in and let us help you get started on answering your questions. The group looks forward to helping you start on your new adventure in finding out who you are.
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WORCESTER — Boston College coach Jerry York sat at the podium and joked that he still didn't have a regional championship hat. He has another thing, though, a chance at his fifth national title.
Ian McCoshen scored with 8:44 left courtesy of an assist from Hopkinton native Teddy Doherty and top-seeded Boston College beat UMass-Lowell 4-3 on Sunday in the NCAA Northeast Regional final to reach the Frozen Four for the 11th time in 17 years.
And it happened in a place that the Eagles might as well call their path to the Frozen Four — Worcester.
BC has won NCAA titles each of the last three times — 2008, '10 and '12 — it advanced from Worcester. The Eagles also won a regional in Worcester in York's first championship with the school, in 2001.
"It's been a fun experience for us coming here. We've had real good success in this building," he said. "I think our team played very well. Are we fortunate to come out with a trip to Philly? Absolutely. It could have gone either way tonight."
McCoshen, skating in from the left point, beat Lowell goalie Connor Hellebuyck with a wrist shot after taking a pass from Doherty. McCoshen banged his stick on the ice to get Doherty's attention.
"He's always talking. He's loud," Doherty said. "He's one of the louder guys on the team. Thankfully I heard him."
Boston College (28-7-4), seeking its fourth NCAA championship in seven seasons, will face East Regional champion Union in the national semifinals April 10 in Philadelphia.
"I'm really proud of how hard we had to work and hard we had to play to get a hat," York said, sitting next to two of his players wearing them. "We talked about that all day today; not necessarily going to Philly, but getting a hat. I still haven't gotten mine. I don't know if coaches get 'em."
Boston College's Johnny Gaudreau, the nation's leading scorer, set up goals by Bill Arnold and Kevin Hayes. Ryan Fitzgerald also scored for the Eagles.
"First thought for me was: 'I don't have to fly,'" said Gaudreau, the tournament's most outstanding player, of the approximately 45-minute bus ride from campus. "Great history with Coach York and all the BC teams that have come here."
Thatcher Demko stopped 29 shots for the Eagles.
Evan Campbell, Michael Kapla and Josh Holmstrom scored for UMass-Lowell (26-11-4), the region's second seed and Hockey East tournament champion.
Campbell's goal, which caromed in off BC defenseman Scott Savage, gave the River Hawks their first lead of the game, 3-2 just 43 seconds into the third period. Campbell was skating toward the side of the net and sent the puck out front.
"We had a couple of flurries and we just didn't finish," UMass-Lowell coach Norm Bazin said. "It's the same old adage, 'If you don't finish against a good team, it could come back to bite you.'"
Just 21 seconds later, Fitzgerald took the puck at center ice and split a pair of defenseman before tucking a backhander behind Hellebuyck.
Boston College, the Hockey East regular-season champion, moved ahead 2-1 when Arnold scored off the rebound of Gaudreau's shot with 2:26 left in the second period, beating Hellebuyck with a wrist shot. Gaudreau broke into the offensive zone, his shot was blocked by defenseman Zack Kamrass, but bounced directly to Arnold, who kicked it from his left skate to his stick.
The River Hawks tied it when Holmstrom banged in his own rebound with 1:16 left in the second.
The Eagles grabbed a 1-0 lead when Gaudreau set up Hayes 12:57 into the game. Gaudreau, who had three goals and three assists in BC's 6-2 semifinal win over Denver on Saturday, took a loose puck at center ice, broke in deep down the left wing and slipped a pass across the crease to Hayes, who one-timed it past Hellebuyck.
UMass-Lowell tied it on Kapla's power-play goal late in the period when he fired a wrister from the point that found its way through a group of players and slipped past Demko's glove.
Gaudreau had a unique shot on goal early in the second. Charging to the net looking for a rebound, the puck bounced into the air — too high to play with his stick or glove — so he used a soccer-like header to get it on goal from the edge of the crease.
Boston College 4, UMass Lowell 3: Hopkinton's Doherty comes up with big assist as Eagles head to Frozen Four
WORCESTER — Boston College coach Jerry York sat at the podium and joked that he still didn't have a regional championship hat. He has another thing, though, a chance at his fifth national title.


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Tough day for bullpen in rare Opening Day loss
NEW YORK -- The day began with general manager Sandy Alderson reiterating a challenge -- not a guarantee, not a prediction, but a challenge -- of 90 wins for the 2014 Mets. As fiery as he's ever been in three-plus years of public speaking on the job, Alderson lectured that his team must "turn a corner."
A sharp corner.
"It needs to be a 90-degree angle," Alderson said.
His team poked its head around that bend on Monday but ultimately ducked back behind in a 9-7 Opening Day loss to the Nationals at Citi Field.
It was a tale of excess. The Mets used seven pitchers and nearly emptied their bench. They struck out 18 times. They wasted a strong starting pitching performance from Dillon Gee. They surrendered leads in the seventh and ninth innings. And they ultimately lost the lead for good on Ian Desmond's sacrifice fly in the 10th.
"We flat out gave it away," third baseman David Wright said. "We're not good enough to just be giving games away like this."
On this patchwork Opening Day roster -- which included one player nursing an 11th-hour injury, another on paternity leave and several others who didn't quite know their status heading into the day -- there was no solitary culprit. Instead, blame jumped from locker to locker in a quiet postgame clubhouse.
There was Jeurys Familia, the pitcher who gave up the lead in the 10th, allowing his first two batters to reach base before Desmond's sac fly. The Mets could have walked Desmond to load the bases with one out but decided to attack him instead.
That strategy backfired, and Anthony Rendon later put the game out of reach with a three-run homer off John Lannan -- ensuring that Wright's two-out, two-run shot in the bottom of the 10th would do nothing more than draw the Mets within two.
Such was the story of the day for the home team, which built multiple leads only to give them away. In the first inning, Andrew Brown -- playing only because injuries to Jon Niese and Chris Young created vacancies on the roster and starting lineup, respectively -- tagged Stephen Strasburg for a three-run homer. But the combined struggles of Gee, Carlos Torres and Scott Rice allowed Washington to tie things in the seventh.
The Mets reclaimed the lead an inning later on Juan Lagares' leadoff homer, only to give it away when Bobby Parnell blew a ninth-inning save chance on two hits and a walk. Then the Nationals went ahead for good in the 10th, giving the game a different sort of right angle than the one Alderson envisioned.
"I don't know if it was emotions or not," said Parnell, who topped out at 95 mph in his return from neck surgery. "We tried hard, and it definitely wasn't our day today. We've got work to do, and we'll get better."
Around the clubhouse, Mets veterans offered similar calming rhetoric, with "We'll get better" and "It's only one of 162" being the popular themes. But Alderson intimated earlier that the time for improvement is all but past. The Mets should be better already, not merely improving on the fly. So the Opening Day loss -- just the Mets' 11th in their last 45 season openers -- came complete with a blunter gut punch than usual.
The Mets are built around starting pitching, and their starting pitcher faltered.
"I let them back in the game," said Gee, who finished with four runs allowed in 6 2/3 innings. "It starts with me."
The Mets left Spring Training confident in their bullpen, but the relief corps struggled as well.
"We've still got a little work to do," Parnell said.
In their defense, the team is still incomplete. The Mets reported to duty on Monday missing starting second baseman Daniel Murphy, who is away on paternity leave, and outfielder Young, who was tending a sore right quad. Several players, including Ike Davis, were battling illness. Following the national anthem, the Mets literally took the field without a first baseman before Davis finally emerged from the dugout about a minute after the rest of his teammates.
The result was an unfinished product that lost to the Nationals, widely regarded as one of the league's best teams. Still, the Mets know they had a prime opportunity to win regardless, and were unable to capitalize.
"You never like to lose Opening Day, but in the last couple of years, we've won Opening Day," manager Terry Collins said. "This is one game out of 162. We've got to remember that."


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Alright so by now you heard the rumor that Vail is going to be the new host mountain for the U.S. Open of Snowboarding. Well it's a slam dunk as confirmed, especially after the interesting morning of waking up to a DMCA and threats of being sued over using a photo that can be found on a public forum. Like the old saying goes, 'You can't beat a dead dog', so why are they all upset about this? Oh I know, it might not happen now that the photo has been leaked and instead we will get the Burton U.S. Open of Snowboarding at Ober Gaitlinburg instead!
Since some people who I won't name at this time can't comprehend how much they fucked up on the Internet this photo has been changed but to grasp the idea of it I recommend looking at this story on TWBiz especially the photo on the right. Which was hanging in a public place and anyone could see. Not to mention I still have no official proof this person ever took said photo just a bunch of copy and pasted poorly written emails and some that border line on threats against my physical person. Also for those speculating that it is Burton or Vail it is not.
But what is more hilarious is how the legalities have gone down and I think I need to share this with the world as it just defies normal logic.
Photographic evidence 1:
Note that the time of this post is 9:03 A.M.
Photographic evidence number 2:
6:05 P.M. I was notified.
Photographic evidence number 3:
A simple Google search of U.S. Open Moving to Vail pull up the link to the photo on a public forum in the first page.
Now it should be noted that I posted the said photo in question at 9 P.M. on the Angry Snowboarder fan page. After posting it a message was received 3 hours later.
Enter photographic evidence 4a and 4b:
Note evidence 4a. is a broken message and it's not even directly known what they are talking about till message 4b. shows up. But what can be taken from this is that person 1 invited person 2 to a function who took the said photo in question that is causing this post. Also because of said photo the lawyers will now forget to dot their I's and say fuck no to crossing T's and the contest will be lost! Oh the humanity! These messages were sent sometime about 3 hours after photo was posted.
Shortly after that message which caused me to laugh, I opted to not care about doing work on the site the rest of the night. But the story continued even without my presence.
Enter photographic evidence 5a.
This was sent after those first two messages and it's evident that this is the said friend of person 1 who took said photo. Now there's that DMCA thing again, which hey fine you may or may not have shot that photo at this point I don't know there was no copyright, no watermark, and I definitely didn't hack your electronic device.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures (commonly known as digital rights management or DRM) that control access to copyrighted works.
OK fine hopefully you read up on what you can and can't do on Facebook here, here and of course here.
Here's a photo of 5b.
This was sent an hour after the first message and places it's time near 1 A.M. I was promptly not even paying attention to my social media at this point at all. Also as a normal person I was getting ready for bed.
Enter photographic evidence 6.
Anyone notice anything here? Besides it being 1:05 in the morning, I have 4 hours to take it down? Now as person 2 is from Colorado and I have never hid the fact that I live here they should have:
1. Been able to deduce that I live here.
2. Assume I wouldn't be answering emails at this hour as it's late.
3. 4 hours from that email would be 5:05 A.M. and no sane person would be up to accommodate them.
4. This guy has a lawyer at his beckoning at five in the morning.
Being a normal person that sleeps during the night and the severe lack of snow to motivate me to venture out of my man cave, I tend to not bother waking up till that bright round thing in the sky is well overhead. Since for some reason society decides they want to contact me at random hours I actually woke up fairly early to discover the joys of being threatened to be sued yet again. Seems to be an ever present motif with this site, anyone out there want some pro bono work? Much to my dismay and heart ache I saw that it was far past those measly four hours I was given and just accepted defeat that my ass would be in a sling and the photo has stayed up. Oh but wait I looked into it and upon getting a truly legal DMCA you have 24 hours to oblige the party, that's nice since I'm kind of lazy and sloth-like in my feeling to do this. Someone probably should have checked out the legalities before throwing shit at the wall. Also I highly doubt at 5 a.m. this guy has a lawyer on speed dial who will instantly start drafting up cease and desist letters along with getting things lined up to sue me. Then again for all I know this guy could be Richie Rich Senior and have the capability to have a legal dream team to rival O.J. Simpson!
There's three things that can fully be deduced from this:
1. It's pretty obvious that Vail is now home to the Open.
2. Burton can't contain a media blackout of this magnitude.
3. People freak out about the stupidest shit, this event was going to happen regardless as to whether or not you took this photo. Also to quote a friend of mine, "if they didn't want the media to know why the hell would they have such a huge banner for people to take photos of."
Seriously this is just ridiculous that a photo that was on a public forum with no water mark, trade mark, copyright, or proof that said individual even shot it would cause this. As of right now sure I'll take your photo off Facebook it's been shared countless times and has spread like wildfire. At one point even Yobeat had posted about it, but being a good person I informed Brooke over there that she might want to take it down because some guy with amazing email writing powers and a superb understanding of the law that defies normal logic might just be angry and we don't need any more anger in snowboarding. I cornered that market and yes it is trademarked!


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Conventional wisdom often provides obstacles to properly analyzing an ever-growing universe of exchange-traded funds. In previous columns, we've discussed how misunderstandings related to ETF liquidity can cause investment advisors to unnecessarily limit their universe of investable ETFs and potentially miss out on funds that best suit their objectives. A related mistake, which we will address in this column, is to overemphasize the importance of an ETF's assets under management, especially when using this factor to eliminate funds from consideration if they fail to meet certain minimum AUM thresholds.
Not surprisingly, misunderstandings related to ETF liquidity are often at the heart of investment advisor concerns related to smaller funds. It's feared that trades that are relatively large compared to a fund's asset base may "move the market." However, this misapprehension is often rectified when advisors come to understand how the ETF creation and redemption process adds a secondary level of liquidity to fund shares, thereby facilitating relatively large trades compared to the size of an ETF, with minimal impact on ETF share prices.
Another widespread concern about smaller ETFs has been the fear that fund sponsors may eventually decide to pull the plug on these funds. Considering the fact that 2012 was a record-breaking year for ETF closures, such concerns warrant further scrutiny.
On the surface, a relationship between the size of an ETF and its risk of closure seems intuitive. After all, ETFs with significant AUM do not usually close down. On the other hand, the assumption that all small ETFs face an equally high risk of closure is exceedingly flawed. Eight of the 11 largest ETF sponsors, each with at least $9 billion in total ETF AUM, have never closed down an ETF (excluding one bond ETF whose original objective was to close upon maturity), despite the fact that these firms manage a significant number of smaller ETFs. This, of course, does not mean that they will never choose to close down an ETF in the future, but it does shed light on the fact that decisions to do so are largely driven by the respective business models (and in some cases, financial condition) of fund sponsors. Therefore, when evaluating the probability that a small ETF may close, investment advisors should pay close attention to whether or not the fund's sponsor has closed down any ETFs in the past, as this may reveal a firm's disposition toward closing funds, rather than simply grouping all small ETFs together.
With regard to those ETF sponsors that have decided to close down ETFs in the past, the process has generally been much less painful for investors than one might suppose, especially considering the level of effort that some have undertaken to avoid these funds. Rather than suddenly delisting ETFs without warning, fund sponsors have generally announced their intentions several weeks in advance in order to provide investors ample opportunity to sell ETF shares. Those deciding not to sell in advance of an ETF closure have received cash for their shares when the fund is finally liquidated. While this process may trigger an unwanted tax event, along with the inconvenience and cost of reinvestment, there has generally been little else to worry about.
On the other hand, in the process of avoiding smaller ETFs in favor of their larger counterparts, many investment advisors have also eschewed some of the best performing funds in recent years. As an illustration, an investor in the largest ETF (by AUM) from each of Morningstar's U.S. style-box categories five years ago underperformed the best performing fund from each respective category by an average of four percentage points per year (as of Dec. 31, 2012). The average size of the eventual best performers from each category was $61 million at the end of 2007 versus the average size of the largest ETF from each category at $17.3 billion.
Of course, it does not follow that smaller funds will always outperform larger funds or vice versa. In most cases, ETF size has little or nothing to do with future ETF performance. In our opinion, fund size should generally play a very small role (if any) in the analysis of ETFs from a given asset class. Instead, investment advisors should focus more attention on fund attributes that make larger contributions to relative levels of risk and return, emphasizing differences in the rules by which underlying indexes select, weight and rebalance holdings.


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PARKER LIBRARY: "Jungle Talk: The Amazon Basin," 6:30 p.m., Mon., March 11, with Kenneth Thomas, professor of biology, Northern Essex Community College; "Killer Stuff &Tons of Money: An Insider's Look at the World of Flea Markets, Antiques & Collecting," 6:30 p.m., Mon., March 25. M.G. Parker Memorial Library, 28 Arlington St., Dracut, 978-454-5474, www.dracutlibrary.org. Sponsored by the Friends of the Dracut Public Library.
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BOY SCOUT TROOP 83: For boys 11-17 who like camping, boating, animal care, hiking, rock climbing, fishing, and a week of summer camp; meet Wednesday nights, 7-8:30, at Christ Church United, 10 Arlington St., Dracut; for more information, email Scoutmaster Grimard, firstname.lastname@example.com, http://troop83dracut.com, or on Facebook: Boyscout Troop Dracut.
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Here they focus on bringing you, in addition to fleeces and climbing gear, some of the larger items (paddleboard, anyone?). You'll find kayaks and such sundries hanging from the ceiling, as well as rock-climbing equipment, and of course, camping kicks.Alright, be honest, who wishes that they were more outdoorsy? Either you just raised your hand, or you're a dirty rotten liar (we mean that nicely). Seriously, who could resist the (dare we say, opulent?) nature surrounding and infiltrating the A – heck, it's some of the best around these parts. And High Country Outfitters of Buckhead is pretty sure huddling under your finest snuggie, watching Netflix, when you could be having a real life adventure qualifies as shamefully embarrassing. We wouldn't expect any less from the original curator of all things outdoors in Atlanta, they've unofficially sponsored the spirit of exploration since 1975. And they're not anything like the big-box outdoors stores – you'll find all the equipment you need as well as the advice to complement it. (Perfect for those outdoorsy-hopefuls among us.) To say the employees know their stuff is an understatement. Questions about paddle boards? Climbing gear? Hiking boots? Hats of all varieties? They've got you covered. But they'll also direct you toward the best (and sometimes sneakiest) spots around to conduct your ventures.
Of their two locations, Buckhead is more extensive. Here they focus on bringing you, in addition to fleeces and climbing gear, some of the larger items (canoe, anyone?). You'll find kayaks and such sundries hanging from the ceiling, as well as rock-climbing equipment and of course, camping kicks. (Tents! Sleeping Bags! Mittens! Oh my!) Go ahead, take a hike (or a climb) on the wild side. Who knows, you might finally be able to use all those Survivorman skills.
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Vinegar from Jerez
Vinegar from Jerez, made from the local wines, currently shares their well-deserved prestige.
Vinegar from Jerez is made exclusively from wines. It is obtained by acetic fermentation of the first must of the wine. It is aged in wooden pots. The ageing process lasts a minimum of 6 months, and over two years for the Reserva Vinegar. Following the filtration and clarification processes, it is bottled for sale. Its colour is dark, concentrated and robust mahogany, and there are hints of wood in its smell. It is ideal for vinaigrettes and dressings and for flavouring different dishes.
- 産品の種類: Others
- シーズン: Year-round.
- 産地: The production of Vinegar from Jerez is directly linked to the wines made in Jerez and Sanlúcar de Barrameda, in the Andalusian province of Cadiz.
- 購入場所: Vinegar from Jerez is available in most supermarkets and department stores throughout Spain.
- 種類: It depends on the different bodegas in which they are produced.
- Energy: Low
- Cholesterol: 0


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The herb germander is a dramatic counterexample to the widely held belief that if a treatment has been used for thousands of years, it must be safe. Germander grows wild in the Mediterranean region, especially in Greece and Syria. It has a long tradition of use for gout , as well as febrile illnesses, asthma , coughs, depression , and congestive heart failure . It was also said to improve digestion and increase appetite. What traditional herbalists appear to have missed is that germander is toxic to the liver.
In the 1980s, germander became a popular treatment for weight control in France. A small epidemic of hepatitis was the result. 1-12 Subsequent research demonstrated conclusively that the herb is toxic to the liver but has not precisely identified the constituents at fault. 13-18 Problems have also occurred when products labeled as containing skullcap have turned out to contain germander instead. 19
Germander was subsequently banned in France and many other countries. Unfortunately, numerous websites continue to promote the use of this herb. We recommend avoiding germander entirely.
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As members of Congress pledged Thursday to revive legislation to save the financially ailing U.S. Postal Service, a Washington think tank announced it will conduct an independent study of how the quasi-government agency could cede much of its operation to private companies.
The review by the nonprofit National Academy of Public Administration will analyze the benefits of restoring the agency's financial health by using a "hybrid" model, which would farm out to the private sector postal operations other than the last delivery mile. A letter carrier would still drive or walk that last part, dropping letters and packages in mailboxes.
"Just as private companies innovate and share supply chains in high-tech, automobile, and other industries today, the market will drive efficiencies in the postal network," a group of privatization advocates wrote in a short paper previewing the deeper review.
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The study is likely to bring more attention to a public-private model as a viable — and controversial — substitute for the Postal Service's existing structure, which relies on a unionized workforce of more than 650,000 employees to sort, package, transport and deliver the mail. With first-class mail volume plummeting as Americans conduct more business and communications through the Internet, the Postal Service lost $16 billion in fiscal 2012.
The idea of taking postal operations private is popular in conservative circles but will be a non-starter in others. It is staunchly opposed by congressional Democrats and postal unions, which stand to lose tens of thousands of members.
The Postal Service declined to comment on the study.
The House and Senate debated reforms over much of the last Congress, and a bill passed in the Senate in the spring. But lawmakers could not reach consensus on ending Saturday delivery and other service cuts, how much taxpayers should contribute to retirement benefits for postal employees and whether to tinker with their labor contracts, among other issues.
"Although the 112th Congress did not come to a consensus around a package of reforms that can update the Postal Service's network and business model to reflect the reality that it faces today, we remain committed to working with our colleagues in both the House and the Senate to reform [the agency] so it can survive and thrive in the 21st century," Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-
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The lawmakers, respective chairmen of the Senate and House committees that oversee the agency, acknowledges that legislation in the Senate and House was far apart. But they described "significant progress in narrowing our differences in recent months."
But advocates of the hybrid model say Congress would only be propping up a failing system.
While "the trusted letter carrier would remain the public face of the U.S. Postal Service," the advocates wrote in their call for the review, private companies "can fulfill others' tasks in the postal network and do so at a lower cost and with greater efficiency and innovation and without political and regulatory interference."
The study is being underwritten by Pitney Bowes, a Connecticut company that makes postage meters, shipping software and other equipment for business mailers.
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Good Sunday morning to you! Can you believe April is almost over already? This year is really flying by!
In this week's edition of Share-A-Blog Sunday, Christi from Ms. Fultz's Corner stands tall in the Spotlight!
Christi does her blogging from The Buckeye State, Ohio. Anyone else here from Ohio?
Teaching for 7 years, Christi is a 3rd grade teacher...so she teaches all content areas to her students. She has a Master's degree and a Reading Specialist License.
Listing reading and writing as her favorite subjects, Christi also says this about her blog:
"Most of my hits come for reading and writing workshop ideas, though I'm gaining on math too."
I must tell you though, I see some great math and science ideas on Ms. Fultz's Corner as well.
This is what Christi shared as one of her favorite teaching moments:
"Working with kids means there's hardly ever a dull moment, as I'm sure you know. I think my favorite was when my students found out I was engaged. One of the boys asked what that meant and another boy piped up instantly with, 'She's having a baby... duh.' So precious! I love all those moments that let me see things from a child's perspective again."
Never a dull moment, indeed! It is so funny to hear some of the things they come up with!
Christi shared 3 things with us to help us know a little more about her:
1. "I admired my third grade teacher so much that she honestly inspired me to grow up and be a third grade teacher too. I think she'd be pretty proud of me and hope I can be the same kind of role model for my students, no matter what they grow up to be."
2. "I am a terrible singer. I can't help it and it's always been that way. I sing loudly at home to my husband's dismay because it brings the joy to my heart. However, I only pretend to sing happy birthday to my students at school. I don't want to harm any of them permanently."
3. "I love to be crafty and find ways to tie art activities into my standards too. I think it increases motivation, effort, and excitement. I recently upgraded my embroidery machine at home and find crafting helps me balance the sometimes stressful job of teaching. I may or may not make dog clothes for our three pups. =)"
Now you know it's time for me to talk about things I've found in common with Christi. As usual, there are quite a few!
My favorite teacher was my 9th grade Geometry teacher, Mrs. Stevens, so I can totally relate to feeling inspired to be what I am today!
I, too, can't carry a tune in a bucket...much to my husband's and sons' chagrin!
Crafting is one of my favorite hobbies and it really does help you relax and focus on something other than the classroom!
If I could sew, I would be making clothes for our 4 dogs, too!
And...we have the same school mascot...Knights!!!
After spending some extra time on Ms. Fultz's Corner, I have to say that it was difficult to narrow down my favorite thing.
I love the post Making Science Fun...I wish I had been there for that!
I also love the look and feel of her blog. It's very fun and colorful without being hurtful on my old eyes. I really like all the pictures within her posts as it gives you a glimpse into her everyday classroom life.
If you haven't found Christi's blog, Ms. Fultz's Corner, I encourage you to head over and check it out!
You know what to do...leave her a comment or two and tell her who sent ya!
Enjoy :)
Making It {and smiling},