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Heidi Klum bares all for cosmetics firm
Supermodel Heidi Klum has reminded estranged husband Seal what he's missing after stripping off for a daring new Astor ad.
The 38-year-old looks stunning as the face of the European cosmetics company, wearing only multi-coloured body paint.
The German star recently confessed she's happiest when she's naked, telling Allure magazine, "I'm a nudist… I've never had a problem with my body."
Klum also bared all as the magazine's covergirl.
Heidi Klum's early modeling days
Heidi Klum wasn't always a supermodel — or a blonde. Check out a pic of 19-year-old Klum from one of her first photoshoots.
Seal files his own divorce papers
Singer Seal has filed his own legal papers to end his marriage to Heidi Klum, four days after the supermodel initiated divorce proceedings.
The German beauty lodged papers in a Los Angeles court on Friday, requesting joint legal custody of the couple's four kids and primary physical custody.
On Tuesday, Seal followed suit with his own divorce filing.
The documents suggest he is set to challenge Klum for joint physical custody of their children, but a source tells People.com the wording is just a legal technicality and the former couple is not bracing for a court showdown.
Both stars have cited irreconcilable differences for the breakdown of their relationship.
The pair wed in May, 2005 and announced its split in January.
Heidi Klum files for divorce from Seal
Supermodel Heidi Klum has filed for divorce from estranged husband Seal two months after shocking the world by confirming reports the couple had split.
Klum has cited irreconcilable differences for the breakdown of the relationship in court papers filed in Los Angeles on Friday by top divorce lawyer Laura Wasser and obtained by TMZ.com.
A post-nuptial agreement the couple signed suggests the divorce will be straightforward, as there is no community property to be divided.
Klum has requested joint legal custody of the couple's four kids and primary physical custody. And she has also asked that her maiden name of Klum be restored privately.
Reports suggest the beauty has already moved on from Seal after she was photographed on the set of her hit European TV show "Germany's Next Topmodel" with rumored new boyfriend Thomas Hayo, the creative director of the program.
In the candid shots, the pair appears to be more than just friends. In one snap, Hayo feeds Klum from a snack table.
Heidi Klum opens up about Seal split
Heidi Klum has finally broken her silence about her shock split from husband Seal, confessing the fall-out has been an emotional "tornado."
While the pop star went public immediately after the split was confirmed in January, supermodel Klum retreated from the spotlight, choosing not to comment on the break-up.
However, in a new interview with Elle magazine, the German beauty reveals she wanted to avoid making public remarks for the sake of the couple's kids.
She says, "I feel like I'm in the eye of the tornado. It's emotions inside of your body that are a tornado. And then the outside world doing all this craziness, with you wanting it or not wanting it, is another tornado.
"I don't want to talk positively or negatively about the ups and downs that we had. Every couple goes through things. Unfortunately, we're in the public, so the highs are out there. But I don't think it's necessary, especially for our children, to have the lows being printed in magazines and talked about."
Seal was anything but negative while commenting on the break-up, insisting he will always love Klum and revealing they simply grew apart.
The couple split after seven years of marriage.
Seal removes his wedding ring
Seal appears to have moved on from his marriage to Heidi Klum by removing his wedding ring.
The couple split last month, but both the singer and the model were spotted wearing their rings weeks after they separated.
Seal also confessed he had no intention of taking his band off because he considered it "a token of how I feel about this woman" and the gesture prompted many to think the couple's split would not be permanent.
However, Seal has now been spotted without his ring in Australia, where he is on tour.
In the photos, obtained by TMZ.com, the singer is seen sporting bright yellow polish on his fingernails.
amfAR gala kicks off New York Fashion Week
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New York Fashion Week technically gets underway today (Thursday), but the week unofficially kicked off Wednesday night with a star-studded amfAR gala at Cipriani Wall Street New York City. The party, which was hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker and honored designer Roberto Cavalli, raised money for AIDS research, prevention and education. Among the evening's revelers? Heidi Klum (who made her first public appearance since her Seal split), Lindsay Lohan (be sure to check out the photo of her with Woody Allen), Cindy Crawford, Stanley Tucci and Jennifer Hudson.
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Heidi Klum thanks for support following Seal split
Supermodel Heidi Klum has broken her silence about her split from Seal to thank fans for their undying support.
The pair appeared to be one of Hollywood's strongest couples, renewing their vows annually, but Klum and the singer stunned devotees earlier this month when they confirmed rumors they had separated.
Seal spent much of last week honoring his promotional commitments for his new album and talking candidly about the split on TV shows, and now the German beauty, an avid Twitter.com user, has used the social networking platform to express her gratitude for the heartfelt messages she has received.
In a Twitter.com post on Tuesday, she writes, "Hi everyone, I want to thank u for all your support & kind words. Really means so much. Thanks again…to the best fans in the world! xoHeidi".
Klum's last tweet was posted on January 16, a week before the couple released a statement confirming its break-up.
Seal would 'never say never' to reconciliation
Singer Seal is open to a reconciliation with wife Heidi Klum, insisting he would "never say never" to reuniting with the supermodel – just days after their marriage split was revealed.
The star and his wife of almost seven years stunned the world when they confirmed reports at the weekend that they had parted ways.
Klum has remained silent about the split, but Seal has been talking about the marriage breakdown as he promotes new album Soul 2 – and he tells CNN newsman Piers Morgan he's unsure what the future holds for the couple.
In a taped interview due to air on Friday night, he says, "My love for her has not waned one iota. I love her with all my heart. How can you not (love) somebody who you have just spent eight years with?"
When asked by Morgan if the relationship is irreparable, Seal adds, "You can never say never (to reuniting). I can't speak for my wife and I'm not going to sit here and BS you and say we haven't had problems. Of course we have had problems, otherwise why have we split up?
"This is not a charade. We have problems, we have issues, but to our credit we have always been able to talk about them, to confront them. To assume that any couple goes without arguing is just nonsense.
"I don't know at this point if I would like to get back together. If it were that easy, we would still be together, that is the reality."
Seal: 'I have no plans to remove my wedding ring'
Singer Seal is refusing to remove his wedding ring after his split from Heidi Klum because it will forever serve as a token of respect for his former partner.
The singer and his wife of eight years stunned the world when they confirmed reports of a split at the weekend, but the Brit admits there is still a lot of love between them.
In a taped interview with Ellen DeGeneres, which will air on Tuesday, Seal says, "I am still wearing my ring. I think it's just pretty much a token of how I feel about this woman. We have eight years. Eight wonderful years together.
"Just because we have decided to separate doesn't necessarily mean you take off your ring and you're no longer connected to that person. We will be connected in many ways 'til the rest of our lives (sic)… through our children and also through this tremendous admiration, respect and love that we have for each other.
"Will we wear the ring for the rest of our lives? Who knows? But right now it feels really comfortable on my hand, so I have no intentions of taking it off anytime soon."
Meanwhile, Seal admits he was as shocked as everyone else when he realized the marriage was over.
He adds, "You go into these things with the greatest intentions when you say 'I do' and you say 'til death do us part'. Those vows hold value. They are not just words. These things happen. You just grow apart after a while. You try and you work through it.
"We still very much love each other. … It's a shame. To say that neither of us were grieving would be an out and out lie. I think the operative here is that we are civil to each other and we both have a tremendous amount of respect and love and we try and do this with as much dignity as we possibly can."


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Quote from: phoenix13 on June 30, 2013, 05:08:31 AM
I think I misunderstood the original topic. I thougt cornutt was suggesting that studios schedule a short competition round during a social. To me,that's different than scheduling a showdance or two during the evening.
I've seen many,if not most studios that I attend,schedule a showdance during socials. I like the practice as long as it's not overdone. It's good for the students and everyone gets their turn eventually.
As for running competition rounds, I think that could work, as well, and might actually alleviate any problems from having both competitive and social dancers on the floor at the same time.
there's a topic here somewhere on grass-roots comps - encouraging comps at the social level without the same technical expectations or rules. I think it could be a lot of fun...
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I think an informal jack and jill type structure might make it more fun (at least for some people.)
For those who don't know, a jack and jill is where each couple is comprised of a random pairing of people who've volunteered to compete. In the swing world, names are often literally drawn from a hat. the downside is that the comp would be strictly lead follow and the results would be unpredictable. If I understand correctly, you can enter at your level of proficiency -- bronze, silver, gold, open, etc. But you have no control over who your partner will be.
The upside is that everyone gets to dance, regardless of whether they have a partner. If there aren't enough leads, for example, the available leads get recycled until all the follows have had a chance to dance. Much fun is had by all.
There was a long and boring discussion over on DF recently in which someone used to swing but unused to ballroom decided that the whole pro-am world would be better if pro-am comps were converted to jack and jill. Uhh ... that shows their ignorance about how pro-am works, especially as regards to money. lol. But that's another subject.
Long story short, I think that informal jack and jill competitions between studio-mates at similar levels could be a fun way to introduce competition in a lower stress atmosphere.
Another fun way that I have competed in the past has been in intra-studio team competitions. A studio I used to attend was one of three studios owned by the same family. Once a a year, they would rent a large, centrally located venue, bus their students in from all three locations, and have a team match. Oh! That was a total hoot!
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And back to what cornutt actually suggested -- if I understand correctly, an interval during ballroom dance socials in which there's a mini-competition -- I think these could be great fun, if they were kept very short.
Non-competitive dancers come in all stripes. Some are interested in watching competitive dance. Some are not; they just want to dance. So taking too large a chunk out of a two-hour dance might backfire, kinda like taking too large a chunk of a partner dance for line dances might.
If I were a dance organizer who wanted to try this idea, I'd tread very carefully until I saw how people reacted.
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Quote from: phoenix13 on July 14, 2013, 09:46:40 AM
And back to what cornutt actually suggested -- if I understand correctly, an interval during ballroom dance socials in which there's a mini-competition -- I think these could be great fun, if they were kept very short.
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I've read through all those threads and responded to a couple of them and think that they're different from what cornutt suggested. In my mind, grassroots comps are like the ones sponsored by USA Dance and some college teams (and to some extent Q's organization) Inexpensive. Accessible. Run by volunteers for the love of dance rather than profit, But a full comp in every other way. (Except in some cases the costumes aren't as fancy.
What I understand cornutt to have referred to is inserting a mini-comp into a social.
In my mind, those are two very different things.
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Quote from: cornutt on February 21, 2011, 05:28:24 PM
Elise suggested in the sharing-the-floor topic that it would be nice if socials would announce the occasional dance as being intended for competitive couples. I like the basic idea, but I have an alternate suggestion that avoids anyone getting the idea that they aren't welcome on the floor (I know that's not the intent, but it always comes across to someone that way).
We have a break of 10 minutes or so between hours during our socials, and sometimes we let people who want to try out their show routines in front of an audience dance them during the break. We could do the same thing except make it like a comp heat (no judges of course) with four or five couples running through their comp routines. So it's an exhibition, but a comp exhibition.
If it's done during the break period, than everyone else gets the message that they should sit back and enjoy, without anyone getting their feelings hurt. It gives the competitive dancers a chance to stretch out a bit without running the risk of knocking anyone down, and usually the less experienced dancers enjoy the experience of watching it live. (HDTV notwithstanding, watching it on TV isn't quite the same.) And it would benefit the newbies by showing them a bit about how a comp works; an announcer could explain a bit about what's going to happen and what to watch for. Do say two dances, 60-90 seconds of one category (e.g., waltz and foxtrot, or ECS and WCS). Couples who wanted to could even bring their comp outfits and change into them for the exhibition.
This is why I wouldn't call what cornutt was talking about a grass roots comp. Heck, on second or third reading, it's not even a comp he's talking about. He's talking about an exhibition... which I still think is a great idea.
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Develop a leadership code of behavior
Is the line between acceptable and unacceptable behavior changing as you shift a culture or as you struggle with different generations of leaders who have varying ideas on what's permissible at work? Do you feel like you have leaders or employees who are acting outside the lines of what might be considered ideal behavior? If these things are true for you, it may no longer make sense to continue to assume that everyone knows what behaviors are appropriate. What should a leader do to help the organization achieve clarity in this case?
Consider that the "rules" or guidelines for acceptable – if not exemplary – leadership behavior can be developed collaboratively with your leadership team and then shared widely with all employees. If behavioral expectations are mutually developed and openly shared throughout the organization there is a smaller chance for slip-ups. With a set of behavioral norms in place, when they are not followed, there is a foundation for a conversation about them.
I am suggesting that the organizational leaders begin the process because they are expected to model (appropriate) behaviors for others in the organization.
Sit down with your leadership team and facilitate a dialog about the type of behaviors that you want to foster starting with yourselves. What you'll be looking to develop are actual observable behaviors that you want to see and model for the organization.
To get you started, here are some questions you can ask:
- What behaviors do we want to model?
- What will others see us actually doing and saying?
- How will they see us doing and saying these things?
- Why are these behaviors important?
Here are some examples and how they could be described:
Respect others: We know it's possible to understand a colleague without agreeing with their opinion. We respect each other by listening to understand, even if we disagree. When we disagree, we verbalize it in a direct manner, calmly, and with kindness. When we respect others, it is returned not only to us, but to our customers and clients.
Give feedback: We provide feedback to each other in an open and honest way as soon as possible after we observe a situation that calls for our reaction, criticism or advice. We give critical feedback privately and praise publicly. When we deliver feedback with respect in this way, we create culture of trust.
Communicate: We communicate clearly, openly, and honestly as much as we can and as soon as we are able. We communicate things consistently and often, and in more than one way often using more than one tool. We don't gossip or speculate about others' motives; we ask them respectfully to clear up any misunderstandings or confusion. When we communicate in this way, we are all are better informed and better able to act consistent with our organizational mission.
As you develop your own leadership code of behavior, you can communicate it to all employees in the organization, getting their input and setting expectations for their behavior as well. When leaders create a code of behavior for themselves and hold each other accountable to it, they are in the best position to communicate and expect such behavior from everyone else in the organization.
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Loved the piece above. Just wrote about this very concept the other day in my leadership newsletter. While everyone in the business is a leader (because each of them has influence on each other and the other stakeholders/client/customers), it is incumbent on the positional leaders (administrators/directors) to live out and role model the behaviors that they seek across the entire organization/business. While Core Values are so incredibly important, organizational culture is even more important because it is in essence, what those core values look like when they are applied to our workplace behaviors on a minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, decision by decision basis. Thanks for a great piece which I plan to reference in the future… Rick DeBowes, Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Hey Mary Jo,
I too love the article and the idea of deliberately setting intention around a code of behavior. Also appreciate the questions to make it more tangible.
The 2 pieces I would add are: 1.) the unacceptable behaviors (to which consequences are attached) and 2.) is looking at when a company value goes to the extreme and has unintended and undesired consequences below the radar screen.
Many of my clients are clear about their values and behaviors yet have not drawn a "hard line in the sand" when a behavior is "unacceptable" and won't be tolerated … no questions asked.
A recent client example of extreme demonstration of a value that has undesired consequences is around their value of "trust." They translate that value to "have each other's back."
Where the extreme of that value has created undesired consequences is what I would call "inauthentic conformity." I.e.., they have a mindset if they speak their truth esp. to their peers on the leadership team or disagree, they do no have each other's back. So now we are redefining the value to prevent polarizing behaviors and include both.
This is an excellent article. With the multiple generations in our workforce, I have recently realized that I need to work with my managers to come up 'code of behavior'. We are meeting later today and your piece validated the need I see. Always love people we agree with, right!


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Sunday, June 19, 2011
Solar in South Amherst
Since no homeowners are within sitelines of the modest installation and it is being constructed on private land not currently used for jogging, dog walking or nesting by a threatened species of tweety bird chances are, unlike the town Solar Farm, it will fly through the permitting process.
Atkins (founded 1887) is one of those rare private sector, for profit, businesses that is Politically Correct enough to easily negotiate the deadly Amherst permitting process, having recently won a coveted beer and wine license from the Amherst Select Board and property tax breaks from Town Meeting.
After all, farms have relied on sunlight forever.
Amherst Planning Board
July 6, 7:05 PM - 8:05 PM
PUBLIC HEARING: 7:05 pm. LOCATION: Town Room, Town Hall. LIST OF TOPICS: SPR2011-00010/M9393, 1150 West Street - Pauline Lannon c/o Atkins Farm Market. Request site plan approval to construct a 48 KW ground-mounted photovoltaic array system with a 6 ft. tall vinyl-coated chainlink fence, west of the new warehouse, as an accessory use.
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Hear, hear! Now, Larry, tell me how (in South Amherst) I can get cost effective gummint grants to put solar on my house!
- June 19, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- LarryK4 said...
Actually I think the town and BlueWave were also talking about solar panels on town buildings (schools mainly) AND individual houses.
- June 19, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Just curious: why isn't Atkins putting these right
on their store rooftop?
- June 19, 2011 at 4:10 PM
Couldn't agree with you more, Larry. See how easy it is when people do the right thing and don't put an industrial site in people's backyard, don't risk environmental damage to a sensitive landfill, and don't try to ram it through without regard to other people's property values for the houses they spent hundreds of thousand of their hard earned dollars for. Just shows that when you do it the right way, suddenly there are no nimbys.
- June 19, 2011 at 6:01 PM
- LarryK4 said...
There are major differences in that Atkins is a private entity and they own the land.
The only two entities close enough to see the solar installation are Applewood Retirement and Eric Carle Museum--both of whom purchased their property from Atkins.
Atkins is going through the same public process as the town (actually one far, far easier.)
The old landfill is not exactly a "sensitive landfill" and the wear and tear brought on by soccer fields would be far greater than that of a Solar Farm.
If buying a large expensive house next to an unlined landfill did not hurt your property value, I don't think a shiny new solar array is going to do it.
- June 19, 2011 at 8:09 PM
Really? Then by all means put hundreds of sola panels behind your backyard and enjoy the buzzing from the electric boxes.
- June 19, 2011 at 9:08 PM
- LarryK4 said...
I live contiguous with the DPW (best neighbors you could ask for, but not exactly silent).
Unlike the DPW, the solar panels make no noise whatsoever after dark.
- June 19, 2011 at 9:33 PM
Was the DPW there before you bought your house? If so, your house valuation already reflected that fact.
- June 20, 2011 at 7:58 AM
- LarryK4 said...
Was the big old unlined landfill there before you bought yours?
- June 20, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Yup, and the town represented that it would be used for light recreation. If they had said it was for the DPW I wouldn't have bought it.
- June 20, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- LarryK4 said...
And you have that in writing? A legal agreement between little old you and the town?
- June 20, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Don't need one because our town is honest and lives up to its word. Unless you are sugggesting otherwise.
- June 20, 2011 at 11:27 AM
- LarryK4 said...
I'm suggesting you had a deal between yourself, a developer and a real estate agent.
Amherst had a deal between the town and the DEP.
The DEP has to approve the use of the old landfill as a Solar Farm. They will not do so if it's illegal or endangers the environment.
- June 20, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Never met the developer. I just went by everything that the town said when they closed the landfill and moved across the street. Convenient how you have amnesia all of a sudden. Shall we dig out all the Amherst Bulletins from when the landfill closed. Let's see what the town said then. They are going to look like fools in court when all the past public statements are read into the record.
- June 20, 2011 at 12:28 PM
- LarryK4 said...
When dealing with real estate what people said is of no consequence. Get it in writing.
- June 20, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Didn't the town say, in writing, that it would protect the landfill for recreational use? Didn't it take state funds in exchange for that promise? Does that promise mean anything? Shouldn't it?
If the current town employees can flaunt past promises made by the town, what does their word mean now? Who would trust anything they say--or the legal documents they sign?
The town is supported by taxes paid by its residents -- residents who also pay state taxes. Local and state employees work for citizens and they are bound to follow laws and the legal instrments -- just like us.
Larry, your position is insupportable.
- June 20, 2011 at 2:39 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Oh I think my position has plenty of support. Take Town Meeting, for instance (please!) where your arguments lost by a historically HUGE margin.
- June 20, 2011 at 2:59 PM
I agree with Anon 2:39. Because of the way the Town of Amherst so cavalierly dealth and continues to deal with the requirement that the land be used only for recreation I am extremely hesitant to trust anything they say.
- June 20, 2011 at 3:37 PM
I don't know much about what was signed and what is hear say. But did anyone bring these documents to the Selectboard meeting? I'm just curious because that is the first thing I'd throw at the town if they indeed signed any legally bound document that expresses land use. If there is no such document signed by the town, but more of a verbal by either the developer, builders, or the town then you've probably been had and don't have much recourse. This day in age everyone should know the days of a good word and a firm hand are long gone, and you need everything in a iron clad contract that has all the proper signatures, and often that doesn't even save you.
- June 20, 2011 at 3:46 PM
I am surprised that no one on the Select Board is looking at this issue. Or anyone from the planning department or conservation. Why the silence?
- June 20, 2011 at 3:58 PM
The town did more than a hand shake. It agreed with the state that it would only use the land for recreation in exchange for state money. The town accepted that money, which is stone cold proof of that agreement. Town meeting can vote however it wants, it won't be the first time that those lemmings drove the town off an expensive cliff. The only difference is that this time Larry is one of those lemmings.
- June 20, 2011 at 4:05 PM
- LarryK4 said...
Actually there Anon 3:58 PM, if you were paying attention the Select Board went into executive session last week to "discuss litigation strategy".
So I'm sure they spent a fair amount of time "looking at this issue".
But, unlike some people, they are not dumb enough to come here and telegraph the plan.
- June 20, 2011 at 6:21 PM
Please let it go.
The state/town might have thought that recreation on the landfill was a good idea in the 80s, but they don't think that now.
Times change. Priorities change.
It's that simple.
- June 20, 2011 at 8:50 PM
So instead of collecting information and talking about a key issue with the community, they are behind closed doors getting briefed and preparing to spend tens of thousands of dollars. Hmmmmm. Is this leadership?
- June 21, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- LarryK4 said...
Well when they did have an open public hearing the first week of April to take input and explain their position, the natives were a tad restless.
- June 21, 2011 at 9:34 AM
You mean, when they announced the project as a fait accompli?
- June 21, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- LarryK4 said...
Umm, I mean the public hearing held before they went to Town Meeting and before going to the DEP with a mountain of paperwork still required and before going to the Zoning Board of Appeals who will have to approve it.
And if you remember (or maybe you just bought your house within the past 9 years or so) the ZBA turned down the town ten years ago for expanding the height of the newer landfill, thus bringing about its closure.
- June 21, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Well, that was a lot of public process. The select board must be exhausted.
- June 21, 2011 at 1:05 PM
"Really? Then by all means put hundreds of solar panels behind your backyard and enjoy the buzzing from the electric boxes.
Anon. June 19, 2011 9:08 PM"
I know this is hard, but try to remember, it's actually *not* your backyard.
- June 24, 2011 at 9:06 AM
"Sustainable" in Amherst really means "my sustainable property values".
The good of the whole community? Nah.
- June 25, 2011 at 9:59 AM
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Nowwwwww we're finally getting it...
Welcome! Welcome, to fantasy Ponziville Island!!!
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If you do knobs and lights and power cord and fuse and switches on the super duper eBay cheep you can keep this closer to the 10 end, going with "name brand" parts you will easily go to 40 if not more.
If you go with Antek and find a way around their 25 dollar shipping to Canada fee, they sell a $30 transformer suitable for a tube amp. Hammond is everyone's cats meow, and theirs is 250 dollars. There is a broad range between for pricing, but thats the high and low end of that.
OT's on the low 10W end start at about 20 dollars. You can do two 10W channels and use 2 10W OT's for less than 1 20W OT depending on who you go with. Hammond again is the cats meow and again is the highest priced part there.
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PAWTUCKET - Cecille E. (Arnold) Plante Atkins, 92, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Leo Plante and Henry L. Atkins. Born in Canada, the daughter of the late Joseph and Valeda (Carrier) Arnold, she resided in Pawtucket most of her life. Cecille was a volunteer at area food banks and enjoyed baking and sewing.
She leaves two daughters, Judy Tymko and her husband, Edward of Kernersville, North Carolina and Eileen Menard and her husband, Laurent of Hope Valley; a stepdaughter, Donna Simon and her husband, Louis of North Providence; five grandchildren, Kevin Tymko, Tracy Tymko, Lisa Menard-Manlove, Jennifer Menard and Laurent Menard, Jr.; six great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren and five step-great-grandchildren. She was the stepmother of the late William Atkins and the sister of the late Roland, Florent and Raymond Arnold.
VISITATION will begin Saturday at 10 a.m. at WILLIAM W. TRIPP Funeral Home, 1008 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. in St. Joseph Church, 195 Walcott St., Pawtucket. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to your favorite charity would be appreciated.


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Paper in CVIU 2013 "A Visualization Framework for Team Sports Captured using Multiple Static Cameras"
- R. Hamid, R. Kumar, J. Hodgins, and I. Essa (2013), "A Visualization Framework for Team Sports Captured using Multiple Static Cameras," Computer Vision and Image Understanding, p. -, 2013. [PDF] [WEBSITE] [VIDEO] [DOI] [BIBTEX]
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We present a novel approach for robust localization of multiple people observed using a set of static cameras. We use this location information to generate a visualization of the virtual offside line in soccer games. To compute the position of the offside line, we need to localize players′ positions, and identify their team roles. We solve the problem of fusing corresponding players′ positional information by finding minimum weight K-length cycles in a complete K-partite graph. Each partite of the graph corresponds to one of the K cameras, whereas each node of a partite encodes the position and appearance of a player observed from a particular camera. To find the minimum weight cycles in this graph, we use a dynamic programming based approach that varies over a continuum from maximally to minimally greedy in terms of the number of graph-paths explored at each iteration. We present proofs for the efficiency and performance bounds of our algorithms. Finally, we demonstrate the robustness of our framework by testing it on 82,000 frames of soccer footage captured over eight different illumination conditions, play types, and team attire. Our framework runs in near-real time, and processes video from 3 full HD cameras in about 0.4 seconds for each set of corresponding 3 frames.
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Unisex is an older term, and a misnomer meaning "one sex". A more appropriate term would be bisex (which would mean two sexes). It should not be confused with bisexuality. Gender-blind however goes against most tenets of heteronormativity by not looking at gender at all.[citation needed]
In July 2012 Gopi Shankar, a Gender activist and a student from The American College in Madurai coined the regional terms for genderqueer, genderblind people in Tamil. Gopi said apart from male and female, there are more than 20 types of genders, such as transwoman, transmen, androgynous, pangender, trigender, etc., and ancient India refers it as Trithiya prakirthi. After English, Tamil is the only language that has been given names for all the genders identified so far. "[1][2][3]
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In 2006 the National Student Genderblind Campaign[4] was created as a collaborative grassroots organization intended to educate college students, administrators, and others throughout the United States. The NSGC advocates for the implementation of gender-inclusive dorm room and bathroom options.
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The use of mixed-gender hospital rooms has proved controversial in both Great Britain and Canada.[5] Manitoba's Health Minister, Theresa Oswald, has campaigned actively against such rooms after receiving complaints from a Winnipeg patient, Ollie Ingram.[6] Oswald said if humanity can "put somebody on the moon," it can find a way to honor gender requests without leading to delays for patients.[6] At the same time, some medical ethicists have been critical of efforts to return to single-sex rooms.[6] Jacob Appel, an advocate for mixed rooms in the United States, has written that opposition to gender-mixed rooms stems from "old-fashioned prejudice" and argues that: "Because some people have been brought up to fear or dislike sharing a room with a person of the opposite sex, or blush at the prospect of catching a glimpse of an unwelcome body part when a robe slips open, we enshrine and perpetuate this prejudice in social policy.[7] Great Britain has agreed to phase out such rooms by 2010.[5]
Gender neutral public toilets[edit]
The end of sex segregation is closely linked to the gender blind perspective.[citation needed] This includes ending the sexism in discriminating gender exclusive facilities such as public toilets in some cases.[where?]
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- All-women shortlists
- Color blindness (race)
- Equal opportunity
- Gender-neutral language
- Genderqueer
- Third gender
- Unisex
- ^ V Mayilvaganan (July 30, 2012). Gender pride march takes Madurai by storm. timesofindia.indiatimes.com
- ^ "Madurai student pens book on gender variants". The Times of India. 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
- ^ "Cities / Madurai : Madurai comes out of the closet". The Hindu. 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
- ^ http://www.genderblind.org
- ^ a b John Miner, Shared room sparks rage,London Free Press, June 17, 2010
- ^ a b c Bruce Owen, Oswald vows action to stop coed rooms in hospitals, Winnipeg Free Press, May 14, 2010
- ^ Jacob Appel, Are We Ready for Coed Hospital Rooms? Huffington Post, June 18, 2010


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Laura McCullough, UW Stout
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Jamie L. Schneider, UW River Falls
Internal studies at the University of Wisconsin River Falls (UWRF) showed that fewer than 40% of incoming STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) students earned a degree in a STEM field and that most of the remaining 60% did not earn a college degree. Typically poor performance in an introductory STEM course led to the student leaving STEM and/or the institution. These numbers are not much better for students in the top quartile of their high school class and/or with ACT composite of 27 or greater.
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Interactive Online Resources Help Students to Improve in General Chemistry Courses
Yijun Tang, UW Oshkosh
McGraw-Hill's Connect is an interactive platform for student to do homework online. It also provides students self-learning modules called LearnSmart. The assessment in one of the General Chemistry courses showed the effectiveness of such interactive online resources. Students who used Connect actively earned better grades than those who used it scarcely. The role of the instructor was also important in helping student to use the online resources.
The Technology (Fear) Factor
Alexandru Tupan, UW River Falls
The author was inspired by Rebecca Cox' essay "The College Fear Factor". In a similar spirit, I will discuss several fear factor aspects related to the presence of technology in the classroom. I will look at how such factors impact the process of student retention (including underrepresented groups). The discussion will be based on my direct experience as well as data collected by other college instructors.
Moving active learning strategies from a lecture hall to an active learning classroom
Anne Loyle-Langholz, U Minnesota, and Jamie L. Schneider, UW River Falls
Active learning pedagogical strategies have been implemented in a variety of classroom settings and are reported to improve content learning, develop process skills, and increase student engagement. Learning environments are being designed that support a variety of cooperative teaching and learning strategies and promote the facilitation of meaningful, active learning where students are able to interact face-to-face with the instructor and each other. Transitioning from a traditional classroom into an Active Learning Classroom (ALC) requires adaptation and refinement of teaching and learning practices. In order to bring the events taking place into deeper focus in two different settings, data was collected in General Chemistry I taught using Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) methodology. The course was held in a tiered lecture hall and an ALC during the 2013-2014 academic year at a mid-western state university. Daily video and audio recordings were captured to allow for analysis of the interactional details, while variables such as the instructor and content delivery methods were held constant. One goal of our project includes analyzing student-student and student-instructor discourse during the various stages of POGIL activities to learn more about the coordination of cognitive and social processes when students grapple with chemistry content.
Recruitment of Post-Doctoral Women in Science to UW-System Comprehensive Universities
Erin Winterrowd & Jennifer E. Mihalick, UW Oshkosh
The underrepresentation of faculty women in science is particularly apparent at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) or comprehensive universities. This presentation will focus on one program designed to increase recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in science at PUIs. Funded by a NSF ADVANCE PAID grant, the UW-System Women and Science Postdoctoral Seminar program sends female postdoctoral scholars from UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee to give research seminars at the comprehensive universities. While visiting campuses, the postdocs meet with faculty to learn about careers at PUIs, and interact with students to share information about preparation for academic careers. In addition to exposing undergraduate students and faculty members to female role models, preliminary results suggest that the program appears to result in a more accurate understanding of academic careers at PUIs (e.g., relative emphasis of teaching vs. research), which may lead to more realistic expectations and subsequently greater job satisfaction for postdoctoral applicants.
Cultivating Community: Using Service Learning in STEM Courses
Penny Lyter, UW Parkside
Service learning (community-based learning) is identified as a high-impact practice according to the National Leadership Council for Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) (AAC&U, 2007). These deep approaches to learning are important because students who participate in these approaches tend to have higher grades and are able to retain, integrate and transfer information at a higher level (Kuh, 2008). This project incorporated service learning into entry level STEM courses related to nutrition and food. Primary goals of the overall project included: 1) More students retained and succeed in STEM courses and programs, 2) Service learners remain involved with the community partner after completing the course and 3) Kenosha and Racine Counties will see increased availability and consumption of healthy, locally-grown food. A total of 243 students participated in STEM service-learning projects in the surrounding communities during the year-long project. Several evaluation methods were used including a Midwest Campus Compact Citizen Scientist Initiative Student Survey, faculty and community partner surveys, and faculty and community partner telephone interviews. As a whole, students reported enhanced learning and interest in STEM as a result of service-learning. Responses indicated that 87% of students felt the use of service-learning enhanced their understanding of the scientific elements of the course, 64% of students reported increased interest in STEM after participation in the course, and 92% of students felt the use of service-learning enhanced their understanding of food and nutrition. While only 25% of students indicated their intention to enroll in at least one additional STEM course after the current one (54% of students were not sure), 76% of the students actually did enroll in another STEM course the semester after completing the service-learning course. This presentation will focus primarily on the outcomes related to student retention and success with a discussion on lessons learned.
DI-versity in Math: Gaming to Promote Exposure! A middle school and high school math day for girls at UWEC
Dandrielle Lewis, UW Eau Claire
Sonia Kovalevsky (SK) was the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe. SK Days have been organized by the Association of Women in Mathematics to encourage colleges and universities to develop more cooperation with middle schools and high schools in their area. The ultimate goals of our SK Day were to encourage young women to pursue careers in Mathematics and to assist them in transitioning between middle school and high school and high school and college Mathematics. In this talk, I plan to discuss how we achieved our goals by developing engaging student and teacher workshops, a math competition, a diverse panel of professional females, and by creating an atmosphere for middle school and high school students to network with mathematicians and college students. Further plans are to discuss assessments of the impact of our SK Day and strategies that were effective and ineffective.


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I've been visiting Thailand for more than 7 times. It is the best holiday ever!
The 1st time I came in Bangkok is for shopping. I was able to buy nice Christmas gifts for family & friends with my budget of US$200. Where can you find those fashionable shoes, bags & clothes with lower prices? Well, almost everyone will agree that it's only in the world's shopping paradise- Bangkok City! From Emporium, MBK, Siam Square, Pantip, Pratunam and Chatuchak. Solved! Fantastic! And Remember the street foods...and all Authentic Thai dishes that will make your heart and stomach satisfied.
In year 2001, I went back to Thailand with childhood friends and colleagues. We explored Pattaya & Sri Racha in Chonburi. We stayed in Jomtien Palace Hotel, and every morning and night..we were playing on the beach...who can buy those laughters?
The most unforgettable is when we watched elephant shows in Nong Nuch Tropical Garden. Amazing!!! Have you been massaged by elephants??? Don't be scared, because they are naughty but TRAINED. Thai Elephants can even paint/draw, play football and ride a bike. We treasured those photos with the elephants, monkeys, tiger and garden in Nong Nuch Garden.
I also visited floating market, Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha, Wat Po..when I came back in Thailand in year 2003 and 2009. And I'd always love to go back in Wat Po and Grand Palace. I met my fiance in Thailand :) Both of us love exploring places in Thailand. We even spent a week in Patong Beach in Phuket..that's the time he proposed to me.
We are planning to get married in Chiangmai in 2012.
Thailand gives us so much hope, love, fun and happiness.
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On Monday during Story Sparklers Family Story Time, we learned about numbers, counting, and measuring. We started by reading about animals running into a hill hollow to escape a big storm [3]. Our other books included two books about birds - one on different height words [4] and another about an owl who was learning to count [5]! We also enjoyed an Elephant & Piggie book about a Big Guy [6].
After story time, we had the opportunity to compare our hands to animal hands (or hooves). Each hand is different so measuring the sizes was a new experience! There was also a wall of animal heights to compare our height to different animals.
For our older friend (or younger ones with an adult assistant), we have a new Science Notebook page [7] to enjoy, too! Hope to see you next Monday for another Story Sparklers Family Story Time at 10am.


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I have heard bad things about this school. I myself graduated from this school.. It's always about the big names in this school. Which does not set a good example for kids!! My son starts Kindergarten this year. If he gets raw end I won't even blink before taking him out and moving his else where!!
This school is run by cows graising on govt paychecks. They said my child eyes were okay, but he had emotional problems. The teachers in K & 1st grade made my son sit in the back of the classroom. He had problems with learning and little help from the teachers and counselor. We found out later after changing schools he was extremely near sighted and could not see anything from the back of the classroom. I would not recommend this school to anyone.


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By TOM MCCOURTSun Advocate Columnist
Recently, in a move that gained little notice by the press, President Bush authorized plans to let Mexican trucks and truckers have full access to U.S. highways beginning next year. American transportation secretary Maria Cino announced that the deal will be "a one-year NAFTA pilot program" to see how the plan works. What she means is: "We are going to see if we can get away with this."
Once again, our own government is compromising the interests, safety, and sovereignty of the American people.
As you might recall, NAFTA is the agreement we entered into a few years ago that is intended to turn all of North America into a single economy. The North American Free Trade Agreement, we are told, will eventually benefit all three partners: Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The deal was approved by Bush the first in 1992, signed by Clinton in 1994, and has been sucking the life out of our economy ever since. Untold thousands of our manufacturing jobs have gone to Mexico and China. Now it's time to ruin our transportation industry as well.
The deal with the trucks is so unfair and unpopular, that only now, as a lame duck president on his way out the door, has Bush number two had the courage to attempt to enact an agreement that was supposed to have been implemented by Clinton in 1995. Clinton caved-in under pressure from the teamsters and restricted the Mexican trucks to a 20-mile "commercial zone" along the border. Any cargo going north from that zone had to be carried on American trucks. It has been that way since '95.
Originally, the agreement called for a "NAFTA superhighway" across the continental U.S., a north/south trade corridor linking Mexico with Canada. The route, designated I-35, would begin in the Mexican drug capital of Nuevo Laredo and wind its way across the American heartland, passing through San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Duluth before terminating in Canada. Of course, the NAFTA superhighway would also provide easy access for Mexican truckers to transgress (that's right - transgress) the rest of our country, and it would be perfectly legal.
I'm with the teamsters on this one. The Teamsters Union is initiating a lawsuit to try to stop this insanity. We need to give them our full support. There are many reasons to oppose this.
First, there are economic reasons. The idea behind the NAFTA trucking agreement is that it will make goods cheaper and big business richer. If trucks can drive anywhere across our country from Mexico without unloading and transferring cargo, the costs will be less. And besides, Mexican drivers make about 25 percent of what a unionized American driver makes. But did Presidents Bush (plural) and Clinton consider that this deal would put thousands of American drivers out of work? Did they care?
Do you care?
Another issue is that most goods coming into the country on Mexican trucks will not be Mexican products, in spite of the stated intent of NAFTA. Mexico is building ports on her Pacific coast that will be run by state-controlled shipping companies from Red China (just like the Panama Canal). NAFTA was supposed to be a way to promote trade between Mexico and the U.S., but Mexico will primarily be a staging area and warehouse for Chinese goods. NAFTA takes away the tariffs on foreign goods from Mexico, and the items produced by the manufacturing jobs we lost to China can now be brought back into the country duty-free. This is a good deal for big business, the Chinese and the Mexicans. But what about us?
Another issue is safety. In 1997 (the last year I can find specific information) 3.5 million Mexican trucks crossed the American border. Of those, only 17,000 were stopped by U.S. officials for a safety inspection. Between 41 and 44 percent of those trucks failed the inspection (sources vary) and were taken out of service. By comparison, about 25 percent of American trucks fail the same inspection on any given year.
There is also the issue of Mexican drivers. They are not held to the same standards of health, training, and licensing as Americans. And I don't know about you, but I don't like the idea of millions of 18-wheeler pilots on our freeways at 80-miles an hour who can't speak the language or read the road signs. Sometimes those warning signs are important.
And then, easy access cross-border trucking would be a smugglers and terrorists dream come true. What are our elected officials thinking? This can't be happening by accident or the usual government incompetence. Like the flood of illegal aliens pouring across our borders unchallenged, there has got to be method in this madness.
What is happening to my country?


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This video represents the darkness we all live in and how we can break free from such a broken place and find God. Jesus is the only way to escape your damaged life, because he is the truth and the light.
Scripture: Isaiah 9:2, Matthew 4:16, Ephesians 5:8
We as Christians shouldn't just think about being a light in the world, but actually be a light in the world. This light hearted video demonstrates the "what ifs" in life and shows how we as Christians can share God's love. Can be used as a welcome, invite, or evangelizing video.
Scripture: Matthew 5:16, Matthew 5:14, Matthew 5:14-16:16
Use this worship music video to support a sermon on commitment, surrender to Christ or what is really means to live a life through faith. This popular Christian worship song is performed by Keith Getty and Stuart Townsend. Video includes lyrics for all to sign-along.
Scripture: Jeremiah 8:18, Ephesians 3:19, 2 Kings 19:15
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We all shine a light and that light symbolizes God�s love. We all possess the power in helping others shine their light for the good of mankind.
Scripture: Job 33:28, Romans 13:12, Isaiah 42:16
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The "Here I Am To Worship" iWORSHIP music video from Integrity Music combines a loved worship song with the most advanced and breathtaking audiovisual presentation to create a total multimedia experience, bringing your church's worship to life. Worship lyrics displayed during music video. Performed by Jonathan Noel.
Scripture: Psalms 50:2, John 8:12, John 9:30
A perfect worship song acknowledging God's protection and shepherding of His children.
Scripture: Psalms 23:2-23:3, Psalms 23:1-23:6, Psalms 91:1
This video demonstrates what it means to be a disciple of Christ. As Christians can make a difference in the world. God can work through us to change lives.
Scripture: James 1:19, Numbers 15:2-4:2, John 6:45
Performed by Paul Baloche and Glenn Packiam, this piece celebrates the strength and power found in the name of our Lord. Nothing else has the power to save.
Scripture: Proverbs 18:10, Psalms 106:8, 2 Peter 1:19
A gentle, worshipful song perfect for a service about the wonder of creation or the surrender of His people to His Lordship. Performed by Tony Melendez.
Scripture: Psalms 96:13, Luke 19:40
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"My Savior Lives" is an upbeat, celebratory song of the living Christ. Perfect for your Easter service or for any service celebrating our salvation. Performed by Jon Egan and Glenn Packiam.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:5-5:9, Job 19:25, Psalms 18:46
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The front month crude contract hit record highs in either intraday trading or closingsusually bothin eight consecutive trading sessions Sept. 11-20 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
That run of escalating prices was even more outstanding since it started the same day that members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries voted to increase their oil production by a total 500,000 b/d effective Nov. 1. That decision excludes production by Angola and Iraq and affects only the other 10 members (OGJ Online, Sept. 11, 2007).
The October contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes climbed from $77.49/bbl at the close of the Sept. 10 session on NYMEX to an intraday peak of $84.10/bbl and a closing price of $83.32/bbl on its expiration Sept. 20. The new front-month November contract dipped 16¢ to $81.62/bbl Sept. 21. In its last eight days of trade, the October contract retreated only once, down 99¢ to $79.10/bbl in profit taking Sept. 14, but even then it set an intraday high of $80.92/bbl.
From the start, the world oil market seemed to shrug off OPEC's promised production increase as primarily symbolic, since the 10 members now subject to quotas, with Iraq and Angola currently exempted, were estimated to have produced roughly 1 million b/d above the current ceiling in August. Subsequent factors continued to stimulate higher oil prices.
The October contract jumped above $82/bbl Sept. 18 on NYMEX after the US Federal Reserve cut its target interest rate by a larger-than-expected half of a percentage point to 4.75% to stem a possible slowdown in the US economy. That cut was on the high side of the reduction anticipated by most economists and plunged the dollar index to a record low. Meanwhile some analysts remained wary of possible inflation.
Benchmark US crude prices again were spurred higher Sept. 19-20 as tropical storm began building in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. On Sept. 20, the US Minerals Management Service reported 5 of the 834 production platforms and 3 of 89 mobile rigs in the US sector of the gulf were evacuated. MMS officials reported offshore operators had shut in as much as 1.3 million b/d of crude and 1.9 bcfd of natural gas production from federal leases. By Sept. 22, however, crews were going back offshore after Tropical Storm Jerry came ashore in the Florida panhandle Sept. 21.
The Iranian factor
Meanwhile, on the international front, there were discussions Sept. 21 in Washington, DC, about possibly more sanctions on Iran in the ongoing attempt to get that country to abandon its uranium enrichment program. "While we expect the Russians and Chinese to continue to oppose new sanctions, it should make for more geopolitical sound bites. And this should continue into next week as the world leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations general assembly," said Olivier Jakob, managing director of Petromatrix GMBH, Zug, Switzerland.
Barclays Capital Inc. analyst Paul Horsnell in London said, "International tensions surrounding Iran appear to be in the process of stepping up, with diplomacy moving further away from the carrot and closer to the stick." He sees 2008 "as the year of maximum danger, although it does not appear that the core issues themselves, or the core dangers in the situation, would necessarily change following the change of US administration."
Horsnell said, "We are placing a partial allowance for the worst of any Iranian-linked tension in the second half of 2008, having nudged our 2008 West Texas Intermediate price forecast up to $77/bbl from the previous forecast of $73.90/bbl."
Gasoline prices
Although crude prices have rallied steadily over the past month, gasoline prices have not moved as high or as quickly in the same time period. The October contract for reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending (RBOB) fluctuated from $1.98/gal Sept. 10 on NYMEX to $2.11/gal as of Sept. 21. Raymond James analysts cite three reasons for this:
-- The decline in gasoline demand with US exiting the summer driving season.
-- The use of ethanol as a gasoline additive. Ethanol prices have dropped 30% in recent months.
-- Gasoline imports remain at a healthy level.
However, they said, "If crude prices continue their upward trajectory, gasoline prices will inevitably follow. Also, the recently lowered interest rates should help in spurring economic growth, resulting in an increase in gasoline demand. Furthermore, with gasoline supplies still at historical low levels, any supply disruption has the ability to meaningfully pushed prices higher."
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Day 7: World Wide Webbed Wires
When I cleaned out my junk closet, I found a ton of wires; every shape, length, and USB port size and twisted into a jumbled heap.
Apparently, I own some things made by Panasonic and Sony. I found the charger for the Olympus camera I broke in 2003, which I am sure has a dead battery by now and unearthed an expensive video camera that was used three times.
I have a difficult enough time trying to figure out what to do with all the wires when I have the manual sitting on the desk, so five years later, I am at a total loss. I donated some things to my sons school and will try to recycle the rest.
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We have gotten into the habit of throwing away old electronics, which are obsolete far too quickly. Disposing of e-waste in landfills can cause severe human and environmental health impacts. Greenpeace wrote and article exposing the e-waste trail.
I also found a recycling center that specializes in this field. Elot.com
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Colgate-Palmolive Reports Q4 2011 Financials
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Recent premium innovations contributing to strength in other product categories include Sanex Dermo Repair shower gel, Palmolive "Authentic" shower gels and liquid hand soaps containing Mediterranean-inspired fragrances and ingredients, the relaunch of Palmolive Aromatherapy and Thermal Spa shower gels with multisensory features, and the Natura Verde line of home care products.
Representing 20% of company sales, the company's greater Asia/Africa Net sales and unit volume increased 5% and 6%, respectively, during fourth quarter 2011. Volume gains in India, Russia, Malaysia and Thailand were partially offset by a volume decline in the greater China region. The Sanex acquisition added 1% to sales and volume growth for the region. Pricing increased 3.5% and foreign exchange was negative 4.5%. Organic sales for greater Asia/Africa increased 8.5%. Colgate continued its toothpaste leadership in greater Asia, driven by market share gains in Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Turkey. Successful new products including Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief Whitening, Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief Multi-Protection and Colgate Active Salt toothpastes and the relaunch of Colgate Total toothpaste contributed to growth throughout the region. Successful products contributing to growth in other categories in the region include Colgate Plax Fresh Tea and Colgate Plax Whitening mouthwashes, and Lady Speed Stick Waterproof and Speed Stick Breathe & Protect deodorants.
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DetailsStay in the heart of Steamboat Village at Storm Peak Chalet. Newly constructed, this beautiful four bedroom home features magnificent mountain views and exquisite craftsmanship throughout. The cozy great room allows you to relax by the huge stone fireplace while taking in views of Steamboat's slopes and opens into shared dining and kitchen areas.
A chef's delight, the kitchen is fully equipped with all the necessities and includes granite counters, Wolf gas range and large center island with seating for four. Adjoining in the dining area are seats for eight and a wall of windows looking out to Steamboat Mountain. Down the hall, the media room offers the perfect spot to curl up and watch a movie after a day outdoors.
The four bedrooms of Storm Peak Chalet, all with private bathrooms, will comfortably sleep up to 10 guests. The master suite includes a king bed, flat screen TV, spacious en suite with dual vanities and a private balcony. The guest master with private bath offers a choice of a king bed or can be set up with two twin beds. In the third and fourth guest rooms you'll find a set of double bunk beds and two double beds. For additional sleep space, the media room also offers a queen sleeper sofa.
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In the New York Post, Kevin Kernan catches up with Reese Havens, the oft-injured first-round pick from the 2008 draft who tells Kernan that after back injuries twisted his 2012 season, he's better than ever:
"I did a lot of flexibility training,'' Havens said. "I did Pilates. I did functional baseball movements, I did speed work and I did a lot of core stuff. It was by far my best offseason of working out yet. I feel confident coming in.
As fun as it is to write "Reese Havens is healthy, and it's thanks to a new workout routine stories" lets look at this honestly for a moment. Havens turned 26 in October and has hit a combined .255/.357/.422 in 170 games in double-A the last two years. This is his peak. Right now. And while battling back and rib ailments the last two years, he has not conquered AA. He must do so before the Mets give him a shot at triple-A Las Vegas.
It would be a wonderful story if Havens can 1. finally stay healthy and 2. contribute to a big league team. I am skeptical on both counts.


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