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Kimi qualified seventh in Sepang based on performance. Grid penalty should not be accounted for that. So he repeated the best quali performance of this year. Also surprised to see that they could "work" on car after qualifying. Did they have some issues that they needed to work on it otherwise the cars should not be worked between quali and race. They had such a good car in FP1 and FP2, what happened on Saturday? Yes grid position is important, Kimi's start in Australia helped a lot to achieve the win. Had he been stuck behind other slower cars, his Aus performance would have been similar to Mal. The same goes other way round too - he could have fought for win if he had been higher up the grid after the start. Hopefully they will have a fast one in the coming races.


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Vol. 3 | No. 2
Fall 2001
This Issue In Spanish
Separating Winners from Losers
Investing in firms with book values that are higher than their market values isn't always a bad investment proposition.
Research by Joseph D. Piotroski
High book-to-market (B-to-M) firms tend to be in poor financial health, as reflected by their low stock prices and poor earnings performance. Yet research consistently shows that a portfolio of these "value" firms outperforms both the overall market and portfolios comprised of low B-to-M "glamour" firms.
The reason for this is because a small number of high B-to-M firms are strong enough to raise the portfolio's mean performance, compensating for the many high B-to-M firms that under-perform the market. Wouldn't it be great to have a way to distinguish prospective winners from likely losers? A University of Chicago Graduate School of Business professor thought so, too.
Joseph D. Piotroski, assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, suspected that applying simple financial statement analysis techniques to a high B-to-M portfolio could differentiate strong firms from weak firms.
The approach was designed to allow "investors to form a value portfolio that consists of only the firms with the strongest performance prospects," says Piotroski. Such a portfolio, he says, "should therefore outperform a generic high B-to-M portfolio."
His results, reported in the paper "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers," show that he was right. The average return earned by a high B-to-M investor can be increased by at least 7.5 percent annually. And when Piotroski applied his investment strategy across a 20-year time period (1976-1996), he generated a 23 percent annual return.
How to Predict the Future
"The success of the strategy," writes Piotroski, "is based on the ability to predict future firm performance and the market's inability to recognize these predictable patterns." The market's treatment of high B-to-M firms, according to Piotroski, is based on several factors.
First, poor historical performance appears to lead to overly pessimistic expectations about future performance, causing the market to temporarily misprice these firms. Second, these firms suffer from investor neglect: analysts typically do not follow high B-to-M firms and many investors are not interested. Instead, analysts and investors favor low B-to-M "glamour" companies with strong positive momentum. As a result, both analyst forecasts of earnings and stock recommendations are often unavailable. Finally, high B-to-M firms have limited access to informal channels of information distribution and voluntary disclosures about future performance lack credibility due to their poor recent performance.
How then did Piotroski predict future returns for these firms? The answer lies in their financial statements. Because high B-to-M firms are financially distressed, their valuation should focus on near-term economic fundamentals such as leverage, liquidity, cash flow adequacy and profitability trends. For these types of firms, financial statements represent both the most reliable and most accessible source of information about their financial condition.
Other studies have used accounting and market data to predict future earnings and returns. Piotroski believes that, while successful, these studies are limited by their incorporation of "complex methodologies and a vast amount of historical information." By contrast, his strategy is simpler to understand and easy enough for both financial analysts and average investors to implement.
Take Out the Calculator
Rather than examine the relationships between particular financial signals and future returns, Piotroski created portfolios based on a firm's overall financial health, or F_SCORE. He chose nine fundamental signals that attempt to measure various dimensions of each firm's financial condition.
Based on each signal's realization, he assigned a "1" for "good" signals about firm performance or a "0" for a "bad" signal. The sum of those signals, ranging from 0 to 9, is the firm's overall fundamental signal. These nine signals measured three areas of a firm's financial condition: profitability, financial leverage/liquidity, and operating efficiency. The higher the score, the greater the likelihood the firm will earn positive future returns.
When measuring profitability, Piotroski assumed that positive cash flow or positive net income demonstrates the firm's ability to generate funds through operating activities. Similarly, a positive earnings trend suggested an improvement in the firm's ability to produce future positive cash flows, while cash flow in excess of net income demonstrated that earnings are not driven by noncash accruals.
The second set of signals measured changes in the firm's credit risk. "Since most high B-to-M firms are financially constrained," writes Piotroski, "I assume that an increase in leverage, a deterioration of liquidity, or the use of external financing is a bad signal about financial risk."
Leverage was measured as the historical change in the ratio of total long-term debt to average total assets, while liquidity was measured as the change in the ratio of current assets to current liabilities. An improvement in leverage suggested an improvement in long-term solvency, while an improvement in liquidity was a good signal about the firm's ability to service current debt obligations.
Finally, Piotroski assumed that raising equity capital was a negative signal since it highlighted the firm's need to use external financing to support operations and investment activities.
The remaining two signals were designed to measure changes in the efficiency of the firm's operations. The eighth signal measured changes in the firm's gross margin percentage. According to Piotroski, an improvement in margins was a good signal, indicative of a potential improvement in factor costs, a reduction in inventory costs, or a rise in the price of the firm's product.
The ninth signal measured the change in the firm's asset turnover ratio. An improvement in asset turnover signified greater productivity from the asset base through either more efficient operations or increased sales demand.
While Piotroski acknowledges that these are not necessarily the optimal set of performance signals, they are a set of metrics that are commonly used to assess a firm's economic condition.
"They are not 'optimal' in the sense that they do not represent outputs from a mathematical model or equation," he explains. "Instead, they are an intuitive set of performance measures." Moreover, they are easily implemented for analyzing one firm or an entire portfolio of firms. But most importantly, Piotroski's results show that these metrics work.
Putting the Theory to the Test
In conducting his research, Piotroski needed a substantial amount of data. Using COMPUSTAT-Standard & Poor's database of financial information on publicly traded companies-he identified firms with enough data to calculate their B-to-M ratio for each year between 1976 and 1996. After classifying them into quintiles by their B-to-M ratios, he determined that the average firm in the top quintile had a mean B-to-M ratio of 2.444 and a market capitalization of $188.5 million. Consistent with their poor operating history, the average high B-to-M firm experienced declines in net income, gross margin, and liquidity, and an increase in leverage.
For his final sample, Piotroski kept only those firms in the top quintile with sufficient financial statement data to calculate all nine signals. This methodology yielded 14,043 high B-to-M firms. The aggregate F_SCORE signal was calculated for each of these firms. Based on this measure, 396 firms with a score of "0" or "1" were expected to have the worst stock performance, while 1,448 firms with scores of "8" or "9" were projected to have the best subsequent returns.
His calculations show that his intuition was right on target. Although the complete portfolio of high B-to-M firms earned a market-adjusted return of 5.9 percent over the one-year period following portfolio formation, more than half of the firms in that portfolio actually earned negative market-adjusted returns. Splitting the portfolio by these firms' fundamental signals, Piotroski documents that firms with the lowest overall signals had a one-year market-adjusted return of -9.6 percent. By contrast, firms with the highest overall signals show a one-year market-adjusted return of 13.4 percent, outperforming the generic high B-to-M portfolio by 7.5 percent and the low-scoring firms by 23 percent.
The research also shows that a majority of the high B-to-M portfolio's winners are firms with low share turnover and no analyst following. Consistent with those general observations, further analysis shows that Piotroski's investment approach works best for small- and medium-sized firms, thinly traded firms, and firms with no analyst following. Moreover, the success of the strategy does not appear to be driven by purchasing firms with low share prices.
Another noteworthy finding is that low-scoring firms are more than five times as likely to de-list for performance reasons as high-scoring firms. "These results are striking because the observed return and subsequent financial performance patterns are inconsistent with common notion of risks," writes Piotroski. Normally, one would expect riskier firms to earn higher rates of return. The evidence, he explains, seems to indicate instead that the market is slow to react to good news embedded within a high B-to-M firm's financial statements.
Finally, Piotroski finds additional evidence supporting the claim that the market underreacted to the previous financial statement information. Specifically, he documents a positive relationship between these scores and subsequent quarterly earnings announcement reactions. Firms with high scores earned almost 5 percent over the next four earning announcement windows, while firms with low scores earned less than 1 percent during those same windows.
Piotroski plans to continue investigating whether financial statement analysis techniques can be used to better understand the source of firm profitability and quantify a company's risk. Moreover, he will continue to examine how financial markets interpret and price financial performance data. In the meantime, he says, analysts and investors who carefully analyze the information in a firm's financial statements, particularly for thinly followed and neglected firms, should be able to get a jump on the market.
Joseph D. Piotroski is assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. His paper, "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers," was awarded Chicago GSB's 2000-2001 Ernest R. Wish Accounting Research Award.


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E-Mails Show Politics of Benghazi Talking Points
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Political considerations influenced the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly Sep....
On Friday, ABC News's Jonathan Karl revealed the details of the editing process for the C.I.A.'s talking points about the attack, including the edits themselves and some of the reasons a State Department spokeswoman gave for requesting those edits. It's striking to see the twelve different iterations that the talking points went through before they were released to Congress and to United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, who used them in Sunday show appearances that became a central focus of Republicans' criticism of the Administration's public response to the attacks.
Over the course of about twenty-four hours, the remarks evolved from something specific and fairly detailed into a bland, vague mush.
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Maybe the answers will be in Hillary Clinton's new book, oldcan.
You know, the one where she admits she is a Lesbian, she has falling down episodes because she has brain cancer, and the one that tells about all of Bill Clinton's illegitimate children ("b*stards") he has fathered.
Coming soon.
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Obama and hill are two of a kind. The kind of person that coming home to find their house on fire and knowing their family is inside, does not enter for FEAR for themselves. A passerby asks them if they need to call the fir dept. Obama and hill answers are the same. NO. There's nothing that can be done. All the while they are thinking: wow, wonder how long it will take for the insurance companies to pay me for my loss. These two are evil. Plan and simple and will do anything to gain more power over the country. Yes, even kill.
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A Dem Senate was responsible for the final spending bill and the State Dept was responsible for prioritizing resources.
Liberal talking point eliminated!!
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"repug congress voted down 330 million for diplomats security."
From CNN, "the final bill, after being worked on by the Democratic-led Senate, put in more money than what had passed in the House. The final bill, which passed with bipartisan support, gave a total of $2.37 billion to these accounts for fiscal 2012"
So the FINAL bill was approved by a DEM led Senate on a bi-partisan vote!!
And to re-enforce the point of State Dept accountability on prioritizing spending, "the State Department's former point man on security in Libya told the House Oversight Committee that he asked for additional security help for the Benghazi facility months before the attack, but was denied." "The request for 12 agents was rebuffed by the regional director of the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Nordstrom testified."
So we see the truth of the matter. A Dem Senate was responsible for the final spending bill and the State Dept was responsib
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Nice try, but the State Dept determines there own internal budget and where money is spent. From the Hill, "Another aide with knowledge of the State Department's efforts to improve security said the consulate in Benghazi, where Stevens and other Americans died, was considered a "temporary facility." It was not on the administration's request list for structural improvements for fiscal 2012 or 2013, according to the source."
So the Benghazi facility wasn't even ON the budget list for spending!
Try again!
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Democrits desperately deflecting daily deadly debacles. Disgusting.
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Righties, Boners repug congress voted down 330 million for diplomats security. If you want to charge someone with murder start there. They have blood on their hands.
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Reader's Digest listed the 100 most trusted people in the USA.
From number 1:
Tom Hanks (!!)
Sandra Bullock
Denzel Washington
Merly Streep
Maya Angelou
Steven Spielberg
Bill Gates
Alex Trebek
Melinda Gates
Julia Roberts
Sigh . . . I'll take "dumbed-down education" system for $200, Alex!!!
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It still amazes me that there are people out there that still support Obambam. He never takes responsibility for anything. Has solved nothing. Note that anyone can spend a trillion dollars. He covers up any mistakes and has no accountability. When he talks he lies. His IRS attacks his enemies. Wow is all I can say.
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I never thought Nixon would get kicked out of office at the time, but was glad he did leave. If congress does it's job, both Dems and Repubs, then Obama will be gone by next year. Or maybe they will just sit on their behinds and let him stay. US Forces could have been their to help within 3hrs.
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Those killed in Benghazi were at the very least ALLOWED to die without lifting a FINGER to help them!!!
And having seen the CIA operate around the world I can say that the more likely was that these people HAD to be silenced for some reason
They simply knew too much!!
Whether it was gun running to terrorist cells or something else going on, the CIA and EVERYONE in this administration was FULLY aware of what was going on from the SECOND things went down!!!!
ALL involved MUST be removed from office immediately and charged with MURDER!!!!
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what does it matter? Well, Yes, it matters. Just like the dog chasing a rabbit when he stopped in the middle of the road to take a dump and then got run over. It matters. The dog in this case is a female one called Clinton among another name for a female dog. And her owner is a half white, half black person that only cares about himself. But hey, he can get another female dog to play with after he is completely finished with hill..
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Get off of it, text messenger whgflailing:
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." --President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear.
We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." --President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
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Whopee lying talking points, NO US Diplomats killed under Bush and virtually ALL of those attack were in IRAQ during the WAR.
Libya is an Obama "ALLY??" dummy.
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CBS: Hicks told investigators that SOCAFRICA cmder Lt. Col. Gibson & his team were on their way to board a C-130 from Tripoli for Benghazi....prior to an attack on a second U.S. compound "when [Col. Gibson] got a phone call from SOCAFRICA which said, 'you can't go now.....you don't have the authority to go now.' And so they missed the flight… They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it." The Obama Administration has said everything was done that could have been done to help the Americans under attack in Benghazi.
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ABC News has obtained 12 different versions of the talking points that show they were extensively edited.... White House emails reviewed by ABC News suggest the edits were made with extensive input from the State Department. WH Press Secretary Carney Nov 28,2012: "The White House and the State Department have made clear that the single adjustment that was made to those talking points by either of those two institutions were changing the word 'consulate' to 'diplomatic facility' because 'consulate' was inaccurate."
This was a lie.
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The author of the article also didn't mention help or assistance being denied in any of the listed attacks.
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Hoopie was undoubtedly referencing a Huffington Post blog that did list the death of diplomat David Foy. But I didn't read anything about the Bush admin lying about the source of the attack!
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And reading thru the Media Matters article (Google "Krauthammer Whitewashes Bush's History To Bash Obama Over Embassy Attack"), it appears NO Americans were killed in the "attacks"! One of which was at an empty building!! From the Media Matters article, "2007: Grenade Launched Into U.S. Embassy In Athens. From The New York Times:
An antitank grenade was fired into the heavily fortified American Embassy here just before dawn today. The building was empty, but the attack underscored deep anti-American sentiment here and revived fears of a new round of homegrown terror."
Maybe people should research their handed down talking points a little more!!
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Hoopie, Media Matters claims "But Seven U.S. Embassies And Consulates Were Attacked Under George W. Bush", but why worry about accuracy. No Ambassadors were killed under Bush and the Bush Admin didn't lie to the American people for election year face saving purposes!
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This is going nowhere and everyone knows it. The outrage and accusations from the right wing extremists is pure BS. When will the investigations begin on the 13 Embassy's that were attacked under the Bush administration? 96 people were killed in those attacks on our embassy's. Where's the outrage on those killings? Pure political BS...that's why this issue is going nowhere and everyone knows it...
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" They were expendable" That was the thought of the Admin, including Hillary.
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Right, whgfailing. The evil genius bush even fooled your Secretary of State Clinton, your Vice President Biden, your progressive icons Gore, Kennedy Kerry, Byrd, Rockefeller, Feinstein, Waxman Allbright, ... Bush even fooled President Clinton before Bush was President. I think he used Halliburton's mind control ray. Tighten those tin foil hats, libbies. LOL
Tighten your seatbelts, too, Benghazi Berry and Hypocrite Hillary. The road's is going to get rough for you. Even the liberal press is finally talking about Benghazi now.
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bush put us into a war with his lying of wmd. where were all of you then? he let us get attacked on our own soil. where were you then? now you want to complain? sad.
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Christmas and New Year's should be all about fun, faith and family. What Christmas shouldn't be is expensive and stressful. Unfortunately, more often than not, it does become a strain on the pocket and the mind. Especially when you're entertaining and hosting family dinners during the holidays. Does it always have to be like that? No. As I've learnt over the years, people really aren't bothered about how fancy your dinnerware looks as long as they have cheerful company and a well-cooked meal.
In my last post, I talked about how to make planning for Christmas dinners easy and stress-free and here, I'll share how I've started entertaining on a budget without compromising on the things that matter.
Menu Plan to Make Grocery Shopping Easy
Planning is essential and even, if you're more spontaneous and spur-of-the-moment than I am, do plan out your menu for the big dinner. It'll help you use items that you already have in the pantry and also, make shopping for groceries quick, easy and inexpensive. Here are my 5 fave ways of saving money on groceries.
Focus on the Essentials
A good part of our life goes in worrying about the little things that don't really matter or count. Let that not be the case with your dinner party. Focus on the food. Keep everything else simple and straightforward. Family dinners should be about conversation, laughter and relaxation and not worrying about if the cutlery matches the flatware. If it does, great. If it doesn't, that's fine too.
Keep it Simple
Simple things look good, taste good and cost less. For instance, instead of expensive crackers topped with expensive olives or exotic toppings, opt for an inexpensive platter of homemade baguette slices topped with crushed tomatoes, homemade pesto and good quality, domestic cheese. I got this idea from one of Nigella Lawson's cookbooks. I forget which one. The fact that it had red and green colors won me over.
For main course, choose a dish that suits dietary preferences or requirements and can be cooked in bulk easily. If like me, you're preparing in advance, it should also freeze well. Good thing is most meals can be cooked in bulk and frozen. Pair a gravy-based chicken or meat dish, rice or bread, a salad and a side dish of vegetables. Simple yet filling. Now you know what we're having for our Christmas dinner!
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Choose to use cloth over paper for napkins and table linen, and your regular dinnerware instead of disposables. Not only will you save money, you'll also help the planet. Mix and match instead of coordinating everything. If seating is an issue, go the buffet way. Keep table decoration simple –some flowers, a few candles and that's it. All the Christmas décor is bound to make up for it. ***smiling***
Delight with Dessert
Dessert is an important part of any meal for me and for Christmas and other holidays, I bring out the cake and team it with a platter of cookies, some plain vanilla ice-cream or custard. It's simple, most of the stuff is already there and ready and when you serve it, it looks delightful. The brown of the cake glowing against the white of the ice-cream. Yum!
Oh, and if you want to go the cookie route, do check out Jessica at Life as Mom's 12 Days of Christmas Cookies. Bound to make an impression without hurting your budget!
There you go. Entertaining with ease and without busting the bank. Going the simple route is not only stress-free but also economical and I've found that my guests, family and me included enjoy our meal together more than ever.
So, what do you do to save money when entertaining during the holiday season? What are your budget entertaining tips? Spread the holiday cheer and do share!
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MOUNDSVILLE - From placing restrictions on state roads without permission from the West Virginia Division of Highways to imposing a 0.5-percent sales tax, 23 cities across the Mountain State hope to enact numerous new laws with the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program.
After submitting their applications to the Municipal Home Rule Board by June 1, officials in Moundsville, Weirton and 21 other cities are looking to join Wheeling, Charleston, Huntington and Bridgeport with the right to home rule. Those four cities gained the autonomy in 2008.
Chelsea A. Ruby, spokeswoman for the West Virginia Department of Commerce, said officials from Moundsville and Weirton will have the opportunity to present their application to the Municipal Home Rule Board during a meeting in Wheeling. She said officials had not finalized the exact date and location, but said it would be early in August.
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"There will be five regional meetings, one of which will be in Wheeling, for cities to make their presentations to the board," she said. "Once the regional meetings are complete, the board will reconvene to make final decisions regarding which cities are approved."
In addition to Moundsville and Weirton, other cities applying include Morgantown, Fairmont, Parkersburg, Bath, Bluefield, Buckhannon, Charles Town, Dunbar, South Charleston, Clarksburg, Lewisburg, Martinsburg, Milton, Nitro, Oak Hill, Princeton, Ranson, Shinnston, Spencer, St. Albans and Vienna.
Following weeks of public discourse, Moundsville City Council members Ginger DeWitt, Phil Remke and Paul Haynes, along with Mayor Eugene Saunders and Vice Mayor David Wood, voted 5-0 in April to submit the city's application for consideration. Councilmen K. Mark Simms and David Haynes were absent.
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W.Va. cities applying to pilot program
- Moundsville
- Weirton
- Morgantown
- Fairmont
- Parkersburg
- Bath
- Bluefield
- Buckhannon
- Charles Town
- Dunbar
- South Charleston
- Clarksburg
- Lewisburg
- Martinsburg
- Milton
- Nitro
- Oak Hill
- Princeton
- Ranson
- Shinnston
- Spencer
- St. Albans
- Vienna
Via home rule, Moundsville wants the right to impose a 0.5-percent sales tax, which leaders believe could yield more than $1 million worth of annual revenue; have the flexibility to determine business and occupation tax rates; repair, alter or demolish properties that owners are unable or unwilling to maintain; increase the city's power to collect delinquent fees; and reduce the number of business licenses from 45 to only a few.
Weirton's home rule application shows that it seeks the authority to establish new provisions for hiring code enforcement officials; allow code enforcement officials to issue on-site citations for common nuisance eyesore violations; allow city police officers to enter Alcohol Beverage Control Administration establishments without ABCA investigators present; establish certain restrictions on state roads that are within city limits without permission from the West Virginia Division of Highways.
Even if cities are accepted to the home rule program, they still must vote to enact the provisions via individual ordinances.


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Bonds given National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan chapter's Governors' Award
(WXYZ) - Our own legendary anchorman, Bill Bonds, will be receiving one of our industry's top honors tonight.
The Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will be presenting him with the Governors' Award.
The presentation will take place during the 36th annual Michigan Emmy Awards at the Sound Board Theater at Detroit's MotorCity Casino.
The award is in recognition of Bill's 25 year long career here at WXYZ-TV, during which he received multiple Emmy awards.
Bill is a 2010 inductee into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. He is also a recipient of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Silver Circle Award.
Congratulations on the prestigious honor, Billie!


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I knew this day would come...I am officially a ma'am. I was at the grocery store yesterday and was having a nice little conversation with the young checkout guy. Then, I moved down to pick up my bags of groceries and the young kid bagging the groceries started up a conversation.
Him - "How are you today, ma'am?"
Me, always willing to chat with someone - "I'm good...how are you doing?"
Him - "Well...it is 6pm on a Saturday night, I've been working since 10 and have to work until 8pm."
Me - From somewhere deep inside me, comes the voice and wisdom of what must be a 90 year old woman..."Well, you have a job. That is a lot to be thankful for."
Him, looking at me like I am insane - "Ma'am...it is 6pm on a Saturday night. I am thankful for my job, but I am also 16 years old. Work is really one of the last places I want to be on a Saturday night."
End of conversation.
I had a birthday a couple of weeks ago. I am now the ripe old age of 34. I've gone up in the survey age range (are you...age 21-33, 34-50, etc) which first kind of shocked me. Now, I'm getting called ma'am at the grocery store and telling teenagers that they should be thankful to be working, bagging groceries, on a Saturday night. Did I not remember what it was like to have all of my friends hanging out while I was stuck at work? Apparently not because here I am being all old and fogey and getting strange looks from 16 year olds. When did this happen? When did I start getting crows feet and varicose veins? When did I start hearing the words of my own mother coming out of my mouth..."Because I'm the mom and I said so!" Heck...when did going to the grocery store on a Saturday night become the highlight of my day?
Aging really is not that bad. There are just sometimes that it shocks me a bit that I have come to this point in my life. I love my boring, little life, crow's feet and all (however, I could do without those varicose veins!). One thing I do know about myself now compared to myself even 10 years ago...I couldn't bake a thing when I was younger. I had no desire to bake. I just didn't see the point of going to all that trouble for something you could buy at the store, or pop out of a Pillsbury can.
As a tribute to my aging self, I have decided to share with you a recipe that I make on an almost weekly basis at our home. I haven't shared this with you in the past because to be honest with you... it never lasts long enough for me to snap a photo for you. This bread is so incredibly soft and the flavor is fantastic. Easy enough for the old and the young to make. I hope you enjoy!
|cup warm water
|large egg
|tablespoons margarine, cut up
|cups bread flour
|tablespoons sugar
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|teaspoons salt
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- Add the water, the egg, the margarine, flour, sugar, salt & yeast to bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
- Set the machine to the dough cycle
- Once the dough cycle is complete, remove the dough from the machine and place in a lightly sprayed loaf pan.
- Cover and allow to rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
- Place in a 350 degree oven and bake for 30 minutes or until brown on top and hollow sounding when tapped.
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For a 16yr old, we might look like a Dinosaur! My daughter calls my new Toyota Highlander "old people's car" bcos it's silver colored!!
Bread looks yum, I will save the recipe!:)
Still, I do remember my first 'ma'am' Welcome to the club!
And there is nothing wrong with getting older!!!
Omigosh--"Holla for Challah" as my sister & I say when we used to buy Challah (the bakery closed, sigh....)! Yum!!! Great post!
I must make this bread! It will be perfect for French toast!
Welcome to the "third age"...
If you prefer to stay in the kitchen- watch your steps... you know- your'e not teenager anymore....
Good luck in your new way...
I love using my bread machine so I'll definitely have to give your challah recipe a try. Thanks!


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I'm outfitting a bicycle with an air horn and I have a few questions. I will be using a semi truck horn which needs about 100 psi to operate. I saw a similar set up that used an approximately 1 gallon CO2 tank was filled to about 150 psi with regular old compressed air. The guy said he could get three blasts out of it. Here are my questions:
Where can I get a cable actuated valve? I will be using a brake lever to honk it.
Is it possible/practical to use multiple tanks? I would like to use a pair of 10 oz paintball canisters and one 20 oz. How well do you think this system would work filled to aprox 150 psi? Would they be enough?
If the above doesn't work, would it be possible to use CO2? I'm wondering how well it would work to use one 20 oz filled to 2000 psi or whatever they're rated for.
Am I gonna asplode?
PS: don't suggest an air zound. I want a big ass semi truck air horn and anything less will be unsatisfactory.


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Ill ride down to 10f and find that rain covers will keep my feet warm down to about 40f. I wanted to avoid having a winter set of cycling boots, so I needed to find a way to insulate my existing summer cycling shoes.
My cycling shoes are light weight and well ventilated. Rain covers and Smart-wool socks help keep my feet warm down to about 40f, but colder weather is a real issue. I had a Boot Glove cover for my Alpine ski boots that was gathering dust, so I inserted it between my summer road shoes and my rain covers. They keep my toes warm to 10f and would probably allow me to cycle in colder weather if I wanted.
Boot Glove is a 5 Mil N2s Neoprene cover that straps around the shoe, covering the toe, tongue, and sides of the boot. I removed the strap that runs under the sole of the shoe, it interfered with the cleat. I used a small square of duct tape to hold the Boot Glove over the toe, but it wasnt really needed, the rain cover holds the Boot Glove in place. I use the rear strap of the Boot Cover, mostly to help stretch the Boot Glove over the buckles of the shoe. I then put on the rain covers and go cycling.
My cycling shoes perform normally without the extra bulk of heavy socks. This will allow me to keep cycling this winter in Chicago. Im planning on riding 500 miles this January.


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Bruce Jenner Celebrates His Birthday With…A Ponytail?
November 18, 2013 07:19 AM by Lisa Princ
Bruce Jenner was recently given the Legendary Athlete Award at the All Sports Film Festival, and he shocked folks as he donned a ponytail for the ceremony. Whether you love it or hate it, the former Olympian and Kardashian patriarch is proud of his new hairdo, and even revealed that it's simply a celebration of his age!
When Bruce Jenner accepted his award at the All Sports Film Festival recently, he showed up looking slightly different – with his hair pulled back into a ponytail! And make no mistake about it – Jenner was definitely proud to don a new look. In fact, speaking to US Weekly after the ceremony, Jenner explained his new hairstyle: "I turned 64 two weeks ago and that I still have hair to grow! I'm celebrating, yeah!"
So what exactly do the Kardashian and Jenner kids think of their dad's new look? "It's driving them all crazy! It's absolutely wonderful," Jenner said with a chuckle. But not all of the kids disagree with their dad's choice of hairstyles. In fact, Bruce's 32-year-old son Brandon admitted that he likes his father's hair, and explained that Bruce should be able to do whatever he wants to do with his hair. We couldn't agree more – more power to you Bruce!
Meanwhile, Bruce also dished that he and Kris Jenner are getting along just great since their split, and he admitted that they still see each other everyday.
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Media Advisory 14-013 Learn the latest on advanced manufacturing at a June 17 Capitol Hill briefing
NSF, DISCOVER Magazine and ASME present "Made to Order: Customization in Internet-enabled Manufacturing"
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"Made to order," a phrase that began with the service industry, is now vital to the future of U.S. manufacturing. Manufacturing production is growing at its fastest pace in more than a decade, creating more economic value per dollar than any other sector. Adding to this surge is customization--the ability to quickly and efficiently make what you want, when you want it. Large-scale customization is possible due to a combination of Internet-based business platforms and technological advances in manufacturing. From 3-D printing to cyber-physical manufacturing systems, today's and tomorrow's engineering research holds promise to improve productivity in both production and the supply chain, benefiting suppliers and customers along the way.
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SAN SICARIO FRAITEVE, ITALY - FEBRUARY 15: Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria cries on the podium after receiving the gold medal next to Martina Schild of Switzerland (L), and Anja Paerson of Sweden after the Womens Alpine Skiing Downhill Final on Day 5 of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games on February 15, 2006 in San Sicario Fraiteve, Italy. Schild won the silver medal and Paerson won the bronze. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
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In the world of social issue filmmaking, great work is being done in linking films to real-world issues that need attention. But at the same time, more and more pressure is being placed on filmmakers to prove that their film is making real-world impact. The jurors for this year's Puma Impact Award -- Susan Sarandon, Ricken Patel, Gael Garcia Bernal, Zadie Smith, and Eric Schlosser -- have the unenviable task of choosing a winner for a 50,000 Euro reward in honor of the outreach campaigning done by the filmmakers behind one of this year's five nominated films.
Indiewire received exclusive access to more information on the winner's outreach, and we're reporting back on the impact campaigns from each one of the 5 films that were nominated for this year's Puma Impact Award.
Because so many filmmakers are being asked to show their social media stats as proof of their commitment to outreach, we're showing off that data next to the real world policy and discursive impact of the films nominated for this year's awards. Comparing the five films, you can see that social media activity interacts with real-world actions in interesting ways. It's not the be all end all of social impact, but it does prove that you're engaging people in a certain way.
Take a closer look at the impact strategies of the five nominees below, with information provided by the Puma Impact Awards. The winner will be announced tomorrow, November 13 in New York.
"The Act of Killing"
Here's What the Film is About: Director Joshua Oppenheimer meets up with the men who led the death squads in North Sumatra in the Indonesian genocides of the mid 1960's in Indonesia, still heroes in many parts of the country, and has them recreate their killings in the style of their favorite gangster movies. The "gangsters" relish the opportunity to star in the movie of their lives, but after awhile, they start to face the reality and implications of what they've done.
Here's What the Outreach Accomplished: The film was released simultaneous to a report by the Indonesian Human Rights Commission, which developed an 850 page report which provided evidence of the military's implication in the country's genocide. With screenings across the country, the film has been a key tool in helping the country understand its history.
Some Organizations Worked With: Indonesian National Commission of Human Rights, labor unions across Indonesia, survivors communities in Indonesia, organizations in Indonesian universities.
100 festivals in 57 countries (premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2012)
1,000+ community screenings
21 countries with theatrical release
29 city US theatrical release
21 television territories sold
29 awards and prizes
1,300,000+ online trailer views
350,000+ website visits
6,600+ individuals on email list
8,200+ Facebook likes
10,300+ Facebook likes on Indonesian version of film
3,900+ Twitter followers
Here's What the Film is About: Lee Hirsch's film profiles the bullying epidemic, specifically in our nation's schools. "Bully" pays particular attention to the ways that adults are responding to accusations of bullying in hopes that more can be done to prevent this terrible behavior in the future. The film famously fought the MPAA to get its R rating reduced to a PG-13 rating, in the hopes that young people could see the film.
Here's What the Outreach Accomplished: With screening partnerships with the Girl Scouts, school districts across America, and in government organizations like the Department of Education and Congress, "Bully" gave a much-needed centerpiece to the discussion on bullying. It even got the endorsement of high profile bully Rush Limbaugh, but it's unclear how much he's changed his tune.
Some Organizations Worked With: DoSomething.org, GLSEN, HRC, NEA, Autism Speaks, United Federation of Teachers, Facebook, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Common Sense Media
30 festivals in 13 countries (Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2011)
7,500+ community screenings (1,000 via 1 Million Kids campaign, 6,500 via "Bully" educational kits)
574 screens over entire theatrical run
7 television territories sold
10 DVD territories sold
13 awards and prizes
5,800,000+ views on online trailer
1,700,000+ unique visitors to website
168,000+ individuals on email list
350,000+ Facebook likes
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I thought you guys might want to take a look at this it fits you guys to a T.
I thought you guys might want to take a look at this it fits you guys to a T.
I personally believe that we shouldn't blame the Sims team/Maxis for keeping mum about some stuff. We should be blaming the publishing company instead for making them keep quiet. I bet it's EA behind the fact the hidden woohoo skill been removed not something the developers did by choice. If Maxis didn't need EA in the first place EA wouldn't be able to um boss Maxis around by telling them what they can or can't talk about or have in their game.
I read the newspaper practically everyday and I like it when disabled people or their families stand up for themselves or for them. Well I think that instead of forgetting about the disabled person in two years time or so that media should check back to see if the discriminators are still working on what they were planning on working on. [1]For instance in April of last year Peter Stelmacovich, who is heard-of-hearing whose was asked to either leave his service dog outside or sit outside because of the dog. The plan was after it became public that the restaurant would become more 'disabled-friendly' with help from the disabled man. I'm wondering if the restaurant back down from the plan/deal after the media went away. Or about last [2]What about the story about Steve Simonar who has no arms beat his seat-belt ticket because of the fact he couldn't wear a seat belt without help? Or why didn't the guy know about (new rules)? [3]Or what about the backlash for the women Even Synder whose was told in 2010 at a Buffet that her service dog wasn't allowed to be in the buffet line 'for health reasons' and then was thrown out and yet she been at the same restaurant that summer with no problems. This last one is a clear volition of Canada's Human Rights. [4]What about the family in Oshawa with the autistic son who got a letter that basically said that the kid should be put down like a dog? I mean have the police either 1)found the culprit or , 2)given up?
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The reason why Teen pregnancy in a game or in real life is a bad idea. Its because wether planned (due to a pledge) or due to an accident. That lets say the teen mom keeps the child. She could become a great-great-great grandma by the time she's 64. When other people her age are just starting to have grandchildren! The reason she's at least a great-great (if not a third great) grandma is because her daughter, her granddaughter, and her great-granddaughter would all have had kids at the same age that she had her daughter. So that it would be stuck in a cycle that wouldn't end until maybe the great-great granddaughter says "Screw this, I'm not going to make the same mistakes as my parents, and my mom's parents, and the grandma's parents all made. I actually want to go to college to get a better job then my family has been able to get due to lack of education because of having (me/my mom/grandma/great-grandma)" The reason why the four generations prior to the great-great granddaughter's parents and the mom's parents, etc are stuck working at least two jobs? Because they had to give up their real dreams of being a lawyer,etc due to having the kid.
Disney did NOT event the Pocahontas saving John Smith Myth. The REAL John Smith (who was either dark haired or ginger, had a beard, and was overweight and was 5'4′ ) was the one who made the entire love myth surrounding him and Pochantas (who by then was known as Rebeca) and another thing Pocahontas' real Native American name was Matoaka. Years after the supposedly event. John Smith (the real one) is the one who first called Pochantas a "Princesses". So the argument in Disney-verse about wether or not she's a princess, can be applied to Real Pocahontas, also because the Real John Smith called her that.
I hate that people say all the Princesses have nothing postive about them (especially the older ones). So this article is going to do in the order of the movie release of their respective movie.
Snow White (1937)
Snow White is kind, gentle, and also optimistic Snow is not wishing for a man at the beginning of the movie according to enlightened princesses' blog. She is just wishing that someone would treat her nicely since ever since the death of her father when she was somewhere between the ages of 4-6 (and she's 14 in the movie), she like Cinderella after her, had to become a servant in her own castle. Snow had to run away since with her still alive, she will always be in danger when the Queen was still alive too. Snow was motherly to the dwarves. I mean she cooked and clean in exchange for a place to stay-I mean what else could she have done? Work in the main where she would have just gotten in the way and be called a lazy ass? So what if she was bossy, who would want slobs at a table? Yes she did sing later about the prince, but hey like I said before, as long as she and the Queen are both still alive, Snow is always in danger so the only way for her to get out of danger is to go to another kingdom (like the Prince's) to be able to have her 'Happily Ever After" . Even in the OUAT (2012) TV show, even though Snow's a bad-ass, even in modern day (where almost all Storybook charries are) Snow and her family are in danger every second because of Regina's latest thing. Yes she was a DID (Damsel in Distress) after she ate the apple, but what do you expect, she was under a SPELL.
Cinderella (1950)
Cinderella like Snow before here has been wishing for someone to treat her nicely, after years of being abused and humliated in her own home. I mean seriously, there are no women's shelters, abuse hotlines,etc back in those days. So staying put was a better situation (and got her a higher one) then if she had just ran away earlier. Unlike Snow White, you can tell she has years of pent-up anger with the step-family. For instance she might have hit the cat if the invitation hadn't arrive. Also didn't you see her smirk when she has the invitation and says "Maybe I will interrupt?" since she knows her step-sisters are terribly non-musical. Cinderella also stood up to her step-mother, when she reminded Lady Tremaine, that herself, Ella, was an unmarried women and so was invited to the ball. Also didn't you see her pleasure, when she got the glass slipper out of her pocket Why doesn't she yell her head off when the duke is in the house? How about for two reasons, 1)her bedroom is in a tower attic.. so the Duke would have 20/20 chance of hearing her so not a lot of change. 2)If the movie shows correctly her room, faces the barnyard..so the only 'person' who would hear her would be Major the horse. I mean when Ella realize the Prince wouldn't come, she went and got him instead.
I suggest people watch the live-action "Ever After" if they want to see one way Ella's life could have been a lot worse.
Sleeping Beauty
Despite the fact she gets very little screen time in the movie. While yes she's the title character, but the whole movie is actually about the conflict around her/about her? She still does have a personality. Like her predecessors she has the ability to talk to animals (even though like Snow White, they don't answer back) and she actually does chores for her 'aunts' (gathering berries). Besides she made sure Prince Phillip was the prince of her dreams. I mean most of the stuff she didn't have any role over. Aurora like the other "Sleeping" princess, Snow White, is a princesses by birth. I mean did she run off with her dream prince after finding out she's a princesses? No she doesn't, she goes back to her home castle to due the duty toward her future subjects. That's saying something. Also most girls would love to be princesses, right? Well us viewers see her crying twice, when she finds out that she's a princess and is not allowed to see her 'dream man' and also when she gets the tiara from the fairies. When she was under the trance, she did break out of it for a moment when the good faries were calling her name. So it not like she was 100% in trance.
People are looking to much as the "Eww Disabled!" or "That's too bad" (ie. disabled is depressing) side of game and not seeing the potential possibilities of game play
1.train service anims
guide dogs
guide ponies
small monkeys
2. In the base game a blind sim could call a rabbithole centre and ask for a service sim to help them get to places until pets come into the picture.
3. train service animals
4. With IP autistic sims could swim with dolphins in the sea
5 disabled children can ride horses for therapy
1. people thinking that in the movie Bambi. The title character never sees his dad. Incorrect. He sees his dad twice in the movie. Once when he pretends to leap with the older male deer (who are with his father, the Great Prince) and the Great Prince of the Forest looks at Bambi. Then later right after Bambi's moms dies. "Your mother can't be with you anymore" and when Bambi gets sad right then, The Great Prince says "Come, my son" I think when Bambi's an adult the Great Prince helps him after Bambi helps, his mate Faline.
2. Hunchback of Notre Dame adopted father Frollo. Frollo is NOT A MINSTER, HE IS A JUDGE! He's only a minister in the oringal novel. (I think being a judge gives him more power then he would have been given as an archbishop). Even though I do wish that there was a way to explain as a Judge, why Frollo can't do what he wants with Esmeralda, since he doesn't have the celbicay laws would normal be the reason for an archbishop.
3. Jungle Book: Mogli IS NOT RAISED by Baloo (bear) and Baghera (Panther). He is RAISED by the WOLVES until its no longer safe for him in the forest because of Shere Khan.
4. Alice doesn't have a step mom, its her SISTER who is reading to her.
5.Peter Pan ran away from home. Lost Boys? Don't remember their parents due to Nannies before they fall out of their prams.
6.Sir Ector in Sword in the Stone IS NOT ARTHUR'S FATHER. Sir Ector is Arthur's FOSTER FATHER. The real father of Arthur is the King who died, (who name is King Uther)
7. Simba does have a mother..its his dad who dies.
What do Fairy Tale movies (Disney and non-Disney), Once Upon a Time TV show and Andrew Loyd Webber's ' Biblical Plays– Plays-Joesph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat and Jesus Christ Superstar (and also his Phantom of the Opera play) have in common?
What they have in common is that all of them are doing what our ancestors being doing for decades. They are updating and retelling stories that been told for generations (some more then others). So why are people having a cow about OUAT (Once Upon a Time) criss-crossing stories (ie. Rumpelstiltskin being 1.Rumpelstiltskin, 2.The Beast and 3.Hook's Crocodile). There's nothing to have a cow about!


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Muktsar, April 3 (YP Bureau)
Known Sikh preacher and Chief of 'Panthic Sewa Lehar' Sant Baba Baljit Singh Daduwal today tied nuptial knot with Bibi Sukhmit Kaur Khalsa at a historic Gurudwara in village Sarainaga, near here.
The well-attended 'Anand Karaj' ceremony was completed as per 'Gurmaryada' Wednesday afternoon in Gurdwara 2nd Patshahi Shri Guru Angad Dev ji at Sarainaga.
Bhai Baldev Singh Wadala's Hazuri Raagi Jatha of Sri Harmandar Sahib recited performed Gurbani Kirtan from Shri Guru Granth Sahib.
Bibi Sukhmit Kaur Khalsa is also from a 'Amritdhari' family. She is the daughter of Dr. Gurmit Singh, a resident of Mandi Bariwala in the district of Muktsar.
Baba Baljit Singh Daduwal who heads Panthic Sewa Lehar had been in news for his opposition to the objectionable activities of Dera Sirsa Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim.
Those who attended the marriage ceremony include Shiromani Akali Dal Amritasr president Simranjit Singh Mann, Radha Soami Satsang Dera Beas Chief Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon, Baba Sarabjot Singh Bedi former president of Sant Samaj, Bibi Karan Kaur Brar MLA Muktsar Sahib, Dyan Singh Mand ex-MP, Rajdev Singh Khalsa ex-MP, Dal Khalsa president Harchranjit Singh Dhami, Panch Pardhani president Harpal Singh Cheema, AISSF president Karnail Singh Peermohammad, various Sants, Babas and heads of religious organisations.
Two persons who spoke on the occasion to bless the newly-weds included SAD Amritsar president Simranjit Singh Mann and Bhura Sing. Bhura Singh represented Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon chief of the Radha Soami sect and spoke even as Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon was himself present there.
People in the sangat felt it when Bhura Singh who started his speech with 'Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh' said 'Radha Soami ji Sahai' while concluding the speech. Bhai Mohkam Singh, convener of the Khalsa Action Committee conducted the stage.
A source said around three to four thousand people were present.


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Sri Lanka: Education of thousands disrupted by fighting
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|25 August 2008
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COLOMBO, 25 August 2008 (IRIN) - The national authorities, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), and local authorities in Sri Lanka's northern districts are pooling resources to enable thousands of displaced students to continue their education despite disruption by the conflict.
Clashes between Sri Lankan government forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have escalated recently in the four northern districts of Mannar, Vavuniya, Kilinochchi and Mulaitivu, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes, including thousands of students, some of whom were preparing to take their government exams this month.
Twelve thousand students were among those who have been displaced by recent fighting in Mannar and Vavuniya districts alone, the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) said in a situation report on 18 August.
"UNICEF reports 7,500 children in Madhu education zone, and 4,500 children from Vavuniya north zone, have been displaced," the report said. "Educational materials have been lost due to multiple displacements and the quantity of materials is insufficient for the upcoming term."
Temporary learning places
UNICEF officials in the capital, Colombo, told IRIN that the agency had been working with government authorities to ensure the displaced students could continue their education.
"In 2008, 35 temporary learning spaces have been constructed for displaced schools in Vavuniya and Mannar [districts]," James Elder, UNICEF spokesperson in Sri Lanka, told IRIN. "Support provided also includes provision of student kits, teacher kits, blackboards, recreational kits and tarpaulins."
Large-scale displacements were recorded after 20 July in the northern regions of Mannar District and at least 12,000 families relocated closer to Kilinochchi town, 300km from Colombo and under the control of the Tamil Tigers. In August, two important public exams were successfully held - the Year Five scholarship exam and the national university entrance exam.
"Many students who faced a lack of shelter were not in a sound position to prepare for their exams, others were unable to attend," Elder said. "However, the Ministry of Education mobilised resources and ensured most children could sit exams in alternative centres."
Exam centres relocated
Several examination centres that were close to areas of fighting had to be relocated to Kilinochchi for the safety of the students, government officials said.
According to the government agent in Kilinochchi, Nagalingam Vedanayagam, 350 students sitting for the Year Five exam, and an additional 70 who were sitting for the university entrance exam, were among those who had fled the fighting in late July.
Arrangements had initially been made for these students to sit for the exams at government schools, close to Kilinochchi. "The students ended up taking the exams at Kilinochchi Central College," Vedanayagam told IRIN.
The government agent told IRIN that at least 22 schools in Kilinochchi District were being used to provide shelter for the displaced. "When the new term starts in September, we will have more issues to deal with."
UNICEF spokesperson Elder told IRIN that plans were in hand to enable displaced children to continue their education, and for training to continue for teachers.
The next stage, said the UNICEF spokesperson, is to redeploy teachers to where they are needed, prepare schools that are not damaged so they can host students who have been displaced by the conflict, and distribute vitally needed books and stationery.


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The gorgeous actress Shilpa Saklani Agnihotri who was seen as a contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss Saath 7, got eliminated last week. As much as she entertained the audience with her acting skills she entertained the audience being a contestant too in the Bigg Boss house. She was one the most dignified and consistent contestant in the house and was not seen being manipulative unlike the few contestants in the house who are playing a game.
On her exit from the house we got in touch with Shilpa to know about her stay in the Bigg Boss house, the task she enjoyed the most, who according to her is playing a game in the house and much more.
Here is Shilpa Saklani Agnihotri unplugged -
When asked Shilpa about her stay in the Bigg Boss house she said, "My journey in the Bigg Boss house was fantastic. I had a great time in the house; those 26 days are memorable days in my life. I would love to be back on the show if I get an opportunity to come through a wild card entry, as I had a great time in the house."
Shilpa's exit came as a shock to many contestants in the house, on the same when we asked Shilpa on whether the elimination was fair enough this time according to her, she says, "It is very difficult to comment on this at the moment. I have gracefully accepted the decision that I am eliminated from the house."
Shilpa says that it is going to be difficult for her to stay away from her husband Apurva Agnihotri, "Well it is going to be very difficult for me to stay away from my husband but I will manage it."
When we asked her on who she thinks is playing a dirty game in the house, Shilpa says, "Well according to me there is no one in the house who is playing a dirty game. But yes, Armaan Kohli is definitely playing a game in the house."
She finds her husband very genuine in the house, "I find
my husband Apurva Agnihotri very genuine in the house and I hope he stays for a
long time in the house," says Shilpa.
Recently there was a task held in the Bigg Boss house where the contestants had to discuss among themselves and place themselves on the scale of 1 to 13 according to their popularity and achievements. In the task Shilpa and Apurva Agnihotri were placed at number 5 and 6. When we asked her who deserved to stand at the first position Shilpa said, "I and Apurva definitely did not want to be a part of that task at all, because we felt that we are nobody to decide who should stand on the first position or the last one. Though we were physically a part of that game, we were definitely not involved in the game mentally."
The task that she enjoyed the most, "I had a great time
performing the Shaitan and the Farishte task. It was fantastic and in fact we
all housemates had enjoyed that task," says Shilpa.
Shilpa was seen very well maintained and looked gorgeous in the house. On the same we asked her about her fitness secret and she says, "It is genetic. God has been really kind towards me regarding my health (laughs)."
She thinks that it is too early to decide at the moment on who will win the show, "It is too early to comment on who will be the winner of the show. Yet there are nearly two months left and anything can happen at any time."
Shilpa's exit from the show has definitely come as a shock to many in the house and to the viewers too, hope that we get to see her through the wild card entry soon back in the house. Till then we wish Shipla Sakhlani Agnihotri all the very best for her future endeavors.
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I will support any team that plays against KU and three referees. Forget about the total foul count......it is Crunch time fouls that count. KU is good and may win easily....but if it is close, they still will win because no Big 12 ref in their right mind will err in calling a foul against them. SOS. If Baylor wins and we win out we could be Big 12 North Champions.
I want to see baylor beat kansas myself **** kansas.
Cause the moon told me to and its watching us right now
independent studies have concluded that humans are actually genetically linked to sheep more so than primates. Baaaaa.
The Embiid circle jerk by the announcers is annoying.
Go Bears!
3 Goggles is strokin it from behind the arc tonight.
What a surprise, the refs with a bad call on the road team with the least knowledgeable fans base cheering it on.
Originally Posted by CloneinWDSM
3 Goggles is strokin it from behind the arc tonight.
And nowhere else. His only 2 makes are from three.
Cyclone in the heart of enemy territory
Heslip would thrive in Fred's offense tbh
My reaction to Scot Drew pressing at the end of the half...
Originally Posted by Clones21
On ESPN. Go KU! **** on Baylor!
wtf? do you know how league standings work?
2015 CF Avatar of the Year winner.
Originally Posted by mtowncyclone13
wtf? do you know how league standings work?
I'm not worried about that. Iowa State is a Tourney team. Big 12 is likely getting 7 teams in this year.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
KU fans are very unintelligent. Jayhawk fans lack couth.
Originally Posted by State43
Heslip would thrive in Fred's offense tbh
He would be a legend here.
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
I will NEVER under any circumstances cheer for Kansas.
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Summary:Craig and Elise had all the ingredients for an ideal life: a great marriage, a wonderful five-year-old son named Ben, a charming home and a bright future. Then, on one sunny day, their perfect world is irrevocably shattered when their son is abducted from their own front yard. Sadly, the desperate police search for the kidnapper proves to be in vain when the child is found dead. Their relationship crumbles under the strain and Elise moves out - leaving each of them alone in their private hell. Months later, a chance tip leads police to the suspect's door, catching him red-handed with another victim. Although Ben's murderer is soon brought to trial, the grieving parents are stunned when his ... Full Summary >>


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A freak show is designed to startle and amaze, leaving the viewer dazed and mumbling about what the heck just crawled across the stage. That's what this lockout-created 2011-12 NBA season is about, right here and right now: a bearded lady twirling a basketball.
Have you ever witnessed so many injuries, so many poor shooting nights, so many lopsided scores in so short a time? Has there ever been a first month of a season as astonishing as this one?
Part comical, part tragic and totally freakish, this season is starting to separate itself from all others, and not entirely for the better.
Well, let's be fair, now. Kobe Bryant did go on a 40-point binge, as did Dwight Howard with his 20-point, 20-rebound efforts. The Thunder are a team to behold. Nobody runs the two-man fast-break more poetic than LeBron James and Dwyane Wade (that is, when Wade actually suits up). Dozens of games have been decided on big shots and big plays. When two contenders square off, we usually see a spectacle.
For the most part, though, the season has been hell on the limbs, on the elderly vets, on practice time and, most nights, on the eyes. Which is what you'd expect from a condensed 66-game schedule and a microwaved training camp.
"Guys are tired," said Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge, and aren't we all by now?
The good news is players will eventually adapt to the rapid-fire pace of the games, and the quality of play can only get better. We, at least, didn't get stuck with the alternative, either: no basketball at all. As long as the playoffs bring the typical intensity and some compelling matchups, this start will be forgotten and forgiven.
Unfortunately, that's still a few months off. In the meantime, we're left to seriously wonder if the Pistons can break 100.
Let's rattle off some events unique to lockout hoops, also known as The Season That David Stern and Billy Hunter Created:
• The Hawks, one of the better teams, lose to Miami without LeBron and Wade.
• The Magic, another upper-tier team, are held to a franchise record-low 56 points by a Boston team without Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo.
• A basketball player -- Derrick Rose, no less -- develops turf toe, an injury that may haunt him the entire season.
• Dirk Nowitzki needs a few games off to work on his conditioning.
• The young Timberwolves, citing the schedule, hold only two practices in a 2 ½-week stretch.
• Steph Curry's chronically creaky ankle isn't given proper time to heal and subsequently gets tweaked again.
You get the drift. Almost every team has had at least one player suffer from a conditioning-like injury. Few teams have been able to practice for more than two straight days. Coaches are not only preparing for that night's game, but also for the next night, too, by resting regulars and reaching deep into the bench.
"I actually think it's worse mentally than physically," said Nick Collison of the Thunder. "You can get off your feet and rest your body but, especially with a back-to-back-to-back, you're always thinking about that next game. While your body might be resting, your mind is always working."
Because lockout ball affects everyone, most players and coaches are dismissing it as the cost of doing business in the aftermath of the labor negotiations. They realize the schedule is an equal opportunity offender, so they aren't wasting their breath cursing it -- mainly because they need their breath for the game. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich wisecracked when asked how he's managing to put up with this kind of season.
"Are you married? How does your wife put up with you? She has to. She has no choice for now. It's the same thing here. You've got no choice. Quit your crying and just deal with it. Just deal with it and shut up. That's the best way," he said.
He then spoke for all coaches when he discussed the tricky task of preparing for the weekly flurry of games.
"My daily schedule is different," he said. "Our staff meetings and approach and when we do things is different now because of the rapidity of games. The teaching logistics have changed. We're cramming in less than normal. The time is so short. With those young kids you need to keep repeating some things before you put new things in. Think back to your algebra class. If you went too quickly, and it's the fourth week and you didn't know (what was taught) the second week, you're screwed for the whole year."
Players are sitting longer to heal from persistent, though maybe not serious, injuries. Miami is taking no chances with Wade, who will rest as long as the Heat can win without him, which they have. Same goes for most veterans 30 and older, particularly if they're franchise players. The risk of aggravating an injury and ruining their bodies for the postseason is too great.
So you can imagine what life is like these days for the Celtics, for example. Doc Rivers gave a clue.
"I was talking with Larry Brown," he said, "and I was half-joking when I said: 'At this point you're almost scared to have a practice.' Because if one guy sprains an ankle in practice, with all the games that means he could miss seven games. When Kevin (Garnett) was limping around [with an ankle sprain] you almost wanted to blow the whistle and say, 'OK, we're going to practice but no one can touch each other.'"
Steve Nash said, "It takes more than a couple of beers and a nap in the afternoon" to recover from the previous night, and so players have adjusted their off-court schedule accordingly.
Let's just say the nightclub business isn't booming in most NBA cities.
"It's not a fun season," said Keyon Dooling. "You're so fatigued at the end of the night, you just go home."
Through Sunday's games, offensive numbers are slightly down from a year ago, including shooting percentage (45.6 to 44.2), 3-point percentage (36 to 34) and points scored per 100 possessions (104 to 100), while turnovers are up (16, from 15.3). You almost can't predict which team will show up on a nightly basis.
"It's interesting," said Rivers, explaining the personality of his team. "Every once in a while they'll sprinkle in a great game. Our first game of the year (against the Knicks), shockingly, both teams were on fire. We've probably had only one other game like that. You see it all around the league."
Magic general manager Otis Smith added: "You can win a game by 20 one day and lose a game by 20 the next day, that's the effect of it. That's not consistent play."
Players and coaches will eventually figure it out. They must. There's no other choice. Assuming the injuries don't pile up, bodies will strengthen and performances will tighten. That's the hope, anyway.
As the postseason draws near, coaches will begin to cut their rotations and the usual playoff and championship contenders, if healthy, will take their rightful places come late April.
"In the next month," predicts Suns coach Alvin Gentry, "teams will play at a real high level and get back to where they should be."
That will come as a relief to everyone involved. Because no matter how shocking they might be, nobody wants a freak show in the NBA. Just a show.
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Ben Spies is leaving Moto GP at the end of the year "for a litany of reasons".
" Sick of it"!
Moto GP Politics.
Broken Swingarm,
Broken Helmet visor
Rear tire coming apart in huge chunks
Food Poisoning
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I hope to someday have Phil Wood hubs on the touring bike I'm building right now. I bought Formula hubs thinking I would use Phil Wood cartridge bearings in them for some time (years?) until I can upgrade the hubs.
Now though I'm wondering if:
a) there is little enough difference that I should just run the original bearings until they need to be replaced
b) go with original plan and put in the Phils
c) buy XYZ industrial bearings (perhaps some of you engineering types can recommend XYZ)
ps: that's 6000 standard cartridge bearings, PW000 for the Phil Wood