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Taking a Toll
Kathy Y. Wilson
0 Comments · Wednesday, February 4, 2015
I would not trade the liberation of working for myself — of coming up with ideas and translating them into paid words, or teaching at the University of Cincinnati or working with Northside teenagers — for stacks of cash at a more reliable, albeit mind-numbing, soul-sucking job.
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Cincinnati vs. The World 12.23.14
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0 Comments · Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Gaslight Property has plans to develop a $16.5 million, 117-unit luxury apartment complex on Whitfield Avenue in Clifton.
by Nick Swartsell
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County Budget Proposal Could Further Shift Tax Burden
Proposal would lower property taxes and raise sales taxes, disproportionately affecting the low-income
Hamilton County's tax structure could become more regressive next year if a new proposal to increase sales tax while decreasing property taxes is put into effect. A budget proposal by Hamilton County Administrator Christian Sigman unveiled Oct. 13 called for a .25 percent increase in sales taxes and a decrease in property taxes for the county. The decrease would amount to $38 for every $100,000 worth of property, meaning homeowners would generally see a wash or net savings on the deal while low-income and middle class residents pay more in taxes. Sigman says the budget represents a big change in the way the county funds itself. The benefit of relying more on sales tax, he says, is that it raises much more money from those who live outside the county but buy things here. The budget proposal would provide $210 million in 2015. That's short of the $222 million needed by county departments, but a big jump from the $200 million available under the current budget. Democratic County Commissioner Todd Portune said the proposal was "bound to be controversial," since sales taxes place a higher burden on the poor. Unlike income or property taxes, everyone pays the same sales tax rates regardless of income or assets. But lower income residents generally spend more of their money on necessities, including those subject to sales tax, meaning they end up paying a larger portion of their income in sales taxes. The bottom fifth of workers in Ohio, those making less than $17,000 a year, pay 7 percent of their income in sales taxes under the state's current tax structure. Meanwhile, top earners, those making more than $138,000, pay as little as 1 percent in sales tax. And Ohio's tax structure has gotten more regressive over the years due to cuts in the state's income tax. At 6.75 percent, Hamilton County's sales tax is about average for the state. Even if the .25 percent increase were to pass on the ballot in November, it would still be lower than other major cities in Ohio. Franklin County, where Columbus is located, has a 7.5 percent sales tax, and in Cuyahoga County, where Cleveland is, it's 8 percent.The sales tax increase was first proposed last summer as part of a plan to renovate Music Hall and Union Terminal. Republican County Commissioners Greg Hartmann and Chris Monzel voted to strip Music Hall out of that plan, but the tax hike will be on the November ballot for Union Terminal. That hike could also be used to provide for a number of other county needs, including a proposed move for the county Board of Elections office from downtown to Mount Airy.Commissioners have not said whether they support the budget proposal.
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Foundation Floats Special Tax District Proposal to Fund Streetcar
Nick Swartsell
0 Comments · Wednesday, September 17, 2014
As city leaders look to find ways to plug a $4 million annual funding gap for the operation of Cincinnati's streetcar, a major backer of the transit project has proposed a way to raise a good deal of the needed money.
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COAST Says It Will Fight Music Hall/Union Terminal Tax Plan
Nick Swartsell
0 Comments · Wednesday, July 9, 2014
The Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST) says it will fight Hamilton County Commissioners' proposed plans to raise either sales or property taxes to help pay for renovations to Music Hall and Union Terminal.
by Rachel Podnar
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Sherrod Brown Pushes Student Loan Refinancing
New bill would save students and government money, but tax those with big bucks
What's something that homeowners, business and local governments can do that college students cannot? Aside from buying alcohol, everyone else can refinance loans for lower interest rates. But at a time when charges for borrowing money have hit nearly historic lows, students have been locked into their older, higher rates. A new bill looks to remedy that and promises to not only pay for itself, but cut government spending.So, students, graduates and budget hawks are happy, and everybody wins. Wrong. The tricky part — paying for the program — is something called the Fair Share Tax. The reduction in spending would come from the second part of the bill. Also called "The Buffet Rule," named after Warren Buffet and championed by Elizabeth Warren, the tax mandates a minimum rate of 30 percent on those who bring in a million dollars or more a year. Offering students loans without a refinancing option is a profitable business — the government is set to take in $66 billion on interest alone from loans issued between 2007-2013, according to the Government Accountability Office. Eliminating that money would have big budget implications. That's where the Fair Share Tax comes in.The Banking on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act would allow those with loans issued before August 9 last year to refinance at the rates passed in 2013 — 3.8 percent for undergraduate loans. Democrats, including Sen. Sherrod Brown, are trying to gather support for the bill. Brown filed the bill with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Warren introduced the bill in the Senate on May 5. She, Brown and other Democrats will be pushing it in the upcoming week. "Every dollar a current borrower pays in interest is a dollar he or she can't spend on a car, on a mortgage, or on starting a small business," Brown said in an email sent out on Thursday requesting signatures to support the bill. So far, 36 senators have signed it. Last year, Congress lowered the rate of new loans but left existing rates the same. Those higher rates are drowning graduates, keeping them stuck in their parents' basements, Warren said on the Senate floor last month. "Make no mistake, this is an emergency," she said. "Student loan debt is exploding and it threatens the stability of young people and the future of our economy." The Congressional Budget Office released a report on the bill Wednesday. The report found that lowering the rates of outstanding loans would increase spending by $51 billion, but with the new tax thrown in, the bill would also increase revenue by $72 billion between 2015-2019. The report said deficits could be reduced in the next 10 years by about $22 billion. Congressional Republicans are sure to oppose the tax increase, considering most have signed Americans for Tax Reform's taxpayer protection pledge to not raise taxes. This won't be the first time congressional Republicans have opposed the proposed tax. It was introduced in 2012 as the Paying a Fair Share Act and fell short of the votes needed to leave the Senate. In the meantime, student loan debt totals $1.2 trillion, greater than all outstanding credit card debt.
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Tax abatements benefit wealthy, group to market Cincinnati, winter raises city's costs
About 1 in 20 Cincinnatians, many of them in the wealthiest neighborhoods, pay less in taxes because their home renovations and constructions are subsidized by a local tax program. While the program benefits the wealthy, it also hits Cincinnati Public Schools and other local services through lost revenue. The tax abatement program aims to keep and attract residents and businesses by lowering the costs of moving and living in Cincinnati. Anastasia Mileham, spokeswoman for 3CDC, says the tax abatements helped revitalize Over-the-Rhine, for example. Others say the government is picking winners and losers and the abatement qualifications should be narrowed.With hotel room bookings back to pre-recession levels, Source Cincinnati aims to sell Cincinnati's offerings in arts, health care, entrepreneurism and anything else to attract new businesses and residents. The Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau established the organization to reach out to national journalists and continue the local economic momentum built up in the past few years. "Successful cities are those that have good reputations," Julie Calvert, interim executive director at Source Cincinnati, told The Cincinnati Enquirer. "Without reputation it's difficult to get businesses to expand or relocate or get more conventions or draw young diverse talent to work for companies based here."The harsh winter weather this year pushed Cincinnati's budget $5 million over, with nearly $3 million spent on salt, sand and chemicals alone. . The rest of the costs come through increased snow plowing shifts and other expenses to try to keep the roads clean. The extra costs just compound the city's structurally imbalanced budget problems. The need for more road salt also comes despite Councilman Charlie Winburn's attempts to undermine the city's plans to stockpile and buy salt when it's cheap.Mayor John Cranley says the success of The Incline Public House in East Price Hill, which he helped develop, speaks to the pent-up demand for similar local businesses in neglected Cincinnati neighborhoods.Less than a month remains to sign up for health insurance plans on HealthCare.gov. The estimated 24,000 students who drop out of Ohio schools each year might cost themselves and the public hundreds of millions a year, according to the Alliance for Excellent Education.Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says meth abuse has reached "epidemic" levels in the state.Ohio gas prices continued to rise this week.Developers say they have funding for the first phase of a Noah's Ark replica coming to Williamstown, Ky.There's a Netflix hack that pauses a movie or TV show when the viewer falls asleep.Follow CityBeat on Twitter:• Main: @CityBeatCincy • News: @CityBeat_News • Music: @CityBeatMusic • German Lopez: @germanrlopezGot any news tips? Email them to email@example.com.
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Preschool could save money, domestic partner registry coming, mayor seeks inclusion
Universal preschool could save Cincinnati $48-$69.1 million in the first two to three years by ensuring children get through school with less problems and costs to taxpayers, according to a University of Cincinnati Economics Center study. The public benefits echo findings in other cities and states, where studies found expanded preschool programs generate benefit-cost ratios ranging from 4-to-1 to 16-to-1 for society at large. For Cincinnati and preschool advocates, the question now is how the city could pay for universal preschool for the city's three- and four-year-olds. CityBeat covered universal preschool in further detail here.Cincinnati leaders intend to adopt a domestic partner registry that would grant legal recognition to same-sex couples in the city. Councilman Chris Seelbach's office says the proposal would particularly benefit gays and lesbians working at small businesses, which often don't have the resources to verify legally unrecognized relationships. Seelbach's office says the registry will have two major requirements: Same-sex couples will need to pay a $45 fee and prove strong financial interdependency. In a motion, the mayor and a supermajority of City Council ask the city administration to structure a plan that meets the criteria; Seelbach's office expects the full proposal to come back to council in the coming months.Mayor John Cranley plans to take a sweeping approach to boosting minority inclusion in Cincinnati, including the establishment of an Office of Minority Inclusion. The proposal from Cranley asks the city administration to draft a plan for the office, benchmark inclusion best practices and identify minority- and women-owned suppliers that could reduce costs for the city. The proposal comes the week after Cranley announced city contracting goals of 12 percent for women-owned businesses and 15 percent for black-owned businesses.Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted eliminated early voting on Sundays with a directive issued yesterday. Husted's directive is just the latest effort from Republicans to reduce early voting opportunities. Democrats say the Republican plans are voter suppression, while Republicans argue the policies are needed to establish uniform early voting hours across the state and save counties money on running elections.The Butler County Common Pleas Court ruled Tuesday that the village of New Miami must stop using speed cameras. Judge Michael Sage voiced concerns about the administrative hearing process the village used to allow motorists to protest or appeal tickets.Ohio officials expect to get 106,000 Medicaid applications through HealthCare.gov.The first shark ray pups born in captivity all died at the Newport Aquarium. Rising home prices might lead to more babies for homeowners.Follow CityBeat on Twitter:• Main: @CityBeatCincy • News: @CityBeat_News • Music: @CityBeatMusic • German Lopez: @germanrlopezGot any news tips? Email them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Report: Kasich's Tax Proposal Favors Wealthy
German Lopez
0 Comments · Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Gov. John Kasich's income tax proposal would excessively favor Ohio's wealthiest, an analysis from Policy Matters Ohio and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found.
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LGBT groups debate timing, Avondale housing project advancing, Kasich tax cuts favor rich
A coalition between Equality Ohio and other major LGBT groups on Friday officially declared it will not support a 2014 ballot initiative that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. Instead, the coalition plans to continue education efforts and place the issue on the ballot in 2016. But FreedomOhio, the LGBT group currently leading the 2014 ballot initiative, plans to put the issue on the ballot this year with or without support from other groups. CityBeat covered the issue and conflict in further detail here.The group heading Commons at Alaska, a permanent supportive housing project in Avondale, plans to hold monthly "good neighbor" meetings to address local concerns about the facility. The first meeting is scheduled at the Church of the Living God, located at 434 Forest Avenue, on Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. Some Avondale residents have lobbied against the facility out of fears it would weaken public safety, but a study of similar facilities in Columbus found areas with permanent supportive housing facilities saw the same or lower crime increases as demographically comparable areas. In January, a supermajority of City Council rejected Councilman Christopher Smitherman's proposal to rescind the city's support for the Avondale project.Gov. John Kasich's income tax proposal would disproportionately benefit Ohio's wealthiest, an analysis from Policy Matters Ohio and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found. Specifically, the proposal would on average cut taxes by $2 for the bottom 20 percent of Ohioans, $48 for the middle 20 percent and $2,515 for the top 1 percent. The proposal is typical for Ohio Republicans: They regularly push to lower taxes for the wealthy, even though research, including from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, finds tax cuts for the wealthy aren't correlated with higher economic growth. Local policy explainers from the past week:• What Is Mayor John Cranley's Parking Plan?• What Is Responsible Bidder? Mayor John Cranley says he wants Catholic Health Partners to locate its planned headquarters in Bond Hill.A new Ohio law uncovered more than 250 high-volume dog breeders that previously went unregulated in the state. The new regulations aim to weed out bad, unsafe environments for high-volume dog breeding, but some animal advocates argue the rules don't go far enough. CityBeat covered the new law in further detail here.Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald could face a longshot primary challenger in May. But the challenger, Larry Ealy of the Dayton area, still needs his signatures confirmed by the secretary of state to officially get on the ballot.Former Gov. Ted Strickland could run against U.S. Sen. Rob Portman in 2016, according to The Plain Dealer. Strickland cautioned it's not an official announcement, but it's not something he's ruled out, either.A bill that would make the Ohio Board of Education an all-elected body appears to have died in the Ohio legislature. Currently, the governor appoints nearly half of the board's members. Some legislators argue the governor's appointments make the body too political.Science says white noise can help some people sleep.Follow CityBeat on Twitter:• Main: @CityBeatCincy • News: @CityBeat_News • Music: @CityBeatMusic • German Lopez: @germanrlopezGot any news tips? Email them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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On May 9, 111 United Methodist clergy and candidates issued a "love letter" to their denominational leadership on the eve of their General Conference. In loving support of these brave clergy and candidates, UUA President Peter Morales has written an open letter. He encourages all people of faith and conscience to show their solidarity by adding their name.
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One of Barça Alusport's secrets is community. The quality was on display as the team celebrated their Cup title
Barça Alusport celebrated their latest title conquest on Tuesday evening. FCB claimed the King's Cup in Antequera on Tuesday, May 15. The Azulgranas decisively beat ElPozo Murcia, favourites going into the tournament, by 6-3.
Excellent atmosphere
The venue for the celebration was a restaurant in the new commercial district os Las Arenas. The 'Happy Rock' restaurant hosted the players and their partners, technical staff, team staff, directors and members of the Athletic Commission for a pleasant and enjoyable evening.
Moreover, the director responsible for the team, Javier Bordas, minutes before dinner got underway, awarded the four players that won the European Championship in Croatia for Spain a tribute from the Club.


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Mexican National Pleads to Drug Conspiracy
|U.S. Attorney's Office April 26, 2012
COLUMBIA, SC—United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Adrian Cienfuegos-Aguirre, age 32, of Guerrero, Mexico, pled guilty in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846.
United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., of Columbia, accepted the plea and will impose his sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office. Cienfuegos-Aguirre faces a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of 40 years' imprisonment, along with four years of supervised release to follow the term of imprisonment and a fine of $2,000,000.
Adrian Cienfuegos-Aguirre was one of over 116 defendants initially charged in 2009 following a series of court-authorized, FBI-monitored wiretaps over multiple telephones in the Columbia/Lexington area. Cienfuegos-Aguirre was a fugitive on the federal charge until his arrest at the Texas/Mexico border in September 2011. The evidence in the case indicated that Cienfuegos-Aguirre, a resident alien, was involved in the delivery of kilogram quantities of cocaine to the Lexington County area and in the transportation of drug proceeds after the sale of the cocaine. Evidence presented in court showed that on January 21, 2009, following a multi-kilogram deal, which was under surveillance by agents, Cienfuegos-Aguirre was stopped in a vehicle with another co-defendant, and found in possession of $153,640, which was seized by law enforcement. All co-defendants have been convicted and sentenced, with the exception of one remaining fugitive in the indictment.
The case was investigated by agents and officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), the Richland County Sheriff's Department and the Columbia Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Stacey D. Haynes of the Columbia office prosecuted the case.


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I am currently playing DG X100's in my irons (see signature). My coach does not seem to think I have a problem swinging them and keeps telling me once my swing gets better they will be the right shafts for me. But they do feel "kind of" heavy from a weight stand point and from a feel stand point. However, I will admit when I am swinging well (the way he wants me to) they feel very good.
Anyway with that said I demoed a couple of irons (Bridgestones J?? and Callaway X22 Tour) yesterday with Project X 6.0's and they felt lighter (easier to swing) as they are 10 grams lighter then the DG X100 but they also felt softer through impact and had a nice feel...I would like to hit some Project X 6.5's to see how they feel as they are bit stiffer then the 6.0 and only 5 grams heavier. Not sure if I am splitting hairs here but was wondering if you could comment on the following:
1) Can I really feel 10 grams?
2) Can the Project X just feel softer then the DG or is it just because they were stiff verus X stiff...Note: my ball flight was similar as I hit balls switching between those two clubs and my ZM's.
3) I do have some back issues (working with a PT) and have been thinking that maybe my back would benefit from softer and lighter shafts but I do not want to lose playability and accuracy of my irons.
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Residents of one coastal town in Onslow County are being told to evacuate because of Hurricane Irene.
A mandatory evacuation and a State of Emergency has been issued for North Topsail Beach. That begins at 6:00 a.m. Friday and the town is urging everyone to be off the island by 6:00 p.m. Gale force winds are expected Friday evening.
The town says the DOT will close the high-rise bridge when winds reach 45 miles per hour.
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An Onslow County beach town is expected to ask residents and visitors to leave because of the storm.
North Topsail Beach Mayor Daniel Tuman says they plan to ask for a voluntary evacuation at 2:00 p.m. He says as the storm continues they could even change that to a mandatory evacuation for the town as late as Friday morning.
The main route of access for the town is the high-rise bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway. The mayor says when wind gusts reach 45 miles per hour emergency vehicles stop crossing that bridge.


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Hola a todos, estuve investigando y encontré un juego de cartas japonés de death note, y entonces me puse a recopilarlas, espero que les guste.
Este post contiene:
1. Death Note Trading Card Game Vol 1 y todas sus cartas menos la 49 que no la encontré u.u
2. Reglas en Inglés (No hay en Español u.u)
3. Death Note Trading Card Game Special Edition Y todas sus cartas
1. Death Note Trading Card Game Vol 1:
Cuando salió a la venta, los vendían en sobres y en packs (como las cartas de Yugioh!)
Estos son los packs:
Y estas las cartas:
2. Reglas:
Death Note
Trading Card Game
1. Setup
2. Card Types
3. Game Flow
4. Deck Restriction
5. Glossary of Terms
1. Setup
In order to begin a game of Death Note Trading Card Game, you must have a deck of exactly 40 Death Note cards. You must also have an opponent that meets this same requirement
*Both players shuffle their decks, and offer their opponent a
chance to cut the deck.
*Decide who goes first.
*Both players draw 5 cards off the top of their deck.
*Both players select and put into play their respective "Death Note" card.
2. Card Types
There are 3 types of cards in Death Note Trading Card Game, Death Notes, Characters and Event cards.
Death Notes are put into play at the start of the game. You can only have 1 in your deck. Different Death Notes have different effects. If you scribe 7 names in your Death Note, you win.
Characters are played during the game and represent the many characters in the Death Note manga and anime series. Each Character has a "Will value". If this is lower than the opponent's Death Note's "Death value" the opponent can scribe that Character's name in their Death Note.
Events are played during the game and represent the many events that occur in the Death Note series. These have various effects and are usually discarded after they are resolved, unless otherwise noted on the card.
3. Game Flow
There are 5 Phases in the Death Note Collectible Card Game: Open, Draw, Main, Battle, and End.
Open Phase: During this Phase you reset your Death Note's Death Value to its original printed value, unless another card says otherwise.
Draw Phase: Draw 1 card off the top of your Deck. If you draw the last card of your Deck, you lose the game.
Main Phase: There are 3 actions you can take during this Phase: Scribe an opponent's Character, put a Character into play, or play an Event.
Playing a Character: If your Turn Marker is equal to or more than the Death Cost of a Character in your hand, you may write in that Character. You may only play 1 Character a turn.
Play an Event: This is similar to playing a Character. If your turn Marker is equal to or more than the Death Cost of an Event in your hand, you can play that Event. You may only play 1 Event a turn.
Scribbing a Character: Scribing a Character means putting its Name in your Death Note. When you scribe a character put a marker of some sort on your Death Note to show that you have Scribbed a Character. When you Scribe seven Characters, you win the game. You may only Scribe 1 Character. You may only Scribe during your turn.
Battle: If you like, you may attack your opponent's Death Note. Select 1 of your Characters and compare its Will to the Death Note's Death Value. If your Will is higher than the opponent's Death Value, your opponent's Death Value gets -1. If at anytime a player's Death Value is reduced to 0, that player loses the game. Also during this time, your opponent may select 1 of their Character's to Block this attack. In that case, compare the two Will Values. The one with the least Will is discarded. Each Character may only attack once, unless otherwise noted on the card.
End: This is the end of your turn. If you have more than 6 cards in your hand, discard cards to the Discard Pile until you have 6. Any effects that end at the turn or any cards that are discarded at the end of the turn are discarded now. Also, this is when Remain counters are removed from cards.
Turn Marker: Each player's Turn Marker begins at 0 at the start of the game. At the end of each player's turn, his/her Turn Marker is increase by one, up to a maxium of 8. There are Death Costs on all cards except for Death Notes.
4. Deck Restrictions
When building a Deck, you must follow two rules, Deck Restrictions, and a Banned/Restricted list.
There currently isn't a Banned/Restricted list.
Deck Restrictions:
A deck must consist of exactly 40 cards.
A deck must contain exactly 1 Death Note
A deck must contain at least 15 Characters
A deck may only have up to 3 copies of any given Character or Event. You may only have 3 copies of a Character with the same name. i.e. you may have 3 copies of C-7 Light Yagami, but you may not have 3 copies of C-21 Light Yagami, because the have the same name. This rule also applies to Events.
5. Glossary of Terms
Scribe: Add 1 Character's Name to your Death Note. You may not Scribe the same Character twice or a Character with the same name as the initially Scribbed Character.
Remain (X): This card Remains in play for X turns. At the end of each of your turns, remove 1 Remain from this card. When all Remains have passed, discard this card.
Eternal: This card stays in play until discarded by another effect.
Shinigami: This Character is a Shinigami. This trait may be mentioned by a card.
Human: This Character is a Human. This trait may be mention by a card.
3. Death Note Trading Card Game Special Edition:
Estas son unas cartas especiales que no son para jugar, solo son coleccionables:
Y esta es una carta especial de edición limitada que tuve el placer de encontrar:
Bueno aqui acaba el post, espero qeu les haya gustado. Quiero aclarare que lo tuve complicado al buscar la información porque las cartas originalmente estan en japonés y me fue difícil encontrarlas...
Que tengan un buen día.


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NEW DELHI: Retail banks across the world are increasingly investing in innovation as a means of generating revenue and controlling costs amid recovery in global economy, says a study by IT major Infosys.
Banks are looking towards technologies that can simplify their operations and deliver a richer customer experience. In particular, mobile innovation is beginning to gather pace, with 77 per cent of banks deploying or planning to deploy a mobile wallet solution, the study said.


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Figure 1 - Diagram showing WIS core components and Information Exchange
Table - Expected mapping of current WWW Centres into WIS
The terms are used for describing the necessary functions, not actual organizational entities. There may be organizations, such as NMHSs, which combine all three functions within their structure.
As well as providing the solution for the information exchange needs of NMHSs, WIS will also connect other national centres (NCs), such as relevant non-NMHS agencies/users, research facilities, and international programme centres.
Existing centres within WMO Member States that comply with the required WIS functions and technical specifications will be designated as either Data Collection or Production Centres, or National Centres. Centres providing the new
of WIS including more effective global connectivity, hosting of the WIS global discovery metadata catalogues and supporting the new discovery, access and retrieval functions of WIS may be hosted in existing WMO centres, but in themselves are a new type of centre.
WIS encompasses three types of centres. For regional and global connectivity, Global Information System Centres (GISCs) will collect and distribute the information meant for routine global dissemination, while serving as collection and distribution centres in their areas of responsibilities; providing entry points, through unified portals and comprehensive metadata catalogues, for any request for data held within the WIS. Connected to the GISCs, the Data Collection or Production Centres (DCPCs) will be responsible for the collection or generation of sets of data, forecast products, processed or value-added information, and/or for providing archiving services. National Centres (NCs) will collect and distribute data on a national basis and will coordinate or authorize the use of the WIS by national users, normally under a policy established by the respective Permanent Representative with WMO.


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Birth Name: Vadim Perelman
Born: 1963
Birth Place: Soviet Union
Born: 1963
Birth Place: Soviet Union
Born in Kiev, capital of then-Soviet occupied Ukraine, in 1963, Perelman was raised in a small room occupied by 10 other people-a communal flat with an extended family. Without television or money to go to movies, Perelman entertained himself with the vast array of books in the apartment, thus cultivating a voracious appetite for reading that stayed with him in his adult life. At age 7, both grandparents died, and at 9 his father was killed in a car accident. With no connections left, Perelman and his mother fled to Europe as refugees, first stopping in Vienna for two months, then Rome for a year, where he slept on the streets and begged for change. Finally, Perelman and his mother had e... Continue Bio >>
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Gwen Stefani's Son Zuma Rushed To Hospital? What Happened?TheMommyologist
You can't always believe everything that you read in the National Enquirer, and for Gwen Stefani's son Zuma's sake, we're hoping this story turns out to be false. The tabloid published a report yesterday that 2-year old Zuma Rossdale was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday night to treat a broken arm. If this rumor is true, what exactly happened to the poor tot?
According to the National Enquirer, Zuma took a fall off a countertop in his home, which resulted in the broken arm. He was supposedly taken to the ER at around 10pm, which makes me ask two important questions:
1. What was little Zuma doing up at that hour?
2. Why on earth was he on top of the counter?
An "insider" broke the news of Zuma's accident, and even said that he had to get a pin put into his wrist. The source also says, "Zuma is now back home and on mend, but it was a very harrowing few hours in the Stefani-Rossdale household."
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Warehouse & DC Management: Labor Management gets managers beyond the punch clock
August 01, 2012
Identifying unproductive time
Pickers may be paid for eight hours, but with reports from the LMS, supervisors can see, to the element level, why there were only six and a half hours of actual productive time.
According to Welker, this is where the LMS has been invaluable to her team. "It gives us the ability to really capture that time where we're not physically picking," she says. It's not necessarily because workers are catching up on last night's game, for example. Pickers may be spending 10 unproductive minutes waiting for pick tickets, doing safety check sheets, or waiting for product to be replenished.
"We can find those reasons that they're not doing productive tasks and eliminate them, making them productive for 7.5 hours per day instead of only 6.5 hours," says Welker.
Implementing an incentive program
While implementing engineered labor standards may improve productivity by identifying those lagging the curve, it's the implementation of incentives that sells LMS internally to most workers.
Let's say it takes a worker two hours to complete a task. If he completes it in only one hour, then he saves the company an hour of labor time, worth $20 per hour. With incentives, the company takes that $20 and shares a percentage of that with its workers, perhaps keeping $10 then giving the worker $10. "Obviously with incentives, productivity increases," says Welker. "What we also find is that people then become more creative, with many taking the initiative to improve processes because they want the incentive."
Parker warns that incentive plans may not be as effective in an environment where overtime is commonplace. "Incentive pay must be more lucrative than overtime," says Parker. "One should minimize overtime for several months before implementing incentive pay." He also cautions that incentive pay should never be tied to productivity alone. "Quality, service, and safety are also part of an effective incentive pay system."
Improving workforce planning
With seasonality, demand volumes can fluctuate. LMS provide supervisors with a scheduling tool that can define shifts and work schedules. It also allows them to evaluate current and future staffing levels based on both historical and actual work assignment data.
"I know that I have 2 million cases coming in next year," says Welker. "I know my teammates can pick about 200 cases per hour based on my LMS data. I can then determine how many teammates I need on the floor."
Even when initiating a new process, managers can use a combination of historical data and predetermined time standards from the LMS to project the time it takes to complete a task and then calculate the number of workers needed.
Developing more accurate costs
With an increasing number of value added services being performed at the DC level, many don't have a good feel for how much they should be charging. More managers are using their LMS to determine exactly how much it costs to ship merchandise through their warehouse and to determine what they need to break even or to realize specific profit margins.
"The system allows the operator to apply cost values to the goal or standard times; thereby, calculating the true cost of performing the task," says Parker.
Parker notes, however, that most LMS are still limited in their ability to process this data within the system, as providers have yet to build a solid module around activity costing. For now, many simply extract LMS data and enter them into custom spreadsheets to develop detailed budgets and costing reports.
Simulating "what-if" scenarios
With input from the LMS, operators can simulate changes in equipment, processes, or layouts within a facility in a virtual mode to determine the impact on productivity. "Before investing thousands of dollars," says Parker, "why not take those same orders, reload them into a test environment in the LMS, and compare how many standard minutes it takes with your new layout."
By simulating within the LMS environment, managers recognize the credibility of the simulation results, making it easier to get approval for any upfront capital. However, Parker notes that not many LMS providers offer this option within their system. "We typically have to extract the data, mimic databases, and request assistance from IT personnel to help process the data."
Tips for implementing
According to Stretar, LMS implementations usually involve working closely with employees on the floor to improve the operations. "We usually try to optimize an operation in conjunction with implementing the software. We then build and audit the standards for that operation." Incentive programs can then be initiated once the standardized operations have somewhat stabilized—"typically after two to three months."
Parker believes that the most important aspect of any LMS implementation is really its change management. "There's going to be resistance," he says. "It's important to educate workers on the system from the very beginning."
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It looks like it is time once again for St. Nick to tally up the good and bad for the year. While there are some financial folks who belong on the "nice" list (maybe the billionaires who publicly pledged to make sizable bequests?), there is no doubt that the "naughty" list on Wall Street is always quite a bit longer. (For more holiday related reading, check out Top Holiday Budget Busters.)
IN PICTURES: 8 Easy Ways To Slash Your Holiday Budget
Then again, maybe the naughty boys and girls on this list should take some cheer from their inclusion - because of their own actions, commodities like lumps of coal are worth more than they have been in a while!
While the European sovereign debt crisis undoubtedly stretches back to 2008 (if not earlier), it really heated up early in 2010. Greece was already something of a basket case, but the news kept getting worse, culminating in an international bailout in early May. Amidst all the worries about whether Greece would single-handedly sink a major bank or two, worries began to bubble up that Spain and Portugal would soon be in similar straits. Although Spain and Portugal seem relatively stable for now, Ireland brings the year to a close with its own prolonged financial difficulties and bailout.
There is no shortage of names that can go down on Santa's black list for this one. National governments lied to each other and their citizens about the state of their economies, and then gorged on cheap external debt to fund public largess. Of course, the banks who bought the debt also bought the lie(s) or assumed that they could pass the buck on to the public in the form of bailouts if things went south. Last and not least, some of the citizens of these countries themselves should earn a spot on the list for protesting and demonstrating against their governments for daring to actually try to put themselves on a paying, solvent basis and cutting some of these debt-fueled freebies. (For more, check out How Countries Deal With Debt.)
U.S. Government
It seems like the U.S. government and/or the Federal Reserve is looking to have a permanent spot on the list. This year brought two notable actions that bookended the year. Early in the year, the administration succeeded in passing its health care reform bill, but at great cost. While the bill itself does not necessarily earn a spot on the naughty list (though others will certainly disagree), it earns a spot here because of its opportunity cost. The administration spent an enormous amount of time, energy and political capital running this bill through; leaving almost nothing in reserve to use to push through any really meaningful economic reform.
Speaking of reform, the government's efforts to reform Wall Street and banking ultimately proved to be a lot more about sound and fury than substance, perhaps missing yet another chance to really fix the system.
The Fed's second major foray into quantitative easing, called QE2 for short, also may earn the government a spot on the naughty list. Though QE2 might have the amusing side-effect of exporting inflation to China - a nice gift exchange for a country that keeps its currency artificially low - it is a major risk to the U.S. economy in the long-term and may not serve to stimulate demand as much as the government hopes. (Learn more about QE2 in What is Quantitative Easing?)
Wall Street
Wall Street must love coal in its stockings, because it too is a semi-permanent fixture on these naughty lists. Not only did Wall Street go kicking and screaming into new reforms, but allegations are bubbling that some firms were even more naughty than normal. Rumors are spreading that more than one major firm may be (or have been) involved in manipulating the silver market. If that was not bad enough, and it is, now there are stories of a wide-ranging government probe of insider trading that could involve several big-name sell-side firms, as well as hedge funds, mutual funds and corporations.
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Commercial Banks
Mortgage lenders made a late push to get themselves on the naughty list on a retroactive basis. As banks like Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) have moved borrowers through the foreclosure process, details started coming to light that all was not well in that process. Banks foreclosed on houses that had no mortgages as well as foreclosing on the wrong houses. Making matters worse, banks have apparently provided fraudulent documents to courts in these foreclosure proceedings (though it is still an open question as to whether the banks knew the documents were fraudulent). While there is nothing wrong with a bank foreclosing on a borrower who will not or cannot pay, it is naughty indeed to take shortcuts simply to speed up the process. (For more on the foreclosure mess, take a look at The Story Behind The Foreclosure Crisis.)
Corporate America
Last and not least, the management of many of America's largest companies may well find themselves on the wrong side of Santa this year. Largely in response to record-low interest rates, corporate America has gorged on debt this year. Instead of putting that debt to use to build factories or expand businesses, much of that cash has either sat on balance sheets or gone straight out the door to investors in the form of dividends and buybacks.
All the while, more than 100 CEOs make more than $15 million a year in compensation and executive pay is up nearly 6% from last year. Keep in mind, though, that official unemployment is still nearly 10% and overall wage growth is under 2% for the year to date. It seems, then, that the question of whether the recession is over or not has a little something to do with whether the person in question works in a spacious private office, a small cube or can find work at all.
Still Reasons for Cheer
Even though this year, like every year, has its well-deserving membership on the rolls of the naughty, that is no reason to lose the holiday spirit. Overall, things are better than they were a year ago and there are plenty of reasons to think that 2011 will be better still. Moreover, the naughty still stand out in part because they are the exceptions - there are plenty of good companies, run by good people, out there and their continuing success and improvement is what everybody should focus on going into the New Year. (Discover some of the generous souls in finance. Check out The Christmas Saints Of Wall Street.)
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May 24, 2016
Shots rang out in southern Leon County and now one woman is hospitalized with a gunshot wound. The woman's name has not yet been released.
Leon County sheriff's deputies say they fired a shot at the woman in self-defense.
"She seemed to be a nice lady, but I've been here since 1994 and I've never seen her do any harm to anybody," comments neighbor Frankie Knight.
Tallahassee resident Frankie Knight could not believe her neighbor, whose name has not been released, was involved in a shoot out with sheriff's deputies.
Around 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, deputies were called to 4365 Slash Pine Lane after receiving a report that the woman was causing a disturbance to her neighbors.
Deputies say when they arrived on scene, the woman was acting in a way that was harmful to herself and to other residents, and that's when a taser gun was utilized.
Deputies then say because of the woman's loose clothing, the taser was ineffective and that's when she reportedly ran back into her home.
"At that time, the woman came to the door with a pistol, opened fire on the deputies who immediately returned fire, and was able to take her into custody, It appears she suffered one non-fatal gunshot wound," adds CPT Mike Wood of the Criminal Investigation Bureau for the Leon County Sheriff's Office.
"We had to take deadly force action against one of the citizens in our community. I can assure you this is very serious, and will be investigated very thoroughly, by ourselves and the state attorney's office," Wood adds.
Following the shooting the woman was transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. This incident is still under investigation.
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HELENA, Mont. - Information on convicted criminals in Montana is now available to anyone with an Internet connection through a new search system created by the Montana Department of Corrections.
The Correctional Offender Network (CON), located at www.cor.state.mt.us, facilitates a search for information adults who have been convicted of felonies using criteria such as a name or adult offender number. The search will return a list of possible matches, from which the user can locate a complete report. The reports contain physical characteristics on the subject such as locations of scars, marks or tattoos and photos of the subject, if they are available.
"Development of e-government services like this provides our citizens with direct and immediate access to information they can use," said Gov. Judy Martz.
The CON database contains key information on felony convictions only. It is designed as a supplement to the VINE (Victim Information Notification Everyday) systems that provides victims with the current status of inmate activity.
CON is a result of an alliance between state government and the private sector. The system was cooperatively developed and is supported by the Montana Department of Corrections, the Montana Department of Administration's Information Technology Services Division and Montana Interactive, a subsidiary of NIC.


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thanks for the reply to my earlier message about commuting -- i've decided (due to budget and enjoyment) that i'm gonna commute on my surly... does anyone have any recs on how to "decorate" the bastard to make it look less inviting? what kinds of tape can sustain water, not degrade too much over time, and come off cleanly (no sticky areas) if i move to some paradise where nobody steals bikes ;-) ? should i wrap the whole thing in different colors, etc? any other suggestions without damaging the paint too much, so i don't have to worry about rust?


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As I sat in a Wrigleyville restaurant waiting out Monday night's seemingly endless rain delay, I half wondered why the hell I was wasting my time waiting to watch a meaningless baseball game. The other half of me caught something out of the corner of my eye, a man dressed in a full Cubs uniform walking sullenly down Clark Street. That man was Ronnie Woo Woo, the heart and soul of the Cubs in his own right. And to see him walking down the street like that, alone in the rain, was a very sobering experience.
Call me emotional, or what have you, but first and foremost, I'm a fan, and I'm very invested in this team. And to imagine what Ronnie Woo Woo goes through on a daily basis is nearly unfathomable. It's amazing, really. But that moment Monday night made me stop and think about what a bust of a season it's been, and how it affects the fans. Sure, there have been flashes of brilliance and spectacular individual feats, but as Theo Epstein said, next season will probably be more of the same. Can Cubs fans handle another doozy of a season? Maybe by 2014 someone will invent some kind of selective memory eraser so we can forget games like these.
Friday, the Cubs continued their quest to spoil the Pirates' playoff hopes. Both Anthony Rizzo and Brett Jackson returned to the lineup after their respective injuries. Rizzo wasted no time returning to old form, driving in two runs, while Starlin Castro drove in four. Rookie Chris Rusin earned his first win in four starts in the Cubs' 7-4 win.
Saturday didn't go so well for the Cubs, who sent out their 12th starting pitcher on the season, Jason Berken. He only went four innings, giving up eight hits and six runs (two earned). And while the offense made a case in the ninth, Dave Sappelt struck out with the bases loaded to end the game. We've never heard that story before; the Cubs lost 7-6.
On Sunday, Rizzo was the hero, in a fashion that fans hope will continue for many years to come. He hit two home runs, one of which was his first career grand slam, and knocked in six runs on the day. Just when fans thought all was lost, the Rizz Kid swooped in and saved the day in a 13-9 win that took four hours and four minutes.
You would've thought the series ended there, but oh no, there was another game for your viewing displeasure! After a three hour, 37 minute rain delay, the game finally started at 10:42 p.m. and ended at 1:28 a.m. Travis Wood had a solid outing, but the Cubs just couldn't muster a run, and lost 3-0. Only a few fans stuck around for the game, and Soriano told the Chicago Tribune, "I knew they were drunk because they waited three hours."
And for those who were wondering, ESPN's Doug Padilla tweeted that Ronnie Woo Woo ended up at the game after the delay. Someone's got to hold down the fort, no?
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You know how sad your own dog's face can look sometimes. Think of that and then think of all the faces of those Talking Beasts – all those honest, humble, bewildered Birds, Bears, Badgers, Rabbits, Moles, and Mice – all far sadder than that. Every tail was down, every whisker drooped. It would have brokien your heart with very pity to see their faces.
-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
I've experienced a lot of a-ha moments reading C.S. Lewis, and this paragraph qualifies as one of the most powerful of them all. Just before this, the creatures of Narnia have been falsely told – in effect – that there is no Aslan. Their Savior, their Hope, does not exist. In the moment I first experienced this paragraph, a deeply disturbing thought formed in my mind:
What if its not true?
What if Jesus just died? And – in reality, in history – nothing else happened? What if the Christian hope, from the very beginning, was nothing more than an idle fairy tale, made up by disciples who wanted to keep Jesus' ideas alive? What if the real story ended on Holy Saturday?
The recent news about the alleged Jesus ossurary, though it is rather easily debunked – still begs the same question: even if there isn't evidence of Jesus' remains in this instance – what if his remains could be found? How would life change?
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Working at a grocery store opened up my eye's, and really made me pay attention to how and what I fed my family. Most people say that they don't have time to cook and it is an excuss that they have to get over. Once you learn about all of the chemicals, toxins, preservatives, food coloring, extra sugars, salt, and all of those other words that I can't even pronounce, it will make you aware and should shock you into NOT putting that stuff(I can't even call it food) into your bodies. I got educated and did research on my own. So here is my brief story...
I have been on both sides of the fence. I grew up, as a child, having home cooked meals almost everyday. I come from an Italian family so every Sunday we got together for Spaghetti. My Grammother taught me how to cook but mostly I just learned from wathcing her. She never measured anything, never pulled out a cookbook, and made everything with love. We always centered around food. I never had a weight problem until High School. I was a lean 128lb, 5'8 13yr old who modeled and had huge self esteem issues. The freedom of being in HS was great. We would get our lunch eat it, and then at the very end of the lunch period we got to go back and get 2nd and 3rd of what they were throwing away. At 14 I worked at Wendy's fast food for the next 2 years. I was always active in sports. I played softball, basketball, tennis, golf, swam, was outside everyday. Within 3 years I went from a size 5/6 to a size 16/18. 128lbs-175lbs in 3 short years. Crazy huh?? The summer of my senior year I decided I wanted to change and excercized at started to eat healthy again. Around the same time I realized that my mom had stopped cooking for my dad. I got back down to 150 lbs and I was happy. Then I got pregnant at age 17 didn't really gain any weight but I ate so well with her inside of me. Then in 1995, 3 short years after my beautiful daughter was born, my dad passed away at the young age of 47. I was devasted. He was my world and I didn't understand why he died. I didn't even recognize any of the sign of a heart attack to help him. He died of a massive heart attack in his sleep. When my mom stopped cooking years back, he ate out 3 times a day. He worked 2 jobs to try to provide for us. That forever haunted me and I vowed to myself to eat healthy and excercise. Well I did up until about age 28.
At this time in my life I was working in an office, sitting down all day. Had coffee for breakfast, fast food for lunch, and mostly ate out or ate cheaply for dinner. Then at age 30 I got pregnant again. I was feeling the best that I have ever felt about myself. I was successful, making good money, had a drive thru breakfast, take out for lunch, and took my clients out ot expensive resturants for dinner. The day I delivered my son I weighed 300lbs. I couldn't walk, breath, sleep, everthing hurt. Then a week after I had him a dear friend that had passed, his parents were inviting all of his friends to NY for a get together. I had to pass because my legs were so swollen I was scared to fly.
I didn't realize all of this was because of the food I was eating. I didn't over eat I just ate out all of the time. So at 275lbs I needed to fit into a bridesmaid dress. So back to the healthy eating and excercise. It has taken me 7 years to lose almost 100lbs and the only thing I changed was my diet.
Today I weigh 186lbs and I am back into a size 12 but I am still working towards my goal of 165lbs. When I worked at the grocery store I would put in 70-80 hours a week. I shared a car with my fiance and came home exhausted daily. My one day off I had a week, was my day to cook. I was looking for a natural cure for my eczema and that was when my own food revolution took place. My fiance was always big on reading labels and I was 50/50 at doing it. Once I started doing more research, that is when I changed our familys diet. My kids went from being sick all to time to being healthy. My son had attention deficit issues and hyper-activity and a lot of the behavior that is related to autisum. He was never offically diagnosed with any of these but when we changed our diet, he changed as well. It took about 4-5 months but within 2 weeks of us moving out of state, away fron the temptation of my family forcing junk food on him, his behavior was different. I was starting to lose my eye sight and within 6 months my eczama was gone, and my vision was back to 20/20. I credit this all to healthy food and absolutly no fast food.
You have to make a decision to change and no one can make you. I have been passionate on this since 2007 when I saw first hand what good food can do for you. Don't make excuses or say you can't, think positive. I spend $100 a week on food and it consists of mostly organic staples like, whole roasting chicken,ground beef, ground turkey, no nitrate trukey dogs, brown rice, olive oil, oats, flour, sugar, bread, yogurt, and some crackers for my sons lunch. I would love to buy all of my produce in the winter organic but I do have a strict budget. In the summer we plant a huge garden and all of our veggies come from that. I make every meal from scratch 3 times a day 7 days a week. Luckly, I can stay at home now with my kids. My son is in school and will never eat lunch from the cafeteria unless the guidelines change. When my youngest goes to school, I want to dedicate all of my free time to changing the school lunch program at their school. Some of the meals that they consider lunch is freightening. Taco in a bag??? It is Cheesy cheetos with ground beef trown in the bag with more cheese on top. For real??? How is that considered a food group. I see kids walking to school eating pop tarts, or sugar cereal in a bag or the kids who have to eat breakfast at school because their parents are working. I get up at 6am, have my coffee or tea then make them breakfast from scratch. I switch it up so that they are not getting the same thing every day. Sometimes it is eggs, toast, turkey bacon and fruit, others it is homemade waffles, pancakes, french toast with fruit. Breakfast burritos with turkey sausage and eggs and fruit. Hot cereal and fruit or my homemade granola and fruit. See the pattern. They get fruit with breakfast and before they get milk or juice to drink the have to drink a glass of water. The first day of school this year, his teacher sent a not home telling the parents that the kids can have a snack during the day. It actually had a list of bad snacks and good snacks. I laughed but then I realized how sad it was that the teacher had to emphasize what was considered bad. Then a week later another letter came home pointing out that for the parents who consider oreo cookies, potato chips, and candy as a snack, I am re-emphasizing healthy like fruit, veggie, trail mix, etc. Then I realized there is a problem. The parents are not educated and we live in a society where if the lable says that it is good for you, and has real fruit juice in it, that OHhh it must be good for you. My kid takes fruit or a veggie everyday for his snack and once a week he will get some gourmet cheese cut up,(I was a certified cheesemonger/ Cheese shop manager at the store I worked at so my kids get the best. No processed cheese in this house LOL.) with some grapes or an apple,(that I slice) and some organic crackers. He packs his lunch I his drink is a ginger tea that I make everyweek, more fruit, green beans or snap peas and a raw peanut butter sandwich with a natural fruit spread( no added sugar) or a turkey and cheese sandwich. He comes home after school starved so I cut up some more fruit, sometimes they have cheese and crackers if he didn't have it for lunch that day. Then dinner will consist of a veggie and a healthy meal that I make from scratch. TI will be posting some of my favorite recipes along with a weekly menu of what I am making. My friends have been begging me for this. TV is turned off and they play from 4pm-8pm till school is out. We spend most times walking or biking to the park. Now that I finally have a bike we can go further and longer. My kids are never sick. If they do get something they have it for less than 24hrs and it is gone. The ginger tea I make is awesome. I just boil a piece of ginger root and I buy some bulk tea at the grocery store, Mango is our favorite, and put the tea in an infuser and boil for about 30 mins. When the tea is still warm I sometimes will add 1-2 tbls of raw sugar or honey but my kids don't even miss the sugar now so I rarely add it in. I buy 1 bottle of apple juice a month and when it is gone their options are ginger tea or water. Their treat is chocolate soy milk and oj. My rule is have a glass of water before you have one glass of juice or milk. Kids are thirsty so let them chug the water first instead of the sugar. I buy no POP EVER, our snacks are fruit, pretzles, crackers, rice cakes, veggies or trail mix that I make with raw cashews, rasins, dried cranberries, and dark chocolate chips. Don't get me wrong we have plently of junk but we do the 90% 10% rule. I love to bake as well so once in a while I will bake brownies from scratch. We love ice cream but it is bought once a month maybe. My mother send junk for them and it sits up in or pantry and my kids don't even ask for it. I still have Halloween candy up there. We just don't crave the junk food any more any that saves you a ton of money. Shop the outside isles of the grocery store only!!! Find a store or co-op that sells in bulk. Plan out your meals so that you only buy what is on your list and stick to your list. Don;t even temp yourself to walk through the chip isle or pre-packaged meal isle. I am not a chef but just a mom who loves to cook for her family and I want to help people do the same. I have tons of simple recipes and hello buy a crock pot. All you have to do is dump everything in, add some water and some basic seasoning and it will be done in 4-8 hours. Steam a veg and cook some brown rice and you have a complete dinner. That is why I love roasting chickens. I will chop an onion and some garlic and place them on the bottom, I season my chicken on both sides with sea salt, cracked black pepper, sage, thyme and add some water to cover the bottom. Turn the crock pot on low and cook for 8 hours. I pack all of my fiance lunches of real foods now. I will cook a beef roast that way(minus the sage and thyme) and shred it for his sandwiches.
Well I could go on forever but it is time for me to make out pizza tonight. See we do have some junk food the only difference is that it is not from a box and the sauce I use is my homemade recipe inspired my my grammother Angie.
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What the hell was Hasek doing behind the net with someone breaking in on him like that? I thought we got him because Osgood did that too much. And Gary Thorne said something like "Great plays have put the Sharks ahead." NO THEY DIDN'T, Hasek screwing up did!
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I have to agree with you 100%. They need a different goal tender. Anyone but Hasek
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I bought the azuki for $50 and with everything fixed up came out to be around $150. I'd really like to be able to attach a rack and a milkcrate to do basic commuting, but nothing fits on it. There are mounting holes near the deraileurs (chainstays?) and also at the back of the top tube. It looks like a rack will fit, but then it never does (I've tried 3 different racks)
It's a long shot, but does anyone does of a rack that'll fit an azuki sportstour? I've tried looking on the web, there's very little about the bike.


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GREENVILLE, N.C. - Pirate starter Brody Taylor picked up his second win of the season and lead-off hitter Jay Mattox belted his second home run of the year while driving in a career-high four RBI as East Carolina defeated N.C. A&T 14-3, Wednesday afternoon at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
The Pirates (12-3) collected 15 hits from ten different batters, including three from Drew Scheiber and Adam Witter. Witter, who slugged his third homer of the season to lead off the fifth inning, finished with two RBI and two runs scored. Sophomore right fielder Harrison Eldridge also collected multiple hits as he went 2-for-4 on the day with a pair of runs scored.
Taylor, who was making his second mid-week start of the season, allowed three earned runs, five hits and struck out three in six innings of work. Josh Dowdy relieved Taylor in the seventh retiring the side in order. Chris Powell and Cody Leggett also tossed one inning in relief allowing just two hits and striking out four.
Skegee Brooks got the loss for the Aggies (4-9) giving up nine runs, all earned, in four innings of work. Kyle Harvey came in relief of Brooks facing three batters, giving up two runs on one hit. Four Aggie pitchers combined to pitch the final 3 2/3 innings allowing three runs on five hits.
Charlie Gamble, who collected his first home run of the season, led the Aggie offensive attack going 3-for-4 with two RBI. Joe McIntyre was the other Aggie with a multiple hit performance going 2-for-4 with one run scored.
N.C. A&T got on the board in the top half of the first inning after three consecutive singles. With one out, McIntyre singled to left, while Gamble singled through the right side and then Patrick Oates singled up the middle driving in McIntyre for the games first run.
The Pirates answered in the bottom of the second when Stephen Batts scored on a Raul Santiago fielding error off the bat of designated hitter Adam Hodges. Batts led off the inning with a walk before stealing second to get into scoring position. After Hodges was thrown out attempting to steal second, ECU got back-to-back singles from Scheiber and Eldridge to set up Mattox's three-run bomb.
N.C. A&T platted two runs in the third when Gamble homered to center field scoring Nick Mayo two pull within one, 4-3.
From the third inning on, the Pirates broke the game open scoring two runs in the bottom of the third of doubles by Witter, Jake Dean and Hodges.
ECU added five more runs in the fifth, two in the seventh and one in the eighth to claim a 14-3 win.
The Pirates will hit the road this weekend for their first road trip of the season when they travel to Fullerton, Calif., to take on nationally-ranked Cal State Fullerton. Games are scheduled for Friday, March 10 at 10 pm (EST), Saturday, March 11 at 9 pm (EST) and Sunday, March 12 at 4 pm (EST).


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An Amazing Day So Far ~ And Sitting Here Reflecting On Life ~
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wow, what an amazing day so far !!!!
There has been so many amazing things happening in our lives right now.. a few bumps in the road too but being healthy and happy along with a positive attitude is so KEY !!!!
Things that used to just eat at me I can now handle and brush off and move on !!!!!
I'm sort in Awe right now.. Tomorrow my son will have his 8th grade dance and next week graduate and then it's on to HIGH School.... My daughter of course has already graduated, gotten married and is now ready to be a MOM.. But I have to say knowing my youngest is going to go to High School ! EEEK !
Where does the time go ???? Just seems like yesterday he came into the world !!!!!
But life keeps moving on with us... that is why it's so important to take the time for YOU .. I know it's hard as the Mom and or wife that we feel we need to take care of everyone else.. I did that for a VERY VERY long time.... and what happened was that I was so busy taking care of everyone else I let myself go and got up to over 300 pounds....
I remember trying everything and just thinking PLEASE let me just find the answer.. and trust me I tried it ALL.....
Then I found it... went on to lose over 175 pounds and there isn't a day that I don't stick with my plan, sure I cheat here and there, you've got to keep it real but you also have to keep consistent with what you are doing !!!!
If you would have told me when I was over 300 pounds that I would be coaching people about fitness for FREE I would have looked at you like you had 3 heads ! But I can tell you there is nothing that gives me more pleasure of seeing my challengers posting pictures of their success every 30 days.. its just awesome....
The bottom line is, it takes Work.. it takes sweat ... it's not easy but it's so worth it.. and as you keep doing the things day in and day out you see the progress.. and it pushes you for more.. that is the most amazing part of the journey... is reaching down and finding your inner strength !!!!
They are successful because I open my hearts and my life to them... the good and the bumps in the road... but I also share more than that.. a plan ... a goal to attain... I keep them motivated by posting new recipes on my private challenge Facebook page.. I take pictures of my food prep and give them instructions and ideas on how to create their own success !!!!!
Are you ready ?? Are you ready to take the leap into a whole new life !!!! Always feel free to shoot me a message at firstname.lastname@example.com for more info on my groups !!!!
Eat Clean.. train Mean ... and remember you get what you give.. so give Good
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