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My pally transmog:
Not particularly pallyesque, but I like it
The possible variations of a Blood Knight or Alliance/Stormwind guard mog with the new timeless gear makes me a happy lurker for the upcoming months!
http://media.mmo-champion.com/images...Isle_plate.jpg for anyone who hasn't checked the front page yet (might be someone!).
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T16 has no skirt... which makes it look very bland down the neck ><
Originally Posted by FrankLampard
http://www.wowhead.com/item=18803? Might be a bit too obviously steampunky/engineeringy
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Not a lot of steampunkish looks among any of the available 2-handers, unforutnately. Your best bet would be to find a 2-hander that looks assembled from disparate pieces, or pieces that could've been culled from various industrial sectors. Some of the newer Gladiator swords aren't bad for that criterion. But lotta work, that.
Hey guys I know I am hijacking thread by posting shaman stuff but I need advice on transmog :P t10 heroic shaman tier but what shield will go with it xd?
Also does anyone know a good 2-Handed sword that would match nicely with T6 Lightbringer set?
Well not allowed to post any images or videos yet
But here is my mighty Dwarf paladin (with fire beard).


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Of course that's just my opinion.
To say Logitech's new pricing policy was not influenced by Apple TV is just delusional, however to give all credit to Apple TV is also false. To be in electronic market you must be competitive, in technology as well as pricing. Since I am going to switch to Android phone as soon as my contract is up, I would be interested in 1080P streaming that can link to my phone device.
What I do NOT have respect for is when writers repeatedly try to over-glorify Apple and claim that anything and everything that any other competitor does is in response solely to Apple. There are many more factors that affect business decision than the actions of one company. And unless a company admits their choices are only in response to Apple then it is ridiculous to assume that they are no matter how obvious it may seem. Apple is NOT the end-all-be-all of the tech world and the only reason I even mentioned the articles being present on other sites before they are here is because someone implied that I am somehow jealous of the writer. That made me laugh.
I am well aware of the fact that this site offers a collection of news in one easy-to-find place.....in fact I even defended that very point when SOMEONE ELSE heavily criticized the writers for reporting what they thought was "yesterday's news". Believe it or not I hope for a truly innovative next iPhone and future products and I frequent this site for that very reason....my posts may not imply that, but I have already explained why that is.
I call it like it is and how i see it and what I say is my opinion. People rarely get criticized for making ridiculous glorified assumptions about Apple because it paints a pretty picture of Apple. But the second Apple does something wrong there is always the "gang" that tries to defend Apple and scold anyone who disagrees. I am sick and tired of how biased some people are on this site and I along with many other people who have been faithful to Apple products have earned the right to b!tch whenever there is something presented either by the writers or by the articles they are reporting on that we do not agree with.
I'm a smart man....probably as smart as I think I am despite what you may think. But I do not hold my opinions above anyone else on this site. They are strictly just that....opinions....my personal beliefs....and everyone on this site has theirs. Some are afraid to voice them because of people like YOU.....others are not....including me. Day after day I take the risk of being scolded because of some of the things I have to say, but you know what....I don't care. It helps me learn and it's all part of being a member of sites like this. And although many people will not like what I have to say.....just as many people do see the justification behind it and will agree with me. Others will not. That's just the way it is.
If you can't deal with that then too damn bad. Deal with it!
I'm sure everyone knows the saying:
Fighting on the internet is like running in the special Olympics. Even if you win you're still retarded!
Rico, please stop being a troll! People come here to read the articles and if the news is old to you, just move on to another article and let it be. Because for someone out there, it won't be old news and as another poster said they don't have the time to search through lots of sites. I find this site to be a good collective of news that interests me and I don't have to waste any of time to find other news that may be interesting to me while wading through the stuff that is not. Now surely you have better use of your time that to be on here writing essays to other posters about why your view may be more valid than theirs?


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Dec. 5 Board of Supervisors Meeting
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Dec. 1, 2005
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to Recognize Residents and Staff, and Adopt a Resolution
Note to Editor: A downloadable photo and text of each presentation will be posted on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/presentations.htm on Monday, Dec. 5. by 4:30 p.m. These photos will remain on the Web site until the next board meeting with presentations on Monday, Jan. 9.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on Monday, Dec. 5, scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., will recognize the following residents and staff for their accomplishments and adopt a resolution as listed below. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711.
DWI Enforcement Program
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for their efforts in regard to sobriety checkpoints as part of the DWI enforcement program. Sobriety checkpoints are an enforcement tool known to deter and detect impaired driving. Fairfax County schedules a weekly checkpoint year-round. Since July 2003 the Fairfax County Police Department has conducted 107 checkpoints, screened more than 70,000 vehicles, arrested 247 impaired drivers and visually exposed active DWI enforcement to more than 125,000 vehicles. The vigilant efforts of the Fairfax County Police Department and the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney have been recognized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the International Association of Chiefs of Police and Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
County High School Students Assist at the Polls
The Board of Supervisors will recognize more than 280 students from high schools in Fairfax County who assisted at the polls in the county during the Nov. 8 general election. Students attended a disability awareness and election training class in order to assist voters and the officers of election.
Virginia Champs
The West Springfield Little League Team of 11-12-year-olds will be recognized for winning the Virginia state championship.
Hallmarks of Vision and Innovation
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Dennis Hill for his career in Fairfax County government. For 36 years, Hill has provided vision, innovation and support to implement creative programs and ideas to maintain the health and safety of county residents. Hill's accomplishments include instituting a TEAM-based management program to increase accountability, establishing a maintenance program for septic tank systems in the county, adopting the FDA Food Code for the county and creating the Mosquito Surveillance and Maintenance Program.
Sandra Stiner Lowe to Be Recognized
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Sandra Stiner Lowe, of Burke, for her years of service leading the Office of Partnerships in its mission to create and develop public and private partnerships to stimulate positive change in the community.
Reston Community Center Staff Receive Accolades
Leila Gordon, performing and fine arts director, and Cindy Fortuno, graphic designer, at the Reston Community Center, will be recognized for their work on the center's publication, CenterStage 2004-2005 Professional Touring Artist Series Brochure. The publication has been recognized by the Virginia Recreation and Park Society as the Best Promotional Effort for Basic Promotional Piece.
Customer Service Is the Guiding Principle
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Department of Tax Administration Director Kevin Greenlief and members of the staff for the SMILES Campaign. SMILES means providing a high level of customer service so that the taxpayer smiles after conducting business in an efficient and expedient manner with county staff. While the opportunity exists to pay county taxes online, staff assisted 20,000 residents who chose to pay their 2005 personal property tax in person, resulting in miles of smiles for everyone, both customer and staff.
Fairfax Connector Celebrates 20 Years of Service
The Board of Supervisors will recognize those employees of the Fairfax Connector who have served since its inception and during the 20-year history of the bus service. The Connector began with a few routes in southern Fairfax County and has evolved into a countywide service, operating 56 routes and carrying more than 30,000 passengers a day. The Connector is committed to customer service and was named one of the nation's 10 most improved transit systems by Metro magazine in 2004.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 15/5/2013 (1558 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Cancer seems to be stalking me, lately, and I'm not just talking about my own.
This week, two mothers who have lost children to cancer reached out for help supporting their causes and telling their stories. Judging by the impressive website I checked, Tammy McBain's cause doesn't really need my help getting the word out on May 24's fifth annual Kendra's Walk, a fundraiser for young cancer patients her brave and beautiful teenage daughter, Kendra, started the year she died.
At least Tammy doesn't appear to need as much help as Ethel Ljubic, who needs more support than one newspaper column can offer.
Ethel's 37-year-old son, Jason Ljubic, died one year ago Friday of the No. 1 cancer killer of Canadian men and women, but the one most of us give little thought to, and even less money.
Jay, as his pals and family called him, had lung cancer, the disease the public seems to think smokers deserve. Even the ones who stopped decades earlier and still get it.
Except Jay never smoked or even went to bars much. What's more, Jay's diagnosis isn't that rare, because up to 15 per cent of Canadians diagnosed with lung cancer have never put match to cigarette.
It's how relatively young and how quickly he died from his aggressive type that separates him from even the non-smoking pack who, on their own, form the eighth-leading cause of cancer deaths in Canada.
That, and maybe how health-conscious Jay was. He spent some time as a pipefitter and worked in a motorcycle shop, but who knows if either had any bearing on what happened.
Ethel and Jay's younger brother, Donovan, -- in from Regina where he works as a paramedic -- sat across the kitchen table of the family's East Kildonan home Wednesday recalling how it seemed to start. Jay was having headaches late in December 2011. They were severe and concerning enough that he bypassed the lineup here and flew to Florida to pay $850 for an MRI on his head and neck. It revealed some lymph-node swelling, but apparently not enough to cause much concern among his health-care providers.
As it turned out, Jay was listening to his body, but no one was listening to him.
"Jay knew something was wrong, and no one believed him," Donovan said.
"Neither did we."
No one believed him in March, either, when he was felled by fatigue, his voice weakened, and he started coughing.
The initial diagnosis was bronchitis.
What else could it be?
But the symptoms persisted and on Thursday, April, 12, 2012, he went to the St. Boniface Hospital ER where they did an X-ray. The next day, a doctor called him back. Jay's left lung appeared cloudy.
They thought it might be pneumonia.
But, to check further, a CT scan was ordered for Monday. What it showed was in addition to the mass in his left lung, there were spots on the right one.
"I don't like what I see," Edith would recall the emergency doctor saying. "I'm not sure what it is."
The doctor called in a lung specialist, and another more invasive test followed. By Sunday, April 27, Jay was at Health Sciences Centre having a lung biopsy.
"And then," Ethel said, "on Tuesday, May 2 he was told he had stage 4 lung cancer."
"Withing 10 days it had taken over his whole left lung and half his right," Ethel said.
"What does this mean?" Ethel recalled Jay saying about the diagnosis.
Donovan is still haunted by the fear he saw when he told his brother what it meant, and by not being able to save him the way the young paramedic has saved so many others.
"I'm not ready to die," Jay said.
By that time, the tumour was pressing on his vocal chords, and his voice was but a whisper.
Two weeks later, on May 16, he was given chemotherapy, but he was too weak and it was too late.
"I'll be OK," he whispered to his family before he left them.
He promised to say hello to a friend's brother who had died 10 years earlier.
"And he fell asleep," Ethel said.
Jay's hand was being held when he slipped away early in the morning of May 17, 2012, as if he waited just long enough so he wouldn't die on his father Mirko's 65th birthday.
"If it happened to Jay," Ethel told me "it could happen to anyone."
That's why she wants people to support the June 14 Inspire for Life fundraising walk for lung cancer awareness and research in Manitoba. And, even if you don't walk, please set aside your judgment of lung cancer and the one in 12 Canadians who will be diagnosed with it during their lifetime.


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The number of German companies embroiled in serious bribery allegations continues to grow: we have had Volkswagen, then Siemens, MAN and now Daimler.
But the preponderance of heavyweight industrial names leads to one to wonder about why so many German companies have recently become caught up in corruption scandals. Put simply: are German businesses more corrupt than others? Read more


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You are probably familiar with graphic novels and illustrated novels like The Invention of Hugo Cabret. An emerging trend in young adult literature is the photographic novel. These are novels that include photographs to aid in the telling of the story.
Two examples of this trend are...
Evan feels responsible for the fact that his best friend is gone. He begins to receive mysterious photographs and suspects that his friend might have returned to seek revenge. Jonathan Farmer took the photographs included in David Levithan's novel.
Jacob's grandfather told him strange stories about he children in a set of peculiar photographs. After his grandfather dies, Jacob realizes that these stories might have been true. Ransom Riggs based the novel around vintage photographs which are included in the book.
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THE Stourbridge branch of the National Childbirth Trust is holding a sale of baby clothes, toys and equipment in Quarry Bank this weekend.
Cash-strapped parents and parents-to-be are invited to bag a bargain at the nearly new sale and baby fair, organised by the NCT Stourbridge and Halesowen Branch, which is being held at Thorns Leisure Centre at Thorns Community College, Quarry Bank, on Saturday May 17 from 11am to 1pm.
Nikki O'Neill, from NCT Stourbridge and Halesowen Branch, said "We are delighted to be holding our bi-annual nearly new sale and baby fair. Parents can find top quality, second hand baby goods and it is also a great way to get together and learn more about what's on offer for parents and families in the local area.
"The sales are open to everyone, not just NCT members."
Refreshments will be available at the event – to which NCT members can gain early entry from 10.30am. There will also be a host of exhibitors and entertainment for parents, babies and toddlers.
Find out more information check out www.nct.org.uk/branches/stourbridge-halesowen


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*Meet and Greet with Jackson Young (2-3pm)
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Did you know?
There are more than 1 200 species of flowering plants along the West Coast.
From Cape Town to Strandfontein, the Cape's West Coast is full of attractions for hikers of all levels. Rich in flora, this region attracts walkers throughout the year.
The West Coast National Park, less than an hour's drive from Cape Town, offers hiking routes that incorporate sections of beach, rocks and tracks. In summer, the adjoining Postberg Reserve is opened to visitors to enjoy the floral display. There is an overnight and day trail here.
The Columbine Nature Reserve, which is slightly further north, has similar topography, as well as some quirky accommodation establishments for hikers and slackpackers to consider.
A number of guided tours are offered along the West Coast for those who'd like to local knowledge thrown in along the way. You can contact West Coast Tourism for more information about these walks.
The Darling Stagger is a 25km hike, leniently spread across three days, from Darling to Yzerfontein, passing through wine and olive farms along the way. Darling is famous for its wild flowers and is also the home of famous South African comedian, Pieter-Dirk Uys. Hikers who enjoy a bit of theatre should visit his establishment, Evita se Perron, to see one of his shows.
If you fancy a bit of beach walking, Eve's Trail is a great option, as it includes the 16 Mile Beach at Yzerfontein, as well as sections of the West Coast National Park and Langebaan Lagoon.
Further up the coast there is also the Five Bay Trail, a 28km stretch between Paternoster and Jacobsbaai.
In addition to the wide range of vegetation along the West Coast, wildlife that hikers may see include eland, rock hyrax, caracal and marine life such as whales and sharks.
The West Coast is well known for its seafood, so there is no shortage of sustenance for hikers. Fuel up at any of the fishing villages that you pass through during your travels.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
West Coast Tourism
Tel: +27 (0)22 433 8505
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
Hire a car from Cape Town International Airport or take a bus from the Cape Town city centre.
Best time to visit
The spring months of September and October are the best months for viewing wild flowers. These months also generally offer excellent weather conditions.
What will it cost
Guided hikes range from R1 500 to R2 500 for a three-day hike.
What to pack
Don't underestimate the amount of water you will need when hiking through this arid region.
Where to stay
If you fancy something rustic, the Beach Camp near Paternoster is an excellent option, offering tented accommodation.


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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe will need more spending cuts to emerge from its debt crisis despite an admission by the International Monetary Fund that cost cutting can choke economies, the EU's top economic official said on Friday.
The damage from aggressive austerity may be up to three times more than previously thought, the Washington-based lender said late last year, after earlier prescribing sharp deficit cuts to the euro zone. It has since shifted its advice, now arguing against forcing heavily indebted countries such as Greece to reduce their deficits too quickly.
The EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said the IMF's October study, which was updated this month, was not applicable to everyone and did not take into account that investors expect governments to act to control their debt.
"You have to take into account the confidence effect," Rehn told diplomats and executives during a speech in Brussels, adding that the impact of austerity differed across countries depending on whether they still had access to markets.
The difference in opinion appears to mark a split within the "troika" of international lenders - the Commission, the IMF and the European Central Bank - over how to deal with fragile European economies trying to pull out of recession in 2013.
Against a backdrop of record unemployment, many economists believe spending cuts in almost all euro zone countries drove the bloc into its second recession since 2009 last year.
But ECB chief Mario Draghi rejected any idea of easing up on efforts to reduce sovereign debt.
"So much progress accompanied by so big sacrifices have already taken place that to revert to a situation that has been found to be untenable would not be right," he told the ECB's monthly news conference on Thursday.
Rehn said that government spending cuts had now made budgets and public debt loads more sustainable but that more had to be done because debt burdens were still high.
"What would have happened if Italy would have loosened its fiscal policy in November 2011?" Rehn asked.
"The reason why the bond yields of Italy started to rocket north was precisely because Italy did not respect its commitments," Rehn said, recalling the political instability and surge in borrowing costs that forced Silvio Berlusconi, the then prime minister, from office.
Huge budget deficits have been at the heart of the euro zone's problems following a decade of credit-fueled growth and ensuing bank rescues by governments when property bubbles burst.
Greece's budget deficit reached 15.6 percent in 2009 after the outgoing government revealed it had hidden its borrowings, setting off a crisis that spread to the rest of the euro zone.
"Let's face it, Italy has a public debt of over 120 percent," Rehn said. He also singled out France and Spain as countries that need to meet EU-mandated fiscal targets this year, declining to say whether they would be given more time.
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UNION bosses in Worcestershire have hit out at the shock news that 1,500 jobs are being axed at the county council - and have revealed that strike action could be on the cards over pay.
Unison says staff at County Hall are "furious" and "disenchanted" over last week's announcement that a staggering 42 per cent of the workforce can expect the chop by 2018.
It can be revealed that a ballot has just taken place over the offer of one per cent pay rise, with the results due to be announced next Thursday.
If a majority of workers reject the offer, a second legal ballot could take place over industrial action.
The council has launched a new plan to hand over as many departments as possible to new providers.
It will mean just 2,000 in-house staff being employed by April 2018, compared to 3,500 now.
Jim Price, from the Worcestershire branch of Unison said: "Staff have been left furious about it, there's a lot of disenchantment.
"Things have now clearly changed and it looks like no matter how good your department is, you're eventually going to be outsourced or closed down.
"A lot of goodwill from the staff is out the window. We're determined to carry on fighting this very difficult battle."
He said despite the anger Unison still has a "good working relationship" with leader Councillor Adrian Hardman and wanted further talks.
Mr Price also said the pay ballot has come about because many workers are finding the cost of living tough.
Staff were handed a one per cent rise in 2013, and before last year had to endure four years of freezes.
"We're claiming at least an extra £1 per hour, which for staff lower down the pay grades would be a substantial amount," he said.
"Staff are still 16 per cent worse off since the change of Government."
The ballot says if staff reject it, in the event of an impasse a second vote will take place which "may require" a strike.
Councillor Hardman says the changes have to be made to respond to reducing Government funding.
"By changing the way we work, we do believe we can manage the budget pressures," he said.
"We won't sack 1,500 people but we do not expect them to be directly employed by this council.
"I've been to seven staff roadshows where this has been quite the topic of debate, there are concerns about it but than there are always concerns over change."


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Samsung confirms that Gear smartwatch will eventually work with non Galaxy smartphones
13 Comments
1. Kishin (Posts: 706; Member since: 30 May 2013)
WoW samsung always suprises me with some new tech and features
2. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)
The more devices it supports, the better the chances are of the Galaxy Gear succeeding.
3. volcano (Posts: 348; Member since: 25 Jan 2013)
na i will wait for xbox team smartwatch
13. blakeraimer (Posts: 2; Member since: 12 Sep 2013)
4. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Yes this is good otherwise Gear will fail.
5. jacko1977 (Posts: 428; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)
samsung always innovating not like some other company that steals then says they invented it
8. volcano (Posts: 348; Member since: 25 Jan 2013)
lol incase you haven't heard this before microsoft was the first tech company to interduce smartwatches back in 2000 through SPOT then they stopped in 2008 and now they are coming back
so samsung did not invent smartwatches
9. jacko1977 (Posts: 428; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)
did i say they invented it get off your high horse and learn to read
11. volcano (Posts: 348; Member since: 25 Jan 2013)
im educating you you should be thanking me :P
12. blakeraimer (Posts: 2; Member since: 12 Sep 2013)
Educate my face with your fist!!!!
6. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Can't blame Samsung here, it's so early days in advanced smarthwatch computing that it's actually pretty cool that the Gear will have dozens of installed apps communicating on launch.
For low-energy solutions, BT4.0 and Android 4.3 is simply a requirement not many phones can pass, and SW has to be designed to a specific phone to allow all that versatile data to move between devices, incl. phone calls, messages, notifications, voice searches, synching, location data etc.
Basically it's a platform to control your smartphone remotely that have so many security levels to pass that a simple app cannot do that, something going to the system core can. With that said, I'll just sit out and wait where Sammy takes us and how many developers Gear there stuff up, it can be a gimmick or an absolute winner based on the level of support.
7. SIGPRO (Posts: 1887; Member since: 03 Oct 2012)
This smartwatch is already a failure, you need to connect it to your phone to use it....EPIC FAIL.
There other smartwatches out there that have sim, 3g, wifi, gps, 2mp camera, android 4.0 etc etc.
So no need to connect to your phone, the watch itself is the phone.
Look Burg 17 smartwatch up!


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For most folks, comfort food involves some combination of cheesy and greasy, gooey and sweet, or maybe even something inexplicable, like tuna noodle casserole. (Or, if you're of the Betty Draper mindset, comfort food can consist of just shooting whipped cream straight from the can into your mouth.) While I'm never going to be a person to turn down a guacamole-heavy burrito or a sticky toffee pudding in a time of crisis, my go-to snack when I'm feeling lowdown is always going to be apple butter. There's nothing quite like the homey, sweet-meets-spicy flavor of apple butter spread over a mammoth, fluffy cat head biscuit to make you forget all about your woes, one bite at a time.
Apple butter is an Appalachian staple that's used for a smattering of purposes from an early morning breakfast condiment to livening up a turkey sandwich. Cooking large batches of this sweet spread was traditionally a family affair and an opportunity for cousins, aunts, and uncles to visit for a kind of impromptu celebration. Today, there are still half a dozen festivals across the mountain region devoted specifically to cooking up and cheering about this country treat.
While apple butter from the store or farmer's market will ensure this pie is delicious, nothing beats spicing your own creamy apple concoction. Even when working in small batches, going about it the traditional way is a bit time consuming, so using store bought (or homemade) organic applesauce can help speed up the transformation of ho-hum apples into rich, aromatic apple butter:
Combine 3 cups of sweetened organic applesauce in a crock pot with 1 tablespoon each nutmeg, allspice, clove, cinnamon, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1/4 cup of sugar. Allow to cook on low heat for 24 hours, stirring often, with the lid removed for the last 1-2 hours.
The oatmeal pecan crust is an easy to assemble, crunchy foundation for the pie, with flavors similar to those in an oatmeal cookie. The hearty texture gives a bit of bite to each piece. When pressing the mixture into the pie plate, be vigilant not to add too much filling and create an unnecessarily thick crust: about 1/4 inch on both the bottom and sides is ideal. The pecans should be chopped finely enough to provide an additional textural element but not overshadow the balance of oats and spices. A fan of honey? Add 2 tablespoons to the crust for an additional rustic touch of sweetness.
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AMD Launches Radeon HD 8970Mby Jarred Walton on 5/15/2013 2:30 AM EST
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GTRagnarok - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkPretty disappointing that it's a rebrand. I also have a 7970M in an M17x that I regularly overclock past 900Mhz for gaming. Nvidia is definitely more interesting in the high-end mobile space, but you always pay quite the premium. Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkI thought it was already established that this would be a rebrand. At least I didn't expect new chips. What I was hoping for was some better power characteristics that would allow faster clock speeds (10+% at least). Well, I don't game on laptops, so personally, I couldn't care less. Reply
swing848 - Friday, May 17, 2013 - linkThe poor economy is partly to blame, perhaps the main reason for what is happening, even Intel will keep 22nm alive for some time, even though 1155 motherboards are a dead end.
With more people having less money, or out of work, companies will not want to invest great sums into new technology, factories or retooling factories as quickly as they did in the past decade. Reply
SunLord - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkWith the entire "next gen" of Radeon HD card being nothing but rebrands I'm starting to doubt AMD is going to keep using the Radeon HD branding when it finally rolls out entirely new chips. Reply
superjim - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linknVidia does this as well. It's a pretty standard practice the past several years on both desktop and mobile. Each new process gets at least 2 cycles (original release + 1 rebrand). Reply
jasonelmore - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkIts standard practice for low to mid mGPU's but not Flagship GPU's. Reply
Calinou__ - Monday, May 27, 2013 - linkWill their next gen be named Radeon UHD? That is the question. :D Reply
Meaker10 - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkEs samples show full gk104 with boost clocks and now full 1250mhz gddr5 for the 780m. A gtx680/770 desktop card at reduced clocks that can hit full desktop clocks.... Reply
MohdZeyad - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkWhy they did not compare it to the GTX 680MX, I think the GTX 680MX is the faster one Reply
Meaker10 - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkBecause the mx was a mac all in one exclusive, it was never put in a mobile system. Reply
MohdZeyad - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkThanks for the clarification :) Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkAFAIK it was never officially an exclusive; the only issue was that the 680MX's power consumption was too high for even the portable desktop class laptops. If anyone else wanted to make an AIO with an ultra high end gpu they could've used the 680MX too. Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkBecause they would not look as good? But probably also because that card will cost several hundred more than the 8970M. The 680M will likely cost more as well, judging by past high end laptop card prices. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkAs others noted above, 680MX is ~125W power draw and has never been used in a laptop. I'm hoping they can get the power down and 780MX will be similar in performance to the 680MX. Reply
Tuvok86 - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkWell you kind of answered your own question xD Reply
whyso - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - linkWhats with this "moving forward leaping backward"? What's up with your rebrands AMD? Why is the 88xx series weaker than the 78xx series (which has 800mhz core clock and same number of shaders). Why is the 89xx series more than twice as fast as the 88xx series. The 77xx series has 512 shaders at speeds of 575-675 mhz and is going to perform very comparably to 384 shaders at 650-850mhz. There is little to no performance gain here.
Nvidia is doing a fairly good complete revamp of their line. 750m now at speeds of 967mhz+ (vs 835 for 650m), 760m looks like a 768 core part. 780m looks to be full GK104 at faster ram speeds. C'mon AMD. Reply


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1978 Graduate of the Woods receives Distinguished Alumna Award
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Each year, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) honors one of its alumni during commencement with the Distinguished Alumni Award. The award both honors the recipient and celebrates the prestige her accomplishments bring to the College. It is the highest honor the College bestows upon a graduate in recognition of her noteworthy achievements and valuable professional and personal contributions. During the SMWC commencement ceremony on Sat., May 3, the title of 2014 Distinguished Alumni was awarded to Cindy Hux Martin, 1978 graduate of The Woods.
Martin graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in accounting/secondary education. Joining her family business, Tri-Industries, Inc. straight out of college, Martin quickly became the chief administrative officer. She went on to become the chief financial officer and chief executive officer of many other family-owned businesses including Tri-Quality Mining and Martin Landscaping, Inc.
Passionate about entrepreneurship, she and a fellow Woods alumni together owned and operated Bunch of Ladies, a successful and unique gift and garden retail store. Currently, she is president and CEO of Hux Oil Corp., as well as the president and founding director of the Hux Family Charitable Trust.
As a vital part of the Terre Haute community, she holds director's seats on the Union Hospital Board, the Union Hospital Foundation Board, and on the Bank of Lawrence County. Other civic leadership roles include Philanthropic Education Organization, Service League of Union Hospital, and 100+ Women Who Care.
She and her husband, Jim, have two daughters.
Always a supporter of The Woods, Martin served on the College's Board of Trustess in various roles since 2006. Through excellence in her career and service to her community, she embodies the principles dear to SMWC.
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Another piece of information indicated in the hadiths, is, as already stressed in earlier sections, that the antichrist will have very wide material resources and that his dominion will be very powerful, and that these will keep people away from religious moral values in the End Times. The antichrist will use this power and these resources to fight believers. The struggle in question will be a very multi-faceted one. In the same way that the antichrist will attempt to weaken and wear believers down psychologically, he will also put physical pressure on them. This intense pressure by the antichrist will be one of the main reasons why people stay away from the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as). Indeed, it is revealed in the Qur'an that in addition to oppressing believers verbally and bad behavior, unbelievers may also put physical pressure on them:
… You will hear many abusive words from those given the Book before you and from those who are idolaters… (Surah Al 'Imran, 186)
When those who disbelieve were plotting against you to imprison you or kill you or expel you… (Surat al-Anfal, 30)
The great Islamic scholar Bediuzzaman also states that the antichrist's power and dominion will be based on violence and oppression:
... Because both dajjals employ the severest despotism, the greatest tyranny, and the maximum violence and terror, they appear to have vast power. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Rays / The Fifth Ray - Second Station, p. 116)
Elsewhere, Bediuzzaman describes how the antichrist will pressurize the Islamic world and inflict difficult and hard days on devout Muslims:
... noxious and awesome persons like Sufyan and the antichrist will come to rule over the godless at the end of time, and exploiting the greed, discord and hatred amongst the Muslims and mankind, they will need only a small force to reduce humanity to anarchy and the vast world of Islam to slavery. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Letters, The Twenty Second Letter)
"... noxious and awesome persons like Sufyan and the antichrist will come to rule over the godless at the end of time…": At that time, the End Times, individuals such as the antichrist and the Sufyan (the negative power, who, according to the hadiths, will appear in the Islamic world and strive against Hazrat Mahdi [as]) who will harm people and direct them towards evil, will also unite unbelievers and hypocrites against Muslims and will act as their leaders.
"... exploiting the greed, discord and hatred amongst the Muslims and mankind, they will need only a small force to reduce humanity to anarchy and the vast world of Islam to slavery.": The antichrist will benefit from people's desires and hypocrisy in order to turn them from the truth. This will lead to strife and corruption on Earth. The Islamic world will be the grouping most affected by this state of affairs. The antichrist will particularly target Muslims and inflict pressure and violence on them.
There can be no possible doubt that those who submit to and have faith in Allah know, by His leave, that Allah creates everything befalling them and that there are most auspicious aspects to them. Their faith and trust in Allah endows them with a sense of security, no matter what circumstances they may find themselves in.
However, this climate established by the antichrist will bring concern and fear to those who do not submit to Allah and who do not fear Him as they ought. These people may fear the violence of the antichrist in such a climate and thus keep their distance from the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as). They may fear that, "If we join the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) we will draw the violence of the antichrist onto our own heads." Indeed, these people may go even further than just avoiding the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) themselves, and may also try to keep their children and families away from them. They may fear pressure from those people who are deceived by the antichrist into turning away from religious moral values and who harbor hostility towards true believers.
The fact that throughout the course of history some people have feared oppression and repression in their societies and avoided obeying messengers and living by the true faith is a state of affairs also revealed in the Qur'an. Yet that fear is a totally groundless one, because Allah protects those of His servants who fear, trust in and submit to Him alone, and will grant them success by His will. This fact is imparted in the Qur'an:
It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religion, though the idolaters hate it. (Surat as-Saff, 9)
The Antichrist Will Prevent the Recognition of the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) by Depicting Truth as Falsehood and Falsehood as Truth
One of the dictionary definitions of the word dajjal (antichrist) is "he who confuses truth and falsehood, who adorns the words to depict falsehood as truth." Some of the hadiths that indicate that the antichrist portrays right as wrong, wrong as right, good as evil and evil as good, read:
Then the antichrist will come forth accompanied by a river and fire. He who falls into his fire will certainly receive his reward, and have his load taken off him, but he who falls into his river will have his load retained and his reward taken off him. (Sunan Abu Dawud, p. 4232)
He will also have Paradise and Hell with him. Though his Paradise will appear as Paradise, in reality it will be Hell, and likewise, though his Hell will appear like Hell, in reality it will be Paradise. (Sahih Muslim)
As stated in the hadiths, the values that the antichrist portrays as good will actually lead people to wickedness, and even to disaster, whereas the values he depicts as evil are actually things intended for the good and benefit of mankind. Since many people fail to interpret events in the light of the moral values of the Qur'an and the Sunnah of our Prophet (saas), they will imagine that the antichrist is actually calling them to what is good and will follow along behind him and turn their backs on those they should be following. However, the atmosphere of cruelty established by the antichrist will show them what a great error this is. For these reasons, our Prophet (saas) has warned people and told them to be aware that something the antichrist portrays as evil is actually good:
Antichrist would appear and there would be along with him water and fire and what the people would see as water that would be fire and that would burn and what would appear as fire that would be water and any one of you who would see that should plunge in that which he sees as fire for it would be sweet, pure water. (Sahih Muslim, Book 41, 7012)
Naturally, the area in which the antichrist will make the greatest use of this trickery will be in blackening the name of true believers. The Prophet Jesus (as) is a holy prophet referred to by our Lord in the Qur'an, one of the chosen in this world and in the Hereafter. Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a most holy individual whose superior virtues, justice, honesty, patience, submission, courage, reliability, affection and compassion represent a role model for everyone. Yet despite all this, according to the indications in the hadiths, the antichrist will attempt to portray these holy individuals and their auspicious actions as evil. He will engage in negative activities aimed at preventing people from following the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as). People with a less than adequate knowledge of Qur'anic moral values or those who do not fully abide by them may unknowingly fall under the influence of this propaganda spread by the antichrist, and may form baseless and false ideas regarding the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as).
The antichrist may also cooperate with people who were once alongside Hazrat Mahdi (as) but who subsequently turned from him, exhibiting a hypocritical character, in order to attain that end. Indeed, it is also revealed in the Qur'an that people with a hypocritical character cooperated with unbelievers in order to carry out activities against the believers. Despite the presence in their midst of a holy individual with such superior moral values as him, hypocrites in the time of the Prophet Muhammad (saas) nevertheless departed from him and cooperated with unbelievers against believers. The situation of these people is described as follows in the Qur'an:
As for those who have set up a mosque, causing harm and out of disbelief, to create division between the believers, and in readiness for those who previously made war on Allah and His Messenger, they will swear, "We only desired the best." But Allah bears witness that they are truly liars. (Surat at-Tawba, 107)
One of the characteristics of these people is the way that despite exhibiting such an ugly attitude they were still able to tell the lie that "they had good intentions." Just like these hypocrites, despite intending to spread evil in the world the antichrist will also maintain that he wishes the very best for people. There is no doubt that this is a great falsehood. The response that true believers will give to the antichrist's call to a life far removed from religious morality, a life filled with immorality and evil is obvious. As revealed in the Qur'an:
Say: "Are we to call on something besides Allah which can neither help nor harm us, and to turn on our heels after Allah has guided us, like someone the satans have lured away in the earth, leaving him confused and stupefied, despite the fact that he has companions calling him to guidance, saying, 'Come with us!'?" Say: "Allah's guidance, that is true guidance. We are commanded to submit as Muslims to the Lord of all the worlds." (Surat al-An'am, 71)


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Age of earth? It's not a new debate. Augustine (AD 354 – 430) wrote:
"They are deceived, too, by those highly mendacious documents which profess to give the history of many thousand years, though, reckoning by the sacred writings, we find that not 6000 years have yet passed."
The translator's note says: "Augustine here follows the chronology of Eusebius, who reckons 5611 years from the Creation to the taking of Rome by the Goths; adopting the Septuagint version of the Patriarchal ages." Eusebius was Bishop of Lebanon cAD325.
Augustine's City of God, Chapter 10: Of the Falseness of the History Which Allots Many Thousand Years to the World's Past. Translated by Rev. Marcus Dods in 1871.
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Leave it to Arizona cornerback Jerraud Powers to succinctly explain the playoff significance of Sunday's Packers-Cardinals game.
"It's either do you want Green Bay to come back here and play (in the playoffs) or — I think today it was 17 degrees up there — do you want to go up there and play?" he said. "I'm from Alabama. If that's not enough motivation I don't know what is."
A victory for the Cardinals (12-2) over the Packers (10-4) would clinch at least the No. 2 seed in the NFC and the first-round bye that comes with it. An Arizona loss and the Packers would be one game behind the Cardinals with one to play. If Arizona loses its regular-season finale at home to Seattle, then Green Bay beats Minnesota, suddenly the Packers would have that coveted bye.
A win over Green Bay and the Cardinals would play every possible NFC playoff game in Arizona, except if it's against Carolina. Even that could change in the improbable event Carolina (14-0) loses its final two regular-season games, at Atlanta and at home against Tampa Bay.
"Each game at this time of the year, the games mean a little bit more. They get a little bit bigger," Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer said. "What we did last Sunday night, locking up the (NFC West) division, it's on to the next one and this game. There are even more implications on this one."
The importance of the game goes beyond what tangibly is at stake.
"Not only does this have big playoff implications, but at the same time, you know, it kind of shows what you're made of this point in the season," Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews said. "Hopefully, it's a victory and some good (ball) we'll play. But this is a game that obviously we'll want to ... set the tone for hopefully this final part of the season and playoffs.
"Yeah, it's a big game."
The Cardinals are on an eight-game winning streak and have won 12 games in a season for the first time in the franchise's long history.
The Packers have moved back into control of the NFC North and have won three straight. The string of wins began when Aaron Rodgers heaved a last-gasp touchdown pass to Richard Rodgers to pull out a win against the Lions.
"From a literal sense, it just won the game for us," Aaron Rodgers said of that day. "From a big sense, it took out some of the desperation that would've crept in had we fallen to 7-5. I think the urgency picked up after that, knowing that everything is right in front of us and we need to go and really seize the opportunity."


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This week the Epilepsy Foundation has launched a national seizure first aid awareness campaign through social media. A tip a day is being posted on facebook and via twitter. Can you help spread the word and help someone with seizures? Your help can save a life!
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- Stay calm when you see someone having a seizure. The seizure most people think of involves someone falling and convulsing. This is called a tonic-clonic seizure, and it can be scary -- especially if you don't know what is happening. One key to staying calm is recognizing this kind of seizure and knowing what to do. A tonic-clonic seizure is usually short and rarely dangerous. Staying calm will help you help the person having the seizure. For more on how to recognize seizures and know what to do . #FirstAid #Epilepsy #Seizures
- Today's first aid for seizures tip is: Prevent injury by moving nearby objects away from a person having a seizure. When someone is having a tonic-clonic (convulsive) seizure, they are unaware of their surroundings. Clearing away sharp or hard objects the person could hit while having this kind of seizure is especially important. If the person becomes injured during the seizure, call an ambulance. If you are curious about when to call an ambulance, check out this website. #FirstAid #Epilepsy #Seizures
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By Capt. Patrick Sciacca — November 2002
Your new boat is complete with four staterooms, high-gloss woods, and leather helm chairs. Now it's time for electronics. You look at the helm and think, how do I most efficiently fit them in the console?
For $20 you can purchase the Simrad Helm Planning Kit, which includes color cutouts of fishfinders, chartplotters, radars, combo systems, VHFs, and more, directly from the electronics manufacturer or through its dealers. These cutouts come in a range of sizes and styles to help you decide which look suits your helm.
Don't worry about the cutouts leaving a gummy residue on the helm, as they are made of a static-cling material that lets you reposition them multiple times to optimize your boat's helm space. Simrad does caution, however, that these cutouts are not to be used as templates, so wait until your real electronics and official templates arrive before you go to task with the saw.
Simrad Phone: (425) 778-8821. Fax: (425) 771-7211. www.simrad.com.
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Voters in Salt River Project elections Tuesday elected new officers and filled 22 seats on the board and council of the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District and new officers and 20 seats on the board and council of the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association – SRP's collective governing bodies.
Results from Tuesday's election become official after a canvass by the SRP boards at their next meetings on Monday, April 7. The newly elected officials will take office May 5 and 6. The terms of SRP president, vice president, board and council seats are all four years.
In unofficial results posted this morning, SRP President David Rousseau of Phoenix and Vice President John R. "Randy" Hoopes of Chandler were re-elected to their second four-year terms. Both candidates were unopposed.
In other unofficial results in which Board incumbents faced challengers, John "Jack" M. White Jr. of Phoenix was re-elected over Ray Arvizu of Phoenix for Seats 6 in both the District and Association; incumbent William W. "Bill" Arnett of Mesa held off challenger Connie Wilhelm of Phoenix for District at-large Seat 12; and incumbent Wendy L. Marshall of Phoenix defeated John Hulburd of Phoenix for District at-large Seat 14.
In contested board seats in which there was no incumbent seeking re-election, Mark V. Pace of Gilbert won Seats 10 in both the District and Association; defeating Mark J. Andersen of Gilbert in the unofficial results. Pace will succeed the retiring Dwayne Dobson on the Board.
In non-contested board seats, incumbent Paul Rovey of Peoria won Seats 2 and Deborah S. Hendrickson of Tempe won Seats 8 in both the District and Association.
In non-contested board seats in which there was no incumbent seeking re-election, Leslie C. Williams of Phoenix won Seats 4 in both the District and Association.
In contested Council races, unofficial winners were Jacqueline "Jacque" L. Miller, Nicholas J. Vanderwey and Robert W. Warren for Seats 6; and Dave B. Lamoreaux, William P. Schrader Jr. and William "Billy" P. Schrader III for Seats 10.
Also elected to Council seats were Jerry Geiger, Kimberly Owens and Bill Sheely for Seats 2; Garvey M. Biggers, M. Brandon Brooks and Michael G. Rakow for District 4; Christopher J. Dobson, Mark L. Farmer and Mark C. Pedersen for Seats 8.
Elected to Council seats were Geiger, Owens and Sheely for Seats 2; Biggers, Brooks and Rakow for Seats 4; and Dobson, Farmer and Pedersen for Seats 8.
SRP is locally regulated by officials elected from within the Salt River Reservoir District boundaries. The Association and District boards establish policy, approve annual budgets, and set prices and fees. Councils for both Association and District amend and enact bylaws, and make appointments to vacant board, council and vice president seats. Traditionally, candidates seek identical positions in each organization.
To be eligible to vote, District and Association electors must be the owner of qualified land, or an individual who has been appointed by the trustee(s) to vote qualified land held in a qualifying trust as of Dec. 22, 2013. In addition, District electors must be a qualified, registered Arizona voter and reside within the state of Arizona. Association electors must also be at least 18 years of age.
All Association positions and all but the four District at-large board positions (Seats 11, 12, 13 and 14) are elected on an acreage-based voting system. The four District at-large board members are elected on a one-vote-per-landowner basis.
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The third duty of THAT PERSON is to SERVE the RELIGION OF ISLAM by basing the CALIPHATE OF ISLAM on the ISLAMIC UNION by GETTING INTO A COOPERATION AND SOLIDARITY with DEVOUT CHRISTIANS AND THE CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS.
(Sikka al-Tasdiq al-Ghayb, 9)
Bediuzzaman states that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will serve Islam by establishing the Islamic Union and allying with the Christian leaders against "materialism and irreligion" which is the common front of Islam and Christianity. As Allah states in one verse in the Qur'an, "You will find the people most affectionate to those who have faith are those who say, 'We are Christians.' That is because some of them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant." (Surat al-Maida, 82) genuine Muslims and genuine Christians are natural allies. They should conduct a common ideological struggle against irreligion and cooperate. In the End Times the best example of this solidarity will be experienced with Hazrat Mahdi (as) and Jesus (as). With these words Bediuzzaman draws attention to this important portent of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Hazrat Mahdi's (as) establishing the Islamic union and allying with Christian leaders and thus his serving Islam were experienced neither in the times of Bediuzzaman nor before him. By reminding this important fact which had not happened during his time, Bediuzzaman once again cites that he is not the Mahdi and gives the good news that Hazrat Mahdi (as) is someone who will come at a later date.


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SANFORD, Fla. - The parents of George Zimmerman posted a new message on their website on Thanksgiving -- the first post they've made in more than a month.
We found the post on RobertAndGladys.com.
It reads, in part, quote "Although our life is very much in disarray, we count our blessings."
The post went onto say, quote, "Our lives have been forever altered. However, we simply look forward to the day that George, and every family member, can move forward."
George Zimmerman is out of jail, awaiting his second-degree murder trial next summer in the deadly shooting of Trayvon Martin.
But before that happens, there's a "Stand Your Ground" hearing in April, which will operate like a mini-trial.
Zimmerman is using "Stand Your Ground" as his defense in the shooting of the unarmed teen.
At that hearing, after looking at all the evidence, a judge could decide to drop the charges against Zimmerman.
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FirstFruits Marketing, Yakima, Wash., has concluded its fourth annual Take a Bite Out of Hunger program, providing 200,000 pounds of apples to local food banks.
FirstFruits partners with retailers on apple donations to local food banks in the retailer's name. The retailers contribute the cost of freight and the Take a Bite Out of Hunger program provides retail support with campaign-themed polybags and merchandisers, point-of-sale cards and ad slicks.
This year's participating retailers include Ahold, A&P, Grocery Outlet, Harveys, Dave's Marketplace and United Supermarkets, with support from C&S Wholesale Grocers.
Total donations in the program's first 4 years are one million pounds of apples.


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Can my employer take away a raise promised to me or reduce my wage without my consent?
Generally, yes. As long as you are paid above the minimum wage, your employer normally can pay you whatever it wants or make changes to your rate of pay. Under most circumstances, an employer can decrease your wage or take away your raise at any time, even if you object to the change. All the employer has to do is tell you ahead of time that it is going to pay you less. You can try to negotiate with your employer, but if you continue to work after being told (either verbally or in writing) that your pay was changing, you will most likely have accepted the new wage. However, there is an important exception if you have an employment contract for a specific time. If your employer told you, either verbally or in writing, that you would be paid a certain wage (including a raise) for a certain amount of time, he created an enforceable contract. Your employer must abide by the terms of that contract by paying you that wage for that entire time period. Once the time period ends, however, your contract for the specified wage also ends. At that point, your employer is again free to reduce your wage.
There normally is nothing illegal about quitting a job because your employer reduces your pay, but there are often consequences to quitting. You may not be eligible for unemployment benefits, but that will depend on the amount of the reduction in your wage and your attempts to work it out with your employer. (For more information about unemployment benefits, see our Fact Sheet Unemployment Insurance Benefits: An Overview.) There is also a chance your employer will give you a bad reference.
Can my employer reduce my pay for work that I have already done?
No. Your employer must pay you your promised wage for work you have already done. Your employer may be able to reduce your wage for future work (see above) but he cannot look back and reduce your pay for past work.
Example: You are hired at $10 per hour and you work for two days. On the third day, your employer tells you he is only going to pay you $8 per hour. While he can probably reduce your wage for future work, he still must pay you at $10 per hour for the work you did before he told you that your wages would be lowered.
What steps can I take if my employer illegally attempts to lower my wage?
If your employer reduces your wage in violation of your contract for a specific time and refuses to remedy the situation, you normally can file a claim with the California Labor Commissioner. Likewise, if your employer reduces your pay for work you have already done and refuses to make up the difference, you can file a claim with the California Labor Commissioner to recover the wages you should have been paid.
This Fact Sheet is intended to provide accurate, general information regarding legal rights relating to employment in California. Yet because laws and legal procedures are subject to frequent change and differing interpretations, the Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center cannot ensure the information in this Fact Sheet is current nor be responsible for any use to which it is put. Do not rely on this information without consulting an attorney or the appropriate agency about your rights in your particular situation.


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Children's Health℠ is a comprehensive program that services asthma and Cystic Fibrosis, as well as a full range of other respiratory conditions.
Why Children's Health℠?
The pediatric pulmonologists on the medical staff are board-certified and hold academic appointments at UT Southwestern.
Children's Health is the first hospital in the nation to have all 163 respiratory therapists Neonatal/Pediatric Specialty (NPS) certified.
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The physicians and staff manage a broad range of respiratory disorders and are qualified in bronchoscopy, home ventilator management, pulmonary function testing, and pulmonary sleep related disorders.
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Children's Health's Asthma Management Program was awarded disease-specific certification by The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission is the nation's predominant standard-setting accrediting and certifying regulatory body in healthcare.
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Children's Health is a member of the Therapeutics Development Network, which allows our program to receive funding to participate in research and give our patients access to cutting-edge studies.


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Thursday, November 15, 2012
CollegeWeekLive.com Event Time: 2:00p - 10:00p Location: Online Details:
A free virtual college fair where Mount St. Mary's hosts an information booth similar to a real college fair. If you are unable to make a campus visit, this is a wonderful way to get to know the Mount from the comfort of your own home. You may register for this event by visiting the Admissions Visit page or by going to www.CollegeWeekLive.com


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Mrs. G wanted something healthy and light last night. Asked if I would just grill some chicken breasts for some salad. Fine by me. Then I 'membered I still had some King's Hawaiian slider buns. I hate letting things go to waste. So a coupla sliders for me and a big ole salad for her. I pounded her chicken breast out till it was a uniform thickness, rubbed it down with some Texas Chicken Tickler and tossed it on the gril at 400F. Went back inside and cut my breast up into smaller slider-like sized pieces and then tossed those on the grill. I don't know if you can really tell that hers was the whole one back in the back.
Love me some King's Hawaiian.
Sliced hers up for the salad.
Forgot to mention to her that I was going to do sliders, so she made me a big ole salad as well when I was grillin up the chicken. Ok...I'll just have two sliders and lots of salad then. I'm fine with that.
Still got me some chicken left over for lunch as well. Nothing fancy here, but it was nice to get back to the Egg after cooking on the offset all weekend.


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The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) recently released its report on the Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops 2012. Two significant developments were noted.
First, developing countries now dominate in plantings of biotech crops. "For the first time since the introduction of biotech/GM crops almost two decades ago," the report said, "developing countries have grown more hectares of biotech crops than industrialized countries, contributing to food security and further alleviating poverty in some of the world's most vulnerable regions."
Developing countries accounted for 52 percent of the total global plantings of biotech crops in 2012, … Full Article »


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Excellent breakfasts. Friendliness of the staff and owner. Comfortable room. Superb location, close to Pittville Park and the town centre. Ideally placed for the Cheltenham Town football ground. Few hangers; requested more, which didn't appear. Loo seat needed fixing; pointed it out and nothing happened. Shower bath: shower unavoidably covered floor of bathroom with water when used. Extract fan not working.
very comfortable bed, and very clean rooms. no tea/coffee facilities in room
It is in an ideal location for visiting the racecourse and only a short walk to the town centre. The room quality and the service standard does not come up to the rates charged.
Reception & restaurant staff very helpful Prices for bar drinks & pots of tea & coffee etc too expensive by far. A pot of tea was nearly £9.00. Automatic addition of 10% service charges even on breakfast was ridiculous. I don't mind by tips too staff but I object to it being paid to the Hotel owner.
no tea and coffee facilaties in room
We thought the hotel was in a lovely position, very close to the shops. Excellent rooms, beds and bathrooms. Very relaxing and luxurious No irons in the room which would of been useful as we were only staying one night. Also we did feel that the hotel was aimed at the more upper class customer, and I think it would be nice if they could make all customers feel equally welcome. However was still a lovely place for a luxury break.
Nice location, great staff, well appointed. They lost our reservation but it was sorted out after a number of phone calls.


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HOUSTON - A car chase in southwest Houston ended with several people in the hospital and a gunman on the run, said police.
Around 6 am Sunday, police said a maroon Chevy Suburban was driving down Chimney Rock near Beltway 8 when a silver Subaru Impreza started to give chase.
At some point, investigators said a passenger inside the Impreza pulled a gun and opened fire on the Suburban.
The driver of the Suburban took off, and the Impreza followed, investigators said.
Eventually, both vehicles lost control and crashed at the intersection of McHard Road and Chimney Rock, said police.
Witnesses to the crash rushed to help. Mike Martin said he tried his best to help the people inside the Suburban stay calm until help could arrive.
"I did talk to them, keep them calm," said Martin. "I asked them their name and let them know that the ambulance was on its way. The most important thing was to keep them calm."
Officials said three people inside the Suburban were taken to the hospital, one with life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Impreza was taken into custody, but police said the shooter took off on foot.
So far, there is no word on what caused the altercation. If you have any information, you're asked to give police a call.
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Ally McCoist admits Rangers are keen to sign Queen of the South striker Nicky Clark
Ally McCoist has admitted that Rangers are interested in signing Queen of the South striker Nicky Clark.
Last Updated: 04/05/13 11:55am
Clark has caught the eye of Gers manager McCoist after netting 40 goals for the Second Division champions this season.
McCoist has already held talks with the player's agent and his father Sandy a former Gers player, who is the Queen of the South assistant.
He hopes to meet the 21-year-old in the next few days, but a transfer embargo means the club must wait until September 1 to sign free agents and January 2014 before buying new players.
He said: "I've spoken to Nicky's agent and I've spoken to his father, who I know reasonably well, just to let them know that we have an interest in talking to Nicky and meeting up with him and seeing if there is a possibility of him coming to the club.
"We are no further down the line than that, but I spoke to Sandy and I'm very keen to meet up, as are Sandy and Nicky, so hopefully we can get a meeting in the next couple of days.
"His goalscoring record is fantastic and we certainly need strengthening in forward areas, as we do all over the park."
McCoist is targeting a number of out-of-contract players and has handed a trial to Argentinian defender Cristian Trombetta after the 26-year-old left Mexican side Jaguares de Chiapas.
"He's been in for two or three days training. He's having a look at the place and we are having a look at him," said McCoist.
"There is nothing concrete yet but it goes without saying that we are desperately trying to bring players in to the club for next season."


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Playing less than 24 hours after pulling out a conference road thriller, the seventh-ranked Saint Leo women's tennis team managed to rack up another win as the Lions defeated the 21st-ranked Nova Southeastern Sharks, 5-4 in Sunshine State Conference action on Saturday afternoon.
"The girls got the job done today," Head Coach James Bryce said. "To play less than 24 hours after a five hours match shows their toughness. We have some things to work on before Pensacola, but we are looking forward to the challenge."
Today's match had a similar flow to yesterday's match against Rollins as the Lions (14-2, 6-1 SSC) relied on a 2-1 advantage gained in doubles action to help propel them to the win. Although tripped up at No. 2 doubles, the tandems of Pauline Helgesson and Maria Benkirane at No. 1 and Coralie Pesenti and Adrianna Daszkiewicz at No. 3 again pulled out victories to give Saint Leo the advantage.
Moving to singles play, Nova Southeastern (6-10, 2-5 SSC) swept through the first two flights and, accompanied with a win at the No. 6 spot managed to tie the match. Again coming down to the No. 3 singles spot and Daszkiewicz, the junior again came up clutch as she breezed past her opponent behind 6-4, 6-1 wins.
The Lions now prepare for one of the toughest stretches to open the final month of the regular season. Saint Leo travels to Pensacola for three matches with teams from the Gulf South Conference. The first match is against No. 3 West Florida on Friday, April 5 at noon.
For more information on the nationally ranked women's tennis team be sure to 'like' the Lions on Facebook and 'follow' Saint Leo on Twitter.


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Ask the Dietitian: Should You Keep Your Weight Loss Plans a Secret?by Dana Angelo White in Ask the Experts, Diets, January 10, 2012
One of the most popular New Year's resolutions is to lose weight. But once you begin your diet plan, should you announce it to everyone or keep your lips sealed?
Q: What's the best way to ensure weight loss success, tell your friends and loved ones or keep it secret?
A: There's no right or wrong way to do it. At the end of the day, to get rid of that gut, you've got to go with your gut!
Research supports that a lack of motivation and accountability are common barriers to dropping those pounds. That's why weight loss programs like Weight Watchers consider meetings and weigh-ins keys to success. On the other hand, some experts argue that you're better off keeping things quiet.
Oftentimes the mentality that you're ON or OFF a diet can trip you up. Announcing this to others may make them (consciously or unconsciously) attempt to stifle your progress. Sometimes, just being around those that aren't following a healthy eating plan can be enough to derail you. Those who decide to keep their plans hush-hush believe that announcing weight loss intentions ahead of time can lead to self-sabotage. They also argue that there's an additional benefit of showing off your weight loss after the fact.
The only way to successfully lose weight is to make changes and stick to them. For the best results, you've got to decide what tactics will work best for you.
If weight loss is on your 2012 to-do list, here are some tips for success:
- Get nutrition advice from qualified nutrition professionals – registered dietitians have been properly trained in weight loss and nutrition counseling.
- Find something that motivates you. Whether it's a buddy at the gym or treating yourself to a non-food reward (manicure, anyone?).
- Make a contract with yourself.
- Check the research on Which Diet is Best?
- Try our 10 Non-Resolution Resolutions.
Tell Us: For weight loss, what's your preference? Share or keep things under wraps?
You Might Also Like:
- Ask the Dietitian: Should You Eat Just the Egg White?
- The Best Foods for Cardio Workouts
- Ask the Experts: Top Dieting Don'ts
Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC, is a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer and owner of Dana White Nutrition, Inc., which specializes in culinary and sports nutrition. See Dana's full bio »


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NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks were mostly lower in early trading Tuesday as investors worked through a raft of corporate news and prepared for key U.S. economic data later this week.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - As longtime backers fret over the viability of Jeb Bush's candidacy, the two-term Florida governor has an answer: "Jeb Can Fix It."
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Humankind is marking an off-the-planet pinnacle Monday: the 15th anniversary of continuous residency at the International Space Station.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are rising on Wall Street as the market comes off its biggest monthly gain in four years. Health care stocks were among the early winners as drugmakers Pfizer and AbbVie climbed.
WASHINGTON (AP) â" Jeb Bush sought to calm anxious donors with a comeback strategy focused on taking down rival Marco Rubio. But Bush's plan backfired badly on national television in the third GOP presidential debate.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina sheriff says he acted swiftly but carefully in firing a school resource officer caught on video flipping a disruptive student out of her desk and tossing her across the floor. In the wake of the firing, though, questions remain about whether the officer should have been in the classroom in the first place, and where the former deputy goes from here.
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans have nominated Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan to become the chamber's next speaker.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks edged lower Monday afternoon as investors began another big week of company earnings and looked ahead to a policy meeting of the Federal Reserve. The Standard & Poor's 500 index remained positive for the year. The index moved into the black for the first time in two months on Friday, propelled by strong earnings from several big tech companies and the prospect of renewed support for the global economy.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Maureen O'Hara, the flame-haired Irish movie star who appeared in classics ranging from the grim "How Green Was My Valley" to the uplifting "Miracle on 34th Street" and bantered unforgettably with John Wayne in several films, has died. She was 95.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton firmly defended her actions on Benghazi as she came face-to-face Thursday with the Republican-led special investigation of the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Libya, hoping to put to rest the worst episode of her tenure as secretary of state and clear an obstacle to her presidential campaign.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are moving higher in early trading after some encouraging results from McDonald's, eBay and other companies.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The future is today - if "Back to the Future" is to be believed.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden will not run for president in 2016, he said Wednesday, ending a months-long flirtation with a third White House campaign and setting him on a glide path toward the end of his decades-long political career.
WASHINGTON (AP) - After 15 years of a virtual gag order on guns in presidential politics, Democrats are talking again.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators will require the registration of most drone aircraft to help track operators who flout safety rules and to encourage greater accountability, according to a drone industry official.
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