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With your kind permission, Admiral Kirk... We will now be taking over your ship! – "Double Blind, Part One" was the 24th issue of DC Comics' 1984 series of Star Trek comics. The issue was the 22-page first part of a two-part story Double Blind as written by novelist Diane Duane. The art was penciled by Tom Sutton and inked by Ricardo Villagran, with Robert Greenberger credited as editor.
A seemingly uneventful day aboard the USS Excelsior during a mapping mission in the space between the Sagittarius and Orion Arms turns into an unexpected first contact when an unknown vessel seemingly appears out of nowhere. Lieutenant Saavik determines that the ship does not use a Romulan cloaking device, is armed with conventional phasers, but possesses no shields that the sensors can detect. Soon, the unknown vessel demands the surrender of the Excelsior. Saavik informs Admiral Kirk that the unknown vessel's energy output is barely a tenth of the Excelsior's power. Armed with the knowledge of facing an inferior enemy, Kirk surrenders the ship over the objections of his crew.
A team of insectoid aliens board the ship with their leader announcing that the Excelsior intruded into the space of the Ajir Empire. The Ajir captain orders all of the Starfleet officers into the brig, mentioning that the ship will be taken to their home planet and held for ransom. When all of the officers finally walk into the cell, the Ajir captain asks which switch activates the force field. Kirk tells the alien leader the setting for Class Six prisoners, which allows the force field to be turned off from the inside. The boarding party leaves and Admiral Kirk orders Lieutenant Commander Sulu to jam the corridor and keep watch in case the boarding party returns. Lieutenant Commander Uhura confirms that junior officers are holding all major posts, including the conn, which is currently under the command of Lieutenant Naraht.
Naraht orders George Wilhelmsem, the relief communications officer, to sabotage the ship's universal translator. When the boarding party arrives on the bridge, no one can understand anyone else and Wilhelmsem shorts out the multistate equivocator, causing several bridge stations to severely malfunction. Frustrated, the aliens return to the brig and free the officers, ordering the officers to instruct them on ship operations. Kirk agrees and assigns his crew to assist the Ajir in learning ship functions. The officers deliberately make the learning process difficult, but eventually learn that the Ajir have no knowledge of how their ships operate, have no desire to fight, and are taught deception at a young age.
Kirk and the Ajir captain visit the bridge only to see the Ajir vessel destroyed by a party calling itself the Grond Protectorate.
- James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Pavel Chekov • Saavik • Carver • Janice Kerasus • Konom • Dahai Iohor Naraht • Renner • George Wilhelmsem • Elizabeth Sherwood (n.d.) • Ajir captain & unnamed Ajir crew • unnamed USS Excelsior personnel
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- bridge • corridor • transporter room • brig • shuttlebay • engineering • sickbay • linguistics
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- Romulan
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- starship • universal translator • warp drive • computer • cloaking device • viewscreen • communicator • phaser • multistate equivicator • equilibriator • bearing lubricant
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- rear admiral • captain • commander • lieutenant commander • lieutenant • lieutenant junior grade • ensign • executive officer • commanding officer • communications officer • security chief • chief engineer • helmsman • navigator • linguist • transporter chief
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- energy • gigadyne • boarding party • weapon • planet • space • red alert • communications • Day of Farf • Great Bird of the Galaxy
- This is the first part of the Double Blind storyline. For whatever reason, the this installment was titled "Double Blind, Part One" (with the number spelled out), but the next part was titled "Double Blind, Part II" (with a Roman numeral).
- The letter column reveals that Giri's author was Laurie Sutton using the pseudonym of Wennonah Woods.
- The first letter of the letter column is a public thank you from Wolf on the Prowl author Tony Isabella to a group of Ohio fans.
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A WOMAN whose cries for help were ignored was later the victim of a serious domestic assault at a Worcester house.
The barefooted victim, in her 20s, made her way from the house in Barbers Close, Blackpole, along Drapers Close and into Windermere Drive where she appealed for help to a passing group.
The appeals were ignored before a man, also in his 20s, physically returned her to the Barbers Close address where she was seriously assaulted.
Police want to speak to members of the group who were walking in the Blackpole area about 7.30pm on Saturday (15th).
"Thankfully the victim is recovering well from (her) injuries, but this was clearly a traumatic experience for her," said PC Simon Timbrell, who is investigating the incident.
"We are piecing together what happened on Saturday evening at Barbers Close and we would like to trace the group of people who the victim pleaded to on Windermere Drive.
"They did not respond to the woman's calls - perhaps they did not realise the seriousness of the situation - but I am sure they will remember this young woman, walking barefooted and calling for help.
"If you were in that group, please get in touch: you may be able to offer evidence that could greatly benefit the case.
"I would also like to appeal to anyone else who heard cries for help and a commotion in the Barbers Close / Drapers Close are anytime between 5.15pm and 10pm to please come forward."
Information can be passed to police by calling PC Timbrell on the non-emergency 101 number, quoting reference number 289s 17/03/14 or anonymously through the independent charity Crimestoppers (0800 555 111 or via their website crimestoppers-uk.org).

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Readers' Choice Awards 2012: Gaming Consoles, Blu-ray Players, and Streaming Media Devices
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If you want to watch Netflix or listen to Pandora on your television but you don't own a capable device, your least expensive option is to buy a streaming media device like a Roku's player or an Apple TV. These devices tend to run $100 or less and let you stream content from a variety of paid and free online services. Down the road, these will probably supplant Blu-ray players in the home theater, just as Blu-ray replaced DVD, which replaced VHS. For now, though, streaming media devices continue to grab a foothold.
Roku once again is our Readers' Choice for streaming media devices. Overall satisfaction improved from 8.5 in 2011 to 8.7 this year and likelihood to recommend went from 8.7 to 9.0. Roku offers more than 500 channels, which include mainstream ones like Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube, as well as many obscure ones. You can also play games, view photos from many popular photo-sharing services, and more. The Roku is currently the only streaming media device that lets you watch Amazon Instant Video on your TV, though you could also use a Microsoft Xbox 360 or Sony PlayStation 3 streaming media player to get Amazon content.
Apple usually beats out others in customer satisfaction but in the case of its Apple TV, it is only able to earn an Honorable Mention in our survey. Apple's overall satisfaction and likelihood to recommend ratings were slightly behind Roku's, though they were still very good. Apple remains the obvious choice if you live in an Apple ecosystem and get your videos and music through iTunes.
Western Digital continues to try to move past its reputation as just a hard drive manufacturer. Overall satisfaction with its WD TV Live line of products improved nicely over last year from 8.0 to 8.3. However, WD only received an 8.1 for satisfaction with ease of use whereas Roku was rated 8.9 and Apple 8.8.
You can stream a variety of content with a Sony PlayStation 3 or many of its Blu-ray players, but the company also offers a couple of dedicated streaming media devices. Like Western Digital's, Sony's devices scored respectably in satisfaction but again, ease of use didn't measure up to the category leaders.
One of the Sony devices, the Sony Internet Player, uses the Google TV platform. Logitech was one of the first to get onboard with Google TV with its Revue. It has since discontinued the device, but we received responses from several Revue owners. Not surprisingly, Logitech's satisfaction ratings were far below those of any of the other companies.
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Winter Lennon is a family business named for our twin girls, Winter and Lennon. We focus on bohemian style and use lace, crochet and cotton fabrics to create layering pieces that become wardrobe staples. Most of our items can be worn year-long and come in dreamy neutrals and earth tones. We are based in Dallas, TX.
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We have taken our marinar back at least 2 times complaining of outrageous road noise while driving. This is the worst vehicle I have ever driven or ridden in with this type of noise including diesel trucks. The dealer says it is the tires but they are the original tire that came with the vehicle (continentals). I will not drive the vehicle due to this road noise. Friends that have been in the vehicle with me can not believe the decibel level of the road noise and that it is unbearable. I have a friend of the family who also has a marinar and he also has taken his vehicle back to the dealer 3 times for this road noise to know avail. Can you advise me on what to do about this situation.


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BOSTON -- Torn rib cartilage in Game 4.
A broken rib in Game 5.
A separated shoulder in Game 6.
Patrice Bergeron played through it all in the Stanley Cup final. And that doesn't include the collapsed lung the Boston Bruins star learned about after skating up and down TD Garden ice in the last game, trying in vain to keep the season going.
'You put everything on the line to help your team. That's basically what I did. I'm 100 per cent confident everyone else would have done the same thing. There's a lot of really tough guys on our team and I don't feel like I should take all the praise'-- Patrice Bergeron
"I don't know if there's pride," Bergeron said Tuesday. "Some people would say it's stupid."
He was in the hospital last Wednesday when his teammates met reporters for the final time, two days after the season ended with a 3-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in the sixth game. So on Tuesday, he stood at a podium in the Bruins locker-room, hands in the pockets of his pink shorts, and matter-of-factly recited his medical record.
At least his legs were spared.
"It's all good," Bergeron said. "I'm 100 per cent (in the) lower body."
The stitches sewn at the end of his right eyebrow while he sat on the bench in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Rangers were gone. The red scar on his nose was still visible from the fight he had with Evgeni Malkin in Game 1 of Boston's four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the conference finals.
His spleen checked out OK after an ambulance took him from the United Center during Game 5 of the last round in Chicago. He hadn't been diagnosed with a concussion since the fourth of his career sidelined him for six games in April.
But moving on, Patrice, how about next season?
Bergeron said he doesn't need surgery and should be ready for the start of training camp.
Any of those injuries would have sidelined players in other sports. But Bergeron, one of the NHL's best all-around players, insists he did nothing special to help the Bruins play for their second Stanley Cup title in three years.
"You put everything on the line to help your team. That's basically what I did. I'm 100 per cent confident everyone else would have done the same thing," the Bruins alternate captain said. "There's a lot of really tough guys on our team and I don't feel like I should take all the praise."
Bergeron has spent all of his nine NHL seasons with the Bruins. Without him, they likely would have been eliminated in the first round when they trailed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 with less than 11 minutes left in regulation of an intense Game 7. He tied it with 51 seconds remaining in the third period, then won it with his goal at 6:05 of overtime.
He scored another overtime winner in Game 3 against Pittsburgh. Then he had two goals -- and the first since his rash of injuries -- in Game 4 against Chicago.
But that was the game in which the centre tore rib cartilage. Early in Game 5, he was hit in the ribs and suffered a crack on the left side. Doctors told him the only way he could play in Game 6 was to get a nerve block that would freeze the area.
Bergeron also separated his right shoulder in the first period but played the rest of the way.
As the game went on, he could feel his energy fading. When it ended, he endured the tradition of shaking hands and went to the locker-room.
From there, Bergeron went right to Massachusetts General Hospital, where a puncture was found in the lung.
"I kind of had trouble breathing a little bit," he said. "I felt like my chest was closing in on me so the doctors didn't want to take any chances. There's an X-ray machine (in the locker-room), but they couldn't tell, really. It wasn't clear enough for them. They wanted to make sure and, luckily enough, they made the right decision because I went there right away and they found out that my lung had collapsed."
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Lewis Hamilton insists that he isn't going to Mercedes with the expectation of winning races next season
Lewis tells Sky Sports F1 that his first year away from McLaren will be about learning and growing
Last Updated: 07/10/12 6:14am
In an interview with Georgie Thompson which will be broadcast in its entirety during Sky Sports F1's coverage of Sunday's Japanese GP, Hamilton clarified that while his decision to leave proven winners such as McLaren had surprised and even shocked many in the paddock, it was precisely Mercedes' lack of winning pedigree that made them such an attractive proposition for him.
"Everyone would choose the easy option, but I don't think in my whole life I have taken the easy road," Lewis explained. "Where I am, I could definitely stay, and that would be easy, knowing that the car will be amazing next year because it will be an evolution of this year's car.
"But to go somewhere where I know the car is not so great, and it's a new team, a young team, who want to be World Champions...there aren't many drivers in the paddock who have taken a team which was struggling and then helped them grow to the top."
Hamilton, it seems, is taking a long-term view of the project he has committed to. Echoing the assurance of Mercedes boss Ross Brawn that the team had made no promises that they will be able to deliver a race-winning package next season, Hamilton believes that 2013 will primarily be a year of transition in which he acclimatises to his new surrounds.
"Next year, there's no expectations. It's a year to learn, and communicate and build relationships with new people," he told Georgie. "I'm realistic of the position I'm in."
But will Hamilton really be willing to effectively write off a year of his career?
"I think there is every expectation on him else why would Mercedes want one of the biggest names in F1," exclaimed David Croft during Sky F1's The F1 Show on Friday night. "He should have expectations of Mercedes as well. He's grown up, racing-wise, at McLaren, which is a team that goes racing to win races and championships. That is ingrained in his mind and if he is not expecting to carry that on at Mercedes then why make the move?"
Given that Hamilton has won a race in every F1 season he has competed in, the prospect of the 27-year-old demurely settling for a position in the midfield also seems unfeasible to Sky F1's Anthony Davidson.
"Mentally, it's going to be a big challenge for him," noted Anthony. "He has led a very secluded life, in a way, at McLaren. He says he always takes the tough road but in my opinion the tough road is at the back of the grid.
"I think it's going to be very interesting to see how he handles it and if he is the magic ingredient that the team is missing. Will he bring an extra four or five tenths to the table? If he can, the results from this year would have been very different.
"As a driver you want to prove that you are the best in the world and one of the ways of doing that is by joining an underperforming team and improving them to show that you are a development driver and not just a quick driver.
"I think that is why we respect Michael Schumacher more than many other drivers on the grid as he went to an underperforming team, built-up Ferrari to the team they became and maybe from his own point of view he wants to do that."
Johnny Herbert was quick to stress, though, that Schumacher took his own team of mechanics with him from Benetton to the Scuderia.
"The one thing I see that is different is when Michael Schumacher made his moves, he took a bunch of people with him who he was very, very comfortable with and they understood exactly what he wanted," he said.
"This is very, very different as Mercedes is nearly still building itself and he is going into a place that is trying to make itself one of the big teams."
Speculation in the paddock suggested that Mercedes new non-executive Chairman Nikki Lauda, was the man responsible for swaying Hamilton's decision. But the three-time World Champion insists he had no impact on Hamilton, despite visiting his trailer in Singapore.
"Ross Brawn was the key person because he did the negotiations he signed the contract," Lauda told Sky Sports F1 during the Japanese GP coverage.
"I was aware of what's happening as the non-executive Chairman but the key person was Ross.
"I explained to him the situation. He wanted to know why he should leave a very competitive car to move to a less competitive car. So I said to him, 'I got famous because I brought my ear off in front of everyone, but if you move from one car to another there is more challenge, there is a new challenge. You have been at McLaren for 12 years and I think like any other job it is good to change and start all over again with new motivation and new people.'
"In the end of the day, it was his decision, but maybe he thought like this."


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Loyalhanna Creek parcel preserved by conservancy
Described as a country style, family built, owned and operated motel located in Ligonier, the ABC Motel and its rustic neon sign was a local landmark along the Lincoln Highway for decades.
This week, the motel was demolished and cleared from the property by its new owners. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy purchased the one-acre property in Ligonier Township with plans to permanently conserve the parcel of land along Loyalhanna Creek.
"WPC began protecting the Loyalhanna Creek in the 1970s," said Allison Schlesinger, director of communications at the conservancy. "Acquiring this property is part of the ongoing efforts to protect and provide public access to this area."
Schlesinger said the motel is located within the 100-year flood plain of Loyalhanna Creek. The conservancy removed two old storage tanks, one of which was leaking.
"The property will be restored to help the watershed," said Schlesinger. "The viewshed along Route 30 will also be improved."
The previous owner, Milan Drakulic Sr., operated the motel with his wife, Patricia since 2004. Patricia Cline-Drakulic was the motel's proprietor for 55 years prior to her death in 2010, according to her obituary.
In the late 1950s, her parents, Milton and Melverna Cline, were involved in a serious automobile accident at the road entrance to the motel. After the accident, her parents died and she began running the motel.
Located at the edge of town within walking distance of the Ruthie's Diner, the motel's sign promoted 10 rooms with color TVs and air conditioning. Online advertising promoted private phones, carpet and a 24-hour switchboard. The motel also offered complimentary coffee, according to the advertisement.
The Conservancy donated the motel's notable roadside sign to the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor.
"We're grateful to have the ABC Motel sign; it will look great in our Lincoln Highway Experience museum. As funds become available, we'd like to have the neon repaired," said Olga Herbert, executive director of the Ligonier Highway Experience Museum.
Deborah A. Brehun is a staff editor for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-238-2111 or email@example.com.


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Usually I don't breakout in my cheeks but recently its BAD. I do everything to try and be healthy and do lots of research on acne and why I may still be getting it. I'm vegan right now but I avoid just about all grains(refined/whole except psyllium husk fiber),Nuts, Fats(occasional avocado slices/flaxseed powder),Most soy products, and anything too sugary. So all I try to basically eat is low sugar fruits and salads(vegetable juices/smoothies homemade) with occasional vegan protein powder(rice based lately). On top of that I exercise plenty several times a day and sweat alot, oh and avoid sunlight always(covering up my face with parasol/face visor). But yet lately around the time that I might get my period I always get some acne.
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|EcommerceBytes-NewsFlash, Number 1723 - February 08, 2008 - ISSN 1539-5065 3 of 4
eBay is taking a tougher stand with sellers with the introduction of new Seller Standards announced on January 29, 2008, including significant changes to its Safe Payments policy. Many people are familiar with the policy that limits payment methods sellers may advertise, including the ban on Google Checkout. Included in last week's announcements was news that eBay's online payment service PayPal may impose 21-day holds on transactions in certain circumstances.
eBay's FAQ about the21-day hold states: In a small percentage of cases where it has been determined the risk of dissatisfied buyers is higher, PayPal may delay release of the payment funds to the seller until the buyer has left a positive feedback or 21 days have passed without a dispute, claim, chargeback or reversal filed on that transaction.
The FAQs state that PayPal considers a number of factors in determining a whether a transaction may have a higher risk of dissatisfied buyers, including the following:
PayPal will release the hold when the earliest of the following occurs: the buyer leaves positive feedback; 3 days after confirmed item delivery; or 21 days without a dispute, claim, chargeback, or reversal filed on that transaction. (PayPal said if a buyer leaves a negative feedback but does not initiate a dispute, PayPal would release the funds to the seller after 21 days.)
PayPal's Jeff Clementz and eBay Trust & Safety's John McDonald told AuctionBytes on Thursday that sellers who have been selling on the site for at least 6 months and have a minimum feedback score of 100 would not be affected unless their Buyer Dissatisfaction Rate for the last 30 days becomes greater than 5 percent. (See related story on Buyer Dissatisfaction Rates http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m02/i08/s02).
Sellers posting on online forums have expressed concern about the policy. One seller wondered which party would earn interest on the funds that were being held in such cases. A PayPal spokesperson said, "Sellers who have enrolled in PayPal's Money Market Fund continue to earn interest on all balances, including pending balances. If for some reason the pending balance is removed from the seller's account, then the interest the seller earned while the balance was pending will stay with the seller's account."
PayPal Expands SPP Protection for eBay PowerSellers - February 08, 2008
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A TEAM of accountants totted up the pennies as they scaled three of Britain's biggest mountains for charity.
The self-styled Puffing and Panting Brigade completed the Three Peaks Challenge in an effort to raise money for the Wycombe Homeless Connection on Saturday.
Sharon Chiyangwa and her friends Christian Hands, Ben Rackstraw and Philip Rackstraw from Dashwoods Chartered Certified Accountants set an initial goal of raising £1,000 for WHC which helps provide advocacy and shelter for the homeless.
Ms Chiyangwa said: "After volunteering for Wycombe Homeless Connection for Night Shelter I realised that contrary to popular belief people who are homeless aren't always in that situation because of their own making.
"It made me understand that we can't always be in control of what happens to us as humans but we can always help each other out of the mess we find ourselves in.
"The charity does a lot to help rebuild the lives of those who are homeless."
Visit http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/the_puffing_and_panting_brigade to sponsor the team.
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text: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. acted as financial advisor to Validus and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provided legal advice to Validus. Evercore Partners acted as financial advisor to Flagstone and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP provided legal advice to Flagstone.Conference Call Validus will host a conference call for investors, analysts, and other interested parties on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 1-800-901-5213 (U.S. callers) or 1-617-786-2962 (International callers) and entering the passcode 72655113. Those who intend to participate in the call should dial in at least 10 minutes in advance. Presentation materials for the call will be available on the "Investor Relations" section of Validus' website located at www.validusholdings.com, in advance of the call. A live webcast of the call will be available on the "Investor Relations" section of Validus' website located at www.validusholdings.com. A replay of the call will be available through September 10, 2012 by dialing 1-888-286-8010 (U.S. callers) or 1-617-801-6888 (International callers) and entering the passcode 59391862. A replay of the webcast will be available at the "Investor Relations" section on the Validus website. About Validus Holdings, Ltd. Validus Holdings, Ltd. is a provider of reinsurance and insurance, conducting its operations worldwide through two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Validus Reinsurance, Ltd. ("Validus Re") and Talbot Holdings Ltd. ("Talbot"). Validus Re is a Bermuda based reinsurer focused on short-tail lines of reinsurance. Talbot is the Bermuda parent of the specialty insurance group primarily operating within the Lloyd's insurance market through Syndicate 1183. About Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A. Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A., through its operating subsidiaries, is a global reinsurance company that employs a focused and technical approach to the Property Catastrophe, Property, and Specialty reinsurance businesses. Flagstone is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FSR" and the Bermuda Stock Exchange under the symbol "FSR BH". Additional financial information and other items of interest are available at Flagstone's website located at http://www.flagstonere.com. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release may include forward-looking statements, both with respect to Validus and Flagstone and their industries, that reflect their current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Statements that include the words "expect," "intend," "plan," "believe," "project," "anticipate," "will," "may," "would" and similar statements of a future or forward-looking nature identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements address matters that involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Validus' and Flagstone's control. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such statements and, therefore, you should not place undue reliance on any such statements. Validus and Flagstone believe that these factors include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) unpredictability and severity of catastrophic events; 2) issues relating to claims and coverage that may emerge from changing industry practices or changing legal, judicial, social or other environmental conditions; 3) rating agency actions; 4) adequacy of Validus' and Flagstone's risk management and loss limitation methods; 5) competition in the insurance and reinsurance markets; 6) cyclicality of demand and pricing in the insurance and reinsurance markets; 7) adequacy of Validus' and Flagstone's respective loss reserves; 8) the estimates and judgments that Validus and Flagstone use in preparing their respective financial statements, which are more difficult to make than if Validus and Flagstone were mature companies; 9) retention of key personnel; 10) potential conflicts of interest with Validus' and Flagstone's respective officers and directors; 11) continued availability of capital and financing; 12) potential loss of business from one or more major insurance or reinsurance brokers; 13) the credit risk that each of Validus and Flagstone assume through their dealings with their respective insurance and reinsurance brokers; 14) Validus' and Flagstone's respective ability to implement, successfully and on a timely basis, complex infrastructure, distribution capabilities, systems, procedures and internal controls, and to develop accurate actuarial data to support the business and regulatory and reporting requirements; 15) the risk that Validus and Flagstone could be bound to policies that contravene their respective underwriting guidelines by managing general agents and other third parties who support certain of their businesses; 16) availability of reinsurance and retrocessional coverage; 17) the effect on Validus' and Flagstone's investment portfolios of changing financial market conditions including inflation, interest rates, liquidity and other factors; 18) the impact of currency fluctuations on Validus' and Flagstone's operating results; 19) the impact of heightened European sovereign debt risk on Validus' and Flagstone's fixed income portfolios; 20) the integration of Flagstone or other businesses Validus may acquire or new business ventures Validus may start; 21) the legal, regulatory and tax regimes under which Validus and Flagstone operate; and 22) acts of terrorism or outbreak of war, as well as Validus and Flagstone management's response to any of the aforementioned factors.


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When President Barack Obama travels to the Gulf Coast today he will need to do a better job convincing the people suffering there that help is on the way. At Thursday's midday news conference, the president finally started showing a sense of anger and urgency. He took responsibility for making sure the mess was cleaned up. His team announced the embattled head of the federal agency that oversees drilling had resigned. And Obama pledged to do everything in his power to prevent a future calamity by freezing new and active drilling operations in the deep gulf and canceling or suspending new lease sales off the coasts of the western gulf, Virginia and Alaska until safety studies are complete.
But his assurances also came just hours after the government announced the spill had become the largest in the nation's history, adding to the frustration over Washington's failure to manage BP's response to the April 20 disaster. Obama must demonstrate over the coming days that he will oversee the cleanup and ensure that BP pays for all lost income and property.
The president needs to find his bullhorn moment when he visits Louisiana today for the second time since the disaster. He was right Thursday when he said BP — not the government — had the equipment and technology to cap the well. But the president struggled with the disconnect that while government had little choice but to rely on BP, that trust was betrayed by the company's failure to promptly cap the well, contain the slick or effect any meaningful cleanup of the 100 miles of Louisiana coastline already fouled by oil and tar balls.
Residents in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida want to hear what the federal government plans to do about cleaning up the oil that has already spilled and is damaging tourism, fisheries and other industries that are their livelihoods.
Obama repeated assurances Thursday that BP had the contacts in the gulf to manage the cleanup and the responsibility to pay residents for damage to their incomes and property. But such promises ring hollow amid continuing revelations that the federal government failed in the first place to properly regulate the offshore drilling operation or to ensure that BP was prepared to handle a runaway well.
Plus, the U.S. Geological Survey released new estimates Thursday that between 19 million and 39 million gallons of oil have flowed into the gulf since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded — that's potentially three times the 11 million gallons spilled in 1989 by the Exxon Valdez and 12 to 25 times what BP initially claimed was leaking on a daily basis. BP's credibility is shot. The question is whether Obama can restore the government's.
The national commission that Obama created to examine the BP disaster needs to propose a robust regulatory framework for offshore drilling. Freezing deep-water exploratory drilling in the meantime only makes practical sense. But the administration's pullback Thursday still leaves thousands of wells in operation in the shallow gulf. If the investigating commission needs more than six months to make its recommendations, Obama will need to broaden his moratorium.
The president should turn his attention now to moving more federal resources to help in the cleanup effort. Several federal agencies and universities in the gulf states have ramped up their monitoring of the impact the spill and BP's cleanup effort are having on the environment. The federal and state governments also need to take more of a role in helping affected residents obtain payments for lost income and other damages from BP. The president brought some drama to the stage with his White House appearance Thursday, but he was unconvincing that the federal government is and has always been calling the shots.


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Zelinskas Hurdles Her Way to Regional Qualifier at Texas Relays
Zelinskas (Dayton, Ohio) raced to a season-best 13.80 clocking in her first of four events on the day, the 100-meter hurdles. Her only faster lifetime performance was a wind-aided 13.78 at last season's Liberty Twilight Qualifier. She ranked fifth among the 19 entrants in the event and has now qualified for regionals in two events, the 100-meter hurdles and the high jump.
Zelinskas, who also ran a personal-best 24.89 seconds in the day's final event, the 200-meter dash, totaled a first-day score of 3,190. She is on pace to improve upon her personal-best score of 5,000 and to meet the provisional qualifying standard for the NCAA National Championships, 5,050.
Zelinskas started the day with a bang, and Newell (Roanoke, Va.) finished up with his best performance, a 49.75 effort in the 400-meter dash which paced the 20 decathletes. His point total stands at 3,591, placing him on track for a personal best and giving him a shot to top 6,900 points and provisionally qualify for the NCAA National Championships.
Diana Pickler of Washington State racked up 3,767 points in the first four events and holds a 306-point lead in the heptathlon. The top of the decathlon leaderboard is more tightly packed. Three athletes are separated by just 50 points, paced by Brandon Buteaux of Texas-San Antonio with a score of 3,871.
The multi events will conclude on the second of four days of action at the Texas Relays, Thursday. The day's proceedings are scheduled to begin at noon Eastern. Liberty juniors Jon Hart (Wyomissing, Pa.) and Clendon Henderson (Meadow, Texas) will throw the hammer Thursday afternoon, as their event gets underway at 4:30 p.m. Eastern. Classmate Tim O'Donnell (Hurst, Texas) will run the 400-meter hurdle prelims at 6 p.m. Eastern.


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I know they have other things on their minds at the moment, but members of the government whips office really should pay more attention to security.
Chief Whip Geoff Hoon and his entourage swept into Downing Street this morning, presumably for the latest crisis meeting on the dodgy donations crisis, but forgot to go through the niceties of a security check.
Apparently Mr Hoon is senior enough to be excused such a delay - but not some of the other individuals who failed to stop to for a body scan and to have their bags and pockets turned out.
The security officers on the gates were, I am reliably informed, less than amused.
The words "British jobs for British workers" clearly slip more easily from some lips than others.
As a result, some Labour MPs simply find the words stick in their throats.
Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain has, however, come up with his own formulation.
In his Commons statement on welfare reform he declared: "Our mission is to get British benefits claimants into British jobs to become British workers."
So, is the new government slogan now "Every worker is a British worker".
I'm not sure that is quite what Gordon Brown has in mind.
Our MPs are not known for hiding their lights under a bushel, but a new survey has revealed some formerly unknown (at least by me) sporting achievements.
Derek Wyatt's list of achievements includes once being the UK's leading long jumper at youth and junior levels, gaining a trial for the English rugby team then winning a cap at senior level before gaining a Blue at Oxford and playing for the Barbarians.
"I scored 147 tries for Bedford in 155 games and that record, set between 1973 and 1978, still stands," he told the House magazine.
Helen Goodman is my new sporting hero, though.
"At school I was third reserve in the hockey team and my worst moment was meeting Roger Bannister, who asked me 'what's your sport'," she revealed.
That's more like it.
Spare a thought for Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell who had to ease the transition from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown.
Things appeared to have settled down to a more sedate pace now, it was suggested.
"Thank God. I would have been dead by now if we had carried on at that rate," he exclaimed with some passion.
Foreign secretary David Miliband clearly has a bit of a recognition problem - at least amongst primary school children.
She then asked the youngsters to put up their hands if they knew who the tall dark man standing in their midst was. Blank looks all around.
"Come along children," chivvied the teacher, "we practiced this yesterday".
Despite the ego-popping reminder, still no hand shot up. "Oh do come on, he is a very important person for the school."
Suddenly, and to everyone's relief, that jogged one little lad's memory.
"Ooh miss, miss - is it the man who has come to fix the electricity?"
Not THAT important.
Iain Duncan Smith has welcomed former Tory minister and ex-jailbird Jonathan Aitken into his Centre For Social Justice saying he will bring with him exactly the first hand experience of prison life he is looking for.
All too often ex-prisoners found old friends "crowding around them" encouraging them back into their bad old ways.
What on earth could he have meant? After all, Mr Aitken has already insisted his appointment is not a stepping stone back into a political career as a Tory MP.
Brent South's Dawn Butler made quite an impression with her speech opening Commons proceedings before the Queen's speech on Tuesday.
Ms Butler also proved she is one to watch in future with a speech focusing on the need not to demonise all youths - listen to the voice behind the hood, she insisted.
She went on to propose the controversial idea that honours should be re-named Order of British Excellence and Merit Of British Excellence because dropping the word Empire would be modern and "sum up the people around the country and in my constituency beautifully".
However, she may regret her attempt to flatter chief whip Geoff Hoon who she claimed had "such a nice way of putting things that, even if he asked me to sit on the Crossrail Bill (parliament's version of the dripping water torture) I would probably be inclined to say yes".
She may not have spotted it, but at that point Mr Hoon took out a notebook and pen from his pocket and appeared to scribble something down.
The Downing Street website e-petitions page is littered with requests for entertainers, sportsmen, actors and so on to be awarded honours. But one seems to have done the trick.
Mr Fletcher's work helping children with learning and language difficulties through signing, specifically on the popular "Something Special" programme, is well respected and popular - but the petition is still short of the support given for the "make Jeremy Clarkson prime minister" one.
Still, it has prompted a response from the prime minister's office, stating: "Justin Fletcher's achievements in broadcasting are well known and respected.
"It is easy to see why so many people want to see his record formally recognised. This is underlined by the hundreds of people who have signed the e-petition on the No 10 website calling for him to be granted an OBE.
"The Government can assure you that your support for this suggestion will be taken fully into account."
Looks like a promising sign!
MPs demanding the right to queue jump in Commons bars, cafes and shops have been landed with a bit of a quandary.
There is one lift in particular that is reserved for MPs only and which gives easy access to the voting lobbies.
However, it has now been pointed out by staff that there is a potential conflict of interest involved.
The lift in question is the only one that travels all the way to the basement - where the wine cellar is.
The trollies that have been blocking the MPs' path have more often than not been ferrying drink to their restaurants and bars.
Well, politics is all about making choices after all.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Despite years of official talk about addressing global current-account imbalances, they remained one of the world's main economic concerns in 2011. Global imbalances were, to be sure, smaller overall than before the crisis, but they did not disappear. Now some are increasing again, alongside inequality in many countries. That link is no accident.
One often hears calls for global rebalancing whereby emerging-market countries with payments surpluses – China is the most-often mentioned – would stimulate internal demand, so that advanced countries (the largest being the United States) could reduce their deficits and public debts with less threat to their economies' recovery. The net foreign demand created by a reduction in balance-of-payments surpluses abroad would partly offset the weakening of public demand in the US and other high-debt countries as they tightened fiscal policy.
The story should not, however, be just about current-account deficits in advanced countries and surpluses in the emerging countries. Many emerging-market countries – including India, South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey – actually run current-account deficits. There are also many advanced countries that run a current-account surplus: Germany's has been well publicized since the eurozone crisis started, but Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden run surpluses as well.
So, while global rebalancing does require a reduction of surpluses, the issue is not simply one of shrinking emerging-market surpluses in order to allow a corresponding decline in the deficits of the advanced countries. As we enter 2012, a reduction in Germany's surplus may be more urgent than a reduction in China's, since reducing Germany's surplus will yield more immediate benefits for Europe, where the greatest risks to global recovery lie.


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My 12 yr old is his biological child but he is on the birth certificate of my other 3 children as well.
No i never took it to court bc I was affraid.
He has been verbally abusive to my daughter and when he has been around the other 3, he can be very intimidating , yelling at them and at me in front of them calling me horrible things.
My children are 12, almost 4, almost 3 and almost 2 yrs old
You see though, I have been both mother and father to these kids, many years living on and off with him. I stayed bc I didnt feel I could protect them if I wasnt there. My 12 yr old is severely emotionally damged and truly hates him. She wants nothing to do with him. He is a bad example for them all. He also may go to jail. He doesnt send a dime for them. He has never been to a pediatrician apt or parent teacher conference or anything.its always been just me. His whole family has not been involved in their life at all. He drives without a liscence and is not a good driver either. I wouldnt want them even in the car with him. He is a bully. If my 2 sons have him as an example, they will end up like him, a street hustler.
I just want to add that he never took care of us. When he was making money in the time hes being charged for (Using investors money As personal ATM)...we had no heat or evn electricity many times, even freezing cold winters, meanwhile he was purchasing homes for his sister, brther and Mother. But not his own child. I am affraid to report him bc he will consider me his enemy. Also, in the very begining used my social security number to commit a crime with his brother in my name without asking me or telling me. I was 8 months pregnant at the time.
Can I just document it for my own records and not report him? Would that mean anything to a judge if it ever comes down to it. I dont plan on ever living with him again. If my daughter tells the judge why she doent want to go with him, will they make her? SHe is only 12 yrs old. She has witnessed petty theft, his lying etc and his abuse.
This is all very bad news. So what if he is convicted felon soon, will that effect his rights?
one more question, The school recently called me down bc they are concerned about my 12 yr old. I explained about her dad and the effect its had on her bc they can see that she has emotional problems. They tld me not to ask her to get on the phone with him anymore or have him here to visit (obviously). Do I have to worry about the school reporting this?
Also, When he visited in may of this year, the IRS criminal investigation unit from NY banged on my door at 5 am to arrest him. They had flown in from NY to find him bc he kept giving them the wrong address. When they came in, they woke my kids up shining flashlights in their faces and my daughter was also traumatized by that.
I just cant belive that any court would even cnsider forcing childen into a situation that would be bad for them and possibly dangerous. There are many poeple angry at him bc he collected 8 million dollars from investors and nevr paid back or acounted for. I was also concerned that thse people would try to hurt me and my children thinking that its the bet way of getting him to pay them back. When in reality, he cares less about us.
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Last night was the first installment of the Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion. Kenya Moore lived in the hot seat this reunion as she got it from all the ladies (even Andy Cohen!), so that must explain why she was constantly fanning herself. Reunions By Krayonce!
This whole reunion could be photo-capped with the fantastic facial expressions of both Phaedra Parks and Krayonce. Everybody knows a picture is worth 1000 words. Both ladies threw shade at each other up one side and down the other, but Phaedra and her legalese definitely trumped Miss WHO-S-A. Sorry!
Kenya brought two accessories besides a full arsenal of nonsense: a fan and illusion netting. Illusion netting!
Girl was also shades of radioactive orange not found in nature that only seemed to glow more and more ominously as the snark got heaped on her in spades. Kenya was twisting like a tornado trying to twirl her way out of the insults. As Phaedra pointed out, that fan was a weak defense and she better have something stronger if she wants to battle!


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A "GRAND" garden party saw more than £1,000 donated to a newly relaunched charity which helps people who are deaf and hearing impaired.
Old Hall Park Residents Association in Whitefield held its annual open garden event to raise funds for three causes: Communic8te Bury, Grace's Place children's hospice and Bury Cancer Support Centre.
In total, more than £3,400 was raised at the ninth annual event with Yvonne Moore, from Hey Croft, once again throwing open the gates of her prize-winning garden for the public to enjoy.
More than 200 people enjoyed refreshments, homemade cakes, plant stalls, a jewellery stall by Bling and a tombola.
Yvonne said: "Ten years ago we won best back garden in Bury and people asked us if they could see our garden — it snowballed from there.
"In nine years, we have raised nearly £20,000 for charity. It was very successful, not just because of the fundraising, but because it brought the community together."
Communic8te chairman Peter Ashworth said: "Everyone would like to thank Yvonne and everyone involved for providing such a tremendous event and for supporting local charities with such wonderful enthusiasm."
Communic8te Bury relaunched in May after being formed by the merger of Bury Deaf Children's Society and Bury Society for Deaf and Hearing Impaired People.
Earlier this year, Yvonne was awarded the British Empire Medal for her services to Bury's community and she was selected as Bury Woman of the Year in 2009.
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Q: Can you name a few trees and shrubs that add color and interest to the winter garden?
A: There are a rich variety of trees and shrubs that produce berries for winter interest and are also wonderful for attracting birds. Among the shrubs, the American cranberry viburnum (Viburnum trilobum) exhibits clusters of brilliant red fruit, which remain into late winter and provide food for birds.
Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) is a deciduous holly with a rounded upright shape. It produces small greenish-white flowers in late spring and then bright red berries in late summer to fall that provide stunning color throughout most of the winter. Winterberry branches are beautiful in winter floral arrangements.
Winterberry at the NY Botanical Garden (file staff photo):
Red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima') is a 6- to 10-foot tall, widely adaptable shrub with brilliant red fruit that lasts into winter. Its fruit is not a favorite food for birds.
The northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) is a hardy shrub that produces gray-blue waxy berries that last throughout winter and into spring. (File staff photo.)
The female cultivar 'Myda' and male 'Myriman' make a good pair for winter color and for attracting birds.
Among the trees that produce winter berries are the common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), a deciduous tree with small orange fruits; the American mountain ash (Sorbus americana); and the Cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crusgalli). All are excellent sources of bird food throughout the winter. All the above shrubs and trees are dioecious; therefore, both male and female plants are required for berry production.
Another idea for an attractive winter garden is to plant roses that produce interesting hips, which are also a source of food for animals. (AP photo.)
For added winter interest, try planting trees and shrubs with colorful bark such as the American beech tree (Fagus grandiflora), which has smooth silver-gray bark. The tatarian dogwood (Cornus alba sibirica) exhibits bright purple-red bark, while the golden willow (Salix alba vitellina) has a lovely orange-yellow bark all winter.
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It's simple, and free.
His situation would only appeal to a person who had a philosophical conviction to live under spartan conditions, however.
"Because he was single, and in no one's debt," (to paraphrase a quotation characterizing Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving's famous short story), our professor could live a solitary existence free from the reaches of bill collectors and Internal Revenue auditors. Such a life has its attractions, as anyone who has ever been deeply in debt can tell you. It is a time-worn cliche that "money isn't everything," but try telling that to a person who is in danger of losing everything to bankruptcy or a vindictive ex-spouse. The professor can sleep peacefully at night, knowing that tomorrow has been paid for already.
Vince Lombardi's famous saying, "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing," comes to mind. Substituting money into the above equation provides an opposite message to that which is true. If money were everything, our professor would not be able to exist in the state of peaceful contentment in which he surrounds himself. The messages of advertisers to the contrary, a person can be happier with less and less, provided that there are no external pressures at hand. It is certainly true that the more one has, the more one has to work to pay for it. Tuning out the messages of the advertisers is a good first start toward frugality. Advertisers could not influence the professor, because he did not have the money to purchase their products anyway. He shopped at thrift stores with advertising budgets of zero.
Suppose, for the sake of argument, that personal happiness could increase in direct proportion to the amount of money a person has. Our hypothetical believer in the above premise is an advertising executive who drinks bottled French mineral water only to find out that it has come from the water faucet of life. Our misguided execut


text: NEW YORK — The government goes into federal court in New York on Monday in an effort to force sweeping reforms in what has long been considered one of America`s most corrupt labor organizations, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In an unprecedented civil trial, prosecutors will use antiracketeering statutes in an attempt to remove the Teamsters` current officials and set up a more democratic process for the union`s rank and file to choose their leaders. Critics of the 1.7-million-member Teamsters have applauded the Justice Department for using the racketeering laws in such a novel and dramatic fashion. But the action has raised the hackles of union officials fearful of government intrusion in their inner workings.


text: This is a S&W 610 6 1/2" 10mm with wood grips I bought last week at the local gunshow. It is unfired with box and papers. The only reason it's still unfired is there wasn't any 10mm ammo at the show. I want to be it's first. I guess they only made 5000 of this model with 5"+6 1/2" barrels and wood grips, then made the 4" with Hogues. I think the wood is pretty.


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Edwards on the defenders:
Our defensive crew this year is a very athletic and goal oriented group. They will do very well working together and challenging opponents in many ways. Attacking wise, they have the ability to get forward and be dangerous when getting forward. They have a desire to hate giving up goals and hate losing… they all have that mentality in the back.
This year we have two center backs returning who each started 19 games last season in Anne Whipple and Cassi Lynch. Both are very competitive and battle tested. They both played at a high level this summer and last spring. Two players we are leaning on with their experience, ability, talents, athleticism and great character and desire to learn and win games.
Jess Imbrie is a state Player of the Year out of Oregon. She's the second one we've had in the last few years, always good to win that war in the northwest. Imbrie is a striker by trade, but has become one of our top backs in camp. Moving Melinda Madden up front created a void in the back and Imbrie has put herself in position to start with a couple other players. We are excited to watch her grow as a Gael.
Noria Mitchell played striker last year scoring a goal. We moved her to the back in the spring. She's a very athletic ex-CIF state champion in the 200 and 400… she will help us in the games against the Pac-12 and the top-25 programs. She has made one of the biggest jumps from day one as a freshman to right now as a sophomore. We expect her to challenge to play and start every game.
Amanda Glass is a fifth-year senior and captain from California (UC Berkeley), a top-25 program. She will bring a lot of experience, talent and competitiveness. She's in a crew with a similar mindset. She gels very well, complimenting the defense's strengths and weaknesses.
We also have a lot of depth in the backline with Corin Hernandez, Cirenna Dao, Alex Schuster, Ashlyn Frizzelle, Hailey Mamizuka and Flannery Davis. A group that we expect to grow in our system and contribute.
Edwards on the goalkeepers:
We have four goalkeepers with the position wide open. Kaeli Schmidt and Nicole Schultz are emerging as the top two, but the other two have trained at a high level and put themselves in position to start and take the job at any point throughout the year. We have not set a starting goalkeeper as it will be competitive all year, with the job going to who can keep the ball out of the net. It's exciting that the four of them will push each other to be better players.


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Holstein Association USA held its convention in Dubuque, Iowa, June 24 to 28. Below are highlights of elections and award winners.
2014 Distinguished Leadership Award presentation, Marlowe Nelson, Viroqua, Wis.
2014 Elite Breeder, Robthom Holsteins, Springfield, Mo.
2014 Young Breeder, Seagull-Bay Dairy, American Falls, Idaho
New directors elected
Two new directors were elected:
Dale Drendel, Hampshire, Ill. – At-Large
John Burket, East Freedom, Penn. – Region 2
Also read about the junior convention results and the new Enlight program launched in partnership with Zoetis.


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SCRAP Party Family Day at The Reclaimed Room
Saturday | July 19, 2014 | 2:00 pm — 4:00 pm
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SCRAP Art is fun and whacky and on occasion political and dramatic. It is an overview of artists who creatively reuse materials that run the gamut from buttons to steel grates. They are often community minded and highly creative. SCRAP Art artists can be accomplished career artists or nurses and lawyers who also make art.
Family Day includes:
- SCRAP Wrap: Star Bows presented by Megumi Inouye
- Nat'l Geographic Butterfly Folds with Dorothy Yuki
- Creative Reuse Jewelry presented by Monica Lee
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Before the game started, Croatia had a singer on the field and cheerleaders, too, dancing to rouse the supporters. Those in the stands did indeed sing, and danced with their characteristic fervour. In Ireland's case, their cheerleaders were merely 20,000 supporters in the stands repeatedly chanting, "You'll never beat the Irish!" to instigate the necessary atmosphere. For a time, it was deafening.
That chant proved to be a loud but empty boast.
This was not the glamour game on Sunday but after Spain's 1-1 draw with Italy there was an awful lot at stake here. A winner would lead Group C, a powerful tonic to take into the next game, with Ireland playing Spain on Thursday and Croatia playing Italy the same day. Now it's Croatia that goes forward with some confidence about emerging from this group and on to the quarter-finals. It's simple – three points for a win and only one for a draw.
Sloppy defending by Ireland had them behind after three minutes. And the context to the goal would come to define the game – Ireland's defending varied only from the feeble to the frantic. Croatia forced a corner, the resulting activity in its penalty area didn't look dangerous for Ireland but Mario Mandzukic managed to steer his weak header into the net from 12 yards.
The goal was a shocking lapse, given Ireland's results going into this game. Manager Giovanni Trapattoni stuck emphatically with the team that qualified for this tournament and the 4-4-2 formation used throughout the qualifying campaign. The record promised tight defence and fortitude. Nothing of the sort transpired here.
Well, maybe for 15 minutes the fortitude was there. Ireland's equalizer was a classic Trapattoni tactic. Ireland was awarded a free kick to the left of the Croatia goal. Sean St. Ledger drifted in late and unmarked to meet Aiden McGeady's cross. St. Ledger scored an identical goal against Italy in Ireland's last World Cup qualifying run.
Try as the Irish might, however, Croatia bossed the game from midfield. Luka Modric was by far the most dangerous Croat player, patrolling the centre circle and spraying passes with unerring accuracy. Every time he collected the ball it seemed he could bamboozle Ireland's back four. It didn't take much.
Ireland had got itself back in the game with the goal, but another bewildering and serious lapse made Ireland look thoroughly mediocre. During some confusion in the penalty box, Croat Nikica Jelavic fired what looked like a desperate shot past Shay Given and into the Irish net. He was surely offside? The Irish players just stopped, but Jelavic was deemed onside and no amount of arm waving and puzzled looks changed that. It was just before half-time and the game was as good as gone for Ireland.
The second half had barely found a rhythm when a second Mandzukic header, which went in bizarrely, off Given's head, sealed the night for Croatia.
In response to the three-goal deficit, Trapattoni did what he rarely does – he put more strikers on the field. Simon Cox and Jonathan Walters came on, and looked lively on entrance but nothing worked for Ireland. It had tenacity for a while but was soundly outclassed in technique.
Next, Croatia faces the two great teams of technique and guile in Spain and Italy. Those games will be far bigger challenges than this. But this team is capable of defeating both. Ireland can have few complaints. And its supporters really must stop chanting "You'll never beat the Irish!" It`s so over.Report Typo/Error
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Yehud Vacation Packages
Tel Aviv, Or Yehuda and Azor, are nearby areas which are also worth discovering.
Do try to see some of the nearby museums and galleries, which help make this region such a rewarding holiday destination. Culture vultures can enjoy a night of great entertainment at venues such as the Habima Theatre, the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center and Cameri Theater.
Treat yourself to a new outfit, stock up on food or just window shop at nearby shopping hotspots such as the Weizmann Shopping Center.
Discover Yehud's sporting spirit at Petah Tikva Stadium, Petah Tikva. This is home to Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. soccer team in winter and the Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.. Afterwards, follow the stream of local fans to a nearby pub or bar for a post-match beer ot two.
When you're ready to rest your weary feet after a long day exploring the charming streets of Yehud, check in to one of the area's range of short and long stay accommodation options. Take your pick from the DIAGHILEV LIVE ART boutique hotel, the Leonardo City Tower Hotel Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, or the Crowne Plaza Tel Aviv City Center.


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3 tips for adding more personality to your email marketing
Want to increase engagement and readership of your email marketing?
The answer for doing this is simple, but not necessarily easy: Give your email marketing some kind of personality.
Look in your inbox right now. Find some email marketing – not personal messages, just the marketing pieces. Now browse through them. Did any of them strike you as noteworthy at all? Did any offer any level of personality, or were they all mindlessly generated corporate pieces?
Here are 3 tips for adding personality to your email marketing.
1. Try including your own photography. Put down the corporate image library CD of the generic affluent white professional male in grey suit shaking hands and pick up your own camera (you know exactly which photo I'm talking about). Even a camera built into a smartphone can generate reasonably good results with good lighting. Take photos of people you actually work with and places you actually work at, and use that to infuse some personality into your email.
Example: If you look at the WhatCounts weekly newsletter, you won't find a stitch of commercial clip art or stock photography anywhere. We photograph all our own events and then use those photos of our actual employees in our newsletter.
2. Try including an actual welcome message from a real person. Whose voice is your newsletter being written in? Is it a soulless third person voice, or is it an actual human being that works at your company? Research done by Brian Wansink of Cornell University revealed that in day to day transactions, consumers are likely to buy up to 27% more from marketing materials infused with personality. "Grandma Edna's Mac and Cheese" sells better than "Grandma's Mac and Cheese", which in turn sells better than "Great Mac and Cheese".
Example: We do this with our weekly newsletter. I write and edit it, so I stick my name on it. You know who to blame if I get it wrong.
We also encourage employees to write posts for our blog, and when they do, we feature who they are prominently. For clients working with that employee, it's a great confidence booster and relationship builder for both parties to see their name in print publicly.
3. Try including uniquely authentic items of your own creation. What can you offer that no one else can? Veteran online artist Hugh MacLeod has made a cottage industry of his business card sketches. Comedy site The Oatmeal offers timely and hilarious original art to its audience. Economist John Mauldin provides original research and analysis in his newsletter. What do you have to offer?
Example: This week, we're trying out some hand-drawn art in our weekly newsletter, the WhatCounts Weekly. We also got some very positive feedback from a recent issue giving guidance to email marketers about the third quarter of 2012 and how they should be planning their email marketing campaigns based on macroeconomic indicators.
There are limitless ways to infuse more of your individual and organizational personality in your email marketing so that you don't end up with soulless corporate email…
… that is nearly guaranteed to end up in the trash or in the spam folder.
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SENATE BILL No. 423
An Act concerning courts; relating to laboratory analysis fees; amending K.S.A. 1999
Supp. 28-176 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 28-176 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 28-176. (a) Any person convicted or diverted, or adjudicated or
diverted under a preadjudication program, pursuant to K.S.A. 22-2906
, 38-1635
et seq.
, or 12-4414
et seq.
, and amendments thereto, of a
misdemeanor or felony contained in chapters 21, 41 or 65 of the Kansas
Statutes Annotated, or a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567 and amendments
involving drugs or controlled substances,
shall pay a separate
court cost of $150 as a Kansas bureau of investigation laboratory analysis
fee for each offense if forensic science or laboratory services are rendered
or administered by the Kansas bureau of investigation in connection with
the case.
(b) Such fee shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any
and all fines and penalties otherwise provided for by law for such offense.
(c) Disbursements from the Kansas bureau of investigation laboratory
analysis fee deposited into the forensic laboratory and materials fee fund
of the Kansas bureau of investigation shall be made for the following:
(1) Providing criminalistic laboratory services;
(2) the purchase and maintenance of equipment for use by the lab-
oratory in performing analysis;
(3) education, training and scientific development of Kansas bureau
of investigation personnel; and
(4) the destruction of seized property and chemicals as prescribed in
K.S.A. 22-2512 and K.S.A. 65-4135 and amendments thereto.
(d) Fees received into this fund shall be supplemental to regular ap-
propriations to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 28-176 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved March 29, 2000.


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Chemistry 261. Inorganic Chemistry
Inorganic chemistry deals with most of the known elements. This course will begin by looking at atomic structure and the crystalline solid state. It will then focus on molecular orbitals and symmetry including point groups. Finally, application of the concept of acids and bases to inorganic chemistry will lead naturally to the study of coordination compounds including structure, bonding and spectroscopy. Three hours lecture and four hours laboratory per week.


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Bear with us while we walk you through all the different power choices offered by the 2010 M-Class. It's the only sport-ute we know of that offers three V-8 engines-as well as tech-savvy hybrid and diesel variants.
The basic ML350 gets a gas-fueled 3.5-liter V-6 with 268 horsepower, ample acceleration times of about 8 seconds to 60 mph, and a top speed of 130 mph. It's the only ML-Class ute to come with either rear- or all-wheel drive; the former version earns a 15/20 mpg rating from the EPA, the latter a 16/21 mpg nod. A step up the scale brings you to the ML550 and its 382-hp 5.5-liter V-8. It leaps to 60 mph in 5.6 seconds, tops out at 130 mph, and drinks gas to the tune of 13/18 mpg. Both of these models share a seven-speed automatic that ushers out the power urgently and smoothly.
Drop almost $100,000 and Mercedes will infuse your M-Class with AMG goodness to create the 503-horsepower Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG. Largely unchanged, it's distinct from other gas-powered versions for its much stiffer ride, its unapologetic 11/15 mpg fuel economy, and-oh, did we mention?-its Cayenne-fighting supercar performance. The dramatic horsepower boost drops 0-60 mph times to 4.8 seconds and lifts top speed to 155 mph. Like the Porsche Cayenne Turbo and Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, it's a breathtaking performer-clearly the product of engineers with lots of talent and time on their hands.
For a quick boost in fuel economy, we'd recommend the diesel-powered ML350 BlueTEC. With a "clean" diesel underhood, it brings 210 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque to the SUV game. It can run upward of 600 miles on a tank, securely devouring interstate at impressive rates in virtually any weather. The diesel feels just as strong as the V-6 in most cases, while also being the best choice out of all the engines for towing. Fuel economy checks in at 18/24 mpg; performance is almost no different from that of the gas-engine ML350.
Finally, if you're especially keen on technology and gas mileage, you'll want to lease-not purchase-the 2010 ML450 Hybrid, which combines the gas V-6 with two electric motors and nickel-cadmium batteries mounted under the cargo floor. The pairing delivers 335 hp and 381 lb-ft of torque, and delivers 21/24 mpg fuel economy with nearly the same acceleration and top-speed numbers as the V-6 and diesel MLs. We've driven the Hybrid edition and, as with other hybrid SUVs, marvel at the technology at work. The Hybrid's regenerative braking blends seamlessly into the friction brakes, with imperceptible engine starts and stops, and there's silent starting and electric-only mode up to 34 mph. Even the Hybrid's CVT offers a Shift mode that imitates an eight-speed automatic transmission; drivers using "S" mode may literally never know they're driving a hybrid. Fuel economy is the best of the lineup at 21/24 mpg; while other versions can tow 7,200 pounds, the ML450 Hybrid is downrated to 5,000 pounds towing.
No matter which model you're driving, handling is nearly the opposite of what you might expect. The ML-Class utes have communicative steering, a well-controlled ride, and strong braking feel. With the all-wheel-drive system in place (it uses three mechanical differentials and anti-lock braking to maximize traction), the ML-Class can easily handle light off-roading and even tackle some of the more hardcore duties you'd find in Jeep legend and lore.


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A rise in commodity prices has helped push the Australian dollar back above the 103 US cent level.
In late trade, the local unit was buying 103.10 US cents, up from 102.46 cents on Wednesday. It was also trading at 101.9 yen and 79.2 euro cents.
CMC Markets foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said the currency was benefiting from a rise in commodity prices.
''We're seeing a pretty good bounce back by gold this week, and crude oil is up a bit as well and equities have been going along quite well,'' he said. ''That is sapping some US dollar demand and leaving the door open for the Australian dollar to push above 103 cents.''
Bets that stimulus by the world's major central banks will push money into higher-yielding assets also helped the dollar.
''With the Bank of Japan, the Fed, the ECB to a degree, and the Bank of England as well, all looking to step up easing measures, it makes Australia and New Zealand quite attractive,'' said St George economist Janu Chan. ''Money needs to go somewhere.''
Mr Waterer said the currency had been prevented from rallying further due to growing expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia would cut the cash rate, currently at three per cent, in the next few months.
Speculation of a rate cut intensified after official figures on Wednesday showed inflation in the middle of the central bank's two to three per cent target range.
''That is curtailing some buying in the Australian dollar,'' Mr Waterer said.
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Voyager RV Resort's Market Daze event has grown from three vendors in 1984 to more than 130 vendors last week.
The event takes place at Voyager RV Resort, located just south of Interstate 10 on South Kolb Road, and has become popular with winter visitors.
From hats and leather belts to fresh jam and sloppy joes, there is something to please almost everyone.
"The people are very friendly and they have such a nice variety of different crafts, so it's really nice, and it's easy to get to," said shopper Andrea Dwyer, who seemed particularly interested in the ironwork being sold.
Vendor Maria Pope, setting up a display of items made from recycled materials, mirrored that attitude.
"I like meeting people from all over the United States. This is a real popular trailer park. We travel all around - it's one of the steady ones that we come to."
Jewelry vendor Bill Story, one of the first-ever sellers at the event, said Market Daze is gaining speed.
"We approached the activities director back in 1984 and she said, 'Yeah, if you want to try it, we will see what happens,' and it all went from there," said Story, who sells American Indian jewelry with his wife Sandy.
"So it's gone from two or three vendors to basically a Fourth Avenue Street Fair in Voyager," Story said as he looked around at all the vendors.
"It's good now, but there are too many jewelry dealers," he quipped.
One thing that might explain its popularity among sellers is timing: elsewhere, there aren't many winter arts and crafts fairs.
"For the vendors, after the first of the year, the shows really die off, the buyers die off," said Debby Mitchell, the RV resort's activities coordinator.
"A lot of them (vendors) come from the Phoenix and Apache Junction area. It's amazing that they come down here for our four-hour show, but a lot of them have been coming for years."
If you go
What: Voyager Market Daze.
Where: Voyager RV Resort, 8701 S. Kolb Road.
When: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday through March; the next Market Daze will be Wednesday.
Cost: Free for shoppers; $6 for resident vendors; $20 for non-resident vendors.
Information: Call 574-6100.
Contact photographer David Sanders at firstname.lastname@example.com or 573-4155.


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[*] How well overall function works and whether there are any glitches in accessing using the EN feature?
[*]Regarding notes captured from the computer, how well are they presented on the PRS-T2.[*]Are they a joy to read even without the Clearly extension applied?[*]Are the graphics from clipped pages just bad looking or do they slow down the Evernote feature a lot ?
[*] How easy is it to add passages from a book and sync this up fast & problem free?
[*]Is there any chance to make new notes in Evernote via the onscreen drawing or keyboard, ie not a copy past procedure but typing or writing out a note that is saved as image perhaps?
[*]Account management options and general desktop features. How much do these options mirror using Evernote on the PC...functionality and speed wise?[/LIST][/B]
update, as evernote does not work always, I use dolphin pdf plugin to save the pages in pdf(in this way also graphs fit really well) then I send them with a browser to my email, and then I download the pdf with the browser. takes more time? yes and not, in the end I can download every kind of complex web page, and somebody could do an app in android that authomatize the procedure: export web page pdf+ send to an adress
then is really easy switch to browser and retrieve the files from the email having the mail as favorite.( I was thinking also to google drive or to cut and copy them in the media book sony directory with a pc)
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LOS ANGELES - It was a busy summer for Miley Cyrus. Now it looks like the controversy over the singer's antics will continue into fall.
Her latest buzz-worthy moment: posing topless on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
According to the Rolling Stone article, the interview with Cyrus took place at a Los Angeles tattoo parlor. As the reporter asked her questions, the controversial singer got tattoos on the bottom of her feet. She got the word "Rolling" on her right foot and "Stone" on her left foot.
Rolling Stone said the interview occurred four days after the MTV VMA's. Miley's performance at the awards show, which included twerking, stirred up a lot of controversy.
There has also been outrage over her new music video, in which Cyrus rides around nude on a wrecking ball.
Cyrus' new album hits stores in October.
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