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Lucky escape for worker as his vehicle bursts into flames at ESB station
A machine operator had a lucky escape after his vehicle burst into flames while he was unloading coal from a ship at one of the country's largest electricity generation stations.
The man was working at the ESB's power station at Moneypoint in Co Clare on Monday night when the incident occurred. The worker was operating a stacker/reclaimer which caught fire without him realising it.
Another worker had to alert the driver who managed to jump to safety before the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The alarm was quickly raised and the fire service notified. Two units of the fire brigade from Kilrush rushed to the scene where they were faced with a significant blaze.
Fire crews spent over an hour battling the fire and remained at the scene for a further four and a half hours "as a precautionary measure to ensure that no re-ignition took place," the fire service confirmed.
The stacker/reclaimer was extensively damaged in the incident and could take up to 8 weeks to repair and return to service. However, the facility has a replacement machine to continue the work.
The stacker/reclaimers are used to unload coal from ships and pile it up in the coal yard while they also reclaim the coal and take it to the station when it is needed.
Passing motorists and locals from the nearby village of Killimer braved the bitter cold to the drama from a church carpark which overlooks the plant.
"I thought the ship was on fire when I saw it first but then I saw the flames were a bit closer than that. There was a huge cloud of black smoke blowing towards Kilrush and the flames were massive. It looked like the fuel or hydraulic fluid caught fire too," a local man said.
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been informed of the incident and are expected to undertake their own investigations.
An ESB spokesman said: "A fire occurred at Moneypoint Power Station at in a machine for stacking and reclaiming coal. Two units of the fire brigade attended the scene and quickly brought the fire under control. There were no injuries from this incident."
The company also confirmed: "An investigation will be carried out by ESB into the circumstances. The HSA and EPA have been notified."


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Jean-Pierre Jeunet, directorof the Academy Award-nominated Amélie - the most successful French film everreleased in North America - will be honoured at ShoWest next month with theInternational Achievement in Filmmaking Award. He will receive his award inperson on March 4th, at the International Day Luncheon.
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Wildcat Spotlight
A lot has changed for Linfield's Emily Allison since the 2011 women's soccer season.
Her name, for one thing, is different. And the team's nickname for her doesn't quite fit anymore.
"Legally I'm Emily Hanson, but everyone on the team knows me as Em Al," says the girl wearing the No. 1 game jersey. "It'd be hard to change it now."
Since marrying Aaron Hanson in June, Emily is one of a very small number of college students to wed prior to graduation.
Close friend and teammate Sara Miller knew both Aaron and Emily before they started dating. "I was a little skeptical at first," she says. "But at the wedding this summer, everyone could just see how happy they were. I knew it was right for them to be together."
It certainly means a lot of things have changed since last fall. Since serving as a Resident Advisor in Mahaffey Hall last year, she says she misses the ease of living on campus.
"Commuting from our house in Tigard makes it a little harder, especially during preseason," she says. "I couldn't go home between practices, so I usually just crashed in my friends' apartment. They started referring to their living room as my room," she laughs.
"It can be a little hard to balance sometimes. But it's nice to spend evenings at home with Aaron."
Count women's soccer coach Dominic Doty as one of those who is impressed. "Not many kids her age could handle what she does, being married and finishing school," he says. "It's rare. But Emily clearly made a lot of right decisions and we couldn't have a better example for the younger players on our team."
"She's definitely a good role model, both on and off the field," teammate Zoe Langsdorf notes. "She's really consistent and positive."
Others say that she holds herself and her teammates to high expectations, but is always constructive and kind.
"She's the kind of person you want to do well for," says Miller. "Last year, she wasn't a captain, but people still came to her for help and advice. She's kind of like our team mom."
"Em Al lives up to every aspect of her captaincy," says her coach. "She stands out as a player and creates a great atmosphere on the field. She's disciplined, genuine, humble, reliable and just a pure pleasure to be around."
The very fact that Allison is playing for Linfield this year is remarkable. When she arrived at Linfield as a freshman with two years of college credits from an accelerated high school program, there was a strong possibility that she would choose to graduate in the spring of 2012.
"I was so upset when she decided to participate in last year's Senior Night that I didn't talk to her for that whole game," says Miller. "When she texted me later, saying she'd decided to play another year, I just started jumping up and down and cheering."
"I think we're all relieved that she's back," says Langsdorf. "She's a really strong part of our defense and brings a lot to our team."
Doty agrees. "I think I was the happiest man alive when she told me that she wanted to come back for one more season."
Allison expects to graduate in December with a bachelor's degree in business and finance, but in the meantime, there's a soccer season to be played.
"It's a little sad because it's my last year, but exciting at the same time because we're doing so well," she says.
The 2011 women's team missed first place in the Northwest Conference by one point. "After last season, I think we were all left wanting a little more," says Doty.
"We're not settling for (second place). This is my last year, but we're going to go out with a bang and really do our best," says Allison with a glowing smile. "I'm really excited."
The senior says she has played soccer for her whole life, even practicing with her dad and older sister before she was old enough to be on a team herself.
"My parents have been incredibly supportive. They've made it to almost every single one of my games for as long as I've played," she remembers, even citing a few times when they have rearranged travel plans to be present while she played.
"My dad travels a lot, and it's become a family thing. We lived in Singapore for four months when I was in seventh grade, and we went to Australia and Thailand and Indonesia. I loved traveling and it's something I would like to keep doing in the future."
That doesn't mean she plans to give up soccer. "I'm definitely hoping to stay involved with soccer somehow," she says. "I've worked with some summer camps in the past, and I might be able to get involved at my high school. We'll see."
Linfield's team, more than any other, has made an impression on her, though. "We say, 'Family' for our cheer at the end of practice, and it's really true. We fit together really well. These girls make the difference."
Allison describes a deep bench of diversely talented girls. She's eager to see what the season holds for the strong team they're building.
"We're still learning, but we're in a good place and it's only going to get better," says Doty.
Allison has high hopes. "My first year, we got third. Last year, we got second. This year," she says with a grin, "we're hoping for first!"
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STARKVILLE, Miss. — The No. 25 LSU men's tennis team defeated No. 23 Indiana 4-3 in the consolation match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend on Sunday at A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre.
The LSU duo of Roger Anderson and Tam Trinh defeated Daniel Bednarczyk and Sam Monette 8-4 on court two. On court three, the Hoosiers' Chris Essick and Dimitrije Tasic defeated Boris Arias and Joe Hill 8-3 to even the doubles matches.
On court one, the No. 33 pair of Chris Simpson and Stefan Szacinski won the doubles point for LSU when they defeated Isade Juneau and Josh MacTaggart 8-3.
Indiana tied the match at 1 when Juneau defeated Simpson on court two 6-1, 6-4. LSU regained the lead on court five when Mark Bowtell defeated Bednarczyk 6-2, 6-3. Indiana tied at 2-2 when Monette defeated Szacinski on court three 6-1, 6-4.
After losing the first set on court one 4-6, Indiana's MacTaggart won the final two sets against Borsos 6-2, 6-3 to give the Hoosiers their first lead of the afternoon.
The final two matches went to a third set.
On court four, Indiana's Tasic split the first two sets with LSU's Trinh 3-6, 6-2. Trinh won the third set on a tiebreak 7-6 (4) to tie the match at 3-3.
The match came down to court six, where Indiana's Essick was tied after two sets with LSU's Anderson 5-7, 7-6 (1). Tied at 4-4 in the third set, LSU's Anderson took control and won the final two points to win the match and secure the victory for the Tigers.
No. 25 LSU 4, No. 23 Indiana 3
Sunday at A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre
Starkville, Miss.
1. Josh MacTaggart (IU) def. Olivier Borsos (LSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; 2. Isade Juneau (IU) def. Chris Simpson (LSU) 6-1, 6-4; 3. Sam Monette (IU) def. Stefan Szacinski (LSU) 6-1, 6-4; 4. Tam Trinh (LSU) def. Dimitrije Tasic (IU) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(4); 5. Mark Bowtell (LSU) def. Daniel Bednarczyk (IU) 6-2, 6-3; 6. Roger Anderson (LSU) def. Chris Essick (IU) 7-5, 6(1)-7, 6-4
1. #33 Chris Simpson/Stefan Szacinski (LSU) def. Isade Juneau/Josh MacTaggart (IU) 8-3; 2. Roger Anderson/Tam Trinh (LSU) def. Daniel Bednarczyk/Sam Monette (IU) 8-4; 3. Chris Essick/Dimitrije Tasic (IU) def. Boris Arias/Joe Hill (LSU) 8-3
Women's tennis
WOMEN WIN BOTH MATCHES IN HOME OPENER: The LSU women's tennis team won both matches of its home-opening doubleheader Saturday, defeating Northwestern State 4-3 and Southern 7-0 at W.T. "Dub" Robinson Stadium.
The first two doubles matches of the day were split between the Demons (0-1) and Lady Tigers, after LSU's Ebie Wilson and Keri Frankenberger took a quick 8-1 win over Amy Williams and Vanja Bogetic and the duo of Kaitlin Burns and Caroline Hudson fell to Northwestern State's Tatiana Larina and Andrea Nedorostova 8-4.
Northwestern State's Natalya Krutova and Polina Konop defeated Ariel Morton and Mary Jeremiah 8-7 (7-4) to secure the doubles point.
Wilson got LSU on the board with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Vanja Bogetic. Freshmen Hudson and Ella Taylor followed with wins. Burns clinched the match for the Tigers with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Tatiana Larina.
In the nightcap, LSU swept Southern (0-1).
The doubles point was decided after Wilson/Frankenberger tallied an 8-3 victory over Kendall Bunch and Danielle Dixon, and Jeremiah and Morton followed by defeating Morgan Taylor and Camara Davis 8-4.
Wilson got a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Camara Davis, while Taylor notched a shutout against Lois Alexis.
Burns defeated Demetria Woods 6-4, 6-0.
No. 45 LSU 4, Northwestern State 3
1. #112 Kaitlin Burns (LSU) def. Tatiana Larina (NWST) 7-5, 6-4; 2. Polina Konop (NWST) def. Mary Jeremiah (LSU) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
3. Natalya Krutova (NWST) def. Ariel Morton (LSU) 6-3, 7-5; 4. Ella Taylor (LSU) def. Andrea Nedorostova (NWST) 6-2, 6-4; 5. Caroline Hudson (LSU) def. Amy Williams (NWST) 6-4, 6-0; 6. Ebie Wilson (LSU) def. Vanja Bogetic (NWST) 6-0, 6-0
1. Tatiana Larina/Andrea Nedorostova (NWST) def. Kaitlin Burns/Caroline Hudson (LSU) 8-4; 2. Natalya Krutova/Polina Konop (NWST) def. Ariel Morton/Mary Jeremiah (LSU) 8-7 (7-4); 3. Ebie Wilson/Keri Frankenberger (LSU) def. Amy Williams/Vanja Bogetic (NWST) 8-1
No. 45 LSU 7, Southern 0
1. #112 Kaitlin Burns (LSU) def. Demetria Woods (SU) 6-4, 6-0; 2. Mary Jeremiah (LSU) def. Gabrielle Moore (SU) 6-0, 6-4; 3. Ariel Morton (LSU) def. Danielle Dixon (SU) 6-2, 6-2; 4. Ella Taylor (LSU) def. Lois Alexis (SU) 6-0, 6-0; 5. Caroline Hudson (LSU) def. Morgan Taylor (SU) 6-4, 6-0; 6. Ebie Wilson (LSU) def. Camara Davis (SU) 6-0, 6-0
1. Kaitlin Burns/Caroline Hudson (LSU) vs. Gabrielle Moore/Lois Alexis (SU) no result;
2. Mary Jeremiah/Ariel Morton (LSU) def. Morgan Taylor/Camara Davis (SU) 8-4; 3. Ebie Wilson/Keri Frankenberger (LSU) def. Kendall Bunch/Danielle Dixon (SU) 8-3


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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wood and Terroir
Among the many wines that I tasted with Laval that day was a 2008 meunier from 50-year old vines in the vineyard of Les Hautes-Chèvres, in Cumières. Hautes-Chèvres is a more or less south-facing site on the slope above the village of Cumières itself; a portion of it is dominated by clay, and Laval has meunier planted here, while the other side of the vineyard is a little chalkier, and is planted with pinot noir.
In 2008, this meunier parcel wasn't harvested tremendously ripe, only at about 9.5 degrees or so of potential alcohol, yet in barrel it felt remarkably rich and virile, with a powerful expression of soil character. Clay often gives girth and breadth to a wine, making it feel ample in both body and texture, and that was certainly the case here. However, the soils seemed to lend flavor to this wine as well—this meunier was not at all about fruit aromas, but rather a deep, almost spicy earthiness that served to override any overt notions of fruitiness. To be sure, the vinification in wood probably contributed a bit of weight itself, but as it was a ten-year old barrique, it couldn't have imparted a great deal of flavor.
Laval vinified a portion of the same wine in stainless steel tank as well, and we tasted this after the barrel-fermented wine, just to compare the two. The tank-fermented meunier was definitely lighter in body, with more pronounced acidity. Its citrusy fruit flavors, as well as that rigid acidity, made it feel more linear, less ample, somehow more bony and angular. What was intriguing was that the powerful expression of soil character that I had experienced in the other wine was largely absent here, or at least greatly diminished. If Laval hadn't told me that the two were from the same parcel, I would have assumed that they were completely different wines.
It's hazardous to read too much into this comparison. Wines can change a great deal over the course of élevage, and furthermore, they can develop at different rates in tank and in barrel. In addition, while I was much more taken with the barrel-fermented wine in this particular tasting, I've certainly tasted plenty of wines in which wood seemed to blur and obscure other characteristics, and I'm not advocating one side of the debate or the other. This tasting just made me think about the issue.
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I think a question that gets raised is about micro-oxygenation of musts during and just after fermentation. These small amounts of oxygen could be allowing additional flavor components to be created in the wine. Think about gran reserva Rioja with 3 years in oak showing a clarity of soil notes,or that wines with bottle age, as fruit notes diminish tend to be more transparent about thier mother soils.
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Is there not another side to this issue as well? One that most assuredly is very unscientific and quite subjective.
To me it feels better in my mind knowing oak (or other wood for that matter) has been used for vinification. Cold blank steel is such a harsh, hard, machined material (evil almost) (even though it can make wonders in furniture) that I think it "clashes" with the the whole concept of Champagne.
The use of oak makes me think of softness, artistry, fines and complex aromas. Steel makes me think about aircraft wings, motor-cylinders, machines, mineral water etc - all good things in themselves, but not the sort of things I want to think about when I pour a glass of chilled Champagne after a full working week.
Well as I said - very unscientific.
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- 13 March, 2009 09:18
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1. Friday is the deadline for contributing to Alachua County Public Schools' Winter Break Food Drive. The school district is seeking donations of food items or money so that the families of hundreds of children who receive free and reduced price meals at school will have enough to eat during the winter break. Donations of food can be dropped off at Terwilliger, Littlewood or Chiles Elementary, Lincoln Middle or at the district's main offices at 620 E. University Ave. Money donations or grocery gift cards can also be dropped off at these locations or donations can be made via Paypal at edfoundationac.org.
2. At Museum Nights, celebrate the upcoming holidays and enjoy an evening of tours, entertainment and art making that revolve around the photography exhibition Private Dramas, Public Dreams: The Street Photographs of Helen Levitt & Friends, today at 6 p.m., Harn Museum of Art, UF campus. www.harn.ufl.edu/museumnights
3. Come join in for an hour of holiday sing-a-long and entertainment by "Just the Two of Us," 4-5 p.m. at the Library Partnership Neighborhood Resource Center, 1130 NE 16th Ave. Free.
4. The workshop "How to Write Your Business Plan" is set to run tonight from 6-8 p.m. at Santa Fe CIED Center, 530 W. University Ave. Cost: $30. (375-8278)
5. The heartwarming tale of redemption now in its 37th consecutive year at the Hippodrome, "A Christmas Carol" is being staged today at 7:30 p.m., runs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., 2 and 4 p.m. Saturdays, through Dec. 21, Hippodrome Theatre, 25 SE Second Place. Tickets: $30-$35, $25 for senior citizens, $15 for students. (375-4477, TheHipp.org).
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Introduction to Red Book: African American
This entry was originally written by Alice Eichholz, Ph.D., CG for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Research on families with African-American ancestry generally follows the same techniques as those with European-American ancestry. Records chronicling the lives of Americans of African descent exist in abundance in the Western world and Africa. All the record sources discussed here (vital, land, probate, court, etc.) include evidence for research on African-American
families, particularly "free blacks," although not always specifically identifying an individual with any ethnic or racial description.
The historical past of those with African ancestry is likely to include ancestors who were slaves as well as free, African American as well as white. The institution of slavery generated a voluminous number of documents about slaves. Unfortunately, most of them have not been published or microfilmed and remain difficult to locate for genealogical purposes. The major exceptions to this are the enumerations of free African Americans and slaves on the federal census (see Census Records) and other record groups, such as the Freedmen's Bureau records, held by the National Archives. National Archives Trust Fund Board's Black Studies: A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1984, 1996) catalogs and describes the extent of these holdings. Information about the records and access to a growing number of them is available at www.freedmensbureau.com. Marriage records in several states documented in the bureau's holdings are among those available online, for example.
During the 1930s, the WPA collected oral histories from many elderly ex-slaves. A superb collection, it has been reproduced in a multi-volume set, organized by state. See the multi-volume series, George P. Rawick, ed., The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Co., 1972–79). Several projects are underway to digitize the over 2000 narratives for Internet access. See the Library of Congress, "Born in Slavery" http://memory.loc.gov; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills, "North American Slave Narratives," a National Endowment for the Humanities project http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/neh.html among others. The slave narratives are also available via CD-ROM and online from Ancestry.com.
Websites, organizations, and books focused on African-American genealogy include www.afrigeneas.com and www.accessgenealogy.com/african.
- The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 73086, Washington, DC 20056 www.aahgs.org.
- African American Genealogy Group, P.O. Box 27356, Phila-delphia, PA 19118 www.aagg.org.
- Blockson, Charles L. with Ron Fry. Black Genealogy. Rev. Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1991.
- Burroughs, Tony. Black Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. Topics include oral history, family records, social security, census, and a discussion of electronic genealogy.
- Fears, Mary L. Jackson. Slave Ancestral Research: It's Something Else. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1995. Follows the author's research in her own family with hints for research in other families.
- Rose, James M. and Alice Eichholz. Black Genesis: A Resource Guide for African American Genealogy. 2d ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. A state-by-state comprehensive guide to the use of the extensive genealogical records involving African Americans.
- Thackery, David T. Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide. Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2000.
- ______ . "Tracking African American Family History" in Szucs and Luebking, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy. rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, Inc., 1997.
- ______ and Dee Parmer Woodtor. Case Studies in Afro-American Genealogy. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1989. Four case studies using different methodological approaches as examples for guiding research in other cases.
- Woodtor, Dee Parmer. Finding a Place Called Home: A Guide to African American Genealogy and Historical Identity. New York: Random House, 1999. An essential handbook and guide.


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Anglo-Saxon culture that ruled a majority of Britain. It comes from the baptismal name for the son of Peter. In the religious naming tradition surnames were bestowed in honor of religious figures or church officials. In Europe, the Christian Church was one of the most powerful influences on the formation of given names. Personal names derived from the names of saints, apostles, biblical figures, and missionaries are widespread in most European countries. In the Middle Ages, they became increasingly popular because people believed that the souls of the deceased continued to be involved in this world. They named their children after saints in the hope that the child would be blessed or protected by the saint.
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Somerset where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
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Purse Spelling Variations
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Purse Early Notables (pre 1700)
Distinguished members of the family include Sir Edmund Peirce or Pierse (died 1667), of Greenwich, Kent and Holborn, Middlesex, an English politician, Member of Parliament for Maidstone 1661 to 1667; Thomas Pierce or Peirse (1622-1691), an English churchman and controversialist, President of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Dean...
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Purse In Ireland
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In an attempt to escape the chaos experienced in England, many English families boarded overcrowded and diseased ships sailing for the shores of North America and other British colonies. Those families hardy enough, and lucky enough, to make the passage intact were rewarded with land and a social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families became important contributors to the young colonies in which they settled. Early immigration and passenger lists have documented some of the first Purses to arrive on North American shores:
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"What is the house you will build for me and what is my resting place?" Isa. 66:1b
When God asks us what house we will build for Him so that He will have a resting place, do you think He means our hearts? So often it seems we can think in terms of physical structures, as if He really means a building, a structure or a dwelling. But what if He meant that He wants us to prepare our hearts in which He can find a resting place? What would that mean for us?
It would probably mean we will have to be alert to our thinking and our thought processes and whether they are negative or positive, and if they are the former, be aware of that. For only when we are aware of things can we change them. So being aware of negative thoughts and how they affect us can help us challenge them.
As we prepare our hearts to be a resting place for God, it can also mean that we will think about how we treat and talk about others, especially those who have harmed us in some way. And to say they have harmed us does not mean they intended to do so, but that we perceived it to be so.
Preparing our hearts to be a resting place for God could also mean that we will learn to love ourselves and everything we have said and done, or not said and done. All of it, and then give it to Him for cleansing if it is not the best of ourselves, for what He asks for is a contrite heart, a heart that is sorry and remorseful when it has hurt itself or others, not one that is perfect, without blemish. It's His job to offer us mercy. Can we let Him do that for us?
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On my left side the the breast looks awkward when I raise my arms. I am almost two months post op is this just awkward healing or am I bottoming out?
Am I Begginning to Bottom Out?
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Impossible to diagnose bottoming out without photographs.
It would be best if you would supply photographs for proper diagnosis. Based on probability it is unlikely your bottoming out.
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Most likely not bottoming out
Without photographs it is impossible to understand your problem. When you raise your arms it will distort the inferior pole of the breast but this does not mean that are bottoming out. Bottoming out occurs when the breast implant stretches out the inferior pole of the breast increase the distance from the inframammary crease to the nipple.
Bottom out of implants
It is hard to say without photos. When you raise your arms the breast can look abnormal. You will need to wait another 4 months for end results.
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It is impossible to tell you what is up with your breast without seeing how you look now. Sorry.
Photos would help....
Hello and thanks for your post. The description you provided is not helpful. It might be good to add some photos. Talk to your PS about this and perhaps avoid raising your arms so much. Best wishes, Dr. Aldo.
Am I Beginning to Bottom Out?
Without photos, it is really not possible to offer an opinion. Please consider re-posting this question accompanied by photos, with arms at your sides and raised to show the problem your describe.
Bottoming out would be more visible with arms at your side, so I suspect that will not prove to be the diagnosis.
All the best.
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Cheated on her, but I still want her back!
Hey all. This is about my ex-girlfriend. So by ex I mean ex-ex-ex girlfriend (I have had two other girlfriends after her, none of which were the girl I cheated with).
We dated for a little while (not long, 3 months). But we were very much alike, we shared alot in common. Apparently I had been her second kiss (her first was in high school, yikes!). She was also a virgin. Now I know girls can lie about this but judging by her awkwardness and completely blatant inexperience (very shy, overly self-conscious, quiet), I'm guessing it was a fact no guy ever got in there. If so, she was good at hiding it. But when you kiss only two guys your whole life by the age of 25, more believable.
Anyway, about two months or so into the relationship my friend invited me to his birthday party. I met a hot girl there, and we ended up f-cking in my car. Never heard from her again, it was meant to be a one night stand.
So she never actually found out about my cheating, but I ended up f-cking myself over by being guilty and paranoid about my cheating on her. I stopped calling her, rarely texted her, etc. I guess I just felt like avoiding her would ease the guilt a bit. I also was suspicious of STD's since I didn't use a condom. I got tested and everything came back negative, but all the while the guilt from potentially hurting HER really came down on me. I became fearful of her, and I withdrew more and more. Eventually she told me to kick rocks (understandable since I became a lousy boyfriend) and we parted ways.
The thing is, ever since I have dated girls after her I just can't find what we had, me and her. Sure she was kind of quiet and shy but it's expected sometimes. Plus, I felt really guilty about cheating on her and I won't lie when I say I actually cried on my way home after the party when I had sex with the girl I met. But ever since then, my behavior pretty much showed my carelessness toward her. She was justified in leaving me.
Is there any way I can get her to come back? I mean she doesn't know I cheated, but my infidelity was the exact reason I acted in a less than favorable way to her. The poor girl wanted to get closer to me and I just pushed her away, all the while afraid she would leave me (stupid, huh?)
Cheated on her, but I still want her back!
Best thing you can do, is tell her exactly what you told us, and hope she has a forgiving mind, but that takes an extra commitement from you, if your going to cheat on her again, then i suggest you just forget her, save her from the pain, because it really does hurt man... Good luck !


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"Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives." (Bertrand Russell)
People are often painfully aware that they are making romantic compromises. The most common of these involves giving up passionate love in exchange for companionate love. But how can we measure the two types of love? Can a relationship that was once regarded as a romantic compromise later become a profound love? The following true story provides a surprising answer.
The story of Mildred
Mildred is a pleasant-looking widow in her mid-sixties, whose husband passed away after 31 years of marriage. They dated non-exclusively for five years before their marriage. This is how she described their relationship:
"My husband was not the most romantic of my loves as a young woman. I had quite a few tempestuous relationships with men much more desirable in superficial ways (e.g., athleticism) than Bruce was. I first knew him as a friend, and then fell in love with him because I realized he was a much more compassionate human being than the men with whom I had previously had relationships and who were much more outwardly exciting or adventurous. So what began as a non-romantic relationship became a romance born out of my compromising on my physical ideal in a mate, and it became a loving, companionate, enduring relationship that was fulfilling in every way for both of us.
I have always appreciated what I perceive as masculine beauty. Bruce was not jealous, and neither am I; so taking pleasure in seeing a beautiful woman in Bruce's case, or a handsome man in mine, was never a source of discord. (I used to say "I got married, I didn't go blind!") When Bruce and I moved from being friends to lovers, I came to see great beauty in Bruce, although it was never his physique, but the beauty of his complexion, the gracefulness of his hands, his wonderful sense of humor, etc. that I loved.
Bruce was faithful to me throughout our marriage, while I was twice unfaithful shortly after we married, at a time when he had to go away to work in a different place and we only met on the weekends. I felt abandoned at that time. That feeling led me into a brief fling with a co-worker, and later on, into an infatuation with a younger man, who fortunately, did not take the initial flirting beyond a stolen kiss one night. I was terrifically guilt-ridden over both of my transgressions. I confessed everything to Bruce, who took it all in his stride, as I cried my eyes out. There was never any recurrence of my behavior. Bruce's own self-confidence and love for me perhaps made my lapse forgivable in his eyes. I, after receiving his forgiveness, was even more deeply bound to him by his imperturbability in the face of my lapse.
Now, three years after Bruce's death, I am constantly astonished by the fullness of my feelings for him. I am grateful for them as they continue to live in me, even though he is no longer in the physical plane."
Did Mildred compromise?
Mildred's love story began with a friendship, turned into a romantic compromise and developed to become a profound and loving relationship. This process, in which love slowly grows, is not accidental; in fact, there is ample proof that it is a frequent and natural occurrence.
Mildred's initial (or rather eventual) choice of Bruce involved a romantic compromise in the sense that she had been experienced other relationships in which passionate love was more intense, but chose to marry someone who had been her (nonromantic) friend for several years. She rightly considered the other relationships to be superficial, as passion in and of itself is superficial and generally does not retain the same measure of intensity for long. This compromise explains the non-exclusive relationship they had before they got married. Unlike passion, the qualities involved in their friendship, such as caring, loyalty, and a sense of humor, carry greater weight in the long term.
I have suggested that romantic compromises usually involve giving up a romantic value in exchange for a nonromantic value. But how can we measure a romantic value? If you measure the "amount" of love during the infatuation stage, passion carries a considerable weight. However, if you take into consideration the length that love lasts and depth of that love, then the aspects that constitute companionate love contribute more to the quantity and quality of love.
Thus, although at start of Mildred's relationship with Bruce the "amount" of love (as measured in the intensity of passion) was less than in her previous relationships, the amount of love that was generated in the many years that they spent in a loving relationship adds up to a great deal more than the fast-burning, short-term passion she experienced with previous lovers. That passion with her "athletic" partners, "who were much more outwardly exciting or adventurous," would probably have decreased over time (as this is the nature of passion); but with Bruce, her love grew.
Despite that fact that she has "always appreciated masculine beauty" and continued to take "pleasure in seeing a handsome man", she chose to a life-partner who had other attributes, and it seems from her own account that she never regretted that choice. Each allowed the other the pleasure of enjoying beauty in other people. This might have generated the temptation not only to see, but to touch as well. We have seen that this did in fact occur with Mildred, but only for a brief time, shortly after her marriage, perhaps because she had not yet fully accepted that her tempestuous romantic experiences would now be limited to one person who, in her words, "was not the most romantic of my loves as a young woman." This feeling of giving up tempting options is central in romantic compromises. Bruce's wise and caring reaction to her brief adventures clarified to her that even if she had to relinquish tempestuous opportunities, she had gained so much more in her profound loving relationship with him. Her fling became a small amount of poison that immunized and enhanced their relationship.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld said, "One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one." Mildred's case illustrates that such rare events do occur.
Mildred's story also shows that an initial romantic compromise may have a happy end. What was considered at the beginning to be a romantic compromise (not having the passionate relationship she had experienced with others), grew into a most profound love, the love of her life. It seems that if Mildred had turned her back on the love and caring that Bruce offered her and had instead married one of her former "athletic" boyfriends, she would have made a profound romantic compromise, sacrificing a long-term love for a momentary passion.
Mildred's story should not be taken as an encouragement to make romantic compromises. On the contrary, most cases of romantic compromises lead to low quality marital relationships and to divorce. It seems that half of married couples are unable to accept the romantic compromises they have to make and eventually get divorced; and among those who do remain married, many feel that they have compromised themselves. Thus, Justin Lavner and his colleagues found that premarital doubts are common but not benign. Women with premarital doubts went on to divorce at rates that were approximately 2.5 times higher than women without premarital doubts, and these women had less satisfied marital trajectories if they did remain married. Men had even more premarital doubts than women did, but their impact upon marital outcomes was less significant.
Mildred's story illustrates, however, that sometimes romantic compromises can generate profound love, as the couple grow to understand, value, and adapt to each other. Mildred's compromise was a positive one that ultimately enhanced her flourishing. Her story indicates the complexity and flexibility of the heart and the fact that in our search for long-term love, we should take into consideration both short-term aspects, such as the intensity of passion, and long-term considerations, like caring, sensitivity, and reciprocity. Romantic compromises are unpleasant, but they are not lethal; sometimes, they may even generate profound love.


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Consistency continues to elude the Toronto Maple Leafs, as they let a third-period lead and a chance to catch the Detroit Red Wings slip away.
More lapses in their own end saw the game wind up in a shootout, where the Red Wings won for the first time in seven attempts this year, 5-4 at the Air Canada Centre. That made it two wins in a row for Detroit, who are saddled with a long list of injuries, after a winless stretch of six games.
Those exasperating Leafs – decent one minute and awful the next - were on display again Saturday night. They managed to fight their way back to take a 4-3 third-period lead on David Clarkson's third goal of the season – a dirty jam-in from the crease the Leafs have been looking for all season from him - but could not get out of regulation time with the win.
Goaltender Jonathan Bernier, who replaced James Reimer after the first period, tried his best, stopping Pavel Datsyuk on a shorthanded breakaway in the third period, but could not overcome his teammates' defensive deficiencies. After Toronto forward Phil Kessel failed to clear the puck, the Wings were able to get it to Tomas Tatar at the net and he scored at 13:44 to set up overtime.
If the Maple Leafs could somehow cut blocks of time out of their games and then stretch them over a full contest they would be one heck of a hockey team indeed. Such as the first seven minutes and 15 seconds of the first period and the last eight minutes and 15 seconds of the second period.
During that stretch, they kept their legs moving for the most part at both ends of the ice and gave the Red Wings fits. They also looked good for parts of the third period except for yet another slip on the tying goal.
"We didn't start the way we wanted," Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul, who finished with a goal and an assist, said. "[The Red Wings] got some goals we'd like to have back. We didn't get any offence going in the first period but we fought back in the second."
The Leafs did managed to take a 1-0 lead in the first period and then tied the score 3-3 with two goals in closing out the second period.
Peter Holland set up the first Leaf goal with some tenacious fore-checking behind the Detroit net. That saw the puck get to the slot and then to defenceman Cody Franson at the point for his second goal of the season.
The trouble was, the Leafs went back to standing around in their own end again, watching the Wings take the puck to the net. And this time Reimer was not able to perform any heroics to keep them in the game.
Reimer, who was not entirely at fault, allowed three goals in a span of nine minutes and 11 seconds in the first period to let the visitors take a 3-1 lead into the second. It also resulted in the hook, the fourth time this season Reimer was pulled from a game.
This one was seen by about two million people, as the Hockey Night In Canada cameras caught Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle going over to goaltender Jonathan Bernier as the Leafs left the ice at the horn. The camera shot was so close and clear no one had trouble reading Carlyle's lips: "You're going in."
If you could read Carlyle's mind as easily, it would have been no surprise to discover the coach would have liked to similarly give the hook to three or four of his defencemen as well, if such a thing were possible. While Reimer did not look good on a wraparound goal by Joakim Andersson, he was also left to fend for himself on the other two goals.
On the first one, Wings centre Pavel Datsyuk was allowed to come out of the corner untouched by either of the Leaf defencemen, John-Michael Liles and Morgan Rielly – and get to the front of the net where he beat Reimer with a backhand. That made short work of the Leafs' early lead, coming one minute and 42 seconds later.
"Not happy," was Reimer's initial reaction to getting pulled. "I don't think there's a goaltender in the league that's happy when they get pulled."
While Reimer admitted he was at fault on the wraparound goal and could have had the third goal by Tomas Jurco "on some nights," he wanted to stay in the game.
"Yeah, I think that's what any goalie wants," he said. "You want that chance to get in there, battle for your teammates and try and get a win. Obviously, Randy [Carlyle] had other thoughts. He's the coach and he's the one who makes the decisions. I just try and stop pucks."
The coach did not offer an explanation to Reimer ("No, at the moment there was no explanation it was just a switch," the goalie said.), but Carlyle told reporters it was not long after the opening faceoff he started having doubts about his starter.
"I thought with Reimer the very first shot that he took went in his glove and out of his glove," Carlyle said. "I thought the rebounds were bouncing away from him. When a goaltender is in the zone, the pucks don't usually go through him. Their third goal went through him. I felt the wraparound goal was a stoppable wraparound."
The Leafs managed to regain control of the game at the midway mark of the second period, although for a while it looked as their former teammate Jonas Gustavsson was unbeatable. He came into the game with a 9-3-2 record and .920 save percentage, mostly in relief of No. 1 goaltender Jimmy Howard, who is one of many injured Red Wings.
Shortly after Leaf captain Dion Phaneuf scored at 11:45 on a one-timer off a beautiful feed from Lupul, Gustavsson made what some immediately nominated as the save of the year. Phaneuf wired a shot from the point at the open net with Gustavsson seemingly down and out. But he managed to dive back toward the right side of the net, throw out his stick and stop the shot.
Phaneuf called it "the best save ever made on me, that's for sure. I started to put my arms up."
However, Lupul scored a power-play goal at 18:24 to send the teams to the third period tied 3-3. That gave him a goal and an assist after going three games without a point following a four-point night against the Chicago Blackhawks on Dec. 14.
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HAIR salons are being warned to stop cutting corners or face the hair dryer treatment.
TV Licensing is urging salon owners across the borough to make sure they have a licence if they are showing live TV for their customers.
There are about 100 hair dressers in and within five miles of the town and bosses say some of them may not actually be allowed to show live TV.
Since April, three salons across the UK have been prosecuted for licence fee evasion.
Martin Dyan, TV Licensing spokesperson for London and the South East, said: "With many salons mounting small TV screens by each chair or providing handheld tablets so customers don't miss a minute of their best-loved TV shows, live TV and hairdressing have never been closer.
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The world's first 3D printed plane made it to the skies. It is called Eosint P730 and is made by nylon laser sintering using a 3D-objects printer made up by students of the Southampton University. It basically is an unmanned aerospace vehicle (UAV).
The Eosint is a duplicate of the SULSA -the distinctive aircraft was used during the World War 2, which made it the number one contender for the Eosint to take form.


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The last samurai has finally been rooted out of Japan's rooty tree of life. He was found near his eastern LA home. When the emperor of Japan heard that the last samurai had been found, he immediately ordered Jpanese officials to track him down.
Upon receiving a photo of the ancient warrior, he exclaimed, "Who the fuck is this, he isn't yewo, he is white. What the heiw do you take me for? A mongowian?"
When LA police heard of the last samurai being in their city, they immediately met up with him. Once they saw that it was no samurai, but Tom Cruise, they were put out.
A young policeman by the name of Homer Sectual was very put out. "Man what the heck is this breh?" he exclaimed, "this ain't nothin but a honky! Tom Cruise, yo' movies suck! You weren't even the samurai in that vid' man, you were a friend of the last samurai!" Tom Cruise, being very fond of his own work, was insulted by the accusation.
Tom Cruise quickly went to his wife and newborn baby. "Don't worry my dear, the emperor will soon see," he said. His wife still couldn't understand why he was fighting, he wasn't even a samurai. "Gosh darn it special!" he yelled, and then was off.
Police reported that he rode towards them slowly on his Skooty-Glide Jr. bycicle with a long samurai sword in hand. They told him to stop and they didn't mean any trouble, but the maddened poser could not be stopped. They claimed he rode towards Sherriff Al Cohol with an intent to kill. The old sherriff ordered a spike strip to be laid out. The little bicycle was said to have flipped when the spikes popped the tiny tires. Police repeatedly said that he tripped over the bike landing face first on his driveway as he rode to them. After a few minutes of hard breathing, Tom supposedly got up and began to cry. His Skooty-Glide Jr. was crushed under his body armored in cardboard. Reporters were then on the scene and reported that police officials tried to give him band-aids with green T-rex's on them, but Tom refused.
Reporters wrote that he then stabbed himself with his samurai sword saying, "a samurai cannot live in the shame of defeat."
In a rage, the police said all together "You...are...not...a...SAMURAI!"
When the emperor of Japan heard of Tom's death, he giggled. "Siwwy Amewican , stick to stealing our Sony pwoducts and not our honah and hewitage . Hehe, you want Japanese, you go to Panda Inn and get some fwied wice and sweet an' sowah pouk."


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Nichole's Chic Boutique relocates to Crossroads Plaza near Mt. Pleasant
Those looking for anything from candles to crafts need look no further than Nichole's Chic Boutique, which is now located at the Crossroads Plaza in East Huntingdon.
"Our goal is to have a little bit of everything," said owner Nichole Mcklveen, who recently relocated the business from its former site on Pittsburgh Street in Scottdale.
"We have a little more space here and there is lots of parking so that won't be a problem anymore for my customers," she said.
The shop features a vast selection of items, as the store offers space to vendors and crafters to display their wares.
"We have about 28, 29 different crafters and vendors," said Shelley Ruff, Mcklveen's mother, who makes several items featured in the store.
"I make the candles and soaps and some of the other gifts," she said.
The shop welcomes locals who would like to have an area to display their hand-crafted items or vending items.
"We only take one of a kind of everything," Ruff said, explaining that they will only accept one vendor per specialty item or service. "That way we don't have competition within the store, and people in the community then also have a chance to sell their things," she said.
Crafters and vendors can rent a space at the business in three-, six- and 12-month increments.
"All of our vendors and crafters get to keep 100 percent of what they make," Mcklveen said.
The shop also stocks children's clothing, including handmade rompers and tutus, bows, scarves and accessories.
The boutique is now taking consignments for certain items.
"We will take gowns and dresses, purses and accessories and anything that is a name brand," Ruff said. "We tell people that we want to offer things that you can't buy at Walmart."
The shop carries such items as traditional and electric candles, tart burners, jewelry, Amish jams and other items, special sauces, Watkins and Stanley products pet items, greeting cards, Bella Taylor items, ceramics, pictures and chocolates.
The shop will also soon be offering classes in soap making, candle making and ceramics.
There are also many items and information for weddings and other special events.
"I think that I can say that we have something for everyone who comes in," Mcklveen said. "Business has been pretty good and we'd like to see it get even better."
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PHCC Installs New Officers At Convention
October 31, 2004
BOSTON - The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association (PHCC) installed new officers and board members at their 122nd annual PHCC convention and ISH North American Trade Show in Boston.
Officers installed included: President Mary Garvelink, Commercial Design Engineering in Colorado Springs, Colo.; President-elect Jim Stack, Stack Plumbing of Kirkland, Wash.; Vice President Jo Wagner, CTO Inc. of Harlingen, Texas; Secretary Tom Moore, Climate Control Inc. of Leesburg, Ind.; Auxiliary President Kathy Tindall, Tindall & Ranson Plumbing & Heating of Princeton, N.J.; AEC President Rodney Jones, Egyptian PHCC of Illinois.
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This is a sideways version of my Ross murphy bed. I used a 3 false door and 3 false drawer front design. The stain color on this was Provincial from Minwax.
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The Romain Gavras-directed music video is filled with insane car-racing stunts and some females with 'bad girl' attitude.
M.I.A. released her "Bad Girls" music video almost at the same time Madonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin' " clip, where she makes a cameo appearance, arrived for viewing pleasure. While she's prancing around while holding pom-poms in the Super Bowl themed video, M.I.A. turns gangsta in this new one.
From riding on the dessert to sitting on the back seat of a glow-in-the-dark car, M.I.A. takes on a more dangerous challenge by sitting in the window of a car which is speeding on two wheels. The "Paper Planes" hitmaker keeps her cool while singing, "Get back, get down/Pull me closer if you think you can hang/Hands up, hands tied/Don't go screaming if I blow you with a bang."
The music video is directed by Romain Gavras. He's the same guy who directed M.I.A.'s controversial "Born Free" video, which saw a group of U.S. soldiers invading a town and hunting down readheads to be massacred on the desert.
"Bad Girls" is expected to be included in M.I.A.'s fourth studio album, which is plotted to come out later this summer. It's a reworked version of a song which appears in M.I.A.'s mixtape "Vicki Leekx".
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Gender quotas should be a last resort
Gender quotas should be a last resort
The Institute of Directors in New Zealand (IoD), says introducing gender quotas is not the best solution to increase the number of women directors on New Zealand boards.
IoD Chief Executive Dr William Whittaker said the IoD will not discount gender quotas, but considered such measures "The IoD promotes diversity in all its forms, but would like to see voluntary practices. There are better ways to increase women's representation on boards than introducing quotas."
Dr Whittaker said that while the number of women on New Zealand boards needed to continue to increase, progress was already occurring and this trend would continue to grow naturally.
"The IoD expects the number of women on boards to grow at a faster rate due to greater awareness of the issue and the impact of initiatives that are already in place to further increase representation by women on boards."
There is greater understanding that improving board diversity isn't just about equality, but about how board diversity actually helps improve board performance, particularly bottom-line financial performance.
The IoD, supported by the Global Network of Director Institutes, which represents over 100,000 directors worldwide does not support legislating for quota systems.
"Introducing quota regimes has tended to force boards to appoint women who are not necessarily the best candidates, and evidence from overseas has not proved conclusively that putting quantitative requirements in place results in better organisational performance.
In fact, there is an emerging body of evidence that suggests that some ompanies have adopted a very cynical approach to the quota system."
Dr Whittaker said many women directors also thought quotas were not the best option as they believed they should be appointed on merit and not because of a quota.
The GNDI prefers the following measures:
• Board nomination or governance committees can set a good example through their commitment to diversity
• Companies should develop their own diversity policies and report to shareholders on progress against them
• Companies should consider their executive talent management programmes and integrate principles and practice
• Boards should widen their approach when making appointments to non-executive positions. The evidence available indicates that the female talent pool is deepening, e.g. women graduates
• Board evaluation should be used to assist in the development of more diverse boards.
Several initiatives are under way to increase the number of women at board room level in New Zealand, including the IoD's Mentoring for Diversity programme, which had already produced solid results with several women who had been mentees now appointed to New Zealand boards.
"It's the IoD's hope and expectation that the number of women board members will continue to increase and we will be playing an active role in making sure this happens."


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Update A move by grocery wholesaler Metcash to extend the war for consumer dollars to pubs and poker machines has prompted Senator Nick Xenophon to write to the company's board urging them to consider the social and economic harm caused by poker machines before making an investment.
"One of the great things about IGA supermarkets is they have proudly proclaimed they are not in the pokies business. In fact, it has been a point of difference highlighted here in South Australia in their advertising," Senator Xenophon said.
"If Metcash gets into the pokies business, it will be buying into the misery caused by the 40 per cent of pokies losses coming from problem gamblers. I expect individual store operators here in South Australia will not be happy with this news."
He said the irony of Metcash's reported move is that Woolworths and Coles are coming under increasing public criticism for their poker machine holdings."
From our earlier report:
The battle of the supermarket giants for a bigger slice of the consumer dollar is set to spill into pubs and poker machines - the grocery wholesaler Metcash, which operates the IGA chain, is believed to have hired a broker to identify pubs and hotels.
It follows a $375 million-plus equity raising launched by Metcash last month and a strategic review that included slashing 500 staff, cutting debt and identifying bolt-on acquisitions.
The Herald understands that up to $90 million could be allocated to bolt-on acquisitions including pubs and poker machines as pressure mounts on Metcash to revive earnings that are being battered by the price war between the Coles and Woolworths.
Metcash is under pressure to lift its flagging share price, which is trading close to a seven-year low of $3.22, well below the $3.50 a share paid by institutional investors in the $325 million share placement completed on June 29. It also announced it would raise an extra $50 million from retail investors.
Part of the equity raising was used to buy a 75 per cent stake in the automotive parts operator Automotive Brands Group and to soak up the remaining 49.9 per cent in hardware chain Mitre 10.
Metcash declined to comment on the speculation yesterday despite the talk being rife in the hotel trade.
Woolworths is the biggest owner of poker machines in the country through its joint venture arrangement with Australian Leisure and Hospitality, which owns 12,000 poker machines across 294 hotels.
Its hotels business generated $1.2 billion in revenue in 2011-12, up 4.4 per cent on the previous year and up 5.4 per cent in the June quarter as the federal government's $2.8 billion family assistance package came through.
Coles owns a portfolio of 95 pubs and hotels worth an estimated $900 million and is looking to find a joint venture partner to enable it to separate its hotels and poker machines from its liquor business.
Internally Coles management has made it clear it does not consider hotels a core business. It is also believed to be concerned about the reputation issues with owning poker machines as part of the hotels business.
Coles does not report the earnings of its hotel division separately, instead rolling them into its supermarket earnings figures. However, it is estimated to generate more than $2.8 billion in revenue from liquor, compared with arch rival Woolworths' $6.6 billion.
An industry source said Metcash's interest in pubs and hotels was part of a plan to create scale in alcoholic beverage sales. He said the product range purchased by hotels from wholesalers included beverages, dry goods and food.
For Metcash, hotels would provide a new distribution channel for its wholesale products. The model would be to buy the pubs and gaming machines then get an independent operator to run them, similar to the model used in its IGA supermarket chain.
Metcash is said to be close to exchanging the leasehold of three Queensland pubs, with one suggested to be the Aspley Hotel, and it is also on the hunt for leasehold hotels in NSW.


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Tools for gender equality
The European Commission follows the dual approach of specific initiatives and gender mainstreaming.
Gender mainstreaming is the integration of the gender perspective into every stage of policy processes - design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation - with a view to promoting equality between women and men.
It means assessing how policies impact on the life and position of both women and men - and taking responsibility to re-address them if necessary.
This is the way:
- to make gender equality a concrete reality in the lives of women and men;
- to improve policy-making by bringing it closer to the citizens' needs.
The European Commission aims at implementing gender mainstreaming as an integral part of its policymaking, including via the impact assessment and evaluation processes.
The manual on gender mainstreaming provides an effective guide to all actors, especially those working on employment, social inclusion and social protection policies in the EU countries, to better implement gender mainstreaming in these policies and thereby better serve the needs of citizens, both women and men.


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Behind the Double Blind: Eyewitness ID Report Reveals What Dallas PD Already Knows
It wasn't so long ago that Dallas Police Department would show witnesses for the prosecution six photos of would-be suspects and ask: Which one? Which is how, in part, Dallas became what Innocence Project of Texas founder Jeff Blackburn called "ground zero for criminal justice change" in our 2007 cover story on how so many found themselves incarcerated for crimes they didn't commit. But in '09, all that changed: Initiated by then-Chief David Kunkle, DPD now has a special unit of officers without connections to any case who show witnesses one photo at a time -- the so-called "sequential double-blind" method.
Back in August, in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling concerning a New Jersey case that said eyewitness procedures there were profoundly flawed, The New York Times checked back in with the DPD, which had to overcome some initial resistance ("detectives ... felt that their integrity was being challenged") during the transition. But it was worth it: This morning, the American Judicature Society, in conjunction with the Innocence Project, released a report that looks at 850 lineups in four cities, among them Austin, which reiterates the need for and success of double-blinds. Says the study, per this recap: "Photographs presented one by one by a person not directly connected with a case significantly reduced identifications of fillers (people known not to be the suspect) from 18 percent in simultaneous lineups to 12 percent in sequential ones."
Dallas is once again cited as an early adapter, though there are exceptions ("Other specialized circumstances where alternative procedures are necessary and are reviewed by the District Attorney and approved by the Investigations Bureau Commander"). But in its list of Texas jurisdictions requiring the double-blind sequential presentation, only Dallas and Lewisville are listed under "required"; in Austin and Richardson, it's "optional."
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