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A man sits in his car with his laptop, updating his blog with information about investigating NCIS. He mentions heading out to meet a source. Later, his body plummets off a bridge and onto a construction site, impaled on the rebar below.
McGee finds out that he has to retake his annual polygraph test, which is unusual. Tony keeps teasing McGee about failing the test. Gibbs comes in and briefs the team about their latest case. Not a sailor or a marine, but the blogger who has been dragging NCIS's reputation through the mud: Matt Burns, who runs the site beltwayburns.com. Ziva, meanwhile, is still waiting for her status to be cleared so that she can start on fieldwork with the rest of the team.
Gibbs and the rest of the team arrive at the crime scene, with McGee mentioning that they got a footprint which doesn't match Burns'. Meanwhile, Tony talks to one of the Metro detectives examining Burns' car, saying that she shouldn't be wearing a scarf because the fibers would contaminate the scene. The woman is Detective Megan Hanley, and her boss is Detective Danny Sportelli, who is the detective in charge of the Burns case. Sportelli, aware that Burns had trashed NCIS on his blog, wants to make sure that NCIS isn't trying another cover up with this case.
The team checks out Burns' blog, and in one of his videos, Burns mentions a Lt. Rod Arnett, who was involved in a fatal car wreck which NCIS deemed an accident. Burns claims that there's evidence to suggest that Arnett was involved in insider trading and that he was murdered to keep quiet about the possible fraud. NCIS was involved in the ensuing cover up. Maybe he was murdered because someone wanted to keep him quiet?
The team notices that Burns ruined a lot of Washington careers through his blog, including Federal Appeals Court Judge Thomas Victor. Victor was set to become a Supreme Court nominee but Burns blogged about plagiarism and possible infidelity and Victor was forced to withdraw his nomination. But as Tony continues talking to Victor, he spots Sportelli and Hanley approaching them and makes a run for it.
Gibbs questions Arnett's SO, Captain Martin Armstrong, and a fellow Lieutenant, Jessica Summers, in order to get to the truth behind the insider trading accusations. Armstrong says that Arnett had no reason to be involved in insider trading since his family was really well off. Arnett was set to have a cushy job once he finished his Navy tour. Summers adds that she only really talked to Arnett in the office and she didn't know if he had any other friends.
Abby and McGee are taking another look at Arnett's car, with Abby wondering why Gibbs would want them to retest the car and McGee wondering why he has to take another polygraph test. Both are consumed by their own worries and aren't really paying attention to what the other person is saying. Abby is insistent that the car was involved in an accident; there was no foul play. When McGee asks about the polygraph test, Abby admits that she remembers another agent who had to do another test. And he left soon after, which worries McGee.
Ziva goes through Arnett's phone records, which prove that Summers wasn't telling the entire truth about her relationship with Rod. They had multiple phone conversations, suggesting that they weren't just coworkers. However, the phonecalls stopped a month before Arnett's death. The team takes a look at another one of Burns' videos, where he claims to have gone to Atlanta to get information from a Congressman's aid, while Gibbs has evidence to prove that he was at a bar in Washington, sipping on martinis. Burns wasn't above lying to get his point across.
Summers is in the interrogation room, and the team makes bets on which type of questioning tactic Gibbs will use on her. Gibbs ends up lying to Summers, saying the Burns had her name written down in notes found at his home. Summers breaks down, saying the Burns promised her that she'd remain anonymous. Arnett dumped her because he was seeing other women, and to retaliate she went to Burns with a story about how Arnett told her he suddenly made a lot of money in the stock market. But it looks like Arnett's death might not have been an accident, which means that NCIS screwed up the investigation.
The official autopsy report ruled that Arnett's death was accidental, but Ducky's ME friend at the metro police has stated that Burns' death has been ruled a homicide. Ducky also points out that if he had access to Arnett's brain, he could have done further tests but the family wanted the body to be intact for burial.
SEC Investigator Benjamin Franklin speaks to Gibbs and Tony about the investigation surrounding Arnett. He couldn't find any evidence of insider trading, but there was an interesting spike in Arnett's stocks when a defense contract was awarded. Another person received a nice windfall in case was Will Sutton, a sandwich shop owner. However, the SEC did a thorough investigation and couldn't find any evidence that the two men had ever spoken to each other.
Tony speaks to Will Sutton, who denies that he knew Arnett and says that the SEC had frozen his assets until the investigation into the insider trading claim was complete. Tony gets Sutton to make him a pastrami sandwich, which Tony brings back to the squadroom much to McGee's frustration since he hasn't had lunch yet. McGee hasn't been able to find any connection between Arnett and Sutton either.
Arnett's casket is recovered and Ducky and Abby open it up, but the only thing in the coffin is a bunch of weights. Ducky recalls that the funeral home picked up the body after he was finished examining it, so Gibbs sends Tony and McGee there to investigate. McGee says that he has that appointment for the polygraph test, but Gibbs assures McGee that he'll take care of it. Later, a woman introducing herself as Agent Susan Grady arrives at the squadroom and speaks to Ziva, telling her that McGee missed his polygraph test appointment.
The funeral director mentions that an alarm did go off, but since nothing was stolen from the home, she assumed it was a glitch. The alarm went off at 2:10am, and the security company arrived at 2:30am, finding nothing. However, 20 minutes is definitely long enough for someone to steal a body. McGee and Tony sneak into the impound yard to take another look at Burns' car. McGee downloads the data from the car's GPS in order to track down where Burns went, all the while Tony is playing on McGee's fear that they're going to be caught by dogs. But when dogs do actually show up to chase down the pair, McGee and Tony run away, but not before getting arrested by Sportelli. It's okay, though. McGee already uploaded the GPS data to Abby.
Abby's worried about Tony and McGee in jail, though Gibbs says that they'll be fine. Abby figures out that Burns' car was parked outside the funeral at the same time as when Arnett's body was stolen. She also figures out where Burns dumped the body afterwards, but when she tells Ziva about it, Ziva is unusually distant, even when Abby invites her to help celebrate cracking the case. Ziva declines the invitation and instead goes on the computer to write an email to her father.
McGee goes in for his polygraph test and apologizes to Agent Grady for missing the appointment earlier. He notices she's clearly flirting with him, asking leading questions like whether he's in a committed relationship. She says she takes the same train every morning and her coworkers were worried when she didn't return after she came to the squadroom searching for him. Taking the same train makes McGee think of something and he stops the test.
Fibers from Arnett's body are consistent to the make and model of Burns' car, and McGee asks to see Arnett's personal affects, particularly if he had a rail pass. Arnett took the same train every morning at 7:20am, so it could be possible that he met with Sutton during the daily train trip. Sutton is questioned again, and this time Tony mentions the Hitchcock movie Strangers on a Train. The pair must have agreed to split the money, but when Arnett died, Sutton would have kept all of it if the SEC hadn't frozen the assets, After Burns heard about Arnett from Summers, Burns made up the insider trading story. Sutton and Burns agreed to meet and Sutton killed Burns to keep him from exposing the truth.
Gibbs manages to get the charges against Tony and McGee dropped because the evidence they collected helped with the case. McGee tells Gibbs that he has to reschedule his polygraph test again, but Gibbs says that there was nothing wrong with the first one he took. McGee figures out that Agent Grady must be interested in him and that he'll handle her if she comes around again.
Ziva puts in the paperwork to become a full-fledged NCIS agent, but Gibbs points out that she still has to resign from Mossad first. She informs him that she's already emailed her father, but Gibbs is hesitant to add his signature to the document.


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My cousin recently had a baby. She's 6 months old now, but when she was 100 days I wore this pretty blue dress to her banquet. It's from Forever21.
I had to get it altered and even that was too long #smh
My mani from then as well. I have no idea what the color is, but getting gel manis here are so cheap. I have a different color every 2 weeks.
Last little bits. I picked up a few things before I had my mani.
I've been having a little issue with my skin over here. I don't know if it's the pollution or if it's just me wearing makeup everyday but I'm breaking out like crazy. It's all on my chin too. My family says it's because that's the digestive area?? No idea, chinese traditional medicine is what they're referring to.
I picked up these 2 concealers. The first one is like a stick. It's too drying for me and doesn't cover redness. The 2 things I need covered so fails.
The second one is a tinted spot cream and the texture is almost like a BB cream. It's sheer and kinda tacky. I find that I can't use it alone. It works really well over another concealer. That defeats the purpose tho right?!
Last item is a Revlon lip balm. I think it's dicontinued because I can't find it in any other SaSa's. It's perfect for using underneath your lipstick. Makes your lips all smooth!


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Had some technical/deadline issues thanks to the shootout, earlier deadlines and a brand new computer system. So I never made it to the lockerroom. I did get to John Tortorella's presser.
The coach did not allow Artem Anisimov to address the media regarding his rifle-shot celebration that touched off a melee, but defended Anisimov as a good kid. Tortorella did, however, admit that what he did was over the line, and he said he didn't blame Tampa Bay for reacting as it did, and that he'd expect his team to react the same way.
Brad Richards said, "I don't think Artie was doing it against their team, and obviously Vinny (Lecavalier) is going to think that without knowing Artie, so that happens. Artie won't do that again. He wasn't trying to embarrass anybody. He was celebrating a nice goal. But that's what happens in hockey. We all move on from that."
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The Dallas Mavericks announced on Tuesday that they have signed Fab Melo, D.J. Kennedy and Richard McConnell to expand the current roster to 18 players.
Melo (7-0, 255) is a former Syracuse University standout and Big East Defensive Player of the Year. He was originally the 22nd overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.
Kennedy (6-6, 215) is a 2013 NBA D-League All-Star who helped the Rio Grande Valley Vipers win the D-League Championship in 2013.
McConnell (6-0, 189) finished as one of the top all-around players in St. Mary's history (2007-11).


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Calls for more emphasis on basic schooling as experienced and championed by baby boomers, if implemented, may actually leave Australia behind Asia, a science education expert says.
Martin Westwell, director of the Flinders [University] Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century in Adelaide, rejects a widely held view Australia does well in teaching children problem solving and creativity but falters with the fundamentals.
His comments put him at odds with many other education experts, who argue standards in literacy and numeracy have slipped, pulling Australia down in international league tables. Results of one international test released on Wednesday ranked Australia 27th of 45 countries for year four reading.
Professor Westwell said four in five Australian children did reasonably well when tested on the basics.
"It's when they have to bring in some real problem-solving or reasoning where they've got to put their skill and knowledge together in some meaningful way, that's when we start to fall down," he said.
Australian educators who tried new teaching techniques were often criticised by a generation that viewed anything other than sitting at a desk doing pages of sums as the soft option, he said.
"If you look at people who were born in the '50s, what predicted the earning power in adult life was reading, writing and arithmetic," he said. "Those things are still important but what's added to that list is what we call application – your ability to put your knowledge into action."
Professor Westwell has just returned from a UN schools summit in Thailand where, he said, educators from south-east Asian nations talked about "effective thinkers" rather than heads filled with facts.
But RMIT University literacy expert Heather Fehring said the Australian system was already focused on teaching problem solving, which was why students did not perform as well as some on standardised tests.
"Of course, that doesn't mean we can't strive to have more basic literacy in a number of our communities," Associate Professor Fehring said.
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Guest article by Jerome Manson
The younger brother to Baltimore Ravens coach, John Harbaugh, Jim has had no problem making a name for himself in the NFL. After 14 seasons as a starting quarterback, in which her garnered the nickname "Captain Comeback" after leading the Colts on a post season run with late game turnarounds, Jim went on to start his coaching career. After stints of offensive and assistant coaching positions, Jim
Harbaugh took the head coaching position at Stanford University.
The Comeback Kid to Turn Around Guru
Harbaugh quickly made a name for himself and proved to be a very capable head coach. The Cardinals had gone 1-11 in the year previous to Harbaugh taking the position, and with him at the helm they would go on to win the Orange Bowl four years later. More impressively, the Cardinals had a winning record against the USC Trojan powerhouse under Harbaugh, going 2-1 which included one of the "greatest upsets of all time." This ability to turn a struggling team around made him a commodity in the NFL where he inevitably ended up at our beloved San Francisco 49ers. The turnaround that Harbaugh was able to produce with the 49ers is simply staggering. Almost everyone thought that we would need a few rebuilding years at least before the 49ers started to show progress, and the lockout that threatened Harbaugh's first season
looked to hurt teams in transition. The fact that Harbaugh turned a team that was 6-10 in 2010, to a 13-3 team in 2011 plus a NFC championship matchup is simply astounding, and now the 49ers are Super Bowl favorites.
What Makes Harbaugh Different?
The fact that Harbaugh can such drastic affects on two different teams, playing at different levels, shows
that there is something about his coaching techniques that produces results where other coaches could
Harbaugh and the San Francisco 49ers have found a great fit with one another, and Alex Smith is turning into the franchise quarterback that fans have been hoping for underneath the coach's wing. Not trying to jinx anything, but hopefully the 49ers can maintain their momentum and capitalize in the post season under Harbaugh's keen eye and go for the big one.
Jerome Manson is a sports
enthusiast who enjoys both watching games and writing about them. When he is not cheering on his team from
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Mad about Maboneng
I started my Human Rights Day in the Maboneng Precinct with breakfast at Canteen (flapjacks with mascarpone and berries). It was a frivolous start to what is an important day, described on parliament's website as 'an affirmation by common people, rising in unison to proclaim their rights'. Sixty-nine people died that day in 1960 and 180 were wounded when police fired on the crowd that had gathered to protest against the pass laws.
Although my breakfast was frivolous, the Maboneng Precinct isn't. To me, the area's continued growth as Joburg's cultural heartland is, in its own small way, an example of what those protestors were fighting for: the idea of all South Africans having the freedom to create, associate, debate and forge their own identities, independent of the state.
And of course, the arts have always been linked to the human rights movement; the health of 1 is linked inextricably to the other, with freedom of expression at the core of their relationship. Artists are often activists, who stand up to the establishment, tell untold, uncomfortable truths and question the status quo.
Art hinges on the right to freedom of expression and Maboneng provides a space that cultivates that right. This area in downtown Jozi is just growing and growing, with the latest addition to its mix of creative spaces being POPArt, an acronym for 'People of Performing Art', which is an alternative theatre space in the Main Street Life building. Inspired by history, ideas, geography, identity – many different things – the performers at POPArt are using this new creative space to say something about who they are, where they are, what they find important…
The last week of every month at POPArt features a fantastic line-up of regular shows. This week alone, you'll be spoilt for choice. Wednesday 28 March is Open Stage Night, and the line-up will include a dance piece by Sylvester Majela and 2 excerpts from shows headed for the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. The first, Finding Nemorena is 'a comedy starring George Sotiropolous and Lamar Bonhomme about a search for hope in South Africa today'. The second, Paul Slabolepszy's play Over the Hill, is 'set in the locker-room of a rugby club, starring Cara Roberts and Ashalin Singh'.
On Thursday 29 March you can spend some time with Shotgun Tori, while on Friday 30 March, you can catch Causing a Scene by 'green' theatre activist Kyla Davis, who recently won an Arts and Culture Trust Award.
Art hinges on the right to freedom of expression and Maboneng provides a space that cultivates that right.
Saturday 31 March is set aside for balladry composition and Sunday 1 April is time for the Jozi House of Poetry's Human Right's themed session, featuring performance poets Makhosazana Xaba, Phillippa Yaa de Villiers and Vangile Gantsho. I am a big fan; I think performance poetry is under-rated in South Africa and it's great that it's being promoted.
In the rest of the Maboneng Precinct, the jam-packed programme for the week around Human Right's Day kicks off with the opening of 10 Years on Air an exhibition in Maboneng's new art space, MOAD, located at 281 Commissioner Street. It's described as 'an urban museum and events space that will focus on problem solving design and large scale art exhibitions'. The exhibition is open every evening from 7pm to 10pm until the end of May.
The Bioscope continues to host Jozi's only music, animation, film and illustration 'mash-up night'. On 24 March, it 'celebrates the release of new local music, features a performance from one of JHB's most-loved live acts and debuts three new collaborative projects that pool the super-powers of more than 50 creatives'. Fire in Babylon also starts on 23 March at the Bioscope, telling the story of how the West Indies triumphed over its colonial masters through sport and on Sunday 25 March from 2pm at the Main Street Life rooftop, you can listen to international DJ Chris Powell, as well as regular DJs, Disco Yoquei and DJ Danger Ingozi.
Also on the cards soon, after her Nirox exhibition shutdown party, artist Hannelie Coetzee will be opening her new artist studio at Arts on Main. On Thursday night, you can get your weekly dose of 'Real Comedy' with Loyiso Gola and friends at Pata Pata. Eat your Heart Out, a new restaurant at the Fox Street Studios, is also now open for business with an official event to formalise this on 29 March.
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The advocates of Votes for Women were criticized, called all sorts of names, attacked by onlookers when they marched in parades. They persisted, even when some of their friends suggested that picketing the White House and Congress might be ill advised. Although my grandmother Edna didn't go to jail (she would have, if not for her fragile health), she supported those who went to jail, stood their ground and suffered the consequences because they believed that they couldn't count on President Woodrow Wilson to rally the necessary political support for a constitutional amendment. At times they were down to requiring only one or two votes to move the amendment to the next stage of passage. Mary Nolan was the oldest picket at the White House who at age 75, hailed from Florida. She said during her trial: "I am guilty if there is any guilt in the demand for freedom."
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CAMBRIDGE: Target zones are the new buzz words in international policy debates. The French call for new international monetary arrangements that will put paid to today's supposedly benign neglect of currency fluctuations. The Germans have jumped onto the bandwagon, and the Japanese, whether they mean it or not, express great interest. Should we believe that target zones, to be discussed at the upcoming Cologne Summit, offer a blueprint for the Euro-dollar rate to move in a narrow range, and that the Yen will stop its wild dance?
There is no chance that America will join a scheme that limits its flexibility and puts responsibility for US economic performance in the hands of financially inexperienced and statist-minded socialist governments. Equally remote is the chance that the US will agree with Japan on narrow exchange rate margins; the Japanese can't manage their own economy, so why should America tie itself to their misfortunes?
The superficial reason for target zones is that without large fluctuations between the dollar and the yen, the Asian currency crisis would not have happened. True, the dollar/ yen rate moved a lot in the last 5 years; the Yen rose to 80Yen/$1 and dipped all the way to the 140Yen/$1.
Currencies like Thailand's bhat, then fixed to the dollar, went on a joy ride when the dollar weakened. But they crashed when the Yen tumbled. Much the same happened elsewhere in Asia. Currency movements, however, were merely the straw that broke the camel's back. Asia's crisis had much more to do with mountains of irresponsibly short debts and woeful banking systems. They are where the dynamite was placed; the dollar/yen rate was merely the spark that lit the fuse.


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Heifer's India Adventure
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Emma spent this week with Aunty Kamlesh in her village in Rajasthan, India. It was so so hot! Kamlesh is a unique lady in her village. She is a member of a group that received goats as a gift from another group of women. Passing on the gift of animals from family to family is a big part of how Heifer International works to end hunger and poverty around the world.
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MODELS: Classics of the Open Road
by Bob Hagin
November 12, 2001
When it gets close to Christmas our mailman is burdened with dozens of catalogs peddling all sorts of articles from kilts to kitchen ware. We get a good number of automotive catalogs, of course, and this year one in particular attracted my attention. The Danbury Mint produces die-cast metal replicas of all kinds of cars and trucks as well as auto related items.
For one who has been involved with wheeled things most of his life, the current Danbury Mint catalog, "Classics of the Open Road" provided me with another stroll down memory lane. These are the items that especially attracted me:
MOBILE SERVICE STATION CLOCK - The Mobile service station model on page 6 bears a striking resemblance to the one I rented as my first self-owned repair shop and used car lot but with one noticeable exception: While the service bays and lift in the model are indoors and relatively cozy, mine were out in the open and exposed to the weather. This wasn't so bad in good weather but in the rain, it was difficult to get much done. My dad, a retired private investigator, came in every day for the two years I was there to simply hang around and hold an umbrella over me during inclement weather. Fortunately it doesn't snow in Oakland, CA.
WWII JEEP - When I served my 11 months in Korea in '53 and '54, I drove a military Jeep. I think it was labeled the Type M-38. It had a more rounded hood and a softer profile than the original World War II version. But there were lots of the old models in service with the South Korean army. The war was just over when I got there (I never saw a shot fired in anger) and the peace talks were going on in a field tent in Panmunjom. I was assigned to the Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG), an organization that had been assisting the South Korean government in putting together an army since the end of World War II. To distinguish the U.S. Army KMAG Jeeps from those of the South Korean Army, our motor pools drilled a series of holes in the front quarter-panels of our Jeeps that spelled out the letters "KMAG." At the start of the Korean war, our units were overrun and a few of these KMAG Jeeps were captured. One of our officers told us that when the peace talks started, the Chinese and North Korean negotiators all showed up in these captured KMAG Jeeps, just like the one pictured on Page 8 of the catalog.
THE SCHWINN BLACK PHANTOM - Few of us who spent our childhoods in the '30s and '40s will ever forget our first bicycle. It was a vehicle that provided exhilarating freedom and mobility that we didn't experience again until we got our driver's licenses. My bike was a well-used Schwinn like the Black Phantom shown on Page 10 but for whatever reason, I couldn't keep its front wheel bearing from seizing up and I spent more time dragging it home than riding it. Five decades later when I was a high school auto shop teacher, an old Schwinn was given to us along with several other bikes and two VW Beetles. A fellow teacher admired the Schwinn and since he'd transported the cars for us, I gave it to him. Later I learned that it was an original '30s version and still had it's original '36 license plate. Today those old Schwinns are very valuable.
1940 FORD DELUXE COUPE - Page 22 contains a model of the 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe, a car that is of particular importance to me. During World War II, my father had a beat-up '40 Ford Tudor sedan that he used for commuting from San Francisco south to the California Imperial Valley. On occasion he'd let me drive it if the road was lightly traveled and to a 11-year old boy, it was a thrill of a lifetime. Later my brother Don owned a '40 Ford Deluxe convertible coupe and ultimately, this was the car I learned to drive on. I quickly discovered that it's easier to learn to drive from your father than it is from your short-tempered older brother.
1949 FORD CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE - Don Burstein was a high school buddy whose family was better off than my own. While the rest of us were bumming rides from parents and older siblings, Don cruised around the streets in his year-old black '49 Ford Custom Convertible with the top down an the radio blasting (yes, kids, we did it back then too!), a situation Don described as a definite Chick Magnet. On occasion, several of us would pile in with Don on his cruises but we came to the conclusion that Don's "swell" (cool) Chick Magnet was only as hot as the guys that were in it. Page 22 shows a '49 Ford Custom Convertible just like the one Don Burstein used to troll for girls.
1955 OLDSMOBILE SUPER 88 - The '55 Olds Super 88 on page 26 is without a doubt my favorite vehicle in the catalog. In '58 I was a member of a generic sports car club that met monthly at a boat house by Oakland's Lake Merritt. The president of the club, Bob Wiles, was a friend of several years whose sister, Carole, was not particularly interested in sports cars but was dating a club member who owned a very high-class Mercedes-Benz 300SL gullwing coupe. The owner of the Mercedes couldn't attend one evening in October but Carole came anyway on a lark, driving her mother's '55 Oldsmobile Super 88. It sported the same color scheme as the one pictured in the catalog on page 26. We "officially" met for the first time in the parking lot before the meeting and as they say, we hit it off. We were married a few months later. Although we may have connected at some later date, I'm thankful that Carole's mother relented and let her drive her "fabulous" (a quote from the catalog) Oldsmobile that night.
The "Classics of the Open Road" catalog is free and as easy to get as calling 1-800-493-2934. You might find a few memories of your own in its pages.


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There are several advantages here:
some plain text editors can be order of magnitude more distraction free vs. Word - there are several markdown editors capitalizing on this such as
iA Writer
With Mou or Markdownpad you can create a standard css file for the final output, and preview this in the editor.
Mou can export extremely clean html straight to Sigil, and you can use the exact same css in Sigil you were using in the Markdown editor.
You could take Calibre out of the ePub production workflow, which I think is a good thing for retail/commercial books. You can still use Calibre for converting to mobi though.
Special formatting - e.g. the centered text example here, would need to be handled by inserting html directly into the markdown text, basically just wrap those lines in <div> or <p> tags with a class assigned, and have that class defined in your css. There are examples of that in the thread I linked.
If you really wanted to stay away from Sigil Calibre could also convert the markdown text to ePub, and you'd just take the css from Mou and stick that in Calibre's extra css settings.
Markdown in general has become my preferred way to fix up horribly formatted books vs. trying to massage the existing html or using Word/rtf.
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Techno overlord Boys Noize has spilled the tracking for his forthcoming and hotly anticipated album 'Out of the Black' on Twitter including a Snoop Dogg/Lion Collaboration (we picked it)!
The album totes a middle of the road 14 tracks including the Australian only "Ich Jack" and "Yeah" and bucks the widening trend of single and EP-only releases.
Already we've been privvy to two singles, coincidently the first and second on the record "What You Want" and "XTC" although the German producer was also filmed playing the Snoop Dogg jam at this years HARD Miami festival (video below).
It's been a busy start to the year with a side project surfacing with Skrillex titled 'Dog Blood' that has received mixed reviews. Boys Noize will finish the year with a massive European and US tour with a hopeful stint early next year in Australia.
'Out of the Black' is due out October 12th.
Out of the Black
1. What You Want
3. Missle
4. Ich R U
5. Rocky 2
6. Circus Full Of Clowns
7. Conchord
8. Touch It
9. Reality
10. Merlin
11. Stop
12. Got It ft. Snoop Dogg
13. Ich Jack (Australian bonus track)
14. Yeah (Australian bonus track)


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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Review by Megaman1981
"The world of Termina is a dark and scary place."
Let me start this review by saying that I absolutely love the Legend of Zelda series. It's funny; I wasn't a huge fan of the series until I got Ocarina of Time on my N64. That game changed my life. It was the first game that I ever played that made me say wow, and to this day is the only game to ever do that. That was in 1998, and Ocarina of Time is hailed as the greatest game of all time by many, including me. Well, the challenge by Nintendo was to try and top it. In late 2000, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask was released. While it isn't as good as Ocarina of Time, it still is one of the best games ever created. One interesting thing to point out, Majora's Mask was released on the same day as the Playstation 2. While the PS2's launch may have overshadowed Majora's Mask a bit, it no doubt was still a successful game that most N64 owners invested in.
Gameplay is by far the most important aspect of any video game to me. That is what makes the Zelda series so popular to both me and gamers, everywhere. The gameplay is always top notch. I don't ever remember a Zelda game that was difficult to play. Well, Ocarina of Time was the first Zelda game to be made in 3D. The build up for this game was nothing short of astronomical. The game was in development for several years, and was delayed several times as well. All of this waiting was for good reason. First of all the camera was perfect. Mario 64 was great, but the camera was a little wacky at times. Let me say that the camera will never hinder your progress in this game. When in battle, simply tap the Z button to lock on to your enemy. This will always let you see your enemy at all times. I guess that is pretty important in a 3D game. Thankfully all of the positive aspects form Ocarina of Time is present in Majora's Mask. Some people say the camera is a bit wacky at times, but don't listen to them. Majora's camera is perfect.
What also makes the gameplay awesome is the way the controller is setup. The Zelda series has always been about Link always having several weapons to help him on his quest. The trick to making a 3D game was how to use them. The N64 uses the C buttons for Link's sub weapons and to control the camera. Link also must use his shield to defend himself. This is vital in any 3D Zelda game. Link also of course uses a sword as his main weapon. I must say that Majora's Mask is a bit harder of a game than Ocarina of Time. I thought that Ocarina of Time was a bit too easy, but Majora's Mask has clearly fixed that. Now the enemies are smarter and more deadly. There is also a time limit in the game as well, but more on that in a moment. Now gamers can't simply take their time when in dungeons, because of the time limit. Also Link during the game will come across more than 40 masks. Most of them are one trick ponies, but three are vital to your quest. The three masks, a Deku Mask, a Goron Mask, and a Zora Mask allow Link to actually transform into a Deku Scrub, Goron, or Zora. This adds quite a bit of gameplay and strategy.
The story to Majora's Mask is awesome. Nintendo easily could have just given us an Ocarina of Time rehash, but they didn't. The story begins as Link is searching for a lost friend in an unchartered area of the Lost Woods. This friend is most likely Navi the fairy from Ocarina of Time, but it's never said. As Link continues to search on Epona the horse, a small imp called the skull kid attacks Link with his two fairies. The skull kid steals Epona and the Ocarina of Time. After searching for a while, Link finds the skull kid who then turns Link into a Deku Scrub. One of the skull kid's fairies is left behind by mistake, and becomes Link's new partner fairy.
Link then finds himself in the land of Termina, and the similarities to Hyrule are very similar. Termina is in fact an alternate version of Hyrule. One problem. The moon above Termina will crash in three days. After searching for those three days, Link finally gets his Ocarina back and after remembering the Song of Time that Zelda taught him, Link uses the Ocarina to go back in time to the beginning of the three day cycle. This also changes Link back into his original form. Basically while Link must save the Four Giants from the four temples in Termina, he only had three days to do it. Using the Ocarina of Time, Link can keep reliving those three days over and over again in order to complete his quest.
The only downside to rewinding time is that Link will lose all of his weapons such as bombs and arrows. In case you haven't already guessed, this is how you save in the game. So when you do begin a new day, you will have to buy new sub weapons each time. However, you can save all of your rupees at the bank before you save so you don't lose them. Also all of the dungeon puzzles will reset when you save, so you must complete a dungeon on one sweep threw. The three days in the game are equal to about an hour of real time. However, you can alter the game time by using different songs in your Ocarina.
How about the graphics? Well, when this game came out in 2000, it was probably the best looking N64 game. While most games back then had blocky characters, Link looked brilliant. It actually looked like he was ripped straight out of a Gamecube game, and put in an N64 game. Also each environment is wonderful. From the plush and colorful Termina field, to the beautiful Snowhead Temple, each environment you visit will leave you speechless. That's impressive considering this game was made in 2000. Yes there are better looking games out there, but nothing wows me like Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. However, with Majora's Mask the expansion pack must be used. This is sold separately or packaged with Donkey Kong 64. The game won't run without it, but the visuals have been given a clear upgrade because of it. The N64 fuzziness, common in all N64 games is gone.
The music is once again top notch. All of the over world themes are nice, to Clock Town, to the boss theme, each tune is quite memorable. Each of the four areas outside of Clock Town also has the same style of music, but remixed for each area. Nice touch! The best part about the music. The Zelda theme song is back. It was missing from Ocarina of Time, but has made a return when in Termina field.
This game is busting with replay value for a number of reasons. First, Majora's Mask is a very long game. Second, even after you do beat the game, there are numerous side quests for Link to complete. Collecting all 40 masks alone will take quite a bit of time, but is the best part of the game.
In conclusion, Majora's Mask is one of those games that simply must be played. It's a true classic, and shows why the Legend of Zelda series is so popular. This game was a fine way for the N64 to go out with a bang. It was great then, and still is today. Try and find a copy from the N64, or play it on the Gamecube with the Collector's Edition. Either way, find some way to get this game into your collection.
Reviewer's Rating: 5.0 - Flawless
Originally Posted: 02/01/05, Updated 02/24/05
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Carnival Valor - Eastern Caribbean: Carnival Valor Cruise Review by kim
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Carnival Valor - Eastern Caribbean
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
Rooms: Our room was very nice and clean. We, my husband and myself, we left the kids at home so we had a balcony on this cruise the one before we had an oceanview window. Go for the balcony it is well worth it. I will never go back to an oceanveiw window again, we loved the balcony. I will get a balcony next time even with the kids. It was beautiful to sit and watch the sunset and to just sit out there away from the crowds. The room was very clean. The staff was was very nice. we would go get dinner at Rosies and bring it back to the room and eat it on the balcony.
Entertainment: What can O say about the entertainment? The shows they were awesome. go to as many as you can. We loved them.
FOOD: I can say only one thing -- they feed you very well on the More cruise. Food all day from pizza to sandwiches. So much food and ice cream, pizza 24 hours a day. Rosies was very good. Hamburgs and hot dogs, fish and chips, room service 24 hours a day. The dinning room food was very good too, We only went twice to the dining room -- we went on formal night and one other night but we were on vacation I did not feel like dressing up to go eat.
If you drink a lot of soda get the fountain card it will save a lot of money and you can drink all the soda you want. On the boat at the bars get the red Carnival cups to drink from with your fountain card. And because they have juices all day long and you just refill the cup whenever you want to.
NASSAU: It was nice. It had nice jewelry.
St. Thomas: Very very dirty but great prices on jewelry. On the shopping, they have a guy who does a shopping show on board the ship -- very helpful -- will tell you where to get the best prices and who to ask for in the store for discounts.
St. Maarten: Was beautiful go to the beach by water taxi -- you pay $5.00 and you can ride the water taxi all day as many as you want to. Rent beach chairs and relax. We, my husband and myself and 2 other couples that we were traveling with, we all rented a chair and jet skis we all had a BLAST!!!! WE ALL HAD SO MUCH FUN then we went back to the boat had lunch cleaned up and went shopping.
SHIP: Well on the ship for the days at sea walk around the ship - there is so much to look at. It is beautiful, very well kept and very clean. If you get to go go to the newlywed game in the Ivanhoe theatre -- if you miss it it will be on the tv on the ship channel. if you are a non- smoker on one side of the ship on the argonaut Lido deck they have no smoking. They have a pool deck for non smokers too it is called the Prometheus. It is in the back of the ship. It has a bar, two hot tubs and a pool, and ice cream machines and that is where the pizza is. And if it rains the roof over the deck closes to keep you out of the rain. The hamburg and hot dogs are out there too.
If you are going to buy anything on the ship wait till the day before the last day of your cruise. The shops have sales on everything. I almost forgot -- if you are a smoker -- in port at the store you can buy smokes for $12.00 a carton. You can bring some home too. Alcohol is very cheap too at ports.
I almost forget the music on the Argonaut Lido deck is very loud so if you want to be able to hear what people are say to you might want to go to another part of the ship or another deck.
THE STAFF: Very friendly and very helpful when we needed something.
Debarkation: We were off the boat by 9:45 am -- no problem. Less
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When Huck was just a little guy, he was unfairly besotted with an unfortunate case of the bumps. You know, infant acne. Oh, the rudeness. I did all the reading and talked to all the pediatricians I could get on the phone and then tried everything they recommended. More frequent baths, less frequent baths, less lotion, more lotion, rubbing breast milk on him (breast milk solves everything!), switching detergents, waiting it out. Nothing really helped. I started to feel so bad for him.
And then one day, quite by accident, I stumbled on a solution that cleared his sweet little face nearly overnight…
Lanolin. Of all the things!
You can find lanolin in a whole lot of different products, from nipple creams to baby lotions. (Try to find it in a formula with mineral oil for best results.) I slathered it on one night and by the next hour the redness had faded and the next morning his skin was clear and smooth as a baby's bum. It also made him look like a greasy baldy while it was soaking in, which is sort of a funny side effect that I got a kick out of.
If your little dude is similarly besotted, give it a try! (It also clears up cradle cap!) Good luck!


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Green Investment Yields Green Returns for Many College CampusesFaced with a serious parking-space shortage, Cornell University devised a carpooling and bus-pass system to get students and staff out of their cars rather than build new parking lots. Savings: $3.1 million.With one truck and a crew of six, the University of Wisconsin last year collected 1,000 tons of surplus equipment, from chairs to computers, and put them up for sale instead of sending them to the landfill. Savings and sales revenue totaled nearly $242,000.
These and dozens of other schools across the nation are discovering that conservation on campus pays off in a healthy bottom line as well as a healthier environment, according to a new report from the National Wildlife Federation´s Campus Ecology® program.
"Green Investment, Green Return: How Practical Conservation Projects Save Millions on America´s Campuses" highlights 23 cost-saving conservation initiatives at 15 public and private colleges. Annual savings per project range from just over $1,000 for composting of landscape waste at the University of Colorado to $9 million for a massive retrofitting of lights, motors, weather stripping and heating and air conditioning at the University of Buffalo. Together, the 23 projects saved $16.8 million.
"The implications of this study are incredible," says NWF President Mark Van Putten. "When the average annual campus savings are multiplied across the remaining 3,685 campuses nationwide, the potential for savings tops $2.6 billion."
Since 1989, NWF´s Campus Ecology organizers have worked with students, faculty and administrators to promote environmental awareness and action at more than a third of the nation´s colleges.
NWF Aids Natives to Safeguard Lake EcosystemIt is sometimes described as the "Everglades of the North"--an area of the North Woods of Wisconsin where the Kakogan Sloughs/Bad River watershed ends in a wild rice and wetlands area on the shore of Lake Superior.The future of this region, home to imperiled wood turtles (right), northern goshawks, wolves and trumpeter swans, is closely linked to forest-management decisions made by many landowners and managers.
NWF has joined the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa tribe to promote forestry practices that will restore and protect this valuable ecosystem. They are developing a handbook to urge land-owners, forestry companies and regulatory agencies to adopt practices that will protect important wildlife habitat, including den sites for wolves, travel corridors for wildlife and stable riverbanks that control sedimentation.
"Even in the Lake Superior Basin, which is relatively undeveloped, land ownership is fragmented," says Laura Rose-Day, Lake Superior project manager in NWF´s Great Lakes Field Office. "Many landowners must work together to protect the natural heritage of the region."
Metal-Finishing Industry Pledges to Cut PollutionIn the first such agreement worked out between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a single industry, metal-finishing companies across the country have voluntarily pledged to cut pollution beyond required levels.The agreement is part of EPA´s Common Sense Initiative, which seeks to find new ways to cut pollution in six major industries that account for about 12 percent of toxics released in this country. Guy Williams, pollution prevention specialist in NWF´s Great Lakes Field Office in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was part of the committee that worked out the agreement.
The industry, which applies finishes to everything from jewelry to military aircraft, releases substantial amounts of solvents and cancer-causing metals, such as chromium and cadmium, into the air and water, Williams says.
Under the new agreement, the industry plans to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals into the air and water by 90 percent. It further plans to cut releases of metals by 50 percent and disposal of hazardous sludge by 50 percent--all by the year 2002.
Federation Asks Members for Help to Protect WolvesIn a special appeal bound into the center of this issue, NWF is asking its members to help support a campaign to allow wolves to continue to live in Yellowstone.
Donations from members will help fund NWF´s efforts to reverse a federal judge´s decision which was based on a legal technicality. The judge ordered removal of more than 150 reintroduced gray wolves and their offspring from Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. NWF was a leader in the 20-year struggle to return the animals to their native habitat in the Yellowstone ecosystem.
"The wolf reintroduction campaign reversed decades of wrong-headed thinking about predators and represents a real victory for commonsense conservation," says Tom France, an attorney in NWF´s Northern Rockies Field Office in Missoula, Montana. "To undo it would be a tragedy of the first order."
Returning wolves to the park is not an exercise based on a romantic yearning to return to yesteryear. Without wolves, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is badly out of balance. The elk populations have grown far too large, and they are destroying the park´s plant life. This upsets the dynamic balance of various predator and prey animals and most of the plant life as well.
Clearly, the public agrees with wolf restoration. In a poll commissioned by NWF, 63 percent of those surveyed said they oppose the judge´s order. If "removal" means killing the wolves, opposition soars to 84 percent. And if higher courts fail to overturn the judge´s order, 68 percent say Congress should act to keep the wolves where they are.
While people argue over their future, the wolves continue to thrive, France reports.
At least 8 breeding pairs in Yellowstone and 13 pairs in Idaho should lead to significant increases in wolf numbers this spring. Elk and deer herds--the wolves´ principal prey--also have done well as a result of the mild winter in the Northern Rockies.
HCP Promise May Widen Risk for Rare SpeciesA controversial rule guaranteeing landowners no future surprises under the Endangered Species Act is drawing fire from NWF and other conservation groups.
Despite strong opposition from environmentalists, the Clinton administration has issued a final policy promising landowners who enter into a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) that their obligations to protect endangered species will not go beyond those stated in the plan--even if the plan fails and jeopardizes a species´ survival. An HCP is essentially a deal cut between a federal agency and a landowner to allow development to go forward in exchange for conservation measures undertaken by the property owner.
"Giving landowners assurances about their future obligations would make sense if we were securing good conservation plans in return," says NWF Counsel John Kostyack. "Unfortunately, the administration´s policy effectively locks in management strategies that many believe will prove harmful to endangered wildlife. Before we give long-term assurances to landowners, we should ensure that plans contain basic scientific safeguards, including provisions for taking corrective actions if the plans fail to achieve their goals."
NWF Promotes Habitat Plans to Churches With guidance from NWF´s Backyard Wildlife Habitat™ program, more and more church congregations are working as stewards of the land and its creatures.
At least 30 churches in 19 states already have backyard habitats certified by NWF. Community Lutheran Church in Sterling, Virginia, for example, has installed a two-acre Hedgerow Habitat Trail with native plants, bat houses, bird-feeding stations and butterfly hibernation boxes.
To persuade more churches and faith organizations to get involved, NWF recently cosponsored a national conference called "Keeping the Garden," which focused in part on wildlife conservation and outdoor-education programs.
"Churches represent huge groups of people who already have strong links to each other," says Heather Carskaddan, manager of NWF´s Backyard Wildlife Habitat program. "If we can mobilize them for the environment, they can accomplish a great deal."
Year of Ocean Focuses on Threats to Coastal AreasNWF is commemorating 1998 as the International Year of the Ocean and June 8 as Oceans Day by publicizing the growing threats to marine life and habitats.At its annual meeting, NWF passed a resolution endorsing the United Nations´ designation of 1998 as International Year of the Ocean. NWF pledged to educate the public about such perils as polluted runoff which causes fish kills, creates oxygen-depleted "dead zones" and sickens people who live or play near contaminated beaches.
To help schools and other organizations celebrate Oceans Day on June 8, NWF and the Canadian Wildlife Federation have produced a special poster featuring an endangered baby leatherback sea turtle. The poster includes activities for children and tips about what people can do at home and in their communities to help protect coastlines and oceans.
For more information about NWF´s oceans initiative and a free poster, contact NWF´s Northeast Field Office.
Bison Ad Campaign Appeals for Help to Stop Slaughter Through radio and airport ads, NWF and the InterTribal Bison Cooperative (ITBC) are appealing directly to the people of Montana for help in ending the state-sanctioned slaughter of wild bison that wander outside Yellowstone National Park. Last year, more than 1,000 bison were killed. The ITBC is an organization of 45 tribes founded by Native Americans in 1990 to assist and coordinate efforts to bring bison back to Indian lands.
The ads explain an NWF-ITBC plan to disease-test bison that cross the park border and to move healthy animals to tribal lands. They urge Montanans to call on state officials to end their current practice of killing bison that move onto public land outside Yellowstone.
The state´s rationale for this modern-day slaughter is that a small percentage of wild bison have been exposed to brucellosis, which can cause abortions in cattle. "There is no evidence that Yellowstone bison are as severely affected by brucellosis as cattle and there has never been a documented case of a park bison having passed the microbe to cattle," says Steve Torbit, senior scientist at NWF´s Rocky Mountain Natural Resource Center in Boulder, Colorado.
Yellowstone elk, which come into contact with livestock far more frequently than bison do, also show signs of brucellosis exposure. Yet no one has suggested killing the many thousands of elk that migrate out of Yellowstone every year. The bison killing, notes Torbit, "seems even less justified in light of the ITBC´s standing offer to take the roaming wild bison, quarantine them, remove any that test positive for brucellosis and use the remainder to restock reservations."
NWF also has sent a newsletter to 7,300 families who visited its bison information kiosk at Yellowstone last summer to update them on the bison situation and ask for their continued help in appealing to Montana officials. At the time of this writing, the Federation plans to reopen the Yellowstone kiosk on Memorial Day weekend.
NWF´s 62nd Annual MeetingThe protection of wildlife habitat was the focus of NWF´s annual meeting held along the banks of the Potomoc River in March, just before cherry blossom time.
NWF´s volunteer Chairman Gerald R. Barber reported that NWF´s affiliates have combined innovative strategies with time-honored grass-roots political action to make big strides in the protection of vital wildlife habitats across the nation.
At the meeting, delegates from 45 states and territories passed 19 conservation-policy resolutions.
Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt delivered a ringing endorsement for the continued presence of wolves in Yellowstone National Park, in spite of a federal judge´s order that they be removed. Babbitt declared, "Having put those wolves in Yellowstone, there is no way they´re leaving on my watch."
Two new NWF regional directors were elected: Dan Deeb of Indiana and Harmon Shade of South Carolina.
Resource Panels Explore Methods for Effective ActionDelegates and members attended Conservation Round Tables on how climate change will affect wildlife habitat; how Habitat Conservation Plans are helping--and also threatening--endangered species; how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to issue new wetlands destruction permits; and how backyard habitats provide opportunities for cooperation between NWF affiliates and other like-minded organizations.
Other Conservation Round Tables explored how NWF and the InterTribal Bison Cooperative made conservation history when they formalized their partnership in January 1997; dangers posed by runoff pollution, including the toxic microbe Pfiesteria; and innovative approaches to floodplain management.
Mark Van Putten Cites High Value of Name-Dropping NWF President Mark Van Putten told a large Saturday morning audience how he has become a name-dropper in the best Washington, D.C., tradition. However, Van Putten pointed out he had not begun to drop the names of people whose first names were Senator, or Representative, or Secretary or even Vice President or President. "The names I drop," Van Putten said, "are the names of volunteer grass-roots activists who work 12 months a year to protect the natural resources upon which all our lives and wildlife depend."
Addressing the assembled delegates and other volunteer conservationists, Van Putten continued, "I have become a shameless name-dropper because I have seen in tangible ways the credibility and clout that comes from the work that you do day in and day out.
"When I saw Senator Graham from Florida," Van Putten said, "I did let the words Florida Wildlife Federation slip from my lips and maybe Manley Fuller [FWF president]." Van Putten mentioned a half-dozen examples of dropping NWF volunteers´ names in meetings with federal officials, including President Clinton.
"It´s the genuineness of your lifelong dedication to conservation that makes the National Wildlife Federation a player in the nation´s capital," he said.
NWF Awards Honor Conservation AchievementsThe National Conservation Achievement Awards are presented annually to individuals and organizations that have been leaders in spreading conservation messages. This year´s winners included:
Rep. Furse: Listen, Work Together to Save ResourcesCongresswoman Elizabeth Furse, completing her third and final term as U.S. Representative from Oregon´s First District, spoke about her life as an activist. Furse is renowned for a valiant attempt in her first term to repeal the Salvage Timber Rider, a measure that allowed irresponsible logging of the Northwest´s old-growth timber. Rep. Furse told annual meeting attendees how the only consitutionally guaranteed protection of the environment is a treaty signed by Indian tribes and the U.S. government.
"And I would say that for us who care so much about the environment, we must partner with every powerful consitutency," she said. "And in my belief, there is no more powerful constituency than the tribes across this great land."
Rep. Furse continued, "In working with native communities, the most important thing we must do is listen, to understand, to work together, to realize that we, too, have the great honor of being cosigners of those treaties, and that we have those treaties´ guarantees behind us as we fight ... for the right for our grandchildren to have those resources."


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Home Service Bulletin No. 1: Whipped Toppings And Desserts Without Whipping Cream
The front panel has black and red deco with a drawing on the right of hands using a hand mixer in a mixing bowl above a red box that reads, "This is one of a series of bulletins issued by the House Service Department, Carnation Company, Los Angeles, California." At the top is "Home Service Bulletin No. 4" above the title on the left. At the bottom are two carnations. The back panel has "2 ways to save with Carnation Milk" at the top above a promo to use Carnation Milk with coffee or tea or for infant feeding. There are two cans of Carnation Evaporated Milk in front of two carnations in the lower right. The first inside panel has tips for "Whipped Toppings and Desserts Without Whipping Cream" with recipes light whip, medium whip and stiff whip. Following are recipes for Beverages (Hot Chocolate and Orange Frost), Pies (Chocolate Lime Swirl and Chocolate Chiffon Pie), Frozen Creams (Apricot Velvet Cream, Peppermint Stick Parfait and "No Cream" Ice Cream) and Puddings (Pudding Warm Sauce). There is a coupon to send for a free copy of "Velvet Blend Book."
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Carnation Milk
Publisher: Carnation Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1940 (ca.)
13.7 x 8.3 cm
Language: English
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Citation: Home Service Bulletin No. 1: Whipped Toppings And Desserts Without Whipping Cream. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=4334


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The decision of the Upper Tax Tribunal and Chancery Chamber in the case of The Independent Schools Council v The Charity Commission for England & Wales was published on 13 October.
The case concerned two related (but separate) sets of proceedings.
The first was an application for judicial review brought by the claimant, the Independent Schools Council (ISC) seeking an order to quash certain parts of guidance issued by the Charity Commission (CC). The guidance concerned comprised of the "Charities and Public Benefit - the Charity Commission's General Guidance on Public Benefit" (issued January 2008) and "Public Benefit and Fee Charging" and "The Advancement of Education for the Public Benefit" (both issued in December 2008). The claim form alleged that the guidance included errors of law in respect of the public benefit requirement as applied to charities which charged fees for their charitable activities, and in particular as applied to independent schools. The defendant was the Charity Commission. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and the Education Review Group (ERG) were later joined as interveners.
The second was a reference by the Attorney General under the Charities Act 1993 of several questions of charity law to the Tribunal for a decision, concerning a hypothetical independent school. There were no parties to the reference when it was made. The CC and ISC were later joined as parties.
The two proceedings were dealt with in the course of a single hearing. The central issues of both proceedings concerned the public benefit requirement as it applies to independent schools, and in particular (1) what the governing instrument of a school needs to provide in order for the school to be capable of being a charity, and (2) what a school actually needs to do to be seen as operating for the public benefit.
The key points of the decision are as follows:
- Independent schools do have purposes which are for the public benefit, because the nature of the education they provide is for the public benefit.
- A hypothetical independent school whose sole object is the advancement of the education of children whose families can afford to pay fees representing the cost of the provision of their education does not have purposes which provide that element of public benefit necessary to qualify as a charity. This conclusion would be "all the stronger" if the hypothetical school were to charge fees which were significantly in excess of the cost of education in order to build resources for further development of the school's facilities.
- Where a school is, by its constitution, open to all, it is established for charitable purposes only. Where a school does not have a written constitution, or only has an incomplete one, its purposes are established by looking at the evidence.
- When considering whether a school which is a charity is operating for the public benefit in accordance with its charitable purposes, the primary focus must be on the direct benefits it provides, such as scholarships, bursaries, the sharing of teachers or teaching facilities, and making teaching materials or other facilities such as sports facilities available to state schools. However, less weight should be given to benefits which are provided at little cost to the school. The making available of facilities to the community as a whole cannot be taken into account in this context.
- Independent schools must be seen to be doing enough for those who cannot afford fees if they are to operate for the public benefit.
- The public benefit requirement is satisfied if the school provides some benefit for those not able to afford fees which is more than de minimis or token. However, each case must turn on its own facts and the school trustees must decide how this is to be best achieved in the context of the school's own circumstances.
- The CC's guidance referred to above was too prescriptive and wrong in a number of respects, and should be amended.
The decision itself only applies to educational charities, but may have wider implications for other fee charging charities as guidance in other areas may need to be amended. The CC has welcomed the decision and has said that it will update its guidance in light of it (link below).
Other commentators have noted that the wider question as to whether independent schools should retain their charitable status is a matter for Parliament, but that it seems likely that the status quo will remain for the foreseeable future.
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/RSS/News/pr_upper_tribunal.aspxThis information is intended as a general discussion surrounding the topics covered and is for guidance purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice and should not be regarded as a substitute for taking legal advice. DWF is not responsible for any activity undertaken based on this information.


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" Town Hall Square in Tallinn, Estonia. "
Town Hall Square in Tallinn is quite obviously right beside the city's Town Hall (otherwise it would be named very strangely). The square's actual name though is Raekoja Plats, which is mainly used by locals and not tourists. The square itself can be found right in the middle of Old Town and is extremely hard to miss.
Around the edges of Raekoja Plats are numerous shops, cafes and restaurants. While visiting Tallinn, my sister and I tended to eat at places wherever we got hungry so unfortunately, we didn't get to experience the food or drinks in any of these wonderful looking places. Luckily for them, that didn't seem to be the case for many other tourists. Each restaurant or café window that we walked past showed us that there were people eating in all of them and as we visited the square in the middle of the day, most of them were pretty full anyway. Now, I don't know whether this was tourists or locals but as long as the businesses are making money, I guess it doesn't really matter.
The square is also used as a market throughout the whole year. During the summer months, there are more traditional tourist items available for sale as well as a few different food items. The market, as well as gift shops in the square, is slightly more expensive than some of the shops that can be found down some of the narrower, more hidden streets. Depending on how much you care about saving money, shopping in the square is not the best idea as you can get better deals elsewhere. During the winter, there is also a market but with a Christmas theme. I would have loved to have been in Tallinn during that time to see what kinds of items you could buy.
The square is not just a place for shoppers though. Depending on what is happening in Tallinn, the square also hosts performances and concerts. Nothing was happening here during our visit to the city but it is well worth checking out tourism websites beforehand to see if there is anything happening. As anything is held in the square, events are free of charge and it would be a great way to experience traditional Estonian music.
The Town Hall (real name Tallinna Raekoda) is the main attraction of the square and was built over 600 years ago. From the date building was completely, this building has been used for the sole purpose of a town hall and never for anything else. Buildings over time can change what they are used for to keep up with modern times so it was nice to know that this one has never changed what it has been used for. Having its own tower that stands 130ft high means that from town hall, you can have amazing views of Old Town and part of Toompea. While it may not sound like much, there are roughly 100 steps to get to the top of the tower. However, the steps are not all the same size and the higher you get, the bigger and wider they are. Climbing up these steps is hard work once you get closer to the top so it's a great idea to pace yourself and not think that you will be able to race up them. The tower was the most interesting part of seeing the town hall for me. You are able to go up the tower from June to August but be prepared to pay again for this after your initial entrance fee to town hall.
The square is a good place to visit if you're walking by anyway but not somewhere I would recommend going out of your way for.


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A commercial real-estate agent laments that most of his business clients learn about the dynamics of the commercial property market only by trial and error because almost none of them had any formal training in it in business school.
"Real estate ... is the biggest thing you never learn in business school," said Ted Reilly, a Cushman &Wakefield Canada agent.
But in the past four or five years, that has been changing at Queen's School of Business, which is now moving to join academic leaders in real estate, such as University of Western Ontario and University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business.
"We're seeing a steady increase in the number of students who tell us they want to take real-estate courses," said John Andrew, who developed the current real estate course for Queen's.
Almost a quarter of the 88 students of last year's first-year MBA students identified real estate as an area of study to pursue. "It's the first time we've seen that level of interest in real estate. It's really an under-served market in Canada.
"Alumni are giving us a similar message," Prof. Andrew added. "Some of them have gone on to work at the big property firms and they've been coming to people like me asking why we don't have a program in real estate."
Canada is behind U.S. universities in developing real-estate programs. "In the United States, there are many programs at the BCom and undergrad level, as well as in MBA programs," he said.
According to one website listing, 34 states have least one college offering real-estate certifications and programs.
"I don't know why it's been slower to develop in Canada," he said. "The issue for any business school, of course, is that it's difficult to recruit faculty."
As a result, colleges and universities have tended to rely on retired industry professionals to share their practical experience in the real-estate market, even though they are not professional teachers.
Nor are all real-estate study programs housed in business schools. Sometimes they are found in law schools, in geography or urban planning. And each school has a different focus.
Western, which has one of the oldest and broadest real-estate streams in Canada, offers real-estate courses in urban development, law and business. At UBC, Sauder business school's specialization is in commercial real-estate appraisal. Other universities specialize in real-estate law.
"It's a multi-disciplinary field," said Prof. Andrew, who thinks the economic turmoil of the past decade has contributed to the new interest in real-estate studies.
"Maybe it's because it's just about the only asset class [in Canada] that's been relatively stable in the last few years," he said. "And it will probably remain a very stable industry for now."
The fundamentals of the Canadian industry have been healthy, he said. "It hasn't had the ups and downs that it's had in some countries."
Real estate involves many complex interconnected issues, from financial products such as REITs through the municipal approval process.
There are also different perspectives from which real estate can be studied, from property development and management through the portfolio investment strategies used by institutional money managers for pension plans and insurance companies, the area from which Prof. Andrew expects the greatest future demand.
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The story winds the clock back to 1960 (long before they meet Despicable's Gru) where the little yellow chattering guys are in a collective funk after accidentally wiping out all their previous masters. They head to a villain convention, looking for someone to lead them. Audrey Hepburn-styled baddie Scarlet seems like the best option, because she's aiming to become the world's first female supervillain.
1960, eh? Well, at least we know that Hamm suits the suits of the time. With a script by Brian Lynch and Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin behind the camera, the movie, which is apparently now just called Minions, is set for release on December 19, 2014. Hamm is also off to India to start work on baseball pic Million Dollar Arm.
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text: Clara Elizabeth Hawkins Born 1889 - Died 1975 PDF Key details Service number22/124 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankInter War Sister AWMMNew Zealand Army Nursing Service AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait - No known copyright restrictions AWMM View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesClara Elizabeth AWMM SurnameHawkins AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number22/124 AWMM GenderFemale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Date of birth1889 AWMM Place of birth Birth notes Occupation before enlistmentWW1 Nurse AWMMWW1 Nurse AWMMWW1 Nurse AWMM Post war occupation Address before enlistmentPre 1914 Thames Hospital Staff, Thames, New Zealand AWMM Next of kin on embarkationSydney Crawford (friend), Totara, Thames, New Zealand AWMMSidney Crawford (friend), Totara, Thames, New Zealand AWMMSidney Crawford (friend), Totara, Thames, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 10 Jul 1915 Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMMGallipoli, Turkey AWMM1914-1919 Western Front AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number22/124 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training EnlistmentWW1 1914 AWMMAuckland, New Zealand AWMMWW1 Unknown AWMMWW1 Unknown AWMM Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Hospital Ship. No. 1, 1st Voyage from NZ AWMMVessel was Maheno AWMMNurse AWMMNew Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps AWMMNot known AWMMWW1 10 November 1916 AWMM Hospital Ship. No. 2, 2nd Voyage from NZ AWMMVessel was Marama AWMMSister AWMMHMHS Marama AWMMNew Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMMWW1 Hospital Ship. No. 2, 3rd Voyage from NZ AWMMVessel was Marama AWMMSister AWMMHMHS Marama AWMMNew Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rankInter War 17 May 1919 AWMMSister AWMMNew Zealand Army Nursing Service AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Educated at New Plymouth Girls' High School.Trained at Thames Hospital. Became a theatre sister.Served on the H.S. Maheno and H.S. Marama. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Age at death Date of death1975 AWMM Cause of death Place of deathAuckland, New Zealand AWMM Death notesSelwyn Village, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Memorial name Memorial reference Obituary Roll of Honour Remember Clara Elizabeth Hawkins by laying a poppy. Charles Edward Hawkins Charles Frederick Hawkins Clara Elizabeth Hawkins Claude Hubert Hawkins Clifford Allan Hawkins Lay a poppy for 2017 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Clara Elizabeth Hawkins Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel filehttp://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=16793148Further ReferenceNew Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corpshttp://www.nzans.org/index.htmFurther ReferenceFamNet: The Family History Network record pagehttp://famnet.net.nz/login_pages/Cenotaph.aspx?Systemid=C31838Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMMVol1: 314 AWMMNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM42: 2 AWMMNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM61: 3 AWMMService Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMMLiverpool, Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, Earl of, (compiler). (1916). The New Zealand hospital ship "Maheno" : the first voyage July 1915 to January 1916. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. AWMMp.59 AWMMMcNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb. AWMM


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Collating bones: I would have liked to do.
Henry would have been hot at that.
I missed his profession.
As a little boy I always thought
'I'm an archeologist'; who
could be more respected peaceful serious than that?
Hell talkt my brain awake.
Bluffed to the ends of me pain
& I took up a pencil;
like this I'm longing with. One sign
would snow me back, back.
is there anyone in the audience who has lived in vain?
A Chinese tooth! African jaw!
Drool, says a nervous system,
for a joyous replacing. Heat burns off dew.
Between the Ices (Mindel-Würm)
in a world I ever saw
some of my drying people indexed: "Warm."
Poet: John Berryman
Poem: 30.
Dream Song 30: Collating bones: I would have liked to do
Volume: 77 Dream Songs
Year: Published/Written in 1964
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