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Police are on the hunt for a suspect in a brazen robbery, in which a man walked up to a 36-year-old woman and savagely beat her before stealing her Samsung Galaxy cell phone.
The incident, which took place on October 2 at approximately 1 a.m. at Avenue W and Lake Street in Gravesend, was captured on video by a nearby surveillance camera.
In it, you can see the man square off with the woman before violently swinging at her face. She fell to the ground off camera, which is when the thief snatched her cell phone and fled on foot.
The victim spoke to ABC News using a psuedonym, describing the attack:
"The first thing I saw was a punch," said Sara, the victim.
… "He took my phone after the first or second punch, grabbed it from my hand, but he just proceeded to beat my face with all of his might, aiming punches like a boxer," Sara said.
… "With the best of my ability, I was protecting my face from a rain of punches," Sara said.
… Sara was coming home from work; it was late, 1 in the morning on Wednesday, when the suspect approached her from behind on Lake Street near Avenue W in the Gravesend section.
… Sara told Eyewitness News the vicious attack lasted more than a minute, that she was knocked to the ground several times, but wouldn't get up, convinced the only way she would walk away from this was to keep screaming.
"That was my priority, was not to shut up, it felt like he was looking to knock me out," Sara said.
The victim suffered minor injuries, including bruises to her face, knees and back.
Police have released the above sketch, describing the man as in his early 20s, five-foot-nine and thin.
If you recognize the man above or have any more information regardng this incident, please contact (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or visit NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM.
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Bruce, I think this is now ready to import into the WIN32 branch. I have ironed out the cygwin dependencies, and posted a note about what we'll need to do inside postgres to handle the environment values for setlocale() on Windows. If you want to rip out the unlink stuff (see previous email thread) we'll need a version of dirmod.c that is compiled with -DFRONTEND - I guess libpq is the obvious place for that. Apart from initdb.c we'll need the file system_views.sql, which can be taken without change (unless someone want to add comments to it), and Makefile modifications (see my Makefile on the web for an example, but it probably doesn't comply with our standard way of doing things). Anything broken can then be fixed with patches - I have about 7 versions on 5 machines now and my head is starting to swim -). pg_id and pg_encoding now become redundant in their entirety, as does initdb.sh. cheers andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> To: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> Cc: "Postgresql Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>; "pgsql-hackers-win32" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [HACKERS] initdb > Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > There will be a new version out there soon. When I am happy with it I will > > let you know - right now I am dealing with 2 issues - setlocale(LC_ALL,"") > > doesn't read from the environment on Windows, and the program is possibly > > not picking up the buffers/connections properly. > > > > Please don't put the version currently out there in CVS - the files won't > > even be the same - initdb-scripts.h will disappear and there will be a new > > file called "system_views.sql". > > > > There is no urgency about this - until we have a working postgres executable > > on Windows initdb is useless anyway. My aim has been to have initdb ready > > when postgres is ready. Of course, I test against Unix all the time to make > > sure nothing gets broken. > > Fine. We have the URL on the win32 web site, and that's all we need. > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo(at)postgresql(dot)org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
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Top Destinations for Meetings and Events in the World
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Pacific World, the integrated global DMC and Event Management organisation, has released its second Destination Index.
Florida is the number one destination requested by the global meetings industry in the USA. Miami is known for its tropical weather and beautiful waterways but additional experiences include CSR team building events as well as a large choice of meeting and eating venues such as the Charter One Yachts which hosts a fleet of ships ideal for any occasion, from small or medium gala dinners to 500 person events. New venues and restaurants provide new creative options. The Destination Index has identified Arizona and San Diego as number two and number three top meetings and events destinations in the USA.
Pacific World's research also shows that in Italy, Milan's current popularity is attributable to a better infrastructure with Milan Malpensa Airport, the second most important airport in Italy. Expo 2015 in Milan is also changing the image of the city, taking place between 1 May and 31 October 2015.
Furthermore, the research has highlighted a large demand in incentives, meetings and sport events and an increasing interest in Italy from Europe and South America.
Pacific World's Destination Index has identified South France – Monaco and UAE as number two and number three top meetings and events destinations in EMEA.
Finally, Seoul is still the most popular city followed by Busan, South Korea, in Asia. The research has identified a large demand for meetings from the pharmaceutical sector, incentives with meetings and special events during international conferences, with an increasing interest from Australia, UK, USA and Brazil. Ej Fieldhouse, Pacific World's Country Manager South Korea explains: "This is a new destination for many corporate and association meetings and events." The Destination Index has identified Indonesia and Hong Kong as number two and number three destinations in Asia.
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A Week in Culture: Joe Ollmann, CartoonistBy Joe Ollmann
I live in a neighborhood in Montréal called Parc X. Now, I confess this sounds a lot more ghetto-y and gangsta than it actually is. It's really a hard-working, largely immigrant neighborhood that is in imminent danger of being overrun by white hipsters.
We do literally go through a hole in a fence from our slum to take our son to his school in the neighboring wealthy Anglophone area, but the fact that he wears a fancy school uniform does slightly tarnish our street cred, I admit.
Montréal's ostensibly a French-speaking city, but the French language is rarely heard in my mostly Greek and Pakistani neighborhood. I am neither French, Greek, nor Pakistani and speak none of their languages with proficiency, so I'm perpetually an outcast, though I am, by nature, a bit of a Zelig, attempting and failing to ever fit in. Always the pale, white, cultureless bridesmaid.
It was Easter recently, which this year not only coincided with Greek Easter, or "Greece-ster," as I sensitively and cleverly have named it, but also Passover. In the French-speaking world of Quebec, Passover is noted on French calendars as "Paque Juive," or Jewish Easter (!), which my Jewish homeys find offensive based on the fact that Passover preceded Easter and therefore should not be relegated to Easter-spin-off status. Oh people, why can't we all just get along?


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Baja Motorsports is recalling approximately 23,000 MB200 gas-powered minibikes following reports that the front forks of the bike are separating, putting riders at risk of falling and crashing.
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Kai is armed, dangerous, and on the loose!
Internet celebrity sought in Clark man's murder
CLARK, N.J. (WABC) -- Authorities in Union County have issued an arrest warrant for internet celebrity "Kai the hatchet wielding hitchhiker" in the murder of Joseph Galfy, Jr. in Clark, New Jersey
The suspect is identified as Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, a 34-year-old Internet celebrity and is well known on Facebook and YouTube as "Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker."
McGillvary is homeless but considers himself "homefree" and relies on the generosity of strangers for food, lodging and transportation.
He is also known as Kai Lawrence, Caleb Kai Lawrence and Kai Nicodemus.
The victim, Joseph Galfy, was found inside his home on Starlite Drive on May 13, 2013 after officers received a call to check on his well-being.
An autopsy performed the following day determined that Galfy died as a result of blunt force trauma, said Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow.
Based on the investigation, authorities know that McGillvary has cut his hair in an attempt to alter his appearance.
He was last seen at a light rail station in Haddonfield, N.J. area, said Romankow. He is considered to be armed and dangerous.
The Union County Homicide Task Force is working with local, state, and Federal officials to locate McGillvary. He is charged with murder in Union County and bail has been set at $3 million by Superior Court Judge Stuart Peim.
Anyone with information regarding McGillvary is urged to contact Union County Crime Stoppers.
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered in the case.
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May 16, 2013, 04:29 PM #1
NJers: WATCH OUT!!!
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May 16, 2013, 04:32 PM #2
This is stinkin wild good post
May 16, 2013, 04:39 PM #3
How was he charged and bail set at $3M if they haven't caught him?
I smell a CONSPRIRACY!!!!
May 16, 2013, 04:40 PM #4
This Kai?
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May 16, 2013, 04:51 PM #6
Kai? a murderer? Who could've called that? Blunt force trauma. Smash, Smash, SUHMASH!!! The police know his MO...
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Wow, I thought he'd at least be able to catch one...a wave i mean.
Haddonfield? How does some north Jersey dude end up in Haddonfield? Real good place to be a homeless fugitive. I hope he has his Channel and Prada stuff with him...........
By the way Swellinfo is rounding up a posse to get this sucka.................Have to hurry before we lose sight of his tracks. Hey, you guys got horses? $5000 will keep us well with cigars, whiskey and saloon gals for quite some time. I just watched a thing on Billy the Kid the other week so I should be pretty adept at this tracking thing. I just need a horse. Deputize those men and get them a riding we got a varmit to catch.
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Gonna be hard for Kai to hide with a tattoo on his neck...


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Petition - Martha Butler
Estate of John Parmiter
Petition of Martha Butler
To the Honourable the Supreme Court
or to One of the Honourable the Judges thereof,
Humbly Sheweth that
1. John Parmiter late of Topsail, Farmer, deceased, died at that place on the 12th day of July 1929.
2. The said deceased left surviving his wife is now and who has been for over twenty years an inmate of the Asylum for the Insane, and two daughters, Martha Butler your petitioner, and Violet Parmiter.
3. The said deceased died intestate.
4. The said deceased died possessed of property within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court of the probable value of $2,515.00
5. The paper-writing hereto annexed marked A is a correct and true inventory and valuation of all the property of the said deceased at the time of his death as far as Your Petitioner can be present ascertain the same.
6. Neither Probate of any Will nor Letters of Administration of the estate of the said deceased have been applied for by or granted to any person.
Your petitioner, therefore, prays that this Honourable Court or Your Lordship may be pleased to grant to her Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of the said deceased.
And Your Petitioner, as in duty bound will ever pray and c.
Dated at St. Johns, this 22nd day of July, A.D. 1929.
Martha Butler
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I was hoping you might have some ideas on cute handmade Thanksgiving invitations. If you can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it! Thanks for all the great ideas. — Christine B
Oooh. Now that you mention it, I don't think I've ever sent out Thanksgiving invitations. But now I'm loving the idea. How much fun to receive an actual invitation — instead of text message confirming your attendance. : )
Having never sent Thanksgiving Invitations, I can't say that I have a ton of good sources at my finger tips. But I do remember seeing the cute invitations above, designed by Good On Paper, on Anh Mihn's blog last year. They're not handmade, but they are fantastic.
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Okay, saw an infomercial last night about Provocraft's "Yudu" screen printer. (Had to laugh when they said they were "the first" to sell a home-use screen printing machine... I had a Print Goccu machine back in the 1980's! But back to my point...)
I was wondering if you could use some kind of silk-screening type process to print designs on edibles (fondant, cookies, etc.)? It would have to be food-safe materials, of course (frosting rather than inks, and food-safe screens) but I just wondered.
I know we have the edible images, and maybe there would be no real benefit of screen printing over printer-generated images.... (Maybe a more "raised" design on the item, similar to stenciling?)
I just wondered if anyone had done this, or heard of it being done.
they did this on Ace of Cakes to make Dharma Beer Can Labels for the cake they made for lost.
the screens should already be food safe.
gel colors will give dark intense colors.
the trick is for silk screening to work as you know the color as to be gelled. so, would probably have to use tinted piping gel to get lighter shades.
Hey, thanks Doug!
With that information, I was able to use google to find some information:
http: // www.t-shirtforums.com/screen-printing/t3882. html
Remove spaces to go to that site.
30 years ago, Wilton produced screens for screen printing on chocolate. I doubt that they were big business.
Beth Parvu of sugarpaste.com has been working with someone to begin making silkscreens using food safe emulsion again. I took a class with her 18 months ago--we used her "anitque" screens. We used melted chocolate and colored cocoa butter for the process.
It was fun, but last time I saw her, there was nothing available any time soon.
Interesting! Thanks for all the info. I hope someone offers the food-safe emulsion again sometime.
So i was just watching reruns of amazing wedding cakes and the shop gateau, inc. uses screen printing. somehow they generate an image they want from the computer and get a stencil out of it (that's what it looks like and the way she described it)place it on the fondant then they pass the *ink* over it then place it on the cake
Does anyone have any newer information on this? I've been looking all morning and can't find a good tutorial anywhere.


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Roman history professor Walter Scheidel from Stanford has founded Orbis - a Google Maps-like tool which is able to calculate the routes and costs of journeys covering 10 million square kilometres with over 750 destinations – in Ancient Rome.
Whether you're travelling by horseback or by boat, Orbis lets you calculate the fastest or cheapest route in denarii (for wanderers on a budget). It was inspired by a London Underground app which shows the travel time in between stations.
Whether you're a curious history fanatic or a dedicated live-action historical roleplayer, check out Orbis for yourself and give it a spin here.
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The International Air Transport Associ- ation (Iata) hopes to eliminate all paperwork from all air freight operations by 2015 in a programme called efreight. In addition, another programme, secure freight, is seeking to combine security with speed in the despatch of air freight.
The efreight programme is not just an Iata programme – it involves and is supported by all the major associations involved in the global air freight industry. "The efreight programme is to take paper out of the cargo supply chain," explains Iata senior VP: industry distribution and financial services Aleksander Popovich. "We are trying to get as many countries as possible to qualify for efreight. This is a global supply chain initiative."
Some 45 countries are now implementing the efreight system, and between them, these countries account for 75% to 80% of global air freight. Iata's target for 2011 was that 10% of all the air freight of these countries would use the efreight system. This target was achieved.
One of the most important pieces of paper involved in air freight is the waybill. The waybill is a significant document which contains details and instructions regarding the shipment of goods. "For 2012, we have set a target for 15% of air waybills to be ewaybills," he states. "Currently, it is just under 5%."
The important thing about waybills is that they are documents that are passed between freight forwarders and airlines – they do not involve, and are of no interest to, customs agencies or any other government departments. Thus, the adoption of ewaybills is entirely the concern of the freight forwarders and carriers. "It is a matter of leadership in forwarders and carriers," he asserts. "Cathay Pacific achieved 100% ewaybills out of Hong Kong in a matter of months." The aim is to reach 100% use of ewaybills by 2014.
Regarding secure freight, the aim is to avoid the need to screen every piece of air freight. "That would bring the industry to its knees," he observes. Iata believes that air freight security should be implemented using a risk-based approach. Approved secure operators would get preferential treatment at airports. "We need air freight operators to become secure operators to meet security standards," he affirms.
Again, this initiative is not unique to Iata. "A number of governments have such stand-ards, under different names. But we need to link up governments and operators. "Could secure operators get fast lanes for their cargo at airports?"
There is a need to harmonise the different requirements and standards already estab-lished by different governments in individual initiatives. "Secure freight is trying to bring recognition of a common standard, building on what exists already," explains Popovich. "Our goal is to build a secure freight network. In contrast to efreight, it is very difficult for us to set a 100% target for secure freight, for it is out of our hands. It's in government hands. But we do set targets for each year. We break the target down into annual pieces. Last year, our target was to get two countries – Kenya and Malaysia – into secure freight, and we succeeded." Malaysia was, in fact, the pilot country for the secure freight concept.
"Iata does not set the rules," clarifies Popovich. "The airlines set the rules with the agents, both for passengers and cargo. Iata follows the rules. It is not our job to change the rules, but we can advise, we can make inputs and we can propose rules – but we don't set them."
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Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will fight in Milan on 20 May, though his opponent has yet to be confirmed.
A spokeswoman for the Italian promoters confirmed the fight, which had initially been scheduled for 8 April, would now take place at a later date, but made no comment on whether Tyson would fight Lou Savarese, the American mentioned in media reports as his likely opponent.
The spokeswoman said details of the bout would be announced at a media conference in Milan on Friday at 1100 GMT.
Tyson's managers have been trying to negotiate more European fights since he demolished British champion Julius Francis in Manchester in January.
The controversial boxer has a big fan base in Europe and his Manchester fight was sold out in two days, despite a row over him being allowed to box in Britain.
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" Brand: Marks & Spencer / Age: 12 months / Type: Jigsaws & Puzzles "
I actually purchased this as a charity shop while browsing for stocking fillers for my 2 year old son at Christmas.
The puzzle itself looked relativly simple but I thought it was great for learning colours (he only knew a few). He loves doing puzzles so I thought it'd be a good way to learn colours.
It only cost me £1.50 as it was at a charity shop. It's originally from Marks and Spencers, a quick search reveals they aren't selling these anymore however they have a very similar puzzle (just different pictures with a slightly more colourful design) for £5. Looking at other reviews that is what this puzzle retailed at.
The puzzle comes in a cardboard box which is white with colourful dots in a variety of colours. There are pictures of the puzzles (each one is consists of just 2 pieces) so you can see what you are buying. There is a red string which comes through the lid so you can carry it around.
The puzzle pieces are cardboard but very sturdy, they have been at the hands of my toddler and presumarbly at least someone elses (with it being 2nd hand) and the pieces are not damaged in any way at all.
There are 10 of these puzzles all of animals including a frog, a mouse and a bee. The child just needs to fit the right animal into the right frame. My 2 year old can do this in minutes so of course feels very accomplished, his task is telling me which colour these animals are, he still is learning about 4 of the colours in this puzzle so we do it often and he has learnt a couple of colours since using this. He has so much fun doing the puzzle that he doesnt mind the questions (sometimes he finds learning his colours a little boring!). He has used this almost every day since Christmas as his own request.
I think this puzzle would also be useful for younger ones for fine motor skills, matching the colour of the animals with the colour of the frames they need to be put in and learning animal names. The age range is suggested as 1-3 and I would agree. I think by the age of 3 the puzzle just wouldnt be challenging enough and many 3 year olds would of learnt all their colours.
Overall I think this is a great little puzzle for toddlers, its also a great starter puzzle for toddlers who havent played with puzzles/jigsaws yet.
Nan and Grandad recently treated my daughter to this colour match puzzle from Marks and Spencers. It was available with 20% off at the time, priced at £4 instead of £5 and we all agreed that it looked like a very educational and interesting puzzle for her to explore. It is recommended for children over the age of 12 months but my daughter was 18 months when she started playing with it.
I think we have an updated version of the puzzle because it looks slightly different than the one in the picture - it has a handle like the one shown which is handy to transport the set around, but our box is shaped like a house. Unfortunately, the box is only made of cardboard and started to get quite tatty looking quite quickly really, after a couple of weeks it started to fall apart. The box is only kept shut by a cardboard tab and this has become very worn and keeps popping open so it isn't ideal anymore for storage.
Inside the box, we find 20 pieces to the puzzle. It is not one large puzzle, instead these 20 pieces make up 10 small puzzles that consist of two pieces each. Ten pieces are border style pieces and the remaining ten pieces slot into these. Each of the ten borders match up to these smaller pieces by colour, theme and descriptive words. For instance, one border piece is blue, shaped like a house and says 'blue bird' on it. The smaller piece that then fits within this border is shaped like a bird and is also the colour blue.
The colours explored cover a wide range and are all quite basic - red, blue, black, yellow, green etc. The shapes explored don't seem to follow any set pattern - there are quite a few animals in there eg crab, squirrel, bear, turtle and then others are objects such as a ball and a pair of boots!
This puzzle has a very good concept, although I'm not entirely sure on it's age recommendation. My daughter is just about getting the hang of placing the pieces together now but I very much doubt she could have done if she'd have played with it at 12 months. I also feel that the actual linking of pieces is quite hard, especially when the puzzle is new. The pieces get a little more flexible as it's used but at first the smaller pieces would get stuck inside the borders and were hard to remove. They were difficult for me to remove so they were impossible for my daughter's little hands! She can just manage putting them together now that they've loosened up a bit.
I also am really not keen on the material used to make the pieces, although she now has other similar puzzles and to be fair they are also made from the same hard backed card. She still places things to her mouth and unfortunately has managed to pull parts of these pieces off into her mouth so it's one I really have to keep a close eye on when she's playing with it.
The puzzle is designed to develop colour recognition and hand-eye co-ordination. My daughter has started to take note of the colours eg I can say to her pick up the green one and she will go and study the pieces and often picks up the right one. She also studies the pieces to place into the borders and a lot of the time will put them together correctly. I started by placing all of the borders down at once and showing her one smaller piece at a time, placing it on top of each border so that she could see which one it matched to and she quickly picked up the idea from there. She often also just tips the pieces out and onto the rug and looks at the colours and pictures themselves, without attempting the puzzle itself - she has really taken to it.
I've rated the puzzle three stars. I've taken one off for the pieces being very difficult to place together at first. I've also taken another off for the carry case, it is clearly designed for use to keep the pieces in and unfortunately ours fell apart quite quickly. The puzzle is a good concept and it has kept my daughter entertained for many hours but there's a few faults too. For £4, it's about average.
Thanks for reading :o)
My 20 month old son loves puzzles. He had become a pro at all the wooden ones that he had - the sort where the shapes are cut out of a wooden background and can be placed back in. So, I decided to try and find him some simple two-bit puzzles - more like traditional jigsaw puzzles. I found these surprisingly hard to find but when I was browsing the Christmas toy selection in M&S I was really pleased to find quite a good selection.
I purchased the 'my first colour matching puzzle' set for £4. It is priced at £5 but I purchased during a 20% off period. The Christmas selection is currently on a 3 for 2 deal too so these can be picked up cheaply as part of that promotion too. The puzzles are suitable for children from 1 year of age.
The puzzle comes in a neat house shaped box with two string handles for it to be carried by. The picture on dooyoo is probably one from previous years as ours looks different to this and I know M&S update their products each year. On the string handle, there is a puzzle piece which has text on it saying 'this puzzle belongs to....' with a space to write your child's name on - this is a nice touch.
Inside the box there are 10 different two piece puzzles, each of a different colour - red, orange, pink, yellow, grey, pink, black, green, blue and purple. Each puzzle consists of a rectangular coloured border with a shaped piece in the middle cut out. The border has two words on it too - the colour and the object. For example, the green puzzle is a green turtle and the blue a blue bird. To complete the puzzle, the child needs to match the coloured pieces and place the object (e.g. the bird) into the corresponding coloured border.
The puzzle pieces are cardboard but this is quite resilient and has, thus far, stood up to my toddler's heavy handling. The pictures are simple and recognisable. They have friendly, happy faces (where applicable). The outlines are also very different shapes (with the exception of the yellow sun and purple ball which are both circular) so, before the child can colour match they can use this as a guide to allow them to complete the puzzle.
My son loves this puzzle and always asks for me to get it out. At first he didn't really understand how this worked as it is different to most other two piece puzzles he has used - where the pieces simply slot together. But, after demonstrating to him a couple of times, he soon understood and enjoyed the fact that these are different. He loves putting the middle pieces in and then popping them out again so he can do them all over again. I am not sure that he would have had much interest in this at 12 months, nor would he have been able to do it - I would say that this is probably best for children aged 18 months plus.
I think this puzzle has offered us fantastic value for money. It offers my son a chance to problem solve and develop his manipulative skills. He has also learned his colours from this and extended his vocabulary using the pictures - strawberry, sun and bear (for example). I would not hesitate to recommend this puzzle, it really is a lovely toy.
Children love to identify the creatures, homes and colours as they match the chunky pieces of these 12 two-piece puzzles.


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Voter Registration at Harvest Fall Festival in Shelby [SLIDESHOW]
As the seasons changed, some of our organizers and volunteers took to the Shelby Harvest Fall Festival for a voter registration event. They had a total of nine registered voters along with two first time voters who registered at their table. Here are a few pictures from the event:


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Funko Takes On Quintin Tarantino's Classic Film PULP FICTION...
In addition to ReAction figures (see our Toy Fair gallery HERE), Funko will be releasing the cast of Quintin Tarantino's now classic film PULP FICTION as adorable POP! vinyl figures. Available this April, the first wave Pulp Fiction POP! figures will include Vincent Vega, Jules, Mia Wallace, Jimmie and Butch Coolidge (not pictured). As with all POP! figures, these will retail for around $9.99 each.
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Like with any other tool, there are a number of things to consider before you buy a knife. The first thing you should ask yourself is what you'll be using the knife for. If your answer is something along the lines of hunting, survival, bushcraft, launching them out of slingshots, or anything else outdoor-related, you may want to take a look at the list below. Before you spend your hard-earned cash on a dud, the first thing is to figure out exactly what you need.
1. Blade material
Blade material is one of the most important considerations for your hunting or survival knife, and it could mean the difference between a knife that you can keep on your hip for the next 20 years and a shiny piece of metal that breaks the first time you use it. The first thing you should be asking yourself is whether you want stainless steel or carbon steel.
Stainless steel is often cheaper, more widespread, and as its name would suggest, resistant to rust. That said, stainless steel is often less durable than carbon steel, and loses its edge much faster.
On the other hand, carbon steel can be honed to just about any type of sharpness that you desire. Keep in mind that you'll have to take good care of these knives, or they'll practically rust overnight. If you do decide to go with carbon steel, you might find yourself bombarded by the number of choices. As a whole, "carbon steel" covers just about anything from 1095 to 5160 Spring Steel (technically an alloy mix) knives. Odds are if you see a rough use knife and it's not under $20, it's made of carbon steel.
There is no right or wrong material, just different ones for different jobs. If you're a saltwater angler, you might consider stainless steel blades due to the fact that you'll be in a rust-prone environment very frequently. Many bushcraft and survival enthusiasts prefer carbon steel blades for their easy sharpening ability and durability. Additionally, more expensive steels may be prohibitively costly without providing any major benefits, so try out materials that you like and select the one that works best for you.
2. Blade shape
A blade's shape decides its function, and many are specialized to a very specific job. Some knives are better for fine cutting, while others excel at rough cutting, chopping, slicing, digging, batoning, skinning, and even defensive purposes. There are also a wide range of shapes to chose from, such as drop points, spear points, dagger points, tanto, sheep's foot, clip point, recurred, kukri-style, and the list goes on and on.
So how do you find the one that's right for you? Well it depends once again on what you are using the knife for. For a general-purpose hunting or survival knife, you can rarely go wrong with a clip point bowie or a sturdy drop point. For chopping and bushcraft, you may want to consider a machete or kukri. The best way to find out which one suits you is to do some research and perhaps get some hands-on time with the ones that appeal to you.
3. Tang
This one is easy. Unless the knife is either very well-built or something you wouldn't mind chucking into the trash bin after use, always get full-tang knives. This just means that the steel portion of the knife that is below the blade also extends out of the handle. Full-tang knives are usually more expensive but provide greater durability. Partial tangs, on the other hand, can be prone to breaking in half when you start chopping something hard. This is because partial tangs and rat's tail tangs cease to exist below the handle, whereas full tang knives are a single piece.
4. Handle
A knife's handle may change with its purpose, but in all situations you're going to want it to be comfortable and grippy. Materials like G10 and Micarta are currently very popular, but traditional handles like wood and rubber are still in use. When you inspect a knife handle, ask yourself whether it would be comfortable for repetitive work like chopping. Would it become slippery in the rain? Is it easy to break? Does it fit your hand well?
Above all else, avoid novelty knives that store things in the handle.
5. Sheath
You can't just carry a knife in your hand the entire time—you need something to put it in. This is called a sheath, and it will be riding on your belt for the entire duration of your trip, so you're going to want to get something comfortable. When choosing a sheath, find one that fits your body well. Is it too long or too heavy? Will you be able to maneuver with one? Does it keep a secure hold on the knife or is the blade flopping around? Is it durable? Can you quickly draw your knife in an emergency? Is it obnoxious?
A quality sheath will be made with durable materials, and for longer knives, include a number of options for attachment. Try to avoid drop-down sheaths—there are a number of reasons why they can be useful, but they're mostly there to look cool.
Try to keep these five points in mind before you dig into your wallet, and remember that there's no shame in asking for help. Ask your friends or family on what kind of knives they use, and you may find that it will work for you as well.
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Clinical Evaluation of Therapy Cool Path Duo Cardiac Ablation System for the Treatment of Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) (Ablate-VT)
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|Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia
|Device: Therapy Cool Path Duo Cardiac Ablation System
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Clinical Evaluation of Therapy Cool Path Duo Cardiac Ablation System for the Treatment of Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
- Primary Safety is Defined as the Incidence of Intra-procedural, Acute or Sub-chronic, Serious Cardiac Adverse Events, up to 7 Days Post-procedure. [ Time Frame: 7 days ]
- Acute Success is Achieved When All Clinically Relevant VT Substrates (Spontaneous and Induced VT Episodes) Are Terminated and no Longer Inducible Upon Hospital Discharge (i.e., Last Study Ablation Procedure Prior to Hospital Discharge). [ Time Frame: Hospital Discharge ]Summarized as number of subjects with clinically relevant VT substrates (spontaneous and induced VT episodes) that are terminated and no longer inducible upon hospital discharge - from the last study ablation procedure prior to hospital discharge.
- Chronic Success is Defined at 6 Months Following the RF Ablation Procedure as no Recurrence of Clinically Relevant VT(s) That Were Targeted at Ablation. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Summarized as the number of subjects with recurrence of clinically relevant VT(s) that were targeted at ablation at 6 months following the RF ablation procedure
|Study Start Date:
|June 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Therapy Cool Path Duo Cardiac Ablation System
All patients who are eligible receive cardiac ablation procedure for Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia
Device: Therapy Cool Path Duo Cardiac Ablation System
Cardiac Ablation Procedure for Ischemic VT using a flexible, insulated 7F all braided catheter that contains an internal lumen connected to 12 open conduits at the 4mm tip electrode for infusion of heparinized saline during radiofrequency ablation; records intracardiac electrograms and can be utilized for cardiac simulation during diagnostic electrophysiologic studies/evaluation.
1500T9-VT generator is a microprocessor-controlled device that produces a continuous unmodulated radiofrequency (RF) output of 485 kHz. The Generator will be used in Temperature Control mode only. The catheter delivers the RF power from the generator in a monopolar mode between its distal electrode (tip electrode) and a large indifferent electrode.
Detailed Description:
Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) is a common complication of ischemic heart disease that is often life threatening. Ventricular tachycardia is defined as three or more beats of ventricular origin in succession at a rate greater than 100 beats per minute. There are no normal QRS complexes associated with VT, and the rhythm is usually regular. Patients with VT experience unpleasant heart palpitations, dyspnea, and syncope, all of which decrease their overall quality of life. They also suffer the consequences of impaired hemodynamics, loss of cardiac efficiency, and are at an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), which accounts for approximately half of all deaths from patients with cardiovascular disease.
Historically, antiarrhythmic medications served as the first line therapy for the treatment of VT, in spite of low efficacy and high recurrence rates. But in recent years, internal cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have become the treatment of choice. Although, ICDs are effective in terminating most arrhythmias, rarely does so without some episodes requiring poorly tolerated shock therapy. Ablative therapy offers an important option for frequent control with the potential for long-term VT elimination. Radiofrequency catheter ablation offers the ability to provide immediate control of recurrent VT. Since the early 2000's, strategies, tools, and techniques have been improving to identify key ablation sites and to deliver effective lesions.
Radiofrequency ablation is successful in treating some but not all arrhythmias. With non irrigated technology it has been difficult to ablate ischemic VT. This may be due to an inadequate lesion size. Irrigated electrodes were developed to create larger lesions. Open irrigation at the catheter tip not only produces larger lesions, but also helps reduce the risk of coagulum (clots) and charring due to high temperatures.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient is 18 years of age or older
- Patient has an ICD (Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator) or will be implanted with one prior to discharge of ablation procedure
- Patient has had at least 2 documented spontaneous episode of sustained ischemic VT (Ventricular Tachycardia) within the previous 6 months
- Patient is resistant, intolerant or refractory to at least one Class I or III AAD (Anti-Arrhythmic Drug)
- Patient has been informed of the nature of the study and has agreed to its provisions and provided written informed consent approved by the Institutional Review Board
Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-ischemic VT
- History of stroke or transient ischemic attack within 6 months prior to enrollment
- MI or previous cardiac surgery within 2 months prior to enrollment
- Patient is pregnant or nursing
- Patient has chronic NYHA (New York Heart Association) class IV heart failure
- Limited life expectancy of 6 months or less
- Patient is currently participating in another investigational drug or device study
- Patient is unable or unwilling to cooperate with the study procedures
- Known presence of intracardiac thrombi
- Severe aortic stenosis or flailed mitral valve
- Major contraindication to anticoagulation therapy or coagulation disorder
- Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction <10%
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00925522
|United States, Alabama
|University Hospital - Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
|United States, Illinois
|Loyola University Medical Center
|Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153
|United States, Indiana
|Krannert Institute of Cardiology
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|United States, Kansas
|Kansas University Medical Center
|Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
|United States, Massachusetts
|Brigham and Women's Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Principal Investigator:
|G. Neal Kay, M.D.
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Responsible Party:
|St. Jude Medical
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00925522 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 8, 2009
|Results First Received:
|March 9, 2016
|Last Updated:
|February 21, 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tachycardia, Ventricular
Pathologic Processes
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Yesterday Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was one of just six Democrats in the Senate to vote against a bil that would raise the debt ceiling. Late last night, State Republican Party chairman Ed Cox sent out a statement praising the vote and decrying Gillibrand for her vote.
Kirsten Gillibrand took one more step toward completing her political transformation. In just over 2 years in the United States Senate, she has gone from upstate conservative Democrat Congresswoman to downstate liberal, representing the views of the most radical elements of her party. In opposing today's bipartisan agreement to raise the debt ceiling, Senator Gillibrand put politics before Country, and failed her constituents. Read More


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I'm 35 weeks pregnant, and 2 cm's dilated. I've been having "false" contractions, but she has already dropped and is in position. I've been to the hospital alot with this pregnancy b/c of pre-term labor. My doctor also gave me 2 steriod shots to mature her lungs b/c she thinks she's coming early. I was just wondering what I should do to up the labor process?? She's between 5 1/2 -6 lbs.
I would just be trying to keep her in for now. Hang in there until 37 or 38 weeks if you can otherwise your baby could be at risk for a lot of problems if she is born now even if she does have a healthy weight. Try to get lots of rest. Once you get the go-ahead from your doctor, walking and using a labor ball are known to help you dialate.
You want it to go FASTER?! I'd be trying to let her cook more! You are not even full term yet!
don't do anything as of now. Just let her bake in there until she's ready to come out!!! Let your body naturally progress. I was having the same problems with preterm labor and I was put on bedrest. Here I am at 37 weeks and 5 days and she's still in there maturing..thank goodness! Just let your body decide when it's time rather than trying to evict her now :)
I would try to get to 37 weeks. I've been dilated to 5 cm for three weeks now and had steriod shots just over a month ago too. As anxious as I am to have this baby I'm thankful for every week he can continue to grow and mature. Great job for getting to 35 weeks! It can be scary when you are still premature and showing signs of early labor. Good luck! :wink:
I dont think you should try to speed the process up. You're not even full term yet. Im in the same boat as you though my doctor just told me 2 days ago that my cervix was opening. My son is already in position too and Im hoping that he doesn't come this early. Im 34 weeks and hoping he makes it full term. You really shouldnt do anything to speed up the process because it could be unsafe the baby could end up with alot of problems this early on. Just take it easy and try to wait it out. Be patient.
well thank you all for the replies. But I was told by nurses at the hospital that 35 weeks is okay. and she has a very good chance of survial. My cousin had both of her girls at 36 weeks, and there's nothing wrong with them. They are perfectly fine. So I think I'll just walk, walk and walk until my water breaks or I start to have "real" contractions:)
Good luck mama, hold her in for as long as you can!
Sorry to get off subject, what is a labor ball?
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Quoting Bullmastiff Mommy:
I don't know who that comment was refering to (shamrock) but I don't appreciate it being on my reply. I have my reason's of wanting to deliver early. I've had problems with this pregnancy (including 3 infections within the past 3 weeks) and with my cervix being opened, I'm kinda worried! I really don't care what other's think, I was just posting the topic to see what others would say.
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Quoting XoxoMommyofTwoxoxo:
I can wait. I'm just worried that she's already to big for me to be carrying her. My son was 9 days early and he was 5lbs 13 oz. That's small. And I had to be cut and he gave me a 3 degree tear. I was already told by my doctor that I wouldn't be able to push out a 7-8 lb baby. I also have a tilted uterus and a very thin cervix. That's why I want her out! lol.


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Fewer homebuyers signed sales contracts in September, a result of rising home prices and mortgage rates that are making homes less affordable.
The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Index dropped a seasonally-adjusted 5.6 percent in September, its lowest level in nine months. The index is 1.2 percent below what it was in September a year ago and at its lowest level since December 2012.
No government is the problem
Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the Realtors, blamed the effects of the government shutdown for the slowdown, noting in a statement that "government and contract workers were on the sidelines with growing insecurity over lawmakers' inability to agree on a budget." He added that "A broader hit on consumer confidence from general uncertainty also curbs major expenditures such as home purchases."
Remodeling activity heading into slowdown
The stutter in the housing market is having a trickle-down effect. Although the latest report out this month on home remodeling is upbeat for the remainder of the year, the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University predicts a slowdown in 2014.
"The soft patch that homebuilding has seen in recent months, coupled with rising financing costs, is expected to be reflected as slower growth in home improvement spending beginning around the middle of next year," Eric S. Belsky, managing director of the Joint Center, said in a statement.
However, through the end of this year, strong existing home sales are expected to translate into the strongest growth in remodeling activity since the height of the housing boom.
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Tickets are going crazy fast for The Lion King, which stops at the Durham Performing Arts Center in February and March.
The tickets went on sale to the public on Saturday, but thousands purchased them before the public with pre-sale codes. Because of the high demand, DPAC announced Sunday that the show will be extended a week, adding 21,000 new seats for those who hope to nab a ticket or two.
The show now will run from Feb. 16 to March 20.
This touring production of The Lion King has been seen by more than 15 million theatergoers and grossed more than $1 billion to date. It's been to the Triangle before (and I've heard fantastic reviews!).
Tickets are on sale now through DPAC and Ticketmaster. DPAC's website has the details.
An important note from DPAC: "Ticket buyers are reminded that DPAC and Ticketmaster are the only official retail ticket outlets for all performances at DPAC. Ticket buyers who purchase tickets from a ticket broker or any third party should be aware that DPAC is unable to reprint or replace lost or stolen tickets and is unable to contact patrons with information regarding time changes or other pertinent updates regarding the performance."
Tickets start at $33 plus taxes and fees.


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ATLANTIC CITY (May. 24)
More than 13,000 teachers are employed in Jewish educational institutions in the United States, and at least 1,000 teachers are needed annually for new positions and replacements, it was reported at the four-day 38th annual conference of the National Council for Jewish Education, the overall professional organization of Jewish educators in this country, held at Breakers Hotel here.
"The annual shortage of hundreds of teachers in Jewish elementary, secondary and higher schools of learning is a threat to the very existence of the several Jewish school systems in the United States," the report said. More than 500 delegates are attending the conference which is closing today. Dr. Elazar Coelman of Philadelphia, dean of Gratz College, was elected at today's session to a second term as president of the organization.
The conference today adopted a resolution urging amendment of federal income tax laws to permit parents of children attending fulltime religious schools to deduct from their taxable income a portion of funds spent for tuition to such schools. The resolution stressed that such an arrangement would not infringe on the principle of church-state separation, but "would ease the present unfair burden of double taxation on such parents at relatively little cost to the federal treasury."
In another resolution, the delegates urged the Jewish federations and welfare funds "to provide adequate support for communal Hebrew schools through central community agencies for Jewish education" and to provide adequate facilities for such schools "to meet the needs arising from changing conditions in the Jewish community, particularly from the current mobility of the Jewish population."
The delegates also urged the American Association for Jewish Education to organize the communal Hebrew schools of the United States and Canada "into a national federation to advance and strengthen the communal school movement." The resolution also urged the AAJE to conduct a nationwide survey to obtain all the facts pertaining to the development, achievements, problems and potentialities of the communal school for the advancement of Jewish education.
In another resolution, the educators called on parents to exercise close supervision on television viewing by their children for the benefit of Jewish study. The resolution urged parents to trim drastically the amount of viewing by their children of certain programs "both on grounds that the time could be much more usefully spent on their homework assignments, both general and Jewish, and because this television material is spiritually and culturally debasing."
Dr. Samuel Dinin, vice-chancellor of the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, addressing the conference, proposed that the organized Jewish community create a fund of $5,000,000 to be used solely to strengthen Jewish education in the United States, particularly in the recruiting of young people for careers in Jewish education.
"The Jewish teaching profession is in danger of becoming a vanishing profession," Dr. Dinin told the 500 educators. He said changes in Jewish education had brought about part-time and pupil-teachers who lacked adequate training. He also said that, as in public education, there was a shortage of teachers even for full-time teaching jobs in Jewish education because young Jews preferred careers in science and research.
"If it were not for the exchange teachers from Israel and for the hundreds of Israelis residing in the United States, the Jewish schools would indeed be in a bad way," he stated. "But most of the Israelis are here for but a few years time and cannot be counted upon as a permanent source of supply for teacher personnel."
"What is required," he continued, "is a special fund of $5,000,000, similar to the fund established by the Ford Foundation, to be used to recruit young people to careers in Jewish education through the provision of scholarships to high school and college students; to provide incentive grants and grants in aid to encourage schools and communities to raise salaries, to provide pensions and health insurance and other fringe benefits to give the Jewish teacher salaries and conditions of work similar at least to those of the public school teacher in his community."
Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfield, director of the Department of Education and Culture of the Jewish Agency in New York, urged the Jewish educators to seek to correct the "inadequate and sometimes distorted" ideas held by young American Jews. He told the delegates that such ideas constituted "a caricature of Israel and its meaning for American Jewry."
He said it was not uncommon to find American Jewish youth who have attended Jewish schools speaking of supporting "poor Jews" in Israel and of Hebrew as simply a subject required for preparation for Bar Mitzvah. He said it was a reflection on the Jewish organizations working on behalf of Israel and Jewish education that they had failed to "convey to the rising generation in the United States the dream of Israel reborn and the significance of modern Hebrew men of letters and scholars, not only for Israel, but for American Jewry as well."
Dr. Alexander M. Dushkin, professor emeritus of the Hebrew University and former executive vice-president of the Jewish Education Committee of New York City, differed with the prevailing view that Jewish education in the United States now had not improved over the past 50 years.
Dr. Judah Pilch of New York, director of the National Curriculum Research Institute and chairman of the project, reported that a chair had been established in the Institute of Contemporary Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University under sponsorship by the National Council for Jewish Education through an Alexander M. Dushkin Fellowship.
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Hi I am curious as to when everyone is leaving for the rally (I'm sure some are allready in route) and what routes you will be traveling on. I am only in western Washington and don't have far to go, I will be leaving next wednesday afternoon for not to exciting ride to Spokane.
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Le lundi 25 août 2008, Martijn van Oosterhout a écrit : > ISTM the problem is that there's no easy way to refer to "operators > found in a default opclass", so perhaps we could invent a construct: Perhaps here again we're showing a need for some higher level semantics about operators and types. The case was recently raised about equality operators and operators transitivity, but I can't find the archive reference just now. Maybe we should add some common semantics to operators. CREATE OPERATOR would support some new clauses: IS_TRANSITIVE IS_EQUALITY IS_LT IS_LE ... Not sure about how to name those new clauses, obviously. It seems to me OPERATOR CLASS/FAMILY are all about how to index a given type, not how to offer semantics to type operators, so adding those clauses is "orthogonal" to the existing operator advanced notions. We could require any given type to provide at least an equality operator, whatever the name, and we could even provide equality operators for different types, or for types in the same categories. So int4 = int8 could use or could avoid using the same operator as int8 = int8, e.g. > assumptions about the real operator name is required. And then the > optimiser can fill in the actual operator by which time it should be > clear what it is. How would the planner get the estimated costs associated to any operator choice in this case? Regards, -- dim
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By slim
Dec 2, 2013
rating: 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
|The meat of this route is excellent, albeit really short. Unfortunately it is fairly high up, above a pile of nasty flakes. Between the natural sag in the rope (due to the big ledges), the height, and the ankle-breaking flakes, you will probably want a close belay.
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From: Highlands Ranch, CO
Jan 12, 2014
I'd give 1.5 stars, not as quite as good as New Ethics to the right.
I felt pretty comfortable w/o a stick clip on this one, getting to bolts 1 & 2 felt easy/secure. Like Slim says, you'll want an attentive belayer off the ledge as it's game on as soon as you step off, and the hard part of this climb is pretty good but short.
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Dec 7, 2015
|I'll back up with Nate said. I'm not against stick clips, but don't pass this up if you don't have one. You can clip the 3rd bolt from the big ledge, and then after 2 hard moves just getting above the draw, there is a good pocket to clip the next bolt from. Stiff, thin climbing on tiny pockets and dime edges for feet will get you to the horizontal break. This won't be your first 12a!


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|Erik Fedor and I thought this harder than Industrial Disease (also 11c) which we had done just before. The first half is the same climb as Darker is Better (5.7) then take the face on the left for the crux moves.
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Apr 20, 2005
rating: 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
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BUFFALO GROVE, IL — Stan Kunka has been appointed as the new president and ceo of Siemens Building Technologies (SBT), Inc. Kunka succeeds Tom Malott, who retired after serving as the company's interim president and ceo since November of last year.
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Like many of you, I feel responsible for my dogs' well-being. I do not want to unknowingly feed them anything that is not nutritious or, heaven forbid, something that could really harm them.
When an announcement of a new dog food product by Royal Canin made with ground up chicken feathers crossed my email box, I thought it was a hoax.
But the joke is on me. It appears I was wrong.
In June, Forbes magazine published an interview with the pet food company's president, Keith Levy. Levy was introducing the new "anallergenic" formula" the company is producing made with ground up chicken feathers. The story was headlined "a win-win for Royal Canin," a division of Mars.
Seriously folks?
Levy touted the fact the company has been developing the use of chicken feathers in its pet food for 10 years.
"We're looking for lots of different sources of protein for our foods: hydrolyzed soy; we are currently researching worm meal as a potential protein source for some of our foods in China," he told the interviewer.
"Few brands are more expensive than us," Levy bragged in the interview.
And once again, we are faced with the really naive belief that just because a dog food is at the top of the price range, it is not necessarily because the quality of the food is, too. Then there is the added concern about sourcing in China.
And the kicker? You can only purchase the food from specialty retailers with a veterinary prescription. Add another layer of authenticity.
So let's take a look at the list of ingredients that I found on veterinarian Dr. Karen Becker's website at healthypets.mercola.com (search for 'feather meal') and at chewy.com, an online retailer for the Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Anallergenic Dry Dog Food. I was unable to find the product on Royal Canin's website.
The list, according to both websites, contains about 45 ingredients so I'll just give you the first dozen or so:
"Corn starch, hydrolyzed poultry by-products aggregate, coconut oil, soybean oil, natural flavors, potassium phosphate, powdered cellulose, calcium carbonate, sodium silico aluminate, chicory, L-tyrosine, fructooligosaccharides, fish oil, L-lysine."
You will notice the first and therefore largest amount of product in the food is corn starch, a filler, which is a concern because many animals are allergic to corn.
Kind of ironic for an anallergenic product.
Also, corn is very frequently genetically modified. This means the seeds have been chemically altered to produce plants that can withstand repeated spraying with herbicides. In 2009, Monsanto, makers of Roundup, estimated that 60 percent of the corn produced in the United States is genetically modified.
A recent study published in the online journal Entropy into the use of the synthetic herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient found in Roundup and other weed killers, indicates the chemical has been linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson's disease, infertility and cancers in humans.
The second ingredient is the "hydrolyzed poultry by-products aggregate" which is the only mention of poultry in the ingredients, so it has to contain the chicken feathers.
However, the issue here is the term "poultry by-product," which, according to the Association of American Feed Control Officials "consists of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered poultry, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice." Levy does not address this inconsistency in the Forbes article.
Yuck. Yep, I want my dogs eating the intestines of other animals.
Also on the chewy.com website, a 19.8 pound bag of this stuff costs $86.99.
I will spare you any further rants today so don't get me started on the Royal Canin connection to a bear baiting controversy in the Ukraine.
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What started out as speculation and rumors looks to be gaining some legs. We're talking about the prospect of Lil Boosie being a free man soon after the calendar flips to February.
Per Miss Info, Hot97's Ebro states that Bad Azz will be a free man on February 13. This coincide with an earlier report we shared that included info given by Boosie's brother, indicating that February 2014 would be the release date, depending on Boosie completing two classes and his good behavior being factored into his sentence.
Not to get anyone's hopes up any further, but this flyer also landed on my e-desk this morning. It shares similar info as seen on the @BoosieOfficial Twitter page. However, let me state that I can't vouch for the flyer or that Twitter handle. Could be real or it could be janky promoters. Lord knows I hope it and all this other news right and true.


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Madoff, Stanford Victims UniteBy and
In the legislative scrum of Congress, winning means building a broad coalition. That's why victims of Bernard Madoff and accused Texas Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford are banding together to lobby for something neither group is influential enough to secure alone: a law that would help them recover some of their money.
Each group suffered losses that, for different reasons, aren't covered by the federal Securities Investor Protection Corp., which safeguards investment accounts against fraud or bankruptcy. Many of the Madoff victims are so-called "winners" who withdrew more money from the funds than they put in but want to be paid restitution for phantom returns they thought they were earning; the SIPC has refused to honor those claims. The Stanford victims aren't eligible for the fund, the SIPC says, because they bought their fraudulent securities from a foreign bank—Stanford's products were issued by a bank in Antigua—even though his firm had U.S. operations and made payments to the SIPC.
Realizing that a broader geographic base of support could improve their chance of success, investors defrauded by Madoff, mostly East Coast, Jewish, and backed by Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee, have linked up with the largely Christian, Sunbelt residents victimized by Stanford, who are supported by Republicans on the panel. Together, the groups hope to persuade the Senate to require brokerage firms to pay about $4 billion in additional fees to the SIPC, and to get the fund to grant them up to $500,000 each in compensation.
"We had been trying for a year, breaking our necks to get attention from Democratic members," says Angela Shaw, 40, of Dallas, whose family lost $4.5 million investing with Stanford. "Working together, maybe [we] will be heard."
Tough Fight
Even after joining forces, the victims have a tough fight ahead. Stephen P. Harbeck, president of the SIPC, says his fund has enough money to cover all legally permissible claims up to the $500,000 maximum. "Speaking only for myself, I cannot see where it would be good policy to change the law to pay fictional, contrived investment profits in a Ponzi scheme," he says. The Senate Banking Committee has not met formally to discuss the compensation request; the House in December passed a measure without restitution.
In the Senate, the Stanford victims found support among banking panelists from hard-hit Southern states, including ranking member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)and David Vitter (R-La.), says Shaw. She needed Democratic votes, so an aide to Vitter suggested she join forces with Helen Davis Chaitman, 68, a New York-based lawyer with Becker & Poliakoff who lost her life savings to Madoff and is leading the effort on behalf of her fellow victims.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is sympathetic to their cause, Chaitman says, as are Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.).
Madoff pleaded guilty to a $65 billion fraud and is now serving a 150-year prison sentence. Stanford was indicted in June of defrauding at least 30,000 investors of $7 billion through a Ponzi scheme that sold allegedly bogus certificates of deposit. Stanford, in jail awaiting trial, denies the charges.
Chaitman, who started her campaign on behalf of 350 Madoff victims about eight months ago and has since met with more than 70 lawmakers or their staff, vows not to quit. "Someone has to stand up to Wall Street at some point," she says.