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NEW YORK (Jan. 27)
A major church group has sent a letter to President Clinton urging him to press Israel to reverse last month's deportation of more than 400 Moslem fundamentalists.
The Jan. 15 letter from the Churches for Middle East Peace, a consortium of 16 Protestant and Catholic agencies, urged Clinton to "pursue actively a policy that will induce the Israeli government and people to accept the return of the Palestinians.
"We recognize that the cycle of violence in Israel and in the occupied territories has provoked new fears among Israelis and Palestinians alike. That violence, however, does not relieve Israel of its responsibilities as the occupying power."
Avi Granot, counselor for church affairs at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, said that he is "not surprised to see Churches for Middle East Peace again taking a very biased view and disregarding completely the necessity to fight Islamic fundamentalism, which threatens not only the peoples in the Middle East, but the peace process itself."
The umbrella group represents American Baptists; American Friends Service Committee, also known as Quakers; Episcopalians; Evangelical Lutherans; Presbyterians; Unitarians; United Church of Christ; United Methodists; and the National Council of Churches' Washington and Middle East affairs offices.
It also includes two Catholic groups, the Conference of Major Superiors of Men and the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.
A statement which Granot considered more evenhanded, however, was issued by Archbishop John Roach, chairman of the Committee on International Policy of the U.S. Catholic Conference.
Roach urged all parties to resolve the crisis over the Israeli deportations "in a manner that does not jeopardize the peace process."
While Catholics are "opposed to all forms of terrorism" and "likewise reiterate our strongly held view that pre-emptory, collective punishment is unjust," Roach said that "disengagement from the peace talks in protest of actions by any side serves only the interests of extremist elements opposed to all peaceful resolution of the Middle East conflict."


text: Real Reality From Our House: Losing the paper chase By Tracy Herz February 2, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I love being organized -- a place for everything, and everything in its place. I was always a good manager of me.Before I got married, I kept my cubicle tidy, my bed made and I had only one piece of work on my desk at a time. I met or exceeded all my deadlines, was rarely late for anything. I fought political battles at the office and generally won because my paper trail was irrefutable.My clothes were hung by color on identical hangers. I could go to a file and put my hands on my first-grade report card.Compromises have since been made.There are more papers and clothes on the floor and the dining room table than there are in the filing cabinets and the closets. I have no idea what any of it is or where it belongs, and I don't have a plan.My husband generates about 7 inches of paperwork each day. I try not to look at the mailbox or the inbox, because each piece of mail requires essentially 12 steps: opening, reading, throwing away the envelope, calling people, negotiating, arguing with insurance or unauthorized credit card/smart-phone-charge criminals, filing, note taking, calendar notes, calendar checking, and running to the malls for the school, or running to the school for the malls.This is just the email and the U.S. Postal Service that I'm talking about. Not time-sensitive Fed Ex or UPS mail.I cannot count the times that the landline telephone, which has at least 50 unchecked messages at this time, has been turned off.Each unchecked message will require an action or a set of actions.We haven't used the landline in months, because I am the ONLY person who puts the phone in the charger, and I quit. I haven't seen a handset or heard the talking Caller ID in months. When Frontier took over from Verizon in West Virginia, at first they were nice.Now they shut it off and leave a nasty note in an email account I rarely check. This doesn't embarrass me in the least. I'm just thankful I remember to pay the electric and the water.When we had our first son, I still believed in New Year's resolutions. So I took the HUGE BOX of unopened mail and went through it meticulously before the ball dropped in Times Square.Now I ignore everything that is not personally interesting or practically urgent, to include the deeply mysterious activities of Independence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania and its "Personal Care" program. Contrary to the marketing scheme, they only answer the phone if you want to enroll.Sometimes I like to hit "1" for "enroll" and chew out the person who answers. "Why is it," I ask, "that you people answer the phone if I want to enroll, but NOT if I am already enrolled? Put me through to the top!"So they transfer me to an agent, which takes 40 minutes. I have simply stopped calling at all. I'll call them in a few years. I have no idea what they are doing to me. They are making me sick.Meanwhile, the mail keeps stacking up. Things on the desk and things on the floor and things in the drawers are unopened since 2010 or 2006. If I notice it, I just throw it out.Do we have a shredder?Of course not.Anyone who wants to climb through the Dumpster and sift through the garbage -- poopy diapers included -- can have whatever they find. There might even be checks in there. I don't know. The real mail gets tangled up in the junk mail, so who knows?The mail method has become this: Ram it up to the razor's edge and pay it or do it when I absolutely have to, as long as it doesn't impact the credit report.Since reading all the fine print saves you in legal bills and I can no longer see 6-point type in the moonlight, I had to get coke-bottle glasses.My ophthalmologist, Dr. Krasnow in Huntington, advises a paperwork strike: play hardball and demand that my husband hire a secretary.But I am not ABOUT to let some woman take care of my husband's personal and business concerns unless she is ugly and stupid, and preferably grossly obese. I watch the ID Channel. I know what can happen.So how do you run that classified ad without getting sued? How many responses do you think I will get?Does anyone have any ideas?I'm just going to stack it up and ignore it, and do something I WANT to do until I get INTERRUPTED. That's the plan for now.Contact Tracy Herz at email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 City of Milton tries to revive Morris Memorial property 2 Mitch Vingle: WVU's Lyons watching bombshell merger news 3 Former Boone school board members indicted 4 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 5 Consultant says Yeager Airport needs to extend runway Charleston women bring India's Bollywood glamour home Previous Story On the Town: Auto show charity gala Next Story

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As with most blockbuster films arriving in cinemas this summer, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen will be accompanied with a video game release.
However, while many film tie-ins are heavily criticised on their questionable quality, developer Luxoflux is determined to buck the trend by treating the latest Transformers title as exactly that: a stand alone game.
"When we started this game, we knew we wanted to do something that was based on the film, but we didn't want to make a traditional film game," says Luxoflux's creative director Chris Tremmel. "We didn't want to be held up by the production and development of the film.
So we set up a core game design structure we knew we wanted to go with regardless of the licence. Approaching it in a way that was primarily fun, with multiplayer, a unique feel and an innovative game mechanic really helped us in the beginning."
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is based the events of the second film, with players taking control of numerous Autobots and Decepticons and battling it out across various locations from around the world. Unlike the film, there is less emphasis on the human characters, giving true Transformers fans the mechanically focused experience they crave.
In order to ensure the game wasn't too independent from the film – satisfying the movie-goers who are most likely to pick up this title – Tremmel and his team went to great lengths to liaise with their Hollywood counterparts, including the renowned director behind the action flick.
"We met with Michael Bay and his team early on, and they wanted us to expand on the film as opposed to following it," explains Tremmel. "So this isn't your traditional movie style game. We're re-telling the story, but we're doing it from the Transformers perspective.
"Michael Bay pitched us his film, and we pitched him our game. He then told us what his expectations were, and what he'd like to see, and what they were doing in the film that perhaps wouldn't translate.
"A lot of it was on the human side of things, because we didn't want playable humans in the game. Bayfilms have been really supportive.
"We've worked a lot with them on sharing assets and reading the latest scripts. We've also worked a lot with Hasbro, who have let us do things outside of the film."
Rather than following the event of the film directly, the game explores them from the perspectives of both the Autobots and the Decepticons. Each mission, either based on key moments from the film or original scenarios designed for the game, can be played from each faction's point of view, letting fans get to grips with their favourite characters.
In between missions, the Transformers congregate in their team's war room, where the plot will unfold and the next assigment will be detailed. For this, the developers enlisted the help of the Hollywood talent behind the characters, including Peter Cullen as the iconic voice of Optimus Prime.
"We wanted to go back to the core appeal of the Transformers films, and a lot of it comes from the characters and their interaction with each other," says Tremmel. "So to do that, we've got this war room for the Decepticons and the Autobots, and the conversations that happen here are done by the real voices of the characters and are based on your performance in the game. Which adds for a pretty fun experience."
The various disguises of the Transformers also lend themselves to different types of gameplay, so not only will players be battling the robots in their normal forms, but they will also be racing along the roads and dogfighting over the clouds.
The developers have even re-designed some of the classic Transformers characters to suit the film's style, so fans of the toys and classic cartoons are bound to find
a few of their favourites. In fact, keeping the Transformers fanbase happy has been one of the development team's main motivations.
"We did a lot of market research after the last game," says Tremmel. "We tested with games fans and Transformers fans to address a lot of the problems with the previous titles. The biggest thing was multiplayer. Fans wanted to go online and fight as Megatron and Optimus Prime.
"It has been a big responsibility for us. The fans of Transformers are rabid. Bay got death threats for putting flames on Opitmus Prime, for example. But we've managed to maintain our focus, so we can truly please the Transformers fans. I think we've managed to make a fun experience, and the best Transformers game to date."
The first Transformers film was a smash hit, and the game proved to be just as popular. With Luxoflux taking heed of any criticisms of the original, the second game should turn out to be even better and is guaranteed to perform well at retail.
"Because of our love of Transformers, our relationship with Hasbro, Dreamworks and Bay Films, and based on Activision's support and dedication to the licence, we have made this not feel like an opportunistic film tie-in game," Tremmel concludes.


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Photo Coverage: Susan Egan's Front and Center concert at Joe's Pub
Susan Egan took to the stage performing to a sold out and very enthusiastic crowd at Joe's Pub. Susan sang songs from her most recent album, Coffee House along with some familiar broadway favorites too. Here are pictures from that evening...
Set List:More/The Story Goes On
Both Sides Now
Taylor the Latte Boy
Oh Very Young
How Lovely to be a Woman/How Lucky Can You Get (w/alternate lyrics)
Across 9th Avenue
I Can't Believe My Heart
Sean Harkness Solo
Where In The World Is My Prince
Oh, How I Loved You
The Last Song
Into The West (from Lord of the Rings)
Gimme, Gimme
Sing Me A Happy Song
Susan Egan singing "Both Sides Now"
The audience was treated to several humorous anecdotes
from Susan's career during the concert.
Susan treats the audience to "Into The West" - the Academy
Award-winning song from Lord of the Rings.
Joe Brady (Drums), Robert Diamond (Editor-in-Chief), Susan,
Christopher McGovern (Musical Director), Craig Brockman (Senior Editor)
and Sean Harkness (Guitar) post backstage just after the concert.
Susan and Cast Party host, Jim Caruso
Susan and Michael Kerker (ASCAP)
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The men in blue are eager to serve and protect in Cop Shack on 101, the latest TitanMen feature drawn from the mind of legendary director Joe Gage.
New cop Jason Ridge's just moved to Santa Mira from L.A, rolling into police headquarters and eager to find a home on the force. Before they can do more than exchange hellos, TitanMen exclusive Alex Brawley's called out to investigate a possible prowler, and ends up trading blowjobs with and getting fucked fast and hard by horny homeowner Collin O'Neal.
Meanwhile, Jason stops to help TitanMen exclusives Damien Crosse and Darius Falke, two motorists with mischief on their minds. After rimjobs all around, Jason plows his condomed cop cock deep into Darius, and gets jackhammered by Damien in a frenzy of ferocious fucking.
Matt Majors, an off duty cop moonlighting as a chauffeur, drives cutie Kyler Lachlan and manly Brett Mathews home after dropping off their prom dates. No action on prom night? Not for these guys, and Matt makes sure he works out the kinks of the blue-balled and hugely hung hunks, as they swap spirited sucks and ride each other's rigid rods.
Finally, their shift over, Officers Jason and Alex join Nick Horn, Dean Tucker and Jon Matthews at the Ocean Grill, where the guys in the know suck and fuck each other like only those here to serve can do!
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Alleged Cindy Crawford extortionist surrenders
The man charged with trying to extort $100,000 from Cindy Crawford and her husband, Rande Gerber, over an inappropriate photo of her daughter has surrendered to police in Germany, the AP reports. He must have realized trying to get money for a borderline bondage photo of a child probably wasn't too bright in hindsight.
Edis Kayalar, 26, walked into a Nuertingen police station to face one count of extortion, which could land him in prison for two years. A judge will rule later today whether he has to remain in detention.
Still no word on anything that could happen to Crawford's nanny, from whom Kayalar got the photo after the nanny took a shot of Cindy's 7-year-old daughter bound and gagged for a "cops and robbers" game. Note to self: The Juice*lings won't be allowed to play at Cindy Crawford's house.
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Mission Nutrition:
Eat a rainbow every day!
Eggplant and tomato
Spinach and carrot salad
Tropical fruit salad
A display of fresh vegetables and fruit always dazzles the eye with its beauty; however, many people don't realize that the color of produce is due to naturally occurring powerful and protective phytochemicals (plant chemicals). Standard nutrition labels list only a fraction of the number of nutrients present in the food. While fresh vegetables and fruit do not come with labels, frozen ones do. Labels focus on calories, fat content, cholesterol, sugar, and sodium and may mention only 4 additional nutrients. Such labeling actually gives consumers the misleading impression that this is all the particular food has to offer.
The raw truth is, all fresh vegetables and fruit are dense with hundreds of diverse vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other nutrients vital to good health and disease prevention. Each color group presents its own health benefits. These are in addition to those unique to individual vegetables or fruits. Produce color groups are: red, orange and yellow, blue and purple, green, and the white and pale colored ones. Nature's pharmacy plays an important role in boosting immunity, controlling blood pressure and cholesterol levels; it helps prevent heart disease, certain kinds of cancer, digestive disorders, and inflammation. It also affects bone, vision health, and more.
Many of the beneficial compounds in produce are easily destroyed by heat or when not refrigerated. Canned or pre-cooked frozen produce is morgue-ready and offer little or no nutritional value; their label often lists the nutrition profile in their natural state –– before they were mercilessly butchered by excessive cooking and other abuse. To get the most health benefits from vegetables and fruit, it is important to consume the widest variety of naturally colored vegetables and fruit possible. Notice the word NATURALLY colored: I did not say drenched-in-a-dye jelly beans or cotton candy (heaven help us!). Vegetables and fruit should be eaten as fresh as possible, raw (where appropriate), or briefly cooked. Although fruit is nutrition-rich, it is also high in fructose (fruit sugar) and should therefore be eaten in moderation –– a daily equivalent of 2 medium apples.
Nutritionists recommend daily consumption of 5 – 9 servings of a variety of fresh and/or briefly cooked vegetables and fruit, and it is easier to do than you think. Always keep your fridge stocked with an assortment of produce. Eat a colorful raw vegetable salad every day, altering its makeup on different days for maximum benefit. A piece of fruit, or cut up veggies consumed with reduced fat cottage cheese, makes a great snack. A healthy breakfast may include an apple, or a slice of cantaloupe, or red grapes, or blueberries. Scrumptious cooked veggie sides or colorful stews are another way to increase veggie intake. Enjoy a rainbow on your plate at every meal.
Eggplant and Tomato
4 servings
1 medium eggplant, stem trimmed
1 large tomato, chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1-3/4 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons dried oregano
Pepper to taste
3 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
3 tablespoons lemon juice
Rinse and dry eggplant and cut into ½-inch slices. Cube the slices making criss-cross cuts through 3 slices at a time. Steam eggplant 10 minutes, or until tender but not mushy. Drain.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic (uncovered) for 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
Mix in tomato, cumin, oregano, and pepper. Reduce heat, cover, and cook 10 minutes stirring once. Toss eggplant, parsley, and lemon juice with tomato mixture and cook 2 more minutes.
Spinach and Carrot Salad
4 servings
7 cups torn baby spinach
2 medium carrots, grated
¾ cup dried cranberries
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons wine vinegar
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard
Salt and pepper to taste
In a large bowl, whisk together the dressing. Mix in all other ingredients.
Tropical Fruit Salad
4 servings
2 cups fresh pineapple, cut into bite-size pieces
2 large Golden Delicious, unpeeled, cored, cut into bite-size chunks
2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
2 oranges, peeled, sectioned
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
2 teaspoons honey
1 cup non-fat, plain yogurt
In a large bowl, thoroughly combine yogurt and honey. Cut each orange section in two (remove seeds). Add orange pieces to yogurt mixture. Mix in celery, nuts and remaining fruit.
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Judy E. Buss is a nutritional cooking instructor. She is a columnist and member of the American Holistic Health Association. Like her on Judy E. Buss Facebook for more recipes and tips.


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Happiness Club members spread May Day cheer
Members of the Alexandria Jefferson High School Happiness Club spread some May Day cheer Thursday.
Donned in their bright yellow smiley face club T-shirts, they divided into groups and set out during their lunch period and again after school to share some smiles.
The group of juniors and seniors meets every Thursday during their school lunch period. For the past month, they have been using that time to assemble hand-made May Day baskets.
Thanks to a grant from the Youth as Resources program through United Way of Douglas and Pope Counties, the students were able to assemble a total of 250 May Day baskets, which included notes, flower seed packets, candy and carnations.
They delivered the baskets at The Senator assisted living facility, Galaxy apartment complex, Viking Towers apartments, Park South Apartments and the Birth Place at the Douglas County Hospital, all in Alexandria.
Youth as Resources is a youth-directed board that determines funding for youth-led, youth administered projects that impact residents of Douglas County.
The JHS Happiness Club is dedicated to promoting happiness in the school and the community. JHS orchestra director Brad Lambrecht is the club advisor.


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Name: Toni James
Aliases: Loni James
Birthday: 1974-04-26
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Birthplace: Englewood, CA
Nationality: United States
Size: 24
Height: 160
Weight: 48
Feet: 0
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Blonde
Pierced: Navel
Porn Star Toni James is an Inglewood, California native, she's a cute-as-a-button stunner who blazed into the industry in late 1996 as the 20 year old gal pal of porno vet Steve Drake. While the couple eventually split up , Toni James continued to strut her sexy stuff in hardcore through the end of 1998. She brought a welcome air of intelligence and elegance to a form that usually badly needs a little of each. Toni James's a dazzling little blonde hottie with a killer, all-natural figure that's topped with a pair of ripe, smallish breasts. She sports one of the tightest backsides in the biz and is able to twist her frame into all sorts of enticing positions. An upturned nose adds a final bit of cuteness to her sweet good looks. Toni James looks for all the world like an innocent young ingenue let loose in an oversexed world, but once the clothes come off she becomes one of the spunkiest, most exuberant sexers on the scene. Toni James came up fast through the porno ranks beginning in late 1996, sizzling her way through a short string of pro-am features like 'Nasty Nymphos 16.' In that early appearance, Toni James took on boyfriend Steve Drake and Vince Voyeur in a sensual back door bangtango that made fans and industry folks alike stand up and take notice. Over the next year or so, Toni James and Steve Drake turned in some awesomely erotic work, notably in 'Sweet Revenge.' The on and off-screen couple also did some stellar sexing in 'Pick Up Lines 12,' where their poolside fling stood out as the flick's hottest. The couple broke up in 1997 and Toni James began working with a wider variety of studs. By late 1998, though, she had met and fallen in love with someone from outside the industry. She got married, got pregnant, and left the porno racket -- seemingly for good. She left behind a carnal catalog chock-full of her naturalistic, always highly energetic sexuality.


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UPPER TOWNSHIP - The seven races that make up the Tri-Resort Lifeguard Championships showcase most of the talents needed for lifeguarding, and the host Upper Township Beach Patrol earned the overall victory Monday with rowing and running.
Upper won the event for the second straight year, winning two of the three rows and both running races against Sea Isle City and Wildwood at the Prescott Avenue beach.
A win in the surf dash, the final race, gave Upper a winning total of 26 points. Sea Isle had 21 points for second, and Wildwood was third with 16.
The win came two days after Upper won its first team title at the Beschen-Callahan Memorials in North Wildwood.
"This was probably the best three days in the history of the Upper Township Beach Patrol," Upper captain Bill Handley said. "To win the Beschen-Callahan and the Tri-Resort is amazing."
The evening began with the close singles row, won by Upper's Joe O'Neil over Sea Isle's Pat Scannapieco by one second. Jon O'Neil, Joe's brother, won the doubles row with Dan Palombo, also by one second.
The team of Amanda Eller, Spenser Popeson and Ford Palmer took the 3x1-mile beach run for the home patrol. Finally, in race No. 7, Upper's Ford Palmer, Mary Ellen Curran, Palombo and Jim Dugan clinched the title by winning the surf dash.
Teammates lifted the 6-foot-5 Dugan in celebration after his anchor leg won it. He stepped high through the waves on the way in to win the final sprint.
"Everything was kind of a blur," said Dugan, 28, of Marmora in Upper Township. "Sea Isle has a lot of good surf dashers and I knew it would be clsoe. It's all about getting your legs out of the water. If you can do that, it's so much faster than guys trying to swim."
Wildwood's Katie Collins, Chris Callaghan and Bryan Byles won the paddleboard relay.
"It was a good race. There were no waves at all, but it was a little choppy," said anchor Byles, 21, of Foxbury in Morris County.
Upper's Kevin Gill, 16, was the overall winner of the swim, but the race had three swimmers from each patrol and was scored like a cross country meet. Sea's Blake Trabuchi-Downey, second in the race, combined with Cole Palombo and Madison Meyer to win the event.
Sea Isle's John Temme and Alisia Bell won the mixed doubles race by 10 seconds.
Contact Guy Gargan:
Team scoring (Scoring was 5-3-1 for the first three places.): 1. Upper Township 26; 2. Sea Isle City 21; 3. Wildwood 16.
Singles row
1. Joe O'Neil, UT 5 minutes, 17 seconds.
Paddleboard relay
1. WW (Chris Callaghan, Katie Collins, Bryan Byles) 13:39.
3x1-mile run relay
1. UT (Amanda Eller, Spenser Popeson, Ford Palmer) 15:41.
Doubles row
1. UT (Jon O'Neil-Dan Palombo) 13:46.
Team winner: Sea Isley City
Overall winner
Kevin Gill, UT (no time)
Mixed doubles
1. SIC (John Temme-Alisia Bell) 4:53.
Surf dash
1. UT (Ford Palmer, Mary Ellen Curran, Dan Palombo, Jim Dugan) 2:23.


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The customers that pack your stores during the festive period don't know – or care – whether a member of staff is seasonal or permanent. They just know that the employee represents your business. And that means, as well as compelling product range and product availability, customers expect prompt answers to any queries they have and friendly employees able to help them find everything they need. So how do you ensure that these expectations are met?
The festive season brings huge challenges for retailers, beginning long before the Christmas lights are switched on. It's an insanely busy period – fingers crossed – which means everyone needs to be at the top of their game, including your seasonal employees.
But training seasonal employees can be a headache. It takes time and effort – and often falls to the store manager, who is already very busy. The post-Christmas sale will be exacerbated this year by the fact Boxing Day falls on a Sunday, with the shorter trading hours creating a more concentrated rush of shoppers. Then there's the increase in VAT by 2.5 percent from 4 January which may also encourage savvy shoppers to get in early.
So how do you get people up and running quickly, dealing confidently with customers from day one and making a positive impact on your business over the festive period?
Fresh, unique, learning with a twist
Using innovative solutions that overcome the numerous problems associated with training and communicating with retail staff. This will help take the seasonal training headache away, ensuring consistency across your stores, and removing significant cost from your business while empowering staff and improving customer service.
Empowering your staff by providing a simple yet dynamic reference and support system by putting everything a cashier or sales associate needs to know at their fingertips. This means every cashier and any associate who deals with customers know exactly where to go to get the information they need.
You'll get your staff very quickly up to speed with till training, product information, policies and procedures, marketing initiatives, messages from head office, context sensitive help – because it's all there at a touch of a button.
The technology that will help retailers ensure their staff are able to meet customers' expectations behind this can include:
Smart Boards
Personalising daily messaging, key policy and process information, customer information or general day-to-day communications, keeps all your staff informed.
Dynamic Product Viewer
This quickly and simply empowers your staff with key information on products, price, hot picks of the week and key selling points. You can even print out fact sheets for your customers.
Clever Content Control
This will help you create, manage and update your own content without needing any deep technical skills.
What's New, What's Updated
A clever widget showing people what's new, what's been updated and what's relevant to them as soon as they log on. You can track to see who's read what and what people are keen on reading.
Support Made Simple
Improving the interaction between your site, store staff and support desk with rapid key operational problem solving can help reduce operational support calls.
Dynamic point of sale (POS) reference
Having a fresh approach to housing compulsory reference material, so it can be instantly viewed, updated and created as required is always welcomed.
Although you should have excellent communication practices in place all year round it is never more critical than the festive season. Customers move through stores faster, want more attention paid to their issues and need things resolved on the spot. High calibre, well-trained staff can be the difference between making a sale or not.
Sally-Anne Taylor is Head of Learning at BT Expedite


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Evaluation of a Non-Invasive Electrocardiogram-Assisted Blood Pressure Monitor
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Approximately one billion people suffer from hypertension worldwide. At least 10% of this population, that is, 100 million people, also suffers from associated chronic conditions namely, atrial fibrillation (AF), obesity, arterial stiffness (AS), and heart failure (HF). Personal interaction with medical practitioners (doctors) and review of published clinical research confirms that current non-invasive automatic blood pressure (BP) monitors that rely on BP pulse analysis alone cannot provide accurate measurement due to the unpredictable/weak nature of BP pulses in the above-mentioned chronic conditions. Lack of accuracy in BP estimation can lead to wrong diagnoses and hence to complications such as stokes and heart attacks.
The Sponsor is developing a novel non-invasive BP monitor that is similar to existing automatic monitors yet is capable of acquiring and analyzing electrocardiogram (ECG) data in conjunction with BP pulse data to provide better and more accurate measurements in the above chronic conditions.
The objective of this clinical trial is to evaluate the performance of this ECG-assisted BP monitor against invasive BP measurements in a small group of patients who suffer from the above conditions.
|Hypertension Atrial Fibrillation Obesity Heart Failure Atherosclerosis
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of a Novel Non-Invasive Electrocardiogram-Assisted Blood Pressure Monitor Against Invasive Intra-Arterial Pressure Monitoring - A Pilot Study
- Accurate and Consistent Blood Pressure Measurement [ Time Frame: 12 months ]We expect to demonstrate that our automated non-invasive ECG-assisted BP monitoring technology can provide accurate and consistent diastolic & systolic pressure measurements in chronic patient conditions (namely AF, obesity, AS, and HF) in which current non-invasive oscillometric technologies tend to be unreliable.
|Actual Study Start Date:
|April 2, 2015
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2, 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 21, 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Patients undergoing an angiography in the catheterization lab who also suffer from at least one of the following chronic conditions:
- Established diagnosis of AF.
- Obesity characterized by a BMI > 40 (extremely high, Class III).
- Established diagnosis of AS.
- Established diagnosis of HF.
- Age ≥ 18 years.
- Patients unwilling or unable to comply with study requirements.
- Failure to sign the informed consent form.
- Age < 18 years.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02053623
|Canada, Ontario
|University of Ottawa Heart Institute
|Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Y 4W7
|Responsible Party:
|Health Parametrics Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT02053623 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 30, 2014
|Last Updated:
|February 22, 2017
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Atrial Fibrillation
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Pathologic Processes
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
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By Jeremy Smith
Nov 2, 2001
|I believe the name of this route is Thieving Bitch.
By Darin Lang
Nov 2, 2001
|Listed as "Seething" Bitch in the Front Range Topropes book, and as "Thieving" Bitch in the new Gillett guide. The latter is probably correct, but doesn't the former sound much cooler? ;-)
By Jon Sinclair
From: Lafayette, CO
Jun 4, 2010
|The first three bolts are definitely 5.8, but the final 10 feet to the anchors is much harder... could even be 10+ or 11. Moving WAY left might make it easier, but staying anywhere close to the third bolt makes the climb a lot tougher than 8.
By Matt Roberts
From: Columbus, OH
Jun 16, 2012
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Moving past the 3rd bolt is definitely the crux. There is a crimp out right for the right hand, and then step up to find a perfectly placed flat with the left hand, after which going for the bolts is pretty straightforward.
The anchors are loose but not scarily so.


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A South Craven couple have taken over a top goats cheese brand and have plans to expand.
Sharron and Ed Parker are operating the business from their Bradley farm.
They bought the Yellison Farm Goats Cheese outfit – established in 2003 – when it was put on the market by former owner Steve Akrigg, due to his failing health. Sadly, he died on Christmas Day last year.
Mr Akrigg's 24-year-old son, Jonathan, and his partner, Lucy Pollard, are helping the Parkers familiarise themselves with all aspects of the operation.
The milking parlour, dairy and cheese production unit have been relocated from the former base at Carleton to Sire Bank Farm, where the Parkers are currently milking 72 predominantly Saanen and Anglo Nubian goats.
"We are up and running, and while it's early days and there's still plenty of work to do, we have retained all existing customers and are meeting current order requirements," said Mrs Parker, a fully qualified mechanical engineer, who formerly managed the tool rooms at Kingfisher (Lubrication) in Leeds.
Steve Akrigg had built-up a hugely successful, award-winning business, with a national customer base and a top reputation.
"Steve invested so much of his time in both establishing and developing the business," added Mrs Parker.
"It was a true passion in his life – a real labour of love – and one I am determined to continue and further develop in his memory. I already share much of his passion and enthusiasm."
The business is continuing to produce two types of goats cheese – a light and creamy log in two sizes and potted Crowdie, a soft, spreadable cheese made to a Scottish recipe.
Production has increased, with milk output currently about 600 litres a week and two weekly cheese runs producing some 180kg of product.
And there are plans to further develop and diversify.
"We are looking to grow the herd naturally, and eventually hope to be milking 120-plus goats, producing our own haylage on the farm to feed them," said Mrs Parker.
"This will allow us to increase both production and capacity. We will also seek to develop and expand our cheese types and ranges, with different flavour variations of existing soft log products, together with the introduction of an own-brand hard cheese similar to a Stilton."
She and Ed, who also runs his own structural engineering business, have three children – Georgia, 13, a pupil at Skipton Girls' High School; Joseph, 11, who attends South Craven School in Cross Hills, and five-year-old Archie, who is at Bradley Primary School.
The family's farm – where Ed's parents Bill, now 81, and Jennifer Parker help out – specialises in Hereford-cross cattle, with a 30-strong herd of cows, Texel-cross-Mule sheep and Warren hybrid hens, with the eggs sold in Bradley Village Shop.
Sandra Waite, who runs the shop, is already selling Yellison's cheese, and is holding an open day with tastings on Saturday.


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Great food. Good service. Nice staff. A couple of things tho; Peshwari Nan didn't have fruit and nuts in as advertised and the sharp and hot dish I had wasn't either. It was good but not hot. I would eat here again no problem and I don't say that about everywhere.
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The BEST restaurant in bradford with a relaxing atmosphere and the food is outstanding the best in BRADFORD. This restaurant is a must try and gauranteed satisfaction!!! 5 STAR!!!
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Dunno which snubby you're shooting but my S&W J-frames are amazingly accurate with 148 and sometimes 158 target loads. It takes a very firm, consistent grip and very deliberate sighting but these little guns really can shoot! Once at quals (witnesses!) I managed to fire the first four rounds into a ragged hole @ 15 yds but saw the group, broke my concentration, and threw the next shot about .5" out. I'm a longtime PPC shooter but was still impressed by the accuracy of my "belly gun".
For paper punching I'd consider the goup size first. For SD, it won't much matter for typical SD ranges if your POI and POA are 2" apart. Simply hold center mass and repeat as necessary. If POI/POA discrepancy is an issue for a deliberate shot you'll know from your range time where the correct hold is.
It's fun to discover the potential of these snubbies. Often a load can be tailored to hit POA. If not, "hold tight and favor the X-ring".
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THE SUPREME COURT: THE OVERVIEW; Justices Allow a Commandments Display, Bar Others
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
Published: June 28, 2005
A fractured Supreme Court on Monday, struggling to define a constitutional framework for the government display of religious symbols, upheld a six-foot-high Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol while ruling that framed copies of the Commandments on the walls of two Kentucky courthouses were unconstitutional.
The decisions in the two separate cases came on the final day of the court's 2004-2005 term, a term shadowed by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's illness and speculation about his retirement plans.
But if the 80-year-old chief justice, who has been battling thyroid cancer, has such plans, he gave no indication of them as he presided over the hourlong proceedings. He even joked at one point, observing after he described the complicated voting pattern in the Texas Ten Commandments case that ''I didn't know we had that many people on our court.''
The vote in each Ten Commandments case was 5 to 4, with both majorities emphasizing, to varying degrees, the significance of the particular context in which the Commandments were displayed. The question was whether either display violated the First Amendment's prohibition against an official ''establishment'' of religion.
To the extent that the decisions provided guidelines for the further cases that are all but certain to follow, it appeared to be that religious symbols that have been on display for many years, with little controversy, are likely to be upheld, while newer displays intended to advance a modern religious agenda will be met with suspicion and disfavor from the court.
Only Justice Stephen G. Breyer agreed with both decisions, a development that appears to give him the balance of power in a contentious area of the court's docket that has been controlled most often in the past by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
For her part, Justice O'Connor voted in each case with the group that found the displays unconstitutional, a surprising development given her past voting record. She explained herself in a concurring opinion in the Kentucky case, McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union, No. 03-1693, which was decided with a majority opinion by Justice David H. Souter.
''It is true that many Americans find the Commandments in accord with their personal beliefs,'' Justice O'Connor said in her concurring opinion. ''But we do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.''
Justice O'Connor said the country had worked well, when compared with nations gripped by religious violence, by keeping religion ''a matter for the individual conscience, not for the prosecutor or bureaucrat.'' She added: ''Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly?''
The result in the Kentucky case provoked a particularly bitter dissenting opinion from Justice Antonin Scalia, who read from it at length on Monday morning. He accused the majority of expressing hostility to religion and deviating from the intent of the Constitution's framers. ''Nothing stands behind the court's assertion that governmental affirmation of the society's belief in God is unconstitutional except the court's own say-so,'' Justice Scalia said.
Noting the court's inconsistency in the church-state area, in which decisions have upheld property-tax exemptions for churches and the employment of chaplains by state legislatures, Justice Scalia said the court had often deviated from the principle the majority now invoked of official neutrality between religion and nonreligion. What could be the reason for the inconsistency, he asked, and then gave this answer:
''I suggest it is the instinct for self-preservation, and the recognition that the court, which 'has no influence over either the sword or the purse,' cannot go too far down the road of an enforced neutrality that contradicts both historical fact and current practice without losing all that sustains it: the willingness of the people to accept its interpretation of the Constitution as definitive, in preference to the contrary interpretation of the democratically elected branches.''
The two cases produced a total of 10 opinions, totaling 136 pages. Outside the court, the split decisions enabled each side in the larger debate over the role of religion in the public square to claim a measure of victory. It may take further litigation, not in these particular cases but in others that raise related questions, before the import of the decisions becomes clear.
For example, on Tuesday the justices are expected to announce the disposition in several cases they have held in abeyance while these were pending. One is an appeal by a South Carolina town, Great Falls, of a ruling that it could not constitutionally open sessions of its town council with a prayer invoking the name of Jesus Christ.
At the least, the ruling on Monday in the Texas case, Van Orden v. Perry, No. 03-1500, will immunize from constitutional challenge hundreds of granite Ten Commandments monuments that were erected in public places around the country by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, a national civic organization, in the 1950's and 1960's. According to the Eagles at the time, exposing the nation's youth to the Ten Commandments would lead to a decrease in juvenile delinquency.


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I am NOT posting this to start any drama, but merely to educate people. I've seen a lot of people post pics of their LO's in their car seats, where they are not correctly strapped in.
Here is the correct way a child should be buckled into a 5 point harness car seat.
The chest clip (harness retainer tie) should be resting on the chest, level with the armpits. It should NOT be resting on the belly or the neck.
If the straps have shoulder pads, they should sit on top of the child's shoulders.
Also, the straps should be pulled tight (though not choking) against the child. When adjusted properly, you should be able to fit no more than ONE finger between the strap and your child's collarbone.
WHEN REAR FACING - When adjusting the straps, you should use the slots that are at or below the child's shoulders. They should "hug" your child's shoulder, so to speak.
WHEN FORWARD FACING - Use the slots at or above the child's shoulders:
If it's winter time, you should take the child's coat of, OR you should unzip your child's coat and pull the coat through the straps before buckling, as shown in this video:
Children need to be REAR facing until at least a year old and 20 lbs. If the child is OVER one, but under 20lbs, they need to remain rear facing.
HOWEVER, it is now widely recommended to Rear-face until the child is 2years old or 30 lbs.
Here is a video to show the importance of Extended rear facing:
ALSO: Please make sure you are aware of the weight and height requirements for your particular car seat.
Infant carrier seatsusually accommodate a child up to 20lbs.
Convertible car seats usually accommodate a child to 40lbs (some go higher than that).
It's recommended that children 40-80 lbs use a booster seat.
This site has a chart showing car seat requirements for each state:
I'm going to show this to my husband when he gets home, because he seems to think I'm doing it wrong! ( I do it the same way as your photo)
Quoting JenniferSue-HadaGIRL:
My husband always leaves the chest thing down around my son's stomach. DRIVES ME NUTS!!!
Thank you for posting this. I see a LOT of people not strapping their kids in correctly.... makes me so nervous.
I havent had my LO yet but I did take my car seat to a check at the fire dept to make sure it was installed properly and they showed me how to strap her in just like youre showing!
:) you should also talk about what slot the straps go in and how they're suppose to be at or below your childs sholders :)
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People also adjust the straps too high! They should be right behind the child and come up over the shoulders.. its hard to explain. I saw a newborn with the straps at the highest level, the baby would have fallen right out of that in an accident!
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That reminds me when I went to our local firestation to have my daughter's carseat checked for proper installation and they guy couldn't believe that I had installed the seat myself. He said that women "never get it tight enough." Which made me proud and mad all at the same time. I hope everyone knows they are supposed to put their knee into the seat (with all of your weight) when installing and buckeling in the seat to make sure it's tight enough, and that it shouldn't move more than an inch to either side.
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- April 10, 2012, 1:15 PM
Gulfstream Aerospace appointed Thomas Huff to the newly created position of aviation safety officer. A retired U.S. Navy test pilot with more than 25 years of experience, Huff reports directly to company president Larry Flynn. Huff will oversee a comprehensive aviation safety program for all Gulfstream flight operations, including experimental test, production test, demonstration and corporate flights. He will provide independent safety oversight and promote aviation safety and awareness throughout the company, Gulfstream said.


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The question of what the United States should do about Syria is an important one: the conflict there has killed tens of thousands of civilians, created hundreds of thousands of refugees, sparked low-level fire exchanges with neighboring Turkey, may be spreading into Lebanon, and has the potential to drastically alter the Middle East. But that question is also extremely difficult, which may help explain why neither President Obama nor Mitt Romney was able to draw much of a contrast during Monday night's foreign policy debate.
Just how similar were the two candidates' statements on Syria? Here are some of their comments side-by-side to give you a sense. The remarkable overlap, sometimes word-for-word, is a reminder of both Syria's urgency and its difficulty. Tellingly, Romney strained to portray the crisis there as a failure by the Obama administration, but seemed unable to articulate a different approach.
Watch the highlights of the debate on Syria.
I. Arm rebels, but not extremists
OBAMA: We are going to do everything we can to make sure that we are helping the opposition. But we also have to recognize that, you know, for us to get more entangled militarily in Syria is a serious step, and we have to do so making absolutely certain that we know who we are helping; that we're not putting arms in the hands of folks who eventually could turn them against us or allies in the region.
ROMNEY: And so the right course for us, is working through our partners and with our own resources, to identify responsible parties within Syria, organize them, bring them together in a form of -- if not government, a form of council that can take the lead in Syria. And then make sure they have the arms necessary to defend themselves. We do need to make sure that they don't have arms that get into the -- the wrong hands. Those arms could be used to hurt us down the road.
II. Work with U.S. allies, especially Israel and Turkey
OBAMA: Everything we're doing, we're doing in consultation with our partners in the region, including Israel which obviously has a huge interest in seeing what happens in Syria; coordinating with Turkey and other countries in the region that have a great interest in this
ROMNEY: We need to make sure as well that we coordinate this effort with our allies, and particularly with -- with Israel. But the Saudi's and the Qatari, and -- and the Turks are all very concerned about this. They're willing to work with us.
III. Make Syria a 'friend'
OBAMA: We are playing the leadership role. We organized the Friends of Syria. We are mobilizing humanitarian support, and support for the opposition. And we are making sure that those we help are those who will be friends of ours in the long term and friends of our allies in the region over the long term.
ROMNEY: But I believe -- we want to make sure that we have the relationships of friendship with the people that take his place, steps that in the years to come we see Syria as a friend, and Syria as a responsible party in the Middle East. This is a critical opportunity for America.
IV. Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's fall is inevitable
OBAMA: And I am confident that Assad's days are numbered.
ROMNEY: I believe that Assad must go. I believe he will go.
V. My policy: organize and arm non-extremist rebels
OBAMA: But we did so in a careful, thoughtful way, making certain that we knew who we were dealing with, that those forces of moderation on the ground were ones that we could work with.
ROMNEY: We should have taken a leading role, not militarily, but a leading role organizationally, governmentally to bring together the parties; to find responsible parties.
To be fair, the candidates did hint at one potential policy difference, and it was a bit of role-reversal given their respective parties. Romney affirmatively declared at several points that he would not intervene military. "I don't want to have our military involved in Syria. I don't think there is a necessity to put our military in Syria at this stage. I don't anticipate that in the future," he said.
While Obama did not mention military intervention, has not appeared to support it in the past, and even criticized Romney in the debate for past proposals to supply the rebels with "heavy weapons," he did choose to pause during their exchange on Syria and draw a contrast with his challenger on the 2011 Libya intervention. "But going back to Libya -- because this is an example of how we make choices," Obama said. "When we went in to Libya, and we were able to immediately stop the massacre there, because of the unique circumstances and the coalition that we had helped to organize. We also had to make sure that Moammar Gaddafi didn't stay there."
It would be a strain to interpret Obama as suggesting the United States would support a similar intervention in Syria, where conditions are quite different. More likely Obama was endeavoring to make a point about "leadership." But it's a sign of how close the candidates are on the Syrian question that this is the one significant contrast they could draw.


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Worship Encounter - The Oasis of Love Church and School of Ministry
Sunday, November 20, 2011 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
The Oasis of Love Church and School of Ministry will host a special Worship Encounter on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 10am and 5pm. The special guest will be Pastor and International Prophet Merle Shenk from House of Praise, Cape Town , South Africa. If you are looking for a special blessing you don't want to miss these services. We invite everyone to come and experience a powerful move of the Holy Spirit. The host Pastors are Dr. Walt and Lady Andreanna Jordan II and the church is located at 190 Chester Avenue.
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Star Wars Action Figures / Re: SP1635's customs updated 6/3 attack speeder« on: June 4, 2006, 03:22 PM »
i really like the paint scheme & weathering on the bike. the design is unique, but looks like something that was just off screen in the clone wars. i think it will look even better when you put a rider on it.
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The HR Specialist Forum
The owner of our company has a fairly in-your-face, aggressive personality. I and lots of other staff can deal with him—that's just his style. But several of our employees have complained recently that he's acting worse and worse, and they've come to me accusing him of intimidating and bullying them. Who should I counsel? The boss, to tell him to lighten up? Or the employees, to tell them to get a thicker skin?—Designated Mediator
We have an employee handbook that spells out our policies and procedures. I wonder if we need a similar publication aimed specifically at managers and supervisors? Does anyone have one? If so, what does it include that's different from your employee manual?—Kristin, Chicago
Management just let everyone know that we're going to continue a salary freeze for at least another six months. For some people, that means they won't have seen a raise in more than two years. How can we keep our employees motivated when it doesn't seem like there's any light at the end of the tunnel?—B.D., New York
As we enter the back-to-school season, office supplies have begun to disappear. Does anyone have any policy or procedure in place to thwart this type of behavior? In your experience, will a firm but diplomatic e-mail help? It's getting expensive and embarrassing as large quantities walk away.—K in FL
Does anyone have a formal policy preventing employees from using vacation or paid time off in between the time they announce their resignation and their actual quitting day? It can be really hard to do the necessary "knowledge dump" if the departing employee spends much of his or her last two weeks on vacation? What's your policy?—C.P.C., Alaska
It's back-to-school time, which means a lot of parents in our plant are going to need time off for various school-related activities. Trouble is, we're in a relatively small community and most of our kids go to the same schools. That means everyone needs time off at the same time. Any suggestions on how to handle this so we can keep our plant running smoothly and be good parents?—A.G., Alabama
We're trying to fill a technical position and have found someone who I think is extremely well qualified. The hiring manager isn't nearly as enthusiastic because the man has been unemployed for 18 months after being laid off. The manager says if the guy was any good, he would have found work long ago. What can I do to persuade him to take a chance on this candidate (who, by the way, is willing to relocate his family at his own expense from more than a thousand miles away)?—Jim, Dallas
Our company is doing OK in this lousy economy, all things considered. In fact, we occasionally hire someone! However, it's not easy doing business these days, and I really can't say we're thriving. It's more like we're doing a really good job of hanging on. When we conduct interviews, candidates naturally want to know about our financial stability. I struggle with what to tell them. I don't want to paint a too-rosy picture, but I don't want to scare off good potential employees either. Has anyone faced this problem? How do you handle it?—Keith, Houston
To save on premiums, we've been reconsidering when new employees become eligible for health insurance benefits. Currently, new hires can sign up after their first full month of employment. Management wants to change it so new hires only become eligible after completing their 90-day "introductory period." We would still pay 65% of the total premium. Has anyone else made this kind of switch? What do you think of the 90-day waiting period? — Eva, PA
Should we give out employee information (wage data, demographic information, etc.) to anyone who calls to request it? I suspect we need a policy for handling these situations, but (short of calling a lawyer) I don't know how to figure out what it should say. Do any of you have rules on how to handle such calls?—Pam J.


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Two courses are included in the Winterim 2014 session, which will be held between semesters at the University of Wisconsin-Barron County and will run from January 2 – 23.
Literature and Performance (CTA 230) is a three credit course that will meet Monday through Friday from 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. Terry Wiesner and Joel Friederich will team-teach the course which will focus on the study of both dramatic performance and English literature in a supportive workshop atmosphere.
Elementary Algebra (MAT 091) is a three non-degree credit course that will meet Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon. Kelli Coller is the course instructor for this class that is intended for students with little or no previous algebra.
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Hughes expects Toure to be fit
Mark Hughes has played down the injury scare surrounding Kolo Toure and claimed the Manchester City new-boy should be fit for next Saturday's Premier League opener at Blackburn Rovers.
Toure lasted just 18 minutes of Saturday afternoon's 2-1 victory over Celtic at Eastlands after reporting soreness in a hip problem that developed last week.
Hughes immediately replaced the former Arsenal man but is confident a week's treatment will be enough to get Toure back on the field when his new-look side face their first competitive test at Ewood Park.
"He had treatment on a rash at the top of his hip this week and felt quite comfortable, which was why I picked him," said Hughes.
"But after about 10 minutes, he said it was bothering him, so we took him off straightaway.
"I don't anticipate it will be too much of a problem and he should be okay for next week."
Hughes admitted City missed Toure's presence, with Chris Killen taking advantage of the Ivory Coast star's exit to level Gareth Barry's opener.
Little wonder the Blues chief has made getting another new centre-half his priority, although, after confirming there had been no progress made in his efforts to sign Everton's Joleon Lescott, Hughes indicated he might now look at alternative targets.
"We have to make a decision on any player we are pursuing," he said. "If we feel a certain deal has run its course, we will look elsewhere."
Sunderland manager Steve Bruce was thrilled to see Darren Bent off the mark after their latest recruit opened his goalscoring account against Hearts.
Record-signing Bent was handed his debut for the friendly at Tynecastle after finally sealing a £10m move from Tottenham Hotspur.
And the striker made an immediate impact on the large travelling support, earning a 1-1 draw for the Premier League side after David Obua had opened the scoring in style for the home side.
Bruce said: "It was good to see 'Benty' score a goal. It's always good to have your striker - who you have just paid a lot of money for - score a goal. For the whole game, he looked a threat.
"Overall, I was very pleased with the work-out. It was more like a cup-tie than a pre-season friendly, in the first half especially. That was good to see. The big thing for me is that we have come through the game unscathed.
"The best people for us today were the supporters, I've never seen a support like that for a pre-season friendly."
Aston Villa's pre-season preparations concluded on a high note on Saturday afternoon with a 1-0 victory over Serie A side Fiorentina at Villa Park.
Villa boss Martin O'Neill handed a debut to new £6m signing Fabian Delph but it was experienced campaigner Emile Heskey who hit winner for the hosts after 14 minutes, the striker reacting quickest to Ashley Young's cross to prod home at the near post.
Fiorentina spurned a great chance to pull level with 15 minutes remaining when Curtis Davies handled in the area, Alberto Gilardino crashing the resulting penalty against the upright.
A late goal from Fabio Quagliarella condemned West Ham United to a 1-0 defeat in their Bobby Moore Cup clash against Napoli.
A keenly contested encounter at Upton Park ultimately went the way of the Italians after Quagliarella looped home a superb flicked header over Hammers goalkeeper Robert Green after 78 minutes.
The visitors were on the back foot moments later, however, when Manuele Blasi was sent off for a second yellow card just 26 minutes after entering the fray as a substitute.
The hosts pushed for an equaliser in the final minutes and came close through Junior Stanislas in stoppage time, but Napoli's 10 men held on for the win.
Blackburn Rover's strikers drew yet another blank in a 2-0 loss at Dundee United.
Rovers missed a host of chances in a goalless stalemate against Hibernian in midweek and again failed to fire as their Scottish Premier League hosts ran out comfortable winners thanks to strikes in each half from Andis Shala and Prince Buaben.
Rovers manager Sam Allardyce freely admits his side could be short of goals in the coming Premier League campaign but of more immediate concern will be the fitness of Chris Samba, Paul Gallagher and Ryan Nelsen, who all picked up knocks today.
Blackburn's Lancashire rivals Burnley also suffered defeat at the hands of top-flight Scottish opposition as St Johnstone ran out 1-0 winners at McDiarmid Park.
Clarets manager Owen Coyle's return to his former club failed to deliver what would have been a morale-boosting win for Burnley ahead of their maiden Premier League campaign, Paul Sheerin's penalty seven minutes from time sealing victory for the hosts.
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We love our beer here in the Northwest and Washington is home to about 150 breweries. WINE WORLD and SPIRITS offers a rotating selection of your favorite local and international beers. Come in and stock up on craft beers from local Washington breweries like:
Shop our domestic and international selection of ales and lagers ranging from crisp Saison to milk stout to hoppy IPAs that will please the hop heads. Seasonal beers celebrate the scents, flavors and weight of the seasons from citrus wheat beers in the summer to spicy dark ales for winter.
Our beers are available in a variety of formats like cans, bottles, 6-packs and half racks. Large format 22oz bottles are great to share and pair with food. Many people think beer pairs with food better than wine. Ask a WINE WORLD and SPIRITS sales associate for beer pairing ideas.
In addition to our specialty and craft beers, WINE WORLD and SPIRITS carry a selection of session beers for easy drinking. We are happy to help you special order beer for your wedding, party, company picnic or any other event.
An old winery adage says…
It takes a lot of beer to make a great wine.
A common myth is that wine and beer lovers reside in separate camps but in reality, many people love both beer and wine. Most wineries have an ample supply of beer in the back to refresh, relax and clear the palate so they can keep making their great wine. It is a question of finding the styles of beer that please you. Ask us for suggestions!
Wine World also offers a weekly beer tasting every Wednesday night from 6-8 pm called "Meet the Brewery!" Typically the tastings feature local breweries, but check our calendar or Wine World & Spirits Growler Facebook page to see who's pouring this week! Speaking of Growlers, we always have 5 beers on draft for you to take home a delicious Growler, usually featuring local beers that aren't available in bottle!


text: We have stayed once before at the Dolphin quite a few years ago and used the water taxi and bus service most of the time and found it to be good. We never waited more that 10 minutes. I've read some complaints recently that people think Disney has cut back on the bus service and that they had long waits many times, etc. We are staying at the Swan starting this weekend and will be renting a car so we could drive to the parks, wihch we don't mind doing if it's going to be much faster. Anyone who has used the bus service from the Dolphin/Swan area recently, could you please let me know your experience with them and if you think we'd be better off driving to certain parks. Thanks.


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Q-BA-MAZE: Construction Toy for Inventive Play
I have kids and therefore toys are a huge part of my life, so I couldn't help posting about this toy – Q-BA-MAZE. My boys love playing with Lego, whether it be making their own creations or making stories from the different kinds they have (they have a mix of Castle Lego and Bionicles that keeps them entertained for hours). Q-BA-MAZE looks really fun as well. It's building blocks but with a twist – that fun cascading aspect of Mousetrap, where you get the ball rolling from the top to the bottom in every which way. I'd love to hear from anyone who's had a go at this to see what they thought of it. My thought is that you could get pretty addicted to building higher and more complex mazes with it.


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In the past, I've discussed about the Open Graph and its integration with Jekyll, where Open Graph tags are used in the HTML to control the content display while sharing on social media networks, particularly Facebook. The tags work pretty well on those sites which natively support Open Graph, such as, Facebook, Google+, etc., however, Twitter doesn't support Open Graph tags to control the content's display.
Worry not, as Twitter provide Twitter Cards with its own tags to support the content display control of your blog posts which you share on Twitter. What it actually does, is that it can provide a title, thumbnail and description of your blog post just below your tweet which you shared on your Twitter profile. This results in a higher probability of Click-through rate, as such links look cool and encourages your audience to click on your links. By simply adding a few lines of HTML to your webpage, the users who Tweet links to your content will have a "Card" added to the Tweet that's visible to all of their followers.
Jekyll, as we have seen before, supports pretty much anything one can do with HTML/CSS/Javascript. With the inclusion of a short code snippet in your Jekyll repository, you can easily integrate Twitter Cards to your Jekyll site. Although, Twitter Cards come in 4 flavours (Summary Card, Summary Card With Large Image, App Card, Player Card), I chose the Summary Card because of its simplicity. Following is the process of adding the Summary Card to your Jekyll site:
1) Understand the structure of your site
Summary Card allows the users to preview the site content within a tweet. In order for Twitter Cards to support your site, you must have three parameters in your site: title, description and image. Twitter Cards will use that information to create a unique card for your links. title, description and url can be either added in
_config.yml or in the YAML Front Matter block of your blog posts. The relevant parts in my
_config.yml looks like following:
title: Danyal Zia
description: "Danyal Zia's thoughts on software development, personal development and writing."
url: http://danyalzia.com
avatar: media/images/danyal-zia-avatar.png
Relevant parts in the YAML Front Matter block of my blog posts:
title: 5 ways to motivate yourself
description: The guide to develop your self-motivation
thumbnail: /media/images/motivation.jpg
2) Add the Twitter Cards snippet
As you are using Jekyll like me for your blogging/website needs, the simplest way to add Twitter Cards to your site is to find
head.hml in your
_includes folder and add the code snippets of Twitter Summary Cards under
. The basic HTML meta tags that Twitter provides looks like the following:
You can manually add your title, description and image, but we can use liquid syntax to automatically scrap the objects from our Jekyll blog. My complete code looks like the following:
{% if page.title %}
{% else %}
{% endif %}
{% if page.url %}
{% endif %}
{% if page.description %}
{% else %}
{% endif %}
{% if page.thumbnail %}
{% else %}
{% endif %}
Here, I chose Twitter handle for both site and creator. If it's a blog post, then the title would be the name of the blog post, otherwise it will be the name of the blog (i.e., Danyal Zia). Similar logic has been applied for url, description and image.
Instead of adding the code in
head.html, I created a new file
twittercards.html, copied the code in it, and included in my
{% include twittercards.html %}
3) Validate your links for Twitter Cards
Now, once you have added the code in your
head.html, you need to update the source trunk of your Jekyll blog and validate your links from here. This will also add your site in the white-list for the future validation.
In this blog post, I have provided the information on Adding the Twitter Cards to Jekyll and how it can be used to optimize the sharing of your blog posts. If you have any questions, then ask in the comments section below.


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Friday, August 9th, noon-1 p.m.
in the Biomedical Library Classroom (12-077X CHS)
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
Part of the Biomedical Library's First Fridays Series
Want help setting up a researcher ID? Need to find your H-index or to know what an H-index is? Wouldn't it be nice to have an alert sent to your email when someone cites your paper? Web of Science can help you manage and track your citations. We'll be talking about Citation tracking, altmetrics, impact factors and ways to help you track your research impact.
Seating is limited. Please RSVP at http://uclabiowofs.eventbrite.com/.


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Big Farm Oyunu
You are a farmer . Harvest,water and growth material,food and plow farm. Skill & Brain
Oynama ayarları ve Big Farm Oyunu detayları
First follow the directions of the guide then achieve levels step by step.
Game Controls:
Mouse : and in the game arrow keys
Oyun türü: Skill & Brain


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On Thursday, September 17, BNY Mellon presented at the 2015 Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York. Thomas Gibbons, vice chairman and chief financial officer of BNY Mellon, and Brian Shea, vice chairman and chief executive officer of BNY Mellon Investment Services, updated investors on the company's strategy and financial outlook.
They outlined the set of strategic priorities to accelerate the company's progress, which include:
• Driving responsible revenue growth with an increased focus on profitability and shareholder value over pure revenue and market share, and making strategic platform investments to drive long term growth;
• Our Business Improvement Process is driving productivity and service quality higher, while reducing structural costs and risk and creating efficiencies;
• Being a trusted counterparty by maintaining our financial strength and stability and industry-leading liquidity and capital positions;
• Generating excess capital and deploying it effectively; and
• Attracting and developing top talent.
"We are making good progress against these priorities as our first-half results showed, and we are on track to achieve or exceed the revenue, expense, operating leverage and earnings goals that we outlined on Investor Day last October," said Shea.
Shea also discussed the high-level goals of Investment Services, the recent fund accounting technology incident and the strategic technology investments being made to empower BNY Mellon's clients and business. Gibbons provided an update on the company's Business Improvement Process and outlined specific initiatives to generate structural cost savings, as well as provided an overview of factors that could influence the company's financial results the remainder of 2015.
The full 2015 Barclays Global Financial Services presentation can be viewed here.
Kevin Heine
+1 212 635 1569


text: I have a rom that it is deblurred. It has MMS.apk instead of conversations.apk. When i use chomp sms or any other sms app the contact name or picture does not show in the pop up when i receive a text message. Only the number is shown. Does any body know why this happens? If I put back conversations.apk back will the app work? I should point out that even within the built in messaging app the picture does not show in the thread.


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Re: Legion
I was hoping to see an update for Hydra for Legion. Check my push on the Hydra Git site it fixed the Mount Error that it has. I just installed Hydra from WowInterface or Curse and copied the git over is and put my fix in it to fix the mount issue. https://github.com/Phanx/Hydra
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Strechy Purple Pants
Got http://www.wowhead.com/item=119363/stretchy-purple-pants&bonus=0#dropped-by on my paladin (Holy) who was dual boxing with my Feral Guardian Druid. Topfit removed his Plate pants to replace it with these. :eek: It was an upgrade stat wise but droped his armor and spell levels. :eek::eek:
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Will you push it to curse also?? :cool:
|File: Ion Action Bars05-03-13
Hey maul
Noticed you are not using you Git anymore, how is the codeing going ?? Noticed on you Twitter that you have been working on profiles , Any beta comming??? :confused: Thrumbar :p
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Re: Macaroon, ion on pre mop versions
Sorry but no help for Private Servers to be gotten on this service. Try a legit server and a subscription !!! :( hi, i really love ion as a great addon, i would really like to use it on older versions of the game (like 3.3.5 or 4.3.4) but everything about macaroon ( that was the old addon ) disappeared, i dunno what to do beca...
|File: Ion Action Bars03-27-13
Getting config menu to appear
To get the Config window you need to :eek: 1. /ion config 2. rightclick on any ion frame (extar button or actionbar) should cause the menu to appear properly :banana:
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The 2012 Pro Tour National series will wind up with a full programme of speed, noise and glamour at Kyalami this Saturday (10 November), with seven racing disciplines in action.
Top billing, of course, goes to the simultaneous staging of the Porsche GT3 Club Challenge and the GT Challenge classes with the overall championship still to be decided.
The situation could not be tighter going into the final meeting, with Andrew Culbert (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup) and Kris Budnik (BMW M3) in a points tie at the top of the log. Competing in different classes, each of the drivers has accumulated 180 points in the previous 16 races in this year's Pro Tour season. They will be fighting it out for the year's top accolade, as will Sun Moodley, who is just marginally behind on points in his Porsche GT3.
There's more unfinished business in the three class championships. In Class GTC1, Charl Arangies (Ford Noble) has a narrow points lead over Vernon Bricknell (Porsche 993 GT2), and the fight could go either way. Class GTC2 will see Culbert and Moodley fighting each other for bragging rights, while Kris Budnik has already sewn up Class GTC3 in his BMW.
There will also be a strong influx of Capetonians, with most Killarney's Porsche GT3 Club brigade having entered the combined showcase event. Top drivers will include Garth Livingstone, Dawie Joubert, Johan Engelbrecht, Craig Jarvis, Oliver Dalais and Durban's Mike Wilson.
There will be promotional hot laps during the lunch period, where lucky ticket holders will get to ride round Kyalami at racing speeds in some of the country's fastest GT racing cars.
Running separately from the GT Challenge cars for this meeting will be a full field of GT Classic competitors, with the new formula set to name its first champion this weekend. Current points leader is George Avvakoumides (Porsche 911) is closely followed by closely pursued by Andrie Bester (Porsche 911), Stefan Puschavez (Porsche RSR), Willem van der Westhuizen (Porsche RSR) and Jacques Viljoen (Porsche Carrera).
Others that will bear watching in the various classes will be Greg Wildman (Porsche 911 RS), Andreas Letnik (Porsche 928S), Andre van der Merwe (Porsche RSR), Vincent Reiche (Porsche Turbo), Markus Minihold (Porsche RSR) and Leon Botha (Porsche 911 RS).
The 2012 SA Formula Vee championship will also be settled at Kyalami on Saturday, with three drivers in with a shot at securing the title. Youngster Jaco Schriks (Rhema 2) has a comfortable points advantage over Greg Wilson (Rhema 2) and Alan Holm (Rhema 2) gojng in - but Schriks must still fetch the title, and strange things can happen in circuit racing finales.
Other drivers who could interfere with the front runners' plans include Scott Temple (Rhema 2), Peter Hills (Rhema 2), Gert Van Den Berg (Rhema 2), Johan Gouws (Mantis) and Symm Grobler (Rhema 2).
This year's Kawasaki ZX10R Masters Cup title already belongs to Stewart Macleod but the runner-up spot will be hotly contested at Kyalami. Pieter de Vos holds a narrow advantage over Brian Bontekoning with Joe Shearer, Johan le Roux and Paul Jacobs all within striking distance, should the front runners falter.
Also in the equation should be Stuart Dale Russell, Raymond Keel, Brian Moldenhauer, Andre van Vollenstee, Tony Klem and JB Schoeman.
The Goldwagen Challenge will visit Kyalami with two of its four class championships for 2012 unresolved. Waldie Meintjes (Polo) clinched the Class A title at the previous event, but the battle for the podium positions is far from over. Carlos Nobre (Polo) will dispute the runner-up spot with Derick Smalberger (Polo), Keagan Blanckensee (Golf 4) and Gavin Ross (Golf 1).
Fighting for the Class B title will be Darren Nathan (Polo) and Rory Atkinson (Polo) - but Elna Croeser (Golf 1), Tyrell Govindsamy (Golf 1), Ryan Tholet (Polo) and Piet Potgieter (Polo) could all interfere with the two title contestants.
Andre Needham (Golf 1) has a comfortable points lead in Class C, chased by Henry van Vledder (Golf 2), Wouter Roos (Polo) and Elke van Vledder (Golf 1).
James Hurley (Golf 1) has already clinched the year's Class D title; fighting for the season's other podium places will be Lyle Ramsay ( Golf 1), Devon Piazza Musso (Golf 1) and Brad Hall (Golf 1).
Another of the day's highlights will be the invitational races for the BMW Car Club Racing Series where more than 20 of the country's fastest BMW drivers will tackle two sprint races, divided into various classes. Entries range from awesome, 450kW turbocharged beasts in the top class to various rare historical BMW racers further down the field.


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The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 has already appeared in a couple of leaks since the start of the year and now Samsung themselves appear to have leaked an image of the unconfirmed tablet.
Samsung currently held a launch event in Korea for the Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE where eagle eyed industry sources spotted the image posted above. In the background, next to the big arrow, appears to be an image of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 !
Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0 is the success to the Galaxy Note 7.7 and sits between the Galaxy Note 2 and the Galaxy Note 10.1 in Samsung's range. That puts it in direct competition with Apple's iPad Mini and Google's Nexus 7 in what is quickly become a crowded marketplace.
Thankfully, previous rumours have given us plenty of detail on what to expect when Samsung unveil the Galaxy Note 8.0.
The tablet is expected to have an 8 inch touch-screen running at a resolution of 1280*720 pixels while it'll be powered by a quad-core 1.6 GHz processor and have 2GB of RAM. Samsung's tablet is thought to come with 16GB of on-board memory and will have a rear-facing 5 mega-pixel camera.
When it comes to software the Note 8.0 will come pre-loaded with Android Jelly Bean and will support Samsung's S-Pen interface. Interestingly, we've also heard that it might support voice-calling which would be that unique feature needed to standout from the crowd.
Samsung are expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 8.0 at this years Mobile World Congress which starts at the end of the month. We'll be bringing you all the news from the event in Barcelona so keep posted to find out more !
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Sea bass fishing reopens Nov. 1
Tog fishing has been pretty good in the lower bay. Reef sites 6, 7 and 8 were productive, as were the Outer Wall and the Ice Breakers. Tog don't feed 24/7. Sometimes you must wait for the right conditions, and often it is necessary to move to numerous locations to put a catch together. Dirty water and strong currents make tog fishing even more difficult. Green crab remains the top tog bait.
Sea bass fishing will reopen on Friday and run until Dec. 31. After the new year, the season will close until spring. Make plans now to get out and catch a couple of limits to stock the freezer for the winter.
A few keeper rockfish were caught in the upper bay, but they remain rare in our area. Bunker chunking was the technique employed to the north with the best action out of Collins Beach near the 6L buoy.
I am still getting reports of good striper action along the coast from North Jersey to Long Island, New York. The Chesapeake Bay in Maryland is also seeing improved rockfish catches, and here we are stuck in the middle with nothing but shorts.
Indian River Inlet has given up a few keepers along with a fair number of shorts. Live spot is the top bait followed by white bucktails with a white plastic worm, shads and sand fleas fished in the rocks.
Tog were caught out of the rocks on sand fleas and green crabs. Blues happen by on incoming water and will hit just about anything you toss in their path. I prefer metal lures because it takes the fish a bit longer to destroy them.
As of last weekend, red drum were still in the surf, along the Inner and Outer Walls and behind Burton's Island in the Inland Bays. These fish have been a pleasant surprise this year, with keepers caught on a somewhat regular basis. To our south, the Virginia Capes have been hot for red drum in all sizes with excellent action behind the barrier islands and in the surf. As reds expand their population we could see even better fishing in 2014.
Catch and release
The 2011 Young of the Year index for striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay was close to a record high. In 2012, it was close to zero. This year it was above zero, but still below the average, so the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will be looking at ways to reduce mortality on the spawning stock. I believe this is a good thing, but it will certainly cut down the number of rockfish we will be allowed to keep. As of today, the new regulations will not go into effect until January 2015, giving the ASMFC time to develop a plan that has the best chance to accomplish their goal.
I have no idea what the final regulations will look like, but I hope they consider some sort of slot limit. Rockfish live quite a long time, and the females don't mature until they are 3 to 4 years old. The larger females produce the most eggs, so it makes sense to protect these big fish.
On the other hand, small fish will grow to be big fish if they can survive. Of course, small fish are more likely to be eaten by larger fish, so they will suffer more natural predation.
In the 1980s, we were faced with the complete collapse of the striped bass stock all along the Atlantic coast. A moratorium was placed on all striped bass fishing, and the stock made a remarkable comeback. Since then we have operated under strict regulations including low bag and high minimum size limits. These limits do not take into account the various environmental conditions, such as the drought in 2012 and the cold, rainy spring of 2013.
The reason I believe a slot limit would work is the success of the red drum management regulations. They too were on the brink of collapse when the regulators put a slot limit of 20 to 28 inches and various bag limits of one to five fish per day. I have seen the results, with schools of 45- to 50-inch red drum in the lower Chesapeake Bay and the movement of smaller fish as far north as New Jersey.
I would like to see the results of a slot limit of 24 to 36 inches for the coastal stock. I realize there will be some concern that larger fish may not survive the catch-and-release process, but if caught during cold-water periods I believe the survival rate will be acceptable.
Until the new regulations come out, I personally plan to release any rockfish I catch that is larger than 36 inches. Care to join me?
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I find it hard to believe that some members of the Utah Legislature and Claire Geddes would criticize the pension of ex-general manger of the UTA, John Inglish, for his entitled pension.
The pension program was set up by the Legislature in 1970 when UTA was formed. John Inglish was with UTA for 35 years and managed it through its growth years to where it is today.
The Legislature should have anticipated the financial funding for Inglish as well as all retired UTA workers. Our state representatives have the responsibility to know the short- and long-term acts that they pass as well the cost of these acts. They are spending the taxpayers' money for now and the future. Live up to your responsibilities as our representatives.
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Where do I register..
I finally got my first Colt 1911 so when I get it home I take it apart, clean it, reassemble and look at the instruction manual that came with it, Colt has a limited lifetime warranty to the original gun owner, I looked for a warranty card or an on-line site to register the serial number in my name. I went to their siteColt's Manufacturing LLC but unlike every other firearm I own and registered I could not find a place or link to register my 1911:confused:Does anybody know of a site?
I didn't see that either; i would have expected a card to send in.
I would call them:
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