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Here's Constantine Maroulis, a former American Idol contestant who's enjoying a successful Broadway career, singing the anthem at a Yankees game in April. Maroulis is cited in the article — lauded, really, for his simple but powerful version. (Hmmmmmm, I'm not sold.)
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The Sweat Girls to Debut New Show at Heartland Studio, 9/26-10/12
Solo-performance group Sweat Girls have announced their latest stand-alone production, The Sweat Girls are ...21 and Finally Legal!, playing at the Heartland Studio, 7016 N. Glenwood Ave., September 26 - October 12. Celebrating their 21st solo-performance anniversary, the Sweat Girls consist of writer-performers Caroline Andres, Cindy Hanson, Dorothy Milne, Clare Nolan, Martie Sanders and Pamela Webster. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be reserved by calling 630.414.3939 or e-mailing email@example.com. For more information, please visit www.sweatgirls.org.
Called the "undisputed tribal elders" (Chicago Reader) of the solo performance scene, the Sweat Girls have been baring their souls with "fearless authenticity" and "contagious gusto" for more than two decades, all the while making it look all so easy. Join their 21st anniversary party as they celebrate senior discounts, finding your inner tween, hunting for Joan Baez (in all the wrong places) and figuring out if you are actually the brunt of all those teenage jokes. Sweat Virgins and Sweat Fans alike are encouraged to come and sweat it out with the Girls. There will be cake!
21 years ago, when autobiographical story telling was emerging as an entertainment option, the Sweat Girls mounted their first show I'm Sweating Under My Breasts at the Annoyance Theater. Since then, this collective of women writer-performers has honed a distinctive monologue style, performed from New York and San Francisco, and entertained its devoted Chicago following.
To speak with honesty, authenticity and humor about the human condition, as they have experienced it - that is the collective Sweat Girls goal. While their work is autobiographical and rooted in the monologue form, they stretch solo performance beyond its traditional structure by collaborating with other artists - filmmakers, musicians, choreographers, and visual artists - in order to give audiences a multitude of ways to connect with each story. Whatever form each Sweat Girl production takes, they attempt to never lose what's essential to their style - what Chicago's NewCity called their "emotional power, heartfelt comedy and strong bonding with the audience."
Caroline Andres has worked as an actress and arts manager in Los Angeles and Chicago. As an actress she earned a Drama Critics Award Nomination in LA for comedic acting. She has performed with Athenaeum Theatre Co, Blind Parrot Productions, Eclipse Theater, Healthworks, Lifeline Theatre, Sacred Fools, Piven Theater, Village Players, Victory Gardens. Arts management highlights include Admin Director for Piven Theatre and Arts Expand, running after school arts programs for LA Unified School District and The Mark Taper Forum, and founding the Around the Coyote Festival in Chicago. She is currently pursuing an M.A. in Teaching.
Cindy Hanson is the co-writer of Cooking With Lard and co-adaptor of Hen Lake, both first produced at Lifeline Theatre. She has written and performed Evelyn Dances in Chicago, Louisville and San Francisco where she was nominated for a Bay Area Critics Award and the performance piece, Me and My Chakras, a workshop for Manhattan Theatre Source's
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Dorothy Milne leads the Lifeline Storytelling Project and co-curates the annual Fillet of Solo Storytelling Festival. She is an ensemble member and the artistic director of Lifeline Theatre, where she received a Non-Equity Jeff Award (Direction) for Around the World in 80 Days, and Non-Equity Jeff Nominations (Direction) for Pistols for Two, Jane Eyre (After Dark Award), Strong Poison, and Gaudy Night. Outside of Lifeline, Milne directs occasionally for Griffin Theatre and received an Equity Jeff Nomination for her direction of Eleemosynary at Interplay Theatre Company.
Clare Nolan has performed with the Body Politic, Lifeline Theatre, Organic Theatre, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, New Tuners' Theatre, and Blind Parrot Productions. Nolan served as artistic director of Blind Parrot and co-wrote original productions of American Gothic and Exploits of a Living News Paper (Jeff Citation: New Work). She teaches acting at Columbia College and preaching through the Association of Chicago Theological Schools' Doctor of Ministry in Preaching Program.
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Pamela Webster received a Jeff Award for Artie in Eleemosynary at Interplay, a Jeff Citation for her performance in Noises Off at Pegasus Players and a Jeff Nomination for best supporting actress for Interplay's Les Liaisons Dangereuses. With a fellow Sweat Girl, Webster co-adapted a children's musical, Hen Lake, which premiered at Lifeline Theatre. She is a certified LAMAS Qi Gong instructor.
Solo-performance group Sweat Girls are proud to announce their most recent stand-alone production, The Sweat Girls are ... 21 and Finally Legal!, playing at the Heartland Studio, 7016 N. Glenwood Ave., September 26 - October 12. Celebrating their 21st solo-performance anniversary, the Sweat Girls consists of writer-performers Caroline Andres, Cindy Hanson, Dorothy Milne, Clare Nolan, Martie Sanders and Pamela Webster. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be reserved by calling 630.414.3939 or e-mailing email@example.com. For more information, please visit www.sweatgirls.org.
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FAIRBANKS -- The smallest federal agency in Alaska is staffed with a Certified Public Accountant, a master of public administration, a certified fraud examiner and a lawyer.
The office directory is shorter still. It consists of Mike Marsh, the accountant, administrator, fraud examiner and lawyer who is the only employee of the Office of Inspector General for the Denali Commission.
His office is one of 73 created by the federal government over the years as a watchdog for a specific agency. The inspectors general work to prevent waste, fraud and abuse and promote efficiency. The other 72 offices have more than one employee. For instance, the Department of Interior IG office has about 260 employees, while the Social Security Administration IG office has more than twice that many.
The Washington Post reported Thursday that Marsh began lobbying this summer to have his job eliminated and to end federal funding for the Denali Commission. The letters he sent in June to members of Congress and the Office of Management and Budget calling for an end to Denali Commission funding come as a surprise, but not as a shock.
Over the last three years, Marsh has filed a series of critical reports with Congress, which have drawn little attention, arguing his one-man office should be closed and that the Denali Commission should be restructured. His June 23 letter to California Rep. Darrel Issa, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Oversight, goes beyond those previous documents in calling for an end to Denali Commssion funding, saying the $7.4 million proposed in a House bill should be spent on something else.
"I have concluded that Denali is a congressional experiment that hasn't worked out in practice," he wrote Issa. "I recommend that Congress put its money elsewhere." He said cutting off money would be an incentive for the commission to "leave the federal nest and chart its own course as a non-federal entity."
The harsh assessment from Marsh will make it harder for the Denali Commission to keep drawing a regular federal allowance and harder for Alaska's congressional delegation to defend the one-state agency. There will be questions about the state's responsibility for funding power projects, health clinics and tank farms.
Marsh wrote that one of the problems is that the commission has built many projects in villages of 300 people or less that do not have the resources to commit to future maintenance and repairs.
"Denali assumes that the community will receive other government subsidies in the decades ahead to operate what Denali builds today," he said.
Marsh says that Alaska has billions in the bank and that ending the federal appropriation would give Alaska more incentive to "find and fund its own solutions for the residents of Bush Alaska, as it should." The absence of statewide taxes and the presence of the Permanent Fund Dividend are evidence of the state's financial health, he said.
In questioning various aspects of Denali Commission operating procedures on everything from conflict of interest provisions to monitoring grants, Marsh has long made life uncomfortable for the agency and the Congressional delegation, asserting that the commission should no longer be a federal agency.
The commission began when Sen. Ted Stevens, at the height of his powers to direct money to Alaska, quietly slipped the commission into the federal budget in 1998.
The agency has distributed about $1 billion in the past 15 years, but the big dollar days ended when Stevens left the Senate. The friction between Marsh, who has held this job for eight years, and the agency he analyzes, is clear from his semi-annual reports to Congress.
In 2009, he said the "most serious management and performance challenge" facing the commission was to justify its existence to Congress.
"This locally-sensitive question is often misinterpreted as a debate over whether Congress should continue to send Alaskans their 'fair share' of the federal treasury," he wrote in May 2010.
He said the real issue is what benefits there are from sending Alaska's share through a regional commission that serves only one state.
For years, Marsh wrote that the reach of the Denali Commission should be expanded to include Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and other islands in the Pacific.
"While the climates are obviously dissimilar, Denali's lessons-learned in serving small isolated, road-challenged, ethnically-diverse settlements should be quite transferable to such a 'Pacific Regional Authority,'' he wrote in May 2011.
But in his May 2012 report to Congress, Marsh said that after considering all the options, he recommended that the commission be shut down as a federal agency and reestablished as a state nonprofit corporation that could be free of the "federal straitjacket." In his June letter to Issa, he said that one of the problems that has afflicted the commission is its "unrealistic promise to do too much for too many."
It was in 2010 that Marsh first told Congress that his one-person office should close.
"There are certain things in life that are not designed to be done alone. The inspector general function is one of them," he said. "In the interest of more effective public oversight, we recommend that Congress consolidate Denali's Inspector General function with another OIG."
He said that recipients of federal grants through the Denali Commission periodically pressured the commission staff to get Marsh to stop inspecting.
"The role of Alaskan interest groups is obviously to marshal as much federal money as possible for their constituents –and to minimize the bureaucratic strings attached to it," he said.
He said to some people, one of those strings would be a critical report saying a grant violated federal law. While he thought of his office as one designed to keep people out of trouble, "the disappointed see OIG as the 'Grinch' that keeps stealing Denali's Chirstmas."
He said some recipients of Alaska grants long wanted his office to go away, with duties assigned to "a larger, more distant OIG that could dispatch personnel from the Beltway as needed (or requested)."
"It will surprise these challengers to now read that Denali's inspector general agrees with them –though, of course, for different reasons," he said three years ago.
"The economies of scale from this consolidation should provide a greater public oversight of Denali's funding than the agency's current OIG can do as a force of one," he said in May 2011. "And that consolidation remains our recommendation in this report."
If the Denali Commission becomes a private nonprofit corporation under state law, as Marsh now proposes, the inspector general job would not be consolidated, but eliminated.
Contact Dermot Cole at dermot(at)alaskadispatch.com. Follow him on Twitter @DermotMCole


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Can anyone give recommendations on good books and (or especially) videos and any other resources like websites for those inquiring about Orthodoxy ? I'm sure this has been done...sry
The Philokalia and Desert Fathers would be recommended reads.
The whole forum is Mor. We're emanations of his godlike mind.
Actually, Mor's face shineth like the Sun.
The Philokalia and Desert Fathers would be recommended reads. Bishop Kallistos Ware's talks are all over Youtube, they are good as well.
Any topics in particular you are interested in?
^ Mor, icecreamsandwichIt wasn't my intention to teach the Philokalia to the OP, only to introduce him to examples of Orthodox spirituality which those works represent.
Quote from: Asteriktos on May 13, 2014, 09:17:42 PMAny topics in particular you are interested in?Perhaps something apologetic... like on the topic of papal supremacy, and whatever else the Orthodox disagree with the RCC about. Just so I can get both sides...Are there any debates on video etc ?
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The power of black is evident in this wild and stylish version of the layered and textured bob. The neat image got stripped of and it is a bunch of wild curls now that tempt your senses. To achieve this impressive and intense look the damp hair is treated with a good mousse and a glossy agent, styled with a hot iron in the shape of curls and extreme points.
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The things we eat can have a huge impact on our bodies inside and out. If your nails are weak, brittle, and prone to splitting, you can give them a boost from the inside out with a biotin supplement.
Biotin is a B vitamin that is found naturally in foods like eggs and liver. However, the amount of biotin in a serving of eggs or liver may be too low to make a difference with your nails! Eggs contain 25 mcg of biotin per serving; liver contains 27 mcg per serving.
A Columbia University study found that a daily biotin supplement can improve nail strength big time! You just have to take a relatively large amount. Most multivitamins contain around 30 mcg and the Columbia University study participants took 2.5 milligrams daily.
The idea for using biotin to strengthen nails actually comes from veterinarians. Vets will sometimes give biotin supplements to horses to help strengthen hooves. And it works on humans, too! Biotin can help your nails become stronger, firmer, and harder — and resistant to chipping and cracking. Experts aren't sure exactly why it works, but it does.
Some study participants also reported thicker hair, but that effect of biotin hasn't been studied yet.
If you want to try biotin to firm up your nails, head for the nearest pharmacy or health food store. Look for a supplement with 2.5 milligrams of biotin. Biotin is water soluble, so it won't build up in the body and leave you with strange side effects. Dermatologists suggest trying biotin for three months. If you don't see any improvement after that time, discontinue the biotin supplement.
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Cymbals from Brahms' Seventh Symphony II Adagio
This orchestration of the 2nd Brahms string quintet was created in 2000, revised 2003 and 2007. In 1938 Schoenberg orchestrated the G minor piano quintet and called it Brahms'5th. I have also orchestrated the earlier F major quintet, so the G major becomes the 7th symphony. Like the Haydn Variations, first written for piano, orchestration allows for a fuller and tonally more diverse realization, and I believe this is true for this one. I trust you will agree. The Adagio has some interesting contrasts between strings, winds and brass.
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Global Totals: Italy Votes . . . Again!
Think Italians are best known for hot cars and delicious food? How about their wild and wooly politics? Italians head to the polls again today in a second day of voting to elect Italy's 63rd prime minister since the end of World War II. Keeping score at home? We've only had 11 presidents in that window. How about a break from the US election? Let's take a peeksy at what the Italians have been up to — and then meet the top two candidates later today.
The Italians called early elections in January after the prime minister up and quit. This is not as sensational as it sounds: In the last 50 years, all but one government — that of conservative Silvio Berlusconi's from 2001-2006 — have dissolved before their time. Why the revolving door? To find out,
There are 36 active political parties in Italy today. And if two parties can run a country, 36 is a crowd. With so many competing for power — 20 held parliament seats in 2006 — consensus is monstrously hard to reach making the country hard to lead. Most prime ministers have found it impossible.
Though there are 32 candidates in today's election, only two are viable for the first time in Italy's history: to the center-right is former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi (yep, he's running again), and to the center-left is former mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni. Basta for now! Check back in a bit to learn all about these colorful characters.


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Hi Ladies
, I'm in the midst of transitioning for 3rd time and am a little over 9 months post (last relaxer was March 2011). But this time, I have done much better than in times past because of a few methods I had to learn.
It is hard to find styles that work 5-8 months post relaxer and the twist-outs and buns, etc.. get old fast.
I havn't seen anyone really doing this but I wanted to put it out there for you to try:
Micro's with your own hair.
Just braid the new growth and let the relaxed hair hang free. It makes sense because the newgrowth can hold up on it's own because of the natural curl. I can't count the times that people ask if thats my hair.
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pus is rubbed into a scarification on a rabbit's eye; if the pus is from a variolous or vaccinal pustule a condition of epitheliosis develops in from 36 to 48 hours; the sputum of a smallpox patient is said to cause the same reaction.
Synonym: paul's test.
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In Reply to: Can't get out of the bit posted by Robbie on January 05, 2009 at 15:09:
: 'Can't get out of the bit'. I just used this phrase to describe my day at work and my colleague had no idea what I was talking about. It means can't get going and is a fairly common phrase in Scotland (my colleague is English), but not sure how well used it is elsewhere. My colleague asked where the phrase came from and I was at a loss, my guess would be something to do with horses, but other than that, I have no clue. Any ideas?
In Scotland it means home area or home, even the farm area, also the a specific place, a spot,
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also recall about a good Border Collies is needed to get the herd out of the bit....


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Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, 2007/04/12 - Anderson transport oufits its entire fleet with the FM 300.
Anderson Transport has recently fitted its entire fleet, which is 135 vehicles strong, with CI OmniBridges comprehensive Fleet Management Communicator solution, and is enjoying the benefits of being able to receive up-to-date, real time information about everything to do with the performance and maintenance of its fleet.
Anderson Transport is based in Wellington and is a long haulage company that specializes in safely and reliably delivering goods between South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho; their goal being to deliver the same amount of goods in the same condition they were loaded in, without fail.
In order to accomplish this goal, Anderson Transport fitted their vehicles with a competitors product, but was not satisfied with the results it was getting as the tracking information being sent to Anderson Transport was limited.
What Anderson Transport needed was a fleet management and monitoring solution which could report on distances traveled, driver behavior, accident analysis, vehicle monitoring and vehicle tracking. Anderson Transports loads vary between low and high risk, and thus safety and security is also key to its business, which was another consideration that was taken into account when the company began searching for a new FM solution.
CI OmniBridge initially fitted a number of Anderson Transports vehicles with its FM Communicator solution on a one month trial basis, at the end of which Anderson Transport gave the go-ahead to fit all 135 vehicles in its fleet with FM Communicators, dash tampers and panic buttons.
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An Exhaustive Guide To Every 'South Park' Video Game Reference
At this point, whether you're an avid South Park fan or just a casual viewer, the World of Warcraft and Guitar Hero episodes are pretty much legend. But did you know that showrunners Trey Parker and Matt Stone have referenced a ton of other video games over the course of their 19 seasons?
In honor of South Park's upcoming Season 20, Enjoy!
Real-World Game References:
Video Game: Batman: Arkham City
- Cartman discovers that someone has broken into his room. Luckily for him, his stormtrooper watch and copy of Batman: Arkham City for the Xbox 360 were left untouched.
Video Game: Call of Duty: World at War
- Cartman and his classmates are all seen playing Call of Duty: World at War on their computers during class.
Video Game: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Ike is seen watching YouTube sensation PewDiePie commenting on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
Video Game: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
- Cartman offers to turn in his friend to the bloodthirsty makeshift economic council without hesitation; all he asks for in return is Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for hand-held Nintendo DS.
Video Game: Grand Theft Auto V
- Cartman goes online to hunt for a copy of Grand Theft Auto V.
Video Game: L.A. Noire
- One of the more obscure video game references, in this episode Cartman, Kyle and Kenny are seen playing the 2011 hit game.
Video Game: Guitar Hero
- Who could forget the episode in which Stan and Kyle become Guitar Hero masters, whatever that's worth?
Video Game: Metal Gear Solid V
- Perhaps one of the subtler video game references in the series, in Part 1 of the "Black Friday" trilogy, Metal Gear Solid V is mentioned as being part of the PlayStation "Brack Friday Bunduru."
Video Game: Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
- Tweek and Craig are spotted together playing Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.
Video Game: Minecraft
- Harkening back to the famous "Make Love, Not Warcraft," in this ep Parker and Stone once again utilize what looks like in-game footage to tell their hilarious stories.
Video Game: Rock Band
- Not to be confused with the famous "Guitar Queer-O" episode, in "Whale Whores" Cartman sings a soulful rendition of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" while playing Rock Band.
Video Game: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011
- Yes, South Park went there. In the Season 14 premiere, Parker and Stone give their own dark twist on the famous Tiger Woods PGA Tour game franchise. Very topical indeed.
Video Game: The Settlers of Catan
- Although The Settlers of Catan was not originally a video game, in "Broadway Bro Down" Shelly can briefly be seen playing the board game with her boyfriend.
Video Game: World of Warcraft
- Perhaps the most iconic video game reference in South Park history, "Make Love, Not Warcraft" heavily features in-game footage from the timeless MMORPG.
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The Florida Department of Corrections has recently been awarded $22,093,699 from a federal government program created to help offset costs for housing criminal aliens, bringing to $151 million the amount received over the last eight years. The department is awarded this grant because our database, records and reporting procedures for alien inmates are among the best in the country. The department can claim a larger share of available funds for the State of Florida because we can accurately document criminal aliens in our prison system.
"An initial, modest investment of computer programming services and staff time has paid off in more than money from the federal government. We may well have the best corrections database on alien inmates in the nation," said Secretary Michael Moore. "Our ability to collect, analyze, and disseminate this information has helped INS process their alien inmate caseload better, yielding several benefits."
The department's information on alien inmates helps INS and immigration courts get criminal aliens deported soon after release and allows population management staff to place them at facilities appropriately. The database also guides classification officers in managing their housing and job assignments, provides notice to foreign consulates about their citizens in our custody and aids investigations by other law enforcement agencies.
"Aside from maximizing federal dollars returned to Florida, these uses of alien inmate information make the prison system more secure. We could not do it without good quality data," said Moore.
The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), established in 1994, requires stringent data reporting and verification procedures from the states that participate. Florida continues to receive funds through SCAAP due to good quality information. In fact, maintaining good information has allowed the state to sustain our share of these funds despite greater competition from other state and local corrections agencies. In 1998, when Congress extended funding eligibility to local jail systems, the State of Florida's funds declined only modestly (from $26.6 to $23.1 million). And as the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) have improved their data verification processes in recent years, the financial benefits of our data became clearer. In 1999, Florida's SCAAP funding increased 46 percent--more than the federal appropriation increase--even though Florida already received one of the largest amounts in the country. And although 100 new jurisdictions applied for payments in 2000, increasing the applicant pool by 25 percent, the state's funds declined only 13 percent, a smaller percentage than other large funding recipients.
Florida prisons hold enough criminal aliens to fill four medium-sized prisons plus two typical work camps. On January 31, 2002, according to department statistics, Florida housed 4,519 confirmed alien inmates, comprising 6.2% of the total inmate population. The department was also responsible for 182 suspected aliens under investigation by the INS. Data is initially recorded as inmates enter through our reception centers, where INS agents interview possible aliens. While in prison, these inmates are processed by INS and the federal immigration courts, so that aliens can be eventually released to INS for prompt deportation after serving their sentences.
Since January 2000, Carrie Adams, the Department of Corrections Immigration Administrator, working as a liaison for the Department with federal authorities, has ensured proper identification of foreign-born inmates admitted to prison which averages 175 per month and obtained information on the citizenship and deportation status of 4,400 alien inmates. She also monitors immigration court proceedings at 57 institution hearing sites (averaging 100 per month), places and removes immigration detainers (averaging 125 per month), and coordinates alien inmates' release to proper authorities (averaging 100 per month).
Alien inmates are distributed among 62 prisons and work camps throughout Florida. Department security, classification, and program staff are well aware of the practical management challenges that can accompany alien inmates due to language, cultural, political, and religious differences. However, keeping good information on these inmates has assisted staff and other agencies in managing this population.
"Without a good database, we would be in poor shape to apply for such funds, and could only do so with costly, inefficient use of staff time," said Glen Holley, a department researcher. "This is an example of how keeping our database complete and accurate - in the normal course of doing our jobs - helps agency and our state. Often, we can not place a dollar value on that aspect of our work, but in this case the amount is roughly $151 million."


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Asian streetwear heavyweight, CLOT, proudly debuts its 2012 spring/summer collection with the "Refinery" range from designer Kazuki Kuraishi. Working with CLOT's longstanding design concept and products, Kuraishi injected his familiar personal style bringing about a fresh take on CLOT's aesthetics, from his choice of materials to expert workmanship. The influential designer uses the brand's iconic graphics to offer a new season of T-shirts with a focus on comfort and functionality. Further supplemented by technical outerwear with the use of RiRi zippers as well as various casual garbs, the "Refinery" Collection uses recycled materials, reflecting CLOT's concern of the environment. Be on the lookout for this seasonal range to hit JUICE stores, as well as its webshop, on April 6.
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Proper screen resolution
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In too many cases I had problems with screen resolution in my work with users. Their tables were too wide or too short or the colors were of bad quality. So to resolve that problem I made a short class that will force users to use proper screen resolution and color depth when he or she uses the application. After the work is done, screen resolution will be reset to its previous value. I like to use this class in database scripts (initialize call constructor and adopt my screen settings and terminate call destructor).
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'Script Library Option Public Option Explicit Type DevMode dmDeviceName As String * 32 dmSpecVersion As Integer dmDriverVersion As Integer dmSize As Integer dmDriverExtra As Integer dmFields As Long dmOrientation As Integer dmPaperSize As Integer dmPaperLength As Integer dmPaperWidth As Integer dmScale As Integer dmCopies As Integer dmDefaultSource As Integer dmPrintQuality As Integer dmColor As Integer dmDuplex As Integer dmYResolution As Integer dmTTOption As Integer dmCollate As Integer dmFormName As String * 32 dmLogPixels As Integer dmBitsPerPel As Long dmPelsWidth As Long dmPelsHeight As Long dmDisplayFlags As Long dmDisplayFrequency As Long dmICMMethod As Long dmICMIntent As Long dmMediaType As Long dmDitherType As Long dmICCManufacturer As Long dmICCModel As Long dmPanningWidth As Long dmPanningHeight As Long End Type Declare Function ChangeDisplaySettings Lib "user32" Alias "ChangeDisplaySettingsA" (lpDevMode As DevMode, Byval dwFlags As Long) As Long Declare Function GetSystemMetrics Lib "user32.dll" (Byval nIndex As Long) As Long Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib "gdi32" (Byval hdc As Long, Byval nIndex As Long) As Long Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long Declare Function GetDC Lib "user32" (Byval hwnd As Long) As Long Declare Function ReleaseDC Lib "user32" (Byval hwnd As Long, Byval hdc As Long) As Long Const CDS_UPDATEREGISTRY = 1 Const DM_BITSPERPEL = &H40000 Const DM_PELSHEIGHT = &H100000 Const DM_PELSWIDTH = &H80000 Const SM_CXSCREEN = 0 Const SM_CYSCREEN = 1 Const BITSPIXEL = 12 %REM dmBitsPerPel 1 bpp Monochrome 4 bpp 16 colors 8 bpp 256 colors 15 bpp 32,768 (32K) colors 16 bpp 65,536 (64K) colors 24 bpp 16.7 million (16.7M) colors 32 bpp 16.7 million colors %END REM %REM ScreenResolution X * Y 640 * 480 800 * 600 1024 * 768 1152 * 864 1280 * 960 1280 * 1024 %END REM Class WindowResolution Private mPreviouseWidth As Long Private mPreviouseHeight As Long Private mCurrentWidth As Long Private mCurrentHeight As Long Private mPreviouseBPP As Long Private mCurrentBPP As Long Sub new() 'constructor Dim hSrcDC As Long 'Get screen width mPreviouseWidth = GetSystemMetrics (SM_CXSCREEN) mCurrentWidth = mPreviouseWidth 'Get screen hight mPreviouseHeight = GetSystemMetrics (SM_CYSCREEN) mCurrentHeight = mPreviouseHeight 'Get bits per pixel hSrcDC = GetDC(GetDesktopWindow()) mPreviouseBPP = GetDeviceCaps (hSrcDC, BITSPIXEL) ReleaseDC GetDesktopWindow(), hSrcDC mCurrentBPP = mPreviouseBPP End Sub Property Get ScreenWidth As Long 'Read only ScreenWidth = mCurrentWidth End Property Property Get ScreenHeight As Long 'read only ScreenHeight = mCurrentHeight End Property Property Get BitsPerPixel As Long 'Read only BitsPerPixel = mCurrentBPP End Property Sub ChangeResolution(lWidth As Long, lHeight As Long, lBpp As Long) 'method 'lBpp means long BitPerPixel Dim myDevMode As DevMode Dim lRes As Long 'Setting usful parameters myDevMode.dmSize = Len(myDevMode) myDevMode.dmPelsWidth = lWidth myDevMode.dmPelsHeight = lHeight myDevMode.dmBitsPerPel = lBpp myDevMode.dmFields = DM_BITSPERPEL Or DM_PELSHEIGHT Or DM_PELSWIDTH lRes = ChangeDisplaySettings(myDevMode, CDS_UPDATEREGISTRY) 'Change screen resolution using win API If lRes = 0 Then 'For successfull operation change class members mCurrentWidth = lWidth mCurrentHeight = lHeight mCurrentBPP = lBpp End If End Sub Sub delete() 'destructor ChangeResolution mPreviouseWidth, mPreviouseHeight, mPreviouseBPP End Sub End Class 'Database Script Option Explicit Use "WindowResolution" Dim win As WindowResolution Sub Initialize Set win = New WindowResolution win.ChangeResolution 800, 600, 32 End Sub Sub Terminate Set win = Nothing End Sub


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Making Makerspaces: Creating a Business Model.
Today, we'll be discussing common types of expenses and income that makerspaces around the world experience on a regular basis in order to help you create a business model for a space of your own. In the process of identifying these expenses and income, we'll review examples from several well-established spaces across the U.S. for reference. Please don't consider this an exhaustive list of either income or expenses; expenses vary wildly based on location and circumstances, and spaces have found a huge number of ways to make money.
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A VoIP phone system is no different than your current phone system – it just uses VoIP phone service, as opposed to less efficient and older hard switched telephone networks.
With the links below, you can easily navigate to our resources on business telephone systems. We explain what each page is for, too.
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VoIP phone systems are frequently used by businesses. Our main page on business VoIP gives you a quick look into what business VoIP service is like, what it should offer, and some plans for you to compare.
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Compare routers and telephone adapters to convert your existing phone system to VoIP. You'd have to get phone service from a SIP trunking-enabled provider.
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Some VoIP service providers will give you your own VoIP PBX (that's one of those routers listed above). They're a little more (okay, a lot more expensive), but they can give you a valuable return on investment, especially if you've got a lot of phones, calls, and callers.
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Bolt action vs semi auto
I see a lot of people saying bolt actions are more accurate then semi auto.
Can anyone tell me why that is?
A semi auto uses the energy from the round to cycle the action. A bolt gun supports the round more completely and is ridged, making it more accurate as it is identical every time.
Bolt action rifles typically have longer barrels than semi auto's,that might play a part in it,also all your gas is going forward in a bolt action and not going backwards to cycle the gun in a semi auto,that may also play a part,or maybe mentally knowing you can't squeeze the trigger a second time with a bolt action plays a part??Just speculations.:confused:
That does make sense thanks for the info.
I think the mechanics of the moving bolt verse fixed bolt have something to do with it on a single shot comparison, but for an overall accuracy picture, I agree with the previous post that a bolt action tends to slow down the shooter and that enables them to make each shot more accurate, thus making the groups better, because it isnt a rapid fire scenario anymore.
There are some really accurate semi-autos out there, so it isn't nearly as big of a different as some might think. For example, there are plenty of 1/2MOA AR15s out there. There are 10/22s out there shooting 1MOA, and there aren't too many bolt-action .22lrs shooting more accurately than that.
I think the biggest difference is how they are built rather than whether or not the bolt moves on its own. It is true that for straight blowback guns (like semi-auto .22s), the bolt does begin to move before the bullet has left the gun, meaning the barrel undergoes some extra vibrations from the shifting of the bolt off the chamber face and within the action. For a $200 gun, it is much easier to make a bolt-action with a sturdy lockup than it is to make a semi-auto with a consistent action. But, as stated, there are PLENTY of super-accurate semi-autos, it's just that they are harder to build :) .
And, indeed, people do buy bolt-actions for their accuracy and thus makers have to put more accuracy-condusive features into them for a given market price (heavier barrels, better stocks, etc) than the 10/22s that most people buy to just shoot cans and stuff inside 50 yards.
Warhawk77, with the Marlin 70 you already own, you've probably seen well under 1-MOA precision, especially if you've tuned it.
It can use brand new 795 mags...so if you need more mags, there ya go.
It can also use the Boyd's laminate Marlin stocks for Semi-auto's (60/795 labeled).
And it can benefit from a DIP Target Trigger & Trigger guard combo...
Finally, a set of Tech Sights or a Marlin 25MN adjustable rear sight will have you working wonders at the range/hunting :)
Or a Redfield or Marbles target peep...mmmmm :D
Add in a good pillar-bedding job and you can go toe-to-toe with the best.
It all depends on what you wanna do, or not do!
Marlin 795, Ramline stock, SR Bipod, DIP Target Trigger & Guard, Razor Sling, Numrich Adjustable 25MN rear sight...
I've done even more since this pic, but have been lazy & need to shoot more pics once the Twin Boys start sleeping all night...argh.
Added a DIP Pic rail & Weaver Top-off rings & a Simmons Scope.
Marlin 795 in an Airsoft P90 stock...You are limited only by your imagination and carving skills!!
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Biz Buzz, Oct. 25, 2009
The Montrose Chamber of Commerce and US Bank will host monthly networking events called Good Morning ... Montrose! beginning with the inaugural event Thursday at Holiday Inn Express, 1391 S. Townsend Ave.
Check-in begins at 7 a.m., followed by a hot breakfast buffet from 7:30 to 9 a.m., catered by Red Barn. Admission is $12 for chamber members and $15 for future members and guests. Advance registration is required. Call 249-5000 or go to http://www.montrosechamber.com.
The chamber did Good Morning…Montrose! during the early 1980s, executive director Terri Leben said. Chamber leaders decided to bring it back after members requested more networking venues. The chamber has one other networking event, Montrose After Hours, which takes place in the evening.
"For a lot of people, evenings were a hard time to network," Leben said. "People wanted (Good Morning…Montrose!) back."
Bananas Fun Park, 2469 River Road, will open a new special events pavilion this week. The 10,000-square-foot pavilion looks like the white tented pavilion temporarily housing Mesa State College's cafeteria and bookstore and will include bathroom and kitchen facilities. Groups, clubs and businesses can host seminars, luncheons, parties, or music or sporting events in the climate-controlled facility. To rent the pavilion, call 241-7529.
From 4 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Texas Roadhouse, 2870 North Ave., will donate 10 percent of patrons' bills to the Utah Huntsman Cancer Foundation — if patrons are wearing pink. The "Pink Night" event also will take place at six Texas Roadhouse restaurants in Utah.
Brad Holbrook of Fruita won $500 toward a new bike from Ruby Canyon Cycles, 301 Main St. The bicycle shop and American National Bank accepted 670 entries for the drawing during American National Bank Farmers Market nights. Holbrook said the win came just in time — he recently gave his old bike to his son.
Wilbanks Securities named John R. Stevens of Grand Junction representative of the year at its annual national sales and compliance conference Sept. 24–26 in Orlando, Fla. Stevens, whose office is at 627 24 1/2 Road, Suite C, is an investment adviser and a registered representative of Wilbanks, a national independent broker dealer.
Local businesses are rewarding customers who bring in clean coats for the KEKB-sponsored Salvation Army Coat Drive. In exchange for a coat brought to the store, Nick-N-Willy's Pizza at 683 Horizon Drive will give away a free large pizza, Amerigas at 690 Railroad Blvd. will trade an empty barbecue fuel container for a full one, and Old Navy will offer a $5 discount on a new purchase. Anyone with a coat to donate can also choose to bring it to KEKB, 315 Kennedy Ave.
Rose Pugliese is hosting an open house at her new law office, 327 N. Seventh St., from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Cocktails and food will be served.
Dr. Gary Andreoletti will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday at his new dental practice at 576 Kokopelli Blvd., Suite B, in Fruita. Andreoletti specializes in adult and teen preventative, restorative and cosmetic dentistry.
Scentsy consultant Carrie Ketchum of Grand Junction attended the company's annual convention Aug. 13–14 in Salt Lake City. Scentsy consultants sell scented, wickless candles.
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Alzheimer's Disease
Why is it important for healthcare staff to continue engaging people with dementia in conversations and activities even though they may quickly forget these events ever took place?
Individuals that have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or any dementia can still live a vibrant quality-filled life. Yes, their memory and thinking will progressively be more impaired and they may tend to live more in the moment or in the long ago past, but they are still vital, valued, and productive members of our society.
Keeping the person mentally stimulated encourages the brain to keep working, in spite of it's progressive limitations from the dementia condition. The individual often gains great pleasure from the activities or conversations they engage in and their lives are enriched for the moment in a meaningful way, even if they forget about it later.
Over the years, I've been amazed as to what persons with dementia can still do or the lucid & clear thoughts or humorous comments they might make out of the blue. A unique person is still in there, with all their own individual qualities including personality traits, likes,and dislikes. That's why it is so important for health care staff to know about the persons they care for. They should ask family & friends to tell them about the person's history, jobs, family life, hobbies, favorite foods, and more, including any funny stories that may be enjoyable to share with the patient. When staff take the time to engage in meaningful and knowledgeable conversation with the patient they often find the person is calmer, more relaxed and easier to care for, because the person with dementia senses that staff care about them and know something about them.
Professionally, I work hard at helping healthcare staff and families look at what persons with dementia can still do and try to maximize their potentials, for as long as possible, and not focus so much on what they can't do. Keeping the brain and body stimulated improves mood and physical activities can promote improved body functions, which in turn may reduce occurrence of illnesses that develop from inactivity. We don't yet have cures for dementing conditions like Alzheimer's Disease or Lewy Body Dementia or Vascular Dementia, but we can strive to serve our patients with individualized care and maintain their dignity & uniqueness until the end.
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Pleasanton school Superintendent Parvin Ahmadi may have left Fremont Unified School District, but she has not been forgotten by her friends and colleagues there. Although Ahmadi accepted the job as superintendent of Pleasanton Unified School District last summer, she still was chosen as the Educator of the Year by the Fremont Education Foundation (FEF), and recently she received a standing ovation from over 300 guests at their annual awards banquet.
Ahmadi's career began in San Jose, where she taught kindergarten and grades 1, 5, and 6 for the Mount Pleasant School District. In 1997, she moved to the Fremont district as a sixth-grade teacher, then was vice principal at Weibel Elementary School and principal of Parkmont Elementary, where she was lauded for "thinking outside the box" to enhance student curriculum. Later she was promoted to director of elementary education and then assistant superintendent. In that last role, Ahmadi was the district's representative to FEF, where she forged strong partnerships with many Fremont corporations.
Good Citizens Award
The Jose Maria Amador Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently honored winners of its student essay contests. Sarah Williams of Amador Valley High School won the Good Citizens Award and is advancing to the District Level. Bianca De of Dougherty Valley High in San Ramon won the Christopher Columbus Essay Contest on what lessons we can draw on from his life.
The American History Essay Contest for fifth-eighth-graders, in celebration of the 275th birthday of Paul Revere in 2010, had students write as if they were Paul Revere writing his memoirs. The fifth-grade winner was Stacy Shimanuki of Connecting Water Charter School; sixth grade, Rupal Nigam of Windemere Ranch Middle School; seventh grade, Sonya Jain of Gale Ranch Middle School; and eighth grade, Augustine Chemparathy, also of Gale Ranch.
Fourth-graders ace imagination challenge
The Pleasanton Sparks, fourth-graders from Hearst Elementary, won first place at the Regional Tournament of the 2010-11 Destination Imagination Challenge on March 5 held at Pleasanton Middle School.
"They were the best among six very competitive teams that competed in the Elementary Level of the STRUCTURAL challenge," reported team manager Kris Kumar.
The Sparks' challenge was titled "Verses! Foiled Again!" and included building the lightest structure out of wood, aluminum foil and glue that could withstand as heavy a load as possible. Plus they had to create and enact a play where they showed an evil plot being foiled.
In addition to that win, the Pleasanton Sparks team was presented the most prestigious award of the tournament: the Da Vinci award for Creativity, Courage and Originality. To win this award the students competed with all 60 teams that participated in the tournament, which included several at the high school and middle school levels.
The Pleasanton Sparks are Ananth Kumar, Sharanya Kumar, Ashira Monga, Ryan Boyden, Brendan Hwang and Varun Rao.
"Since we won the Regional Tournament, we are advancing to the State-Level tournament, which will be held in Oakhurst on April 9," Kris Kumar said. "We hope to be successful in the State Tournament and advance to the Global Championship in May."
Winter band shows open to all
The Foothill High School Band Boosters invite everybody to its annual Winter Guard, Percussion and Drum Major Competition taking place Saturday, March 26, at Foothill High School. Ninety-two performances are scheduled for this day-long event, which traditionally showcases the region's top talent; top finishers at Foothill typically dominate the awards podium at the Championships the following weekend.
The Drum Majors start the day off at 8 a.m. in the stadium. In the large gym, the Percussion competitions begin at 8:30 a.m. followed by Winter Guard at 2:50 p.m., and awards at 6:10 p.m. Tickets are $10 adults; $8 students; free for 5 and under. Food and band souvenirs also will be for sale. Proceeds benefit the Foothill High School music program.


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An extensive farmer and stock dealer, Mr. Thompson owns and operates a valuable tract of land in Walnut township, Brown county. His farm adjoins the village of Fairview and thus he is afforded excellent shipping facilities. The neat and thrifty appearance of his place, with its substantial buildings, well-tilled fields and verdant pastures, indicates to the passer-by his careful supervision and stands in unmistakable evidence of the fact that the owner is at once practical and progressive in his methods of farming.
Mr. Thompson was born in Noble county, Ohio, February 2, 1844, his parents being John and Hannah Thompson, also natives of the Buckeye state. The former was a son of Jacob and Susanna (Frame) Thompson, natives of Pennsylvania and of Scotch descent. At an early period in the development of that state they became residents of Ohio and there reared their eleven children, namely Thomas, Polly, James, Betsy, William, Susanna, Eleazer, Jacob, Robert, Eleanor and John. Of these Robert was a minister of the Congregational church.
John Thompson, the father of our subject, was reared to manhood in Noble county, and after his marriage he moved to Greene county, Indiana, in 1854. There he purchased land and improved a farm, conducting the same until 1872, when he sold that property and removed to Nemaha county, Kansas. In that locality he purchased a tract of raw land, which he cultivated and improved, transforming it into a valuable farm, upon which he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1888. In early life he gave his political support to the Whig, Freesoil and Abolition parties, and, as this indicates, was opposed to the institution of slavery. When the Republican party was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery he joined its ranks and was one of its most inflexible adherents. For many years a member of the Congregational church, he was also one of its ministers, and by precept and example advocated the cause of Christianity. He never aspired to office, preferring to devote his energies to the work of the farm, in which he met with good success. His wife, surviving him, died in 1893. Their children were Marinda, who died at the age of nine years; Salathiel, of this review; Ruth E., who became the wife of N. Walker, and died leaving two children; Jacob, a farmer of Kansas; Josephus, who is living in Oklahoma; and Dorinda, the wife of Samuel Stall, a farmer.
Mr. Thompson, whose name begins this record, removed with his parents to Greene county, Indiana, and remained on the home farm until eighteen years of age. After the inauguration of the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company A, Ninety-seventh Indiana Infantry, under Colonel Robert F. Catterson, the regiment being assigned to the Fifteenth Army Corps. He was mustered in at Terre Haute and went into camp at Indianapolis, after which the regiment was assigned to duty with the Western Department. He was in active service at Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea. Throughout the term of his enlistment he remained with the army, never receiving a furlough, but always remaining loyally at his post, faithfully performing the work assigned to him. He was detailed as a regular forager, and with six comrades thus engaged he was captured and started on the way to Richmond, but on the march he succeeded in making his escape after twelve days spent on the way. The date of his enlistment was August, 1862, and of his discharge, June, 1865, Lee having surrendered in the meantime and thus virtually ending the war. Returning from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Indianapolis, he there received an honorable discharge and was paid off.
Returning to Greene county, that state, Mr. Thompson was married there, in 1866, and located on a farm, following the plow through the summer months, while in the winter season he engaged in school teaching. In 1871 he came to Kansas, locating on rented land in Nemaha county, where he carried on agricultural pursuits until 1874, when he turned his attention to merchandising in Sabetha. In 1878, however, he exchanged his mercantile stock for a farm in Brown county, and he has since made his home in this locality. He has built upon his place a commodious residence and large barns and outbuildings, and has made his present farm his place of abode since 1893. Here, in connection with the cultivation of the fields, he has engaged in raising, buying and shipping stock, making a specialty of cattle. Fairview furnishes him an excellent shipping point and annually many head of cattle are sent from his farm over the road.
Mr. Thompson has been twice married. In 1866 he wedded Miss Rebecca Morrison, a native of Ohio, who removed from that state to Indiana with her parents, James and Tabitha Morrison. Her father died during her early girlhood. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were born two children: Cora, the wife of H. Gillilan; and Mary, the, wife of J. King. The mother died in 1888. She was a member of the Congregational church and a most estimable lady. In February, 1890, Mr. Thompson was again married, the lady of his choice being Miss Mary E. Black. She was born in Indiana, July 11, 1860, a daughter of Eliza and Anna (Corwin) Black, both natives of Ohio, whence they went to Indiana in 1857. At the outbreak of the Civil war the father entered the army, holding a commission in a cavalry regiment. By trade he was a carpenter. After his death the widow became the wife of a Mr. Carpenter, of Lake county, Illinois, where they now live. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Black are: Mrs. Emma Coontz; Summerville, wife of John Wooderd, a prominent citizen of Monroe county, Indiana; Mary E., the wife of our subject; Ida, who became the wife of John E. Gaston, and died leaving four children; and Ethel, the wife of Mr. Spates, a railroad man of St. Louis. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have been born six children: Leah, who is attending school at Ottawa; Lloyd, who is also in school at Ottawa; Ernst, at home; Ralph, who died at the age of a year and a half; Edith, at home; and Norville J., who was born November 15, 1898.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Baptist church, and are people of the highest respectability. In 1883 Mr. Brown was elected the sheriff of Brown county and served for one term, after which he returned to the farm. He has filled various township offices, including those of trustee and justice of the peace, and in all these different positions has discharged his duties most promptly and efficiently. The Republican party finds in him a stalwart advocate who takes an active interest in its work and attends the county and state conventions. He was a delegate to the convention which nominated C. Curtis for congress, and at all times labors for the growth and success of the party. Mr. Thompson withholds his support from no movement for the public good and has contributed to the general welfare in no small degree. He was a stockholder in the town company which located Fairview, and in many ways he has promoted public progress, being recognized as one of the leading and influential citizens of the community.
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One of the most wonderful things about keeping up with the world of toy customs is that it never fails to amaze or inspire. Tale for instance, Japanese customizer Tomogomafu (site requires registration), who transformed Kotobukiya's Combat-san kit into a beautiful new colorway thanks to some green, brown, and white paint. The photos are stunning, and I encourage you to check them all out in our gallery.
Any toy collector also knows that sometimes, you just have to take matters into your own hands when it comes to finding collectibles of your favorite secondary characters in a game, anime, or film. For instance, Resident Evil 5's frightful executioner, who has been recreated to perfection by modeler Yasha, including his tremendous axe.
Hit up the gallery for even more customs and original creations. There's a gorgeous repaint of the HMO Miku Nendoroid from customizer Ruuka89 (Thanks for the tip, Tea&Cookies!), some hilarious selections from the Hobby Search blog, and much more. Remember, you can send your own submissions of your toys in action to us at firstname.lastname@example.com. We promise to feature them!
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Sara will be offering 10 minute sessions for $15 at the Lab Specialty event being held at the 4H fairgrounds in Westford, MA. Sign up early at her booth to reserve your spot and bring whatever questions you have for your dog. Readings can also be done from a picture or simply a description of the animal.
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Letter to governor accompanied by online petition and Stotsky events
Parker – Americans for Prosperity-Colorado, the state's largest grassroots free-market group, today, urged Gov. John Hickenlooper to order a one year pause in implementing the latest federal education fad called Common Core.
Common Core is growing in controversy and causing a parent backlash across the country as states begin implementation. New questions are being raised daily about watered-down standards, politically-correct content, testing methods, and problems – not to mention the loss of local control that accompanies more Washington meddling. AFP-Co says Colorado needs to take a careful second look, in light of emerging developments, at something that was not well understood, or fully formed, when Colorado prematurely embraced the program in 2010.
In a letter to Hickenlooper, AFP-Co State Director Dustin Zvonek asks Hickenlooper to institute a one year pause in implementation of Common Core, for additional study, review, and debate; arguing that embracing a flawed concept, now could have decades-long impacts in Colorado classrooms.
The group also created an on-line petition, inviting Coloradan's to weigh-in with Hickenlooper on the issue; and is bringing highly-respected Common Core critic Dr. Sandra Stotsky to the state for two January events – see details here – as a way of further educating the public on Common Core's flaws. Stotsky, is a respected educator who served on an advisory group that helped create Common Core, but declined to endorse the final product and later became a prominent critic after seeing flaws in what was proposed. Zvonek, in his letter, invites the governor or his staff to meet with Stotsky when she visits Colorado later this month.
"Anyone can make the mistake of leaping before you look," Zvonek says in the letter. "But in Colorado's case, there's still time to deploy a parachute before the unfortunate impacts of this initiative are felt in Colorado school rooms. The consequences of a misstep now, will be felt for years to come. There's nothing to be lost, and much to potentially gain by taking a thoughtful pause for further study and debate before plunging forward with such a poorly-understood and ill-conceived concept.
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AGNC Down 7.2%, Sterne Agee Sees Dividend Cut Ahead
Shares of American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) continue to drop Tuesday, down 7.2% to $22.14, after the mortgage REIT late Monday reported third-quarter earnings that included a 24-cent drop in net book value. Sterne Agee today says it expects AGNC to cut its quarterly dividend from 80 cents to 50 cents. From Sterne Agee analyst Henry J. Coffey Jr.:
We are reducing our EPS 2013 and 2014 EPS estimates from $3.45 and $3.50 to $3.10 and $2.00 to reflect lower investment levels and the higher cost of funds that are likely to be seen in 2014. We are reducing our 2015 estimate from $3.60 to $2.05 as well.
We expect to see AGNC reduce its quarterly dividend from $0.80 per share to a level more in line with its actual earnings potential of $0.50 per quarter. The level of undistributed taxable income declined by $0.50 per share to $0.57 at the end of September. Distributing this taxable income may forestall the decline for a quarter or two.
Sterne Agee, which maintains a $22.00 price target and a neutral rating for AGNC, said AGNC's reported core EPS of $0.61 fell short of its estimate of $0.76, and that the principal reason for the shortfall was lower-than-expected interest income tied to a drop in expected yields and lower investment balances.
Other mortgage REITs are lower today as well, including Annaly Capital Management (NLY), which is down 3.1% to $11.77.


text: Join art quilter Ana Buzzalino to explore two distinct approaches to creating painted and stitched quilts. One method is to first create a quilted canvas ("quilt first, then paint"); the second method is to paint a wholecloth design first, and then quilt. Ana teaches her painting technique (used for both approaches), discussing the tools and materials, as well as background painting, detail work, and blending techniques. By using a consistent painted motif throughout, Ana illustrates the diverse results one can achieve. She also demonstrates ways to machine quilt a painted piece, including different filler motifs, and she shares hand embroidery stitches. You'll be inspired to create your own painted, quilted, and embroidered pieces.


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Inside Cuba stories
It's very hard: Man describes life in Cuba today
Only 90 miles from the United States, Cuba is close. But it is time, not distance, that makes the island seem far away.
Living very different lives, Cuban man, woman remember 'the good times'
In the early 1960s, thousands of citizens fled Cuba seeking a life outside the control of Communism. Today, more than 2 million Cubans live in the U.S.
NC farmers explore trade with Cuban counterparts
In late 2014, after months of secret meetings and negotiations, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced an agreement to restore diplomatic relations between their two counties.
Cubans, Americans call for change
The desire for change in Cuba can been seen from two sides - from farmers, investors and Cuban families in the U.S., and from the government and people in Cuba.
Cuban tobacco farmers relate well with NC agriculture officials
When conversations happen in different languages, things can often get lost in translation. But in a chat between farmers from Cuba and North Carolina, tobacco is a word that crosses linguistic boundaries.
Locals, Americans gather in Cuba for Pope's mass
In the same square used for political rallies over the last 50 years, crowds gathered yet again Sunday morning, this time for the first visit from a Latin-American Pope.
NC agriculture officials explore trade with Cuba
As Cuban leader Raul Castro visits America and discusses policy with President Barack Obama, agricultural leaders from North Carolina are on the ground in Cuba seeking trade opportunities with the island nation.
Reopening of embassy offers hope for change in Cuba, Raleigh man says
Roberto Capo Matos, 44, who grew up in communist Cuba and sought political asylum in the United States 12 years ago, has mixed feelings about recent changes in his homeland.


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A BAKER in Cwmbran, who turned his hobby into his profession only a year ago, has scooped two awards at the world's biggest cake show.
Cake International – The Sugarcraft, Cake Decorating and Baking Show was held at the ExCeL in London on April 10-12 and attracted more than 18,000 people.
Among the 500 people who entered the cake competitions was Paul Williams, 47, who opened Happy Occasion Cakes on Llantarnam Road, a year ago.
It was the first time he had entered the competition but picked up gold in the sculpted novelty cake section and silver in the decorative exhibit section.
He said: "I never expected to win, especially as it was my first time, so it was a great surprise to find out I had not only won two awards but that one was gold."
For the competition he made a castle with a dragon on it, which scooped the silver, and one of a dragon laying down that won the gold.
He said: "I have always liked dragons since being a kid and for some reason I always come back to them."
Mr Williams has been creating cakes for over 25 years as a hobby after he undertook a three-year college course in the 1980s.
He said: "I would bake cakes for friends and family to mark special occasions and everyone always said I should do it as a career."
Then last year, he decided to quit his job as a manufacturer in a factory that made office equipment, and transformed part of his house into a studio and cake showroom.
Mr Williams explained: "We moved to the property and it had quite a lot of space so I just thought why not.
"I have no regrets and I still really enjoy baking."
Currently working on his own, but hoping to expand in the future, he believes that anything can be created and often likes to be challenged with his novelty cakes.
He said: "Many customers come to us and ask if we can do this, or if we can do that for them, and the answer is always invariably yes."
At the competition cake-decorating expert, Mich Turner MBE, opened the show and offered tips to bakers, while chef Paul Da Costa Greaves demonstrated a range of easy to bake recipes for visitors.
For more details visit happyoccasionscakes.co.uk


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If you're curious to know how Trouble and his crew conduct their business, the words and visuals for "Bang Bang" will shed some insight. Intuition and split-second decisions are what they're all about, with Big Bank Black and 2Wop helping to reiterate that for Trouble Trouble.
With no release date anywhere, "Bang Bang" will have to tide us over for The Return of December 17th. I can only hope that the "coming soon" that I've seen everywhere actually means that it's being uploaded as these words fly across the computer screen.
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