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As we come to the bicentenary of the battle of Waterloo ,a lot of rubbish can be expected
as far as I can judge , the whole campaign was a succession of fumble
the Allies were caught by surprise , they were two days late regrouping their forces ,
it resulted in the Prussians and British /Dutch/ German armies having Napoleon between them
the French staff work was very ordinary , with not a little bit of animosity between the marshals ,
Ney wanted to smash the British , got into a sulk and did very little , missing the opportunity to bag the Prussians which had not reunited all their troops yet around Ligny
Napoleon turning toward quatre bras where the British were assembly moved slowly ,Wellington having learned of the Prussian set back decided to withdraw rather than be defeated
he took a good defensive position atward the road to Bruxelles , gathered most of his available troops and begged Blucher to come to him .
Blucher was no shrinking violet , he was famous for his aggressive spirit ,he disregarded Gneisenau advice to let the British hang and moved toward Waterloo ,leaving a corps to cover his difficult march
the strong French cavalry performed badly in reconnaissance , they thought the Prussians were moving East when in fact they were moving North West
Grouchy with a third of the French troops moved slowly in the wrong direction , he disregarded vital information for three hours ,
then ignored his staff officers entreaty to march to the sound of the guns toward what was obviously a great battle
The battle started late , there were some reasons for it but the French seems to have been a bit slack and the first fights were on the Western side ,
while on the Eastern side the Prussian cavalry did a great job of occupying the space between the two allied , disrupting communications between the two widely separated French Armies and insuring that Wellington and Blucher could exchange messages , a British staff officer went to the Prussian to ensure better co ordination
by the middle of the afternoon , Napoleon launched massive attack on Wellington on the Eastern side of his position ,
the British artillery was silenced by a lack of powder ( supply wagons had not arrived ) with the French cavalry roaming the battlefield pretty much at will ,the infantry had to form squares to kept the horsemen away but it made them sitting duck for the numerous French squirmishers
it also made them a choice target for the French artillery which , finally got in its stride and were cutting men by the row
as the pounding went on late afternoon , a last push was ordered , the guard went in , the British held by their fingernails
by then the Prussian moved in force , Napoleon had no reserves to give
his whole Army was rolled like a carpet .
as night fell , it was a very bloody victory , it came close to be a defeat
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Is Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls really The Answer?
The more common comparison in Chicago these days is whether Rose; the electric do-everything guard is a worthy successor of Michael Jordan, whose statue stands outside the United Center in tribute to the six NBA championships he brought to the city.
And Rose, for all the promise he's shown as the NBA's youngest ever MVP and for continuing his regular season dominance in the post season obviously has a long way to go on that front.
But in considering the discussion about the Bulls', um, one-dimensional offensive approach maybe the proper comparison isn't a former Bulls great but the last shoot-first small man to win the league's MVP and take his team to the NBA Finals.
That of course would be Allen Iverson, The Answer, who was David to the NBA's Goliath's a decade ago, although with a seemingly endless number of stones for his sling shot.
Think Rose (or the Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westrbook) is shot happy?
Rose is Steve Nash compared to Iverson. In the 76ers 23-game playoff run that year; ending with their five-and-out defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers Iverson chucked up 661 shots, or only 28.7 shots a game.
That he made just 38.9 per cent of them even created a new argument for why having one guy shoot all the time - whether he made shots or not - was a good thing; as we learned that Iverson's penetration opened up lanes that gave the 76ers better opportunities to grab offensive rebounds. Okay then.
Rose is hardly shy - and in fact his usage rate (the percentage of a team's plays used by a player when they're on the floor) of 36.7 through the Bulls 10 playoff games this season is almost identical to Iverson's 36.8 during Philly's run in 2001.
But Rose is shooting 24 times a game and connecting at a 41-per-cent clip; although he's doing it in about six fewer minutes. Iverson was a like a high school player who never came out of the game in 2001 as he averaged a ridiculous 46.2 minutes a night.
There are some differences between the two situations, the biggest perhaps that Iverson lifted what was a pretty ordinary 76ers squad to about as high as it conceivably reach. After Iverson the next most effective offensive player was the under-rated Aaron McKie - a very solid pro, but hardly an all-star candidate. Iverson's ball dominance was by necessity and the 76ers relative success came at the expense of a weak Eastern Conference in the post-Jordan NBA.
The Bulls, by comparison, are a juggernaut, with Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer as legitimate second options, Joakim Noah as an all-purpose disruptor and some useful frontcourt depth, along with proven perimeter shooters to spread the floor for Rose.
The Bulls 62-20 regular season was in an Eastern Conference that ran five teams deep. Making it to the Finals will require Chicago to get through either Boston's Big Three or Miami's Big Three; each of which are a notch above the Milwaukee Bucks' Big Three ( Glenn Robinson, Sam Casell and yes, that Ray Allen).
How far Rose can take the Bulls remains to be seen; but if he does take thems to the Finals for the first time since Jordan in 1998 he will get there along a path blazed by Iverson.

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These glocks are so easy to maintain and shoot,I ran out of things to ask or say but I will keep reading the post ,I still plan on learning.
LOL yeah, theres always something to learn about them .. I went to the local gun shop to look at a 10mm they had, turns out it was used took slide off and OMG it was so darn dirty I just dont get it if your trying to sell a gun you could atleast clean it LOL, it was not the gun store owners but there on consignment.... price was a little high for me on a used gun, $550... then I looked at a Glock 30 it was used as well and had night sights that looked like they did not work any more.... and it was also very very dirty, like the person just got done at the range and broght it to the store to sell .... $575 for it just way to High IMO... what I learned today is some people just dont give a crap when trying to sell a gun LOL...
You can but new for those prices around here.Got to love a 10mm.,like a viagra !
Yeah, that's strange. For that price might as well buy a new one. And you would think they would spend at least 5 mins to clean them, god knows its simple...
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Johannesburg - National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel has slammed the Sidikiwe! (We Are Fed Up) Vukani! (Arise) Vote No! campaign by his former comrades Ronnie Kasrils and Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge as "destructive".
Manuel was voting in Killarney, Joburg, where he lives.
"It's just kind of been destructive. It's a silly kind of approach," he said.
This was because Kasrils and fellow leaders of the campaign had not encouraged voters to make "an informed decision" based on the policies or manifestos of political parties, he said.
Instead, the Vote No campaign is aimed at voting against the ANC, as opposed to voting for the specific party proposals of a smaller political party.
"I think it's a silly campaign. I think we have to have people make informed choices. If the call of Ronnie Kasrils was for people to make an informed choice that's one thing, but the way in which this thing is cast I think it lays the basis for confusion," Manuel said.
"What is the measure of success? Because there's been a reasonable number of spoiled ballots all the way through, so what do you do now? I can't quite understand the rationale."
Manuel said Wednesday's election marked the end of his career as a public representative.
"So it's been an amazing period. And I've tended to do things besides hang out at the (IEC) results (operations) centre. In fact this is the first time I'm voting in Gauteng. My constituency's in Mitchells Plain, but I tended to vote where I lived," he said.
But he remained forward-looking when voting.
"I think it's very important that we never lose sight of where we come from and how that creates responsibilities for us. The responsibility to vote is actually (articulated) in the National Development Plan and calls for active citizenship.
"It's not something we can cop out from – we have to take that responsibility and be engaged in what happens. Failing which we don't have a democracy.
"So it's about the past but it's also about the future," he told Independent Newspapers.
But he was concerned about a "cleavage developing" between his generation and "how it relates to history in a particular way and successive generations who've grown up in a different environment".
"We've got to ensure that we can bridge that divide. Elections call for a consciousness around renewal, because the quality of democracy is a key measure that we must commit to when we vote like this."
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Cheb Khaled hopeful about a duet with his ''Arab Singing Princess''
Algerian Rai King Cheb Khaled is hoping to reach an agreement with what he describes as the "Arab singing princess", Warda Al Jazaeriyah, for a duet, according to the UAE daily, Al Bayan newspaper.
"I respect the renowned singer for her contribution to the Arab music world," said Khaled, adding that singing with her might produce an unprecedented musical masterpiece.
Responding to a question as to whether Warda can adapt to Rai music, in which he surpasses others, Khaled said, "Warda is a prominent star and being an Algerian, she will not find Rai as something strange to her." Citing some of Warda's songs composed by Baligh Hamdi as examples, including parts from the Algerian heritage cadences.
On another note, the Rai star added that he contacted the Algerian musician, Al Safi Boutellah, after an 8-year rift, revealing a joint project between both of them that could take Rai back to its roots. Another current project he is gearing up for is a new song with renowned US singer Quincy Jones.
In response to a question about the criticism he faced following his performance with an Israeli singer, Khaled said, "I am an artist and as art is anti racial-discrimination, I cannot be an artist and a racist simultaneously."
"When I refuse to sing with someone based on their ethnic origin or religion, I would undoubtedly be a racist and far away from the essence of art," concluded Khaled. - Albawaba.com


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Old Soldiers Never Die
- By Daniel Lansberg-RodríguezDaniel Lansberg-Rodríguez teaches on Latin America at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and is a weekly columnist for the Venezuelan daily newspaper El Nacional. His Twitter handle is @Dlansberg.
Ángel Vivas is a retired former general from Venezuela's armed forces. He's also, increasingly, a thorn in the regime's side, first drawing ire as a blogger, then as an opposition Twitter star, and now as a modern day Lamarque.
Vivas has holed himself up in his Caracas home, which is currently under siege by authorities looking to arrest him over allegedly treasonous tweets. But a swelling crowd of his neighbors and supporters has interposed itself between the general and the police, blocking his arrest. The arrest was ordered on Saturday and, since that time, he has remained bunkered inside.
On Sunday, when Venezuelan authorities arrived at his house seeking entrance, the general shot off Tweets informing his over 200,000 followers that the government had cut off his telephone and that "Venezuelan and Cuban henchmen, alongside criminal groups," were currently surrounding his house. Twitter has become particularly important in opposition communications, given the country's strong-arm censorship regulations. Soon after, the crowds began to arrive.
By Monday, Feb. 23, Vivas is still unbowed, and, decked out in a flak jacket with an assault rifle and pistol in hand, has repeatedly declared that he will not go quietly. He has given impassioned speeches from his balcony to the assembled crowds bellow, and they have in turn been tweeting messages of support and pictures of him with guns in hand.
Here's why the government is after him: Last week, armed paramilitary groups of government supporters, known as colectivos, were cruising around the capital on motorcycles to terrorize, and often assault, student protesters. They operate under the protection of the Venezuelan National Guard, further upping the ante on violent crackdowns that have thus far led to eight deaths.
In response, on Friday, the general suggested via Twitter that the opposition make use of "guayas," the steel wire used in bike locks, to install tripwires on streets with protesters. The wires would knock cruising colectivistas off their mounts, thus preventing them from using the bikes to disperse the student protesters.
Someone apparently took his advice, and soon after, Elvis Rafael Durán de la Rosa (initially misidentified as Santiago Pedroza), was reported dead after allegedly being thrown from his vehicle by one of the tripwires. Edgardo Zuleta, captain of the Venezuelan National Guard, was quick to condemn the incident, stating that "a group of fascists, seeking only to destabilize, set up this tripwire … and have cost this young man his life." The authorities issued a warrant for Vivas's arrest for his role in the death soon after.
Vivas is wildly popular within the opposition not only because he is a visible figure from the high echelons of the armed forces — usually a bastion of pro-government sentiment — but also because he hails from San Cristóbal, the city where this most recent wave of protests began. San Cristóbal role as the center of student protests has left it the most beleaguered spot in the country. The state has deliberately cut the city's Internet access and electricity, as the national air force executes dramatic flyovers to intimidate the protesters.
Traditionally, the Revolution has taken a hard line on military leaders that publically support opposition parties and policies, or seem overly tentative in their support of the status quo. In 2007, Raul Baduel, a retired general and former defense minister, and the man responsible for restoring Chávez to power after the short-lived coup against him in 2002, dared to publically criticize what he saw as his former ally's worrying turn towards "authoritarianism." Almost immediately, he was brought up on corruption and embezzlement charges, and was eventually sentenced to seven years in jail in what Human Rights Watch has deemed a "political persecution."
Vivas worked closely under Baduel during the latter's ministership, and it is rumored that Baduel's own downfall may have left Vivas sidelined by the administration afterwards. The government demands absolute loyalty from high ranking officers as a precaution against potential coups. Later, Vivas expressed his own misgivings about the politicization of the military under Chávez in the aftermath of Baduel's defection. He resigned in protest against the adoption of the new military oath, "Socialism, Homeland or Death," among his men. Vivas is only 57.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro responded to this latest defiance by warning Vivas over state media, warning, "No matter how many guns you have, sooner or later, you will have justice." Meanwhile, reactions to Vivas's Venezuelan standoff have varied, despite his considerable support among much of the opposition.
Andres Sosa is a Caracas entrepreneur who once ran a chain of Venezuelan radio stations, but has now lost all but one to the government's seizures of private media. He argues that the government is taking advantage of Dúran de la Rosa's death to neutralize Vivas and silence a vocal critic. "Here is a man who lost his brilliant military career because he opposed the Cubafication of the armed forces," Sosa said. "He is a hero who confronts the government's tyranny!"
At the other side of the economic, if not political, spectrum is Williams Méndez, a chauffeur in the historically pro-Revolution town of La Victoria: "Maybe an old guy like him, this army man with those guns, is exactly what we need to fix this country's many problems."
But Luis Arcía, Méndez's neighbor, thinks differently: "Here we go again," he told me. "Venezuelans are always looking for a new hero or a new messiah. If they can find someone from the armed forces, that's even better!"
"How little we've learned through this whole Chávez ordeal," he continued. "We don't need a savior — we need a thousand saviors. We need a functional civil society, not just a new catalyst every week."
Vivas himself will apparently be interviewed on CNN Español tonight, and it should be fascinating to hear what this catalyst has to say.
Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez is a fellow at the Comparative Constitutions Project and is a weekly columnist for the Venezuelan daily newspaper El Universal. His Twitter handle is @Dlansberg.


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MYTH: Thanks to soaring gas prices and a weak dollar, travel is only for the rich.
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MYTH: Americans aren't welcome in many parts of the world.
REALITY: As my friend is fond of reminding me whenever I am overcome with self-consciousness, "People have other things on their minds besides you!" Same thing applies abroad. So long as you mind your business and respect local laws and customs, you'll be fine. For a list of nations where the welcome mat may not be rolled out, check out the State Department's Travel Warning page.
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A private equity firm said Friday it has completed its buyout of San Diego event software firm Active Network and has taken the company private.
Vista Equity Partners said Active shareholders agreed to sell nearly 57 million shares at $14.50 per share by Thursday's deadline. That's 87 percent of the company's outstanding stock. The deal is valued at roughly $1 billion.
Friday was the last day of public trading for the stock of Active Network, which went public in 2011 at $15 a share.
Founded in 1999, Active Network grew over the years through buying up dozens of small online event registration software firms in different market niches. It has about 3,000 employees worldwide.
The company's technology signs up participants for running races, youth summer camps and Pop Warner football. It lets vacationers reserve campsites and buy fishing or hunting licenses, helps golfers reserve tee times and allows businesses to register for corporate events and conferences.
The company had $370 million in sales but struggled to turn a profit, losing $43 million last year. It does have positive cash flow, however. Its earnings before taxes, depreciation, amortization and other charges were $38 million in 2012.
In May, Active announced the surprise resignations of Chief Executive Matt Landa and Executive Chairman David Alberga — both veteran executives with the firm. Shortly thereafter, the company began exploring strategic alternatives — business speak for a possible sale.
Vista Equity, which has offices in Austin, Chicago and San Francisco, said Darko Dejanovic will become chief executive of Active. He formerly served as president of the company.


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Open rhinoplasty to correct uneven bridge and also to remove droopy tip. Happy with results but not sure about scar tissue and nostrils.
I had the procedure done in los angeles california in December of 2009.I had rhinoplasty about a month and half ago and my left nostril is a little bit smaller than my right nostirl. The area where my nose was cut for open rhinoplasty also shows more a bump type swelling which has remained the same since my cast was removed. There is also a lot of mucus on my right side where the nostril looks a bit larger. What can all of this be related to and can uneven nostrils be caused by swelling? An can using q tips to clean inside the nose affect the shape of the nose over time? should i stop using them to remove mucus?


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Good article in the Province this weekend about about Markus Naslund. For the first time since his retirement, Naslund spoke candidly to Province reporter Jim Jamieson about life after hockey. This of course means that the debate of whether or not to hang his #19 from the rafters of GM Place has heated up. When asked about it, Naslund said "It's very flattering. If you ask any athlete, to have your number retired is one of the most flattering things you can have happen. It would be a great honour". Typical response from a guy who has been a class act throughout his whole career.
So should Naslund's number be retired? It will surely serve as great debate for Canucks fans. I think it should (and will), but I don't think it will be retired this season. The memory and bitterness of Canucks fans is still too great about Naslund's final 2-3 seasons in Vancouver. People have forgotten about the amazing seasons he had for the franchise. If people can forget that Pavel Bure demanded a trade and sat out most of the 1998-99 season while still under contract and want his number retired, surely a lot of people will want Naslund's number retired in a couple of years from now.
For those of you against having Naslund's number retired, consider this: he is the all-time franchise leader in goals and points (while playing fewer games in a more defensive era than Smyl or Linden). At the top of his game, few in the league compared to Naslund. His best two seasons in 2001-02 and 2002-03, he scored 40 and 48 goals, doing so in a very defensive era of the league. In 01-02 and 02-03, only Jarome Iginla (52 goals in 01-02) and Milan Hejduk (50 goals in 02-03) scored 50 goals in a season. When you compare that to Bure's best two seasons in a Canucks jersey (back to back 60 goal seasons in 92-93 and 93-94), you can see just how impressive Naslund's achievements were. Bure's first 60 goal season was a time when Mogilny (76 goals), Selanne (76 goals), Lemieux (69 goals) and Robitaille (63 goals) all scored more than him. Bure lead the league in goals in 1993-94, but not by much. Hull, Fedorov, Andreychuk, Shanahan, Graves, Sheppard, Modano and Neely all scored 50 or more goals (Neely actually scored 50 goals in 49 games that year). My point here is that Naslund's best years were comparable to that of Bure's (who would have his jersey retired had he not demanded to leave town), and his all-time numbers eclipse that of Linden's and Smyl's (who both have their jerseys retired).
Now I know what all of you are probably saying, "Naslund didn't have any success in the playoffs." While it is true that Naslund never reached the 3rd round with the Canucks, his playoffs could hardly be called failures. In his prime (2001-02 to 2003-04), Naslund scored 25 points in 27 playoff games. His best playoff came in 2003-04 when he was playing hurt (courtesy of Steve Moore) and was without Todd Bertuzzi. He got 9 points in 7 games that year, playing with Brendan Morrison and Matt Cooke. The Canucks playoff failures were more due to the team not having any kind of above average goal-tending (Cloutier's goal from centre ice in 2002, Cloutier's .868 SV% in 2003, and the Cloutier-Hedberg-Auld combo in 2004). Ask yourself this, would Bure and Linden be looked at the same if Kirk McLean hadn't made "the save" in 1994 to keep their season alive? Of course not. Naslund never got a chance to do the things that Linden and Bure did in the playoffs because he simply wasn't given the opportunity. Maybe that's just bad luck for him, but I think he did enough in the playoffs to warrant his jersey hanging in the rafters.
So should the Canucks retire his jersey? Give your opinion in the comments section.


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Published: 1 March 2018
Paperback, B Format
129x198mm, 304 pages
The Possessed
Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
Published: 1 March 2018
Other Editions
Published: 5 April 2012
Paperback, B Format
129x198mm, 304 pages
Ebook Available
The true story of one woman's intellectual and sentimental education and her strange encounters with others devoted - absurdly, melancholically, ecstatically - to the Russian classics
Roaming from Tashkent to San Francisco, this is the true story of one budding writer's strange encounters with the fanatics who are devoted - absurdly! melancholically! ecstatically! - to the Russian classics. Combining fresh readings of the great Russians from Gogol to Goncharov with the sad and funny stories of the lives they continue to influence, The Possessed introduces a brilliant and distinctive new voice: comic, humane, charming, poignant and completely, and unpretentiously, full of an infectious love for literature.
'The Possessed weaves anecdotes and literary criticism around Batuman's tales of her adventures in America, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Russia ... In some complicated way, this is a book about the relationship between art and life. But it's also a simple book about the relationship between art and life. Or, rather, it's a complicated book about the simple relationship between the two. In the end, all memoirs tend to end up as a defence of something. Batuman's is a defence of reading as a form of living' Ian Sansom
'A vividly engaging travelogue-cum-memoir ... Batuman is an astute observer with a terrific sense of humour and immense bravado' Eileen Battersby
'An eccentric, funny and always perceptive account of the authors long time immersion in the classics of Russian literature'
'An intoxicating mix of travel memoir, autobiography, literary criticism and philosophy... charming and hilarious'
'Batuman's refreshingly unlikely memoir recounts how she decided to devote her life to studying the great Russian novelists ... the result is the funniest book you're ever likely to read about Russian fiction' Robert Collins
'Charming, complex and life-enhancing' Sarah Bakewell
'Dazzlingly good ... very bookish, very clever and very funny ... [The Possessed is] a preposterously engaging volume' Jane Shilling
'Deeply clever and very funny'
'Elif Batuman seems at home in that borderland between tragedy and comedy the great Russian writers colonised. The Possessed is insightful, poignant and very funny' James Meek
'Hilarious, wide-ranging, erudite, and memorable'
'I loved Batuman's quirky and perceptive account of her passion for Russian literature ... A move away from objective criticism towards the personal and what books actually mean to people, it is hugely appealing' Lesley McDowell
'Odd and oddly profound ... she's the kind of reader who sends you back to your bookshelves with a sublime buzz in your head. You want to feel what she's feeling. It's tempting to keep quoting her book forever'
'The highest compliment you can pay such a book is that it sends you back to the original authors refreshed. I can go one higher - I found myself simply wanting to read more from Elif Batuman'
'Told in nimble and often funny prose'
'Wildly original, creatively rambling... the funniest book I've read in a long time: its deadpan, dry humour and its accumulation of absurdities will leave you rolling on your floor with laughter'
'Wise and delightfully funny' Rachel Polonsky


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Harrods is a world-famous luxury department store, situated in Knightsbridge, London. It's a place I've always loved to visit and simply wander around, especially at Christmas time, admiring the displays. Today, I'm sharing with you my favourite hampers from their current collection…
The weather may seem dull and dreary at the moment but apparently we're heading into one of our hottest summers yet (if you believe the papers!) So I'm taking my mind off the fact that it's still grey outside right now and dreaming of a perfect picnic with 'The Helmsley' hamper from Cartright & Butler (£50)
Featuring a selection of tea, biscuits and preserves, this hamper is named after the quaint market town of Helmsley in Yorkshire, England.
This Harrods Cool Bag (£22.95) would be another must-have for picnic season, perfect for keeping bottles chilled and food fresh.
And let us not forget, it's Father's day on the 15th June! I think this Whisky & Truffles hamper (£65) would make a wonderful gift for father's day. Actually, I would love this for myself too… Give me whisky and chocolate and I'm happy!
Speaking of chocolate, how amazing does this 'Celebration of Chocolate' hamper (£125) look?? It includes a wonderful and generous selection of chocolate treats, bars and truffles. Yes please!
I think this is by far the most interesting and beautiful hamper… the East India Company's 'Chocolate Discovery' hamper (£200) features yet more chocolate in some really enticing and exotic flavours, along with a book of chocolate. I love the packaging too.
I love Harrod's bears and I found the one in The Grosvenor Hamper (£175) particularly cute, even more so when I read some more about him… His name is George Howard, named after Harrod's first and longest serving delivery van driver. How lovely! The rest of the hamper is filled with classic British favourites including tea, coffee, biscuits and preserves.
View all Harrod's hampers
Prices range from £20 – £2000!
What hamper would you most love to receive from Harrods?
Disclosure: This was a compensated post. All words and opinions are my own.


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One week, two X-books (X-boox?), both of them cool, one of them leaving me angry.
Let's start with Uncanny X-Force #32, because last time out, I made kind of a big deal about how Rick Remender was gearing up to showcase the real character of Deadpool. My guess was that, having slipped away from the rest of the group infiltrating the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants compound to go find Evan (The Boy Who Would Hopefully Not Be Apocalypse But It's Looking More And More Like He Would Be), Wade Wilson would pre-emptively kill the kid to save the world, only to find out too late that it was the wrong move, and that would be what set him over the edge to Evilstan. Instead, I got the opposite – he's absosmurfly determined to rescue Evan, because he's inspired by/jealous of the example set by the late Fantomex, who died trying to save Psylocke.
"I'm going to die to protect this kid," Wade says to himself, with stern resolve, after jacking down the Blob's pants so the Omega Red Kid's tentacles go straight up the fat ass-crack. "Show Fantomex he's not the only one with a fully developed character arc." Goddammit, THAT IS DEADPOOL. And without the Daniel Way 'Third Voice' either.
This issue's got a lot of good DP action (quiet, pervs), but also a bunch of bitchin' Wolverine ass-kickery, too. Remender likes to call up the berzerker. Everything's coming to a head here – Shadow King has revealed to Psylocke that he's responsible for killing Fantomex and twisting Warren Worthington enough that she had to kill him, all as part of his revenge, and Daken is losing patience with Evan's resistance to going full-on Evil Mutant, and Age of Apocalypse Nightcrawler has met up with the 616 Mystique, and it goes a bit too well. Phil Noto's art is aces, and Remender is always reliable for dark but quality action. He's bringin' the goods there, and he's also bringing the funny. He's got Deadpool's dialogue flair down.
The second book is Age of Apocalypse #8. The previous issue in this series was the first one to truly excite me, because it brought Victor Von Doom to the party, and he's the best supervillain of all time. Seeing as how this is a book that casts several 616 villains as heroic freedom fighters, I figured it would be a perfect fit to make Doom a regular cast member, or at least an awesome recurring supporter of the cause.
Be warned, Here There Be Spoylers. There's a cool twist in this book that also pissed me off.
However, in this issue, David Lapham pulls that rug out from under us. Doom is every bith the master manipulator he is back home, although he's a hell of a lot more polite about it here. He's juggling an elaborate triple cross – selling out the X-Terminated to "The Queen" Emma Frost, who had herself hid among humans and betrayed them, only to also play protocol against her and bring forth Minister Azazel to judge them before Frost has her opportunity to play vindictive telepath games with them. Turns out Doom has done a mental number on Frost, re-brainwashing her consistently so that she keeps forgetting she has telepathy, using her as a tool to handle the regimes on either side of Latveria. A lot of elaborate stuff he's got going on.
Eventually, he frees the X-Terminated, but reveals that the Reed Richards Journals of How To Beat Up Celestial-Powered Jerkwads that they came for have been destroyed once Doom committed them to memory. The grand plan is for Doom to take the power wielded by Weapon Omega (aka the former Wolverine), and that's not cool with Prophet and the gang. However, this is polite Doom, so even after they try to force him to give them whatever anti-W.O. weapon he's cooked up – and Deadeye betrays Prophet to join Doom and turn the tide back – he still lets them all go unharmed.
And that proves to be his undoing. Deadeye got close to Doom just so she could kill him and take his head back to the gang for brain-harvesting, which they can apparently do. It was a cool swerve I didn't see coming, but… but… DOOM! You don't kill Doom! You just DON'T, especially not when he's that cool and interesting! Dammit, quit being so X-clusive, X-Terminated! Mix it up like the rest of Marvel NOW!
Lapham's story was well-crafted and tense, and Renato Arlem's art is an aesthetic improvement for my tastes from the prior artist, but… goddammit, DOOM. ARGH. I really wanted him to stick around. He's motherfuckin' DOOM. C'mon, man.


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Hangun hunting
I'm new to the handgun section s I'm sure there are 100 threads like this so I apologize but what kind of game is pursued with handguns. I like revolvers better so what could I kill with a .38 special? .357mag? .44mag? Are any of these even hunting calibers?
For hunting I would stick with the magnum rounds and preferably the .44 and up.
I know some people hunt hogs with these rounds. Not really sure what else to hunt with them, maybe varmints but that would probably be a little more difficult since they are a little more cautious to their surroundings.
44 mag is a good round. I have taken deer with 44 mag rounds.
Check the game laws in your state. I use 22 rimfire for squirrel and rabbit. I deer hunt with a .357 Magnum- BUT- that is a ten inch revolver, with heavy handloads. 44 Magnum and up is used for deer and pig.
A nice .357 makes a great small to medium sized critter getter.Load a revolver with some cast lead,super accurate fodder and as the ole timers used to say....."you can eat right up to the bullet hole".IOWs,head shots on squirrels and rabbits is entirely doable.
Theres some "issues" with .357 once the animal size gets above Fox,G-hogs,Turkeys,ect.......Thinking Deer and above.One issue is of revolver strength.To get decent ballistics heavy bullets and large doses of powder can take its tole on a revolver.Large framed guns like S&W # 27/28,and Colt Pythons will last awhile....but its gonna wear them out faster.
Another issue with .357's,if you aren't casting your own is,bullet availibilty.Most of the industry sees the .357 as a defense calibre....and small game.Bullet choices can get a little slim when looking for say a "Deer" bullet.But thats revolvers,TC's come in .357 and can make that cal really stand-up and perform.But the .357 maximum,IMO would still be better choice in a TC.
.44's,when loaded correctly make dandy short to medium range deer guns.Handgun hunting is IMO,probably the toughest hunting discipline.I think its noticibly harder than bowhunting.It takes a tremendous amt of practice and load development to really become profficient with a handgun.Scopes help a little....shooting sticks help a little/lot.....its like,everything helps a little.Its just much harder than say a rifle.And thats why I see it mainly as a short to medium range gun.
Theres a much better bullet selection for hunting with the .44.You're not having to go into the red zone(like a .357)to get the ballistics needed for quick kills on Deer.So finding suitable guns isn't that big of deal.For instance,a scoped Super Blackhawk shooting factory loads is one heck of a pkg.And won't break the bank.
I will say,hunting big game with a handgun....and being successful,ranks about as high as it gets on the satisfaction scale,for me at least.Goodluck,Shopnut
some states have a minumum caliber restriction for game animals and also a minimum barrel length to be legal for hunting purposes. many munters who use a revolver for hunting usually use at least an 8" barrel and even add a small scope for better shot placement. best place to check is your states game regulations for all the legal details.
My grand pa uses a 44.mag to hunt and has taken well over 50 deer with it if you can handle the recoil use the 44.mag
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Jeff O'Brien calls his distributor nearly every week. He wants to talk product, but he's primarily interested in digging for treatment protocol advice and finding out how other operators like him are handling pest issues, especially bed bugs.
In 2011, O'Brien started his business, Alright Pest Solutions in Lexington, Ohio. He's not an industry newbie — he worked for a larger pest control firm for years before taking a general manufacturing job with nice wages to support his family. But last year, he decided to return to the job he loved most: solving people's pest problems.
"I continued to refine my services, and I turn to my distributor for not only products, I run methods past them — find out what's working, what's not," he says.
O'Brien's distributor is a critical support system for his business.
Knowledgeable staff is the most important quality in a distributor, according to a PCT magazine survey of pest management professionals (PMPs), who answered questions about the quality and role of their distribution partners today. Behind deep product and industry insight, location and inventory drive a PMP's decision to choose a distributor, according to survey results.
Meanwhile, a lot has changed in the industry in the last decade, and especially in the last several years with the proliferation of post-patent insecticides, products with more specific labels, distributor consolidation and technology advances. Add to that a challenging economy and a push toward just-in-time everything, from ordering to delivery.
|Distributors stockpile their warehouses with a broad range of products from manufacturers, allowing PCOs to "run lean."
Distributors have responded by digging deeper into their roles as a complete support for PMPs.
Tommy Reeves, president at Oldham Chemicals Co. in Memphis, Tenn., says distribution has come full circle to the time when the Oldham family founded the distributorship.
"They offered full service to small, family-owned pest control firms and they were the training arm, they installed equipment, they were the inventory function and trouble-shooting — they provided credit, delivery and total logistics," Reeves says, rattling off the definition of what we today call value-added service. "It was a turn-key operation."
Reeves has watched the market move into the commodity game, primarily sparked by the mass production of products with "wide labels," a thriving building industry and huge termite pressure. "That was a big bubble, and the bubble popped," he says.
Now we're back to where we started, if you ask Reeves. And that's a good thing. "I really see a complete evolution [of the distributor's role]," he says.
Today distributors are focused on delivering training in various formats, including business-building seminars and online CEU sessions. They tease out manufacturer marketing jargon to help PMPs make product decisions that fit their budget and client needs. Distributors are delivering products faster than before, because PMPs say product access is a must. They're providing lines of credit for cash-crunched PMPs, and act as a warehouse so PMPs can run lean.
"Most of the time, we are kind of the silent partner in the industry," says Karl Kisner, director of marketing, Univar Environmental Sciences. Kisner and other distributors say that's the way it has always been.
"Manufacturers are the ones introducing new products, and PMPs are out there directly solving problems for customers in the field," Kisner continues. "But I don't think the recognition for distributors has been there. It's the distributor that makes sure that products are delivered on time, and can help PMPs choose what products will really help them."
Managing mindshare. The sales team at Forshaw Distribution is equipped with tablet computers that are loaded with thousands of MSDS labels, product sales sheets, marketing materials and online training programs. "When they are making sales calls to PMPs, they have all the information at their fingertips," says Sales Manager Thomas Forshaw IV.
The way knowledge is siphoned through the supply chain from manufacturer to end-user has dramatically evolved in the last couple of years, particularly with the use of tablets that add tech-portability to the picture. Now, distributors have the tools to show and tell, in person.
Spending time in the field cannot be replaced by Internet communication; but the to-go nature of tablet technology allows distributor sales reps to bring PMPs vital training and product information.
But website resources are also getting a lift these days. Forshaw created a page for PMPs called e-source. This gives PMPs online access to labels, MSDS, training and manufacturing marketing. "Pest control companies that take advantage of and really use that information can make decisions more quickly and get back to providing service," Forshaw says.
PCT's distributor survey cited training and continuing education as one of the top five services PMPs value most in a distributor relationship.
Distributors today can't talk enough about offering these resources, Kisner says. "We must remind our customers of the value that we bring to them, whether it's technology, tools or access to information, so they understand we are one source with countless resources," he says.
PMPs say they rely on distributors for general knowledge and specific details on products and usage. Distributors, in essence, are a supportive help line, open all the time. "If I'm having a problem, my distributor can usually answer my questions," says Steve Painter, owner of Catch-It Wildlife & Pest Control in the Kansas City metro area.
When Painter added pest control to his wildlife control company 10 years ago, he frequently stopped in to his local distributor to ask chemical and application questions. "They have expertise in product labels, and that's what I used them for," he says.
And more than ever, distributors are charged with the role of delivering information, from helping with pest identification to providing educational sessions so PMPs can earn continuing education credits.
"The manufacturers create effective products for managing pests, but sometimes the proper application procedures get lost in the process," says Ed Hosoda, vice president of Cardinal Professional Products. "Our biggest challenge is to make sure that products are stewarded correctly, used properly and safely, and the quality of applications are maintained at a high rate."
Meanwhile, Chris Donaghy, CEO of Residex/Tufgrass, notes that university extension services are more stretched. "All those land grant universities on a state budget with federal dollars are underfunded in this economy," he says. "So the whole extension service program is no longer the vibrant resource it used to be, and they would provide services like troubleshooting, identification of unusual pests and things of that nature."
That said, distributors maintain close connections with university extension offices and independent industry consultants. When PMPs have a pest I.D. question, the distributor taps into its network. Plus, distributors' sales representatives are experienced in the industry, often as former pest control operators or manufacturing expatriates. (What's more, a workforce of people formerly employed by manufacturers has supplied distributorships with a cast of professionals with deep knowledge, Hosoda says.)
"Our relationships plus experts on staff feed into a powerhouse of training and licensing opportunities for PMPs," Forshaw adds. Forshaw offered its first Executive Camp for PMPs last year, inviting PMPs to a two-day lineup of presentations covering banking, insurance, computer software and more.
How much is training worth?
Target Specialty Products gives PMPs a value-added invoice that shows how much some of the resources they provide would cost if the PMP customer had to pay. Putting a number on the value helps PMPs understand exactly what they're getting. "Education is our competitive advantage," says Susan Vance, director of marketing communications.
Distributors Speak Out
The products today are more pest-specific than they used to be. The challenge for us is to make sure our clients get the products that they need and that we are stocking the correct products." — Thomas Forshaw IV, sales manager, Forshaw Distribution
A manufacturer is not going to have the amount of foot soldiers in the field that can interact with the depth of customers that we can. We have over 70 outside sales reps and 100 customer service reps that are talking to PMPs every day and learning about their unique challenges, what they face day in and day out. We collect that information and share that with our vendor partners." — Karl Kisner, director of marketing, Univar Environmental Sciences
There is a greater burden on the distributor to provide a lot more of the support that many suppliers once provided to the end-user PMP." — Christopher Donaghy, CEO, Residex/Turfgrass
The products we use are changing to being lower in toxicity, effective in controlling pests at lower doses…and will be sustainable for the future. Because of this, the supply chain has to be more involved with product research, transfer of technology and product stewardship or training." — Ed Hosoda, vice president, Cardinal Professional Products
Supporting products. Everyone's working just in time. "It's clear that manufacturers have reduced their inventory levels, and that has created more stock-outs for the distributor than ever before," says Bonnie Fallon, director of operations at Ehrlich Distribution in Reading, Pa.
The good news is, there are more realistic manufacturer programs today: "The day of the big buy-in is over," Fallon says. She believes this will have a positive financial effect on the industry in maintaining product profitability.
With stockpiling the warehouse a thing of the past, distributors must forecast and buy carefully to strike a delicate balance between overstock and out-of-stock.
PMPs demand on-time delivery, according to PCT's report. And if product is not in stock, they expect it the next day. "Because of the technology and tools available, our customers want to access information and products faster than before," Kisner says.
"That means making sure we have the right products at the right time," Kisner continues. "It's ensuring there is very tight coordination [with the manufacturer], and that's the key role of the distributor. We understand the needs of the ultimate end-user and are able to relay that back to manufacturers through proper forecasting."
But from to time, distributors have to disappoint a customer because a manufacturer's shelf is empty of a desired product. The quest to run lean can introduce hiccups. And bring occasional disappointment, Kisner says.
"As with so many things, speed and timeliness is critical," Kisner says of today's supply chain.
Meanwhile, a proliferation of generic products entering the market can add a burden to the distributor's role if the maker doesn't provide the type of vendor support that competing key brands do. And generally, generics are saving cost in the support area, Donaghy says.
"With the value-based distributors that play the price game, you'll see a closer alignment to the generic companies that provide virtually no support other than cheap product," Donaghy says, noting that PMPs must decide what's more important: the absolute lowest price or getting the support they need. "If they make the wrong choice and opt for price over value, then they can find themselves in a world of trouble and hurt that includes [dealing with] regulatory issues," Donaghy says.
Reeves adds: "The product support [from generics] to the end-user is almost zero. And I still question the liability coverage."
So distributors have to choose carefully what products to stock — and there are many more options today. In some chemical categories, there may be up to 10 different product options because of generic alternatives.
"As a distributor, we can't carry all 10," Donaghy says. "We might manage our inventory by selecting three of the most profitable or most effective. Back in the day, you didn't worry so much about paring down SKUs because you weren't concerned about having a top-heavy warehouse."
Univar Changes Name, Announces Live Chat
Univar Inc. announced last month that its Professional Products and Services (PP&S) division changed its name to Univar Environmental Sciences. The firm said that while the name has changed, the mission of Univar Environmental Sciences remains the same: to aid public health and pest management professionals in protecting their customers' communities, homes and lives, helping keep them disease and pest free.
This name change reflects Univar's passion for and commitment to client satisfaction and its sharpened focus on the markets that offer Environmental Sciences products, the firm said.
"Our name change to Univar Environmental Sciences allows us to better convey our position in the marketplace and helps our customers better understand the markets we serve," says Karl Kisner, director of marketing, Univar Environmental Sciences. "The new name also allows for greater clarification of our role as a division of Univar as we continue our global growth so our customers can recognize the Univar business that will assist them."
Univar Environmental Sciences also has adjusted its website URL to match its new name, www.univares.com. Visitors to the previous website will be redirected to the updated address.
In other news at the firm, Univar Environmental Sciences announced the launch of PestWeb Live Chat. Univar customers can access the new feature via the Live Chat button found on
PestWeb (www.pestweb.com). PestWeb Live Chat adds a new dimension of information accessibility for PMPs who have questions about pest control products, insects, weeds or Univar's services. Through the Live Chat function, Univar customer service representatives are online Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST to assist PMPs.
"Univar Environmental Sciences has always been on the leading edge of supplying innovative tools to our customers," Kisner said. "We're pleased to add this new tool to PestWeb so that customers can reach us through their preferred manner — in person, over the phone, and now online."
But keeping products moving off the shelves is exactly the business distributors are in. And this introduces another value-add they provide the PMP: credit to enable them to purchase those products. "A lot of distributors play the role of bank to PMPs," says Donaghy, noting that today's lending environment can be tough on small businesses that need lines of credit to buy inventory. "They aren't going to get product if they don't have the cash flow."
Meanwhile, distributors walk another tightrope: "We have to convert our inventory on the shelf into cash, and our other form of 'cash' is uncollected sales," Donaghy explains.
Cost saving is a goal every player in the supply chain shares. Fallon says the key for thriving distributors is to focus on their most important assets: customers (PMPs) and co-workers. "For those distributors with financially sound businesses, cost-saving processes in place and the right employees on board, the future is bright," she says.
Thriving in the middle. Call it consolidation or diversification — that depends on who you ask in the supply chain.
Growing distributors recognize that holding market share and expanding their customer base of PMPs means offering more options. So they grow by acquiring small distributorships. That's the diversification angle.
Or, call consolidation an effort to strengthen and streamline operations. Either way, it has been the talk since the mid-1980s, Reeves says. "And consolidation basically is not a threat," he remarks.
It's not bad for business either. "The industry has survived and grown in almost every segment except for pre-treat," Reeves adds.
Rhodes Chemical Company Celebrates 50 Years
Editor's note: Kansas-based Rhodes Chemical Company was recently recognized at the UPF&DA Spring Conference for 50 years of service to the structural pest management industry. The following article, reprinted with permission from the Missouri Pest Management Association, chronicles the history of Rhodes and its founder and President Roland Rhodes, an industry icon.
Rhodes' own educational background dates back to World War II. During the war, Rhodes served at a naval hospital in Seattle, Wash., where he helped treat wounded veterans from the Pacific Campaign. Upon returning home, he enrolled at the University of Kansas, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1949. His first post-college job was as research and quality control manager for Real-Kill Company, an insecticide formulation company that sold retail products to treat household insects. He first attended the NPCA (now NPMA) convention in October 1957 and the Purdue Pest Control Conference in 1958.
Rhodes became a charter member of UPF&DA in 1968, and has been the treasurer of UPF&DA for more than two decades, as well as a member of RISE for many years. He joined the Entomological Society of America in 1971 and also is a Board Certified Entomologist (BCE). Rhodes Chemical Company continues to support Purdue University, the Entomological Society of American, NPMA and seven state pest management associations in the upper Midwest. Additionally, Rhodes has established college scholarships for entomology majors at six universities: Purdue University, University of Illinois, University of Missouri, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska and Iowa State University.
Missouri Pest Management Association (MPMA) President Bryan Ninichuck, president of Wingate Environmental Pest Control, Columbia, Mo., said MPMA has benefitted from Rhodes' commitment to education and promoting the industry. "This commitment to the industry is obvious. It starts with Roland at the top and trickles down throughout the entire company," Ninichuck told PCT.
Consolidation can somewhat change the game, Vance says. But distributorships remain a vital part of the supply chain. "Distributors are not going away," she says. "However, what is happening is the dynamic of who's who and who is with who is changing." For example, a competitor of Target Specialty Products is owned, in part, by a private equity firm.
But from the pest management professional perspective, consolidation means fewer distributor choices in a given market. "For the PMP, they need the products and they need options of where to buy those products, so I don't think consolidation will ultimately be in the PMP's best interest," Forshaw says.
"I don't think there are enough choices," says Painter, adding that he has changed distributors recently. This PMP would like to see more options. "Choices are good — you don't want to have three guys (distributors) on the block and that's it.
Competition is good." Competition keeps businesses sharp. And, according to Kisner, it enables large distributors to reach more PMPs and serve them better by offering a broader range of products and more "foot soldiers" in the field to help grow their businesses.
"Consolidation is an obvious trend, and I think there is a potential that could continue for a little while yet," Kisner says.
Like any successful business today, distributors that are growing do so by working smarter, embracing technology and staying close to the customer.
"I think we have proved as an industry that we are recession-proof," Reeves says. "This industry had an opportunity to flat-line four years ago, and the patient is still up and doing quite well."
UPF&DA Helps Promote Distribution, Suppliers
The United Producers Formulators & Distributors Association (UPF&DA) was formed more than 40 years ago with the goal of bringing pest control manufacturers, formulators and distributors together to advance the pest management industry. UPF&DA's mission is to bring a standard of excellence and enhanced professionalism to the structural pest control industry.
The photos featured here are from UPF&DA's Spring Conference, which was held April 24-26 in Las Vegas. At that meeting, four companies were approved for UPF&DA membership:
During his presentation, Synold said unemployment in Las Vegas tops 12 percent, 1 in 16 homes is in foreclosure and 58 percent of homes are "underwater."
Other speakers at the spring conference included Rollins' Chris Gorecki, Mississippi State University's Dr. Jerome Goddard and PCT Publisher Dan Moreland.
To learn more about UPF&DA, visit the association's website at www.upfda.com.
The author is a frequent contributor to PCT magazine. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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The Bloomberg administration called yesterday for a formal agreement with the Port Authority and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to govern the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site, much as a 1967 compact did.
Then, the biggest issues were television reception and how much money the city would receive in lieu of real estate taxes. Now, the goal is to ensure that rebuilding ''is not delayed or hindered by lack of coordination or misunderstandings,'' Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff said in a letter to state officials.
Now, as then, the city's leverage over the site is largely limited to its control of streets and sidewalks. Mr. Doctoroff noted -- pointedly, it would seem -- that the state's plan to extend the trade center site south to the Deutsche Bank property, at 130 Liberty Street, would require the city's consent to close and discontinue streets.
And notably, he also said in the letter, ''Our research indicates that the city retains title to a significant interior portion of the former W.T.C. site.''
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the trade center site, responded, ''These ambiguities over ownership of miscellaneous strips of property at the World Trade Center site date back to the days when the streets were demapped in the 1960's and are not new.'' (A demapped street is one that has been discontinued.)Continue reading the main story
In a telephone interview, Mr. Doctoroff cautioned against reading too much into the city's assertion of title. ''I don't want to overemphasize the need to stake a claim to property rights,'' he said. ''That's not what we're trying to do. We're merely saying that's one of the issues that needs to be resolved.''
Other issues include who will control the streets, who will operate public spaces and who will provide services like police patrol and fire protection. Mr. Doctoroff's letter said the city was also seeking formal assurances that ''all structures built on the W.T.C. site will meet or exceed the city building code standards'' and that ''heightened security measures do not result in undue impacts on the site or the immediate surroundings.''
Both agencies pledged cooperation. ''The city has been, and will continue to be, an important partner,'' the authority said. ''To proceed with the development as expeditiously as possible, we will need a series of agreements.''
The development corporation said it ''will continue to work with all parties in the rebuilding effort to ensure that the W.T.C. site is integrated into the fabric of downtown.''
In 1966, the newly inaugurated Mayor John V. Lindsay called for a delay in building the trade center. An agreement with the Port Authority was reached in January 1967 and ratified five months later by the city's Board of Estimate.
Presaging somewhat the situation in which Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg finds himself, Mr. Lindsay was asked at the time what he could do to influence the trade center project. Not much, he said, ''except possibly to refuse to make street closings.''Continue reading the main story


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Toledo Police responded to a pair of shootings, on Wednesday night, the first along the 3000 block of Nebraska and then another along the 900 block of Byrneport Drive.
Authorities, at the scene on Nebraska, say that one person was injured there when gunfire rang out at Bel Aire mobile home park around 10:30 p.m.
Around 11:00 p.m. officers were then dispatched to a second shooting.
According to the Blade, one person was injured in that shooting as well.
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It's Tuesday, so that means it's time for your InkHead Soccer update!
Before the Red Dawgs went on break for Thanksgiving, they had just slipped from first to third in the league table after having lost a close match to Melchester Wings, so they were out for redemption and a shot to retake their place atop the standings in this week's game against Sting Gold. The fans braving the blustery December conditions were treated to 90 action-packed minutes of soccer that ended in a stalemate between these two evenly-matched teams.
At the outset of the game, InkHead were playing with gusto, almost scoring in the first 15 minutes, but Sting Gold were able to keep up with the Red Dawgs and countered each of InkHead's strikes with one of their own. It wasn't until the 38th minute when Red Dawg substitute Sean Richardson scored almost immediately after having come on to the pitch. Following the goal, Sting Gold let their frustration get the better of them and began to hassle each call of the referee that went against them until the half expired shortly thereafter.
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Though both teams earned a point with the tie, neither changes position in the league table. Looking forward to next week, the Red Dawgs take on first-place B&H International. the outcome of this game will do much to determine who will be the league-leader going into the holiday break. Good luck to the Red Dawgs! Everyone here at InkHead Promotional Products is excited for you!
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Holy Synod Ends Spring Session, Reviews Financial Support
While the decision to proceed with the Glorification of Bishop RAPHAEL [Hawaweeny] of Brooklyn dominated the recent meeting of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America here March 27-30, 2000, the hierarchs also considered a number of other issues facing the Church.
Metropolitan Theodosius Addresses Hierarchs
In his opening address, His Beatitude, Metropolitan THEODOSIUS, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, stressed the importance of entering the third millennium "with renewed commitment to the 2000 year mission of the Church."
"Our consciousness of 2000 years of Christian tradition tends to encourage Orthodox Christians to emphasize the Church as ancient," Metropolitan THEODOSIUS observed. "Yet a necessary dimension of our experience of the Church is our sense of the Church as ever-youthful. The Church, in her very faithfulness to the living Tradition, is called to new tasks and is faced by new challenges."
Reflecting on the OCA's autocephalous status, granted in 1970, Metropolitan THEODOSIUS spoke of "the new challenge of maintaining the ecclesiological truth of the autocephaly, while maintaining good relations and full communion with the Orthodox patriarchates and autocephalous Church abroad, and with the other Orthodox communities, archdioceses, and dioceses in America."
"Those who cast doubt on the maturity of the Orthodox Church in America or its ability to maintain itself as an autocephalous Church pose questions which are not new to us," the Metropolitan said. "These questions about viability center around a few key aspects of our life and mission."
Adding to the complexities of today's Church life is the new wave of immigration to the US of Orthodox Christians from the former communist-bloc countries, which has created what Metropolitan THEODOSIUS called "a new agenda for much of the Orthodox world" as many patriarchates and autocephalous churches abroad increasingly focus attention on the spiritual, pastoral and "ethnic" needs of members of their flocks who have emigrated to the West.
Turning his attention to parish development, Metropolitan THEODOSIUS noted that "there is a clear shift in the Church's demographics."
"We are seeing that a significant number of the large parishes which were once the backbone of Church activity in America are experiencing a decline in membership and viability," the Metropolitan said. "But we are also witnessing the birth and growth of new parish and mission communities which tend to be smaller in terms of membership and also tend to be more widely dispersed geographically, often quite isolated from other Orthodox parishes or missions. As we are grateful for the contributions made to the Church and its life by older, more established parishes, we are also equally grateful for the life and vitality which these younger and smaller communities of faithful bring to the Church as she continues her Mission of proclaiming the fullness of the Gospel of Christ to North America."
Metropolitan THEODOSIUS also discussed the implications demographic change has had on the Church's finances and administrative structures. In the area of finances, the Metropolitan reported that he and His Eminence, Archbishop HERMAN of Philadelphia, Acting Treasurer of the Orthodox Church in America, together with a number of trusted professionals, met with the accounting firm of Lambrides, Lamos, Moulthrop and Co., which subsequently completed and signed the audits for 1997 and 1998.
Chancellors Report
Protopresbyter Robert Kondratick, OCA Chancellor, updated the hierarchs on a number of issues related to clergy compensation, the OCA pension plan, and ongoing spiritual and professional care for the clergy. He also addressed a number of inter-Orthodox matters, including the impending official US visit at the invitation of Metropolitan THEODOSIUS of His Beatitude, Metropolitan SAWA of Warsaw, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Poland, Father Kondratick also noted that his office, "in fulfillment of the directives of His Beatitude to right-size the Chancery's operations based upon financial realities, continues to meet with outside consultants to review the situation."
He added that significant changes in the Chancery's financial operations have been made as many of the routine activities are being undertaken by an outside accounting firm.
Other Business
His Eminence, Archbishop PETER of New York and the Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky, Assistant to the Chancellor for Inter-Church Relations and Ecumenical Witness, briefed the hierarchs on developments within the patriarchates and other autocephalous Churches. Archbishop PETER spoke positively about recent activities initiated by the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas [SCOBA], adding that progress is being made in drafting a "Millennium Encyclical." He added that plans are under way for a conference of all Orthodox Bishops in America in May 2001, probably in Washington, DC, and reported that a professionally prepared and funded "parish studies project" was being planned to establish accurate and relevant statistical data about Orthodoxy in the US.
"The inter-Orthodox and ecumenical relations of our Church constitute part of our Church's witness in the Orthodox Church worldwide and in the world at large," Archbishop PETER concluded. "If our Church were to refuse to meet the challenges of inter-Orthodox and ecumenical relations, this would be equivalent to withdrawal into a ghetto and an acceptance of a voiceless and invisible role - a veritable contradiction and betrayal of our calling as the Orthodox Church in America."
In his report, Archbishop HERMAN, Acting Treasurer, presented a step-by-step plan to implement the resolution on financial support adopted by delegates to the 12th All-American Council in July 1999. Included in the plan is the development of a clear process for assisting parishes in determining their minimal financial support for 2000, the drafting of a standard form for reporting parish operating budgets, initiation of discussions with diocesan financial officers and the Metropolitan Council to explore feasible methods for determining a parish's fair share and the preparation of a final proposal for presentation at the 13th All-American Council in 2002, and preparation of financial stewardship education materials in conjunction with the Mission and Stewardship Ministries Unit.
The hierarchs also reviewed reports from the OCA Office of Development, the individual dioceses, and other ministry units and administrative organs.
In addition to Metropolitan THEODOSIUS and Archbishops PETER and HERMAN, other hierarchs present for the Holy Synods Spring Session included His Eminence, Archbishop KYRILL of Pittsburgh; His Eminence, Archbishop DMITRI of Dallas; His Eminence, Archbishop NATHANIEL of Detroit; His Grace, Bishop JOB of Chicago; His Grace, Bishop TIKHON of San Francisco; His Grace, Bishop SERAPHIM of Ottawa; and His Grace, Bishop INNOCENT of Anchorage, Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Alaska.


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Lifecasting is continuous video streaming of a person's life. A person sets up a camera to record every moment of their life and broadcast it online.
Lifecasting is not a new thing. The first 'lifecaster,' (although it didn't become known as that until 2007) a guy named Steve Mann, began streaming his life online 24/7 back in 1994. Yes, way back at the beginning of the internet.
The fact that it's been around for so long and not gained much momentum seems to indicate that it won't be doing so any time soon. But Google's latest innovation could change all that…
Lifecasting Technology
Over recent years, lifecasting has been done with webcams and portable cameras, but Google now has a new project that could offer up an even smarter solution: Project Glass.
Project Glass involves 'augmented reality headsets,' commonly just called smart glasses. It's been dubbed, 'technology that frees you to explore and share your world while keeping you in the moment.'
The technology itself is a little scary. Essentially, it's like a hands free smart phone, but way more advanced and in the form of glasses. It looks as though smart glasses can do everything a smart phone can – maps, directions, calls, record video, give reminders, take photos and more – the world in your hands, or rather, in your face.
This video gives a clearer vision of Google's latest innovative technology works:
Businesses Using Smart Glasses
Obviously we're a long way off smart glasses hitting the mainstream market, but their potential for businesses is awesome. The advances made in mobile technology have already revolutionised the business world, making customer interaction quick and effortless. Is the next step Project Glass?
Smart glasses and their abilities are clearly influenced by, but far more advanced than previous tools in the lifecasting realm. Before this, lifecasting was not a hugely viable business or marketing tool. The ability to stream the everyday workings of your office isn't exactly going to bring in great numbers of customers.
But smart glasses offer so much more than that. Not only do these glasses allow video to be streamed online, but they also offer the ability to connect with your customers on a much more personal level.
Instantly sharing useful information and the latest developments at your company – directly from your own eyes – invites a wonderful opportunity to communicate with your customers. You'll be able to answer their questions in real time, as well as gather insights from them that could lead to further developments. You'll be able to find out exactly what your customers want and adjust your course immediately.
But more than that, this innovation would allow you to connect with your customers on a deeper level. By sharing as much as possible with your customers, you'll form a bond with them that you wouldn't otherwise be able to, a bond that builds their trust in you and turns them into a loyal fan. With technology like this you can literally allow others to view the world in your eyes and from your perspective.
Your personality will become a huge part of your business, and any successful business needs to show that it is run by a real live person – because nobody wants to interact with a computer or a faceless being – and so the trust will run even deeper.
I can see opportunities at events to publicly stream your experience and the conversations you have with others. How about seeing a typical morning rush from the eyes of a Starbucks employee?
Customers Using Smart Glasses
It's not just using the smart glasses yourself that could benefit your business though. What about the world at large? Countless people – potential customers – would become easy targets for marketing and advertising campaigns.
It's not a great stretch of the imagination to see the magnitude of this technology as a marketing tool. Just as smart phones and the data we enter into them work in the favour of the advertising world, so too will smart glasses. Status updates on Facebook, likes, +1s and retweets all serve as indicators to a person's wants, needs and buying choices, therefore allowing advertising campaigns to be targeted directly towards the people most likely to buy from them.
And there's no reason Project Glass couldn't incorporate this mechanism too. The only difference is, the adverts would be popping up directly in front of a potential customer's eyes. Now if that's not targeted advertising, what is?
There is also the social aspect of sharing the important events in our lives – imagine thousands of people streaming their own experiences of a natural disaster – all with GPS technology; this could allow the emergency services as well as support organisations to plan their assistance.
Life as a continuous public stream?
While lifecasting is certainly an interesting concept, it seems unlikely to take hold as a mainstream form of online communication. It's a little bit too Big Brother (the TV show, not the omniscient overlord) – people just tune in for the highlights, not for the continuous stream, because people's lives are pretty boring on the whole. Social media and blogging are likely to maintain the stronghold in that department.
But rather than viewing smart glasses as a lifecasting tool, consider them the perfect accompaniment to social media and online communication. And from a marketing and advertising perspective, smart glasses do seem to offer up a whole realm of possibility on a platter.
Project Glass is certainly frightening technology; nothing before has had the potential to become such an integral part of a person's life, and with that come incredible advertising opportunities, as well as a never-before-seen ability to truly connect with customers.


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What can a brother married with his sister? when there are live alone and do not like to married with both.....
sikashi 22-25, M 4 Answers 5 Jun 15, 2010
i assume this question is 'Why cant a brother marry his sister, if they are both alone and do not not like who they are married with?'

Well, the answer is pretty obvious because it has to do with ******...if you do not like who you are married with,leave...but even though its none of my business I highly recommend you do not marry your sister...
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Why even bother getting married?. Just live and sleep in the same bed with each other. Then you can regulary have sex and some babies when you both want to.
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