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TISKILWA – The path from a field of soybeans in Tiskilwa to the asphalt jungle of the big city might not be as long as people imagine.
Last week Sharon Covert, who raises soybeans near Tiskilwa, went to New York City to see how soybeans are being used there.
Covert is active with the United Soybean Board and has served as chair of its Customer Focus Action Team since December.
"We want to provide our customers with what they want," she said. "And what they want are sustainable products instead of products that are petroleum-based."
Covert and Lewis Bainbridge, another soybean farmer and the secretary of the United Soybean Board, went to New York the end of May to recognize New York sites that use biobased products. One stop was an Applebee's restaurant in the Harlem neighborhood, where the franchise owner had installed carpeting with soy-based backing throughout the restaurant.
They also attended a dedication ceremony in Battery Park, located just two blocks from the nearly complete One World Trade Center monument at Ground Zero. Covert said the park had been destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, and the restored park included the installment of AstroTurf with a soy-based backing.
Covert said the backing for the carpet is made of chopped up water bottles, which are then mixed with soybean oil and other products.
"We were pleased to hear they're happy with the product," she said.
Other ways soy is being used is in the form of biodiesel in the ports of New York and New Jersey. The product is called Bioheat, which is a blend of biodiesel with traditional heating oil.
"They're also using a soy-based solvent to wipe off graffiti," Covert said.
Covert said as a soybean farmer, she was excited to support the many products that bring benefits to New York City residents.
"The soy checkoff is pleased that state-of-the-art products, such as biodiesel, carpet and AstroTurf, use soy as a renewable ingredient for sustainability," she said.
The 69 farmer-directors of USB oversee the investments of the soy checkoff to maximize profit opportunities for all U.S. soybean farmers. The soy checkoff invests in research, development and commercialization of new products that contain U.S. soy. Last year, 45 new soy-based products were brought onto the market.
Covert said she would like the public to know there are many uses for soy and soy byproducts, including animal food, food for humans and industrial uses.
"It's about the three E's – environment, economy and energy security," she said. "People would rather use a rapidly renewable resource instead of petroleum products."
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Most of our readers will hopefully remember Robin Leach's signature sign-off at the end of each episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous during the show's decade-long run: "Champagne wishes and caviar dreams."
As far as sign-offs go, the phrase is no Walter Cronkite's "...and that's the way it is," nor Edward R. Murrow's famous "Good night, and good luck." But over the course of 11 years, the cheesy catchphrase helped to cement America's notion of champagne and caviar as symbols of the wealthy, luxuries only to be enjoyed by the rich and/or famous.
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The chargrilled and butter-laden Oysters Gilhooley are a treat, too.
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10. Oysters on the half-shell at Gilhooley's
Cost: $9.50/dozen, plus the cost of gas
What you get: The freshest oysters in the greater Houston area -- although you'll have to drive down to San Leon to get them. For some, the biggest luxuries of eating at Gilhooley's are the twin benefits of being able to smoke inside the ramshackle old restaurant and not having to deal with any children (kids under 18 are strictly forbidden here). For me, however, it's the knowledge that the fat, buttery Gulf oysters I'm eating came straight off the boat no more than a few yards away.
Order the shrimp and grits - or any lunch entree - at Brennan's, and get a 25-cent martini.
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9. Lunch martinis at Brennan's
Cost: 25 cents, plus the cost of an entree
What you get: If you're taking the day off or simply playing hooky from work, do it in style at the oh-so-elegant Brennan's where the cost of the martinis at lunch are more in line with a hole-in-the-wall's daily happy hour specials. Order any entree (the shrimp and grits are naturally my favorite) and your martini is only 25 cents. One shiny quarter. Every week day until 3 p.m., with no other catches. And you even get to choose the flavor: cosmo, melon or the standard, old-fashioned gin martini.
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I am a guy who inherited varicose veins from his mother. Great. For a long time (up until my 30s) I lived with it, wearing long shorts to cover the bulging veins in my left leg. Eventually I grew tired of hiding it and decided to get a consultation to see what could be done, whether insurance would cover the procedure.
The first Seattle vein doctor at Swedish Hospital was less than helpful on the insurance front. They asked if I was "wearing hose" which most men I assume would respond negatively to. I said yes, just to help along the insurance claim. I actually had to look up on the web what are hose (they're basically the high compression socks your grandfather wore, but really expensive). Then, I never heard back from the office. I called months later, and found that they really had no clue about my desire to get insurance coverage.
That was enough to kick me off the idea of getting the veins treated. A year or so later I was told about Dr. P. That inspired me to try once again to fix the problem. After doing the obligatory ultrasound, I was told that I indeed had severe varicosity in the legs and cosmetic work would help for the numerous related vascularity, like spider veins on my feet, veins on my ankle.
The surgery day was actually quite nerve wracking before I took 2 Valium (prescribed by the doc) just prior to the drive to their offices. I pretty much passed out during the surgery, thank god, but woke up at one point to see the doctor repeatedly injecting me with sclerosing agent. The pain was only on my hip pointer. Keeping my leg opened to the side led to cramping. Eventually, I was done, ate a bagel, and headed home. The recovery has been slow. The pain was minimal in recovery, but signs of surgery such as the incision points are still visible. Yet, nearly a year later, I have to say, it's pretty amazing the before-and-after. I've attached pics the doctor gave me after my last followup appointment.
Oh, and insurance did cover the medical nature of the procedure (over $6K) and I paid out of pocket for cosmetic work (~$1200). I think I still need more work done, but I've really grown in confidence, wearing shorts again, showing my bare feat, and enjoying my less-veiny life.
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LANSING, Mich. - The financially troubled Detroit Public Schools will help manage the ailing Highland Park school district for the rest of the academic year.
Michigan officials announced Friday that an agreement was reached with the districts. Both school systems are operating with the help of state-appointed emergency managers - Roy Roberts for Detroit and Jack Martin for Highland Park.
READ: Highland Park Schools, Detroit Schools announcement
The move comes after the Michigan Legislature passed a bill allowing another district to come in and run the Highland Park school system, which is struggling to keep its buildings open. Highland Park students will have the option of remaining in their current classrooms with their current teachers.
Some additional state money will go to Detroit Public Schools as it becomes the operating entity for Highland Park schools for the remainder of the academic year.
Martin was reappointed Friday by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. Martin had been temporarily sidelined because of a judge's ruling last month that a state review team whose recommendations led to his initial appointment had violated the state's Open Meetings Act.
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Indianapolis - When alarms sound, city fire crews jump into action. But 13 Investigates has found IFD cutting corners on manpower while facing increased man hours.
It's costing taxpayers millions in overtime and puts firefighters at risk.
And 27 new recruits added to the streets this fall won't solve "The Money Burn".
Raging flames topped several apartment buildings at the International Village in Speedway June 30th. Speedway called Ladder 30 and it's 4-member crew from the Indianapolis Fire Department, for backup.
But on any given day, 13 Investigates has discovered IFD ladders city-wide running short of manpower.
Firefighters with ladder companies are often reassigned to help fill other staffing holes the city can't afford to fill with permanent hires.
"We have to fill those spots up. That fire truck can't go out with 2 people or 1 person on it. We know that it takes 4-people minimum to be able to accomplish a task at a fire ground," explained Michael Reeves, President of Local 416 of the Professional Firefighters Union.
But staffing records obtained by 13 Investigates, show IFD struggling to keep up with the 4-person industry standard.
The day before that massive Speedway apartment fire, six ladder companies were missing personnel, including Station 30 the ladder called to assist.
"The policy of the department right now is to run our ladder trucks short. And not our engine companies," confirmed IFD Battalion Chief, Al Stovall, who serves as Administration Chief.
According to Stovall, engines carry water, provide broader use and are cheaper to operate.
That's an important distinction for a department short staffed and feeling the money burn.
"I'm not wanting to throw stones at anybody, I've never agreed with not budgeting for what you can foresee," said Local 416 President Reeves. "The overtime crisis that we have is strictly due to budgeting issues," he told 13 Investigates.
City budgeting that is, or the lack thereof.
Brian Sanford, formerly of Warren Township, is IFD's new chief and says he's already working with the city on possible fixes.
He says the current IFD levels are obviously lacking compared to his overtime budget at Warren Township.
"Now we were a much smaller department, but our overtime budget was $100-thousand dollars for the entire department," said Sanford.
$100-thousand dollars for a small township. Yet for 2008, former city administrators only budgeted $150-thousand in overtime at IFD. A department 40 short of the 980-firefighters needed on the street.
"We've just created a monster. We've known that's been there," said Reeves of the under-funded budget.
Public Safety Director, Scott Newman agrees. In April he severely criticized the previous administration.
"This budget was designed for failure. It was doomed to fail from the beginning. This budget was a phony and it lacked public accountability."
It's now projected IFD's overtime budget will top $3-point-4-million, much of it fueled by firefighters working emergency fill-in shifts.
But 13 Investigates has found something else sparking overtime: a "well guarded" perk to reduce the work week called "Kelly Days".
Instead of firefighters working 56-hours a week, they now work 48.
"Kelly Days is a safety issue. When you work 56 hours a week you never get that break. We're no longer just killing ourselves time and time again. Every 3-weeks you get an extra day off."
But at IFD where the ranks are 40-short, records show "Kelly Days" pushing overtime.
Consider this: IFD can only leave up to 6-firefighter positions unfilled each day before overtime kicks in.
On a single shift at IFD Battalion 1 "C" Shift records showed the connection.
May 9, 2008, six firefighters on Kelly Days create six overtime slots.
May 18th, 2008 Kelly Days were on the schedule for eleven firefighters. Two other firefighters were called back on O.T.
And again on June 29, 2008. Thirteen Kelly Days assigned and two firefighters called in for overtime.
"This firefighter is off on Kelly Day and they had to put an O.T. person in that spot," confirmed Chief Stovall reviewing the records 13 Investigates brought to his attention.
So while one firefighter gets a "Kelly Day" in the name of safety, another is possibly put at risk by working a second 24-hour shift.
"You can't work more than 48-hours in a row. We force you to take time off. That's not a national standard, that's common sense standard. We don't want to hurt our people," Reeves said emphatically.
IFD does not allow "line firefighters" to work overtime on Kelly Days.
But Battalion Chiefs can with straight pay, but only six times a year.
With a total of 17-Kelly Days a year for each firefighter, 13 Investigates asked Fire officials if the city is saving money.
According to Chief Stovall, they don't know. "I do not have a number for that," said Stovall.
"It may be a wash," added Union President Reeves.
Stovall says the last analysis for Kelly Days and overtime was more than 10-years ago. The department adopted the Kelly Day system in 1992.
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For one 24-hour shift, an average 3-year firefighter earns just over $500. Using that number as a department-wide average, 13 Investigates calculates $7.6 million in Kelly Days based on 901 firefighters eligible for the benefit.
But it's unclear how much of the department's overtime budget is used to cover gaps caused by 27 new hires on the street this fall will help alleviate some of the staffing issues. But the department will still see manpower shortages of 15 or more depending on the number of retirements.
But one thing's clear, the union says don't expect budget solutions at the expense of Kelly Days. It's a high price for safety.


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Yes - and quite a few festival organisers have pooled their knowledge and experience as have the police and other interested parties to ensure effective procedures are in place to greatly reduce this problem and greatly increase the chances of tent robbers being caught and dealt with (in an appropriate fashion of course )
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread since I started it a couple of weeks ago. There have been some great contributions and some really good ideas and sensible advice for both campers and festival organisers. I know several of the latter have been following this thread and the issues raised are likely to be discussed at the annual conference of the Association of Festival Organisers later this autumn. Hopefully they'll also come up with some ideas for making festival campsites safer. Various police forces are also liaising on the issues raised - the police who cover the Homelands / Hi Fi Festivals at Mattingley Bowl near Winchester told me last week that they've found plain clothes patrols on foot and uniformed patrols on bikes to be effective both at deterring would-be tent robbers and responding swiftly to reports of robberies. Please keep the ideas coming. I wonder what will happen at Reading & Leeds this weekend?
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Medina posted a topic in other UK festivalsOne all-too-common story on this board in recent weeks has concerned the alarming increase in thefts from tents at festivals big and small. Members of the Association of Festival Organisers (which includes the likes of Guilfest, Trowbridge, Cambridge Folk Festival, Larmer Tree, Towersey and many other smaller festivals) have also been discussing this problem in their own e-group. They've confirmed that gangs of tent-robbers seem to be systematically targetting festivals. Gang members appear to be buying festival season tickets so they have wristbands and can more easily blend in with the crowds. It seems they often arrive early, set-up their own tents, monitor movements around the campsite and identify the softest targets and easiest areas to attack. Many of the robberies take place on the first night of a festival when campers are more likely to have decent wads of cash in their tents. The AFO members are pooling their own knowledge and experiences in the hope of identifying effective strategies for combatting this problem next year. More security patrols, better lighting on campsites and other measures may help but given the tent-robbers appear to be buying season tickets and wearing wristbands some conventional security measures such as better perimeter fencing probably won't make any difference. Ideas from e-festivals members for tackling this problem based on our own experiences will be welcomed. Many Festival Organisers attend the Association of Festival Organisers Annual Conference in November and the more constructive suggestions for combatting thefts from tents that can be made by then, the better for us all. Cambridge, for example, handed every motorist parking in the Festival car parks this year a Police Notice advising people not to leave valuables in cars. The Notice stating valuables had been removed from a vehicle could be clearly displayed in the vehicle for the weekend. Maybe we need similar Notices for tents and maybe Festivals, like hotels, will have to start offering some form of safe depository for valuables. More of the larger Festivals are arranging for Cash Machines on site meaning festival-goers can withdraw cash when needed over the weekend instead of arriving on-site with a couple of hundred quid stuffed in their back pocket. Of course you still have to keep your cash card secure.... Maybe huge campsites should be divided into smaller compounds making it easier to watch-out for your neighbours and harder for tent-robbers to blend in with the crowds and roam around unnoticed. Different wristbands for each sector of a campsite might also help. The problem is growing though it's nothing new. I was robbed of all my cash at a Festival in Lancashire back in the 1970s (thankfully by a thief with a conscience who left my wallet with coach ticket behind) but it's bugged me for the past 28 years to know how the f*cker did it and anything that helps stop others from suddenly finding they're stuck in the middle of nowhere with no cash or cards should be welcomed by us all.


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Eighty teens from Windsor's twin city -- Fujisawa, Japan -- are coming to Windsor in late July and need a place to stay.
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Eighty teens from Windsor's twin city — Fujisawa, Japan — are coming to Windsor in late July and need a place to stay.
Organizers of the visit with Muskoka Language International are looking for host families for the 80 female high school students. They will be in Windsor from July 27 to Aug. 9 and although they will be in school and visiting local and Ontario sites during the day, they need families to stay with during the visit.
"It's a lifelong friendship," MLI homestay co-ordinator Deborah Wilds said Tuesday.
Wilds said this is the sixth or seventh time students from Fujisawa have come to visit Windsor and study English. They learn about Canadian culture and some students come back to visit or keep in touch on Facebook.
"They are very, very nervous when they first come. But by the time they leave, they are crying. They don't want to go back."
Host families do receive an honorarium and get a chance to learn about another culture.
To find out more about being a host family you can attend an information session May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Constable John Atkinson Memorial community centre on Alice Street. RSVP at
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Lucerne >> Residents in Nice, Lucerne and Clearlake Oaks are seeing bears show up in their backyards seeking food and water.
On Sunday morning, Loretta Birckhead heard a noise in her backyard. She looked out her door saw an adult bear tear into her trash can. She said the bear stayed around for about 20 minutes and ate some bird food that she had deposited in the can. The bear then left. Birckhead lives on seven acres and has never had trouble with bears before.
Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) game warden Tim Little said that there have been several reported bear sightings in the Nice, Lucerne and Clearlake Oaks area within the past two weeks. He said the reason the bears are showing up is because the drought has depleted the water and food in the nearby woods, and they are attracted to food left in trash cans and water in bird baths.
Little said residents can call 1-888-334-2258 and report problem bears. He said that if anyone feels threatened by a bear to call 9-1-1 and the dispatcher will contact the game wardens and other law enforcement. He said the DFW's policy is not relocate problem bears and they are usually put down.


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Harbour hoopla
School holiday performance
Join the Etcetera Duo for a performance filled with comic mime, magic and illusion as they explore iconic scenes of the city of Sydney and a world of colour and light.
Suitable for children of all ages
Performed by Russell Garbutt and Julia Cotton.
Mon-Fri, 1.30 pm
23 September - 4 October 2013
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Entrance court
Related exhibition: Sydney moderns


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A red and golden leaves autumn mask birthday invitation begins your beautiful masquerade party in elegant fall style! The large mask graphic is accented with plenty of autumn leaves and golden jewels, all printed flat onto your choice of photo paper or card stock. A glitter-like red backdrop can be changed to any color of your choice and to a solid color rather than the pattern if you prefer also. Boldly looped script accents your honoree's name and occasion in matching red, with an easily readable print font for your verse and most of your party details.
See more ideas & customize this design on the product page here: Dramatic Mask 40th Birthday Invitation (simply request the red & golden leaves autumn design in the notes field if desired).


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The iHeartRadio Festival continues tonight with Aerosmith, Pink, Brad Paisley, Mary J. Blige and more. You can watch it live beginning at 7 pm PDT right here.
'Idol' invasion – The tables had been turned. The "American Idol" Season 11 finalists were sitting in a panel and we were vying for their attention. So far, two fan girls were winning. "Um, hi!" they squeaked into the microphone, giggly and high-pitched. Realizing that they were at a press conference and they needed to ask a question, the girls added, "We love you so much, do you love us too?" – Read more at Inquirer.net
Jessica Sanchez Bench Billboard in Manilla
Jessica is the new face of Bench clothing. Check out her billboard in Manilla, Philippines!
Photo: @NicoApuli
Britney Spears: Rainbow Hair at iHeartRadio Music Festival! – Britney Spears and host Ryan Seacrest speak onstage during the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday (September 21) in Las Vegas. The 30-year-old singer was spotted with pink and blue dye in her hair for the festival! – See the Photos at Just Jared
Christina Aguilera Opens Up About Leaving The Voice: "It's Bittersweet," but I'll Probably Be Back – "It's bittersweet," the Grammy winner exclusively told us earlier today while promoting her new just-released-on-iTunes single, "Your Body," from her upcoming album Lotus (out Nov. 13). "I so enjoy being a coach to my team on The Voice [and] and at this point in season three, all of us coaches have truly bonded." Even so, she explained, "In order to be the best coach I can be on that show is to go out and be able to have the experience as an artist…create new experiences for myself so that I can then come back to the show and share that much more." – Read more at E News


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Not an easy weekend at Texas Motor Speedway for the Captain.
FORT WORTH, Tex - The spring race at Texas brought consternation to Penske Racing. The rear housings of drivers Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano failed pre-race inspection, ultimately leading to penalties to both teams.
Though Logano's No. 22 Ford barely made it to the grid in time for the start of the race, he salvaged a fifth-place finish. On Sunday, without the drama, he improved to a career-best third.
To achieve that result, crew chief Todd Gordon paid close attention to the set-up in Keselowski's car, which had qualified second in Friday's time trials.
"Yeah, it was a very uneventful Texas race, which is what we wanted after the first one," Logano said. "So the guys in the AAA Fusion did a great job overnight kind of looking at what Brad's car had and what we went through in practice, because there are times in practice I thought we were one of the fastest cars here, and there were times in practice I thought we were a 10th- to 15th-place car.
"So we kind of went through our notes and made sure we understood all the changes and put together a fast race car today. From the start of the race we started moving our way forward. I felt like I was a second- or third-place car all night."
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This Week More Troubling Abortion Bills In Alabama
Some legislators in the Yellowhammer State seem intent on bringing the hammer down on Alabama women.
Less than a month into the new year, the Alabama House passed HB31 which would permit hospital staff, including any doctor, nurse, counselor, or lab technician, to refuse to participate in any phase of patient medical care related to ending a pregnancy, even if that is what a patient like this woman needs to protect her own health.
Not content with just one bill that poses a grave threat to women, some Alabama politicians are attempting to push through into law four additional anti-abortion measures.
Today, the Alabama House health committee passed a package of bills designed to roll back women's health by blocking access to abortion. The package includes:
- A bill that would ban abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many women even know they're pregnant;
- Two bills blocking care for 48 hours after a woman's initial consultation with her doctor (for no medical reason);
- And a bill that puts burdensome and needless restrictions on minors' access to abortion.
We are likely to see intense debate and media coverage of the proposed six-week ban, but these other proposals are also critical. While the end goal of anti-choice forces remains overturning Roe v. Wade and making abortion illegal, politicians like the ones spearheading these efforts in Alabama have figured out that short of accomplishing this goal, they can effectively take away access by chipping away at access.
These extremists think we won't notice that they are trying to block access to safe and legal abortion care, regardless of a woman's circumstances. Let's prove them wrong.
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Vicki B.
I don't understand how they DON'T know they're pregnant unless I'm the only ungodly "regular" person I know. You can set a damn calendar by how routine MINE comes along. If even one week passed without it rearing it's monstrous head, I'd know something was wrong. I wouldn't even be able to go 3 DAYS w/out knowing something was wrong. It's really freakish how constantly on time I am.
But after 20 weeks any damn body in creATION ought to have known for at least a month and a half. Even the most irregular woman on the planet ought to know by the time she's halfway through the entire pregnancy. That's 5 months along and 4 months without Mr. Monthly Visitor putting in an appearance. You'd have to be remarkably exceptional to be THAT irregular.
I don't believe in waiting longer than 20 weeks to get an abortion b/c it's not safe IMO and that's a professional viewpoint. Besides that, it's well into the second trimester, which is what concerns me.
- February 25, 2014
right wing and proud
Funny How the radical left wing groups call Christians who stand up for the unborn extremist. While at the same time the can cut and butcher a baby in the womb. Oh But they are not the extremist. right!!
- February 26, 2014
How can you be up in arms about minors having restricted access to abortions? Do you really think their parents want to have no say in the birth or not of their own grandchildren? Just b/c the pregnant woman is carrying it that means all the decisions are limited to her? Even as a minor child?
That makes no sense to me, probably b/c I have a daughter. I don't think a decision as big as THAT one would be a good thing for a teen girl to make alone if you know what I mean. Not saying she SHOULDN'T, but you have to admit it's a life-changing decision. One way or the other, it's going to be one of those chockful-of-meaning choices.
- February 26, 2014
One who once vo...
I think it's even "funnier" how "Christians who CLAIM they're standing up for the unborn" don't give a rat's patootie about people living and breathing OUTside the womb, people who just happen to have committed the 'high crime' of being "indigent" - not unlike Jesus himself.
You people would have rejected your own Messiah if you didn't already know he was King of kings.
He was born in a stable for a reason and you people are going to be mightily surprised when he doesn't fall over with gratitude and asks why it was so important for you to take food away from indigent children and infants.
The government's done it twice now and not a damn ONE of you has complained about THAT.
I was never like that even when I was voting for Republican presidents. I never could have agreed to something the government did that snatched away food money from children and babies living outSIDE the womb.
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1. Introduction
Since Google announced the Nexus4 (LG), the entire worlds speak and write about that Phone.
Unfortunately, the Nexus4 is a rare phone.
It may be in stock in some countries, but in my country (France) it is impossible to get it for a cheap Price.
During that time other "Chinese" devices make their apparition.
These devices may be even cheaper and more powerful than the Nexus4.
At the beginning, I was thinking to replace my Galaxy Nexus with a Nexus 4, but one post on Google+, that complains about the poor camera quality and the constant out of stock status for the French play store made me change my mind.
So I turn to the xiaomi MI2, a smartphone with nearby the same characteristics as the Nexus4, witch runs into MIUI.
For these not knowing what here are the main specs :
- 2GB of RAM
- a quad core CPU at 1.5Ghz
- a 2000mAh removable battery
- a powerful 3D chip capable of running all latest android games
- a 4.3" display, with even more PPI than the iPhone5 !
- no sd slot
- Normal simcard slot
This Chinese phone, made by xiaomi ( the same that created the MIUI Rom) is sold in China for 1999 Yuans (about 245€ )
Unfortunately, xiaomi does not sell worldwide, so you need to buy this phone at other place, where it will naturally cost a little more.
We can find the 16GB version for 300€.
Other website who make even more money with this device propose it for 350-400€.
I bought this device on one of the cheapest website I found: ibuygou
If you wish to buy it there, the best advise I can give you, is to buy it using PayPal.
First the euro change is better, and second, well PayPal is secure, you have 45 days to make a complaint (for example if it was lost or damage during the order, or if you don't get the product you ordered)
I bought the 32GB version, it cost me 369€ with DHL delivery (so the same price as a 16GB Nexus 4)
One interesting thing to know: the package is very resistant, you can also find videos where two people are standing on it, without breaking it content! I tried it (without the phone in ^^) and indeed the package did not break. So the phone is ready for a long transport, nothing can happen ^^.
Because this is an import, on some country you may need to pay Taxes (it was the case in France). This cost me 14€.
Warning: it may cost a lot more, if the customs checks the content of the package.
Indeed a lot of Chinese Website declares less than the real price. This way YOU pay less taxes, and the delivery man is not attempt to lost the package for his own business ^^
In some countries, if the package is a gift, the customs may not make you pay (I never saw this for my orders, but well I may be possible ^^ )
In France, even a gift with a love message on it, needs to pay taxes. At least at DHL ^^
When I saw the package I thought: holly crap, they scam me with style :/
But no, they didn't, I really received an original MI2 with two gifts: a back cover and an OTG cable (that was really nice ^^ )
As you can see on the package, it is a 32GB Version (yes the phones says that too ^^ )
The phone is really protected, there is even a transparent paper with some Chinese advices on it. I guess it is for telling what the buttons does… well even without knowing Chinese I find this out ^^
Here are the charger (US/Chinese) and the USB Cable (also very well pack)
The free OTG cable gift
And here the blue back cover. I prefer the white one, but it is glossy, so you will see the fingerprints on it, and I hate that.. So in use the blue one
Here you see what it looks like from the side
The orange 2000mAh battery (you can choose the colour of replacement battery, but I don't know why… you never see the battery of a phone ^^ )
One thing that surprised me: charging the phone, when it was turned off shows the battery percentage level. That's cool
Don't take care of the dust, it was only visible because of the flash from my camera. I never saw Dust on it with my eyes ^^
2 Possible weakness or strengths
a) good performances
The first owners of this phone made a lot of benchmarks. And MI2 is much better than the top selling android phone: the galaxy S3.
For info, I made a simple Antutu test, without any customisation, tweaks or overclocking. And I get more than 21 000 points
At normal use, it react really fast, there is no slowness
B) an amazing screen for a really simple usage
Some people may say that a 4.3" display is too small, I think it is the best size to be used with one hand, without needing giant hand or to do finger gymnastic
On my galaxy nexus, I could do everything with one hand, but in some cases I needed to change the phone position do everything with my thumb and in this other position, the phone is not firmly in hand, so this could be dangerous if you don't stay focused
For the difference between 4.3 and 4.65" it is really MINIMAL. Indeed, the MI2 has all its content on 4.3", whereas the Nexus has the soft keys in the 4.65".
Until some rarely apps that run full screen, every app on the nexus will run on a 4.37" surface. So the Nexus has only a really small advantage of 0.07".
Yet, the MI2 fit better in the hand, because it has less borders than the Nexus.
I went from a phone measuring 135.5x67mm to a phone that measure 125x63mm.
The MI2 is 1 cm less height and almost a half cm less wide. So some actions became easier.
The screen is also a lot better, because of the PPI value. The same image looks a lot sharper on the MI2.
C) a phone not so thin as other rivals
Another possible weakness is the thickness. Indeed the MI2 is not the thinnest of all phones. I was a bit afraid that it might be too big (it is almost as big as the bottom part of the galaxy nexus).
In the end this does not disturb me, the phone fit in the hand, and it does not looks like a BIG FAT phone. Sure with 1 or 2 mm less it would looks even more amazing, but this would be at the cost of a lower battery . Indeed the more a phone is thin, the less place is left for the battery. Less place for battery => less battery capacity.
This phone is running Android, but not stock Android! It is running MIUI (a graphical change that may look a little more like iOS)
It has also a dual Boot (you need to choose it in the recovery)… So if you break you first boot, you can use the second one. I tried it, but it seams that I have some kind of conflict (maybe because system one is up to date French and system two is the default Chinese rom… maybe they both need to have the same language or version)
I admit that a always installed MIUI on my phones, so having one that came out with it was a good point for me. This phone is like a Nexus for MIUI ^^
But this is like everything, you like it or not… I can't choose for you
Some people will say: MIUI = iOS on android, that is not true..
MIUI is a graphical evolution, with some nice features.
If you look at Android 4.2, you may noticed that Google introduced some icons in the notification bar for setting Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and so on… Most ROMS increase the ability to toggle on click or go to the settings on long click… this kind of feature exists on MIUI since android 2.3 !
3 : Testing some stuffs
On internet there are a lot of review or test for the MI2, but most of them only test the performance and nothing else . So I'll test some useful points :
The audio
The GPS
The Camera
I'm not a specialist in these domains, but I had a few android phones (every time high end models) and I must admit, that I was never 100% happy with them
If there is ONE phone that was a real peace of crap, it was the HTC Desire HD!
The audio level is like a buzzer. The music was awful. I had a lot of trouble hearing what my contacts told me, this was even worse if you were in your car or a noisy environment.
The GPS was REALLY the worse I ever had, the precision was bad, it jumps from street to street and needed a lot time for the fix. Telling me to turn left 30 meters AFTER I should turn…
Having a high end smartphone, that is not good in these 3 points, is really not a high end one!
A) The audio
I replaced my HTC Desire HD with a Galaxy Nexus, it was better, but yet not was I was searching for.
On Galaxy Nexus you need to install a mod or software to boost the volume because it is too low by default.
The MI2 is doing A LOT better at this point. You can play a movie with volume max and the full room will hear it The GPS vocal navigation is clearly audible even in a noisy car.
There are still phones that does even better (like the Sony Ericson neo my wife uses, but this one is really too loud ^^ )
The Dolby equaliser of the MI2 has nice effects and you direct hear the difference.
Calling sound is also super clear. Even with noise you hear your contact well.
The only little weakness could be the vibrate level. I think it is a little too low.
B) the Camera
The software part surprised me, (ok I was used of the stock camera, so it was not difficult to do something that looks better). Here everything is clear and on the right place, there are a lot of settings also.
The photo and video quality on low light is a lot better than my galaxy nexus. Indeed; the
Galaxy Nexus does good pictures, but only by daylight. If it is a little dark, or if the light is artificial, the quality decreases fast.
Here are two picture of my dog (click on picture to see the full size picture)
In normal mode:
In HDR mode:
Unfortunately it is raining so I can't test good daylight picture. I May add them later if the sun will shine again ^^
The video is also excellent. You can save 1080p videos and you can also set 90images per seconds (useful when you film something that moves)
C) the GPS
As most of the latest high-end devices, the MI2 is also compatible with Glanoss (the Russian GPS). This should help having faster and better GPS performance (indeed the more sat your phone sees, the better it can know where you are)
Testing a GPS in a house is … useless
A GPS should find it position (the fix) but also guide you right (not too early and not too late), it should not jump from one street to the other or position you in the middle of nowhere.
People saying that a GPS is amazing because it fix in less than 10 seconds in there room are noobs ! (Yes a lot of people said that the Desire HD had an amazing GPS … whereas a blind could guide you better than this phone! )
So I did a quick ride with my car to test it
I went in my car, turned the GPS and run Cygic (my software)
Fix in less than 2 seconds (my nexus needed more than 1 min, sometimes I also needed to open the window and hand it out to boost the fix time)
But as said fix alone is useless, so I told my GPS to bring me to the nearest town.
It guided me well, not a single error, every order was given on the correct time (not too early or too late).
Then I run GPS Status and GPS Test to know the signal quality and the amount of satellites.
Unfortunately, I did not succeed to do a screenshot for GPS Test ( I was still in my car needing to drive when the fire turn green )
But it find me about 10 green sat that had values between 37 and 42.
For GPS Status I succeeded doing a screenshot: we see directly that it uses a LOT of satellites (so it uses both GPS and Glanoss)
It finds about 21 sats and used between 13-15 of them.
The error precision is 3-5m, whereas my Nexus had 5-10m
If the weather change, I may test it in the forest, but I don't like going in the forest when it is wet…
D) the OTG Cable
For every tests here, I needed to connect the USB device to the OTG cable first, and then the OTG Cable to the smartphone, other way it did not works :/
Here are some tests I did :
- FAT32 USB stick => works (I may test NTFS and Ext4 in future)
- 2.5" self powered hard drive => did not works, the phone does not give enough power
- Nikon Coolpix S3300 Camera => did not work, maybe the same issue
- USB PS3 controller => it works (the game needs to be compatible)
- USB Keyboard => it works and you can configure the keyboard layout in the menu
- USB Mice => It works a cursor appears on screen
edit from January 11 :
The 6 januray i asked ibuygou if they can make this kind of test (Xperia) :
The support answered me than i can do this test, and if it break they will send me a new MI2.
Unfortunatly i declined the offer, i did not wish to wait for a new phone ore pay more taxes.
But to MY SURPRISE, ibuygou did this video (they also said my name in it ^^)
here is the video (warning : at the begining there is a screen protection on the phone so don't be afraid
So I hope you find these review useful.
If there is something specific you wish me to test, just ask me
ps: sorry if there are some errors in the text, i'm French and i tried my best to do an English review as good as i could. (if corrections are needed please feel free to pm me the correction so i'll edit this post)


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-- Chester H. Jacobs, 65, of West Salem, died Wednesday, July 28, at his home.
Services will be Friday at noon at Matteson Funeral Home in West Salem, with the Rev. Carl Uhler officiating. Burial will be at Spencer Cemetery.
Friends may call one hour prior to the services at the funeral home.
He was born July 1, 1934 in West Salem to Harv and Esther (Heilman) Jacobs and was married to Mary Jacobs. She died in 1998.
Surviving are children and their spouses, William and Margie Jacobs of West Salem and Tami and Scott Fern of Rittman; four grandchildren; sisters, Opal Knox and Edna Kessler, both of Lodi and Helen Cook of Wooster; and a brother, Wayne Jacobs of Wooster.


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CSExtra – Monday, April 8, 2013
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Monday's CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe, plus a roundup from the weekend. Multiple reports, among them one with White House confirmation, suggests President Obama's 2014 budget request will include a new initiative to capture an asteroid and place it around the moon for human exploration. The National Space Symposium convenes this week in Colorado Springs without travel restricted NASA representation. NASA's 2013 planetary sciences budget receives a boost. NASA selects a Kepler space telescope successor. Orbital Sciences Corp moves its Antares rocket to a Virginia launch pad for an April 17 test flight. SpaceShipTwo nears powered test flight? Orbiter Discovery impresses, even in retirement. NASA upgrades an Apollo-era thermal vacuum chamber for a key James Webb Space Telescope test. The complexion of Jupiter's volcanically active moon puzzles. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory turns its gaze to the tropics with Synthetic Aperture Radar. A look at major space activities planned for the week ahead.
1. From The New York Times, April 5: U. S. Sen. Bill Nelson, of Florida, reveals NASA's plans to robotically retrieve a small asteroid and park it in orbit around the moon, where it would be accessible to astronauts as early at 2021 using the Space Launch System and the Orion crew capsule. Nelson's remarks follow a White House briefing on the proposed 2014 budget, which President Obama plans to release on April 10. The proposed mission was also outlined earlier by Aviation Week & Space Technology.
A. From NBC News.com, April 6: An Obama administration official confirms the asteroid capture strategy as part of President Obama's proposed 2014 budget, NBC reports. The report notes the robotic/human mission strategy would fulfill President Obama's directive to NASA in 2010 that the agency reach an asteroid with human explorers by 2025.
B. From Florida Today, April 5: The proposed mission timeline includes the selection of an appropriate asteroid; a 2019 asteroid capture; followed by lunar orbit release in 2021. The timescale corresponds with the first planned human flight of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion crew module. In 2010, President Obama tasked NASA with reaching an asteroid with astronauts by 2025 — the first stop in the eventual human exploration of Mars.
C. From The Orlando Sentinel, April 5: Initial funding for the asteroid initiative includes $78 million to initiate design studies for a robotic mission, and $27 million to find a suitable asteroid for capture, the Sentinel reports, based on materials briefed to Congress. "If the American people are excited about it, they [lawmakers] will be, too," U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, of Florida, tells The Sentinel.
D. From The Associated Press via The Huffington Post, April 5: Proposed asteroid mission draws mixed reviews.
E. From Spacepolitics.com, April 5: Enthusiasm within the U. S. and NASA itself for a human asteroid mission is waning, according to UCLA's Al Carnesale, who led a National Research Council study of NASA's future direction that was released in late 2012. The moon may draw more interest. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, however, said the space agency remains focused on leading human missions to an asteroid and Mars, not the moon. The comments surfaced last Thursday at a joint meeting of the NRC's Space Studies Board and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board in Washington, the website reports.
2. From Space.com, April 7: The 29th annual National Space Symposium opens in Colorado Springs on Monday. The session will bring together leaders from the commercial space industry, military and international space community. U. S. budget restrictions will limit participation from NASA. A speaking engagement by Administrator Charles Bolden disappears from the agenda. The symposium is expected to draw about 9,000.
3. From The Pasadena Sun, of California, April 7: NASA's planetary sciences program receives an additional $123 million for its planetary sciences work in the extended 2013 budget continuing resolution for 2013. President Obama's request for the 2013 fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013 was $1.19 billion, the new annual figure is $1.41 billion. However, after the impacts of sequestration and a rescission NASA's planetary sciences line will ultimately receive $1.31 billion.
4. From Discovery.com, April 7: NASA selects a $200 million mission to succeed the Kepler space telescope's search for exo-planets. The Transiting Exo-planet Survey Satellite (TESS), is scheduled for a 2017 launch. Searching only a small part of the sky, Kepler has spotted 2,740 exo-planetary candidates, Discovery reports.
5. From Spaceflightnow.com, April 6: Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket reaches its Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport launch pad on Saturday, enhancing the prospects for an April 17 test flight. Orbital expects to join SpaceX this year as NASA's second International Space Station commercial resupply services provider.
6. From Parabolic Arc, April 6. SpaceShipTwo could move to powered flight in California's Mojave Desert this month.
7. From Florida Today, April 6: A visit to shuttle Discovery, on display at the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum Annex, at Dulles International Airport, leaves a strong impression with columnist John Kelly. "NASA and the Smithsonian have done a great job of leaving the orbiter as it was on its final return," he writes. "The heat-shielding tiles on the orbiter's belly and thermal blankets covering most of the air frame bear the scars of space flight and atmospheric re-entry. In the Smithsonian display, visitors can walk up to almost within arm's reach of the orbiter.
8. From Space.com, April 5: At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers ready an Apollo-era thermal vacuum chamber for a pivotal 2017 test of the James Webb Space Telescope before a late 2018 launching. JWST is headed for a sun-Earth Lagrange point one million miles away. The lengthy exposure to vacuum and cold temperatures in Chamber A will prepare the Hubble Space Telescope's designated replacement for departure and a rigorous mission.
9. From The Los Angeles Times, April 5: New studies of Jupiter's volcanically active moon raise questions about the internal and external forces at work.
10. From The Los Angeles Times: April 5: At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar, is enabling scientists to study changing landforms in the tropics. Airborne UAVSAR peers through clouds and leaf cover.
11. From Spacepolicyonline.com, April 7: A look at major space policy events scheduled for the week ahead. President Obama's 2014 budget request appears headed for a Wednesday presentation to Congress. The Space Foundation's National Space Symposium convenes in Colorado Springs. The House hosts a second hearing on the collision threat posed by Near Earth Objects.
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It's a Christmas Baby Boy for Alanis Morissette!
You oughta know it's a boy for Alanis Morissette!
The singer, 36, and rapper Mario "Souleye" Treadway welcomed Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway on Dec. 25, Morissette's rep confirms to UsMagazine.com.
"All are healthy and happy," the rep tells Us.
Morissette revealed her pregnancy in Us Weekly's "25 Things You Don't Know About Me" section in August with "I am pregnant!" as her 25th item.
She and Treadway married on May 22 at their Los Angeles home.
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – August 16, 2013 – Antioch College is pleased to announce an evening of readings by two exciting voices in contemporary literature: Heather Christle and Rachel B. Glaser. The reading will be held in the Herndon Gallery in South Hall, on Friday, September 13, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
Both poets draw upon humor and the imagination, exploring what it is to be young and alert to the possibilities of language in the 21st century. Following the reading, the poets will answer questions from audience members, and the gallery will host a reception with complimentary refreshments.
Heather Christle is the author of three full-length poetry collections, including What Is Amazing (a Massachusetts Book Award "Must-Read" selection) and The Trees The Trees, winner of the 2012 Believer Magazine Poetry Award. Her poems have been published in The New Yorker and The Best American Poetry, and she has appeared on radio programs including the BBC's Newshour and CBC's As It Happens. About Christle's poems, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats writes "You get the impression of the oracle at Delphi trying her hand at stand-up or jamming the broadcast of the nightly news: Christle's gift for welding surreal visions to living speech rhythms keeps unlocking new surprises, page after page." To see more of her work, visit her website at heatherchristle.tumblr.com.
Rachel B. Glaser is the author of the new poetry book MOODS (Factory Hollow Press, 2013) and the story collection Pee On Water (Publishing Genius Press, 2010). Glaser teaches creative writing at Flying Object in Hadley, Massachusetts. She studied painting at RISD and fiction at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She paints basketball players among other subjects. Novelist Blake Butler describes the voices of Glaser's best-selling poetry collection as "shift[ing] seamlessly between God and Woody Allen, Valium and babies, accumulating fragments like a cubist Mitch Hedberg in the body of a 20-something woman," while another reviewer writes admiringly of the poems' "dark beauty." To see more of her work, visit her website at: rachelbglaser.blogspot.com.
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Antioch College is a small, liberal arts institution located on a historical campus in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The College has an inspiring mission and a proud history of educating leaders and contributors to our society, including Nobel Laureates, Fulbright Scholars, MacArthur Fellows, notables in arts and culture, the sciences, the public sector, and business. Our innovative baccalaureate program integrates rigorous classroom learning with full-time work and community engagement. Commitments to social justice, sustainability, and global issues are important components of the Antioch College experience. A low student–faculty ratio provides Antioch College students with personal attention from professors who have a strong commitment to teaching. Originally founded in 1850, Antioch College is authorized by the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents to grant the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.
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- A controlled trial of timed bright light and negative air ionization for treatment of winter depressionM Terman
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 55:875-82. 1998..Past studies, however, have lacked adequate placebo controls or sufficient power to detect group differences. The importance of time of day of treatment--specifically, morning light superiority--has remained controversial...
- Bright light therapy: side effects and benefits across the symptom spectrumM Terman
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 60:799-808; quiz 809. 1999..This study broadens the purview to a set of 88 physical and subjective symptoms that might emerge, remit, or remain unchanged relative to baseline, thus reducing bias toward assessment of presumed side effects...
- Jet lag: clinical features, validation of a new syndrome-specific scale, and lack of response to melatonin in a randomized, double-blind trialR L Spitzer
New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:1392-6. 1999..The goals of this study were to validate a new rating scale for measuring severity of jet lag and to compare the efficacy of contrasting melatonin regimens to alleviate jet lag...
- Circadian time of morning light administration and therapeutic response in winter depressionJ S Terman
New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit 50, New York, NY 10032, USA
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June Ambrose's turbans were all the rage last year and now the famed stylist is stepping into the role of shoe designer.
The Styled by June star has joined forces with HSN to launch The June Ambrose Collection for Theme during the shopping network's Spring Fashion Event. Chock full of statement-making pumps, sandals, and wedges for the season, the designs are sure to be a hit.
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Yesterday was an awful day – so much drama and issues with just about everything. Let's start over today…That being said:
"Back to the grind Steepsterites, and with the extra running around and activity during the day from the new job and schedule, I have been dragging a bit. Still having tea daily, but neglecting my matchas and chais – teas I cannot easily make and take with me in the morning.
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2 scoops Vanilla Dream Whey Protein Powder
8 ounces of cold Skim Organic Milk*
1 tsp Mandarin matcha
Blend until smooth. Consume. Go to work. I will be revisiting an old favorite on my drive to work today, look for the review later in the morning!
*I note that the milk is organic not because of any fundamentals I have against normal milk, but the different pasteurizing process makes a creamier milk, so even at 0% (or negligible) milk fat it still tastes, feels and foams like a higher-fat content milk. I have heard it compared to whole milk, I do not agree with that, but definitely 2%."
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While plenty of high-yield opportunities exist, investors must always consider the safety of their dividend and the total return potential of their investment. It is not uncommon for a struggling company to suspend high-yielding dividends which could subsequently result in precipitous share price declines.
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Triangle Capital CorporationDividend Yield: 7.80% Triangle Capital Corporation (NYSE: TCAP) shares currently have a dividend yield of 7.80%. Triangle Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in private equity and mezzanine investments. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.56. The average volume for Triangle Capital Corporation has been 278,900 shares per day over the past 30 days. Triangle Capital Corporation has a market cap of $770.7 million and is part of the financial services industry. Shares are down 0.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. TheStreet Ratings rates Triangle Capital Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. Compared to other companies in the Capital Markets industry and the overall market, TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORP's return on equity exceeds that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- The gross profit margin for TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORP is currently very high, coming in at 79.01%. Regardless of TCAP's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, TCAP's net profit margin of 52.00% significantly outperformed against the industry.
- TCAP, with its decline in revenue, slightly underperformed the industry average of 0.1%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 1.7%. Weakness in the company's revenue seems to have hurt the bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORP's earnings per share declined by 32.8% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. We feel it is likely to report a decline in earnings in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORP increased its bottom line by earning $2.94 versus $2.23 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 26.9% in earnings ($2.15 versus $2.94).
- The share price of TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORP has not done very well: it is down 5.94% and has underperformed the S&P 500, in part reflecting the company's sharply declining earnings per share when compared to the year-earlier quarter. Looking ahead, although the push and pull of the overall market trend could certainly make a critical difference, we do not see any strong reason stemming from the company's fundamentals that would cause a continuation of last year's decline. In fact, the stock is now selling for less than others in its industry in relation to its current earnings.
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Vanishing Voices: The Case for Collaborative Language Documentation by Mark Turin, Program Director, Yale Himalaya Initiative Associate Research Scientist, South Asian Studies Council, Yale University.
Drawing on over two decades of fieldwork in the Himalayan region, Dr Mark Turin will discuss the challenges faced by small-scale societies whose oral speech forms-and the knowledge systems that they encode-are increasingly at risk of disappearing without record. In the second part of this richly illustrated talk, Turin will discuss the World Oral Literature Project, an initiative that he established to help local communities and fieldworkers collaborate in the collection and preservation of all forms of oral tradition.
Mark Turin is a linguist, anthropologist and broadcaster. He is Lecturer and Associate Research Scientist in South Asian Studies at Yale University and Program Director of the Yale Himalaya Initiative. From 2009-2012, he was a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. He continues to directs both Digital Himalaya and the World Oral Literature Project about which he will speak.
Mark is the author or co-author of four books, the editor of seven volumes, the co-editor of the journal Himalaya and edits a new book series on oral literature with the Cambridge-based Open Book Publishers. Mark is a regular BBC presenter on issues of linguistic diversity and language endangerment, and will be leaving Yale in July 2014 to accept a Chair at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
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Tiree Burton didn't look at Serra as a 3-7 team because he knew better.
"We had a rocky start, but we weren't a 3-7 team," said Burton, who played a pivotal part in Serra's 22-21 upset win over Kearny on Friday night at Madison High in the first round of the Division III playoffs.
Burton had a 9-yard touchdown as a receiver and sealed Kearny's fate with a quarterback sack against the elusive Shawn Boose with 2:25 remaining.
"I'd have to say I liked the sack best because it helped the team," said the 6-foot-5, 190-pounder who refused to bite when Boose tried every one of his moves to get free. "We're told in practice to keep our feet under us."
After the Komets moved ahead 21-13 on Calvin Rogers' 4-yard touchdown with 7:06 to play in the third quarter, the Conquistadors pulled to within a half-dozen when Stephen Zackiewicz blocked a Kearny punt attempt out the back of the end zone for a safety.
When T.J. Williams bulled in from a yard out with 6:39 to play, the Q's took their first lead since the first quarter and then the challenge was to stop the Komets (8-3).
With the victory, Serra (4-7) travels to play another 8-2 team — Olympian — in the quarterfinals.
The Komets' season ends in frustration, much of it self-induced as Kearny, making its first playoff appearance since 1998, was called for 14 penalties worth a whopping 147 yards, off-setting a 106-yard rushing night by Boose.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Peach Chutney
How to Make It
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and fill a large bowl with ice water. Using a paring knife, score the bottom of each peach with a small X. Add the peaches to the boiling water for 30 seconds, then transfer them to the ice water with a slotted spoon. Peel the peaches, then halve them and remove the pits. Cut the peaches into 3/4-inch dice.
In a medium, enameled cast-iron casserole, combine the brown sugar with the vinegar, ginger, onion and cardamom; stir to dissolve the sugar. Simmer over moderately low heat until the onion is slightly softened, about 8 minutes. Add the peaches, chiles and a pinch of salt and simmer over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until the peaches are very soft and translucent, about 1 hour.
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- Subgroup effects despite homogeneous heterogeneity test resultsRolf H H Groenwold
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
BMC Med Res Methodol 10:43. 2010..Lack of demonstrable statistical heterogeneity, however, might obscure clinical heterogeneity, meaning clinically relevant subgroup effects...
- Combined endpoints: can we use them?Jacobus Lubsen
SOCAR Research SA, Nyon, Switzerland
Stat Med 21:2959-70. 2002....
- Blood pressure reduction in stable angina by nifedipine was related to stroke and heart failure reduction but not to coronary interventionsJacobus Lubsen
SOCAR Research, PO Box 2564, CH 1260 Nyon, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 60:720-6. 2007..Whether blood pressure (BP) reduction is a necessary prerequisite for cardiovascular risk reduction or an epiphenomenon has not been definitively established. We used an innovative analytic method to address this question...
- Effect of long-acting nifedipine on mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in patients with symptomatic stable angina and hypertension: the ACTION trialJacobus Lubsen
SOCAR Research SA, Nyon, Switzerland
J Hypertens 23:641-8. 2005..To examine the effects of nifedipine GITS on clinical outcome in patients with concurrent stable angina and hypertension...
- Epidemiology: indeed "quo vadis"?Jacobus Lubsen
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Epidemiol 19:749-50. 2004
- Quality management of a large randomized double-blind multi-centre trial: the ACTION experienceBridget Anne Kirwan
SOCAR Research, PO Box 2564, CH 1260 Nyon, Switzerland
Contemp Clin Trials 29:259-69. 2008..Unequivocal operational definitions of the procedural concepts that characterize randomized clinical trials should not only be the basis of QM, but also of reporting results...
- Diagnostic criteria and adjudication process both determine published event-rates: the ACTION trial experienceBridget Anne Kirwan
SOCAR Research, PO Box 2564, CH 1260 Nyon, Switzerland
Contemp Clin Trials 28:720-9. 2007..The final diagnosis was always made by a critical events committee (CEC) using standard criteria...
- Resource utilization implications of treatment were able to be assessed from appropriately reported clinical trial dataPhilip A Poole-Wilson
Cardiac Medicine, Imperial College, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK
J Clin Epidemiol 60:727-33. 2007..Published clinical trial data rarely allow assessment of the health care resource utilization implications of treatment. We give an example of how these can be assessed given appropriate tabulation of data...
- A propensity-matched study of hypertension and increased stroke-related hospitalization in chronic heart failureGerasimos S Filippatos
University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Am J Cardiol 101:1772-6. 2008..81; p=0.044). In conclusion, a history of hypertension was associated with increased risk of hospitalization for stroke among patients with heart failure who were balanced in all measured baseline covariates, including blood pressure...
- Predictive value of local and core laboratory echocardiographic assessment of cardiac function in patients with chronic stable angina: The ACTION studyAnthony M Dart
Cardiovascular Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Eur J Echocardiogr 8:275-83. 2007..To evaluate the relationship between echocardiographic cardiac function and outcome in patients with stable symptomatic angina...
- Incidence and outcome of atrial fibrillation in stable symptomatic coronary diseaseJan Erik Otterstad
Hospital of Vestfold, Toensberg, Norway
Scand Cardiovasc J 40:152-9. 2006..Evaluate the prevalence, incidence and impact on prognosis of existing and new onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with stable, symptomatic coronary artery disease...
- Risk score for predicting death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in patients with stable angina, based on a large randomised trial cohort of patientsTim C Clayton
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT
BMJ 331:869. 2005..To derive a risk score for the combination of death from all causes, myocardial infarction, and disabling stroke in patients with stable symptomatic angina who require treatment for angina and have preserved left ventricular function...
- A comparison of the effects of carvedilol and metoprolol on well-being, morbidity, and mortality (the "patient journey") in patients with heart failure: a report from the Carvedilol Or Metoprolol European Trial (COMET)John G F Cleland
Department of Cardiology, University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom
J Am Coll Cardiol 47:1603-11. 2006..This study was designed to investigate the loss of well-being, in terms of life-years, overall and in patients randomized to metoprolol versus carvedilol in the Carvedilol Or Metoprolol European Trial (COMET)...
- Safety of nifedipine GITS in stable angina: the ACTION trialPhilip A Poole-Wilson
Department of Cardiac Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK
Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 20:45-54. 2006..9 years...
- Effect of long-acting nifedipine on mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in patients with stable angina requiring treatment (ACTION trial): randomised controlled trialPhilip A Poole-Wilson
Cardiac Medicine, Imperial College London, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK
Lancet 364:849-57. 2004..We aimed to investigate the effect of the calcium antagonist nifedipine on long-term outcome in patients with stable angina pectoris...
- Outcome following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty performed before 1990Samuel F Mpyisi
Division of Cardiology, Center Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 17, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
J Interv Cardiol 15:355-61. 2002..The short-term observations are consistent with results reported by the other follow-up studies. In addition, the study found a total survival rate 14 years after a first PTCA of 69% and 47% of the cohort remained event free...
- Comparison of carvedilol and metoprolol on clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure in the Carvedilol Or Metoprolol European Trial (COMET): randomised controlled trialPhilip A Poole-Wilson
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
Lancet 362:7-13. 2003..We aimed to compare the effects of carvedilol and metoprolol on clinical outcome...
- Uric acid and other renal function parameters in patients with stable angina pectoris participating in the ACTION trial: impact of nifedipine GITS (gastro-intestinal therapeutic system) and relation to outcomeLuis M Ruilope
Hypertension Unit, Hospital 12 de Octubre Madrid, Spain
J Hypertens 25:1711-8. 2007..Little data is available concerning the prognostic implications of renal function abnormalities, their evolution over time and the effects of nifedipine on such abnormalities in patients with stable angina pectoris...
- Losartan for cardiovascular disease in patients with and without diabetes in the LIFE studyPhilip A Poole-Wilson
Lancet 359:2199; author reply 2203-4. 2002
- Clinical course of isolated stable angina due to coronary heart diseasePhilip A Poole-Wilson
Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
Eur Heart J 28:1928-35. 2007..To describe the clinical course of patients with stable angina due to coronary heart disease without a history of cardiovascular (CV) events or revascularization (isolated angina)...
- Variable impact of combining fatal and nonfatal end points in heart failure trialsHicham Skali
Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Circulation 114:2298-303. 2006..Longer-duration trials have a more predictable increase in events than short RCTs. Trial duration must be considered when composite end points are used during the design and interpretation of HF RCTs...
- The development of heart failure in patients with stable angina pectorisGeorge C Sutton
Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
Eur J Heart Fail 9:234-42. 2007..To describe the clinical characteristics of patients with stable angina pectoris who develop heart failure and the events preceding its onset...


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