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Trans-Australia Aviation Group (TAAG) is a virtual airline and brings together most of the world's leading airlines together in the One home. There is no shortage of routes, aircraft and destinations to choose from. Whether you only have time for a quick short hop or a long haul, either online with VATSIM, IVAO or offline, the choice is yours.
At TAAG you make your own choices. We have a very friendly and helpful group of members who will make you feel welcome and be a part of a close, fun community. Primarily we replicate Australian Airlines, including complete weekly schedules of Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar, Tigerair, Regional Express (REX), Air North, Our Airline. With the fleet from the Royal Flying Doctor Service flying medically unfit patients around the world and dignitary fleet from the RAAF transporting the likes of the Prime Minister, Ministers and other dignitaries around Australia and the world, there is no shortage of flights.
World airlines we currently replicate include Air New Zealand, Virgin America, Emirates, Fiji Airways, Silk Air, United Airlines, Ryanair, Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airlines and Air Vanuatu. National and International cargo flights are catered through FEDEX, Atlas Air, Cathay Pacific Cargo and Toll Freight. This provides TAAG members complete coverage around the entire world, while flying their favourite airframe!!
For complete variety, we have a helicopter charter service replicating Bristow Helicopters, where flights are available anywhere around the world in rotor airframes.
To join TAAG, you will need a copy of Flight Simulator 9 (2004), FSX (2010), X Plane and/or Prepar3D. There are a number of methods how you can log your flight.
The tracking systems we utilise in TAAG are:- SmartCARS; FS Passengers; FSACARS; and XACARS. In all of these systems, your flights, hours, passenger and cargo manifests, a detailed flight and financial system incorporating pilot pay, aircraft and flight expenses as well as flight revenue and ranking structure is used. This is where the choice is yours!
Although not compulsory to fly online with VATSIM or IVAO, by joining we can advise that you will have the opportunity to reap the benefits of flying like a real world pilot, with the implementation of real world procedures and being guided by and talking with real life virtual Air Traffic Controllers. This we highly recommend. TAAG have limited rules and conditions and so much to achieve, so be sure to sign up today. TAAG is in no way affiliated with any airline.


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A sweet onion veteran has joined the staff of Van Solkema Produce.
Adam Blocker, who worked most recently for Curry & Co., began working in Byron Center, Mich.-based Val Solkema's Glennville, Ga., office on April 21, said Tim Van Solkema, a partner in the company.
Van Solkema Produce entered the Vidalia deal in 2013, following its 2012 purchase of Four Corners Farms.
"We're growing that commodity, and having someone who specializes in that area, and having him there full-time was a big bonus," Van Solkema said.
Van Solkema Produce is expanding its Vidalia and Peruvian sweet onion programs this year, Van Solkema said.
Van Solkema Produce also packs carrots, cabbage, squash, cucumbers, corn and Peruvian sweets out of its Glennville facility.
Before joining Brooks, Ore.-based Curry & Co., in 2012, Blocker worked on the sales desk at Glennville-based Bland Farms LLC. Blocker joined Bland in 2008.
In addition to its facilities in Byron Center and Glennville, Van Solkema Produce has operations in Nogales, Ariz., and McAllen, Texas.

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India's president approved the country's first executions since 2004, rejecting the mercy pleas of two murder convicts, reports NDTV. The move could start the process of clearing India's long list of death row convicts, which includes a terrorist who attacked India's parliament in 2001 and the assassin who killed Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
The news channel cited sources in the Home Ministry as saying that President Pratibha Patil rejected the mercy petitions of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar of Punjab and Mahendra Nath Das of Assam, clearing the way for them to be executed.
Bhullar was sentenced to death by a trial court on August 25, 2001, for plotting terror attacks on Punjab SSP Sumedh Singh Saini in 1991 and the then Youth Congress president M S Bitta in 1993, which led to several deaths in Delhi, NDTV said.
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Putting up a site involves doing a lot of technical stuff that even an entrepreneur would probably have a hard time understanding. A lot of people think that it's better to leave digital marketing to the professionals. Among these include web development, HTML coding, and analytics tracking. A more important aspect of online marketing would be content writing. Most people think that articles found in websites are easy to write. Contrary to that, it takes a lot to come up with a superior-quality content.
The common solution to this is to hire businesses that offer writing services. For a certain amount paid, they would provide high quality articles in exchange. Read on to learn the main reasons why you would need them for your online business.
1. It's a very convenient way to fill up your site with valuable information.
If you're just starting to build a website, it might probably need a lot of articles to make it much more valuable. To do this in a short span of time, you might use a little help from content writing services. They would do the research and provide the overall output for you.
2. They are trained individuals who are knowledgeable in writing for sites.
Since content writing services have writers who know how to write for impatient readers with short attention spans, it's always best to leave the job to the professionals. Content writing is very different from conventional writing mainly because the former should be short and concise, and at the same time, very informative.
3. It lets you focus on the operations of your business.
The most important benefit of letting skilled individuals do the job is having more time to oversee business logistics. It lets you focus on other means of improving your business. Writing takes time and if you want your site to convey a specific message through its content, all the articles on it should be excellent. Would you be able to churn out quality articles daily and still have enough time to run your business?
4. They can check for plagiarism.
The last thing you'd want to happen is to have your site sued for plagiarism. The online world is full of openly available resources, and it's so easy to have something simply copied and pasted, if you let just anyone do the job for you. Content writing services have software designed to manage and check sources that are used, and to see if there are articles that have been directly copied from. This would save you from a lot of potential trouble.
5. You can even help the less privileged.
Most content writing services hire people who work from home. These usually include students, mothers, and other people who need to work part-time or are restricted at home but have to find an extra source of income. When you hire their services, you're not only servicing your business, but you also help these people.
6. It gives you an advantage versus your immediate competitors.
Most content writers do their research, and this usually includes browsing through other relevant pages, even those of competitors. With this, they create articles that offer things that others lack. It can be a very good source of insight, and gives you an idea of what the market wants to see and learn from your content.
Once you have decided to avail of the services of a professional writing company, you can start searching through online sites to check the standard prices and packages. Here's one very important tip though – as much as possible, go for a writing firm that's headquartered in your country.


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Report to the Congress on the Profitability of Credit
Card Operations of Depository Institutions
- About
- Call Report Data
- General Discussion
General Discussion
Thousands of firms offer bank cards to consumers and consumers use their cards extensively.1 The Federal Reserve's G.19 Consumer Credit report indicates that consumers carried a total of about $800 billion in outstanding balances on their revolving accounts as of the end of 2011, a value little changed from the amount outstanding at the end of 2010.2 Outstanding balances are notably lower now than when they reached their high point in 2008 and reflect the lingering effects of the financial crisis that emerged in 2008 and the ensuing recession that saw consumers reduce spending and card issuers tighten credit availability.
Based on credit record data, it is estimated that in 2011 credit card borrowing accounted for about 6 percent of all outstanding household debt including mortgage debt.3 The amount of available credit under outstanding credit card lines far exceeds the aggregate of balances owed on such accounts. Credit record data indicate that as of the end of 2011 individuals were only using about one-quarter of the total dollar amount available on their lines under revolving credit card plans.
Consumers use credit cards not only for purposes of borrowing but also because they serve as a convenient payment device and standby line of credit for unforeseen expenses. As a source of credit, credit card loans have substituted for borrowing that in years past might have taken place using other loan products, such as closed-end installment loans and personal lines of credit. As a convenient payment device, a portion of the outstanding balances reflects primarily "convenience use", that is, balances consumers intend to repay within the standard interest-rate grace period offered by most card issuers. In fact, consumer surveys, such as the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances, typically find that about half of card holders report they nearly always repay their outstanding balance in full before incurring interest each month.
Prior to the early 1990s, card issuers competed primarily by waiving annual fees and providing credit card program enhancements such as airline mileage programs or other travel-related benefits. Since then, interest rate competition has played a more prominent role, although for some market segments enhancements, including "reward" programs, such as cash-back or point features, and temporary interest-free or reduced interest-rate periods (for balance transfers or new purchases), are especially important in gaining market acceptance.4
Until the recent financial crisis, many credit card issuers, including nearly all of the largest issuers, had lowered interest rates on the majority of their accounts below the 18 to 19 percent levels commonly maintained through most of the 1980s and early 1990s. More generally, credit card interest rates have become more responsive to issuers' cost of funds in recent years as more issuers have tied the interest rates on their plans directly to one of several indexes that move with market rates. Moreover, recent changes in credit card rules that restrict the ability of card issuers to change interest rates on outstanding balances create an incentive for more issuers to convert from fixed-rate to variable-rate plans.
In soliciting new accounts and managing existing account relationships, issuers segment their cardholder bases along a number of dimensions including by risk characteristics, offering more attractive rates to customers who have good payment records while imposing relatively high rates on higher-risk or late-paying cardholders. Card issuers also closely monitor payment behavior, charge volume and account profitability and adjust credit limits accordingly both to allow increased borrowing capacity as warranted and to limit credit risk.
In the recent economic downturn card issuers aggressively reviewed interest rates and credit limits and reduced limits on millions of accounts, particularly accounts that were inactive or little used by cardholders.5 Issuers responded aggressively to the difficult economic environment because inactive or little used accounts posed considerable risk of loss while offering little potential for profit, as cardholders may draw on these accounts when they encounter financial distress. More recently, issuers have begun to expand credit access some by raising credit limits, although primarily for their best customers. Trends in credit card pricing are discussed in more detail below.
The U.S. general purpose bank credit card market is dominated by VISA and MasterCard labeled cards that combined accounted for an estimated 410 million cards in 2011, a total little changed from 2010.6 In addition, American Express and Discover Card Services provided another 109 million general purpose cards to consumers in 2011, up about 4 percent from 2010. The combined total of charge volume and cash advances using these credit cards increased nearly 10 percent from the 2010 level, but the total volume was still down some from the $2.174 trillion level reached in 2008.
Direct mail solicitations continue to be an important channel used for new account acquisition and account retention. After reaching an all-time high in 2005 of 6.05 billion direct mail solicitations, mailings fell sharply as the recent recession emerged. Mail solicitations fell to only 3.8 billion in 2008.7 The effects of the weak economic environment led to a further decline in solicitations in 2009 as card issuers sent only about 1.8 billion mailings during the year. Industry data indicate however that the retrenchment in mailings began to reverse starting in the third quarter of 2009 as prospects for economic recovery improved. Industry data on mail solicitation activity showed a nearly 50 percent increase from the third to the fourth quarter of 2009 and an increase of 136 percent from the 4th quarter of 2009 to the fourth quarter of 2010 8. Overall, there were nearly 5.0 billion mail solicitations sent out in 2011 up nearly 40 percent from the 2010 level.
1. Currently, over 5,000 depository institutions including commercial banks, credit unions and savings institutions, issue VISA and MasterCard credit cards and independently set the terms and conditions on their plans. Many thousands of other institutions act as agents for card-issuing institutions. In addition to the firms issuing cards through the VISA and MasterCard networks, two other large firms, American Express Co. and Discover Financial Services, issue independent general purpose credit cards to the public. Return to text
2. Refer to www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/Current. Revolving credit consists largely of credit card balances but includes some other types of open-end debt such as personal lines of credit. Return to text
3. Refer to the Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, available at www.newyorkfed.org/index.html . Return to text
4. Refer to "Credit Cards: Increased Complexity in Rates and Fees Heightens Need for More Effective Disclosures to Consumers," Government Accountability Office, GAO-06-929, April 21, 2006; available at www.gao.gov. Return to text
5. Information from a nationally representative sample of credit records found that about half of the bankcard holders that had at least one bankcard at the end of 2007 experienced a reduction in the aggregate limit available on their combined bankcards by end of 2010. This estimate includes those that had at least one bankcard account closed which everything else the same would result in a lower aggregate limit. Estimate based on the FRBNY Consumer Credit Panel, refer to www.newyorkfed.org/index.html . Return to text
6. Figures cited in this sentence and the remainder of the paragraph is from The Nilson Report, February 2012 issue 988. Return to text
7. Source: Data from Mintel Comperemedia. Refer to www.comperemedia.com . Return to text
8. Refer to "Q4 2009 U. S. Consumer Acquisition Credit Card Overview," report prepared by Mintel International Group,
www.comperemedia.com . A sharp expansion in mailings from the third to the fourth quarter of 2009 was also reported by Synovate Mail Monitor February 2010. Refer to "Credit Card Offers Make a Comeback to U.S. Households," http://mailmonitor.synovate.com/news.asp . Also see "Plain Vanilla Cards the Flavor of the Month reports Mintel Comperemedia," February 27, 2012, www.comperemedia.com/press_releases/?doc_id=1439 . Return to text


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I held off for Battle cat so really looking forward to him
Well, here we go again and this Time its fan favorite
'Mattys Cyber Monday Sale'
He-Man,Skeletor and the long awaited return of Battle Cat!
Remember, the sale runs Monday, November 29th at 9 AM PT through Sunday, December 5th at 11:59 PM PT. Quantities available on many items are low, so for the best selection, be here first thing on Monday, November 29th. Thats also your extra savings day where youll save 10% off every order over $100 (excluding taxes and fees)! All products must be purchased during the same transaction and shipped to a single address so not only will you save on products, youll save on shipping, too!
Oh, and one last thing if you still have a coupon for $8 off the purchase of a Battle Cat® figure this is your last chance to use it. Just remember that youll need to have the original coupon code to take advantage of this offer.
This link will let you know the time of release.
The countdown threads are for us all to talk about the excitement we feel in the lead up to the release of each figure, and a great place to be in the last few hours for moral support!
Countdown threads close as soon as the figure in Question is released On Matty.com. Its at this point the 'Post' release threads open eg- 'Sum All' 'Successfully ordered', 'Failed to Order' etc.
Please Don't forget the 'Sum All Polls'
I held off for Battle cat so really looking forward to him
Contact me if you have MOTU Merchandise Items for sale or trade! Please view a sampling of what I am looking for Here:
I can't wait for Buzz-Off!! It's definitely going to be a Merry Christmas!!
"Oh Lord, Bless this M&M... and the mighty cockroach I slain in battle to get it." - Al Bundy
Not worried about thye Cyber Sale, and Buzz is part of my sub, so after today, the year is all set!!! I am very excited about the King of Andreenos though!
MOTUC Most Wanted: Skeleteen, Prince Keldor, Captain Randor, The Great Black Wizard, Lady Slither, Spirit, Tuvar, Baddra, Cursed Marzo, Tug-O-War, Scrollos, Songster, Mini-Comics Spirit of Castle Grayskull, and for the love of the Sorceress and Julie Winston, ODIPHUS!!!
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I really would have liked the army builder this year. Oh well having only one figure for the month will help on the old pocket book.
I am very excited for BUZZ OFF ...it has been a long few months since it was announced he was coming, I only wish there was guards 2 pack or something else with him. Only one figure means the "slow post" option, which means the DEC 15 figure won't arrive until about Jan 12th.
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I can sit back and watch for December! Buzz-Off will come due to my sub.
The Official 200X Sorceress vs 200X Evil-Lyn 2 Pack Support Thread
The Blonde Teela Thread
Sagitar (Jetlag) Azdar Belzar Chazdar 200X Evil-Lyn 200X Teenage Prince Adam 200X Teenage Teela 200X Sorceress General Rattlor (MYP) 200X King Randor and Queen Marlena 200X Battle Armor King Randor and Battle Armor Queen Marlena Ice Armor He-Man WMD Roboto
Buzz Off is awesome, can't wait.
Does anybody know if their is a re-release of a figure to go along w/ Buzzy?
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If today's WSOD is an indicator for what the Cyber Sunday sale potentially holds then i'm a little nervous about it - i only want He-Man lol!
Yep, Buzz Off is one figure i'm anticipating highly but he won't arrive till next January sometime *sigh*
Unless they bring back BA He-Man on December, I won't be ordering anything before January (and Palace Guards) from Matty.
- Joni -
My subscription is in place, so I'm set for Buzz Off.
Cyber Monday is great for new collectors or people who missed out the first time, but it has nothing to excite me enough to go through the experience of shopping on Matty again.
Vaca time for me. Since they didn't add Tytus to Cyber Monday, I'll have no need to stare down Matty's taunting sneer again until January.
Thank GOD for a Christmas break.
We need to let our new friends at Super 7 know that many of us are ALL IN COLLECTORS. We don't want products that are impossible for the average collector to have access to! If there is a He-man product, I want to buy it. Please no chases or con-only exclusives.
Make your voice heard! We DO want Snake Mountain!
Got subs covering my Buzz-Off.
Cyber Monday, I'm still on the fence. I really want another Battlecat but I'm not sure I want to wrestle with the site that day.
Up, Up, & Away!
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Cyber Monday can bite me as I don't need anything they are offering. And since Buzz Off is part of my subscription I can just cruise into next year and prepare for the January battles...
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I really really need BC but Buzz off is my sub so not worried about that. After I get my BC's I can cruise though the rest of the year till Jan.
By the Power of Grey Skull!
I got Buzz coming from my sub, so worries for me in Dec. It's all good.
You just read a post from the head Honcho of Nerds On A Couch!
Yeah... I'm all pumped for this sale... not the process, but for the re-issues!
I already have the original issue He-Man & Skeletor... But missed Battle-Cat.
But this time, I'll be getting 2xBattle-Cat & at extra He-man & Skeletor the extra set is for a face-off display on my desk at work! Will just have to make sure I get an extra Panthor in April!
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I'm going after another Battle Cat for my son for Christmas along with a He Man and Skeletor. Can't wait for Buzz Off. He was one of my favs.
It's all about being polished when it counts!
I'm so happy that after battling with WSOD-or, I can finally relax until January when I have to attempt to obtain 2 sets of Palace Guards (and possibly some stands). Buzz-Off is covered by my sub and I have BC and He-Man and. Skeletor. Looking forward to the lack of hassle for a couple of months.
Great transactions with these members!!
anzraider03 - Roboto
gofigure - Gy-Gor
Yeah, I have my subs so BO is in the bag, I may peruse matty and see if theres anything left I might want, but not until I wake up. I aint sitting up at 4am cos I dont need the MOTUC stuff.
...And lets face it,Everything else in the sale will linger!
then its Bow!!!!!and the mythical 'All In Sub'...... Whoo Frickety Hoo!!!!!!
I'm really excited for Buzz-Off!
MY MOTUC WANTS: Songster "Kevin Corrigan", Kittrina, Illumina, Master Sebrian, Sagitar, Kayo, Vizar, Nocturna, Spinwit, Artilla, Granita, Spritina, Sprag, Sprocker, KARG, Hunga the Harpy, Lodar, Green Reptile Mask of Power Demon, Purple Wolf Mask of Power Demon, Lizorr, Hoove, Quakke, Butthead, Staghorn, Dylamug, Colonel Blast, Monster Riders Of Morc
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Can't wait for Buzz Off and Battle Cat. I am debating about picking up a second He-Man.
Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.--Optimus Prime ROTF
Very excited about Battle Cat. And with Buzz-Off Whiplash has a good guy to fight!


text: Fluffy fried bannock enclosing thinly sliced smoked salmon, served with salad of crunchy red cabbage, carrot, sunflower seeds and bell pepper in a maple-syrup dressing…food for the gods! The elegant-but-unnamed little eatery at the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre whips up West Coast First Nations cuisine with a contemporary flair and serves it cafeteria-style for a snappy patio lunch. When you tour the centre, named for the two cultures it celebrates, leave time to taste a simple-but-superb salmon or venison dish created by chefs Theodora Sam and Ken Wright. Pair it with xusem, a cool drink made from the soapberries found all over Lil'wat territory and served free.—Louise Phillips


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"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."David Bailey on John Ruskin
"Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants."David Bailey on Benjamin Franklin
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In our weird new world, where hope and wishful thinking are the same as accomplishment in the confused minds of many – obviously including the Nobel Prize folks – it's worth recognizing real accomplishment. For example, comedian Al Franken is cashing in on his election to the Senate by renting out the list of donors who contributed to his campaign. According to a listing in the 9-28 issue of Direct Marketing News, the trade journal guys like me read, we can rent the list of Franken's donors – all 40,029 of them – to send those people whatever mail-order offers... continue reading
Turn on any network last week and you saw famous people making excuses. It didn't matter if it was Hollywood morons defending a rapist, David Letterman pretending he was a victim for treating his staff like a harem, or Barack Obama denying responsibility for the failed Olympic bid. It looked like some nightmarish recast of an awful Family Circus cartoon with all of the major characters shouting "Not Me" with their hands fully in the cookie jar. And the traditional media celebrated the excuse-filled comic atmosphere. First came the surprise arrest of Hollywood icon and long-time jailbird Roman Polanski. After... continue reading
The president's a real comedian. I'm not referring to the performance on Letterman as much as I am at the G20 Summit, where, humorously, he spoke of his determination to prevent and prohibit the "reckless risk-taking" that he asserts brought about the banking crisis and crash of the economy. What's hilarious is his omitting any mention of his own reckless risk-taking, on such an epic scale it makes what went on over on Wall Street seem a penny ante poker game. He, the Reckless-Risk-Taker-In-Chief, lecturing anybody about such sin is sillier than John Edwards giving a speech on family values... continue reading
Gee, wasn't it Obama who swore to end the influence of lobbyists in government? So we should believe that Al Gore is not a big, fat lobbyist. It is pure coincidence that the start-up electric car company Gore is invested in and backing got a $529-million U.S. government "loan" to further development of its intended super fuel-efficient hybrid cars. The first of those cars, humorously called the Karma, will sell for about $90,000. Later the company hopes – Obama's favorite strategy – that it will be able to build a more affordable $40,000 version, but there aren't even any plans... continue reading
Somewhere in our office are old bumper stickers proclaiming: "Proud Member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy." They are relics of another time , when Bill Clinton was president , his wife Hillary had shown her political acumen doing health care amateur hour and the White House needed someone to blame for the president's , um , domestic problems. Cue conservatives , the most popular villains for liberals and media types this side of Nazis. (Actually , they think we are Nazis , so demonizing us is a two-fer.) With the Lewinsky scandal creating a firestorm for Bill , Hillary went... continue reading
Nar -cis -sism – noun 1. inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity - Dictionary.com In mythology , Narcissus was the guy who fell in love with his own reflection. In 2009 , he's the president of the United States. Instead of adoring his own image , Obama loves to hear himself talk – about himself. In just 41 speeches this year , Obama has talked about himself nearly 1 , 200 times – 1 , 198 to be exact. (That breaks down to 1 , 121 "I"s and just 77 "me"s.) And that just includes 34 weekly addresses and... continue reading
I'm in the advertising business, so it's not all that easy to show me a sales pitch I'm shamed by. But I found one over the weekend, while I was wandering around in a middle-class shopping mall in Jacksonville , Florida . In front of a store, a huge sign stopped my wife and me in our tracks. I said: "It has come to this." The sign made this offer: "Get Everything. Pay Nothing." Seeing that sign depressed me. Seeing lots of other people see it and fail to recoil in horror or at least burst out laughing depressed me... continue reading
Bruce Springsteen once wrote: "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)." I doubt he expected that story of love gone wrong would become ideal political commentary for the group known as ACORN. The small scandal showing an embarrassing video of Baltimore ACORN staffers giving tax advice on how to set up a brothel for underage girls is now national news. This story has everything you could ever want – corruption , sleazy actions at tax-funded organizations , firings , government ties , sex , hookers. It is a network news director's dream. Imagine the ratings! Only almost no one... continue reading
Here's a number you're not likely to hear from the nightly news: According to the CNW Marketing Research Automotive Consumer Spending & Attitudes Survey of 9/09, one in six people who traded in their car during the cash-for-clunkers program already regret their decision, mostly because of the new or higher monthly car payments and insurance costs they're burdened with. Under normal circumstances, only about 6 percent of new car buyers express such regret a month or two after their purchase. That means nearly 300 percent more new car buyers pushed to purchase by cash-for-clunkers are remorseful and unhappy with their... continue reading
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact," said Sherlock Holmes. This explains, I guess, how so many independent voters, moderate Democrats and even moderate Republicans were deceived by the Obama who campaigned for the presidency. The outrageous, obscenely anti-American radical Van Jones has been driven from the White House, tail tucked between his legs, and, yes, that's something to celebrate. It suggests there is limit even to what President Obama can get away with. It should encourage opposition to other such far-left ideologues, czars with criminal or Communist backgrounds, and policy experiments promising the destruction of entire segments... continue reading


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Brianna Schwartz ran her final event of the school year two weeks ago in New York. It was a prestigious invite-only event sponsored by adidas and Schwart ran a race in which 10 high school runners from around the country competed in the mile.
The entire meet was part of the adidas "Grand Prix" and the event that Schwartz participated was called the "Dream Mile." For Schwartz, it was a rather appropriate title because she had a "dream year."
Schwartz, a junior at Shaler Area High School, did some marvelous things in the 2013-14 school year. She put herself in the WPIAL spotlight, but also gained national prominence. She is the MSA Sports Female Athlete of the Year.
The award is picked by the MSA Sports staff and takes into consideration all WPIAL athletes. Unlike some past years when girls won the award by playing multiple sports, Schwartz was a one-trick pony. But a pony that ran like no other in WPIAL history.
Schwartz established herself as arguably the best distance runner in WPIAL history, making her marks in both cross country and track.
In cross country, Schwartz did the following:
*Won the WPIAL Class AAA championship for the second consecutive year with a record-breaking run. Her time of 17 minutes, 52 seconds at Cooper's Lake in Slippery Rock broke the course record of 17:58, set by Latrobe's Natalie Bower in 2008.
*Went on to run at the Foot Locker national championships in December in San Diego, where she finished sixth.
In track, Schwartz did the following:
*During the indoor state championships in early March, Schwartz won the mile with a state record time of 4:42.58.
*During the outdoor season, Schwartz won WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA titles for the second consecutive year in the 1,600. But she did much more. During the course of the season, she ran the best times in WPIAL history in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200.
*At the WPIAL championships, Schwartz set a meet record with a time of 4:45.19. She beat her own record set the year before with a 4:47.07.
*At the Butler Invitational, she ran the best 800 time in WPIAL history with a 2:10.15. Then at the Baldwin Invitational on the first Friday in May, Schwartz ran the fastest time in WPIAL history with a 10.10.03. It smashed the old No. 1 time of 10:25.7, run by Baldwin's Carole Zajac in 1990. Zajac is a WPIAL legend and many had considered her the best distance runner in WPIAL history – until Schwartz came along.
All told, it was an unforgettable year for Schwartz. Her indoor time in the mile was the fourth-best in the country, indoor or outdoor. She capped everything off with the "Dream Mile," where she finished eighth in the event with a time of 4:50.15. It was the first time in a while she didn't finish first.
"It was a great experience," Schwartz said of the "Dream Mile." "I got to go to another city and they took care of us. They gave us a lot of gear, uniforms and stuff. The race itself didn't go the way I wanted. There was a pretty good crowd there because there were pros racing after us."
With her success in both cross country and track, an obvious question might be which one does Schwartz like better? She has no answer.
"I love them both," she said. "During cross country, I love cross country. During track, I love track. The training is a lot different for both and I like that."
Not all that long ago, neither track or cross country was on her list of favorites. Before she got to high school, Schwartz fancied herself a basketball player. Her father, Joe, played basketball at old Oliver High School in the City League. Her older brother, J.T., excelled in basketball at Shaler and now plays at Grove City. But after she opened eyes as a freshman runner in cross country and track, she realized running was her thing and gave up basketball after her freshman year.
College coaches can start calling July 1 and Schwartz will undoubtedly receive some Division I scholarship offers.
With one year to go in high school, Schwartz can add to her legacy. Will she improve on her times? Will she get the PIAA record she covets?
But no matter what, she already has left an unforgettable mark on the WPIAL.


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TC Bayhawk signs to play lacrosse at Siena
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Senior Alec Coolman is described by his high school lacrosse coach as the key to their defense.
Now Coolman is taking the leadership approach to the next level by becoming the first Traverse City Bayhawks lacrosse player to a receive a college scholarship.
Coolman was joined by his family as well as current head coach Ryan Schook and future head coach Ed Maloney at his house Friday afternoon to make it official that he will be playing for Siena Heights this fall.


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X-1 interconnects
as reviewed by Larry Cox
Cables make differences, which frequently are not the same as improvements. The result of a cable change isn't an upgrade from coach to business class, but a move from one seat to another. The sonic difference may amount to a upgrade, but often it's more a change of sonic character than a complete transformation. The Oritek X-1 interconnects retail for a whopping $249 a meter with RCAs, a bit more for balanced connectors, a bit less for "bulk purchases," which means two or more. Their price doesn't hint at much, which is nice. These are very good cables. They are not "very good for the price," they are just very good.
The X-1s deserve a worthy review, but I'm challenged to put together words and images to describe my process of discovery. With the sleep deprivation associated with having a two-month-old baby, I'm sometimes challenged just to stay awake. With more sleep, I could rapturously sing the praises of the X-1s, as they merit a song, but it'll probably be a while until I'm able to be rapturous about much more than sleep. Nevertheless, I think it's important to let you know how good these cables are. This is my way of saying that this will be a short review, but no less enthusiastic than a longer one might suggest.
Experiencing these cables is a bit like hiking at altitude, and I don't mean 6000 feet. It's more like hiking at 11,000 feet, where the air is thin and bracing and there seems to be less gravity as well as less sun cover. There's a great sense of openness, light, and expansiveness. There's a distinctly different sense of aliveness. Dynamics seem unfettered from sea-level gravity. Things move a bit faster, and with more "sun," there seems to be more to see/hear. The X-1s have a sense of "lightness" that allows you to hear much more than you'd expect out of a $200 cable, or even a $600, $800, $1000, or $1200 cable. They're that good.
For those who have been at altitude, you know that the first couple of days can be hard. Rather than feeling more alive, you're sucked down into lethargy. That's not the part of altitude acclimatization that I'm talking about. Once you've become accustomed to breathing at 11,000 feet, the air is clean and brisk, and breathing seems to energize you. That's the sensation I'm talking about. Music seems to have all kinds of space with the X-1s. Images are more delineated, and musical lines are clearer and more obviously drawn without losing perspective. The frequency response is flat, with very little congestion in any part of the spectrum.
The X-1s do not impart the loveliness that some cables do. They don't have the kind of sound that will make you melt into your La-Z-Boy. Instead, you'll be engaged with the music, with a measure of excitement, wonder, and surprise. The treble extension is very good, with loads of detail, but that detail does not seem forced, etched, or exaggerated. The failing of the X-1s is something you might find objectionable in a $1200 cable, but certainly not in one that costs $249, and that failing is just a bit of crispness at the top end.
Their bass is also quite good. It goes deep and retains texture, albeit with a bit of lightness. This is the only other aspect pf the X-1s that really warrants criticism, although not too much. I heard a deeper dip in the bass strings of Ry Cooder's guitar on the gospel perennial "Face to Face Shall I Meet Him," on his album Jazz. The next track, "Pearls/Tia Juana" showcased the X-1s' clear, clean bass. Their bottom end, while fast, sounds slightly "cleaned up." I don't mean to suggest that it is sterilized or synthesized, but it's better "lit" than that of my reference cables. At altitude, you get a bit more light than you get at sea level. Maybe I should say that the X-1s sound alive. Their speed and dynamics is coupled with an openness that suggests the sound of live music. Is that liveliness a coloration? Maybe, but it wore well for the two and a half months I had the X-1s. Was it a problem? No. I stopped noticing it within a short time.
Compared to the similarly-priced Silver Audio Silver Bullet 4.0 interconnects, the X-1s sounded less sweet and more fast and detailed. Though I still think that the Silver Bullets are good interconnects, the comparison left me with the sense that the X-1s were more authentically transparent. My EFF Supras, which retail for about $140, seemed like a good value when I first got them, but the X-1s are three or four levels higher in performance. Given their price, spending less on interconnects seems like a really bad idea, and spending more seems unnecessary. In a final comparison, I preferred the X-1s to my $1400 Jena Labs interconnects in most respects. The X-1s had more detail and liveliness, and the quality of their imaging was much higher. The Jena Labs cables were clearly built much better, and were more robust. For $249, you're not going to be able to tow cars with the X-1s, and you may need to be careful how you bend and twist them, but their performance was a complete surprise.
At this point, you may be thinking Larry's going to say he's buying a set, right? I'm not. Why? Because I heard a prototype pair of the soon-to-be-released X-2 cables. These have a slightly more relaxed sound, with a less lit-up bottom end and none of the ever-so-slight crunch I heard on the top end of the X-1s. The X-2s had a very seductive warmth and moved a bit toward loveliness without getting syrupy. Both cables sound extraordinary, and their value is even more extraordinary. Larry Cox
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I am sending this letter to you in response to a notice I received from you on (date of letter). Be advised, this is not a refusal to pay, but a notice sent pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 USC 1692g Sec. 809 (b) that your claim is disputed and validation is requested.
This is NOT a request for "verification" or proof of my mailing address, but a request for VALIDATION made pursuant to the above named Title and Section. I respectfully XXXXX XXXXX your office provide me with competent evidence that I have any legal obligation to pay you.
Please provide me with the following:
If your offices have reported invalidated information to any of the three major Credit Bureau's (Equifax, Experian or TransUnion), said action might constitute fraud under both Federal and State Laws. Due to this fact, if any negative mark is found on any of my credit reports by your company or the company that you represent I will not hesitate in bringing legal action against you for the following:
If your offices are able to provide the proper documentation as requested, I will require at least 30 days to investigate this information and during such time all collection activity must cease and desist.
Also during this validation period, if any action is taken which could be considered detrimental to any of my credit reports, I will consult with my legal counsel. This includes any information to a credit reporting repository that could be inaccurate or invalidated or verifying an account as accurate when in fact there is no provided proof that it is.
If your offices fail to respond to this validation request within 30 days from the date of your receipt, all references to this account must be deleted and completely removed from my credit file and a copy of such deletion request shall be sent to me immediately.
I would also like to request, in writing, that no telephone contact be made by your offices to my home or to my place of employment. If your offices attempt telephone communication with me, including but not limited to computer generated calls or correspondence sent to any third parties, it will be considered harassment and I will have no choice but to file suit. All future communications with me MUST be done in writing and sent to the address noted in this letter.
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Kurds YES! Iraqi army NO! I have no confidence in the so called Iraqi Army.
Iraqi army seems to have no will to fight to prop up the US govt dream of a Centrally run govt. in Baghdad.
US once again wasting millions of dollars in Iraq trying to create an Iraqi military force, which is not possible as long as Sunni and Shia tribal hatred exists.


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MILEY Cyrus has confessed that kissing actor Josh Bowman was "the best
job ever".
The 20-year-old actress – who is engaged to Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth –
had to lock lips with the hunky Revenge actor for her new movie So
And it seems Miley was more than happy to take part in steamy scenes with the
British star and has since been gushing about the experience.
She has also described further scenes where she had to straddle the
24-year-old after handcuffing him to a radiator.
She said: "He's so cute. I had this scene where I had to tell him, 'Your
balls are amazing,' and I got so awkward doing it.
"I also had to kiss him in our first scene together. It was fabulous.
Making money to kiss Josh? Hello, best job ever. The next day I was
handcuffing him to a radiator and sitting on him."
However, Australian Liam, 22, doesn't have to worry just yet as Miley has
insisted there is nothing romantic about filming kissing scenes.
She added: "It's not really romantic. Especially when the crew yell,
'Hold it longer, tongue her' as you kiss."
Miley then went on to admit to being a fan of Brit boyband One Direction – and
named Zayn Malik as her favourite.
She said: "Zayn Malik! He's my favourite because my friend and him have
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On the heels of the Supreme Court Decision confirming Obamacare as a tax and a dismal June jobs report, the Ann Wagner for Congress campaign released their first radio ad last week called " Repeal."
The ad features a live interview with Wagner on the campaign trail and underscores the impact of the massive Obamacare tax increase and the uncertainty facing job creators and average Americans.
"Democrats and President Obama claimed Obamacare was not a tax. As the Supreme Court decided, it is most definitely a tax. Americans were sold a bill of goods that turns out to be false. Obamacare increases taxes, increases the debt and punishes small businesses," said Wagner. "Our first radio ad highlights the problems the Obamacare tax will cause everyday Americans and, especially, job creators. I will work on day one in Congress to repeal the Obamacare tax -- without repeal, employers across the country will not have the confidence to put Americans back to work."
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There will be exciting improvements to some regional programs beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.
We have run into a complication that will prevent us from selecting one nursing agency for the upcoming school year.
N.C. State head coach Dave Doeren and former Wolfpack football/baseball standout Terry Harvey finished in a tie for third today at the 2017 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge.
There's been overwhelming interest from parents and students.
This year's theme is "Uniquely Capable." A host of activities and lessons will dispel stereotypes and demonstrate how people with disabilities can achieve success in all facets of life.
The Sept. 24 conference will address IEPs, study and test-taking skills, accessing extracurricular activities, developing social skills and more.
The 15-year special education teacher at Salem Middle School, is "always going above and beyond for her students and their families." She is Wake County's 2016 Educator of Excellence.
The baseball tournament for special education students has been a big hit for the past 8 years, and it just keeps getting more popular.
Two Wake County Schools assistive technology specialists, who serve students with communication disabilities at 56 schools between them, have been honored with Lara Jane Parker Awards for Advocacy.
For the second year in a row, the golf skills of N.C. State Head Football Coach Dave Doeren and former football and baseball standout Terry Harvey yielded a major donation to Wake County Schools' Special Education Services.


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Man cautioned after Shrewsbury station lift 'sex act'
A man has been cautioned after two people were seen engaging in a "sex act" in Shrewsbury train station lift.
British Transport Police released CCTV stills of two people they wanted to speak to after a man and woman were seen going in the lift on 28 September.
Officers said since the appeal, a 45-year-old from Telford had been interviewed and cautioned.
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The Alaska Agricultural Experimental Farm at Kalsin Bay, Kodiak Island, had been in operation for 20 years when a National Geographic Society expedition passed through on their way to the Katmai area. This image of a purebred Galloway was taken on September 21, 1919. University of Alaska Archives.
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Hi, philipp resiner wrote a mail about this problem yesterday. I've now traced it down to something that looks like a bug in the query planer to me. Please have a look at this and let me know if this is a bug or I am compleatly wrong.. (this is done right after a complete ANALYZE over the database, so the statistics are up-to-date) sd-beta=> select n_tup_ins, n_tup_del from pg_stat_user_tables where relname = 'contractelements'; n_tup_ins | n_tup_del -----------+----------- 91821 | 0 (1 row) sd-beta=> select n_distinct, most_common_vals, most_common_freqs from pg_stats where tablename = 'contractelements' and attname = 'isactiv'; n_distinct | most_common_vals | most_common_freqs ------------+------------------+---------------------- 2 | {Y,N} | {0.966467,0.0335333} (1 row) sd-beta=> explain analyze select 1 from contractelements where isActiv = 'Y'; QUERY PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq Scan on contractelements (cost=0.00..4963.76 rows=88742 width=0) (actual time=0.014..137.930 rows=88838 loops=1) Filter: ((isactiv)::text = 'Y'::text) Total runtime: 153.543 ms (3 rows) The query planner estimates that isActiv = 'Y' will match 88742 rows. This is reasonable (91821 * 0.966467 = 88741.966407) and correct. However, the following case causes some troubles: sd-beta=> explain analyze select 1 from contractelements where upper(isActiv) = 'Y'; QUERY PLAN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq Scan on contractelements (cost=0.00..5193.32 rows=459 width=0) (actual time=0.030..198.493 rows=88838 loops=1) Filter: (upper((isactiv)::text) = 'Y'::text) Total runtime: 214.035 ms (3 rows) Here we match on upper(isActiv) = 'Y' (which is totally braindead, but the query is auto-generated by a customer-supplied application, so I can not change it). Shouldn't the query planner execute upper(isActiv) for both values in pg_stats and so come to the same conclusion as in the first case? It doesn't. Led by this misapprehension the query planner generates pretty creative, but unfortunately very suboptimal query plans. A 'CREATE INDEX clifford_temp ON contractelements ( upper(isActiv) )' followed by an 'ANALYZE contractelements' solves the problem in this particular case. But this is not a solution to the problem in general.. Shouldn't the query planner be able to do the right thing without the index? Where does the magic 'rows=459' come from? yours, - clifford -- : Clifford Wolf Tel +43-1-8178292-00 : : LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH Fax +43-1-8178292-82 : : Schönbrunnerstr 244, 1120 Vienna, Austria http://www.linbit.com :
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QUEBEC — Laura Secord is coming back home and its new Canadian owners said Friday they plan to expand the iconic chain and venture into the American market.
Chocolate maker Nutriart has bought the retailer's 128 Canadian locations from its U.S. owners for a rumoured $20 million. The Quebec-based private company plans to give a face-lift to Laura Secord just in time for its 100th anniversary in 2013.
"There is a lot of work to do on the brand, but we're not going to apologize for being nearly 100 years old. We're proud of it," said Jean Leclerc, president of Nutriart, a former division of Quebec cookie-maker Biscuits Leclerc.
Leclerc wants to revitalize the storied brand, named after a heroine of the War of 1812 who warned British forces of an impending American attack.
"It's always a challenge to follow new trends and keep customers coming," Leclerc told reporters in front of a Laura Secord store in Quebec City.
He said the company doesn't plan to shutdown any stores and even wants to open new ones.
Leclerc also noted he eyes a foray into the U.S. market.
"We are going to look at what variety of products could be sold to U.S. clients with different packaging," he said.
Nutriart will use its modern $43-million chocolate factory in Quebec City to develop new high-end Laura Secord products, such as chocolates with a higher percentage of cocoa and with inclusion of fruits like cranberries and blueberries.
Leclerc left the family business, along with his brother Jacques, last year to run Nutriart. The Quebec plant will now produce all the base chocolate for Laura Secord and make half of the finished goods.
Until now, the base product came from long-time supplier Blommer Chocolate Co., North America's largest processor of cocoa beans and chocolate products.
The new owners vowed the made-in-Canada Laura Secord chocolates will still taste the same.
"We have state of the art machinery and we have been doing tests for more than six months," said Jacques Leclerc, who heads the research and development division at Nutriart.
He stressed the company will continue to rely on the handful of Canadian manufacturers that have been making Laura Secord chocolates, including New Brunswick-based Ganong Bros. Ltd., Canada's oldest candy company.
The first Laura Secord store was opened in Toronto in 1913 and the Leclercs plan to mark the centerary by organizing celebrations. Stores will also be revamped ahead of the anniversary.
Laura Secord has 1,000 employees across Canada and the new owners said they plan to add 25 more jobs at the Quebec City plant.
Laura Secord has been under foreign ownership since 1983 and was most recently in the hands of U.S. investment firms Gordon Brothers Group LLC and EG Capital Group.
The FSTQ, the venture capital fund of the largest trade union in Quebec, also held a stake in Laura Secord.
The company changed hands several times and the U.S. equity firms bought Laura Secord in 2004 for $27.6-million after prior owner, Chicago-based Archibald Candy Corp., sought creditor protection.


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Business for Calderdale members were invited to an exclusive tour of the newly opened Customer First Centre in Halifax.
The hi-tech centre opened its doors last November after a £1.2m investment from Calderdale Council.
Members got to tour the centre but as well as hear from the customer service management team about their services and how they link with business in Calderdale.
Self-service machines, installed in all Customer First centres, allow people to pay for bills including Council Tax and water bills., while DWP, JobCentre and Citizens Advice staff are also based there.
Those present included Steve Duncan, of the Community Foundation for Calderdale, and representatives from various businesses.


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I am usually kind and considerate around my friends, but as soon as I come home I find myself in a bad mood, ready to pick a fight. I argue with my parents about everything and fly into a rage over the smallest things. I don't want to be this way, but I can't seem to help it. How do I change?
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Your situation is surprisingly common. We often treat other people better than we treat our own families because we know other people won't put up with our bad behavior for long. If we continually sulk, pout, or snap at friends, they will probably choose to not be our friends anymore.
It's not that simple with families, however. A brother can't choose to stop being a brother no matter how miserable an older sister makes him! The knowledge that parents and siblings generally won't stop being our parents and siblings—no matter how badly we act—makes us feel safe. Home becomes a place where we can vent our frustrations and still be accepted.
The problem comes when we are always irritable at home. "My son saves all his good qualities for other people," complained one mother, "and brings the bad ones home for us." Leesa, a Laurel, will never forget the day her mother took her aside to talk about the way Leesa treated her set of young twin brothers. "They may be your brothers," Leesa's mother told her, "but that doesn't mean they have to like you." Leesa was shocked. It had never occurred to her that some of her family members might not like her very much as a person.
You deserve praise for spotting this type of pattern in your own life and wanting to change it. Like Leesa, too many young people who are often grouchy at home don't even realize how unpleasant they are making things for other family members. And even if they do, they refuse to accept responsibility for their actions, preferring to blame everyone else (especially parents) for their behavior instead. Recognition is the first step toward change. Here are a few more suggestions for improving the quality of life on your home front.
1. Learn to handle stress in positive ways. Most teenagers have a fairly high degree of stress in their lives. Schoolwork, family responsibilities, church commitments, friendships, part-time jobs—all of these things can create stress. Yelling, pouting, and picking fights at home are all ways of responding to this stress. In the long run, however, these negative behaviors create more problems than they solve. When was the last time you felt really great after slamming your bedroom door and sulking for an hour? Try some constructive approaches instead.
Terry, for example, found it helped to talk with her mother about her day—its rewards and frustrations—as soon as she got home. Greg, on the other hand, needed time alone in his bedroom for a while. Dave took long bike rides with a friend, while Jeff played frisbee in the park with his golden retriever. Marcia liked to do needlepoint because the action of making a neat row of regular stitches soothed her nerves. The point is to find something that helps you relieve stress in a positive way.
2. Isolate the situations that cause you to respond badly. It may be that you can eliminate some of the situations at home that "set you off." And if you can't eliminate them, you can at least try to work around them. Kathy usually flew into a rage when she walked through the door from school because her mother started to ask her questions. They were perfectly legitimate, friendly questions, but Kathy resented them and she responded by snapping at her mother. Afterwards she always felt bad.
Kathy and her mother talked about the problem and decided that Kathy needed a "time-out" period as soon as she got home from school. They figured out that Kathy resented her mother's questions because she had just spent an entire day answering to teachers and friends. What Kathy needed was time to herself. Kathy and her mother decided that Kathy, an accomplished musician, should be free to come home and play the piano for a while before assuming responsibilities at home.
Like Kathy, you may want to enlist your parent's help in isolating problem situations. More often than not, they will be eager for you to succeed and will happily give you the support you need.
3. Eat well and get enough exercise and rest. Many teens believe that they have energy to burn. They work hard and they play hard—and they mistakenly believe they can fuel their activity with bad food and too little sleep. No wonder they're grumpy by the end of the day! You owe it to yourself and to the other people in your family to exercise, to eat right, and to get enough sleep. You'll be amazed at how much better you can cope when you feel well.
One last thing. There is nothing magical about these suggestions. They won't help unless you really want to change. Pray to your Heavenly Father. Ask him to help you find the desire in your own heart to behave in a loving manner at home.
And then do it!
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It has been said that you love those you serve. If you find ways to serve your family members, even if it's just small favors, you will find that you are more compassionate toward them. This should greatly improve your relationships at home.
Kevin M. Gildea, 19 Pierce City, Missouri
I know exactly what you're talking about. I thought I must be a terrible person to be so friendly and nice to my friends and so insensitive to my family. I heard this saying: "If you treated your friends like you treat your family, would you have any friends?" And I really started thinking about my situation. Then I considered each member of my family separately, finding things other than relation that we had in common. I found that my four little sisters, my older brother, and I have a lot in common, All of us love sports, My sisters and I love dancing. None of us likes to practice piano. We all love Mexican food, and none of us likes to fight. Also, I started to smile whenever any one of them would look at me, and I started including them in some of my activities, and now we really have some good times together. I hope you find a solution because families really are a lot of fun—if you take the time to get to know them.
Darcie Christian, 15 St. George, Utah
Try to deal with disappointments as they occur during the day. Don't try to hide your feelings behind a "kind and considerate" front. If you're working hard to maintain a certain image in front of your friends, by the time you get home you may be tired of acting on your best behavior. Feelings that you've repressed come out easily when you let your guard down. Because you know your family loves you, you may not fear losing them, whereas you may feel insecure about relationships with peers.
You might want to take one day and pretend that your family members are your peers. Then try it for another day. Maybe in time they will become your friends as well.
Elizabeth Downing, 17 Sewell, New Jersey
Remember what your parents have given you. Even make a list. Soon you will realize that you could fill up countless sheets of paper and still not have finished that amazing list.
Try to realize how much they love you and how much it hurts them when you argue and fight with them.
Jared St. Clair, 16 Bountiful, Utah
I used to be the same way. I reserved my best behavior for people I didn't live with and let my family have what was left over. My mom and I fought constantly for years. I exploded over stupid things, and I was grouchy all the time. I'm a little older now and married. I don't even know where most of my friends are, let alone what they're doing. The people I thought were most important to me are gone. Now I realize that my best friends are at home.
Friends come and go, but families stay forever. Literally! Eternity will be much more fun if we're friends with the people closest to us.
Start out small. Smile, give compliments, and express your love! When something makes you angry, pause and ask yourself, "Is this worth getting angry about?" Nine times out of ten it won't be. Remember that your moods are your own and that you can set them. You can make yourself be cheerful. And it gets easier with practice.
You'll find that a change in your mood and behavior will affect everyone in the house.
Ruth Boston, 21 Salt Lake City, Utah
I know just how you feel! I go through that sometimes too. It's sad how much we take our family for granted. We can't act that way toward our friends for fear of losing them, but we know our family can't go anywhere! Try to be more patient. Get more rest. Start your days with a prayer to Heavenly Father to help you be cheerful and loving. Then let your first words be kind ones! Try serving them, and don't forget to let them know you love them! Good luck!
Wendy McGraw, 16 Edmond, Oklahoma
When you go home, put yourself in a positive frame of mind. Tell your brother or sister that they look good. Compliment your mother on her cooking. Ask your dad if he had a good day at work. You'll find that you enjoy being at home a lot more, and your family will love being with you.
Dawn Whetten, 13 Plano, Texas
Just a couple of months ago I too was great to my friends, but when I came home, I would pick fights over the littlest subjects with my parents. I began to be depressed with my actions. I love my parents very much, and I wanted to find a solution to my problem. I found that prayer, scripture reading, attending and really taking Church meetings to heart, and speaking to my parents about my problem soon led me to the path back to being the real daughter of God that I should have been all along. I'm not perfect yet, but then again, neither is any of us. So just keep trying!
Laura Kim Wright, 17 Franklin, Indiana
Well, if you want to change, that's the first step. Now doing it is sometimes awkward. With my friends I always felt comfortable. They knew my secrets, and I knew theirs, but at home there was a distance, and it took help from both sides to pull us together.
I looked at what made me happy with my friends and did the same things at home. I shared secrets, stories, experiences, and found even my parents had some stories to tell. As soon as I stopped talking and saying me and I all the time and started listening and using words like you and us, I found my best friends were my family. It hasn't solved every problem, but it sure started smoothing the big ones out. Knowing that my family, especially my parents, are my best friends and love me in spite of my mistakes and faults really made home and family a place I wanted to be.
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First of all write down something good about each person in your family and keep this to refer to. Set time aside for your family so that you can do something fun together.
Talk to your family. They can help, and they love you very much. Remember when all else fails or whenever you need help, your Father in Heaven is always there and waiting for you to call upon him.
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Natalie Casey and Simon Bailey Join IF IT ONLY EVEN RUNS A MINUTE, Oct 20
West End stars Simon Bailey and Natalie Casey have been announced as the lead guests of If It Only Even Runs a Minute at the Hippodrome Casino on Ocotber 20th.
They join the previously announced Damian Humbley, Sarah Ingram, Michael Matus and Matthew Rowland together with series regulars Christopher Bartlett and Georgia Thomas and hosts Lydia Grant and Oliver Southgate. Also added to the line-up are Ashley Stirling and author Richard Free.
The one night only concert celebrates the songs and stories of short-lived and unappreciated musicals. At this edition, the team celebrate the musicals The Biograph Girl, Dance a Little Closer, Evening Primrose, Nine Wives, Bat Boy, Murderous Instincts, Lend Me a Tenor, The Wild Party (Lippa), The Wedding Singer, Romeo and Juliet, Dogfight, YEE-HAW!! and Kelly.
Natalie Casey recently finished leading the cast of 9 to 5 on UK tour and has also appeared in the West End's Fame, Legally Blonde and, most recently, Abigail's Party. She is perhaps best known for her television roles in Hollyoaks and Two Pints of Lager. At Runs a Minute on October 20th, she will perform numbers from and discuss her time playing Julia in the original UK tour of The Wedding Singer.
Simon Bailey is best known for his West End stints as Raoul in Phantom and Enjorlas in Les Miserables. He has also appeared in the West End's Joseph and We Will Rock You, and Passion at the Donmar Warehouse. He joins the cast to share songs and stories from Romeo & Juliet The Musical, which he was in the original West End cast of at the Piccadilly in 2002.
If It Only Even Runs a Minute: London Edition 3 is produced by Oliver Southgate for Tinyhuge Ltd in association with Ava Eldred. The ongoing series is based on and inspired by the hit NYC series of the same name created by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Kevin Michael Murphy and Caleb Hoyer. The New York series is a Time Out Critics' Pick and recipient of the Bistro award for Outstanding Musical Series. The concert is directed by Pádraig Kennedy with musical direction by Barney Ashworth.
A limited number of tickets are still available at the Hippodrome Casino website.
"If It Only Even Runs a Minute: London Edition 3" is set for Sun, October 20th 2013, 7pm & 10pm. Tickets £10 to £30. Box office: www.hippodromecasino.com or 020 7769 8888. Running time: 90mins (TBC). The Hippodrome Casino is located on Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7JH. Please note the Hippodrome Casino is strictly an 18+ venue. Photo ID may be required.


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COLTON – A new interim city manager is on the job in this working-class town of 53,000.
The City Council voted 7-0 on Tuesday to approve an employment agreement with Stephen P. Compton to take the post.
The agreement calls for a salary of $10,920 a month and provides no benefits except mileage reimbursement for travel outside the city.
Compton replaces Rod Foster, whose last day was March 14. Foster left the city after three years to take the city manager job in the Orange County city of Laguna Niguel.
"My job is to kinda hold the train on the track, if you will," Compton said by phone Thursday.
Compton is a 59-year-old Redlands resident who comes to Colton with more than 32 years of local government experience that includes an assistant city manager stint in Ridgecrest and time as the finance director for Omnitrans.
He most recently worked as interim accounting manager for the city of Fountain Valley. Compton also runs a consulting firm specializing in government and nonprofit management.
Compton said his Christian faith guides his public service.
"I'm a caretaker and a public servant and I try to instill that in anyone that works in government," he said.
Councilman David Toro said Compton's skills mesh well with City Hall departments.
"We thought he would be a good fit to keep our momentum in a positive direction until we find a permanent city manager," Toro said.
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Benedict in Genesis of TV Bible reading
THE Pope is to make his debut in a prime-time TV show this year when he launches a round-the-clock Bible reading that will be transmitted simultaneously on the internet.
Unlike his flamboyant predecessor, John Paul II, Pope Benedict is not known for media awareness but a Vatican official said he had been persuaded to take part in the event because he will not be commenting, but simply giving a pure reading of the text.
Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi, the president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, added that the project carried a message: "An appeal to the Catholic Church to go back to studying and deepening its knowledge of the Holy Scriptures."
The reading is to begin on the evening of October 5, immediately after a hugely popular Sunday chat and entertainment program on the first channel of Italy's state-funded RAI network.
Once the pontiff has read the start of Genesis, from St Peter's, the same 33 chapters will be read in Hebrew by the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Riccardo Di Segni.
An Italian Muslim association is also is keen to take part in the reading, which will continue in a Rome church for transmission on RAI's satellite educational channel.
Some 1200 volunteers are expected to take part over six days and nights.
It is not clear why the Pope will halt at chapter 33, though chapter 34 may offer a clue. It begins, in the King James version of the Bible: "And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her."
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Po Boys gang members wanted in Little Mexico murder
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:27:57 GMT —
Authorities have identified two gang members accused of firing an AK-47 and a handgun at a home where members of a rival gang had gathered for a New Year's Eve party.
It all happened at a home on San Angelo Street in the Little Mexico neighborhood south of Alamo around 2 a.m. Tuesday.
Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office deputies reported that 21-year-old Miguel Angel Padilla died from gunshot wounds he received during the shooting.
Investigators said members of the Po Boys street gang were at a New Year's Eve party in one house while members of the rival South Side Bandidos street gang were at a party at home across the street.
An argument allegedly ended with Po Boys members Jose Alex Garcia and Daniel Cruz firing on the house where the South Side Bandidos had gathered.
Witnesses told deputies that Garcia was firing an AK-47 while Cruz was firing a handgun.
The bullets hit Padilla, who deputies said was an associate of the South Side Bandidos. Padilla later died at McAllen Medical Center.
Investigators reported that deputies were able to get enough evidence to get warrants for murder charges.
Sheriff Lupe Trevio told Action 4 News that feud between the South Side Bandidos and Po Boys has emerged in the Little Mexico neighborhood, which has already seen much gang-related violence.
"The Hidalgo County Sheriff TMs Office outreach programs continue reaching out to the younger age children, parents, and community activists educating them about the dangers of the gang lifestyle," Sheriff Trevio said. "In unison, our gang enforcement units will continue to crack down on illegal gang activity throughout Hidalgo County through pro-active legal measures."


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This project is the renovation of an exsisting empty room on the first floor entry of the college of architecture at Texas Tech University.
In designing a lounge area / art gallery for the students of the college of architecture, I took the school mission statement and attempted to concretize its meaning into a space. In portraying this statement, I also addressed some of the needs and desires of the students and staff.
Seperate areas to laydown during late nights, places to read, accoustical suppression for study, movable art panels and furniture for gatherings and opening view to outside street.
Walls of recycled cork paneling, wood floors and steam bent cedar polished modules.
Modules- Every 5 Feet Narrow to Large Size Represent Moments, Change, and Time
Visual- East end of modules by seating allows view to street through module seating representing a view to the outside world givng thought to students future after school.
"The college of architecture educates for future design practice and advances knowledge of the decipline for the benefit of society"
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Child escapes immigrant stash house in San Benito
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A San Benito man is behind bars after a child escaped an immigrant stash house and alerted authorities.
It all happened off Los Amigos Road just outside San Benito city limits over the weekend.
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have filed criminal charges against stash house caretaker Michael Sosa.
Neighbors told Action 4 News that a small boy came out of the abandoned home, prompting authorities to respond to the scene.
Border Patrol agents found six illegal immigrants inside.
Action 4 News went inside to see the home's living conditions.
Despite the torn walls and ceiling, there were clear signs show that people were recently been staying here.
Chairs, blankets, bags of trash and empty food cartons could be seen from room to room.
Sosa lives across the street from the run-down home, was identified as one of three caretakers.
According to federal court records, Sosa admitted to providing, shelter, clothing and food to illegal immigrants.
Sosa remains in custody at the Cameron County Jail while investigators work to identify the other caretakers.
The San Benito man is expected to appear before a federal judge in Brownsville on Thursday afternoon.
Court records show that Sosa was serving three years probation for a domestic violence case at the time of his arrest.


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Drug addicts in Pittsburgh in the United States have been getting their fix from an unusual source: McDonald's Happy Meals.
A woman has been arrested after giving some customers a little extra in their boxes.
People at the drive-in who knew to ask for a "Happy Meal boy's toy" would pay extra and get heroin as well. Shantia Dennis has been arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs.
Police Chief Greg Geppert said: "They would go up to the window, the girl would charge them $2 for that toy and $80 which they would give her for the heroin that would come in the box."
Authorities are investigating whether the alleged scheme has any links to another man,Theodore Upshaw, who was arrested in nearby Murrysville, also for selling heroin from a McDonald's.


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I have a console app that resides on a server and periodically polls it to retrieve usage information on 23 virtual servers being hosted by it. This app has been running non-stop every 5 minutes as a scheduled task since 13 June of this year, but it has started returning an "An operation on a socket could not be performed because the system lacked sufficient buffer space or because a queue was full" error as of 2:40 this morning. I'm using a TcpClient to communicate with the server, but I explicitly close the connection before the program terminates and waits for the Windows Task Scheduler to run again. The amount of data being transferred is rather negligible ... certainly no more than 10k in either direction. Why am I suddenly, after over 4,000 runs, getting this error message returned?
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Why Are Banner Ads Showing Up On Popular Websites Like Apple.com & Bing.com?
According to a recent Ars Technica article, two CMA Communications customers have reported banner ads being injected directly into webpages on popular websites, and they are blaming the ISP.
Earlier this year, Robert Silvie and Zachary Henkel noticed banner ads running along the bottom of pages belonging to companies like Apple, Walmart, Target, Bing and eBay. Both Silvie and Henkel were using Internet service provider CMA Communications when they spotted the suspicious banner ads.
Knowing that Bing didn't run commodity banner ads at the bottom of its home page, Silvie first thought it was the result of a malware infection.
Henkel, a computer science PhD student, was browsing Apple.com on his MacBook Pro when he noticed an H&R Block display ad running along the bottom of the site. Writing about the experience on his person blog, Henkel feared, "…that either Apple had entered in to the worst cross-promotional deal ever, or my computer was infected with some type of malware. Unfortunately, I would soon discover there was a third possibility, something much worse."
Thinking his MacBook Pro was infected, Henkel immediately checked other devices on the same Internet connection. All rendered the same styled bottom of page banner ads. According to his blog, Henkel conducted a number of investigations to determine the source of the banner ads. He discovered that Web requests were being sent through a Squid proxy server run by a R66T, where extra ad code was being input.
Silvie, having a similar reaction to Henkel, used Fiddle, a traffic inspection application, which helped him identify that websites not served up over an encrypted HTTPS included banner ads that appeared to be coming from R66T.com.
The Ars Technica article cites that R66T defines itself as a publisher of targeted content, information and advertising for private Wi-Fi and high-speed Internet access networks that support place which often provides free access in exchange for displaying local ads; but, both Silvie and Henkel were seeing the banner ads from a paid Internet connection.
When Silvie and Henkel blocked access to R66T domains, the ads stopped. Suspecting CMA Communications had partnered with R66T, Henkel filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 19, but was told that the issue did not fall under the FCC's jurisdiction, and to contact the Federal Trade Commission.
At the time of Ars Technica's story, neither CMA nor R66T had given any specific response to the whether or not the banner ads were the result of a partnership between the two companies.
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I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that most people aren't using their social network to rid the world of violent extremists. Sure, updating your Facebook profile with gloating posts about last night's epic rager and trolling for photos of your exes may seem like revolutionary acts, but let's be real, you're not exactly helping to stop the spread of Neo-Nazism.
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You know who is? The folks at Against Violent Extremism (AVE), an online social network where former violent extremists and victims can share their experiences. Its aim is to convince others to abandon or avoid falling prey to extremist ideology.
AVE is backed by a group of partners including Google Ideas, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), the Gen Next Foundation and Rehabstudio.
The idea arose from discussions at the 2011 Summit Against Violent Extremism, a conference hosted by Google Ideas in Dublin. The event demonstrated how perpetrators and victims of violent extremism can be very influential in deterring others from violence.
The organization believes the network can provide a new social scaffolding that those affected will be able to use to rebuild their life.
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"Often the key factor in turning an extremist away from violence is not so much challenging their opinions as meeting them with a nonjudgmental attitude and giving them a practical route to new friends, a new job and a new life. This is true whether you a talking to a former skinhead extremist or a former Islamic radical," Robert Orell told Wired. Orell heads Exit Sweden, an organization that helps rehabilitate former Neo-Nazis.
AVE will be operated by ISD, a London-based think tank with a history of working to counter extremism. ISD director, Sasha Havicek said AVE "won't be another talking shop - it will result in politcal outcomes."
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Over the course of history men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess-especially before the modern medical care that we all enjoy today. How They Croaked relays all the gory details of how nineteen world figures gave up the ghost. For example: It is believed that Henry VIII's remains exploded within his coffin while lying in state. Doctors "treated" George Washington by draining almost 80 ounces of blood before he finally kicked the bucket. Right before Beethoven wrote his last notes, doctors drilled a hole in his stomach without any pain medication. Readers will be interested well past the final curtain, and feel lucky to live in a world with painkillers, X-rays, soap, and 911.
A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths.