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Multi-family house in Radolfzell (Lake Constance) - 3 people
Request: Optimisation of children's room for better homework (concentration) and better sleep.
Family Dittmann, Radolfzell
Garden planning for family
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Request: children's play area, garden pond, garden waste area, road guidance from the garage and
the house into the garden.
Large twin-apartment (approx. 130m2) in Berlin-Moabit - 2 people
Requirement: to find relaxation and recovery room, enhance living room seating area.
Twin-apartment in Berlin Steglitz - 3 people
Topic: nesting, child raise.
Pub in Blackrock (Co. Dublin)
Requirement: Analysis of the premises from Feng Shui perspective.
Office complex for 300 employees in Dublin
Requirement: optimization of staff offices after relocation and design of meeting rooms.
Single flat in Dublin - 1 person
Task: Activation of the Partnership and Career Corner.
Multi-family house in Szczecin (Stettin) - 3 people
Space utilization: Analysis of living room as use for studying, dining and living room (incl. sleeping couch).
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A man shelters himself and his parakeets from a midday drizzle on Park Street, Port of Spain. 30th August, 2017.
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Carlsbad Residential Lots Sold for $5M
Friday, May 24, 2013
Arizona-based Taylor Morrison Home Corp. has purchased 32 single-family residential lots in Carlsbad's La Costa Town Square development for $5 million.
The seller was Property Development Centers LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pleasanton-based Safeway Inc., according to a statement from brokerage firm Colliers International, which represented the seller.
The lots are on 7.76 acres on the west side of Rancho Santa Fe Road, just north of La Costa Avenue. Colliers last year represented Property Development Centers in selling 63 lots in another portion of the development to Del Mar-based homebuilder Davidson Communities.
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Free Diet Turbo Tea at GNC Tomorrow!
This was posted on GNC's Facebook page:
Stop by GNC tomorrow, September 15th, for a FREE Diet Turbo Tea! Choose from Lemon, Raspberry, Green Tea, or Fruit Punch.
Fine Print: Offer valid only at participating locations. No purchase necessary. Limit 1 drink per person for the day.
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Last month, Nicole Kidman won an Emmy for her role as a domestic abuse survivor in the HBO series Big Little Lies. Now she's using her platform to speak out about the impact of domestic violence in a powerful open letter published in Porter magazine.
"It never occurred to me that I should be at a disadvantage because I was born a girl," Kidman wrote. "The idea that women and men are equal is part of my DNA. I was raised by a strong feminist mother and a fully supportive father."
But when Kidman became a Goodwill Ambassador and focused on women's issues, she's realized the unfortunate gender inequality women are subjected to every day. She assumed the role in 2006 and has focused her efforts on raising awareness about women's human rights around the world. In particular, Kidman has aimed to specifically shine a light on violence against women.
"My feminist roots have also led me to U.N. Women and my work as its Goodwill Ambassador. It is in this role that I come to fully understand the barriers that women around the world are facing. I have focused on lending my voice to women who are survivors of violence. The stories I have heard from them have shaken me to the core and changed me forever," she wrote.
"More than ever, I am aware of the need to support and celebrate each other," Kidman continued. "I like to believe I am part of a global support group network of 3.4 billion."
She then reflected on how so many women, including herself, have been put in unfair situations in which they're subjected to sexism and inequality solely because they are women.
"In those moments, I like to think of those who have my back, who lifted me up and encouraged me to believe in myself," she wrote. "Imagine: if you can fall back on the 3.5 billion sisters, and the many good men who are with us, what could we possibly not achieve?"
If more of us worked hard to lift others up instead of looking the other way, or worse, bringing others down, we could start to make a real difference in the lives of so many.
Kidman briefly addressed the importance of telling her character's story in Big Little Lies during her Emmy speech. She explained that she wanted her daughters to take away something very important from her win.
"I want them to know that sometimes when you're acting, you get a chance to bring a bigger message, and this is their contribution ... We shone a light on domestic abuse," she said. "It is a complicated, insidious disease. It exists, far more than we allow ourselves to know. It is filled with shame and secrecy, and by you acknowledging me with this award it shines a light on it even more, so thank you, thank you, I bow down to you."
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Twenty years in the field of models and brides, training
professional make-up artists, improving their skills and
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His most recent venture is working with runway models,
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Outdoor play - let our children take a risk
When I think back to now to my own childhood in a rural mining village in Warwickshire, it strikes me how much of it was enjoyed outdoors.
One of my earliest memories is playing hopscotch on the badly laid, uneven pavement outside our house. Not long after I recall tramping off with friends into the woods to build a dam in a local stream. A few years later, on holiday, I was learning to fish in rockpools with my dad, perched patiently on the slippery rocks hoping to get a bite.
Playing outside was something my generation did, and we were better for it. Certainly there were times when we came home with cuts and bruises - or even broken bones - but when we did we brought something else back with us: a lesson about the world.
If you fell out of a tree, it hurt. But it taught you either what not to do next time or that tree climbing was not for you. It gave you a healthy respect for the physical world around you, what risks you could reasonably take and what to do differently next time.
Subsequent generations have it seems gradually been deprived of that connection with the outdoors and the education that it afforded them.
When I speak to employers they often tell me that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find young people to take up apprenticeships who have the physical or mechanical aptitude of people they would have interviewed 10 or 15 years earlier. They haven't built a go-kart to race down a local hill, or repaired a puncture on their bike.
In HSE, we are focused on health and safety in the workplace, but it is clear that attitudes to risk are formed long before young people enter the world of work. Play - and particularly play outdoors - teaches young people how to deal with risk. Without this awareness and learning they are ill equipped to deal with working life. Our health and safety system in Britain requires workplace risks to be managed, not eliminated, and gives people responsibility for their own wellbeing. We simply cannot afford to exclude outdoor play and learning from our children's education.
Young people are curious, and they learn quickly. We should not deny them the opportunity to learn by taking risks. Seeking to protect them from every conceivable hazard, rather than sensibly managing the genuine risks they face, ultimately leaves them in harm's way, not to mention robbing them of memories that last a lifetime.
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The Enviga Effect
Get ready, people.
With the release of Enviga, a new calorie- burning tea from the Coca-Cola/Nestle partnership known as Beverage Partners Worldwide, the functional beverage movement has gone mainstream.
The rubber is meeting the road. How should you react? Are you going to have to stock up on products that flush the system, fill the tank, shine up the human hood?
What changes will be wrought in your cooler by the Enviga Effect?
Well, for starters, you've got to weave through a lot of traffic chasing after Enviga for the calorie burning space. Already, Elite Fx, the company that first marketed a calorie-burning formula in Celsius, has ramped up its advertising and is pressing for increased distribution, claiming that the release of the Coke/Nestle calorie-burning tea legitimizes the category they pioneered. PepsiCo has its own plans to release Tava, a soda that also supposedly ramps up calorie burning via the mineral Chromium. Snapple, which has a growing green tea brand, will add label language indicating that it, too, boosts the metabolism. Companies like Fuze and Airforce NutriSoda, both of which have products with appetite-suppressing super-Citrimax, are ready to push for more space.
It's important to note that all of these products are only chasing one thing: thin.
Here's the skinny: thin is the Killer App in the food and drink business. If people think a drink will help them lose weight, they'll buy it. A recent survey by the drug company Glaxo- SmithKline PLC showed that 33 percent of Americans who are trying to lose weight have tried dietary supplements with no proven benefit. AC Nielsen recently reported that 15 percent of U.S. households have bought weight loss products in the last year. The market is there for a mainstream product that purports to have a slimming effect.
But at the same time, if it doesn't work, there are plenty of other products – be they beverages or other consumer goods – that are available to take their place in the weight loss market. That's the game that Coke and Nestle started playing when they showed the Enviga card.
Despite the potential gold mine awaiting an effective weight loss beverage, when it comes to functionality, Enviga had better not be the only card in the deck, according to Kaumil Gajrawala, a beverage analyst with UBS.
"It's a long-term trend," Gajrawala says. "Coke has said publicly that they want to better leverage their research and development to develop more of these kinds of products. You're seeing it across all CPGs (Consumer Packaged Goods) as well. Cheerios has labels that relates to how it affects your heart. Someone else just launched a chocolate bar that's supposed to be good for your heart. So they're all going in pretty deep."
That's not to say you should expect to stock racks of functional sodas; according to Gajrawala, that particular beverage category is drowning in too many line extensions already. But in those categories whose shelf presence is already growing – tea, water, sports drinks – functionality is going to accompany them hand in hand.
"Efficacy will become important," says Debbie Wildrick, the beverage portfolio manager at 7-Eleven. "Consumers already have given the industry 'permission' to put additives in their beverage, but it's not enough to have just a splash of a special ingredient in the drink. Consumers want more from enhanced beverages and will expect to feel a difference after consuming these products."
Natural and New Age food manufacturers realize what consumers want: at the Expo East Convention in October, tea and juice lines like Pure Fruit were defined as much by what they are expected to do as by their flavor. Fuze Beverages, which has recently taken nine of the top 50 supermarket SKUs in the New Age category, are nearly entirely dependent on a mix of products that promise various functions, from appetite suppression to free radical scavenging. Last year, Ito En presented the Sencha Shot, a triple strong bullet of green tea that, if antioxidant research is correct, contains the equivalent of a mortar attack on free radicals. And if Enviga takes off, expect some of those companies to introduce packaging that evokes their latent qualities as much as it does their natural or organic origins. After all, the levels of green tea catechins and caffeine present in Enviga's "proprietary blend" of calorie burning ingredients are very similar to those present in a well-brewed green tea, in similar ratios.
Nevertheless, even proving a drink helps consumers lose weight is, while measurable, still subjective. When considering the effects of Enviga, which are smallish (the Wall Street Journal reported the calorie burn is similar to that achieved in a 15 minute walk), the customer is going to have to believe, and see, that it is working. Moving into other functional areas, it's going to be hard to prove more. Products claiming to have longer-term benefits, like all of those that contain antioxidants, aren't marketed as a cure for anything – their implied benefit is in what they prevent, rather than what they cause. But others, like skin improvement products, performance enhancement beverages that offer everything from tranquility, to spiritual insight, to sexual bliss, may very well have to measure up to their billing, or disappear overnight.
Nevertheless, marketers are gambling billions on the belief that a product that might work will be just as attractive to consumers as the ones that actually work.
"There are two things here," says Gajrawala. "At the end of the day, it's got to be a genuine benefit. Today's consumer is able to see through anything that's not real. But people are moving from CSD's because they know they're bad for you. Now, you look at Enviga, and sure, it's carbonated, but it's clearly a green tea product, and not only is it not bad for you but it could be good for you."
That's the line walked by the products at Glaceau, whose Vitaminwater – believed by many experts to have helped inspire the rush to launch more functional products – might have already grabbed the lion's share of the potential market for functional waters. But how many more times can lightning strike in that fuzzy spot between marketed effect and sugar water?
While there's no arguing with Glaceau's success, there's likely no replicating it, either – their lead is huge and they've already spawned lessthan- successful imitators. The market strength of Vitaminwater means that stakes have been raised. The next product whose label promises something immediate and tangible beyond basic hydration or caffeine-related alertness needs to deliver, or it could torpedo the whole category. "That's been the problem with the New Age The next product whose label promises something immediate and tangible behond basic hydration or caffeine-related alertness needs to deliver, or it could torpedo the whole category.
since the beginning," says Lance Collins, the CEO of Fuze. "A lot of these companies haven't fulfilled their promise to consumers. Products that were billed as offering 'healthy refreshment' were just offering 'healthy deception.' I was a witness to all these false representations and thought I could deliver something on that promise."
Collins says he believes marketers are getting better at creating functional beverages.
"Big companies are delivering beverages that offer benefits," he says. "It's better, but it's not great. They've come a long way. They see what's going on with consumers, and I guess they're heeding the call."
Still, that doesn't mean that as retailers, you should grab every new functional beverage that you can.
"You can't ignore it, because it's something that people are looking for," says Lauren Torres, the chief beverage analyst at HSBC. "It's always great to be the first one out with things, like with Gatorade. Some of these categories at times do have some traction. But retailers have to be very careful – there's always shelf space to allocate, but you have to take it very slowly to see how consumers react."
Chances are, if there's even a hint of helpfulness to a product, there are a whole lot of sales to come. As a retailer, remember this: a large part of the attraction of functional beverages is that they pay lip service to both convenience and health – currently two of the top three drivers of consumer food choices, according to a recent survey by the NPD Group. Nothing is more convenient than drinking something that will slim you down, wake you up, keep you from getting cancer. It beats the hard work of exercise, the time you need to sleep, the expense and detail required to keep track of one's health.
"Consumers want more functionality, and they want it to be convenient," Wildrick says. "Providing more enhancements that are easy to drink and more readily absorbed by the body will be important for the beverage industry in keeping up with consumer needs."
By all means, be ready to hop on the functionality train. If you've simply got a convenience CSD cooler, think about adding an Enviga or a Tava, or even a Celsius – products like that are attractive to drivers (especially considering the fact they have massive amounts of caffeine). And if you've got a broad array of products, be ready to go further. Think about the way orange juice manufacturers created new revenue streams – and soaked up space in the dairy cooler – by coming up with different fortification packages, and you'll get an idea of the potential for expansion.
But here's a little packaging note that needs to be kept in mind:
"This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure any disease."
You're going to see it on a lot of labels. And the number of disclaimers might eventually come to overwhelm the perceived level of benefit. In December, the FDA is meeting to start defining, in a regulatory sense, some of the products that produce functionality. If that happens, get ready to see the numbers shrink all around – including those products whose only fortification has been their own marketing claims.
Nevertheless, there's a lot to try, and the end result could be, rather than a series of products that are part of other categories – a la Enviga or Tava – just a functional category all to itself. The demand is there, Wildrick says.
"They'll keep looking," she says of consumers. "Word-of-mouth and viral marketing will quickly raise awareness and trial of those drinks that customers believe live up to their claims. Products that disappoint will drop off the shelves, whereas the best performers will be the winners."
You didn't think we'd leave you with just one major industry current, did you? Here are some other important developments to keep track of in the year to come.
TEAS STEEPED IN ADDITIONAL GROWTH — Tea sits at the intersection of two trends: functionality and health. With its leaves serving as a natural source of flavor and of the antioxidant-supplying catechins, tea is poised for continued major growth this year. How valuable is that prospect? It's so tempting that longtime couple Beverage Partners Worldwide – Coke and Nestle – are taking a trial separation over green, white and red teas, developing their own products independently.
MORE LIGHT IMPORTS — The only way things could have gone better for Heineken this year is if Andre Agassi could've rallied to win the U.S. Open with a Heineken Premium Light in his left hand. As it was, though, the product exceeded all predictions that it would exceed all predictions for success. So expect other importers to rush to market, and a bigger ad push from Beck's. Otherwise, non-high-end imports are likely to face the same problem as domestic premium brands: the galloping grape.
THE SEARCH FOR THE MAGIC SWEETENER — Honest Tea thought they had it earlier this year with erythritol, a fermented organic cane sugar, then they scuttled their Tangerine Green tea. There's still talk of Chinese Splenda, while ace-K continues to be blended with everything under the sun. But until someone comes up with a low-calorie way to replace real sugar's taste, expect the juggling acts to continue.
ENERGY — Caffeine paranoia is expected to build to an early high right at around New Year's Eve, when the consumption of energy drinks and vodka hits an all-time high, and products like Cocaine and Green Card draw even more negative media attention.
WIDESPREAD WATER ENHANCEMENT — From BooKoo to Odwalla, enhanced waters will be everywhere next year, capitalizing on the growing market exemplifi ed by Vitaminwater. And while there are plenty of products that claim functionality coming out, that market will be tiny compared to the demand for more low-calorie, fruit-flavored waters with a little vitamin enhancement and some snazzy packaging.


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However, because building a website is so easy, there are quite a few scams and schemes that you're going to need to know how to navigate your way through.
Unsavory characters are lying in wait for new investors and entrepreneurs looking to buy a website, only to scam them out of their hard-earned money.
As a digital business broker, I get to see businesses of all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately, I've had many shady types try to get me to help them sell their websites to some unsuspecting investor.
I refuse to help those sorts. I take what I learn about their schemes help my clients avoid getting scammed.
Here are a few of the biggest lessons that I've learned over the years.
Tip #1: Use an escrow service
One of the biggest scams you could encounter having the seller take off with your money before they transfer the website to you.
This is especially true for websites that are worth thousands or tens of thousands of dollars.
The scam typically involves the website owner saying that they are facing hard times and have a premium website that's worth substantially more money than what they're willing to sell it for.
The allure of getting an amazing deal will attract many buyers. Once this happens, the scammer can then set up multiple deals at the same time.
The scammer will have each of the potential victims wire money to the scammer's account, with the promise of transferring the domain name upon receipt. However, the website transfer never actually happens.
Instead, the scammer will empty their own account and then disappear completely. Because the account was emptied it's impossible for the victims to chargeback the money that they've spent.
To avoid this scam, make sure you're using an escrow service. By putting the money into an escrow account, you can release it once the website has been transferred to your name. Most scammers will refuse to use escrow, which helps you get out before you face trouble.
Tip #2: Believe nothing until you verify for yourself
The schemer will tell you whatever they think you need to hear in order to push you into buying and get the money transferred into their account.
They'll even go as far as to create fake screenshots. Screenshots like fake traffic logs, fake revenue reports, and other faked information.
When you're buying a website, you need to follow one critical rule: believe nothing that you hear and only half of what you see.
Keeping this rule in mind will help you weed out the potential scammers before they get a chance to make you a victim.
When you've found a website that you want to buy, get the seller to give you backend access to their stat tracking software.
You can get on a video call with the seller. Have them do a screen share while they log in to their traffic tracking service and the networks that they're using to generate and track revenues.
By getting on a video call with them, you can see them log in and have them refresh the pages and move around inside the dashboards. This makes it substantially harder for them to fake and will catch scammers off-guard.
If they refuse to give you this access to verify their traffic and revenue, then it's time for you to run from the deal.
Tip #3: Research, research, research
Scammers love to push a deal through as quickly as possible. They want to make sure the buyer doesn't have time to gather the proper information or have second thoughts.
Spend time going through the website. Look for areas of concern and get the seller to explain what happened, how the website was built, and get them to review any potential problems on the website.
Remember, no site is perfect. If the seller is attempting to get you to believe their site is, your alarm bells should be ringing.
Tip #4: Ask more questions
If there's one thing a scammer hates, it's someone that asks too many questions.
When they have to answer questions, there is a high probability that they're going to say the wrong thing and kill the deal. That's perfect for you.
Those scammers will become impatient and even irate with you. That's when you take your money and you move onto another website.
A legitimate seller will have no problems with you asking questions because each question brings them closer to getting the deal finalized.
Let the professionals handle it
With so much at stake, buying and/or selling websites as an investment strategy can be overwhelming.
There are professionals available that can make sure you don't get scammed, but also make sure you get the best deal possible. Professional business brokers buy and sell websites everyday. They know how to spot scams and the best way to verify information.
You can buy a website through a broker or you can hire them to consult with you about a website that you have found to buy. They can help ensure the sale price is not more than the website is really worth.
Brokers will also insist upon proper contracts and the use of an escrow service. They can assist you during your due diligence process, which can give you peace of mind.
The key takeaway from these tips is to make sure that you're taking your time as you move through the process. Scammers will want to move as quickly as possible so they can scam as many people as possible before they're figured out.
Bio: Jock is the founder of Digital Exits, an online brokerage service. Jock has been featured in Forbes and contributed to numerous websites and podcasts. He specializes in appraising and buying/selling online businesses and enjoys helping other entrepreneurs do business online.


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Mrs. VerHaagh and I will be team teaching 5th Grade. She will teach Science and Math and I will teach Language Arts and History.
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The Lackawanna County district attorney's office is investigating whether a county prison guard sexually assaulted several female inmates based on federal lawsuits filed by two women who say they were victims.
The prison guard, Joseph Black, was placed on leave shortly after allegations were first made in a lawsuit filed by a former inmate on April 26, said county solicitor Don Frederickson on Wednesday. A second former inmate filed a separate federal lawsuit on Saturday that raises similar allegations.
The lawsuits each claim Mr. Black sexually assaulted the women on several occasions in 2011 after he ordered them to go to areas of the prison out of sight of surveillance cameras. Both women said they later learned several other females have said Mr. Black sexually assaulted them.
The Times-Tribune does not identify victims of sexual assault.
District Attorney Andy Jarbola on Wednesday confirmed he is investigating the allegations. He said he could not comment further because the investigation is continuing.
Mr. Black could not be reached for comment Wednesday. Bill Shanley, head of the union that represents prison guards, said he had not seen the lawsuit and could not comment.
In the lawsuit filed Saturday by attorney Brian Humble of Philadelphia, the inmate says Mr. Black repeatedly subjected her to sexual comments and harassment leading up to two sexual assaults.
According to the lawsuit, the first alleged assault occurred in August 2011 while she cleaned a closet in the medical block of the prison. The suit says Mr. Black fondled her breasts and genitals against her will. The second alleged assault occurred in September 2011. The inmate claims Mr. Black took her to a medical room, where he forced her to engage in sexual intercourse with him.
The lawsuit claims that after the second alleged assault, the inmate approached another prison guard and asked him "what would happen" if she reported Mr. Black had raped her. The guard did not report or investigate the allegations. Fearing retaliation, the inmate did not tell anyone of the alleged assaults until she was transferred from the county prison to serve a federal sentence at a prison in West Virginia, where she remains incarcerated.
The lawsuit filed in April by attorney Philip Lauer of Easton claims the inmate was sexually assaulted on several occasions beginning in May 2011. The inmate says Mr. Black groped her breasts and genitals, and forced her to perform oral sex on him at various times.
The inmate was released from the county prison in July 2011. About a year later, she was returned to the facility for a parole violation. Shortly after she arrived, a prison guard told her she was not safe there and he was going to transfer her to another facility. The inmate then provided a written statement outlining the alleged abuse by Mr. Black, the suit says.
Both lawsuits claim county and prison officials knew or should have known about Mr. Black's alleged abuse of inmates. The second lawsuit, filed by Mr. Humble, claims their inaction was part of a pattern of ignoring accusations of abuse that have been made by other inmates.
That lawsuit seeks damages for each of nine counts, while the lawsuit filed by Mr. Lauer seeks damages on 11 counts. Both suits, which also seek punitive damages, name as defendants Mr. Black; Lackawanna County and commissioners Corey O'Brien, James Wansacz and Patrick O'Malley; prison warden Robert McMillan and several prison guards who are identified only by their last names or as "Jane/John Does". The lawsuit filed by Mr. Humble also names as a defendant Vince Mooney, who served as interim warden during the time of the alleged assaults.
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"We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand, World War Z is the only record of the plague years."
I can't believe I never wrote about World War Z before. The book, I mean. Then again, I don't think this blog existed back when I first got my hands on the book. Heck, I can't even find my book now. I had to buy a new one so I could read it again.
On the fourth go, the book is still as emotionally powerful as it was the first time I read it. On the one hand, this makes me appreciate the film version more, because it really diverted from the source material; but at the same time, I can't believe the producers would waste so much of World War Z's potential at a gut-wrenching creature feature. In the literal and figurative sense.
Reading the book again, I am reminded of the reason why my interest in zombie fiction started. I'm a confessed coward. Biohazard scared the shit out of me when it came out. I was in grade school then. The old Dawn of the Dead gave me nightmares. But World War Z made me a zombie fan. This was the book that made me realize zombie stories are not stories about zombies. Zombie fiction is about the people left behind.
I wish I saw more of this in the film version of World War Z. The people. The human factor. How we took back our world from the brink of a zombie apocalypse. Instead of having Brad Pitt's character going around the world looking for a miracle cure/answer. I mean, don't get me wrong, I still give the film good marks even in hindsight, but I can't help but wish. You know?
I have a dream that somewhere down the line, an enterprising wannabe would develop World War Z into a mini-series. For HBO maybe. A documentary of how people fought back. Of how people were during the zombie wars. Maybe the book's author, Max Brooks, could do it himself? I don't know. I'm wishing.
Because I feel really, really bad that so much of the heart-wrenching stories in the book never got told.
At the very least, I hope the people who watched the movie would get interested in reading the book. Seriously.
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You might have thought that my website was finished the moment I launched it, but it wasn't. In fact, I make improvements to it all the time. Most of those improvements are barely noticeable but today I added two major features to my site: caching and comments.
Caching is something that will help make my website load a lot faster. I'll explain how. All of the data on my website is stored in a database, and every time you want to load my page your computer will make a request to my database and say "show me all the content of http://www.mereltheisen.com ". And then my database will answer this request by sending all the data and then my website will load on your screen. But all of these requests to the database take quite a lot of time. So this is where the cache comes in. The cache stores data that your computer has requested from the database before, so your computer doesn't have to 'talk' to the database again. So for example, suppose you loaded my homepage 5 minutes ago, and now want to load it again. Before, both these loads would require your computer to talk to my database, which takes a lot of time. But now, because I implemented caching, your computer only has to talk to my database the first time it wants to load the homepage. The second time, the cache will have remembered the homepage data and send it to your computer a lot faster. You will probably not really notice this change, because my website is not that big (yet) but your computer will definitely notice the difference. If you want to know more about how to implement caching you should check out Udacity's Web Development course.
The second feature, comments, is probably more interesting for you. Because now you can't only read my blog posts, but also comment on them! I didn't develop this tool myself, but decided to use Disqus. Disqus is very easy to implement on any website and allows visitors to leave comments by logging in on Facebook, Twitter, Google or Disqus. I hope you'll enjoy these new features!
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Alabama One Credit Union Chooses Ipswitch, Inc. WhatsUp Gold for End-to-end Network Management
Ipswitch, Inc.'s Network Management Division, today announced it has been chosen by Alabama One Credit Union for end-to-end network management of the credit union's 10 branches, including 738 monitors and 132 critical network devices
In addition, Alabama One's IT department, which required customizations to the WhatsUp Gold setup, including a SQL back end and multiple redundant systems, relied on the WhatsUp Gold support team for telephone assistance and received point by point instructions on customizing the setup.
"Within minutes of completing the install, the network was discovered," said Chris Koskodan, network administrator, Alabama One Credit Union. "The benefits were immediate: for the first time we could monitor the status of all business-critical network devices in real time and receive audible alerts the minute there is an issue," Koskodan said.
Alabama One also relies heavily son WhatsUp Gold reporting features, which are used extensively to track SLAs, as well as the variety of alert and notification formats, including visible, audible email alerts, text messages and phone calls with voicemail after hours at 10 second intervals to ensure problems are addressed immediately.
"We now check our vendor SLAs against actual performance numbers. In the past, we had no way to monitor vendor stats ourselves; we had to rely on what the vendors told us. With WhatsUp Gold we now have the hard numbers and can hold vendors to their promises. In addition, we make extensive use of the reports, including setting bandwidth thresholds at peak times so we can manage the network proactively. Troubleshooting is greatly improved, even for phantom problems," Koskodan said.
About Alabama One
Chartered in 1951 with just $35 in assets, Alabama One today is a multi-million dollar full-service financial institution headquartered in Tuscaloosa and with 10 locations throughout the state. In 2009 it merged with Alabama 1st Capital Credit Union, expanding new members by 10,000 and growing assets by more than $50 million, while adding two branch locations.
Since 1973 it had been known as BF Goodrich Employees Federal Credit Union, but in 2009 members voted to change their charter from a federally mandated credit union to a state chartered one. The watershed vote paved the way for a merger with Alabama 1st Capital Credit Union, adding 18 new counties to the field of membership, and calling for a new name indicating state-wide unity: Alabama One Credit Union. As a result of the merger, the credit union expanded by 10,000 new members and grew assets by more than $50 million in a single year, while adding two branch locations.
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The Network Management Division of Ipswitch, Inc. is the developer of the WhatsUp Gold suite of innovative IT Management software. WhatsUp Gold delivers comprehensive network, system, application and event log monitoring and management solutions for small and medium businesses and enterprises. Built on a modular, yet integrated architecture - the affordable and easy-to-use solutions scale with the size and complexity of any physical or virtual IT infrastructure. From a single console, WhatsUp Gold supports standard IT management tasks including automated discovery, mapping, real-time monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting and reporting. Over 100,000 networks worldwide use WhatsUp Gold solutions to assure the availability, health and security of their critical business infrastructure today.
Ipswitch, Inc.'s Network Management Division recently added to its product line complete, easy-to-use solutions for Windows Security Event Management (SEM) and Log Management for small businesses and enterprise-level organizations suite with the acquisition of Dorian Software Creations, Inc. WhatsUp Gold was named Network Management Product of 2010 by Network Computing Magazine and earned the Network Products Guide 2010 Product Innovation Award in Network Management. To learn more about WhatsUp Gold - the best value in IT Management software, download a free trial or to make a purchase, please visit: http://www.whatsupgold.com/products/download/
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The ECB's new scheme to buy unlimited quantities of sovereign bonds — provided that the government of said countries submit to outside review of their fiscal conditions — has been hailed as the game changer that Europe has been waiting for.Finally, the ECB's unlimited balance sheet will be put to work to lower borrowing costs, and give countries breathing room.
But in taking a big step to placate markets, the ECB is seen as inflicting damage on European Democracy.
Mario Draghi is now clearly the most powerful man in Europe, and he's almost dictating to governments what they must do in order not to collapse.
CNBC's Silvia Wadhwa is one of the best, most veteran ECB reporters in the world, and she has a must-read takedown of Draghi on the subject of his subversion of democracy.
Let´s just consult the ECB mandate. Under the heading "Independence" you find the following sentence: "Neither the ECB nor the national central banks (NCBs), nor any member of their decision-making bodies, are allowed to seek or take instructions from EU institutions or bodies, from any government of an EU Member State or from any other body".
"So what?" you say? With its OMT program the ECB is neither seeking nor giving instructions. Ahhh, not so fast. With its OMTs the ECB is setting politicial pre-conditions (the often-used buzz word "conditionality") for executing monetary policy in order to safeguard price stability and the functioning of monetary transmission processes as laid down in its mandate. In other words, the ECB is saying, we will only do our job if certain political conditions are met.
It's really that simple: either bond purchases of euro countries where yields are blowing up in a fashion that threaten the functioning of the markets are within the ECB mandate. Then the ECB should embark upon them whenever it sees fit. Or they are not within the mandate; then it should jolly well stay away from them, because it would be illegal. Period. End of argument.
But to say "we are acting within our mandate"; but we shall only do so, if you (the country in question) deliver on certain political conditions; then — I am sorry — the ECB is taking on a role it was never designed for and that is certainly outside its mandate. The ECB was designed for supporting "the general economic policies in the Community with a view to contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Community" (in as far as it doesn't´t infringe upon the primary mandate of safeguarding price stability). Supporting policy, not setting conditions for it or setting an agenda for which economic of financial policies a given country embarks upon.
She goes on to note that she has no problems at all with bond buying, which she thinks is clearly within the ECB's mandate.
In the FT, Gideon Rachman hits on the same theme:
The European Central Bank has fired its magic bullet. By promising "unlimited" purchases of sovereign bonds, Mario Draghi, the ECB's president, may have kept his pledge to do "whatever it takes" to save the euro. But in rescuing the currency, Mr Draghi's magic bullet has badly wounded something even more important – democracy in Europe.
As a result of the ECB's actions, voters from Germany to Spain will increasingly find that crucial decisions about national economic policy can no longer be changed at the ballot box. In Germany, in particular, there is a growing realisation that the ECB, an unelected body that prides itself on its independence from government, has just taken a decision that has profound implications for German taxpayers – but one that they cannot challenge or change.
Rachman notes that this is having very strange effects on domestic politics. Right and left divides are giving way to national divides:
…the eurozone crisis is increasingly polarising European politics along national lines. In Italy and Spain there is now something close to a national position – uniting leftist and rightwing parties – against what are regarded as arrogant and self-centred German policies. In Germany, however, there is a left-right consensus that austerity in southern Europe must be the price of bailouts.
Needless to say this is happening in Greece as well, as the new divide is between the mainstream parties (old rivals PASOK and New Democracy) and radicals (the communists, Neo-Nazis, etc.).
Even George Soros uses the term "hegemon" to described what Europe should become.
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Walmart in Mexico squeezes suppliers, profits jump in quarter
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico's largest retailer Wal Mart de Mexico blew past analyst expectations to report an 11 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit on Wednesday, citing growth in Mexico where efficiencies and cost reductions boosted profit margins.
The company known as Walmex grew its quarterly gross margin, a metric of profitability and efficiency, in Mexico by 30 basis points, to 22.5 percent.
"Our buyers are doing great work, and are negotiating in a more efficient way with our suppliers, which has allowed us to keep our leader position in price and improve profitability," Walmex said in a statement.
For Mexico and Central America, the quarter generated 11.8 billion pesos ($598 million) in net profit and 177.4 billion pesos in revenue. Analysts had only expected net profit to rise about 1.9 percent, according to a Reuters poll of five analysts.
In contrast, Walmex's parent company in the United States, Walmart Inc, has had margins squeezed by higher transportation costs and heavy investment in its online business.
Walmex is also focusing on e-commerce, but the segment comprises just 1.4 percent of total sales, even after having grown 40 percent last year.
Walmex Chief Executive Guilherme Loureiro said in a webcast that e-commerce leveraged its brick-and-mortar stores, calling them the company's "biggest asset."
Walmex opened 134 stores during 2018, the most in five years.
That brought its total to about 3,250 stores, far larger than the footprints of competitors. New stores contributed to 2.3 percent of total sales growth in 2018, Loureiro said.
"We're on the right path to reach our goal of doubling sales by 2024," Walmex said in a statement.
However, Loureiro said growth in Central America would be slow. In the fourth quarter, the market's gross margin fell and same-store sales were virtually flat.
For the year, Honduras led growth while sales fell in Nicaragua due to ongoing political and civil turmoil.
Walmex's plans to acquire a supermarket chain in Costa Rica were recently dashed when the competition regulator blocked the move.
In Mexico, sales rose less than expected in December, after a boost during November's "Buen Fin" discount season, similar to Black Friday in the United States.
The November surge and December slow-down were partially due to the uncertainty of a new government taking office in December, several analysts said. However, the administration's plans for social aid programs could end up helping Walmex, Banorte said in a report.
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Connecting Refugees with Mobile Phones
Earlier this month, Denmark-based NGO Refugees United launched a pilot program in Uganda to help refugees locate lost relatives using their mobile phones. Supported by the UN High Commission for Refugees, phone manufacturer Ericsson, and Africa's largest mobile operator MTN, the project allows refugees to post and access a digital database in order to track loved ones.
The process is free, secure, and anonymous. According to MTN, registering for the service is as simple as texting "REG" to a shortcode, which prompts refugees to choose a username and password. They are then able to fill out their profile or search for missing family from their mobile phones. As GenevaLaunch reports, "Users decide just how much information they wish to share. Typically, traces are made based on nicknames, birthmarks, or other distinguishing features that only a family member would recognize." Family and friends are then able to search the database of users, and find their lost loved ones.
Within four days of its September 3 launch, the project registered 500 users -- a number which has grown eightfold in the past twelve days. Refugees United founder Christopher Mikkelsen explains why mobile phones hold the key to this project's success:
Mobile phones are extremely interesting in terms of refugee family tracing because the vast majority of refugees have access to one... While it can be tremendously difficult to reach refugees via the web, it is much simpler and much more efficient to go via mobile phones that furthermore is a process they are familiar with.
Mikkelsen estimates that that up to 78 percent of refugees in East Africa have mobile phones, meaning that this project holds tremendous potential for the six million internally displaced persons on the continent. And although the program already connects 80 different nationalities within Uganda alone, Mikkelsen intends on scaling the project into Sudan and Kenya once the pilot concludes in December, with a goal of expanding across the continent to reach three million refugees.
Refugees United isn't the first attempt to harness modern technology to re-connect refugees. The Red Cross' Central Tracing Agency, arguably the most established contact restoration organization, posted over 83,000 names of lost loved ones on its website in 2009, enabling displaced persons all over the world to find their relatives. Unlike the CTA, however, Refugees United harnesses the power of an increasingly ubiquitous medium to ensure that more Africans can access the service. While Internet access remains scarce across the continent, mobile phone penetration is skyrocketing above 100% in some African countries -- meaning millions of refugees will have easy (or at least easier) access to this service.
Another program based in the Middle East also uses mobile technology to improve the lives of refugees. Sponsored by the World Food Programme, the project allows Iraqi refugees in Syria to receive food vouchers via their mobile phones. Instead of traveling long distances to food distribution sites, users can redeem their vouchers in local government-run shops. Like Refugees United, the pilot program was met with huge success, due once again to the high level of mobile phone accessibility among members of the program.
Refugees United's formula for success is simple: It provides an essential service using an easily accessible platform. Its reliance on the mobile phone reveals the growing power of 21st-century technology, and it suggests that, as long as mobile penetration continues to grow, similar innovative programs like Refugees United will emerge to improve lives around the world in new ways.
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When Buying a Used Car Privately, Beware of "Curbstoning"
Auto dealers are expected to sell cars that meet certain consumer protection criteria. This may include providing a warranty that will cover the buyer's costs if a car turns out to be a lemon. Unfortunately, some unethical dealers may attempt to bypass these laws by curbstoning. Curbstoning is when a dealer poses as a private seller to sell a car. By curbstoning, an unethical dealer can avoid having to comply with the regulations that apply to dealers. To a buyer, this could mean buying a car that has a salvaged title (a car that's been declared a total loss by an insurance company). It could also mean unknowingly buying a car that has been in a flood and suffered severe water damage.


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Had never heard of the Brownstone Battery until a month or so ago. Took a trip out at 6am to see what it was like and wow, such an amazing location. Overlooking the harbour as the boats come and go. Fantastic scenery along with the great weather we had on the day.
Pictures make it look like a remote location abroad somewhere.
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On 29 September 2009 Parliament became deadlocked over divisionsgenerated over the proposals to increase salaries for political posts such as:
1) President of the Republic
2) Prime Minister
3) President of the National Parliament
4) Ministers 5) Secretaries of State
5) Secretaries of Parliamentary Committees
6) Presidents and Vice Presidents of Parliamentary Special Commissions
7) Presidents and Vice Presidents of Political Party benches in Parliament
2) Prime Minister
3) President of the National Parliament
4) Ministers 5) Secretaries of State
5) Secretaries of Parliamentary Committees
6) Presidents and Vice Presidents of Parliamentary Special Commissions
7) Presidents and Vice Presidents of Political Party benches in Parliament
Some Member of Parliament increases more than 600% from $450/month to up to $3,250/month - plus @2,437.50 bonus. Total minimum Member of Parliament income $5,687.50/month. (equivalent to 60 months salary, or 5 years salary for persons on minimum wage $95/month).
The salary for President of the National Parliament will increase 300% from $1,000/month to $4,000/month - plus monthly bonus increase 700% from $500/month to $4,000.00. As a result Fernando Lasama will be earning $8,000/month.
Deputy Speakers and Leaders of each bench will receive $3,500/month - plus bonus $2,800/month, for a total of $6,300/month.
Ordinary Members of Parliament monthly salary will increase to $3,250/ month - plus a bonus of $1,950 for a total of $5,200/month.
The Secretary for each Commission [Committee] and Leaders of sub- Commissions each receive $3,250/month - plus a monthly bonus of $2,112.50/month for a total of $5,362.50/month.
The Prime Minister will receive $8,000/month.
The two Deputy Prime Ministers will receive monthly salaries of $3,500, plus a bonus of $2,800/month for a total of $6,300/month.
Ministers will receive $3,200/month, plus a bonus of $2,437.50/month for a total of $5,687.50/month.
Deputy Ministers and Secretaries of State will receive $3,000/month, plus a bonus of $2,100, for a total of $5,100/month.
The President of the Republic every month will receive $10,000.
Timor-Leste is the poorest country in the region and one of the poorest in the world.
Most of its budget is derived from Oil and Gas revenue, and income tax only generated $40 million in this year.
Sustainability of these proposed pay increases is in serious doubt even if passed.
Mr. Manuel Tilman, Member of Parliament is determined to defend these increases, stating that the Oil Fund can pay the increases.
The Timorese Members of Parliament are seeking to benefit from their political positions while most Timorese in the rual areas still do have adequate roads, water supply, electricity and other basic needs.
While State expenditure will pay for these salary increases most Timorese MPs remain absent from work much of the time on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the majority only attend in a tardy fashion.
"I think that Parliament has to serve the peoplebut they always do what they want for themselves first," said Fransisco Soares, a university student. "They have no morals," and he continued to challenge the Members of Parliament. "They should be ashamed of themselves by increasing their own salaries..
Last year University Students protested over the Parlaimentary purchase of 65 vehicles for Members of Parliament, these proposed salary increases are approximately 5,000% more expensive than the new


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Up to then, I had thought I was fairly organized and calm about this huge change—leaving my home of 33 years, sorting and organizing things, saying goodbye to precious friends and places, and looking forward to a new call, a new adventure, a new life in San Diego. But suddenly, watching all I owned hefted by strangers into boxes, I was swept with a sharp sense of desolation. I called a friend and said, "Tell me it's normal to be feeling a little crazy right now." She said, "It is perfectly normal." After all, everything I possessed was being entrusted to people I didn't know, to a process over which I felt little control.
The transformation from then to now is remarkable. Since that moment, all my things have been loaded and taken, and I have driven across the beautiful, stark, simple desert to my new home.
It's empty for now, awaiting the arrival of the truck, and I have resolved to be careful about what I take into my home going forward.
And I've forgiven myself for being a little nuts. I realize now that all those things we packed up weren't just knick knacks and furniture but all my stories and the stories of my daughters and our life in Fort Worth, Texas. Everything has a meaning –even the "junk" that I don't really want has a
story—maybe a dumb one, but a story nonetheless. And all these stories are little "tugs" on my spirit, encumbering me—threads that weave my larger story into a whole picture that may not be a work of art, but is still mine.
This is the basis of the spiritual discipline of simplicity, what Quakers call a seeking after a lack of "cumber." Clarity and freedom and calm come from letting go of all those tiny "tugs" that are polluting our spirits. Learning to live with fewer possessions and a simpler spirit opens up more space for what is precious and beautiful. We learn to treasure what is truly meaningful and let go of what is not. Suddenly, the incarnation in a stable makes so much more sense, the coming of
God in quiet and simplicity seems fitting and right. There is a stark beauty to it, in contrast to the busyness and chaos of our culture at this time of year. It's like a quiet drive across a moonlit desert, leading us to a new life.
May God's simplicity overtake your life this Christmas season; and may you know and enjoy this simplicity of "Emanuel", God with us.
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Just Because Coconut Cake
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I like your style. That is a gorgeous cake either way. I love coconut so I'd probably rate it high. I started cooking Indian food 20 years ago when I was diagnosed with cancer.Now I'm well..but I'm still cooking...interesting the intersections of health and cooking!ReplyDelete
Just because you are really a great baker!!!!ReplyDelete
Just because you are much better than you give yourself credit for!!
Just because you succeeded where others failed!!
Your cake is incredible.....next time save me a piece please!
Well heck, it looks great! I feel the same way though. Have some cheesecake in my fridge I am afraid to share...I guess I better before I eat it all:)ReplyDelete
Kathy! What a fantastic connection... food and healing is where it is at! I love Indian food and can attest to it's healing benefits. Thrilled to meet you! Thank you!ReplyDelete
Chef D: Yes, I will save you a piece if you save me one! You must be on a peanut butter kick! Me....coconut! Thank you for the encouraging words!ReplyDelete
Othelia.... Share you cheesecake! Wished you lived closer!... I am always afraid to share too... no worries....give it as a gift! ♥ReplyDelete


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A Great Family Resort on Minnesota's Leech Lake
From the Minnesota DNR 2002 Fisheries Newsletter. Edited by Harlan Fierstine,Area Fisheries Supervisor and Pat Rivers, Large Lake Specialist (Leech Lake).
Yellow perch sampled in gillnets in 2001 were again examined for the presence of the microsporidian parasite, Heterosporis sp. Walleye were examined for the first time in 2001. Fillets of infected fish have a "cooked" or "freezer burn" appearance. The infection is only visible by inspection of the fillet. Of the 475 perch examined, 15 or 3.2% were infected. This is down from last year's infection rate of 10.9%. Although Heterosporis was confirmed in several angler-caught walleye last year, no walleye was confirmed as infected in DNR sampling this year. Heterosporis does not infect people and infected fillets can be safely consumed. All fish, however, should be properly cooked.
Toreduce the chance of spreading this parasite, anglers are encouraged to:
Dive into water sports, boat, fish, hunt, cycle and snowmobile. See the glorious fall colors. Share a winter holiday with loved ones in the snow covered north woods.
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Rebels' Anders named WHL Goaltender of the Week
Calgary, Alta. – The Western Hockey League announced today that Red Deer Rebels rookie Ethan Anders has been named WHL Goaltender of the Week and league nominee for the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending January 28, 2018.
Anders, a 6-foot-0, 186-pound 17-year-old product of Regina, Sask., helped the Rebels take five of a possible six points from their three games this week as they looked to improve their record. In three games, Anders went 2-0-1-0, sported a 1.62 goals-against-average and stopped 119 of 124 shots for a .960 save-percentage.
His strong week began Wednesday against the Medicine Hat Tigers when he stopped 36 of 37 shots in a 4-1 win for the Rebels. With the game tied 1-1 after 20 minutes, Anders stopped all 25 shots from the Central Division leaders in the second and third period to help secure a Red Deer victory on home ice. In addition to being named the third star of the game, Anders was named the WHL's second star of the night.
Saturday, Anders' strong week continued in a 3-2 overtime victory over the Kelowna Rockets as he stopped 41 of 43 shots against the B.C. Division leaders. After stopping all 15 shots in the first, he still 26 of Kelowna's 28 shots over the final 42:46 of the game. He was recognized once again Saturday, earning first star honours in the game.
Sunday saw Anders deliver another stellar performance, stopping 42 of 44 shots in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Stopping all 30 Lethbridge shots through the first 40 minutes, Anders earned first star of the game honours for his performance. In 185:43 of action this week, Anders effort ensured the Rebels trailed for only 12:03 of that time.
Having taken points from three straight games, Anders and the Rebels will look to continue their success as they begin a four-game road trip Tuesday, January 30 (7:00 p.m. CST) against the Prince Albert Raiders.
WHL Goaltender of the Week/Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week nominee
Jan. 22 – Jan. 28: Ethan Anders, Red Deer Rebels
Jan. 15 – Jan. 21: Carter Hart, Everett Silvertips
Jan. 8 – Jan. 14: Stuart Skinner, Swift Current Broncos
Jan. 1 – Jan. 7: Nolan Maier, Saskatoon Blades
Dec. 27 – Dec. 31: James Porter, Kelowna Rockets
Dec. 11 – Dec. 17: David Tendeck, Vancouver Giants
Dec. 4 – Dec. 10: Carter Hart, Everett Silvertips
Nov. 27 – Dec. 3: Carter Hart, Everett Silvertips
Nov. 20 – Nov. 26: Carter Hart, Everett Silvertips
Nov. 13 – Nov. 19: Carter Hart, Everett Silvertips
Nov. 6 – Nov. 12: Brody Willms, Moose Jaw Warriors
Oct. 30 – Nov. 5: Cole Kehler, Portland Winterhawks
Oct. 23 — Oct. 29: Dustin Wolf, Everett Silvertips
Oct. 16 – Oct. 22: Dawson Weatherill, Spokane Chiefs
Oct. 9 – Oct. 15: Logan Flodell, Swift Current Broncos
Oct. 2 – Oct. 8: Cole Kehler, Portland Winterhawks
Sept. 25 – Oct. 1: Tavin Grant, Prince George Cougars
Sept. 22 – Sept. 24: Griffen Outhouse, Victoria Royals
About the Western Hockey League
Regarded as the world's finest development league for junior hockey players, the Western Hockey League (WHL) head office is based in Calgary, Alberta. The WHL consists of 22 member Clubs with 17 located in Western Canada and five in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. A member of the Canadian Hockey League, the WHL has been a leading supplier of talent for the National Hockey League for over 50 years. The WHL is also the leading provider of hockey scholarships with over 350 graduates each year receiving WHL Scholarships to pursue a post-secondary education of their choice. Each season, WHL players also form the nucleus of Canada's National Junior Hockey Team.


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Hardly slept a wink last night worried in case we overslept and missed the 05:00 shuttle bus to the airport. Consequently when we got to Melbourne at 12:30 we slept most of the afternoon, I did venture out to harbour side while Sue stayed in the land of nod. Unlike Sydney harbour's crowded bar's and bistro's I only saw a handful of customers here. I walked past the Etihad Stadium to get to the waters edge, shame the Socceroo's aren't playing the final here we would of got tickets.
In the evening we walked to the Queen Victoria Wednesday Market, this is where all the people were, it was pulsating with music and street entertainers, the aroma coming from the multitude of cuisines being cooked from stalls was mouth watering. They reckon 25,000 customers can turn up on a Wednesday evening, I wouldn't disagree with that figure tonight. Sue made a purchase from one of the artisan stalls, we also enjoyed a Mojito as we strolled the lanes of vendors.


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Brent Labour has claimed a sensational by-election victory in Wembley Central Ward in which Krupa Sheth has become the London Borough of Brent's youngest ever Councillor.
The results are as follows:
1st – Krupa Sheth (Labour) 1402 votes
2nd – Afifa Perez (Lib Dem) 1022 votes
3rd – Madhuri Davda (Conservative) 349 votes
4th – Martin Francis (Green) 130 votes
The Liberal Democrats chose to attack the candidate. On their leaflets, the Liberals labelled Krupa on the forefront of their leaflets as the 'Brent Labour Council Boss candidate' (I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!)
Credit where it is due to the Tories and their candidate Madhuri Davda who ran a much cleaner and respectable campaign and did not resort to the same electoral tactics.
People don't need us to spell out the hypocrisy of the Brent Liberal Democrats, fighting for local services on one hand but supporting the decimation of them in Government with the other. They can see it for themselves.
We ran a positive campaign promoting our candidate at the forefront rather than starting our campaign position of inciting hatred towards others. I've known Krupa for over two years now and am personally delighted to have her as a colleague at Brent Council.


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Monday, 20 September 2010
This just burns my biscuits ...
It really makes me mad. I was a textile designer a million years ago, pre pickles. I honestly have to say that the fashion industry world wide is a den of thieves. It survives on stealing and dishonesty. I know, I experienced it first hand. I could bore you all with a billion stories about stuff I was asked to knock off and my own work that was stolen. I am preparing a couple of ranges for my own pleasure and I might send them out. I did with a wee mini range a little while back. I was reluctant to post pics here in the blog, because I had visions of it appearing somewhere else without my knowledge.
So imagine my surprise and anger today when I was reading one of my favourite blogs.
I love Tula Pink's fabrics. Her range Plume was a particular favourite of mine. So imagine my surprise to see this lovely lovely range had been completely knocked off by one of the biggest chain stores in the US and UK. Walmart has blatantly stolen the intellectual property of Tula, and sold it in their stores. What every you do, if you see these knock offs in your local Walmart ... please please leave them be. Tula Pink hasn't got a red cent from this, as her work was pirated. Here are the pictures of the offending articles. Its really easy to tell the difference in quality but also how close the knock offs are.
As a textile designer, I was asked to "copy" work all the time. There have been murmurs that Walmart may not have known but they would have bought from a middleman or woman. That's true but a lot of the time, really big clients tell their vendours what they want and provide "samples" to show them. So, I have posted a complaint on the Below is a copy of the letter I posted to the Walmarts Ethics site. I raised an issue with the CEO, the HQ is in Arkansas.
Yup, I'm ticked.
Dear Walmart.
While it is great that your company has a special site for behaving in an ethical way and addressing ethics issues, its not great that it is all for show and not a premise practiced by the company. It appears that your company endorses and encourages theft on a particularly grade scale with a great deal of arrogance about consequences. Why would any consumer want to shop, or support a company such as yours if this is the case?
I am speaking directly the theft of intellectual property owned by TULA PINK tm. Her designs are well loved amongst the quilting and sewing community across the planet. Earlier this year she along with the well known Moda fabric company, released a ranged entitled "Plume". It was a lovely range featuring lots of feathers and birds. Yet today, we all found out that Walmart has just released a direct knock off of her range. Its an exact copy.
This is utterly outrageous and the CEO of this company needs to answer me on why stealing is encouraged, and released into stores across the US.
I refer your office to the following website:
There, you will be able to see the knocks off and the originals side by side.
the following website:
Is the moda site where right down the Bottom of the page, you will see listed under "January", pdfs of the "plume" range that can be downloaded and viewed in entirety and apparently, to be made available to walmart to steal at will.
I will be blogging about this on my blog (revolutionarycake.blogspot.com), and there will be others who follow suit. I will be reprinting this letter there, and passing this letter on to MS Pink. It's only fair for her to know that there are others out there who are outraged by this blatant piece of corporate piracy.
Its appaling to think that Walmart has made a call on what it feels it has the right to do. Which ever way you look at it, theft is theft. And your company makes a lot of money from it. Shame on you.
Jo Ellem
2 comments:
- Anonymous20 September 2010 at 23:26
Well done. It is utterly disgraceful and I hope Tula Pink gets a quick and satisfactory resolution.ReplyDelete
Well said! I was so ticked too.ReplyDelete
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2005 Final Rankings
AP-UR, Coaches-UR, BCS-UR
coach Chris Ault is a living legacy
in the annals of Nevada football.
This alum ('65-'67) was
hired in 1976 to resurrect a decaying
Wolfpack program. He has taken them
from being a Division II also-ran
to a top team in the WAC. An inductee
into the College Football Hall-of-Fame
(2002), the program has rebounded
well from more-recent woes to now
return as a surprise league co-champion.
With a top-notch QB in place and talent
across the board, they won't
sneak up on foes this time around.
is the field general who controls
their "pistol" offense
with strong command, taking this modified
spread attack to great heights with
his quick feet and size to roll out
and make savvy decisions. One major
link needing to come back from injury
is RB Robert Hubbard. The OL has been
shuffled and bolstered, and they have
to hit the ground gelled and ready
for the tough early foes lined up
(see below). With an offense that
usually keeps Nevada in the game,
the precision of their ball moving
machine means little in an offense
that runs it first if/when these elements
cannot come together.
they already look good as run-stoppers
in their 3-4 approach. The corners
are strong, but the safeties will
have to heed hard early lessons quickly
if Nevada is to come out of its first
four games with a .500 mark. The LBs
are the strength of the D, and with
four of them (to go with four quality
backups), the Wolfpack can improve
their stopping quality, which was
the teams' Achilles Heel in
daunting task early comes in the form
of an initial trip to Fresno, and
then non-cons Arizona State (away),
Colorado State, Northwestern and UNLV
(in Las Vegas) are all in a row right
after. The home closer with Boise
could decide the WAC and is a battle
of 2005's co-champs. Yes, Nevada
could easily be right there in this
three-team race, but count them out
if Rowe is lost to injury –
he is their only chance to stay with
the Broncos and the Bulldogs. This
will again be a fun team to watch,
and they should stay with any quality
of opponent.
Jeff Rowe, 389-241-10, 2925 yds.,
Rushing: Robert Hubbard, 122
att., 719 yds., 11 TD
Receiving: Caleb Spencer, 67
rec., 889 yds., 7 TD
Scoring: Brett Jaekle, 12-15
FG, 50-53 PAT, 86 pts.
Punting: none
Kicking: Brett Jaekle, 12-15
FG, 50-53 PAT, 86 pts.
Tackles: Ezra Butler, 75 tot.,
44 solo
Sacks: Ezra Butler, 5.5 sacks
Interceptions: Joe Garcia,
4 for 62 yds.
Kickoff returns: Robert Hubbard,
13 ret., 24.0 avg., 0 TD
Punt returns: Alex Rosenblum,
4 ret., 9.5 avg., 0 TD
Robert Hubbard supplants the league's
Offensive Player of the Year (B.J. Mitchell),
but with softer hands and a better average
per try, this JUCO-transfer has the wares
to be just as good, if not better. His durability
as the main workhorse has to be questioned
with the hernia injury that kept him out
of spring drills. But he is a natural team
leader, so his presence is necessary to
make everyone benefit from his efforts,
regardless. Senior Kyle Eklund will also
see the field on gameday, though he has
little experience coming out of the backfield.
RS frosh Mike Kanellis, like QB Graziano,
is the likely future of this one-back approach.
Similar in size to both other listed TBs,
Kanellis will get his opportunities to shine
so all can stay fresh. Guys like ex-DB Luke
Lippincott have been employed here due to
need – as coach Ault puts it, "you
can't go through a season with only
one or two backs. You need three or four…(even
some) incoming freshmen will get an opportunity
to contribute here." This unit ranked
22nd in the nation with almost 200 yards
per game, so some new blood has to be established
for the ground dimension to remain that
Caleb Spencer leads a bevy of returning
starters who know how to make open spaces
available in their three- and four-WR sets.
Classmate Kyle Sammons is another JUCO-transfer
(all-American honorable mention at that
level) who also goes deep to open up the
coverages. Big sophomore Jack Darlington,
who started four games in his first year,
cannot be ignored as a field-stretching
type, and his size makes jump balls winnable.
Classmate Mike McCoy rounds out the returning
starters for the Wolfpack. He, like Darlington,
showed enough (13+ yards per his 17 receptions)
in his first year to start a few times,
and the former prep all-State (CA) selection
is just waiting to break out. We know Ault
likes to try new blood, so the line of recruits
from last year and this will assuredly contribute
until the best new role-players are established.
That includes good open-field blockers,
and in a run-first offense (though it is
a spread approach), such qualities are all
needed to find the right guys.
all-WAC selection Anthony Pudewell has decent
size to go with his soft hands. Their fourth-leading
receiver, Pudewell is often lined up in
the slot. Adam Bishop proves to be similar
in his well-rounded abilities. Depth here
isn't as developed in either capacity,
so these two staying healthy is a must for
the team's sophisticated sets to hold
maximum water.
senior left guard Barrett Reznick is one
of the only experienced linemen, so "the
union" will have to truly come together
is a revamped format for this offense to
remain formidable. Senior center Jimmy Wadhams
returns to his middle position after tearing
his ACL in their fourth game of '05.
Super soph Dominic Green, a starter at center
in Wadhams place in his first year, moves
outside to "wide" tackle, while
former starting left guard Charles Manu,
now a junior, is likely to find his home
at the other tackle spot. Athletic new guard
Greg Hall should make the line a strong,
versatile group amongst the starters. JUCO-transfer
A.J. Slater and senior Reid Jacobs add more
sizable depth to the outside, but the inside
isn't as bolstered with experience.
With Fresno to start and four big non-cons
all lined up early, this line will either
come together fast or have to learn quickly
from their mistakes.
is a creative "pistol" offense
under coordinator Chris Klenakis, and with
Rowe returning and the pension each year
to show improvements, big things are expected.
The snarlers look strong, and that is important
in their three- and four-WR spread sets
that distract foes as much as they burn
them. But a new look to the line and back-up
RBs seems to have some worried in Reno.
Nevada did convert 49% of their third-downs
(ranked 8th nationally) and held the ball
for over 33 minutes per game to lead Division
I-A. Similarly strong were their rankings
– 30th for passing and 22nd for rushing,
basically made them one of 12 teams to average
200 yards per game for both categories.
But the RBs have only one established guy
(who was out for spring due to injury),
and the line is repositioned, though with
three starters from '05, so making
this sophisticated ball-moving, run-first
machine hum at such recent past levels will
be a challenge. Rowe's feet as an
added dimension will be needed to keep those
tough early foes off-balance, and his health
is the most important factor for Nevada
to stay where they were when they won a
share of the conference crown.
Caleb Spencer
Pack's corps features three returning
starters, and the fourth starter was a first-teamer
in 2004, making this a decided strength.
Junior SAM Ezra Butler is a slimmed-down
ex-DE who can move well laterally to create
an impressive stat-line (15.5 TFLs, 5.5
sacks and two forced fumbles). Classmate
Jeremy Engstrom was all-conference as a
freshman ('04), and now he moves from
MIKE to BANDIT. Senior Jason DeMars is a
run-plugger who took over the MIKE slot
late in '05 due to his size and toughness.
Joshua Mauga really impressed his first
year at SAM, enough to start most of the
season there last year. But now he takes
over at the vacant WOLF position, and his
speed and svelte look mean he will specialize
in covering TEs. Each of these guys is at
least 245lbs (Mauga), and with experienced
upperclassmen behind each, expect much in
underneath coverage and run-stopping from
start to finish.
Joe Garcia is the main anchor in a secondary
that has new faces to go with a few experienced
guys who have starting experience. Garcia,
a well-sized ball-hawk who broke up 14 passes
highlighted by four INTs, makes the Lott
Trophy watch list as well as our honorable
mention all-Americans. Sophomore DeAngelo
Wilson is good enough to surpass proven
junior Shannon Sevor for the other corner
start, and hot JUCO-transfer Devon Walker
rounds out a talented crew. Sergio Villasenor
is the lone returning starter in back (FS),
but with only three games as the main guy,
the weight he carries puts a lot of pressure
on the well-sized junior. RS frosh Mike
Samples has proven much in spring, enough
to get the other starting slot with his
speed and hitting ability. Not much proven
depth here means last year's 104th
ranking pass defense has to be improved
via the new blood, and that can be a good
thing if they can gel quickly.
strong front seven in now the second year
of their new 3-4 look is necessary for the
Wolfpack to improve its marginal 88th total
defensive ranking from last campaign. They
are good, and especially the LB corps can
make for a better showing. It will be trial
by fire for the secondary with the onslaught
of good foes to start, and the corners can
likely lockdown their assignments while
the LBs keep any runs from getting behind
them – a tall task, for sure, but
the new safeties are not up to speed with
the rest of the defense. But the new faces
there should help what was the Wolfpack's
weakest area. With the offense able to keep
these guys off the field (were only on the
field an average of 26:48 in '05),
they have to do better than allowing 32
points per contest (101st rank) to get anywhere.
Joe Garcia
Thomas Barcia takes over, and his leg seems strong,
but inconsistent as far as hangtime and yardage.
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that other walk-ons
will be brought in for fall to compete for the
punting spot. Net results were also somewhat marginal,
so special teams coach Scott Baumgartner needs
to be scrutinized if thing do not improve here
and in KO coverages.
Robert Hubbard's return to full health is
needed on KORs with his 24+ average, for backup
Kyle Sammons may have speed (10.7 in the 100),
but his 14+ average from '05 promises little.
Senior Joe Garcia and Alex Rosenbaum look like
a better tandem to take over the PR slot vacated
by Kevin Stanley.


text: all i can say is WOW! this hike was totally insane!!!! it was a steep incline and then climbing back up was worse.. i'm just not use to it i guess… but there was such amazing beauty through this hike… if you love to hike.. then this is worth the trip… there is like 2 waterfalls.. the upper piney and the lower piney.. we could see the lower piney falls more.. and it was breathtaking.. wish there was a way to have seen the upper one but i wasn't going to spend all day looking.. but here is the pictures from our trip.. enjoy!