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She had the honor of training under the internationally renowned body contouring specialist the late Ted Lockwood.
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Friend, I was raised up by God, to walk with Him upon earth's sod,
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But, because of man's sinful fall, I did not walk with The Lord at all,
I simply went about my sinful way, living only for myself day to day.
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Harris and Booker borrow Trump's tactics in Supreme Court fracas
Focus on publicity and don't sweat the facts.
It hardly mattered for their primary audience that Kamala Harris offered no firm evidence to support one of her sharpest lines of questioning. Or that Cory Booker's "Spartacus" uprising amounted to a demand for documents that had already been authorized for release.
One thing Democrats are learning from President Donald Trump as the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh draw to a close: Floating an incendiary charge, with little to no factual basis, can draw the spotlight and force the opposition to prove a negative.
In the run-up to 2020, it isn't the details that resonate with base voters. It's the show.
Democrats were never expected to derail Kavanaugh's nomination in a Republican-held Congress. But his confirmation hearings served as a test for Harris and Booker ahead of the 2020 presidential campaign. And in a pre-primary measured in social media mentions and YouTube-ready moments, Harris and Booker this week came out ahead.
Their handling of the hearings wasn't in the same category as some of Trump's prevarications. But both Democrats showed, during their first high court hearings on the Judiciary Committee, that they too know how to elate their base and wound opponents without an airtight case.
From the opening minute of the hearings, Harris muscled to the forefront, kicking off Democrats' protest on Tuesday by charging that "we have not been given the opportunity to have a meaningful hearing." She successfully challenged Kavanaugh on the deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as gay marriage, voting rights and abortion.
"Can you think of any laws that give the government the power to make decisions about the male body?" the former prosecutor asked at one point, causing Kavanaugh to stammer.
The next day, Harris featured the exchange in an email fundraising appeal, while running Kavanaugh-related ads on Facebook throughout the week.
"If you're with me in this fight, can you sign my petition opposing Judge Kavanagh's nomination to the Supreme Court as Republicans rush through his confirmation hearings this week?" said one ad running Thursday.
The ad featured a photograph of Harris next to bold type reading, "Stop Brett Kavanaugh!"
But Harris puzzled observers when she pointedly asked Kavanaugh if he had discussed special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe with anyone at a law firm that has long represented Trump. Kavanaugh was initially unable to answer the question, before definitively saying Thursday that he had not had such a discussion. Having never followed up on what she described as a "reliable" lead on the matter, Harris' bid to undercut the nominee seemed to lack a firm foundation by the end of the committee's marathon hearing.
When it comes to exposure, however, the confrontation with Kavanaugh was a success. A C-SPAN video of the exchange posted on social media had nearly 6.5 million views as of Friday morning. The radio host Jerry Quickley played a clip of the exchange on the leftist KPFK radio station in Los Angeles, to which a caller glowed, "That senator was great!"
For Harris, the anti-Kavanaugh campaign had its intended effect. Her fans swooned.
"Dear @senjudiciary, where do we send @KamalaHarris all the mics to drop?" the comedian Samantha Bee wrote on Twitter.
And Harris' doggedness, for many in her party, mattered more than her ultimate lack of evidence to back up her questioning.
One Democratic aide pointed to Kavanaugh's own "evasive and tortured answer on the first day of hearings" as the reason that Harris and other Democrats kept digging in about the Trump-connected law firm.
"If he had just given a straightforward answer to a simple question, he could have saved everyone a lot of time," the aide said.
Harris has spent more than a year raising her profile by confronting the president's nominees, starting with her vote against the confirmation of John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security. She was one of only 11 senators to oppose Kelly's confirmation, and she attracted another round of attention when Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told her at a confirmation hearing last year to be more "courteous" on the dais.
While Harris and Booker appeared only to cheer their Democratic base, Republicans saw a longer-term opening for a future counter-attack. Mike Murphy, a Republican political consultant who has long opposed Trump, criticized Democrats for adopting a tone that he said mirrored the president himself.
"Listening to the junior Senator/Presidential candidate from CA," Murphy said on Twitter. "The sneering tone of many of these questions from D's on the Judiciary Committee is really offensive. Amazing how they can (correctly) condemn Trump for his tone yet act like this."
Yet Harris' Republican colleagues were relatively restrained in their response to her opaque inquiry. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) even rephrased her questions in an attempt to make it easier for Kavanaugh to answer — a seeming nod to their effectiveness.
If Booker had an opening to overshadow Harris, it appeared to come Thursday, when he vowed to release once-confidential records from Kavanaugh's years in the George W. Bush White House. In what he likened to an "'I am Spartacus' moment," Booker said he would risk expulsion from the Senate to release the documents himself.
But Republicans said the records had already been cleared for release, and the GOP spent days mocking the New Jersey senator.
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) quipped after Booker let loose his confidential-documents gambit that "running for president is no excuse for violating the rules of the Senate," while Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) made a subtle joke Wednesday about Booker's lengthy monologues.
Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), known for his dry humor, asked Booker at one point "how long you're going to say the same thing three or four times."
The Republican National Committee distributed a memo criticizing Booker under the subject line, "Spartacus Of Newark's Performance History," and Sen. Marco Rubio, (R-Fla.) ridiculed Booker on Twitter.
"On this day in 71B.C. the Thracian gladiator Spartacus was put to death by Marcus Licinius Crassus for disclosing confidential scrolls," he wrote. "When informed days later that in fact the Roman Senate had already publicly released the scrolls, Crassus replied 'Oh, ok, my bad.'"
The conservative opposition group America Rising kept a running tally of how many minutes of his own questioning time Booker used to speak, which dwarfed the number of minutes the nominee spent responding. Gayle Trotter, a spokeswoman for the conservative Judicial Crisis Network, urged red-state Democrats to reject the "embarrassing performance" by their liberal colleagues on the panel, singling out Booker and Harris.
Booker sought to wear the criticism as a badge of honor, telling CNN on Thursday night that Cornyn had leveled a "deep insult" by calling his conduct unbecoming for a senator. He said he persisted because "I was raised and taught that an unjust law, you almost have an obligation to stand against it."
He also contended that he had first broken the rules as early as Wednesday night, when referencing then-confidential records while questioning Kavanaugh. And after the GOP revealed Booker's initial document release had it in fact been confidential, he followed up by releasing more confidential records.
While confusion over the documents' release left Booker with a less-than-clean hit, Democrats outside the hearing room delighted at his tactics. The Women's March, a group that galvanized progressive activists following Trump's election, hailed Booker for "modeling exactly what we expect of every member of the Senate." The Texas Democratic Party updated its announcement of Booker's planned appearance at the party's Johnson-Jordan dinner on Saturday to include praise for him "showing political courage by releasing confidential documents" in the hearings.
Harris and Booker are among a growing number of Democrats who have pledged to no longer accept money from corporate political action committees, and the publicity from a week of nationally televised hearings could help them broaden their followings in the run-up to 2020. Harris has spent heavily to court small-dollar supporters online.
Yet in an era of short attention spans and non-stop news from Washington, it is unclear how enduring such a lift might prove.
Paul Maslin, a top Democratic pollster, said, "We could have seven new stories that fly in the middle of everything, and Kavanaugh could be forgotten in 24 hours."


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Sarah has always had a love of art and design, ever since she was a little kid. Whether it was birthday cards, board games, origami or drawing, she was always making or creating something…
….and then somehow, I turned it into a business. The illustration line started under Malvolio, the graphic design studio I run with my husband Chris – partly to add some colour to our rather white office, and I wanted to get back into drawing by hand (something I had put on the backburner for years, as most commercial design work we do is computer-based).
I put some greeting cards in our front window display for fun, and they sold. I then had requests for more eccentric cards – and they sold. So I just kept drawing, adding new products along the way…and they just kept selling.
The illustration line outgrew being a side project under Malvolio, so it was time to give it an identity of its own: Tiny Viking Co.
Why the name? Like my work, it's close to my heart. Our two little boys are called "the vikings" by their Nanna. They won't be tiny vikings forever, but this business will always be my little dedication to them.
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Built-up roofing system are a choice that can never go wrong because they can be designed and built to cater to the building owner's needs. In addition, since these built up roofing systems incorporate multiple layers, they offer superior protection in the event of hail or snow (for our Northern AZ commercial property owners).
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There are many advantages that an owner enjoys when he chooses to have a built-up roofing system installed on his building.
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- It is decorative, hard wearing and comes in a variety of skid resistant finishes.
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Cook the Book: Ponchatoula Strawberry Cupcakes
Enter Martha Hall Foose, author of this week's Cook the Book selection, Screen Doors and Sweet Tea. I literally squealed with joy when I turned to page 230 and discovered her recipe for Ponchatoula Strawberry Cupcakes. Not only do the cupcakes call for 1 cup of mashed ripe strawberries but the frosting uses 1/2 cup as well. The results are gorgeous—tender little cakes with a beautiful rosy hue, perfect for any tea or birthday party.
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- Yield:24 cupcakes
- For the cake:
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup mashed fresh or frozen strawberries
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- For the frosting:
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh or frozen strawberries
- 2 tablespoons strawberry jam
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Make the cupcakes. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray or line with foil baking cups.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
In another medium bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, and almond and vanilla extracts; set aside.
In an electric mixer, beat the butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add the buttermilk mixture. Beat for 1 minute at medium speed.
Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture. Mix until just combined. Stir in the strawberries and the orange zest. Spoon into the prepared muffin tins, filling them two-thirds full. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or when cupcakes spring back when touched lightly in the center. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then unmold the cupcakes and cool on racks.
Make the frosting. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the strawberries, jam, and lemon juice. Cook and stir for 5 minutes, or until the jam is melted and the strawberries are soft. Press any big pieces with the back of a spoon to mash.
In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the cream cheese and butter at medium speed until creamy. At low speed, slowly add the confectioners' sugar and mix until combined. Add the strawberries and mix at low speed until blended.
When the cupcakes are completely cool, spread with the frosting.
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Generally, there are two types of trusts: A "testamentary trust" is established when you die. An "inter vivos trust" is set up while you're alive.
Adrian Mastracci, Canwest News Service · Apr. 21, 2008 | Last Updated: Apr. 22, 2008 6:00 PM ET
Planning your estate is first about attending to your will. Perhaps, much more. A well-thought-out estate plan ensures that your family is cared for should anything happen to you. It's one important pillar of managing your wealth.
Individual requirements may range from a simple will and enduring power of attorney to a complex estate plan that includes an estate freeze. This primer is meant to stir thought about your situation.
Your action plan achieves two things: It preserves your family wealth, and distributes it to your beneficiaries according to your wishes. Start with this question, "What is important to you about planning your estate?"
There are many answers: Preserving the family wealth and providing for a spouse and children; transferring the reins of the family business and minimizing probate fees; funding education for the children and grandchildren; leaving a legacy to a charitable cause and to loved ones.
One caution, however: Developing your estate plan can be a significant commitment.
It can also be a difficult topic as it encompasses our own mortality. Talking openly about it with family helps.
I've summarized the thought process into a few camps.
Getting started
If you die without a will, your assets are distributed according to provincial legislation. This may result in a loss of control. It may also necessitate additional time and fees to settle your estate.
Anyone getting married, separated, divorced, re-married or having children is wise to go over their current will. Provincial legislation affects its provisions and validity.
Make a detailed list of your assets and liabilities. Consider your tax positions and desires for the disposition of each asset. Pay special attention to a family business and cottage.
Review your family's needs and ability to maintain their lifestyle if something happens to you. Check the beneficiary designations for your RRSP, RRIF, RESP, DPSP, pension plans, and life insurance.
Consider your options
Become aware of how provincial legislation — such as the Representation Agreement Act, or Wills Variation Act — may affect your desires.
Particularly, if you're governed by two or more provinces or countries.
Examine whether to leave your estate to the beneficiaries either outright or by trusts. Mull over whether a portion of your wealth should be dealt with while you are living. Any business succession plan may tie into your estate plan.
Appoint the doers
Take great care in appointing capable representatives, powers of attorney, executors and trustees for your estate. They have similar powers as you do in dealing with your accumulated wealth.
Choosing the right guardians for minor children is vital. Your guardians and trustees may have duties lasting up to 18 years, or longer, depending on the children's ages and the life of the trust you create.
Appoint two qualified people for every position. Ideally, one should be younger than you and live in the same province. Grant them sufficient powers to perform their duties as you would.
Be certain each appointee wants the often thankless job, because being an executor is no picnic. I counsel clients to provide the appointees a detailed letter of instruction to make their tasks easier.
Use of trusts
Trusts are often useful in providing income for family members. They are part of the process to transfer assets and ensure your beneficiaries are cared for. However, they don't fit every situation.
Generally, there are two types of trusts: A "testamentary trust" is established when you die. An "inter vivos trust" is set up while you're alive.
For example, some goals while living may benefit with an alter-ego trust or joint spousal trust. A spouse, child or other dependent may have special needs and care to be addressed.
Jointly owned assets
A popular estate planning strategy is for a parent to register an asset, such as an investment account or residence, in joint name with an adult child. Joint ownership is generally set up for convenience and to avoid probate fees.
While joint ownership can accomplish both objectives, complications may arise. Putting an asset into joint name with an adult child can result in unintended and unhappy consequences.
The implications of individual or joint ownership of assets need assessment for both income tax and probate purposes. Sometimes they are at odds.
Estate freezing
You may decide to freeze the growth for your account of some or all of the assets now owned. The family business or farm often comes up. The expected future growth on the selected assets can then be passed to the benefit of other family members, such as a child or grandchild.
One method to carry out an estate freeze uses the share structure of a private company. The general concept is for an individual to transfer certain assets at today's fair market value for shares of equal value in the private company.
An estate freeze should be considered as non-reversible. I focus on the adequacy of the assets remaining in the individual's hands before any transfers take place.
U.S. assets
U.S. citizens living in Canada and Canadians who own property in the U.S. should review the American estate tax treatment they face upon death. Unlike Canada, the U.S. imposes a tax on estates.
Generally, American citizens and residents are subject to an estate tax based on the value of their worldwide estate. If you are not a U.S. citizen or resident, you may have to pay U.S. estate taxes based on any property value located south of the border.
Simply said, beware of cottages. They are full of wonderful memories, but can cause plenty of headaches — squabbles among family members who have differing views on what to do with them.
Special attention is often required for cottages, particularly those that are not principal residences. They may have been bought long ago and would trigger substantial capital gains if sold today.
Getting it done
The process from thinking about the estate plan to implementing it may involve a team of professionals, such as an investment adviser, tax practitioner and lawyer. Perhaps one of them will take the lead and become your quarterback.
Make sure your team clearly understands your objectives. Then instruct them to put the best personal plan in place that reflects your wishes. The cornerstone of your estate plan is a well-crafted will.
And review it every couple of years because legislative changes and life events may change your objectives.
-- Adrian Mastracci is "fee-only" portfolio manager and registered financial planner (RFP) at KCM Wealth Management Inc. in Vancouver. Leave your voice message at 604-739-4500, or e-mail to email@example.com
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It's 5 a.m. in Yucaipa. Vivian Stancil emerges from the cover of the darkness. The pool is lighted. A quick stretch, then she dives in. Time to swim laps. The sun rises. Light shines.
But not for her. It remains dark. Always.
Retinitis pigmentosa. It's rare. It took her eyesight at 19. The Riverside resident is now 67.
Blindness wasn't going to stop her.
Health almost did.
Staying home. Raising two kids. Her weight began climbing. It topped 300. It brought along high blood pressure.
The doctor's warning was firm: Lose weight.
She tried the treadmill. They didn't get along. Hard on the knees.
Swimming was easier on the body. Not the mind. Water was a source of fear. Swimming was foreign. But that changed soon enough.
Coaches happened. Participation in programs happened. Weight loss happened.
So did becoming a swimmer. A better swimmer. A pretty good swimmer.
There were competitions. Senior Olympics. Local, then national. 178 medals. National Senior Games Association Athlete of the Year last year.
Life changes. So do philosophies. Lie in a sick bed and wish you had done something? Or say you did what you could?
She knows her answer.
It extends outside the pool. Creating the Vivian Stancil Olympian Foundation. Serving on Riverside's Commission of Disabilities.
And swimming. The next national event is July 2015. Minneapolis. Time to raise money.
Right after these laps.


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Hosting our first Thanksgiving
In Australia we don't celebrate Thanksgiving (for obvious reasons) so this year, now that we are in the USA we decided it would be cool to have the family come to our place for the holiday.
This is a little recap Thanksgiving and the week leading up to it.
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Promising hooker Dunn, who has been at Bath since 2012, has made nearly 80 appearances for the English outfit and has become a regular first-team fixture in the front row.
The 25-year-old, who has been included in one of England's training squads this year, has now signed a contract extension until at least 2022 and he has signalled his intent to make his mark on the international stage.
"I've said it before, but I'm really proud to be playing for my hometown club, so to be here for another four years is really exciting," he was quoted as saying by the club's official website.
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Grab your copy of my free Visibility Quiz – work out where you could be more visible in your business –
Join my free FB community to connect with me and other fabulous solopreneurs to help you Rock Your Fabulous Biz.
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who's the fairest of them all?
Why you are, of course, but not because of the number of Facebook page likes that you have.
We all have those things in business that make us feel good – maybe it's the size of your newsletter list, or perhaps it's the number of likes you have on Facebook.
Honestly, these are just vanity stats.
Vanity stats aren't giving you a true and accurate reflection of what's really going on in your business
What you have to be constantly thinking about is whether those people are actually your ideal clients. At the time of recording I've got an ok 1,000 plus likes on my Facebook page, but that doesn't mean those people are my ideal clients, it doesn't mean they will ever buy anything from me, and it doesn't mean that they will engage in my content either.
I hear people spending money on boosting their Facebook page likes and wonder why? Is it because it makes us look good, raises our visibility, gives us credibility? Well I guess there is an element of that, but wouldn't it be much more exciting to be engaging with people that totally get and love you and what you do, rather than those that are a bit meh, they can take or leave you? That would feel so much better, don't you think?
I'd know I'd rather have 200 likes on my page that love what I do than loads of people on there that aren't my ideal clients. So, if you're someone paying for them, I'd say don't. Let your page grow organically like I have.
Despite growing my page organically though I still don't know if they are my ideal clients. So what to do? Keep encouraging them to visit your website, through a little PS call to action at the bottom of your posts, or sharing some blog posts etc. Invite them to sign up to your mailing list by giving away some valuable freebie that showcases your work. The people on your list are interested in what you do, they've given you their email addresses – which is actually a very big thing these days with the amount of noise in our inboxes.
Look after those people on your list
give them additional information that you aren't sharing elsewhere, or perhaps let them see it before others do.
What about those newsletters? Are you worrying about your numbers dropping off? Are people unsubscribing? Let them! If they aren't staying on your list there may be lots of good reasons for that – the biggest one being – I'm sure you can answer this one for me – they aren't your ideal clients. If they had any intention of being your client at any point then they would be staying on your list, so let them go, with love.
What about open rates – again they don't mean much because some people have selected to have images turned off. What that means is that it's possible that for your stats to count an email as opened, the images will have to have been loaded. Use the stats as a guide, but focus on engagement, new clients. How many people talk about your newsletter? Who replies?
I have people tell me that they love getting my newsletters, they save them but don't always get around to reading them that week. I could get depressed about that, but I like to take the view that everything happens in its own sweet time and if they were meant to read what I'd written they'd have had the time to read it.
Another one that people get hung up on is website hits. Again, the numbers mean nothing if the visitor doesn't end up becoming a subscriber or client. Instead of that, measure the number of people that sign up to receive your blog posts using your RSS feed, or the types of posts that are being shared. This kind of information is much more useful to you, it tells you where people are engaged.
I have over 8.5k followers over on Pinterest, which is great. Now most of my followers are interested in my creative boards, I have 1.5k on my coaching specific board, but how many of those have converted to paying clients? Well, I have actually had a few new clients from it, but definitely nothing along the lines of 8.5K, or even 1.5k!
Yes, it might be nice to have a few thousand Twitter followers, but you have to measure those things that really make a difference to your business
Focus on how many people are engaging in your content, what time of day do they engage, what do they share? All of those pieces of information are much more valuable to you.
If you focus too much on the numbers that don't matter you can drive yourself nuts. Each time someone unsubscribes you start to wonder what you're doing wrong. The answer is probably nothing, your list is simply streamlining itself perfectly for you, so that those that are on it love what you do.
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In search of Happy Hour joy at Magoos: Joy denied.
We met at Magoo's just after 4pm. "The most interesting part about it was to see it by daylight and see the afterwork crowd that looked like they just clocked out at the state or something," said Rebekah.
Indeed, that was the highlight. There were no food specials, and the drink special was $3 well drinks. As one would expect, the well drinks were small, mostly ice and made with low quality well booze. No surprise... but no real value, either. Considering many high end eateries will offer a special cocktail for happy hour in the $3-4 range that is the culmination of talented mixing and quality ingredients, that was a real bummer.
Karla enjoyed a hot toddy which she described as, "Meh."
Without a real kitchen, just a micro or convection oven in a corner behind the bar, the number of eats you can choose from isn't too bad. Karla ordered potato skins and while they were the best of the trio of things we tried, they were just average. My chicken nuggets and tots were uninspired. The nachos, which we were assured were awesome, were not. Somewhat stale tortilla chips with tasteless faux cheese sauce, dry beef topping and really strong white onions were served in a huge bowl. They were plentiful, and we agreed we couldn't stop eating them in that, "Why am I eating these?" sort of way. "It's like I have to keep eating it looking for some taste that is missing. I should learn," suggest Rebekah.
Many people love Magoos as a comfortable, familiar watering hole, a great place to watch a game, meet with friends, or unwind after work with a beer, and there are no disagreements with that. Karla gave it a 4/5 for ambiance, with points for cleanliness. While it isn't fancy, it's spotless.
But these ladies are looking for deals; we are looking for a true happy hour that gives us a special treat, and things we cannot or would not make ourselves. I can throw frozen food bought at Costco into the oven. Every town is has a host of local bars that do a great job of doing what they do, but it's not what we were looking for.
The final verdict is very mediocre in large part part because there really isn't anything special about happy hour at Magoos.
Our search continues on in search of real deals that due justice to the original idea of happy hour. We'll be happy with cheap bar fare, but it's gotta come at a happy hour price to make it satisfy these women.
5 comments:
- Dad-Do said...
Good place to watch a game, but eat before you go. Basically very low end microwave food.
I always try to get friends to meet me there for a couple of pitchers after work/ or to watch a game and they always steer us away because they want to get some food in their stomach.
Magoos is a good place to meet friends for drinks (if you don't want food or have already ate).
I am still searching for a sports bar in Salem that has good food. Any suggestions?
Not impressed with Magoo's.
I love good micro brews and they have very little choice, though that is oddly common in Salem.
They even serve it in plastic cups the last time i went there. Will not go back.
You should try happy hours at Newport Seafood Grill or McGrath's soon! I know I know, they're chains.... but their happy hours RULE. If my memory serves me correctly, Michael, both of these joints play the games in their lounges.
The hong kong house has a good drinks and good food in the lounge. Give them a shot.
- AMY said...
Thanks for the recommendations, Anon and EazyMoney. We'll add them to the list!


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If the repaired portion of the bowel is distant from the stomach and needs to be spared its digestive work while healing, the surgeon may create an opening to the surface of the abdomen (stoma) through which the healthy end of the small intestine (coming from the stomach) can exit and deliver liquid feces into a drainage back. This ileostomy arrangement is temporary (unless the large bowel has also been removed). The surgeon will close the stoma and reconnect the ends of the small intestine in a subsequent operation.
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12 C.F.R. § 333.3 Does Not Apply to State-Chartered Banks That Have Participated in an "Oakar'' Transaction
FDIC-91-76 August 30, 1991 Valerie J. Best, Counsel
Your letter dated July 12, 1991, has been referred to me for a response. You ask us to confirm your understanding that section 333.3 of the FDIC's rules and regulations, 12 CFR 333.3, does not apply to state-chartered banks that have participated in a transaction pursuant to section 5(d)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance ("FDI") Act, 12 USC 1815(d)(3) (the "Oakar" Amendment). Your understanding is correct.
Section 333.3 of the FDIC's rules and regulations applies to "all SAIF [Savings Association Insurance Fund] member state banks." 12 CFR 333.3(a). Section 7(l)(5) of the FDI Act defines a "Savings Association Insurance Fund member" as "any depository institution the deposits of which are insured by the SAIF." 12 USC 1817(l)(5). A savings association that is a SAIF member and which converts to a state bank charter in accordance with section 5(d)(2)(G) of the FDI Act, 12 USC 1815(d)(2)(G) (the "Sasser" Amendment), is subject to 12 CFR 333.3 by virtue of its SAIF-member status. In contrast, section 333.3 does not apply to a state-chartered bank which is a Bank Insurance Fund ("BIF") member and which combines with a SAIF-member savings association pursuant to section 5(d)(3) of the FDI Act. This is because such a bank retains its BIF-member status. This is true whether the Oakar transaction is consummated via a pre-existing subsidiary state bank or a newly organized state-chartered bank.
In previous cases where the Legal Division was asked whether a bank that has engaged in a transaction pursuant to section 5(d)(3) of the FDI Act is considered to be a BIF or SAIF member, the Legal Division staff has orally indicated that the bank retains its BIF-member status. The Oakar Amendment provides that a bank subsidiary must be a BIF member before it may engage in an Oakar transaction. Nothing in section 5(d)(3) suggests that a bank must relinquish its BIF-member status after having engaged in an Oakar transaction. Further, following the consummation of an Oakar transaction, the deposits acquired are not, strictly speaking, deposits which are insured by the SAIF. Rather, the Oakar Amendment provides that a portion of the average assessment base of the subsidiary bank which is equal to the adjusted attributable deposit amount (the "AADA") is "treated as" deposits which are insured by the SAIF. 12 USC 1815(d)(3)(B). The Oakar Amendment thus distinguishes between the AADA and the deposits themselves.
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The frozen Zanskar river trek, also known as Chadar trek, is a journey along the Zanskar River, a north-flowing tributary of the Indus. Trekkers walk along the frozen river in winter, with bone-chilling winds blowing and overnight temperatures going as low as -35 degrees. A trek for the hardiest of trekkers, this is truly a once in a lifetime journey. The trek is a 9 Days/8 Nights challenging expedition.
Chadar is also a cultural trek that will allow you to glimpse firsthand the ancient culture in Zanskar and Ladakh. Along the trek, you'll visit small towns such as Pidmo, Stongde, and Zangla with beautiful Buddhist gompas and forts adorning your path. The weather conditions are pretty much unpredictable – varying form completely clear on one day to snowstorms on the next.
The route is mostly icy with a few rock climbs thrown into the mix. There are, however, well-trodden trails which are used by the local people on a daily basis. The main attraction of the trek is, of course, the frozen river itself, which is a beautiful sight to behold. The actual extent of ice on the river varies day to day. Moreover, it also varies from one year to the next. With the difficult landscape and hostile weather, this is a trek suitable for experienced trekkers. Not only do you need to be able to cope with tough trails and passes, you also need to be comfortable with camping outdoors in less-than-perfect weather. Although there are a few houses here and there, you'll spend most of your nights sleeping in caves. When you do find some local house to stay in, you'll be treated to some delicious Ladakhi food and hospitality.
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Cultural cooperation across the Poland-Germany border
Transnational cooperation can also happen among neighbouring cities. This is the case of the cities of Görlitz and Zgorzelec, separated by the German-Polish border, which developed links to deal with their difficult heritage.
This border, which only dates back to 1945, epitomizes difficult episodes in the history of both countries and for the populations living on both sides of the Neisse River. After World War II and the defeat of the Nazi regime, the borders of Eastern and Central Europe were redrawn. The Potsdam Conference established the Oder-Neisse line as the border separating Poland and Germany. As a result, Görlitz and Zgorzelec were divided.
But this was not just about the drawing of a line. It came together with ethnic cleansing and massive population displacements, leaving enduring memorial pains on both sides of the river. Görlitz received numerous German populations fleeing from the territories integrated into Poland. On the other side of the river, numerous populations were brought by force from the Eastern regions of Poland to settle in Zgorzelec.
Throughout the communist era, the story of these displacements was regarded as taboo. The new borders quickly became hermetic and circulations across the river were highly limited until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It is only with the Schengen Agreement in 2007 that people could circulate freely again across the bridge.
In this context, cooperation among civil societies from both sides of the river appears as a way to deal with this difficult heritage. Two museums have tried to create such connections. In Görlitz, the Silesian Museum was opened in 2006, and in Zgorzelec, the Lusatian Museum was inaugurated in 2007. Although both museums are nationally framed, they have striven to address common memories through joint exhibitions. In 2011, the museums organised two simultaneous exhibitions dealing with population displacements: 'Life Paths into the Uncertain: Görlitz-Zgorzelec 1933-2011' at the Silasian Museum on the German side and 'In the New Land among Strangers' on the Polish side.
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Predicting Professional and Technical Performance among Medical Students: Personality, Cognitive Ability, and the Mediating Role of Knowledge
Kell, Harrison J.
Motowidlo, Stephan J.
Doctor of Philosophy
The distinction between technical and contextual performance is widely recognized in the Industrial/Organization Psychology literature (Sackett & Lievens, 2008). Less well-understood are the causal antecedents of performance in these domains and how those antecedents relate to each other. Motowidlo, Borman, and Schmit (1997) proposed that technical performance is determined largely by cognitive ability, which acts through the mediator technical knowledge to influence technical performance. They also proposed that contextual performance is mainly determined by personality traits and that these traits influence contextual performance via the mediating variable contextual knowledge. Although prior research has examined some of the causal antecedents proposed by Motowidlo et al. (1997), no study has examined these four variables simultaneously, in addition to gathering information about performance criteria in the two domains. This study examined these six variables in a sample of medical students. In keeping with the verbiage used in the medical literature, students' contextual knowledge is referred to as professional knowledge and their contextual performance is referred to as professional performance. Medical students (N = 209) beginning their third year at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston completed measures of professional knowledge and the Big Five personality traits and consented to have their MCAT scores (a proxy for cognitive ability) and their first- and second-year course grades (grade point average; a measure of their technical knowledge) gathered for this investigation. Performance criteria consisted of attending physicians' ratings of students' professional and technical performance during their clinical rotations. Rotations were grouped according to whether they fell into the domain of Primary Care or the Specialties. Notable findings are summarized by a path analytic model. Agreeableness exerted a causal influence on professional knowledge (β = .38) and Primary Care professional performance (β = .14). Extraversion causally affected professional knowledge (β = -.22). Professional knowledge accounted for variance in Primary Care professional (β = .19) and technical performance (β = .22). Openness to experience and conscientiousness influenced technical knowledge (β's -.19 and .25). Cognitive ability was directly related to technical knowledge (β = .43) and Specialties professional (β = -.21) and technical performance (β = -.19). Technical knowledge was related to Primary Care professional (β = .32) and technical performance (β = .42) and also Specialties professional (β = .46) and technical performance (β = .57). Results generally suggest that separate causal paths underlie performance in Primary Care and the Specialties, respectively.


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"Do Your Thing and Don't Care If They Like It" (Tina Fey)
During the 90s, Hazel O'Keefe was running a bar and holding comedy nights. After a promoter told her that they 'couldn't take the risk' of putting more than one woman on the bill, she set up Laughing Cows Comedy, an all-female comedy night which has been running for almost 20 years. This women-only bill has seen big names like Jo Brand and Sarah Millican, as well as some lesser-known names who'll make you question why you hadn't heard of them sooner. If you're a Manchester local, Laughing Cows is held on the last Sunday of every month at The Frog & Bucket.
Attitudes towards female comics have improved since the 90s, but the majority of stand-up comedy events still have a 70:30 ratio of male to female performers, and that's a generous exaggeration. This issue is even more obvious in television panel shows. There seems to be a Jimmy Carr cloning machine spitting out white, male, squeaky-clean, university graduates onto comedy quiz shows. There is no definitive answer to this problem. Perhaps it's the outdated cultural stereotype that women aren't funny.
Personally, I think a significant part of it is to do with sex. Men who talk openly and explicitly about their sexual experiences and partners are celebrated, such as fictional comedy characters like Joey in Friends. Yet a woman who is just as sexually explicit is dismissed and labelled as unattractive. Stand-up comedy comments on the lives we all lead and the practices we identify with. Sex is a huge part of life, and to deny women from freely expressing this through comedy is ridiculous. When the American comic Amy Schumer first arrived on our screens, she was labelled a 'sex comedian'. Amy Schumer is not a sex comedian. She is a female comedian who talks about sex. She even references this in her stand up – "I'm labelled as a sex comic. I think it's just 'cause I'm a girl. I feel like a guy could get up here and literally pull his dick out, and everyone would be like, 'He's a thinker!'"
There is an enormous pressure as a female comic to write something that discusses 'being a woman', and whilst that is important, it's easy to slip into the classic Miranda Hart territory of 'I love to eat cake, but I can't get a boyfriend'. I think Miranda Hart is hilarious, and whilst this is always a crowd pleaser, it sets a limit of what to expect from the next female comic the audience will see. Please, write about being a woman, but be smart, satirical and dark in your comedy. As long as you wear it with confidence, it won't be questioned.
The success of so many American female comedians in recent years has revealed a disparity with how female comics are treated in the UK. In the US, television sketch shows like Saturday Night Live gave Tina Fey and Amy Poehler their break, and teams of female writers and comedians have moved onto films like Bridesmaids and the new Ghostbusters to pick out a couple. It's not often our neighbours across the pond are labelled more progressive than us, but here we're clearly failing.
So what's the solution? Hazel O'Keefe puts forward a simple one: comedy promoters and television producers in the UK should be actively seeking out female comics. One token female on a television panel show is not enough. But seeing as there is very little chance of this happening any time soon, and the Carr clones continue to dominate, this is where Hazel O'Keefe's next project comes in. The Women In Comedy Festival, now approaching its fourth year and still holding the crown of the only festival of its kind in Europe, is once again being held in Manchester from 20-30 October. The festival has over 100 events squeezed into ten days around different venues based mostly in the Northern Quarter, and is run by a team of volunteers, many of whom are men.
One of the most refreshing things about the Women In Comedy Festival is its diversity. Comedy is a male-dominated industry, but it's also a white industry. The festival doesn't put the 'diversity' stamp on every bit of publicity, because this should be a given. Live comedy thrives on variation, and we've all seen enough 'awkward white boy goes through puberty' sets for a lifetime. One of the many interesting acts appearing at Women In Comedy is Sajeela Kershi, who through her comedy breaks down the stereotype that Muslim women are weak and defenceless, drawing attention to and 'celebrating the women we don't hear about'. Others include Eleanor Conway, an ex-music journalist who has worked in the porn industry and the Chinese Mafia, and Jackie Hagan, a 'one-legged Scouser' whose show is titled Some People Have Too Many Legs.
The long term vision for Women In Comedy is that it will become the Manchester comedy festival, and maybe even become gender inclusive, with female comics making up 51% and men 49%, because, after all, that is the gender population of the UK.
So support female comedy. Go and see the new Ghostbusters, go to Laughing Cows at the Frog & Bucket, and most of all go to the Women In Comedy Festival. With patron support like Isy Suttie and Maxine Peake, and some tickets priced as 'pay what you like', you really have no excuse.


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Ongoing downpours to exacerbate flooding in south
來源:China Daily
Ongoing downpours that will bring over 10 more centimeters of precipitation to many areas of the Yangtze River Basin are expected to last until Thursday, further exacerbating the already grim flood control situation there, authorities warned.
Floods occurred in 36 rivers following rainfall on Saturday and Sunday in Southwest China and areas around the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze. The Xiaojinchuan River in Sichuan province even experienced its strongest flood on record, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.
More torrential rain, however, is still on the way. From Monday to Thursday, seven provincial regions are forecast to be hit by strong rainfall. On average, the accumulated precipitation in the affected areas during that time will be 10 to 16 centimeters. The worst-hit area may receive precipitation of over 20 centimeters, a media release by the ministry late on Monday said.
It said the ongoing rainfall was expected to result in floods in all the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze basin. Three major lakes-Dongting, Poyang and Taihu-in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze will be affected. Three major rivers in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in the Pearl River Basin-Liujiang, Guijiang and Xijiang-will also see their water levels rise.
Hunan and Jiangxi provinces and Guangxi will be the worst-hit by floods, and six major rivers in the three regions, including the Xiangjiang and Liujiang rivers, will see water levels rise above their warning levels. "Some medium and small-sized rivers in areas engulfed by the downpours may be stricken by major floods," it said.
According to the China Meteorological Administration, Guizhou province, Chongqing municipality and regions in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze have received 10 to 20 centimeters of precipitation since June 20.
"In the coming three days, rain will remain heavy as the rain band moves slowly to the south," it said on Tuesday.
In Guizhou, the provincial authorities had to urgently dispatch 2 million yuan ($283,000) in disaster relief funds on Monday to its worsthit Tongzi county to help local people through difficulties. Workers from various government bodies, public institutes and soldiers have also been devoted to the disaster relief work.
Over 100 soldiers of the Chinese Armed Police Force, for example, arrived in Mugua township in the county on Monday, the day when it suffered a torrential rain that left many houses isolated.
"There are 15 cooks on the team. We have also brought with us many daily necessities. We will make all-out efforts to help the affected people," said Qin Zhuqiao, one of the cooks on the team as he was busy preparing food on Monday.
Liu Ying, a teacher from the primary school in the township, said all teachers in her school have participated in the disaster relief work. Many of them, for example, helped clean the streets trashed by the floods.
"The more people we have, the greater strength we boast," she noted.
E Jingping, deputy head of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, has demanded all-out efforts to enhance precautionary measures to cope with the situation.
"Local authorities should give priority to ratchet up precautionary measures in medium and small-sized rivers in their flood control work," said E, also minister of Water Resources.
"Considering the comparatively weak flood control capabilities in these rivers and the possible occurrences of sharp and abrupt increases in their water levels, patrols should be intensified in key and vulnerable sections."
Aside from enhancing early warning for mountain torrents, he also asked for better coordination between water conservancy projects so they can fully play their roles in stopping and storing floodwaters.
According to the ministry, it has dispatched teams to each of the six most affected provincial regions, including Hunan and Guizhou, to facilitate local governments' efforts in flood control.
The Ministry of Emergency Management said on Tuesday that a team headed by Vice-Minister Zheng Guoguang has concluded a five-day inspection tour on flood control in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces.
"We have been at a critical moment for flood control in the Yangtze River Basin," Zheng noted.
People threatened by floods should be evacuated in advance, and both rescue forces and materials should be coordinated and dispatched in a timely manner, he stressed during the tour.


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Q&A: James Drury, Festival Awards
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 9 November 2011
Originally launched as a poll of readers of the Virtual Festivals website in 2004, the first proper UK Festival Awards ceremony took place two years later. Since then the event has grown each year, splitting off from Virtual Festivals to become an entity in its own right in 2009.
Now the Festival Awards company operates two annual ceremonies, the UK awards, which this year take place at London's Roundhouse, and the newer European Festival Awards, which is held during the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in the Netherlands.
The UK event is now also accompanied by a conference of its own, bringing together the British festival promoter community to discuss issues affecting their industry. Taking place on the day of the awards ceremony, that will this year be held at The Forum in London with a keynote speech from industry veteran Melvin Benn.
Ahead of this year's UK Festival Awards and Conference on 15 Nov, CMU Business Editor Chris Cooke caught up with Festival Awards Ltd Managing Director James Drury to find out more.
CC: How did the Festival Awards come about?
JD: The awards were launched by Virtual Festivals in 2004 as an online poll of its readers. For the first two years there wasn't a ceremony and the trophies were driven to promoters' offices across the country! Then, following demand from the industry, an actual awards ceremony was launched in 2006.
CC: At what point did the event become its own entity, rather than something run by Virtual Festivals?
JD: Festival Awards Ltd became an independent company in its own right two years ago.
CC: When did you join the Festival Awards?
JD: I joined eighteen months ago, from Live UK and Audience magazines where I had been News Editor.
CC: What is your role, and has it changed since you joined?
JD: I take care of the day-to-day running of the company and its direction and I seek opportunities to expand and improve the business, often working in close relationship with the industry. Since I started, we've grown the awards to be at The Roundhouse, launched a series of regional seminars, added an industry website, and the European Awards have really taken off – it means my daily role is incredibly varied, which is very exciting.
CC: How has the UK Festival Awards grown since it launched?
JD: Since first starting as an online poll it has grown into an awards ceremony in its own right – the first one was at the O2 Academy Islington – and from there it expanded to Indigo2 at The O2 and, this year, at The Roundhouse. We've also added the UK Festival Conference, European Festival Awards, a festival industry website called Festival Insights, and a regional seminar programme called The City Sessions.
CC: You've introduced more 'expert judged' categories this year, why was that?
JD: The Festival Awards celebrates the hard work of everyone in the festival industry and my aim is for it to be as inclusive as possible, so all festivals can benefit. In the past, most awards were decided by public vote, but I recognised that for some festivals, their fans might not be of the demographic to go online and vote. By introducing more judged categories, it means that all festivals can take part – and it's really produced results: last year we had about 170 festivals taking part, this year it's just over 200.
CC: Why did you launch the Festival Conference?
JD: Our awards event is probably the only time you'll get so many people from the festival industry in one place at the same time, so there was an opportunity to enable everyone to get together on the day of the ceremony, with the aim of enabling the festival industry to become stronger through better networking and intelligent knowledge-sharing. Many festivals are run by very small teams and there are few opportunities to meet other people in the industry and discuss common challenges, so the UK Festival Conference aims to provide a platform for that to happen.
CC: How do you see your conference fitting in with the other live sector and general music business conventions?
JD: While many music industry conferences will feature a session on festivals, the UK Festival Conference is dedicated to this sector, meaning if you work in the industry you can have a full day of focus on topics which are of relevance to you.
CC: What do you think will be the highlights of this year's conference?
JD: The tragic deaths at festivals this summer have really brought bad weather protocols into sharp focus and I think that session will see a lot of interest, as will our Q&A with Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn – he's at the top of his game not just in the UK but globally, so his insight will be fascinating. We're also going to be giving festivals advice on what can be achieved with social media, as well as how – in such a competitive landscape – festivals can maintain loyalty and interest. What's particularly exciting me, though, is our discussion of RFID technology, which I feel is about to take off in the UK following its successes in the US at festivals such as Bonnaroo and Coachella.
CC: How did the European awards come about?
JD: Many European festivals used to come to the UK Festival Awards. Following a meeting with Christof Huber from European festivals association Yourope, he offered to help us grow into Europe. Eurosonic Noorderslag threw its support behind the event (the European Awards is the opening event of the annual conference and showcase festival in the Netherlands) and we were up and running!
CC: How do the European awards differ from the UK awards, in terms of categories and voting process?
JD: There are thirteen categories in the European Festival Awards, while the UK has 23 awards, otherwise they're very similar in format. We have over 200 European festivals taking part, from around 32 countries, which is an incredible number of events considering this will be only its third year. We are very fortunate to have the support of so many promoters from across the continent.
CC: As someone with an overview of the industry, do you think the UK festivals market is in good health at the moment?
JD: There have been many media reports of the decline of the festival industry this year, but although it's been challenging, the market remains healthy and people are still very keen to attend festivals – even making sacrifices in other expenditure in order to get tickets. The fact that so many festivals, such as T In The Park, V Festival, Green Man, Kendal Calling, Bestival and so on, sold out this year is proof of just how popular festivals still are.
CC: What are the big issues affecting festival promoters?
JD: With the economy hitting consumer confidence – and therefore making them cautious with expenditure – it's more important than ever to keep a tight control on budgets so ticket prices don't increase dramatically, no mean feat with many costs going up. The UK festival market is one of the most competitive in the world and promoters have to exercise great skill to stay on top.
CC: How many festivals did you go to this year and what were your personal highlights?
JD: I was at twelve festivals this year – including one in China, which was an incredible experience. It was fascinating to see how this nascent industry is mushrooming, and how enthusiastic the public are about festivals there.
Musically, Pulp's set at the Isle of Wight Festival was a real treat, as was seeing Odd Future at Gaymers Camden Crawl and Reading Festival, and Metallica at Sonisphere. But I think for me, the best thing about this summer has been the little snippets of conversation you overhear from people at festivals – from absolutely hilarious nonsense to the genuine excitement from people who've never been to a festival before.


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Up for grabs are (5) lift pass vouchers. We have three passes to Magic Mountain in Londonderry, VT and two passes to Pats Peak in Henniker, NH. We will give away the passes individually, so we will draw 5 winners at random!
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