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Fantillyastic? In 4 Years?Potatoe1 wrote: on the aggregate GMMG has been absolutely fantastic in his 4 years.
Let us compare, truly Fantillyastic management in a short period.
Brian Burke took over a struggling Anaheim Mighty Ducks team in June 2005 after the Lockout year. The previous year to that the Ducks finished 12th in Western Conference standings. First order of business for Burke was he signed UFA Scott Neidermeyer on August 4th 2005, the following day Burkie signed UFA Teemu Selanne who was playing in Finland after playing in San Jose. Selanne led the Ducks in scoring that year for Burke with 40 goals and 50 assists for 90 points. Now, I mean we could compare these two UFA signings to the Gillis acquisition of Keith Ballard? and the Selanne signing to the Sundin signing here. Who wins? Burke. Who is the fantillyastic looser here? Gillis.
Let us continue on to another key and fantillyastic acquisition and merger by the great Burkie. On November 15th he trades Sergei Federov who was pretty much phoning it in at this stage of his career collecting his massive millions for Francoise Beauchemin and Tyler Wright. Beauchemin was another catalyst Defenseman on the Stanley Cup Winning Burke Mighty Ducks.
Let us continue...In Burke's first year as General Manager of your Anaheim Mighty Ducks the Ducks went all the way to the Semi-Finals, the Championship of the Western Conference only to lose to the Edmonton Oilers. Not bad for a first year GM of the Mighty Ducks
Fast forward to season 2006-07, Burkies 2nd year as GM of the Ducks. Before the beginning of this history making season for the Mighty Ducks, Burke pulled yet again, another amazing acquisition, probably the most important one outside of maybe Neidermeyer, Selanne and Beauchemin. He trades Ladislave Smid and Joffrey Lupul and a 1st round pick for Chris Pronger of the Edmonton Oilers.
I don't need to remind you what happened to Burkies Mighty Ducks that year but in case you forgot, they won the Stanley Cup. Yes, in 2 short years as GM of the Mighty Ducks, a team that struggled the previous season Burkie took over, they win the Stanley Cup.
Now that my friend is fantastic GM'ing. Those 4 KEY trades and signings blow the fucking socks off anything Gillis has done in his 4 years, turning on 5 as GM to your Vancouver Canucks hockey team.
So please sir, do not tell me that Gillis has done a fantastic job in his 5 years as General Manager of this hockey team. 42 years and still no Stanley Cup. The group of players gift wrapped by previous mgmt for Gillis have been our best chance at finally winning the trophy and Gillis fucking blows it. What this organization needed from Gillis was what the Ducks needed from Burke. Burke saw that he had some very good young pieces to build a championship team around, ie Getzlaf, Perry and Kunitz. You want a proper shut down line, the Moen, Pahlsson Rob Neidermeyer line is how you properly build a shut down line. Burke is the man, Gillis is still wearing diapers. Case closed


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Since 1982, the MLK Commission has been organizing a special celebration each year for the Knoxville area to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The weeklong celebration focuses on providing education and leadership training for adults and youth and promotes reconciliation through peaceful conflict resolution. Part of the celebration also includes stories of racial struggles with emphasis on non-violence, equality, and love.
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Lost my knock off sea speck sunglasses due to a kiteloop gone wrong. probably a part of river now? But it was pretty close to land might just wash up.
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Not to hijack...but. Sorry you lost your specs! Wondering how you liked the knockoffs. I want to pick up a pair but figure I'll loose them so would rather buy the less expensive ones. You dig em?
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knock offs are nowhere near as good...usually not polarized.
I have kitelooped my fair share of knockoffs to the bottom of the river. They sink and stay sunk.
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I second kitecrazy, I think also the not so knokoff is still not so functional. They fog up quick and are not halfway kiteloop proof.
I hope that the knockoffs are happy and socializing down there.
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I bought a knockoff off ebay and it was indeed polarized. Haven't tried it on yet as I haven't lost my current pair (yet). Probably won't happen for a while as I discovered that wearing a helmet doesn't let the specs slide off your head.
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HATED I'm A Celeb wimp Helen Flanagan yesterday gave fans two big reasons to keep her in the show.
There is no chance she'll do well
The ex-Corrie actress showed a touch of Klass by showering in her skimpy white bikini in a desperate bid to stay in the jungle as long as possible.
Telly babe Myleene Klass, 34, saw her career boom after flashing her body in a similar costume when she starred in the jungle in 2006.
And Helen is hoping her waterfall moment will help transform viewers' opinions of her, as her wimpy attempts at tasks have made her the most detested contestant ever.
Her screaming and sobbing antics are wearing thin with her campmates, show producers and fans back home.
Now she has come up with a sexy plan to help save herself. She believes her shapely boobs are her secret weapon for survival, so she is flashing them as often as possible.
Helen, 22, who played Rosie Webster in the ITV1 soap, knows she is at risk of being the first voted off the show after a series of blundering Bushtucker Trials.
It has made her even more unpopular than past jungle hate figures such as diet expert Gillian McKeith, 53, US model Janice Dickinson, 57, and former pop star David Van Day, 55.
And her latest trial, her third in a row, which will be shown on ITV1 tonight at 9pm, is another disaster.
Producers on the show and presenters Ant and Dec spent an hour persuading Helen to attempt her latest Bushtucker Trial after she had a tantrum. Then, after finally agreeing to do it, she quit after just 90 seconds.
Helen walked out of the "hotel of horrors" challenge Cruelty Towers, which contained nasty surprises such as ostriches, rats and crocs, without winning any meals for her starving campmates.
She failed to grab any stars from the rooms of the "hotel" and after encountering some curious ostriches, she shouted: "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here!"
Ant, 36, had predicted Helen would flunk it, saying before the trial: "There is no chance she'll do well."
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Flexible cloud service extends natural workflow beyond the meeting room to any device, anywhere at any time
OTTAWA, Ont. – March 18, 2013 — Magor Corporation (TSX Venture: MCC) today introduced Aerus, the next stage in the evolution of its market-leading visual collaboration product. Aerus extends Magor's peer-to-peer software architecture to the cloud, delivering a unique approach in cloud-based service platforms.
Magor's cloud-based Aerus platform enables people to engage collaboratively in high-quality visual conversations by simultaneously sharing, viewing and editing relevant material on desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones, whiteboards and other devices.
With a scalable distributed server architecture that leverages switched video networking, Aerus is designed to solve limitations of traditional video conferencing implementations that use a centralized architecture and impose a "meet-me" model for all interactions with more than two locations for any type of environment – meeting room, desktop, mobile and more.
Traditional bridge-based services also cannot scale easily and cost effectively to meet the needs of larger deployments that require support for a mix of mobile, desktop and room-based endpoints as well as for screen sharing and collaborative document editing.
Aerus fulfills a forecast by Scott Morrison, an authoritative Gartner analyst. In an August 2012 report entitled "Market Trends: Videoconferencing, Worldwide, 2012," Morrison wrote: "Future demand for video infrastructure is predicated on far-reaching changes to the current architecture and commercialization of these solutions, from hardware to software and from capital investment to cloud-based delivery."
Key characteristics of the Aerus platform include:
- Built around a highly flexible workflow model that does not impose a "meet-on-the -bridge" model for calls with more than two locations.
- Designed for clear, high-definition video over the Internet.
- Simple to deploy.
- Interoperable with SIP and H.323-based video-conferencing systems and bridges, consumer-based video conferencing clients, such as Skype, and WebRTC-enabled web browsers.
- Highly scalable in hosted or virtualized environments, enabling third-party Aerus service providers to support elasticity of user demand.
- Has API support over REST for use in custom designed solutions.
- Extends support for flexible payment models, such as monthly recurring charges.
"Our goal with Aerus is to support the many ways people want to work together with video. To do this we chose to deliver an architecture that supports as many different workflows as users want, when users want them, rather than the rigid single workflow model that traditional video conferencing systems box the user into – invite-only, meet-me-on-the-bridge," said Ken Davison, Magor's Chief Marketing Officer and SVP of Sales.
allows users to collaborate in visual conversations -- whether spontaneous or
-- and share whatever material they need to as the context of a conversation progresses," Davison added. "Thanks to this flexibility, we believe very strongly that Aerus will pave the way to enabling a multitude of video-enabled business processes that have not been addressable with traditional forms of video conferencing."
Instead of needing to choose between using a rigid presentation mode in video conferencing or adding a web conferencing service to enable collaboration, Aerus users can share the content on their PCs or laptops, as well as content from whiteboards, iPads, databases and other data sources concurrently with all others in the visual conversation. In addition, all participants can also see, take control and modify any or all data sources in a visual conversation for true collaboration.
Aerus also provides native interoperability with existing solutions ranging from traditional room-based video conferencing to web-based consumer clients such as Skype. Furthermore, the Aerus service extends visual collaboration to WebRTC enabled browsers for ultra-simple connectivity.
"We chose Magor because Aerus provided the flexibility to integrate real-time translation services into a very high quality video-enabled collaborative environment, and because the distributed cloud architecture will help expand our video deployment easily," said Rick Martel, director of information technology at the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. "We have been an Aerus customer for six months now and our use has grown exponentially as we find new situations every day by which we can leverage the system."
Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst at ZK Research, a division of Kerravala Consulting, and a longtime observer of the business video-communications market, said: "I'm encouraged by the Aerus announcement as it reinforces Magor's focus on flexible workflow, rather than the rigid single workflow model enforced by conferencing. Aerus thus brings a new dimension to Enterprise Video Collaboration -- a fluid workflow model that enables what I refer to as Visual Conversations."
Aerus will be generally available on May 1, 2013, with advanced participation open for enterprises wanting to trial the service. For more information please visit http://www.magorcorp.com/aerus-trial/.
For more information, visit Magor at http://www.magorcorp.com/.
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Magor is a visual collaboration company. It allows users the freedom to work together naturally anytime, regardless of location, network or device to solve business challenges. Magor's cloud-based Aerus platform enables people to engage in high-quality visual conversations by simultaneously sharing, viewing and editing relevant collaborative material on desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphone applications, whiteboards and other devices.
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1 loaf French bread (16 oz.) cut into 16 slices
2 cloves garlic, halved
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16 cherry tomatoes, halved
½ cup slivered red onions
2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. brown sugar
⅛ tsp salt
⅛ tsp pepper
¼ cup fresh basil leaves (about 8), torn
PREHEAT oven to 400°F. Place bread slices in single layer on baking sheet. Bake 3 to 4 min. on each side or until toasted on both sides. Rub with garlic. Cool. Spread toast with cream cheese; top with tomatoes and onions.
WHISK vinegar, oil, sugar, salt and pepper until well blended. Drizzle over toast slices; top with basil. Enjoy!
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Kanye West isn't what you'd call an active member of the Twitterverse. Even though he's racked up nearly 10 million Twitter followers, he's following just one person -- any guesses? (If you answered Kim Kardashian, you win. Perhaps he'll make it two as soon as their new baby, North West, registers for his own Twitter account.)
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West did send one post after the album dropped to let followers in on a gift he received for his first Father's Day, just nine days after North was born June 15. He tweeted a photo of two autographed Apple computer mouses, one signed "Woz" for Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, the other "Steve Jobs," by Woz's partner in the historic computer startup.
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Founded in 1973, the NCLEA was originally formed to serve the police agencies of Niagara County, but is now assisting law enforcement departments in Erie, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming and Livingston counties as well. In February 2012, the Niagara County Sheriff's Office and the Niagara Falls Police Department announced that the NCLEA would be relocated from Niagara County Community College to Niagara University, making NU the only four-year, private college in New York to host a full-time police academy. Its first class graduated in August.
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New York City, 1991. Small-time crooks TOMMY (Pitt) and ROSIE (Arianda) have two things in common: a crazy-passionate love for one another and-after they're caught robbing a florist on Valentine's Day-prison records. Trying to go straight, Rosie lands a job at a debt-collection agency and persuades Tommy to join her. But soon Tommy is skipping his shifts to do something much more interesting-attend the landmark trial of Mafia hit man Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, whose graphic testimony could finally bring down flamboyant Gambino-family boss John Gotti.


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Second, the pre-Trump Republican Party he describes skips over the racialized politics of, for example, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
micah : Yeah, this description of the GOP seems waaaaay off:
In the years after Ronald Reagan, the Republican Party was defined by its abundance mind-set. The key Republican narratives were capitalist narratives about dynamic entrepreneurs and America's heroic missions. The Wall Street Journal editorial page was the most important organ of conservative opinion. The party's views on other issues, like immigration, were downstream from confidence in the abundant marketplace and the power of the American idea.
What about all the racialized law-and-order stuff?
clare.malone : My real problem with the article is that he doesn't really prove his case.
He says at the very end of it, in a single paragraph:
Eventually, conservatives will realize: If we want to preserve conservatism, we can't be in the same party as the clan warriors. Liberals will realize: If we want to preserve liberalism, we can't be in the same party as the clan warriors.
But wait … will they realize this? What about hyper-partisanship ? And check this out from Pew :
natesilver : The article also skips over the importance of " values voters " and the evangelical movement to the George W. Bush coalition. (And to the Reagan coalition too.)
micah : But, Nate, explain how you think the article misunderstands how parties work.
natesilver : Du. Ver. Ger's. Law.
OK, that's a pretty obscure reference. But its point is that party systems are heavily influenced by electoral structures.
You usually get two major parties, or maybe three, in first-past-the-post systems like the U.S. uses. Those European systems he's talking about — where you have lots of viable parties — mostly have proportional representation .
It should really be "Duverger's reasonably reliable empirical regularity" and not "Duverger's law," but it's a pretty useful heuristic.
clare.malone : What a sentence.
My question is, when does Brooks think all of this is going to happen?
That is, is this something he thinks will come down the pike in 2020 (aka, David Brooks is a stan for Kasich 2020)?
Or is this something 25 years in the future?
natesilver : It will happen once more people read his columns and join the Reasonable Center.
micah : OK, so he sorta bungles parties and bungles recent U.S. political history, but let's talk about the force he thinks will spur a viable third party …
Isn't his argument like: People are getting really partisan and so therefore people will break out of partisanship?
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THE Guide goes universal - buy it once and use it on any of your devices including the iPad
Updated offline map data
Improved stability
Note: Requires iOS 4.0 or higher
App Description
THE Guide is the only comprehensive city guide in the app store including anoffline map and many, many points of interest!!!
And now it is universal making it even more valuable - discover attractions on the huge screen of your iPad or navigate through streets and museums on your iPod or iPhone.
Nobody wants to pay enormous amounts of money for roaming. That's why we integrated the map right into the application - no internet connection is necessary!
Just use the built-in GPS and see where you are in the city and where all the interesting places are next to you.
The points of interest - in contrast to a physical city guide book - will always stay up-to-date via regular free updates.
- Offline map
- Universal - Buy it once and use it on iPhone, iPod and iPad!
- Detailed city description
- Tourist attractions
- Selection of over 80 restaurants - incl. comprehensive description and categorization
- Shopping destinations
- Hotels
- Transportation
- Search in all categories at once
- English and German
App Changes
- June 24, 2011 New version 1.14
- September 02, 2011 New version 1.20


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A recent study of the post-crisis American economy suggests that cities that promote knowledge and creativity will be future "boom towns." The founders of the III Points Festival are ready to light the fuse in Wynwood this weekend.
In an article about his study called "Boom Towns and Ghost Towns of the New Economy," published Sept. 18 on the Atlantic magazine website, eminent social scientist Richard Florida found that "the economic landscape is being reshaped around two kinds of hubs — centers of knowledge and ideas, and clusters of energy production. Overwhelmingly, these are the places driving the economic recovery."
Despite its unique goulash of globally sourced experiences, you don't often hear Miami's name come up as a center of knowledge and ideas. But the III Points Festival may help change the conversation.
"There are a lot of incredible people doing incredible things all over Wynwood," says Erica Freshman, one of the festival founders. "III Points is about changing the perception of the outside world."
The three-day event begins Thursday and mixes creative types from around the country with some of the most influential locals in music, art and technology in multimedia gatherings in more than 20 locations in Wynwood. Among the main musical draws performing at Wynwood Cigar Factory and other stages are James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), Jamie xx (the xx), DJ Shadow, Yacht and Miami Horror, as well as Austin Paul, the Juan MacLean, DJ Oscar G, Hercules & Love Affair, Fortune Howl, Cassian, the Deep, T. Williams and Mosca.
Artists such as the TM Sisters, Jillian Mayer and John Sevigny will highlight shows curated by TwinHaus, the Miami-based experimental engineering agency founded by installation and video artist Tara Long and musician and artist Yamil Rodriguez.
The festival also will include film screenings hosted by the David Lynch Foundation, the Samsung Blogger Lounge, the Bro-Gaming Den and, yes, beer bingo.
Freshman was best known as a South Beach party planner and gadabout when she helped open the thoughtfully booked Wynwood music room Bardot four years ago. She says the idea of using Bardot musical visionary David Sinopoli's contacts to "do something for the community" has been percolating for some time as a new creative class opened bars, restaurants, galleries and other businesses in Wynwood.
"The timing is absolutely right for this," she says.
Over the last 15 years or so, Miami native Jason "Boogie" Peterman has gone from being a DJ on The Womb Internet radio station with Laura of Miami (now programming director at Wynwood Radio) to becoming a self-taught animator and 3D projection artist. Peterman, also a VJ at Bardot, will premiere one of his "projection mapping" installations, using new technology that animates stationary objects with 3D video, on the main stage at the III Points Festival.
Peterman did projection mapping at Art Basel Miami Beach last year, and says that international gathering has made Miami a focal point for creativity in the Americas.
"[Art Basel] put the city on the radar for artists and musicians. Now Miami is on everybody's list," he says.
Peterman's projection mapping work at III Points Festival is a co-production with AV-8 Projects and Tecné Collective, the latter a cluster of Miami- and Madrid-based "technologists that explore the synergetic space between art and technology." The group's work ranges from a permanent light-art piece inside an abandoned oil silo in Helsinki to some visual improvisation at a performance at PAX by local band Elastic Bond.
Peterman says he became aligned with Tecné Collective through member Rodrigo Arcaya, a digital artist and programmer who lives in Miami. The networking that yielded the relationship and its global potential for his work would not have happened in many other places, Peterman believes.
"Miami is a key city for that to happen," he says. "I'm still surprised that I'm able to be doing what I'm doing."
Tickets to the III Points Festival range from $20 to $30 for individual events to $155 for a weekend pass. Info: Facebook.com/IIIPoints
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15 U.S. Code § 681 - Organization
A small business investment company shall be an incorporated body, a limited liability company, or a limited partnership organized and chartered or otherwise existing under State law solely for the purpose of performing the functions and conducting the activities contemplated under this subchapter, which, if incorporated, has succession for a period of not less than thirty years unless sooner dissolved by its shareholders, and if a limited partnership, has succession for a period of not less than ten years, and possesses the powers reasonably necessary to perform such functions and conduct such activities. The area in which the company is to conduct its operations, and the establishment of branch offices or agencies (if authorized by the articles), shall be subject to the approval of the Administration.
The articles of any small business investment company shall specify in general terms the objects for which the company is formed, the name assumed by such company, the area or areas in which its operations are to be carried on, the place where its principal office is to be located, and the amount and classes of its shares of capital stock. Such articles may contain any other provisions not inconsistent with this chapter that the company may see fit to adopt for the regulation of its business and the conduct of its affairs. Such articles and any amendments thereto adopted from time to time shall be subject to the approval of the Administration.
Each applicant for a license to operate as a small business investment company under this chapter shall submit to the Administrator an application, in a form and including such documentation as may be prescribed by the Administrator.
Not later than 90 days after the initial receipt by the Administrator of an application under this subsection, the Administrator shall provide the applicant with a written report detailing the status of the application and any requirements remaining for completion of the application.
The Administration may prescribe fees to be paid by each applicant for a license to operate as a small business investment company under this chapter.
For definition of "this chapter", referred to in subsecs. (b), (c), and (e), see References in Text note set out under section 661 of this title.
1997—Subsec. (c)(4)(B). Pub. L. 105–135, § 212, amended heading and text of subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "An applicant licensed pursuant to the exception provided in this paragraph shall not be eligible to receive leverage as a licensee until the applicant satisfies the requirements of section 682(a) of this title."
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105–135, § 214, added subsec. (e).
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–208, § 208(b)(1), substituted "body, a limited liability company, or" for "body or" in first sentence.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–208, § 208(b)(2), inserted heading and amended text of subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: "The articles and amendments thereto shall be forwarded to the Administration for consideration and approval or disapproval. In determining whether to approve such a company's articles and permit it to operate under the provisions of this chapter, the Administration shall give due regard, among other things, to the need and availability for the financing of small business concerns in the geographic area in which the proposed company is to commence business, the general business reputation and character of the proposed owners and management of the company, and the probability of successful operations of such company including adequate profitability and financial soundness. After consideration of all relevant factors, if it approves the company's articles, the Administration may in its discretion approve the company to operate under the provisions of this chapter and issue the company a license for such operation."
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–208, § 208(b)(3)(A), struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a small business investment company, the investment policy of which is that its investments will be made solely in small business concerns which will contribute to a well-balanced national economy by facilitating ownership in such concerns by persons whose participation in the free enterprise system is hampered because of social or economic disadvantages may be organized and chartered under State business or nonprofit corporation statutes, or formed as a limited partnership, and may be licensed by the Administration to operate under the provisions of this chapter."
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–590 substituted ", if incorporated, has succession for a period of not less than thirty years unless sooner dissolved by its shareholders, and if a limited partnership, has succession for a period of not less than ten years," for "has succession for a period of not less than thirty years unless sooner dissolved by its shareholders or partners".
1978—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–507 authorized small business investment companies to form as limited partnerships.
1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–305, § 106(b), inserted reference to limited partnership and reference to partners, struck out "of incorporation" after "by the articles", and inserted "or otherwise existing" after "chartered".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–305, § 106(c), struck out "of incorporation" after "The articles".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–305, § 106(d), struck out "of incorporation" after "articles" wherever appearing.
1972—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92–595 added subsec. (d).
1967—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90–104 provided for consideration of availability of financing, the geographic area, the business reputation, ownership factor, and probability of successful operations of company including adequate profitability and financial soundness and eliminated from consideration the number of such companies previously organized in the United States and the volume of their operations.
1961—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–341, § 11(a), provided that small business investment companies shall be incorporated, organized and chartered under State law, with a minimum succession period of thirty years unless sooner dissolved by its activities and functions, its area of operation shall be subject to the Administration's approval, and deleted provisions setting the minimum number of incorporators at 10, no company shall be chartered by the Administration unless it determined that none could be chartered under the laws of the State and operate in accordance with this chapter, and that no such company shall be chartered by the Administration under this section after June 30, 1961.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87–341, § 11(b)(1), (2), substituted "such a company's articles of incorporation and permit it to operate under the provisions of this chapter" for "the establishment of such a company and its proposed articles of incorporation", and provided that if the Administration approves the company to operate under the provisions of this chapter, it may issue the company a license for such operation.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87–341, § 11(b)(3), repealed subsec. (d) which specified the general powers of a company formed under this section.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 87–341, § 11(b)(3), repealed subsec. (e) which provided for a board of directors for a company formed under this section.
1960—Subsec. (d)(9) to (11). Pub. L. 86–502 repealed par. (9) which empowered companies to act as depositories or fiscal agents of the United States, and redesignated pars. (10) and (11) as (9) and (10), respectively.
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–135 effective Oct. 1, 1997, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–135, set out as a note under section 631 of this title.
Pub. L. 90–104, title II, § 211, Oct. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 272, provided that:
Pub. L. 104–208, div. D, title II, § 208(b)(3)(B), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–742, provided that:
Pub. L. 102–366, title IV, § 408(d), Sept. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 1017, directed Small Business Administration, not later than 90 days after Sept. 4, 1992, to complete a review of regulations intended to provide for safety and soundness of small business investment companies which obtain financing from the Administration under provisions of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 15 U.S.C. 661 et seq., and to exempt from such regulations, or to separately regulate, companies which do not obtain financing from the Administration.
Pub. L. 102–366, title IV, § 408(e), Sept. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 1017, directed Administration, within 180 days after Sept. 4, 1992, to report on actions taken pursuant to section 408(d) of Pub. L. 102–366, formerly set out above, to the Committees on Small Business of the Senate and the House of Representatives, including the rationale for its actions.
Pub. L. 102–366, title IV, § 417(b), Sept. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 1019, provided that not later than 4 years after Sept. 4, 1992, the Comptroller General was to transmit to Congress a report that reviewed the Small Business Investment Company program established under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) for the 3-year period following Sept. 4, 1992, with respect to each item listed in section 687(g)(3) of this title.
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WOOSTER, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor and hiding her body in a trash bin had been building a snowman with her just hours before she was reported missing, investigators said Monday.
Jerrod Metsker, 24, was the last person seen with the girl at the trailer park where they lived, a sheriff's investigator said. He later joined neighbors and relatives in a search for her, a neighbor said.
Metsker was arrested Sunday, about 12 hours after deputies found second-grader Reann Murphy's body. A judge ordered him held in jail on a $1 million bond after his appearance in court on an aggravated-murder charge.
Investigators with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office described Metsker as a family friend and neighbor. Capt. Douglas Hunter said Metsker has a "diminished mental capacity," but he wouldn't release information about a specific diagnosis.
People who live in the trailer park said Metsker would play outside with the neighborhood children and built a playhouse out of blankets alongside his home, where he'd spend time with youngsters less than half his age.
Reann and her mother had just moved into the trailer park a few months ago around the beginning of the school year, relatives said. They lived in an apartment above a maintenance garage at the park outside Smithville, 30 miles southwest of Akron.
The girl's mother was at work Saturday afternoon while she was at home with her mother's live-in boyfriend, Hunter said. She went outside to play in the snow and was with several other children in the trailer park's courtyard, but the others went home, leaving Metsker alone with her, he said.
Reann was reported missing Saturday evening, about two hours after she was last seen with Metsker, Hunter said. Police officers, firefighters and neighbors went door to door looking for her. Her body was found buried under trash five hours after she was reported missing.
Metsker took part in the search, neighbor Judy Jarvis said.
Authorities spoke with Metsker soon after at the trailer home he shared with his mother, but he wasn't arrested until Sunday afternoon, Hunter said.
Preliminary autopsy results showed the girl likely had been strangled with an unknown object, county coroner Dr. Amy Jolliff said.
Metsker's mother and sister refused to comment publicly on Monday and referred questions to a county public defender appointed to represent Metsker, who's unemployed. Attorney John Johnson Jr. said he couldn't discuss the case.
Metsker appeared for his arraignment Monday before a Wayne County municipal court judge via video from jail. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Dec. 23. County prosecutor Daniel Lutz said the case could go to a grand jury on Friday if the evidence is processed in time.
Authorities haven't offered a possible motive for the girl's killing. Lutz said a coroner will determine the cause of her death but she wasn't shot or stabbed.
"The charges that we ultimately bring will clarify what we think the motive was," Lutz said.
Relatives said Reann lived with her mother but also spent time with her father and his family. They said she loved to play outside and described her as a tomboy.
"She was a little firecracker, always ready to wrestle and play," her cousin Paula Watts said. "She wasn't into girlie stuff. Last Christmas, she said she wanted some girlie stuff. I don't know if she ever wore the makeup we got her."
Reann's father, Richard Murphy, broke down crying at a vigil Sunday night, WEWS-TV said.
"She's the best thing that ever happened to me ... this is the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life," Murphy said. "She saved my life. I wish I could trade her places."
Associated Press writers John Seewer in Toledo and Amanda Lee Myers in Cincinnati and researcher Rhonda Shafner contributed to this report.


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Course Details
EDU545 Elementary Curriculum
Explores the values and goals of education, past and present social forces affecting the elementary school curriculum, and methods for curriculum development and revision. Curriculum study will include human development and learning styles as they relate to the development of curriculum appropriate to childhood education in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and other subjects of the elementary curriculum. 3 Credits


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Ask the parents of any baby or young child for their number one parenting concern and they'll probably roll their exhausted eyes and say "sleep."
Though getting little ones to nod off peacefully -- and stay asleep -- may be one of the biggest challenges parents face, it's also one of the most individual. Every child responds differently to different techniques, so an effective routine usually has to be tailored to your own needs. To help you do that, we asked some of the nation's pediatric experts, who represent a range of opinions, for their solutions to the top bedtime challenges. You'll find plenty of options to suit your family.
Cris Beam's last piece for Parenting was "Straight Talk on Strangers," in the September issue.
Once an infant is 4 or 5 months old, what should you do if he cries when you leave the room? What's good and bad about letting him cry it out?
William Sears, M.D.: The "let your baby cry it out" approach comes from an old fear of spoiling kids. But that's a myth; when an infant cries, he's communicating a need, not being manipulative.
Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D.: You shouldn't leave your baby to cry, because it's harmful. Even if it gets him to go to sleep without crying, it's only because he's accepted the fact that although he's unhappy, you're not coming. He learns to fall asleep in hopelessness.
Richard Ferber, M.D.: There will always be situations where you have to let a child cry. If you take matches away from a child, he's going to cry. Does this mean he's learning not to use matches out of hopelessness? You're not removing love or care when you help your 5- or 6-month-old baby switch sleeping patterns. The goal is to give him the opportunity to learn to fall asleep in a new way.
For parents who decide to take the "cry it out" approach, one of the most popular methods is delayed-response, or the "Ferber Method." How should they start this?
Dr. Ferber: Well, I don't consider anything to be the "Ferber Method." But once a baby is 5 months old, my approach is to stay out of the room when she cries for the length of time you're comfortable with -- anywhere from one to five minutes. Then go back in and soothe your baby without picking her up; leave again and stay out for a few minutes. For example: The first night stay out one minute, then three, then five, and continue to go in every five minutes if she is still crying. The next night try staying out for three minutes, then five, then seven, then seven again, until she stops crying. Some parents go in every two minutes night after night, and that doesn't really help.
If it takes longer than three days for the baby to stop crying, then something is wrong; for instance, it could be too much napping or a change in nighttime feeding patterns.
What are some alternatives to this method?
Claire Lerner: The approach I've developed is to put your baby down the first night when she's almost asleep and then leave the room; if she's still crying, come back in a few minutes. The next night put her down when she's a little more lucid and leave the room a bit longer. Stay away for a slightly longer time each night until the baby learns to fall asleep when you leave.
Jodi Mindell, Ph.D.: I don't think it makes any difference if you go in and check on your baby after 30 seconds, 5 minutes, or 30 minutes. To get him to sleep on his own, you just have to leave. If after 20 minutes he's still crying and you can't stand it, you can take him out and then start the whole process again the next night.
What should parents do if their baby has no trouble falling asleep but wakes up too early in the morning and cries for them to come?
Mindell: Try putting her to bed earlier. It's counterintuitive, but it works because sleep-deprived babies wake up more often. She may also be waking up because she's used to being fed. In this case cut down the early-morning feeding by one ounce (if you're bottle-feeding) or one minute (if you're breastfeeding) a day until you've completely eliminated it.
Dr. Ferber: When a baby awakens at a reasonable hour, you should go to him when he cries. But if he's waking up very early and seems to need more sleep, going to him can then become a habit. If that occurs, delay getting him for a few minutes. The next morning go to him a few minutes later. But be prepared -- there's bound to be some crying.
Sharing a Bed
What are the pros and cons of the "family bed"?
Dr. Sears: I believe there's no right or wrong place for a baby to sleep; however everyone gets the best sleep is the right arrangement for that family. My personal belief is that in the first year babies belong snuggled next to their parents.
Patricia Henderson Shimm: Letting your kids sleep on their own starting in infancy gives them independence. Bedtime should be a happy, nurturing time for a child. If you think of their bed as a little nest and you treat it as a wonderful place to be, they'll like it.
Lerner: For some people the family bed is just not in sync with their personality. You have to give up a lot of space, time, and intimacy with your partner. Often, sleeping with their baby is a decision parents later regret -- because the longer you keep the child in your bed, the harder it may be for her to adjust when you want her to stay in her own room.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently warned that sharing a bed with a baby can be dangerous. Should parents be concerned?
Arlene Eisenberg: Yes, they need to be extremely cautious. Babies can suffocate under soft comforters and pillows. And some beds have bars and cracks where an infant can get caught and be strangled.
Dr. Sears: Parents need to co-sleep in a safe way. That means no drugs or alcohol prior to bedtime, sleeping with only one child at a time, and not using soft or loose bedding.
If you do want your baby to sleep with you at first and then move him into his own bed, what's the best way to ease the transition?
Pieper: If you let the family bed go on after your baby is 6 months old, it can be hard to stop it without making him feel that it's arbitrary and mean. If you're willing to continue the family bed until he naturally gives it up, fine.
Mindell: You can move an older baby or toddler into his own bed. Tell him that if he's in bed and quiet, you'll check on him in five minutes. Or say that you have to do a chore and you'll be right back: The first night it's a quick chore like getting water; then advance to a longer chore, such as doing the dishes.
Dr. Ferber: If your child has always slept in your room, don't just suddenly put him in his room, shut the door, and leave. Stay in his room until he falls asleep to help get him used to the new space; then when you go to bed, sleep in his room. Over a period of a week to several weeks-depending on the child-you can start putting him down and then leaving the room.
Dr. Sears: First put a futon or toddler mattress at the foot of your bed, to get him used to sleeping on his own. For a few weeks, lie down with him there until he falls asleep and then climb into your own bed. When he's used to this, start having him fall asleep alone on the futon. After a few weeks, move the futon into his own room. If he wants to come back to your room, take it as a sign that he isn't ready for nighttime weaning.
Finding the Right Routine
How soon should you start bedtime rituals? And what's the best routine for a toddler?
Pieper: Even in the first months, babies respond to routines because there's a security in predictability. So it's good to do things in the same order each night: Give them a bottle, then burp them, then put them down.
With toddlers, make the transition as smooth as possible. Try to take care of the tasks your child doesn't enjoy before dinner. And if she's playing with something at bedtime, let her bring it along (as long as it's safe for her to have, of course). Going to bed shouldn't be a penal sentence.
Eisenberg: It's a good idea to slow your child down-a half hour to an hour before bedtime-by helping her do a puzzle or other quiet activity. TV can be too exciting at this time. Note what time she typically gets sleepy and then start the routine 30 minutes before that. If you begin too early (when she can't fall asleep) or too late (when she might throw a tantrum), you'll miss the boat.
Shimm: The simplest routines are the best. For instance, give her a bath, brush her teeth, read her a book or two, and then sing her a song. And if Mom wants to read a number of books and Dad can do it in just one, it doesn't matter; the child will get used to both styles.
Mindell: My daughter is 2½ , and we always read Goodnight Moon. I save the new stories for daytime because they take a lot more cognitive energy to listen to.
Ariel Gore: If you've gone through the ritual and your child still isn't going to sleep, try a book on tape. That way, she doesn't have to have you there, but she has some entertainment to help her wind down.
How should a parent handle kids' pleas -- for water or back rubs -- to get you to come into their rooms?
Eisenberg: Set limits. Say, "We're not getting any more water tonight, and we're not having this conversation again." Many parents think they're being kind when they give in to a child's demands, but kids want to know that there are rules and limits.
Shimm: Needing water is all part of the routine; if your child's asking for it every five minutes and you can stand getting it, fine. But if your threshold is lower, you're going to have to set boundaries.


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It has come to my attention that some people on here don't know how to use Photobucket. On some of the posts that I have wanted someone to look at my bucket they have told me it doesn't work. This has made me think that we need to post to these people how to use Photobucket to look at trade lists on there. When someone tells you to "Look at my bucket" they will have a link in their sig. When you click on this, it will take you to the main part of their library. Some people have cards on this page, others don't. Either way, there are other folders to find cards in. When on this main library page, if it is empty don't think it doesn't work, look to the left and you will see a white button with > on it. Click on this and it will bring up a menu. From there, you can click on any folder that they have available for viewing. Try it with mine. http://s1002.beta.photobucket.com/us...ucket/library/ Any questions on this please ask me or other members with Photobucket accounts to help out. It helps those of us that don't want to have rows and rows of our Photobucket folders in our sigs.


text: Besides the basic stupidity of the idea and lack of any evidence besides the inventors/sellers belief, one claim IF TRUE (not likely) would not retard aging but accelerate it: all the evidence so far suggests increased metabolism would increase aging... n.b.: I do not mean to denigrate work with pulsed/static magnetic influences (at proper strengths, locations) which can have some measurable physiological effects. Frank LeFever New York Neuropsychology Group In <01bc35c0$8351cb60$25241c26 at itjfvkli> "Alex Chiu" <alexycchiu at msn.com> writes: > >NEW INVENTION ALLOWS HUMANS TO LIVE FOREVER > > www.swiftsite.com/eternal > >Press Release > > >ACCORDING TO ALEX CHIU, PEOPLE CAN STAY YOUNG AND LIVE FOREVER BY USING HIS >NEW INVENTION 'THE ETERNAL LIFE RINGS' OR 'THE ETERNAL LIFE FOOT BRACES'. >The Eternal Life Rings are rings to be worn on both small fingers of a user >during sleep. The Eternal Life Foot Braces are to be worn on all fingers >of both feet of a user during sleep. Both devices consist simply magnets >and braces which hold magnets onto the fingers of the user. > >Mr. Alex Chiu claims that the magnetic devices, the finger rings or the >foot braces, both are believed to allow the user to stay young physically >forever or to become younger! The inventor explained that the magnetic >pole on the right small finger or on the right foot is opposite to the >poles of the magnets on the left small finger or of the left foot. With a >different pole on each side of the human body, blood circulation and >electric current of the body are propelled. The speeded up blood >circulation and electric current generate faster metabolism in order to >fight aging process. The mentioned devices invented by Alex Chiu are >believed to be able to alter aging or to keep the users young physically as >long as the users wear them every night during sleep. The devices also >cure many handicapnesses and deseases. > >Mr.Alex Chiu is an inventor who is mainly specialized in effects on human >health by magnetic forces. For interested party, please email >alexycchiu at earthlink.net Check out my web site or >http://home.earthlink.net/~alexycchiu >tel 415 585 3825 > >pobox 16547 >San Francisco CA 94116 > >


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Monday, December 28, 2015
Arjmand, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Dr. Ellis Arjmand is a native of Chicago, Illinois, where he graduated from Northwestern University with his medical degree in 1986. He subsequently earned a PhD in auditory physiology at Northwestern University in the laboratory of Dr. Peter Dallas and a Master of Medical Management degree at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. Arjmand completed his residency in otolaryngology at Washington University in St. Louis and his fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at St. Louis at Children's Hospital. Upon completing his fellowship, he joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University of Medicine in 1994, where he practiced pediatric otolaryngology until 1999. He then joined the faculty at Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he served as Director of the Hearing Center and the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
In July of 2004, Dr. Arjmand moved to Cincinnati to become Associate Professor at The University of Cincinnati and Director of The Ear and Hearing Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Dr. Arjmand is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and The American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American Society for Pediatric Otolaryngology, the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children and the American Bronchoesophagological association. He is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and is a member of The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Ellis Arjmand practices general pediatric otolaryngology with a special emphasis on pediatric otology. His research interests relate to the causes of childhood hearing impairment, congenital inner ear anomalies, newborn hearing screening and cochlear implants.


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November 21, 2012 19:43 ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 21, 2012) - Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd. ("Sandstorm" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SND) is pleased to announce that Thunderbird Energy Corp. ("Thunderbird") (TSX VENTURE:TBD) has substantially completed the infrastructure build-out at the Gordon Creek property located in Utah, USA. The well sites are prepared and equipped and the process of bringing the first 8 wells online has begun through Thunderbird's upgraded compression facility. Although issues with certain suppliers have caused minor delays in recent weeks, Thunderbird and Sandstorm are encouraged by the progress of the operations and anticipate providing a further update in December once all of the wells are online and initial production rates have begun to stabilize.
Thunderbird has also acquired four sections of new mineral leases in the Gordon Creek area representing a 20% increase in the Gordon Creek land position. This new acreage adds up to 18 new locations and brings the undrilled location inventory to approximately 85 (based on a 4 well per section density). Of the 85 locations, 47 are surveyed and in the advanced stages of surface acquisitions, permitting and licensing.
Sandstorm has a natural gas stream agreement with Thunderbird to purchase 35% of all natural gas produced from the first 50 wells drilled at Gordon Creek with an option to participate in additional wells. Sandstorm will purchase the natural gas at US$1.00 per Mcf of gas delivered plus 20% of the market price received above US$4.00 per Mcf.
Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd. is the world´s first diversified streaming company. Sandstorm provides upfront financing to resource companies that are looking for capital and in return, receives a commodity streaming agreement. This agreement gives Sandstorm the right to purchase a percentage of the commodity produced, for the life of the asset, at a fixed price. Sandstorm has acquired a portfolio of seven commodity streams in copper, palladium, oil, natural gas and coal. Sandstorm plans to grow its production base through the acquisition of additional commodity streams.
Sandstorm Metals & Energy is focused on low cost operations with excellent exploration potential and strong management teams. Sandstorm has completed commodity purchase agreements with Colossus Minerals Inc., Donner Metals Ltd., Novadx Ventures Corp., Terrex Energy Inc., and Thunderbird Energy Corp.
For more information visit: www.sandstormmetalsandenergy.com.
Except for the statements of historical fact contained herein, the information presented constitutes "forward-looking information" or "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "plans", or similar terminology. Forward-looking information is based on reasonable assumptions that have been made by Sandstorm as at the date of such information and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Sandstorm to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking information, including but not limited to: the impact of general business and economic conditions; the absence of control over operations from which Sandstorm will purchase commodities and risks related to those operations, including risks related to international operations, government and environmental regulation, actual results of current exploration activities, conclusions of economic evaluations and changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; problems inherent to the marketability of commodities; industry conditions, including fluctuations in the price of commodities, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and fluctuations in interest rates; stock market volatility; competition; as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risks to Sandstorm" in Sandstorm's annual report for the financial year ended December 31, 2011. Although Sandstorm has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Sandstorm does not undertake to update any forward-looking information that is contained or incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Sandstorm does not provide any representation as to its comparability with other companies in its industry including, but not limited to, Franco-Nevada Corporation, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd.Nolan WatsonPresident & Chief Executive Officer(604) 689-0234Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd.Denver HarrisInvestor Relations Contact(604) 628-1178www.sandstormmetalsandenergy.com
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The Chiefs' offense seems to be warming up.
Morgan Cey stopped 33 of 35 shots faced for the win. The game was Cey's 4th start in 5 nights and he finishes the marathon stretch in Gerald Coleman's absence at 2-2-0. Doug Andress continued his strong season with a pair of goals while Dimitri Tarabrin, PJ Atherton and Andrew Martens each had a pair of helpers. The other Falcons goals were scored by Zbynek Hrdel, Brandon Elliot and Adam Henrich. Andre Deveaux and Grant Jacobsen each had individual helpers. Andress, Tarabrin and Cey were the game's three stars.
First Period
TOL Sitko, (2) , 14:02
Second Period
JHN Andress, (8) (Tarabrin, Desrochers), 0:22
JHN Andress, (9) (Desrochers, Tarabrin), 7:07
Third Period
JHN Henrich, (8) (Jacobsen, Atherton), 1:02
TOL James, (2) (Burke, Blight), 3:01 (PP)
JHN Hrdel, (3) (Deveaux, Martens), 10:21
JHN Elliott, (6) (Martens, Atherton), 14:50 (PP)
Game sheet from ECHL.com.


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It is not.She's getting paid for all this.
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for other person it feel more orgasm
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He keeps having to spit in his hand for lube and putting it on his dick. She's not even wet. It just proves my point that she's faking her orgasms. The amount of times she "came" she'd be well lubed if it was real.
I really, really, really liked the way she likes to sex...
who is the guy in the video
bruce venture
Nice cum shot on her face
Is that Gronk
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Omg! How many times did she cum!! So hot!!
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oh amazing! What's his name?
He' s a good man.....cares about getting her off.....awesome.
He's fucking hot, she was super annoying with her over the top B.S. Tis a shame... She has amazing tits though.
le posizioni dell'amore sono tutte belle ma lei che a cosce aperte riceve le spinte del cazzo di lui è la migliore
C'mon guys. Would you call that cock "big"? I have 10.5 penis and it's slightly over average here in Iceland. Come to Iceland to see the real deal...
mm, I guess... :-P
Shut up. Size doesn't matter.
Shes probably really cuming in this that is how you fuck a girl, guys. Watch, learn, practice and tell all the men you know this is how you have to move to make a girl cum without using your hands.
Seriously. They're laughing and enjoying themselves. The comfort probably made it all so much better.
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My first big cock was when I was 19 years old. I first noticed it when we got close and he pressed this big budge against me while dancing. I had sex with 8 previous men before and his was by far the biggest I have ever seen. I was very afraid and excited that this huge cock, which is the size of my entire forearm was about to enter me. The thickness pushed opened my pussy felt so so good but, the length was too long and it poked me. I now know to look for men with thick thick cock that is not longer than 8 inches.
He's Hot I like his breathings but that skinny bitch noises and giggles are so fuk'n annoying. Stfu Twat!!
love this guy's cock, it's got me rubbing my pussy..hard and fast
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Thats April Oneil and she's not 18 when that was filmed. I do love her though. She worked Youpornmate, maybe still does. I videochat jerked with her a couple of times, super hot
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my dream man.
0 kissing and he came in her face. that means he really loves her!
i am a cock
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She is so hot & cute!
holy shit.
so fuckinh hotwould marry her
me gustaria que me bese y me coja asi
yo te cojo así
He has a bog cock
thats Cain Velasquez
Really looked like it lmao
I think if I had a neighbour that fucked that good I would have extramarital affairs while my husband is at the office all day.
Slag, Respect your husband while he's out there earning the bread
I have fucked around. I have had sex with my stepbrothers and there friends. But they were always younger than I was and always went soft and never shot much cum. After I started college I started going out with a married man with a large cock and he could stay hard for a long time and shot a lot of warm sticky cum.
One who're you are
I move more than she does, scream louder and I have multiple orgasms. A cock doesn't have to big to be good, but I like the big cocks.
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i love it how that guy moves and grinds, made me wet.
She's hot. Her teeth is a fucking turn off for me.
He has a cock and HE KNOWS HOW TO USE IT!!!!! Sooooooooo good..
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Look at those gravity-defying titties! Plastic surgeons WISH they could make titties like that.
Why is every guy and gal in porno is complety shaved genetalia and everyone in the real world isn't?
He's hot
Damn that was hot... Love to see a woman enjoying a good fuck.
id let him fuck me as long and however he wants..jeezus he's fuckin hot
April O'Niel
Bruce Venture
Nice to see a nice looking guy with a big dick that knows how to use it and doesnt just pump in and out...he uses every inch he has and fucks her right...thats how it should be done!!!
i sound just like her! or.. she sounds like me
somebody fuck me, please.
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can i ?
Such a fucking annoying voice and so overdone and fake! I couldn't enjoy it cause of her over dramatic squeals like a damn pig and her nasal laugh. If she'd shut the hell up maybe I would have been able to get hard.
I don't think she came once. She faked it. Trust me a girl knows. I'd definitely cum if he fucked me. I'd be sure to get mine!!!
i can fuck just like him and my lady allways cums
alright, but does she cum 6 times?
yes yes yes ohh april oneil ohhnancy deep love ohh i'm coming
Anyone commenting on her noises...Ive had sex with a guy that fucked that well and he had me so crazy with pleasure I made all kinds of noise. Its natural and spontaneous and fucking awesome lol
I want someone come and fuck me
ohhhh what a fuck....
I would like him to fuck my wife
damn if it was a creampie insted of a cumshot that would be perfect
My step brothers friend is a real man. I did not know cocks came that large. My step brother has a decent size cock but some of the boys I have had sex with will have to grow up now. We want to have anal sex sometime but I am going to have to prepare my ass with a lot of lube and relax with my dildo.
lucky guy to fuck a teen age bitch like this
Best of the year!
Her laugh is OBNOXIOUS
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Video Killer: Look at her leg at 1:31 LOL
she's fucking hot! :D
She's really fucking gorgeous but needs to not laugh and talk so much :/
She is so sexy with a smoking body.
Her laugh is sexy as fuck
These videos make me very horny and want to be fucked.
This girl is so hot with her smoking body and her tits hanging down. Watching his big cock sliding in her pussy made me so hard. I'd love to pump it with my hard cock also.
I give her something to drink.
want to see me fuck my lover
These two are hot. I love her smoking body with those great tits.
This girls body is so smoking hot. i just stroked to watching his long cock fuck her and came all over the place.
what a hottie...love hearing her moans and screams..seeing her take his big cock is so hot...great looking tits!
Wanna have the same sex
am 10 ew pls stop this a will report this ew
Want couples
it doesnt even look like they love each other look how sad he is
He is an expert cocksman - I love it! So does she!
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Damn it I'm wet
I think i'am really horny
They're so fucking cute tho
The guy is Bruce Venture
Se trata ke entre Ella's ma's riko sienten ma's sabrizo siente uno chihwhahz
I want to fuck her
He's not that big. Just long
For all the ladies, his name is Bruce Venture.
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Principles of Teaching Youth
How do you put into practice the principles of the Savior's way of teaching? Here are a few simple suggestions. For more information, see Handbook 2: Administering the Church (2010), 1.4, 3.2.
Strengthen the Family
The ideal place for youth to learn and live the gospel is at home, under the loving guidance of righteous parents. A Christ-centered home gives youth the best preparation to receive the sacred ordinances of the gospel. (See Teaching, No Greater Call, 127–43.)
For this reason, the auxiliaries, activities, and programs of the Church (including the Duty to God and Personal Progress books, For the Strength of Youth, and youth curriculum materials) exist to support parents as they help their sons and daughters become converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Prepare Spiritually
The Lord commanded, "First seek to obtain my word" (D&C 11:21). Part of preparing spiritually is studying for yourself the doctrine you will teach. The Spirit will guide you to that which will be most relevant and helpful to the youth. Then, as you strive to live what you teach, you will be able to testify of the truthfulness of the gospel from your own experience. (See Teaching, No Greater Call, 12–20.)
Counsel Together
Helping youth become converted requires the combined efforts of parents, leaders, advisers, and teachers, including seminary teachers. Counsel together about the needs of the youth. Find out what they are learning at home, at church, and in seminary so that you can build on it as you teach them. Together you will be able to create a much more powerful learning experience for the youth than you could accomplish separately.
There are many opportunities for parents, teachers, advisers, and leaders to counsel together. Here are some examples:
- Leadership meetings, such as ward council or bishopric youth committee meetings.
- Brief, informal gatherings before or after regular Church meetings.
- Telephone or email communications.
Minister to the Youth
Teaching youth means more than just imparting information. Christlike teaching involves mentoring and encouraging the youth in their personal efforts to live the gospel in daily life. It may include reaching out to them beyond regularly scheduled meetings, classes, and activities.
Try to love the youth as Heavenly Father loves them. He sees the best in them; He has patience as they grow. He encourages them even when they struggle to do what is right, and He never gives up. (See Teaching, No Greater Call, 31–39.)
Teach the Gospel
In all gospel teaching, the Spirit is the real teacher. If you seek His guidance, He will touch your heart and inspire those you teach.
One of the best ways to invite the Spirit is to engage the youth in discussing the scriptures and the most recent teachings from living prophets. The online learning outlines will help you find the most relevant resources.
Often the youth have their own spiritual experiences and insights to share. They can do this in family home evening, in classes or quorum meetings, in Mutual activities, as guests in Primary, or in many other formal and informal settings. When they share their testimonies with each other, the Spirit bears witness, and all are edified. (See Teaching, No Greater Call, 50–59.)


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Further information about audience research in museums and web links.
- Audience Research: visitor behaviour
- Exhibition evaluation explained
- Audience Research - What is audience research?
- Are museums leisure venues?
- How do I conduct a focus group?
- Writing Text and Labels
- Audience Research Reading List
- Tracking and Observation Studies
- Audience Research Online Resources
- Peer reviewing exhibitions
Evaluation Reports
A selection can be downloaded here.
Specific Audience Information
Further information and reports about specific audience groups.
We have two blogs covering the latest trends and developments.
List of publications emanating from our work.
Collaborative Research Projects
Projects emanating from us in collaboration with university partners.
Learning in Museums
Papers and reports from a range of learning projects and visitor studies.
- Understanding museum learning from the visitor's perspective
- Making a difference: what have we learned about visitor learning?
- Musing on learning seminar 1999
- Visitors and Learning: adult museum visitors' learning identities
- Applying research to practice: visitors talk about museums
- Why Learning? Seminar 2002
- Learning in museums literature review
- Peer reviewing exhibitions
- Heritage Learning Matters: Museums and Universal Heritage
- Museums as Sources of Information and Learning
- Exhibition Appraisal Form
- What is identity?
- How has identity been described in a museum context?
- Learning Trends in an Online World
Pop-Up Museum
Information about Michelle del Carlo's Pop-Up Museum project.
Australian Museum Visitors
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Sunagakure (砂隠れの里, Sunagakure no Sato; Literally meaning "Village Hidden by Sand") is the hidden village of the Land of Wind. As one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries, Sunagakure has a Kage as its leader known as the Kazekage, who resides in a spherical structure in the centre of the village. There have been five Kazekage, the most recent being Gaara. The Puppet Technique, and from their performance in the Fourth Shinobi World War the Cloth Binding Technique seem to be common techniques among Sunagakure ninja. Shinobi from this village believe that the accomplishment of a mission predominates the lives of the ninja trying to accomplish it. As such, they are known to be ruthless in battle, meaning to them that failure is not an option. Should failure seem inevitable, a Suna shinobi would almost surely try to make a success of their mission in some way or another as seen when Kankurō secretly retrieved from a piece of Sasori's clothing as a means to track Akatsuki to their hideout.
The standard attire of this village consists of blue or black uniforms underneath flak jackets of various shades of beige to better blend with their natural environment and include shoulders guards. Sand shinobi also tend to wear a common headpiece consisting of a head-wrap and cloth neck-covers to aid against the sun and sandstorms with a headband on top.
A natural defence of Sunagakure is its location in the desert with the protection of lack of water and sandstorms to discourage large-scale invasions. Sunagakure itself lies in a fortified valley behind cliffs of rock. The passage to travel into the valley is in a cleft between two cliff faces which provides a natural defence for the village making the area very hard to attack from the ground. The outside cliff face facing the desert has been terraced for a place for defending shinobi to stand up against assaulting forces. The buildings inside seem to be made of clay or stucco which would help to keep the buildings cool and allow them to also withstand the raging sand storms that are common in the area.
History Edit
Sunagakure was founded by the First Kazekage, who gathered the desert-dwelling shinobi under his control with his overwhelming power. At some point the village would come to possess Shukaku, and in the coming years the beast was sealed into three different hosts[1] so that its abilities could be studied. The Third Kazekage was able to emulate Shukaku's abilities, earning recognition as the strongest Kazekage in history.
Some time in Sunagakure's history they created the Puppet Brigade in an attempt to create a technique that would give life to their puppets in order to increase their combat effectiveness. Research for such a technique was started and Chiyo eventually developed One's Own Life Reincarnation, but use of the technique came at too high a price at needing the user's life to complete the technique, thus the research was called off and the village continued to use normal puppets. Sasori left the village after the emptiness of lacking parental love finally reached a breaking point, but later returned, kidnapped, and murdered the Third, with Sunagakure taking a gamble and attempting to find their Kage rather than securing their borders against attack.[2]
Sunagakure frequently fought with Konohagakure; Chiyo's attempts to poison enemies during the Second Shinobi World War were often counteracted by Tsunade. To compound this fact, following the Third Shinobi War, the Wind Daimyō began outsourcing missions to Konoha, leading to a lack of funding for Sunagakure. To make up for the loss of military power this created, the Fourth Kazekage had Chiyo seal Shukaku into its third host, his own son: Gaara.[3] It was hoped that Gaara would become a weapon for the village, but the power of Shukaku was too unstable and overwhelming for Gaara and the idea was abandoned. The village then had to rely on the development of new techniques and trading of gold dust in order to keep its standing within the Five Great Shinobi Countries.[4] As time passed, however, the Fourth came to appreciate Gaara's increasing control and returned to relying on him as a weapon.
Another village Sunagakure has frequently fought with, unsurprisingly due to their close proximity, is Iwagakure. This has left the two villages as age old enemies with each side holding a grudge against the other, a fact which makes them highly unwilling allies.
Invasion of Konoha Edit
- Main article: Naruto:Invasion of Konoha
At some point, Sunagakure was approached by Orochimaru with a proposition for a joint invasion of Konoha. The Fourth Kazekage was killed and impersonated by Orochimaru to give the impression of support, and Sunagakure was falsely led to a devastating loss against Konoha's forces. Once Orochimaru's deceit was discovered, Sunagakure re-allied itself with Konoha, gaining much from the peace and leading to new prosperity for the village. By Part II, Gaara would be made Fifth Kazekage to replace his father.
Kazekage Rescue Edit
When Akatsuki came to Suna to abduct Gaara, Sasori set several explosive tag traps and killed several guards, as well as reactivating two of his sleeper agents, Yūra and Mukade, while Deidara in his bid to draw out the Kazekage, nearly devastated the entire village were it not for Gaara's Air Sand Protective Wall. Regardless, Gaara was captured, and the village was in dismay.
An urgent message was relayed to Konoha for assistance via messenger bird. After Gaara was rescued and revived by Chiyo, at the cost of her own life, he was safely returned to Suna and is currently still the Kazekage. He lost his tailed beast, but still retained the ability to manipulate sand.
Fourth Shinobi World War Edit
When Sunagakure entered the Fourth Shinobi World War, its Cloth Binding Technique users were vital in dealing with Kabuto Yakushi's reincarnated shinobi. This technique caused them to make up the majority of the Sealing Teams in every division of the Allied Shinobi Forces. Shortly before the war, Kankurō was appointed commander of the Surprise Attack Division, and the village's Kazekage, Gaara, its Regimental Commander.
Trivia Edit
- The second fanbook gives Sunagakure a population size of two out of five stars, a military strength of two out of five stars, and an economic strength of two out of five stars. This gives it the lowest overall score of all the five main shinobi villages.
- Despite the element of sand being unique to Shukaku and its jinchūriki, ninja from this village have been shown to be capable of utilising sand as a tool as well.
- Two very famous and powerful ninja from this village hold sand-related epithets: Gaara of the Sand Waterfall and Sasori of the Red Sand.
- Strangely enough, none of the characters from the Sunagakure have stated last name in the series, even though it's the second most frequent village in Naruto.
- During the Fourth Shinobi World War, several other Suna-nin were seen wielding similar fans alongside Temari.[5][6] This is an indication that the use of tessenjutsu is a skill generally taught in the village.


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Exercise … At The Office?
You don't have to go to the gym or buy a treadmill to exercise. In fact, you don't even have to leave the office to get moving.
Office cubicle life can get a bit repetitive: Desk, chair, wall, repeat. But lately my office neighborhood has gotten a little more lively thanks to some creative fitness ideas. As I walk down the hallway I will sometimes see one of my co-workers bouncing on an inflatable ball that she sits on while typing. My very tall next door neighbor has also started using a standing desk, which allows me to say hi to him without walking over to his cube door (and see if he is at his desk from across the room). Some employers even have treadmills that employees can walk on while they work (I have a hard enough time not falling off treadmills at the gym, so I think I'll stick with my chair for now).
I like to take the stairs at work to fit in a little bit of cardio. You can also park farther away from the door so you walk more. If you sit at a desk all day like me, you can take periodic breaks and go for a short walk or just get up and stretch from time to time. I tend to tap my feet softly under my desk when I work (especially on days when I drink a lot of coffee or when I'm listening to music on headphones).
There are many other ways to incorporate physical activity into your busy schedule, from taking a daily walk with your family, going on a bike ride or playing catch with your kids. BCBSND recently launched an effort to increase physical activity among schoolchildren across the state. But recess isn't just for kids. We believe recess should be for everyone.
What do you think? What does your company do to encourage physical activity? What are some of your tricks for being more active at work and at home?