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Forget Celine Dion and her big, ridiculously expensive Vegas show. There's an even better reason to head to Sin City for me this week - it's time for the annual Cauliflower Alley Club reunion.
WrestleMania and its overused 'showcase of the immortals' tag is behind us now, thank God, and it's time to focus on honouring the greats of pro wrestling, the men and women who have entertained us for decades.
Depending on whom you believe, the reunion on April 3-5 is the 36th, 37th or 38th annual event. (It's a long story.) Since the move to Las Vegas from Los Angeles, the reunion has just kept growing and growing. This year, more than 750 people are expected for the banquet. Former and current wrestlers, promoters, referees, managers, announcers, fans and media get together for a special event.
For me, this is my third reunion in Vegas, and I went to another in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. As a fan, there is nothing in the world that compares to the awe one feels looking around the banquet room. There's Killer Kowalski! Antonio Inoki! The Destroyer! Bobby Heenan! Roddy Piper! Even Playboy Buddy Rose!
Unlike the WWE's Fan Axxcess, this is not really an event designed for fans, and it's certainly not a money grab like that either. It is first, and foremost, a reunion. Old friends like Lord Al Hayes and Stu Hart get to visit for the first time in years; Red Bastien gets to honour the family of his old tag team partner Hercules Cortez; Sharon Valentine, Shirley Newman, Betty McKenzie get to bravely thank their husbands' friends for their support and love during their times of trial.
In a sport rife with back-stabbing, political games and vendettas, it is a chance to say sorry. Everyone knows it was just business. It's also a chance to embellish those frequently-told stories, re-live some of the great ribs from the road and the dressing rooms and to be reminded of some long forgotten memory.
Fans (and the media) get their spots at the reunion, and get to break bread with the warriors, chat about the days gone by, and snap pictures. Some of the fans themselves are veritable legends, and just as much fun to talk to as the wrestlers: Tom Burke, James C. Melby, Harry White, Vince Fahey, Diane Devine.
This coming week, starting on Thursday, I'll be filing stories once again from Vegas and the Plaza Hotel & Casino. Like in previous years, I'll come home with tapes and notebooks full of stories, tributes, and even a few lies.
It'll be even more special for me in other ways. My book, The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Canadians, is finally out on shelves and features many of the men and women in attendance at the reunion. I've got a special copy that was signed by all the legends at my own book launch back in March that I hope to get signed by the likes of Don Leo Jonathon, Killer Kowalski, Moose Morowski, Stu Hart (and family), Bruce Swayze, Reginald Love, Buddy Roberts, Dominic Denucci, Mikel Scicluna. Let's just say that that copy will never, ever find its way to Ebay to be sold.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
The campaign for Question 3, which would remove state criminal and civil penalties for the medical use of marijuana by qualifying patients, received over $1 million in support from billionaire Peter Lewis, chairman of the Ohio-based Progressive Insurance Company and a major proponent of medical pot across the country.
However, not everyone is eager to see the new law go into effect. The Massachusetts Municipal Association has called for a six-month delay on implementing the law in order to give cities and towns time to update zoning laws or institute additional regulations that would apply to medical marijuana treatment centers. City Councilor Konstantina Lukes introduced a resolution that would prohibit the siting of any dispensaries within the City of Worcester, but the Council moved to file the resolution rather than adopt it, citing the medical marijuana law's wide margin of victory in the City itself.
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Spring is in the air so make sure you dress like it!
To start gather all the items listed above: spray paint (of any color, we picked gold and silver), hot glue gun, scissors, shoe clips (found on etsy or amazon), pom pom makers (found at Joann's or store bought poms work just as well), plastic animals, ribbon(any color will do!) and yarn(of any color if you're making your own poms).
Optional: glitter and Elmers glue (but how can you say no to glitter)
The pom poms can be store bought, but if you like a specific color combo, the pom pom maker will be your new best friend.
1. Pick out yarn color 2. Wrap yarn around one side of pom pom maker (the more you wrap the fluffier your pom pom 3. Snip the yarn once the first side is fully wrapped 4. Wrap the second side of the pom pom maker 5. It should like this once both sides are wrapped 6. Snip along the wrapped sides 7. Snip both sides 8. Take a piece of yarn and wrap it thru the two halves 9. Double knot the yarn super tight! 10. Snip the excess yarn off 11. Pull the two halves of the pom pom maker apart and trim your pom pom to your desired shape!
Depending on the size of your pom pom maker, you might get large or small pom poms! Using mixed yarn also creates colorful unique pom poms.
Cut ribbons to either the shape on the right, or create little bows.
Spray paint the animals (be careful with the spray paint, this part should be done outside). For one of our animals we dabbed a brush in Elmers glue and covered it in glitter for some extra sparkle.
Aren't they adorable!
Time to heat up your glue guns, be careful it'll be hot!
While the glue gun is heating up, put together your combinations. We usually combine either an animal or pom with a ribbon then a shoe clip.
Start by gluing a small dab onto the ribbons front side and attaching a pom pom (or an animal). Next be sure to glue onto the small side of the shoe clip!
Attach the small side with glue onto the back of the ribbon.
It should look like this once glued! Complete this twice for 2 shoe clips :).
Finally attach them to your favorite pair of Seychelles, we put ours onto the "Thyme" shoe in suede.
For all the animal lovers (us included!), we made an elephant shoe clip. Follow the same steps of gluing the ribbon to the elephant, then the clip to the ribbon. Don't forget to decide if your elephants should be facing one another or in the same direction before you glue!
We paired our elephant shoe clips with the "Down To The Wire" in black suede! Voila now you're ready to show off your adorable shoe clips and spark some envy.
David Byrne / St Vincent "WHO" from martin de thurah on Vimeo.
Seychelles home office got some cute decorations for the party.
The Cake Bar was a hit, our favorite were the lemon bars!
Thanks to The Impossible Project, we were able to have vintage polaroids for the cute Ruche photo booth. Our guests definitely had fun with the mustache props!
Our little DIY table included pom poms, wild (plastic) animals and some cute fabric for Shoe Clips! We'll have a tutorial up soon so you can make your very own.
For all those nail art entusiasts, Nicole by OPI had a great table set up.
The girls at Ruche had a fabulous idea for jazzing up your every day coat hangers. With some colorful fabric strips, they transformed the hangers into colorful pieces to decorate your closet. Guests had a great time wrapping coat hangers with their own combinations of fabric strips.
How could we say no to decorating our own cupcakes! The Goodie Girls definitely had the tastiest DIY table.
Guests were asked to fill out our little raffle of "What's your top 3 favorite pairs?" The winning raffles would win a free pair of Seychelles or BC shoes! You can never have too many shoes.
Bethany Joy Lenz had a great time trying on some new flats in our Seychelles Showroom.
Elsie and Emma from A Beautiful Mess gave a great tutorial on how to make some adorable bows. Guests wore them as hair bows and even as bow ties for the guys! We loved the versatility from such a small bow.
Last but not least, guests got to take home the adorable goodie bags from Zooey and Shop Ruche. You can never go wrong with some cute washi tape!


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Friday, July 22, 2011
Farmers Wife Friday
With that in mind, I've called this post Farmers Wife Friday, hoping that it will encourage me to make it a regular thing...you know, post some Farmers Wife blocks every Friday? Hey, it's worth a try!
So here are my blocks so far...
...a massive four in total! See why I need the blog title? LOL
This one is called Basket Weave, and came together quickly.
5 comments:
- A Spoonful Of Sugar said...
You are off to a great start! Love the fun and colourful fabrics you are using.
- July 22, 2011 at 12:45 PM
- Linda said...
Oh very good Susan, good use of that ric rac, look forward to the next 'farmers wife friday' will it be weekly? monthly :) or friday whenerverly?
hee hee
- July 22, 2011 at 4:32 PM
- Tracey said...
Oh I am so jealous. I would have loved to tackle that project but after todays attempt at my Family Gathering Quilt (see blog post) I think I shall just stick to the projects I have.
Can't wait to see the next ones.
love me :-)
- July 22, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Farm Girl said...
Pretty blocks so far, the ric rac touch is too cute! Deadlines are great, my motto is never do today what you could possibly put off till tomorrow! LOL
Hope you're having a lovely weekend.
- July 23, 2011 at 5:05 AM
- Jill said...
Oh Susan... I loooove your quilt blocks! The colors and prints are so cheery-- especially the polka dots!
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The owners of this onetime RV park asked OSKA Architects to create a space for their guests that would be a step or two above camping while still maintaining the open feel of the natural Washington landscape. What they came up with was part caravan, part prefab, and just right…
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Friday, 29 May 2009
Collage play with crowabout challenge no 37
I have joined a new flickr collage group called collage play with crowabout. Each week members have to use elements of a given collage sheet to create a piece of collage art. Here is my first attempt. The words are from an old Jackie annual from the 1970's. For info on how to join the group here is the link.
4 comments:
- June said...
Ohhh superb !! I used to love the jackie mags ... fab work
Hugs June xxx
- 29 May 2009 at 19:17
- Sandy said...
Wow this is stunning.
Gorgeous card. Love them.
- 29 May 2009 at 19:29
- lisa said...
fun! gonna check out that flickr group!
- 30 May 2009 at 04:30
- Ozstuff said...
Hi Lorraine - Thanks for your kind comments on my blog. I am so pleased to know that you are now a "Crowabouter". You will have lots of fun there. Have you posted your first collage yet? I didn't find it at first glance so as to leave a comment but will try again. Keep watching my blog (or that of Taluula or Indybev) this week for news of a new challenge, open to all types of artists which I think you will enjoy!)
Great collage. This week's freebie sheet was a winner.
- 31 May 2009 at 03:07
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If concentration is lost for a moment when driving a car, an accident can happen. Then you might find yourself in the ditch and in a situation where the car has crashed.
It is human that also in selling situations concentrating and staying concentrated may all flat, can be unfocused for a moment. It can be caused by Low energy levels and delays in eating.
You can be surprised a situation like this, if you are not as quick–witted as Bill Clinton. What if you were surprised with pants down? What would you say?
About 10 years ago the media swarmed because of the sex relationship of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. The case leaked to the press and the president got into tight situations in front of the media.
By a rumour a journalist asked him unexpectedly, if he has been in a sexual intercourse with Monica Lewinsky? Bill Clinton looked the supplier in the eyes and after that repeated the question with a little lower tempo and with a little lower tone. What happened? Bill Clinton used so–called feedback question–method (*), when the questioner has to justify his question: *The question is not changed in any part, that it does not become a question by the speaker. The responsibility is returned to the sender.
Bill peacefully:
"Have you… been in a sexual intercourse with Monica?"
After this the journalist has to answer and to formulate the question again with a little anxiety by saying:
"Yes, Mister President, it has been written in the papers that you would have been?"
To which Billy answered:
"Yes, I understand. But as it is known generally, papers write what ever. And as far as I remember, also your paper wrote wrongly about me at least once and corrected the text afterwards!"
Even Mr Clinton was surprised literally with his pants down, he was able to elude an unpleasant question by using feeding back the question-method. This way Billy-boy got a little time to think and also moved an unpleasant matter forward, in which case he was able to answer more prepared and with the help of his assistants.
In selling, the situations might not be this difficult but feeding back the question is a way with which you make your customer justify both his claim and his possible objection. You disarm him with feeding back. You are able to deal with your customer after having ensured that new objections or explanations are not coming.
Make notes in your selling. You are able to perceive and command objections better by writing them down. Often it goes like that, that writing down things makes them three or four times easier to understand. One extremely easy way to acknowledge the question or objection is to write it down on paper and take the control from the questioner with the following words:
"That was a good question. I write it down so we can return to it after a while. Does it suit you that your question is answered a bit later?
When things are under your command, you can continue and stay focused on your customer and to do your work. Also reflexive but harmless objections often comes from a customer, which are worth taking as buying signals. You can also collect objections during the presentation, to be able to repeat them in the end and you may ask:
"Is there any other reason which prevents you from buying if these problems can be solved?"
Feeding back the question is an extremely good working tool for a seller, allowing the flow to remain on track. The best in this is that the control is retained by the seller. The customer, whether enthusiastic, not excited, or fighting back can suddenly break the PACT agreed.
The feeding back the question also relaxes the seller if the selling or presentation is already in a little pressing and stressful state. When a seller throws back questions asked, he can relax and a customer tells more information.
However, that is what it is all about, if he is not able to make the decision yet, isn´t it? THE SELLING – is in many ways mind combat. Dropping bombs (words) again and again on enemy battlefield (customer brain). If you have a good war-strategy and precision-weapons, you have a chance to win the battle ― close the deal!


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If you were to rank the the busiest air routes in the world, where would the route between Seoul and the South Korean island of Jeju land on your list? If it wouldn't make your list at all, we're certainly not judging. On air-travel intelligence company OAG's list, however, Jeju to Seoul ranks number one. According to Google Flights, approximately 120 flights run in either direction between the two destinations every day. Let's explore why millions make the trip every year.
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I wonder if you have ever seen a fiber truck, a mobile yarn store? I would love to read your thoughts and comments about this truck, your fiber truck experience or your fiber adventures.
I am fortunate enough that my local yarn store, Four Purls Yarn Shop (1 hour and 20 minutes away) in Winter Haven FL, has a mobile yarn truck that comes to my Village (Farmers) Market once a month October - May. The Fiber Truck was recently featured
on the cover of the local Polk County FL magazine The 863 (area code, cute right?) Below is the link to the article.
There are a few in the country. I have heard of The Yarnover Truck based in CA
and I have seen the Buffalo Wool Company truck at fiber events that I have attended.
This truly is a beautiful thing. I can drive down to the store anytime, but in season I can call the Four Purls Shop, place an order or request something to come up on the truck when they come to the market.
The Four Purls are actually Laura and JD's 4 children, sometimes the younger ones come to our market with the truck. It is a family business, their daughter models designs made by Laura and the youngest son is the social media star and sales person (he's 9).
Laura and JD have an amazing shop with great customer service and full online store to order from. Four Purls has a great variety of yarns and weaving supplies. They focus on Indie Dyers, gorgeous unique yarns made of the finest fibers. Their last visit is this Sunday to my market and I will be there all day with them.
If you are in Central Fl check the Follow the Truck schedule and sign up for their newsletter.
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CANNABIS CULTURE – Recent media coverage seems to have confused some people about our plan for the Sensible BC campaign.
We submitted the Sensible Policing Act to Elections BC in September, in order to get approval and to confirm that the legislation was within provincial jurisdiction and suitable for a referendum.
As part of that process, Elections BC started the clock to count down the 90 days where we could collect official signatures.
However, our intent was never to start trying to collect the official signatures right now. Although we know we have enough supporters out there, what we lack right now is the infrastructure and volunteers needed to collect the 400,000 needed signatures within 90 days.
Our plan has always been to build support over the coming year, and then to refile the Sensible Policing Act with Elections BC in September 2013, to start the 90 day clock then, and to get the official signatures at that time.
To save Elections BC some time and effort, we just withdrew our application for a ballot initiative once we had received their approval.
It is a monumental effort to get 400,000 signatures in 90 days. The only way to succeed is to pre-register our supporters and get volunteers trained and in place well in advance.
I have been on tour since October, putting on presentations and registering our supporters as I travel around the province.
I am working to have most of our needed 400,000 supporters pre-registered and thousands of our volunteers in place before we start the official signature campaign next September.
We have been giving out sign-up sheets, getting our volunteers to sign up more supporters, and building our database so that we will be ready to go in September 2013.
The Recall and Initiative Act specifies that the next referendum is schedule for September 2014. So no matter when we collect the signatures, that's when the referendum will be held.
I hope this clarifies our strategy. The Sensible BC campaign is going strong, everything is on track, and I am very pleased with our progress so far.
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We've had them here for years now, I don't like 'em. They also do a kinda roadster version, and that looks even worse IMO
I don't know how safe they are, but just from looking at them and seeing how little there is between you and the car about to hit you, I wouldn't want to have an accident in one either!
...still, very economical...
please, please, please read the article before mentioning the safety aspect, they seem to be well designed in that aspect.
They're too small for me, but I can see them becoming popular in downtown areas. They would rock in a city like San Francisco.
I actually like the roadster. Its only the four-two that I think looks totally disproportionate.
SMART is a weird brand. on one hand, they get great gas mileage. On the other hand they have little useable space and are very, very expensive cars for their size and capability ($15k plus). I mean, if you have to spend an extra 5 grand to save on gas, its not really as economical anymore. Especially considering how much more practical cars priced signifcantly less can be. they'll have a market for some people: people who do a lot of short trips by themselves with few passengers, and those looking for the cachet of a "fuel efficient" vehicle, but I doubt they'll be that successful in the north american market.
They are actually already on sale in Canada at mercedes dealerships (who own the SMART brand. They've been talking about bringing it here to the US in the form of the four-more or four-four, but the weak dollar and other factors have delays and possibly cancelled that effort. Note that the Zap company who are bringing them here are not the manufacturer, and who knows what their warranty coverage, etc will be. If it was mercedes selling them like they are in Canada, I'd feel more comfortable buying one (but I still wouldn't, too expensive, too small). I got a chance to check them out in Canada while I was at the detroit autoshow for work, and they are interesting, but definiltey not for me. Maybe if I lived in a city, but even then, I'm not so sure. someone mentioned they'd be great in San Francisco, but I'm not so sure of that. They are so underpowered they might have a very difficult time on those hills. Heck, my saturn has a difficult time on those hills (not that saturn is in any way powerful, its just more powerful than a smart car)
It's no so much who you hit as who hits you that'd worry me.
I've used a SMART coupe and could literally wide down the window put your arm out and touch the wall behind you when backing up, here's that little room behind you. Of course this is great for parking but scary thought if someone rear-ends you.
Also the gearboxes have (or had at launch) a mind of their own and are probably just as likely to be the reason you get rear-ended.
I didn't say they were unsafe, I said from looking at them they worry me.
Smart cars are actually made by a colaboration between Mercedes Benz and Swatch, the swiss watch company. I loved seeing them all over Italy, parking perpendicular to curbs, rather than parallel. The places those little buggers can fit is insane.
for insane driving of the SMARTS, go to Germany where you can rent on for 5 euros a day. dont belive for one second that anything is a sidewalk, if there are SMARTS in view, you are on the road! on a different note, I still wish Apple would make cars. can you IMAGINE?!?! actually, I wish apple made everything. even my toilet paper.
Not specifically for you edesign, just something I left out of the original post. From the article at least, they are quite safe. The insurance companies remain skeptical, but I have heard that they are really well designed when it comes to protecting the driver/passenger.
They're so so (euro ncap test).
Isn't Average Joe Yankee's girth going to be a bit of a problem here?
Smart: the car for the bulimic masses(tm).
And heres food for thought, maybe your big gas guzzling highway patrol can learn a thing or two from this italian version I saw in Umbria.
Imagine a High Speed Pursuit in this!
Oh no it isn't!
DaimlerChrysler are being urged by US Bank Morgan Stanley to close the loss making SmartCar brand.
BMWs share price rocketed 35% when they ditched Rover and Mercedes new boss is desperately trying to save costs and has already cut back development of niche models that were being planned for the mainstream brands.
They're fantastically strong and rigid, but there lies the problem. Such is the structural strength of the car (and it is considerable) the deceleration forces are substantially greater to the occupants than with a conventional car with well developed 'crumple zones' and this is likely where the injuries will occur.
They're great fun in town though, and as you pointed out are ideal in city centres. They have truly slingshot'esque acceleration, which in town in an unanswerable boon when you need to be able to zip around. They'll also cruise at 70 mph with no worries at all... the biggest issue for me though is the over zealous stability aids fitted to the car (a mainstay of short wheelbase Mercs' since the A Class elk test debacle) which can understeer you off the road in the quest to remain upright.
Haven't Mercedes already pulled out of an agreement with McLaren to build more 'uber' models as well?
If it proves reliable, count me in. We need more and more of this. I just spent a week in Burbank and the smog was awful. The highways was a fancy name for rolling parking lot. Calif is in dire need of this and more. I wonder if you would get a discount at a downtown parking tower like in NY because of how small it is?
While gas is becoming less and less of a percentage of oil useage, we need this for air quality and to sustain resources. Bring on the Hydrogen version!
have been around here for a few years now and have proven to be very popular
i've read somewhere that more than 40% of all smart sold were bought for business and used for placing ads on them ... companies like them for promotions and stuff
(and the japanese tourits like to take pictures of them )
Sign me up!
I can't wait for one of these to hit my town. I'm currently in a 1991 Geo Metro (43 mpg) that probably doesn't have much life left in it. And, since I don't need to compensate for anything ( ), a Smart would fit me well. I'm just disappointed in how they're marketing it here in the US. I found one site that wanted you to pay $50 for an informational CD and to be put on the waiting list to purchase... It's a shame they aren't marketing the diesel models here...they get closer to 70 mpg.
Going the other way... what are they like for legroom? Being a bit on the tall side, I have to say I don't think they look like they'd be that comfy. Any six-footers here ever taken one for a drive?
I'm 6,3" and chunky! and I fit in fine! But I wouldn't want to do a 100 mile commute in one everyday though.
Right, but Santa Ana and Irvine are far cries from San Fransisco. In Orange County vehicles like Mercedes, BMW and Hummers are as frequent and common as Fords, Pontiacs and Chevys. in the Midwest. The Smart will have its fans in OC, mostly from early adopters interested in the immediate attention the cars will garnish, but unless dealers are prepared to create a niche, I don't see OC adopting the Smart anytime soon. Perhaps as a second or third vehiclelike the Miata or the Minia conversation piece.
On the other hand, in San Francisco where Subarus far outnumber BMWs and Mercs, the Smart likely will do extraordinarily well and be considered 'cool'.
There's plenty of room once in, more than most small euro-hatchs, and getting in & out is easy too cause the driving position is actually quite high with big doors.
A local estate agent was giving a branded Smart ForTwo away to the purchasor of each house they sold here last year. You got one covered in their adverts and had to hand it back after 12months.
Thanks for the info edesign. I don't really see them as being freeway vehicles. The streets of California are just as congested as the freeways these days. I can think of a lot of places where it would be well received though. There are plenty of people who are retired and really only drive locally. Being easy to park, they would be great. And couldn't really do as much damage in a Farmers Market.
I've seen some on the freeway in Toronto. Most of the cars on the road in Toronto are smaller cars so the Smart kinda fits in. Out west though I would never go near one, going through Denver with one would be a nightmare. I don't care how good it is it won't win against a Ford Excursion.


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I'm rather frustrated at the congestion and removal of every friggen thing when I go through security at the airport.
Removal of Coats and Jackets, Water Bottle, Laptop, Belt and shoes. Phones, wallets etc.
I'm wondering if and how any of you make it through quickly without it taking more than 5 minutes to "disrobe", which causes me to become very unorganized.


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Friday, February 15, 2008
Press release from the issuing companyFebruary 14th, 2008 – Installation of continental Europe's first Goss Flexible Printing System is now well underway at F.D. Hoekstra Boom in Emmeloord, the Netherlands.
The newspaper publisher expects to bring the 90,000 copies-per-hour press into production on schedule this spring.
"We're truly excited to be at this stage of the project," comments Hans Emmink, technical director at Hoekstra Boom. "Watching the press take shape, we can't wait to operate it."
The compact Goss FPS press was chosen to provide a future-proofed solution, perpetuating Hoekstra Boom's position as a leading industry innovator. The press is being installed into a new low-height building, purposely designed to provide maximum flexibility and to allow for changing requirements in the future.
Hoekstra Boom is the first Goss FPS press customer to specify provision for changeable cut-off on the units and the folder at the time of the order. Future addition of a second set of cylinders both for printing units and folder, will allow the publisher the flexibility to accommodate a wider variety of work.
When fully installed, the Goss FPS press will comprise two 4 x 2 four-high towers with 58 cm cut-off and 1680 mm web width, two Goss Contiweb FD pasters and a 2:5:5 modular jaw folder equipped with stitcher, skip slitter and quarterfold capabilities. The press has also been specified with a fully integrated Goss press control system, including extensive presetting capabilities, predictive maintenance and self-learning technologies.
"The FPS press fits our company philosophy perfectly; our entrepreneurship and our quality standards," explains Emmink. "Hoekstra Boom is driven to optimize processes and capabilities to ensure we can always maintain our high standards, no matter what the future may throw at us. For us, having such production flexibility within clearly defined, sustainable parameters of quality and consistency is the ultimate goal."
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WEST CARROLLTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Veolia ES Technical Solutions LLC, the hazardous waste division of Veolia Environmental Services North America (VESNA), today celebrated the re-opening of its hazardous reclamation and treatment facility in West Carrollton, Ohio. An on-site re-opening event played host to international, national and local dignitaries including Richard Burke, President and CEO of Veolia Environmental Services North America, and Jeffrey Sanner, Mayor for the City of West Carrollton. The facility, which was rebuilt following a fire in 2009, incorporates cutting edge technology to reclaim and repurpose hazardous materials, greater than 70% of which comes from businesses in the Ohio Valley.
"We are delighted that this day has finally come," said Jim Bell, president and CEO of Veolia ES Technical Solutions. "We met with employees 48 hours after the incident and made the commitment that we would rebuild the facility, placing sustainability and safety at the top of our priority list. This new facility is built to the highest industry standards utilizing the most advanced technologies to ensure lower emissions and a safe work environment."
The West Carrollton facility repurposes and reclaims eight million gallons a year of oils, paints, solvents and other hazardous materials and converts them back into material that can be reused. Many solvents are reclaimed to 99.5% purity, putting West Carrollton at the forefront of the company's commitment to turning waste into a resource.
Following the 2009 fire, Veolia invested considerable effort and capital into designing a new state-of-the-art reclamation facility from a safety and technological standpoint. All equipment in the new facility, including treatment, processing and transfer equipment are state of the art and align with the most updated building and safety standards for a facility of this type. The use of best available current technology allows for emissions recovery to 98% (the previous system was 90%) and new storage tanks have a 24% increase in capacity to allow for more efficient processing and outbound shipments.
"I'd like to thank the West Carrollton community for sticking with us following the fire and during construction. Thanks in part to their cooperation, we maintained 100% employment during the construction process and strengthened our relationships with the City and local police and fire departments," said Bell.
The facility started processing waste in 1979 and will be fully functional by summer of 2012. Veolia will employ 70-80 local residents on-site.
Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C., a subsidiary of Veolia Environmental Services North America Corp., provides a complete range of services for industrial and municipal customers needing to dispose of hazardous and regulated waste. Veolia ES Technical Solutions has 45 sales, service and treatment and disposal facilities conveniently located throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Capabilities include labor services on customers' sites, permitted and secure incineration, fuels blending, recycling of solvents, lighting and electronic waste recycling, and low-level radioactive and mixed waste solutions. The company has 14 permitted Treatment Storage Disposal Facilities and 36 10-day in transit locations.
Based in Chicago, Veolia Environmental Services North America Corp. is the leading provider of fully integrated waste, environmental and industrial cleaning solutions to residential, municipal, commercial and industrial customers across the US, Canada and the Caribbean. The company is part of the Veolia Environnement companies in North America, with 30,000 North American employees providing sustainable environmental solutions in water management, waste services, energy management, and passenger transportation.
The Veolia Environmental Services group is the global benchmark for waste management and resource recovery and the only global manager of liquid, solid, non-hazardous and hazardous wastes. From waste collection to treatment, recovery and recycling, the company provides innovative, efficient and sustainable waste solutions to municipal and industrial clients. Its parent company, Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE and Paris Euronext: VIE), is the worldwide reference in environmental services. With employees in 77 countries, Veolia Environnement recorded annual revenues of over $38 billion in 2011. Visit the company's Web sites at www.veolia.com and www.VeoliaES.com.


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Sorry I've been MIA. This weekend was GREAT! Strong opening! All of our work has come together. Its so great to have an opening weekend and get that EXCITED audience. The audiences were great! I hope this week is SLAMMED with people. I have to say, we are gelling more and more, and if you've seen it already, come again. We're stepping up the bar daily, and having fun while we do it! I'm so glad to be with a cast that is willing to discover new things daily.
Right now, we're on a break. Thursday we get back in there, run through certain aspects and ROCK! I am thinking Shane might play a little air guitar in the back corner sometime. See if you notice. SEE YOU THERE!
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The Upper Arlington High School boys water polo team rolled to its first state championship since 2009 and seventh overall.
The Upper Arlington High School boys water polo team rolled to its first state championship since 2009 and seventh overall.
The Golden Bears weren't threatened much during the state tournament last weekend at Mason, defeating Thomas Worthington 18-8 in a semifinal Oct. 26 before topping Cincinnati Sycamore 17-2 in the final Oct. 27.
UA's other state titles came in 2004, 2000, 1994, 1993 and 1992.
"This feels pretty good," said coach Jim Roberts, whose team finished third at state last year and in 2010. "The last two years, we've lost to the eventual champion (St. Charles) in the semifinals (14-13 in 2011 and 10-8 in 2010). We had eight seniors back this year who had significant playing time both years. This time we got on a roll and peaked at the right time."
Junior Thomas Trace led the Bears with eight goals against Thomas Worthington and six goals against Sycamore, which UA had defeated five times this season, including 12-2 in the South Regional championship Oct. 20.
Sycamore mustered just three shots on goal in the final, thanks in part to the defense of senior captains Max Jelen, John Leanza and Joey Long and goalkeeper Nick Sievert. UA led 16-0 after three quarters.
"Joey has an intensity defensively I've never seen before," Roberts said. "I'm not sure anyone can stop him."
The Bears finished 25-4 overall and were 12-0 in the South Region.
"I just saw there was a calm nature (and) never any pressure when they could have been rattled in close games," Roberts said. "It was a stoic calmness, and there were several times I saw that for entire games."
UA will lose eight seniors in Jelen, Leanza, Long, Sievert, Geoff Dickhaut, Miles Grilliot, Ian Reardon and Danny Sullivan. Expected returnees include Trace, juniors Ryan Baas, Travis Martin and Zach Newcome and sophomores Austin Gorski, Corey Miles and Ian Watson.Girls team wins third title in a row
The girls team earned its third consecutive state championship last weekend at Mason, defeating Napoleon 15-5 in a state semifinal Oct. 26 and beating Sycamore 6-3 in the state final Oct. 27 to win the program's fourth title in five years and 13th overall.
"It's never old hat," said coach Dan Peterkoski, whose team finished 26-3 overall and 9-1 in the South Region. "It's always a challenge, and it's always special to help a new group of girls develop the skills necessary to maintain playing at the level we do."
Senior Betsy Trace scored five goals against Napoleon before an unexpected defensive struggle in the final. UA went 4-1 against Sycamore during the regular season, including a 14-1 win in the South Region final Oct. 20.
"We had a lot of opportunities (against Sycamore that) we didn't take advantage of and we had some good shots that didn't go in," Peterkoski said. "Sometimes that happens when you see a team often, and usually it benefits the team that's trying to overcome (previous defeats). They were ready and we were, too."
The Bears will lose three seniors in Trace, Emily Annen and Sarah Mamo. All three were starters along with juniors Jenny Smith, Shea Stiebler and Elizabeth Weldon and sophomore Grace Long. Stiebler was the goalie.
Expected returnees include juniors Julie Dierker, Mara Egeler, Jamie Krupp, Rachel Webber and Meghan Wilson, sophomores Alexandra Hedden, Emma Lammers and Grace Van Fossen and freshmen Sarah Dilz, Emma Griffith, Chloe Magyari and Erin Sheehan.
"This team achieved at a high rate for being so junior-dominated," Peterkoski said. "Most of these girls were on our junior varsity team last year. They played hard and well."


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Having confirmed that he will be leaving T-Mobile at the end of the season, Alexandre Vinokourov is now being targeted by three teams keen to sign him up as their leader for next year's Tour de France. As reported yesterday, two of those teams are French outfits Crdit Agricole and Ag2r, while the third is Spanish squad Liberty Seguros, who perhaps picked up on the suggestion made on this website yesterday that they and the Kazakh rider are very well suited - well, we like to think we had something to do with it.
Ag2r team manager Vincent Lavenu has confirmed in today's L'Equipe that he has contacted the Kazakh, who made his pro debut with Lavenu's Casino team in 1998. "With Vino it would certainly be easier to make contact with potential sponsors," said Lavenu, although he admitted that it is highly likely that Vinokourov will join a team that can surround him with very strong riders. Lavenu's continental team squad would struggle to do this.
It seems almost certain that Vinokourov will join one of the sport's elite squads, and Crdit Agricole are being heavily linked with the Kazakh. Current team leader Christophe Moreau has had plenty to say about the rumoured signing of Vinokourov in L'Equipe as well. "Vinokourov's arrival would be like an ejector seat for me. How would we be able to accommodate each other?" said Moreau. But Crdit Agricole team manager Roger Legeay has responded by saying that he sees no reason why he couldn't have two leaders in his team.
Moreau, though, is not certain that Legeay is committed to this strategy. "I started talking to Roger Legeay about my contract on the first rest day in Grenoble. He was talking to me about continuity and I was talking to him about my fidelity to the team for the past four years. On the second rest day I brought the subject up again and Roger Legeay was more evasive. He has spoken to me. He could have, like any other professional team manager, come and told me that it was all a tissue of lies or that it was simply the truth. His silence is disconcerting," said Moreau.
Although Liberty haven't confirmed their interest, Vinokourov admitted yesterday that "there is a third possibility that I have heard about today". Intriguingly, Moreau has revealed that he has received an offer from Liberty Seguros, so the Frenchman might just end up riding with Vinokourov even if he moves on.
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I'm going to keep this in my clipboard so every time you bring up that Republicans are the sensible ones ready to negotiate.
uh facts are getting in the way of your argument points. It was the Republicans that never negotiated in good faith. The re-election of Obama means to me that Obama wasn't the obstructionist. Or why did they re-elect him?
The historical obstructionism of the opposing party was unprecedented.
More filibusters than ever was even dreamed of by the opposing party. Obama had to have 60 votes to pass anything.
It started from day one.
The Senate majority leader publicly declared that the #1 goal was to make Obama a one term president.
On inauguration night top Republicans got together in a steakhouse and conspired to obstruct every single issue or proposal that Obama wanted. And then over the 4 years they carried out that plan.
He proposed legislation in the exact same form as previous Republican legislators had proposed. Same exact proposal as the Republican. But now they not only opposed their own ideas and proposals but filibuster the proposal.
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Three companies appear positioned to do well when provisions of the Affordable Care Act are scheduled to go into effect this week, Josh Raskin of Barclays said Monday.
"I guess the way we're thinking about this is in the long run, the companies with the lowest cost structures and the ones that can provide the best value to Americans are going to be the ones that prosper," he said.
(Read more: 'I would rather buy tomorrow': Paul Richards)
Raskin said that the Affordable Care Act, the largest change in health-care law since Medicare and Medicaid was passed in 1965, would go into effect, despite demands by Congressional Republicans that it be defunded before a federal budget can be passed.
"We're literally a day away here, and while you continue to read media reports around delays and implementation issues, etc., I think we're still on schedule for an open tomorrow," he said.


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South Fork Hunting and Fishing Clubhouse
Conemaugh River, Johnstown, PA
Johnstown Flood Museum
Neat sculpture. We rode the inclined railway and ate at the restaurant in the background.
One of the temporary houses provided to the flood survivors.
Wall graphic at the Johnstown Flood Museum.
19th century motor and gears to pull the train up the incline.
The seven arch bridge that survived the 1889 flood.
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I know a lot of you are making good points but let's be reasonable here...
...people are idiots. To be fair, we do a lot of philosophical discussion on this forum that is over a lot of people's heads. We can be objective and say that its irrational to be angry at the author because he the reason we have a story in the first place. But to everyone else, they had a great story they were content with and then it got changed in a way that is making it no longer enjoyable. It's like when a member of a popular band changes the style of they're songs, sure he's the reason you had all those other songs you like but at the same time he's the moron that ruined it for everyone.
In my own opinion, I really just hope we get past the bleakness of these last few weeks soon. I'm thinking of taking a hiatus from reading HnG until I can skip past all the chapters I don't like. The only reason I haven't is the small hope that it can't be more depressing than it already was...god I feel stupid. It's mostly just that reading it has been making me depressed as nobody is happy and everything is just going to hell for no good reason.
It's actually been reminding me of the last anime episodes, where Nagi, Hayate and Ayumu work in the cafe. That manga author that Nagi admired came into the shop all depressed and had a sort of crisis about how he was going to keep the story going as the heroes and villains were both getting too popular. He may have been feeling the same thing at the time or it may just be irony that he's feeling it now.
Either way I just want the characters I like to be happy soon. Hayate has more than earned at least a break from being the universe's bitch, Hinagiku has been through hell and is putting herself through worse with all the worry and guilt, Maria hasn't had any spotlight at all despite consistently ranking 2nd in popularity. Hell even Nagi isn't that bad in my eyes now, though to be honest I only started liking her when she started hanging around Hamster; seriously something is just so irritating about her that she just made Nagi seem much more mature and bearable. But I don't think it's wrong to like the characters (even more than the story as the case may be) it just means the author is doing a good job making you genuinely care about them. I agree that some people are taking things a little too far but I still believe that once Hata finishes our tour through hell then things will go back to normal and hopefully even better than that.
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Teleutao, how about you look at it from Hayate's perspective. His whole life is SHIT, and it's funny for everyone, because it's presented in a comedic sense from a 3rd point of view (readers). Everyone is cheery, oh a misunderstanding! Ha-Ha!
Kay, now it's serious. Hata: Screw the comedy, let's make it more realistic! It was always depressing, you just didn't realize it. At least from Hayate's perspective. I think Hata is sort of trying to change it so we see how things are from his point of view, and not from, uhm.. what's the word? Like, in RTS games you control everything from above, you don't care much about a single unit, but put yourself in the units shoes...
Anyhow, Hata is probably following some sort of plan, or tweaking things bit by bit (influenced by fans) from his original idea. At least it's not like Bleach. Kubo just making stuff up as he goes. Who said there were only 10 espada? KUROSAKI-KUN x500 in 1 chapter...
Like mentioned many times before, if he values the opinions from his fans he surely won't disappoint. Currently the otaku rage is fueled by Hina's heartbreak (sort of). Is the pairing with Hayate that important? Hata can't can't satisfy everyone, so what about girl x girl? Would there be a huge rabies outbreak because of it?
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Hata is trying to add some plot?! BURN THAT HEATHEN!
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I am also. Like the other characters but Maria seems like the best match for Hayata that is my personal opinion.
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And I heard that he was also ending this arc very soon. So by then, it'll be up to speed and back to it's normal self. At least this is what I foresee
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The thing is that at the beggining Maria was ok if Hayate ended up in love with Nagi.... but later she started to realize that she wants to be the one that Hayate will fall in love with... she if I think started to think like that after that "date chapter" that she Hayate was the first boy that she held hands with and sayd that hayate is her first "boy/love"
Lately she looks like she wants to spend more time with hayate alone and she seems to be concern about hayate (she talks to him if he is trouble... like on the balkon at night... or when he had sad face)
Hayate and Maria would be a good match (even Athena said to Hayate in end of world arc. that hayate should be with that girl [in jelousy outburst... when she saw maria in the mirror and said a super cute girl] ) but I think that Hina and Hayate make even better couple
Simple they went throught similar experiance (dept and running away parents)... both are strong and sometimes clueless (hina in her grown up form is kinda like child too ^^ her curry taste... behaviour ect) yet she is concerned about hayate and come to realize that she loves hayate (while maria mostly feels like she has a crush but she didnt sayd in her mind that she loves him)
Last choice is obvious Athena... girl that has stolen hayates first kiss... and girl that saved him and changed him more than anyone else did.... she kinda gave him joy and happiness first time in his life becouse of his parents who were only useing him for their own purposes... (she was the most concerned about hayate becouse she knew what will happen to hayate if he stays with them...)... and so from all girls hayate knows till now he addmited that he loves Athena so this girl had the biggest impact on him
but well becouse of Hayates status (not noble...but rather poor guy & buttler) he might not be able to become athenas boyfriend (at least not in real world...) so he could end up with Hina... which knows Athena and she liked her too (till she sayd "A-tan" which only hayate was allowed to use) so she might end up agreeing for them beign together
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Well, Maria never knew her parents to begin with. In a way, that's as bad or worse than having had bad parents. At the very least those who had any, no matter how bad, were able to experience living and yearning for a family (just take a look at Hayate in RG, when he was looking at his mother). Maria, on the other hand, cannot say she's experienced that.
Certainly, Hina has helped him a lot, but Maria has also helped him when she could. They are also in a similar position since, in a way, both of them are raising Nagi, and both of them want the best for her (well, probably Maria wants that the most, if we take into account what her own wishes are).
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I didn't like some one laugh at other people despair like that, even if it just a fictional, since I feel the same, well..not 100%, but enough to think that Hata know me and my past and create a story with character name change and a little plot twist. May be you will think I m too sensitive or strange now
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Maybe a scandal of some kind? To save their reputations they abandoned the child?
There are still a lot of mysteries in HnG and Maria's past still remains as one of the biggest ones.
I still am shocked though that people are getting upset at the way the manga is going. I guess I could understand if it remained serious from here on out and people didn't like that but really, what are the chances of that happening. Hata is just showing us that there is an actual plot to this story and is treating the plot seriously, just as it should be treated.
Anyways I like this little turn the manga has taken. Makes it interesting. I look forward to when it returns to comedy but for now I am enjoying actual plot and development of Hayate. I mean when you think about it, how much development has our main character actually gone through since the start of the story. (Discounting the End of the World Arc.) I mean he starts out as basically superman and has strong devotion to Nagi. The people around him have developed through their interactions with him but I feel that he himself actually hasn't changed that much. Maybe his devotion to Nagi has gotten stronger and he learned his special attack but besides that, nothing.
But now we finally get to see development of one of our main characters. Now Maria just needs some development and we will have been able to flesh out the entire main cast.
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|2009-09-07, 04:34
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Ridiculous, but not impossible. I mean, Hayate is second son of Ayasaki family. But then, if she really was, Hata would have dropped some sort of hint off. So, not very possible.
2. Athena's parents.
Just like other people mentioned, she might be. I mean, Hata said there's a reason why Maria was president of Hakuo at such young age.
3. King Midas.
His profile said he had one daughter. Hata said Maria's past is closely related to the core of the story (which seems to be related to those gemstones and Kingdom of Goldion, and Royal Garden).
4. Someone we don't know.
If this is the case, there's infinite possibilities of what kind of people they could be.
But to be honest, there's too little clues to guess.
|2009-09-07, 06:05
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I'm a little surprised by how some of you are reacting to all of this. A lot of you don't seem to realize that the majority of HnG fans are not like you all (you think a lot more, A LOT more). While on the one hand I do like character development and I have no problem with a few serious moments there is such a thing as a bit too much, especially in what is billed as a comedy series. I mean seriously, I can't think of a single thing that has made me laugh in this manga in around a month. I can understand that some of you may like grim, gritty stories that are serious and realistic, but soem of us experience enough of that here in real life. I for one just want to read a humorous story with likable characters and see that it at least is going somewhere. I mean this is the manga that is personally offended by the fourth wall, has potted plants make snarky comments when nobody else is around, has a narrator that actually hates the main cast, and subverts or parodies almost every trope it touches, what was wrong with that? Having a few of the characters feel a bit down for a while is understandable, as long as it doesn't affect everyone all at once, but right now I just feel like Hayate, Hinagiku, and Athena at least are in major depression for no good reason. I just hope Hata intends to keep it a comedy and lightens the mood considerably once he's done with this little Blue-Phase of his, because if it takes a permanent genre-shift then I'd probably stop reading it all together.
Well I feel better now, you don't have to take anything I said personally, it wasn't directed at anybody I just felt that it needed to be said since it's a different opinion.
I actually do have a question for Rah though, is there any reason you feel compelled to make Hina a lesbian or do you just like yuri? I like some of the jokes they use with that but I just don't see any canon feelings beyond friendship. Though if it's for the sake of humor then it could be interesting to see Miki or Ayumu confess to Hina, that would probably lighten the mood a little!
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2. Following the rules of the RG crystal ball, Athena knew her. This is very possible. Or they might be cousins, or she was from a different family, and they were friends..
3. When did the Midas guy die anyway?
4. I guess it wouldn't be that surprising. Seeing how Athena was introduced very late on.
Hmm, who knows? I'm like the wind, constantly changing opinions, likes & dislikes, etc...
I guess I'd like to see everyone happy, and I don't see what's so great about a Hayate pairing. Feelings can always develop, even though it's unlikely for the manga to turn around like that, or for someone to just suddenly change. Well, I don't know, it might be possible. They probably never thought about it, and then when they're both dumped (Hina & Ayumu / if Ayumu is 'on hold' by Hayate, then Miki can swoop in instead of her) they can seek comfort within each other, slowly developing something new..
Unless another boy is introduced for every girl (....), or there is a time skip after the Hayate pairing, showing everyone with someone else, or it's just a short time skip, and they're still alone.
Now that I think about it, pairings aren't that important at all. I'm seriously contradicting myself here with what I said before, how the story is more important than an individual pairing.
Perhaps I just want to see a lot of emotional breakdowns, and after they pair up, they can break apart for all I care...
Ah, I'm such a bastard.
Well, I never have a firm opinion for a long time.. guess contradictions are the daily thing~
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What our customers think of our services is all important to our success and today we welcomed the latest Passenger's Charter monitoring results which show the highest ever passenger satisfaction levels for NI Railways and Ulsterbus, while Metro received its second highest ever satisfaction score. Reliability targets were exceeded across the board while Metro and NI Railways beat their on-time targets. Ulsterbus just narrowly missed its punctuality target.NI Railways continues to excel – punctuality, value for money and train cleanliness ratings are all very high and free WiFi is really appreciated. It is factors like these that contribute to record train passenger numbers. In fact, NI Railways performed extremely well compared to GB 'regional' rail companies – Merseyrail, First Scotrail, Arriva Trains and Northern Rail – with the highest ratings in categories such as train staff helpfulness and value for money.Our 'Fares Frozen' message has really hit home with Ulsterbus passengers – our value for money rating has soared. This has contributed to growing Goldline passengers along with new modern coaches, increased service departures and the free WiFi.Metro passengers tell us they like our better on-time performance and value for money. The bus lanes in Belfast are working well and in the city centre car traffic has reduced by around 11,000. We were also able to increase the frequency of some services earlier this year and Park & Ride continues to be very popular – the opening of Dundonald P&R before Christmas can only boost customer satisfaction even further.There's no doubt this is an excellent set of results; our customers are pleased with the great service they receive.Thank you everyone for working hard and playing your part in this success.Gordon Milligan
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Day 1. Jesus Christ
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Day 5. God's Holy Spirit
So, I had intended to be finished the 14 Days of Gratitude by Thanksgiving, but since Thanksgiving is today, I think I will have to rethink my plan. Seeing as American Thanksgiving is a while off yet, I will continue until either I am done the 14 days or until Thanksgiving in the US. Whew…bought myself a few more weeks!
Day 6. My nephews, Caleb and Joshua.
The sixth thing I'm thankful for are my delightful, fabulous, hilarious, mischievous, crazy nephews! Caleb is 7 and Josh is 4. They are both very clever and fun. They love superheroes and spies and Star Wars. Yes, I have a Princess Leia costume…there was a Star Wars birthday party…anyway!
They bring love and fun to my life! I get to imagine and run and wrestle and jump and sing and tell stories with them–such fun for an auntie who really is just a kid in an adult suit!!
I want to be their mentor. I want them to learn to love Jesus and grow up to be like Him. They are such precious little princes!
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Actresses Lee Seung-yeon, Park Si-yeon and Jang Mi-inae were given two-year suspended sentences on Monday for abusing the anesthetic Propofol, which became famous for killing Michael Jackson.
The Seoul Central District Court said it is questionable whether the defendants had "truly repented" their offenses, but suspended their sentences because they already suffered "intangible losses" from their damaged public image.
In the case of Lee and Park, it also took into account that they need to look after their children.
The actresses sat expressionless as their sentences were read and afterwards quickly left the courthouse.
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Nearly everyone has heard that the body is approximately 70% water. Yet, very few people then make the connection that the preferred beverage we should consume throughout each day is water. Sometimes it seems as though many people drink anything but water. Throughout each day, the body is constantly losing water through breathing, urinating and sweating. This means, of course, that you need to replace or replenish that water. Thirst is one way the body lets you know it's time to refill your body's water supply. Unfortunately, by the time you actually feel thirsty, this can indicate that your body has already entered into a state of dehydration. More
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Preventing Dehydration: Tips for Hydrating the Human Body
When it comes to hydration, we want our bodies to be like a soup, rather than a stew. Think about it, our amazing bodies have literally trillions of cells undergoing trillions of reactions every single second we are alive. Most of those reactions deal with the uptake of nutrients or the elimination of wastes. Would you think it would be easier for those reactions (movement of materials) to take place in a sludgy, crowded stew-ish environment, where everything is thick and cramped together, or in an environment much more like a free-flowing soup or a broth? If you said broth, you are right on the mark. You see, the body is made up of roughly 60% water, so you can visualize your body as a pot of soup where the cells make up the chunks, and 60% of it is water. Now think of dehydration as simply removing some of the water. What happens when we remove the water? The chunks in the soup get more crowded, and the soup starts to look more like a stew. When this happens in our bodies, it becomes much more difficult to transport materials (nutrients/wastes) to where they need to go, things get backed up, and we begin moving away from optimal function and health.
Why is dehydration dangerous?
As mentioned in the Insight, the symptoms of dehydration are anything from headaches and feelings of lethargy and/or dizziness, to numbness and tingling, but the earliest sign of dehydration is thirst. That's right, by the time you feel thirsty you may have already lost up to 2% of your total water volume. Once again, how we feel is inaccurate for how healthy we are, and even scarier is that your overall ability to feel thirsty decreases with age - so it is even more important to add water, regardless of thirst, as we age. If that doesn't get you to the canteen, then maybe this will: research by Dr. F Batmanghelidj, M.D discovered that "…dehydration produces stress, chronic pains and many degenerative diseases."
Life causes us to lose our valuable water in a variety of ways, such as digestion, sweat, urination, and defecation. Even breathing causes a natural loss of water, and our bodies become more stew-like, which is why it is so critical to add water throughout the day. We can do that in two forms, through the water we consume and more importantly through the foods we consume. The more natural (from the earth) and more alive (fresh uncooked) our foods, the more water content held within them. Most of the foods we eat should be fresh vegetables and fruits which are loaded with water.
- Apples are 85% water
- Broccoli is 91% water
- Cucumbers are 96% water!
Think about it - do you feel more thirsty after eating a salad, or after eating potato chips? Obviously the chips, which have had the water cooked out of them and are loaded with salt. A Bonfire Health Vital Behavior is to keep lots of fresh fruit and veggies around the house. So the more fresh foods we add into our diet, and the more water we drink, the more soup-like and the healthier our body will be.
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Your body is designed to be healthy. The best definition of health is optimal cell function. If you provide the elements that cells require for function and avoid those elements that are toxic by nature, you have the best chance of experiencing your true health potential. Water is at the top of that list; water is one of those essential elements.
Water is critical in almost all of our bodies' functions, including but not limited to: digestion, circulation, respiration and healing. Symptoms of dehydration include constipation, dizziness and fatigue, as well as skin, hair and nail issues. As with all essential elements, water should not be thought of as a "treatment" for dehydration or a way to avoid constipation; rather, hydration is a critical component of a healthy lifestyle. Air is no more a "treatment for suffocation" than water is a treatment for thirst. Ideally, we should rarely, if ever, experience thirst. We should simply drink water – and drink often. Hydration is critical.
The Innate Daily Requirement (IDR) for water will vary according to your body weight. A good rule of thumb or Best Practice is to consume at least 50% of your body weight (pounds) in fluid ounces of water (and an additional 50% in healthy food choices – fruits and vegetables).
Optimally, we should drink pure spring water from our own well/land. The a good alternative water source for the modern city dweller is Reverse Osmosis, but there is an entire spectrum of quality for your other water source choices. An effective nudge for having and consistently (and easily) consuming clean water is to install an in-home Reverse Osmosis Filtration System. This makes is far easier for you to make better choices and have the cleanest water source – on tap!
The trend in healthier water consciousness today has led to an unfortunate trade-off for the environment – plastic pollution. Millions of plastic bottles end up in landfills and in the oceans every day. In fact, there are toxic stews of plastic flotsam clustered on the surface of the ocean that are so thick that in some areas the concentration of plastic particles is higher than the level of plant and animal plankton. One such cluster, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is reported to be twice the size of state of Texas – and still growing.
We have a solution to both problems. Buy a cool canteen. One of our favorite Best Practices in the Bonfire Program is to invest in a reuseable stainless steel canteen. In our practices we found that when patients purchase a non-disposable canteen that they love, they keep it (and their water supply) with them at all times. This increases water intake substantially. You get all the health benefits – saving yourself and the planet, all at once.
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Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by jock, Dec 31, 2003.
Where can tilback wheels be bought? The ones that are reset into the cab like this:
Subscribing to the thread, I need some of those too.
I believe that www.partsexpress.com has something like that.
They've also added telescoping handles like the Ampeg Portabass cabinets...very cool...
Hey if you don't mind could you post a link to the telescoping portabass style handles, I couldn't find them.
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Both the AMWU and Safework have confirmed that investigations into the tragic DIC factory incident are ongoing, nearly two weeks on.
Craig Tanner, a 42-year-old contractor from Engadine had been cleaning an ink vat when he and another man apparently were trapped by the moving blade. A third worker had gone to their aid and was also caught up in the vat.
The other men were rescued by emergency services in a complex operation lasting several hours and taken to Westmead Hospital with multiple leg injuries, while Tanner tragically passed away at the scene, despite the efforts of multiple emergency service personnel.
[Related: Family man named as dead worker]
Safework says inspectors from its engineering team have inspected the mixer in an effort to determine the cause of the incident. A spokesperson says Safework has also issued a number of notices in relation to electrical safety and systems of work.
AMWU has also been conducting its own examination of the site. One of the men was reported to be a member with the union.
The Tanner family foundation, an online pledge fundraiser, was established to assist Tanner's wife Rachel and their three children, aged 7 and under. As of today the page has raised $65,000, more than double that of its original goal of $30,000. It is still open to make donations, with printers from around the country having already contributed.
DIC (formerly known as Dainippon Ink & Chemicals) is one of the world's biggest ink companies and is Australia's largest ink supplier, its Auburn site is its main manufacturing plant in the country.
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