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Sunday, October 7, 2012
Contrary Polish Purple Smoke Swatch and Review
I have another new (to me) Indie line to show you today. This is my first Contrary Polish and I'm definitely impressed. This went on really easily with a thick but not too thick formula that won't flood the cuticles. Highly pigmented, it's easily opaque in 2 coats. And a beautiful shimmer. That is what Contrary Polish specializes in and to tell you the truth, I'm getting a little bit tired of the glitter bombs, so this is a welcome change :) You can find Contrary Polish on Facebook and shop at Llarowe.com. Described on Llarowe's shop as a blue grey with purple and blue shimmer. Here it is!
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Loooove it! Looks sort of similar to China Glaze Immortal...I'm loving that shimmer!!ReplyDeleteReplies
You know I love the glitter, but there's something so soothing about a great cream or shimmer! Now I want all of the Contrary polishes!Delete
I thought the same exact thing as soon as I saw this swatch...it look a lot like Immortal. I just got Immortal in the mail a couple of days ago. I would LOVE to see them side by side.Delete
looks glorious on you xxxReplyDelete
What a lovely color! The shimmer is so pretty!ReplyDelete
Love it!! Super amazing!! I need to get some of these! :DReplyDelete
This polish is deceiving. It looks kind of "meh" at first glance, but then when you look closer you see all the flecks of sparkliness and then you go "OOOoo!"ReplyDelete
The colour is simply gorgeous! :-)ReplyDelete
That is beautiful! I love that shimmer and the color is so rich!ReplyDelete
Omgoodness that color is so beautiful !!! I gotta have it!!! Followed the link you put up and they have a lot of must haves !!! Oh and btw your fingenails always look AMAZING!!!!ReplyDelete
This kind of looks like one of the essences that's in stores now... Date in the Moonlight? Do you know if they're similar?ReplyDeleteReplies
Sorry Sharra, I don't have that one to compare.Delete
I'm pretty tired of glitter bombs too, and this one is so beautiful!!! going on my wish list =)ReplyDelete
Oh how I long to have your nails! This is a gorgeous color-I've seen a few of hers I want!ReplyDelete
I bought this because of you.ReplyDelete


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Event and Program Coordinator
Employer: Leadership Louisville Center
The event and program coordinator is a full-time, non-exempt position with responsibility for supporting LLC events, programs, and other activities. This position is responsible for logistics and production support for large special events as well as civic programs and various marketing and member events. Events range from training-style program days, meetings, conferences, special events and seminars ranging from 10 to 1000 participants. This position reports to the vice president.
Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Manage logistics and production for LLC activities and initiatives, ensuring exceptional service and high quality programs, workshops and events. Manage resources against budget, using prudence and good judgement, taking initiative in making recommendations and anticipating next steps for successful execution. Be onsite to manage details and maintain quality control for an overall excellent guest/participant experience. Specific roles in activities are:
- Special Events: Logistics and production needs for LLC Special events, including the Leadership Summit, 100 Wise Women, and Leadership Louisville Luncheon (a/v planning, room/venue design, catering coordination, speaker logistics, materials & supplies management, reconciliation of invoices, etc.) This also includes project management support.
- LLC Hosted Marketing and Member events: Logistics and production needs (a/v, room design, catering coordination, materials & supplies, reconciliation of invoices, etc.) for events hosted at LLC, including TLS, Open Houses, Alumni Reunions, etc.
- Civic programs: Logistics for program days and activities (a/v needs, venue/room coordination, food and beverage, materials & supplies, reconciliation of invoices, etc.). Provide on-site support when needed, including delivery of materials, set-up and tear-down.
- Contribute to the facility experience at LLC, maintaining a welcoming and hospitable experience for guests, including support of reception desk, office closing at end of each day, and LLC calendar coordination.
- Research venues, caterers, amenities and activities and stay up-to-date on current events in Louisville and surrounding communities.
- Flexibility to assist with new and ongoing projects that may arise.
Skills and Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will possess:
- At least 3 – 5 years of professional experience in program/event planning and execution or administration.
- Punctual and dependable, detail-oriented with superior organizational ability.
- A self-starter with the ability to be proactive, juggle multiple tasks, identify priorities and anticipate next steps needed. Can be productive both individually and in a cooperative team environment.
- Positive attitude and enthusiasm to produce high quality experiences and bring creativity to events.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and interpersonal, and demonstrated ability in building and maintaining professional relationships with partners, business and community leaders, venue and catering staff; managing the flow of programs on-site and on-site vendor relationships and logistics.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite required. Must be able to understand and adapt to emerging communications technologies.
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Must have own transportation and be able to handle light lifting.
Due to the nature of the work and timing of programs and events, the event and program coordinator must be able to work some early mornings, nights and weekends.

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2019 NEBSA Conference Registration Form
February 18-20, 2019
The Westin Tampa Waterside Hotel on Harbour Island
725 S Harbour Island Blvd
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Oil on canvas
A very dark and moody painting originally by Georg Melchior Kraus was inspired by one of Goethe's adaptions, Iphigenia and Tauris, where Goethe played the role of Tauris.
This play was most dramatic and to lighten the tone and with total respect for Goethe and Kraus, a Santa hat was added with the reminder to Orestes to lock the sleigh door after use.
Be careful what you wish for at Christmas or be prepared for the consequences.
Joolie Green's formal art training began in Life drawing at the Brett Whiteley Studio and several periods at Art Students League in New York followed by National Art School short courses and Life drawing. During the last decade, she undertook several study and sketching trips to US, Japan and Europe. Highlights were exhibiting in New York with fellow Australians, and a solo show At The Vanishing Point. Due to her interest in children and non-profits, she was invited three times in group shows at Sydney Children's Hospital and invited twice in successful auctions by Variety for Children. She has held exhibitions overseas in Japan, Nice and Naples, and in 2013 was awarded Winner of Naples Contemporary Art Prize for Sea Fever and selected as member of Japan Art Directory in Australia. Joolie is currently launching the JOYJOart+design project in Australia and Asia. (See News page for details)


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text: Share: Comments Print December 31, 2014 at 7:21 PM Burn ban in effect on reservations; Darrington ban upgraded to Stage 2 Posted by Paige Cornwell A burn ban is in effect for several Washington Indian reservations and a burn ban in Darrington, Snohomish County, has been upgraded from Stage 1 to Stage 2 because of ongoing concerns about stagnant weather conditions and rising air pollution. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has called a burn ban for the Stillaguamish, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Tulalip, Puyallup and Yakama reservations, effective Wednesday. EPA burn bans apply to all outdoor burning, including camping and recreational fires. Ceremonial and tradition fires are exempt from the ban. Snohomish and Pierce counties remain under a Stage 1 burn ban, which prohibits fireplaces, uncertified wood stoves and inserts and outdoor burning. A ban in Darrington has been upgraded to Stage 2, effective Wednesday, according to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. Under a Stage 2 burn ban, wood burning, including pellet stoves and EPA certified devices, is not allowed. The only exception is if a homeowner has a previously approved "no other adequate source of heat" designation from the Clean Air Agency. Comments | More in Environment | Topics: Burn ban, tribes


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Big Things to Come!
Marni Sumbal
This has been a big week. Lots of training and I'm feeling good. Monday evening I went for an easy spin with karel over the two causeways and around Clearwater beach and Bellair. Tuesday morning was a big day with a 3600 swim practice followed by 8 miles on the treadmill. As boring as 8 miles on the treadmill may seem long (would you be in shock that my longest run was on the treadmill for 3 hours!!!) but with sets of intervals (1:45 x 4 w/ 30 sec. recovery, repeat the set 3 times) the workout goes by really fast. Tuesday evening it didn't rain so I could finally get in an evening bike to get in more bike mileage. I did a quality workout with 3 x 5 minutes w/ 1 mile recovery keeping a half IM heart rate. I was excited to sleep tuesday evening, that's for sure! Wednesday morning I taught spin and I've been incorporating more hills/climbing. I feel so bad for my class because they never knew they were training for an Ironman in Hawaii!
I had a great 4 mile run after spin and callled it a morning before the wed night ride. Suprisingly, I made all 5 loops and I felt like wed night was a big step in my riding. There were no excuses for rain or an unsteady pace. There were around 25 people for the ride and it was great weather. I drafted like normal but the 28 mph pace was constant and tough. I even sprinted at the end but I was at the end and I wasn't passing many people. Oh well, it was a great ride and Karel was proud of me. A nice 44 miles for an evening ride (counting cool-down). Thursday morning I again got in 3500 yards and the run was tough afterwards. 3 x 7 min. keeping my heart rate above 145 (which is kinda high for me. 10K HR is at 170). I ended up with close to 9 miles and thursday evening was a short 40 min. spin for the legs. this morning was tough for a 50 mile bike ride alone and 40 minutes running in the hot Florida weather. I was sweating a lot and thank goodness for the fuel belt.
I am looking forward to this weekend for I have a lot of miles to cover. Sat. and Sun. will both be long and mentally challenging. Karel is off to Dahlonega, GA. for the Georgia cup. He will be my inspiration this weekend since his races cover some extreme climbing and mega altitude. I know he will do great but it will be a challenge for him.
Other than triathlons, everything is going well. I recently sent in my academic resume and transcripts to an accredited Dietetic University in hopes of going back to school in 2008 for a dietetic degree. I would really like to get an Registered Dietician degree so getting a degree in dietetics would be just a start. I've been trying to work hard with nutrition consultations but it seems slow right now and I haven't been as successful this past week. However, I still stay busy answering emails from people with questions and concerns with racing/training nutrition. I don't write many articles in the summer (more of a winter/off-season job) but I have been staying busy on the BT website with articles and online nutrition coaching.
Have a great weekend everyone!!!
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It is all too often that we hear stories of child abuse on social media that gain a lot of attention. Very soon, however, they are eventually forgotten by all.
For Officer Jody Thompson, forgetting it was not an option. When Officer Thompson was in the parking lot at Oklahoma's Poteau Police Department, he overheard a dispatch call about a child that had been a victim of abuse. Even though he was not actively on duty at the time, he decided to respond to the call and offered his assistance to those that were there.
Thompson felt he had an obligation to help as he was familiar with such cases through his past occupation, he had previously worked as an investigator with the district attorney's office before he joined the police force 16 years ago. During his time with the district attorney office he had handled dozens of abuse cases.
"I've investigated child abuse cases before," Thompson admitted. "I thought I'd better go ahead and respond."
But when Thompson arrived at the scene, he was none too familiar with what he was about to witness that day: a severely malnourished boy who had his wrists bound with a belt. Even more worrying was that the 8-year-old had multiple bruises on his body and was submerged in a trashcan filled with ice-cold water.
"He did not have a spot on his body that didn't have a bruise or abrasion," Thompson recalled about the 61-pound child, whose name was John. "It was the worst thing I've ever seen."
Thompson immediately covered the young boy with a blanket and escorted him to a Children's Advocacy Center so that the authorities dealing with the case could take photgraphic evidence of the his injuries. When they had finished, Thompson then headed straight to the emergency room with John.
"I sat with him," Thompson said. "And when he was admitted into the intensive care unit, I sat all night until the next day."
"When I'd seen him in that house shivering and his hands tied — just soaking wet and confused — I knew at that moment the only time I would be satisfied and sure that he was safe is if he was with me," Thompson admitted. That feeling would eventually lead to John's adoption by Officer Thompson.
The next day Thompson made contact with Oklahoma's Department of Human Services and inquired about becoming a legally certified foster parent so he could take John into his care. However, he did admit that it came as a bit of a surprise to his own family.
"At the time, I had a 15-year-old son and an 8-year-old son. When I brought John home I didn't tell them or my wife," Thompson said. "Everyone knew … they trusted I was doing the right thing before they even knew what happened and heard the story."
Only two days later, Thompson got the news that his wife was pregnant, and 7 months later, the DHS called Thompson to inform him that John's biological mother had given birth to a baby girl while she was in jail. The Thompson family knew straight away what they needed to do.
"We literally picked her up in the hospital the next day when she was a day old and brought her straight home," Thompson recalled. "Never in my life did I dream of having a large family, but God had different plans and so here we are. And I'm loving it all."
Even though both of John's biological parents were in prison, the family had to sue to get full parental rights over the newborn baby girl. It was Thompson's dedication and willingness to foster both John and his sister that finally got him the recognition from the department.
"Jody's actions, as well as his family's, are second to none," police chief Stephen Fruen said in a statement. "The example of love and compassion he has shown to this young man and his sister is an example everyone should follow."
He hopes that his story will inspire others to make the right decisions about adoption and show them the difference they can make to the lives of victims of abuse.
"He excels," Thompson said about John. "He's the hero in this. You don't have to let that define you. We're not going to use that as an excuse or a crutch."
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Adrian Matthews takes lead role
MetLife has appointed Adrian Matthews as UK Employee Benefits Director to lead the continued expansion of its highly successful employee benefits business.
With effect from 1 June, Adrian will be responsible for driving ambitious growth plans. MetLife has become one of the fastest-growing Group Risk providers in the UK and continues to build a compelling presence in the market. Through the recent Employee Benefits Trends Study, now in its third edition, MetLife have focused on highlighting the power of benefits to help employers target financial wellness and enhance productivity.
Adrian has been with MetLife for six years in the role of Chief Financial Officer and has over 20 years' experience in the financial services industry. He was previously Finance Director (Life & Pensions) at Capita and prior to that held positions at Unisys and Old Mutual International.
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Dominic Grinstead, Managing Director, MetLife UK said: "Our challenge has been to identify an exceptional leader to take the business forward and Adrian is the ideal candidate; a strong principal who has played a pivotal role in the success of MetLife's multiple UK business lines: wealth management, employee benefits, and individual protection."
MetLife is now the UK's third largest Group Life provider by number of schemes it insures*. It has generated significant momentum in the market thanks to a relentless focus on customer needs, innovative propositions, a culture of continuous improvement and a commitment to building strong partnerships.
Adrian Matthews, commenting on his new role said; "This is a fantastic opportunity to drive the growth strategy for the Employee Benefits business in the UK. I am very much looking forward to continuing the momentum we have created in the market with the support and engagement of the broker community."
Dan Le Fleming will be taking on the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) while the business identifies Adrian's replacement. Dan previously held specialist senior finance and project roles following MetLife, Inc.'s global acquisition of Alico in 2010. Prior to that, he was the Chief Financial Officer of MetLife's Risk & Protection businesses in Reading.
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When it rains it pours. Quite literally. Friday's nooner at the Nat saw puddles on the field for the first time since media day back in mid-June. Unfortunately, the C's play of late has mirrored the weather. After kicking it around on Wednesday, Thursday saw the C's make three more errors while going one for fourteen with runners in scoring position. Not exactly a recipe for success.
To make matters worse, all three games of the Hillsboro series thus far have seen a Canadian go down with injury. First L.B. Dantzler limped off with a Lower Body injury, after being hit in the foot with a pitch. Thursday saw Ian Parmley pull up after falling awkwardly, and on Friday it was Dickie Thon Jr's turn to come up lame after an odd play at the plate. Vancouver's lineup is constructed as such that these holes can be covered in the short term, so I don't foresee any emergency call-ups. But both L.B. and Dickie have been hot as of late, putting up OPS of 1.336 and 1.008 respectively over the past week. That sort of production will be tougher to replace.
Friday, at least, they got off to a good start, with six extra base hits. The C's scored early and often versus the Diamondbacks 2013 first rounder and fifteenth overall pick Braden Shipley. David Harris was the star of the show, going four for five with two runs scored, including the game winner.
The game also marked the first start at home for recently arrived catcher Seth Conner. Similar to how his season has gone as a whole, he had a tough day, with two strike outs and two weak grounders. The two strike outs were on breaking balls that had Conner completely fooled. Although he doesn't take a huge stride in his load, it seems a bit late, which gives him less time to recognize and adapt to the spinners. On both the ground balls, the Missouri native got his hands out in front of his bat and got jammed.
If I were to guess, hitting coach Dave Pano will have the 6'2″ 205 pound right-hander working on getting started earlier, with his hand staying behind his hips.
Speaking to Seth, I was strong, in that I was able to ask three questions before finally breaking down and inquiring about former C and current Lansing Lugnut Roberto Osuna. As a quick recap, Osuna is an eighteen year old right-hander out of Mexico, and is generally regarded as the second best pitching prospect in the Jays system.
After a decent first month in the Midwest League, Osuna was shut down for all of May with elbow issues. Most pundits presumed Tommy John, but a month of rehab in Dunedin had him back in Michigan in early June. After two good starts, the rest looked to be a good decision. The three appearances after, however, were not so good. After getting lit up over one and two thirds on the third of July, Osuna was shut down and hasn't been heard from since.
Well, not entirely:
@dylan_farwell no man, i'm at the toronto complex im not pitching anymore this year!
— Roberto Osuna (@RobertoOsuna1) July 31, 2013
Seth confirmed to me that Alex Anthopolous had made the trip to Lake County for that July start, and with Osuna's velocity way down, had a hand in shutting him down. He'd heard that TJ surgery a given.
So why hasn't he had it yet? Tommy John is by no means a 100% certainty, with the success rate currently at about 85%, but if rest didn't work previously, all you're doing is cutting into the rehab time by not getting the procedure done now. By waiting this time, the Jays have given Osuna no chance of coming back in 2014, which may have been their strategy all along.
That would have him either repeating a season in the Midwest League or in the Florida State League as a twenty year old. Not the end of the world by any stretch of the imagination, just frustrating. Not only for Roberto, and his development, but the lack of information made available by the Blue Jays.
(editor's note 04/08, the Tommy John surgery was confirmed today as per the below tweet)
#BlueJays prospect Roberto Osuna underwent Tommy John surgery last week. Could be pitching again by next July, AFL afterwards
— Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) August 4, 2013
Notes from the Pressbox:
Sorry, I got a bit off-track with the Osuna bit. All three of the C's injuries are deemed minor. I saw Dickie walking around the clubhouse after the game, ankle was wrapped but no limp to speak of.
That was an odd game, five unearned runs in the 9th from Hillsboro to tie it. Thank goodness for player of the game David Harris.
Speaking to pitching coach Big Jim after the game, overall, he was happy with Jeremy Gabryszwski's effort. He was complimentary about the Hops hitters though, saying they 'weren't being fooled' as this was their third time seeing Gaby. I hear alarm bells. I had the Texan sitting at about 86 today. He wasn't getting much change from the umpire low in the zone so started elevating his pitches, which were getting hit pretty hard. If a rookie ball team is figuring you out after three games, what are full-season hitters going to be able to do?
[…] Osuna – I wrote about him over at yourvancs. He's done for the season. Only question remains, why is the TJ surgery taking so long to […]
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Home Minister Sahara Khatun said the government is searching for the godfathers in the local smuggling scene from a list to root out the crime, reports UNB.
"We have got a list of godfathers of smuggling gangs and we are trying to arrest the criminals as per the list," the home minister told reporters after a meeting of the Smuggling Prevention Committee at her ministry.
She also said detective agencies have been directed to make a list of smugglers, which would be sent to the law-enforcing forces to nab them.
Sahara said the government has not been able to arrest any of the godfathers though a few carriers of the contraband items have been caught.
"We will not only arrest the carriers of smuggling but also arrest godfathers behind the smuggling to get rid of it like militancy and terrorism," Sahara added.
State Minister for Home Shamsul Haq Tuku, was present at the briefing.
About the statistics of arrests, Sahara said the arrest of criminals has been reduced compared to the past four months while the seized contrabands increased 41 per cent.
"The smugglers holed up in and outside the country after the reinvestigation of many cases like the Chittagong arms haul, August 21 grenade attack and SAMS Kibria murder cases," she told journalists.
Asked whether any steps have been taken for arrest of the terrorists hiding in India, the home minister said the government would take all steps to rein them in.
"We can take assistance of Interpol to arrest the terrorists, if necessary," she added.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun said the government is searching for the godfathers in the local smuggling scene from a list to root out the crime, reports UNB.


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- Name: Korin "Kairi" Sōhi (Souhi)
- Occupation: Mercenary
- Ex-Occupation: Independent, Terrace fighter (Kairi)
- Guild: Timeless
- Weapon: Twin daggers (Tempest & Blizzard)
- Element: Wind (Cyan)
Character created by o0Kiushie0o on YouTube
With an eye for talent, Korin constantly challenges people she finds skilled. Despite her competitive nature, she is also incredibly lazy, sleeping in on all her off days and even falling asleep on five minute breaks. She is also one of those picked up off the streets but is a bit more well off than others. Her favourite colours are blue and white and likes to watch the sunset from the tops of buildings. Although Timeless's guild being located underground, you would often find Korin sleeping on roof tops and places where there is alot of wind. She appreciates quiet places as she has good hearing and loud and noisy places make her ears hurt. Although she may not be very optimistic and even often suggesting very morbid ways of dealing with things, she is never seen without a happy grin on her face. You will often find her singing in the rain and most definitely when there is a thunderstorm, but beware that the song will lull you to sleep. She is claustrophobic and has an obsession with freedom.
Korin lived in a normal home as an only child, but her parents were often away for long periods of time so she didn't really bond with them much. Due to parents not being able to watch over their child, Korin developed some really strange hobbies such as throwing knives and climbing things that shouldn't be climbed (i.e. Electrical towers). When she was 6, a thief broke into the house but was mauled down before he could touch anything. The thief suggested she go to a mercenary school because of her skill and she surprisingly let the thief go after considering the idea.
As suggested, she went to mercenary school without much parental consent and made it through very well as a scholarship student. After graduating, she decided to try and make it as an independent mercenary but could barely make enough to eat. She uses the rest of her money to enter the Terrace where she makes her debut as "Kairi". She becomes very well known for winning many competitions and gaining a lot of money which of course in turn, angers the organizers of the underground business (similar to Laura's situation). With her good hearing, she overhears their plans to eliminate her and decides to flee with the money...only to to be captured and tortured for the trouble she had brought them. There, she develops claustrophobia and becomes obsessed with finding freedom.
She is later saved by an ally from Timeless and brought there, in which she joins in gratitude. She has been a member of Timeless ever since.
A first rate dagger user, Korin uses two daggers instead of one for efficiency. She is often very lazy so tends to rely on her elemental magic more for speed and agility than attacks and often uses her opponent's strength against them because she doesn't want to use her own. Because of that, most of her magic powers are concentrated on buffs that make her (And other allies) move insanely fast... Or make her opponents really slow. Korin can also fight with bare hands as she considers her daggers to be just an extensions of herself. She is a defensive fighter as it takes less power but is actually better at attacking than she is defending. However, when she is fired up or angry she will change stance and switch to fighting extremely agressively. She also has extremely good hearing, thus disliking loud and noisy places.


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The Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL) has began technical testing of the systems of two Bureau of Customs (BOC)-accredited value-added service providers (VASPs). This is in preparation for the full implementation next month of the advance inward foreign manifest (IFM) submission requirement of the BOC.
The two VASPs are Cargo Data Exchange Center and E-Konek Pilipinas.
AISL deputy general manager Cora Bautista confirmed to PortCalls the conduct of the technical testing.
The technical testing will run for several days before the system is evaluated by the BOC in a parallel run scheduled toward month's end. The parallel run will involve electronic and actual submission of the manifest to the BOC for counterchecking to determine how fast the VASP system reacts to voluminous entries.
Customs deputy commissioner Alexander Arevalo, who is also chair of the VASP accreditation committee, earlier told PortCalls he will soon meet with the Philippines Ship Agents Association, Philippine International Seafreight Forwarders, Inc and Aircargo Forwarders of the Philippines, Inc to discuss other aspects of the IFM.
Under CAO 1-2007, the BOC requires shipping lines, non-vessel operating common carriers, cargo consolidators, co-loaders and break bulk agents to provide the BOC with accurate information on vessels and cargoes that will arrive at any port 12 hours prior through electronic transfer coursed through any of its accredited VASPs.
Air carriers and forwarders are required to submit the IFM two hours before arrival of the cargo.


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Hometown Adventure: Snow Cave
This year we are determined to camp in a snow cave. Step one: build the snow cave. Saturday morning we set off for the Uinta Mountains to create the snow pile that will soon become our snow cave and it was a perfect bluebird day in the mountains. Sam and our friend Dave did most of the snow cave building while I took pictures and went sledding. Have you been snow camping? Any tips if you have?
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'Invaders?' said Peregrine excitedly. 'That's just the sort of thing I'm good at. I'll nip back to the boat and get my lance and my battleaxe! That's great! I haven't had a good battle for ages. Not since that thing with old Crackpot. Let's see. I'll need some canons, a trebuchet or two -'
'Great,' said Griselda even more gloomily. 'That would be great. The only thing is, you can't.'
'What do you mean, I can't? That's just what you're supposed to do with invaders.'
'Yes, the trouble is, Hildegard has invited them to move in.'
'Ah,' said Peregrine. 'Yes, I see the problem. Well, in that case, they aren't really invaders, they are guests and perhaps we should make friends with them. Hildegard obviously has. Who are they?'
'Mice,' said Griselda. 'Professor Glooper's mice. They've escaped. And come here.'
For the first time in a very long time, Peregrine raised the visor of his helmet and looked at Griselda in horror.
'Professor Glooper's mice have come here?' he gasped.
'But, but – that means….'
'Yes. I know.'
'But doesn't she realise?'
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At 39+2 11th December 11.30am I was walking up the stairs at home & felt a trickle, I went in the shower & felt a little gush, got dressed & more kept gushing out little by little. Rang DH & my mum, both said to ring hospital as sounds like waters. Rang hospital, went & got checked out, confirmed it was my waters & booked in for an induction at 9am 12th December.
3pm I was laying on my mums settee getting period pains, headed home with plans to walk to start labour as I really did not want to be induced. Got home pains were getting worse, starting to come in my back, was far too uncomfortable to go for a walk.
5pm laying on the settee I started to notice pains were coming quicker. I put my tens machine on low to ease the pain & started to monitor pains on my phone contraction counter. The pains were a constant every 3mins lasting 1min each. I was being sick constantly.
7pm I rang labour ward to let them know how quickly contractions were coming, they advised to ring back when pain was unbearable. Continued to use tens machine, helped to ease pain & distract me.
9pm I went to the toilet, had a massive gush of waters ... full of meconium. Rang the labour ward they said sounds like my mucus plug, I didn't agree & said i'm coming in to get checked out.
10.30pm pad with meconium checked ... confirmed meconium.
11pm strapped to a bed with monitors, laying on my side as only way to monitor baby's heartbeat. Pains coming stronger tens machine helping me through.
12-3am constant monitoring, clip put on baby's head to monitor baby better three times. Blood taken from baby's head twice, 3 doctors trying to get blood from me all at once & putting a cannula in ... full of needle hole attempts and still being sick. Contractions getting stronger & every 2mins. Went onto gas & air at this point. Anti sickness jab. I was 3cm dilated.
4am contractions on top of each other, 6cm dilated, tens machine still working wonders (it was like my safety blanket I would not have got through labour without it). Diamorphine given to help me sleep the 30secs between contractions as body struggling to dilate & needed energy to push.
5am could feel my body starting to push, was too scared to tell midwife as I was petrified of pushing baby out & refused to be checked. I just let my body do what it needed to do naturally.
6am midwife said she needed to check me as she could see me pushing .. fully dilated ready to push.
6.17am on my side, stirrup fell off DH had to hold my leg up, 6 pushes & midwife delivered baby with DH passing baby to me. The pushing part, which I was most scared of turned out to be the easiest bit.
I was convinced I was having a boy ... DH said "look" & I could not believe it my beautiful baby girl Rosie Marie 7.4lb.
We had skin to skin then she fed for an hour. We were left until 10.30am having time together before being moved to postnatal ward.
I would not say I enjoyed labour but I found it to be a positive experience, a feeling I can't really explain. My midwife was amazing from start to finish.
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21/12/2013 at 08:21
Nice to read such a positive story :-) she is absolutely gorgeous! Good choice of bouncer too ;-) xx
21/12/2013 at 11:23
Wow, glad you had a positive birth. She is gorgeous xxx
21/12/2013 at 15:40
Good to read a positive story! Congratulations - she's beautiful!
21/12/2013 at 15:59
wow congratulations!!! what a beautiful little bundle! xx
21/12/2013 at 17:52
Beautiful x
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21/12/2013 at 18:13
Sounds like a very positive experience overall, and she's a total cutie, congratulations.
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Glad you had a positive experience. She is super cute!!
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Congratulations, she's gorgeous xx
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Shrimp and Grits
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OMG- my most favorite dish ever. We love it here in the mountains too! :)ReplyDelete
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ohh this looks super good! i love shrimp and grits!! a place up near me makes the most wonderful, creamy little grit cake to go along with the rest but the best ive ever had to date was at NOLA in new orleans. whew! would love the recipe!ReplyDelete
i love this! I make a very simple version at home but my favorite is from poogans porch in charleston! When i lived there i swear i ate there too often!ReplyDelete
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Low country thing!! You know how I feel about grits :) I'mReplyDelete
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Nothing like southern comfort foods. I need this recipe now : )ReplyDelete
one of my favorites too! Yum!! this looks delish!ReplyDelete
YUMM!! My favorite dish ever. How couldn't like shrimp and grits?ReplyDelete
Clearly I'm missing out, I've never had it, we don't do grits in Denver! :) I'll be back!ReplyDelete
One of my very favorite dishes...can you share the recipe?ReplyDelete
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Such an amazing comfort food - perfect when things aren't going well!!!ReplyDelete
Can you believe I have never had grits! This looks really yummy. My hubby is from the south and would love this. I ought to surprise him by making this. Sounds like a good comfort food dish.ReplyDelete
This really looks amazing!!! I will make this first thing coming back from my Amsterdam trip this weekend!!ReplyDelete
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Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) Regular Public Meeting
|Public Meeting
|March 15, 2016
|Printable version
INVOCATION by Becky Robbins-Penniman, Pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Dunedin
Thanks for Doing Business Recognition - NDH Medical, Inc.
Surveyors and Mappers Week Proclamation
Partner Presentation:
Creative Pinellas - Barbara St. Clair, Executive Director
2. Case No. CW 16-5 - Pinellas County
Countywide Plan Map amendment from Residential Low Medium to Retail & Services, regarding 0.3 acre more or less, located at 72 20th Terrace Southwest (subthreshold amendment).
3. Case No. CW 16-6 - Pinellas County
Countywide Plan Map amendment from Residential Low Medium to Office, regarding 0.2 acre more or less, located 160 feet west of the intersection of Tampa Road& County Road 1 (regular amendment).
4. Case No. CW 16-7 - Pinellas County
Countywide Plan Map amendment from Residential Very Low to Public/Semi-Public, regarding 4.2 acres more or less, located on the northeast corner of East Lake Road& Foxwood Lane (regular amendment).
David Ballard Geddis, Jr., Palm Harbor, re two Constitutions; the first Constitution is an inversion
Greg Pound, Largo, re families in Florida
Megan Sorbo, Orlando, re bear hunt
Jana Wiggins, Clearwater Beach, re bear resolution
Aymee Laurain, Valrico, re bear hunt
Items 6 through 15 (Item 11 addressed under Regular Agenda)
6. Minutes of the regular meeting held February 9, 2016.
Reports received for filing:
7. Dock Fee Report for the month of February 2016.
Miscellaneous items received for filing:
8. Eastlake Oaks Community Development District minutes of the meeting held October
8, 2015.
9. City of Dunedin Notices of Public Hearings regarding proposed Ordinances Nos. 15-45, 16-05, and 16-08, voluntarily annexing certain properties. Public hearings held March 3, 2016 and to be held May 19, 2016.
10. City of Seminole Ordinances Nos. 01-2016 and 02-2016 adopted February 9, 2016, voluntarily annexing certain properties.
Public Works
11. Award of bid to Traffic Control Devices, Inc. for Advanced Traffic Management System/Intelligent Transportation System improvements on Bryan Dairy Road from Seminole Boulevard to U.S. Highway 19.
12. Traffic calming plan requiring the installation of a multi-way stop condition at 47th Avenue North and 47th Way North from 49th Street North to 46th Street North.
13. Notice of new lawsuit and defense of the same by the County Attorney in the case of John C. Crapper v. Pinellas County and David Nelson Construction Co. - Circuit Civil Case No. 16-000419-CI-15.
Business Technology Services
14. Purchase authorization for requirements of Voice over Internet Protocol telephone system equipment and maintenance services from Unify, Inc.
Housing Finance Authority
15. Receipt and file of the 2015 Annual Report for the Housing Finance Authority of Pinellas County.
16. Award of bid to the Artec Group, Inc. for the Terminal Improvements - Phase 3 Project (gates 7-10 addition) at the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.
17. Agreement with American Infrastructure Development, Inc. for consultant services for the Terminal Improvements - Phase 3 Project at the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.
18. Agreement with Michael Baker International Inc. for consultant services for the Terminal Improvements - Phase 3 Project at the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.
Economic Development
19. Resolution approving A1050849631 as a Qualified Applicant for the Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program.
20. Resolution approving B4100252787 as a Qualified Applicant for the Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program.
21. Resolution expressing support for Prestige Machine & Tool as a Qualified Applicant for an Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption.
Management and Budget
22. Fiscal Year 16 Board Budget Amendment No. 2 to use General Fund Reserves for site work at the 126th Avenue Landfill for the Real Estate Management Department.
23. Aut
hority to advertise a public hearing to be held on May 10, 2016, regarding a proposed Interlocal Agreement for the Largo Planning Area.
Public Works
24. Amendment No. 7 to the agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Humiston & Moore Engineers, P.A., for the Honeymoon Island Beach Restoration project.
25. County Administrator miscellaneous. - None
26. County Attorney miscellaneous.
Attorney Bennett provided an update regarding Agenda Item No. 13.
Countywide Planning Authority
27. Authority to advertise public hearings to be held on May 10 and May 24, 2016, regarding proposed amendments to the Countywide Rules concerning Target Employment Centers, Transferable Development Rights, and Temporary Lodging Intensity Standards.
28. County Administrator reports - None.
29. Appointment of one applicant to the Solid Waste Technical Management Committee.
30. Appointment to the Local Planning Agency (individual appointment).
31. Appointment to the Parks and Conservation Resources Advisory Board (individual appointment).
32. County Commission miscellaneous.
The members reminded everyone to get out and vote in today's Presidential Preference
Primary and municipal elections.
Commissioner Eggers
Announced the spring 2016 session of the Pinellas Citizens' University from March 24, through May 26, 2016, oting that there are seven openings left.
Expressed concern that the public alternatives workshop for the Dunedin Causeway Bridge was scheduled during a Commission meeting, and requested that future meetings be scheduled on days the Board does not meet.
Related that the recent East Lake Town Hall meeting was well attended, good questions were asked, and staff will respond.
Thanked Deputy Corella and Joanna Cheshire for a tour of Brooker Creek Preserve.
Discussed Teacher Appreciation breakfasts held in Dunedin and Palm Harbor.
Watched the nationally televised Valspar Golf Tournament and heard mention of St. Petersburg, Palm Harbor, and Pinellas County.
Indicated that he is planning a Town Hall meeting at the library in Palm Harbor, adding that the Board needs to reach out to the Pinellas Community.
Commissioner Welch
Extended condolences to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office on the loss of Deputy John Kotfila, who died after using his vehicle as a shield to protect a citizen from a wrong-way driver.
Related that he attended the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Saturday, and he believes the attendance was approximately 100,000.
Acknowledged the great job done by Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark, noting that Pinellas far surpasses other urban counties in early and mail voting.
Commissioner Morroni
Expressed condolences on the loss of former Largo City Commissioner Jean Halvorsen and former Clearwater City Council Member J.B. Johnson.
Announced that he and Treasure Island Mayor Bob Minning met with Congressman David Jolly and Colonel Jason Kirk in Jacksonville regarding funding for beach nourishment projects.
Commissioner Long
Requested that the Board or individual members write letters in support of flights from Tampa International Airport to Cuba, and agreed to provide a draft copy of her letter to assist in preparation of individual letters.
Attended a Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority meeting wherein Joe Wagner and Sue Chrzan conducted a presentation on autonomous vehicles. Requested that they be invited to make same presentation to the Board.
Attended the American Public Transportation Association Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. Related that the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) received national recognition for its "first mile, last mile" partnership with Uber.
Met with the Federal Transportation Authority regarding the joint TIGER grant application with the Hillsborough Area Transit Authority. Thanked Representatives David Jolly, Gus Bilirakis, and Dennis Ross, Senator Bill Nelson, and Secretary of Transportation Anthony Fox for their assistance.
Reminded residents of the "Parade of Corpses" exhibit sponsored by the North County Cultural Alliance and the Clearwater Arts Alliance located in the Clearwater Arts Building through the end of this week.
Requested the status of conducting a County Commission meeting in Tierra Verde and suggested a Town Hall meeting in Palm Harbor to discuss community issues. Chairman Justice indicated that the meeting calendar is being reviewed.
Chairman Justice
Discussed his attendance at the ITB International Trade Show with Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater Director David Downing.
Related that he attended an airport update presented to the downtown St. Petersburg Partnership by St. Pete-Clearwater Airport Director Tom Jewsbury and Economic Development Director Mike Meidel.
Special Accommodations
Persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Office of Human Rights, by written or oral request, at least 48 hours prior to the proceeding at: 400 South Fort Harrison Avenue, Suite 500, Clearwater, Florida 33756, Phone: (727) 464-4880, TDD: (727) 464-4062.
Public Participation
Persons wishing to speak during the Citizens to be Heard portion of the agenda or regarding Regular Agenda items and Public Hearing items must complete a comment card. Cards should be given to staff at the table located at the front of the Assembly Room. At the scheduled section of the meeting when the item is before the Board of County Commissioners (Board), the Chairman will call each speaker, one by one, to the podium to be heard. Each speaker may speak up to three minutes. Persons who have been authorized to represent a group of five or more individuals, who are present, should limit their presentation to 10 minutes. Items may be taken out of order by the Chair.
Public Hearing Procedures
Public hearings before the Board are governed by the provisions of Section 134-14 of the Pinellas County Land Development Code. That code provides that at the conclusion of each person's presentation, any speaker may seek the Chair's permission to ask questions of staff. Specifically:
1. At the conclusion of the presentations by the applicant and any proponents, all affected parties may seek the Chair's permission to ask questions of or seek clarification from the applicant and/or the proponents.
2. At the conclusion of the presentation by the opponents, all affected parties may seek the Chair's permission to ask questions of or seek clarification from any opponent. The applicant's closing comments will address testimony subsequent to their presentation. Continuing rebuttal of other than directly preceding testimony will not be allowed. Because much testimony has already been submitted in writing, the applicant should present the entire case in 20 minutes.
Persons are advised that, if they decide to appeal any decision made at this meeting/hearing, they will need a record of the proceedings, and, for such purposes, they may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
If the Board meeting beginning at 9:30 a.m. has not concluded by 12:30 p.m., a recess will be taken
from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m., and the remainder of the meeting will continue at 1:00 p.m.
If the Board meeting beginning at 2:00 p.m. has not concluded by 5:30 p.m., a recess will be taken
from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. The remainder of the afternoon agenda will resume at 6:00 p.m, followed by
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Awesome. Thank you so much!
So your parents were also quite conservative?
And my final question just for myself, so I know that some Taiwanese youth are also transgendered and they have trouble coming up to their parents and I was wondering how personally came out to your parents and what advice you would have for youth to deal with parents?
So you can download it on the internet?
Finally, someone has responded: "I love your dictionary apps. Can you make their databases available for Pleco? (Primary Chinese dictionary app for foreigners)"
Was there a reason you decided on that policy like that you want to make everything transparent?
What can we do about Taiwan's critical cyber security weaknesses?
What programs are you using for English and Chinese now?
Do you type on Dvorak?
Why did you think climate change was the most pertinent reason to invite president-elect Trump to come to Taiwan (as opposed to say, tech development or security with China)?
Do you think the TPP will still go through or do you think it's gone...?
How does the US administration affect your job as digital minister?
What was your initial reaction to the US presidential election and how do you think it will affect your current work as Digital Minister?
What is Taiwan's plan for the future of work in an age of ever improving automated manufacturing and AI machine learning? Could Taiwan introduce a UBI? and we might need to explain to our audience what UBI is.
Next question is "What kind of music do you usually listen to?"
How involved are you in the transgender and LGBTQ politics in Taiwan? Have you been able to speak about these issue with the Executive Yuan or President Tsai?
So you would consider that yourself a feminist or?
Would you consider yourself as a feminist? According to you what is the status of women in Taiwan?
Do you feel like Taiwan's exclusion from the United Nations have hampered our efforts to contribute to be international society at all?
Are there any troubles you run into in this capacity?
Is there any particular data from Taiwan that you feel would be a special importance to the international community?
First question is from anonymous: In reply to your recent tweet to @realDonaldTrump about climate change, how do you view climate change and what are you working on, or would like to work on, to help?
So as a minister without portfolio do you actually have any sway to making this happen, for example, making the entrepreneur visa more accessible or easier?
There is much talk about how Taiwanese companies need to "go global." What do you think about that? What's stopping them from going global? How can our international audience be helpful?
We are going to move on to the startup environment in Taiwan. "Go start companies" seem to have become a fashionable trend in Taiwan. As someone who has worked with and founded startups before, what do you think of this trend?
Is there for example collaborating with different media to get the word out about these platforms? Because I know a lot of people when they read the news they look very angry and very impassioned about whatever it is they read, and they want to do something. It seems like ...
Are we doing anything or are you doing anything to get the word out about the availability these platforms?
How is this different from for example "Change.org" or more platforms like that people can propose petitions?
Are there concrete programs they're doing this too? Or it's just like through po.lis and platforms like that?
So basically you guys are putting all of the risk at the beginning when you are making the policy?
Taiwanese bureaucracy is known to be conservative and very risk-averse. How would you move them to try to do something different?
Can you explain again how that the cross opinion works?
So the system allows people in the majority to give feedback and try to convince people who don't agree previously that their views are more persuasive.
At your panel on World Design Capital Taipei 2016 you mentioned the need for a tool to "collect more public opinions." How do you moderate against rampant populism, problems such as "trial by public opinion," or having the most fringe opinions become the loudest opinions?
Moving on to our next topic which is about government work. So what projects are you currently working on to increase public participation in government?
So do you think that they made that policy because of the Sunflower Movement, or they didn't have to do deal with that at all?
What inspired you to come out of retirement and join the ministry?
So you would view the freedom of speech, et cetera, as things that are like traditional values, though these were things that we suppressed, for example, at the founding of the Republic of China.
Can you explain a little bit how that ties into your views as a "conservative anarchist?
Oh okay! Thank you so much. Tell me a little bit how you grew up to be interested in the intersection of democracy and technology. What unique educational experiences, or work experiences, have shaped your views?
Tell us a little bit about how you grew up. As I understand you were sort of a...child savant.
Hi everyone, thank you so much for coming to our livestream. I'm Darice Chang, I'm a writer with Ketagalan Media. I am here today with Ms. Audrey Tang, Taiwan's Digital Minister. She is the youngest minister without portfolio, and she is also the first transgender minister. Thank ...


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Q&A With Coach Keith Almond
Spotlight on CAC's wrestling coach Tell us a little bit about yourself. I teach tenth and eleventh grade Bible at CAC and coach wrestling. My wife Angela also teaches and is a coach here. We have twins named Chase and Paige, who are both getting married this December. Our youngest son Shane is finishing up his […]Read


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It's been awhile since my last posting and a lot has been accomplished in between. Bea is doing very well today. Actually, I'd say she's about as good as she was in June before she got an ear infection and all kinds of other kids stuff and then the hydrosephalus from a few weeks back.
She is on a steroid and the dosage is going down bit by bit. She will be off them this Friday. So far there have been no symptom recurrences while the she's being weaned off the steroid. That's good news. And, she's regained her balance, her focus, her intensity and regained a really healthy appetite (partly in thanks to the steroid). Actually, she's been perpetually hungry because of that drug. But, her hunger is becoming more and more normal now, too.
Her first day of 1st grade is in 2 days, on Monday, August 13. She's going to take the bus, per usual. She's going to have a new teacher in a regular classroom. I am completely comfortable with her going back full time. With how she's been the last few weeks I have no doubt she can handle it just fine. Actually, it's not even a matter of handling it. She really, really wants to go back and learn and play with her friends.
So, after a stressful month things are looking up. Wahoo!
I told you all I'd "wahoo" again.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
So, How's Bea Doing Now?
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My daughter is going to be sitting right beside Bea in class. She is super excited about this. :) Here's to new friends and a great new school year.ReplyDelete
Continuing to pray for Bea and your family...
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Bea continues to amaze me with her fight and her attitude. Incredible little girl you've got there.ReplyDelete
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Nature's lesson on perfectionism
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The marriage of Kmart and Sears was celebrated as a way to help both chains survive a changing retail landscape in which neither had been thriving.
Five years later, the two brands again find themselves struggling to keep up with the competition.
Some retail experts said Wednesday that they weren�t surprised by the company�s Tuesday announcement that it would close 100 to 120 Sears and Kmart stores following a dismal holiday sales season.
�I think the key word here is �relevance,� � said Ed Streb, a retail expert, professor and chairman of communication studies at Rowan University in Glassboro. �I think that both of them have been irrelevant for a long time.�
Turnaround expert Grant Cardone said the company has been slow to react to the changing retail environment.
�When 2008 came around and the world was coming to an end, Howard Schultz went out and closed 500 Starbucks,� Cardone said. �These people (at Sears) waited four years and they�re only going to close 120? Corporate moves at the same pace as service moves at Sears: slow.�
Sears Holdings, the company formed in 2008 when Kmart purchased Sears, said Tuesday that sales were down 3.3 percent from last year at its Sears stores and 1.8 percent at Kmart.
�Given our performance and the difficult economic environment, especially for big-ticket items, we intend to implement a series of actions to reduce ongoing expenses, adjust our asset base and accelerate the transformation of our business model,� Sears CEO Lou D�Ambrosio said in a statement. �These actions will better enable us to focus our investments on serving our customers and members through integrated retail � at the store, online and in the home.�
Sears hasn�t announced which stores will close. In Burlington County, Kmart has a store on Route 38 in Moorestown and Sears has full-line stores in the Burlington Center and Moorestown malls.
Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates Inc., a national retail consulting and investment banking firm in New York City, said Tuesday�s news is a continuation of Sears� struggles over the past four years.
�This company has been losing market share for four straight years to all their competitors,� he said. �They�ve been closing stores for four years. It�s not a new story.�
Instead of lowering prices, increasing customer service and investing in stores, Sears instead used its money in stock buybacks, Davidowitz said.
�If you�re not price competitive, if you�re not competitive on service, if you�re not competitive in the store environment, and you�re not competitive in the assortment, hello! You�ve got a problem,� he said. �Why would anyone go?�
Cardone, an author and motivational speaker who stars and produces the reality TV program �Turnaround King,� said Sears should sell its Lands End and Kmart chains and focus on rebuilding its brand.
�My parents had a Sears card. Every family in American had a Sears card. Going to Sears was a family experience,� he said. �Nobody�s having that experience today. You�ve got Gen Y � they don�t even know what a Sears is. And when they go there, they never go back again. The stores are so old and tired.�
Streb said Sears needs to concentrate on its well-known Craftsman tool and Kenmore appliance brands and on building its online presence. But even that may be too late, he said.
�The Craftsman tool name carriers some weight,� Streb said. �In terms of that kind of stuff, Sears may be able to carve out something. They also have a little stronger online presence than some of their competitors. And I think that�s the direction they have to go. But they�re awfully late getting into that game.
�I really don�t see that this is an immediate problem for them in terms of the company folding,� Streb added. �But I just don�t see where they�re going to rescue themselves.�
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I did a blood draw for an advanced lipid panel and see the Cardiologist Thursday. (Much recent testing...stress test..etc... just for baseline info). It was done at a local lab under the auspices of Berkley labs..
Anyone had experience with Berkley Labs?
Also..I'd like suggestions for questions to ask the Doc this week regarding the additional info in the advanced lipid panel..compared to the usual blood work I do....
I see my Doc this Thursday if anyone has any info on this..thanks
"67 year tune-up"
Before my cardiolgost explained (in detail) results of recent stress tests, heart monitor test and all heart tests including the advanced lipid panel I did via Berkley LAB......
She said.."First, let me say....YOU have a really great, healthy heart"!!!!!!!!
I had had some flutter incidents that led my Internist to send me to the Cardiologist...After many tests..the conclusion...the "light-headedness" might have just been the result of dehydration.
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Cholesterol 135
Trigly 101
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(I slowed down to just swimming after ankle surgery)..and Summer was Hellishly hot in AZ this year and lasted til a week ago!
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Golf resumed this week...
So...my heart is healthy and now..I want to improve my diet and exercise program with their help.
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When I asked the Doc.."can I get another 30 years out of this heart ..( I am 67, almost 68..she said: "if you lose 20 lbs..maybe you can get 40".
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Disclaimer: I do not own BTVS/Charmed or anything else that might seem familiar they are owned by Joss Wheadon and Constance M. Burge respectively. im just a broke Fanfic writer who loves to have fun, and I make no money from this because if I did Buffy, Willow, and Piper would mud wrestle at my command. This is my first try at this so please be gentle with me.
TITLE: Xander's Dogma
AUTHOR: REXCALON (firstname.lastname@example.com)
DISTRIBUTION: Just here for now but if you later see something you like or want to use just email me and ask.
DISCLAIMER: : I do not own BTVS/Charmed or anything else that might seem familiar im just a broke Fanfic writer who loves to have fun, and I make no money from this because if I did Buffy, Willow, and Piper would mud wrestle at my command. This is my first try at this so please be gentle with me.
SUMMARY: A lost soul, a shattered life, and Murphy's glee. Xander finds out the Hellmouth is the least of his problems nowadays, Xander is thrown into fate cruel hands when his life takes a darker turn when he sees his dad strike his mom, and it all spirals from there.
FEEDBACK: Please reviews are welcome and I need them a writer can't get better without listening to readers and as a novice I need pointers
RATING: R may change in later chapters.
PAIRINGS: Not sure so far.
SPOILERS: Well the way I see it all of BTVS and CHARMED I don't really know.
AUTHORS NOTES: This story is a remake of the story that was posted by the same name I rewrote everything because I decided that the last storyline I had wasn't going anywhere, so I sat down with my muse and after a tough game of rock, paper, scissors.. which I lost horribly in she decided I needed a fresh look at the story so here we are, I hope you all enjoy.
Chapter One: Xander Harris Natures Fu*k-bunny.
The week after the fiasco of Halloween walking home after leaving Buffy and Willow at Buffy's for a girly night-in Xander finds himself lost in thought of his new secret from his girls. 'I don't see why I can't just tell them!' He thinks. "Well I can't really tell them because Buffy loves the fucker and Willow still thinks im a jealous fool over Buffy." He ranted as he walked up the street to his house.
Now not much had changed about Xander he was still the sloppy dark haired young man he always was but now his eyes held a knowledge most would deem highly unlikely for him to have but the truth is that ever since the night 'solider boy' came out to play as Xander had taken to call his Halloween jaunt, Xander found himself holding himself better in a few areas namely now when met with Cordelia and her band of drones He found that their insults and put downs hurt a helluva less than before in fact just today in fact when he was face to face with the Harmony Cordelia's second in command h just smirked at her and kept walking past as she shouted something at him about his usefulness or lack thereof.Xander was jarred out of his thoughts when he heard a scream ring out in the and he froze as he searched the street he was on and before he had time to stop himself he took off in the direction he heard the scream from and hoed that he wouldn't regret it but knowing in his heart that once he heard the scream that as long as he saved whoever it was regret would never cross his mind.
A few minutes later Xander came to a stop as he came to the mouth of an alley and the site that meet him was one he never saw coming the sight was simple a vamp was stalking close to a woman who was on the ground in a corner of the dead end alley with a shopping bag not too far from her and said vamp was smirking as he stalked closer ever so slowly, but the shock to Xander was caused by who the woman was under the tears and dark hair Xander would know this face anywhere as it was his own mother Jessica Harris 'shit' Xander cursed In his head putting aside the worry he now felt running through his body his ran for all he was worth and right before he ran into said vamp he dropped low and tackled the vamp at the knees and then rolled so that he could stand up quickly and looked back at the vamp as it now stood there looking at him pissed that its meal was interrupted.
"Who the fuck are you boy and do you know what the fuck you just did." Growled the pissed vamp in game face as he looked Xander over and sized him up.
"Im guessing by the cursing and the lack of manners that it's not the national twinkle hugfest." Xander said with a goofy smirk on his face as he palmed the bottle of holy water he kept in his back pocket, as just as he thought how happy it was that it didn't break in his roll, the vamp growled and rushed him with the claws of his right hand aimed at Xander's neck so Xander ducked down and pulled off the cork on his bottle and tossed it at the vamp who dodged the bottle but got hit by the tail end of some of the holy water, it stopped and screamed as it's face was smoking and Xander took his chance and pulling out a knife he kept strapped to his ankle he slashed the throat of said vamp knowing that while it wouldn't kill it it would keep it busy enough for him to pull the stake from his jacket, and stab it into the now choking vamp and watch as it dusted in front of him.
But before he could check himself over for any cuts he heard a gasp behind him and knew that when he turned around that unlike any other person that him and the gang saved his mom had not fainted or run away and that she wouldn't take the I ran the mugger off story and knew that his night has just started and sleep was but a wish.
Ten minute of awkward silence later found Xander and his mom sitting in their living room staring at one another Xander with a quiet dread in his eyes and his mom with a frantic look in her eyes as she looked at him.
"Ok since I know your still in shock I'll start with what do you think happened tonight." Xander asked his mom.
"Umm im not sure I was just stopping past the store getting your dad a case of beer when this man jumped me and chased me into the alley then his face a-and then you then the fighting a-a-and then the stabbing a-and I don't know Alexander. His mother cried as she dropped her head into her hands and started crying.
"Well mom the truth is that the man who attacked you was no more a man than a dog is one and the next words out of my mouth are gonna sound crazy but I can offer you other proof other than what happened tonight." Xander took a deep breath and hoped he was doing what was right. "Mom tonight you were attacked by what the fairytales and monster movies call a vampire but unlike all the books and movies these 'things' don't want to be a part of mankind and they are not damned souls looking for soulmates, no these monsters are demon possessed corpses who only live to kill and destroy and they exist as well as many other things you adults claim are stories." Xander stopped there as he felt his mom stop her crying as soon as he said the word vampires and from there she was silent and when he stopped talking she looked at him with haunted eyes and the next thing he knew was that his chest had his moms head against it as she cried harder then before.
Xander sat there and let his mom cry herself to sleep as he stroked her hair and then he stood slowly and placed her head on a
pillow and got a blanket from the closet and placed it over her as he looked at her, before today all he had saw of his mother was a woman who was barely there when she wasn't drunk and who he never really got a chance to know but over the last month his mother had been getting better she had been drinking less he wished he could say the same about his asshole of a father but the lazy fuck still was the same but ever since Halloween Xander had been able to avoid his dads drunken attempts to hit him and he hoped the fucker stayed gone on whatever job he had been on for the last few days so that he could ease his mother into the world of the night that he now walked.
The next morning found Jessica Harris waking up to the smell of food coming from the kitchen and for a second she thought the night before was nothing but a nightmare that is until she noticed she was on the couch and that the pillow she was on still had tear marks from her crying and her stomached dropped and a chill ran down her back as her mind went over all the things her son had told her, but before she could think too much her son emerged from the kitchen with a tray holding two plates and two glasses and she looked to his face and by the sad smile she saw there she knew her day was not going to be good.
Xander sat the plate of eggs and bacon down with the glasses of orange juice, and sat down with his own plate and waited for the question he knew was coming, Xander looked up as his mother called his name and then smiled grimly as she asked him what he thought she would.
"X-xander how do you know what attacked me last night was a vampire and not something else?" She asked with a hopeful look in her eyes.
Xander wanted to give his mom what she wanted and to deny the existence of everything he had to fight but he knew if he did that last night might happen again and he wouldn't be there to save her so he dashed her hopes as gently as he could. "Well mom I know because all the late nights I spent at the school weren't just for studying because for just over a year now me and some friends have been hunting these things and trying to keep the death rate in this town down." Xander sat there and watched the look of shock cross his mother's face.
"You mean to tell me that you hunt those things?!?" She yelled at him.
"Yes mom ever since Jesse was killed and turned into one of them and I had to kill him again to save willow I made it my mission in life to kill every last vamp the dares to walk this earth and that is a mission I will only stop when I breathe my last breath." Xander stated hotly to his mother with fire in his eyes.
Jessica was taken aback by the heat in her sons voice and part of her mind always wandered to her sons friends Jesse and now she knows and she knows that no she can't deny what she's found out and can only hope she can handle things.
After Xander's outburst breakfast was quiet and soon they were done and Xander took the dishes into the kitchen to clean and Jessica was left to think some more but was brought out of it quickly as her bulk of a Husband Anthony Harris stumbled in and made his way into the kitchen without so much as a glance at her, from the couch she heard him yell something at Alexander and then come stomping out of the kitchen and then he saw her and rounded on her screaming. "Where the hell is all my beer woman!"
In all the drama she had forgotten the beer in the alley not that many would blame her for it but many were not Anthony. "I-im s-sorry I must have forgotten it." She stuttered at the look in his eyes as she knew what it meant for her.
"Yeah well sorry doesn't get me more beer does it u worthless piece of woman." He sneered down at her and brought his hand back and slapped her across the face making her cry out and fall from the couch to the floor. "Now maybe you won't forget again but I doubt it knowing you."
Jessica thought that was the end of things but the next thing she saw was her husband hit the ground next to her going through the table in front of the couch, she looked up to see her son looking down at Anthony with a look of pure anger on his face and his fist still clenched and dripping a little bit of blood that she knew had to come from Anthony's face, she almost didn't hear his voice when he spoke.
"Mom I want you to tell me the truth, is that the first time he has hit you?" Xander asked in a cold whisper, And Jessica had to keep from jumping as her son growled when she shook her head no, no it wasn't.
Xander stood in the kitchen after knocking his 'father' out and picked up the phone and hoped that Giles was in the library as he knew he would be missing school today he listened to the ringing as his mom came into the kitchen to sit down and watch him.
{Hello Rupert Giles Speaking}
"Giles its Xander and I need you to drop whatever you're doing and get to my house as soon as possible and whatever you do don't bring the girls this is not something they need to know about." Xander almost growled thee last part at Giles.
{Xander my dear boy what is going on with you im..} Whatever Giles was about to say was cut off by Xander.
"Giles right now I don't have the time just get here as fast as you can because im about to kill a very human piece of trash if someone doesn't stop me and you're the only one I trust right now to do that." Xander growled.
{Xander please hold off on any action you might take im on my way and please dear boy don't do anything you will regret} Giles said as he hung up.
Xander turned around to see the shocked face of his mother and said. "Yes mother you heard me right Anthony might not live the next hour depending on my friend.
"Who is your friend that's coming?" Jessica asked the only question she could at the moment.
"His name is Rupert Giles and he's the closest thing I've had to a father this past year so im hoping he can talk me down from killing 'dad'." Xander snarled the last word "And he's also been helping me with my nightly hunting.
Xander sat with his mom till Giles showed up 20 minutes later and made his way into the house since the front door was unlocked and when he saw the brute of a man on the floor of the living room he called out to Xander and was happy to see him step from what he guess was the kitchen.
"Hey Giles how has your morning been." Xander said with a smile crooked grin on his face.
Giles looked from Xander to the body on the floor then to the woman to the side of Xander who had dark red almost black hair then back to Xander. "My morning will be ok if you tell me the body on the floor is still alive and just what is going on here." Giles said as he looked into Xander's eyes.
"Well Giles the body on the floor is none other than the man I call 'father' and no he is not dead…yet that is and the reason why he is on the floor is because he hit my mother." Xander said as he put his hand on his mom's shoulder. "And all over the fact that she forgot his beer, which I might add was because I had to save her last night from a vamp in an alley on her way home." Xander finished with a smirk.
"Yes, yes a vamp attack good job dispatching the vampire I hope you did not gain any injuries in your endeavor and im happy you saved your mot…" Giles stopped as he looked away from Xander's eyes when he realized all that he had said in front of Xander's mother.
"It's okay Giles I gave her the basic rundown on the bumpier side of the night last night after we came home she's ok for the most part, now for the most important thing what to do with 'dad' here. Xander said as he looked at the still figure of his father.
"Well Xander I say go help you mother pack and you do the same, while I deal with this pathetic piece of human that dares to call itself a man." Giles said as he cleans his glasses and instead of putting them on he put them and the handkerchief he cleaned them with in his pocket and regarded Xander with a very cool look.
Xander never seeing this look but knowing it from his own mirror knew Giles would handle it and lead his mother away to go pack."Now then Mr. Harris let's get you tied up and see what you have to say for yourself." Giles chuckles darkly as he opens the bag he sat down by the front door when he ran in.
One hour later found Xander and his mother standing in front of the chair that held one Anthony Harris in it but what they were staring at was not him but the fact that Anthony Harris now had not one but two broken knees, his left arm seemed to be broken in more place he was missing three fingers on his right hand and he was covered in bruises. Now most would think that he would be dead from blood loss by the looks of him and that would be true if his arms, hands, knees, and a few other places weren't brunt shut to stop the bleeding, Xander and Jessica were brought out of their stupor as Giles walked out of the kitchen cleaning his glasses in a fresh suit with not a drop of blood on him.
"Hello Xander, Hello Ms. Harris I regret to inform you that while Anthony here is not sorry for his actions he is also not awake to feel the pain he is in but well he isn't going anywhere so I dare say it matters not now let us retire to the library where we will meet up with the girls to ensure your mothers state of mind after last night." Giles said as his British accent came through more strongly in his anger and the last bit was said with a glare that told him no questions would be asked.
"Come on mom lets go, today is gonna be a long one." Xander said as her pulled a wide eyed Jessica with him to Giles (classic) car.
"Now to add the last touches to you 'Mr. Harris'." Giles said as he turned toward the bound and gagged Anthony.
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I recently stumbled across some pictures of my brothers when they were little(er) and couldn't resist posting them. I figured they'd be perfect for an awkward and awesome post because 1. they're wearing girl sunglasses {awkward} and 2. how cute are they?!?! {awesome}. They are respectively much older now {sigh} although not that much older considering they are still only 18 and 13 {awww}. But, they'll always be my adorable little brothers. Thanks handsomes for providing the perfect awkward and awesome pic this week {mmwaaahahhaaaahaa — evil laugh}.
- Forgetting someone's name when you're introducing people {doh, so bad with names!}
- Walking around all morning at work and not realizing that my fly was down.
- Talking on the phone with and making friends with the cable guy {who is in the Phillipines} and then feeling sad when I have to hang up with him.
- Still refusing to say grande or venti when ordering my morning coffee at Starbucks and going back and forth with the counter person...medium please. grande? no medium. grande? NO, fine, whatever.
- My cat's obsession with our hallway and the fact that she now cries at the door just so she can sit in it. Weird.
- Having a sock stuck in your jeans and sticking out of the bottom and not realizing it until you're out in public then stuffing it in your bag really quick hoping no one noticed. {awkward!}
- The Bachelor season finale party that I've planned for next week. The invite reads: You're invited to the final rose ceremony. Eeeeeeeee! {That's my excited noise.}
- Meeting up with an old friend that you haven't seen in forever and having a blast.
- My plans to rearrange our living room this weekend — its like therapy.
- Cadburry mini eggs. I'm just going to reiterate how awesome these are.
- Getting packages in the mail, especially when they're a surprise!
- Finally learning about four square and knowing that I am definitely going to become the mayor of the Starbucks by my office. Its happening folks.


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One of the few remaining foundries in Scotland has been sold to employees to ensure its long-term survival.
Denny-based Specialised Castings, which manufactures bespoke castings in iron and aluminium, is the last large-scale foundry operating in the Falkirk district, the former heartland of the industry.
I couldn't be responsible for allowing the last foundry in the area to go. By selling to the employees, Specialised Castings will stay in Denny for the forseeale futureRetiring managing director Steve Waring
Owner Steve Waring decided to sell the business to its 35 staff to ensure its future in the town.
Mr Waring, who retires this month, considered a trade sale but later rejected that option.
"I may have achieved a better price but I couldn't be responsible for allowing the last foundry in the district to go," he said.
"By selling to the employees, Specialised Castings will stay in Denny for the foreseeable future, keeping the foundry tradition alive and providing real employment for generations to come."
Specialised Castings was etablished in 2001 in a former Denny paper mill on the banks of the Carron.
Mr Waring said he was alerted to the idea of employee ownership by one of his customers, Clansman Dynamics, which was sold to its staff in 2009.
The firm put him in touch with Carole Leslie, an employee ownership specialist.
"Selling to employees is an ideal exit route for a business owner who is keen to protect the legacy and culture of the firm. The staff now have a stake in ensuring the successful future of the company," she said.
Ms Leslie assisted in the appointment of a new managing director to replace Mr Waring. Alan Nicholson, who has a lifetime of experience working in the foundry industry, will take charge this month.
"I've worked in an employee-owned business before and I know that when staff have a stake in the business, they are aligned with the objectives and work harder to deliver them. I'm really looking forward to working with Specialised Castings, It's a great company with a great future."
Office manager Beth Legere, from Bonnybridge, has been elected to serve as trustee on the company's employee ownership trust.
"It's a tremendously exciting time for the company and I think I speak for all of us to say that we're looking forward to the challenge.
"The trust will be a major shareholder of the company, and it will be the role of the trustees to ensure the company is run properly."