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Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Cabriolet
It's what's underneath that counts.
By Mike Monticello
My mom always told me that it's what's underneath the skin that matters: "Stop worrying about how a person looks," she would tell me. If that's the case (and who am I to go against my mom?), then the new Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG has a lot going for it. And we're not just talking about a great personality.
Shoehorned under the hood for 2007 is AMG's much-touted, all-new, totally-developed-in-house 6.2-liter V-8, replacing the previous car's 5.4-liter. Mercedes exaggeratively labels the new engine a "6.3" (its spec sheet lists it as 6208 cc), hoping to tug at the heartstrings of those who remember its mighty 300SEL 6.3 of 40 years ago.
Mercedes can number the CLK however they want; we just call it fast. It puts out 475 bhp at 6800 rpm (down from the ML63 and R63's 503 bhp, due to different exhaust routing) and 465 lb.-ft. of torque at 5000 rpm, versus the old car's 362 bhp and 376 lb.-ft. This propels the convertible to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 4.7 seconds (0.7 sec. quicker than the CLK55), according to Mercedes.
And power emanates from everywhere on the tach, whether pulling from 1500 rpm or hammering up to its 7200-rpm redline. What's amazing is how quiet it is at partial throttle, then transforming into a road burner when given full "wood." Truth be told, a bit more engine and exhaust noise would take the experience to an even higher level.
This engine isn't just a case of "no replacement for displacement" — it's a fully modern, all-aluminum piece. Of course, it has four valves per cylinder but also variable camshaft timing, a variable intake manifold with two integral throttle flaps as well as bucket tappets in the cylinder heads. This last item allows for a stiff valvetrain and the corresponding high engine speeds. The result is a unique combination of large displacement and high revs.
AMG's SpeedShift 7G-Tronic 7-speed automatic is the sole transmission. Its three settings — Comfort, Sport and Manual — give the option to drive the car as an automatic (with perfectly smooth shifts) or a manual, with shifting via two large, steering-wheel-mounted aluminum paddles. Besides having full control in Manual mode — meaning the car will never shift for itself, even if you floor it at low revs or bounce off the limiter (we love this aspect of it) — the shifts are also accomplished 50-percent more quickly than in Comfort. Unfortunately, AMG says the transmission's torque converter will not allow throttle blips, which would make high-rpm downshifts smoother.
AMG retuned the sports suspension to compensate for harder driving, and it strikes just the right compromise of a decent-enough ride with commendably capable handling. While the steering could be quicker and more communicative, the AMG version of the CLK is happy to be tossed about — though if you don't turn off ESP, it will cut in early and often during hard charging.
The extra grip afforded by its 225/40ZR-18 front and 255/35ZR-18 rear Pirelli P Zero tires (on restyled lightweight alloy wheels) gives a high level of confidence that the CLK will stick, yet provide plenty of feedback for when it starts not to. The new front brakes — with riers, which improve unsprung weight by 20 percent — provide excellent stopping power, though the car we drove had a longer pedal travel than expected.
The interior is typical AMG fare, meaning slightly redone in a tasteful fashion, including an AMG instrument cluster, trim pieces, new leather-wrapped steering wheel and extremely supportive sport seats. On the outside, the AMG aero kit gets a new front apron, while "6.3" logos sit proudly aft of the front fenders.
Sadly, the CLK63 AMG will be available in the U.S. only as a convertible when it goes on sale in July (we're estimating its price to be in the $85,000–$90,000 range). While it's fairly stout for a ragtop, there's no denying the solidity, tautness and better driver feedback of the coupe. It almost seems a shame to waste such a wonderful engine on a car whose owners may rarely use it to its full potential.
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The box office behemoth that is Spider-Man: No Way Home continued its rampage through cinemas, taking in another $33 million (-41%) in its fourth weekend, per Deadline. That number was enough to help the Web-Head swing past Titanic's $659.3 million U.S. total and inch closer to Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8 million) as the fifth-highest domestic grossing movie of all time.
Globally, Spidey added another $64.4 million to its international box office total, which stands at $867.5 million, meaning its global tally now sits at a whopping $1.53 billion, all without China, where the film has yet to open.
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Of course, with Spider-Man gobbling up the box office, films such as The 355 are being left for dead. The Simon Kinberg-directed flick managed just $4.8 million against a $20 million budget and landed at No. 3 due to poor reviews and middling word of mouth.
Elsewhere, Sing 2 dropped just 41% to bring in $12 million in its third weekend despite releasing on PVOD just 17 days after its release. To date, the Illumination flick has grossed $109 million, making it the highest-grossing animated film of the pandemic era, which should make Pixar reconsider its bid to release Turning Red directly to Disney+ in March.
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1.) Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony) 4,012 (-194) theaters, Fri $8.3M (-46%) /Sat $14.75M/Sun $9.96M/ 3-day $33M (-41%)/ Total: $668.7M/Wk 4
2.) Sing 2 (Uni/Ill) 3,713 (-179) theaters, Fri $2.67M (-59%)/Sat $5.4M/Sun $3.8M/3-day $11.95M (-41%)/Total: $109M/Wk 3
3.) The 355 (Uni/FilmNation) 3,145 theaters, Fri $1.72M/Sat $1.87M/Sun $1.2M/3-day $4.8M/Wk 1
4.) The King's Man (20th/Dis) 3,040 (-140) theaters Fri $900K (-28%)/Sat $1.4M/Sun $949K/3-day $3.27M (-28%)/Total $25.1M/Wk 3
5.) American Underdog (LG) 2,729 (-84) theaters, Fri $723K/Sat $1.08M/Sun $610K/3-day: $2.4M (-38%)/Total: $18.8M/Wk 3
6.) Matrix Resurrections (WB) 2,875 (-677) theaters, Fri $500K (-52%) /3-day $1.86M (-51%)/Total: $34.3M/Wk 3
7.) West Side Story (20th/Dis) 2,290 (-400) theaters, Fri $383K (-45%)/Sat $618K/Sun $412K/3-day $1.4M (-33%)/Total $32.1M/Wk 5
8.) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Sony) 1,501 (-144) theaters Fri $267K (-39%)/Sat $545K/ Sun $328K/ 3-day $1.14M (-22%)/Total: $125M/ Wk 8
9.) Licorice Pizza (UAR) 772 (-14) theaters, Fri $286K (-20%)/Sat $437K/Sun $306K/3-day $1.03M (-21%)/Total $8.2M/Wk 7
10.) House of Gucci (UAR) 607 (-100) theaters, Fri $176K (-9%)/Sat $277K/Sun $180K/3-day $632K (-21%)/Total $50.1M/Wk 8
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Bill Williams and I worked together at Lazarus Department Stores in the late 70's. Bill was the food service director and I was the restaurant marketing manager. I had no food experience, but had an MBA degree in Marketing from Indiana University where the one and only Charles Lazarus was a visiting professor. I was young, eager, and ready to set the world on fire when Mr. Charles hired me to join his firm in Columbus, Ohio. Bill and I worked closely together on food and marketing promotions and became good friends. A few years later, we both left Lazarus to pursue other aspirations.
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I was all-in and wrote the business plan on maternity leave with my 2nd child. I named the company Glory, symbolic of Black spirituality as well as the popular movie about Black civil war heroes, Glory. I wanted the Glory brand to suggest prosperity, hope, and favor, like the dawning of a new day. A sunrise would embellish the labels, and the radio jingle would remind listeners of Sam Cook or Lou Rawls. "When you're in the mood for some home-cooked food …Get Glory Foods, Just About the Best!" The first product line would include greens, peas, beans, sweet potatoes, corn bread, and condiments.
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We were dumbfounded! We didn't expect a sale yet; we hadn't even created the product! No other vegetable firm had ever proposed to change the processing method for vegetables; this was a true market disruption for the times. We knew we had to deliver now.
During the next year, we leaped over one hurdle after the other, learning as we forged ahead. Finally, our delivery date was announced for the Kroger store in the neighborhood near the Glory offices. Kroger waited for us, and we didn't let them down. We both celebrated a true Black History moment at Parsons and Livingston that Saturday morning!
Kroger has remained a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion and still features Glory's line of fresh and canned products on its shelves nationally. Glory is now a subsidiary of the 5th largest vegetable producer in the nation, thanks to Kroger and Rod Gordon. I am grateful that they believed in our "baby" and kept their promise to help us birth Glory Foods, the first African-American grocery product line in America.


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Shrink Brain Tumors With Combination Immunotherapy
Written by Suchitra Chari, M.S. M.Sc.
Medically Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on August 24, 2018 at 6:31 PM
Skin cancer or melanomas which have spread to the brain can now be treated effectively and safely by a combination of immunotherapy drugs
Tumors that have spread to the brain (brain metastases) occur in advanced melanomas and have so far been difficult to treat due to non-enrollment of these patients in clinical trials
The current study could change the present course of treatment for brain metastases
Stage IV melanomas are often the most difficult to cure. However, in a recent clinical trial, combination immunotherapy was given to Stage IV melanoma or skin cancer patients, where the tumor that had spread to the brain begain to shrink in more than half of the patients. The research was led by an investigator at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
"As treatment for stage IV melanoma has improved greatly in recent years, our patients with metastases to the brain have remained the group most in need, they've had the worst prognosis, so we are very excited about these results," said the national study's principal investigator and lead author, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Melanoma Medical Oncology at MD Anderson.
About 40 percent of patients with stage IV melanoma have tumors that have already spread to the brain (brain metastases) at the time of diagnosis, and 75 percent eventually developed the condition. This condition was earlier so unmanageable by the treatment that these patients were routinely excluded from clinical trials of new drugs.
'Hard-to-cure stage IV melanomas due to their spread into lymph nodes and brain regions can now be treated in patients with brain tumors.'
One reason to omit these patients from clinical trials is that the blood-brain barrier (BBB), tight vascular construction, prevents drugs from reaching tumors in the brain.
Brain metastases are a common cause of the disabling neurologic complications such as impaired thinking, vision or memory, and death seen in patients with metastatic melanoma. The overall median survival of patients with brain metastases is meager at around four to five months.
Previous studies of the checkpoint inhibitors nivolumab combined with ipilimumab in metastatic melanoma as mentioned before have excluded patients with untreated brain metastases. However, immunotherapy used in the clinical trials does not treat the tumors directly -instead, it empowers immune system cells, the T cells, that can then defeat the barrier. Drawbacks include immune-related side effects.
Hence, in the current study, the scientists conducted efficacy and safety evaluations of nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with melanoma who had untreated brain metastases.
Study Design and Results
The study was an open-label, multicenter, phase 2 study conducted on patients with metastatic melanoma who had no neurologic symptoms and had at least one measurable, brain metastasis with a tumor of 0.5 to 3 cm that had not been treated by radiation.
All patients received nivolumab (1 mg per kilogram of body weight) plus ipilimumab (3 mg per kilogram) every 3 weeks for up to four doses, followed by nivolumab (3 mg per kilogram) every 2 weeks until progression of the disease or the presence of unacceptable toxic effects.
Ipilimumab works by blocking a particular checkpoint on T cells and nivolumab inhibits activation of another checkpoint. If unchecked, both checkpoints shut down T cells and thus block the anti-tumor immune response.
The minimum follow-up period of the trial was nine months and the result determined was the rate of intracranial (inside the brain) clinical benefit, defined as the percentage of patients who had stable disease for at least 6 months, complete response, or partial response.
Long-lasting responses
Among 94 patients with a median of 14 months, the overall rate of intracranial clinical benefit was 57 % among whom
Twenty-four patients (26 %) showed a complete response
Twenty-eight patients (30 %) showed a partial response
Two patients (2 %) had stable disease
"This practice-changing study proved that you can start with immunotherapy first with these patients, tackling both brain and extracranial disease at the same time," Tawbi said. "And it opens up new opportunities for development of systemic therapies for metastatic melanoma."
At nine months, 59.5 percent of patients with brain tumors had not progressed,making the overall one-year survival rate for patients with brain metastases with the immunotherapy combination a whopping 82 percent.
Comparing this to patients (at less than 20 percent) with the same condition but who are not in the study, Tawbi considers the absence of progression for that long with brain metastases as huge.
Tawbi and colleagues go as far as to say that that the results shown with the immunotherapy combination are valid enough to reconsider the current standard of care for brain metastases: surgery or targeted radiation for a small number of tumors and whole-brain radiation for more extensive disease.
Small metastases are usually treated with stereotactic radiation which is quite effective followed by a four-week wait and then treated with immunotherapy. However, while the radiation kills the original metastases, new ones crop up during the four weeks, further delaying systemic treatment.
Tawbi says that in the current study "We've shown you don't have to wait for radiation, you can initiate immunotherapy early for all patients and expect the tumors in the brain to respond as well as those outside the brain. Current efforts focus on adding radiation at the right time for lesions that have not responded or progress. Neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists and medical oncologists will continue to work together to recommend the best initial approach for our patients and the best timing for subsequent treatments as needed."
For extracranial or outside-the-brain tumors -
The tumors shrank or remained stable for 56.4 percent of study patients
The nine-month progression-free survival was 56.6 percent
At the time of data analysis, median progression-free and overall survival had not been reached.
Brain-related side effects
Tawbi says, "We were quite concerned going into the study about immunotherapy causing inflammation and swelling in the brain, so this was closely monitored. In the end, only 5 percent of patients had swelling in the brain."
Overall, the safety profile was similar to those caused by the combination immunotherapy in patients with melanoma and without brain metastases.
The side effects noted were as follows -
Around 34 patients or roughly 36 percent had some central nervous system side effect - with the most prominent one being headache experienced by 21of the patients More severe grade 3 or 4 toxicities - three headaches, two with brain swelling, one with a brain hemorrhage and one with loss of consciousness was experienced by 7 of the 34 patients
Grade 3 or 4 adverse events were experienced by fifty-two patients (55 percent), with 19 patients (20 percent) having to leave the trial - the most common side effects in these grades were probably signs of potential liver damage depicted by increased alanine aminotransferase in 15 patients and increased aspartate aminotransferase in 16 patients. One patient died from immune-related inflammation of the heart.
Earlier studies have shown that ipilimumab alone had a response rate of around 20 percent in brain metastases, and the combination had demonstrated high response rates for brain metastases but at shorter durations.
Tawbi says that including melanoma patients with brain metastases in clinical trials will accelerate progress for this patient population.
Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain - (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1805453?query=featured_home)
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The temperate weather of the Caribbean is one of the region's major enticements. With idyllic temperatures and steady breezes year-round, a vacation here is almost always paradise. Most of the islands in the Caribbean experience warm, humid conditions with trade winds that keep things comfortable. Average temperatures range from 75 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit. However, much of the Caribbean does lie inside the Atlantic hurricane belt, which engenders concern among many potential visitors.
The risk of a major storm is always a possibility during hurricane season, but improved technology now provides plenty of advance notice, which makes hurricanes almost entirely avoidable. Even if a hurricane does come through the region, most islands rarely get a direct or damaging hit. More often than not, the heavy precipitation of the storm outskirts is the worst that most islands receive. If you'd like to eliminate the risk altogether or if you're only able to visit during the hurricane season, consider a more southerly island such as Barbados or Aruba. Both of these islands lie outside the hurricane belt and are at virtually no risk of hurricane exposure.
The absence of metropolitan development, interstate highways, and some modern conveniences is thought by many to be a charming attribute of the islands and an integral component of the local attitude that encourages travelers to "get away from it all." Certainly, things move at a slower pace in the Caribbean, where "island time" is pretty subjective. This means you may have to wait longer for the little things that you're used to having instantaneously back home; but take comfort, you will quickly adjust to this way of life, and most vacationers find it has a tremendously relaxing effect.
While a few chain restaurants and hotels have made it onto some of the more developed islands, the vast majority of establishments in the Caribbean are individually owned. While the inhabitants of the islands tend to be content people who enjoy their lives tremendously, the economic conditions of the islands may not come close to that of the United States or a comparably developed nation. Road conditions and sanitation outside of major cities may not be up to the standards to which you're accustomed, but you don't have to sacrifice safety and security to visit the islands.
You may quite enjoy the rustic nature of many Caribbean islands, but if you desire the predictability of a developed, westernized atmosphere, you may opt to visit one of the more metropolitan cities in the region such as San Juan in Puerto Rico, Nassau in the Bahamas, or Montego Bay in Jamaica. In any case, the choice is certainly yours: you can spend an entire vacation in the islands without ever leaving the protected resort-owned property of an all-inclusive beach resort, you can venture among the native population and stay in a rural cottage, or you can try your luck at an exciting casino hotel in a big city.
The islands of the Caribbean are filled with intriguing people, rich culture, exquisite cuisine, and intoxicating music; and while there's plenty to see and do on each of the islands, not every island will be perfect for visitors looking for a family-friendly atmosphere or music-driven nightlife. Accordingly, you should go to Grenada expecting a calmer atmosphere; and visit San Juan expecting a livelier, outgoing island.
The Caribbean also encompasses a variety of physical landscapes; if you want to relax on some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, Aruba, Barbados, and Antigua are excellent choices, but if you're looking to explore the rain forests, check out Puerto Rico or the British Virgin Islands. With a little research, you can easily find what you're looking for in the Caribbean. There are mountains to climb with on-site camping and nature trails, and lush rain forests to explore. There are sandy deserts sprinkled with scrub-trees, cacti, and boulders. There are gently rolling hills covered in waving grass, and sugarcane crops guarded by majestic 19th-century plantation houses. From cave exploring to sport fishing to shopping, the Caribbean boasts both adrenaline-pumping adventures and relaxing outings.
Deciding on the perfect island getaway isn't difficult for travelers who know what they'd like to get out of their vacation. A bit of research will help you find an island that meets all of your requirements and may even exceed your expectations. By clicking on the links to your left, you will find details such as the location of each island, more specified weather information, attractions, and more on the Caribbean's vacation hot spots. Take your time going through them to find the location that's just right for your trip.
Explore the myriad accommodation options presented to travelers in the Caribbean.
The rich history of the Caribbean is just one aspect of the country's appeal.
Learning as much as possible about the cultural landscape of the Caribbean is one way to get the most out of your trip.


Hertz's incoming CIO Opal Perry comes from Allstate, where she was divisional CIO for claims, and vice president of technology and strategic ventures. Photo: Hertz Global Holdings Inc.
Hertz Global Holdings Inc. named a new chief information officer Friday as the rental-car agency continues a massive consolidation of its business systems and prepares to roll out updated versions of its core technology.
Opal Perry starts Aug. 20, reporting to CEO Kathryn Marinello. She most recently was Allstate Corp.'s divisional CIO for claims, and vice president of technology and strategic ventures.
She will lead IT strategy, development and operations as the company works to shed legacy technology and build and deploy a new set of systems to handle functions including rentals, reservations and fleet management.
"Many of our systems are 30-years-old, and Opal will lead the global charge updating these," a Hertz spokesperson said in an email.
Hertz is undertaking a massive technology overhaul, begun in 2016, as the company works to position itself in the marketplace against competitors including Avis Budget Group Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc.
In recent years, Hertz has offloaded the management of many of its legacy systems to International Business Machines Corp. The company also is working with Infor Inc., Deloitte LLP and Salesforce.com Inc. on technology projects, Ms. Marinello said on the company's May earnings call.
New systems are expected to roll out in the fall of next year, a Hertz spokesperson said.
Operating expenditures on IT have run in the range of $400 million a year, CFO Tom Kennedy said on the same call. Once the transformation is complete, operating expenditures should fall by more than $100 million, he said.
Ms. Perry replaces Tyler Best, who left Hertz in April. In an email, Mr. Best said he's advising firms in different industries on their transformation initiatives.


Pulao flavoured with fried cottage cheese cubes and crisply fried onions.
Wash and drain the rice and spread out to dry. When completely dry, add one tablespoon of ghee and the sugar and mix well.
Heat one tablespoon of ghee in a non stick pan and sauté the cottage cheese cubes on medium heat. Drain and set aside.
Add the remaining ghee to the same pan and sauté the onion on medium heat till crisp and brown. Drain and set aside.
To the ghee remaining in the pan, add the bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves and cardamoms and sauté till fragrant. Add the rice and salt and sauté for two or three minutes.
Add three cups of hot water and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover and cook till the rice is done and all the water has been absorbed.
Add the cottage cheese cubes and stir lightly to mix.
Sprinkle fried onions and serve.


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There are situations, when it is necessary to upload in all pictures of the project on external servers not to load the. And happen also opposite — it is necessary to download all pictures under references and to store them in the project that in the future they have got on your server. In the decision of these problems the tool «Pouring/downloading of pictures» also is engaged.
Simple enough operation, all that it is necessary to note from the user it hostings of pictures on which it wants to load the files. All the rest (search of pictures in texts, pouring on the server and replacement of references on new) the program will make.
For what it is necessary : at posting in XML-RPC drawings and the program their automatic machine are not able to accept Some services on the server showers on imageshack.us (or radikal.ru) but if, for example, it it is necessary to throw them on some such services (for the same crosposting) it their each time uploads in. Or for autoposting which is not able to upload in drawings itself. And if before export to upload in them by means of this function article with the necessary references fasts it will be not already dependent on where the site is uploaded in.
This operation is necessary to those who does not trust hostings of pictures and prefers to hold files on the servers. For use of function it is necessary for you to specify what FTP an account to use to the program and the reference to a folder with pictures (which concerns this account) that the program could replace references to the uploaded in pictures correctly.
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Several psychological and pharmacological therapies were found to have at least moderate strength of evidence supporting their effectiveness in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new systematic review.
To update a previous review, researchers searched various databases from May 2012 to September 2017 to identify studies comparing the safety and efficacy of various PTSD interventions; 193 randomized controlled trials met the inclusion criteria.
With regard to psychological therapies, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-exposure and CBT-mixed treatments were associated with a reduction in PTSD symptoms and resolution of PTSD when compared with inactive comparators (high strength of evidence). In addition, cognitive processing therapy, cognitive therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, and narrative exposure therapy were also found to be effective (moderate strength of evidence). When CBT-exposure was compared to relaxation therapy, there was moderate strength evidence to support CBT-exposure.
As for pharmacological treatment, the use of fluoxetine, paroxetine, and venlafaxine was found to be more effective in reducing PTSD symptoms than placebo (moderate strength of evidence). A network meta-analysis of 33 trials (N=4817) found no significant differences in effectiveness between these 3 drugs, however most of the evidence came from indirect comparisons.
Most of the studies involving psychological therapies did not report on adverse events, while trials evaluating drug therapy did not appear to be associated with any serious adverse events. In addition, no conclusions could be made regarding differences in treatment benefits based on patient characteristics or the nature of trauma exposure.
"Additional studies that directly compare psychological to pharmacological treatments are needed to confirm or refute which treatments are truly more effective first-line treatments," the authors write.
For more information visit ahrq.gov.


Winona Health recently launched its newly redesigned website at www.winonahealth.org.
•	Easier navigation through the use of a mega menu so those searching can find what they need faster.
•	ADA compliance that allows those who are visually and hearing impaired to see and hear the website content.
Other information continues to be available on the website including health care provider photos and bios; services available and contact information; career opportunities; information about volunteer opportunities and events; and access to My Winona Health, which gives registered users secure access to their individual health records 24 hours a day.
If you'd like to provide feedback on the new website, please email cnicklay@winonahealth.org.


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Martin Lindstrom is Denmarks most expensive International speaker and one of the worlds most famous branding gurus.
It all began one disastrous summer's day in 1982 when eleven-year-old Martin Lindstrom opened the doors to his own Legoland. He'd carefully designed the miniature village, planted it with bonsai trees, scooped out inch-wide canals and constructed numerous houses and ships out of Lego. Martin's Legoland was installed in his parents' back garden and its creator anticipated a throng of fascinated visitors. Not a single one showed up.
Conscious that something more than brilliant design was needed to attract visitors, Martin Lindstrom decided to advertise. He persuaded the local newspaper to run an ad – a simple act that was to reveal the power of marketing. The next week, 131 people streamed through the garden gate. Among their number were two lawyers from Lego, who informed Martin with great kindness and politeness that if he persisted in using the name 'Legoland' he'd be guilty of trademark infringement. Martin was intrigued by the idea that someone had control and ownership of the name of his favorite toy – and that it wasn't him. Fascinated by the concept of trademarking, and seduced by the evident power of advertising, Martin opened his own advertising agency a couple of months later, at the age of twelve. This agency was sold in 1988.
Over the course of twenty years of hands-on marketing experience, Martin Lindstrom has conceived a revolutionary set of principles that transform marketing strategies into positive business results. He rejects the old rules of the industry that conceptualized branding as an art form composed of vague commercials and awareness messages. Instead, his unique vision is scientific, process-based, and supported by global research studies.
Today Martin Lindstrom works with famous brands such as LEGO, Nokia, McDonald's Corporation, Proctor & Gamble, Yellow Pages, Nestlé, American Express, Microsoft, The Walt Disney Company and GlaxoSmithKline.
Martin Lindstrom has written five books, including works with industry icons such as Philip Kotler. The most famous books are "BRAND sense" and "Buyology".


I currently work in the Ophthalmic field and love what I do. I assist the Doctor in all things such as minor in office procedures such as chalazion removals, stitch removal, etc. and well as routine work ups for eye exams in addition to selling glasses when needed.
Taking patients back and doing complete work-ups, which consist of checking vision, checking glasses, doing necessary testing. Also selling glasses to whom need be and taking care of submitting the insurance if applicable.
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I thought it had been snowing a lot since we've been in Japan but in Asarigawa the weather surpassed itself and it snowed almost non-stop.
It is actually the last place you would really expect to find a lot of snow because you can see the sea from the top of the hill which is just a matter of a couple of kilometers from the race hill!
They cope with it well and the races went off with just a small delay on the second day.
I skied well but was up against a field made up mostly of local girls who were familiar with the race hill and who knew every part of the course like the back of their hands. In fact, my second run on day 2 was probably the best slalom run I have ever done - my time was not beaten by the following 7 racers and I was able to reduce my Olympic Slalom points.


Catechesis of the Good Shepherd sessions at Holy Trinity are held once a week in the Atria (2nd floor of the Father Quigley Center) in the afternoons and early evenings, late Septermber through the first week of May.
Children attending Holy Trinity Catholic School kindergarten and 1st grade receive CGS Atrium session during school hours.
Parents are welcome to sit in on their child's session at any time. Volunteers willing to assist lead catechists are also welcome; this is a nice way to begin learning about this unique program.
During inclement weather, CGS sessions are cancelled when "Shawnee Mission School District" is listed as CLOSED on the news.


"This was my first visit into pure life after being recommended by a good friend. The receptionist was very polite and helpful with getting me my paperwork and needed insurance rate information. Again upon finishing my appointment and scheduling my next she was very polite and quick to help.
"This clinic was great. I had a massage and chiropractic right after. I have a very sensitive back, and Evelyn was able to pick out my sensitive spots without me saying a word. She even gave me a nice jaw massage.


So, this is what sprung into my mind and I would like to share with you what thoughts I had when creating this small gift.
Lisa is represented by the goddess symbol as I believe divine energy is inside every being on earth.
She is letting her magic flow and spreading love and her sparkle everywhere.
The perception of Lisa's own self is not always a good one (sadly), which I acknowledged and represented by the black edge around her heart, truly though she has a heart of gold and it shines through, symbolised by the golden sparkle wherever her magic touches, this symbolised by the golden thread in tiny stitches.
Gold: usually symbolising male power I decided instead to use this colour as a symbol for the infinite sparkle and love Lisa is spreading everywhere. Lisa's sparkle is a very powerful one and I felt she needs to be reminded of that.
Black: this was a good contrast to the other colours and in this little piece also represents the limitations we set ourselves and are caught in. We do good in being reminded about the power of our belief (in our own abilities and our own powerful Self) and through this being able to achieve whatever we set our mind to.
The ornamental spirals I used whenever I was being creative, for as long as I can remember, starting at a very early age. They are a part of my creative expressions like no other squiggles and I felt they were perfect to represent spreading love and magic and also to put my own very personal touch to a symbol used earth-wide by the pagan community.
I chose the symbol of the triple goddess as the frame in recognition of Lisa's own pagan spirituality, and to personalise my work for her. Also, the 2 letters are from the wiccan alphabet and represent the initials of Lisa's name, so I could personalise the little gift even further.
The stitched work is done in split stitch, hem stitch and seed stitches, an exception being the golden heart which has been done in long and short stitch (tiny ones), all made by hand.
The fabric is real polish linen, which is a natural fabric and has a lovely "earthy" feel, just about right and the perfect base.
Lisa, the world would be a really sad and boring place without you! We love you!
The next step was to remove the "sticky fabric solvy". That process is very simple: it dissolves into nothing when coming into contact with water, leaving only the stitching on the fabric (I ironed the fabric dry so I could continue quicker and to have a smooth fabric to continue working with). That's what makes this medium great to work with!
I never chose the complete set of fabrics before I start a project and rather find the matching pieces when progressing with my work. Here I decided for a beautiful floral print that I actually got from our landlady (an amazing strong woman with a big loving heart as well! Hi Doris!! 🙂 ) some time ago. It matched the colours of the embroidery thread perfectly and was an interesting contrast to the stitching too.
Lisa is constantly "on tour", camping here, caravanning there, spending her time with her family in lots of different places. So I thought I must make something she can use. In the very beginning I decided to make her a little cosmetic bag to put all her essentials in.
After the stitching is done sewing the pieces of fabric into the right shape was the next logical step. Here you can see the two sewn pieces.
The light of the picture is not really good as I have done that late at night, I couldn't wait until the next day to see my finished little project so just kept working on it!
The dimensions are 18cm x 13cm.
I hope you enjoyed this little "making of" and get in the mood to try something like that yourself!


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Ahhh, Winter… the perfect time of the year for soup!
Who doesn't like a nice steamy bowl of soup?
I think each of us has that same memory of eating a bowl of soup, while watching Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color on Sunday nights. Or was that just me?
In any sense, soup is one of my favorite things to make. However, I don't think I ever make the same one, since I tend to grab whatever I have around the kitchen that day.
Today I'm going to walk you through the way that I make a poultry soup. So, on the menu is turkey and chicken. I suppose you could certainly make a duck soup, but I'll leave that one up to you and the Marx Brothers.
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Jean-Claude Farcy with Marc Renneville (Trans : Patricia Bass). History of Death Penalty in France (1789-1981), Musée Criminocorpus published on Sept. 18, 2016, consulted on April 23, 2019.
The Guillotine or "Gentle Death"
Victor Hugo, speech to the Constituent Assembly, September 15th, 1848.
The abolition of the death penalty in French penal legislation dates back to 1981, ending a long combat that lasted almost two centuries - from the Penal Code project submitted to the Constituent Assembly in 1791 until the law of October 9th 1981, which effectively abolished the death penalty.
- A summarizing article: The death penalty in France: two centuries for one abolition. 1791-1981.
These resources consist of over two hundred pages of archival documents, news articles, drawings and caricatures, photographs, and reproductions of objects from the National Archives, the Archives of the Paris Prefecture of Police, the Museum of Living History of Montreuil, and the National Museum of Prisons.
In this printable guide (PDF), you can find a presentation of the different sections of the exhibit, a consultation guide, a detailed table of contents, a selection of works, and links to pertinent online sites.


Rick Liu is a Senior Portfolio Manager on the US and Global Credit teams. He joined HSBC Global Asset Management New York in 2005 as a Credit Analyst on the Distressed Opportunities investment team, and moved to the US Credit team in 2011 with a primary focus in high yield credit. Prior to joining HSBC Asset Management, Mr. Liu was part of Global Analyst rotational program of HSBC in Hong Kong and London. Previously, he had performed internships at HSBC and at Credit Suisse in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He has been working in the industry since 2003. Mr. Liu holds a BCom (Hons) in Finance from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and is a CFA Charterholder.
*On April 1, 2019, the HSBC Global High Income Bond Fund became the HSBC Strategic Income Fund. Although the fund will no longer invest in a globally diversified portfolio of higher yielding securities, the fund will invest opportunistically in investments outside of the United States, including in global asset-backed securities.
**Prior to April 1, 2019, the Fund's benchmark was the Bloomberg Barclays High Income Bond Composite Index.


text:
What's the future for the Sunshine Mile?
By Bud Foster
Published: Jul. 29, 2019 at 6:56 PM MST
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Rio Nuevo has begun to hold a series of workshops with business leaders, stakeholders and the general public over the future of the Sunshine Mile.
The Sunshine Mile is a stretch of Broadway Blvd which runs from Euclid to Country Club.
That portion of Broadway is being widened from four lanes to six lanes; a project which was first proposed in 1984, but has been scaled down.
Still, to make room for the widening, the city purchased millions of dollars of property, mostly consisting of structural built from World War II until 1975.
The plan was to demolish the buildings, but Rio Nuevo has stepped up to save them and hopefully, refurbish them to generate tax revenue.
Broadway is part of Rio Nuevo's taxing district.
The hope is to find small business, which will preserve and re-purpose them and generate tax for the district.
The workshops are designed to gauge not only interest, but plans for the future.
The Sunshine Mile has been divided into five distinct areas, each with its own unique style.
Each of those districts, or areas, will have a unique workshop to try to determine what's best for each section.
The middle section is known for its mid-century architecture and style. It became the shopping suburbs for Tucson during the middle of the 20th century.
Now, most of the buildings are old, and in many cases, rundown.
"If you single out any building along this corridor you can make a case that maybe, oh yeah, it should go," said Demion Clinco, a former state lawmaker and historical preservationist. "But if you take the all together, all these mild century buildings, we create a dynamic order that fosters small business, that goes back to our economy, that supports Rio Nuevo taxes, that supports downtown redevelopment, that's a win."
Don Jones, the owner of Sahuaro Trophy since 1983, agrees.
"You've got to dress it up so it's more appealing to the younger crowd," he said. "It's our heritage along this strip, so we tend to kind of cling to that."
Jones has weathered many storms and controversies along the way because the area has been neglected for so many years.
"It's been frustrating," he said. "But you have to stick with it and hope for the best."
Still, that neglect may have worked out for the better in at least one respect.
Because the city could never decide when or how to widen the street, most of the buildings remain just as they were forty years ago.
That means restoring them will be easier because so many of the facades remain the same.
"For me, as a historic preservationist, it's about taking buildings that are not viewed as assets and maybe viewed as liabilities and converting them to community value," said Clinco.
The Sunshine Mile is holding multiple workshops that invite the community to help participate in enhancing the area along Broadway. To RSVP click HERE.
TUSD may close schools with high teacher absences due to omicron


text:
package devices

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"runtime"
	"sync"
	"unsafe"

	"github.com/cilium/ebpf"
	"github.com/cilium/ebpf/asm"
	"github.com/cilium/ebpf/link"
	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
)

func nilCloser() error {
	return nil
}

func findAttachedCgroupDeviceFilters(dirFd int) ([]*ebpf.Program, error) {
	type bpfAttrQuery struct {
		TargetFd    uint32
		AttachType  uint32
		QueryType   uint32
		AttachFlags uint32
		ProgIds     uint64 // __aligned_u64
		ProgCnt     uint32
	}

	// Currently you can only have 64 eBPF programs attached to a cgroup.
	size := 64
	retries := 0
	for retries < 10 {
		progIds := make([]uint32, size)
		query := bpfAttrQuery{
			TargetFd:   uint32(dirFd),
			AttachType: uint32(unix.BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE),
			ProgIds:    uint64(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&progIds[0]))),
			ProgCnt:    uint32(len(progIds)),
		}

		// Fetch the list of program ids.
		_, _, errno := unix.Syscall(unix.SYS_BPF,
			uintptr(unix.BPF_PROG_QUERY),
			uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&query)),
			unsafe.Sizeof(query))
		size = int(query.ProgCnt)
		runtime.KeepAlive(query)
		if errno != 0 {
			// On ENOSPC we get the correct number of programs.
			if errno == unix.ENOSPC {
				retries++
				continue
			}
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("bpf_prog_query(BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE) failed: %w", errno)
		}

		// Convert the ids to program handles.
		progIds = progIds[:size]
		programs := make([]*ebpf.Program, 0, len(progIds))
		for _, progId := range progIds {
			program, err := ebpf.NewProgramFromID(ebpf.ProgramID(progId))
			if err != nil {
				// We skip over programs that give us -EACCES or -EPERM. This
				// is necessary because there may be BPF programs that have
				// been attached (such as with --systemd-cgroup) which have an
				// LSM label that blocks us from interacting with the program.
				//
				// Because additional BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE programs only can add
				// restrictions, there's no real issue with just ignoring these
				// programs (and stops runc from breaking on distributions with
				// very strict SELinux policies).
				if errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) {
					logrus.Debugf("ignoring existing CGROUP_DEVICE program (prog_id=%v) which cannot be accessed by runc -- likely due to LSM policy: %v", progId, err)
					continue
				}
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot fetch program from id: %w", err)
			}
			programs = append(programs, program)
		}
		runtime.KeepAlive(progIds)
		return programs, nil
	}

	return nil, errors.New("could not get complete list of CGROUP_DEVICE programs")
}

var (
	haveBpfProgReplaceBool bool
	haveBpfProgReplaceOnce sync.Once
)

// Loosely based on the BPF_F_REPLACE support check in
// https://github.com/cilium/ebpf/blob/v0.6.0/link/syscalls.go.
//
// TODO: move this logic to cilium/ebpf
func haveBpfProgReplace() bool {
	haveBpfProgReplaceOnce.Do(func() {
		prog, err := ebpf.NewProgram(&ebpf.ProgramSpec{
			Type:    ebpf.CGroupDevice,
			License: "MIT",
			Instructions: asm.Instructions{
				asm.Mov.Imm(asm.R0, 0),
				asm.Return(),
			},
		})
		if err != nil {
			logrus.Debugf("checking for BPF_F_REPLACE support: ebpf.NewProgram failed: %v", err)
			return
		}
		defer prog.Close()

		devnull, err := os.Open("/dev/null")
		if err != nil {
			logrus.Debugf("checking for BPF_F_REPLACE support: open dummy target fd: %v", err)
			return
		}
		defer devnull.Close()

		// We know that we have BPF_PROG_ATTACH since we can load
		// BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE programs. If passing BPF_F_REPLACE gives us EINVAL
		// we know that the feature isn't present.
		err = link.RawAttachProgram(link.RawAttachProgramOptions{
			// We rely on this fd being checked after attachFlags.
			Target: int(devnull.Fd()),
			// Attempt to "replace" bad fds with this program.
			Program: prog,
			Attach:  ebpf.AttachCGroupDevice,
			Flags:   unix.BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI | unix.BPF_F_REPLACE,
		})
		if errors.Is(err, unix.EINVAL) {
			// not supported
			return
		}
		// attach_flags test succeeded.
		if !errors.Is(err, unix.EBADF) {
			logrus.Debugf("checking for BPF_F_REPLACE: got unexpected (not EBADF or EINVAL) error: %v", err)
		}
		haveBpfProgReplaceBool = true
	})
	return haveBpfProgReplaceBool
}

// loadAttachCgroupDeviceFilter installs eBPF device filter program to /sys/fs/cgroup/<foo> directory.
//
// Requires the system to be running in cgroup2 unified-mode with kernel >= 4.15 .
//
// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ebc614f687369f9df99828572b1d85a7c2de3d92
func loadAttachCgroupDeviceFilter(insts asm.Instructions, license string, dirFd int) (func() error, error) {
	// Increase `ulimit -l` limit to avoid BPF_PROG_LOAD error (#2167).
	// This limit is not inherited into the container.
	memlockLimit := &unix.Rlimit{
		Cur: unix.RLIM_INFINITY,
		Max: unix.RLIM_INFINITY,
	}
	_ = unix.Setrlimit(unix.RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, memlockLimit)

	// Get the list of existing programs.
	oldProgs, err := findAttachedCgroupDeviceFilters(dirFd)
	if err != nil {
		return nilCloser, err
	}
	useReplaceProg := haveBpfProgReplace() && len(oldProgs) == 1

	// Generate new program.
	spec := &ebpf.ProgramSpec{
		Type:         ebpf.CGroupDevice,
		Instructions: insts,
		License:      license,
	}
	prog, err := ebpf.NewProgram(spec)
	if err != nil {
		return nilCloser, err
	}

	// If there is only one old program, we can just replace it directly.
	var (
		replaceProg *ebpf.Program
		attachFlags uint32 = unix.BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI
	)
	if useReplaceProg {
		replaceProg = oldProgs[0]
		attachFlags |= unix.BPF_F_REPLACE
	}
	err = link.RawAttachProgram(link.RawAttachProgramOptions{
		Target:  dirFd,
		Program: prog,
		Replace: replaceProg,
		Attach:  ebpf.AttachCGroupDevice,
		Flags:   attachFlags,
	})
	if err != nil {
		return nilCloser, fmt.Errorf("failed to call BPF_PROG_ATTACH (BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE, BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI): %w", err)
	}
	closer := func() error {
		err = link.RawDetachProgram(link.RawDetachProgramOptions{
			Target:  dirFd,
			Program: prog,
			Attach:  ebpf.AttachCGroupDevice,
		})
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to call BPF_PROG_DETACH (BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE): %w", err)
		}
		// TODO: Should we attach the old filters back in this case? Otherwise
		//       we fail-open on a security feature, which is a bit scary.
		return nil
	}
	if !useReplaceProg {
		logLevel := logrus.DebugLevel
		// If there was more than one old program, give a warning (since this
		// really shouldn't happen with runc-managed cgroups) and then detach
		// all the old programs.
		if len(oldProgs) > 1 {
			// NOTE: Ideally this should be a warning but it turns out that
			//       systemd-managed cgroups trigger this warning (apparently
			//       systemd doesn't delete old non-systemd programs when
			//       setting properties).
			logrus.Infof("found more than one filter (%d) attached to a cgroup -- removing extra filters!", len(oldProgs))
			logLevel = logrus.InfoLevel
		}
		for idx, oldProg := range oldProgs {
			// Output some extra debug info.
			if info, err := oldProg.Info(); err == nil {
				fields := logrus.Fields{
					"type": info.Type.String(),
					"tag":  info.Tag,
					"name": info.Name,
				}
				if id, ok := info.ID(); ok {
					fields["id"] = id
				}
				if runCount, ok := info.RunCount(); ok {
					fields["run_count"] = runCount
				}
				if runtime, ok := info.Runtime(); ok {
					fields["runtime"] = runtime.String()
				}
				logrus.WithFields(fields).Logf(logLevel, "removing old filter %d from cgroup", idx)
			}
			err = link.RawDetachProgram(link.RawDetachProgramOptions{
				Target:  dirFd,
				Program: oldProg,
				Attach:  ebpf.AttachCGroupDevice,
			})
			if err != nil {
				return closer, fmt.Errorf("failed to call BPF_PROG_DETACH (BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE) on old filter program: %w", err)
			}
		}
	}
	return closer, nil
}

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Contact: Rev. Tom Mulch
THEMemorial PresbyterianCHURCH
The congregation of Memorial Presbyterian Church is a multi-faceted group of people who live and work in the Assumption area. The church has a strong nucleus of young families complemented by an active class of middle aged couples and older church members. The members of the church are farmers, teachers, small business owners, nurses, law enforcement officers, students, and more. Many of the families are lifetime residents of the community and take a great deal of pride in their home and church.
Location & Community
Memorial Presbyterian Church is located in Assumption, Illinois, a town of 1400 people. Located in the heartland of the prairie, Assumption is twenty-five miles south of Decatur, Illinois; forty-five miles from Springfield; two hours from St. Louis; and four hours from Chicago.
The church has members from Assumption, Taylorville, Findlay, Decatur. Hospitals frequented by members are in Decatur, Springfield, Taylorville, and Pana, so the church's ministry extends to those locations. The church serves children from Kemmerer Village, a Presbyterian children's home in the country.
Presbyterians participate in joint ministry projects and activities with other local churches including the Methodist Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the churches in the local ministerial association. We have Vacation Bible School with the Methodist and Roman Catholic Churches. The Presbyterians and Catholics have been involved in the Children's Friendship Project of Northern Ireland. Youth from the two churches have participated together in work camps and weekend excursions.
Assumption is a hub of agri-business. It is home of Sloan's John Deere, the largest John Deere dealership in the country. Grain Systems Incorporated, manufacturer of grain bins and other farm supplies, is also a major employer of area residents.
The Memorial Presbyterian Church building was constructed in 1919 using the Georgian architectural style. It is an impressive brick building with a traditional interior featuring dark altar pieces, pulpit, and pews. The building also features gorgeous stained glass windows framed by a vaulted ceiling, giving the church a spacious but intimate feel. A beautiful pipe organ is the backdrop for the choir loft. The Fellowship Hall is in the lower level, and features a dining area as well as a modern kitchen.
During the Liberty Loan Drives of WWI, at the age of 84, Martha Olivia Johnson purchased eighty-four $1000 bonds. Four years later, as a gift in memory of her parents and her seven brothers and sisters, these bonds and additional funds were turned over to the board of the Presbyterian Church of Assumption. The funds were used for a new church building. On October 19, 1919, the name of the church was changed from First Presbyterian to Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Memorial Presbyterian Church has a strong commitment to local and world missions. Close to home we have provided support to the Community Food Pantry; to Care & Share Meals; to Kemmerer Village, a Presbyterian home for children located south of Assumption; to Dove, a shelter for battered women; to the Good Samaritan Inn, a soup kitchen; to Shadow House, a shelter for homeless women and children; and the Marion Medical Mission headed by Dr. Tom Logan.
Members of our church have worked closely with the John Morrison Appalachia mission gathering clothing, blankets, books, and Sunday School supplies that are taken to the Appalachia region each fall. Our church has opened our doors to this group to provide a meeting place for them.
Reaching out further, we have donated money, building supplies, and vitamins, to Intercambio Cultural de Maya. Six members of our church have given up their Christmas vacations to participate in construction projects or give medical assistance in the Mexican villages. Our Mexican missions is a strong focus. Besides Intercambio, we have provided monetary assistance to the Yucatan Presbyterian Ministries headed by Ramon Celis. Even our Sunday School children have sponsored a child who attends the Downs Syndrome Institute in Merida.
Through our contact with Dr. Tom Logan, we have become dedicated to the Malawi wells mission project. Our Bible School children raised money to buy tools needed to construct the wells. Through fund raising projects and memorials the congregation raised money to fund four wells in Malawi.
In addition we have helped with Tsunami and Hurricane Relief, Peacemaking Offerings, prepared 22 shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, contributed to Joy Offering at Christmas, and with help from the local DCFS sponsored a local family in need at Christmas.
We have been honored to have energy and resources to remain committed to our mission work.
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Here's Troy's own grazing chart from his 2012-2013 grazing season so you can see how he uses it. Click to download it as a microsoft Xcel file that you can open and enlarge to take a closer look.
And how about sending Troy a note to say thanks for all his hard work for all of us.


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VIDEO: Def Leppard singer performs classic with Billy Joel at Fenway Park
Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott joined Billy Joel for the UK band's 1987 smash, "Pour Some Sugar On Me", during the piano man's August 10 show at Boston's Fenway Park.
Elliott appeared late in the singer's 26-song set, and followed a guest appearance from original J. Geils Band rocker Peter Wolf on his former group's 1981 hit, "Centerfold."
"We're going to bring out another special guest tonight," Joel told the crowd. "This is a guy who's in a band that's gonna be here tomorrow night… Please welcome Joe Elliott from Def Leppard."
The surprise appearance saw Elliott return for the night's closing encore of Joel's 1980 hit, "You May Be Right."
Def Leppard are currently playing co-headline dates on a North American tour with Journey.
Last month, the group issued a cover of the 1989 Depeche Mode classic, "Personal Jesus", as one of two songs recorded for the "Spotify Singles" series, alongside their 1987 smash, "Hysteria", from a May 16 session at the streaming service's studios in New York.
Def Leppard stream cover of Depeche Mode classic Personal Jesus
Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen explains 2018 tour absence
VIDEO: Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen rejoins North American tour
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EVE is a massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) set in a science-fiction based, persistent world. Players take the role of spaceship pilots seeking fame, fortune, and adventure in a huge, complex, exciting, and sometimes hostile galaxy.
EVE Online is the forerunner of next generation massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) set in a world of galactic magnitude and governed by a hyper capitalistic economy.
In a universe of this scope, you are free to discover your own place, be it in the form of a humble trader ferrying goods from system to system, a despicable pirate preying on anyone foolish enough to cross your path, a heroic combat pilot lancing through the fray as you battle for your faction, or a mighty business icon leading a corporation with hundreds of employees.
To accomplish any or all of this, your main tools will include a diverse array of sophisticated equipment, spaceships, and social interfaces, but you'll also need a strong business acumen, cunning combat strategies, and often pure Machiavellian thinking.


Looking for businesss concepts? Questioning what sort of enterprise you can begin? You're not alone! Optical storage units— CD-ROM ( compact disc , learn-solely reminiscence) and DVD-ROM (digital videodisc, or versatile disc)—appeared within the mid-Nineteen Eighties and '90s. They each represent bits as tiny pits in plastic , organized in a protracted spiral like a phonograph report, written and read with lasers. A CD-ROM can maintain 2 gigabytes of data, but the inclusion of error-correcting codes (to right for mud, small defects, and scratches) reduces the usable data to 650 megabytes. DVDs are denser, have smaller pits, and may hold 17 gigabytes with error correction.
The implications for coverage are important. For one factor, our focus shifts away from what we would like, onto what we want to avoid. This creates a scattering of assets as a result of our political system can simply choose just a few priorities but can't simply select among a myriad of hypothetical insecurities. Combined with a tradition of victimization, governments can not stick with doing a couple of good things, however must make sure that nothing unhealthy occurs to anyone. This example requires a new understanding of values and norms. Not everybody perceives risk in the identical way. Moms and their sons have different views about bikes for example.
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This may very well be the first book identified as a "must-read" here on The Hurley Edition. Think Of A Number is a fast-paced, read-through-the-night, unputdownable book. It had me reading until well past my bedtime and all through the day. If I could have, I would have read it all in one sitting.


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What if GW Busch and crew refused to step down?
Uncommon_Sense July 11, 2006, 1:21pm #1
Let's say that GW and his staff and all the personel he's appointed over the years are in it together. They agree, as a group, that they will not step down no matter who wins the next election. Screw it, let's assume the next elections have been cancelled somehow (by GW and crew).
Let's assume he also has all the judges he's appointed in his pocket too (not sure if that matters or not, probably does…).
Basically he tries to institute a dictatorship.
What steps would/could be taken to remove him from power?
Who would step up to the plate and take charge?
How would things unravel?
Grey July 11, 2006, 1:25pm #2
Did we already do this before the last US election? Hell, I think there were threads about Clinton refusing to step down.
Least_Original_User_Name_Ever July 11, 2006, 1:31pm #3
It has happened. In some circles it is believed that Bush lost 2 elections ,yet there he is.
Squink July 11, 2006, 1:36pm #4
Uncommon Sense:
The nation would head to the mountains and drink him.
-End Of Problem.
AHunter3 July 11, 2006, 1:38pm #5
Anyone powerful / power-hungry enough to do that would more likely have someone act as a puppet. It would look like there had been a change of administration (possibly even a change of political party in charge), but with the key players answering to the same folks pulling the strings.
Considering how Term II has gone so far, I suspect GWB will be ready to step down at the end of his term. Looks old, doesn't he?
Well, I couldn't find any, nor do I remember seeing one.
Mod: Could the title be repaired to correct for spelling - Bush.
Grey:
(Wayyyy too slow today)
Ok I only found one (Election 2004 is cancelled), but I wasn't looking very hard.
Why is this topic so fascinating to some?
John_Mace July 11, 2006, 2:18pm #9
I can't speak for this OP, but I'm sure some poster here would love to see it actually happen so they could feel vindicated for all the nutty conspiracy stuff they've posted over the years.
asterion July 11, 2006, 2:27pm #10
Squink:
And here I was thinking that I didn't know of any drivers called GW Busch. The half brother of Kurt and Kyle Busch?
And yeah, this is and always shall be a pointless question. Even if it did happen, the offenders would find themselves dragged out.
John_Carter_of_Mars July 11, 2006, 2:32pm #11
(Bolding mine)
Yes, and those circles would be whirlpools in the river of De-Nile.
This was done in 2004, with "cancelling the election", as pointed out above, "Refuse to step down", "Pulls a coup", etc., ad nauseam.
Why not worry about something real, like whether the Dems can come up with a candidate that will beat Jeb Bush?
Smapti July 11, 2006, 2:44pm #12
At 12 noon on January 21st 2009, the new President-Elect calls the Washington DC police and asks them to evict the trespassers from his new house.
He says "Yes, Mr. President."
They do so.
Lemur866 July 11, 2006, 2:46pm #13
To attempt to seriously answer the question, what would happen if I declared myself president and refused to step down? Nothing would happen, everyone would ignore me. I'm not the president, and no amount of shouting on my part would make people treat me as the president.
A similar thing would happen if Bush refused to step down. He'd be taken down. His term would expire and a new person would be president. If the old president refused to leave the white house, the new president would order the Secret Service to remove him. And they would. The old president would likely face criminal charges related to his coup attempt. The Justice Department would handle that, I suppose. If the old president has some armed goons and barricades himself in the white house, I suppose the real president would order the marines in. Or more likely an FBI SWAT team, it would look better if the ousting forces were civilian police rather than military.
Thing is, the president is only president because we all agree he's president. Bush can give all the orders he wants, that doesn't matter if people don't obey him. Bush would only be able to declare himself dictator if a majority of people wanted him to be dictator, or at least a very large and powerful minority. And even if a large portion of the military supported the coup, we'd still have civil war as most of the state governments would not support him, most of the federal employees would not support him. And anyway, how many people in the military today would support a coup? Just about zero. How many Republican Senators and Representatives and Governors would support a coup? Just about zero. How many career civil servants would support a coup? Just about zero. How many paramilitary political/thug groups (equivalent to the Brownshirts of the 1930s) would support a coup? Just about zero. How many in the general population would support a coup? Just about zero.
Since nobody would support a coup, what good would it do for any President to stage a coup?
RTFirefly July 11, 2006, 3:02pm #14
Lemur866:
A similar thing would happen if Bush refused to step down. He'd be taken down. His term would expire and a new person would be president. If the old president refused to leave the white house, the new president would order the Secret Service to remove him. And they would.
That's exactly what would happen.
And if he tried to order the cancellation of the 2008 election, everybody would pretend that he was kidding and didn't mean it. All the machinery of holding an election would keep on grinding forward, everyone would go to the polls on November 4, 2008, the votes would be tabulated, Diebold* would tell us who won, and that person would be sworn in on the Capitol steps on January 20, 2009.
*Sorry, couldn't resist.
silenus July 11, 2006, 3:34pm #15
Let's say that GW and his staff and all the personel he's appointed over the years are in it together.
Try to get 5 people to agree where to go for dinner. Now try to get thousands of people to support this coup attempt. Good luck!
Dob July 11, 2006, 3:52pm #16
In order for something like that to work the military would have to go along. And if you think the military as a body would, your dont know the US military. Things like honor, tradition, upholding the Constitution etc… are lifes blood in the military. They would consider their duty on Jan 1, 2009 to forceably remove GW from office.
jjimm July 11, 2006, 4:01pm #17
For comparison purposes in a Western democracy, this is almost what Berlusconi did in Italy a few months ago: he holed up, accused the opposition of fraud, and demanded several recounts. Eventually public, political, and court pressure forced him to resign.
He wasn't, however, Commander in Chief of the armed forces: a situation that could add some complications.
The other thing is that there are no federal elections in the US. All elections are run by the individual states. So Bush can't just cancel elections, no election official reports to the federal executive branch. The president can do a lot on his own authority, even extra-legal things. So he can pick up the phone and order the Attorney General to order the head of the FBI to wiretap somebody, and it will probably be done, but he can't pick up the phone and order elections to be cancelled, because he has no direct authority over any any election official.
John_Mace July 11, 2006, 4:12pm #19
RTFirefly:
And if he tried to order the cancellation of the 2008 election, everybody would pretend that he was kidding and didn't mean it.
And since elections are controlled by the states, it wouldn't matter what someone in Washington DC said anyway.
BobLibDem July 11, 2006, 4:24pm #20
I think he would need the cooperation of a majority of Congress but he could pull it off. From the Constitution:
The Congress may determine the Time of choosing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
It doesn't say that Congess MUST determine a time for choosing electors, suppose they chose not to select a time at all? Bush declares that the war on terror demands that he not be removed from office, Congress goes along, refusing to determine a time for choosing electors or to receive their votes, and the Supreme Court refuses to hear the case. No electors chosen, no counting of the electoral votes in Congress, no change in the White House.


Oh Yes, the itinerary truly matters! Even on a Caribbean cruise, itineraries vary tremendously and there are two major variables. One is the size of the ship and the other is the actual ports themselves.
If you have chosen a large ship for your vacation, chances are that there's a plethora of on-board activities that exist and can potentially entertain you 24/7. If your boat features an ice-skating rink, a rock climbing wall, a surfing wav...e, a golf simulator, miniature golf, a boardwalk, movie theater, planetarium, shopping atriums or other on-board diversions, you're going to want to have time to truly enjoy those features. Therefore, your itinerary might feature 3 or 4 days "at-sea" out of a 7-day itinerary. In this case, the ship is a really big part of your vacation and worth exploring.
Alternatively, if you've chosen a smaller ship (the upscale lines tend to be the smallest), your ship will be able to dock at diverse, quiet harbors where the attractions on land are the main focus. The British Virgin Islands, St. Barts, St. Lucia and the Dominica might be included. If you're sailing the Mediterranean, you might stop in at Portofino, for example, or other ports where the big ships simply cannot go.
It's essential that we work together to figure out which approach works best for you and your family/friends, particularly if this is your very first cruise!


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Tyler Hansbrough Tackles "Chicken Little," And Other Great Moments In NBA Literature
Reading is fundamental! As part of a partnership with the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, kids (or, say, you) can dial up the Call-A-Pacer hotline at (317) 275-4444 to hear your favorite 8-seeds read from their favorite children's books. This week: Tyler Hansbrough reading "Chicken Little." Seriously.
But that's not all. There's a new one every week. We've collected some of our favorites, from Roy Hibbert mumbling his way through "I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly" to Jeff Foster getting into his sound effects on "Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus" to Mike Dunleavy's confirmation that "T Is For Terrible."
It's a nice little program, and if it gets kids interested in their local library, it's nothing but a good thing. But we can't help but feel like we stumbled onto a treasure trove here.
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Nickname Sinatra, APHA # 287849 Chestnut/ Overo Gelding. Sinatra has been a guide and guest horse for us since he was three years old. He is wonderful on the trail and little kids have ridden him for many miles. He has enough talent to be a fun all around type horse. An Intermediate or better rider is best suited for gaming and other speed events on him. Flashy flaxen mane and friendly. Take him to the mountains or the arena he will go with lots of heart.


In front of the crowd in Atlanta at the Southeastern Regional, Drum Corps International announced that they will be broadcasting Finals live on the Fan Network - $69, or $49 for Fan Network subscribers. I know they've already been met with criticism - one needs look no further than their Facebook page or their Twitter mentions to find it - but I think it's a great idea.
First of all, when they started teasing a "big announcement" yesterday, I hoped they weren't myopic enough to know that if they're going to build this much hype, it ought to be about the flagship brand and not about Drumline Battle or SoundSport which, while strong in their own right, probably feel forced down our throats by most drum corps fans. I was pleased to hear that their announcement was indeed about DCI proper.
The primary criticism that I've seen has been about the price point. Indeed, one can get decent seats in Lucas Oil Stadium for less than the cost, at least for the non-subscribers. That is part of the brilliance here. Other than the infrastructure to pull off a broadcast of this magnitude, I'm guessing that DCI's primary concern here was the potential of disincentivizing Finals attendance. This cost ensures that it doesn't do that - those for whom Finals is within reasonable travel can and hopefully will still attend - but it allows for those who can't make the trip to still see Finals live. Someone else compared the cost to that of the DVDs, pointing out that with them, you can watch an unlimited number of times. And while that may be true, no one wants to watch the Super Bowl on tape delay when they can see it live. As with sports, there's nothing like watching in real time.
To me, this isn't a hard sell at all. Even if the cost seems a bit high, you get some of your corps-loving friends together, split the cost, and make a party of it. DCI Finals live on a big screen TV when you can't be there live? Makes perfect sense to me.


This new OEM circuit board is for replacing Balboa 53579 circuit boards having a 21862R1(x) chip number.
The Balboa 53579 21862R1(x) circuit boards are also found in hot tubs made by Marquis and possibly others.
Tip: The "(x)" shown above is shorthand for a range of last letters on 21862R1 chip numbers this circuit board can replace.
Tip: Items shown in "Related Products" below have also been found in hot tub systems with Balboa 53579 21862R1(x) circuit boards.


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No More Confusin' (also known as Congratulations) is a Weezer demo, written by Rivers Cuomo at his apartment on Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles in 1999. It is unrelated to the song Congratulations by The Special Goodness. The song was featured on a 2000 demo tape submitted by the band to Interscope/Geffen in hopes of receiving approval for a third album[1]. The song was in early contention for the Green Album, but was cut after the arrival of Ric Ocasek. The song has never been heard by fans.
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List of Rivers Cuomo songs
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I have used the Martha Stewart deep lattace border punch and butterfly punch. I coloured the image and the ribbon using promarker pens, the backing paper is from Joanna Sheen's In other Words CD rom.
Here is the freebie image... I would love see what you do with it so please feel free to leave comments that link back to your blogs for viewing.
What a beautiful image, so fifties looking little girl. Can't wait to colorit up. Thanks for sharing it....love it.
Hi Sylvie! I just found your blog, and have picked up your freebie - it is a delight! I love the card you created with it.... just gorgeous! I do hope you share more of your creations and images.... just wonderful! I've jumped on board as a follower, so I can see what other delights you come up with!
She is adorable. My granny would have loved her with that kitty.
She reminds me of all those little girls, I've designed and made French Machine Sewn dresses for. Thank you so much.
You are very talented. She is very beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
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What a sweet image of a little girl and her kitty...thank you!!!
Sylvie thanks for the digi stamps. I just love them you are indeed a very clever lady. Thanks for sharing them.
This is a beautiful image...thank you.
She is a cutie. Thank you for sharing her.