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There is more greatness than No. 4 quarterback in Tim Tebow.
In the first 90 NFL seasons, only two times, and not since Michael Vick in 2002, had a quarterback run for as much as a 40-yard touchdown and thrown for another score of at least 30 yards in the same game.
Tebow made it three times — in the first quarter of his first NFL start. Not his second season, or second start, or second quarter.
First quarter of his first start.
OK, what else you got?
Sure, the TD pass was a bit fluky because the defender let it go through his hands.
What, Joe DiMaggio never got a fastball down the middle during his 56-game hitting streak?
In Tebow's second NFL start, the Broncos were down 17-0 at halftime to Houston. In the second half, Tebow threw for 208 yards and a touchdown, rushed for 25 yards and another touchdown and the Broncos won 24-23.
If Tebow had the tiniest morsel of Charlie Sheen in his All America persona, his second-start performance would have been widely characterized as: "Winning!"
Yet, time after time since the NFL lockout ended a month ago, someone from the national media has swooped into Dove Valley seemingly with the intent of bashing Tebow. Merrill Hoge and now Boomer Esiason have regurgitated year-old criticisms of Tebow's throwing mechanics. Doesn't there have to be some acknowledgment that a quarterback who isn't much of a passer moves the team, scores points and makes one or two mouth-gaping plays a game?
Yahoo.com published a quote from a "highly knowledgeable member of the organization" that said, given a fair competition, Tebow would be the No. 4 quarterback behind not only Kyle Orton and Brady Quinn, but Adam Weber, an undrafted rookie from Minnesota.
The anonymous claim of unfair competition was a veiled shot at management, so the quote was unlikely stated by a team official.
"It could have been the chef," Broncos coach John Fox said Wednesday. "He sees the players every day."
The mystery surrounding the source overshadowed the inaccuracy of the claim. On July 26, Orton was on the trading block, working on a contract extension with the Dolphins. At that moment, Tebow was the team's projected No. 1 quarterback should Orton be traded. Four weeks later, Orton and Quinn have played well enough to drop Tebow to No. 3. When a quarterback drops from No. 1 to 3 in four weeks, the competition is fair.
Fox hinted Wednesday that Tebow would get more work than Quinn in at least one of the final two preseason games.
"Kyle has had 19 passes, Brady's had 30 and Tim's had nine," Fox said. "So, in fairness to Tim, we need to get that total up whether that's this week or next week."
On to Tebow's third and final NFL start, game 16 of the 2010 season. Offensive coordinator Mike McCoy tested Tebow, who attempted 36 passes. Tebow's deficiencies were exposed. He completed only 16 and threw two interceptions.
Tebow can't play. He's too inaccurate. He takes too long to read the defense. Compared to whom? A Pro Bowler, or a quarterback with three NFL starts? Tampa Bay's Josh Freeman, a wondrous talent, had 17 completions for only 126 yards, three interceptions and a 33.1 passer rating in his third NFL start.
Most would agree that Orton is now a refined, pure passer. Here's what Orton did in his third NFL start with the Bears in 2005: 17-for-39, zero touchdowns, five interceptions, 14.7 rating.
"(Tebow) is playing the hardest position I know in the NFL there is to play, maybe in all of sports," Fox said.
It takes time. So why is everyone in such a rush to pass judgment on Tebow when, at this exact point in his career, Tom Brady had one career completion for 6 yards?
Even with Tebow's third-start struggles, he also threw for two touchdowns, ran for 94 yards and another score and nearly brought the Broncos back from a 26-7, third-quarter deficit before two Hail Mary passes fell incomplete in a 33-28 loss to San Diego.
None of this is to suggest Tebow should play ahead of Orton. Or Quinn. He shouldn't.
But, as a second-year player with three NFL starts continues to develop, consider how great a quarterback Tebow could become if he learns how to pass.
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Sorry, maybe I should read T&C again ....But you see, I`m not an english native person and although I can understand quite well what I read, it`s not as easy to communicate, so it`s easier for me to just post a video, a picture or a link to the news when I find something that may be of ATS interest.
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"video creator making unfounded and unrelated links to ISON for the purposes of page views on YouTube",,
"page views on YouTube"
page views,, in the final analysis of the data presetented,, its clear that ,,page views on YouTube,,is the ,,,scale for truth? lol..ok
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".but it is ONE factor to be considered,",,yes but on an importance related too said video,,what number?
Could this be a similar case here? Depending upon the ignorance of critical thought?
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That`s the kind of reply I was expecting. The thing is I`m not an expert on this matter but I like all kind of information related with ISON and other comets/meteors, so I bring it to ATS because this is such an informative community that may help me understand it better. Thank you.

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Explore The Best Budgeting Apps For All Canadians
With the continued evolution and development in technology, budgeting and saving are even made easier and more convenient. Canadians who wish to track their spending and make sure that their money is spent wisely can now use apps that allow them to keep track of their budget. With the systematic budgeting at your fingertips, you can easily make sure that you're in control of your finances.
Budgeting Apps
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Mint is designed by Intuit which is a company dealing with financial software. TurboTax, Mint is said to set the comparison standards of all the other budgeting apps. This app is consists of a robust interface that enables you to keep track of the money you spent and save. In fact, it also allows you to view all your accounts at once. This includes your credit cards, investments, and bank accounts. If you can't come up with a certain budget, Mint can create it automatically for you.
Besides, you can also customize it, should you wish to do so. If you're looking for a way to keep you reminded of your bills, Mint can track it and allows you to see what might be overdue. It can even check your credit rating and gives you points on how to improve it. Moreover, Mint is safe and secure as is it encrypts data under 256-bit and data exchanged is encrypted with 128-bit SSL.
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With its tagline "A little goes a long way", you can get significant amount over the years. The substantial amount that you're getting can even be used in putting savings in your TFSA and RRSP. Although it may not aid in your daily expenses, Mylo can get you a head start towards making micro investments that may yield a good harvest over the years.
Debt Manager
Budgeting can be a resort in coping up with your debt payments. In cases, where in you're paying for your high interest consumer debt, a Debt Manage app will aid you in making sure that your setting your debt payments as the top priority. The main goal of this app is to get you out of debt even faster in a cheapest means possible. If your paying several debts, and is burdened which to focus first, the What If? tool in this app can help your foresee the outcome of your choices. Moreover, it will show you the progress of your payments and the money you get to save by paying off your debt.
Spending Tracker
If you prefer not to link any of your accounts in any app, Spending Tracker is suitable for you. Unlike the other apps such as Mint, you don't have to link your accounts to be able to monitor your spending pattern. Moreover, it allows you to stick on your budget. You can simply input all your expenses and income. For instance, you can enter the figure when you get your paycheck and enter the figure you spend in buying some stuff or getting some services. It may not be high-end and complex as the other apps, but it is the simplest way to manage your finances and keep track on your attitude towards spending.
Wally is an accessible finance app that you can use freely. It is an exceptional tool for someone who is thinking to track their expenses and income. It is not connected to any of your financial institution; hence, its accuracy depends on how you detailed the information accordingly. In contrast, reviews on the app say it not user-friendly, however considering its free to use and accessible to Android and iOS is worth a try.
YNAB, You Need A Budget
This app is a good choice for those who's been living on their paycheck and who can't seem to save any money. The app allows a 4 days free trial. The app mainly focuses on 4 key points such as:
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As compared to the rest of the apps, YNAB users commend the exceptional customer service of the said app.
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Five thoughts from the Fort
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- After a few days down in Florida embedded in baseball territory, here are some thoughts, observations and impressions of what is happening here and elsewhere on the Boston sports scene:
1. Zoning in -- What a difference a year makes in terms of spring training talking points for the Red Sox. Last year, all discussion centered on "run prevention" and ultimate zone rating (UZR). Those two terms haven't been uttered at all down here.
Run production was not a problem for the 2010 Red Sox, but run prevention was. The Sox finished second in all of baseball last year in runs scored with 818 runs but allowed the eighth-most runs (744). Defensively, the Sox have a chance to be better this year in the outfield with the addition of Carl Crawford in left field and the return of Jacoby Ellsbury, who arrived in camp today, to center field.
Last year, the Red Sox cumulative outfield defense posted a negative-23.4 UZR, 28th out of the 30 major league teams, according to Fangraphs.com. Boston ranked 23d in left field UZR with a minus-8.6. The Yankees, with speedy Brett Gardner in left field, led the majors at 19.9, followed by the Tampa Bay Rays, who had Crawford patrolling left, at 19.1. Center field was even worse for the Sox. They ranked 27th with a negative-17.9 UZR, down from negative-11.4 with Ellsbury in center in 2009.
"There are not too many balls that are going to find green grass out there," said pitcher Jon Lester. "Those guys are going to run them down."
2. Speaking in tags -- It's interesting that the language the Patriots used in their release announcing they had placed the franchise tag on guard Logan Mankins was nearly identical to the verbiage they used last year in tagging nose tackle Vince Wilfork.
"....Vince is a tremendous player for our team and remains a significant part of our future plans. It is because of Vince's importance to this organization that we have assigned the franchise designation as we continue to work toward a long-term agreement. We are hopeful that Vince will remain a Patriot for many years to come.
Logan Mankins is a tremendous player...and he remains an important part of our future plans. Unfortunately, we have not been able to reach a long-term agreement, despite many attempts and proposals by both sides. That remains our objective in utilizing the franchise designation and we are hopeful that Logan will be a Patriot for many years to come."
Let's hope the result of the tags is the same: a long-term agreement.
There has been talk that Mankins would be unwise to stage another sit-out with an estimated $10.1 million pay day. But withholding his services is the only leverage Mankins has, and even the guaranteed $10.1 million is about 40 percent of the easily earnable money he'd set himself up for in the first three years of a new long-term deal, using Saints guard Jahri Evans (seven-year, $56.7 million deal) as a comparison. Evans got a $12 million signing bonus in the first year of his deal and is slated to earn $25.7 million in the first three years of the contract. I wouldn't expect Mankins to show up for training camp on time (if camp starts on time with the NFL labor situation) without a new, long-term deal. If he doesn't, the Patriots could rent Bobby Jenks from the Sox.
3. Trade wins? -- Far brighter hockey minds can tell you exactly what type of player the Bruins are getting in Ottawa center Chris Kelly. What they're not getting is a player who inspires planning of the rolling rally route. There are still 12 days until the NHL trading deadline for Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli to augment his team. Hopefully, Chiarelli can pry puck-moving defenseman Tomas Kaberle from the Maple Leafs. The good news is that Leafs hockey honcho Brian Burke doesn't appear to want Toronto's 2011 first-round pick -- part of the Kessel trade cache -- back. However, Chiarelli might want to consider flipping that possible top-five pick to pick up another major piece because draft analysts like Gare Joyce of ESPN have pegged this as a bit of a down draft.
4. Rooting interest -- Hopefully there is a spot on the 2011 Red Sox for amiable outfielder Darnell McDonald. McDonald, who has been with seven organizations since he was a first-round pick of the Orioles in 1997, was one of the few bright spots of the injury-plagued 2010 season. He played in 117 games and hit .270 with nine home runs. His Sox debut, which came against the Texas Rangers on April 20, was one of the most enjoyable moments of the season. The persevering journeyman hit a two-run, pinch-hit homer in the eighth to the tie the game and then won it with a Wall-ball, walk-off single in the ninth.
McDonald has a better locker (next to Marco Scutaro) this year and a better chance to stick at the start of the season as a fifth outfielder. But as usual there are no guarantees for him. With an all lefthanded starting outfield and 38-year-old Mike Cameron coming off surgery to repair a torn abdominal muscle, there would appear to be a need for a player like McDonald, who hit .294 against lefties last season.
"Yeah, I hope so," said McDonald. "The key is just being here. Everything else will take care of itself. I don't really know as far as the role, but my role, my job is just to be prepared every day and see what happens."
5. Manny being Manny -- McDonald said he spent most of his offseason in Arizona shuttling his oldest daughter to and from school and dance practice. He reported to camp in fantastic shape, and said that among his workout partners this winter were Matt Kemp of the Dodgers and one Manuel Aristides Ramirez. "Manny is good. His swing looks good," said McDonald. "He's motivated. We'll see what happens."
The word
...That's what the Patriots have when it comes to picks in the 2013 NFL Draft, which starts Thursday. After all those years of stockpiling picks the way a survivalist does non-perishables the Patriots have just five picks in this year's draft, thanks to Band-aid trades for Albert Haynesworth, Chad Ochocinco and Aqib Talib. Five picks would be the fewest draft picks in franchise history. (Part of that is attributable to the trimming of the draft to just seven rounds in 1994). Further complicating matters is that two of the Patriots' greatest needs are at wide receiver and cornerback, positions where they have sustained draft droughts. With that in mind, I'm convinced the Patriots are going trade back out of the first round of a quanity-over-quality draft where you're just as likely to pick a Pro Bowl player in the second and third round as you are in the first round.
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The stirring words of Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence said that all men are endowed with certain inalienable rights. To Jefferson these rights existed before the founding of government and the function of government is "to secure these rights." But he himself said that his ringing words did not express a new idea: "This was the object of the Declaration of Independence. Not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before; but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take. Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind."1
Jefferson was correct. The Resolutions of the Town of Boston (1772) said that all men had natural rights and "Among the Natural Rights of the Colonists are these. First a Right to Life: Secondly to Liberty; Thirdly to Property; together with the Right to support and defend them in the best manner they can." The Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) proclaimed that "all men . . . have certain inherent rights . . . namely the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property."
The American Revolutionaries talked about natural rights and natural laws. John Dickinson in 1766 argued that rights "are not annexed to us by parchments and seals." Instead, "They are born with us; exist with us; and cannot be taken from us by any human power without taking our lives. In short, they are founded on the immutable maxims of reason and justice."2
Ethan Allen said that "knowledge of nature is the revelation of God . . . acquired through reason."3 As Deists, some of the most prominent of the Founders believed in a divine creator who withdrew from the affairs of man after his act of creation. But the creator devised an orderly universe with natural laws that could be understood by man. Through reason the laws of nature could be discerned, and once natural laws were understood, natural rights automatically followed. Historian Paul Conkin of the University of Wisconsin, in his book Self-Evident Truths, described the deistic beliefs of men like Adams, Jefferson, and Madison:
"God published all laws necessary for political order in nature, made them avail able to ordinary human understanding, and placed the needed sanction in the dire con sequences of avoidance or disobedience. The appeal of natural rights was to divine authority, the way God willed all things. But this appeal was not slavish; just the opposite. Almost every influential political theorist from Locke on had assumed divine benevolence or, in Franklin's terms, that God wanted men to be happy and thus gave them the means of happiness."4
This view was widely held by the classical liberals of the Enlightenment. J. Salwyn Schapiro said that these classical liberals "beheld a world governed baneficently by impersonal natural laws."5 Schapiro said natural law was an "old idea," but that it was made "the acid test of the legitimacy of the existing order of government and society." In "human affairs, as in those of nature, there existed natural laws that could be discovered by the scientific method of investigation."6
Greek Origins
In Western society, Conkin notes, "Natural law theories originated in Greek philosophy. Plato and Aristotle affirmed not only a formal logical order in the world but an inherent purposefulness in all things. Nature stood for both the order and the purpose. Aristotle's universe was one vast congeries of yearnings, of informed objects moving toward their own perfection and, in a sense, trying to imitate the objects above them in a chain of being stretching to a perfect mind which pulls all things toward it. Man, by his intellect, can grasp the formal truth in objects, can understand the structure of the universe. More importantly he can understand himself, grasp his own nature, which is also to perceive his own highest good."7 The natural law of the Greeks and the Founders was one grasped and Understood through the usc of reason.
This Greek concept of natural law was later grafted onto Western Christian thinking by Thomas Aquinas, but it originated outside theology. Conkin says, "For Aristotle, lawfulness and purpose inhered in a reality that was, itself, eternal and in no sense the product of creative intelligence." The Jesuit philosopher Thomas E. Davitt noted that "If the word 'natural' means anything at all, it refers to the nature of a man, and when used with 'law', 'natural' must refer to an ordering that is manifested in the inclinations of a man's nature and to nothing else. Hence, taken in itself, there is nothing religious or theological in the 'Natural Law' of Aquinas."8 The Protestant jurist Hugo Grotius defended the concept of natural law in his De Jure Belli ac Pacis, where he said such natural-law theories "would have a degree of validity even if we should concede that which cannot be conceded without the utmost wickedness, that there is no God."9 For many, the idea of "natural" law was used to distinguish it from "supernatural" law. The former was the product of reason; the latter was the result of faith. Reason required questioning while faith required obedience. Questioning required liberty while obedience required authority alone.
The Catholic Counter-Reformation reemphasized the Thomistic rediscovery of natural law. The Jesuit Francisco Suarez was the leading publicist of the Counter-Revolution and one of his arguments against Luther, according to J.G. Merquior, was that Luther had "dismissed natural law." Suarez found Luther's "dark view of human sinfulness" incompatible with the idea that a just society could be found on earth. Suarez also found a natural-rights argument useful for Catholics living in areas dominated by Protestantism and argued for a "full return to the natural law perspective.''10 Suarez, however, did not see these rights so much as individualistic but holistic and limited by the social-moral framework of society. He, like Grotius, accepted that "natural law does not proceed from God as a lawgiver, for it is not dependent on God's will. "According to Merquior, it was Grotius who first used these natural rights views" to build an individualist account of society and that he "redefined natural law apart from theology."12
Aquinas and his fellow churchmen of the Counter-Revolution returned to older Greek ideals of philosophy. Karl Popper, in The Open Society and Its Enemies, said that "our western civilization comes from the Greeks." This means that the Greeks "began that greatest of all revolutions . . . the transition from the closed to the open society.13 The revolution of the Greeks was a revolution of ideas.
Barbara Ward, in her Faith and Freedom, writes that the "Greek philosophers were the first people to think systematically about these problems of knowledge&emdash;of the knower and the known&emdash;and it led them to their belief in the supremacy of reason."14 For the Greeks, "order in man's knowledge called for a comparable order in external reality. A rational mind could hardly make sense of an irrational universe." This meant that the external world was one which contained rational laws that could be discovered by reason. This did more than change how man perceived "facts of nature" or science; it also changed how man related to man.15
Ward says "this sense of rationality and law permeated all Greek thinking" and "lies at the basis of Greek political thought." Prior to the Greeks, "government had been arbitrary." These "archaic societies . . . developed from primitive religion and magic"; "government was universally despotic, a private matter for king or priest, arbitrary, unpredictable."16 But "despotism was anathema to the Greeks" because it "denies objective and intelligible law. The whim of an autocrat of whatever kind exposes a man to irrational and unpredictable hazards." "Only if government conforms to law . . . can the citizen be said to be free."17
Founders Well Versed
Ward says that America's Founders were directly influenced by this Greek view: "The country gentlemen of Virginia were versed in the classical tradition and derived from it their sense of law. Some of the leading spirits in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence were keen students of the idea of natural law, which was in part a harking back to the ancient tradition of the Greeks, to the idea of dike&emdash;eternal law -- lying at the foundation of the universe."18
F.A. Hayek, in The Constitution of Liberty, traces the very concept of the rule of law to the Greeks as well. But such should be expected. If the Greeks advocated natural law they would also advocate the rule of such law. This is what Aristotle meant when he said "it is more proper that the law should govern than any of the citizens." Hayek said that Aristotle "condemns the kind of government in which 'the people govern and not the law' and in which 'everything is determined by majority vote and not by law."19 Hayek went to great lengths, especially in his three-volume Law, Legislation, and Liberty to distinguish between law and legislation. Law, in the Greek sense, is natural and like other facts of nature is discovered, while legislation is merely imposed. Hayek said that all schools of natural law agree on "the existence of rules which are not of the deliberate making of any lawgiver."20 It was to this concept that the Founders appealed in their Declaration of Independence. They felt that the British government had violated such natural laws and thus the laws of nature justified their revolution.
Jefferson was right. The radical ideas of the Declaration of Independence were not new. They were widely held by the best minds of the Enlightenment, and before them by men such as Thomas Aquinas. Indeed, the American Revolution, based on natural rights and natural laws, was a revolution begun thousands of years earlier by the great Greek thinkers in the tiny city of Athens.
1. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Henry Lee, in Paul Ford, ed.,. The Letters of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 10. (New York: Putnam's 1892 1899), p.268.
2. Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967), p. 77.
3. Ethan Allen, Reason the Only Oracle of Man (Bemnington Vt.: Hasswell & Russell, 1784), p. 30.
4. Paul Conkin, Self-Evident Truths (Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1974), p. 121.
5. J. Salwyn Schapiro, Liberalism: Its Meaning and History (Princeton. N.J.: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1958), p. 17.
6. Ibid
7. Conkin, p. 77.
8. Thomas E. Davitt, "St. Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law," in Arthur L. Harding, ea., Origins of the Natural Law Tradition (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1954), p. 39.
9. Quoted in Murray Rothhard, The Ethics of Liberty, (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1982), p. 4.
10. J.G. Merquior, Liberalism. Old and New (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991), p. 20.
11. Quoted in A.P. d'Entreves, Natural Law (London: Hutchinson University Library, 1951), p. 71.
12. Merquior.
13. Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies, vol. I (London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1945), pp. 151, 153.
14. Barbara Ward, Faith and Freedom: A Study of Western Society (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954), p. 38.
15. Ibid., p. 39.
16. Ibid., p. 40.
17. Ibid., p. 41.
18. Ibid., p. 139.
19. F.A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1960), p. 165
20. Ibid., p. 237.
Jim Peron is the author of Exploding Population Myths (Heartland Institute). He is executive director of the Institute for Liberal Values in Johannesburg South Africa, and can be reached at peron@ global. co.za.


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With the trade deadline a little over a month away, it's time for the Leafs to make some major decisions about their roster moving forward. There might not be a bigger decision they have to make in the coming weeks than the one surrounding their goaltending – namely James Reimer, who's an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. Let's take a look at the reasons for and against keeping Reimer beyond the deadline (and perhaps beyond the season).
1. He's been the best goalie in the NHL this season.
Whatever goalie stat you like to use, Reimer's probably at the top of the list for that stat this season. All-situations save percentage? Reimer leads the league with a .937. Even-strength save percentage? Reimer leads the league with a .955. Shot quality save percentage? Reimer leads the league with a .954. High-danger save percentage? Reimer leads the league with a .930.
2. He's done it before.
Before this season, Reimer had two turbulent years under Randy Carlyle. But let's not forget the lockout-shortened 2012-2013 season when Reimer led the Leafs to their only playoff berth since 2004 when he posted a .924 save percentage through 33 games played. He wasn't too shabby in his rookie season either, putting up a .921 save percentage in 37 games in 2010-2011.
1. If you were ever going to trade him, now would be the time.
He's an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. He's leading the league in a myriad of goaltending categories and he's 27 going on 28, meaning he's basically in his prime. It's time to either commit to Reimer long-term or get what you can for him while you can still get it.
2. The Leafs are still rebuilding.
Let's be real here: the Leafs still suck, and they're still in the early stages of a (hopefully) proper rebuild. Yeah they have some good young pieces in their system, but they're still at a stage where they should be stockpiling more. And based on his play this season, Reimer is potentially the sort of player you could trade to net another draft pick or prospect.
Keep the long-term in mind here too. How far away are the Leafs from really being contenders? I'd say maybe 5 years, 3 years if you're being really optimistic. By then Reimer is 32 going on 33, and I can all but guarantee you he won't be as good then as he is now.
3. The contract (plus other options).
Darren Dreger polled a bunch of "NHL management types" and the consensus is that Reimer is likely looking at a 5-7 year deal worth between $4.5 and $5.5 million. I think I could stomach the weaker end of that (5 years at $4.5-$5.0M), but much more would make me feel uneasy. Even then, it's all relative – why pay Reimer $5M when you can go bargain bin shopping and get a goalie that's just as good? We've seen it time and time again, good goalies are easy to find on the cheap. Hell, Jonathan Bernier is still under contract for another season, and I still believe he can bounce back and regain his form to become a legitimate #1 goalie. But regardless of who the Leafs choose to experiment with, they have time before they really need to settle in with someone, because they probably won't be competing for a Stanley Cup anytime soon.
I've always been a James Reimer fan and I'll continue to be one whether he's with the Leafs next year or somewhere else. And based on his career up until this point, I'd be more than willing to commit to Reimer for a few more seasons. But based on the fact that he's in his prime right now, that the Leafs need more young assets, and that the Leafs are still a long ways away from being legitimately good, I think it makes more sense to trade him than to keep him at this point. Yes there's an uncertainty in goal if you move on from him, but there's going to be lots of other options that present themselves over the years before the Leafs can actually ice a competent team in front of their goalie. In other words, if we're keeping the long-term in mind, trading Reimer probably makes more sense than keeping him.


text: There's a lot to like about Toradora but it works along a predictable angle for the most part during these first thirteen episodes. It's the subplots that are slowly revealed through it that helps to make it interesting as the various relationships that are here could go in a number of ways. It's that promise that has me enjoying the show beyond what it offers because it doesn't play the relationships like they might ordinarily. The characters are what sells it though as they're well designed, they're not entirely predictable and they all have quirks that make them quite enjoyable. Toradora has fun with these episodes while blending in some serious material all done with some really beautiful slice of life animation.


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Moisture & Flooding Repair From Action Restoration Inc.
Assessment & Removal of Affected Carpets & Pads
At Action Restoration Inc., we know that flooding doesn't keep a 9-5 schedule like the rest of us. That's why we're available 24/7 to help you deal with unwanted water and moisture in your home.
But after the water is removed, you'll be faced with another task: clean-up. When it's time to address flooding repair, the pros at Action Restoration Inc. will be here to help you assess what can stay, what must go and how to get your home and life back to normal as quickly as possible.
The Dangers of Water-Damaged Carpets & Pads
Because of time or money, you may be tempted to put off flood repair. However, the sooner you act, the more likely you'll receive money from your insurance company for restoration efforts. Additionally, wet carpets and pads can create an unpleasant and even unsafe environment for your family.
Carpets and floors affected by flooding may be contaminated by mud, silt, sewage and mold. Mold can seriously impact the health of those living in the home, and carpets stained by sewage create an unsanitary living environment.
Soon, wet carpets and padding will cause a strong odor in the affected area, making the space virtually unusable.
Our Process
When the team from Action Renovation arrives at your home to tackle flooding repair, we will begin by inspecting the damage to the carpet and padding. If the damage is too severe to salvage the affected areas, we will utilize powerful pumps, vacuum units, presses and other equipment specially designed to remove excess water. Our team will then clean the subflooring in preparation for replacement. After cleaning, using a dehumidifier will greatly speed the drying process to avoid mold growth and allow faster restoration.
Get Back to Normal, Fast
For more than a decade, Action Restoration Inc. has been helping Grand Rapids homeowners with flooding restoration and repair. Call us today at (616) 826-3937 or contact us online to get started on your project.


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- Changes to your Advantage or prescription drug plans can be made starting Sunday.
- If your insurer modifies your plan, you could lose coverage important to you.
- Even if you're OK with any changes, there might be a better plan available.
For people who want to tweak their Medicare coverage, the time to do it starts Sunday.
The program's fall open enrollment period runs through Dec. 7. You should evaluate your current coverage even if you've been happy with it.
"Insurance companies make changes every year," said Elizabeth Gavino, founder of Lewin & Gavino in New York and an independent broker and general agent for Medicare plans.
In simple terms, the seven-week period is for adding or changing coverage related to Medicare Part C (known as an Advantage Plan) and Part D (prescription drug coverage). This is generally the only time of year you can make changes.
Part A. This covers inpatient stays at hospitals, skilled-nursing facilities and the like. As long as you've paid into the system by working the equivalent of about 10 years, you won't pay any premiums. If not, you'll have to pay for it.
Part B. Everyone pays premiums for this coverage, which generally includes outpatient services and supplies. Higher incomes generate higher premiums: If you're single and have an income of more than $85,000 or are married with a joint income of at least $170,000, you will pay more.
Part C. Also called Medicare Advantage, the program lets people choose from a Medicare-approved private insurance plan instead of Parts A and B. Each plan comes with differing variables, ranging from coverage to deductibles and co-pays.
Part D. This is prescription-drug coverage. This often ends up being included with an Advantage Plan. If you have Parts A and B instead of an Advantage Plan, you can purchase Part D coverage separately. Although this is voluntary coverage, if you don't sign up during your initial enrollment time and change your mind later (if you don't meet an exclusion) you'll likely pay a penalty that will last forever.
Note: Fall enrollment is different than the initial sign-up for Medicare. In that case, you get a seven-month window that starts three months before the month in which you turn 65 and ends three months after your birth month.
Generally speaking, you must sign up for Medicare Part A (in-patient coverage) and — unless you meet certain exclusions — Part B (outpatient care) during initial enrollment. Those two parts are often referred to as original Medicare. You also can sign up for Parts C and D during your initial sign-up period.
During the upcoming enrollment period you can:
- Switch from Medicare Parts A and B (original Medicare) to Part C (an Advantage Plan)
- Switch from an Advantage Plan to original Medicare (Parts A and B)
- Change your existing Advantage Plan
- Change your Part D prescription drug plan
As you mull whether you need to take action, here are some common mistakes and misconceptions that experts see crop up all the time:
Don't assume your coverage isn't changing
If you get mail from your insurance company, open it. Every year, your Advantage Plan insurer and prescription drug plan provider must alert you if anything about your coverage is changing. While the insurers are federally regulated, the specifics of their options can vary greatly from plan to plan, county to county and from year to year.
Even if you don't notice anything in the mail, you need to double-check your coverage. Modifications to your Advantage Plan could affect things like your premiums, deductibles, co-pays, covered services, participating doctors and covered prescriptions.
"You need to make sure you can still see your doctors and make sure your medications won't be more expensive," Gavino said.
You need to make sure you can still see your doctors and make sure your medications won't be more expensive.Elizabeth Gavinofounder, Lewin & Gavino in New York
Most Advantage Plans include prescription drug coverage to satisfy Part D requirements. Whether you have a prescription plan separately or an Advantage Plan that includes it, you can check medication prices on the Medicare website at its Medicare Plan finder.
To make sure your doctor is still in network, you have to check with the insurance company that offers the plan. You can either visit the provider's website or call. If you work with an agent, that person also should be prepared to help you.
Same goes for people initially signing up for an Advantage Plan or prescription drug coverage: Make sure your doctor and drugs are included.
Not comparison shopping
The variety of plans available largely depends on where you live. The more rural the area, the more likely you are to have fewer choices for an Advantage Plan. In fact, in 147 counties located mostly in the West (including Alaska), residents have no Advantage Plan available, according the Kaiser Family Foundation. In those cases, people use original Medicare (Parts A and B) and have options for prescription drug coverage.
If you do have choices, it's well worth your time to compare plans. Maybe last year you picked an Advantage Plan or prescription drug plan due to its lower-cost medications or the location of a participating pharmacy or specialist. There's a chance those reasons no longer apply, depending on any changes made to the plan.
Don't assume your health won't change
While you might be healthy now and take no daily medications, there's a good chance it will change, whether due to aging, an accident or an unanticipated medical event.
"It's important to make sure your plan has strong coverage for unplanned emergencies and changes to your health," Gavino said.
If you didn't have Part D and now decide you want it, you might face a penalty for waiting (some exclusions apply).
In other words, assuming your health will never deteriorate can end up being costly.
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A friendly reminder sticker campaign that promotes awareness while encouraging responsible behavior of drivers throughout the US.
Laurel, MD -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/16/2012 -- As you know the nation has spent millions of dollars in preventative measures regarding the actions of distracted drivers such as: drinking, texting, eating, reading, and loose pets in vehicles to name a few. Our campaign is a new approach to have all states to adopt this new "Be A Good Driver Campaign."
The Driver's Pledge is designed to make daily commuters aware of the distractions associated with driving, and the dangerous consequences of distracted driving. The company's logo which also translates into a visual sticker reminder is a unique way in which we can make a difference throughout the United States. The Driver's Pledge campaign affords a means in which we can bring together diverse groups such as local communities, safety advocates, legislators and other elected officials, law enforcement, business, auto dealerships, and concerned citizens to take "The Driver's Pledge."
We'd love to have you join The Driver's Pledge in promoting awareness and encouraging responsible behavior of drivers throughout the United States. Our Nation's roads will be safer for everyone.
Our "Be A Good Driver Campaign" offers drivers the opportunity to purchase The Driver's Pledge Decals and by placing them on their vehicle instrument panels in plain view as a reminder to drive safely and avoid dangerous distractions.
You too can make a big difference by joining us. Purchase your Good Driver's decal and place it on your dash today!
Tell your friends "Be A Good Driver...Remove the Distractions!"
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Today, we have the story of the wedding in Cana. Jesus is there with Mary. (Missing from this event is Joseph. Where is he? According to biography.com, he is believed to have died before Jesus' ministry.) This is a pretty happening party, obviously, as the wine is almost gone even though the guests have no plans of leaving anytime soon.
Mary tells Jesus they have no more wine. Jesus knows what she's getting at, but he doesn't seem eager to help. In fact, He comes off as a tad annoyed. "Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come." (John 2:4)
Mary is not taking no for an answer. She says to the stewards, "Do whatever he tells you." As you might know, Jesus has the men fill the casks with water, he turns the water into wine, and the wedding guests marvel at a reception where the best wine is saved for last. Jesus saves the day!
As the priest explains today, the union of a man and a woman is very sacred in Christianity, and so it is fitting that Jesus' first miracle takes place at a wedding. Something else seems intriguing to me, though: Although it is Jesus who performs a miracle, it is his mother who tells Him to do so. In other words, Jesus turns the water into wine upon the insistence of a woman.
The Church is often faulted for not giving women prominent roles. Women can't be priests. They can't head up a church. But women within the Church are doers. They teach; they heal; they console. And as this story of Mary indicates, they can have great influence. Sure, Mary was Jesus' mother and He should obey her, but she is seen here as someone with a lot of strength and determination. She sets the wheels in motion for Jesus' work. She initiates His ministry of healing and miracle-working.
That is pretty cool, and it makes me think that maybe we need to be more aware of the great and positive power women have, and how it can and should be used to do good.


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Not every person who visits your auto dealership website is ready to buy, even if they share their contact information in a static lead form. Know when a helpful, less-aggressive approach works better and decide how segmenting auto leads based on a customer's shopping behavior can help your dealership.
Some car salesmen and auto dealerships get a bad wrap for being too pushy about making a sale, especially when a customer simply fills out an online form on a dealer's website to request more information and their phone suddenly blows up.
What those curious online consumers don't know is that many auto dealerships treat every auto lead (including requests for information) as "ready to purchase" instead of segmenting auto leads, because they have little to no information about the customer's shopping journey or where they might be in the process.
"When you submit the request, whether you're just casually shopping or if you're aggressively ready to buy, the dealer doesn't have that transparency," says David Kain, an automotive internet marketing professional and president of Kain Automotive in Lexington, Kentucky. "Most dealers are handling those leads blind, so they present everybody as ready to buy right away."
When an auto dealership follows up with every online customer the same way, it inadvertently ends up sending away two-thirds of its potential sales leads to third-party websites or other sites that offer research tools for consumers. Collect better leads by adding some of those helpful tools on your own dealership website, then decide how to segment auto leads and respond appropriately to convert more leads to sales.
Segmenting Auto Leads who are Ready to Buy
Auto dealerships typically define potential customers as falling into one of two buying-stage funnels: low funnel, or people who know which vehicle they want and it's just a matter of where they prefer to buy it; and mid-funnel customers, who just began searching online and don't know which vehicle they want.
Auto marketing professional Frank Lopes advises his auto clients to focus on the low-funnel customers first because those online visitors are more likely to make a decision and convert to a sale. Then an auto dealer should focus on the mid-funnel buyers, providing helpful information about its products to move those customers closer to a purchase.
"No matter what stage of the buying journey they're in, it's all about communicating with the customer on the customer's terms," says Lopes, vice president of FB Digital and Forrest & Blake Marketing & Advertising in New Jersey. "What you want to do is always try to convert them to the next level of engagement. You always want to make the engagement as personal as possible."
"You always want to make the engagement as personal as possible."
Kain also teaches his auto clients to focus on genuine interactions, remembering to treat auto buyers as human beings instead of red meat. "I think the first thing to do is recognize they are living, breathing human beings. The nicer you are and the more respectful you are, the better your opportunity is to maintain an ongoing relationship," Kain says.
When to Nurture an Auto Lead
Nurturing auto leads takes a bit more finesse and work by the auto dealer to come across as helpful to the customer, instead of the stereotypical pushy car salesman. "There is a scumbag effect, or scumbag syndrome, in the automotive space. Every dealer is a scumbag right out of the gate," Lopes says. "Do everything you possibly can to eliminate the scumbag syndrome by being of service."
One way to do that, Lopes says, is to build website lead forms upside down. As opposed to auto dealerships that force customers to share personal contact information first, Lopes' lead forms start by asking the customer to enter any questions they have regarding a vehicle search. "How can I help you? How can I be of service to you?" he explains. "If we're trying to build a 'why buy?' message, we need to show we're here to help, we're low pressure. The lead form should go hand-in-hand with that."
The key to making the right sales approach lies in knowing the customer's intentions, which often dictates whether the auto dealer responds aggressively to those ready to buy now or more gently with helpful information, Kain says. The current environment in the automotive industry pushes sales teams to pounce on potential customers immediately to get them to visit the dealership.
"Even if the customer is asking about equipment, availability or colors, it's all really, 'OK, yeah, yeah, we'll get to that, but when can you come in?'" Kain says. "That's so frustrating to hear, when at the end of the day if they were just really nice … If they would just say, 'I would love to help you buy a car when you're ready,' a lot of people would say, 'Hey, that's exactly what I'm looking for — help!'"
Help is exactly what most online customers seek when they search an auto dealership's website, Lopes says, adding that most people would rather go to the dentist and get a hole drilled inside their mouth than go through the hassle of buying a new car. "Nobody is going to a dealership's website for fun," he says. "There's no free food, no beer, no pretty girls, no handsome guys, no cat videos, no pony rides, no carnival games … there's nothing there besides cars. If you give customers more control over the interaction, they'll be less hesitant or less resistant to actually engage."
"Nobody is going to a dealership's website for fun. There's no free food, no beer, no pretty girls, no handsome guys, no cat videos, no pony rides, no carnival games … there's nothing there besides cars."
When to Equity Mine Auto Leads
To equity mine an auto lead, the dealership must maintain a detailed database of all potential car buyers and know who might be in an equity position, or when their trade-in vehicle is worth more than they owe on it. Then, the salesperson can approach that customer with incentives or deals to upgrade to a new car using that equity.
Another great way to equity mine, Lopes says, is to approach a customer who comes in for service on their vehicle and show them an upgrade offer that includes no cost for repairing their existing vehicle, if they buy a new one. "The chances of selling a car increase … if the customer is physically at the dealership," he says.
What's the Magic Formula for Converting Sales?
All car leads are not the same, so to be successful auto dealers must develop a strategy to gain more quality leads. Using the detailed consumer data insights provided by PERQ's Online Guided Shopping Solution, auto dealers can segment those leads to create customized follow-up messages to prospects with the right message at the right time.
Lopes says there are three pain points in any car deal: 1) vehicle availability 2) financing and 3) trade. Selection is a luck of the draw, financing depends on the customer's credit history, and a vehicle's trade value is fairly easily to determine. But having that information about a customer before they even come into the dealership, along with other important details gained through interactive website quizzes, such as how the vehicle might be used and when they intend to buy, makes a difference when segmenting auto leads and following up.
It builds rapport and trust with a consumer, and saves everyone some time. You're helping them do research and making the buying process easier by gathering information as they move along the sales funnel.
"I think it's extremely important that the dealer puts out a message that conveys they are not a typical car dealer," Lopes says. "This transaction is going to be easy and it's going to be transparent. Everybody is going to be upfront, and there won't be any hidden games and no bait and switch."
Kain thinks the magic formula to selling more cars includes speed, transparency and kindness. "If you are nice and you give them the information they're looking for, people are so grateful that you're not like every other car salesperson that they'll say yes," he says. "I'd like to encourage more sales people to behave the way they would want to be treated."


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June 17, 2016
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its 5th Annual Reportable Food Registry (RFR) report. The RFR is a tool that provides early warning about potential public health risks from reportable foods and helps the FDA--and its state- and local-level partners--and industry move quickly to remove contaminated foods from the marketplace.
Information gathered in the RFR--along with other data--is used by the FDA to identify potential dangers that need to be addressed by public health initiatives. These initiatives usually revolve around planning and prioritization of inspections, developing guidance, generating sampling assignments, issuing import alerts, and other activities.
The report was published on May 24, 2016.


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Police guarding polio vaccine teams attacked in Pakistan
Gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer returning home after security duty with polio vaccination workers in northwest Pakistan, police said.
The killing came during one of two attacks Sunday on police providing security for polio vaccination teams.
The attack leading to the officer's death happened in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The officer was returning home on his motorcycle after providing security for a polio team, said Iftikhar Khan, the area police chief.
A roadside bomb exploded as a police van passed by while escorting a polio vaccination team in the Ladha area of the district of South Waziristan. The blast wounded an officer in the van, said police officer Shaukat Ali.
In both attacks, members of the vaccination teams were unhurt. No one immediately claimed responsibility for either attack.
The violence came two days after the government launched polio vaccination drives in 18 districts of the province to eradicate the crippling disease by the end of the year.
Pakistani militants often target polio teams and police assigned to protect them claiming the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.
Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the only two remaining countries in the world where polio is endemic, after Nigeria was last year declared free of the virus.
Aimal Khan, provincial spokesman for the anti-polio program, said the goal of the five-day drive was to vaccinate 3.7 million children. Nearly 17,000 trained workers were going home to home to administer the vaccines, he said. Police and security forces have been assigned to protect the vaccination teams.
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Gingham Dress
Summer is starting to wrap up, and what better way to end it than with an adorable gingham dress? I've had this dress for almost a year now and am still obsessed with it. It's so easy to style--it's cute with sneakers, heels, all black, a pop of color... you name it.
I decided to pair the dress with these super fun pom pom sneakers. Unfortunately the ones I have on sold out, but I've linked a super similar pair here. These are so comfy and super fun to style!
Accessorizing this outfit was so easy! These giant gold ball earrings are easily my fav simple earrings that still make a statement. I also threw on my fav choker from Urban Outfitters (sold out--that sucker is old!).
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The Sonoran Desert Tortoise: Natural History, Biology, and Conservation (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Studies in Natural History ) (Paperback)
One of the most recognizable animals of the Southwest, the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) makes its home in both the Sonoran and Mohave Deserts, as well as in tropical areas to the south in Mexico. Called by Tohono O'odham people "komik'c-ed," or "shell with living thing inside," it is one of the few desert creatures kept as a domestic pet—as well as one of the most studied reptiles in the world. Most of our knowledge of desert tortoises comes from studies of Mohave Desert populations in California and Nevada. However, the ecology, physiology, and behavior of these northern populations are quite different from those of their southern, Sonoran Desert, and tropical cousins, which have been studied much less. Differences in climate and habitat have shaped the evolution of three races of desert tortoises as they have adapted to changes in heat, rainfall, and sources of food and shelter as the deserts developed in the last ten million years.
This book presents the first comprehensive summary of the natural history, biology, and conservation of the Sonoran and Sinaloan desert tortoises, reviewing the current state of knowledge of these creatures with appropriate comparisons to Mohave tortoises. It condenses a vast amount of information on population ecology, activity, and behavior based on decades of studying tortoise populations in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, and also includes important material on the care and protection of tortoises. Thirty-two contributors address such topics as tortoise fossil records, DNA analysis, and the mystery of secretive hatchlings and juveniles. Tortoise health is discussed in chapters on the care of captives, and original data are presented on the diets of wild and captive tortoises, the nutrient content of plant foods, and blood parameters of healthy tortoises. Coverage of conservation issues includes husbandry methods for captive tortoises, an overview of protective measures, and an evaluation of threats to tortoises from introduced grass and wildfires. A final chapter on cultural knowledge presents stories and songs from indigenous peoples and explores their understanding of tortoises.
As the only comprehensive book on the desert tortoise, this volume gathers a vast amount of information for scientists, veterinarians, and resource managers while also remaining useful to general readers who keep desert tortoises as backyard pets. It will stand as an enduring reference on this endearing creature for years to come.
Praise For…
"Essential reading for all involved with G. agassizii, or interested in tortoise biology in general . . . This may be the most authoritative book ever written on tortoises." —Applied Herpetology


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The Bombay, named for the city of Bombay (now Mumbai) in India because it was bred to look like India's leopards, has glossy black fur and large copper or golden eyes.
The Bombay was created by Nikki Horner, who crossbred sable (dark brown) Burmese and black American Shorthair cats to create domestic felines that looked like little panthers. Although some Burmese breeders opposed Horner's breeding program, the Bombay was accepted by the Cat Fanciers' Association in 1970.
Bombays are medium-sized, muscular cats, heavy for their size, with short, satiny black coats. Adult males usually weigh about 8-11 pounds and females 6-9.
Bombays have round heads, full faces, wide-set ears with rounded tips, and round wide-spaced eyes. Although the preferred eye colour is that of new pennies, many Bombays have golden eyes rather than copper, and eye colour may change over time. In particular, the eyes of males may fade or even turn green sometime between 3 and 5 years of age.
As with many other purebreds, there is a Traditional and a Contemporary head style, with the Traditional having a longer, narrower muzzle and the Contemporary (Extreme) type having a flatter face and shorter muzzle.
These days, Bombays are rarely outcrossed with American Shorthairs, However, they are still frequently outcrossed with Burmese cats, and occasionally this may result in a sable-coloured kitten. Sable Bombays are sold as pets, because they can't be classified and shown as Bombays, although the International Cat Association (TICA) allows them to be shown as sable Burmese.
Bombay Cat Personality
The Bombay represents the best of both worlds, manifesting the playfulness and intelligence of the Burmese and the pleasant, easy-going temperament of the American Shorthair. Many owners assert that Bombays can learn to do tricks and that many take to leash walking if properly trained.
The Bombay tends to be calm and accepting of other pets (including dogs), though it usually has a need to be the dominant animal. Friendly and people-oriented, Bombays are known for greeting visitors at the door.
The Bombay is rarely aloof or independent. Rather, like its Burmese cousin, it is known as a "Velcro kitty" that will stick by its owner's side as much as possible. Bombays need a lot of attention and affection and are not good choices for those who spend much of their time away from home. They are excellent family cats, with owners noting that they are particularly good with children. Bombays tend to bond with entire families rather than favouring one individual, and many are lap cats.
Talkativeness varies from one Bombay to the next, with some being very chatty and others quiet by nature. When they do vocalize, their voices are distinctive, though not as loud as that of the Siamese.
Bombay Cat Health
Some Bombays suffer from the same health issues that can afflict the Burmese, including runny eyes and breathing and sinus problems. Choosing a Bombay with the Traditional face type rather than the Contemporary type reduces the likelihood of problems, as does adopting from a legitimate breeder.
The Bombay is a fast-maturing breed. Although full muscular development in males may not be complete until 2 years of age, some males sire litters when they are just 5 months old.
Adopt a Bombay Kitten or Cat
Bombays are still relatively rare and expensive, and there are only a small number of breeders worldwide, with the majority producing few kittens each year. A pet quality Bombay kitten costs $500-$800 on average, and show quality kittens are priced even higher, depending on bloodlines, gender, and other factors. Demand for Bombay kittens is high, and most breeders maintain waiting lists.
Adult Bombay cats can sometimes be purchased from breeders for lower prices once they have been retired from breeding. They can also be adopted from shelters and rescue organizations. See Petfinder's list of adoptable Bombay cats for available Bombays.
For more cat breed articles, visit the main Cat Breeds page. For a full list of cat articles, see the main Cats page.
- Carlisle, J.M. (with modifications by s. Hauck), Cat Fanciers' Association. (11 June 2009). "Breed Profile: Bombay." CFAinc.org.
- P&G Pet Care. (2009). "Bombay." Iams.com.
- Thomas, D. (1995). "The Bombay: Cat Breed FAQ." Fanciers.com.


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The 2019 Core Set is fast approaching, and in classic Allied Strategies fashion, we've picked out a few cards each to talk about in terms of constructed (almost entirely Standard). We also spent a bit of time talking about Grand Prix Vegas, which was the first GP in half a year that all three of us attended.
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PSPD English Newsletter, March 2017
People Power!
This month at PSPD
How was your new year? PSPD has tried to be with citizens who hit the streets and squares in spite of cold. The first candle rally has started on 29 October last year and the Constitutional Court is going to make a decision near at hand. However, people want a perfect victory not noncommittal decision. Restoration of the democracy and enhancing people's sovereignty are musts. Park Gen-hye, Choi Sun-sil, Lee Jae-yong and such powers must be punished and deep rooted dark era should be cleared. People are longing for new days in which democracy and ordinary people are alive to breathe.
Hence, PSPD has done its best to be together with citizens hit the streets and squares last January and February because we are the one who have to and will make new days for the people.
PSPD submitted a written opinion on the impeachment to the Constitutional Court.
PSPD has submitted a written opinion to the Constitutional Court on 22 February urging to uphold impeaching the President Park swiftly. The first ground is the violation of duty to protect lives of the people and the safety. The president takes a responsibility and a liability as a head of crisis management to place all capacity to rescue people and direct every single situation but Park has failed to give specific orders and appropriate measures to settle emergency situation where 476 lives were at stake. In addition, she neither played a role as a control tower desperately needed nor move, control, direct to mobilize resources the government and private organizations have. There were little work done to judge the situation and prepare for appropriate measures based on collecting and analyzing data which are mandatory for handling large scale accidents.
Secondly, the president Park has accepted bribes from Samsung and made deals with Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics. The written opinion argues that it is an abuse of power and privatizing the public authority given by the people and violation of constitutionalism. She has destroyed integrity of public officers and fairness in executing official duties. Furthermore, directly and indirectly involving in succession of Samsung group management and influencing its process and outcomes have damaged and threatened the economic order which is based on the order of market economy stated in the Constitution. PSPD also criticized the defense counsel of Park who tried to delay the decision on the impeachment trial and strongly demanded to finalize it to uphold before Lee Jeong-mi, a constitutional judge to retire.
Forum on problems and solutions for forced THAAD deployment
Seongju and Kimcheon of Kyungbuk province have kept protesting against THAAD deployment and many people worrying about South-North Korea relationship and peace in Asia have been carrying out Anti-THAAD movement without wavering. One of the main slogans shouted at candle rallies started on 29 October last year was 'No THAAD deployment'. Nevertheless, the National Assembly and the politics arena haven't responded disappointing the people care for the peace. Hence, PSPD has held a forum on 16 February to discuss problems and solutions for forced THAAD deployment in cooperation with 'People's action against THAAD deployment'. It reviewed whether approval of the National Assembly is required to deploy THAAD in terms of the Constitution and verified contents of the agreement between Korea and the US. It also checked if there has been any illegality in the process and discussed roles of the National Assembly facing the deployment pushed forward by the Park government.
Will stop insufficient legislation, punitive damage compensation system
The subcommittee for Bill Review under the National Policy Committee of the National Assembly agreed to adopt punitive damage compensation system for the Product Liability Act which imposes a manufacturer to compensate up to three times to the life, body or property of a person caused by a defect of a product. Unfortunately, three times compensation would not serve the purpose because punitive damage compensation does not provide sufficient compensation to victims of illegal acts and it is not strong enough to alarm and prevent similar wrongful conducts. Therefore, PSPD has requested to enact punitive compensation system on 21 August last year which does not set upper limit of compensation by law in order to prevent reoccurrences in case of damage to life and body by intention or serious faults.
According to government data as of 9 February 2017, 5,432 victims and 1.131 death caused by humidifier disinfectant have been reported. Despite of seriousness, the National Assembly has not prepared proper measures yet. The National Policy Committee of the National Assembly must stop adopting three times compensation instantly. Concerning anti-social, irresponsible and illegal conducts infringe life and body of a person by intention or serious faults such as Oxy disaster, PSPD urges the committee to re-consider it to adopt punitive compensation without set upper limit so that the purpose of the system can give effects.
Permanent special prosecutors
that is, an investigation bureau for corruption of high ranked government officers required
Park Young-su, a special prosecutor has received a warm support from the public because he is doing a great job as a special prosecutor. Arresting Kim Ki-choon, Cho Yoon-sun and Lee Jae-yong is something no one has ever done for the last several decades and ordinary prosecutors could never imagine to do so. What made this possible? The answer is 'Special Prosecutors' who are independent from current powers and the prosecutors. Then, how about establishing a permanent special prosecutor agency which would always watch, check and investigate the power, authority and high ranked officers closely? That is, investigation bureau for corruption of high ranked government officers as you all know. Reforming Chaebol, prosecutors, the press and politics is what candle rallies think the most important and one of core tasks to achieve it is the establishment of an investigation bureau.
Demand to amend poisonous clauses of the National Election Law
Do you remember oppression against the General Election Net last year that offices of PSPD and the Civil Society Organizations Network in Korea, and residents of activists were seized and searched? 22 activists of the Net have been unfairly prosecuted by the Park government and their trial is underway. The second and third trial took place on 2 and 3 February and the fourth one will be held in March. Besides legal struggle to prove that fair movements of voters are innocent, PSPD is trying to change poisonous clauses of the National Election Law which provides a ground to prosecute the Net.
It has made card news pointing out problems that the Law is filled with 'not allowed', and carried out signature collecting and candle rallies demanding the amendment. Park Geun-yong, deputy secretary general and Cho Sung-dae, head of National Assembly Watch Center of PSPD have written columns in the press suggesting revision of the law which forces people to keep silence. A National Assembly discussion was held in respect to the reform on 15 February. Taking this opportunity, we could hope for removal of poisonous clauses which blocks the freedom of expression and the right to participation of voters. In addition, it would be good to lower down the legal voting age to 18 and older and adopt final voting and mixed-member proportional voting system. PSPD will move actively this year to reform the Election law.
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The Empowered Eating Handbook
Stop Dieting - Start Listening
The Empowered Eating Handbook is a life-changing manual for anyone who struggles with food, health and weight. The tips and advice in this book will help bridge the gap between 'knowing' and 'doing' so that you can reach your health goals for good
without dieting, guilt or deprivation.
About The Book
The Empowered Eating Handbook's system is simple and effective using a proven approach to transform your relationship with food, and simply get more joy out of life.
Michelle is a well-known specialist in this area both in New Zealand and worldwide having effectively used the steps in this book to help people both in her private practice and online.
Based on ancient principals, this modern approach to food and health will change the way you look at yourself and dieting for good. This book is perfect for anyone who suffers from any food issues including overeating, yo-yo dieting, or issues with weight and body size and provides a long-term solution for physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual health, one step at a time.
This book is for you if:
You have found yourself off and on diets for far too long.
You struggle with self-esteem, self-care and self-respect.
You are confused by all the dietary theories out there and just want to find out what's best for YOU.
You feel guilt and shame from eating certain foods.
You often find yourself overeating and/or binge eating.
You're ready to learn how to eat well for life.
You just want to learn how to be in charge or your diet and eat normally again!
Michelle Yandle is a board-certified health and nutrition counsellor and mindful eating instructor. She holds a graduate diploma in education and a graduate degree in Holistic Performance Nutrition. Michelle has authored 3 books and travels internationally to speak about Empowered Eating and health in general. Her passions come from her own struggles wth food and diet and her understanding that health is so much more than what we eat.
The Empowered Eating Handbook will explore:
Guidelines to help you eat instinctively so that you can customise your food choices to those that empower you and make you feel amazing.
Strategies to help you feel in charge of your food choices and no longer feel helpless around food.
Tips to help you let go of obsessive thinking around food so that you can simply get more enjoyment from it and achieve your health goals without diet, restriction or deprivation.
Learn how to get more joy out of life through self-care and other lifestyle supports so that food will ultimately lose its power.


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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Sir Alex steps out
- Greg Seltzer
4 comments:
- Jay said...
Finally. Geeze.
Total tangent time, Greg, if you are willing to oblige.
1) Tab Ramos seems to think that John Anthony Brooks is a strong lean for the US in the U-20 WC rather than for Germany in the U-21 Euros. What's your take?
2) In your MLSS article yesterday you mention the Keystone Kops who've been playing in front of Brad Guzan all season. I can't help but notice that Eric Lichaj is one of those, and that Villa has crept up the table now that he's not in the starting line-up anymore. If I count it right, he's only made the bench nine times in league games since January 1st, and only made two sub appearances. So... what's the deal with Lichaj? Is he dropped permanently? Does Villa think he needs more time before really being a contributor? Where does this put him with Klinsmann, other than off the short list?
- May 8, 2013 at 11:26 AM
- Greg Seltzer said...
1 - I'd say Tab knows best.
2 - We can probably expect Lichaj, who is about to be a free agent, to be in a new shirt next season. He was okay, but they have a crowded stable of young English guys there.
As for where he stands with Klinsi, I've never really managed to figure that out.
- May 8, 2013 at 11:36 AM
- Jay said...
Thanks, Greg!
- May 8, 2013 at 12:25 PM
- Tony M said...
Breaks my freaking heart. If I can't have moyes for USA, I'd settle for having him evenutally take over for Wenger. Instead, this is what I get? It's like chasing a girl only to find out she's been sleeping with some guy you can't stand....
- May 8, 2013 at 12:39 PM


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Hurricane Grill & Wings coming to Jupiter's Chasewood Plaza
Hurricane Grill & Wings plans on opening in the former Dunkin' Donuts in Chasewood Plaza in Jupiter.
The end of August is the planned first day, according to Hurricane officials.
Hurricane now has a restaurant in Donald Ross Village in Palm Beach Gardens, on the southwest corner of Military Trail and Donald Ross Road.
The first Hurricanes opened in Ft. Pierce in 1995. Other Florida locations include Wellington, Boynton Beach, Palm City and Stuart. There are over 59 locations in a dozen states, including Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Minnesota, Maryland, Alabama, Texas and Georgia.
The restaurants are known for chicken wings with more than 30 sauces.
Dunkin' Donuts this month moved next door into a new building in Chasewood Plaza, located on the south side of Indiantown Road east of I-95.
Chipotle Mexican Grill plans to move into the building next to new Dunkin' Donuts in Chasewood Plaza.


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Celebration of WNTD 2016 in Kishorgonj
Dr. Md. Nazimuddin Biswash, Civil Surgeon of Kishorgonj lead the programs. Mr. Shaheen Khan President NATAB, Kishorgonj Mr. Sohel Mian, NATAB TCP, people from civil society and media were participated in those events.
Speakers said that to escape from tobacco harms its promotional activities, advertisement and all types of sponsorship should stop according to the smoke free act. Again awareness development among the mass people on harms of tobacco should be done.We should get ready for plain packaging, they urged. So that all other issues in tobacco control program will automatically be addressed.


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Shoecow-verified status: Vegan-friendly, but only select models (see below)
Are Birkenstocks vegan?
Birkenstock is a German heritage brand known around the world for its unique sandals featuring a cork and rubber footbed. Founded in 1774, Birkenstock still manufacture their products in Germany. Thanks to popularity amongst young Americans in the 70s, Birkenstock became associated with liberal lifestyles and politics and counter culture, so it is no surprise to see that the brand is popular today with individuals that have adopted a vegan lifestyle or at least preference for cruelty-free consumerism.
But are all Birkenstocks vegan? The bad news is: no, the majority of Birkenstock brand footwear is not vegan, due to the clear use of leather. The good news however is that Birkenstock has recognised and catered for the growing demand for animal product-free shoes and has introduced a range of vegan-friendly footwear styles using synthetic materials and glues. So whilst the brand is not perfect, it's encouraging to see it taking a step in the right direction.
The Birkenstock website is more helpful than many rivals' in detailing the components of its vegan products. As of 19/07/19, the website states that:
- "No animal-based materials – such as leather or wool felt – are used during the manufacturing process" of vegan Birkenstocks
- The company "does not use adhesives or dyes of animal origin"
- Its vegan styles use ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) synthetic material, microfibre (fabric) and cork (natural material) only
- Its vegan material composition is "verified by independent testing laboratories"
Birkenstock currently lists over 10 vegan sandals, including the popular 'Arizona' and most feature 'vegan' in the product title and are therefore easy to spot, but always check the product description carefully if you are not sure.
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Dr. Stuart Fischbein chuckled when he read the title of the press release: "Women with a fear of childbirth endure a longer labor."
The release was promoting a study published this week in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Researchers at Akershus University Hospital in Norway found women who feared giving birth were in labor for 1 hour and 32 minutes longer, on average, than those who had no fear.
"I'm glad there's now evidence to say that," Fischbein said, "but it's obvious."
For those of us who aren't OB/GYNs, it may seem more like a cruel joke. Women who are afraid of the pain and the possible medical complications associated with giving birth have to suffer through it longer? Study author Dr. Samantha Salvesen Adams initially thought her team would find the prolonged labor could be explained by other factors – women who feared birth the most were first time mothers, who are known to have longer labors anyway, or obstetric interventions like epidurals. But when those factors were taken into consideration, the difference in time between the fearless and the fearful was still 47 minutes.
"Mental stress is associated with physiological arousal and release of stress hormones," Adams wrote in an e-mail. "During labour, high levels of stress hormones may weaken uterine [contractions]."
In other words, the adrenaline released when a body is stressed stops the oxytocin hormone production that makes a woman's uterus contract, slowing labor. It's a natural, biological response to fear, Fischbein said.
Fischbein, who's also a co-author of "Fearless Pregnancy," said women today are afraid of giving birth because they're surrounded by horror stories.
"We have a society where sensationalism sells. They're pounded with information [about] things that can go wrong with childbirth. Of course you develop fears."
To understand Fischbein's lack of surprise at the study results, you have to take a look at the way other mammals give birth. For example, when cats, dogs or horses are in labor, they find dark places to have their offspring in peace. They eat when they're hungry, pace if they're in pain and run if something comes near them.
Compare that to a hospital setting, where a woman is given ice chips, strapped to machines while laying in bed and surrounded by people who are constantly interrupting. Though the machines and medical personnel are sometimes necessary, Fischbein says the stress comes from being in an unfamiliar environment.
He recommends women find a doctor or midwife who will take the time to talk through their fears and dispense honest advice about the birthing process.


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The Shaping of a Discipline: An Historical Study of the Authorizing Role of Professional Journals in Rhetoric and Composition, 1950-1990
Author: Maureen Goggin
Degree: Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Carnegie Mellon University, 1994
Toward the end of the nineteenth century a confluence of social, cultural, technological and economic forces led to the displacement of the study of rhetoric from the central position it had held in academia for nearly 2,500 years. As disciplines formed and departments were constructed during the rise of the modern university, rhetoric was transformed from a potentially rich intellectual enterprise within departments of English into a truncated and impoverished one that was largely restricted to the problems of the first-year required college composition course. With virtually no access to the kinds of professional forums in which disciplinary practices are constituted and legitimated, rhetoric languished at the margins of college English departments for nearly a century. The formation of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in 1949 marked a significant turning point for the field. The emergence of a national organization and its professional journal, College Composition and Communication, held the promise of extending the political power and intellectual reach of those working in the rhetorical trenches of English departments across the United States. This dissertation examines the role of professional journals in the post- World War II development of rhetoric and composition as an academic discipline.
Between 1950 and the mid-1960s, the journals helped to lay the groundwork for a discipline of rhetoric and composition, in the process helping to define an intellectual niche and a social network. Many practitioners began modestly, focusing largely on specific and local administrative and pedagogical issues of first-year college writing instruction. However, by the early 1960s the limitations of this mission were challenged by some in the emerging field, and a vigorous struggle for new directions took place. Beginning in the mid-1960s, those writing about rhetoric and composition began to shift their attention away from practical and pedagogical issues in writing instruction toward projects that would provide a more rigorous understanding of discursive practices and learning processes more broadly conceived. The period between 1965 and 1980 was marked by an increase in theoretical and empirical work as well as by self-conscious attention to and expansion of research methodologies. It was then that the field began to name and define specific objects of study, methods and discourses. In the decade between 1980 and 1990, changes in the editorial policies and practices in established and newly founded periodicals both reflected and contributed to a shift in rhetoric and composition, from a marginalized service-oriented enterprise to a disciplinary one.
Journals have been one of the most important vehicles for shaping the intellectual agendas and social bonds of a growing group of professionals who are identifying themselves as specialists in rhetoric and composition. Their editors have provided a forum in which particular kinds of questions could be asked, where objects of study, methods and discursive practices could take shape, and where a discipline of rhetoric and composition could be constituted. However, while it may be argued that an academic discipline, suppressed for nearly a century, has emerged for rhetoric and composition--as evidenced by a growing body of scholarship, professional organizations and periodicals, graduate programs and tenure-track positions--it is less clear that it has achieved the prestige and status for which its proponents have fought. In short, while its proponents have succeeded, by and large, in defining a scholarly and intellectual arena for a discipline, they have been less successful in securing their own institutional place in academia.


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Chapter XIX
It was a very cheerful little party dining that night at the Dormy House Club. There was Granet; Geoffrey Anselman, his cousin, who played for Cambridge and rowed two; Major Harrison, whose leave had been extended another three weeks; and the secretary of the club, who made up the quartette.
"By-the-bye, where were you this afternoon, Captain Granet?" the latter asked. "You left Anselman to play our best ball. Jolly good hiding he gave us, too."
"Went out for a spin," Granet explained, "and afterwards fell fast asleep in my room. Wonderful air, yours, you know," he went on.
"I slept like a top last night," Major Harrison declared. "The first three nights I was home I never closed my eyes."
Granet leaned across the table to the secretary.
"Dickens," he remarked, "that's a queer-looking fellow at the further end of the room. Who is he?"
The secretary glanced around and smiled.
"You mean that little fellow with the glasses and the stoop? He arrived last night and asked for a match this morning. You see what a miserable wizened-up looking creature he is? I found him a twelve man and he wiped the floor with me. Guess what his handicap is?"
"No idea," Granet replied. "Forty, I should think."
"Scratch at St. Andrews," Dickens told them. "His name's Collins. I don't' know anything else about him. He's paid for a week and we're jolly glad to get visitors at all these times."
"Bridge or billiards?" young Anselman asked, rising.
"Let's play billiards," Granet suggested. "The stretching across the table does me good."
"We'll have a snooker, then," Major Harrison decided.
They played for some time. The wizened-looking little man came and watched them benevolently, peering every now and then through his spectacles, and applauding mildly any particularly good stroke. At eleven o'clock they turned out the lights and made their way to their rooms. Shortly before midnight, Granet, in his dressing-gown, stole softly across the passage and opened, without knocking, the door of a room opposite to him. The wizened-looking little man was seated upon the edge of the bed, half-dressed. Granet turned the key in the lock, stood for a moment listening and swung slowly around.
"Well?" he exclaimed softly.
The tenant of the room nodded. He had taken off his glasses and their absence revealed a face of strong individuality. He spoke quietly but distinctly.
"You have explored the house?"
"As far as I could," Granet replied. "The place is almost in a state of siege."
"Proves that we are on the right track, any way. What's that building that seems to stand out in the water?"
"How do you know about it?" Granet demanded.
"I sailed out this evening, hired a boat at Brancaster Staithe. The fellow wouldn't go anywhere near Market Burnham, though, and I'm rather sorry I tried to make him. They've got the scares here, right enough, Granet. I asked him to let me the boat for a week and he wasn't even civil about it. Didn't want no strangers around these shores, he told me. When I paid him for the afternoon he was surly about it and kept looking at my field-glasses."
Granet frowned heavily.
"It isn't going to be an easy matter," he confessed. "I hear the Admiralty are going to take over the whole thing within the next few days, and are sending Marines down. How's the time?"
They glanced at their watches. It was five minutes before midnight. As though by common consent, they both crossed to the window and stood looking out into the darkness. A slight wind was moving amongst the treetops, the night was clear but moonless. About half a mile away they could just discern a corner of the club-house. They stood watching it in silence. At five minutes past twelve, Granet shut his watch with a click.
"Not to-night, then," he whispered. "Collins!"
"What is going on in that wooden shanty?"
The little man dropped his voice.
"Germany lost two submarines in one day," he murmured. "The device which got them came from that little workshop of Worth's. The plans are probably there or on the premises somewhere."
Granet groaned.
"AS a matter of fact I have been within a few yards of the thing," he said. "It was all fenced around with match-boarding."
"Do you mean that you have been allowed on board the Scorpion?"
Granet nodded.
"I had the rottenest luck," he declared. "I took Miss Conyers and her friend down to see her brother, Commander Conyers. We were invited to lunch on board. At the last moment we were turned off. Through some glasses from the roof of the Ship I saw some workmen pull down the match-boarding, but I couldn't make out what the structure was."
"I can give you an idea," Collins remarked. "This fellow Worth has got hold of some system of concentric lenses, with extraordinary reflectors which enable him to see distinctly at least thirty feet under water. Then they have a recording instrument, according to which they alter the gradient of a new gun, with shells that explode under water. Von Lowitz was on the track of something of this sort last year, but he gave it up chiefly because Krupps wouldn't guarantee him a shell."
"Krupps gave it up a little too soon, then," Granet muttered. "Collins, if we can't smash up this little establishment there'll be a dozen destroyers before long rigged up with this infernal contrivance."
The little man stood before the window and gazed steadfastly out seawards.
"They'll be here this week," he said confidently. "You'd better go now, Granet. It's all over for to-night."
Granet nodded and left the room quietly. Every one in the Dormy House was sound asleep. He made his way back to his own apartment without difficulty. Only the little man remained seated at the window, with his eyes fixed upon the bank of murky clouds which lowered over the sea.Next


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When people think of becoming a mom or dad, they think cute chubby babies and lots of cuddles. But let me tell you something no one seems to tell you — there are so many decisions to be made!
Genetic testing?
Would you like to find out the gender?
What prenatal vitamins to take?
What crib has the best features for your family's individual needs?
What car seat is safest?
There only hundreds of stroller options — which one makes the most sense?
Every. Single. Thing. a baby needs has at least a handful of brands — then versions — then colors! Oh. My. Goodness! And all these decisions need to be made before the little bundle of happiness arrives.
This week, I decided to conquer the world of diapers. To start with...cloth or disposable? Personally for our family schedule, disposable are really the only option for us. Originally I thought I had it all figured out...until recently talking to a friend and finding out the diaper brand I had planned on using was much more expensive than many others that also get great reviews. I had planned on spending a bit more on diapers because I wanted the best for my little babe and the environment! So I sat down and decided to do my research. I made a chart to show what is the most cost-effective disposable diaper brand.
So in the end, the above chart really helped us out with our diaper brand decisions. If you too are in the diaper-world dilemma, hopefully this chart can help you too. I've shared this chart with a few friends and they have said it was helpful too!
If you have personal experience or thoughts on disposable diapers you've used, I'd love to hear!