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New Cumberland River Rescue had good intentions in volunteering to search for Kortne Stouffer's body in Memorial Lake, but it may have made the promise prematurely.
Not long after the organization announced last week that it would search the lake for the missing Palmyra woman's body on March 30, the effort was postponed to an as yet unannounced date.
A River Rescue official said the search would be rescheduled because it needed more time to coordinate the effort with other agencies. But River Rescue's participation may no longer be a given.
Pennsylvania State Police is in charge of the search, and it may not need to use river rescue divers in the Lebanon County lake, said Corey Snyder, manager of Memorial Lake State Park.
"The River Rescue group volunteered the time, but they were never in charge of (the search)," Snyder said. "The police are going to do a search (without divers). If they need to go further, they may or may not need (river rescue)."
Snyder said he doesn't know when police plan to search the lake. State police spokesman David Beohm would not discuss the state police's planned search of the lake. He only would say "the Lebanon County detectives are the lead agency. Any questions have to be answered by them."
Lebanon County District Attorney David Arnold's office is leading the Stouffer disappearance investigation. Arnold has not returned repeated interview requests since PennLive published a story detailing the account of a South Lebanon Township woman who said Stouffer's body was dumped in Memorial Lake shortly after the 21-year-old disappeared from her apartment nearly two years ago.
Arnold had said the woman, Amanda Ballester, 26, changed her story three times since she started contacting police in August. But Ballester swears her story never changed.
River Rescue dive commander Chris Zeigler said he is waiting to hear more from either DCNR or the state police on whether his group's divers will be needed to help with the search.
"We volunteered our services. That's what we had planned to do," Zeigler said. "The state police wanted to get in and do a few things before we put divers in the water. We have been holding off until we're called or needed."

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Oliver's Garden Handcrafted Bird Toys and Perches
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DIY Toy Jam-Packed With Shredding Fun
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Stainless Steel Skewers
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Egg Carton Toy
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Chocolate Mousse Pie
- 1 9-inch prepackaged pie crust
- 2 1.4-ounce packages of sugar free & fat free chocolate pudding mix
- 1 ¼ cups fat-free milk
- 1 8-ounce container fat-free whipped topping, divided
- 2 tbsp mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake pie crust according to package directions. Remove from oven and cool thoroughly.
- In a medium bowl, whisk pudding mix and milk. Fold half (4-ounces) of whipped topping into pudding mixture and fold until fully blended.
- Spread pudding mixture into pie crust and top with remaining whipped topping. Sprinkle top with chocolate chips.
Number of Servings: 8
Serving size: 1 piece of pie
Calories per Serving: 194
Total Fat: 6 grams
Total Carbohydrates: 30 grams


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The effect of animals on human life
The science of animal therapy (zootherapy, pettherapy) is becoming more and more popular all over the world. This is an animal treatment. Its main areas are canister therapy (treatment with dogs), hippotherapy (horses), dolphin therapy (help of dolphins), feline therapy (treatment with cats). When interacting with animals, a person receives a charge of positive energy and emotions, which has a beneficial effect on his psyche, thoughts and actions. A person becomes happier and more joyful, as a result of which his physical condition improves.
The influence of animals on human life is great and healing. I will tell you about the benefit of dogs.
The benefits of having a dog near a person
Touching animals has a calming effect on humans.
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Both will afford me encouragement and support in the vicissitudes which yet await me.
You shall see I have given him no encouragement independent of my duty.
It seemed as though she had scarce spoken the encouragement she wished to give him.
This afternoon I have seen the Abbe Cornille, and he gives me no encouragement whatever.
It is not written for the encouragement of recalcitrant boys.
Thank you so much for holding out a little hope and encouragement, my dear!
I am deeply obliged to you for your encouragement and patronage, but it was papa who asked for it.
There was need of encouragement on the threshold of the bridge, for the bridge was dreary.
He found some encouragement in it; for when he set it down he laughed scornfully.
They purchased it readily and offered every encouragement to the trade and the trader.


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David "Fathead" Newman: Remembering Brother Ray
He has never won a Grammy nor a Downbeat Poll Winner's Award, but just might have a chance of being part of history---being portrayed in the hit movie Ray, that was honored with an Academy Award Oscar for Best Actor.
It never occurred to me that I was talking to the man who was Ray Charles' best friend after David Newman had just performed at Jazz at Drew with the Los Angeles Multi-High School Jazz orchestra conducted by Reggie Andrews, music instructor at Locke High.
Everybody knows who Ray Charles is, but nobody has any idea that "Fathead," his Ace Boon Coon-right hand partner for 50 years, would rather be called David Newman. Yet, Fathead has fit well since his high school music class in Dallas, Texas. A not too often asked question about how he got the name was told to me when I asked David how the name come about. David remembers back to Lincoln High School taking music in JW Miller's music class. "Mr. Miller, one day, saw my music upside down on the stand, and knowing I couldn't read music too well anyway, walked over and tapped me on my head with the maestro stick and called me 'Fathead.' All the kids laughed their asses off. I didn't find it derogatory; so it has stuck, even though I'd prefer to be called David."
Newman was born in Corsican, Texas, and his family later moved to Dallas. There, he attended Lincoln High where he studied music playing sax in Miller's music class. After graduation, he almost became Reverend David Newman. After 2 years of studying Theology and Music at Jarvis Christian College, he quit and joined Buster Smith, Bird's mentor, and went on the road playing a lot of one nighters throughout Texas, Arkansas, California, and Oklahoma, where he joined Ernie Field's Band.
On one of those trips he met Charles while playing with T-Bone Walker and Ray with Lowell Fulsome. Newman reminisces, "In 1952, I was with T-Bone Walker and Ray was with Lowell Fulsome. We were both featured with each band at the famous Central Avenue Club Alabama. We hit it off and became very friendly." Charles has said, "David and I became friends because he heard my sound---he heard me. "Fathead" practically became part of my own soundthat's how close we were. He played emerald cut solos on all my hits; 'The Night Time Is The Right Time,' 'Tell The Truth,' 'Hit The Road Jack,' 'What'd I Say'."
Newman mused on remembering the occasion, "He told me he was going to be forming his own group very soon. And I told him I'd love to be a part of that. So, he let me know when he did, and sho' 'nuff, two years later in '54, he put together his first band and formed it right out here in L.A.. Ray gave me a call and I came out to L.A."
Newman continues, saying how opportune the call was. "Ironically, I had just come out to live with my auntie who was living here. I had been living in Texas. She lived on 148th and Broadway. I came out and started living with her. That's when I joined Ray's band in September, 1954. I joined in September of 1954 and stayed until 1964. I left and returned in 70 and 71. I was with Ray's band for 12 years. And the rest is history." Newman became the band's "Emerald cut soloist."
Newman's and Charles' friendship was cemented tighter after an arrest in Houston in 1952. There was an obscure rarely-enforced law used exclusively for black men who wore a "do," according to the police.
Newman used to drive Charles around Houston when Charles would do single engagements. Damn near every brother wore a "do" or Process, commonly known among the brothers as a "Conk." In 1952 a black man could get arrested for driving. Charles remembered, "It was an incident in Houston that melded our friendship as soul brothers for life. "Fathead" would drive me around when I would play single gigs as a friendnot as a chauffeur. So, one night we were stopped by the police and told to get out the car. One of them looked at "Fathead" and said, 'What you trying to do Nigger? Impersonate white folks?' Charles went on, "Well at that time "Fathead" was wearing a "do" or processed straightened hairwhat brothers called a "Conk". They asked me was I blind. I said yes. They said, 'Well you better get yourself a ride home, cause we gonna take this Nigger and his f----d up hair do to jail for trying to look like white people.'
"I had to get a ride down to the jail and bail him out before they went upside his head", Charles continued. "From then on, we were Ace Boon Coons."
The greatest showcase of Newman's Tenor Saxness was recorded in Atlanta on May 29, 1959, at Thorton Stadium, performing "The Night Time Is The Right Time." Newman's alto intorduction was so robust with blues-funk and grit, that Art Blakey when hearing it said, "The Ray Charles Band is the concrete foundation of "soul solidification." This day was an everlasting epoch in the annals of the Ray Charles Band for Newman.
In 1959 Ray presented David's intro album Ray Charles-Presenting David "Fathead" Newman, on Atlantic Records. This album introduced Newman's famous signature song, "Hard Times." Later albums included House of David, Captain Buckles and Live At the Village Gate. All of them were tremendous accomplishments for Newman and Atlantic Records.
He moved to New York after a brief stay in Dallas and as leader toured with a rhythm section that at times included Cedar Walton, Jimmy Cobb, Buster Williams, and Louis Hayes. Their travels took them throughout the East Coast, Europe and Japan.
After touring as a leader, Newman joined Herbie Mann as co-leader and together they went around the world playing. "I was with Herbie Mann for 10 years, after leaving Ray's band," Newman recalled. "I had just left Ray's band. In fact, I was still playing with Ray in 1971. He offered me money after I did a recording with him. He said, 'I'd like to have you in my band.' And I said, well, you know I'm with Mr. Charles. Herbie said, 'I'll give you double what he's paying you if you join my band.' So I told him to double what I was getting from Mr. Charles and he doubled that...that was it.. I had to go." Playing flutes together, Newman and Mann made history in 1980 performing at the first Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. A full house of 17,000 roared their appreciation for the collaborative double harmony displayed by their playing Mann's hit, "Memphis Underground."
Newman has recorded with Aretha, Natalie Cole, Hank Crawford, Aaron Neville, and most recently with Grammy nominated Dana Owens (Queen Latifah), and Cheryl Bentyne of The Manhattan Transfer.
His most recent album is called I Rember Brother Ray. The cover shows Newman and Charles seated on a couch, both flashing smiles reflecting the illumination of their 50-year friendship. This was the last time they saw each other.
Joe Adams, long time Charles MC, introduced "Fathead" at Charles' funeral with these words, "One of the mainstays with the the Ray Charles organization for many many years was a young man that we affectionately refer to as 'Fathead.' Today, he told me to be sure to preface hs name as David 'Fathead' Newman." Newman poignantly and solemnly played "Precious Lord." His tenor solo tribute to Brother Ray, his friend of 50 years, had tears of joy flowing from all who were paying their final goodbyes at First AME Church.
David "Fathead" Newman is probably more requested now than ever, after the success of Ray. Time with his wife in their upstate New York home has been economically interrupted with calls for more gigs. But Newman's not complaining, because now his son is traveling with him playing drums. Hard times for Newman have now become good times, and even though the nickname "Fathead" is more famous than Newman, once you hear his effervescent tenor-flute sounds and remember the film, you'll say, "Ah, that's David Newman."
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MSE Seminar
Friday, August 3, 2012
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Room 610, M&M Building
Yang Ren
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Advanced Photon Source
Argonne National Laboratory
The Advanced Photons Source (APS) is a national synchrotron x-ray user facility for the cutting-edge research in the fields of both fundamental and applied science and technology. The availability of high-brilliance high-energy x-rays generated at the APS has significantly advanced the field of materials research, especially for in-situ studies in real-conditions. In this talk, we will give a general introduction of the APS and then focus on applications of synchrotron high-energy x-rays for in-situ structural characterization of energy materials in bulk forms or nanoscale phases under complex sample environments (e.g., low/high temperature, pressure/stress and magnetic/electric fields). Technical details and scientific research opportunities with synchrotron high-energy x-rays will be presented, together with some recent results in different research areas, ranging from correlated electron systems to advanced battery materials to functional alloys. (Use of the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.)
Bio: Dr. Yang Ren is a physicist at Argonne National Laboratory. He received his M.S. in condensed matter physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science in 1988, and his Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands in 1996. He is currently a beamline scientist for a high-energy x-rays beamline at the Advanced Photon Source.


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As I was the eldest, and a bit very bossy I'd make him go and ask Mum & Dad or Nan-Nan if I wanted something. They said yes to him more often than they did to me (it's one of those things kids just know….the youngest gets the better deal, the eldest is very hard done too!) and if he didn't want to ask, I'd make him by trying to bribe him with something or I'd just put my bossiest big sister voice on and order him to do it. I took my role as the eldest very seriously and that meant I had power over the younger ones!
I'd make him go downstairs on Christmas Eve to see if Santa had been and one time, Mum and Dad were still watching tv, no signs of Santa anywhere. When John asked why Santa hadn't been yet, Dad said, 'you've only been in bed an hour, get back to bed!' I think I also made James do this once or twice as well; I didn't want to get told off if it wasn't morning yet! (An hours sleep can feel like a full night to a child on Christmas!).
None of the others came clean and up till a few years ago, it used to really bug me that no one believed me when I truly hadn't done it.
I think Chap got a chair, put it in the pantry and climbed up to get the jelly!
I can laugh about it now but back then it I felt it was a huge injustice.
|John, James and Stacy
I don't remember much fighting or arguing between us although my Mum would probably disagree with that! From what I remember, we all got on quite well and spent a lot of time playing on our back garden.
My Dad kept pigeons and John used to love helping him feed them and he'd sometimes sit with him on a Saturday afternoon waiting for them to come home from a race.
I seem to remember we used to make mud pies quite often on that backyard, especially before the patio was put in. For some reason, I either can't remember or never knew, a trench had been dug out where the patio was going to go and I think there was a pipe at the bottom. We used to play in the trench and scoop the mud out to make our pies. John and James would find worms to put in it and they'd leave it in the garden saying it was a pie specially for the birds!


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La Cartuja Island, nestled between two arms of the Guadalquivir River in central Seville's Triana district, is home to some of Spain's leading research institutes. Denizens like the Doñana Biological Station, the National Center for Accelerators, the Institute for Microelectronics and the Andalusian Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine Center all call the Cartuja93 Technological Park home. The Isla de la Cartuja Research Center is also where the Biomolecular Interaction Platform (BIP) a core facility that houses multidisciplinary technologies and methodologies, is based.
The institute integrates technologies such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging (SPRi), Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Dynamic & Static Light Scattering, Circular Dichroism (CD) or Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF). It has a "multidisciplinary focus that allows us to approach biological problems through different techniques, and gather complementary information that way," as Dr Irene Díaz-Moreno, principal investigator of the Biointeractomics Group of the Institute for Chemical Research of cicCartuja, and user of this core facility, told Biocores.
The Platform's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer. Source: cicCartuja.
BIP's activities reside within an area of great interest for scientists who work in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry and biomedicine. For example, the services offered by the Andalusian facility have made it possible to complete the structural and functional characterization of cytochrome c when it undergoes post-translation modifications related with the development of various pathologies. These studies, conducted by the Biointeractomics Group have been described in an article published in the journal Chemistry. Thanks to its offering of scientific techniques, BIP was a fundamental player in this research. "After completing the training through different programs and workshops, I know and routinely use the techniques and equipment of ITC, DSC and SPRi. In fact, I used the range of methodological approaches available at BIP for my PhD studies," states Alejandra Guerra-Castellano, lead author of this publication. According to this researcher, BIP provides access to a diversified range of state-of-the-art technologies, while also providing external users with training.
Another example of the use of the Biomolecular Interaction Platform to tackle complex scientific problems can be found in two recent publications in the journals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA and Nucleic Acid Research. In these studies, the Biointeractomics Group used ITC, SPRi and RMN techniques to discover a new network of interactions that control the delicate balance between cell life and death, in addition to understanding the mechanisms that regulate the processes for repair of damage caused in the DNA of human and plant cells. The technologies provided by this core facility were indispensable to carry out these studies.
MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer service Source: cicCartuja
The service was created thanks to, among other forms of support, the Scientific-Technological Infrastructure Project Subprogram (2010 call), co-financed with FEDER funds from the Ministry of Science and Innovation and Stakeholder Incentives Program of the Andalusian System of Knowledge (2010 call). According to Dr. Díaz-Moreno, the uniqueness of the equipment available at the BIP has made it possible for this core facility to be included in the ARBRE (Association of Resources for Biophysical Research in Europe) European Platform and in the COST CA15126 activity entitled "Between Atom and Cell: Integrating Molecular Biophysics Approaches for Biology and Healthcare (MOBIEU)", recently approved and financed by the European Commission.
For anyone interested in using the scientific equipment that BIP makes available for use by the research community, it is worth noting that this core facility is located in the cicCartuja, a public-private center developed by the University of Seville, the Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) and the Autonomous Government of Andalusia. These services can also be of use to industry. Proof of this is the impact that BIP has had in production sectors, working with such companies as Agromedina, Viveros California, Agroaxix or AglarisCell.


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'91 U.S. Report Calls Colombian Leader Ally of Drug Lords
By JUAN FORERO
BOGOTĮ, Colombia, Aug. 1 - A recently declassified American intelligence report from 1991 says that President Įlvaro Uribe, now a staunch ally in Washington's war against drug trafficking, was at that time a close associate of Colombia's most powerful drug lord and an ardent ally of the cocaine traffickers then engulfing this country.
A spokesman for Mr. Uribe denounced the findings in the 13-year-old report, by the Defense Intelligence Agency, on Colombia's biggest drug traffickers as "the same information" presented in a smear campaign by political opponents in the 2002 presidential election. Senior American intelligence officials and diplomats cautioned that such reports might not be accurate. However, the statement issued by the spokesman for the president did not directly address the report's most damaging assertion: that Mr. Uribe was linked to the top drug kingpin of the era, Pablo Escobar.
The report, dated Sept. 23, 1991, and obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the National Security Archives, a private, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, says Mr. Uribe, then a senator from the northern state of Antioquia, was "dedicated to collaboration with the Medellķn cartel at high government levels."
The report, which the archives is making public on Monday, calls Mr. Uribe a "close personal friend" of the cartel's leader, Mr. Escobar, and says Mr. Uribe took part in the drug lord's successful efforts to secure a seat as an auxiliary congressman. It said Mr. Uribe was linked to an unidentified business involved in narcotics in the United States, that as a senator he opposed extraditing traffickers to the United States and that his father, Alberto Uribe, was killed because of his drug ties.
In response to inquiries by The New York Times, Ricardo Galįn, a spokesman for Mr. Uribe, issued an eight-point response on Friday that said the Defense Intelligence Agency report was of a preliminary nature. The statement said that in 1991 Mr. Uribe was studying at Harvard and that he had never had business dealings in the United States.
The statement also said Mr. Uribe's father was killed resisting Marxist rebels who were trying to kidnap him. It affirmed Mr. Uribe's commitment to extradition, though it only loosely explained then-Senator Uribe's opposition to a proposed referendum on extradition. It did not address the report's allegation that Mr. Uribe took part in the campaign that propelled Mr. Escobar to Congress.
Robert Zimmerman, a State Department spokesman, was more emphatic in denying the report's findings. "We completely disavow these allegations about President Uribe," he said, adding, "We have no credible information that substantiates or corroborates the allegations in an unevaluated 1991 report."
Still, the report is sure to raise new questions about allegations made in 2001 and 2002, when Mr. Uribe was campaigning for the presidency, about possible ties to drug dealers, including the powerful Ochoa clan in Medellķn, Colombia's drug-trafficking center. Solid evidence was never presented, though, and Mr. Uribe won in a landslide based on his pledge that he would fight Marxist rebels and drug traffickers.
The United States has strongly supported Mr. Uribe since then, and he is considered among the Bush administration's closest allies in its effort to curb drug trafficking.
During his two years in office, much of Colombia's vast drug fields have been eradicated in defoliation efforts financed by Washington. About 150 Colombians accused of drug trafficking have been extradited to the United States, more than double the number extradited by Mr. Uribe's predecessor during his four-year term.
Senior diplomats and intelligence officials involved in the drug war in Colombia at the time cautioned against drawing conclusions from the report, noting that such documents were routinely produced with little vetting or oversight.
But Michael L. Evans, the director of the Colombia documentation project of the National Security Archive, said the report provided strong evidence of Mr. Uribe's involvement in the drug trade. "We now know that the D.I.A., either through its own reporting or through liaison with another investigative agency, had information indicating that Įlvaro Uribe was one of Colombia's top drug-trafficking figures," he said, though it was unclear what other agency might be involved.
He said the document's summary categorically stated that the report provided "information on the more important Colombian narco-traffickers."
The report says information on some of the people cited in it has been crosschecked with other agencies, though it is not clear if Mr. Uribe was among those whose alleged involvement was carefully traced by another agency. It was sent to Washington with a corresponding list of photographs, indicating its possible use for investigative purposes.
"All indications are this is not your run-of-the-mill field report," Mr. Evans said. "I don't think it's a smoking gun. It's a document that the Defense Intelligence Agency had, and they took it seriously enough to forward to Washington with minimal, if any, caveats at the time."
The intelligence document lists 104 drug traffickers and associates, including lawyers, right-wing paramilitary fighters, a Peruvian rebel commander and a Colombian singer. A summary detailing each subject's ties to the drug trade follows.
Among those on the list are Mr. Escobar; Manuel Noriega, the former president of Panama now jailed in Miami on drug-trafficking charges; Adnan Khashoggi, an arms dealer; and Pedro Juan Moreno, a Colombian businessman and former friend of Mr. Uribe who has been dogged by accusations that he was involved in drug trafficking but has never been formally charged.
Past questions raised about Mr. Uribe included allegations that he was friendly with the Ochoa family, which had been involved in trafficking cocaine with Mr. Escobar before he was killed by the Colombian police in 1993. Mr. Uribe was also accused of having granted, when he was head of the civil aviation authority, permits to pilots who were accused of transporting cocaine. From 1995 to 1997, when he was governor of Antioquia, drug-running paramilitary groups multiplied in that state.
Mr. Uribe has steadfastly denied the accusations. Furthermore, it is not unusual for politicians, celebrities or industrialists in Colombia, long plagued by drugs, to be acquainted with drug dealers. Mr. Uribe, for instance, says he knew the Ochoas only because of their common interest in Colombia's paso fino horses. Ernesto Samper, Colombia's president from 1994 to 1998, was accused of taking money from traffickers and subsequently was denied a visa to travel to the United States.
"It's not implausible, because the milieu in the 1980's was very much dominated by the drug trade and Pablo Escobar was such a dominant figure," said Michael Shifter, a senior analyst at Washington's Inter-American Dialogue, a policy group that closely tracks Colombia. "Regrettably, it wouldn't be so surprising for there to be some contacts between anyone who was an aspiring political figure and Pablo Escobar."
Morris Busby, who became the American ambassador shortly after the report was written and said he did not remember it, cautioned that some of the reports collected by intelligence agencies came to questionable conclusions.
He and other diplomats and intelligence officers, told about the report, noted that its labeling as "not finally evaluated" and indicated that its author relied on raw information that had not been confirmed.
Bernard Aronson, a former assistant secretary of state for Latin America who closely supervised the American war on drugs in Colombia in the 1990's, said intelligence reports on drug trafficking were sometimes influenced by rivalries for financing and prestige among the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Drug Enforcement Administration and others heavily involved in Colombia.
"These people tend to be brave people, but they're a special breed," Mr. Aronson said of those who work for such agencies. "They are sometimes cowboys and they are not always known for their analytical prowess."
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David Boost
David has over 30 years experience in the health and fitness industry, including leisure centre and sports contract management. He has successfully created and maintained a client base of all ages and abilities, from 19 years to 90, including complete beginners to exercise as well as the more serious sports person and athletes.
Iryna Boost
Iryna is originally from Ukraine. Together with David, they now have their own personal training studio in West Molesey as well as working extensively with clients in the natural and beautiful surroundings of Richmond Park and Bushy Park and the green outdoor spaces alongside the river Thames.
B.A. Sports Studies
principles of training, sports physiology and psychology, biomechanics, theory of coaching.
Diploma in Fitness Training and Sports Therapy:
fitness instruction and personal training
fitness assessment and health appraisal
sports nutrition
stress management
sports and body massage
sports therapy and rehabilitation
National Register of Personal Trainers (www.nrpt.co.uk)
Level 4 Obesity and Diabetes Management 2014
Level 4 Behaviour Change 2014
Fitness Professionals - Loughborough University
personal training conventions attended 2001,2002, 2003
Weight Management Coaching Certificate 2004
Coaching Qualifications
football, tennis, swimming, badminton, weight training, first aid.
Member of Institute of Sport and Recreation Management -
professional institute maintaining standards for the fitness industry
University of Ternopil, Ukraine
5 year degree course in Sports and Physical training.
Core subjects included
Human anatomy and physiology
Biomechanics of exercise
Sports psychology
Methodology of physical training and physiotherapy
Advanced coaching theory of sports
Sports skill perfection
Biochemistry and human sciences
Sports theory and analysis ; specializing in gymnastics, aerobics,
swimming, athletics, skiing and dance.
National Register of Personal Trainers (www.nrpt.co.uk)
STOTT Pilates Matwork Instructor Certificate 2020
Fitech Training Cert; Cholesterol, Diabetes & heart disease 2014
Boxercise Instructor (June 2008) advanced level.
Padbox Instructor (2009-2012) Level 1 and Level 2
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A Wairarapa teen silenced by a rare illness has woken after emergency surgery with a mysterious bonus: for the first time in nearly four years, she can talk.
But even though early signs are that a medicinal cannabis treatment may have contributed to the breakthrough, Health Minister Peter Dunne says there is nothing he can do to subsidise its hefty pricetag of more than $1000 a month.
Carterton 13-year-old Grace Yeats has been unable to move or speak since she was hit by severe basal ganglia necrosis, a rare brain illness, just after her 10th birthday, leaving her trapped, but cognitively unimpaired.
But on Saturday she began speaking after waking up from surgery in Starship children's hospital in Auckland.
"Grace is talking! It's amazing, everyone is so thrilled," mum Tracy Yeats said on Monday.
Grace's words so far include yes, no, please and thank you – none of which she has been able to say since her illness in 2012.
"There's also a lot of 'I love you Mum, thanks Mum' ... it's really nice," an emotional Tracy said.
The breakthrough was revealed when a nurse asked Grace if she was helping her check a tube by adjusting her T-shirt, and Grace matter-of-factly replied: "Yes."
"She's pretty stoked with herself," Tracy said.
So far, Grace has been too excited to speak clearly when excited hospital staff fill her room, or for smartphone videos.
But she did manage a quick video message to her many supporters: an indistinct but recognisable "thank you".
Tracy said Grace's neurologist and speech therapist were delighted but dumbfounded by the breakthrough.
So far, ideas for the cause of the change included extra relaxation caused by morphine following the surgery, or a cumulative effect of the medicinal cannabis treatment Sativex Grace had been using since late last year, Tracy said.
Regardless, she considered the development a miracle. "Grace prays every night for her voice to come back, and she has always believed it would."
Grace's dad Stephen said the news was all the more amazing because Grace was flown to Starship last week for emergency surgery to replace a broken-down pump permanently installed in her abdomen, which releases sedative for her pain and spasms.
"That was a major step backwards, so it's really mysterious."
Tracy said that, despite the progress, Grace still had a long, costly road ahead, with the Sativex spray alone costing $1100 a month.
"It's early days. It's not like she's talking normally, it's going to be a process. But it's a huge step."
Grace's Masterton paediatrician, Andreas Leinfellner, said he was excited at the news.
"I don't have a medical explanation, which I guess makes it a little miracle."
The possible role of Sativex was one of the things he wanted to discuss with Starship's specialists.
Grace's Starship neurologist had to apply for approval from Health Minster Peter Dunne for her to be allowed to take Sativex, which is not publicly funded.
Dunne said he was "pleased" at Grace's improvement but could not say whether it should influence government drug-buying agency Pharmac's thinking on funding it.
"While it's good news in the case of this particular patient ... I can't draw any conclusions beyond that.
"It's a decision ministers don't make, about the clinical availability of medicines."
Pharmac director of operations Sarah Fitt said it considered funding Sativex last year, but decided against it. That did not stop doctors prescribing it, with ministerial approval.
"Pharmac routinely seeks advice where new evidence becomes available and can reconsider an application at any time."
Grace's psychologist, Kirsty Ross, said she had seen noticeable improvements in her body control and movements recently, "and more vocalisations than ever before".
"I am not a medical doctor and so I feel unable to comment about what has led to this new and fantastic development, but I can say I have seen marked progress which correlates with starting Sativex. Young people's brains' neuroplasticity mean that it is hard sometimes to predict outcomes."
Grace and her mother hope to be home within a week.
To find out more, or donate, visit Grace's Givealittle page.


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Three Finger Salute
The three-finger salute (Serbian: три пpcтa or tri prsta) is a salute with the thumb, index, and middle fingers open used by some Serbs.
- Three-finger salute (computing) – a jocular term for the three key combination that causes an operating system interrupt (ctrl-alt-del)
- Scout sign and salute – the salute of the World Scouting Movement
In his book, Scouting for Boys, Robert Baden-Powell chose the three-finger salute for Scouts to represent the three aspects of the Scout Promise:
- 1. Honour God and the King
2. Help Others
3. Obey the Scout Law
Boy Scout Oath, Law,
Motto and Slogan
and the
Outdoor Code
Boy Scout Oath or Promise
On my honor, I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.
Note that the Boy Scout Oath has traditionally been considered to have three promises. Those three promises are delineated by the semicolons in the Oath, which divide it into three clauses. The three promises of the Scout Oath are, therefore:
- Duty to God and country,
- Duty to other people, and
- Duty to self
DUTY TO GOD AND COUNTRY: Your family and religious leaders teach you to know and serve God. By following these teachings, you do your duty to God.
Men and women of the past worked to make America great, and many gave their lives for their country. By being a good family member and a good citizen, by working for your country's good and obeying its laws, you do your duty to your country. Obeying the Scout Law means living by its 12 points.
DUTY TO OTHER PEOPLE: Many people need help. A cheery smile and a helping hand make life easier for others. By doing a Good Turn daily and helping when you're needed, you prove yourself a Scout and do your part to make this a better world.
DUTY TO SELF: Keeping yourself physically strong means taking care of your body. Eat the right foods and build your strength. Staying mentally awake means learn all you can, be curious, and ask questions. Being morally straight means to live your life with honesty, to be clean in your speech and actions, and to be a person of strong character.
Boy Scout Law
A Scout is:
- Trustworthy,
- Loyal,
- Helpful,
- Friendly,
- Courteous,
- Kind,
- Obedient,
- Cheerful,
- Thrifty,
- Brave,
- Clean,
- and Reverent.
Boy Scout Motto
Be Prepared!
Boy Scout Slogan
Do a Good Turn Daily!
The Outdoor Code
As an American, I will do my best to –
- Be clean in my outdoor manners
- Be careful with fire
- Be considerate in the outdoors, and
- Be conservation minded.


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Andy win for Djoko
Serb fights back to secure dramatic 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Murray in London
Djokovic won the latest installment of his thrilling rivalry with Andy Murray as the world number one fought back to secure a dramatic 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory in the ATP Tour Finals at London's O2 Arena on Wednesday.
Djokovic has a 100 per cent record after two Group A matches at the season-ending event and will be guaranteed a place in the semi-finals if France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeats Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych later yesterday.
World number three Murray now needs to win his final group match against Tsonga on Friday to avoid an early exit after the US Open champion failed to take advantage of a promising start.
Djokovic and Murray have been on-court rivals and off-court friends since the day they first faced off at an Under-12s tournament in the south of France.
And, with Roger Federer approaching the end of his career and Rafael Nadal hampered by knee problems, their meetings have emerged as the sport's most significant occasions.
In 2012 alone they have clashed seven times, with Djokovic starting the year with victory in the Australian Open semi-finals and Murray getting his revenge with an Olympic last four win and then, even more significantly, a five-set triumph over the Serb to win his first Grand Slam title at the US Open. Djokovic won their most recent meeting in the Shanghai final after saving five match points and his self-preservation instincts helped him survive another epic showdown lasting two hours and 34 minutes.
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My dog Marty had struvite crystals and he has gotten better, but his stools are dry and the vet said he need to drink more water. Your cat may not be drinking enough water , can you add some water to Sam' food to increase his intake of fluid? I knew my dog does not drink enough water and I will have to buy some chicken or beef stock that is unsalted to get Marty to drink more. I hope your cat will feel better soon.
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Welcome to, "The Winner's Circle: A Drag Racing Podcast". I'm your host, Leroy Leese. Our goal is to help you win more rounds at the track by sharing tips and tricks.
This is episode 2, brought to you by DragTracker.com, an online logbook serving the racing community through tools and technology. For this episode, we're going to highlight five things you absolutely need to take with you on race day. I'm also going to share a story about a time I went down the track and there was a herd of goats crossing the track.
But before we dig in, I really want to encourage you to check us out on DragTracker.com – on the right side of the website is a "Voicemail" link. If you click that link, you can leave me a voicemail and I encourage you to share any stories that you have so we can get them included in the show. Or if you have any questions and answers that I can do some research or if I have an answer, I can share it with you so we can share it with all our listeners. That would be great – I really want this to become a community podcast so let's figure out where we can take it.
Alright – for the five things you absolutely need to take with you to the track – I have a couple of things that I ALWAYS take with me. But I went ahead and went onto a forum, for this, it was the Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series forum and I posted the question, "What things do you take to the track?". And I got a couple of answers. You'll have to forgive me, I have a cold today so I'm trying to get through this without sounding too "nasal-ly". One particular answer was, hands down, you can't race, you can't win without this, their answer was: Fuel. What is funny about that is I almost never take fuel. I use 110, it is usually either blue or purple and I don't have any trouble usually getting fuel at the track. So my race day includes, not necessarily taking fuel, but taking a fuel can. But for this racer, fuel was #1 on his list.
For other racers, and for my self – I run an alternator – so I bring an alternator belt. Its got to be right up there with fuel. If I can't keep my battery charged, I don't have a charger, and I don't have a generator, if I can't keep the battery charged, I can't run all night. And so that is a major concern. So I need belts, if I didn't have belts, I definitely need jumper cables. If you don't have jumper cables, you are going to need those other things like a generator, a charger. So let's call that #1 and #2. Fuel, and battery or some method of keeping the battery charged.
Next thing would be, a toolbox. Whether that just means wrenches and sockets, it could also mean a toolbox that is full of parts that you need like ty-wraps, fittings, other gaskets, other belts, hoses, JB-Weld – all these kinds of things. You are going to need these in some kind of bin or box that you take with you to the track. So let's call that #3 and in there you can have extra nuts, extra hardware, racer's tape, electrical tape, carb cleaner, rags, these are all things you can list them out … I know I am cheating here because I have a box that you put these things into, but, there are even more things than just having a box with these.
That takes us to the next one which is a floor jack. Some kind of jack, some way to get the car elevated so you can get under it and look at it. I don't know how many times I've had to just look under there to see where a leak is coming from, to try to understand what is going on with the car. It can be embarrassing to have to go to the next guy's pit over or two pits over and drag a floor jack all the way over to your car when you have one at home, you just didn't bring it with you. So just bring it to the track, throw it in the back of the truck and there you go.
So what's that – four right? The final thing I would say to make sure you are taking to the track: well … there are two! We should have made this a list of six! The final things are clothes. Besides the clothes you are wearing, you know we are usually racing in the summer, it's going to be very easy to get ready in your shorts and T-Shirt but if you are going to get into a car with any kind of speed, you are going to need a helmet, you are going to need pants, and you are going to need a fireproof jacket. So – don't forget them! A lot of guys keep them in the car or in the catch-all toolbox I was talking about. These are going to be important, you don't want to have to turn around and go home or send one of your crew guys home to pick up this stuff. Make sure it is in the car or truck so you don't have to turn around.
The final one – number six really is, cash. Right? For one, the pit crew is going to need to eat, you're going to need to buy them track hot dogs and nachos and you are going to need to buy gas at least if you're me. You have entry fees, spectator fees. I mean it can't hurt to have a big ol' wad of $20's in your pocket or in your wallet on race day. You're going to need that.
There you go – there are five things, kinda six things but that should get you started. We are working on a checklist on the website, dragtracker.com that you can download. It's going to have everything that you ought to take with you to the races. It's going to include all these things like hand-cleaner, rags, carb cleaner, gaskets, ty-wraps, all these things that you want to be sure you have.
Here's the whole reason for it. Let's say you get through a couple of time trials, and you get past the first round. You realize you have just gotten past 50%. Half the people are going home after the first round. Now that is unless, of course, you have buy-backs – but for all intents and purposes, 50% of the people have been eliminated. That is what eliminations are in single rounds of eliminations. It would be criminal, you would not forgive yourself if you have to go home and it was all because you lost a nut that goes on a valve cover and it's causing you to leak oil. I mean, that would be unforgivable. How could you forgive yourself if you have to go home even though you were winning rounds, you're getting into money – you're actually going to start making some money off this deal, this race – you're in the money rounds – and you have to go home because a nut fell off. Seems ridiculous.
I remember I was going three rounds at Emerald Coast Dragway and we lost a belt. Like I said, I run an alternator. So there weren't many rounds that I could keep going before I was going to be stuck. For whatever reason, I failed to pack the toolbox that has all the extra belts and gaskets. So I had to call my wife, "Hey I know you weren't planning to come to the track today, but I need you to come over, by the way, can you bring that box of belts?" It's heavy and she doesn't need to carry it around to her car. Anyway – it was ridiculous.
Also at one point I only carried one spare tire which a terrible plan – you run the risk of two flats – how are you going to trailer it home? It's going to be a mess, you are going to end up possibly ruining a rim, ruining a tire, where they might have been saved if you just had a spare set of slicks, a spare set of tires. So it's worth considering bringing extra tires, extra wheels, a full set. Trailer tire – of course, some could argue that should be in the top five on the list. If you don't have a spare trailer tire, you are going to have to borrow. Tow straps – these are vital. This isn't stuff you need to pack, but it is stuff that is essential on race day if you are towing so its worth having an extra one.
I have wing nuts on my valve covers and I have extra ones just sitting in the top of the toolbox because I just know, one day, I'm going to check lash, not necessarily between rounds, but during time-trials and I'm going to drop one and its either going to fall on the grass – I'm not going to see it. Its going to fall between the header tubes – I'm not going to be able to get to it. Something is going to happen and I'm going to need a spare one. I'd rather not even think about it, go exactly to where its at – not be worried, not be panicked, not have to ask anybody – just take care of it. So that is where I am coming from with that.
I'll reiterate it – I'm looking for cool stories about times you were at the track and something happened serendipitous or whatever. Preferably good luck stories so we can all feel good at the end. Neat things that have happened to you – that caused you to win or an interesting set of circumstances or whatever.
So one of my weird stories, back in 1997. I was racing at Capital Raceway in Crofton Maryland – Jim Cunningham, NHRA Pro Stock car owner, and driver owns that track (he used to own it) – the race track sits right next to a farm. Of all the time I spent racing at that track I never saw any farm animal. So it was never a concern, it was never a problem. I never even saw dogs running around. So one regular April afternoon, I was doing time trials (they give you 3 or 4 before you race) we got there early, we were testing … no problem – still a fairly new driver. Its a 1/4 mile track, it takes 10 seconds in our Firebird. Typically when I am going through the traps, and getting toward the finish line, I'm looking at things like water temperature, making sure the alternator is charging, I'm looking at my tach – I'm basically just running through the gauges – and I sometimes look up but usually there is absolutely nothing to see other than when I am crossing the finish line, I look up ahead of me and there is literally a herd of goats crossing the racetrack. And I notice peripherally the other car hitting the brakes very hard and this caught my attention and I look up to see the herd of goats and what I see … my dad had told me during training, preparing to drive the racecar, "unless it is a person you have to go through it" if you see something on the track. Obviously, it wasn't a person, I'm going to have to go through this – this is terrible – I can't believe this is happening but here we are – 130MPH – I'm going to have to go through this herd of goats. What happened is I was able to gently steer, you know at 130MPH you are not going to do a left-hand turn or a right-hand turn – I was able to gently steer to the left and I got right between two goats that were on the track, but this one kid (a baby goat is called a kid) ran right in front of the car and hit the bottom valence and actually busted the stock valence panel on our racecar and then went under the tire and he must have bounced between the underside of the car and the rear tire because he split in two. One half hit the rear tire and shot up in the air 30 feet and the other half shot out toward the farm. It was unbelievable – luckily it didn't hit a fuel line, didn't hit a brake line – everything was okay. I mean, there were some pieces of goat left under the car. It was very ironic because, driving a Pontiac, naturally a GTO is often referred to as a goat, so then I got the nickname at the track of "Goat Killer!". You know these terrible things that happen at the track, nicknames and what not. It was a very scary moment, I was glad that no one got hurt including myself. The poor goat sacrificed himself, it was a young goat just following his mom. They shut down the track and called the farmer to come over and retrieve his goats. That is just one of those things that you never expect – you never really prepare for it. What Roy Hill's or Frank Hawley's school are you going to go to where part of their training is, "And if you have a pack of goats cross the track while you are going through the finish line, keep your line" – you know? That will never happen – I mean maybe it will happen now if they listen to this podcast. I'm just glad that everything worked out and we did have to do some repair work to the car but it didn't keep us out of eliminations. And it gave us a good story, for shock value if anyone is sitting around going, "do you have any good racing stories?" we can say, "well I hit a kid". Well, it wasn't a real kid – it was a goat! And then I get to tell them the story.
We'd love to hear any stories you have!
At this point, I'd like to say if you are enjoying the podcast, please rate us on iTunes. It is the only way we are going to get visible to other racers and we really want to tap into this community and provide this service. Like I said – I'm looking for people to interact with so if you want to leave comments on this page at dragtracker.com/podcast. If you want to contribute – feel free to leave me a voicemail or send me an email at email@example.com. And we'll get you plugged into the show. Again, this is episode 2, we'll see where this whole thing takes us but I'm having fun so far. Glad to be and honored to be in your ears with this podcast.
Race safe. Race to win. Take care.
I just finished recording and realized that I forgot to mention what we are going to be talking about in the next episode. Three things that I do as part of my pre-race, pre-eliminations ritual. So – this means three things that, when I get to the starting line, these are things that I intentionally do every time to get my mind ready for reacting to the lights coming down the Christmas Tree. So I think this will be important for people who are having trouble finding a routine or having trouble winning rounds. These are things that have proven successful for me and I'm very comfortable with and even when things go weird, like somebody breaks and I have to restart or do another burnout – these things help me reset and gain my own composure especially at the starting line if someone double-bulbs me and I can tell you what that means – it helps me not be thrown off by it. So I am really excited to share that (I already put away the recording equipment) what we will cover in the next episode – episode 3. Thank you!


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Miracle Grow
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After five years of designing custom ceramics, housewares and promotional products for various companies, Daleet Zighelboim found all fingers pointing toward disillusionment. This quandary prompted her to enroll in a University of California, Los Angeles, night class for entrepreneurs in which she stopped and assessed what she really loved to do. She found her answer in a therapeutic pastime-gardening-and, through additional research, found that the hobby was swiftly becoming an appealing activity among many a young urbanite.
OneThingLeadsTo Another: Being a city dweller herself, Zighelboim's plan was to redefine the traditional garden. Intent on creating a line of affordable gardening products geared toward city gardens-that is, the windowsills and soilbeds that line apartment complexes and the desktops of cubicle denizens-Zighelboim began City Yard, a Los Angeles company that sells gardening items, including a line of flower pots, a grass-growing tin called Canned Land and her currently ubiquitous flower petal pushpins.
"I wanted to change the stereotype that gardening was for grandmas," says Zighelboim, 28. "There's something hip about gardening, and I thought maybe I could access this untapped market of 18-to-35-year-old urban dwellers who don't even realize that it's a really cool pastime."
TricksOfTheTrade: Handling everything from packaging and shipping the first orders to designing her Web site (www.cityyard.com), catalog and labels, Zighelboim, along with some generous contacts, was able to get City Yard up and running by May 1999 with $20,000 in personal resources.
After researching suppliers to manufacture the designs, Zighelboim took her definitive next step in July 1999 and signed up for the Los Angeles Convention Center trade show, where she received loads of orders and press. Realizing she had a legitimate concept, Zighelboim patented her products, expanded her line and focused on moving from home office to warehouse facility.
SeeingGreen: Now in a Culver City, California, facility with a full complement of eight employees, City Yard has finished its second round of gift shows, adding such accounts as Nordstrom and Urban Outfitters. Although she's afforded yard-void folks the ability to care for their own symbolic patch of agricultural bliss, Zighelboim's own garden, unlike her business, has sadly gone to pot. And with this year's sales projected at well over $350,000 and plans to create a line of hip and affordable outdoor furniture and funky gardening wearables, it's no wonder she hasn't got time for weeding.


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Tuck Everlasting is about ten year old Winnie who is stifled by the strict rules her family has set. She decides to run away into the nearby woods. There she finds the Tucks. This family is extremely different from her own. The anchor chart below helps students see some of these differences.
The anchor chart above pairs with the constructed response graphic organizer below.
This is a free sample constructed response organizer. Just click on the image to download the pdf version of this organizer.
Ways to Use the Graphic Organizer
Option 1
Have students use the graphic organizer for notes. Notice the notes in the photo above are not in complete sentences. Glue the organizer to the left side of the notebook page. On the right side of the notebook, students use the notes to write the details in paragraph form.
Option 2
Students complete the organizer by writing complete sentences.
Tuck Everlasting is full of symbolism. Students will begin thinking about life and death including the best ways to live life. This quote is just of sample of what the novel entails, "Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live."
Another important concept is the idea that life is like a Ferris wheel. This graphic organizer helps students begin their thoughts at the beginning of the novel. Just click on the image to download the pdf version of this organizer.
Activities on the Web
- Comic Book Summaries
- 22 Page Guide from Glencoe Literature Library
- A Reading Guide to Tuck Everlasting
(60 page guide from Scholastic)
Tuck Everlasting Book Unit Preview
This preview contains the two organizers here plus an overview of the unit. This is the same sample as the links above.
Tuck Everlasting Book Unit contains graphic organizers for an interactive notebook and game activities. Vocabulary, constructive response writing, and skill practice are all included.


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Essay Sample: Financial Performance and Position of Marks and Spencer plc (M&S) in the UK Retail Industry
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Marks and Spencer's clothing division, which represent 45.2% of UK business, enjoyed a mixed fortune in 2005/2006 accounting year. M&S had made improvements in Menswear range by re-launching the "Autograph" and improvements were made in Womenswear and Childrenwear. This has lead to rise in market share in volume terms to 9.9% from 9.7% last year. But the company's market share in value terms has gone down from 10.5% last year to 10.2% this year. This showed the shrinking profit margins as of price deflation. Home division represents the 4.9% of UK business and offers great value, stylish furniture and home products.
The Food retailing division had shown progress and accounts for 49.9% of UK business and M&S have simply food have 3.2% market share (source TNS). In the accounting year 2005/2006, the total food sale grew by 7% to £3.6 bn and also enjoyed the 3.6% in crease in like for like sales (M& S financial accounts). M&S continued to improve their food and target the more greener, ethical and health conscious customers by offering them organic, free from preservatives and "fair trade" products.
Marks and Spencer continued with their retrenchment strategy in the international business by selling US supermarket chain, King Super Markets. The international business continued to flourish in 2005/2006, and generated a turnover of £522.7m, 14.7% higher than last year £455.8m. This division has also shown increase in operating profit of £65.5m, which was 9% higher than last year 60.4m.
Key performance measures from the Marks and Spencer Group financial record showed that Gross margin in 2006 has gone up from 34.7% in 2005 to 38.3%. The Net profit margin had gone up from 8.0 %( 2005) to 10.9 %( 2006) which showed the operating expenses has been managed efficiently. Profitability had gone up from 6.7% in 2005 to 9.6% in 2006 from the continuing operations (see appendix B).
Earnings per share of the company has gone up from 5.4p (2002) to 31.4p (2006) which showed continued improvements in the profits of M&S. Dividend per share was up from 12.1p in 2005 to 14.0p. Dividend cover had dropped from 2.9 times in 2005 to 2.2 times in 2006 that showed that company is reinvesting the profit attributable to shareholders. Return on Equity has gone up by 17.3%, from 35% in 2005 to 52.3% in 2006 that showed the higher return for equity holders. Overall investors are seemed to be getting the return as well as capital gain as of increased profitability and ultimate share price increase.
Company seemed to have a negative working capital as the current liabilities are exceeding the current assets, resulting in current ratio of 0.56 in 2006. The current ratio for 2005 was 0.66. Company's cash and cash equivalents in 2006 has gone by 150m but borrowings has gone up from 478.8m in 2005 to 1,052.8m. The Acid test ratio for 2005 and 2006 was 0.39 and 0.38 respectively.


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Information for 12537IIED
Changes in "Customary" Land Tenure Systems in Africa
Report/paper, 136 pages
Across rural Africa, land legislation struggles to be properly implemented, and most resource users gain access to land on the basis of local land tenure systems. There is growing recognition that land laws must build on local practice. In recent years, several African countries have adopted legislation that strengthens protection for local land rights. This raises the need to understand what is happening to land tenure systems on the ground. Although they claim to draw their legitimacy from "tradition" and are commonly referred to as "customary", local tenure systems have been profoundly changed by decades of colonial and post-independence government interference, and are continually adapted as a result of social, economic, political and cultural change. As land constitutes the main livelihood basis for a large portion of the rural population in Africa, changes in tenure systems have important implications for the livelihoods of resource users. This study explores changes in customary land tenure systems in Africa, identifies the factors driving such changes, analyses their livelihood implications and draws lessons for development policies and programmes.
Publication information
- IIED code: 12537IIED
- Published: Mar 2007 - IIED
- Area: Africa
- Theme: Land acquisitions and rights
- Series: Land Tenure and Resource Access in Africa
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Adapted by Stephen Schwartz from Studs Terkel's Pulitzer-prize winning book
Directed by Sam White
"Working" paints a picture through monologue and song of the lives of working class America. Excerpted directly from Terkel's book of interviews, the musical chronicles the hopes, dreams and accomplishments of everyday folks against a backdrop of the frustrating, disappointing and often demeaning 9 to 5 workday. Moving, insightful and funny, "Working" features a wide range of musical styles with songs written by Schwartz, James Taylor and many other gifted song-writers. It is the "A, My Name is Alice" for the working class put in their very own words.
Produced by Madison Theatre Guild at the Esquire Theater.
Performances April 2-24, 1999
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8 pm
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7:30 pm
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8 pm
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4 and 8 pm
April 15
7:30 pm
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8 pm
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4 and 8 pm
April 22
7:30 pm
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8 pm
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Barron's: Top Stocks for 2012
Barron's Associate Editor Andrew Bary and Mean Street host Evan Newmark discuss the Barron's Top 10 stocks picks for 2012. (Photo: Reuters)
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By Rev. Robert Parrish
What is pride? Sometimes it looks like appreciating the clothes that you have to ware in spite the fact that they are out of style or even torn. Maybe it looks like a basket ball team playing hard even though they are down by thirty points. Pride then, is having respect for yourself or a group of people.
Part of my growing up years were spent in Bryson City, NC, which is located near the Tennessee boarder. My family, and the African American community we were in, were very poor, but, that did not stop the matter of having pride drilled into me. In fact my mother would say "Son, you may not have the best clothes, but at least they are clean".
This kind of pride spilled over to older relatives who looked after my brothers and I. I recall very vividly, a relative that was referred to as "Uncle Doc". You see, in the Bryson City adults were often referred to as aunts and uncles as a matter of respect. UncleDoc expected a lot from the people in our community; this was especially so for the kids. One day, while two of my brothers and I were setting outside of a community café, Uncle Doc approached and noticed that our hair was not combed. He asked us why our hair was in such a state. We could not give him a satisfactory answer. He then turned around and left us. However, it was not long before he returned with three combs. As he gave each of us a comb, I remember him saying "You represent me and this community. I don't ever want to see you with your hair uncombed again". I never forgot this lesson.
It could be that you are wondering what does this have to do with people who are homeless? Many homeless people grew up in families and communities just like mine. In spite of being homeless they hold on to the pride that was instilled in them. A true illustration of this came to me when one of the staff members at Love Wins named Blu told me about how some homeless people plant flowers outside of their tents. She went on to say how the space in their tents are often kept neat and clean. I would imagine that there are those who would wonder how could such a thing be. What this says to me is that pride shows up wherever you are.
The fact that homeless people indeed take pride in what they have should tell us that they have hope. Perhaps this pride and hope will lead to a house and yard, or even a job. This pride and hope helps homeless people take care of those in their tent communities, and to never give up. I pray for the day the more of society will see this kind of pride and give them what they deserve.


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Sharing a daily life lesson, tip, or hack; the things that make life easier, happier, and more productive. I hope you'll follow along and find them helpful too.
Host a party
When was the last time you entertained for no particular reason?? We celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, promotions and retirements, and weddings and babies. We come together for Tupperware, candles, baskets, kitchen knives, bake ware, leggings, and lingerie but when was the last time you had a party for no reason other than you wanted to party with a few of your friends?
We don't 'need' a reason to celebrate friendship or to get to know acquaintances better. It's as easy as setting a time and date; run the vacuum and swipe a dust rag (if you must); and pick out a great playlist. It can a BYO beverage, chip, app, chair, etc., or whatever you want it to be. It can be themed (think s'mores and a backyard fire), adults only, or a girls night out. I'm sure some of us can even make it totally impromptu – making a same day invitation.
Parties – or lessor defined 'gatherings – can remind us that we belong; that we have a tribe, that people care. They can offer a needed diversion from stress, an opportunity to relax and unwind, and the potential for humor and camaraderie. If formality is more your thing… send invites, polish the silver, and pull out your most elaborate serving dishes.
Either way, the value is in assembling your peeps, winding down, and engaging in the social interactions that are a deeply rooted in our humanity when you…
Host a party.
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