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Warning: There are minor spoilers ahead.
If you see "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," there's a scene midway through the movie that shows Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) exploring an abandoned subway station in New York City that supposedly ran along the D line.
Parker heads to the Roosevelt station to find out the truth about his deceased parents and stumbles upon a secret subway car that served as his father's secret lab.
If you're not familiar with New York City — and even if you are — you're probably wondering whether the Roosevelt station is real.
While there are plenty of abandoned subway stations in NYC, these are the two likeliest locations the film refers to.
1. The Roosevelt Ave. Station
In Queens, there's a Roosevelt Ave. station that was built for the Independent subway system. It consists of a trackless tunnel that was never finished after the Great Depression and World War II. Instead, it's used for storage.
The Queens Boulevard subway was part of the Independent Subway planned by the Board of Transportation in 1924. It opened in August 1933 as far as Roosevelt Ave, December 1936 to Union Turnpike, and April 1937 to 169 St in Jamaica. The subway has several provisions for extension to additional Independent Subway routes announced in 1929 and known as the Second System.
At Roosevelt Ave, an upper level terminal station was built for a Second System route and never used. The upper level station is on the same level as the mezzanine of the open station and is sited just east of it. The terminal had a center island platform with a trackway on each side.
NYCsubway.org has some photos you can view of the abandoned station. You can check them out here.
2. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secret station
Underneath the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, there's a hidden station called Track 61.
It was built as a private railway that traveled to and from nearby Grand Central Station.
President FDR reportedly used the track for transport to hide the fact he had Polio while campaigning for his fourth term. The track is supposedly still in use as an escape train for presidents visiting NYC and was most recently used by President Bush.
At one point in "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," Parker considers FDR has something to do with the hidden station, basically just because of the name Roosevelt.
Take a look at it:
The BBC did a special on Track 61 where they headed to Grand Central station to check out the hidden platform.
They traveled down a secret historic passage that Grand Central won't admit exists.
Here's what the space looks like once you get to the bottom:
According to Grand Central Station's Dan Brooker, the platform had one customer, President Roosevelt.
Brooker says his private train held a special train car that held his limo.
The President and his limo would head into this elevator and be lifted right into the Waldorf-Astoria.
The armored train car still sits in the station.
Gothamist has some more great photos of Track 61.
See Also:'Amazing Spider-Man 2' Reviews: 'More Focused On Franchise-Building Than Storytelling'The Amount Of Sony Product Placement In 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Sequel Is RidiculousFuture Spider-Man Villains Are Teased During The 'Amazing Spider-Man' End-Credits
SEE ALSO: Future Spider-Man villains are teased during the "Amazing Spider-Man" end-credits
AND: "The Amazing Spider-Man" sequel is blowing a huge opportunity
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http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20140505/NEWS/305059975/12335/NEWS
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SCCtv bids "A Fond Farewell" to outgoing President Barack Obama and outgoing First Lady, Michelle Obama.
SCCtv will present a variety of speeches and appearances beginning at 1:00AM Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. SCCtv broadcasts in Seattle on Comcast Ch 28, Wave Ch 19, and streams live everywhere at www.scctv.net. Click "Read More" for more info.
Forty Five years ago this spring, a handful of students made their voices heard, creating change within the Seattle Community College district. One of those students, Al Sugiyama, went on to become a significant figure of positive change in our community.
With Al's recent passing , we are resposting this page from 2012. Click Read More to view 2012's Seize the Time... Again.
North Seattle College is holding a memorial to mark the anniversary of last year's tragic accident on the Aurora bridge and to honor those killed and injured. The memorial took place Friday, September 23, 2016. Click this headline to watch the memorial on-demand.
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On day 4 of our life in Oxford we were given the day off. It was nice to try and take the time to revamp from the jet lag. Traveling around England and dozing off on a coach is not the best medicine for a 6 hour time difference. We took the day to purchase groceries and better acclimate to our new home. We also went to an old pub called the Angel & Greyhound. Pubs here are like cozy little bars. They mainly serve pints (or ½ pints) of beer and food, while everyone just sits around and relaxes. If there is music playing it is usually older and less annoying than music today. the décor is mostly wooden and simple.
The fifth day we traveled to Highclere Castle, the site where the TV show Downton Abbey is filmed. Touring the castle was really cool and reminded me of the older/British version of the mansions we have in New Port, RI. The library of the castle was the most exquisite room, displaying a corner-to-corner wallpaper of ancient books on everything from politics to hunting. The other rooms were also impressive with luxurious furniture, beautiful design, and expensive family paintings and tapestries. My mom is a huge fan of Downton Abbey, so of course I got her a nice souvenir.
Day 6 consisted of visiting Stonehenge and Salisbury. The stones of Stonehenge were remarkably large and dated back from 3000 BCE. Researchers are still not certain about how the stones got to their current location, but they do know that the stones hail from all across Britain (over 240 miles away). We weren’t able to get too close to the stones, but we were able to see the formation from 360° by walking around. I even got my picture with a cross-dressing ‘shaman’ who claimed to watch over the stones daily.
After a quick coach ride, we arrived in Salisbury, where we ambled around town, and ate lunch. I noticed that the portions for ice cream here were underwhelmingly smaller than our US standards . After a stroll around the city we toured the Salisbury Cathedral. Built over a century starting in 1220, this Anglican church is a wonderful example of early English gothic architecture. It also totes the most complete original copy (1 of 4) of the Magna Carta, which we were able to view! We learned a lot about the Cathedral and were able to attend Evensong; a musical, evening service before heading home to Oxford.
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http://hpoxford.blogspot.com/2012/09/on-day-4-of-our-life-in-oxford-we-were.html
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OK, here's hoping I can get this in before my laptop battery dies...
I have %#$%@ had it. (haha, I'm such a dork, I won't even swear on my own blog).
I am SO fat.
I have to face up to the fact that I am suffering from some SERIOUS body dysmorphia.
I think I'm fine, so I eat brownies and chocolate Easter bunnies and cake.
I think I look OK so I skip my workout because I'd rather sleep. Or eat.
My husband still loves me so I think I can just eat whatever sugary treat he brings me.
It's OK. I'm not that fat. I'm healthy, I don't have any serious problems, so I must be OK.
Well, it's not OK. I'm not fine. What I am is very, very, unhealthily fat.
I'm not saying this to make myself feel bad. I'm saying this because I need to realize that my weight is putting me in serious danger of losing my health, my well-being, the love and desire of my husband...so much is at stake and I just think it's OK.
Why do I look in the mirror and think I'm OK? Why don't I realize how big I've really become? Why does it take a picture, taken by my daughter, to hold a mirror up to my face and show me that, OMG, I didn't even recognize myself in the photo and gee, maybe--just maybe--that means it is time to get serious.
I have to do something.
I have to wake up every day and remind myself that I am FAT. I can't go on eating everyting and anything I want, skipping workouts and sleeping because that's what I feel like doing.
I have to go and post before the battery dies, but let me leave you with this LOVELY picture of me that served as a serious wakeup call:
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http://misfitmerida.blogspot.com/2007/04/body-dysmorphia-and-forgetting-im-fat.html
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The line includes hot
pink and pastel-colored pieces that can be snapped together to form little
scenes and structures. The thought is that girls who never played with
boy-oriented construction toys before will now be drawn to the idea of building
a luxury mansion, pet shop, fashion boutique and other cool items.
The toy titans behind
Mega Bloks Barbie are banking on very smart parents to push sales to another
level—moms and dads who today have a better
understanding of toys that help little girls (and boys, for that matter) build
Does it matter what the toys look like if they give girls the opportunity to explore something that before now seemed unappealing, uninteresting and unattractive?
In fact, the New York Times reported that experts at the University of Chicago, the National Science
Foundation’s Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, and other institutions
say that ability to think spatially is an important factor in choosing
fields such as math, engineering, technology and science.
And while many parents
might be tempted to nix these blocks because they can't stand the so-called
"girly-girl" color, I say, give it a chance. After all, does it
matter what the toys look like if they give girls the opportunity to explore
something that before now seemed unappealing,
uninteresting and unattractive?
Awesome toys for boys have been around for decades, however many girls have not found them intriguing. (Think electric
train sets, Transformers and Matchbox cars.) The
new toys, including Mega Bloks Barbie, are engineered
with girls in mind—particularly those who might
only reach for blocks in certain colors.
Personally, I’ve never
been a huge fan of commercial toys or random presents, so
a toy’s color never made a difference around here. My daughters, now
grown, used to amuse themselves by playing with pots and pans, scarves, boxes,
plastic cups and stuffed animals.
For special occasions I
bought LEGOs. I loved to watch my girls dump hundreds of colorful blocks on the
floor and entertain themselves for hours. They created small and large
buildings using pieces that came in black, white, gray, red, blue and yellow.
My daughters didn’t
need pinks and pastels to love building. They were OK with the basics. But many
of their friends wouldn’t even give blocks a second thought if they didn’t come in pretty colors. Meanwhile, my daughters—and even a few of their
friends who just liked building—became confident problem solvers who possess strong spatial skills and a good understanding
of math and science.
So parents, besides the
fact that there's nothing wrong with having a few pastels in the house, if pink
helps your little girl make the most of her own abilities, I say go for it. My older daughter, by the way, became a landscape designer;
the other became an anthropologist/art historian. Both have plenty of color in
their lives today.
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Pros - Small footprint, crossfeed is well done, detailed yet fun
Cons - Strange hum when muted, still white noise on sensitivce iem's (minimal)
Grace Design m9XX Review
Introduction: Where I say stuff that you may want to know about myself and my music preferences
There is already many very well done reviews of this product already here on Head-Fi, so I will try and not belabor my points to much for this review, but you may need to put up with a little of my grandiloquence at times! (Got to keep it interesting right?)
First off I would like to describe my music preferences. I think this is an important thing to consider while reading reviews as sound preferences are very unique and personal. I tend to enjoy a more neutral to warm sound, however I do not like extremely rolled off treble. I need a little sparkle in my headphones or they just sound boring and bland. My current favorites are the SRH 1540’s. They have slightly elevated bass and a wonderful treble extension.
I listen to just about every music genre. I mostly listen to classical, singer song-writer, scores and electronic/dance. Yes I do realize those are both large, and widely varying categories. Point being I listen to many types and styles of music.
Full sized headphones used to assess the m9XX were the Shure SRH 1540, Beyerdynamic DT 990 pro (250ohm), and the Beyerdynamic T70p. IEM’s used were the Shure se215, Thinksound Rain2, and RHA s500i. Overview for m9XX: Get to know the m9XX on a more personal level
This is one solid piece of hardware. Prior to the m9XX I used the Fiio e17+ e09k combo for my desktop. One excellent thing about the m9XX is that it has such a small form factor. It really takes up less space than my Fiio, which is impressive as that is pretty small already as far as desktop units are concerned. It is very sturdily built. It has a good heft in the hand and certainly gives the feel of being premium.
The m9XX contains two USB inputs. One has a dual purpose of providing both power (low only) and data transfer. The second is strictly for power. Plugging in the second cable enables High Power Mode which will allow you to drive most headphones. In addition to supporting USB audio (both class 1 and 2). You can opt to use the Toslink input as well. Finally it features an RCA out allowing you to either connect another amp of your choosing, or to connect to active speakers (will not drive passive speakers).
Moving to the front of the unit you will find two ¼ jacks for a headphone of your choosing. It is nice to have the option of two in case you wish to share with a friend, or perform quick A/B comparisons of different headphones. Additionally, you will find a small 2 digit display. This little display will tell you all you need to know about what, and how the m9XX is functioning. I was very impressed with how simple the interface was, so kudos to Grace Design and Massdrop for designing an excellent interface.
The owner’s manual is a wealth of information so I will leave a link for your reading pleasure! http://www.gracedesign.com/support/manuals/m9XX_Owners_Manual_RevE.pdf
Here is another link to other, more in-depth information for the m9XX. You will need to copy and past it, as it wont allow me to create a link for some odd reason. http://www.gracedesign.com/support/whitepapers/m9XX_tech_discussion_Rev3.pdf Sound: Listen to that music!
If I had to describe the sound characteristics of this device I would say it is near neutral with excellent clarity and refinement. Distortion is noticeably lower than my old Fiio set-up. It definitely smooth’s the upper treble a bit, which dramatically decreases some grain found in some tracks. Furthermore it has a nice tight bass response. It is very noticeable on the SRH 1540 which can occasionally suffer from bass bloat in the mids. This has been reduce and has strengthened the overall clarity. Overall it has a wonderful, easy to like sound signature. Having said this it may not pair well with certain headphones according to some reviewers, but I cannot comment on this as it seems pair well with all of my cans.
There are two other important features about this device’s sound. The first being the filters. Grace Design describes the filters like this: “DAC FILTER Changes the response of the digital filter. Push and release the encoder to scroll through the filter response modes: F1 = sharp roll off, linear phase
For linear phase response and time coherency. Fast roll off protects against aliasing distortion from high amplitude high frequency content. Best for recordings that are loud, compressed, and with lots of treble. Will contain substantial ringing before and after transients (pre-echo and post-echo). Note that the ringing occurs at the Nyquist frequency (½ of the sample rate), so it is not directly audible. However, it can cause intermodulation distortion in downstream components. F2 = slow roll off, linear phase
For linear phase response and time coherency. Best for acoustic music without compression and artificially high levels of treble. Will have very low levels of ringing before and after transients but is susceptible to distortion artifacts caused by high amplitude high frequency information in the program material. F3 = sharp roll off, minimum phase
Not linear phase in the pass band. Fast roll off protects against aliasing distortion from high amplitude high frequency content. Best for recordings that are loud, compressed, and with lots of treble. Will contain substantial ringing caused by transients, but all of the ringing is shifted to after the transient. This can reduce the perceived effects off downstream intermodulation distortion due to the Hass Effect. F4 = slow roll off, minimum phase
Not linear phase in the pass band. Best for acoustic music without compression and artificially high levels of treble. Will have very low level of ringing caused by transients and ringing will be shifted to after the transient.”
Truthfully they all sound very similar and I was not able to tell much difference between all of the filters. I decided to leave it at F1. It paired best with my SRH 1540’s simply because it smoothed the notorious treble spike it has. I do think the name is misleading however. The name “Sharp roll off” seems to imply that the treble is going to drop off the face of the earth and be non-existent. This is not true. Instead it is simply smoothed and given less edge. This was also helpful for my T70ps as they are exceedingly bright at times.
The second aspect that I really find myself enjoying is the crossfeed feature. Some of you may be wondering “what the heck is crossfeed?” Crossfeed is really an ingenious way to help eliminate the polarization that occurs while listening to music through headphones. When you listen to music through speakers both of your ears hear the music, but one ear hears the signal a little louder than the other (the one that is closest to the source). Using these varying signal inputs your brain can calculate the special awareness of the music in the room. By applying crossfeed you enable a similar effect, but with your headphones. It is employed very well and truly does make for a much more natural listening experience. Most noticeable changes are: Increased sound stage, better separation, and better imaging. The only drawback is it has the potential to suck the mids out a bit. This is only a problem with extremely U shaped headphones, like the DT 990. With crossfeed on the mids were sucked way out, making vocals sound faint and muffled. In contrast both the Shure 1540’s and T70p’s (both more midcentric) sound sublime with crossfeed enabled. Amp: Better than the energy drink!
I won’t talk too long about the amp section, as they are not an area I feel well versed in, and there is much discussion already here on Head-Fi in the forum. What I can say is that it powers all of my headphones exceedingly well and has a velvety black noise floor thanks to the ultra-low output of 0.08 ohms. This includes sensitive IEM’s as well, although there is white noise present, it is very negligible and not noticeable at all while music is playing. Portability Meant for a desk? Or for the road
This device is certainly compact. Because of this compactness many have decided to use it as an on-the-go companion. For me personally it is not a viable simply because I have other portable options that are far more compact (Fiio K1). While they do not offer nearly the level of audio quality that the m9XX offers, I am willing to sacrifice for more portability.
Having said this, the m9XX can certainly be used as a portable. This is because of the ability for it to be driven without a power adapter. This does limit you slightly as hard to drive headphones will not work as well, however these types of headphones are rarely used as portables. So, if you are looking for an al-in-one solution for both a desktop, portable, and was the best from your music the m9XX should certainly be on your short list. It is essentially a far more portable version of the Schiit Bifrost. I do want to clarify though, I have never personally heard the Bifrost. I make this statement for a few reasons. One it has the same chipset so this would mean they may have similar characteristics (although this is not always true). Secondly, I make this statement based on several other users stating they have similar, albeit different characteristics when it comes to quality. Weaknesses of the m9XX Everything has a weakness…
Over my course of having the m9XX I have really only found one weakness that I truly do dislike. The easy mute feature is nice as it allows the user to quickly silence the music. What I noticed, while testing with my t70p and with my IEM’s was that there is an audible hum noise (almost like interference) when initially pressed. What is more interesting is that this humming disappears once the screen is dimmed, assuming that feature is enabled. If it is not enabled than the hum persists until the music resumes being played. What is concerning is that it seems directly tied to the display, which means it is potentially causing interference any time it is on. I have yet to read anyone else having this issue so it is possible that it is strictly my device.
Luckily, however, it does not seem to affect the music whilst it is playing, as I tested this with quiet tracks. I cranked the volume and there was no hum until muted. My thought is that the hum is somehow tied into the mechanism that causes the screen to pulsate, indicating the music is muted. *EDIT* I contacted Grace Design about this issue and the told me this:
Final Verdict So what do I think?
I personally think this is an amazing device. Given its price point it is both an investment, but also a bargain. The only real improvement a person could make would be in the amp. This is truly only necessary if you have hard to drive headphones (above 300 ohms). It has wonderful music separation and greatly reduces distortion in the upper treble region. It will also tighten up the bass response allowing for a nice, tight, impact. It has been known not to pair well with some headphones, but for me it pairs well with all of my headphones, so long as I take crossfeed off when listening to the DT 990’s. All I can ultimately say is: Well done Grace Design and Massdrop for bringing a wonderful device to the audiophile community!
Pros - Compact, somewhat portable, incredible sound, and for $499.99, it might even best some of the $1500+ DAC's out on the market.
Cons - Only 500 units from Massdrop, and only one drop so far. Relatively new, so limited reviews.
This is my first user review, and I just got the unit a few hours ago, so I'm keeping it short for now, and I'll update more later.
The Grace Design m920 came in a few hours ago. I'll probably end up writing more as the days go by.
Switching between my Grace Design M920 (24-bit 196kHz), M9XX, (32-bit 192kHz) and SMSL M8 (32-bit 192kHz, paired with an Objective 2 amp). The SMSL M8 for the $149.99 drop, is decent, but still doesn't compare to the Grace Design M920 and M9XX. I prefer my digital filters with a Slow roll off (linear phase). With this digital filter setting, the SMSL M8 won't go slow enough for my tastes. Listen to any acoustic vocals song, and you'll notice the difference. The M920 and M9XX handles it very well.
Currently, I'm comparing with my AKG K7XX at level 72 (and for the Objective 2, getting it close to that level as far as I can tell). I'll be switching to different headphones to test even more.
I am really trying hard to find the differences between the M920 and M9XX, but they are so subtle, it's difficult to pinpoint. Listening to Yo-Yo Ma's Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major (via Tidal HIFI), starting at the 1:52 minute mark, the crescendo and drop off actually sounds better with the M9XX than the M920. Yeah, weird, right?
I'm starting to feel a little bummed that I dropped $1500 on the M920, lol. I'll need to keep listening to different types of music so I can feel better about having the M920 over the M9XX.
Asking around the forums for anyone that had both the M920 and M9XX, I came across the same sentiment, and I was able to pinpoint in more detail the difference between the M920 and M9XX.
Listening to "Serve the Ego" by Jewel (via Tidal HIFI), starting at 0:09 and ending at 0:14, you can definitely hear a difference. The M920's lows resonates a bit deeper. I mean, I really, really had to listen to it over, and over. Switching between the F2 and F4 digital filters on the M9XX, I wasn't able to discern any noticeable differences between the two settings.
Which makes sense as to why Yo-Yo Ma's Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major the day before sounded better with the M9XX. A faster paced routine like that is going to sound better with the M9XX, but something slower paced, the M920 will resonate much deeper into your soul.
Pros - DAC transparency; ultra-low-impedance amp; neutral, flat, clean sound; crossfeed; DAC filters; build quality; form factor is small and well designed
Cons - won't drive the most demanding headphones properly (HE-6, 600 Ohm beyerdynamics, etc); can only buy through massdrop
In the last year, I changed my approach to headphone setups. At one point I had a desktop setup for the HD650 (Bifrost + Lyr), a mobile amp with various portable cans I've owned (various FiiO products), and a small, work setup (Modi+Magni stack) for my Shure SRH840. What I realized is that a large portion of the time I was not using any of that stuff and i was often simply using my Grados or KSC75s through my iPhone because it's convenient and I could do chores around the house or walk the dog. I was spending a majority of my time with my least expensive setups.
So I decided to simplify based on a few rules:
1) Any headphones had to be drivable by an iPhone and sound very good straight out.
2) All gear had to be all-arounders, in that it sounded good with any gear I own, and all amps work well with all headphones. No more of this "this amp is for this headphone" stuff.
3) No more big desktop stacks.
But I also didn't want to compromise on audio quality either. I was unsure if this was possible, but I wanted to see how close I could get. So, I first sold off all the gear that didn't fit that program. HD650, all my Schiit gear, gone.
Headphones were the next big decision. First move was the Shure SRH840. To me, that's the best closed headphone in the $200 range (yeah, better than the M50X). Grado SR225e came next as my fun, open can. Then I demo'd the HiFiMan HE400i and knew that would be the cornerstone primary headphone.
The next challenge became the DAC/Amp. While everything had to be drivable by the iPhone, I did want something that I could use to take them to the next level. And that was surprisingly challenging.
People on here often talk about "scaling well" and primarily what they mean is that the headphones are hard to drive, and thus require an expensive powerful amp to properly power. In my experience, easy to drive headphones can actually be more challenging to properly power. Lower impedance easy to drive headphones require a lot of current, rather than a lot of pure power. You also need a low output impedance for dampening. The 02 was one of the first amps to really "get" this. But it was shrill to my ears with a lot of headphones. The Schiit Magni also offered this, but again, I didn't want a stack.
I had always been drawn to Grace units, but A) they were the size of a rack unit and B) they were $1500-$2000, which was more than I wanted to spend.
Things started to come together when I saw the announcement for the m9XX.
The m9XX on paper looked about perfect.
The ultra-low impedance meant that it would drive a lot of current (ohms law states that as the output impedance goes toward 0, current goes towards infinity), especially since it could deliver 1000mW at 32 ohms. With an output impedance of 0.08, this meant that the current it sent to headphones was literally near infinite.
The design was spot on: simple, ergonomically appealing, attractive. It had several features I found very appealing as well:
1) Crossfeed. To me crossfeed is nearly required for long listening sessions to avoid fatigue. Without it, it's like my brain gets tired trying to reconcile hearing sounds consistently only out of one ear (this almost never happens in real life, so it confuses your brain).
2) linear decibel stepped volume control. Most amps have a volume control where power levels are just some arbitrary points. often times halfway through the dial isn't half power, or half volume or anything in particular. On the Grace m9XX, each spot represents an actual half decibel. This makes it possible to fine tune adjust the volume on an IEM and a planar magnetic headphone without using a gain switch (and thus changing the output impedance as well). It also makes it very easy to understand volume differences, since the display numbers are actual decibels.
3) one output line that allows the RCA outs to still work, and one that mutes the RCA outputs. This allows a number of things: you can play two headphones at the same time, for quick critical comparisons (or listening with a friend), using a sub with your headphone (try it, it's an interesting experience) and auto-muting speakers you may have been feeding from the DAC.
4) ability to be both USB powered, but also have a high power mode that doesn't change the gain (and thus maintains the low output impedance) but adds more headroom. For many headphones USB bus power is all you need, but it's nice to have that little extra power you can send if needed, and unlike gain switches, it doesn't make things more noisy, or add impedance.
5) The DAC chip was the same as the DAC chip in my bifrost, which even though I wanted to slim down the form factor, I loved the sound of the bifrost.
That all looked great on paper, and combined with Grace's reputation, I decided to jump in. Even if the amp was merely decent, $499 was a reasonable price for the DAC, given the components and features.
So, I got it; did it live up to my hopes/expectations? (well, spoiler alert if you noticed the rating I gave, you know the answer to this)
Yes, absolutely it fulfilled my expectations, 100% and then some.
First, the build quality, fit, finish and feel exceeded my high expectations. Supposedly the engineers at BMW exhaustively test each car, so that the sound and feel of the door closing is just right. That's how the volume control feels when you turn it or push it down (push to mute or hold to access the settings menu). The front, back and top plate is one piece of high quality aluminum. It feels solid without being heavy. It manages to seem both robust yet elegant.
It's the apple macbook pro or BMW 5 series of audio equipment. Fit, finish, feel and performance all coming together perfectly.
Now, on to the sound part:
It manages to be incredibly transparent, spacious, with great treble and bass extension, without sounding dry and brittle. It's extremely transparent, yet musical. Nothing about it sounds unnatural. It just gets out of the way, and takes on the character of the headphones and music instead of imparting its own footprint. This isn't what you want, if you want to hear your DAC/amp in your chain. You don't hear the m9XX, you hear *through* the m9XX. You'll instead hear your music and headphones. To me, that's the ultimate compliment for a DAC/amp, that it simply gets out of the way and lets everything else do its part.
Now, coming back to what I said at the beginning, where this amp really shines is on lower impedance headphones. It can drive an HD650 very well, but to me, in some ways, driving low impedance headphones has its own challenge. Most of the headphones I own are very current hungry, that is, instead of needing a lot of absolute power, they need a lot of current to tighten up and define the bass, and refine the treble and midrange, and give shape and definition to the soundstage and accuracy to the imaging. This is the real key to the m9XX, that it can make your low impedance headphones sound like you've never heard them before. And it can drive IEMs well. And it can even sound really good on a freaking HD800. 0.08 output resistance with 1mW of power makes this ultra versatile.
High Power Mode is vastly superior to most amps High Gain Mode: more current, less noise, no increase in output impedance
Talking a bit more about how high power mode works, and why it's substantially superior to the "high gain" mode of most headphones: In high power mode, instead of increasing the gain, Grace simply adds more headroom. You'll notice that 70 on low and high gain are the same loudness. You don't get an increase in noise at all, like you do with most DACs high gain mode, you don't get an increase in output impedance. You do get more current, which most amps high gain mode don't actually send more current, they just increase output impedance. Basically High Power Mode adds headroom and the ability to use settings over 90 without running out of current on tap and getting a "OC" (Over Current) error and the consequent muting.
Now on to how it sounds with various headphone pairings I tried it with.
With the HiFiMan HE400i, the pair is just effortlessly balanced and precise.
I think the HE400i paired with the Grace m9XX could be my endgame setup. As they've both rolled past 150 hours, with 80 hours of "on head" time, this is just such an incredible pairing.
Ihis is the *perfect* pairing for long sessions. Enabling crossfeed on the Grace, and this is the least fatiguing headphone I've ever heard. The resolution and transparency means that I never have to strain to hear anything. The tonal balance, flat bass and (to me) neutrality means no frequency ever wears you out. The crossfeed makes for a less fatiguing listen as well. While the soundstage isn't vast on the HE400i, it's so coherent and imaging is so precise, that it's an effortless listen. It's present without being sibilant. The bass is full and extends, without booming (which can get fatiguing after a while to me).
The signature, right away, can almost seem boring. But it's just so resolving, transparent and fast, while being smooth and musical, that those qualities become fun in their own right. I realize instead of being like "wow, oh my god the bass" like I am with some equipment, more often I think "wow, this song is incredible." WIth this pairing it just becomes so squarely about the music as opposed to noticing things about the headphone, amp and DAC.
The word that keeps coming to mind with this pair is simply "effortless" They just effortlessly bring me my music. They get out of the way.
Finally this pairing has by far the most listenable range of volume I've ever heard. On the Grace, I find the HE400i listenable from 59 to 79. That's 20 dB of difference that I find them perfectly listenable.
With the Fostex THX00, the pair is rich, smooth, detailed and powerful
The THX00, like the other TH series cans, and the old Denon DX000 predecessors are tricky to amp, despite not needing much in the way of absolute power. They're very easy to drive, but if they don't get a lot of current, the bass can be quite uncontrolled, especially on hard fast bass transients. The Grace comes in and cleans this all up with aplomb. A can that out of other amps can sound average in terms of detail and imaging becomes quite good in those areas. To my ears the Grace gives these cans exactly what they need, a very resolving and spacious DAC and tons of current because of the Grace's ultra low output impedance in the amp section. it's been said by more than a few that it almost sounds like the THX00 was tuned for the m9XX, and it's hard to disagree. But I also think that almost any low impedance cans with powerful magnets in the drivers (the THX00 is over 1 Tesla) benefit from the current the m9XX pushes. The m9XX doesn't change the THX00's signature, it just tightens everything, smooths some of the rough edges out and adds a level of detail and transparency. Essentially it enhances the THX00's strengths (bass power, fun factor) while polishing its perceived weaknesses (detail, bass texture, imaging). What you're left with is a heck of a fun, yet technically proficient pairing.
I also spent about an hour with the TH900 with this pair and the bass on the TH900 with the m9XX was legendary: controlled, powerful, deep, no bleed over. Everything I said about the THX00 applies here, except with the TH900's even more powerful bass. If you don't like the TH900's hard V signature, this won't "mellow" it out all. Again, what the Grace does is get out of the way and lets the headphone do its thing. If you're a fan of the TH900, you'll love this pairing. If you aren't a fan of the TH900 sound, you're still going to dislike it.
With the Sennheiser HD650 the pairing is incredibly smooth, detailed and refined with gorgeously textured bass and smooth, if a bit veiled, treble
There are two approaches to properly amping the HD650: 1) something that shows the headphone's inherent character or 2) something that provides a little more treble energy to shake off the "sennheiser veil." If you want the latter, this isn't the pairing for you, because as previously stated what the Grace does more than anything is get out of the way and lets the headphone do its thing. That means this pairing does much more of the former, you hear how the HD650 really sounds. It's incredibly detailed, the bass has a sort of refined grace, the treble has a relaxed smoothness that's simultaneously detailed. To some this sounds veiled and boring, to others it's the pinnacle of engaging treble and a deep soundstage that sounds like you're watching a concert from about the level of the soundboard, as opposed to the front row. If you want to "shake off the veil" I'd go with something a bit more energetic, like maybe a Lyr (with either solid state or more energetic tubes).
This pairing really shows what the DAC section is all about though, as the microdetail somehow manages to be both precise and crisp yet musical and relaxed. It's a sort of elegant beauty that sounds really classy. It's probably not the amp I'd use if I was building an HD650 system from scratch, but I've come to realize that has more to do with some dissatisfaction I personally have with the HD650's relaxed signature. I wanted an amp that would "fix" it, and as I've already stated, the m9XX isn't going to fix any issues you have with a headphone's signature, it's simply going to reflect the base signature, and refine the more technical aspects. I think of it like a photographer making a model look as beautiful as possible with skill in photography, without using photoshop to "fix" things. It brings out the best of what is available.
Grados are frighteningly fast and energetic, gain a bit tighter punch in the midbass, and become an even more fun, if still a strictly technically flawed listen
I think there tend to normally be two camps with regards to the Grado sound: those that think it's complete trash that hipsters love and those that can't accept that there might be ANY flaws whatsoever. I tend to fall into a middle ground. The SR60e is one of the first three headphones I bought when I got into headphone audio (the Denon D1001 and Audio Technica AD700 being the others) and I'll always be fond of the sound. They can bring a lot of energy, especially to older classic rock recordings. They provide a lot of speed on the cheap. But I also realize that they're honestly technically deficient if the goal is to reproduce what is in a recording. Again, the Grace won't give them some semblance of sub bass, it's still as rolled off as ever. The Grace will, however, "perk up" the Grado upper midbass hump, providing classic rock kick drums a bit more thump, thus somewhat equalizing the perception of the signature, without changing the Grado house sound. Grados are notoriously current hungry, and the m9XX defnitely provides the current they crave. This results in a lot more refined sound. I tried the pairing with the SR80e and the SR225e. The Grace really took the SR225e to a great place. The DAC section really enhanced the soundstage and imaging. The amp section gave their already good speed the high octane it needed to become a gloriously fast headphone for metal and prog rock. The amp section also gave that bass hump some authority and depth that it normally lacks. The SR80e didn't see quite the same benefit, though you got some semblance of a soundstage (unusual for the SR80e, which to my ears has virtually no depth or soundstage width). The SR80e's at times flabby midbass tightened up. The fatiguing upper midrange smoothed out just a touch. It's not going to turn a SR series Grado into a GS1000, but it will take the Grado house sound to the next level, while staying unmistakably Grado, for good and/or ill.
Other miscellaneous pairings I tried
Just going to dump my pairing notes with headphones that are either less common or that I didn't spend a TON of time listening to:
1) TheAudio Technica ESW9A is probably my most difficult headphone to amp, in the sense that most amps tend to actually make it sound worse. As a headphone it's kind of muddy, has boomy bass, and isn't particularly transparent. Treble/upper midrange is kind of weird and veiled, but with a little sparkle on the very top. The pairing essentially brought all these qualities to the fore. It did add a bit more detail, but overall, yeah, this headphone still sounds better out of an iPhone than it does when amped. It's pretty though, and very portable. A good headphone to non-critically walk the dog, not to plug into an amp and listen to carefully
2) The Shure SRH840 is probably the easiest headphone I have to amp. It's so workmanlike that it just does its job with almost anything. The pairing worked well. The Grace, as per usual, added a bit more detail retrieval and transparency and firmed up the bass. If you want a slightly warm, soft U-shaped monitoring style headphone with good treble clarity, this is it. I love this headphone, but it won't wow you immediately. This pairing is an ultimate all-arounder when it comes to closed headphones. It does everything very, very well, but doesn't amaze you with any single aspect.
3) The Audio Technica M50X has issues with bass bloat at times, and the m9XX helped with that. The m9XX couldn't do much about the lack of soundstage though, it still sounds like you're having sound pumped into the middle of the brain, and imaging is still basically only left middle and right, no nuance. The m9XX did refine the treble a bit though. the M50X is a headphone that is notorious for sounding the same pretty much no matter what is amping it, and that held true here as well.
4) The Audio Technica AD700 has some issues with grain, and the m9XX brought that out. However, the AD700 is also incredibly detailed and spacious and the m9XX highlighted and enhanced that. At times the soundstage was almost so vast that imaging lost a bit of coherence. Crossfade helped with that, making for a large (thought not cavernous) soundstage that was very precise imaging wise. The AD700 is one of the most rolled off headphones in sub bass I've ever heard, and that stayed true with the m9XX.
5) The Koss KSC75 is an ultra portable on ear clip on headphone. But its quality is incredible for $15. THere are a lot of $100 headphones it wipes the floor with. I would never use it on the m9XX on a regular basis, I strictly use it as a portable "walk around outside" headphone. But here goes anyway: The KSC75 has great treble detail and sparkle, though is fairly rolled off in the bass (mostly due to the way it just sorta hangs around your ear). The m9XX made it sound even more spacious and detailed.
6) The Denon D1001 is essentially the same headphone as the long running and budget popular Creative Aurvana Live. I believe Fostex actually makes it. It has a budget version of the Fostex house sound regardless. It has pretty great midbass and sparkly treble. It's certainly a V-Shaped headphone, which helps hide its weaknesses (a bit congested and not super resolving). I was actually surprised how much the m9XX improved this headphone. The sometimes boomy bass was tightened substantially, and gained more extension. The muddiness was cut fairly dramatically. I could hear some grain, that the muddiness had never even allowed me to hear before. Grain is always preferable to muddiness, so this was a welcome revelation. This is another "knock around" headphone. I've owned it and enjoyed it for about 10 years now and it was nice to have some new life breathed into it. It's still not an amazing headphone, but the Creative Aurvana Live version is still a bargain (Denon long ago discontinued this, at the same time it notoriously switched from Fostex for the rest of the DX000 serious, leading me to believe this is a Fostex headphone). But I mean I don't know anybody who would buy an amp like the m9XX for it.
Notes on the filters:
The filters are very subtle, so it took quite a while for me to suss out their effects. They don't so much change the frequency response much, their primary effect is in how they handle the delicate balance of rich, absolute timbral accuracy and maximum clarity. I don't think people realize that this is often a tradeoff, as super compressed music with lots of treble can often cause aliasing distortion with ultra-high-quality DACs. I think this is a lot of the phenomenon people notice when they say certain top-shelf DACs are "very harsh to bad sources." Sometimes it's almost like people here relish a DAC that makes pop music sound like crap, as if that's a badge of pride. Grace, however, decided to give you the option for a more detailed DAC and a more forgiving DAC (to simplify things greatly).
F1: This is given the default spot as the filter, and I think for good reason. It's the setting that will probably sound best, for most people and how they use the m9XX and the music they'll most use for it. This is the best setting to use if the Grace is both your DAC and your amp and you're listening to compressed music. There are two aspects to this setting (like all the settings): fast roll-off and in phase modulation. The first essentially cuts down on aliasing distortion issues that can happen in highly compressed music with lots of high frequency content. The second keeps a linear phase response, for maximum preservation of the source signal. The latter can be bad if you're using an amp that isn't the Grace, ie using the RCA outputs to feed an amp or powered speakers. Something about how they built the amp section of the Grace seems to do away with the intermodulation issues that can happen with a linear phase. This intermodulation effect seems to be especially problematic with tubes, which can have microphonic tendencies. I honestly couldn't tell much difference between F1 and F3, until I put the m9XX in front of my SSHM hybrid tube amp, and there the F3 setting sounded much cleaner than F1.
TLR: if you're listening to typical pop/rock music that is loud with a lot of treble, and you're not using an amp after the Grace, this is probably your best setting.
F2: This is probably the most accurate filter, and what would probably measure the best in objective testing. It is susceptible to aliasing issues with highly compressed, treble music. ie pop music will sound somewhat harsher with it. It can also theoretically have intermodulation issues if it's being used with an external amp. But when using it with well-recorded, non treble-heavy material, and the Grace as an amp, it provides the ultimate in transparency.
TL;DR: if you're listening to well recorded and mastered music and not using an external amp, this is your no-compromise absolute transparency setting.
F3: This setting is the ultimate "fix problems" setting, everything will sound good out of this setting, regardless of what is going through it, and you'll never have to worry about problems. It sacrifices a bit of complete transparency to cut down as much as possible on aliasing distortion and intermodulation distortion.
TL;DR: use this if you're listening to highly compressed music with very loud treble and using an external amp out of it (especially at tube amp), or if you're experiencing distortion issues and you're not sure what part of the chain they may be coming from.
F4: This is probably the filter that can, theoretically, get the absolute best sound out of the m9XX's DAC section. It produces the full, rich tone, without giving worry to aliasing issues in high treble energy music, but shifts the ringing to reduce any intermodulation effects that might happen with an external amp (especially a tube amp)
TL;DR: use this if you primarily listen to exceptionally well recorded music and are using an amp (especially tubes) after the m9XX.
This is an INCREDIBLE piece of gear. It's so versatile that it's astounding. I'm not an IEM guy (can't stand the feeling of having something in my ear canal) but it can effortlessly amp those with complete silence, and it can drive an HD650 very well. Heck, several people even say it's a great pairing with the Sennheiser HD800. It's so well designed from all angles: look, feel, build quality, feature set, sound quality and just some indescribable "ahhhhhh" feeling of satisfaction every time I look at it. Where it really shines are the current hungry high end but low impedance headphones that have really been a growing market segment these days. The crop of easier to drive planars and low impedance dynamics will sound better than many thought possible through the m9XX. It's not going to blow you away on a first listen though. It's not going to grow a subwoofer in your bass deficient headphone, pr give a non-detailed headphone HD800 level resolution. But it will take the headphone that it's being given and shine it as well as it possibly can. It's not going to power a HE-6, but it can handle almost every "normal" headphone with aplomb. I'm pretty sure this is the last DAC or amp I will ever own, unless there's some crazy leap forward in technology.
I think of it this way: If this thing was just a DAC, and had no features (no crossfeed, no filters, no volume control, etc) it would be a bargain at $399. If you had a unit that added the features it has (crossfeed, filters) for just that add on unit, you could charge $100. If it was just a solid state amp, given its ultra low impedance, the way the volume control and high power mode work, the cleanliness, just the amp section would be a bargain at $250. Put that all together and you have a product, that on pure sound quality alone would be a bargain at $750. Then when you combine the convenience, elegance, and quality of the build and form factor, this is easily a $800-$1000 product. It would make a lot of "best value" lists if it cost $899. Grace and Massdrop got it to us for $499, which makes it a stupefying value.
You can throw this in a messenger bag, without any worry, and you can have sound quality that will put many $2000 systems to shame. You can power everything from an IEM to a HE500 and never feel that your gear is being compromised. It's an all around solution that somehow manages to make no real compromises at a budget friendly price. If your headphones don't require s small scale nuclear power reactor to drive, I have one piece of advice about this:
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(2) - (1) . This computer is from a institute of music.Students saw me visiting a.garage.They asked to me about a garage.I talked about this to them (address,subject).Probably they ar are visiting or have visited a.garage.PS:i'm not teacher from this university.two cds is not two for the road ,one cds is not one for the road.i was looking for my favorite music.i didn´t know that i was observed.johanna.
11111111111111111111 hi johanna,
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After seeing that picture above of my parents make me say "Thank You, Lord, for giving us a memory.
I haven't seen a picture of my Mom for some ten years, but, those eyes take me back to when I was a youth and it seems a day or two ago.
My Father was from Wales and my Mom from Tennessee.
Self made the both of them.
HOW I WOKE UP VIRTUALLY EVERY MORNING.
My parents would argue and the word divorce would come up virtually every morning.
Now your thinking what a bad childhood I had.
You see, they ONLY argued about business. NEVER ONCE WAS IT EVER PERSONAL.
How many can say that.
One wanted to keep something that was losing money and the other wanted to dump it.
My Father's office was the reconverted garage and my Mom didn't drive so a couple of hours after they were "divorcing" my Mom needed to go to the store and would say "Art lets go to Gemco" and off they went.
I WAS AND STILL THE LUCKIEST KID OF ALL-TIME
Not only did I have the number one Parents ever.
I had the greatest Sister and Brother-in-law.
The best brother and sister-in-law
The best Aunt and Uncle ever made
Two pets that had no equal.
Two nephews and a Niece that are HOF
When I lost my Wife a GODSEND OF A WOMAN CAME INTO MY LIFE NAMED lISA.
Her Mom can be summed up in one word. CLASS
Three great friends I grew up with.
And just as importanant my internet pals like Scott
Now I know you probably think I am biased
BUT BELOW IS THE LINKS TO BACK ME UP.
It has been over 42 years but seems like two nights ago when Sandy Koufax pitched his perfect game against the Cubs.
My Mom with her Pall Mall cigarette in her right hand fingers and her coffee cup in her left hand. Staring at the radio like it was a TV waiting for Vin Scully next word.
MY PARENTS POLITICS
They were republicans and nothing else.
I remember when I was in second grade our teacher ask every student who do you want to win as President of the United States.
Every kid would say "President Johnson".
The teacher would say "very well done timmy".
When it was my turn I said "Barry Goldwater"
The teacher's smile went to a frown and said "why do you want him?"
Like I know. I just am mimicking who our parents want.
My parents listened to only talk radio before talk radio.
Virtually every caller to that talk radio station would be labeled "a communist" by my Dad
THEY NEEDED EACH OTHER
My Father was one of the hardest workers ever.
He be up at 4 am designing mobile home parks.
He built over 150 parks.
Be at the construction site by 6.
AND NEVER MISSED PLAYING CATCH. NEVER.
Built over 150 mobile home parks, did the electrical on main street in Disneyland.
Was a genius in common sense. Was the kindest human being.
His personality, this will sum it up.
When I was seven my friends and I were into playing world war 2.
We were going to a Dodger game and I ask my Dad was he in the war.
He said yes.
I ask what did he do.
He told me as serious as he could be "I killed Adolf Hitler by myself".
I ask how.
He said "I was hiding being this big rock and Adolf came out to empty the trash".
The next day I am so proud to tell my friends what my Dad did.
Can you picture the scene of my friend around the dinner table saying "Gary's dad killed adolf hitler by himself."
Then their dad would say "what".
Then my friend would say "Adolf was empting the trash".
WELL I WILL WRITE THIS STORY LATER
I wrote something for two hours and right when I was going to finish I was thrown off tripod. cocksuckers.
THAT AUGUST MORNING IN 1974
My Mom was 48 years old and never was sick EVER.
Had to have surgery to take a a sist. (the doctors say it is like having your tonsils removed).
My Dad, Sister and me were in the waiting room.
The way the made it seem so simple I thought Mom would be cooking that night.
My Dad had a worried look on his face and said "it's taking too long".
Then the Doctor yelled out "Lewis Family"
He started out saying "It was Maligant" Then my sister said "oh my God".
No I get excited and say "WHAT, WHAT".
Now I interupted this doctor and he stares at the floor and says nothing.
My Dad screams at me "SHADDUP".
I am waiting for him to resume talking.
He slowly raises his head and stares at me for around 7 seconds that seemed like a lifetime.
He rolls his eyes and says 'like I was saying it was maligant (as he is turning around to leave he says I give her 14 months.
My Dad is such a class act he says thank you doctor.
If I could relive that one more time. I SWEAR TO GOD I WOULD OF COLD COCKED THAT DOCTOR AND KNOCK HIS TEETH OUT AND THEN CALL THE POLICE TO BE ARRESTED.
MY POOR MOM
I don't wish cancer for no one.
I was going to Cal St. Fullerton and was manager of a dixie hifi stereo store (now circuit city).
My Mom was getting worse and wanted to be with her family.
My sister lived two doors from me.
I have no idea how my sister and Pam did it (took care of our bed ridden Mom).
My Mom was no more than 70 pounds and would cry to me "she didn't want to die".
That haunts me after 30 plus years.
I WILL BE ADDING MORE SOON.
Dee and Rick: Best Sister and Brother in law EVER
Lucy and Nick: Number one Aunt and Uncle ever
Rick Lewis: My big brother
FRAN, JEANNE, ALEISHA AND JC
Tribute to Roman: greatest cat ever
Greatest Ramfan ever: WALT I LOVE YOU
MY INTERNET PALS SCOTT AND THE GANG
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My first attempt on getting this to work was unsuccessful on a PN51D550 in Canada. I have only two HDMI sources available (a PVR and a DVD player). I thought I would use a component connection for my PVR, then use the PVR and DVD HDMI connections to permit me to use the DVD player.
I tried hooking my PVR through the component 2 connection and also to the HDMI 4 connection. I then connected a DVD player to HDMI 3. Both were powered on.
After selecting PN7000 in the advanced menu, I backed out and turned the power off. When I turned the power back on, I had no indication of component 2 as a source. The HDMI 3 and 4 showed as sources, but both had no signal.
The USB source worked fine.
I backed out, switched back to PN550 and all sources reappeared and were usable.
I think tomorrow I may retry this using HDMI 2 and HDMI 4 connections and see if that gives me better success, although I'm wondering whether this technique disables component input.
Has anyone else had a similar or different experience?
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Monday, October 20, 2014
Retro Review: Secrets of a Successful Marriage
May 19, 1994
Or the One Where
Marge kicks Homer out after he shares intimate secrets about their relationship.
Realizing that his family and friends consider him dumb, Homer decides to enroll in an adult education class, but ends up teaching one on marriage instead.
This is the second episode Greg Daniels wrote for the show, and it was built around the idea of Daniels trying to come up with something Homer could be really good at it (being a husband).
One of the secrets Homer tells his class is that Marge dyes her hair, and is, at this point, naturally gray. Though seemingly a throwaway bit like so many others, later writers will remember this fact and occasionally reference it, even building the plot of an episode ("The Blue and the Gray") around it.
This episode also establishes Moe's infatuation with Marge, another minor bit that will get some play in future episodes, though it usually has a hard time walking the line between "funny" and "creepy".
If you play Tapped Out, this is the episode the Adult Education Annex comes from.
This is obviously the final episode of season five. I'll be back, continuing on with retro reviews of season six, after taking a few weeks off (mainly to build up a bit of a stockpile of posts for when I'm hideously sleep-deprived and mentally-deficient around the first of the year).
Marge: Oh, Homey, if you feel so bad about yourself, there's always things you can do to feel better.
Homer: Take another bath in malt liquor?
Marge: There's that...or you could take an adult education course.
Homer: Oh, and how is "education" supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and I forgot how to drive?
Marge: That's because you were drunk!
Homer: And how...
Lisa: I think it's great you're a teacher, Dad. So, will you be lecturing from a standardized text or using the more socratic method of interactive class participation?
Homer: ...yes, Lisa. Daddy's a teacher
Marge: Homer, I really don't like you telling personal secrets in your class.
Homer: Marge, I didn't tell 'em personal stuff.
Marge: Today at the Kwik-E-Mart everybody knew I dyed my hair!
Homer: Oh, you mean about you. All right, maybe I said some things, some personal things. But you should have seen them, Marge: they really wanted to hear what I had to say --
Marge: Mmm, I'm happy about that. But I think you can be a good teacher and still respect our privacy.
Homer: Look, Marge, you don't know what it's like. I'm the one out there every day putting his ass on the line. And I'm not out of order! You're out of order. The whole freaking system is out of order. You want the truth? You want the truth?! You can't handle the truth! 'Cause when you reach over and put your hand into a pile of goo that was your best friend's face, you'll know what to do! Forget it, Marge, it's Chinatown.
Moe: Tell us more about you and Marge!
Homer: This is a place of learning, not a house of...hearing about things.
Homer: Oh, good. Reverend Lovejoy will make Marge take me back! He has to push the sanctity of marriage, or his God will punish him!
Reverend Lovejoy: Get a divorce.
Mrs. Lovejoy: Mmm hm.
Marge: But isn't that a sin?
Reverend Lovejoy: Marge, everything is a sin. You ever sat down and read this thing? Technically, we're not allowed to go to the bathroom.
Hardly the first such episode, even "only" five seasons in, I always think of this as the last great Homer/Marge relationship episode. That's not entirely true, of course; "Natural Born Kissers" is pretty great, and the insanity pepper episode is a Homer/Marge story (though of course that understandably gets overshadowed a bit in people's memory by other things), to name just a few. But most of the ensuing Homer/Marge episodes which succeed do so by building on or tweaking the standard format, whereas the ones that just run with the "Homer does something stupid, Marge gets mad, Homer wins her back" template pretty much all suffer in comparison to this episode.
Partially because this one is, of course, really funny, but also because it's written like it's meant to be the last word on the subject. At the time, that may very well have been the intent (with the writers at the time assuming the show couldn't possibly be on that much longer, right?). After twenty-five plus seasons, though, it's understandable that future episodes returned to the "examine Homer and Marge's relationship" well, but without somehow tweaking that template, it's tough to beat this one.
One of the show's all time great seasons (if not the greatest) comes to a close with another classic, the last truly great Homer/Marge relationship episode.
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A quest for abnormal returns by using accounting information plays an important role of 'price discovery' in the investment practice. Coincidentally, it provides valuable counter-evidence for the traditional framework and theory in the academic fields and it encourages academicians to reexamine them. However, it is a mistake to emphasize inefficiency of the market and irrationality of investors based on those observed anomalies immediately. Originally, the efficient market is the ideal type. Therefore, we cannot test it directly. The efficient market hypothesis as an ideal type implies that investors can understand accounting information accurately and response quickly and correctly and that, by investors' rational behavior, accounting information should be perfectly reflected in stock prices as soon as it is released. However, in the real world, accounting information does not always present the evident information, which investors can distinguish into good news and bad news instantaneously. Therefore, it is also a mistake to attribute all of the anomalies to the decision biases of investors though such a type of conclusion is often adopted in behavioral finance. Investors receive various accounting information in the complicated information environment. It is necessary for investors to obtain ex-ante and ex-post information for interpreting accounting information. We should investigate the market response to accounting information considering their decision process. Moreover, accounting information has the inherent attributes (or characteristics) such as conservatism. Those attributes may be obstacles for investors to understand accounting information accurately and quickly. How those attributes affect investors' decision has been the main research theme in empirical accounting research. Those studies gain more importance recently.
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Its been a crazy week to say the least. I got transferred to Abilene. Its been an interesting few days! We have alot of people here that they're working with so it should be good. I have been learning soo much about life in general an how much the gospel truly does bless families more than anything else. Any letters an such still just go to the mission home an then get forwarded to me so thank you. As for this week we have Zone Conference coming up an my new Companion is from Washington and is a great missionary. Prob wouldn't be my best friend back home per se but i can learn a lot from him. (I hope that doesn't sound rude) - lol . Going from the shack in Kermit to here is a HUGE change. I have a big apartment again and a gym here that we use everyday. I have been coming to know my Saviour more an more being a missionary an that Christlike attributes are something that takes time to develop. I love you all an hope that we can all try to be more like him everyday. I will try to write more snail mail to everyone since we don't get a lot of time on the computer, but thanks for everything.
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“Many people do feel strongly that weakened research capacity in those countries in which diseases are most endemic may be one of the major factors in their inability to curb, prevent, and treat diseases,” Jo Ivey Boufford, president of the New York Academy of Medicine, told delegates at a symposium of the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany last month (21 October).
Boufford is also a former co-chair of the InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP), a global network of medical and science academies that is working to help strengthen research capacity and that issued a call to action on the topic in May.
She added that national and regional science and medical academies are in a better position than foreign institutions to influence policymakers with evidence and to support research capacity building in countries and regions where they operate.
Tikki Pang, a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore, said research capacity strengthening in Asia has seen some progress. This is especially so in China and India, which are seeing increasing numbers of clinical trials and science publications.
But he added that there was too much focus on research and development aimed at particular diseases instead of implementation research, which aims to strengthen health systems and explore how research findings could be applied in the real world.
According to Boufford, research conducted by the IAMP shows that countries in the global South have many challenges that threaten their efforts to build research capacity.
Among them are the lack of coordination between initiatives, inadequate political will, the removal of infrastructure once project funding ends, the transfer of data from LMICs to developed countries, their publication without any feedback to policymakers in the source countries and a focus on research that offers huge financial returns on investment, instead of on topics that are more locally relevant.
For example, Vincent Titanji, an honorary dean of the University of Buea, Cameroon, told the meeting that, despite traditional medicine practitioners providing 60-80 per cent of the healthcare needs of rural dwellers in Sub-Saharan Africa, research into the practice has been neglected.
Titanji attributed the problem partly to inadequate funding, an overdependence on donor countries and institutions, and an absence of coherent legal frameworks for coordinating health research in LMICs in Africa. “Measures should be put in place in each country to document, validate, regulate and integrate those traditional medicine practices that are efficacious and safe into the health system,” Titanji said.
He pointed to the need to reform “international assistance to empower LMICs to assume responsibility for their own health research”.
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About Purdue Boilermakers Autographed Jerseys
The Purdue Boilermakers have certainly made a mark in basketball in the field of college sports. As a matter of fact, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams have claimed more Big Ten Championship titles during the regular season and tournaments, as compared with other conference schools. So far, they’ve earned 37 conference banners while also posting a record-leading 22 for the men’s squad. To allow your idols in feeling that they’ve displayed much exceptionality during their matches, you should take the shot to grab a hold of our creative Boilermakers signed cards and tickets, photomints and coins, and framed photos, plaques and collages.
As for the Boilermakers men’s basketball team, they’ve relied much on their former head coach Gene Keady. However, he served his final season during 2004-2005 subsequent to the 25 years he’s served the group. But, he certainly groomed himself as one big contributor to the squad as he’s the Boilermakers’ all-time winningest coach through December 1997 with over 500 triumphs. Even with his exit, Keady would still remain a big part of your admired school’s history. Hence, you should give him the due merit using our incredible Boilermakers kids and youth jerseys, men’s footwear and apparel and jewelry. Also add an interesting touch to your collection by having Carl Crawford, the 2010 Silver Slugger and Gold Glove award recipient’s pieces.
Beyond basketball, Purdue has captured three NCAA championships, courtesy from men’s golf, women’s basketball and women’s golf. As you’ve spent endless days cheering on for your much-loved university, you should reward yourself with our outstanding memorabilia and collectibles. What’s more, you can seize our wonderful items featuring Frank Thomas, a five-time All-Star designated hitter and Ben Sheets
, a four-time All-Star starting pitcher and a gold medalist in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Today, I had my fourth reading with Carla. As with all the times before, I was amazed. I am generally a very shy person but always feel at ease when speaking with her. I am basically heartbroken and trying to understand what has happened. About a year and a half ago, a love from the past contacted me via e-mail. I would say that he was the love of my life. Our last contact had been in 1994. Out of the blue, he contacted me. I was ecstatic. He was in the army and stationed in Germany. He was being deployed to Afghanistan in 6 months. I live in USA. Our correspondence continued and things progressed to the point where we planned on meeting once he returned to Germany.
In the last month prior to returning to Germany, the contact was daily and very intense. A few days before his return, suddenly all contact stopped. I received one e-mail two weeks later saying he had run into problems and that he would contact me soon. A month passed and nothing- no news. I finally started e-mailing asking if he was OK but there was no response. My heart was broken and I did not know what to think. Unexpectedly, I had to travel to Germany for business a few weeks ago. I saw this as an opportunity of a lifetime for my love and I to see each other after so many years, a sign from fate. I decided that I had to give it my best shot. I tried to contact him so that he knew I was within one hour of him for the first time in almost two decades. I left a message at the base for him.
The next morning, I finally received a response. He wrote back that it was not possible for him to see me and that so many things were happening. He was so busy at his base. The base was shutting down unexpectedly and he had to ensure that soldiers and their families were able to ship out to new assignments. He was also dealing with all the emotional issues for his soldiers post deployment. He, himself, would be re-assigned and would have to leave back to the states by August. He said he was totally unprepared for this.
I could not believe that in a 5 days time that I would be in Germany, he would not make a few moments to see me. I could not understand what had happened if we were so close just weeks before. I have been reeling from the sense of loss and betrayal. I needed to understand what was going on. Carla was able to clarify the problems and issues that he was experiencing and what my next step should be. The funny thing was that in my last reading, Carla told me that we would see each other again but it would NOT be in Germany. She stated that he would travel to the USA on business and we would see each other here, near an old historic city.
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Jennifer Garner took off from LA last week with her girls Violet and Seraphina, and they spent their weekend exploring NYC. The trio met up with two of Jen's friends for lunch on Saturday, then the Garner-Afflecks hopped in a cab and headed back to their hotel. Yesterday, Violet put on her adorable striped swimsuit to play in a fountain during an excursion to Central Park with Jen's Alias pal Victor Garber. After playing in the water, the gang headed to a playground so Seraphina could ride the swings.
By last night, Jennifer Garner was on the set of Arthur. She caught up with costar Russell Brand, who's been dressing like Batman and filming with Helen Mirren for the past few weeks while his fiancée, Katy Perry, enjoys a bikini vacation in the Bahamas. Jen made her way to the makeup trailer after chatting with Russell, emerging once the sun set in her maroon dress ready to start work.
To see more from Jen's weekend in NYC, just
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Moon Star Earrings
Made in Portland, OR
Materials: moon and star stud set available in bronze or sterling silver both with sterling silver posts and backings (not shown)
Ideal for: the minimalist
Care: Bronze and silver will naturally oxidize and tarnish over time. If you prefer a bright, shiny finish, simply polish your piece with a jewelry polishing cloth. Jewelry should always be removed before swimming, exercising, sleeping, and showering.
Dimensions: star 1/4" h x 1/4" w, moon 1/4" l x 1/8" w
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Plum Tree Gardens is located in Noblesville at the northwest corner of 6th Street and South Street. The six residences are for seniors aged 55 and older. Each apartment features two bedrooms, appliances including a washer and dryer, accessibility features such as low step showers and grab bars.
Plum Tree Gardens is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold Certified through the United States Green Building Council. Plum Tree Gardens, along with Spicewood Garden Apartments, were the first affordable housing projects to achieve LEED Certification in Central Indiana. HAND also joins an elite group of non-profit organizations to develop LEED Certified Multi-Family Affordable Developments in the State of Indiana. Plum Tree Gardens features energy efficient fixtures, such as Energy Star rated windows and appliances, programmable thermostats, compact florescent light bulbs and dual flush toilets. These features will not only help the environment, but they will also benefit the residents by reducing their utility costs as less energy will be used.
Plum Tree Gardens is fully leased but currently accepting names for a wait list. If you or someone you know is interested in being placed on a wait list, please contact Mark III Management at (317) 758-5180.
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Posted by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. on September 22, 1998 at 00:25:12:
In Reply to: Carry on posted by Charles Pixley on September 21, 1998 at 09:56:58:
: "Carrying my wayward son, there will be
: Peace when you are done, lay your weary
: head to rest, don't you cry no more."
... and the music line picked up right where it
left off, the last time I heard this song.
I do, and I will, carry on, wherever I may be,
and whatever I may do.
/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell
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2008 CWS Championship Series Set
The Cinderella postseason will continue for the Fresno State Bulldogs, and they now will have a chance to play for the 2008 national championship. Fresno State made history as the first ever 4th seeded team to win a regional and super regional to reach Omaha for the College World Series. Now they’ll play the Georgia Bulldogs for the CWS title.
The best of three Championship series at the College World Series begins tonight at 6PM CST. Georgia and Fresno State will compete in the best of 3 format over the next few evenings with the National Championship being awarded to the first team to win two games.
Fresno State advanced to the Championship Series by winning Bracket Two at the CWS, they defeated the North Carolina Tarheels on Sunday to clinch their spot in the final series. Georgia rolled through Bracket One undefeated, and earned their spot in the final by knocking out Stanford on Saturday.
College World Series Championship Series (Best of Three):
Game 1: June 23 @ 6PM – Georgia vs Fresno State
Game 2: June 24 @ 6PM – Georgia vs Fresno State
Game 3: June 25 @ 6PM – Georgia vs Fresno State (If necessary)
All 3 games will be played at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Just after 3 am on the last day of the UN climate change conference, exhausted negotiators from 193 countries signed an agreement that was modest and reflected elements of desperation (the one country refusing to sign, Bolivia, decried what it called "a hollow and false victory" that would fail "to prevent runaway climate change"). After the failure last year in Copenhagen, the UN-led talks were falling apart, with some beginning to suggests that the issue be handled outside the UN, either by bottom-up approaches or in more elite groups like the G-20. The Cancún Agreements are significantly less ambitious than what many observers had hoped for, but at least they avoided collapse. The failure in Copenhagen and Cancún to agree on binding emissions-reduction targets marks a significant scaling back from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the first and only international agreement to set legally binding targets.
In lieu of binding targets, the Cancún Agreements address technical issues like transfers of green technology to developing countries and a reiteration of the domestic reduction plans initiated in previous talks. The documents postpone, until next year’s conference in Durban, South Africa, the contentious issue of whether to extend Kyoto, which expires in 2012. Instead they call for establishing a $100 billion fund to help developing countries adapt to climate change. But that fund will be managed by the World Bank, which has a dismal record on environmental protection. And it is still not clear where the money will come from.
"It is not what is ultimately required, but it is the essential foundation on which to build greater, collective ambition," said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN process, formally known as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Between pleas for progress, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had to resort to a tired cliché to describe the mood: "We cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good." By producing an agreement, the Cancún delegates partially restored the credibility lost at Copenhagen.
A key question about Cancún was whether the world’s biggest emitters, the United States and China, would come any closer to a common understanding on who is responsible for the climate problem and what to do about it. The two countries together account for 30 percent of the world’s economic output and 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. The US and Chinese negotiators at Cancún were crafty and subtle. Both teams used cautious language that on the surface appeared to present similar positions. Both wanted a deal and both wanted to be seen as playing a constructive role—but each saw the other as an obstruction to progress.
When Dr. Yang Fuqiang, director of Global Climate Solutions for WWF International, arrived in Cancún, his hopes were dim that the United States and China would reach a meaningful agreement on reductions. With more than thirty years of experience working on energy and environmental issues in China, Yang has attended the three most recent of the UN’s sixteen rounds of climate negotiations. China, he said, would only accept an agreement that allowed exemptions for developing countries—the concept known as "common but differentiated responsibilities," which is the bedrock of the Kyoto Protocol. In this claim, China is aligned with Article 3.1 of the UNFCCC charter, which states, "The developed country Parties should take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof."
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Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef, Utah: View Of The Castle
Poster Size: 22 x 28 inches
Located in south-central Utah, Capitol Reef National Park is in
the heart of red rock country. Colorful canyons, buttes and monoliths
abound in every direction,. A long upthrust called the Water Pocket Fold
or warp in the Earth's crust is at the core of the many fascinating
formations. A long history of human habitation by native Americans
and early settlers has been well preserved and shared by our National Park stewards.
Order Capitol Reef National Park: Castle Poster
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Choice – but only the kind we want you to have….
To apply for a school place, parents must use the OneApp system. Before that system was introduced, parents had to send in individual applications to all the schools they were interested in, and then hope. The OneApp system was brought in to make things easier and prevent any “funny business” taking place regarding who got what place.
Sadly, it’s not all gone to plan.
Parents interviewed by the Nola Defender, were not happy at all: “Yesterday, I got there at 7am and by 10, they told me to go home because there was already 300 people inside and they couldn’t take anymore,” she said. “Today, I got here at 8 and it took me about 4 hours to get this done.”
And it’s not exactly improved choice, despite reformers’ constant battle cry that charter…
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With the $56 million Golden Parachute for Heinz CEO, and similar packages for the executives of companies like GE, Exxon, Mobil Corp., AT&T and Home Depot, Inc., being in the news recently, a lot of focus has been on these packages usually reserved for the highest paid in a corporation. But what exactly is a Golden Parachute?
A severance provision in an employment agreement, or a separate severance contract provides for specified compensation in the event the executive is involuntarily terminated (other than for “cause”). It can be a golden parachute or a non-golden parachute contract as described below:
A Golden Parachute provides a generous severance package to top executives in the event of a change in control transaction; merger, acquisition, etc. It can have a single trigger, allowing the executive to receive the severance package when the change in control occurs, even if the executive retains his/her position; or a double trigger where the severance is payable upon change of control and loss of employment.
A typical Golden Parachute payment may include a value of one year’s base salary, an award equal to a previous incentive compensation, and/or an amount equal to the number of vested and un-vested shares in a long-term stock option award multiplied by the “spread” calculated by subtracting the stock price under the terms of merger from the option exercise price.
Golden Parachutes are regulated by Code Section 280g, and have complicated requirements, so you should consult an attorney prior to negotiating.
Since Golden Parachutes have become controversial and as evidenced by the recent SEC regulations regarding say-on-pay and the shareholder vote required on Golden Parachutes, their use will likely decline. However, they do still have some advantages such as helping to retain key executives during a restructuring and some argue they help executives remain objective when considering a merger or acquisition that could lead to their termination.
However, what if you are not the Heinz CEO, can you get in on this “walk away” package?Maybe.
Silver ParachuteGolden Parachutes are mostly reserved for the highest officers of the corporation. A Silver Parachute however is a severance agreement that persons in management positions can negotiate for. It has the similar single and double trigger options as the Golden Parachute, but with less generous benefits.
Tin ParachuteAs you can guess, the tin Parachute is the severance package for non-management positions and is typically less generous than those above.
Author: Jennifer Trowbridge, Stoecklein Law Group, LLP.
Photo Credit to http://www.suitsbysuits.com/Why_Golden_Parachutes
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Based from the sport of kings, Microgaming has created another slot machine which is devoted to affluence and wealth. This is a classic game that has 3 reel and 1 line fruit video machine. With its uniqueness, the game became popular and known as the Who Wants to Be a Stallionaire poker.
The Who Wants to Be a Stallionaire is a great pokie machine from Microgaming with plenty of bonuses randomly activated throughout the game. You’ll just be surprised when your machine lights up and a winning sound volumes up. It only means that you hit one of the bonus features of the game.
The features included are scatters, wilds, nudges, and horse shoes. If thee horse shoes are combined and aligned, the bonus feature is automatically activated. The bonus game has 24 game squares that comprises of cool bonuses. Win up to 500x per line bet by adjusting your wager to the bank roll. This only happens if you select from the assortment of default coin values.
This slot machine gains overflowing positive feedbacks from users. Aside from the winnings, people adore the graphics and game interface. The machine is so simple that you can already play it even in a first glance. The sound effects also create impact to players. It boosts player’s emotion that keeps him playing all throughout the day. It also intensifies the user’s eagerness to win big and hit the jackpot.
This poker machine has basic betting techniques that even neophytes can demonstrate. By simply searching the internet, you can easily start playing.
Register with this video game machine and read more information from playonlinepokies.com.au. Make your first deposit and you’re good to go. With these simple steps, win big prizes and grab the extra features, which help you to win the maximum price up to 500.
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ChrisBanescu.com | Chris Banescu | August 28, 2007
During the glory days of the Dot Com Bubble I worked as Director of Web Development at Homestore.com (now Move.com). Homestore ran Realtor.com, the largest real estate site on the web. Homestore’s management team was unable to capitalize on the unique position and strategic advantages the company had in the marketplace and squandered the resources and talent they were entrusted with.
The way executives reacted to the looming financial crisis of their own making is an illustrative case study in how not to conduct layoffs and how not to manage a company’s most important assets – its employees.
When it comes to difficult management decisions, improperly planned and implemented layoffs represent one of the most disruptive and destructive decisions made by executives. Many, if not most, of the layoff horror stories we’ve all heard about confirm that few managers understand the impact and consequences their decisions have on the reputation and goodwill of the business; the long-term value and strategic effectiveness of the company; and the morale, trust, and productivity of the remaining employees.
Facing significant losses and with no effective leadership and strategic management solutions from executives, Homestore decided to cut costs with wave after wave of layoffs. (I was laid off in October, 2001).
Here’s how Homestore did it:
- Do not disclose anything to your employees in advance and do not communicate your intentions or reasons for doing anything.
- Reassure employees that their jobs will be secure, that the company is doing ok, and that layoff rumors are false.
- In order to manipulate and intimidate employees and managers that are hoping for advancement or a better raise, leak rumors about the layoffs and threaten them privately with the statement: “be lucky you still have a job!”
- Keep the entire organization guessing until the very last moment; usually the morning of the layoffs.
- Lay people off in multiple waves to avoid problems with employees figuring out what is really going on. This insures that employees remain in a constant state of uncertainty and further degrades innovation, productivity, and morale.
- On the day of the layoffs, start calling each employee one by one into the vice president’s office, make them sign a waiver, and withhold their last paycheck until they release the company of all liability.
- Escort employees back to their office or cubicle and give them until the end of the day to clear out everything and say their goodbyes. If they’re an especially talented or appreciated employee, have security watch over the process to insure the employee does not suddenly turn into a criminal after years of loyal service and starts destroying key information and steal company property.
- The day after the layoffs are completed, have the CEO send out a condescending email to the entire company telling everyone how terrible, but necessary, the whole process was and how the remaining employees need to sacrifice for the success of the company. In the same email remind everyone that bonuses this year will be halved, and raises will be kept to 2%.
- Finally, issue a severe warning to all remaining employees that absolute loyalty is mandatory and no one is allowed to look for another job on company time. Further threaten employees who discuss the layoffs with the loss of their job.
None of the layoffs improved Homestore’s bottom line. The company lost some its most critical and talented people. The process created absolute chaos, confusion, and mistrust throughout the entire organization.
In the years immediately following Homestore’s collapse, the SEC indicted and prosecuted many Homestore executives for fraud and corruption. It turns out that while the employees were being threatened and mistreated and the company was driven into the ground, management was lying to investors and arranging fraudulent transactions, while they continued cashing in tens of millions of dollars in stock options.
Homestore represents an extreme, but unfortunately not unique, example of Dot Com abuses and greed that we saw with Enron, WorldCom, and other corporations. The company had great promise and wonderful opportunities. But when management forgot that truth, integrity and ethical treatment of employees are essential elements to managing organizations, they embarked on a course that led to financial disaster and criminal prosecutions and indictments for many of the executives involved. To date 11 former executives, including the CEO, Stuart Wolff, sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, have been convicted on multiple federal criminal charges.
SEC Files Financial Fraud Case Charging Three Former Homestore Executives
Former Homestore CEO Stuart Wolff Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
SEC and US Attorney Charge Former Homestore Executives With Scheme To Inflate Advertising Revenue
Former Homestore Exec, Peter Tafeen, Receives 30-month sentence
Chris Banescu is an attorney, entrepreneur, and university professor. He is a regular contributor to OrthodoxyToday.org, manages the conservative site www.OrthodoxNet.com, writes articles, and has given talks and conducted seminars on a variety of business and management topics. He has also written book reviews for Townhall.com and articles on Acton.org.
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How People Stay Stupid & Democracies Fail
Photo From thepageantplanet.com
The concept of democracy is based on citizen responsibility because it is citizens who ostensibly choose their own leadership and by so doing the road they are choosing for their collective future. Yet real democracy is as scarce as a hen’s tooth.
For the most part these pseudo democracies devolve into de facto oligarchies, which run candidates of supposedly different parties to prosecute their agenda, not those of the people. There always have been amongst us and always will be, people who are well liked and will try and leverage their electibility into attaining personal fortunes. And of course in almost all countries people with wealth can leverage it into influence and power with elected politicians.
All of this power comes at the expense of ordinary citizens. In a democracy all are equal, except those who are more equal. But a vigilant well informed citizenry does not have to surrender its political power to to elites. Yet they invariably do.
One way this happens is that most citizens are uninterested in and dis- engaged from the political processes of their countries. Frequently people who are engaged think of those who are more interested in football games and entertainment media as being stupid. Being uninterested in something doesn’t make you stupid.
But it a structural weakness, (fault-line) in democratic systems that these people who have little to no engagement in the political processes of their times and little to no knowledge of the issues that their countries, or communities are facing have votes that count the same as those who do. Generally speaking if those who have no knowledge of, and have shown little concern for the collective issues of their time, decide to engage only on election day they only serve to distort and damage the political process. Without knowledge their votes will be cast mostly randomly, based on the personalities, and/ or looks of those presented to them, as well as how they do on sound bites, or how their favorite news broadcasters present them.
As power devolves a few Elites control the main political parties, whose leadership invariably represent them. They also control mainstream media. And that media controlled by a handful of corporations, (who may have interlocking ownerships) present a narrow range of acceptable debate between their news media ostensibly on one side and their media ostensibly on the other.
In reality both sides, (usually called “conservative” and “liberal”) are acceptable to the elites or they would never be presented in the first place. The people who make the presentations are hired by how effective they are in selling the agendas of elites. They are paid to be attractive, like-able and viewed to be trustworthy so that those who are on the receiving end of what is in the end propaganda, are likely to imbibe it and digest it.
Those who do this well are paid a LOT of money. They can bring down salaries of hundreds of thousands per year into the millions. The reason for this, is that in the US for example 6 corporations control 90% of the media and all of the major ones. These are very big corporations and they have a LOT of money available to pay people, on their very own media to represent their interests, to the pubic well.
People who have little interest in the political processes of their democracy, no real knowledge of what the candidates stand for, what the important issues of their day are and only pay attention at election time, are extremely vulnerable to this process of the dissemination of what amounts to corporate propaganda.
There is a second group of people who are arguably worse than those who spend their time watching sporting events and entertainment channels. That is people who do get involved with the issues of their time, but ONLY as they are defined by the corporate media and a political system that has long since been bought out by the same corporate interests as well.
Since at least two sides are presented of allowably debatable issues, (anything outside the acceptable box is labelled “crackpot” “extreme” “dangerous” “unrealistic” etc.) people are encouraged to have heatedly opposing views on topics that will never effect the main issues of their day, war and peace, wealth and poverty etc.
Massive political heat over well chosen issues, creates the illusion of free speech. But the crucial thing is that the allowable narratives are set by the propaganda media.
It is understood by their corporate owners that the Ken and Barbie presenters of the “news” only have so much credibility. Some among their audience, (and sometimes opinion makers for the majority with a limited interest) want to hear the propaganda from “experts”. And that is what Foundations and Institutes are for.
They are funded by the same people who own the media. And they are supposed to give the selling, (debating) points of one flavor of corporate media or another. When you hear a talking head bring in an “expert” and call him a Senior Fellow at the Brooking’s institute that guy is making $175,000 per year to disseminate the propaganda of the corporations who fund Brookings.
Other Institutes and Foundations, like Heritage, Cato, American Enterprise etc. are not as open as Brookings, as to what they pay their propagandists, but we do know what their CEOs make, (hundreds of thousands to more than a million) and we can expect their top propagandists “experts” (who will strut their stuff on TV) to be paid salaries commensurate with Brookings or they can easily go and work on the other side of the fence.
These institutes and the media together form an integrated network intended to define the narratives of our times and effectively control the thought processes of the majority of people on public issues deemed of interest by those who own/ control these handful of corporations.
When people heatedly debate these manufactured and well controlled issues, they effectively spread propaganda and they don’t even get paid for it. Then they vote for one candidate or another based on the support they give to one or another of these issues, which are either irrelevant or if they are relevant, once elected the candidate will do what his financiers tell him to do anyway, or he or she won’t get the money necessary to ever run again, monies that will indeed go to their opponents.
When you meet people from this half educated but very politically involved group, you can know them instantly because their words will be essentially a rephrasing of the propaganda they have recently heard on their favorite mainstream media. These first two groups, uninvolved, and involved in the cloning and passing on of propaganda are the conduits for the Banker Corporate state. These are the people who have effectively surrendered their sovereignty, destroyed their democracy and paved the way for the oligarchs.
There is however an especially sad third group. Those are the ones who imbibe the media propaganda and know that something is wrong. That the things that are said frequently make no sense. are not going to lead to the social good but quite the opposite help to create disasters, poverty and unnecessary wars.
What makes this group so sad is that they almost got it, But in order to really get it they need to develop their own narrative. That is what we are trying to do here on Red Pill Views.
Instead of developing their own narrative however they spend endless time debating and arguing with the latest piece of propaganda they have just read or seen from what they KNOW is a media source that is controlled by a Mega Corporation. Either they don’t put it together that what they are arguing against is propaganda or they actually debate propaganda.
Debating propaganda is at best like having an argument with a computer voice that answers your telephone telling you what buttons to push or words to say. The people who write or sell propaganda, (like Kens and Barbies) may not even believe a word of it. They are paid to do what they do and when they are good at it they are paid very well indeed.
All propaganda has an underlying narrative. When you debate propaganda you are staying on the page of that narrative, THEIR narrative, THEIR page, not your own.
People who debate or try to debunk propaganda, even if they have an out of the box view are also subtly supporting the propaganda and the narratives of the elites. In order to be free oneself, first one has to cut oneself off from propaganda altogether, like getting off of a drug. If you have to hear it or view it, look at it as propaganda. Never take it seriously, or engage with it intellectually or emotionally. If you do that you will be hooked in.
It would seem to me that a far better use of your time would be to create your own narrative of how you see the world around you. We can always learn by coordinating and/ or debating with others who have different unique and real narratives.
But there is nothing to be gained by debating with a programmed computer voice, or the local “conservative” or “liberal” TV channel or newspaper. The former is not conservative and the latter is not liberal. They both come from exactly the same source.
People who have taken the Red Pill have a view that goes beyond the propaganda programming of the elites. They have their own unique narrative. It is by developing those narratives and sharing them with others that they will learn. teach and grow.
That is what Red Pill Views is all about.
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http://www.redpillviews.com/people-stay-stupid-democracies-fail/
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Today, I gave grand-rounds at William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak. I gave the fructose-uric acid lecture I gave in January of 2010.
Over the last 16 months, the science has continued to move forward without any hiccups. Additionally, data supporting direct renal toxicity of fructose and uric acid has matured. This latest version of the lecture adds a section on CKD including a summary of both randomized-controlled-trials examining allopurinol to reduce the progression of chronic kidney disease.
The lecture is available in the under the lecture tab.
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http://www.pbfluids.com/2011/06/fructose-hypertension-and-ckd-update.html
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N is a number- A Portarit of Paul Erdos
In an age when genius is a mere commodity, it is useful to look at a person who led a rich life without the traditional trappings of success.
A man with no home and no job, Paul Erdös was the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. Born in Hungary in 1913, Erdös wrote and co-authored over 1,500 papers and pioneered several fields in theoretical mathematics. At the age of 83 he still spent most of his time on the road, going from math meeting to math meeting, continually working on problems. He died on September 20, 1996 while attending such a meeting in Warsaw, Poland.
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https://stochasticblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/n-is-a-number-a-portrait-of-paul-erdos/
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Good evening My lovelies,
I hope all of you are doing great! I am sorry I have been irregular with my posts , have been busy lately
. But I am back, with a bang with loads of new designers, outfit posts and shopping guidance for you!
Today we have a NIFT graduate who has started a beautiful online jewelry store called “Haya by Shubhi Kansal”. With an eye for detail and always willing to experiment with her work, Shubhi started Haya as an outlet for her creative energy. Started as a high end jewelry brand, Haya has jewelry which has Indian roots embedded with western culture. She has tried to create an ageless collection of jewelry which adds a glitter to the already shining personality of the woman who carries it.
They have a wide range of hand designed and crafted products that includes neck pieces, earrings, cuffs, fashion and statement jewelry as well. They also custom design according to the preferences of their customers thereby creating beautiful masterpieces.
We interviewed the brain behind the brand and here’s what she had to say:
CNC Idea Behind Your Brand
This idea came up to explore the opportunity of being an entrepreneur and becoming a global name in customized fusion jewelry. Haya wants to serve people across the globe. Being a child I had always seen my mother, sister, aunts and all the women admiring and praising jewelry so I decided to add to their happiness by crafting jewelry which landed me to NIFT, specializing in jewelry. Through our contemporary, traditional and fusion designs we are catering people of different age, taste and culture.
CNC: How is it different from other online stores
We are different in many ways. Firstly, we have limited stock, we don’t keep year old stock, we provide our customers with fresh pieces. Secondly, ideas are original. We don’t copy and paste. We provide our customers with original and exclusive designs. Thirdly, we believe in doing something creative daily not seasonal basis so that you can buy for daily wear. Fourthly, materials which we use in crafting every piece are all tested. Fifthly, we are open to customization. We welcome our customers with their choice of designs and we craft it for them. Sixthly, affordable prices without compromising on the quality for sure. Haya has prioritized its goal with 4Cs:
- Class quality assurance of excellence
- Cost-effective reasonable pricing strategy
- Customer satisfaction, good communication with timely delivery
- Customized design, shape, color, size and other special demand
CNC: Give us some quirky advice for our readers
Jewelry is that piece of art which reflects your persona. It adds so much texture, color, taste, brightness and energy to even a boring and dull outfit. Always wear what you feel great in, what complements your skin, what you feel comfortable wearing, its your piece, you own it, be creative with it.
CNC: How does being a female entrepreneur feel? What is the biggest advantage or disadvantage you faced?
It feels great. Being a female entrepreneur, I can make out what a girl likes. Every girl wants to add some exclusive item in her jewelry box, so we help her do so. Advantage of being a female entrepreneur is that I can understand their choice more and can connect with them more, helping them seek their piece better.
I simply love her collection. It’s fun, gorgeous and easy to wear!
Check out her page here: Haya By Shubhi Kansal
Hope you like it,
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http://www.chaiandcheese.com/online-shopping-haya-by-shubhi-kansal/
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Let’s kick off new year with programme of healthy habits to beat winter blues and get ready for a spring step. Hard to believe it but spring is in 3 months. It is time to start now.
My first campaign it dedicated to our skin, our largest organ, most visible. We all know that cold weather and layers of clothing make our skin dry and sensitive. Bad food choices may result in breakouts and dull looking skin. Here is mini-program to improve skin appearance and also boost general health.
Dry brushing, best daily, if time allowed. Use long sweeping movements up your body. It works like mini peeling, removes dead skin. Pay special attention to legs to improve circulation and cellulite prone areas.
Next step is shower and if you have spare minute, why not do a quick lymph massage with cold water. Use strong pressure of water on your legs and go all the way up. It is also good for tired and heavy legs as blood vessels shrink when treated with cold.
After shower, when skin is still damp, massage it with any carrier oil plus essential oils. Any citrus ones are good, also juniper, basil or thyme. Leave it to sink it, then pat it dry.
As Valerie Ann Worwood writes in her book Vademecum of essential oils and aromatherapy, cellulite is always a result of toxic substances in our life and diet, which means we need to address what we eat. Try to reduce amount of diary, processed fat and sugar. Stick to natural occurring sugars in fruits and healthy rich in omega
fats. Drink lots of water and herbal teas. Eat wholesome food, lots of veg. Limit wheat based food like bread and pasta. Raw cabbage salad is very helpful to remove toxins from our body.
Here is simple recipe to keep you veg intake up in winter months, when we reduce raw food as cooling down.
Shredded half of the green cabbage, black pepper.
Lemon juice, parsley
Grated carrot, apple, flax seed oil
And last but not least, exercise daily, best in the morning, but depending on your day. Set the timer for 15 minutes to start and try to stick to it. Yoga works best for me at the moment. I start with couple of energising sun salutations followed by powerful warrior poses. Then down on the mat, few cat stretches, boat, maybe some twists. Finish with chair pose and balancing tree. I should stay creative and do different asanas every so often. Yoga is not only beneficial on the exercise level. Deep and regular breathing bring sense of relaxation. Yoga is also practice of mindfulness, here and now. Being aware of your body and being in the moment.
Be versatile. Feel motivated and inspired. Create your daily beauty rituals to rejuvenate and feel great.
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https://beautywhizz.wordpress.com/2015/01/08/healthy-start-to-2015/
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I’ll admit, I do a lot of things in any given day. But, I’ll be the first to confess I can’t do everything. Well, let’s modify that a bit. I can do anything I put my mind to but I choose not to do everything.
Here’s an example of something I have chosen not to do much of anymore. Every so often I get a call from an old friend to touch base and many times the first question out of her mouth is, “What are you making for supper tonight?” or “Do you have any good recipes for ________ (fill in the blank).” My answers are always “Nothing” and “No.” After having raised four children and cooking meals every night for more years than I can recall, when the last one went off to college I pretty much hung up the ol’ apron.
Can I cook? Absolutely! I’m pretty good at it actually. I do enjoy baking once in a while but have found fresh baked goods aren’t a great thing to have around when there are only two people living in the house. I could easily put away a dozen homemade cookies in a day if I put my mind to it. They call my name from the kitchen with their fresh, sweet goodness. But as far as the day-in and day-out cooking goes, I’ve lost any interest in it. I still cut out recipes here and there but they generally go into the recipe box, never to see the light of day again.
When the kids come into town, I dutifully go shopping and line up a couple of menus but other than that, you’d be hard pressed to find me hanging out in my kitchen. Knowing this, my friend wonders what exactly we eat every day or do we do take out every night. We seldom do take out, maybe a pizza once a month or so, and because my husband eats out a lot for work, he’s not inclined to get back into the car once he gets home at night and drive 15 minutes to hit up one of the many restaurant chains on the other side of town.
So, what do we eat? We keep it pretty simple actually. Lots of salads, steamed veggies, eggs every so often, sandwiches, pretty much things that don’t require more than 10-15 minutes to go from the fridge to the kitchen island. I’ll never forget watching Johnny Carson when he mentioned on his show one night that there are two kinds of people — those people that live to eat and those people who eat to live. Like Johnny, I would definitely say we fit into the latter category.
When we travel it’s fun to indulge in gourmet meals and spice things up a bit. But in my daily life, I’m grazing during the day and eating quick and easy things at night, lovingly whipped together by my better half. We’ve got the deal going now that he takes charge of meal prep and I take charge of cleaning. That totally works for me.
Speaking of cleaning, I do actually enjoy cleaning, there’s nothing more enjoyable than living in a clean and orderly house, but I’ve turned those chores over to someone else too. I’ve got one of the world’s nicest moms — she not only cleans my house every other week but does my ironing, my mending and takes care of my plants both inside and outside. Again, I have the ability to do those things and like doing them in general, but at this point in my life I’d much rather be working on my business than working on my house.
Even the things I really love to do, like reading for pleasure, are on the back burner for a while. It’s all good though, I’m living the life I designed. Who could ask for more?
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https://aworldsuchasheavenintended.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/somethings-got-to-give/
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https://www.sidekick.pro/dwkb/troubleshooting-plugin-issues/
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A very lesbian Christmas...
When I was a child this used to hang on our wall during the Christmas season. I grew up thinking that it was 2 women around a child, then I realized when I was around 18 that it is probably supposed to be Mary, Joseph and Jesus. It was only several years later When my Mom was going through her old Christmas, things and giving them away, I asked if I could have the women with baby Jesus. You see, because I've always seen them as women around Jesus it only makes sense that I eventually started to think they were lesbian women and now that is why I like it.
After all, it doesn't fit any of my sense of style or decor. It is a bit too midwestern crafty for my particular taste but theologically is is beautiful... it makes sense to me that the incarnation if it happened today might emerge from a lesbian couple. Jesus' whole ministry is about uplifting the poor, being available to those who are marginalized, and calling out the kingdom of God to those in power to uplift the powerless. Somehow the fact that it doesn't fit my interior design style is all the more appropriate, even with a theology of liberation there is still something here that is uncomfortable- now that is the Gospel!
Honestly, I love this lesbian couple who is caring for baby Jesus. I love that they that they are my image of the incarnation. They remind me to shed the romance of the birth narrative and honor the vulnerability in society, the lack of legal marital status, the challenge of whom to share their honest selves with this This is part of what the incarnation is. This is part of what I love about Christmas.
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http://seanandrachel2008.blogspot.com/2010/12/very-lesbian-christmas.html
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Leading women as antagonists in thriller/horror movies is a quite recent phenomena in the film industry excepting only a handful of films from the past. While there are a few examples from the previous century, it is quite common that in those still the foul actions of the antagonizing women needed a male catalyst (such as in Jack Tournier’s Cat People (1942)), a religious motivation (Friedkin’s Exorcist (1973)) or the actions were decidedly gender-specific (such as in Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct (1992)) or the femme fatales were human females outwardly only (such as in Donaldson’s Species (1995)). Perhaps the first ever female stalker was Jessica Walter playing poor Evelyn in Eastwood’s Play Misty for Me (1971) which precursors Lyne’s Fatal Attraction (1987) by a hefty 15 years or so and perhaps the first female villain in traditional slasher fare was Paula E.Sheppard in Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) but again a male catalyst in all of them was needed to spark the on-screen violence.
But try and list films in which the villainous female antagonist is decidedly monstrous from the get-go in it’s own right and you don’t get a very long list. Reiner’s Misery (1990) springs to mind easily as well as De Palma’s Sisters (1972) and Argento’s Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) in which the lovely Mimsy Farmer plays a mentally unstable murderous stalker Nina Tobias. You do get the occasional female killers in Italian giallo-films such as Avati’s The House with Laughing Windows (1976) in which a sadomasochistic release is enough to spark a killing and Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) with another unstable mind in action and of course Argento’s Deep Red (1975) and many others as well but like in most gialli the female killer roles in these are not portrayed as the leading lady roles. Betsy Palmer as Pamela Voorhees in Cunningham’s Friday the 13th (1980) is not exactly a leading lady role either and neither is Clare Higgins as Julia in Barker’s Hellraiser (1987). If you include the more obscure slashers from the crazed years of 1980’s, perhaps McCullough Sr’s Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1986) fits the bill. With some teeth grinding you could announce Tura Satana as Varla in Meyer’s black comedy Faster Pussycat … Kill Kill (1965) as such. In any case … you really have to rub your temples to compose a decent list.
A distinct change then happened around the turn of the millennium and monstrous female villains in thriller/horror movies since then have become not only common but almost crowded. One of the key reasons appears to be that there has been a shift in movie audiences and in film industry. Young females have carved out a clear presence in the audiences and fan bases but also the industry has been blessed in attracting female directors and producers in troves. While it’s tricky to name a dozen monstrous female villains from the entire 20th century, it’s trivial to name more from the first 15 years of the 21st century alone!
This time I’ve illustrated America Olivo from Robert A.Masciantonio’s movie Neighbor (2009) in which America played the role of The Girl. A prime example of a monstrous female villain. This gory modern slasher never gives any reason for The Girl’s heinous acts of murder and torture – something that was pretty much reserved to male counterparts only during the previous century. Neither is she showing any remorse or regret for those acts and in fact revels in her victim’s agony and mocks them without empathy. She isn’t discriminating either and kills males and females with equal vigor. It’s left for the viewer then to judge if this movie has a feminist angle buried in it’s context but certainly the film shows without a shadow of a doubt that in this century it’s just fine to have a murderous female villain reveling in killing and bloodshed just as it was common place for males during the previous one.
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https://uninvisitedisle.com/2017/03/02/movie-illustrations-america-olivo/
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Please complete this form and know that you are held in love, light, health, prosperity, beauty, joy and the peace that passes all understanding. AUM AMEN SHALOM NAMASTE
Leena offers inspiration, insight, timeless tools and conscious action to facilitate health, well-being, peace, happiness and a world where everyone has an opportunity to thrive. As we transform from the inside, our bodies minds and lifestyles change. Old habits dissolve and the joy of thriving emerges. And our families, careers and communities change, too. We have the potential, and mandate, to coalesce in a new interdependent society; boldly facing a crisis of sustainability, and holding powerful intention, faith, strength, balance and creative solutions to live together in peace and joy.
Namaste--Leena St. Michael
“If we give a seed only water, only light or only nutrients, it may grow but not very well. Give it the right combination on a regular basis and something wonderful happens: Alchemy. The plant thrives. It's happy. It bears delicious fruit and beautiful flowers. It prospers and lives its potential. Classical Ashtanga and Hatha Yoga integrate breath-work (pranayama), inspiration, intention, and meditation along with the traditional “yoga” physical exercises or postures (asanas). Something wonderful happens; exponential benefits. Lives reveal their natural best: Yoga.”
–Leena St. Michael
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http://dailynamaste.com/prayer-request/
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Is the New UN Global Warming Report Too Conservative?
by Brett Clark and John Bellamy Foster
Not surprisingly, this new report, which was the product of hundreds of scientists (150 lead authors with 450 contributing authors) and had to be unanimously approved by 154 governments, including the United States and other major oil-producing countries, is shrouded in controversy. However, rather than arising from global warming naysayers, the principal challenge to the report this time comes from leading climatologists themselves, who view this new IPCC report as too conservative, underestimating the risks of global climate change.
Commenting on the IPCC's record with climate change projections, James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and widely considered to be the world's foremost climatologist, explained that the "IPCC has not overstated or overestimated those changes. The changes of carbon dioxide have been very accurate. Temperatures actually increased somewhat faster than projections. And sea level has increased notably faster than the prior estimates by IPCC" ("Gorilla of Sea Level Rise," Living on Earth, February 2, 2007). Yet, if the IPCC has in no way erred by overestimating the dangers, the same cannot be said with respect to underestimating them. Hansen and other leading climatologists insist that the new IPCC report fails to provide projections of sea level rise that are consistent with rising global temperature.
As the ocean warms due to increasing global temperature, it also expands, causing the sea level to rise. Melting glaciers and ice sheets are also increasing the volume of water. Destabilization of the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica would result in big increases -- to be measured in feet rather than inches -- in sea level. Nonetheless, the new IPCC report estimates an increase in sea level of only 18 to 59 centimeters (0.6-1.9 feet) this century -- an estimate even lower than in its 2001 report. Some experts have voiced strong dissent regarding these calculations (see "Experts Slam Upcoming Global Warming Report," CNN.com). Hansen points out that the IPCC center point of 3°C (5.4°F) increase in global average temperature is "inconsistent with the numbers that they gave for sea level," because they do not take into account the contribution of melting ice sheets ("Gorilla of Sea Level Rise").
In an article in Science (January 19, 2007), Stefan Rahmstorf "connects global sea-level rise to global mean surface temperature." In establishing this relationship, Rahmstorf projects a "sea-level rise in 2100 of 0.5 to 1.4 meters [1.6-4.6 feet] above the 1990 level." Hansen and his colleagues at the Goddard Institute observed in an article entitled "Global Temperature Change" published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on September 26, 2006, that the temperature of the earth is now at the Holocene maximum and within approximately 1°C (1.8°F) of the maximum temperature of the last million years when the sea level was maybe as much as 5 meters (16 feet) higher than today. At a time when the earth's temperature was 2-3°C (3.6-5.4°F) warmer than today in the Middle Pliocene three million years ago, the sea level was 25-35 meters (80 feet or more) higher. As Hansen notes, based on this and other research:
We do have a lot of information available to us both from paleoclimate; the history of the earth and how ice sheets responded in the past and also the new data from satellites, and on surface measurements on the ice sheets which shows that there are processes beginning to happen there, exactly the processes that we're afraid will accelerate. The last time a large ice sheet melted sea level went up at a rate of five meters per century. That's one meter every 20 years. And that is a kind of sea level rise, a rate which the simple ice sheet models available now just cannot produce because they don't have the physics in them to give you the rapid collapse that happens in a very nonlinear system ("Gorilla of Sea Level Rise").
Larsen BIn "A Worrying Trend of Less Ice, Higher Seas," published in the March 24, 2006, issue of Science, Richard A. Kerr, explained that the melting of the ice sheets and glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica has accelerated in the last ten years. Ice shelves are moving rapidly toward the sea and melting. For example, when the 1,255-square-mile Larsen B ice shelf broke off of Antarctica in 2002, it only took 35 days for it to disappear.
In part, the critique offered by Hansen and other leading climatologists of the new IPCC report stems from the urgency of the matter at hand. "We have," Hansen says, "at most ten years -- not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions" -- if we are to prevent such disastrous outcomes from becoming inevitable ("The Threat to the Planet," New York Review of Books, July 13, 2006). One crucial decade, in other words, separates us from irreversible, nonlinear processes that could set in motion the conditions for an entirely new geological age leading to the extinction of a majority of species on the earth and threatening human civilization. http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/cf170207.html
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http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/02/193635.php
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The Seven Five
- 1h 42min
- Directed by: Tiller Russell
- Cast: Michael Dowd/Kenny Eurell
- UK release: 14 August 2015
Real-life story of dirty cops who worked alongside brutal drugs gangs in New York in the 1980s.
This film is not currently showing in cinemas.
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https://film.list.co.uk/listing/492907-the-seven-five/
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Mike Edwards returned to his home after work and began preparing dinner. As the food cooked, Mike went into another room to relax and fell sound asleep. A fire broke out, activating the heat sensor in his kitchen. This immediately sent a signal to an ADT Customer Monitoring Center. Within seconds the local fire department was notified. As the firefighters sped to the house, an ADT associate called Mr. Edwards' wife at work. She said that her husband was indeed home, but that the door was likely dead bolted. Firefighters did, indeed, have to break down the door and paramedics found Mr. Edwards lying near the door, overcome by the thick smoke. They dragged his lifeless body from the burning house and promptly tried to revive him. After twice shocking him with electric paddles, they still could not detect any signs of life. Finally, after a third try, they were able to bring him back to life. Weeks later Mr. Edwards stood in his charred home with his ADT salesperson, thinking about the ADT system that had only been installed four months earlier. He thanked the representative stating, "If it weren't for you insisting that I needed fire protection that went beyond the battery-type smoke detectors, I'd be dead right now. I'll never again be without an ADT system in my home."
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on a February evening, the Customer Monitoring Center received an alarm transmission from the residence of Heather Cates. Following notification of the proper authorities, ADT's swing shift associate called the premises and inquired as to the reason for the medical alarm signal. ADT Associate: Are you OK? Ms. Cates: I'm holding on. I'm nine months pregnant with my third baby and my water just broke! Immediately, the ADT associate began to solicit additional information from Ms. Cates in order to update the medical team heading to her home, while at the same time making sure that this mother-to-be remained calm. Staying on the phone line, the ADT associate was conscientious enough to enlist the support of an outbound teammate who was able to relay crucial information until the paramedics arrived. The paramedics provided verbal confirmation that Ms. Cates was stable and ready to be transported to the hospital.
With her husband John lying prone on the floor from a fall, Mary Brown signaled the ADT Customer Monitoring Center for help. Following an expeditious notification of the appropriate medical agency, swing shift team member continued standard operating procedure and phoned the premises. A very distraught Mrs. Brown answered the phone wondering when medical assistance would arrive. The ADT monitoring associate first attempted to calm Mrs. Brown, assuring her that an ambulance was en route to their residence. The associate then went on to ask a variety of questions that would afford ADT the opportunity to provide an in-depth update and disclose pertinent information regarding the gentleman's medical history to paramedics upon their arrival. As a result of thorough probing, the associate was able to notify the medical response team of Mr. Brown's respiratory condition at the time and alert them that the 76-year-old patient had experienced prior bouts with kidney disease and strokes.
The ADT Customer Monitoring Center received a medical alarm transmission from the home of Joe Jones. Within six seconds, an ADT outbound associate took operator action on the signal, made careful note of account special instructions, and then promptly notified the proper authorities of the situation. The associate followed up with a call to Mr. Jones' residence where he spoke directly to the very concerned customer. ADT Associate: Is everything okay? Mr. Jones: No. I'm very short of breath! I don't know if I'm going to be alive or dead! After informing Mr. Jones that help was on the way, the associate then offered to stay on the line with the gentleman until the paramedics arrived. In a dual effort to both calm the customer and solicit additional information pertinent to the event at hand, ADT's associate discovered Jones' desire to be taken to a hospital and his immediate need for oxygen. Following proper procedure, the ADT call center representative then made a follow-up call to the city fire department to provide this critical additional information.
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http://aryanawireless.com/testimonials.php
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Due to an ever growing interest in technology, I dedicated my professional life to engineering and currently work for IMC Financial Markets, a trading company headquartered in Amsterdam with offices all over the world. My days are focused on digital design and verification for FPGA platforms, along with software development for various interfacing tasks. In this field, I am proud to look back at great achievements building FPGA designs for low-latency trading applications, high-accuracy satellite navigation receivers and the Large Hadron Collider.
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The Lesser Cursus and a triple bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery south east of Greenland Farm on Winterbourne Stoke Down
List Entry Summary
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Name: The Lesser Cursus and a triple bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery south east of Greenland Farm on Winterbourne Stoke Down
List entry Number: 1010901
The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Winterbourne Stoke
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first scheduled: 10-Mar-1925
Date of most recent amendment: 20-Jun-1995
Legacy System Information
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System: RSM
This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information.
List entry Description
Summary of Monument
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Reasons for Designation
A small number of areas in southern England appear to have acted as foci for
ceremonial and ritual activity during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.
Two of the best known and the earliest recognised areas are around Avebury and
Stonehenge, now jointly designated as a World Heritage Site.
The area of chalk downland which surrounds Stonehenge contains one of the
densest and most varied groups of Neolithic and Bronze Age field monuments in
Britain. Included within the area are Stonehenge itself, the Stonehenge
cursus, the Durrington Walls henge, and a variety of burial monuments, many
grouped into cemeteries.
The area has been the subject of archaeological research since the 18th
century when Stukeley recorded many of the monuments and partially excavated a
number of the burial mounds. More recently, the collection of artefacts from
the surfaces of ploughed fields has supplemented the evidence for ritual and
burial by revealing the intensity of contemporary settlement and land-use.
In view of the importance of the area, all ceremonial and sepulchral monuments
of this period which retain significant archaeological remains are identified
as nationally important.
A cursus is an elongated rectilinear earthwork, the length of which is normally greater than 250m, with its length usually more than ten times its width. The sides are usually defined by a bank and external ditch, as in this example, but occasionally by a line of closely-set pits. The two long sides run roughly parallel and may incorporate earlier monuments of other classes. Access to the interior was restricted to a small number of entranceways, usually near the ends of the long sides. Cursus monuments vary in length, from 250m at the lower end of the range up to 5.6km in the case of the Dorset Cursus. The width is normally in the range 20m-60m, and in no case greater than 130m. The greatest variations in the ground-plan occur at the terminals, which feature both round-ended and square-ended earthworks. Datable finds from cursus monuments are few. Early Neolithic pottery has been found in the primary silting of some ditches, but re-cutting or extending of the ditches at some sites suggests that the monument type was in use over a long period.
Cursus monuments have been interpreted in various ways since their initial identification. The name itself is the Latin term for race-track and this is one of the functions suggested by Stukeley in the 18th century. More recently a ritual or ceremonial role has been assigned, particularly in the light of evidence of the burning of animal carcases and the association with burial monuments of various classes. Cursus monuments are widely scattered across central and southern England. The majority lie on the flat, well-drained gravel terraces of major river valleys, but a number are known on the chalk downlands of Dorset and Wiltshire. There are several examples in northern England. About 40 are known in England.
Later in date than the Lesser Cursus is the triple bowl barrow, a funerary monument of a type dating from the Late Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age. They were constructed as earthen or rubble mounds, normally ditched, which covered single or multiple burials. Often superficially similar, although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form and a variety of burial practices. The burials, either inhumations or cremations, are sometimes accompanied by pottery vessels, tools and personal ornaments. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl barrows recorded nationally and at least 320 in the Stonehenge area.
The triple bowl barrow 10m north west of the western end of the Lesser Cursus survives well. It is a rare example of a confluent round barrow and forms an integral part of the linear round barrow cemetery south east of Greenland Farm on Winterbourne Stoke Down. Despite levelling by cultivation, the Lesser Cursus forms an important element in the range of ceremonial monuments within the Stonehenge area. Both earthworks are known from partial excavation to contain archaeological remains and environmental evidence relating to the monument and the landscape in which it was constructed.
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
The monument includes the Lesser Cursus and a triple bowl barrow forming part
of a linear round barrow cemetery, situated immediately beyond its western
end. The monument is aligned broadly east to west along the summit of a broad
flat-topped ridge on Winterbourne Stoke Down, some 400m south east of
Greenland Farm. The location is intervisible with the western end of the
Greater Cursus. The cemetery contains six round barrows in all, including four
bowl barrows and two bell barrows. The triple bowl barrow is the easternmost
member of the cemetery and, together with the Lesser Cursus, is contained
within this monument.
The Lesser Cursus is a long rectangular earthwork which is now difficult to identify on the ground. However, it is visible on aerial photographs and has been investigated by recent geophysical survey and partial excavations in 1983 which revealed two phases of construction. The first phase comprises an enclosure 200m long and 60m wide, defined by an outer ditch c.1m wide, with a possible entrance at the junction of the southern flanking ditch and the eastern terminal ditch. The enclosure was elongated eastwards in the second phase by a further 200m. The original ditch was widened to 1.5m and the new ditch dug to the same size, giving the cursus an overall length of 400m. The eastern end of the monument is not enclosed. An internal bank, 2.2m wide to 4.6m wide is visible on aerial photographs and has been confirmed by excavation. Finds recovered during the excavations included a red deer antler, pottery and worked flint.
The three mounds of the triple bowl barrow are now difficult to identify individually and have the profile of a long mound, orientated east to west, 1.3m high and c.45m long. It is 22m wide at the western end and 14m wide at the eastern end. The mound is surrounded by a ditch from which material was quarried during its construction. This has become infilled over the years but survives as a buried feature c.2.5m wide, giving the triple barrow an overall length of c.50m and a maximum width of c.27m. Partial excavation in the 19th century revealed a crouched burial and four leaf-shaped javelin heads in the western mound, a small cup in the central mound and a primary burial and beaker in the eastern mound.
All fence posts are excluded from the scheduling but the ground beneath these features is included in the scheduling.
MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract. It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features, considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Books and journals
Grinsell, LV, The Victoria History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume V, (1957), 126
Grinsell, LV, The Victoria History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume V, (1957), 202
Hoare, R C, Ancient History of Wiltshire, (1812), 169
Hoare, R C, Ancient History of Wiltshire, (1812), 165
RCHME, , Stonehenge and its Environs, (1979), 19-20
Richards, J C, The Stonehenge Environs Project, (1984), 11-12
'Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine' in Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine, , Vol. 38, (), 369
Thurnham, J, 'Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine.' in On Leaf-shaped Javelin heads of Flint, , Vol. 11, (), 42-44
Richards, J.C., W55, (1983)
National Grid Reference: SU 10511 43486
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September 9, 2011 -- Rain greeted the competitors on the first day of the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions but the quality of the competition shone through. The Grand Prix National Championship headlined the day, and the rain was at its heaviest during the class. Due to the conditions, the Prix St. Georges - which was scheduled for this afternoon - has been postponed until Friday, which will push the Intermediaire I Championship back one day.
Steffen Peters rode Ravel like it was 70 and sunny (which it probably was at their San Diego base) and between the raindrops put in the effort that the fans were expecting from the 2008 National Champions, the 2009 FEI World Cup Dressage Champions, the 2009 CHIO Aachen Champions and most recently, the Individual Bronze medalists from the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Steffen Peters rode Ravel according to the conditions.
"I rode a little more conservatively," said Peters. "I went for a clean test and it worked out great. He's such a trooper."
The 13-year-old Dutch gelding owned by Four Winds Farm and Akiko Yamazaki made his first competitive appearance in Gladstone and rose to the historical atmosphere. They scored 77.660% in a valiant, yet somewhat soggy test. The footing in the Dick and Jane Brown Arena was redone in 2010 and held up admirably in the conditions. The New Jersey area has been plagued by flooding and incredible amounts of rain between Hurricane Irene and the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.
"I really trusted the decision that they made," said Peters. "It was safe, not slippery. I think the horses felt a little stuck. But they weren't slipping at all. The main concern is safety and the decision to call it safe was very good."
Peters plans to give Ravel a well-deserved break after Festival. He has Weltino's Magic in the Intermediaire I Championship vying for a spot on the Pan American Games Team, but Ravel will have some time off and prepare for the World Dressage Masters in Florida in January. He then has his sights on the FEI World Cup Final and then the 2012 Olympic Games next summer in London.
The 2010 Grand Prix National Champion will not be able to repeat their sweep of all three Grand Prix classes in 2011, Tina Konyot and Calecto V had to settle for second in the Grand Prix, in the first round of the 13-year-old Swedish Warmblood's title defense.
"He was wonderful," said Konyot. "I had a little rider error. I should have had rubber reins. I had a very, very difficult time holding the reins. He was very, very good - there were some mistakes in the changes. But I was happy with the piaffe/passage tours and pirouettes. I was a bit more conservative in my riding."
Konyot (Palm City, FL) and Calecto V were on the fourth-placed team at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games with Peters and Ravel, it was Konyot's first team appearance. Her plans for next year include a possible bid for a FEI World Cup Final spot and then everyone's attention will be on the Olympic Games.
"Next year is an important year for all of us," said Konyot. "We need to get out there and compete against the best."
Like Peters, Shawna Harding has a horse in the mix for the Pan American Games, but first, she rode Come On III to a third-place finish on a score of 67.872% in the Grand Prix.
This is Harding's second consecutive Grand Prix National Championship at Gladstone and she is proud of how much her horse has grown up in a year.
"I'm really happy," said Harding. "We had a much better ride than last year. We had mistakes in the changes and then he tripped before the ones but then he got them, the footing did wear him down but they are doing the best they can with the circumstances."
Roffman Rises to the Occasion with Beemer in Brentina Cup
The Young Adult Brentina Cup National Championship led off the competition and riders from the age of 20-28 set the stage for a great four days of dressage. As it turned out, they had the best weather of the day.
Caroline Roffman set the mark on Beemer, they scored 65.179% for their test which gave them the lead over Heather Beachem and Windsong and Olivia Lagoy-Weltz on Rifallino.
Roffman (Wellington, FL) has been on a National Championship Tour this summer, she just returned from the Markel/USEF National Young Horse Dressage Championship, and has had to become adaptable as she has only had a few days to be reacquainted with Lars Petersen and Global Dressage Sale's 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding.
"My horse really put his best foot forward in the trot work," said Roffman, who also won the 2010 FEI Rising Star Award. "I was happy with the piaffe and passage. The canter tour got a little messy which was totally my doing. The mistakes were all mine, so I am happy with him."
Roffman is looking to break out with a win after finishing second twice in the 2011 Markel/USEF National Young Horse Dressage Championships and a third Reserve Championship in the Developing Horse Championships presented by the Dutta Corp. and Performance Sales International.
"I was in Chicago for 10 days," said Roffman. "I've ridden him about five days in two and a half weeks. It's a little hard to transition from young horses - it's a different ride, a totally different thing."
Roffman is one of the most consistent riders in her age group in the country but a National Championship at Gladstone has eluded her. She is contesting the Brentina Cup for the first time - she just turned 23.
"He's a great horse and I'm lucky to have him," said Roffman. "He's a sales horse and he's shown in the Grand Prix in open CDIs. I honestly didn't think I would get to ride him here, but he didn't sell."
Beemer has been catching the attention of the judges since he was a Young Horse - eight years ago he was the USEF 5-Year-Old National Young Horse Champion.
Beachman (Alpharetta, GA) only began riding dressage three years ago when at 19, she made an unusual switch from the hunter world. She is a working student for Karen Lipp and rode at Gladstone in 2010 in the Young Rider division. With her mount, the 15-year-old Hanoverian gelding Windsong, she is making the transition to the Grand Prix and they scored 63.897% for their efforts.
"This is mine and my horse's first year at Grand Prix," said Beachman. "'Puff'" is a match made in heaven."
Rounding out the top three is Lagoy-Weltz on Rifallino. This pair has trained together up to the Grand Prix, and the 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood has been learning Grand Prix for less than year. At 27, Lagoy-Weltz (Versailles, KY) is in her last year of eligibility for this Championship.
"I feel lucky to be able to do it this year," said Lagoy-Weltz. "It's an excellent way for young riders to transition - I didn't do Young Riders so this is my first time doing something like this... It is a really good program. My horse learned all the Grand Prix in one year, so we're still learning and this is a group of people in basically the same situation."
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It is becoming less and less socially acceptable to bully people nowadays. Picking on people because of their physical appearance, opinions or intelligence is frowned upon.
But there are some people who remain fair game – smokers. Which is why, anywhere you see a smoker, you will find a bully lurking not far away.
Like a lot of bullying, it starts with segregation. Smokers were long ago forced into ever more isolated areas of our bars and restaurants. Then they were forced outside, and it has now reached the point where even standing in the cold and rain is not permissible if it's near children, on a beach or whatever new place the bullies have nominated as being out of bounds. Even when they go home, some are not allowed to smoke in their own apartments if a bully neighbour disapproves.
Lighting up is also forbidden at train and bus stops, with more than 5,000 bailed up and asked to hand over $300 to the NSW fun police over the last couple of years.
As I pointed out in the Senate recently, perhaps smokers are used to this kind of theft, because they already pay an exorbitant amount of tax for their sins; something like 17 times the health and other costs that they impose on the public. They have the second most expensive cigarettes in the world with the government collecting some $8 billion in taxes from them every year, a huge impost on many lower income people who want to enjoy a simple pleasure.
It is at this point that I should say what must be said: smoking is bad for you and I don't recommend it. I don't smoke myself. Similarly, passive smoking is not recommended, although there are valid questions about whether it's as bad as the bullies paint it.
But we all face risks from just about everything around us, every day. And there is little or no risk from somebody smoking at a bus-stop. In fact, if this were a risk worth worrying about, we would not be standing at bus stops at all because, as the World Health Organisation has noted, diesel fumes from trucks and buses are one of the worst sources of air pollution in cities.
Since making my speech where I thanked smokers for their contribution to our taxation revenue, I have received some rather unhinged feedback from members of the public, much of it threatening, by people who feel they have a licence to go outside the normal bounds of civilised debate.
What this demonstrates is that the worst kinds of bullies are those empowered by the state, because the bullied then have no place to go for protection.
I am proud to give smokers a voice in parliament, to support their right to choose whether to smoke, to be the sole politician willing to meet with and receive donations from tobacco companies, and I will not be shutting up about it any time soon. Bullies or not.
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The Plays and Poems... with the Corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators: comprehending a Life of the Poet and an enlarged History of the Stage, by the late Edmund Malone. With a new glossarial Index.
London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington [etc.], 1821 21 vols., 8vo, early mottled calf, skillfully rebacked in tan calf with red and black labels lettered in gilt. A very good set. Only printing of the so-called Boswells Malone, upon which Colin Franklin comments in Shakespeare Domesticated pp. 130-32. This variorum edition not only forms a fine summary of the cumulative scholarship on Shakespeare during the 18th century but has time and again been called the foundation of modern Shakespearean scholarship. James Boswell, the son of Johnsons biographer, had a hard task in ordering Malones papers - "I may add", he states in his 50 page introduction, "that it is not everyone who could have deciphered his notes." Along with all of Malones material this set contains three full volumes of scholarly works including the prefaces of all of the major editions of the previous century, more then one life of Shakespeare, Boswells life of Malone, histories of the stage, Shakespeares will, Coat of Arms and other relative documents to the Bards life and extensive notes on and from the modern editions. In addition to all of this material is the extensive and very useful Glossarial Index and an Addenda. No less then 35 publishers joined forces to produce these volumes and it is alone among the variorum editions to include a volume of Poems. Its influence was such that many years later the Sette of Odd Volumes, a renowned bibliophile dining club, limited its membership to 21 stating this in its list of rules; "The Sette of Odd Volumes to consist of twenty one, this being the number of volumes of the variorum Shakespeare of 1821". (Buddenbrooks).
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I am the mother of seven children. I love having a large family and cannot imagine my life any other way. I have been asked a lot of silly questions over the years. Here are 10 of the most frequent ones:
1. Are they all yours?
Yes. Yes they are. I gave birth to six and adopted one of them. I claim them all. Once in a while a neighbor kid gets mixed in, though, and I get a little confused when I count heads.
2. Do they all have the same father?
Believe it or not, complete strangers have asked me this question. It never fails to amaze me. I have been happily married for 30 years and our oldest son is 26.
3. Are you Catholic?
No. I am not Catholic. I’m pretty sure all religious groups allow married couples to reproduce.
4. Were they all planned?
I’d really love to talk to you about the origin of each one of my children’s lives, but that would be kind of weird. And, the kids are standing right here listening.
5. You must homeschool, right?
Ummmm. No. We don’t. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
6. How do you feed them all?
Well, my husband works and brings home a paycheck, and then I go to the grocery store. But we only have six plates so they have to take turns.
7. Are you done?
Well of course I am done. Who in their right mind would have eight kids? That is just a ridiculous number of children. I cannot imagine how we would be able to feed them all.
8. How can you afford seven children?
We can’t. We will still be paying student loans off when we are in the nursing home. Got any spare change?
9. How do you keep them all straight?
Give me a break. There aren’t a hundred of them. Only seven. I know their names and their ages. I even know a few other things about each of them too.
10. Do they fight?
They do occasionally fight. They are siblings.
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As more and more people begin to lead healthier lifestyles and, in particular, choose to ride their bike into work, items of clothing such as the Lunis Appollo Pants are becoming increasingly desired. Melding performance with style, the Lunis Appollo Pants boast a ton of technical features in a well-tailored design.
Built for everyday adventure, the Lunis Appollo Pants is made out of a field-tested blend of nylon, polyester and elastane, materials that would be found in clothing designs fit for the great outdoors. Yet their look screams city chic. Lunis founder and designer Brett Clouse says, "My friends and I love adventure travel and my goal was to create a single pair of pants for the journey. Simplifying is key to travel and my life in general."
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The Salt Lake Symphonic Winds offers sincere thanks to the following government and private bureaus for their support. Please visit their websites (click respective logos) and provide your support to those who have supported us.
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Thanks for voting! Reply Realist March 31, 2014 at 5:22 pm Let me guess.............. It's supposed to be best [free] firewall, but they pester one with upgrade popups etc., so it's little loss. The thing is, our... check my blog
DELETED Pokki despite the warning pop up. So: check the Maximum Frequency in the Resource Monitor, like SteveW explained. But instead of using up 5,204 K it’s using 2500 K, which now increased to 2700 K and then 2780 K! Craig Chamberlin 1.705.997 προβολές 10:00 Fix svchost.exe using high memory on windows 7,8 and 10 - Διάρκεια: 3:03. weblink
This is not to say you can’t experience performance issues when the System Idle Process is showing high “load,” but the issue lies elsewhere. Your problem could be your anti-virus. what is the fix? Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Matt Smith 912 articles Matthew Smith is a freelance writer living in Portland Oregon.
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Reply pmshah February 27, 2014 at 2:22 pm "Finally, there’s a possibly that the service could be a worm or virus" Believe me the "correct grammar" is badly required on this High Cpu Usage Windows 10 To load both of your processors at 100% means you are CPU bound, hard to imagine with any recent processor for an extended period of time? Since you are on W7, go HERE and pick up the first gadget, it will show the CPU's percentage all the time. solved 100% cpu usage, will upgrading too i7 help?
Reply akash March 24, 2015 at 5:28 pm julia i brought a solution fr u , if any 1 have this same problem , just check u r laptop fan is http://superuser.com/questions/427276/windows-7-running-slowly-with-low-cpu-usage-and-memory Since Windows 10, you can’t delay or pause Windows Update easily. Cpu Usage 100 Windows 7 mastershand said: PLEASE TRY THIS IF OTHER METHOD FAILED. Cpu Usage 100 Percent Windows 7 Julio Delgado 1.569.256 προβολές 3:57 Cleaning an Infected Windows PC - Διάρκεια: 1:14:08.
After shutting down the laptop remove the battery and charger plug .Then press start button just like for switching on the laptop and hold the button for 10-15 seconds. click site If I shutdown and then reboot the system will be ok for a little while but then the 100% CPU cranks back up as soon as I open a browser window. A system that’s infected may run processes in the background, or may attempt to spread itself by sending malware to others via your email, your network, or other sources. Reports: · Posted 6 years ago Top LukeTurnbull Posts: 83 This post has been reported. Cpu Usage 100 Percent Windows 7 Fix
Crossreferencing verbatim unique stamp per SSH login How do I select an extra row for each row in the result set in SQL? it worked on my xp sp3. If it’s not, something else is consuming processor cycles without your knowledge." Which, if I am understanding it correctly, is exactly what you are saying. http://howtobackup.net/cpu-usage/slow-pc-no-cpu-usage.php Nikhil.
It can be brought back to normal state by just shutting down(not hibernate) your laptop for an hour or more and then restarting it again. Svchost 100 Cpu Reply dragonmouth March 4, 2014 at 6:29 pm In the past few months, Google probably released a "new and improved" version of Chrome. Normally, you can avoid this situation by staying away from demanding apps.
Shouldn't give you any performance hits though? issuesWin media,host server Seti services Etc it is constant please let me no whati need to do i have Win 7 home add. 64 bit int exp.10 contact [no email] 13 Thanks for the help! –guywhoneedsahand May 23 '12 at 18:59 Before May 13th. Windows 7 100 Cpu Usage For No Reason Then svchost.exe used 90% of the CPU.
Reply Manju April 26, 2016 at 7:29 am If i reinstall the Operating System it will help to fixing the issue? I am a writer and usually keep many more open and CPU rarely = 99%. It should be better. More about the author This can be a complicated process and you may not be able to remove the virus without reinstalling Windows.
RAM (I have 8GB's) is around 35% used. If you are on Laptop take out the battery and the AC cord. Regards, Nikhil. Force-quitting a program will cause any unsaved work in the program to be lost.
When my laptop overheated, the CPU would reduce its speed (throttle back) to reduce heat output... The person almost always has an African accent, and Nigeria seems to be the home turf of most of these scams. Reply marni June 10, 2014 at 6:48 pm Do you have Comodo's firewall? Usually there will be only one that is nearly maxed out at 99-100%, though you may have a couple of different programs taking up 50% each.
If not, you may need a virus cleaning, like Malwarebytes to scan & clean. The Processes tab will appear by default, displaying not only overall CPU usage, but also the usage of each app. JAGTutorials 26.834 προβολές 6:48 How to remove a computer virus / malware - Διάρκεια: 5:27. Yes No Not Helpful 3 Helpful 9 Ask a Question 200 characters left Submit Already answered Not a question Bad question Other If this question (or a similar one) is answered
It’s not uncommon for the process to go out of control, however. Reply Pallab June 18, 2014 at 1:55 am svchost.exe is using 1,60,532KB [I found it it's aero]& rising also vsserv.exe is also using 1,58,512KB and rising [its my bitdefender] [which I well guys, i finally decided to call alienware after restoring to factory settings and the problem still being there. A typical computer will have many background processes running at once, as Windows itself requires some to run.
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Nativity Preparatory Academy provides an extensive Graduate Support Program to help students as they transition to high school and continue to build on the academic progress and life skills they’ve learned here—and that they’ll need to succeed in life.
All of our students are automatically eligible for this program, which provides:
- High school application and placement assistance
- Tutoring and mentoring support once in high school
- Student advocacy with high school guidance counselors and teachers as needed
- Gap funding for tuition, textbooks, computers, and miscellaneous fees
The goal of this program is to help all graduates of Nativity Preparatory Academy continue their development and graduate from high school—empowering them to achieve their dreams as well as become responsible and contributing members of the community.
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Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) announced on Monday that it’s Chinese subsidiary has filed for bankruptcy. ST Engineering is a Singapore-listed technology, defense, and engineering group controlled by Temasek – Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund that is owned by the Government.
The bankruptcy petition was filed to the People’s Court of Dantu District in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China by JHK – a road construction venture that is jointly owned by ST Engineering’s land systems arm ST Kinetics and Jiangsu Huatong Machinery Co. ST Kinetics owns the majority 75.3 per cent of JHK while Jiangsu Huatong Machinery Co – a China state-owned corporation – owns the rest.
This latest news follows ST Engineering’s announcement in December that JHK was being placed under members’ voluntary liquidation. ST Engineering has now revealed that JHK has filed for bankruptcy as it failed to dispose of assets despite a year of its best efforts to do so.
It told the Singapore Exchange: “The shareholders of JHK have agreed on this course of action to avoid further cash outlay by the company, as JHK was not able to dispose of its assets despite its best efforts for more than a year to secure buyers due to the weak demand for industrial properties in the Zhenjiang area.”
ST Engineering leaves JHK after it has fully written down its investments in the joint venture, with a one-off charge in the three months to Sept 30, 2016. That charge amounts to a hefty S$61 million – consisting of an impairment of ST Kinetics’ net carrying value in JHK and closure costs like staff compensation.
Despite this, ST Engineering claims it does not expect the bankruptcy petition to have material impact during the current financial year.
ST Engineering’s latest announcement on JHK filing for bankruptcy comes just two months after the firm announced in February that it has divested its 5 per cent stake in another Chinese joint venture, ST Aerospace (Guangzhou) Aviation Services Company, to Japan Airlines for a consideration of $7 million.
STA Guangzhou – an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) station established in 2014 – is a venture between ST Engineering and Guangdong Airport Authority that is located at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China.
The $7 million consideration is reportedly based on STA Guangzhou’s current performance, net asset value (NAV) and growth potential in Guangzhou’s Baiyun International Airport.
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Networking is integral in every business because it enhances coordination of various functions and improves the overall efficiency of the business but doing all these requires the use of network monitoring software. Numerous companies sell network monitoring software, and that makes it a challenge when looking for the best software as not all the companies offer the right software that meets your business needs. This article highlights the tips that you can consider when buying an appropriate network monitoring software.
It is quite usual to find many people going for the cheapest product in the market, but that is not the right option as it does not offer the highest quality. Since such companies are looking for business, they will do anything within their powers to convince to purchase their network monitoring software, and you must not fall for that lie. Insist on high-quality software which will give you value for your money in the long run, and it will not develop hitches frequently or a few hours after installation. Take your time to research to find out reputable software companies, and you can do this on the internet where you will have a chance to get information from their websites. You can find reputable companies through friends and relatives who have who might have benefited from their services.
Compatibility of the software with your business system is also a vital issue, and you must confirm that before you purchase the software because you do not want disappointment. Assess your business system and determine whether you need the software and if so, scrutinize various compatibility issues before making your mind on the network product. Network software companies have experts who can assess your business and advice you on the compatibility and usability of the software with your system. Software that is compatible with your system is the best as it makes work easy in the long run.
Go for the latest network monitoring software version and the most updated one. Unscrupulous companies will not mind selling you old version software which does not have latest features that are integral to enhancing the efficiency of your system. Be conscious of technological changes which render most items obsolete after a short time of usage and thus, you need to purchase the latest version. The latest version of network monitoring software may be a bit costly, but it is worth it.
To avoid exploitation when making payment, it is crucial that you check the various companies offering the products and services. The best one is that which provides high-quality network products and services and also gives you affordable rates. It is also advisable to have a budget for the undertaking which helps to control your spending so that you do not overpay for the software.Continue reading "Learning The "Secrets" of Systems" »
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“Smiffy says she needs more Yorkshire, Wiltshire, and Gammon ham slices on deli.”
“I’m on it, Pete.”
Barry knuckles down to the job. He’s well liked, and he never complains about the work. Going the extra mile, he remembers there weren’t too many pasties left last time he went on the shop floor, so adds a tray and heads out of the chiller.
“Hiya, Barry. How are you, love?”
“Good, thanks. You?”
“Mustn’t grumble; except to the customers, eh,” Liz laughs. “Oh you star: I’ve just sold the last Cornish.”
Barry smiles and loads the cabinet for her. He’s just standing back when he feels his mobile rumble in his pocket. They’re not allowed on the floor, so he slips out with his trolley and asks his team leader for a comfort break.
In the locker room, he checks the phone.
‘Tiger like outline – 6 full script soonest pls. D’
Barry takes his net cap off. A txt, a whoop and a leap, and the shelf-stacker is transformed into a screenwriter.
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Joe Girard sold 1,425 cars in 1973, and over 13,000 in an impressive 15-year stretch that later led to a career as a motivational speaker. Ali Reda sold 1,582 cars in 2017, besting Girard by some margin. Girard, initially, was extremely unhappy about this, but now has changed his tune a bit. He’ll accept it, he told Automotive News, once it’s all been audited and verified.
As we’ve covered here before, Girard is an insanely intense person, more intense than your average person, more intense than is probably healthy for one person to be. His intensity burns with a brightness that is almost hard to look at. Here’s an anecdote from an old Automotive News profile that I still think about maybe once a week:
He borrowed $10 from his manager to buy groceries and sold 18 cars during his second month on the job. But the owner fired him after complaints from other salesmen. Girard went to Merollis Chevrolet in suburban Detroit and set sales records year after year.
But Girard never let go of being fired. Every year he mailed a copy of his W-2 to his old boss, with a note at the bottom telling him, “You fired the wrong guy.” After his old boss died, Girard says he even took a W-2 to the cemetery and buried it atop the man’s casket.
Girard doesn’t forget! Girard never forgets. Girard’s challenge to Reda’s claim, then, isn’t all that shocking in hindsight, but threatening to get lawyers involved took it to a new, slightly unseemly level, since it was never likely that Reda made-up his claim. How do we know that? General Motors said it was true, for one thing, and if it’s one thing that automakers obsessively track, it’s the sales numbers of their cars. GM also honored Reda at a ceremony at the Detroit Auto Show. Still, Automotive News, provided some more context in an update they posted yesterday, saying that five times prior, salespeople have claimed to have beaten the record, only to be proven wrong.
“I don’t take no one’s word. I want somebody to go into the dealership and audit every sale. Make sure they are his, and not someone else’s,” Girard says.
Sure. Anyway, people from Guinness are now on the scene, Auto News says, which seems to be the verification Girard’s looking for, and he says he will “congratulate [Reda] like you wouldn’t believe,” once it’s been confirmed to his satisfaction. Which, good! Give it up already, Joe. Though if Reda’s claim turns out to be an elaborate ruse, I’m here for that post as well.
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I made these. And they were delicious. Be careful on cooking time, some came out overdone.
Courtesy Costco Connection, March 2017 and Kathie N. Lapcevic.
1/3 c Justman Honey
1/4 c soy sauce
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, optional
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 lb raw shrimp
Whisk together the honey, soy sauce, red pepper flakes and garlic. Put the shrimp in a plastic bag. Pour 3/4 of the sauce over the shrimp. Reserve the remaining sauce in the refrigerator. Marinate in the refrigerator at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
Preheat oven to 450 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Remove the shrimp from the marinate and place on the baking sheet. Brush with the reserved sauce. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until shrimp are pink and cooked through. Serve warm. Makes 4 servings.
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I had the opportunity to review the iBike Phone Booth, a bike mount for the iPhone, and iBike Coach, a cycling computer app for the iPhone.
I installed the unit on two of my road bikes. Fearful that it would get destroyed on extreme trail rides, I opted not to test it on either of my mountain bikes. First I installed it on my Raleigh road bike, and it was a challenge. While I was supplied with rubber pads to help get a good fit and prevent scratching, I found myself lacking a third or fourth hand, which would have eased the process of fitting the mounting screws into their holes to piece the unit together. Installation took me about half an hour and afterwards, I was exhausted.
I later installed the unit on my primary road bike, a Kona Jake. This time, I had it mounted in under 10 minutes, and was much less stressful.
Ergonomics and Usage
I found the unit easy to use, and it was easy to read the display through the clear plastic protective case. However the button on the case that provides access to the home button was a little stiff, and sometimes I had to press it repeatedly to get my press to register – not the kind of thing you want to be trying while biking at high speeds (so don’t do this)! The light sensor was blocked by the case, which, when Auto Brightness was enabled, resulted in the screen frequently going so dark as to make it impossible to see, so I had to remember to adjust the brightness prior to inserting the phone into the case. Inserting and removing the case was simple, and it stayed securely latched in all of my tests. I rode once in a light rain, and my iPhone stayed perfectly dry.
The Phone Booth includes adapters to allow you to use it with an iPod Touch (generations 1-4), and iPhones 3-4S.
I like the iBike software (free in the app store). The program lets you configure your bike (and rider) so as to get a more accurate reading of the amount of work you do, i.e., calories you burn, during your rides. It is very intuitive, and easy to start, stop, and then review your rides. While on a ride, the display shows you the number of calories you burn, your ride time, distance, current, average, and max speeds. The display also periodically automatically toggles to show your decent and ascent, so you can tell if you are climbing or falling and at what grade.
The software also includes iPod controls, so you can control the music you are listening to, but I opted not to use these and instead used the controls on my Bluetooth headset, as this allowed me to continue to watch the road instead of staring at the handlebars.
Once you’ve finished your ride, you get to see the final report, which includes the total distance ridden, elapsed time, ride time, max speed, average speed, and a map of your travels. On two of my test rides in Boston, the map was completely off, positioning me somewhere in eastern Florida and the ride time was way off. In all of my other uses, however, I found the reading to be pretty much in line with what I expected.
You also have the option to send your ride to Strava to store your ride there, and a gift certificate for the paid version of Strava is included with the unit. I did not try this service.
While I did like the Phone Booth, the button stiffness and brightness issue did make it a little less than perfect.
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Dealing with Putin
Watch the video registration of this programme: see below on this page.
How do you negotiate with the Russian president Vladimir Putin? In this evening we are looking for the answer. Kremlin-watcher Michel Krielaars - a former correspondent in Moscow and now head of the books-department of the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad will moderate the programme. Guests are the influential Russian journalist and activist Oksana Chelycheva, Mikhail Shishkin - one of the most important contemporary Russian novelists and Adriaan Jacobovitzs de Szeged, former diplomat for the Dutch government. To negotiate with Putin, you need not only know about negotiation techniques, but also about the power-balance in the Kremlin, and about the way Russian media function. But it is just as important to get to know the Russian soul. For this we consult Russia's rich literary heritance.
Oksana Chelycheva (Russia, 1968) is a journalist and human rights defender. Since 2003 she has been covering the situation in the North Caucasus being the editor of the Russian-Chechen Information Agency established by the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society. After the organization was banned in Russia, being one of the first victims of the anti-extremism legislation, the work has continued by moving the legal entity of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society to Finland. In 2008 Chelysheva had to stay in Finland, due to the never-ending threats. She has been contributing to Novaya Gazeta, Svobodnaya Pressa, kasparov.ru as a journalist covering a broad range of HR problems starting from the right of the people for the cultural and architectural heritage, to the situation in the armed conflict-affected North Caucasus as well as politically motivated reprisals against NGOs and activists of the movements in opposition to the Kremlin. Chelysheva is the author of the book "I have been followed in the streets" published in Finland by INTO in 2013 and a co-author of the "International Tribunal for Chechnya" legal study published in 2009 by Sputnik Oy in Finland. In 2014, at the Writers Unlimited Festival in The Hague, she was awarded the prestigious Oxfam Novib PEN Award for Freedom of Expression.
Mikhail Shishkin (Moscow, 1961) is one of the most prominent names in contemporary Russian literature. The author of four widely acclaimed novels Pismovnik (2010), Maidenhair (2005), Taking of Izmail (2000) and Larionov´s Memoirs (1994), Shishkin is admired as a refined stylist whose fiction engages Russian and European literary traditions and forges an equally expansive vision for the future of literature. Born in Moscow in 1961, Shishkin has worked as a teacher and journalist. His novels have earned him the three most prestigious Russian literary awards: the Russian Booker Prize in 2000, the National Bestseller Prize in 2005, and the Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) Prize in 2006 and 2011. His works have been translated into thirty languages.
Adriaan Jacobovits de Szeged (1935) served 34 years in the diplomatic service of the Netherlands. His positions included Secretary in the Moscow embassy, permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, director-general of political affairs of the foreign ministry at The Hague, permanent representative on the North Atlantic Council(NATO) in Brussels, and, in his final position, ambassador to the United States, from 1993-1997. Since his retirement as a diplomat, he has served on the Board of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, as a member of the Advisory Council on International Affairs to the Dutch government and parliament, and as special representative of the European Union for Moldova.
Michel Krielaars (Amsterdam, NL, 1961) studied history and Russian at the University of Amsterdam. He worked as a publisher and as Eastern Europe editor for Dutch public television current affairs programmes. From 2007 to mid-2012 he was Moscow correspondent for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. Krielaars has written three novels, a short-story collection, and various books on Russian history. Among the latter is Ooggetuigen Van De Russische Geschiedenis In Meer Dan Honderd Reportages (Eye Witnesses to Russian History in More Than One Hundred Reports), which he co-wrote with Barbara Driessen. In 2014 Het brilletje van Tsjechov (Through Chekov's Glasses) was published, a report of his travels through Russia in the footsteps of the famous author. Since June of 2012 he has headed the book-review section of NRC Handelsblad.
This evening is in English. It is organised by Writers Unlimited in co-operation with The Hague Central Library, and with support of the Municipality of The Hague. Curated by Tom Dommisse.
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Wheaton, MO (Vocus/PRWEB) March 02, 2011
When Maxwell Brimley dies, his younger brother Nathanial “Nate” is set to inherit everything. But one woman stands between Nate and what should have been rightfully his by birth—his brother’s beautiful widow, Lady Adelaide Brimley. In My Brother’s Widow, author Candy McNabb weaves a sweeping historical romance that will rivet readers from beginning to end.
Even in death, Maxwell attempts to bend his brother to his will by stipulating an outrageous condition before he can claim his inheritance. Nate must marry Lady Brimley before the end of the year or everything including Adelaide’s inheritance will be turned over to the Crown. Resentful of the circumstances he finds himself in, Nate is frustrated and his first instinct is to walk away. But he couldn’t turn his back on his birthright nor abandon his brother’s widow in one of the worst sections of London.
When Nate finally encounters the angelic vision with hair of burnished gold framing an exquisitely sculptured face with teal green eyes, it brings forth dreams he has long buried and sworn to forget and awakens desires that have lain dormant. Adelaide is surprised at her intense physical reaction at the mere sight of Nate. Though they clash on their first meeting, their tension masks a mutual attraction that both are too proud to admit. Adelaide wonders how it is possible to be attracted and yet repelled by the same person at the same time. Nate finds her to be an intriguing puzzle of beauty, intellect, vulnerability, and pride. Has Nate finally met his match and will their marriage of convenience give way to love? Readers can find out as they immerse in My Brother’s Widow.
This book will be featured at the 2011 Michigan Reading Association Book Exhibit in Grand Rapids, MI on March 12-14, 2011. For more information on this book, interested parties may log on to http://www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Candy McNabb has been an avid reader since she learned to read at age twenty-four. Shanna by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss was the first novel she had ever read, and did so with a dictionary on her lap. Since then, a novel and a good dictionary and thesaurus are a major part of her everyday life. She firmly believes words last forever and books last forever. Frequently escaping into an imaginary world as a child and becoming an avid reader, she began to think "I can do this!" She lives in Missouri a few miles north of a little town called Wheaton, with her cat, Molly.
My Brother's Widow * by Candy McNabb
Publication Date: September 13, 2010
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 294 pages; 978-1-4535-6349-6
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Swiss Steak with Dumplings
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Bake: 70 min.
- 2 pounds beef top round steak
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
- 1-1/3 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
- 5 tablespoons butter, melted, divided
- 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 2/3 cup milk
- Cut steaks into six or eight pieces. Place flour in a large resealable bag. Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. In a large skillet, brown meat in oil on both sides. Transfer to a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish.
- In the same skillet, combine the soup, water, salt and pepper; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Pour over steak. Cover and bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until meat is tender.
- For dumplings, combine bread crumbs and 2 tablespoons butter in a small bowl; set aside. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and poultry seasoning. Stir in milk and remaining butter just until moistened.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls into the crumb mixture; roll until coated. Place dumplings over steak. Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 20-30 minutes or until dumplings are lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Jan 12, 2014
This is one of our favorite comfort food recipes. We made it from the original Reminisce Magazine and then lost it for a few years. Was so happy to finally find it again online a few years ago. So tasty.
Oct 11, 2012
This recipe has been passed down in my family for 4 generations, but over the years it's been altered somewhat. I use Cream of Mushroom rather than the Cream of Chicken. I saute onion, fresh garlic and fresh mushrooms prior to browning the beef. I also add fresh parsley and/or poultry seasoning to the dumpling mix. The great thing about a recipe like this is that it can easily be altered to suit almost anyone's taste. My mother doesn't eat much red meat so she uses chicken instead of steak and adds fresh broccoli to the soup.
Apr 2, 2012
i liked the bread crumbs on the dumplings, but the rest didnt do much for me :(
Mar 15, 2012
This has become one of my all-time favorite recipes as well as standard fare to serve to company.
Mar 5, 2012
Made a few changes to this recipe and my family loved it. Like the previous rater, I cut the steak into bite sized pieces and only cooked at 350 for 45 minutes. I added some cooked green beans on top of the steak and then the soup, which I did not heat up and I used one can of cr of chicken soup and 1 can of cr of mushroom and omitted the water. Will definitely make again!
Sep 3, 2010
Have made this 4 times now, the same exact way every time. It is has become one of our family fave dishes to have and I even made it for my in-laws and got big approval there. Easy to make, no serious hard work or thought and very pleasing to the eye.
Jan 22, 2009
This is one of my favorite recipes. To make things go quicker, I cut the steak into bite size pieces before browning. This allows me to skip the baking for 50-60 minutes, plus then no one has to cut up their meat!
Follow along as we show you how to make these fantastic recipes from our archive.
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- Worldwide Rank #87,056,957
- Follower/Following Ratio 0.84
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かなを ぱらぴろ, also known as @027922 has a reasonably significant presence on Twitter and is ranked by us in the 30% percentile for account strength. Active on Twitter since March 2012, かなを ぱらぴろ made it to having a respectable 111 Twitter followers and to being ranked 87,056,957 for number of followers among all Twitter users.
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Tweeting is apparently one of @027922's favorite pastimes, with an average of 0 tweet(s) per day in the past 30 days. That's pretty consistent with a total of 6,188 since @027922 joined Twitter.
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かなを ぱらぴろ Twitter Followers
@027922 has 111 followers on Twitter.
This account is #87,056,957 in the worldwide rank of the most popular Twitter users.
かなを ぱらぴろ Following on Twitter
@027922 is following 132 Twitter accounts.
Last month this account followed 32 users.
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@027922 will hit 107 followers in the next 3 months, and 96 in one year.
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I have managed to do quite well with my eating this week, even though I have been out nearly every evening and had a busy weekend. I have not been perfect but I have done well considering how much I have been out. Annoyingly, the scales at the leisure centre, where I weigh myself every week, have broken so I don’t know what progress I am making.
Last night I went to the evening reception of Martin and Hannah’s wedding. Martin is my sister Lucy’s step son and here is, looking very gorgeous, with his siblings. It was a lovely evening and good to catch up with family members I don’t have the pleasure of seeing very often, such as Martha. It is always lovely to see my sisters and nieces (and nephews and brothers in law). We had a quiz to do which was fun. The bride and groom both looked very gorgeous. I didn’t manage to get any photos that did them justice unfortunately but you get the idea. The reception was held at the Fable Bar at Holborn Viaduct and was a great location, set over 3 floors. This large room on the lower ground floor was the venue for the meal and then all cleared away for the dancing in the evening. Slightly quirky, spacious and with quiet corners you could sit and chat in. This was a wonderful wedding reception and I wish the newly weds one very long, happy and amazing life together. Another fun evening earlier this week was at Sarah’s. This has been such a hot week and 4 of us met to play cards. The coolest spot was a corner of the paddock so we sat out there and enjoyed the very slight breeze and shade. We also managed to enjoy some bubbles, delicious snacks and played cards. I had won a dinner for two plus wine at the Founders Arms so invited Lara and we also invited my sister in-law Anne and daughter Isobel. We went on Wednesday and it was so hot in London and especially inside the Founders Arms. Lovely to see everyone but I think the evening will be most memorable for the almost intolerable heat. I had a long lunch planned for today at David and Annette’s so I made sure I did some exercise early. I went swimming and I also did a Body Balance class which is a mixture of Tai Chi, Pilates and Yoga. It was hard as I have not done anything like that for years so I am really aching now but I do feel well stretched and will go again.
All I had for breakfast was some watermelon and grapes. So delicious and hydrating. I made some food ready to take out with me tomorrow and decided to have a bowlful before I went out for lunch. Yes, you did read that correctly, I ate before I went to lunch! That was so I was not tempted to eat too much or any of the wrong things. I had brown rice with steamed veggies plus some stir fried onions, peppers and mushrooms. A simple but very satisfying bowlful. Harvey and I spent a delightful afternoon up the road. It was a pot luck lunch and pool party and luckily there was plenty I could eat. I had some crisps with home made humous, home made bread ( 2 types), a melon and green leaf salad and a roasted vegetable salad. I resisted everything else, including other salads with cheese in them and all the desserts. I ate grapes, cherries and watermelon instead. I even resisted seconds so I did do well with my eating but I did have several very enjoyable glasses of wine ! Harvey and Noah enjoyed the pool all afternoon.The adults sat and ate and chatted and enjoyed David and Annette’s stunning garden. It was the perfect afternoon.
I have really enjoyed all the socialising I have done this week. I am so lucky to know some truly wonderful people whose company I enjoy very much. I need to go out less so I can focus on losing weight and getting healthier which will include early nights and plenty of sleep. I am going out tomorrow though, to one of my favourite places on the planet ……
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1900 Austria Hungary 5 Corona Silver Coin Francis I D.G.
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This 1900 Austria Hungary 5 Corona Silver Coin Francis I D.G. comes as shown in the pictures provided. It comes with everything shown here and only what is shown here.Please Read: This eBay ID is operated by (1) person. I have a business in which I buy and sell new and used items, whether they are jewelry, coins, tools, electronics or antiques. Therefore I am not the original owner of these items. They are described to the best of my knowledge. Please look at pictures and read the description carefully before bidding. I attempt to answer all questions in a timely manner. If you have an important question please wait for a response prior to placing your bid. All Pennsylvania residents are subject to a 6% sales tax on all items, except coins. If you have a Tax ID number please let me know. I do combine shipping on similar items. Not all the time when items are combined will shipping be cheaper, depends on items and size of the box. Please wait for a combined invoice before paying for multiples I only accept PayPal. I ship within 24 hours of payment on 99% of the items. There will be a delay since I am not always able to ship on Thursdays. I have automatic feedback on. It leaves positive feedback for the buyer after payment and positive feedback is received. Please contact me before leaving ... read more
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Yorkton casino restaurant
Our friendly staff, beautiful rooms and suites, and impressive amenities may make it difficult for you to leave at the end of your stay.See a list of restaurants by state:. Saltgrass Steak House - Laughlin 2300 South Casino Drive (702) 298-7153 store information & map.Search Tim Hortons locations for great-tasting, freshly-brewed coffee. Try our lattes, cappuccinos, espresso, hot chocolate and tea.Visit the Comfort Inn & Suites Yorkton online today and. This Comfort Inn & Suites ® hotel is close to the Painted Hand Casino,. restaurants and shops are.An open flow from the kitchen to the dining room. Painted Hand Casino. That's just 7.5% of the 40 total properties listed in the city of Yorkton.
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Author’s note: It’s been 2 years since this post, and Weather Icons is a full fledge project now. Version 2.0 was put out August 2015, so be sure to see the latest version of 222 amazing icons at weathericons.io
Tonight I pushed out my soft-early-tentative-secret-beta release of the project I’ve been working on for the last 6 weeks or so: Weather Icons: Icon-font with 92 weather themed icons, ready to be dropped in to Bootstrap and used right away!
The project is 100% inspired by Font Awesome and Bootstrap. I found the set of icons drawn by Lukas Bischoff, and with his permission turned them into a usable, unicode friendly webfont that functions in almost the exact same way as Font Awesome. All you need to do is download the zip or clone the repository, drop it into your bootstrap project, and it’s ready to use.
As this is my first icon-font, and also my first bootstrap drop-in, there will be things to fix and add and change, but perfect is the enemy of good and after 6 weeks, it was time to put this out.
Download it here right now and give it a try! Weather Icons: Icon-font with 92 weather themed icons.
And in case I wasn’t clear – I give a huge thanks and credit to Lukas, the Font Awesome team, and the Bootstrap team. There would be no point to this without them.
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What to Know Before Choosing a Kitchen?
When decorating the house, choosing a kitchen is the most delicate and important moment, especially as regards the quality assessment.
Figuring out what to know before choosing a kitchen is important because the kitchen is the most inhabited environment and certainly more subjected to wear, both for daily use and for several times a day, both for the environmental characteristics that you come to create in a kitchen, such as heat, humidity and various vapors.
At first glance, unless we speak of extremely inexpensive kitchens, all kitchens might look the same, but they are the individual characteristics and details that determine their quality.
So what to know before choosing a kitchen?
In the choosing a kitchen it is necessary to evaluate different aspects
- The structure (case)
- The Mechanics (Hardware)
- Fronts (doors and drawers)
- The worktop (top)
- Household appliances
What to know about the property before choosing a kitchen?
Before choosing a kitchen, compared to the structure, it is right to know that about 90% of the kitchens sold in Italy from the “market” to the “big signatures”, have a structure of the panels in melamine veneer or, to be clearer, the panels are in chipboard covered with melamine.
But before choosing a kitchen you have to bear in mind that, while it is true that the structure of the panels is of the same material for 90% of the Italian kitchens, it is true that not all panels are created with the same characteristics, and this is where the difference between economic kitchens and kitchens of a certain quality is created.
The first thing we can observe is the thickness of the panels (shelves, structure and fronts):
- A very economical kitchen will have approximately a thickness of the panels of 1.4 cm
- A good quality kitchen will have a thickness of panels of 1.8 cm
- A kitchen of excellent quality, such as those produced by Veneta Cucine, will have panels of thickness of 1.9 cm
A second characteristic is the compactness of the particleboard, which is not always visible as rarely the stewmaker leave to view the inside of the panels. However, the more compact the chipboard, the more the screws and the glues will be taken.
Two other parameters must also be taken into account: formaldehyde content and resistance to moisture.
As regards the formaldehyde content, it refers to the type of glue used and the amount of formaldehyde they contain, bearing in mind that this is a toxic element it is advisable to choose a kitchen with low formaldehyde content.
In relation to the resistance to humidity, the best panels are those with the abbreviation V100 (which have a green coloration inside), which immersed in water for 24 hours can undergo a maximum swelling of 12%, alternatively they are called V20.
Before choosing a kitchen it is good to evaluate the quality of the mechanical parts i.e.
- Drawer guides and Baskets
- Hinges for Doors
- Arms for Vasistas, flap and package
These parts are those most subjected to stress and, therefore, more prone to easy wear and in the market if they find several types, among the best companies, manufacturers of these components we find the blum and the grass.
When we choose a kitchen we evaluate first and foremost the practicality and a good part of this is given by an easy opening/closing of drawers and baskets, that is determined by the quality of the mounted guides, which differ in the quality of the metals used, for the best smoothness of the rails and for the flow. There are drawers and baskets that come to support a load up to a maximum of 60 kg. Up to 120,000 consecutive cycles are tested.
Finally, before choosing a kitchen it is good to evaluate another technical characteristic, that is the arms for wall units, whether they are vasistas or packaged. One arm for clutched wall units and with integrated blumotion and white fairing. This type of arm is tested up to 10,000 cycles and if we calculate that on average in one day a arm is subjected to 10 opening/closing, you can calculate for this product a duration of 25 years.
What to know about the fronts before choosing a kitchen?
The things to know about the fronts before choosing a kitchen are many, first you have to evaluate the material with which they are made and then compare the different types.
First, we begin by distinguishing between fronts in
- Lacquered (glossy or opaque)
- Solid wood-Wood veneer
What to know before choosing a kitchen with lacquered fronts
When in relation to a kitchen we talk about lacquering refers to an external finish of the painted-colored front, without specifying which material is lacquer and how much lacquer.
In choosing a kitchen you have to keep in mind so
- About what lacquer is
- How much lacquer is
Usually it is lacquer on a panel of MDF, that is a panel made with wood powders pressed in medium density, therefore not in particleboard. This type of panel is much harder and more expensive than chipboard and has a much smoother surface and more suitable for lacquering. Cheaper kitchens are however lacquered on chipboard panels laminated with paper. This makes it possible to base costs. Obviously with time and humidity the particleboard swells (even very little) and creates cracks on the edges.
Even how much lacquer is important, or how many hands you give. One or two hands are for the cheapest cuisines (it is recognized by an “orange peel” effect that you notice backlight). Three to seven hands for the best kitchens.
What to know before choosing a kitchen with fronts in solid wood and veneered
The solid wood is generally used for the realization of classic doors or in any case of doors with frame and ashlar (i.e. the doors that have a frame). There are usually no smooth doors made of solid wood because the wood, being a “living” material, moves and therefore could crack and embark (deform).
The veneer is a wooden sheet on chipboard panel or sometimes on wood planking. This is used for the realization of modern kitchens or in any case with a smooth door, where using solid wood would be a mistake, because with the heat and moisture a smooth surface could more easily form cracks.
What to know before choosing a kitchen with laminate fronts
A kitchen with laminate fronts is a kitchen made with a chipboard or MDF panel covered with a melamine sheet or a sheet of polymer laminate or melamine Wraky effect, or a sheet of pet or Fenix.
Starting from the most economical doors we find melamine fronts. These are made using a large sized chipboard panel coated with a sheet of paper and colored resin or wood effect, then cut and edged. The edge can be in material on the cheapest kitchens, or in ABS, in this case the edge is more solid and resistant.
It is possible to have polymer laminate fronts, in this case the doors are in MDF, covered with a sheet of polymer laminate fused over the single leaf and then rounded on the 4 sides.
In recent years, the use of laminates “Wraky effect wood or concrete” is taking hold. or chipboard panels covered with laminated sheets thicker than the melamine paper with a three-dimensional effect to the touch. These are qualitatively better than normal laminates.
Finally we find the fronts in MDF coated with sheets of pet (a very hard and precious plastic used usually to make the bottle caps) from the silk effect to the touch, or in Fenix (other plastic material having the characteristic of repairing with heat) from the velvety effect to the touch. These are recommended materials for a longer lasting kitchen.
The glass fronts are composed of an aluminum frame on which is glued and/or framed a lacquered glass of 4/6mm thickness.
The glass door is very resistant because it does not absorb the dirt, it suffers no moisture or heat and does not scratch, a kitchen with glass front panels is the best choice for those who want a glossy or matt satin kitchen.
Good quality glass kitchens have lacquering inside the door, which is then coated with a protective film.
The economical glass kitchens, aesthetically, are very similar to those of good quality, but in reality they are made with chipboard panels on which the glass is glued, this adds to the problems of a common laminate door edged also the discomfort of heaviness, which urges the hardware.
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Korean women dating
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I have lived my entire life, barring the past 5 years of course, in Southern California.He will probably get you a beeper and pay for it just to keep in constant touch with you.He'll take you places, help you shop, be your translator-on-call. But there are many issues to deal with when dating Korean men.With Amor Si you will meet and date real women, real young ladies who are open, fun, caring and full of Latin warmth.Begin by getting a first impression using our high quality pictures and videos on the Photo-Album and reading the Bio provided by each beautiful lady.
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Oh My God! There is a new reality programme in search of Mawi’s personal assistant called “Resume Untuk Mawi”. It will be aired for 8 weeks on Astro Ria at 9.30 p.m. every Monday. Those who wants to be Mawi’s PA has to submit their resume and convince Mawi why they are the best person for the job.
This Mawi fever is getting out of hand. Why the heck would they need to have another reality programme JUST to find a PA for Mawi??? Please enlighten me folks. Sigh.
A friend commented that Mawi’s looking for a PA just like how Donald Trump is looking for an Apprentice. What?? How can you compare Trump to Mawi?? No way! I mean granted both has got hideous hairdos but still, Trump is one of the richest man in the world and Mawi is just, well...Mawi is Mawi. What is this world coming to?
I am not surprised if next there will be a reality programme called "Mencari Cinta Untuk Mawi" if he ever breaks up with that fiancee of his.
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It’s been a year of great reflection for the five-time Hall of Famer who received a tremendous outpouring from fans when he retired from driving.
by Dave Briggs
John Campbell wants you to know he is humbled and thankful and overwhelmed and sorry — yes, sorry.
It’s been a year of deep reflection for the sport’s richest, most decorated driver; a man who was feted at three racetracks after announcing he was retiring from his work in the sulky after collecting nearly $300 million in purse earnings, 10,688 victories and more than 230 major stakes wins over a 45-year career.
“I got all kinds of cards, texts, emails. The response was overwhelming and humbling. People reached out in every way, shape or form and all of it was so positive, I really can’t express enough how good it made me feel,” Campbell said. “Also, to the fans that came out to the (retirement events at the) Meadowlands, Goshen and Clinton, those days were just phenomenal days for me, with experiences that I’m going to take with me for the rest of my life. And, my family, they just enjoyed them so much. All of those racetracks and the horsemen’s organizations — I was recognized by Woodbine and Western Fair — so I just want to thank everyone and point out how appreciative I am of all of the accolades that I received.”
Campbell, 62, officially retired from driving at the end of June and, on July 1, he became president and CEO of the Hambletonian Society after a career in the race bike that landed him in five Halls of Fame — Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, the U.S. Harness Racing Hall of Fame, the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame and the London Sports Hall of Fame near his hometown of Ailsa Craig, ON.
Never being one to look back much on his career because he was too busy looking ahead to the next race and next top horse, Campbell said he was genuinely surprised when countless people approached him or sent him messages this year about how much he had impacted their lives.
“I was really overwhelmed by how I affected some people’s lives, the notes and some things that were written up over the year… that part, you don’t realize how your actions, good or bad, affect people sometimes. I just feel very fortunate that the people reached out and relayed those thoughts back to me,” Campbell said.
Why the apology?
It goes beyond the fact that Campbell is Canadian where “sorry” is a part of the lexicon.
He wants you to know he wasn’t always the ultimate good guy and ambassador, particularly in his younger days when the competitive fires burned white hot.
“There were times in my career when I wasn’t as nice. I could be rude or sarcastic or short with people and I would thank those people for not reaching out (now),” Campbell said, laughing. “I know there were times, especially when people caught me after a race that didn’t go the way I hoped, I could be out of sorts, to say the least. So, I thank those people for not pointing out a lot of that and I apologize to anybody that I did offend… I hope people realize that it was in the heat of the moment and it certainly wasn’t personal in any way, shape or form.”
As for his second career, Campbell said he’s busy on many fronts at the Hambletonian Society.
Recently, he’s been working with Trackmaster to develop a new universal classification system for horses in an effort to help card the most competitive fields possible to better appeal to bettors.
“It’s based on the horse’s most recent performances. Under the algorithm that the Trackmaster people have come up with… every horse would have a number based on what his history was and then you could just group the races based on the horses that had the most similar numbers. You’d take your top 10, then the next 10 and move on down the line,” Campbell said. “I don’t think this would be perfect in any way, shape or form, but I think it has potential to be better than what we’re doing right now. We’ll see. I’m talking to the race secretaries and some are very in favor of trying it, but we’re not to that point yet.”
He said the classification system is designed to augment what race secretaries do, not replace them.
“(Race secretaries) are still in the equation. In order to make the races equitable, when you run into a shortage of horses, they are still going to have to handicap horses by post and it’s a system that they could override at any time if they saw an inequity with a horse that was in too easy,” Campbell said.
His other project is to establish universal rules across all harness racing jurisdictions. He said that task will take years to complete.
“We put a handful of rules out for the USTA to adopt, and they’ll vote on those in March, but those are just a small sampling. It’s the light lifting and I’m telling people that the heavy lifting is still to come,” Campbell said. “We’re going to all get together for meetings in the first part of January at the Meadowlands and we’re going to have two days of sitting down and trying to get the rest of this stuff hammered out… Then it’ll take another year to go back to the USTA, but at least it’s progress.”
After universal rules are adopted at the USTA, the industry can then start lobbying the major jurisdictions to try to get them to officially adopt the same rules.
“There’s no question, getting the states to agree on anything universally is difficult. That will be the hardest part, but, you know, it’s something that I feel is worth pursuing,” Campbell said. “It’s one of those things that I don’t think everybody is going to adopt it right away, but if we can get a block of states to do it then we can build around that into the future. That’s my hope.”
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https://harnessracingupdate.com/2017/12/02/john-campbell-gives-thanks-apology/
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Mar 8, 2008
Pilotcast Video report #4 from EAA Airventure 2007 in Oshkosh, WI, USA in July of 2007.
Feb 5, 2008
Pilotcast Video report #3 from EAA Airventure 2007 in Oshkosh, WI, USA in July of 2007.
Some hangar flying after the User Fees panel with Phil Boyer, President of the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA with some discussion about the user fees issue in the US.
Pilot Kent talks again to Alan Klapmieir,...
Dec 14, 2007
Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike talk to Mike McConnell - Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Eclipse Aviation about the Eclipse Concept Jet and the Eclipse 500.
Opening: Some hangar flying and joking with two legendary NASA astronauts, Capt. Eugene Cernan who walked on the moon as Commander of the Apollo 17 mission and...
Jul 22, 2007
Pilotcast EXCLUSIVE Video report of the LANDING of a concept single engine jet from Eclipse at AirVenture Oshkosh 2007! See http://www.eclipseconceptjet.com
Correcting our first guess, it's not the Cirrus Jet, but it sure looks a like like the Cirrus Jet mockup and conceptual photos.Recorded Sunday July 23, 2007. 8,0MB...
Mar 8, 2007
The Pilotcast pilots, Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike meet with more aviation products vendors outside and inside the exhibit halls at EAA AirVenture 2006 in Oshkosh, WI, USA in July 2006.
00:16:07 - 94.8MB Recorded 2006.07.27
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Sunday, July 9, 2017
NGR - Not Going Right
9th July 2017
Not Going Right trains - community service public information campaign gains steam
Days since NGR 701 towed to Wulkuraka is now 505. Five hundred and five days in which the fundamental design problems with the trains have only been given scant regard until recently. It has only been the threats of legal action by disability groups that has forced a tacit acknowledgement that there are problems with DDA compliance and it needs fixing - we now have the ' Fixing the NGR trains ', another monumental blunder along with ' Fixing the trains '.
It will probably be many months still before we see these NGR trains in revenue passenger service. Is anyone concerned about that? We are. This is a shocking abysmal failure by the former Newman Government, followed up with more failure and bumble by the Palaszczuk Government.
Serious questions have to be asked as to why such a botched design was ordered in the first place by the Newman Government. This explains in part why mainstream media in SEQ appear to be reluctant to report on the NGR botch as it hits back at the Newman Government and the gross mismanagement by the LNP and their transport bureaucracy. The ALP have not covered themselves in glory either with their constant attempts at cover-up (surprising) and general frozen at the wheel approach, not only for NGR fail and but rail fail generally.
We have been forced into our community service public information campaign re the NGR (Next Generation Rollingstock a.k.a. Not Going Right) trains because Queensland Citizens deserve to know the sheer level of incompetence and managed deceit that lies within the corridors of power and fumble bumble bureaucracy and maladministration of this state. They deserve to know that the rail fail shambles, compounded by NGR fail, will certainly impact the 2018 Commonwealth Games as more reductions in service on their lines to pump up the Gold Coast line services.
We are so looking forward to the state election.
RAIL Back On Track https://backontrack.org
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http://brizcommuter.blogspot.com/2017/07/ngr-not-going-right.html
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You know what fits in the battery compartment of a 1983 Y-Wing Starfighter toy? Two “C” batteries. You know what else fits in there? A Boba Fett action figure.
I know this because, in my world, that’s how Boba Fett showed up to save the day from the combined forces of the Empire, Cobra, Decepticons, Ming the Merciless and any other toy I decided were the bad guys that day.
The best part of being a kid was that all your toys could be in the same world. Imagination meant you could create your own stories with your own continuities without fear of a lawsuit. It was fanfic before fanfic was a thing.
For me it meant Soundwave was a good guy and Mr. Spock was a villain. It meant Princess Leia was friends with Destro. It meant Tonka trucks transported heroes to the fight.
And it meant the protagonist in all my stories was my favorite Star Wars character: Boba Fett.
See, I was born in 1976. Alive before A New Hope was first released, but too young to enjoy it during its initial theatrical run. But I was 4 when Empire Strikes Back came out. And 7 for Return of the Jedi. My formative Star Wars fanatic years were right there between Episodes 5 and 6 (V and VI for the purists).
As a cinephile, Empire is my favorite of the films: it has the deepest story line, the richest character development and AT-ATs. But Empire stood out for me as a kid because it had one of pop culture’s coolest characters ever: Boba Fett.
Empire wasn’t actually Fett’s debut. He was first seen in a parade in September 1978. That November, he also appeared in the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, which is a lot like Fight Club in that we DON’T TALK ABOUT “HOLIDAY SPECIAL.”
Outside of his name, no one knew much about this new character, except that he looked different than every other character.
Luke Skywalker is the hero, so of course he’s dressed in white; Darth Vader, the villain, is naturally clad in black. Han Solo, on the other hand, sports a beige shirt with black vest – telling us he’s mostly light, with a little darkness thrown in for shooting greedy bounty hunters. First.
Similarly, Boba Fett wears a neutral grey flight suit with green, battle-scarred armor that tells us he’s also somewhere in the middle morally. But while Han comes around to becoming the smuggler with a heart of gold, Boba Fett is the bounty hunter who just wants to get paid. His iconic T-visor dented helmet is clearly inspired by the Spartans of old, telling the audience he’s a warrior. His armor has all kinds of weapons on it (which is why, in my world, Scarlet from G.I Joe had a crush on him!). He also has a jet pack. That’s right. A freakin’ jet pack. Somewhere Benny from the The LEGO Movie is yelling, “JET PACK!”
Then there’s his attitude. Jeremy Bulloch, who played Boba Fett, said his inspiration for his performance came from westerns, particularly the Man with No Name movies. Show up, look cool, do a thing, ride (fly?) off into the sunset.
But there’s more to it than that. In A New Hope and Empire, Darth Vader doesn’t take crap from anyone: he chokes out Admiral Motti for mocking the Force, Admiral Ozzel for “coming out of lightspeed too close to the Hoth System” and Captain Needa for, well, apologizing. Being an Imperial officer is seriously hazardous to one’s health. But as unapologetically brutal as Darth Vader is – even against his own people — he has to tell Boba Fett to keep calm and bounty on.
“Sure, I’ll kill an Imperial Admiral for looking at me funny, but … YOU … look … you need to tone it down a little!”
Case in point:
- Darth Vader invites six bounty hunters to hunt down the Millennium Falcon, because, well, Captain Needa. As Vader delivers the orders, he makes a point of stopping and telling Fett, “NO Disintegrations!”
- Later, it’s Boba Fett who leads Han, Leia and Chewbacca into in the carbon freezing chamber, not Vader’s own guys. That’s how much he trusts the bounty hunter.
- Boba Fett then tells (TELLS!) Darth Vader that if the freezing process kills Han Solo, it’s going to rip into the expected payday Fett’s expecting from Jabba the Hutt. That’s right. He sasses Vader. “What if he doesn’t survive, he’s worth a LOT to ME!” Vader has to reassure him, “The Empire will compensate you if he dies.”
- And right when they’re about to freeze Han Solo, Chewbacca throws a temper tantrum. Boba Fett casually brings up his BlasTech EE-3 carbine to put him down – Vader has to stop him from taking the shot, even as the wookiee is taking out stormtroopers.
So while Darth Vader is menacing and ruthless, Boba Fett has a reputation even the Dark Lord of the Sith recognizes, respects and acknowledges. He’s the guy Darth Vader has to tell to be cool.
No problem. Boba Fett looks cool, acts cool, has a cool ship and bests the cool good guys.
But then Return of the Jedi happened.
There is no greater evidence that George Lucas was burned out on Star Wars than when he took his newest, awesomest character and hand waved him away:
“Then the heroes easily rescue Han from Jabba the Hutt.”
“But … what about Boba Fett?”
“Meh. He dies.”
“What do you mean? He just dies?! HOW?!”
“Uh, Han Solo hits him with a stick.”
“Fine, the stick sets off his jet pack and he crashes into the side of Jabba’s sail barge then tumbles down into the Pit of Carkoon where he’s eaten by the almighty Sarlaac.”
“… but … but … jet pack …”
“Then the Sarlaac burps.”
None of that mattered to kid-me. In my world, Boba Fett was not only alive, he was the hero. When the good guys had to rescue POWs, take out the Weather Dominator, steal an experimental jet or any other special mission, they would deploy The Fett. Here was the plan:
- Find a willing pilot to fly a Y-Wing over the nightstand/evil lair
- Open the battery compartment/drop bay
- Boba Fett would jet pack (JET PACK!) his way down to kick ass
- THEN everyone else shows up for the battle
That was essentially my plot for years and it never got boring to me.
But at some point, we all stop spending our weekends playing with our action figures. Sometimes they get sold, sometimes they get packed away, sometimes your girlfriend leaves all your Star Wars toys in someone’s garage while you’re moving and then they disappear and she has no idea how that could have happened and no way to track them down, but that’s okay, “they’re old and why would you need those anyway?”
The cruel irony is that when you’re a kid, you have the time, but no money; as an adult you have money, but no time. But what you can do is put your toys on display. And at least up on the shelf you get to do something with the stuff you spend your money on.
So Boba Fett gets put on display in my home.
I collect just about anything I can find: toys, key chains, mugs, t-shirts, a bathrobe, LEGO sets, hats, statues, artwork … there is probably a line to cross where something with Boba Fett on it doesn’t have a place on my shelves. I have yet to find that line.
With Disney at the helm, there’s only a promise of even more merchandise. And since they threw out the old canon where Boba Fett survived the Almighty Sarlaac, he’s back to being officially dead.
There was talk of a stand-alone Boba Fett movie and rumors that the cancelled game 1313 was going to feature him prominently. There was a hint in the book Aftermath, which is part of the burgeoning official canon, that he might have survived. So we’ll see.
But whatever the new storylines reveal about Boba Fett when (yes, WHEN!) he returns, I’ll be excited.
Because he’s not the Man with No Name.
He’s Boba Fett.
A man just trying to make his way in the galaxy. A bounty hunter without equal. The heir to his father’s legacy, for Jango so loved the galaxy, he gave us his only begotten son.
He’s the guy Darth Vader relies on for results. He’s the guy Han Solo fears. He’s the guy other bounty hunters want to be.
Boba Fett is my favorite Star Wars character.
And he’s no good to me dead.
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https://popcultureuncovered.com/2017/05/09/hes-no-good-to-me-dead-my-boba-fett-ish/
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Maddie Moore's whole life needs a makeover.
In one fell swoop, Maddie loses her boyfriend (her decision) and her job (so "not "her decision). But rather than drowning her sorrows in bags of potato chips, Maddie leaves L.A. to claim the inheritance left by her free-spirited mother-a ramshackle inn nestled in the little coastal town of Lucky Harbor, Washington.
Starting over won't be easy. Yet Maddie sees the potential for a new home and a new career-if only she can convince her two half-sisters to join her in the adventure. But convincing Tara and Chloe will be difficult because the inn needs a big makeover too.
The contractor Maddie hires is a tall, dark-haired hottie whose eyes-and mouth-are making it hard for her to remember that she's sworn off men. Even harder will be Maddie's struggles to overcome the past, though she's about to discover that there's no better place to call home than Lucky Harbor.
I loved Jill's book so much (quite possibly my favorite JS book to date), I decided that some lucky reader who hasn't read it yet should get the opportunity to do so.
Just answer my question no later than noon CST on Sunday, October 31st, and you are entered to win. It's just that simple! Open to anyone who can receive mail :)
What are your favorite hero names?
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Large Square Ottoman Coffee Table - Furnishing home related to Large Square Ottoman Coffee Table may be quite entertaining and likewise sort of hassle. It could be tough to find nice, right, convenient section of furniture that reflects your own interior style and complements with other pieces to make a gorgeous close knit interior design.
You presumably won't want to throw everything out when designing a interior. You can keep some item whether to keep in its present or to reshape it to fit your design. In brief, choosing Ottoman furniture Large Square Ottoman Coffee Table requires scrutiny of both functional and looks factors.
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One of the must have items in office or home is a projector. A projector projects an image or object onto a second, larger screen. It is mostly used in offices for presentations and in households to watch a movie. Nevertheless, the need for a good projector is always there. There is a wide variation in the projector prices of different brands and understandably so. Some brands offer premium features and are quality products while other brands may offer great value for money but may not be suitable for the premium markets. It all depends on your personal needs which LCD projector you opt for. You can now buy a range of quality video projector from all leading brands online in Pakistan at the best prices right here at Shopza.
Just like all other devices, there has been a significant improvement in projectors. HD projectors offer a high definition view which makes for an appealing viewing experience. There are also 3D projectors which use the 3D technology to project 3D images and movies to audiences. If you are on the constant move, or need a projector with you wherever you go, then compact portable projectors are a great buy as well. There are several other LED projectors and mini projectors you can opt for. To help you pick out a great projector, the following comprehensive guide will come in really handy.
Color and brightness: Color and brightness are important considerations because they play a major role in how the overall image quality comes out to be. You can easily check the color and brightness of projectors by looking at lumen ratings. Higher the lumen rating, brighter the projector will be. But obviously the price will also be high accordingly. Which lumen would be right for you depends on your needs and where you plan to use the projector at. For home use, 1500 lumen rating is more than sufficient. But for larger halls, like offices and classrooms, opt for a projector with at least a lumen rating of 2500.
Contrast ratio: Contrast ratio also plays a major role in the overall display quality. It is the ratio between the light and dark of screen. So a higher contrast ratio will result in an outstanding display quality.
Resolution: Resolution is the number of pixels in an image on screen. Higher the screen resolution, better the screen quality. It is always advisable to opt for an HD projector no matter what the budget is because it has a high resolution and will offer amazing results.
Ease of use: It is always advisable to invest in a projector that is easy to use. It should be compatible with supporting accessories like HDMI cables.
Connections: A projector needs to be connected with the computer or laptop. There are different ways of connecting them. It can be through USB cable, HDMI cable, display port etc. Always invest in a projector which comes with multiple options of connection.
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Next thing you know. You're dead. Shot. Just like the bad old days.
Seems like some idiots were playing with guns on the roof of the Marlboro Projects. Probably just shooting for kicks. Who would think that one of these idiots would have good aim? That a bullet fired from a gun might hit and kill someone?
Ecuadorian immigrant Jorge Martinez lived not far from me, in Elmhurst. By all newspaper accounts he seems like a good man. Here's a picture of him and his son from the Post.
In the same article a woman is quoted as saying:
A couple of months ago, a bullet hit my window.... When I hear shots I tell my kids to get away from the window. I feel bad for the guy, but this is what goes on here.
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http://www.copinthehood.com/2010/09/not-good-way-to-go.html
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Leads from Facebook – Are They Powerful?
Most agents don't get why they should leverage their Facebook for lead generation. Do you?
Who knew Facebook could be such a huge real estate lead generator?
I’m not even talking about targeted paid ads.
I’m just talking about organic leads from Facebook.
You know — when people want to sell their house and know you’re a real estate agent. Or when people see a listing you’ve posted and want to know more about it.
Let’s say you’re an agent (not too hard to imagine, yeah?). You regularly post articles about real estate on Facebook. Over time, your friends and family see you as the real estate expert. The one with all the tips and tricks, the know-how, and the chops.
And then the leads start rolling in.
I’d argue that these leads — the leads from Facebook — are more valuable than any other leads.
Because the leads you generate this way are higher quality and more powerful for you as a real estate agent.
1. Their Social Profile is Already Attached
You can infer more insights from a Facebook lead in that moment than any other leads you get.
You don’t just have their email or phone number — you have your lead’s entire Facebook profile at your disposal.
Through Facebook, you have the power to get to know someone quickly and thoroughly. Just by looking through photos and status updates, you can find out your lead’s interests, current lifestyle, and background. And that makes your leads from Facebook all the more easy to qualify.
Knowing all this means you can to infer what kind of neighborhood this person would like, or what kind of features in a home they’d prefer.
Through Facebook you can even prospect leads — like those in your network who’ve recently gotten married and are likely in the market for a home.
You get more valuable information with a lead from Facebook.
2. Leads From Facebook Are Already Nurtured
Lead nurturing: continuing the conversation with a prospect until they are ready to convert to a client.
Facebook is the best spot to do this. Any and all of your friends are potential clients and prospects, and you can directly interact with them without being annoying (thanks newsfeed!). When you regularly post interesting real estate content on your Facebook, you’re staying on top of their radars. You’re keeping the topic of “real estate” fresh in their heads.
That means that your leads from Facebook have come to you. These are leads that you’ve attracted — you didn’t go out and look for them. You didn’t need to convince them to hire you as their real estate agent. The leads you get from Facebook are leads that have gone and sought you out, because they need your services.
They’ve been nurtured, and now they’re ready.
3. Your Leads Have Facebook Friends Of Their Own
Word-of-mouth is far easier on Facebook. Because it is literally a social network. Whenever anyone engages with your posts (say, by liking, commenting, or sharing), that post appears on that friend’s newsfeed. That means that their friends will see it too.
And when that lead from Facebook turns into that client from Facebook, guess how much more willing they’ll be to refer you to their friends? And all they have to do is share a post!
Your leads from Facebook carry so much more potential for referral.
4. It Uses Principles Of Inbound Marketing
Inbound marketing is when you draw people to yourself, instead of traditional (outbound) marketing, where you go out and search for people. It’s like social media marketing vs. billboards.
And it’s the strategy that, according to HubSpot, is taking over business with less than 200 employees. Real estate agents and brokers included.
Inbound marketing is effective and inexpensive. It’s the strategy of now and the future. Like I mentioned before, your leads from Facebook are leads you attracted. That’s the power of inbound.
Wrapping It All Up
And that’s why the leads from Facebook are more powerful to you as a real estate agent.
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Never mind missing the Seniors or lamenting about where the year went...the hardest emotion for myself and our technology director is taking the computers from the students and lining them up for summer storage.
I say that only kidding somewhat. Truth be told we had an amazingly successful pull in for the computers. We structured it a day before school got out so kids would have time to find "missing" items, we did it between the last two classes so we could get them put away and double checked. The procedure for 2nd year was 10 times more efficient and we didn't have to chase down four or so computers like we did last year.
Statistics for the day - 137 computers accounted for; all cases accounted for; two missing chargers. Zero noted damage. That was it!
Statistics for the year - Four busted screens; eight dead batteries; three failed hard drives. Approximate total for uncovered damage and replacements - $3600. We had double that in year two.
I credit our technology director and our staff for communicating with students constantly about care for the computers. Our "Homeroom" set up allows us quarterly bag and charger checks with rewards for perfect accountability. Constant reminders were broadcast in announcements and classes that if you have something missing you will pay for it, this instead of fee based systems that promote a disposable atmosphere. We had only one case of late in the year swapping (we found several during the year) and the swapper fessed up when confronted and we found his case anyway.
Our staff's conclusion is the students do value the computers and will take care of them as they know they will lose them to the repair room and do not want a loaner.
So we congratulated the students and staff on their efforts, and shut the door on a perfectly accounted for set of Apple Mac Books.
Oh where has the year gone.
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http://camhighschool.blogspot.com/2010/05/end-of-year-melancholy-pulling-in.html
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The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
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U.S. Army. Via ibiblio.org
Fort Shafter (157.89W
21.34N) was the headquarters of the Hawaiian Department.
The fort was equipped with an SCR-270B radar
and had a newly constructed fighter interception center (pictured) when war broke out.
The fort included a forward command post tunneled into Aliamanu Crater (157.914W 21.362N) three miles to the west.
Because of the exposed position of Fort Shafter (on the slopes of the
Koolau Mountains) the headquarters of the Hawaiian Department had
frequently rehearsed a move into the command post, and actually carried
out the move under fire during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Conn, Engelman, and Fairchild (1961; accessed 2012-12-29)
The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia © 2008, 2012 by Kent G. Budge. Index
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At 9 years old, Laramiejane Rusch earned $900 toward her college fund, thanks to her lamb, Giggles.
Rusch sold Giggles, who she's had since February, at the Larimer County Fair on Wednesday during the 4-H Junior Livestock Auction that closed out the fair.
"This is her college fund," says Laramiejane's mother, Laressa Rusch "So, we sell one and it goes into a college account."
That doesn't mean her first sale at the livestock auction came easily, however.
"It's really hard, because this day comes and they're like, 'how about we change our mind?' I'm like, 'yeah, you can't,'" says Laressa. "It's easiest if you just learn to teach the kid that it's a business."
According to Laressa, the first year is the hardest.
"I did it growing up ... it was our business, so it was a good way to look at it ... and it got a little easier — the first year was really hard."
Laressa bought Laramiejane two lambs in February so she would have one to go home to after the auction.
"We bought two so it would be a little easier, so there's one at home, to make it easier this first year. We have Licorice and Giggles."
Laramiejane did not cry directly before or directly after auctioning off Giggles.
"I'm surprised she's not crying yet; she's doing a lot better than I expected," says Laressa.
Laressa would've been understanding toward her daughter's tears.
"They become friends, you know, it's her pet ... she knows what's going to happen to him so it's not like you can be like, 'oh, no, they're going to go have fun in another ...' - no, she knows.
"You build a relationship and you build a bond with them and you work with them and you spend a lot of time and effort, the kids do, working with them and teaching them and raising them."
Laressa is building a whole family of lamb raisers who plan to carry on the, "family business."
"I have a three and a four year old that are looking forward to doing it," says Laressa. "They're just not old enough to show yet, but when they are, they're ready."
Full results from the auction were not available at press time.
Shannon M. Hoffman: 970-635-3691, firstname.lastname@example.org
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VidOn Media Center v 0.0.1.6 is out!
Release Date: December 31, 2014
1. Fixed the problem that the live update feature of the guide page fails to work.
2. Fixed the black screen problem after pressing the home button on the Remote.
3. Added the support to access the frequently used folders from Home Screen.
Please update the VMC to the latest version asap!
Happy New Year!
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JCC Queue provides rapid, accurate queueing and dequeueing. JCC Queue utilizes Oracle Rdb's row cache feature to maintain queues in memory for applications for which queueing cannot be a bottleneck. JCC Queue is scalable, resilient, tunable, and capatible with mirrored data centers and hot standby. In one installation, application transactions went from 200ms to 25ms with the introduction of JCC Queue.
The product also includes initialization procedures, documentation (including a discussion of tuning tradeoffs), and the JCC Real Time Visualizer for monitoring the queues.Contact Us for more information and a demonstration of this exciting product.
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Driving from Geneva -
driving distances are in kilometres using motorways and mountain
roads that are open all year, or through train tunnels that take
cars. The kilometres for the loading of cars onto trains and ferries
are not included.
Buckle up and drive safely.
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Compare Switzerland Hotels.
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Aging Our of Place Into Homelessness
Presentation and Discussion "Midi Cregés"
By Victoria Burns, MSW, PhD Candidate
Newly homeless older adults are rising in number but remain neglected in research, policy and practice. This presentation reports on findings from a qualitative study that explored pathways into homelessness and experiences during homelessness for 1 adults who became homeless for the first time at age 50 years and over in a Montreal context.
Victoria's doctoral work is based on the geographical concept of "place" to explore the experiences of homelessness among newly homeless older persons, one of the fastest growing populations in Montreal shelters. Her doctoral research is supported by many years of experience in social work in CLSCs and in the Montreal community.
Please contact Maya Cerda for a confirmation of participation certificate @ 514-484-7878 x1563 or maya.cerda.cvd [at] ssss.gouv.qc.ca
This free presentation will be held in English and will be accessible live by videoconference via this link: https://caringvoicenetwork.adobeconnect.com/creges/
Bring your own lunch!
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https://www.mcgill.ca/socialwork/channels/event/aging-out-place-homelessness-253408
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Britney Spears to Serve Time
As if things couldn't get any worse for the poor girl, now the judge has decided that Britney Spears will have to serve some time in jail for her little fender bender. When should this all be done? Oh well before October 25th, maybe it's a good thing Kevin has the boys this month.
On some good news about Britney because we all hate the bad. Britney's mother and sister came to visit her over the weekend. Not so sure if that is suppose to be good or not but maybe it'll help her out by giving her some type of support system. Oh and she passed her drug test. Woo hoo!
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http://entertainusnews.blogspot.com/2007/10/britney-spears-to-serve-time.html
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'Tis the season to be wary with scammers out in force
IPSWICH police have warned people to be particularly cautious this Christmas, with scammers coming out in full force during the festive season.
Inspector Keith McDonald said scams occurred all year but the Christmas shopping period was a prime time for fraudsters.
Insp McDonald urged people to be vigilant when using ATMs and EFTPOS terminals at shopping locations.
He said there had been reports of "skimming" in the Ipswich area and people had to be extra careful during the Christmas shopping period.
Skimming devices are smaller than a deck of cards.
They are often fastened near, or over the top of, the ATM's factory-installed card reader.
The mechanical modifications made by the scammers allowed them to capture data from the magnetic stripe on the back of the ATM card.
Insp McDonald said people using an ATM should look out for any suspicious device attached to the card entry point of the machine and always cover their hand when entering their PIN.
People should also examine their bank statements for suspicious transactions.
Insp McDonald said shopping online also made buyers a target for credit card fraud and identity theft.
"Most people know someone who has been a victim of cyber crime," he said.
"Shoppers have to take care when they are making purchases on the web and make sure the sites they use are safe, secure and reputable."
An Australian Bureau of Statistics survey found more than half of all Australians now buy and sell on the internet.
Insp McDonald warned that cyber criminals could also exploit unsecured wireless networks to steal personal data or even money.
"People just have to be careful and if something looks suspicious to report it immediately," he said.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recently reported a 65% jump in online shopping scams.
More than 8000 victims of online shopping frauds complained to the ACCC last year.
Their losses totalled $4,038,479.
Card safety tips
- Choose ATMs within bank branches, which are safer than ATMs in bars or shops
- Well-lit and supervised places are also safer.
- If you're standing at a bank of ATMs, compare them with each other for any small differences.
- Use a hand to cover the key pad while you enter your PIN.
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Josiah Smith Beard
- Born: Abt 1831, Aldham
- Christened: 22 May 1831, Aldham
- Marriage: Jane Harvey on 24 Dec 1858 in Terling
Another name for Josiah was Josiah.
Joseph shows up in the 1861 census in Tarling, with Jane and his two children. All are shown as being born in Essex n k (not known?) The later hints at daughter Esther being either from Boreham or Terling may offer up some clues as to where her parents originate from.
In 1891, Joseph & Jane reappear and Joseph is shown as born in Great Tey. They are living at number 6 Warley Road, in Upminster.
In 1881, by searching for Jack Beard, Joseph shows up as Josia, married to Jane and living on the common, Upminster. Excellent.
In 1871, Josiah and family are in Chappel, living at Offins Cottage. He ia an ag labourer aged 40.
I now have a copy of some of the 1851 index which shows Josiah, aged 19, born in Aldham, and the younger members are born in West Bergholt.
The 1841 census for West Bergholt is very unclear, but on the first page can be made clearly a James aged 12, and a Josiah aged maybe 9. There also looks like a Sarah aged 14. The rest of the family is illegible.
Look at his grandmother Grace Smith for more detail.
Josiah married Jane Harvey, daughter of Elijah Harvey and Ann Smith, on 24 Dec 1858 in Terling. (Jane Harvey was born about 1832 in Terling.)
The wedding detail shows Josiah Smith Beard , aged 27, a bachelor marrying Jane Harvey, 26, a spinster - both are residents of Terling.Fathers are Joseph Beard (labourer) and Elijah Harvey (shoemaker).
Both Joseph and Jane sign by marks.
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This police report involves an individual who alleged an assault while at Narconon. Initially he wanted to press charges, but decided to allow Narconon to handle the incident internally after speaking with a Narconon security guard.
Narconon of Oklahoma, Inc.
Narconon of Oklahoma, Inc. is the legal owner of one facility in Canadian, Oklahoma which goes by the names Narconon Arrowhead and Narconon of Oklahoma.
In this logged call to the police, the reporting party alleged that a client was leaving and "probably trying to get some drugs."
This police report involves a burglary at one of the Narconon Arrowhead cabins involving a stolen gun.
This police report involves items allegedly stolen from a client while he was away on medical leave. Narconon Arrowhead's Senior Director of Public Relations, Robert Newsmith, presented the police with copies of paperwork signed by the client stating that Narconon could not be held responsible for lost or stolen items. At this point, the police informed both parties that this was a civil issue due to the contractual agreement.
This police report involves a client who was attempting to leave Narconon Arrowhead and alleged that staff members were refusing to release his personal items to him.
Plaintiff Kimberly Poff, former Inspector General of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services sues 'all named Defendants for wrongful termination, gender/sex and age discrimination, retaliation, negligence, conspiracy and any and all other causes of action which are relevant under the circumstances.' On or about August 23, 2013, the Plaintiff was terminated from her job as the Inspector general with the ODMHSAS. During the course of her employment with ODMHSAS, Poff was involved with the investigation of several high profile matters within the Department, including Narconon. More info on the page.
Plaintiff Michael DeLong, former Investigator with the Office of Inspector General of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services sues 'all named Defendants for wrongful termination, gender/sex and age discrimination, retaliation, negligence, conspiracy and any and all other causes of action which are relevant under the circumstances.' The Plaintiff was terminated from his job as the investigator with the ODMHSAS. During the course of his employment with ODMHSAS, DeLong was involved with the investigation of several high profile matters within the Department, including Narconon Arrowhead. More info on the page.
This police report involves an allegation that a patient's wife smuggled in drugs to the client, hidden in a container of deodorant, while he was under the care of Narconon Arrowhead. The client admitted that he had directed his wife to do so.
The success rate was the deciding factor in this family's choosing of Narconon. While the family member was at Narconon, he broke his leg and was taken to the hospital one week later and diagnosed with a fracture, which was put into a cast. Drugs and sex were rampant at the facility. He became a staff member, and while on vacation from his job at Narconon, he died of an overdose. Narconon did not help with his addiction.
Plaintiff National Association of Forensic Counselors, Inc. (NAFC) and Plaintiff American Academy of Certified Forensic Counselors, Inc. d/b/a American College of Certified Forensic Counselors (ACCFC) are issuing bodies for certifications in the rehab field, including Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor (CCDC), Master Addictions Counselor (MAC), and others. After finding that numerous Narconon and Scientology related entities and persons were (and are) using their certifications and trademarks without authorization, they have filed a lawsuit in Federal Court seeking to reclaim damages resulting from loss of reputation and money, which resulted in financial enrichment of the 82 defendants, and have asked for an injunction to prevent use in the future. The use of the trademarks implies that the individuals are certified by the Plaintiffs when in fact they are not. This case may have far reaching repercussions on other cases against Narconon.
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I am selling this very very old BHQ Brunswick double butterfly conversion cue with ivory Hoppe ring for $600. This is my own personal cue.
This cue is very old and likely is from the late 1800's or very early 1900's, according to man I got it from. I initially intended to sell it, but when I finished it, I decided to go ahead and keep it for a while until something else caught my fancy. Originally I didn't refinish the shaft right away, so I used my Predator shaft from another cue, even though the joint diameters don't match up. Anyway, it is for sale now, and below are the before and after photos.
I will have this with me at the derby if anyone is interested.
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A podcast about the BT Dare2Share social learning project.
Tag Archives: learning
I created this 16 minute social learning primer (podcast) to address some of the frequently asked questions and concerns about social learning, and to share some of my insights and suggestions gained from my experience helping client organizations with their social learning agendas.
I hope you find this primer useful. Please feel free to comment and provide feedback.
Organizations are either actively considering or have recently started deploying enterprise social media to enable social learning. Such companies have come to realize that key to their success are productive and vibrant learning communities.
How healthy are your learning communities……really? Old ways of measuring the productivity and success of a learning community were appropriate for traditional, linear kinds of training, but not for more advanced, collaborative (or social) learning environments.
Would you like to know how to improve the health of your learning communities? Do you want to know your gaps and opportunities? We will provide a report that will help you and your company know whether your learning communities are meeting member and business needs, and identify specific ways to extract more value. There is no cost for the use of the toolkit or the report. There is no obligation to buy additional products or services.
1,000 Twitter users were asked in a survey to state why they like Twitter. Here is what they said:
- It accelerated my learning curve.
- It helped me with personal learning.
- It expanded my circle
The point of social media tools like Twitter is to turn learning into a more collaborative, participatory, social, or natural experience.
Many learning professionals are using Twitter (or micro-blogs) to foster a learning community. Twitter is also used by learners as a back channel during and after a training event. Trainers use Twitter as a way to receive immediate feedback on the relevance of their course. After class, trainers use micro-blogging to support relationships among the learners and to further their learning by connecting learners to other resources. Trainers use Twitter to post tips of the day, questions, writing assignments, and provide other prompts to keep learning going.
Some believe that Twitter is even more powerful as a social learning tool outside the context of the “classroom”. A company might formalize the Twitter process by selecting exemplary performers to post regularly, and pick those who should follow their posts. This might help promote and encourage best practices.
Another popular use of Twitter and other micro-blogging sites is the building of professional networks. I started using Twitter to get to know other “like minded” people. Within weeks, I was posting regular updates about my ideas and experiences, getting feedback and help from others, and attracting some followers.
Compared to instant messaging, which requires you to address people individually, Twitter allows me to broadcast to a a defined group of followers. Using it as a tool to get expert advice on the fly has returned immediate and tangible results.
Twitter has already reduced my use of email – I love that!
A first visit to Twitter might not convince you of its potential as a professional networking and learning tool. Many of the tweets are not only personal but trivial—what someone is having for breakfast, or where they’re headed next. It’s not unusual for a new user to post an update and be completely ignored.
Twitter (or micro-blogging) is only one kind of social media tool with the potential to support professional networking and learning. Those that offer collaborative file sharing, mindmapping, writing, and editing capabilities can support more complex collaborative learning than Twitter. But for the moment, nothing else is as immediate or growing as fast.
Give it a try.
Corporate learning has not changed much since the days when it was first delivered. Still, we often see learners sitting in classrooms that are arranged so that all of the eyes face towards the front of the room – towards the expert who knows everything we need to know. The designated trainers deliver the course content according to the time allotments and sequence prescribed by the course agenda. There are too few opportunities for the learners to network, discuss, and collaborate. The learners remember very little and do not often believe that the training was too relevant to the challenges and opportunities that they will face back on the job.
Yet we continue to deliver most of corporate training like this – day in and day out.
Now is the time to change the way we develop and deliver training.
I want training that is memorable and unique, relevant and of high quality, that has been endorsed and regulated by my learning community. Training that is presented from differing viewpoints and perspectives and that is adaptive to my needs and learning style.
Why not inclusive training whereby anyone and everyone produces and consumes training material?. I want to see rewards and recognition programmes that encourage people to collaborate and share.
How can we further close the gap between training and working? How can we create more opportunities for people to learn from the place where they work without having to schedule the training at times that are only convenient for the trainers and venues? Can we build a learning ecosystem with easy and direct access to training materials and experts, and where the pursuit of new knowledge and skills results in improved networks and a stronger sense of belonging?
Rather than creating relatively large training modules that take hours to complete, lets organize and disseminate learning nuggets that last minutes and that can be re-arranged by the learner.
Rather than delivering training that is prescribed by an agenda, within the planned timeframes, let’s allow for more interaction, discussion, collaboration, networking, and participation before, during and after the training event.
Here are a few ideas of how we might change the way we develop and deliver training:
Before a training event
- The learners use social networks to form relationships with the other learners and trainers. The intent is to look for common ground, understand the differing motives for learning, and to form learning groups.
- The trainers produce blogs that contain their objectives for the course, their expectations of the learners, and their main ideas about some of the content. Learners read these blogs and provide feedback and reactions to the trainer via blog comments.
- Learners access discussion threads that are organized around the key learning objectives. This is an opportunity for learners to ask questions, debate ideas, and share insights. This preparatory step helps learners get into the right frame of mind.
- Learners create and share learning segments that relate to the course objectives. This might also include sample deliverables, presentations, lessons learnt, or best practices.
- The training agenda is published on a wiki and presented to the learners before the training event and learners have an opportunity to offer revisions. This feedback will allow the trainers to consider making changes that will increase training relevancy and effectiveness.
- The trainers and learners produce and publish podcasts stating their expectations of the training and why the training is important. This will help all trainers and learners become more familiar with each other and enable more effective learning group choices.
During a training event
- At the end of each major training segment or day, the trainer creates a blog entry with his or her reflections and ideas on how to make the training more effective next time. Learners provide comments and feedback for others to see.
- Learners continue to revise training materials on the wiki.
- Learners and trainers use the discussion threads to capture key questions, opinions, and answers.
- Trainers and learners continue to use the social networking tool to arrange meetings, share ideas, and build deeper relationships.
- Trainers and learners produce more podcasts to summarize their key take aways, opinions about the training, and suggestions for how to apply the learnt knowledge and skills back on the job.
- Trainers record lectures and demonstrations so the learners can access and replay them again during or well after the training event.
- Trainers and learners use chat rooms during lectures and demonstrations to share comments and ask questions.
After the training event
- The learners continue to revise the training materials on the wiki after trying to apply the learnt knowledge and skills back on the job.
- Trainers continue to moderate discussion threads.
- Learners continue to network with each other and with the trainer.
- Learners continue to share learning segments in the form of podcasts, presentations, white papers, and sample deliverables.
There is no reason why learning should stop and start at designated times. Trainers should continually provide learning guidance and assistance to all of their learners each and every day.
Continued organisational change is producing flatter, more flexible and responsive organisations with work cultures that support employees to be more autonomous, innovative and more customer-focused than in the past. Workers now require a wider range of capabilities, skills and technical know-how to operate in these new environments. How can we incorporate training into workplaces in ways that support this new type of worker?
Starter for 10 – some ideas worth considering
- tailor the learning to the learner
- give learners more control
- empower trainers as effective managers of learning
- encourage collaborative learning and interaction
- use virtual training environments
- communicate better with business leaders about the returns gained from training
Students who downloaded a podcast lecture achieved substantially higher exam results than those who attended the lecture in person.
I remember going to class at university and wondering whether I should record the lectures. I never did this because it was easier and more efficient to take good notes during the lecture and then meet with classmates to compare my notes. What if I had the option to attend the lecture or download a podcast of the lecture (and not attend the lecture)? I might have opted to download the podcast and never go to class (unless there was a useful class discussion).
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At the moment the commerce-and-community e-tail site has got deep pockets and as well as pumping thousands of pounds into sponsoring MTB routes and walking trails, is taking brand building ads in the consumer outdoor and cycling mags.
How long this can last from a site that surely cannot be selling shed loads of bikes or gear is a moot point but hats off to 9feet.com anyway, its investing in the grass roots which is always to be applauded.
The site is currently advertising 50 percent reductions in its first sale but this isnt necessarily an indication of lukewarm product shifting because even the best IBDs have summer sales at the moment.
Kona bikes are attracting the deepest discounts, which is mirrored in the bricks and mortar world too.
The Orange bikes on offer and PDIed and boxed out to consumers by an IBD on the Isle of Wight, against the wishes of Orange are being offered at full retail. This is admirable but it makes you ask why anybody would buy a bike from 9feet.com in the first place. Surely, online, its no discount, no sale?
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The Lalls pleaded not guilty to the charges and were released by Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on their own recognizance.
They were ordered to return to court on November 24, 2014.
Defence Lawyer, Khemraj Ramjattan had requested reasonable bail.
A number of observers have claimed that Lall was prosecuted several weeks after his newspaper had targeted the Chinese investment company, Bai Shan Lin, as having allegedly benefitted from hefty duty free concessions.
After the two SUVs were seized, Kaieteur News then published e-mail correspondence purportedly between Attorney General, Anil Nandlall and Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Kurshid Sattaur to show that there was a plot to shut down that newspaper.
Several days later, the GRA issued a statement saying that the email were bogus and said that the police would be called in to probe how Kaieteur News could have obtained sensitive taxpayer information. “Having regard to the extreme length at which the Kaieteur News would go to prevent this audit, including corrupting officers of the GRA or others unknowns to divulge sensitive and confidential information, creation and publication of fake emails, public statements suggesting audit of the company will result in its destruction, it is evident that the company may not be compliant with the tax laws.
The Lalls and re-migrants- Naroontandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan -were arraigned for allegedly evading import duties between June 18 and September 2013 and knowingly aiding and abetting each other in doing so in violation of the Customs Act. Particulars are that false declarations were allegedly made to the amount of US$44,158 for the two vehicles.
The vehicles are two Lexus LX570 bearing chassis numbers JTJHY7AX6 D4094851 and JTJHY7AX6 D4096745 and licence registrations PRR 8398 and PRR 8399, with engine capacities of 5700 cc.
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A New Image Reflects Our Strength and Stability Together
The Vestibular Disorders Association (VeDA) has updated our brand image to best show who we are today and where we are going as an organization and a community. We have revised our vision and mission statement, created a new logo and motto (tagline), and a new communications platform. The graphic elements will be rolled out in stages over the next several months.
For over 30 years, VeDA has supported those suffering from vestibular (inner-ear & brain) conditions. Our dual purpose is to ensure that all vestibular patients are diagnosed quickly and effectively treated. VeDA believes that everyone suffering from a vestibular disorder should be supported and empowered to discover a life rebalanced. VeDA chose a simple logo that embodies what vestibular patients seek: stability. Our mission is to support and empower vestibular patients on their journey back to balance. Our motto – Life Rebalanced – speaks to vestibular patients at every stage of their journey.
Our goal is to support patients at every stage of their vestibular journey. Whether you are newly diagnosed, have been living with a vestibular disorder for some time, or have not yet found a name to describe your symptoms, VeDA’s resources can help you. Vestibular healthcare specialists play an important role in our community as well.
VeDA knows that vestibular patients want to understand their condition, find a qualified healthcare provider, and get back to living a normal life. Amid a cacophony of unsettling symptoms, patients want to feel balanced - physically, mentally and emotionally.
VeDA has always been a trusted resource of science-based information on vestibular disorders, building public awareness and advocating for research and public policy. With our message of hope we can reach more patients who are struggling with the life-altering impacts of their illness.
For more information, contact VeDA at [email protected].
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ADHS Newsletter No. 177 JANUARY, 2000
Items of interest:
- Garage sale and next meeting 19th February
- Fashions through the ages parade 18th March
- St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Lexton 150th anniversary service. Names mentioned: Mrs. Ada Hobson, the Moderator of Victoria, Mr. Brian Bayston, Mr. Bob Newnham, Mrs. Florence Graham (who conducted services for many years), Mrs. Pam Reid, from Scots Church in Ballarat, Eileen Anderson, Jean Donaldson, Margaret and James Gray (James was a presenter in the church for 55 years), Rev. Adam from Melbourne, a descendant of Rev. Adam, who was the first minister of the Lexton Presbyterian Church, Di and John Halmarick, Mrs. Thelma Fisher, Mrs. Janis Robson, Mrs. Madge Giles(nee Roxburgh)
- Astbury family reunion
- Lindsay family reunion. Names mentioned: Frank and Josephine Lindsay, Mrs Ally Cahill
- 1900 Postal Directory for Avoca – Business People (+100 names listed)
This first newsletter for the year 2000 brings New Year greetings to one and all. We wish you good health and happiness in the days ahead and the very best of luck with your family research.
Changes of Address – Important – Please note that we now have a new web-site address as well as a new e-mail address, as shown above on the masthead.
Christmas Get-together – The Society ended its activities for 1999 with a Christmas Get-together at the Court House on Sunday, 12th December, which was attended by the Pyrenees Shire President, Cr. David Bailey, and his wife, Bev. During the luncheon, the Shire President presented to the Society a letter book which contains an illuminated letter of condolence in a leather folder written to the widow of Cr. Charles Bailey, of the Avoca Shire, Charles Bailey having died on 3rd January, 1874, at the age of 45 years. Treasured by his family ever since 1874, Cr. Charles Bailey’s great-granddaughter, Mrs. Brenda Bateman, has given the letter book to the Avoca Historical Society, through the Pyrenees Shire President, for safe keeping in our archives. Accompanying the letter book is a press cutting giving details of Cr. Bailey’s life and community involvement in Avoca. These two Councillors Bailey are not related.
Another visitor to the Court House on the occasion of our Christmas Get-together was Mrs. Evelyn Jess, a daughter of Mrs. Evelyn May Holland (known as May and affectionately known by many as Nanna Holland, who died on 25th March, 1999). The family of Nanna Holland have given to the Avoca Historical Society the last remaining original street lamp (kerosene) in Avoca. We understand that, when electricity came to Avoca, Mrs. Holland bought the cast iron street lamp for ten shillings – then the price of two fox scalps. The lamp used to stand at the corner of Russell and Barnett Streets in Avoca, behind the Methodist Church.
After Mrs. Holland purchased the light, it was illuminated every Christmas for a period of about 40 years. Mrs. Holland’s family expressed the wish that this tradition be continued now that the lamp has been moved to its new setting. The Society decided to have power connected to the lamp so that not only would it give light at Christmas but every night of the year.
We extend our thanks to the Holland family for donating the lamp, and also to Herb and Trevor Robinson, Charles Peters and everyone else involved with the moving and erection of this lovely cast iron street lamp which now enhances the grounds of the Court House. Plans are being made to have a suitable plaque placed on the lamp.
Our thanks to those members who set up the Court House for the Christmas luncheon and contributed to the festive occasion in different ways. Eulie Driscoll kindly donated a basket of jams which was won by Colleen Allan and a basket of Christmassy red and white flowers, created and donated by Lily Mills, was won by Ada Hobson.
(My thanks to Margaret Oulton and Jill Hunter for assistance with this report. Ed.)
Garage Sale and Next Meeting on Saturday, 19th February, at the Court House – The annual Garage Sale is our main fund-raising event each year and will commence at 9 am. We hope you have been busy over the holiday break tidying your cupboards and now have a box of your unwanted goods ready to go to the Court House for the sale. Melbourne folk with goods to donate can contact Margaret and Harry Oulton on 9596 2500 to make arrangements for collection.
A cake stall will also be run in conjunction with the Garage Sale. Donations are sought for this stall. Please remember that all cakes must be wrapped and labelled.
Our first meeting for the year will follow the Garage Sale, commencing at 2 pm.
Fashions Through The Ages – Please mark this event in your diary. The parade will take place on Saturday, 18th March, at 8 pm in the Avoca RSL Hall. Tickets will cost $10 for a family, and $5 single. Supper will be provided. This promises to be an interesting and fascinating evening with some beautiful gowns from days gone by being paraded.
Do you have, or know someone who has a genuine 1920s outfit hanging in the cupboard? We would especially like an authentic Charleston-style frock for the parade. If you can help, please contact Lily Mills on 54 65 3565 as soon as possible.
New Members – A warm welcome is extended to –
Mr. Paul DALY, of Mill Park, Vic., whose interest is Michael DALY.
Mrs. J. THOMPSON, of Cottesloe, W.A., who is researching the MORRIS family.
Ms Edwina SHOOTER, of Mt. Helen, Vic., who is interested in the DATE family.
(Our apologies for listing Ms Shooter incorrectly as ‘Shoster’ in our last newsletter. Ed.)
Raffle – We are currently raffling a beautiful Australian Heritage Cook Book, kindly donated by Margaret Oulton. This is no ordinary cook book, as the lucky winner will not be storing it in the kitchen – with its beautiful photos taken throughout our vast country, this is very much a book for the coffee table. It contains simple recipes as well as more elaborate ones for special occasions. Please support this raffle with tickets at $1 each.
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at Lexton held a special service on Sunday, 7th November, to mark the church’s 150 years. Those attending were welcomed by Mrs. Ada Hobson while the service was conducted by the Moderator of Victoria, Mr. Brian Bayston, assisted by Elder, Mr. Bob Newnham, Mrs. Florence Graham (who conducted services for many years), and Mrs. Pam Reid, from Scots Church in Ballarat.
Among special guests at the service were Eileen Anderson, a descendant of the Anderson family, pioneer settlers in Lexton; Jean Donaldson from New South Wales, a great-granddaughter of Margaret and James Gray (James was a presenter in the church for 55 years); Rev. Adam from Melbourne, a descendant of Rev. Adam, who was the first minister of the Lexton Presbyterian Church; and Di and John Halmarick, from Melbourne, descendants of the Robertson family of Mt. Mitchell. The Robertsons were one of the families instrumental in establishing a Presbyterian Manse in 1847, where Major Mitchell’s line of road crossed over Doctor’s Creek, near the Lexton Cemetery. The Robertson family have been benefactors of St. Andrew’s Church since its inception.
Lunch was held at the Lexton Public Hall. The anniversary cake, made by Mrs. Thelma Fisher and decorated by Mrs. Janis Robson, was cut by Mrs. Madge Giles(nee Roxburgh), who is the oldest member of St. Andrew’s congregation.
(My thanks to Ada Hobson for her assistance with this report. Ed.)
Family Reunions – Astbury – The Astbury family held a reunion in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens on 21st November, 1999, to mark the sesquicentenary year of the arrival, in 1849, of William Daniel ASTBURY, his wife Elizabeth and their six children, in the then Port Phillip District of New South Wales. The family left Plymouth in the barque ‘Nelson’ on 17th August,1849, arriving at Melbourne three months later on 17th November. While William and Elizabeth and the three youngest children lived in the dwelling now known as the Mitre Tavern in Bank Place, Melbourne, the three eldest children, Elizabeth, James and Mary, were contracted to work for local employers. Today, there are descendants of this family throughout Australia and the name is well-known in the Avoca area.
Lindsay – Over the past 15 years, the Lindsay family have held an annual reunion on the first Sunday in December. For some years, it was held at Ballarat, but in more recent times, the gathering has been held at Avoca. The four generations who meet are descendants of Frank and Josephine Lindsay, who lived at Lamplough, where Josephine was born in the 1890s. Frank and Josephine had twelve children, the family consisting of eight boys and four girls. The family is now widespread, having settled at Murtoa, Birchip, Casterton and into New South Wales, as well as in Melbourne.
The 1999 reunion was featured in the Weekly Times of 5th January, 2000, with a photograph of those present, their comments on current conditions in rural areas (lack of hospitals, services, employment and transport) and their hopes and aspirations for the future. These are based on a return of services and prosperity to rural areas, and a united community providing support for all its people, and with hope and good prospects for future generations.
Mrs. Ally Cahill (nee Lindsay) recalled her happy childhood at Lamplough in a caring environment. She said that though life in Lamplough was very primitive, with no water, no electricity, no phone and no money to speak of, yet the children had a happy childhood, with freedom and security. They did not realise that they were poor and their wonderful parents never gave any of the worries and burdens to the children.
(This report is based on the article in the ‘Weekly Times’, kindly brought to my notice by Irene Macwhirter. Ed.)
History on the Web – Victoria’s immigration records from the gold rush years were launched on 19th January on the Internet and CD-Rom. Historians and family researchers no longer need to trawl through hundreds of shipping lists. Shipping records from 1852 to 1879 have so far been logged. The Web site is at www.prov.vic.gov.au
(From the Melbourne ‘Herald/Sun’ of 20th January, 2000)
Bega Valley Pioneer Register – Bega Valley Genealgogical Society seeks names for a Pioneer Register for the Bega Valley Shire, the area from Bermagui to the Victorian border, from the beginning of settlement to Federation, 1 January, 1901. For a form, send a ssae to The Secretary, PO Box 19, Pambula, NSW 2549.
1900 POSTAL DIRECTORY FOR AVOCA – BUSINESS PEOPLE
AVOCA, Gladstone Co., 127 miles N.W. by rail from Melbourne (Maryborough line); postal, telegraph & money order office & savings bank.; agric. & mining; 1 branch bank (Victoria); 2 bi-weekly newspapers (Mail & Free Press).
|Ah Woo Charles, bootmaker Hempseed J., tinsmith||Atkinson, Mrs., fancy goods Henderson A. C., storekeeper|
|Avoca Butter Factory (R. Poynter, sec.) Herlihy Mrs. Kate, store||Avoca Meat Co. (T. Simmons, mgr.)Herring Edmund, solicitor|
|Bailey Charles (Impey & Bailey) Hope Thomas, mine manager||Barbat Augustus J., produce dealerHoying Miss, fruiterer|
|Bosanko Mrs. Grace, boot warehouse Ho Ying Mrs., All Nations hotel, Avoca||Brooks Henry, storekeeper Lead|
|Brown Agnes, storekeeperHutchinson George, bootmaker||Brown James, cordial manufacturerImpey & Bailey, butchers|
|Campbell John (Pinch & Campbell)Impey Mrs. Amy, restaurant||Chambers George, carpenter Impey Thomas (Impey & Bailey)|
|Chellew William M., watchmaker Johnson Henry, blacksmith||Classen Herman F. (mngr. C. Classen) Johnson William, surgeon|
|Classen Mrs. Caroline, cabinet maker and undertaker Kain James, saddler||Kang Mrs., butcher|
|Coghlan John, carpenter Kaye Henry, carpenter||Daly William E., carrier Kearney Edward, blacksmith|
|Dance Frederick, carpenter Kearney Mrs., storekeeper||Downton George, draper Kitchen John, painter|
|Ebeling A., produce merchant Kitchen William, painter||Fetherstonhaugh Robt. T., surgeon (visiting) Lalor A. G., chemist|
|Lamont John, wheelwright||Field Lester and Richard, fellmongersLa Roche B., fruiterer|
|Flower Mrs. George, fruiterer Lever Miss, dressmaker and bookseller||Forbes Charles, teacher Lewis John W., Royal Oak hotel|
|Foster W., Bull and Mouth HotelMcHugh Thomas, “Free Press” (bi-weekly)||Geer Rev. W. H. (England)|
|Gilbert Miss Annie, music teacher Mackereth Edwin, wine shop||Gilbert W. P., draper Mackereth Miss, dressmaker and fancy goods|
|Glenmona G. M. Co. (Thos. Hope, manager)||Golder Alfred, wheelwright McVicar Miss Lillian, dressmaker|
|Goode E. B., postmaster Martin Francis, fruiterer and grocer||Gray Rev. William (Presbyterian)Mickle Mrs., fruiterer etc.|
|Gregory Thomas D., Avoca hotel Mockett Mrs. Bennett, Victoria hotel||Grimmer Charles G., surgeon Nicholls J. H., carpenter|
|Guthrie T., baker O’Malley P. G., painter||Hakendorf James H. F., tailor Opie John, bookmaker|
|Hammill John, brickmakerOpie Mrs., fancy goods||Opie Solomon, mason Smith – – , station master|
|Osborne Rev. J. (Wesleyan) Smith, W. G., clerk of courts||Paten John F. (exors. late), “Avoca Mail” (bi-weekly)Snell Edmund (exors. late), storekeeper|
|Tanner George, tailor||Pinch and Campbell, auctioneersTaylor R. A. M., mngr. Bank of Victoria|
|Pinch George (Pinch and Campbell) Thomas James, storekeeper||Powers Henry, baker and Vale hotelWardlow J., sec., Foresters’ Society|
|Powers L. and E., stationers Watt E. E., hairdresser||Poynter R., sec., Butter FactoryWegner Henry, cabinetmaker|
|Redpath John, greengrocer Whitley William, carpenter||Reed Mrs., restaurant Whitrow James, hairdresser|
|Richter Henry, bark merchant Wiltshire John O., Albion hotel||Rop J., sec., Odd Fellows SocietyWise and Co. (Michael M.),storekeepers|
|Ross John, shire secretary Wolfe C., livery stables||Simmons T., manager Meat Co.|
Y2K BUG – Have you been worried about the Y2K bug? Your problems are nothing compared to what poor old Cassius had to deal with.
Translated from Latin scroll dated 2 BC
Are you still working on the Year Zero problem? This change from BC to AD is giving us a lot of headaches and we haven’t much time left. I don’t know how people will cope with working the wrong way around. Having been happily working downwards forever, now we have to start thinking upwards. You would think that someone would have thought of it earlier and not left it to us to sort it all out at this last minute.
I spoke to Caesar the other evening. He was livid that Julius hadn’t done something about it when he was sorting out the calendar. He said he could see why Brutus had turned nasty. We called in Consultus, but he simply said that continuing downwards using minus BC won’t work and as usual charged a fortune for doing nothing useful Surely we will not have to throw out all our hardware and start again? Macrohard will make yet another fortune out of this, I suppose.
The moneylenders are paranoid of course! They have been told that all usury rates will invert and they will have to pay their clients to take out loans. It’s an ill wind . . . .
As for myself, I just can’t see the sand in an hourglass flowing upwards. We have heard that there are three Wise Men in the East who have been working on the problem, but unfortunately they won’t arrive until it’s all over.
I have heard that there are plans to stable all horses at midnight at the turn of the year as there are fears that they will stop and try to run backwards, causing immense damage to chariots and possible loss of life.
Some say the world will cease to exist at the moment of transition. Anyway we are still continuing to work on this blasted YO problem. I will send a parchment to you if anything further develops. If you have any ideas please let me know.
(This giggle appeared in The Explorers’ Tree, and was republished in the CQ Genie-Ologist, December, 1999)
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
No relief found at the US Supreme Court
Texas woman set to die loses at US Supreme Court
By Michael Graczyk - Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review the case of a Texas woman who faces execution later this month for the fatal stabbing and bludgeoning of a retired college professor.
The high court, without comment, refused to review the case of Kimberly McCarthy, 51, who is set to die Jan. 29 for the July 1997 killing of Dorothy Booth during a robbery at the 71-year-old woman's home in Lancaster, about 15 miles south of Dallas.
Evidence showed McCarthy, a former nursing home therapist who lived across an alley from Booth, called her neighbor to borrow a cup of sugar. McCarthy then went to Booth's home, where she stabbed the older woman five times with a butcher knife, beat her with a large candle holder and cut off her finger to take Booth's diamond wedding ring. Prosecutors showed McCarthy drove Booth's Mercedes to Dallas, pawned the ring for $200 and then went to a crack house to buy some cocaine. Evidence also showed she used Booth's credit cards at a liquor store and was carrying the victim's driver's license.
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Getting a facial can be an effective way to address skin concerns and discover new products that improve the condition of your skin. But anyone that’s ever glanced at a spa menu knows that facials aren’t a one size fits all service. It’s important to know which is the best facial for your skin type so that you avoid leaving the spa looking worse than when you walked in.
Those with oily skin tend to have clogged pores from a buildup of oil, makeup and environmental debris. A facial that includes an exfoliating treatment will help eliminate congestion and is usually followed by extractions. “Extractions” refers to the professional removal of blackheads, or hardened oil buildup in pores that has oxidized (darkened) from exposure to sunlight. Facials that include these steps are usually listed as “deep cleansing” or recommended for those with acne.
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Maybe you have an oily t-zone but cheeks fall on the drier side. This means you have combination skin and require a facial that balances your complexion. You will still want a treatment that includes exfoliation and extractions (even if they are limited to a certain area) but should also look for steps that soothe, such as a hydrating mask that will help your skin lock in moisture.
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