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wordpress | Please welcome Roger Johns, author of the Wallace Hartman Mysteries as he talks about something very familiar to writers everywhere…luck.
I just got back from ThrillerFest, the huge annual convention for readers and writers of thrillers and mysteries, and it’s left me in a contemplative mood about the role luck played as I found my way into the novel-writing business. It all started back in the early 90s, when I took a leave of absence from a perfectly good academic job to move to Los Angeles to try my hand at writing comedy for television. A tough business to break into, for sure, but I had the perfect plan.
I went to work as a flunky at a talent agency that represented, among others, people who wrote (or wanted to write) TV sitcoms. This was my thinking: If I work where the agents work, I will get my scripts read, my talent will be immediately recognized, and I will be spending long nights in the writers’ room before I can even finish unpacking all the boxes. Unfortunately, my perfect (i.e., naïve) plan was missing a key ingredient––maybe the key ingredient.
Because part of my job was to read scripts submitted by actual clients of the agency, I soon discovered that what I was reading was better than what I was writing. . . a lot better . . . better than much of what was getting produced for the small screen. Yet, many of those writers weren’t getting hired. Why, I wondered?
I asked one of the agents what accounted for this strange outcome. She told me that it wasn’t enough to be a good writer. You also had to be lucky––lucky enough to come to the attention of just the right person, at just the right time, with just the right material in hand. That’s a lot of luck to have all at once, a revelation that really set me back on my heels. There were only so many shows on TV (far fewer than today) so there were only so many chances to catch that much lightning in a bottle.
It may be different today, but at the time, if you wanted to write for television, you had to be in L.A., and L.A. was (and still is) a very expensive place to sit around waiting to get lucky. And I was going broke faster than a Powerball winner. Enough of this foolishness, I thought. After a bit of soul searching, I abandoned my ambition, fled back into the warm embrace of academia, and told myself “I ain’t fallin’ for that again.” Little did I know that, even though I had abandoned my ambition, my ambition hadn’t abandoned me. It laid low for a while, but it never really left the building.
Years later, when I could sense the end of my academic career drawing near, and I knew I would be at a crossroads of a sort, the ambition showed up again––abruptly, unexpectedly, like Ol’ Man Scratch materializing out of a puff of smoke, ready to make a deal.
This time he looked different. He was no longer the sleek, hip-looking fellow spewing laugh lines laced with up-to-the-minute street slang and snarky cultural references. And that dangerous glint in his eyes––the one that had seduced me into leaping from the ivory tower into the sinkhole of Hollywood––had softened into the comforting glow of a wood stove on a cold dark night. So, at first, I didn’t recognize him.
But it was him, alright, in the form of a crazy idea that flickered through my head, barely rippling the placid surface of my thought pool. That’s how it started anyway––a here-and-gone notion glinting at the corner of my mind’s eye. Before long, the idea developed an uncomfortable habit of showing up at odd times, like that person you sort of know, that you randomly encounter here and there. You remember the face but not the name. You stop for a minute of awkward chit chat and then disengage before the conversation gets serious. Shortly after that, the idea started hanging around like the last party guest who won’t go home and won’t shut up.
But, like I said before, this time it looked different. This time it wasn’t some low-probability write-for-TV ambition. This time it looked reasonable, more like a book than a TV show. And books are respectable, right?
Of course they are. And that’s what caused me to stand still long enough for the idea to get close enough to sink its claws into me. And then it started its incessant whispering in my ear: “You can write a book from anywhere, right? So stop worrying. Kinder, gentler ambitions like this can be pursued from wherever you happen to be. You can stay right here at home. You won’t have to pump your last dime into the Tinsel Town slot machine and then pray like hell for three lucky stars to line up in the little window.” So, I fell for it . . . again.
At least the part about getting to work from home turned out to be true. I live out in the hinterland west of Atlanta, so I should know. But luck, that secret ingredient, was still part of the deal, still hidden in the fine print. With books, though, it’s different than it is for TV. The odds are much more in favor of the gambler/writer. A few hundred TV shows are produced every year, while a few million books are produced every year. I like them odds a lot better.
And luck is like trouble: you can wait for it to find you, or you can go looking for it. Thankfully, for those of us with bookish ambitions, there are a lot of places to go looking––places where luck hangs out on a regular basis. ThrillerFest is one of those places––and Bouchercon, and Killer Nashville, and the Atlanta Writers Conference, and so many more. Even so, for me, it still took quite a while. So, here’s to looking for luck in all the right places.
Roger Johns is the author of the Wallace Hartman Mysteries from St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books, and the 2018 Georgia Author of the Year (Detective ▪ Mystery Category) for his debut novel, Dark River Rising. The second volume in the series, River of Secrets, will be out on August 28, 2018. Please visit him at http://www.rogerjohnsbooks.com.
I so much appreciate this post, Roger–both in terms of hearing about your own path to publication and also because I so much agree with your points here. Anytime I talk about how fortunate I’ve been with my writing career, someone always points out that I’ve worked hard too or that I have talent or whatever, but as you pointed out, a lot of things have to come together in the right way—and that’s good fortune in my estimation.
Congrats in the meantime on all your success!
Thanks, Art. I’ll look forward to having that talk at the next opportunity. Safe travels to wherever that will be.
To quote the Roman philosopher Seneca, “Luck is what happens when when preparation meets opportunity.” Sounds like you were well prepared, Roger.
And Happy Birthday to Mysterista Kait Carson!
Thanks, Liz. It’s been a fun and very enlightening journey, and I’ve met so many fantastic people. The writing community is just the best.
Great post, Roger. And kudos to you for taking the first mighty plunge into LA waters and realizing the time wasn’t right! I’m looking forward to reading your books and discovering the significance of River.
Hi Kait. Even though the L.A. venture didn’t work out as I had planned, it still bore some pretty fantastic fruit. I had a great time, I learned a whole lot, and made a good friend whom I’m still best friends with to this day. I hope you enjoy the books. And, by the way, the river is significant in three ways in Dark River Rising.
What a lovely post! Luck certainly has a lot to do with it. I admire your ambition going to LA. I had a degree in broadcasting, but no desire to go to LA or Podunk, so I tried to break into the San Francisco market, but I couldn’t get an interview in even the lowliest of positions, an NBC page. So I went to law school. Practicing solo, waiting for clients to call when business is slow (gives me more time to write), is easier than breaking into broadcasting. My motto is to keep going until someone shuts the door on your face. So far, so good.
Thanks, Keenan. I was a lawyer in the way long ago. I enjoyed teaching more than practicing, though. When I had a chance to do both, at the same time, I got to make a direct comparison between the two and decided teaching was more my style. Nearly twenty years teaching business law, and loved every minute of it.
I can appreciate Ol’ Ma; Scratch, like you he’s never far away, and until I’ve sat down and written that ghostly tome there is no peace. Yes, luck has a lot to do with it, and so does our compulsion. I look forward to reading your work. Congratulations!
Thanks, Nancy. Yes, the compulsion to get it on paper is another big piece of the picture, something I’ve been introspective about for a long time but can’t quite bring the origin into focus. It’s been such a steady companion, for so long. How would we manage without it?
Congrats on your journey, and thanks for joining us today! Luck is such a huge factor, but you have to have the right material to make it work.
Thanks, Sue. I’m so grateful to have today’s spot on the blog. Mysteristas is such a consistently interesting, useful, and compelling place to be. And really friendly, too.
The most important thing—you didn’t give up.
Grace, there were so many times when the temptation to stop was strong. The collegiality and supportiveness of my wife and my fellow writers really carried me through the rough spots. I can’t imagine going it alone.
Thanks, Ellen. I had a great time, giving it a go.
Welcome, Roger! Wonderful post. You’ve made your own luck through hard work, determination and talent. Congratulations on your successes and where the journey has taken you so far. I very much looking forward to reading your work!
Thanks, Kathy. It’s been such an interesting road to go down. And the community of writers is such a fabulous place to be. Have a wonderful weekend. | 2019-04-19T10:32:19Z | https://mysteristas.wordpress.com/2018/07/20/guest-post-roger-johns/ | Porn | Arts | 0.231104 |
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ncsu | Kminiak, R., and Gaff, M., (2015). "Roughness of surface created by transversal sawing of spruce, beech, and oak wood," BioRes. 10(2), 2873-2887.
The created surface irregularities, namely roughness profile Ra, after the sawing of spruce, beech, and oak wood on a sliding mitre saw with manual saw blade feeding were studied. The created surface roughness was monitored at a cut height, e, of 50 mm using three basic modes of solid wood transversal sawing (flatwise cross-cutting at φ2=90°, flatwise edge-mitre cross-cutting, and flatwise mitre cross-cutting at φ2=45°). The monitored surface was made using a sliding mitre saw with the gradual application of saw blades with 24, 40, or 60 teeth, and special saw blade with 24 teeth and a chip limiter (CL), respectively. The saw blades used had identical angle geometries. Three levels of feed force, Fp, of 15, 20, and 25 N corresponding to a range of feed forces used by different operators were used in the experiment. The roughness of sawn surfaces was significantly influenced by cutting model, wood species, type of saw blade, and feed force. The created surface roughness values were very close to the plane milling values.
During transverse cutting, preliminary transverse sawing with a length allowance and final transverse sawing to the required dimension are distinguished. In transverse cutting to the required dimension, the created surface quality, primarily the created surface roughness, plays a significant role. In general, the roughness of the created surface should be at the level of plane milling, because from the technological point of view, after transverse cutting into the desired size followed by mostly just grinding operation.
Each process operation causes infringement of the work piece’s initial properties and integrity and leaves typical irregularities on the machined surface. These are manifested by microscopic changes such as the machined surface roughness and macroscopic changes such as waviness, scratches, corrugations, hollows, and thorn fibers (Siklienka and Kminiak 2013). According to Malkoçoğlu (2007), the machining properties of woods are directly related to machining defects (fuzzy grain, torn grain, raised grain, etc.). The wood cutting parameters (energy consumption, dust level, and noise level), the emerging product parameters (dimensional accuracy and created surface quality), and the produced chip parameters (dimensions and particle size composition) depend on the teeth shape, teeth dimensions and number, cutting tool geometry, sharpness, and technological conditions of the process, such as feed speed, feed force, and cutting speed (Örs et al. 1991; Efe et al. 2007; Kvietková et al. 2015).
According to Budakçi et al. (2011), the surface quality depends mainly on the chip thickness as well as on the cutting speed and the rake angle, respectively. Because of the anisotropic structure of the wood, high quality machining of the wood depend on the use of proper machining procedures, the feed speed, the tool geometry, and the suitable technical treatment of these cutters in relation to sharpening and maintenance (Yildiz 2002).
A fundamental role, when sawing, is played by the blade perpendicular to the direction of the wood fibers. During transversal cutting, the lateral cutting edges of the saw blade teeth cut the fibers and form the walls of the cut kerf (Fig. 1b). The main cut edges during closed cutting form the gullet bottom. A typical feature of a surface created by sawing with saw blades are half-moon-shaped traces (Fig. 1a).
When comparing different wood species, deciduous trees generally yield a higher quality of surface than conifers. For example, Örs and Baykan (1999) found that surfaces with lower roughness and higher smoothness can be acquired on Fagus orientalis rather than on Pinus sylvestris wood. Sadoh and Nakato (1987) found that the surface smoothness results for diffuse-porous woods were smoother than for the ring-porous woods. Kilic et al. (2006) found that surface of sawn beech wood was rougher than that of aspen wood, although both wood species are diffuse porous. Moreover, Malkoçoğlu (2007) found that better surface quality can be obtained on summer wood than on spring wood. Other important factors include the physical and mechanical properties of wood, as these properties directly affect all woodworking processes (Barcík and Gašparík 2014; Gaff 2014; Gaff and Matlák 2014; Fekiač et al. 2015).
The aim of this work was to determine the influence of number of teeth of circular saw blades as well as feed force on surface roughness of beech, spruce, and oak wood during transversally cutting at constant cutting speed (vc = 62 m/s).
Three wood species with industrial relevance in Slovakia were selected for the experimental measurements: European spruce (Picea abies L.), European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), and English oak (Quercus robur L.). The trees used for the experiment, which grew in the Zvolen location, were harvested in 2012 at an age of 45 years. Suitable zones were cut from the trunk at a height of 2 m from the stump. Flat-sawn wood samples had dimensions of 50 mm × 150 mm × 1000 mm.
Clear samples were conditioned in a conditioning room (relative humidity (ϕ) = 65 ± 3% and temperature (t) = 20 ± 2 ºC) for more than four months to achieve an equilibrium moisture content (EMC) of 12%.
The wood experimental cutting was carried out using a GCM 10S Professional sliding mitre saw (Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany) (Fig. 2). Table 1 summarizes the mitre saw parameters.
Four saw blades with sintered carbide plates were selected for the experiment (Fig. 3). The saw blades had identical diameters (D = 250 mm), identical tool thicknesses (b = 3.2 mm), identical cutting edge geometries (clearance angle a = 15°, cutting angle of edge , and frontal edges radial inclination angle ), and alternating teeth (WZ). Three of these saw blades were PREMIUM (EXTOL, Czech Republic) with various numbers of teeth: 24 teeth (Fig. 3b, Fig. 4b), 40 teeth (Fig. 3c), and 60 teeth (Fig. 3d); there was also a SPEEDLINE-WOOD (Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany) blade with 24 teeth and a chip limiter (Fig. 3a, Fig. 4a).
Most similar experiments are based on constant feed speed vf. For the present experiment, the use of a feed force, Fp, is typical. Feed force was substituted for feed speed because of manual feeding. This reflects the essence of the saw blade manual feed into the cut. Because constant experimental conditions, such as a constant feed force, cannot be met during real manual feeding, the feed force was simulated in an experimental stand (Fig. 5).
The hand movement (Fig. 6) is simulated by the movement of a hauling rope (Fig. 7), and the proper feed force is extracted by weights. The experimental feed force was determined on the basis of a preliminary experiment. Preliminary research determined the average feed force by a mechanical dynamometer (FK 100, Sauter AG; Switzerland) connected between handle of the saw and a person. The average value in the range of 13 to 28 N was calculated from the values, which were measured during the pulling of the saw by selected individuals (i.e., groups of 10 women and 10 men between the ages of 19 and 24 years, with body weights between 50 and 95 kg and heights between 161 and 198 cm). On the basis of this preliminary experiment, three levels of feed force were selected for the present experiment: Fp = 15, 20, and 25 N.
During the experiment, the 10-mm-thick test pieces were cut from the conditioned lumber by a saw blade. During the cutting, three basic models of transversal cutting on the sliding miter saw were applied: flatwise cross-cutting at 90° (M1) (Fig. 8a), flatwise edge-mitre cross-cutting at 45° (M2) (Fig. 8b), and flatwise mitre cross-cutting at 45° (M3) (Fig. 8c). The experiment was carried out at a constant cutting speed vc = 62 m/s.
The sample surface roughness was measured using a LPM-4 laser profilometer, (KVANT s. r. o., Slovakia) (Fig. 9). The profilometer is based on the triangulation principle of laser profilometry. The image of the laser line was sensed by a digital camera at an angle. Subsequently, the object profile in cross-section was evaluated from the captured image. The obtained data were mathematically filtered, and the individual indices of the primary profile, corrugation profile, and roughness profile were determined.
The roughness measurements were realized according to ISO 4287 (1997). A measurement was carried out in three tracks equidistant in the sample width (5, 25, and 45 mm from the sample margin), with a track length of 60 mm and the track oriented in the sample feed direction for the sawing process (Fig. 10).
Fig. 9. Laser profilometer that measures sample surface roughness. (1) bearing structure allowing the manual preset of the working distance and the fixing of both profilometer head and sliding tables system; (2) profilometer head; (3) system of slides for axes X and Z; and (4) control unit of the work tables sliding system.
Fig. 10. The measuring paths on the test sample. (1) sample; (2) measuring paths; and (3) track teeth of the saw blade.
For each combination (type of saw blade × feed force × cutting model), 20 cuts per wood species were made so that each final average value was calculated from 60 measured values. The surface roughness was evaluated by the arithmetic mean of the profile roughness, Ra.
The influence of various factors on the surface roughness was statistically evaluated using ANOVA (Fisher’s F-test) analysis, in STATISTICA 12 software (Statsoft Inc.; USA).
Drying to oven-dry state was also carried out according to ISO 3130 (1975), using the following procedure: wood samples were placed in the drying oven at a temperature of 103 ± 2 ºC until a constant mass was reached. Constant mass is considered to be reached if the loss between two successive measurements carried out at an interval of 6 h is equal to or less than 0.5% of the mass of the test sample. After cooling the test samples to approximately room temperature in a desiccator, the samples were weighed rapidly enough to avoid an increase in moisture content of more than 0.1%. The accuracy of weighing was at least 0.5% of the mass of the test sample.
From the multi-factor variance analysis in Table 2, all examined factors as well as their interactions are statistically significant. Based on the F-test, it can be concluded that the created surface roughness was most of all influenced by the cutting model, followed by the wood species, saw blade type, and least by the feed force. The obtained data statistical evaluation shows that the influence of the cutting model has three times the weight of the remaining examined factors.
As shown in Fig. 11, the surface with the highest quality was made in the case of the M1 model (flatwise cross-cutting at φ2 = 90°), with a surface average roughness of 6.4 μm. For the M2 model, the roughness increased by 27% to an average value of 8.1 µm. This phenomenon can be explained by the different cutting angles of the cell elements. While the cell elements in the M1 model are cut at 90°, this angle is 45° in the M2 model. This causes greater stripping of the wood structure.
The created surface with the worst quality was obtained with the M3 model (flatwise mitre cross-cutting at φ2 = 45°). Here, the surface roughness increases by 65%, to 10.6 µm. Based on conventional assumptions, the surface roughness should increase in the order of M1, M3, and M2. This did not happen, because when comparing M1 and M3, the expected increase is similar to the previous model due to change of the cell elements cutting angle from 90° to 45°. While comparing M3 and M2, the expected increase caused by the cut relative height increase was from 50 to 75 mm. At a constant cutting speed this situation causes enlargement of feed per tooth, as is demonstrated by Figure 1, and thus the increase of roughness at created surface.
To explain this phenomenon, it is necessary to emphasize that at constant feed speed, the actual feed per tooth depends on the actual cutting resistance, cutting force, feed force as well as the number of teeth. Thus, the cut height increase acted exactly the opposite way for the M2 model, and the feed force was distributed on various cutting wedges, thereby causing the feed per tooth to decrease. Another reason for a more substantial increase in the surface roughness for the M3 cutting model is the elongation of earlywood and latewood sections, since the different densities of earlywood and latewood causes different cutting resistance in their respective sections and thereby affects the feed per tooth; this is demonstrated by the width of the intervals, as shown in Fig. 11, since the cut length increases from 150 to 210 mm.
As shown in Fig. 12, the surface roughness increases in the following order: beech – oak – spruce. In numerical terms, the surface roughness is 6.9 µm for beech, 8.7 µm for oak (26% greater than beech), and 9.5 µm for spruce (37% greater than beech). The main difference between beech and oak is interesting, because these are wood species with approximately the same density and cutting force per unit area. However, this difference has a quite simple explanation. As previously mentioned, the created surface quality depends directly on feed per tooth and, simultaneously, the actual feed per tooth depends on actual cutting resistance of the cut material, cutting force, and number of teeth. Beech, as the densest wood species, and, as far as the macroscopic structure is concerned, the wood species with the most regular configuration of microscopic elements, such as libriform fibers, exhibits the best surface roughness.
Despite the similar density value of oak, the surface quality (roughness) was impaired significantly because of the more irregular distribution of microscopic elements and greater difference between earlywood and latewood. As expected, spruce exhibits the worst roughness because it has the lowest density and most irregular distribution of microscopic elements.
where Ra is the arithmetic mean of profile roughness (µm) and z is the number of teeth on the saw blade.
For constant feed speed, the use of a chip limiter would not make sense because the chip nominal thickness is affected by the feed speed value and teeth number. At constant feed force, the use of a chip limiter results in the stabilization of the chip nominal thickness and also created surface roughness.
where Ra is the arithmetic mean of profile roughness parameter (µm) and Fp is the feed force (N). However, for an objective assessment of the feed force impact, this shall be considered in an interaction with the already evaluated factors because these limit the impact on the proper sawing process. Therefore, the authentic multi-factor analyses are more objective (Figs. 15, 16, and 17).
These figures confirm the already formulated functions, i.e., that the created surface roughness is directly dependent on the actual cutting resistance (which is affected by the cutting model and wood species within the experiment), cutting force (affected by saw blade type), and feed force (affected by saw blade type and the proper feed force value as set up).
A typical feature of this process is precisely the attempt to simulate the saw blade manual feed into the cut and ensuring constant feed force, in contrast to studies dealing with transversal sawing which take into account constant feed speed. It is this fact that makes it impossible to compare the results with each other. If the feed per tooth is the comparison criterion, similar tendencies with experiments with constant feed speed can be observed.
Table 3 shows the roughness average values for the created surface, including the 95% confidence intervals for all examined factors and wood species.
Droba and Svoreň (2012) and Mikleš et al. (2010) argue that with the correct choice of process parameters, transverse sawing can achieve quality of the resulting surface at the level of Ra≤ 10 mm, which corresponds to plane milling. Siklienka and Janda (2013), Novák et al. (2011), and Sandak and Negri (2005) found that when creating smoother surfaces, this smoothness is affected by the anatomical structure of the material. The present conclusions fully correspond with Krílek et al. (2014) and Droba and Svoreň (2012), who found that the design of the saw blade directly affects the power relations in the cutting process, which is subsequently reflected in the quality of the generated surface.
Surface roughness similar to that of plane milling can also be achieved by a transversal sawing. The roughness values ranged from 4 to 23 µm, depending on the actual cutting model, wood species, saw blade type, and feed force.
The used cutting model influences the created surface roughness increase in the following order: flatwise cross-cutting at φ2 = 90° (M1), flatwise edge-mitre cross-cutting at φ2 = 45° (M2), and flatwise mitre cross-cutting at φ2 = 45°.
The feed force acts by means of cutting wedges (teeth) on the work piece. An almost proportional decrease of the surface roughness was found with increasing teeth number.
Both sawn wood homogeneity and density influence the created surface roughness. The denser and more homogeneous the wood, the smaller the created surface roughness.
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wordpress | According to the website Barack Obama has picked Hillary Clinton to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. It is because of this that they feels Hillary is no longer in the running for the second spot on the ticket.
I received a few phone calls today about last nights meeting in Middletown to discuss the COAH rule revisions that will be taking effect. I wasn’t there but from what I have been told it turned very ugly.
As it turns out, the story about the meeting last night that appears in today’s Asbury Park Press does not go into any detail about what happened during and after the public comments portion of the meeting.
After opening the meeting for comments, a very long, uncomfortable moment passed without anyone interested in speaking. Just before the meeting was going to be closed, Matt Morehead, Chairman of the Bayshore Young Democrats raised his hand to address the crowd.
It was at this point, I am told that it got ugly. Even before Mr. Morehead could get a word out he was immediately bombarded with hisses and catcalls. It seems as though the auditorium was packed with local members of the Middletown Republican Party, who were all just waiting for Mr. Morehead to speak.
When Matt finished his comments and attempted to leave the building he was accosted and surrounded in the lobby of the Middletown Arts Center by the same people who would not allow him to speak his mind inside of the auditorium. I am told that he was called several choice names that can not be printed along with being labeled as a communistic socialist.
It is unfortunate that these people have to act so childish. Instead of taking out their anger on the true culprits, the township’s Republican leadership who had 23 years in which to fully comply with COAH, they instead direct threats and insults at Matt Morehead for pushing the affordable housing issue to the forefront of discussion. For some reason these people feel Matt is responsible somehow for the state’s elimination of the use of RCA’s to help towns meet their affordable housing requirements, which is simply not true. The elimination of RCA’s had been discussed long before Mr. Morehead arrived on the scene.
I am sure that Matt will have more to say about this on his blog “A Voice for the Youth” soon.
You can click on the headline to read the APP’s account of what happend at the meeting.
>From the Hill’s Briefing Room comes an article from Walter Alarkon who is reporting that John McCain’s new ad comparing Barack Obama to pop stars Britney Spears and Paris Hilton has bloggers on both sides in a tizzy. While conservative bloggers find it effective, liberal bloggers and a former McCain aide call it childish.
It’s too bad McCain has to resort to factually inaccurate attack ads so early in the campaign. I think it show that his “straight talk” persona is more media hype then genuine.
From the Hill’s Briefing Room comes an article from Walter Alarkon who is reporting that John McCain’s new ad comparing Barack Obama to pop stars Britney Spears and Paris Hilton has bloggers on both sides in a tizzy. While conservative bloggers find it effective, liberal bloggers and a former McCain aide call it childish. | 2019-04-19T15:15:16Z | https://middletownmike.wordpress.com/2008/07/ | Porn | Arts | 0.234045 |
homestead | My theme page I had setup is gone now, after I setup the simplestore??
Okay setup my simplestore, but now the page I had been working on my site, theme site is gone!?!?
Let me take a look. I may know the problem. We have 2 stores and 2 websitbuilders and we need to make sure we have the right things.
I believe it is fixed now.
I will have to fix it for you, but I do not know which is right. I see you seem to have started with both builders and added the same image to both. The image I placed above is what you should currently see in the editor. Please log out of your account and clear the browser history, then log in again and take a look.
yes what shows in my website manager is the correct theme, but the store isn't there, it state in progress?
just checked my site and still not showing i have a store, says to upgrade.. I am pleased my original page is back, but no access to store.. why don't we just cancel the store and i'll just keep the web site as is. to much of a problem. | 2019-04-25T01:06:52Z | https://community.homestead.com/homestead/topics/my-theme-page-i-had-setup-is-gone-now-after-i-setup-the-simplestore | Porn | Shopping | 0.976007 |
wordpress | The storyteller woke up from a deep sleep. She didn’t know where she was or how long she’d been away, but as she opened her eyes she saw afternoon-sunlight filtering through the spring-budding trees that surrounded the glen where she lay. She stayed very, very still, resting in the support of the earth beneath her. Looking up, she blessed the shelter of the sky above her. She breathed in and out, at one with the everness of the in-between. She took in a deep breath and blew out a song of thanksgiving, singing words that took form and became visible in the air, wrapping themselves around the breeze, floating up to hang from the limbs, as fragile as dew.
A giggle and rustle from a limb of the old Maple, which stood sentry above her, sent a sprinkling of words cascading down around her, and she laughed at the magic of the jumbled phrases which composed themselves upon her resting body. “And Page Tendril Him ” said one, and “Put My For So Away” said another. The urge to actively voice these words into a story caused her to sit up, reach into her back pocket, pull out her storytelling hat and put it on. She was ready to begin.
The hat, which was covered with leaves and petals and vines that reached out, circling her head like a crown, must have been a signal, for out from the forest and down from the trees came the faerie folk, both big and small, all resembling humans but with ears that stood straight out from their heads, all twice as large as the ears of an average human girl. She carefully picked up the words “For So” and hung them from the nearest branch. Then she began.
“For so many years, “ she said, “the apple tree which you see there, just over there, right in front of those three blue spruce, those three, the ones that line up to form a triangle, for so many years the apple tree didn’t know how to grow. You see, it’s the only apple tree in this glen, or even in this part of the forest, so it didn’t have a vision of how it was supposed to be. And this apple tree took “Beingness” very, very seriously. For it was an apple tree that pondered. It was a pondering tree. A pondering apple tree, indeed.
And so, through all of the sunrises and through all the long days and through all of the seasons, it pondered. It thought about beauty and purpose, how to be real, what it meant to be authentic, and how it might become whole. It also wondered often, very often indeed, where and how it fit into the life of the forest, all very big thoughts for a small apple tree, but it was a pondering tree, so that’s what it did. It pondered. And each day it looked to the trees around it to teach it how to be.
In its youth it thought maybe it should grow tall and pointy like the spruce trees, but that didn’t work out. One glimpse in the reflecting pool that appeared during the mid-summer rains dashed that dream. Out from its middle were springing branches that made it look round like the moon. Like the moon! Not comely at all for a spruce! And the spruce were disappointed. This tree that grew so close to them, in their very shadow, wasn’t like them at all. No, indeed.
After that, feeling a bit uncomfortable, but being stuck where it was, it looked out across the glen and saw an Oak. And so the apple tree tried to be an Oak, and then a Maple and then a Linden, but none of these were just right for it, either. They didn’t fit the apple tree’s pattern. This truth was revealed by the maturing leaves that drifted down in the fall, each revealing distinctive shapes so different from the simple pointy ovals of the apple leaves. So, because the apple tree didn’t know how to grow, it put away its dreams and just stoically hugged the soil and did what trees do. It grew. In spite of itself it grew. Even pondering trees, at least ones that let their roots go deep into the soil, will grow given enough rain and sun and room to be. And so the years passed, strung together by memories stitched into the tendril of time.
One day a boy came into the woods. A human boy. A human boy carrying a book. A human boy carrying a book about trees. At least that’s what it said on the cover. It said T-R-E-E-S. Trees. He walked through the glen and over to the pondering tree, then he reached high up into the top of the tree that was round like a moon and he plucked off from it something that was round, round just like the tree, a bit lopsided, but smooth and hard and a brilliant yellow, like the sun.
The pondering tree was surprised, for it hadn’t seen that round globe growing from it’s branches. It was embarrassed. That thing that grew from its branches wasn’t capped like the acorns or winged like the fruit that grew on the Maple and the Linden, and it certainly wasn’t layered like the seeds from the spruce. If it could have it would have bowed its head in shame and become invisible like the fairies who often perched in its branches, gossiping about the world around them. But, it couldn’t, and it didn’t, and so it just watched, and listened.
The boy took the round yellow globe, looked around him and then sat down under the tree, leaning against what by now, after all of these years, had become a quite sturdy trunk. He took a bite, an actual BITE from the globe, and he smiled. Then he opened his book and looked at each page until he came to one that pictured pointy oval leaves and round yellow globes and a tree that was the shape of the moon. He took a pen from one pocket and a square of plastic from the other. On the plastic he wrote the words Yellow Delicious Apple Tree. Then he took a piece of string and tied the plastic to one of the pondering tree’s branches. Then he left.
The apple tree didn’t know quite what to do. Or what to ponder. It had spent so many years pondering how to be whole and what it meant to be authentic and now here was this sign, hung right there for all to see, that proclaimed it to be an apple tree. And, not only an apple tree, but an apple tree with a specific name, a Yellow Delicious Apple Tree. And, not only that, there apparently were so many apple trees just like it in the world that its kind was pictured in a book. A book about trees. A book about the whole family of trees. A whole family of trees of which it was a member. It belonged to a whole family of trees. It belonged. Just like it was.
The apple tree smiled, well, it ALMOST smiled. Apple trees don’t have mouths, after all, just roots and bark and leaves and stems to drink in the world around them. But, if it would have had a mouth, it would have smiled. For, indeed, it was a funny thing to ponder how it had been a whole, authentic Yellow Delicious Apple Tree even when it was just a twig with a tiny root and one leaf poking out from the top. It had always, always, been true and whole and just as it was supposed to be, even when it was just a seed, just one brown seed, like the one that the boy had left, displayed there in the center of the apple that was lying under the apple tree.
The pondering tree looked at the seeds and imagined how it might help those seeds, those seeds that, given enough soil and rain and sun and room, could grow into Yellow Delicious Apple Trees, grow to strength and maturity just like it had done. Yes, in spite of all of its ponderings and wondering about who it was and how it might be authentic and whole, it had grown into a very fine tree. A very fine tree, indeed. A very fine Yellow Delicious Apple Tree.
Saying that, softly, to itself, it stretched itself as tall as it could, spread its branches and all of its leaves to the sun, and pondered all of the ways that it might add beauty to the world. And so it did, just by being itself. | 2019-04-23T18:51:06Z | https://weefolkmaureen.wordpress.com/2014/11/ | Porn | Arts | 0.276209 |
wordpress | Book Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey | reading is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
From The Monstrumologist to this — Rick Yancey, make me a hard-core fanatic, why don’t you?
If you don’t kill all of us all at once, those who remain will not be weak. You are remaking us.
We are the clay, you are Michaelangelo. And we will be your masterpiece.
I cannot contain my happiness with The 5th Wave. It was a stellar alien book from no less than Rick Yancey!
So the moment that certified I was hooked? Zombie‘s character. When his POV was introduced, I didn’t know who he was. Imagine my ecstasy when his true identity was revealed on his first chapter, I was giddy with excitement! Leave it to Yancey to stir things up in a major way. 😀 Smooth talker, this one – and the inappropriateness of it in a post-apocalyptic world was very funny. Heh.
Needless to say, the alien plot was gripping, the villain was hateful, the edge-of-your-seat element was electrifying. Woot!
With obvious strength in characters and decisive story flow, The 5th Wave deserves two thumbs up from an existing Rick Yancey fan like me. More alien conspiracy, please!
P.S. Me thinks this book will still be awesome even without the romance angle.
I’m glad that this book and its characters captivated you! I really need to check it out, I feel like I’m the only person who hasn’t read it at this point.
The book just lived to it’s hype for me 🙂 thanks for dropping by!
I love your enthusiasm 🙂 Hope you like it when you read it! | 2019-04-24T12:01:16Z | https://bookchilla.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/book-review-the-5th-wave-by-rick-yancey/ | Porn | News | 0.117433 |
wordpress | America Latina. Ha svoltato nettamente a destra.
La devoluzione dell’ideologia liberal e di quella socialista sta progredendo velocemente a livello mondiale.
Sicuramente ci potranno essere degli alti e dei bassi, dei momenti di apparente recupero, ma alla fine resteranno solo una manciatina di nostalgici, incapaci di coagulare nuovamente un corpo elettorale che li supporti.
Non solo, ma questo bradisismo a livello mondiale ogni giorno che passa sottrae ai liberal socialisti quello che era stato il loro più potente punto di forza: l’appoggio reciproco che si davano i governi di sinistra.
Da questo punto di vista, la Presidenza Trump è stato il fatto determinante e le nomine delle Loro Giustizie Gorsuch e Kavanaugh hano consolidato per decenni il processo.
Diamo tempo al tempo ed, inter alia, dovranno essere riscritti i libri di storia, epurandoli con cura dalle interpretazioni ideologiche.
→ Deutsche Welle. 2018-10-14. Is there a right-wing surge in South America?
Right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro seems about to win Brazil’s presidential elections. Conservative presidents are also in power in Argentina, Chile and Colombia. Is a “new right” emerging in the region?
Jair Bolsonaro is not yet president. First, he will have to win another runoff election on October 28. But his enormous lead in the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections has caused a great deal of excitement among his supporters, as well as serious concerns among his opponents.
Both statements were met with much criticism in the region and dismissed as “premature.” Nevertheless, given the conservative governments of Macri in Argentina, Pinera in Chile, Duque in Colombia and possibly soon Bolsonaro in Brazil, many observers are asking the question whether these developments could be described as a surge of right-wing conservativism across Latin America.
Llanos also feels it is incorrect to “lump Macri, Pinera and Bolsonaro together.” “Macri stays within democratic rules, seeking consensus with the opposition like any other democratic head of government who does not have an absolute majority in parliament,” she explains.
“And if he does win, what will he do if the Brazilian parliament refuses to enact one of his laws?” Llanos asks.
For Llanos, “what is happening in Brazil is not a shift to the right, but an uncertainty as to whether Bolsonaro will respect the constitution.” Both Klein and Llanos agree that the real problem is not a change of power from left to right, but way democracy and respect for its rules are being questioned. But even if Bolsonaro becomes Brazil’s next president, “he must respect the fact that the majority of Brazilians endorse the constitution and want to continue living in a democracy,” Llanos warns.
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wordpress | The state of WA State: by the numbers.
Looking at the growth in WA State’s population does anyone believe that WA State’s preeminent duty is to protect and maintain individual rights, which is the very first article of our constitution? A million more people are a million more people who think they have “individual rights”! This is simply pie-in-the-sky thinking.
And finally, look at the image below. All of those people who live in all of those tall buildings depend 100% upon someone else for their food, water, heat, security (i.e., individual rights) … While I depend upon others for most of my subsistence, I do have a yard to grow some veggies and a barrel to collect some rain water, maybe a goat, a fence …. but when the shelves go bare or the toilet doesn’t flush I’m sure “PANIC” will creep in. But the city folks … that is a whole different level of PANIC. That is a whole different level of “individual rights.” And their “rights” mean more than my rights for the obvious reasons.
We have outgrown, over developed, over industrialized, over populated ourselves out of our constitution and into socialism and that is why we went from the chart on the left, to the chart on the right!
« Above the Law … what happens now? | 2019-04-25T16:53:42Z | https://snohomishcountycorruption.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/the-state-of-wa-state-by-the-numbers/ | Porn | Society | 0.616449 |
wikipedia | The Canary Wharf Squash Classic is an annual international squash tournament for male professional players, held at the East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf, London, England.
The event was first held in 2004, when it was an invitational event involving eight of the world's leading players. The tournament continued in the same format in 2005. In 2006, the Canary Wharf Classic became a Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour tournament, with qualifying rounds and a main draw of 16 players.
In 2004, the final was a best-of-seven-games match. In 2005, it changed to a best-of-five-games format. | 2019-04-18T11:36:51Z | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Wharf_Squash_Classic | Porn | Sports | 0.736538 |
wordpress | Steve is an underwater photographer. He has had some incredible encounters with creatures beneath the ocean’s surface, and he shares his passion with us.
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utoronto | Description: The sfr3-1 mutation causes freezing-sensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana. The mutated gene has been identified by positional cloning and is currently being characterised. The mutant appears normal when grown in the warm (no phenotype has been identified associated with such growth). However, following cold acclimation and subsequent freezing mutant plants are severely damaged whilst wild type plants are not. This suggests that sfr3 is deficient in the cold acclimation process. Micro-array analysis will enable the identification of any transcriptional changes during the cold acclimation process. This information will then be used, together with information obtained by gene characterisation, in order to more fully understand the nature of the sfr3 mutation.
Treatment: Following 28 days growth in short day conditions at 20 degrees centigrade, the plants were transferred to 4 degrees centigrade for 10 days prior to sampling. | 2019-04-22T08:45:36Z | http://bar.utoronto.ca/NASCArrays/index.php?ExpID=383 | Porn | Science | 0.798822 |
wordpress | After managing 10 miles in my longest run to date I decided I should go for it again so as not to lose momentum. The difficulty I had was that I didn’t want to drive over to my parents which is where I started the last one so I decided to just go for it from home. I said to myself ‘aim for 10 and see how you feel’. I also took an energy gel with me as my husband kept talking about how I was going out on an empty stomach but he would have toast, banana, porridge, protein shake and gels during a run. We quickly established I clearly have fat to burn and he doesn’t (great conversation ha ha).
As usual it took about 3km before I settled in to the rhythm completely – I’m told this never goes, you just have to get used to it. I felt ok and said to myself I would try the gel at 10km. Truth be told I was hoping for a 10k pb as I have been taking part in an online running challenge but I didn’t get it. The gel was a SiS black currant flavour. It was ok but the texture and after taste took a little getting used to. Could have done with a drink of water with it truth be told. It was sticky too which was very distracting. I didn’t really feel pushed on or an oomph from it but it also didn’t make me feel sick or give me a sore stomach which I have read happens a lot.
I pushed on to 16km (which is about 10miles) but as it was a different route I wasn’t home yet. That was fine with me, still felt ok. So I kept saying to myself ‘come on it’s only another 5k to make it half marathon’. At the same time though I was also saying to myself ‘don’t push it, you don’t want an injury, you’ve taken it sensible so far and are doing well’. So naturally I came to a cross roads at 18km. Turn left to go home, or turn right to add that 3km.
The last stretch home was definitely that – a stretch. I’m glad I pushed though, I proved to myself I can do that distance. And I didn’t hurt after either! I did drink about 2 litres of water which tells me I need to hydrate at that distance but I’m not one to run with water – going to have to work out something on that. I forgot to stop my running app at 13.1miles so I didn’t get my exact time on that distance but I think it was just longer than 2hours. I’m happy with that! I want to try again soon but I have an operation this week so I think that’s going to set me back a little.
The husband and I signed up for our first trail race on the way back from Tough Mudder. One the girls helping organise it was on the bus and she was talking about it so we decided to give it a go. She kept saying it was really really tough but honestly, I’d just completed Tough Mudder, come on.
The race was scheduled for the day after we got back from holiday (and for those of you following my blog you will realise that’s the day after run or dye). The weather wasn’t looking great but the rain looked like it was holding off so could have been worse. We arrived at Moncreiff Hill to find only 2 other cars there – this didn’t look right. Turns out there were 2 car parks and we were at the wrong one! A quick dash round (and 2 more cars joining the convoy) and we found the start. There were a few from my work helping out at the event and another doing it – ha had also done Tough Mudder with us. He was saying he didn’t feel too great though and nearly pulled out but he was here and he was doing it. We collected our bibs and raving chips and as I looked around all I could see were people from proper running clubs – everywhere! Yeah, I was definitely coming in last on this one. I had prepared myself for it though as I knew I was going to find it tough so I had read lots and lots about how it feels and I had gotten myself in to a place where I was ok with it. I wasn’t a trail runner, I was doing this as a challenge. After checking what the time limit was (there wasn’t one phew) it was off the to the start line and away we went.
Uphill, up, hill, uphill. That’s pretty much how the first few kilometres went! And when I say uphill I mean practically vertical! The husband stayed with me for about 100yards then casually said he might try and go on – fine with me, I knew where I was ending up on this one. I tried to keep pace with the guy from my work who wasn’t feeling great but I lost him after about 2km, ah well. I did find that I was keeping pace with another gentleman though and we occasionally exchanged chit chat going round. Mainly along the lines of ‘have you done much of this before?’ Me – no, just road running, Him – I ran about 2 weeks ago. There were quite a few ‘holy crap’ expressions coming from me as soon as we hit the downhills, as steep as it was uphill the down hill was crazy! There were marshals everywhere on the course which was fantastic but the one they had there to warn you of the sharp decline and sharp rocks – not going to lie – made me question what I was doing!
Still, after the steep down hill was the water station but I declined a drink and kept going, still kind of hoping I might catch up with the work guy. Back up hill and I reached a part of the course called ‘Lucy’s Lane’. This was named after a very young girl who had had meningitis and was fighting it. Now, I am told not a single soul managed to run up that lane, it was near impossible. As difficult as it was though I really feel it was a very poignant part of the course that reminded you just how hard and difficult it is when someone has meningitis – it really reminded me of why we were doing this.
Finally one of the marshals said ‘last hill then it’s the home stretch’. There seemed to be quite a gap in front of me and I was thinking there can’t be many behind me if anyone at this point, the gentleman I had kept pace with was now out of sight in front. I was fine with this, I knew it was going to be a struggle. I managed to pick up the pace going down the hills and even managed a smile for the cameras, crossing the line at just over an hour with my husband cheering me on.
After some much needed water and a chat to see how the other half had done I went over to the mini van that gave me a read out of where I placed. I knew by then I wasn’t last as others were still coming in so to me this was success! When the read out told me I was 72nd out of 120 I was very pleased – and when it said 6th in my category I was ecstatic! Couldn’t have predicted that!
For their first Trail Race the organisers did superb! They warned it was a tough route (and my god it was!), they had loads of marshals everywhere, plenty of water and a great medal and goody bag. I already have the date for next years entries in my diary so we can sign up.
The whole event inspired my husband and I that much that we are now raising money for the Alexis Rose Meningitis Memorial Fund when we do our half marathon in September.
Just a quick post this one – I’ve been following my half marathon training plan quite well but it works in time and not distance which I have been finding hard to adjust to. So, I decided for the long run I would aim for 10 miles. Theory being its only about 5km after that to get me to half marathon!
I dropped the kids at my parents and set off from there. I knew roughly a route that was around 10miles and I’ve found if I plan it in my head I feel better about it. The first 4km (sorry, I know I’m jumping back and forth between miles and km) are pretty much down hill – very little incline. Once I hit the first bridge though it goes up and I really felt the increase. Kept going at a good pace though and continued up and over the second bridge. Round the park and back over the 2 bridges and this is where it began to hit. The last 4km were the first 4 so naturally, as they were downhill coming out, they were uphill going back. This may have been a flaw in my plan but to be honest I was concentrating on distance not speed so there was a lot of ‘up, up, up’ chanting coming from me. I did briefly consider going that little bit further but by the time I was close to my parents house I was done.
When I tell myself I can – I can.
A good play list is a must!
Yesterday my daughter and I participated in Run or Dye – a running event where they through coloured cornstarch all over you to signify you getting rid of all black omens and moving forward. It was a fun event and one I thought Lucie (my daughter) would really enjoy so I had signed us up.
We went to the registration tent and got our ‘swag bag’ which had a t-shirt and race number in as well as a packet of colour. Lucie got stuck right in with the entertainment and was covered within 5 minutes! She loved it. We set off on time and stared well – until the first time we ran through the colour station and Lucie didn’t close her mouth so got cornstarch in the back of her throat! Lesson learned! She didn’t run a great deal but she was really tired from the day before so we went quite slow. It was an uneventful course to be honest, nothing much to say about it. I had my running app and low and behold the course came up short – it measured 4.3k! That to me is quite a bit short! I wasn’t happy with that! Lucie on the other hand was ha ha.
There was no medal unfortunately – I did think there would be and Lucie was hoping for one. We did cover my mum in starch at the end though which she took very well. My daughter wants to do this one again next year so you never know.
A little late in posting this but I’ve had quite a bit on. Still, I haven’t forgotten!
I decided to do both the 10k and 5k for a number of reasons. I wanted to do the 5k with my mum and my daughter to encourage them and I knew they wouldn’t be able to run the whole way. Doing the 10k before it would get most of my energy out of the way and I wouldn’t get that frustrated feeling which wouldn’t be fair to my mum or daughter. It would feel more challenging doing it this way too.
Morning of the race and my husband came down with me as the weather was good – he brought our youngest in his buggy and he got flags so he could keep him entertained. I was nervous even though there wasn’t a lot of people – I think it was because I knew there would be people from work there and that made me a little anxious. I headed off to the start line and tried to get quite near the front, confident enough that I could do a fairly good time. I hadn’t realised it was 2 laps of the same circuit though and I have to say I’m not a fan of that. Still, we set off on time and I had decided, because of the way I was feeling, to put my earphones in and try to focus my mind and get past the anxiety. I made not bad time on the first lap – it was along a route I do often so I enjoyed that. Round the park and back out again and I was going past the walkers on their way in. Many were dressed up which gave me a giggle. As I was coming back in to the park I met a few from work on the other side of the path heading out – they were in good spirits and I heard them over my earphones! 😄 As I crossed the finishe line it said 54mins which is a great time for me but my running app said it wasn’t 10k so naturally I had to keep going until it did – spot the saddo ha ha.
I had about 40mins before the 5k started so I grabbed some water and waited with the hubby and little one until it was time. My mum was nervous but I kept telling her she could manage this no problem. We set off at the back of the joggers and my mum started jogging for a bit. I kept telling her to slow down a bit but she was going for it! She practically jogged the whole way round! My daughter on the other hand wasn’t quite so in to it. She was quite tired and I don’t think she was really feeling it. We finished the 5k in a really good time and I was very proud of my mum. My daughter was really tired and went back to her dads for a sleep ha ha.
I will definitely do it again next year. I was surprised there weren’t more people there to be honest, I had been expecting quite a few more! It was good though and we all enjoyed it.
Not that the title is a give away or anything but yeah, my timed 5k was a success!
Met as usual at the standing stones and there were only 4 of us that turned up. I had taken my bike to get there and back so chained it up and sat on the stones for the 0-5k group to finish. The weather was very overcast and was drizzling rain at us but it wasn’t too bad. We had the usual discussion of how things had gone that week and I mentioned my knees were hurting a little. I said I was pretty sure it was down to squats in circuits class the night before and the trainer that takes the running group showed me where I was going wrong! No more sore knees for me!
Anyway, all too quickly we were off, and I really wasn’t in the mood. The guy who has done a lot of running wasn’t there (not that I use him to pace as he’s too fast for me) but the other girl who I am just a little slower than was. Started as usual and I was going to try and pace behind her but decided to just go ahead and focus on pushing for when she undoubtedly overtook me. The route is 2 laps round the local park and about 300m more and it was a nice surprise to see our trainer cross the park to encourage us on. Naturally the rain started to get heavier so I tried to focus more and more on lifting my knees higher. I think a lot of my hill runs have been helping with this as it felt a little better. Got to the stretch where the other girl normally overtakes me – but – nothing. I refuse to look behind me to see where she is as ultimately I’m racing against myself 5 weeks ago not anyone else. It is strange that I can’t hear the trainer shouting at anyone else though. Up to the home stretch and he’s shouting at me to go faster (are you kidding?) I try and manage a measly little increase trying to ignore the people around watching and finish – in the pouring rain. My time? 25mins 30secs! It took me weeks and weeks to get under 30mins and now I’m under 26! I am really pleased with this!
The other girl came in and it turns out she had sore shins so that explains how she never over took me. Her best 5k is still faster than mine by about 6 seconds. The oldest member came in not long after and my word she came in fast – talk about a strong finish!
Going to miss the group until it starts up again – it’s been worth every sweaty, breathless minute! I can really see improvements in myself.
Tomorrow is the race for life and I’m doing the 10k myself then the 5k with my mum and my daughter. Just hoping it’s not pouring with rain!
I have my last session with the running group tonight before it breaks off for the summer. We have our 5k timed run to see if we have improved since week 1. Ive really been looking forward to it until today that is as I’m not feeling great. After circuits last night my knees are hurting from all the squats and the weather is just so muggy you can hardly breathe properly. We had thunder and lightning last night and it looks like more of that tonight. A little down heartened by it as I have been hoping to really see results but just not feeling like I have it in me tonight.
Still going though, and hoping to get a good time. Even if I don’t I feel it’s still been worth while. | 2019-04-18T11:17:29Z | https://littlemrswebley.wordpress.com/2015/07/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.521962 |
wordpress | The Associated Press is mad as hell and they aren’t taking it anymore.
While stealing content is pretty straightforward, the trouble begins with linking of photographs, stories, summaries, and other copyrighted content. Such sites look to invoke the “fair use” for their use of the copyrighted materials since their argument is that they do not take substantial portions of the original works. While copyright law defines a “fair use” exemption, the criteria for determining such a case is less than crystal clear. By their own admission, there are no set parameters and it would require a case by case analysis of the works to determine whether “fair use” applies or not.
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wordpress | Yesterday while I was at work we had our first thunderstorm of the year complete with pea sized hail, thunder and lightning. One cheery customer had to share his thoughts on our first thunderstorm he said that since our first thunderstorm was on March 11 all we had to do is add 6 months to that date to figure out when our first snow will be. September 11, 2010 was his prediction. We haven’t even finished this winter and already he is telling me when our next winter will begin. I can hardly wait.
Today is day five of foggy overcast weather in Minnesota. The earlier forecast this week was for the weather to clear by Friday afternoon which was today. No sun yet and the weather forecast for tomorrow is fog, overcast again, and chance of rain in the afternoon and evening. Its hard to get excited about fog. When the forecast is for snow people anticipate the snow and look forward to the possibility of no school if there is enough snow but what do you with fog??? You can’t make fog men or fog angels and they usually don’t call school off for fog. Once a few years ago they had a two hour late start due to thick fog but after two days of thick fog they decided that school would start at the regular time even with the thick fog. Too much of a disruption in the school day to start late and it looked like the weather pattern was here to stay for a few days.
The problem with fog is everything is wet and damp. The longer we are wet and soggy from the fog it seems that people get more irritable, including me. We are stuck in limbo. There are no snow activities like snowmobiling, skiing, and snowboarding in the rain and fog. We can’t get out and enjoy the warmer temps that come with the fog because it is too wet and damp. When I was teaching school we didn’t like to send the elementary students out for recess during weather like this because they would come back in soaking wet, so by the end of the week they were crabby and irritable just like the adults.
I’m ready for spring. This Sunday we set the clocks ahead for Daylight Savings Time. That usually starts Spring for me at least in my mind. I like when its time to go home from work and it is still light outside. I feel like I still have some time left in my day to accomplish something outside of work in my yard or home. My energy level is directly linked to the amount of sunshine I get. If it is a bright sunny day I get so much more accomplished than a cloudy overcast day or the short days of winter. Its time for some progress around home. I find myself wandering from room to room looking out the window just staring at the white nothingness of the fog. Bring on the sun! | 2019-04-22T15:59:51Z | https://flyinggma.wordpress.com/tag/fog/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.572176 |
wordpress | With the TV Theme Madness in full swing, an interesting argument arose. Who was the ultimate first crush?
Well, we are here to settle it. So let’s have the list.
Oh yes, Winnie. The classic. Winnie may have been the best because she hooked up with Kevin Arnold, which gave us all hope. Since Kevin was the kind of guy that narrated his own life, we felt like if he could hit that, we could hit that.
Also from the Kevin Arnold approach, Corey Matthews had NO business being with the lovely Topanga. The show also perfectly framed her development from weird girl to normal girl to hot girl.
Impossible to find a good picture from this show.
Yes, there was a spirited debate over whether or not to include Al in the list. But the fact that she’s in the Bud Light commercial with the ax and chainsaw guys put her over the edge.
She may have been a tomboy at first, but no writer could keep her down. We could all see the awesomeness underneath, even if she went by “Al”.
There was much consideration for Alex Mack. Since Google Images is already up, we might as well include a picture.
We have no idea what the hell is going on here.
You are currently browsing the archives for the Al Lambert category. | 2019-04-21T18:17:47Z | https://thenorthendzone.wordpress.com/category/al-lambert/ | Porn | Reference | 0.559578 |
wordpress | The issue is often not what was the harassment, but why is the employee being harassed. That is often times lost in deciding how to handle the situation. Thus, employees will merely respond to the situation by addressing the criticism from the boss without thinking about the more critical issue of why am I a being so treated.
There are three pieces of advice I would share. Number one, if you are in this type of situation, it is important that you meet with a qualified lawyer who concentrates in Employment law to help address the “why” issue and decide the appropriate strategy of what to do next. There are discrimination statutes (LAD), breach of contract issues, wage and hour statutes (FLSA), medical issues (FMLA), and a whistleblower statute to be mindful of (CEPA). There is also the issue of balancing the equities in a reasonable accommodation dialogue. employment law is akin to chess and it is important that a strategy is implemented thinking two or three steps into the future.
The second piece of advice is that an employee should not handle the situation by having an oral conversation. An email or some other form of documentation is very important to ensure there is accurate documentation of the interaction.
The third piece of advice is that the employee should print and maintain in a safe and secure location copies of all relevant documents. We have a number of clients who make a complaint, are escorted out, and are not able to retrieve critical documents that are sitting on their computer or in their emails. | 2019-04-26T13:36:20Z | https://hyderally.wordpress.com/tag/employment/ | Porn | Computers | 0.619059 |
wordpress | It’s only just barely that I give you an update on the first of the month. And trust me, this is a quick one. Still. Happy October everybody!
I love October. To me October embodies the best of Autumn. The trees are ruddier, the weather is wet and the September blues are behind us. More importantly though, it’s Halloween. I adore Halloween. It’s a legitimate reason to get dressed up. Since joining Spectral Visions, I’ve had plenty of reason to dress up, but Halloween is different. I don’t have to please anyone or meet any restrictions. If I want to answer my door as a decaying zombie, then I can.
Well, my main exciting event is I’m back at university officially to begin my Master’s degree. I’ve missed Sunderland so much, and it’s great to be going back. The first semester is welcoming me back with a brand new Gothic module and I can’t wait to get started. This Saturday is induction, and I’m hoping to make some new friends and catch up with the old ones. It’s going to be great!
Also exciting is our first Feminist Society meet-ups. We’re going to the Winter Gardens museum and later in the week we have a lunch. Again, it’s all about seeing old friends and making new ones.
Fem Soc is actually doing a post-a-day on our Facebook group. Every day, we post a sexist/problematic Halloween costume. I may end up making a post from it, depending on how much discussion I can get out of the society!
Halloween will be fun. I haven’t decided on plans or a costume yet, but it’s going to be great. Maybe I’ll take my younger cousins out, or maybe I’ll be at home watching Hocus Pocus again. I love that movie, enough to name my cat Binx. That’ll be fun.
Let me ask you this: how are your Octobers shaping up? Is anyone else going back to postgraduate study? What are your Halloween plans/costumes?
This entry was posted in General and tagged Feminism, FemSoc, Halloween, Halloween Costumes, Life, Life Update, October, personal, postgraduate, University, University of Sunderland, update from Wonderland. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-25T20:29:59Z | https://stephanieanngallon.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/update-from-wonderland-october-edition/ | Porn | Society | 0.781516 |
wordpress | Like others before him who objected to Foyle’s necessary intrusion during an investigation, Bishop Wood might as well have saved his breath. Foyle shuts him down with a sharp rebuke and a hard stare.
If only members of the GOP who “have blocked, stonewalled, and rejected … basic requests to investigate, hold public hearings, and advance legislation” about Russian meddling could be made to see sense so easily.
Sam and Sgt. Brooke talk turkey with Foyle.
Leave it to Foyle to work out a satisfactory arrangement.
Portraying a proper pillar of the community and father of three children trapped in a loathsome marriage to an unstable, domineering wife (the curdling Sarah Miles), Kitchen deliciously reinvents the classic, henpecked husband.
Communicating with Milner via knee dip again after Dr. Campbell’s unwelcome intrusion.
Just finished watching the first series of Grantchester. How roles change. Robson Green is now the older guy who keeps his shirt on and is more fun to watch than the hunky (and often shirtless) lead.
Another black marketeer bites the dust under Foyle’s watch.
Yes, wolseley37, the rest of this episode lived up to its title so well that I’d forgotten about this wonderfully amusing scene at the beginning in which undercover Foyle is all smoothness and charm as he pulls off a sting operation.
Threats have a way of bouncing off Foyle.
A deluge of April showers here today. Rain in real life never seems to be as romantic as it so often is on film.
Could be one of my all time favorite scenes from beginning to end.
Definitely one of mine. The only thing that would make it better is seeing the expression MK’s making in frame 4.
Happily, Michael Kitchen appears in the first episode of The Life of Rock with Brian Pern. The black and white photo of him with Prince Charles in the foreground looks like it was lifted from Ball Trap.
Michael Kitchen is very clearly having the time of his life as Pern’s sweary, short-tempered manager John Farrow. His introductory sequence is a comic tour de force involving a one-sided telephone conversation about various matters from the Glastonbury Festival to Gordon Ramsay. It’s an object lesson in economy and establishing a character.
Richard Crane and Viv Reid exchange complicit looks with the hotel desk clerk.
Viv Reid/Daniela Nardini is the lucky woman at the receiving end of these seductive gazes from Richard Crane/Michael Kitchen.
I think it must require every ounce of concentration and professional training, but luckily for DN, she didn’t have many lines here and could just enjoy the moment. The last gaze in particular would turn me into a puddle of mush.
In a rare moment of weakness, Foyle can’t pass up the chance to try out Captain Keiffer’s state-of-the-art fishing rod. It’s not often that Foyle allows others to get their way with him. | 2019-04-22T09:25:17Z | https://kitchenfoyle.wordpress.com/tag/mk-knee-dip/ | Porn | Reference | 0.323411 |
wordpress | 11. Kyuhyun and Taeyeon have a same style, ohh! they are so sweet!
12. Kyuhyun holding the doll is same with Taeng’s doll ,they are so sweet! | 2019-04-18T10:37:40Z | https://princessofaegyo.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/kyutae-moments/ | Porn | Arts | 0.180104 |
wordpress | A few weeks ago, our office spent the afternoon riding around on @pedegoboise’s bikes. You could say that this experience brought out the inner child in all of us! 😆🚴🏼 Nicole, the co-owner of Pedego Boise filled us in on what they are all about!
Go farther, carry cargo, beat headwinds, climb hills with ease, and just have fun!
2) Who would be a perfect fit for an electric bike?
Everyone looking for the ability to do more on a bike than they do now.
3) Where are the best places to ride a Pedego bike?
Bike paths around town, and on trails in the backcountry.
4) What is something you want everyone to know about Pedego Boise?
The idea behind Pedego Boise is to broaden the spectrum of Idaho bike riders to include those who would like to increase travel distance, overcome physical limitations, need assistance fighting hills and headwinds in a commute, desire the opportunity to carry cargo (or kids) easier, or those who are simply looking for an alternative to cars. They offer an opportunity for improved health and connection with the community.
This week we wanted to give you a glimpse into one of Boise’s latest and greatest innovations, @StudioBoise! This studio was created with the chief aim of providing photographers with a place and the tools necessary to help them reach their creative goals. We met up with founder, Scott Williams, and creative director, Denise Ramirez to hear more about what @StudioBoise has to offer!
Studio Boise was established in August 2015, but their doors are opening to the public on July 9th! The idea for this company stemmed from the need for an affordable photography studio in our city. Studio Boise was started specifically for photographers, with the goal of supporting creatives—not going after their wallets. Their prices undoubtedly support this claim, as studio rentals start at only $30/hour and are available 24/7! They also have a conference room available that can be used for client consultations, free of charge. Beyond the services they offer, Studio Boise hosts gallery exhibits for Idaho artists trying to get their foot in the door. If you would like to get involved, shoot them an email and they will contact you once they begin searching for the next exhibit.
As we said earlier, they open this Saturday and are having a launch party to celebrate! For more details on how you can join the party click on the #linkinbio!
The other day we stopped in at Boise’s Bakery on State and 30th to try some of their famous sugar cookies and meet the mastermind behind this brilliant shop!
The gal you see in this picture is 17 years old and founded Boise’s Bakery with her mom back in 2013. They opened this shop because they love baking and wanted to share it with the community. If you feen for macarons, cookies, pound cakes, and hand pies, you need to check this place out! They are best known for their vegan treats and traditional French macarons.
Boise’s Bakery is located inside of BeeWiseGoods on State Street. You can stop in Tuesday-Thursday from 11-5 & Friday-Saturday from 9-5. For more information about Boise’s Bakery, their new location’s hours, as well as their menu click on the #linkinbio! | 2019-04-22T02:26:17Z | https://amieahrns.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/people-places-things/ | Porn | Business | 0.326636 |
wordpress | The trouble is, as a potential consumer of one of your driving machines…I really do not care Patrick (the guy in charge at BMW) what it is about “for you”.
What problem are you solving for me?
But what about starting my diesel car at the Cleveland airport in the winters…did you solve this?
Although not as focused on the environment and fuel efficiency as I should be, I do follow the cost per gallon of fuel, and if I am not mistaken, one of the historical advantages of why consumers chose diesel vehicles was the lower cost per gallon.
On the other side you have VW who have raving fans of their economical diesel vehicles that are fun to drive and last forever as well. VW too is tapping consumers on the shoulder today with a message of ““Better performance AND higher gas mileage than a Prius”.
From my days in international sales I still have relationships with past JV partners in Germany that are now friends and they openly share how fun their BMW 3 series are to drive.
GO TALK WITH CURRENT RAVING FANS NOW; CONNECT TO THEIR VOICE, THEIR PASSION, CLEARLY UNDERSTAND, IN THEIR VOICE THE PROBLEMS YOU SOLVE.
What this “feels” like is you are trying to win the hearts and pocket books of “potentials” those people who are not current customers, and are not currently shopping, but thinking about diesel vehicles? So you are actively attacking their perceived problems with your solution. Your current raving fans in the US who own M5’s will pass on your new offering.
So who is your targeted buyer persona?
New buyers of diesel vehicles are more likely to swing into VW’s camp as their position is clearly defined if their need is; fun to drive, economical, and longevity. If what they want is performance and Luxury, they will swing to Mercedes who currently owns this position.
Again Patrick, you make amazing vehicles, but because of that my expectation is your messaging will also be amazing. To be amazing I want to “get it” when I see it, and not be like everyone else in a packed movie theater and groan when your ad is played.
I want you to clearly state the problem you solve for me. I do not want some “foo foo marketing creative” that requires an interpreter, because then BMW means Big – Money- Wasted to me.
Does a big expensive ad add value in your business?
Or do they send a message you are disconnected to the market’s true needs?
Or worst, do these big budget ads and media buys make you, as a loyal customer feel you must have over paid for their product if they can afford such Big Money Wasted?
I predict this campaign will be a flop if I need an art director to explain it to me and they do not explain their distinctive competence clearly with an emotional attachment that resonates with me.
The reason I wrote my first book in 2007 was to solve a problem a number of businesses had; they did not intentionally brand their product or service in the minds of those in their market(s) and the net result was the market” branded them by default”.
After I workout in the morning I like to relax in the steam room. Today I entered the misty dim lit room to wind down after my workout and noticed someone else sitting in the far corner. We exchanged pleasantries and very quickly he asked the common question; “So what do you do for a living?” I answered as I have done for years and then it was my turn…”what do you do?” His answer was symptomatic of why I wrote my first book titled: Branding Backwards; a Brand’s Odyssey Toward Self-Discovery. He stated … “I am in real-estate” and he stopped there. I try not to engage in what could be long conversations in the steam room, particularly days like today when someone had jimmied the thermostat and it was excessively hot.
Do I tell him that what he just said really does not help me understand the problems he solves? Ah …what the heck (I did bring my water bottle)…. So I asked some additional questions and found he was not someone who helped homeowners sell their personal property, but someone who owned a real-estate development company that develops commercial real-estate throughout North America in a very specific niche.
This quick conversation reminded me how critical it is for businesses to clearly articulate their brand, and the problems they solve for their market. (Even more so in this economic climate) Fail to do so and the market will “brand you by default”, and there is a high probability they will get it wrong.
As in this example, very quickly when he said he was in real-estate, I mentally branded him as someone who helps consumers sell their personal property. I mentally logged his name in my referral database in the event someone I know may need that service. It was not until after my additional questions I understood what his company does.
If you would like to download a free copy of my book you can do so here.
How about your company? Can your targeted new customers and or existing customers clearly articulate the problems your product or service can solve for them, or are you branding by default? Over the years I have found it disturbing when I engage with a new sales team how quickly and concisely the salespeople can explain what problems their competitors products solve and do not solve, and yet when asked to describe the products that fill their own commission rice bowls each week they ramble on and on with features, benefits, and how their company is the market leader…and better than….that is not what I asked!
Is your company Branding with intention, or by default?
If I were to ask one of your customers what problems you solve, would they get it right? Would they clearly understand all you solve?
Ask people in your market you have never sold to tell you what problems they think you solve…what did they say?
Can you afford for your market to get what problems your company or its specific products and or services solve for them? | 2019-04-20T20:24:44Z | https://nosmokeandmirrors.wordpress.com/tag/branding/ | Porn | Business | 0.617336 |
wordpress | Waffle… -lafel… you get my connection?
After dad’s experience with Falafel at Moaz, hes been insistant on eating it for a Lenten Friday night dinner. Even at the store, he wants to buy it! I talked him into letting me try to make if from scratch!
Last night, I used the Hungry Girl recipe for it and made the dip that goes with it. Dad ate his pita-style while I deconstructed mine into a spinach salad! I was iffy about the dill dip for a few reasons: A) dill can be a really strong flvor that tends to overwhelm my palate, and B) iI’m not a huge fan of plain yogurt. Let me just start by saying how simple this recipe was and how shocked I was that this dip was perfection! After combining the ingredients for the dip, and sampling it, I actually verbally exclaimed, “Oh wow! Oh yeah! mmm…” My mom, who can’t stand yogurt of any kind actually ate this dip too! I think it had a lot to do with cuccumber. It really mellowed out the greek yogurt’s natural tang. This stuff is officially a Bundo house staple! I’m thinking it would be a great sub for mayo on a sandwich!
* Just a note: If you do not have fresh herbs, you can use 1/3 the amount of dried herbs. For every 1Tbsp of fresh herbs, use 1 tsp of the dried stuff.
To semi mirror the variety of toppings that Moaz has, we mixed the dill cucumber yogurt dip with some bagged shredded coleslaw vegetables, and I sliced some red pepper and roasted them! The slaw gave it a nice crunch and the red peppers were warm and sweet!
While the falafel baked, I cut up this monsterouly large pineapple! Great dessert!
If you enjoy chickpeas, check out these other chickpea recipes: Chicken Garam Masala and Chickpea based bars.
After dinner, I met up with some people from work at the bowling alley, and took dad as my date. When I was younger, and it was still affordable, dad and I went bowling every Friday night. Bowling with such good company was a lot of fun! We did a unit shot of Pucker’s Sour Apple, and majority of the group indulged in Miller Lite.
After a few round of enjoyable, yet completely terrible bowling, Dad and I headed out to a social club he belongs to. There I drank a glass of merlot and woah did that hit me quick! I felt like I was a freshman in college, again… not being able to hold my alcohol! I get silly and giggly when I drink, and last night was no different. He was alot of fun though, spending a nice night out with my dad!
When I got home (dad drove) I was craving the pizza my mom ordered.one of the bad things about drinking is the loss of inhibition, causing us to make poor decisions, including food ones. I have to say though, I ate a slice of pizza and a 100 cal bag of popcorn, with nutella. I could have done worse!
This morning, I was not too hungry (since my tipsy tummy fill last night), but after a little tidying up and a cup of hot tea, I decided to try another new yogurt. I get really excited about trying new things. Thats how you know I have a passion for food. Anyway, I found Fage Passion Fruit Clementine yogurt and the combination really intrigued me! The fruit puree was tart and taste and sweet and exotic. I sprinkled some chia on top and really enjoyed it!
The last couples days, I’ve been in a funk and extrememly tired. Today, I was finally able to get myself sort-of moving. I completed on of my favorite circuits, Julie’s Super Sweaty Ab Workout. Although, it doesn’t sound like much, it helped make me feel like I did something. My girlfriend reminded me to be proud of my workouts. No matter what I did, its better than doing nothing. This, my friends, is called looking at the glass half full.
I am sitting with a patient tonight. This patient ran out of the room and I ran after! I had no idea I could run that fast. Another nurse ran down the other side of the hallway! It was great team work and an unexpected way to break up the night.
Speaking of teamwork, I have never experienced such great teamwork than I have tonight! Six of us in a room! All working together to accomplish a task! Beautiful!
I’m heading to bed with a full tummy! Good night! | 2019-04-21T02:43:20Z | https://bewellbundo.wordpress.com/tag/conversion/ | Porn | Business | 0.571748 |
wordpress | In the world today, as our society becomes more and more globalised, it is important to have basic knowledge of what is going on around the world. The fact that the President of the most powerful country in the world is ignorant and unwilling to learn about even the simplest of situations, is scary. The US has so much power and responsibility, which is why the President should know about the reasons and contexts of these conflicts. It shows a lack of respect toward the countries of the world, and all the important historic events. It is so important to have knowledge of these past events, to gain a full understanding of why the world is like it is, and also to prevent horrible things from happening again.
New Yorker states that Trump’s latest blunder was made during an appearance in the Rose Garden with Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, on July 25th. “Lebanon is on the front lines in the fight against ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Hezbollah,” Trump pronounced. He got the basics really wrong. Hezbollah is actually part of the Lebanese government—and has been for a quarter century—with seats in parliament and Cabinet posts. Lebanon’s Christian President, Michel Aoun, has been allied with Hezbollah for a decade.
Further on, the New Yorker lists some of the other mistakes Trump has made: The list of other Trump blunders is long. In March, he charged that Germany owed “vast sums” to the United States for NATO. It doesn’t. No NATO member pays the United States—and never has—so none is in arrears.
Also during his trip to France, in July, the President confused Napoleon Bonaparte, the diminutive emperor who invaded Russia and Egypt, with Napoleon III, who was France’s first popularly elected President, oversaw the design of modern Paris, and is still the longest-serving head of state since the French Revolution (albeit partly as an emperor, too). And that’s before delving into his demeaning tweets about other world leaders and flashpoints.
Be critical of headlines – Fake news articles often have catchy headlines in only capital letters and with exclamation points. If the headline has shocking claims that seem to incredible to be true, they’re probably fake.
Look closely at the URL-address – A falsified or copied URL-address can be a warning sign about fake news. Many websites that produce fake news imitate authentic news outlets by doing small changes to the URL-address. You can visit the website and compare the URL-address with established sources.
Inspect the source – Make sure that the news are written by a source you trust, and that has a reputation for being correct. If the news comes from an unknown organisation, you can check the about-section to find out more.
Be aware of unusual editing – You should be sceptical if the text you are reading has a lot of spelling mistakes and an unusual layout.
Look at the pictures – fake news often use picture which are photoshopped or manipulated in some other way.
Check the evidence.– Check the writers sources to confirm that they are correct. If the news lacks evidence or puts their trust in unknown experts, it could testify fake news.
Is the news just a joke?– Sometimes it might be difficult to tell apart the fake news and humor or satire. Check if the source is known for making parodies, and if the details and style indicate that is is just supposed to be a joke.
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wordpress | FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH GAIA, THIS BLOGATHON LOOKS FASCINATING!
The Arcturians have stated that it is time to focus on personal and planetary merging.
To support this process, I have begun a Becoming ONE: People and Planet “Blogathon”.
If you have visited the blog recently, you will notice the focus on the importance of learning about and connecting with our personal chakras.
An integral part of this process is to also honor and merge with Gaia’s planetary chakras. She will be sharing messages about her chakras and portals as we explore and travel through each of them.
You can join Dr. Lie’s Blog and receive e-mails about each entry. | 2019-04-25T19:41:24Z | https://pathwaytoascension.wordpress.com/category/human-planetary-chakras/ | Porn | Health | 0.625606 |
wordpress | Among the many distressing things I saw in Nanded [India], one was the incredible numbers of patients with perforated ulcers. In my eight years of surgical training, I had seen only one patient with an ulcer so severe that the stomach's acid had eroded a hole in the intestine. But Nanded is in a part of the country where people eat intensely hot chili peppers, and patients arrived almost nightly with the condition, usually in severe pain and going into shock after the hours of delay involved in traveling from their villages. The only treatment at that point is surgical. A surgeon must take the patient to the operating room urgently, make a slash down the middle of the abdomen, wash out all the bilious and infected fluid, find the hole in the duodenum, and repair it. This is a big and traumatic operation, and often these patients were in no condition to service it. So Motewar [an Indian doctor Gawande visited] did a remarkable thing. He invented a new operation: a laparoscopic repair of the ulcerous perforation, using quarter-inch incisions and taking an average of forty-five minutes. When I later told colleagues at home about the operation, they were incredulous. It did not seem possible.
Motewar, however, had mulled over the ulcer problem off and on for years and became convinced he could devise a better treatment. His department was able to obtain some older laparoscopic equipment inexpensively. An assistant was made personally responsible for keeping it clean and in working order. And over time, Motewar carefully worked out his technique. I saw him do the operation, and it was elegant and swift. He even did a randomized trial, which he presented at a conference and which revealed the operation to have fewer complications and a far more rapid recovery than the standard procedure. In that remote, dust-covered town in Maharashtra, Motewar and his colleagues had become among the most proficient ulcer surgeons in the world.
I came across this story yesterday on a flight back from Austin, where I was speaking to a group about social media marketing — only instead of speaking to the group, I ended up speaking with them, and learning as much from them as they learned from me.
This happens most times I speak — it's how the world works now. If you're a top surgeon at one of the world's leading hospitals, you should expect doctors in India to teach you new ways of operating on ulcers. If you give talks on social media marketing, you should expect the people at your talks to introduce you to new ways of building businesses on Facebook. Innovation is now democratic.
This is a big change for businesses. Information monopolies — expertise — used to be a core competitive advantage for many companies. Now those monopolies are gone; almost everybody has access to the same information.
We are moving from a world where the source of strategic advantage was in protecting and efficiently extracting value from a given set of knowledge stocks – what we know at any point in time. As knowledge stocks depreciate in value at an accelerating pace, the focus of economic value creation shifts to effective and privileged participation in knowledge flows. Finding ways to connect with people and institutions possessing new knowledge becomes increasingly important. Since there are far more smart people outside any one organization than inside, gaining access to the most useful knowledge flows requires reaching beyond the four walls of any enterprise.
When I think about what we need to do at HubSpot, I don't think much about building some ephemeral internal expertise — instead I'm focused on how we can become curators of expertise everywhere. | 2019-04-24T18:14:11Z | https://rickburnes.wordpress.com/2010/04/ | Porn | Business | 0.449194 |
wordpress | Q: I am working with a high school senior to complete the FAFSA and I’m not sure what number she should to answer the question “Your number of family members in 2018-2019 (household size).” Does she include her foster parents? Her siblings? Her biological parents?
A: If she was in foster care at any point after the age of 13, is currently in legal guardianship, or was in guardianship upon turning 18, she qualifies as an “independent student,” which means she does not have to report her parental income. This also means that her household size would include only her, and if applicable, a spouse and any children that she supports. For a single student with no children, the household size reported would be “1.” It does NOT include birth parents, foster parents, siblings, other relatives or others who she lives with.
Q: Should a parenting youth placed in a Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) receive the infant supplement rate of $900 (non-group home rate) or $1,379 (group home rate)?
A: The infant supplement amount for a foster youth who is a custodial parent, residing in either a group home or STRTP placement is $1,379 per month. For a foster youth who is a custodial parent placed in a Foster Family Home, Foster Family Agency, Whole Foster Family Home, THP+FC, or a Supervised Independent Living Placement, the infant supplement amount is $900.
Q: I understand there is now a standardized readiness assessment available for approving Supervised Independent Living Placements (SILPs). Is this tool intended to be used for new SILPs only, or should it also be used when a non-minor dependent’s SILP is changing?
Was not deemed ready for a SILP in the past but has since accomplished TILP goals designed to assist the NMD with SILP readiness.
When an NMD is moving from one SILP placement to another, the caseworker is encouraged to at least use section one of the tool to ensure the NMD has adequate income to meet their expenses for the new living arrangement. | 2019-04-21T02:46:29Z | https://ab12questionoftheweek.wordpress.com/2017/12/ | Porn | Reference | 0.22174 |
diaryland | In my adult life, the worst date was with a professional athlete. I went over to his place thinking we would be going OUT someplace. Turned out that he didn't like to go places, period, and spent all his free time watching TV. Also he had these 2 maids who were older, crackhead-type women decked out from head to toe in stuff with his team's logo. I only stayed there about 15 minutes, but he turned out to be a psycho and harrassed me over the phone for months. | 2019-04-26T10:20:10Z | https://datefromhell.diaryland.com/go.html | Porn | Sports | 0.985864 |
tripod | Body style: DeGennaro's own original Teardrop design.
Soundboard: Aged sitka spruce that I rescued from a piano factory I worked in years ago. It's piano soundboard wood.
Sides & back: Hand-picked honduras mahogany, marketry inlay, carved.
Fretboard: Ebony with m.o.p. and abalone flowered inlay.
Headstock: Mahogany with highly figured cherry veneer, back of the headstock is carved.
Truss cover: M.o.p. & abalone.
Sides & back: Hand-picked honduras mahogany, carved.
Fretboard: Ebony with m.o.p. dots.
Headstock: Mahogany with highly figured maple veneer.
This is the DeGennaro Power Mandolin.
It is an electric mandolin (something that will allow you to hold your own next to guitars and basses an drums. We will get better pics up soon.. This paint job, although interesting up close, doesn't show the shape of the instrument very well in pictures, but there will be more on the way.
Finish: Nitro celloluose lacquer with an experimental paint job (pictured one). | 2019-04-18T12:44:50Z | http://degennarocustoms.tripod.com/tear.htm | Porn | Science | 0.107803 |
wordpress | OTTUMWA – Ottumwa’s own family bluegrass band, “The Bluegrass Blondies” recently were honored with the Bluegrass Music Association of Iowa “2018 Bluegrass Band of the Year” award at the association’s annual awards show. The Bluegrass Blondies are a five piece family music group, performing Country, Bluegrass, Gospel, Contemporary, Acapella, and other multi-genre songs to provide entertainment across the Midwest. The Bluegrass Blondies, AKA the Amos Family, consists of Scott (Banjo) and Dawn (Bass) Amos, and their three blonde daughters – Taylor Robinson (Guitar), Bethany Amos (Mandolin) and Hallie Amos, (Fiddle). Other honors include BMAI 2018 Song Writer of the Year (Taylor), SPBGMA 2016 Bluegrass Gospel Group of the Year, BMAI 2017 Entertainers of the Year, BMAI 2017 Banjo Performer of the Year (Scott), and 2015 inductee to the Iowa Bluegrass Hall of Fame (Scott). | 2019-04-18T15:09:35Z | https://ottumwapost.wordpress.com/2019/01/28/local-familys-musical-success-continues-to-rise/ | Porn | Arts | 0.562007 |
wordpress | Well, Hello there! I must apologise for my absence of late. It has all been a bit chaotic here at the Cake Doctor’s Surgery. Firstly as I have mentioned before, my son had both legs in plaster in an attempt to stretch him. Then just as I get Ben back on his feet (literally!) one of my whippets broke his back leg! Well, I say broke but really he shattered it!
It was a complete accident. We were walking through the woods in our local park, all the dogs were off lead playing and racing each other. When I called them back to me my smaller whippet, Felix, was in front of my muscular, speedier whippet, Ash. If you are unfamiliar with male whippets, they are very boisterous with each other and tend to body barge one another when they are running. This is exactly what happened but unfortunately Ash caught Felix with his shoulder at just the wrong angle and with enough force to break it.
I have to say a huge “Thank You” to a couple of joggers without whose help I wouldn’t have managed. We were at the top of a hill when this happened and about a 20 minute walk from the car park. The joggers, bless them, took a dog each and let me carry Felix, who had gone into shock and was completely silent and floppy, back to the car. I think I must have been in shock myself because I completely forgot my manners and although I thanked them profusely at then time, I didn’t get their names so that I could thank them formally.
After an hour-long trip from our local vet in North Wales to Nantwich Veterinary Hospital, the marvelous vet, Tom, literally pieced poor Felix’s leg back together. He was in theatre for over 3 hours but was up and walking on his leg the following day! I somehow don’t think he will be going through any airports any time soon!
Needless to say I have spent the past 3 weeks nursing a poorly whippet. He has been a little trooper all be it a little clingy. I literally can’t even go to the bathroom without him howling to come with me. I must explain that Felix is a rescue whippet who came to me just over a year ago in a real state. He was ridiculously underweight, had been living in a cold, dark outhouse and was used for breeding. He had big bald patches all over him and no hair at all on his tail. He has come such a long way since he came to live with us that to see him so poorly was heart breaking.
It has to be said, at this point, that my son has been an absolute star. He has really stepped up to the mark and pulled his weight in terms of helping out. Not only did he babysit Felix whilst I walked the other two whippets but he got up with me in the night to help me take Felix out for a wee or to give him his medication. Our plans for the summer went completely out the window but Ben did not moan once! As payback Ben had all his favourite meals cooked for him including this recipe for chocolate chip cookies which Ben assures me MUST be eaten warm and MUST be dunked in an ice-cold glass of milk. This recipe is a bastardised version of a Nigella Lawson recipe but it works well and tastes lovely.
preheat the oven to 170 C/150 C fan oven.
Mix in the flour and bicarbonate then stir in the chocolate.
Use an ice-cream scoop and drop the mixture onto a parchment paper lined tray. Allow a good 10 cm between each blob to allow for spreading.
Bake for 15-17 min. They will inflate in the oven but will collapse in on themselves on cooling.
These cookies are lovely and crispy on the outside but gorgeous and gooey inside! Yum Yum! | 2019-04-20T16:54:32Z | https://thecakedoctorssurgery.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/chocolate-chip-cookies-and-a-poorly-whippet/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.627616 |
wordpress | We are going away in less than 6 weeks. Over the next few days, we need to book our flights, and make hotel reservations. After spending about 2 hrs straight, reading hotel reviews on Trip Advisor yesterday, my mind felt scrambled. I love reading reviews, taking virtual tours, and doing research on-line, but when I… Continue reading Hurry up and relax? | 2019-04-21T20:31:45Z | https://whitefeatherfarm.wordpress.com/tag/soren-kierkegaard/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.880442 |
wordpress | ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Pursuant to the Declaration on the terrorist attacks in Niger and the solidarity of Africa with the Republic of Niger, adopted by the Assembly of the Union, at its 21st Ordinary Session held in Addis Ababa, on 26 and 27 May 2013, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on 10 June 2013, sent an assessment mission comprising experts of the African Centre on the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) and the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) to Niger. The delegation, led by the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission in Côte d’Ivoire, will stay in Niger until 15 June 2013.
The purpose of this mission is to gather all available information on the terrorist attacks perpetrated in Agadez and in Arlit, on 23 May 2013, and determine, together with the relevant authorities of Niger, the modalities of assistance in the area of security and intelligence.
The assessment mission will communicate its findings to the second meeting of Heads of Security and Intelligence Services of the countries of the region, scheduled to take place in Abidjan, as a follow-up to the Conclusions of the ministerial meeting held in Nouakchott on 17 March 2013 on the enhancement of security cooperation and operationalization of the African Peace and Security Architecture in the Sahelo-Saharan region. The first meeting of the Heads of Security and Intelligence Services of the countries of the Sahelo-Saharan region was held in Bamako on 18 April 2013. | 2019-04-19T01:37:20Z | https://appablog.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/dispatch-of-an-african-union-assessment-mission-to-niger-following-the-terrorist-attacks-of-23-may-2013/ | Porn | News | 0.97619 |
wordpress | I was at the lake and a memory occurred to me briefly. I intended to jot down the thought before it escaped me, just to write down a few words as a mnemonic to remind me of the rest of the memory. I never wrote it down. I cannot remember what it was.
This happens all the time– I have the memory of remembering something, and I know it is important, but I do not know what the original memory is. A few months ago, I would panic and it would eat at me. I have learned that memories come and go. They flit in and out. It will come back and the impression may be different next time, but it will come. If it’s important, it will return. The thought may hit me when I have a chance to write it down and explore it past the first impression and relive it more fully. I know it will come back. I have plenty of time to wait for it.
I went to Williamsport last week to pick up the final few rolls of black and white film that Ralph Wilson had developed for me. We collected all the rolls of undeveloped film that Miles had siting in his room– in drawers, in backpacks, in boxes, in cameras– and Ralph helped us figure out what to do with them all. He was able to develop the black and white rolls. We are so grateful for his support.
But it was very sad to go up there and get the negatives. We gather up everything we found. It is possible that we may find some more here and there. It is possible that we will discover a few hidden in some pocket or hidden in a drawer. The finality, though, of getting the last rolls was sad. The finite limits to what exists in Miles’s hand or in his words or with his own cameras or from his own eyes is difficult to comprehend. It is heartbreaking to consider.
As a kid, infinity was a concept impossible to imagine. And now as an adult, I am having trouble with the limited and the known. I am struggling with the finality of everything in Miles’s wake– the final rolls of film developed or the final zine I recreate. Six thousand four hundred and fifty eight days. A number in a series, a finite series of days and nights.
Miles and I read Secret Wars, the Marvel comic book series. We loved it. I read it aloud to him every night for a week or two. We loved it. I loved having him experience it for the first time while I read it for the first time in years. I was excited with him.
The story is great– an all-powerful creature called the Beyonder puts a bunch of Marvel super heroes on a distant planet– the Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Spider-man. He also puts a bunch of villains–Dr. Doom, Galactus, the Wrecking Crew, Kang, Lizard, Molecule Man, Klaw, Absorbing Man, etc.– on the planet and tells them that whoever wins gets whatever they want in the world. It is really well written. It came out at a time when Marvel was doing a lot of 12-part limited series. Secret Wars was twelve issues and we loved every moment. Very dramatic.
I can imagine myself with Miles in the crux of my arm reading Secret Wars on his bed before going to sleep. It was a great time.
It is hard for me to write this.
The wheel fell off my car one time in early April on my way to Morgantown. My car had 199,000 miles on it. I was on the interstate. I thought I had a flat tire, so I pulled off I-68 at Friendsville to check it out. No flat– weird. I got back in the car and the tire still felt wobbly as I drove, like it does when you have a flat tire. I did a 180 to turn back toward the interstate. My car suddenly lurched to a complete stop and I saw my left front tire bounce down the road away from me. It rolled to a stop in the gutter on the dark quiet main street in Friendsville, a town of fewer than 500 where no one was awake on this Friday night.
Owen was supposed to go to a pool party at the end of his soccer season. He loves to swim but he did not want to go. So we went home instead. He went to his room and played games. I sat in the front of the house in the sun room and I read. It had been overcast all day but it had not rained in hours. Out of nowhere, BOOM!, a huge thunderclap and lightning at the same time. Soon, sirens. I found out later that the lightning had struck the pool at the pool party where Owen was supposed to be. Everyone was out of the pool, but the lightning radiated through the water and the roots of a tree. It struck a woman and a boy. The boy was in the hospital for three days. He remembered nothing. The last thing he could remember from that day was the soccer game. Owen would have been there too, but he decided at the last minute not to go.
Miles and I were downtown together in the evening in the early fall. He was about seven years old. We went to our favorite pizza place at the top of High Street. There was a parade that day– Morgantown has lots of parades so it was not really a surprise to stumble upon a parade downtown. I forget what it was all about. Miles and I ate our pizza on the street and we watched the parade. It was mostly fire trucks. They blared their horns and flashed their lights. I looked down at Miles and he was choking. He took too big a bite of pizza and he was choking. “Help” I said and I waved my arms to the fire truck. he was choking. My little boy was choking and couldn’t breath. What do you do? The men on the fire truck ignored me, thinking I was hailing them in the parade. I ran back to Miles and a young woman who stood by the pizza place walked two steps up to Miles and performed the Heimlich maneuver on him. I found out she was a nurse. The pizza popped out and he breathed. He was fine. We were both scared but Miles was fine. He was safe. We hugged on the sidewalk and we both wept in fear and relief.
There are so many close calls.
When we held the Memorial Service for Miles in Lewisburg, I occupied myself with compiling a playlist of songs I thought Miles would have liked. I discovered this song by Ty Segall, and I have loved it since then.
Ty Segall said in an interview with Marc Maron that he did not think much about the lyrics. But I like these words because they fit together so nicely.
Don’t fear change, live some!
I was up in the attic and I found an old suitcase. Miles collected old suitcases, the Samsonite hard-shell suitcases like the gorilla threw around in the old commercials. He would make pinhole cameras out of them. There are a bunch all over the house.
I opened up the suitcase and it was full of books. I am not sure why he filled the suitcase with books. The attic is full of books. He may have been moving them from the attic to downstairs, and he never got around to taking it downstairs. Or he was moving from his room to the attic and he never unpacked it.
There are hundreds of Miles’s little tasks around the house that will never be completed. I leave them be if I can. I stumble on them sometimes, but I am finding fewer and fewer. It has been a long time since I made this kind of discovery. I like these little reminders of his activity and resourcefulness. It reminds me of his presence.
This is one of those songs Miles played for me on our way to a hike that really helped me appreciate Ty Segall. The clapping and that beat are intense. | 2019-04-20T22:20:18Z | https://music365dmfwv.wordpress.com/tag/ty-segall/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.821714 |
livejournal | Gilbride is a brilliant mind when it comes to offense, and after all these years his system and Eli are like PB&J. To me, the problem is that sometimes Gilbride overthinks stuff. He tries to get TOO clever. "Oh, they'll NEVER expect us to pass now." Sometimes that pays off, but occasionally it kills the team during critical moments.
But because Eli is so clutch, I can live with Gilbride's occasional nonsense. Also, Eli knows the system so well I feel like if anyone besides Gilbride was the offensive coordinator it would actually be a step backward for the offense. From everything I read, Eli knows the system so well he is almost a coach to the young wide receivers during meetings, which is a big reason why no matter which WR gets plugged into the system, he produces. So there are definite benefits to having "Killdrive."
I wouldn't say that Gilbride was brilliant. He decent enough. What he happens to have is brilliant talent on the team to make up for his in game decisions. With almost any other QB, Gilbride and Tom Coughlin would probably have been fired by now.
I'd also give a lot of credit to Mike Sullivan..., and Jerry Reese for lighting the fire under his rear-end. If you didn't notice, after Gilbride stopped being the QB coach Eli started playing better. I know, that's a bit heavy handed, but you get the point. Josh Freeman was known as a guy who had a great arm who wouldn't keep his starting job for long. Now with Sullivan as his OC people are looking at his play and seeing someone who might make a decent QB.
To be fair to Gilbride, Eli has carte blanche to change the play at the line. It has often work to his detriment as he been known in the past to switch up a play into a loss or turnover. Thankfully, because he's worked and apparently continues to work at his craft he generally has a good understanding of what scheme the defense is trying to play.
I can agree with the idea of not upsetting the apple cart. Unless the team started losing because of the game plan and play calling or Gilbride did something truly horrible the Giants wouldn't fire him. | 2019-04-20T17:23:17Z | https://grrm.livejournal.com/295424.html?thread=16757504 | Porn | Sports | 0.630551 |
wordpress | I am a Veterinary Surgeon working in a domestic and exotic pets practice in London, UK. I’m originally from Ireland and qualified from University College Dublin on the graduate entry Veterinary Medicine programme, having previously completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science at the University of Essex, UK and working for a year in the Biotechnology field. A bit of a long and convoluted education, but here I am!
From a young age I have been fascinated by nature and animals, especially those that slither and crawl much to my family’s bewilderment, and at times horror! Over the years I have kept and bred many exotic pets, primarily reptiles and amphibians which are my true passion, but also many mammals, birds and invertebrates. My background in Animal Science means I gained a broad knowledge base in conservation, zoology and comparative anatomy/physiology of a wide range of species. I tailored my veterinary education in the later years to include placements at Avian and Exotics specialist vets as well as elective modules in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine at Dublin Zoo.
My first job was in a domestic, exotics and zoo practice in the South of England where I gained experience with an astounding array of creatures including big cats, birds of prey, reptiles, parrots, vultures, otters, aardwolves, slow loris, primates and many more. Since then I have been working in private practice in London primarily treating dogs and cats, but also avian and exotic pets which account for about 30-40% of my caseload at present, and growing!
You can follow me on Twitter: @ExoticPetVet, and on Facebook: Sean McCormack MVB.
Hiya Sean! How do I subscribe to your blog?
There should be a subscribe option somewhere on the homepage.
I can’t help your snake remotely, speak with your own vet and if you don’t agree then take it for a second opinion. If it is that unwell it needs an accurate diagnosis and targeted treatment, neither of which I can provide online. I hope things work out ok.
Hey Sean, I have a number of rather detailed questions to ask with regards to “bioactive” substrates. It would be great if you could leave me a message so I could contact you privately via email.
I’m Bryan, and I would like to discuss the topic and trend of “bioactive” substrates with you.
However, as the discussion will be rather detailed and hopefully extensive, I would be greatly appreciative if I could contact you via email.
I’ve been looking for answers on this topic for quite some time, and it would be really great if a definitive authority like yourself could assist me.
You may contact me at the email provided.
I’m afraid I am very busy and Bryan and don’t have time to get into a detailed, extensive conversation via private email on the topic of Bioactive husbandry systems. There are many forums online discussing this topic which I would suggest you join. Sorry again I can’t help.
Thank you, thank you for everything that you do to look after exotic pets, and for maintaining this wonderful blog! Very warm regards from Australia, and please let me know if I can somehow repay you!
Well thank you, flights to and free accommodation in Australia for a few weeks would be gladly accepted. Haha, I jest, but appreciate the kind words.
I’d be happy to buy you booze and a meal with our awesome local reptile vet Dr Shane Simpson https://www.facebook.com/TheReptileDoctor/ I live with an amazing 37-year-old Mary River Turtle who means the world to me, but unfortunately am just an accountant so couldn’t afford your flights 😀 Seriously though, you specialist vets are just amazing – thank you for all that you do for the wonderful reptiles and amphibians on this planet.
I was just joking, don’t worry. I visited this time last year. One of my best friends lives in Melbourne so stayed there, travelled to Sydney and took a solo road trip down the Great Ocean Road for a few days. Amazing wildlife and scenery along the way. I have followed Shane on Facebook for some time, great work he does. Would be great to meet him on my next visit.
Hi Sean! I need a bit of advice with my axolotls, since I know you take quite an interest in them. I’ve had my two leucistic axies since July, but I believe they’re about a bit less than a year old. Other than the fungal issue we may be having right now, we haven’t had any problems other than a horrible time when my boy swam into the vacuum and cut himself. My female axie is acting normal, eats normal, but it appears to have something on it’s middle right gill. I know people say to keep my axies in a 40 gallon tank, but my two, full-grown axies seem to be doing good in their 30-gallon. I change my water 10-15% every 3-4 days, but my water parameters are perfect almost all of the time. The temperature is usually at about 68 degrees.
It looks a bit cottony, but has some brown dots on it. I’m not sure if it’s just her brother biting at the gills and tearing them up, or if it’s fungus. Please help!!! If it’s fungus, should I do a black tea or salt bath. I’ve heard that the tea is less stressful, but I’ll do whatever is best for my axie:( Thank You!
As you’ll see from my late response, this isn’t the correct place to seek veterinary advice for an ill animal. Your local vet clinic, preferably with an exotics vet, is that place.
I can’t consult from photographs and owner descriptions online, as it’s irresponsible of me, arguably illegal and sometimes ineffective which could damage my professional reputation. Free advice online is all well and good until it’s incorrect and then turns into being badmouthed online. Not to mention I get a lot of these requests and don’t have time to look at most of them. I hope you can understand and that your axies are now doing better. | 2019-04-24T12:01:32Z | https://exoticpetvetblog.wordpress.com/about/ | Porn | Science | 0.743438 |
wired | OAKLAND, California – Peter Gronquist has a thing for blinged-out weaponry. The artist recasts hand grenades to look like Pac-Men, paints chainsaws gold and slaps designer logos and fabric onto Russian rifles, then sells the modified armaments as pricey sculptures.
Gronquist (pictured above) made his first piece – a shotgun coated with Louis Vuitton fabric – as a joke nearly a decade ago. But artistic arms dealing has proven lucrative for him: At a recent opening in Los Angeles, buyers turned out in droves to snag his creations, which start at $2,500.
"You could put a designer label on anything and people would buy it," said Gronquist, 29, who earned a master's degree in fine art at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Gronquist's creations put him in the ranks of artists making statements on the commercialization and glamorization of violence – people like Tom Sachs, whose Chanel Guillotine is stamped with French designer Coco Chanel's signature logo, and Charles Krafft, who creates dainty porcelain hand grenades and handguns.
To create one of his Russian SKS rifle sculptures, Gronquist plates the gun's barrel and magazine clip with 18-karat gold, a process usually farmed out to an industrial metal shop.
Then he covers the body with designer cloth taken from knock-off Versace, Fendi or Burberry bags. Gronquist trolls local gun shops for cheap weapons and Oakland's Chinatown for the faux fabric.
At his recent Los Angeles art show, Gronquist moved nearly 30 pieces of art, exhausting a collection that included a Fendi chain saw (pictured above) and Pac-Man grenades (pictured right).
It was a clearance sale that couldn't come soon enough, according to the artist, who said he wants to "focus his energy on his paintings," which often depict fantasy landscapes inhabited by Godzilla-like creatures and cartoonish humans in formal attire.
Still, the irony of pocketing paychecks earned from the sales of artsy, customized weaponry isn't lost on Gronquist.
"Even though the work is a satire, it's still weird to be selling guns," said Gronquist. "I'm really over it." | 2019-04-20T15:11:45Z | https://www.wired.com/2008/06/pac-mac-grenade/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.459881 |
wordpress | Lengthy diatribe on brief cinematic experience.
He blew it and as far as he’s concerned everybody blew it because folks didn’t get out there and push the government hard enough. Nobody pushed hard enough, so he’s this jaded and almost self-hating guy as the story begins.
In contrast to Mason, the corporate suit character, is Gloria, a woman from his past that represents everything ethereal and natural. (Greg Pak’s official website includes an interview with the actress, Betty Gilpin.) Gloria helps the protagonist to “be the change” he’d like to see in the world – quite literally. The filmmakers ends the film with that infamous Ghandi quote, as well as an image of Gloria and many others soaking up necessary sunlight on the National Mall in front of the nation’s Capital, a symbol of American government. Definitely an interesting look at the future. | 2019-04-24T22:15:08Z | https://alisashortfilm.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/mister-green-2010/ | Porn | Arts | 0.624967 |
wordpress | I love wearing nail polish. However, I don’t love it when I spill it on stuff. Bella Sugar tells you how to get it off.
Umm this Vogue article about a mom who puts her 7 year old daughter on a strict diet is very questionable. I get it that’s it for her health but the way she goes about it sounds pretty bad.
You can never get enough Karl Lagerfeld. Or at least I can’t. The Kaiser divulges to Harper’s Bazaar his daily routine.
Are pinners the new bloggers? Some bloggers occasionally have sponsored contest and now that line seems to be blurring for prominent pinners as well, which Fashionista discusses.
Chinese artist Liu Bolin, famous for his series “Hiding in the City,” a series of portraits that began when he painted himself into the wreckage of the artists’ studios, created as a response to when the artists’ village in Beijing where he worked was demolished by the Chinese government. His pieces usually only feature himself. For a collaboration with Harper’s Bazaar, his subjects were designers such as Alber Elbaz and Angela Missioni among others.
I love the name of this site. The Byrne Notice was created by Fiona Byrne formerly of the now defunct Naag.com which she created with model, Agyness Deyn. It’s visually appealing and has great content covering fashion, culture, interiors, beauty, culture, eat and drink, travel and society. | 2019-04-25T05:43:56Z | https://alicenoir.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/fashion-fix-19/ | Porn | Arts | 0.51663 |
wikipedia | Bytów wono tekawa ian Poran. Ina wono 16 733 engame (2009).
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wordpress | I arrange it from the top favourite pict till the least… And Oh My Friends.. can you guess which one is the best or which one is the worst?? I can’t decide it. If you scroll down and find your favourite dress in my least list.. don’t get mad, it doesn’t mean that I don’t like it. All these picts are amazing and how can I tell you that I adour Andre Kim so much.. I ever heard him came to my island to held a fashion show while Han Chae Young became the lead model.. but ehh.. who care about a little ordinary girl like me to go there? I can’t watch it T_T… Truthfully I want it.
Love in black, I’m sure I like it so much!!
I’m just an abstract person who can love a simple one and then a glamour one.. hehe this is a simple of my sense^^ love this dress. She looks so elegant.. | 2019-04-22T20:34:36Z | https://youngladyjunsu.wordpress.com/category/fx-suli/ | Porn | Reference | 0.174556 |
yahoo | You know that story about how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple in their garage?
In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Wozniak puts to rest the origin myth, calling it "overblown."
"The garage represents us better than anything else, but we did no designs there," he said. "We would drive the finished products to the garage, make them work and then we'd drive them down to the store that paid us cash."
The garage, Wozniak said, wasn't even a practical or even inspiring place to work. "There were hardly ever more than two people in the garage," he said. "Mostly they were sitting around kind of doing nothing productive."
There is a certain aura about being founded in a garage, whether you're a tech company like Hewlett-Packard or a rock band like The Replacements.
Truth is, there isn't much magical about starting anything in a garage. It's just where the space is, like a basement or a dorm room or, today, the corner Starbucks. If you have a garage, and it's not filled with, you know, cars and storage boxes full of Christmas decorations, it seems just the most logical place to spread out and tinker.
Yet we enshrine these garages sometimes as if they're temples of innovation. The garage on 367 Addison Street in Palo Alto, Calif., is actually a state historic landmark because that was where David Packard (who rented it) and Bill Hewlett founded their company.
In the end, Wozniak's admission serves a more powerful point: Ideas aren't built anywhere but in someone's brains. In the case of Apple, the hard work came from Jobs and Wozniak (and, to a lesser degree, from the Pete Best of Apple, Ronald Wayne). It doesn't matter where something is started, it usually comes down to who started a company, and what they did with their innovation in the end. Apple, despite the shattered myth, is more than proof of that. | 2019-04-21T22:23:27Z | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/turns-apple-didnt-start-garage-163130866.html | Porn | Business | 0.5885 |
wikipedia | Liberton is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is in the south of the city, south of The Inch, east of the Braid Hills, north of Gracemount and west of Moredun.
The area was once home to Arthur Conan Doyle, who lived in a small cottage near the Braid Burn, which is now inside the grounds of the Cameron Toll Shopping Centre car park and is now a small school.
The name, of Old English origin and formerly written Libertun, has generally been believed to signify 'Leper Town', the area being supposed at one time to have contained a small colony of lepers exiled from the city. However modern authorities have suggested it may more probably have meant ‘barley farm on a hillside’, from the Old English words hlith, hillside and bere-tūn, barley farm.
Liberton Church, by James Gillespie Graham, was built in 1815 after the old church was burned and subsequently demolished. The graveyard contains a "table stone" to the south-west of the church bearing one of the earliest known sculpted depictions of ploughing. A modern cemetery lies to the north-west of the older kirkyard. The war memorial at the western entrance (1920) is by Pilkington Jackson.
Liberton Tower is a well-preserved and restored late medieval (15th century) tower house standing to the south of the Braid Hills. Liberton House nearby is a late 16th-century A-listed fortified house, also restored. The house is open to the public free of charge by appointment only.
Although the area is mostly residential, it has a riding school and stables, which take advantage of the nearby Braid Hills to offer pony trekking leisure activities. Also in the area is Liberton High School, and Liberton has a thriving rugby union club.
Local family names include Speedy, Flockhart, Inch, Tod, Plenderleith, Borrowman and Torrance.
Henry John Dobson (1858-1928), artist from St John's Town of Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, father of artists Henry Raeburn Dobson and Cowan Dobson.
Dunedin, New Zealand, a sister city of Edinburgh's, has a suburb called Liberton.
^ A. D. MILLS. "Liberton." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003.
^ "Liberton Tower". Liberton Tower. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
^ "Canmore". Retrieved 5 December 2016.
^ "Projects". Groves-Raines Architects. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
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wordpress | “Earlier this year at a non-profit event, I was asked what I did for the organization, and my response was, “Oh no, I’m just a volunteer.” To my surprise, the inquirer leaned in close and sternly, but genuinely, told me to never say I was “just” a volunteer. I took that to heart.
“When asked where I go to school, I still find myself saying that I am “just” at a community college. I hear it from many students within the Dallas County Community Colleges, regardless of the fact that we (as well as the public) are aware of the high-quality education that we are receiving.
“DCCCD is full of well-educated professors, many with Ph.D.s, and as much as the pictures and stories depict tons of fun in college, there is much more to college than parties, popular sports teams and Greek life.
“It is time to stop saying we are “just” community college students who are “just” trying to get good grades in order to transfer to a “real” school.
I hope when you tell friends about your experience at Black Hawk College, you will leave out the “just-a” because your education here is just as valuable as it would be at any other college. Never belittle yourself when you do things that are important to you. You are more than a “Just-a”. | 2019-04-20T10:52:05Z | https://chieftainbhc.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/more-than-just-a/ | Porn | Reference | 0.266202 |
wordpress | It’s designed as an on-screen font, so it is equally readable on my tiny iPhone screen and on my non-Retina Macbook screen.
There is a distinct visual difference among the capital i “I”, lower-case L “l”, and numeral one “1”. Not being able to distinguish among the capitalized word ill “Ill”, the roman numeral three “III” and the number one hundred eleven “111” drives me absolutely bonkers when I’m writing. I want to know what letter I just typed, dang it.
It’s a proportional font, so I can immediately see the difference between a hyphen “-“, an en-dash “–”, and an em-dash “—”. It also makes the difference between capital o “O” and numeral zero “0” obvious—another case of wanting to know what letter I typed.
It has regular, bold, and italic variants. I tried American Typewriter for a while, but it has no italic variant. That meant that while I could italicise my text, I wouldn’t see it while writing in Scrivener. Boo.
It’s available on both Mac and iOS systems. In other words, it’s included at no extra cost and I mostly don’t have to do anything to have it available. | 2019-04-26T03:50:35Z | https://silverdrag0n.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/what-font-do-you-use-when-writing-poll-amwriting/ | Porn | Computers | 0.992682 |
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My first autumn in TN was something like a child discovering something new. Although I was born in Ohio, I moved from there when I was young and only visited in the summers and the winters. I had never really experienced the changing of the seasons. Having lived in TN for a couple of years now I can truly appreciate the beauty of this state and flowers are a significant part of that. When it came to planning a fall wedding I knew I would have a lot of choices with flowers. The awesome thing is that I really love the look of mums, dahlias, daisies, and sunflowers because they have a more fresh picked and local look.
I did a ton of research on how I can save money and soon decided that due to the fact that I want the fresh picked look with inexpensive flowers I could do my own bouquets. Luckily I have some ultra talented friends to help.
After deciding we could do the flowers on our own the next hurdle to cross was finding a wholesale florist. This proved to be much harder than I thought. I tried two florists before I got to one that would answer my questions and treat me nicely. Import Flowers on Murphy Road was awesome. They were the first florist I spoke to that made me feel comfortable and hopeful regarding my flowers and staying in the budget.
I went to visit them in June and later this month I plan on going back and placing my order along with a trial run bouquet. Below are some ideas for the bouquets I shall have at the wedding.
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yahoo | Cape Town – Local rhino documentary, Stroop - Journey into the Rhino Horn War has been awarded the 2018 Green Tenacity Award by the judges of the eighth annual San Francisco Green Film Festival.
This comes ahead of the film's world premiere at the festival which runs from Thursday, 6 September through to Friday, 14 September.
"We are over the moon at receiving this prestigious award and it makes all our hard work and dedication to this film that much more worthwhile," says producer and presenter Bonné de Bod.
Initially setting out on a six-month project it became a dangerous and intense expedition for which the passionate duo often found themselves in immense danger.
In an exclusive first, De Bod and Scott filmed special ranger units inside the world famous Kruger National Park and at the home of the white rhino, the Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park and travelled undercover to the dangerous back rooms of wildlife traffickers and dealers in China and Vietnam. The result is a hard-hitting - and ultimately moving - documentary that challenges and shocks viewers.
The documentary will premiere in South Africa in February 2019 after its international film festival run. | 2019-04-20T00:45:07Z | https://uk.news.yahoo.com/watch-gripping-local-rhino-poaching-documentary-wins-international-141654486.html | Porn | Arts | 0.750083 |
wordpress | Do you ever feel that the basketball players you coach suffer from one or more of the following problems?
They shoot well in your drills and scrimmages in practice, but can’t buy a basket during games.
Miss a lot of crucial shots at the end of games.
Spend time in the gym during the off-season, but it isn’t productive time.
Go through the motions during your shooting drills both during season practices and summer workouts.
Even if your players don’t have any of these issues, my guess is that your players don’t make all of their shots, so there’s always room for improvement in what you are doing now, right?
I would like to recommend some changes in how you run all of your shooting drills for basketball. I made this change in our philosophy several years ago and it had a significant impact on the motivation of our players. That improved motivation led to improved results in all four of the areas that I already mentioned.
Warning: This method of improving your shooting drills for your basketball team takes some work and creativity on your part and it forces you to step outside of your comfort zone. If you are willing to make those leaps with me, read on.
Assemble a wide variety of shooting drills in a basketball shooting drill book. The regular Basketball season is long and can be a grind at times. Having many different drills helps keep the daily shooting segment of your practices fresh and interesting.
Your form shooting drills should have no pressure, not much (if) any movement, and should be drills where players can get a lot of shots off in a short amount of time. No emphasis is placed on speed, the entire emphasis for form shooting drills is on correct technique.
The game pace shooting drills are exactly that. Players will shoot game shots from game spots and at game speed. To make sure that players are working at game pace, all of these drills should be times and a record should be made of how many shots are attempted and how many are made.
Toughness shooting drills should overload the player to work at a game pace or faster than a game pace for longer amounts of time than a game. It is meant to push the players past the point of fatigue and out of their comfort zone. An example would be counting how many 3 point shots a player can shoot and make in five minutes.
As you look for shooting drills to add to your drills book, make sure that any drills you pick up from other coaches fit your offensive system. For example, if you aren’t a flex team, you don’t want flex shooting drills to the shooting drills for your basketball program. The best drills for you will be to take the shots that players get within your offensive system and create drills that include repetitions of those shots.
Establish a competitive system to motivate players . They enjoy drills that measure wins and losses and as a result will work harder and concentrate better. The system should include opportunities for players to compete against teammates, against their own personal bests, or against a team standard.
Establishing those standards of performance for players to compete against is a tough and tedious job for a coach. For a lot of the drills you are going to have to make educated guesses as to what the standards are. You will probably set some standards too low and others unreasonably high. You just have to admit to players when you need to adjust the standards to make them more realistic.
You can even make your form shooting drills competitive by requiring a certain number of makes in a row or a certain number of perfect deliveries or perfect follow through.
Once you have the shooting drills mapped out that you will use and the competitive standards you will use for each one, develop a year round calendar for when you will use the drills. Determining which ones you will use during the season, which ones you will use in summer workouts, and which ones players should use when they are working out on their own without any coaches.
You must stress the importance of execution as your players go through the drills. If you have them properly structured, your drills will help your players to develop habits. Make sure that they are developing good habits to carry over to your games.
If you want to have a team of great shooters, you have to put emphasis on shooting the basketball by providing the best shooting drills for your basketball players that you can. If you place an emphasis on your year round shooting program, it will become important to your players as well. | 2019-04-24T08:11:52Z | https://elitebasketballsecrets.wordpress.com/shooting-drills-for-basketball/ | Porn | Games | 0.189316 |
livejournal | My boss is considering this procedure - anyone got any experiences?
I think robinbloke had it done recently.
morbidfrog had LASIK laser eye surgery recently; you might want to have a chat with her.
About a year ago the OCnsumers' Association said that clinics weren't giving people enough (or, necessarily, correct) information about procedures and outcomes. There's a press release here. As it points out, NICE isn't happy with the safety evidence at the moment.
Thunder's ( ravenstoker) dearest Cecile ( morbidfrog) had it done about a month ago. She made an LJ posting about it (http://morbidfrog.livejournal.com/131724.html).
I got into a conversation about it with a random (but apparently sane) woman on the Tube who had had it done and said that she found it hideously painful. This seems to be unusual, and I assume something went wrong, but personally I wouldn't take the risk - glasses are such a minor inconvenience.
It depends what kind of thing you´re suffering from though. I wanted to have it done on my left eye because I have a partly scarred cornea from a car accident when I was 5, but they told me that it would not work for this kind of thing.
My flatmate in New York had it done. It damaged his night vision and made his eyes far more sensitive to smoke and other irritants. From what I understand, the increased sensitivity and decreased night visions are very common side effects.
When last I checked, I wasn't even a candidate for the procedure because of the severity astigmatism in both eyes.
Might want to check whether it's an acceptible procedure for certain activities. If you only watch TV in your spare time OK but I'm not sure about, say, getting a pilot's licence. I do know you can't become a train driver if you've had it done which suggests there are issues. | 2019-04-25T12:05:28Z | https://wechsler.livejournal.com/791616.html | Porn | Health | 0.848289 |
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wordpress | The scent of Nivea’s Q10 lotion. Besides the clean smell…Nivea’s Q10 lotion feels good on my skin. When I can’t get hold of my usual…Cetaphil, it does the trick. It runs just shy of $9 for the bigger bottle and under $7 for the smaller one in Wal-Marts. They may run higher in other stores.
This is my normal moisturizer. I have a moderate case of eczema and because I live here in one of the colder parts of NY…I have to keep my skin hydrated. It doesn’t help that my water source is HARD water…so, that means my skin gets help being dried out. Cetaphil runs about $10 in Wal-Mart, and in most other places…just under $14.
I use Miracle Foot for the feet because they help to smooth your feet as well as keep them from experiencing cracking. It’s about $10 out of Wal-Mart and a couple of dollars more elsewhere.
This is a really good soak. It’s not fancy with the scents and what not, but for under $3 in most places it’s sold, Johnson’s foot soap will make your tired, worn feet feel like new again. I also like Carol’s Daughter’s salt soak. It feels and smells nice, too…but for the inexpensive at-home-spa user…go with the cheaper Johnson’s foot soap. It STILL makes ya feel good!
Sometimes I use this sugar scrub made by Dessert by Jessica Simpson. I love the way it softens. This line of products isn’t selling new right now, but there are plenty of sites that sell the products for lowered prices. It’s a matter of wanting it badly enough and knowing how to research of it. I love it because not only does it replenish my skin’s moisture level, but it has a slight taste AND it helps to exfoliate after the summer’s tan begins to peel. I don’t think they make it anymore…but, here’s a link I found to a spot that sells it.
Even though this is massage oil and is meant for just that, I sometimes slather this on and take my time over my arms and legs to make sure that it’s absorbed. Bath and Body Works Aromatherapy Sensual Jasmine-Vanilla scent is a wonderful addition to lotion…or even in place of for a night. If you’re gonna add it along with another moisturizer, just use small amounts…the scent is strong.
It also has a candle companion that lasts a long time, because the scent is so potent it fills the room in no time. The massage oil is $16…while the candle is $10.50 online.
Well that’s it for now…I have a lot MORE stuff that I LOVE…but, I won’t bore you further. lol What makes you feel good? What do you LOVE! | 2019-04-23T07:58:56Z | https://kweenskaleidoscope.wordpress.com/category/scents/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.272347 |
wordpress | When it comes to football, human beings are meant to be inclined to lose some of their basic social skills. In a sport that tends to focus on the result over than anything else, it is quite easy to get more concerned with pushing the ball into the goal and not on showing ‘a virtuous character’. In fact, for many people ‘virtue’ probably means ‘winning’.. Italy is not exception: rather, Italy is probably one of the main examples of this kind of approach to the ethics of football. We tend to get quite extreme (some would say simply ‘passionate’), though we are surely not too extreme.
So, what happened on last sunday during the Ascoli-Reggina match came as a surprise, and initiated an ongoing debate about what is right or wrong in football. At some point during the match, one player on Reggina’s side got injured: everyone, as it usually happens in cases like these, stopped playing so to let the guy come back on the pitch. However, one of Ascoli’s player, allegedly not noticing what was going on, kept running with the ball towards Reggina’s goal. He did not encounter any opposition from his opponents (the ref had not stopped the game though), so he carried on, and once in front of the goal he passed the ball a teammate, who scored. Reggina was not very happy with that kind of behaviour: a fight between the players started immediately after. Nonetheless, the ref validated the goal (which was, in fact, a valid goal).
But here is the coupe de theatre: after this dodgy goal, Ascoli’s coach, Bepi Pillon, told his guys to let Reggina make a goal, so to equalise the score. Thus, to the dismal of Ascoli’s supporters, the Regginians moved easily through Ascoli’s defence, the keeper did not move, Reggina scored. 1-1. A video of this surreal match is here.
Unfortunately this display of honesty did not help Ascoli win, and the match ended 3-1 for Reggina. Still, we were left with a somewhat refreshing message about the value of fair-play against what Weber called “the disenchantment of the world”. This was especially significant in this case, given that Ascoli is fighting to avoid relegation in Serie C and now, after this defeat, is closer to the abyss..
However, in a sport where you can qualify for the World Cup by openly cheating with your hands, and then pretend to be sorry, the case of Ascoli, a small team fighting for survival in Serie B, is to be praised.
Yet, I admit being happy that I am not an Ascoli supporter.. But I’m much, much happier, that I am not French.
Yesterday it was the No Berlusconi Day. An event organised through Facebook by a group of italians, it quickly gained popularity so that in many cities around the world, citizens (mostly italians) gathered to protest against Silvio Berlusconi and officially ask for his resignation as Prime Minister. Sydney, New York, Toronto, London, Edinburgh (a few, but strong!), Paris, etc., with the biggest event hold in Rome. Some images of the event in various cities can be found at this link .
The key to the protest (which was completely peaceful) was the colour purple. Purple was supposed to be the only colour allowed – it’s neutral, it does not refer to any political entity, it therefore suits very well a protest which is supposed to be completely Party-less. Not a protest against the Government (not this time..), but against one person. A plea for making him accountable for his actions.
Unfortunately things turned out differently, and in Italy there were loads of political flags. Mainly the red ones of the communist party, but also those of IDV (Italia Dei Valori), a party founded by Antonio Di Pietro, an ex-magistrate. A lot of political members from the Left (Note: Left is a very vague word in Italy, so don’t take it to mean anything particularly, especially not as in “contrary to the Right”..) decided, at the last minute, to take part in the event. The media immediately used that as a sign that the whole event had been orchestrated by the Left (again, let’s say the a-Right) to make the Government fall. I have just watched the news on Internet, and got the impression of an own-goal . Of course, what happens on the italian media should never be considered even close to the truth. But I really don’t understand why Italians cannot abandon the football-like approach to politics, and just go in the street to ask for the resignation of a person who is not doing the interest of the country.. It is a bit disappointing because, in my view, the No B-day lost a lot of its meaning once the colour red started popping out..
At the same time, while people were marching in the streets and mafia bosses were saying in the courtroom that Berlusconi used to be their best mate, the Italian police arrested, just today!, two apparently very important mafia bosses. With an incredible timing, this event took over (and rightly so) a big chunk of today’s news. It has also offered Berlusconi the stage to defend the work the Government is doing against the mafia, and to reject “all the rubbish said by completely unreliable individuals against the PM”..
I am afraid the final score of the No Berlusconi Day is 2-0 for him.
“Graziano told me that we had got everything thanks to the reliability of the persons that carried out the deal. Two names were mentioned to me: that of Berlusconi and that of Dell’Utri. (…) Because of the reliability of these persons, the country had been basically put in our hands”.
Info in english can be found here, here and here.
This blog seems obsessed with Berlusconi. It is, in fact. I would rather write about other stuff, but the actuality still puts the Italian Prime Minister under the spotlight.
Berlusconi’s reluctance to deal with the courtroom is well-known. The blog has already devoted a few posts to describing his constant attempts to avoid charges, escape questions, delegitimize judges and decriminalize a series of once-upon-a-time illegal practices. Every time the judges make some threatening sound towards the PM, they face public uproar on the media. “Giustizia a orologeria!” (“Clockwork justice!”), is the mantra that all the members of PDL repeat constantly on TV and on the press. This aims to convey the warning that the judges – being (according to the PDL) communists- are constantly plotting against Berlusconi to make him fall. In the past days, more warnings for ‘clockwork justice’ are being sent over the italian media: the judges are getting too close again. We need to stop them! This time though, there is less reason to feel simply depressed, almost bored by another episode of the soap opera Berlusconi-Law. This time, a word has been mentioned, a word that is heavier than ‘corruption’, ‘anti-constitutional’, ‘immoral’. The word is mafia.
” The number of activities carried out by Dell’Utri, given his causal role in them, amounts to a concrete, voluntary, conscious, specific and precious contribution to the maintenance, consolidating and strengthening of Cosa Nostra, which was also offered the opportunity, still through Dell’Utri’s mediation, to get in touch with relevant economic and financial groups, thus being able to pursue its illicit ends, both the merely economic and the political ones“. (translated from it.wikipedia.org). Dell’Utri today is still a member of the Senate. He has appealed against the verdict.
This story starts from here. The trial against Dell’Utri is still running, and tomorrow an important witness is due to talk: the mafia boss Gaspare Spatuzza. Spatuzza is facing a life sentence for the killing of father Pino Puglisi, a priest who was preaching against the mafia. Also, he has been sentenced to life for being the material executor of the terrorist attack in Florence, on 27th May 1993, in which a whole family died and more than 40 people were injured. That happened during the years 1992-1993, when the mafia carried out a series of dramatic attacks in Italy.
Both massacres happened in Sicily. In 1993 though, bombs went off in the mainland of Italy as well. One in Rome, in May; another one in Florence; a third one in Milan, in July. Why was the mafia causing all this mayhem along the country? What did they want?
It was a message to the State. After the big scandal that (temporarily..) wiped out most of Italy’s political class, the Christian Democratic Party (DC) that ruled for 50 years (see the movie Il Divo for a great portrait of Italian politics under DC rule) lost control of the country. The Mafia too lost a valid ally: at the same time, after the killing of Falcone and Borsellino, the Italian Government enacted a series of policies to block Cosa Nostra’s attacks against the institutions. One of these was the Article 41bis, a rule prescribing harsh treatment in jail for (among others) those charged with mafia crimes.
After the third 1993 attack, in Milan, another bomb failed to go off, in Rome next to the Olimpico Stadium. Had it gone off, it would have killed around 100 Carabinieri who were standing outside the stadium. The official explanation was that the bomb’s mechanism, luckily, had failed. The unofficial one was that the attack had been called off at the last minute. The ‘pact’ between Cosa Nostra and the State had been reached.
Gaspare Spatuzza has chosen to speak to the judges about those years. He has become a ‘pentito’, a state witness. Under interrogatory, he has revealed that in 1993 he was told by the Graviano brothers (the two mafia bosses whose leading role he took over after they were arrested) of the possibilities of a ‘pact’ with the State. The Gravianos first told Spatuzza to organise the attack at the Olimpico stadium. On a second meeting, in 2004, they told him that the pact with the State had been reached. “Graviano was very happy -Spatuzza told the prosecutors. He said we’ve got the full deal, and that these were serious people, not like those loser socialists (possible reference to the previous Italian PM Bettino Craxi).” Spatuzza says he was told that those “serious people” were “the one of Canale 5” (one of Berlusconi’s tv channels) and “a countryman of ours”, namely Marcello Dell’Utri. He has clearly made the names of Berlusconi and Dell’Utri as those with whom Cosa Nostra was making a deal 16 years ago.
In 2001, Berlusconi won the elections for the second time, thus becoming (for the second time) Prime Minister. In spite of his alliance with the Northern League, he received full support from Sicily’s voters. Full means full: 61 candidates were elected in 61 constituencies. 100% success. Quite remarkable.
The Article 41 bis is still in place. Mafia bosses have started talking to the judges (their natural enemy), about (and against) Berlusconi after 17 years. Are they giving up the hope for a change?
Spatuzza is due to speak tomorrow at Dell’Utri’s trial. Stay tuned. | 2019-04-24T04:50:05Z | https://theitalianist.wordpress.com/2009/12/ | Porn | Sports | 0.695446 |
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wordpress | Seeing a staircase, I walked up it and searched around for something familiar I could pin my rather confused senses to. I spotted Richard’s office and pulled open the door, seeing before me a massive wall of bulging filing cabinets totally blocking the way in. From his perch on the top cabinet, Richard looked down on me, and grinned.
“Yes, things are well in hand here alright” I agreed, as I carefully pushed over the nearest cabinet and watched the whole lot fall like a house of cards, burying Richard up to his crimson neck.
Taking a coloured divider out of one of the files, I marked it ‘ Waste of Space’ and popped it neatly between Richard’s trembling jaws, pressing the top of his head like a hole-puncher, before closing the door quietly as I left.
“I’m sorry, but I’ve had enough” I said.
And with adrenaline flowing through my veins like rocket fuel, I suddenly realised that I had somehow been given the power to overturn this insane world, and trample its vacuous conventions into the dust. I could turn my thoughts into instantaneous action, impose my will on every situation, and imagine the wildest scenario and see it happen. I was imbued with supernatural strengths and transcendental powers. I even had the ability to make something vaguely sensible happen for once.
It was really getting too dangerous to walk home at night, and I breathed a sigh of relief when the blue glow faded, and I entered respectable suburbia. The first telephone box was smashed to pieces as usual, and every garden wall had spray paint running along the top like a child’s railway line. Broken conifer branches lay about, while traffic cones had been removed from the nearby road works and redistributed on peoples’ front lawns. It was clear that the hooliganism was growing relentlessly beyond its original borders, and that I needed to calculate how long it would take to reach our cul-de-sac a mile further on. Given that some of our new neighbours managed to communicate by stringing four-letter words into sentences, and their kids made cannibals look like urbane lounge lizards, I estimated about one year to removal time.
At last the rows of brown dog kennels and silver German cars which comprised our estate appeared, and I could smell sanctuary. Like Quasimodo dodging the whips, I broke into a loping gait and made for the furthest reaches of the sprawling mass before me. It wasn’t Enid Blyton or John Constable, but it would do, and as I looked over the roofs towards the outline of an escarpment, and the moors beyond it, I breathed a sigh of relief. Some of my favourite walks lay in that direction, and for a few moments a montage of pleasant memories filled my mind; bike rides with the kids, tea rooms in historic places, quiet strolls in sylvan settings, and collecting shells on breezy beaches. Life wasn’t all bad, and the prospect of a few days off began to thaw my frozen sensibilities and lift my affect. A little freedom was in sight, and I would savour every atom of it. | 2019-04-20T16:17:14Z | https://leovineknight.wordpress.com/category/jobs-careers-and-work/ | Porn | Home | 0.187 |
livejournal | I was going to write one (of probably many) entries about the adventures of the past week while up in the D. C. area, but I checked over at FridayFive.org to see what this week's questions were. They intrigued me enough that I decided to go ahead and work on them instead.
1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why? If you don't know it's Johnny Cash by now, you must be new here. Why is he my favorite? Well, for lots of reasons -- many of which I've heard in the press over and over again over the past week since he died. Mostly, I love his songs -- they're generally simple songs that tell great stories. I think the fact that he had such a lengthy career is impressive. And from everything I've read about him, he seems to have been a really good guy when he was outside of the spotlight, too. Well, maybe not in the sixties when he was on the pills all the time, but after June helped him get cleaned up.
2. What one singer/musician can you not stand? Why? I can't really think of one that I can't stand. Sure, there are a bunch that I'm indifferent to, but I don't know of any I can't stand. So for the purposes of this question, I'm just going to throw out Bryan Ferry.
3. If your favorite singer wasn't in the music business, do you think you would still like him/her as a person? Yeah. I touched on that some in my answer to the first question. When I was in college, I used to trade emails with the sound and lighting manager for the Johnny Cash show, and with one of Johnny's daughters. He really seemed like a great guy to know. Especially after he got cleaned up, he really dedicated a lot of his "out of the spotlight" life to his faith, which I'm entirely cool with.
4. Have you been to any concerts? If yes, who put on the best show? Yeah, I've been to some concerts. I can't think of any concerts I've been to with big, theatrical stage shows. Most of the shows I've been to have been about the music. I really think that the show Johnny Cash put on was great -- I've seen him three times. He did a great job of performing stuff from whatever his current album was, and incorporating his old favorites. Additionally, for a portion of his show, June Carter Cash would join him. She's just a hoot. And, even better, a portion of the show was a gospel portion. I really, really enjoyed his shows.
5. What are your thoughts on downloading free music online vs. purchasing albums? Do you feel the RIAA is right in its pursuit to stop people from dowloading free music? I'm in favor of both, when "downloading free music online" is legal. Stealing music, online or in record stores, I'm against. There are lots of artists who are fine with free distribution of their music online. See etree.org, for example. In these cases, I think that free downloads have all the advantages people always claim that you get -- more exposure for the band, probably increased concert attendance and record sales. But when a work is copyrighted, the RIAA has the right (some would say responsibility) to go after the thieves who are downloading it. What I really think needs to happen is that the RIAA needs to come up with a better way to deal with the online craze. It's funny to be answering this question now, after just having watched an episode of K Street, where they spent most of the episode trying to find a way to defend the RIAA. One of the things that one of the characters mentioned is that people don't follow artists anymore like they used to. They don't buy CDs like they used to. They like songs. So why pay $17 for a CD where you only like one of the songs? That's one of the reasons that downloading has become so popular. Instead, the industry should move to something more akin to what Apple did when they opened the iTunes Music Store -- you can buy a single song for a dollar. From the press I've seen, it seems to be somewhat successful. I hope services like that become more commonplace; I think it's a solution where everyone can win.
What's wacky about the insistence on albums is that the single was around first, anyway. Singles (and their "B" sides) were how most rock and roll songs were distributed at first. You can still find singles bins in most record stores, but the cost of a single is usually 50% of the cost of the whole album. It's not worth the bother, unless you're looking for a rare B side. A smart record company would lower the price of a CD single to a buck or two.
The pop music album might just be a historical curiousity, popular for a few decades. There will always be album-length songs (broken into sections, like an opera) or album-length concerts released, but those are exceptions.
I guess this is just a long way of saying that the RIAA might be the biggest collection of dummies with money in the entire world. They're fighting to insist on selling music in a way that few people want to buy it, and they are doing their best to look like the bad guys when enforcing their own rights. All they need is a black cape, a waxed mustache, and an orphanage to pave over and they'll have finished the descent into cartoon villany. | 2019-04-21T16:13:39Z | https://drmellow.livejournal.com/191559.html | Porn | Arts | 0.272848 |
wordpress | So today I opened my Dwarven Crown Crates (I tried to record it, as I’ve been thinking of starting a Youtube channel with ESO content, I had so much trouble and I’m impatient AF so I gave up! What recording software should I be using?!?) Anyway, my heart skipped a beat when I discovered this gorgeous braid. I’m happy with the Dwarven Crown Crate, might be my favourite Crown Crate yet.
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This pretty place is in Riften, or Eastmarch I believe. So many quests done in the last few days. On the weekend I had completed 500-something quests and now I’m well over 700. Need to get to that thousand quest mark to get the rare dye! Should definately be a magnificent journey of grinding so hard my hands will hurt. Looking at the quests I haven’t begun yet on the Destinations Addon it doesn’t even seem like there are a thousand quests out there.
The name of this outfit, a small shout out to the new Zelda game, however these photos where very much unorganized and unplanned. I’ll definately want to do Zelda outfits in the future, even though I haven’t enjoyed any Zelda’s since Gameboy Colour & the Nintendo 64 days.
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yahoo | Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc.’s (NYSE:FND) announced its latest earnings update in December 2018, which suggested that the business experienced a robust tailwind, eventuating to a double-digit earnings growth of 13%. Below is a brief commentary on my key takeaways on how market analysts predict Floor & Decor Holdings’s earnings growth outlook over the next few years and whether the future looks even brighter than the past. Note that I will be looking at net income excluding extraordinary items to get a better understanding of the underlying drivers of earnings.
Market analysts’ prospects for this coming year seems pessimistic, with earnings reducing by -4.5%. But in the following year, there is a complete contrast in performance, with arriving at double digit 25% compared to today’s level and continues to increase to US$174m in 2022.
Although it’s useful to be aware of the rate of growth each year relative to today’s level, it may be more beneficial to determine the rate at which the business is moving every year, on average. The advantage of this approach is that we can get a bigger picture of the direction of Floor & Decor Holdings’s earnings trajectory over the long run, irrespective of near term fluctuations, which may be more relevant for long term investors. To compute this rate, I’ve appended a line of best fit through the forecasted earnings by market analysts. The slope of this line is the rate of earnings growth, which in this case is 15%. This means, we can presume Floor & Decor Holdings will grow its earnings by 15% every year for the next few years.
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wordpress | So, I’ve been slacking a bit on the blog lately. Mike and I took off this past week for a much needed getaway at the beach! We headed to Blue Mountain Beach, FL – near where we got married – for 5 fabulous days with my family. We then drove to Tampa on Thursday to spend the rest of the weekend with my best friends from college. The four of us are only able to get together about once a year these days, so we really cherish these fun weekends. We had such a wonderful week, and I’m sad that it’s already come to an end. Because we left a day before I hit 24 weeks, I decided to just combine these past two weeks into one blog post.
How far along: 25 weeks and the size of a head of cauliflower – about 14 inches long and 1.5-2.2 pounds.
How far along: 24 weeks (23 weeks, 6 days) and the size of a canteloupe – more than 12 inches long and just over a pound.
Maternity clothes: I finally wondered into Motherhood Maternity the week before our vacation, and I added a few new pieces to the wardrobe – mostly work attire.
Belly button in or out: Looking pretty flat these days.
Sleep: I made the decision to load up my Snoogle in the car for our road trip since we would be gone for over a week, and I’m so glad I did! I’ve become pretty dependent on that thing as my belly continues to expand.
Best moment this week: So hard to choose after such an amazing week. Sitting on my favorite beach is really hard to beat, but spending quality time with my family and closest friends is the best!
Cravings: The usual suspects… cantaloupe, watermelon, ice cream.
Baby Purchases/Gifts: We have racked up these past two weeks! My sweet aunt brought the most adorable beach rompers and hat for baby girl to wear during our next annual beach trip, and they are too precious for words. My friends also gifted us with a couple of sweet goodies this past weekend – a hooded towel and a personalized diaper caddy liner. We bought a couple of small items including a precious pink Rosemary Beach onesie, a tiny Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel t-shirt (can’t believe we found that!), and a baby book. I ordered a rug for the nursery, too, and can’t wait to start decorating in there once we get a couple of other house projects taken care of.
Looking forward to: My next dr appointment tomorrow!
Here are a few pictures from our vacation – Enjoy!
How far along: 22 weeks and the size of a papaya – about 10.5 inches long and 12.7 ounces. Please ignore the bags under my eyes – this picture was taken after a very long day!
Maternity clothes: This past week I’ve stocked up on a couple of swimsuits for a family beach trip we are taking in a couple of weeks – can’t wait! I didn’t think I’d be the “tankini” type, but I do feel a little more comfortable in them now that my belly is rapidly expanding.
Sleep: Starting to become a little more uncomfortable, but that Snoogle body pillow has been my savior!
Best moment this week: Feeling real kicks finally!! It’s so weird and amazing. This is one active little girl! I can now feel her kicking at all hours of the day. Mike hasn’t felt it yet since it’s so sporadic, but I’m sure he will very soon. We also enjoyed a wonderful weekend with my mom and Andy who helped us with a big house project – expanding our master closet! It’s not quite complete, but we’re hoping to finish it this weekend and I can’t wait!
Miss anything: Today I was really missing energy. I’ve been feeling good for the most part, but every now and then I just feel exhausted. Today was one of those days, and I was having to really concentrate on staying awake driving into work.
Cravings: Loving summer fruits still – cantaloupe, strawberries, watermelon, and Georgia peaches have been hitting the spot this week!
Baby Purchases/Gifts: I bought a picture frame for the nursery today, and I am so ready to start collecting everything else for this sweet little girl’s room! I already have a plan, and I can’t wait to share it once it all comes together!
How far along: 21 weeks and the size of a carrot – about 10.5 inches long and 12.7 ounces.
Gender: It’s a GIRL! It’s so funny, but the past week or two I was just feeling absolutely positive that it was a girl – there was no doubt in my mind. I didn’t want to say that out loud in case I was wrong, but I would have been shocked if it was a boy. I just knew! We are so very thrilled, and I already feel more connected with her just knowing the baby is a “she”. We didn’t actually find out the news at our ultrasound appointment (yes, that was almost impossible to resist!). Instead, we had the technician put the surprise in an envelope, and we had some fun with a gender reveal photo shoot that evening. My friends Carson and Melissa were given the envelope and helped set everything up before Melissa took the pictures of us finding out the exciting news! We had a blast, and I’m so glad that we will have these pictures to treasure for years to come. Thanks so much, Melissa!!
Maternity clothes: YES. I need to go shopping asap because I am quickly outgrowing everything in my closet. Still on the hunt for some work clothes to get me through the next few months.
Best moment this week: Obviously, seeing baby girl and finding out the gender was the best!! Also, spending the long weekend at the beach with our good friends Rhett and Katie. We had so much fun, and it was nice to just relax for a few days and enjoy the sand and salty air – my happy place!
Miss anything: Not having to use the restroom at least every hour. It was not a fun car ride home today!
Movement: Still lots of flutters all the time. At the ultrasound Baby Girl was moving all over the place which was so cool to watch! I thought that’s what was going on from what I feel every day, but it was neat to see her actually moving about. She was waving her arms and wiggling all over the place. The technician asked if I had just has some chocolate since she was going nuts, and I had to confess I had just consumed a (virgin) margarita at work during a Mexican fiesta lunch we had for a coworker. I guess that sugar really got her going!
Cravings: Cantaloupe!, strawberries, chocolate, jalepenos.
Baby Purchases/Gifts: Rhett and Katie gave us a sweet gift before our beach trip – an adorable elephant “lovie” security blanket, “It’s a Girl” pin with a Georgia “G”, and a sweet book – so thoughtful!
Looking forward to: A short week at work and spending this weekend with my mom and Andy!
Here are some photos from our gender reveal photo shoot – Enjoy!
How far along: 20 weeks and the size of a banana – about 6.5 inches long and 10.6 ounces. Can’t believe we are already halfway there!
Gender: Less than a week until we find out and I. Can. Not. Wait. We have our 20 week appointment Thursday afternoon, so fingers crossed that Baby Mully cooperates during the ultrasound! Otherwise, I may have to chug some sugary drinks or do some jumping jacks to try and get him/her to flip around for us (or so I’ve heard…).
Maternity clothes: I added some maternity shorts, a dress, and a shirt to the wardrobe this week thanks to a crazy sale at Old Navy.
Sleep: Usually great, but it’s starting to get slightly more uncomfortable. My Snoogle body pillow has really started coming in handy lately – loving that thing!
Best moment this week: Celebrating my good friend Dave’s engagement at a shower thrown for him last night. It was so much fun catching up with some old friends and his adorable parents last night.
Miss anything: Being able to stand on my feet for longer periods of time without getting so tired and feeling like I’ve just run a marathon. Both the party last night and running errands today wiped me out. I feel great, but I’m often reminded that I don’t have the energy that I used to.
Movement: Feeling a lot of movement this week.. mainly at night still. It’s getting much more prominent, but I’m still waiting on that first kick!
Cravings: Fruit, chocolate, and spicy foods.
Baby Purchases/Gifts: My sweet friend Tara and her husband Jarrett gave us this adorable elephant baby hat last night, and I’m in love with it! It will be so perfect for baby’s first fall and winter. I also loved Tara’s sweet note that she wrote to us giving us one piece of advice – ignore the advice and follow your instincts. I miss that girl and wish I saw her more often!
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender this week!! Also, we are spending Memorial Day weekend at the beach with our good friends Rhett and Katie. I can’t wait for a fun weekend relaxing in the sun!
How far along: 19 weeks and the size of a mango – about 6 inches long and 8.5 ounces.
Gender: I feel like there are now mixed reviews from family and friends, but I’m still feeling girl. 11 more days til we find out!
Maternity clothes: 90 degree temps are here in GA, so I am living in stretchy, breathable dresses as much as possible. I’m also still loving the maternity jeans and shorts. I need to add some work appropriate tops to the wardrobe soon, but I haven’t found any I really like.
Best moment this week: Celebrating Mother’s Day with both my mom and and my mother-in-law for the first time ever! It was so nice having both of our moms together for such a special weekend. We had a great time, and I can’t believe that this time next year I will be celebrating my first official Mother’s Day with a 7ish month old… crazy!
Movement: Still feeling a lot of movement especially at night and when I eat spicy food.
Cravings: Fruit, chocolate, and I’ve been eating a lot of spicy food this week… hence the dancing baby in my belly!
Baby Purchases/Gifts: We bought our first piece of furniture for the nursery this weekend which I am so excited about! It’s a dresser that will also be used as a changing table. It’s absolutely perfect, and I was so happy to find it while out shopping with my mom and MIL. It was a sweet moment to share with them! We also got a couple of sweet gifts for Mother’s Day… a red & black pair of booties from my aunt (Go Dawgs!) and a cute canvas painting for the nursery along with two adorable onesies from our brother and sister-in-law. So sweet!
Looking forward to: A low-key week and then celebrating a good friend’s engagement next weekend!
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers and moms to be out there!! | 2019-04-20T14:40:51Z | https://babymulligan.wordpress.com/page/2/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.884851 |
wordpress | I love art, science, philosophy and being creative. I decided to create this blog so I can share my thoughts and creations.
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wordpress | Across which if my answers lie?
Like my breaths life does not get by.
And see beyond the farthest skies.
Where failures drag me down the side.
Hold my hand, be a company.
Like someone lined at muzzle sights.
What gain he had to boast in end?
A content life, a blithely spree?
A broken soul that’s never free.
Gasping, suffocating with every sigh.
Jubilee in thoughts of purest white?
Life O life, what more do you need?
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wordpress | At time of going to press, we’re not 100% sure of the identity of ‘Becky With The Good Hair’ – what we do know is it’s highly likely her hairdresser is Andrew Bidwell.
Okay, I might have completely made that up, but Bidwell whose transformative Swell haircare system has built a rep as the man who can fix damaged hair and enhance fine or thinning locks with a non-silicon / natural product based range of products.
I met Andrew in the week at Cavendish Blow Dry Bar where he talked me through the idea behind the products, you can read more about it here but the overall aim is to nourish and protect the hair from within, rather than coat it with slippery, chemical products beloved of most mass market ranges.
He then explained that all was not lost and rather than using chemical based anti breakage products, this system would hydrate the hair AND encourage growth. His Root Complex product actively encourages your hair follicles to spring into action. And this could be a potential problem solver for those of you suffering post partum hair loss – an issue which I know bothers many women. Or even those recovering from chemotherapy.
He also told me that my usual method of hair washing was probably adding to the damage, we’ve been doing it wrong, people! Check out this method in the video here and see the condition of your hair improve.
After a wash and blowdry with the products, my hair did feel amazing and has remained feeling in excellent condition all week. I’m going to start using the products from now on, this house is now a silicon free zone!
I would say the range is suitable for anyone, but particularly those with fine hair, curly hair, damaged, thinning hair or those who want to encourage growth.
If you’ve tried it or are one of the legions of Swell devotees who would not use anything else, let me know in the comments section.
And check out my little vlog here, where you get to see Andrew explain it all in person. | 2019-04-20T19:09:33Z | https://nowweare40.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/8160/ | Porn | News | 0.485844 |
yahoo | Carrie-Anne Bishop served in the Australian Army for 13 years so finding out she was no longer able to be part of the defence force for medical reasons was devastating.
The 34-year-old, from Brisbane, will be competing for Australia in the 2018 Invictus Games next week, after injuries to her shoulder and hips saw her medically discharged in 2015.
“It’s devastating when you get told that they no longer need you anymore because you can’t physically do what you signed up for. It’s a big blow,” Carrie-Anne tells Yahoo Lifestyle.
Carrie-Anne joined the Army in 2002, straight from high school. She served in the Corps of Transport before being promoted to Corporal. She also served in border protection in 2003, was deployed to Timor Leste in 2006, and worked on the G20 summit in 2014.
“I just wanted to be in the defence force because it gives you an opportunity to help people than you don’t necessarily get in a normal job. That was massive for me. It was a huge pride to wear the uniform,” Carrie-Anne tell us.
Unfortunately Carrie-Anne injured her shoulder in the first year of service, an injury which gradually got worse. And years of high-impact work for the defence force then also saw her hips deteriorate to the point where she has now had surgery three times, and is in constant pain if she stands for too long.
“When you leave the army – where you have a stable job, friends and support all the time – there is this big blank and you have to try and work out what to do with the rest of your life,” Carrie-Anne says of being discharged.
“Add to that being injured, which is something that impacts your ability to work, and you can find yourself quite isolated.
That’s where the Invictus Games comes in, according to Carrie-Anne, who was heavily involved in sports such as volleyball and athletics before her injuries stopped her from being able to participate.
“The games has helped a lot of us come to terms with our injuries and changing circumstances, and helped us realise we probably weren’t coping as well as we thought we were,” Carrie-Anne admits.
She first heard about the Invictus Games when she saw some of the 2017 games in Toronto on TV and decided she would apply to compete.
She says she felt massive pride when she found out she would be one of 72 athletes competing for Australia.
“You feel so much pride being able to wear the uniform and be there for your country when you’re in the army, so then to get this opportunity to represent them in a different way it’s a massive boost,” she says.
The 2018 Invictus Games kick off with the opening ceremony on Saturday and will see 500 competitors from 18 nations compete in 13 adaptive sports. Carrie-Anne will participate in sitting volleyball, as well as seated discus and shot put in athletics.
Carrie-Anne says the best part about being involved in the games has been meeting people who are in a similar situation to her and the support that comes from that.
“They understand what you’re going through,” she tells us. “We all have our own stories and it makes it easier to be able to talk to people. | 2019-04-20T06:17:35Z | https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/invictus-games-2018-feel-much-pride-able-represent-country-034540684.html | Porn | Sports | 0.889918 |
wordpress | Sara was invited to a Yelp! event on Monday and asked me to join her so we headed to Dalston to check out a new boutique hotel.
Avo Hotel is located on a main street but seemed to be in a residential area. It is family run and was actually the family’s house before they turned it into a hotel. I love that the space has a story behind it.
The actual event was a lot of fun. The food was all homemade and beyond delicious.
Spicy peanuts which weren’t that spicy.
That’s Sunny….her family owns the hotel and used to live in the space! They also cooked all the food which was so flavorful.
They were also offering mhendi which Sara and I signed up for it.
I love reading so I couldn’t stop looking at the titles they have.
Overall, the event was so much fun. We hung out, ate, drank and chatted with other Londoners. Can’t wait for the next Yelp! event! | 2019-04-26T04:40:46Z | https://hopskipjumpoverthepond.wordpress.com/category/events/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.828429 |
wordpress | Hang out your flags, birch and willow!
Up, blades of grass, from your pillow!
Hear who is calling you — March! | 2019-04-23T14:25:03Z | https://mypathwithstarsbestrewn.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/march/ | Porn | Reference | 0.283606 |
wordpress | So that’s one whole section complete of a very odd book.
The first 6 chapters of the IPA’s book “Climate Change: The Facts 2014” was ostensibly about the science of climate change. It is fair to say that it was short on facts. We had numerous mini-lectures on science history and methodology, we had some interesting challenges from Richard Lindzen and we had outright credulity from Abbott and Marohasy.
I feel like I need a little science history tale to add to what we’ve had so far: Tycho Brahe. I’ve discussed Brahe before. In the wake of Copernicus and Galileo and the rising enthusiasm for the heliocentric theory Brahe had his doubts. He developed his own model and his reasoning was not without merit. He had some of the best observational data available and he had cause to be doubtful due to his observations of distant stars not showing the amount of parallax that he expected.
The shift of understanding that underlies the anthropogenic global warming hypothesis has not been sudden. The physics that underlies the greenhouse gas properties of CO2 have been known for many decades and are absolutely solid science. Yet climatologist earlier in the twentieth century were less inclined to suggest that anthropogenic global warming was a possibility because other climatic influences were more substantial. We can sum up this notion as what I’ll call ‘Business as Usual’ or BAU: CO2 is a greenhouse gas and increasing its concentration in the atmosphere should lead to some nominal warming but this will be small and not noticeable compared to other factors.
More than one author referred to Khun’s notion of paradigm change in science – where rather than a gradual change in understanding one old consensus among experts is replace by another primarily through social factors in the experts themselves, such as older experts retiring in a given discipline.
In this case, the ‘old’ paradigm would be BAU (above) and the new would be AGW if we are going to go down the simplistic model of shifting paradigms. What we see in these chapters is a kind of rear-guard action in favour of the older way of looking at climate. Although there were various calls for a ‘new paradigm’ of climate science, the thrust was continually for a twiddled version of the old consensus. The quality of the twiddling was very variable.
The most Brahe-like was Lindzen but even he didn’t have a workable model. Lindzen’s iris effect hypothesis is not well supported empirically and lacks a strong theoretical basis. Ironically the only recent support for it has been from the kind of climate model disparaged by other contributors.
Collectively it is a mess of contradictions but presented as if each author was contributing to a single edifice of argument. Beneath the FUD you can make out the shape of something. That something is people struggling with trying to deny the science while limiting the extent to which they may end up rejecting science. At one end of that spectrum, is Lindzen’s chapter and at the other is Abbot & Marohasy’s.
What can we infer from the way each author structures their argument around something: it is getting warmer – there was only limited attempts to claim this isn’t the case and more revealingly was multiple attempts to suggest alternate mechanisms that might cause warming.
it is getting warmer – there was only limited attempts to claim this isn’t the case and more revealingly was multiple attempts to suggest alternate mechanisms that might cause warming.
CO2 really is the most likely culprit – even Lindzen arguing relatively cogently for a possible lower level of climate sensitivity to CO2 needed a mechanism by which likely warming would be less.
Only one chapter in this science section when completely off the rails (chapter 6) but overall the section was still short on science and high in vague uncertainty. | 2019-04-21T14:03:16Z | https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/dont-forget-climate-change-the-science-section/ | Porn | Science | 0.629751 |
livejournal | So it's been a week of strangeness for my family - and we're only halfway through it.
First things first: yesterday was Dad's first day of school. By which I mean, after nearly thirty years, he went back to college as a poli sci major, which is hillarious for two reasons. One, it's the same major my brother's taking (at the same college my brother is going to). And, two, having been in the Army for almost all of those nearly 30 years, he's had the distinct pleasure (or something like it) to be a part of most current events in one form or another, which can only lead to excitement. Particularly in his East vs. West class.
Second, well, a lot of really annoying small things, but the upshot of which is that I was so fed up and so protein-hungry that I went to Outback for dinner tonight. And, in the booth behind me, I overheard a woman ask if she could order the house salad without any lettace. I wasn't correctly placed to see what the end result of this might have been, only that it was greener than usual.
But I have reaffirmed my love of red meat. I do honestly think I could be a vegetarian if not for my love of the occasional steak. (In fact, I practially am one now, but whatever.) And, now that Mom's gone back to the Mountain House (honestly, I get that you love your dentist folks, but four hours is a long way to drive to see her) I might actually be able to get some writing done.
I love hamburger too much to be a vegetarian.
eh, it wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst. now if I can just stay awake long enough to finish part 2!
I hope your dad enjoys his course.
I became a vegetarian while I was at university. When faced with student hall catering, it's surprisingly easy to give up meat.
I never really missed red meat, but I started eating it again when I was pregnant with my son. When you have kids of your own, your priorities change. If he decided to go vegetarian I'd be 100% behind him, but so far he seems to be a red-blooded carnivore type.
IDK. My main feelings of vegitarianism aren't so much for any stong, PETA-esque reasons so much as they are for the more esoteric "the majority of grain grown in this country goes to feed animals to feed us" thing, which I think is kinda a waste. I might go vegetarian when I get to basic, just to see if I can do it, and we'll see from there. | 2019-04-20T07:34:22Z | https://aadarshinah.livejournal.com/169136.html | Porn | Kids | 0.803025 |
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wordpress | Scrub typhus is the deadly fever caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi identified in 1930 from the rural areas of Japan. It is also known as Bush typhus and the transmitting agent is a Mite belonging to the group Trombiculid particularly the species Leptotrobidium deliense inhabiting the areas having scrub vegetation. Bite of the mite leaves a black spot on the skin which is the useful marking for the identification of Scrub typhus infection.
One of my readers is always concerned about the availability of some components used in my circuits. Even though new makes are releasing continuously, the old makes are still in the market. Indian electronics market is rich in new as well as old components and the old one cannot be considered as obsolete. Substitutes are also easily available. We cannot argue if the component is not available in one country since the availability and use varies in different regions. A wise designer can easily substitute a component if the make shown in the circuit is not available.
TV Tuner card helps to see the Television programmes in a Computer or Laptop. TV tuner card is basically a video capture circuit allowing the user to see the TV programmes in PC monitor and to record the same in hard disk. | 2019-04-20T07:28:58Z | https://dmohankumar.wordpress.com/2012/03/ | Porn | Computers | 0.995434 |
wordpress | Even though I am primarily a father/husband/singer-songwriter/publisher/director, I’ve discovered a unique passion in writing children’s books. With several under my belt, I hope to continue pursuing this passion as much as I can.
For more information on me as an author as well as to purchase the books detailed on the Homepage, feel free to head to: Lulu and Amazon. | 2019-04-21T14:37:30Z | https://allaboutalliterations.wordpress.com/about/ | Porn | Kids | 0.614855 |
xs4all | 1. 'Father Dowling', a Roman Catholic priest and amateur sleuth.
2. 'Andrew Broom', an attorney in Wyler, Indiana.
3. 'Roger and Philip Knight', a professor and private investigator.
4. 'Mary Teresa Dempsey', a nun in Chicago, Illinois (under the pseudonym 'Monica Quill').
He also wrote under the pseudonym 'Edward Mackin'. | 2019-04-23T20:56:31Z | http://embden11.home.xs4all.nl/Engels4/mcinerny.htm | Porn | Reference | 0.6216 |
wordpress | This week was amazing!! Actors Intensive with Marie Poncé participants not only met with SAG-Aftra staff and board members Marc Baron, Verania Kenton and Bernadine Robbins but last night met MAD-TV Alum Keegan-Michael Key of Key & Peele at SAG Foundations Emmy Series NYIT event last night. They met Amy Chlumsky of VEEP of the Emmy Series on Monday .
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wordpress | It’s beginning to look a lot like Thanksgiving around here!
This means that the Holiday Savings are coming at Mission Repair too! Every year we receive hundreds of devices that customers send in for repair – that are then gifted as “presents” to their loved ones! There is still a lot of time for this, and we will talk more about it later in the month.
Now we should start talking about the amazing specials that we will be having on iPad and iPhone repairs…with Black Friday specials coming (WE WILL BE OPEN SPECIAL HOURS TOO!!) and then the biggest day of the year for us…CYBER MONDAY (which is November 30th!) we will have an “all hands on deck” event that you won’t want to miss. Every employee will be at work and “on point” as we make it through the Thanksgiving weekend.
Don’t forget to check our hours as we will be open early on Black Friday…I can’t wait for the fun to start!!
The breaker for my spa keep tripping, and all I was getting was a loud buzzing from the spa when I did try to turn it on.
Since I’m in the business of electronics repairs, I was able to dignose the issue myself. It was a bad main pump, which is just essentially a large motor with a pump assembly mounted on the front of it. I ordered a replacement.
Once I received it, I made sure the breaker was turned off and drained the hot tub to get to the disassembly. It was pretty straight forward…one “water in” and one “water out” pipe connection and and electrical connector that had a pre-installed molex plug that fit perfectly into the heater box connection. Not rocket science.
I got the old motor and pump out, installed the replacement unit, reconnected everything and ~voila~ it turned right back on! No leaks and it’s running perfectly again.
Moral of the story; I’m a DIY repair guy. It’s how I started my business Mission Repair almost a decade ago. Is it time for me to open up a spa repair business? I do know that I saved about $400 doing this repair on my hot tub myself. That’s $200/hour. Frankly, if I can make $200/hour anywhere I’m going to do it!
Ok, the spa repair business will probably not materialize anytime in the near future, but for all of you spa owners out there don’t be afraid to tackle a job on your own. It might just be worth doing yourself! | 2019-04-23T10:48:48Z | https://missionrepair.wordpress.com/category/ipad-repair/ | Porn | Business | 0.879359 |
cnn | Seattle business wants to end "tyranny of trousers"
Steven "Krash" Villegas was dying from the heat working construction jobs in Spain nearly 20 years ago when the idea popped into his head.
"I was looking for something that was practical -- cooler than pants or shorts for sure-- and that was something I could wear all day long, something else than big tough jeans," says Villegas, owner of Utilikilts.
"I thought that the traditionally Scottish kilts were a great idea, but I wasn't Scottish. So I got around to saying I want something that's like a Scottish kilt but with pockets and belts and washable," says Villegas.
So he cut up an old pair of Army pants and created a kind of kilt with pockets and belt loops.
"It worked quite well and one day I wore it out in public and got a lot of compliments. Then I started wearing it a lot more and I started refining the idea."
When Villegas got back to the U.S., he started his company Utilikilts in 2000 based on that prototype. Sixteen years later, Villegas says his store has sold about 250,000 utility kilts.
"Physically, physiologically, men should be wearing the skirts," he says. "It's something men should've claimed a long time ago."
The California native sells them online, in his shop on Seattle's historic Pioneer Square and at festivals around the country.
"Comic-con, Sci-fi, Celtic... we'll do anything that is a cool, fun event," says Villegas.
He and his team of eight employees have been designing and making them ever since on the second floor of his store as well as small factories north of Seattle.
"We're profitable but it's expensive -- a real long road, takes a lot of diligence," says Villegas.
"A flag for the freethinker"
Villegas says his customers have no particular demographic but are all "free-spirited."
"They don't worry about what people are thinking about them. They have something more important to say. They're more practical, they're more comfortable," says Villegas.
The utility kilt is not just for counterculture types, says Villegas. He thinks it's practical menswear for the mainstream. But he says utility kilt wearers aren't wallflowers.
"If he's wearing a Utilikilt, the guy's got some authority. The guy's got some boss in his soul and it's gonna be projected."
A steady stream of customers from single men to families came into his Seattle store on one Friday in June. Villegas says half of his customers are women buying the kilts for their boyfriends and husbands.
"He wears it to music festivals, he wears it on the job, he wears it everywhere," says Kendra Goepfert, a customer who walked into the store looking for another kilt for her husband.
"You get a lot of glances and looks but it's a conversation piece, it's kind of a statement to say I'm a forward thinker, I'm cool with who I am," she says.
For Villegas, the Utilikilt is not just clothing but what he calls "a flag for the freethinker." The eccentric 49-year-old spent part of his youth traveling through Europe giving street performances as an actor and artist.
"In the beginning this was established as a very strong mark of my creativity, independence and originality. I turned it into a product where a lot of people could identify with that," says Villegas.
The kilts come in several colors and four main models from casual to special occasion -- all with pockets and belt loops. But they're not cheap.
"Our prices right now start at $200 and go up to about $330," says Villegas.
The price is right, Villegas says, considering how complicated the production process is compared to making pants or shorts.
"It's more hours to build it, more material to build it. It lasts longer than most clothes because you're not going to blow out the knees or rip out the crotch."
And it's made right in Seattle.
"The fabrics are made in the States -- the thread, the labor, everything," says Villegas. "You gotta take care of your own backyard." | 2019-04-26T02:29:12Z | https://money.cnn.com/2016/07/07/smallbusiness/kilts-utilikilts-btm/index.html | Porn | Shopping | 0.528599 |
wordpress | You know that having bad credit and wanting to get a home loan is a bad combination. And actually, going through the actions of getting a home loan with a bad credit reputation in toe can be quite difficult and, most times, an extremely stressful task to go through and finalize. Yet, now with the possibility and availability of the “Bad Credit Home Loan,” all previous struggles that used to dominate are now squashed, and thankfully, replaced with current bad-credit-conveniences; well-timed accommodations have been made and many a bad credit individual is taking advantage.As it stands presently, the bad credit home loan offering has turned quite a few heads. And as such, applying for a home loan with bad credit is actually a standard and rather frequent occurrence, especially since the greater portion of home loan lacking individuals are also, oddly enough, dragging along poor credit histories.Bad Credit Is Truly A Drag – So, Cut The CordBut, dragging bad credit can only be done for so long. Consider that financial well-beings are put on the line here. Also, factor in the eventual -and in this case, continual- exhaustion from all this dragging. The body and mind have been taking a beating lugging around all that unwanted bad credit. And when this happens, the best thing to do is acknowledge what you’re dragging, rather than ignore it. But, more specifically and ideally speaking, what needs to be initiated is proactive action, action to take such ties between bad credit and yourself only to sever them completely. But, cutting the bad-credit-cord isn’t as easy as 1-2-3-done. Instead, positioning yourself to be rid yourself of bad credit and improve your situation must occur first.Repairing and Piecing Together Bad CreditYou don’t have to be a handyman or handywoman to reshape and strengthen your bad credit. All you need to possess, in terms of tools and skills, is a willingness to be disciplined and organized. If you have such things, it’s quite possible to boost your credit score in no time. Just as with starting anything, you’ll need to devise a plan, in this case, a financial one. Tally up your financial life by writing it in a log. Include within this log income amounts, expenses put out and debt balances due. Crunch numbers and discern what you’ll be able to pay per month completely, but also comfortably.Next, you’ll obviously need to check on your credit report, keeping an eye for 100% accuracy, as having errors can be immensely detrimental to your to your credit life. Once you’ve reviewed your credit score and found it to be free of mistakes, your next step is to simply pay off those charge card balances.Start The Pay Off or Transfer Debt, With PatienceAll those balances you’ve got, they need to be paid off. Before you start paying off the outstanding totals, check to see if each balance is less than around 30 % of it’s corresponding account credit limit. If you find that limits are exceeded and paying off balances immediately is not plausible then it would be wise to then transfer the over-stuffed or maxed out account(s) into a tinier, less-used one. Through doing this, you will likely give your credit score a bit of a lift. But, be aware of the transfer costs here as well. And above all else, when starting to pay off or transfer balances, you must sit tight simply because corrections, transfers and so forth can take up to a few weeks to be altered and then placed on your credit report for visual review. Just sit back, have patience and keep paying off your debt. | 2019-04-24T14:28:30Z | https://staffordleonard13.wordpress.com/preparing-for-a-bad-credit-home-loan-rebuilding-your-credit/ | Porn | Reference | 0.260975 |
wordpress | I might want to do special blogs on Linux so I thought I would do a special page for them. I have only just noticed that I can do this so here goes.
At the moment I am running an old tower machine and a laptop. The laptop runs linuxmint 3. The tower has 500mb Ram and an AMD 3400 processor. There are, at present, three operating systems on the machine. I have the old windows XP Pro, a copy of Linux Mint 4 (Daryna) and the new LinuxMint 5 (Elyssa) which is an ubuntu hardy version.
I only rarely use windows now, I used to use it to access my phone pictures and do phone related stuff, but wammu can do that for my new phone. The only other thing I use it for is games. I have a thing for simulation and strategy type games. My favourite games that I cannot play are simcity, age of empires, Caesar and Civ Rome.
I have just discovered a game on mint which is called freecol which is a Civilisation clone. Transport Tycoon, though, is my all time favourite game.
I first played it as a shareware game on floppy disc, when it ran for one game year. I loved it. Played it on my 386 under windows 3.1 and it was wonderful. For my birthday my son bought me the CD (I don’t think it was even a DVD in those days of the full TTDeluxe). I never got bored with it, so one of my first questions about the feasibility of using Linux on a machine was would it run my favourite game. There is a version called Open TTD and it is wonderful and has so many features that the old one didn’t have and I still never get bored with it. | 2019-04-20T10:53:28Z | https://caddir.wordpress.com/the-linux-page/ | Porn | Games | 0.707842 |
typepad | art equals happy.: News! Hello there! :: Life.
That cat has such beautiful coloring!
Just found your blog and I'm loving your art and looking forward to exploring your blog on this lazy Saturday.
Cannot wait. For the shop to open. I actually gasped out loud not the bus yesterday - a quality wool shop within easy reach! | 2019-04-19T23:15:51Z | https://artequalshappy.typepad.com/art_equals_happy/2014/03/news-hello-there-life.html | Porn | Arts | 0.560259 |
wordpress | Yesterday, the Braves reached a 4 year, $60 million agreement with starting pitcher Derek Lowe. Lowe, who spent the last four years with the LA Dodgers, will turn 36 in June. The Braves, who missed out on Jake Peavy and AJ Burnett, were desperate to add another starter to their rotation.
From all I’ve read, people seem either very happy (mostly Braves fans) or feel like the Braves got hosed (mostly everyone else). As a Braves fan, I’m pretty happy. We needed another starter in a bad way.Lowe has a career record of 126-107 with an ERA of 3.75. He has also compiled 85 saves for the Red Sox from 1999-2001. Lowe is a notorious sinkerball pitcher with very good control. His best season, by far, was in 2002, his first as a full time starter. He put together a 21-8 record with a 2.58 ERA and finished third in the Cy Young balloting. Last year, for the Dodgers, Lowe was 14-11 with a 3.24 ERA.
The Braves overpaid for Lowe, since he’ll turn 36 next season. When the contract is up, he’ll be 39. Not many pitchers maintain their effectiveness into their late 30s, but Lowe doesn’t overpower people, so maybe that will help.
Lowe has had a few character flaws. While in Los Angeles, Lowe and the anchor of the Dodger’s Dugout show, Carolyn Hughes, were linked together in an extra marital affair that led to divorces for each. Lowe and Hughes were then married in December.
Affairs aside, the Braves have put together a decent rotation for 2009 and maybe a better one for 2010.
In 2010, Tim Hudson should be back to full strength after Tommy John Surgery. I’m on the Tommy Hanson bandwagon, so I think he can be a real contributor in 2010. Kawakami is a real wildcard. He’s a Japanese veteran who is coming to the US next year. There’s no telling what kind of production he’ll give the Braves.
Anyway, I think the Braves are still no better than third in the division right now. They couldn’t score runs last year and they haven’t done a whole lot to rectify that, so I don’t see a huge change. There’s still some offseason left though, so we’ll see if the Braves can make another move or two.
I like the signing. Monetary issues aside. I think Lowe will be an above-average to a good pitcher throughout the duration of the contract (or at least 3 of the years).
With Lowe, the Braves have a much needed “Ace” for this season. Javy Vazquez cannot handle that kind of role but should be a very nice complement to Lowe.
With Hudson returning next season, the Braves could have a pretty good rotation. Especially if Jurrigens and Hanson can make moderate strides this season and if they can retain Javy.
The question is going to be whether or not Lowe + Hanson can outperform Jake Peavy the next few years. Obviously they should be able to but when dealing with Prospects, it’s tough to know for 100% certainty.
Personally, I’ve said I think the Lowe signing will pan out well. In my honest opinion taking all things into account, do I like the move???
Do I think it will end up being a good one???
I agree with many that this was a desperation signing. I think when you factor in the amount of money and years it took to sign a very old pitcher, that it’s dangerous.
Lowe will give them innings and as I said, will pitch very well. The question is whether the innings+era are worth 15 million a year (it’s not) and that it has to be questionable whether he can give 200 innings each year throughout.
If you take into account the lack of success the Braves have had in dealings lately (Tex, Peavy miss, Burnett, Smolt, etc.), I understand the move. I just think they overpaid for it.
I am somewhat a Lowe fan because I have an “Ace” on my teams staff (Mark Buehrle) who gets overlooked for not being a strikeout dominant guy.
I think there is real value in the term “Ace” and that it is more than just huge numbers. A guy who can win the Big games, take the ball every start, and be consistent throughout the year.
I think Lowe can deliver on all of those for a couple years. I just really hate the contract because bodies can break down quickly.
Hopefully it works out for the Braves but we’ll have to wait and see. | 2019-04-24T06:50:36Z | https://classic17.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/derek-lowe-signs-with-the-braves/ | Porn | Sports | 0.90313 |
wordpress | Hope everyone is enjoying November so far! We have a fantastic list of new releases on the way just for you, so let us know if there’s anything you’d like saved. Even in the cooler autumn weather, the early bird gets the worm — erm, comic and/or book. | 2019-04-22T18:48:05Z | https://wonderlandcomicsny.wordpress.com/2018/11/09/new-this-week-wednesday-november-14th-2/ | Porn | Arts | 0.424834 |
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livejournal | 2006/07/27 20:43:00 - Thunderbolts and Lightning. Very Very Frightning. Me!
We had RAIN and THUNDER and LIGHTNING.
And it went BANGCRASHWALLOPFLASHFLASHRATTLECRASHBANG above my head and I was quite worried that something nearby had been hit (but fortunately nothing was on fire after).
And it did something funny to my ADSL, but that came back when I rebooted the modem. | 2019-04-23T20:34:08Z | https://senji.livejournal.com/324038.html | Porn | Computers | 0.960379 |
tripod | 1.In small saucepan, combine all ingredients.
2.Bring to a boil; reduce heat.
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cnn | Bringing HCA Back to Life After years of scandal, the hospital chain is healthy again--and might just be a buy.
(FORTUNE Magazine) – "Jack, I need your help." It was late one night in August 1997, and Thomas Frist Jr. was desperate. The vice chairman and largest individual shareholder of Columbia/HCA, the nation's biggest for-profit hospital chain, knew his company was in deep trouble. Federal agents had raided its facilities in El Paso a few months before, and now the government was conducting a full-blown investigation into massive Medicare fraud at the company. The once-highflying stock had dropped like a stone, and CEO Richard Scott, the man to whom Frist had entrusted the company he and his father had founded years before (brother Bill is now the Senate majority leader), had just resigned under pressure. After Scott's Columbia Healthcare merged with Frist's HCA in 1994, Frist had stepped down as CEO. Now he was coming back to save the company, if he could. And he wanted his old COO, a former Navy lieutenant named Jack Bovender, to help him.
Few observers thought Frist, currently 65, and Bovender, 58, stood much of a chance. But the company, now called HCA, didn't die. Far from it. Frist and Bovender, who became CEO in 2001 (Frist is still on the board), pulled off one of the most remarkable corporate rescues in memory. They recently settled the fraud investigation and have put HCA back on solid financial footing. Thanks to a major restructuring--in which they sold off half the company's hospitals--they have focused their business on the nation's biggest and fastest-growing markets. In major metropolitan areas from Denver to Las Vegas to Kansas City, HCA has oligopoly-like status, controlling 25% to 40% of the market for hospital services. In February the company is expected to report that it earned a near-record $1.4 billion on $21.8 billion in sales in 2003. Even Warren Buffett is impressed: Berkshire Hathaway has disclosed that it holds about 18 million shares of HCA, which now sells for $45, the price at which it traded before the Medicare scandal.
Should you follow Buffett's lead and buy HCA stock? The answer depends partly on whether the company has solved its governance problems--and appears to be yes. Even former Columbia/HCA bashers say it is behaving better. And for good reason. As a condition of its settlement with the feds, the company has to adhere to a strict set of guidelines that the inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department described as "unprecedented in scope and level of detail." Among other things HCA has to hire outside firms to conduct regular companywide audits that cover everything from lab billing to financial relationships with physicians. The agreement runs through 2008.
The company might need all that time to fully repair its reputation. The federal probe into Columbia/HCA was the longest and costliest investigation for health-care fraud in U.S. history. Among the crimes uncovered: offering doctors financial incentives to bring in patients, falsifying diagnostic codes to increase reimbursements from Medicare and other government programs, and billing the government for unnecessary lab tests. HCA wound up pleading guilty to more than a dozen criminal and civil charges and paying fines totaling $1.7 billion.
Now, however, Bovender is promoting a patients-first philosophy. The hospital giant is spending billions over the next several years on emergency rooms and other high-end services aimed at attracting aging baby-boomers. Among other advances, HCA is introducing bar-coded wristbands for patients that allow nurses to scan them for treatment information, reducing medication errors.
As we pointed out last month (see "Reality Checkup" on fortune.com), some investors worry that a continued rise in bad debt from patients unable to pay their bills will hurt earnings at HCA and other hospital companies this year. In the third quarter HCA's bad debt, or accounts considered uncollectible, accounted for 10.3% of revenues, compared with 8.3% last year. But Bovender says that that is largely a temporary problem, and that debt levels will moderate as the economy and employment levels recover. Indeed, he expects to reduce the company's debt-to-capital ratio, now 55%, to as low as the mid-40% range by the end of next year.
Most Wall Street analysts like what they see. Selling for 16 times trailing earnings, HCA shares look cheap compared with the broader market, which carries a P/E of 24. They expect a steady rise in admissions to boost earnings 13% a year for the next several years. "HCA has a great asset base," says Ellen Wilson, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. "They also have one of the best management teams--if not the best one--in the industry." By bringing in Jack Bovender, it seems Frist applied the right medicine. | 2019-04-25T04:48:35Z | https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/02/09/360103/index.htm | Porn | Business | 0.942103 |
utoronto | The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a Contractually Limited Term Appointment (CLTA) in the area of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream for a two-year term, beginning July 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 2021.
Applicants must have earned a PhD degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology or in a related field by the time of appointment, or shortly thereafter. We seek candidates whose teaching interests complement and strengthen the programs in the Department: www.eeb.utoronto.ca. Candidates must have teaching expertise in a degree granting program at the undergraduate level, including lecture preparation and delivery, development of innovative labs and course materials in ecology and evolution, and development of online materials/lectures. Additionally, candidates must possess a demonstrated commitment to excellent, novel, and impactful pedagogical methods and a demonstrated interest in teaching-related scholarly activities.
Evidence of excellence in teaching and pedagogical inquiry can be demonstrated through teaching accomplishments, grants, awards, and accolades, presentations at significant conferences, the teaching dossier submitted as part of the application including a strong statement of teaching philosophy and pedagogical research interests, sample syllabi, course materials (lecture slides, lab manuals), teaching evaluations, and a demonstration of a commitment to collaboration or engagement with the broader community of teaching. Also required are strong letters of reference from referees of high standing highlighting excellence in teaching and long-term commitment to pedagogical inquiry and teaching innovation, particularly in the context of courses with large enrolments.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach core courses, primarily upper-year courses, across a range of subjects within ecology and evolutionary biology. Responsibilities may include undergraduate teaching, managing and training teaching assistants, developing course materials including ongoing development of course laboratory exercises, and curriculum development. In addition, the successful candidate will have some responsibility for departmental administration and may have opportunities for student supervision, e.g. undergraduate research projects. The successful candidate must also possess strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues on our undergraduate courses and programs.
The University of Toronto is a leading academic institution with over 60 faculty members specializing in ecology and evolution. Strong links exist between the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Royal Ontario Museum, the Department of Cell and Systems Biology, the Centre for Global Change Science, and groups with provincial and federal government agencies. The University owns a nearby field station (the Koffler Scientific Reserve) dedicated to ecological research that provides opportunities for field courses and undergraduate research, in addition to field courses we conduct at many other locations within Canada and internationally. Toronto is a vibrant and cosmopolitan city, one of the most desirable in the world in which to work and live.
All qualified candidates are invited to apply online by clicking the link below. Applicants must submit a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, and a complete teaching dossier to include a statement of teaching philosophy and pedagogical research interests, sample syllabi, course materials (lecture slides, lab manuals), teaching evaluations, as well as evidence of a demonstrated commitment to collaboration or engagement with the broader community of teaching.
Applicants must also arrange to have three confidential letters of recommendation (signed and on letterhead), including at least one primarily addressing the candidate's teaching, sent directly by the referee to Professor Donald Jackson, Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto by email to chairsec.eeb@utoronto.ca by the closing date.
Submission guidelines can be found at http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. We recommend combining attached documents into one or two files in PDF format. If you have any questions about this position, please contact Liz Rentzelos at chairsec.eeb@utoronto.ca or (416) 946-3340. For further information on the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, please visit our website at www.eeb.utoronto.ca.
All application materials, including reference letters, must be received by January 8, 2019. | 2019-04-25T21:43:15Z | http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca/news-events/eebnews/Assistant_Professor__Teaching_Stream_-_Contractually_Limited_Term_Appointment__CLTA_.htm | Porn | Science | 0.673029 |
wordpress | I consider it my duty to inform you that this is quite a long winded post with complete details. Attempt if you have some free time at hand.
Once again, I dive into my own mind to retrieve the silver threads of wonderful memories I have of my treks/travels in the past as I have not engaged myself in any lately. This is an account of one such trek, my first tough one – Pushpagiri mountains. I hope you find it engaging, enjoyable and useful. So here we go.
I had neither heard nor seen this mountain before doing this trek. I wasn’t even serious about the height or the distance of trek that was getting planned. In short, I left all the planning to S and didn’t bother getting to know anything about where we were headed. This, in retrospect was a good thing. Because I might have thought only about difficulty all the while instead of enjoying the trek, which would probably hinder my attempts at completing it successfully. Which you’d agree would not be good as I’d be asked to go back to the base on my own.
It was planned that we are going to trek to Pushpagiri peak and I together with my cousin sister were the only girls in the team. Then my sister joined and that got the count to 7. I was seriously doubting the capabilities of the other two ladies, for they were not very strong both physically and mentally. And a serious trek needs mental strength to kick in when the body gives way. I tried to persuade them not to do it, but they were adamant. So I warned them that I am not going to be responsible for what happens to them. It is their sole responsibility to follow us to the top and back. For me too, it was a first serious trek but I was somehow confident that I will make it, come what may. Because I wanted it so bad, to do something, to feel the achievement and adrenaline.
By the time we reached majestic (in Blr) on Friday night, it was raining and we were dripping wet when we got into the bus. Needless to say that the journey was pretty uncomfortable, both for us and for our unfortunate co-passengers. The bus reached Somwarpet quite late as it had to wait for passengers to board in Bangalore, who were delayed due to rain.
I will skip the gory details of the travel and how we didn’t get time for a bath next morning, for everyone’s benefit.
After breakfast we bundled up in my husband’s brother-in-law’s Pickup to our base “Beedalli” which is 20km from Somwarpet. Coorg is such a beautiful place and I enjoyed the ride at the back of the Pickup, having wind in my hair and eyes closed I almost was one with nature. It was 9:40am by the time we reached the base. There is a temple which we didn’t visit due to time constraint. We had planned 8 hrs of total trek time and be back before sun down so we could reach the safety of house without any accidents.
I wasn’t a serious trekker before this one. I’d only done Savandurga twice and some petty walk in the park types. so when S tried to make me understand the seriousness of the task ahead, I overconfidently brushed it aside saying ofcourse I can do this. I really wanted to see what it would be like to be in a real jungle.
We started walking at 9:45am and just after half hour of walking (and signing some papers that indicated if we happen to get eaten by any animal, it is due to our own sheer madness) we were in the Pushpagiri wild life sanctuary. And OMG this was REAL forest, with scary sounds and *GASP* blood sucking leeches! Eeyuck!
And so we walked on and on and on and on and were nowhere near any kind of clearing. Clearly the leeches were making every attempt to have the feast that they could smell/sense. Good thing we had tucked the ends of our pants in socks so none could crawl and climb on our legs, which would make me very uneasy. Every now and then there were scared shrieks from me, my sister and cousin, who were the girls on their first real trek. I personally found the moist creatures disgusting and they made me sick. Since it was a forest and it had rained continuously since past two days, it was very wet so there were a LOT of them, bloody things. One even managed to get into my shoe though the lace-hole. Can you imagine my horror?!
We stopped at every possible place where some strong sun would shine and clear ourselves. When I opened my shoe, there it was climbing up to the dark recesses where we couldn’t see it. The only way was to put a hand and pull it out. And no I didn’t do it, my friend did. Bless his soul. From then on there were regular leech clearance breaks for about a minute in the sun and then walk on. As soon as I spotted a bright sun patch ahead, I would shout in my officer like voice “leech clearance everyone” and people would start looking at their and others’ shoes, use deo sprays to paralyze them and kill some with the shoe if they really felt like and walk on. I carried a stiff small stick with which I would wriggle them out.
Brave soldiers resting on the rocky patch. Yes brave soldiers also wear cowboy hats on treks.
Then we came to the first rock patch and I heaved a sigh of relief because there was sun and there would be no more looking at shoes and we could relax after a long climb. I was exhausted and wanted to sit for a while but was too paranoid to land my bum on the stone lest some of that moist creature climbed up. You’d agree that it wouldn’t be nice to get a leech bite there.
Race of climbing the rocky patch. Yours truly comes first.
Yours truly looking up at sun in gratitude which actually looks like she’s posing for the camera. Co-incidences!
There are three such rock patches which we encountered after about half way through the forest. They are real blessings. There will be scorching sun and no chance of leech sticking. And they are very steep so better climb them first and rest on top for a while. For me, the blistering heat felt like caressing breeze for I could keep my mind clear from thinking about them (by now you know who).
As we went on climbing there was more sun and less leeches. At one point I decided I will not keep thinking if some have gotten inside my shoe as I won’t know even if they bite. And from then on it was easy to ignore the paranoia.
After stopping for a while for some oranges and water, and climbing for more than three and half hours we finally reached the peak. It felt good. The clouds, the view, the far away mountains in different shades. It was indeed a pretty picture, a very pretty one. But we had a deadline to meet. We had to start climbing down at 2pm so we could reach the base before dark (read: before the animals decide to find us for their dinner).
The chapattis with mango pickle and chatnipudi tasted wonderful after all that loss of salt from the body. And we started the descend at 2:15pm, glad that we were on time.
We are not criminals; faces are sprayed with paint because yours truly was feeling too lazy to use photo editing software to blur them.
We started in three batches. S with his friend, me with another friend, my sister and cousin with another friend, in order of their speed. We were in the middle and I decided to leave behind the friend, to join the two others walking ahead of me and called out loud to the S. He heard and called back, so he must be somewhere near. And I went ahead hoping I would be following quite near to him. We didn’t stop anywhere in the middle in the hope to get back early, so we skipped sitting on the rocky patches and looming ahead of us was the forest and how in the world had it suddenly gotten so dark in there?
I still couldn’t see the two people ahead of me, but wished they were nearby. In front of me now were some rocks which went downhill, may be a stream ran there in rains. And is that the trail? I climbed down and still couldn’t find two tiny figures climbing down ahead of me. This was wrong; I had gotten on the wrong trail. Since how long? And why in the world did I come alone?
Now I could clearly hear the strange scary forest sounds. Did I hallucinate about those faint footsteps somewhere nearby? Is that a deer? Or fox? Or tiger? Or leaopard? My heart thudded while I gathered courage and screamed to S loudly. Thankfully he heard me and came back after a few minutes. And in those few minutes I got the feel of the real wild jungle, which I hadn’t taken in while climbing up.
I didn’t think about how my legs hurt, it was as if they were programmed to jog in a certain speed and I just went with them and jogged my way back till we reached the stream where we had filled water while climbing up. I washed myself thoroughly off the sweat which made me look like I had a bath and forgot to dry myself. It was a welcome relief and when I looked back the mountain and jungle did look intimidating. How hadn’t I noticed it in the morning?
Waiting for others to come. And yes, that IS a bald patch there on my head.
Then we had to wait for the remaining people to come back which they did after an hour. And in the meanwhile I did a final leech clearance wherein I was proud to find that I had no leech bites at all. So huh, damn you blood suckers, you couldn’t get me. I almost went back to give them the finger, but then did it mentally. Wasn’t worth it to get inside the forest then.
Two of them crossing the hanging bridge towards the base. I’m on a spray-painting spree!
Our faithful companion of the trip barely escaped getting spray-painted, as yours truly realized nobody would recognize her anyway.
1. Attempt this if you are fit. Like really really fit. Coz there will not be a break to sit and relax in the middle. Not until the rocks which is a looooong way.
2. If you are a first timer, and are paranoid of leeches, don’t ever go here. At least not during rains.
3. Wear tight socks which has no designs (designs with little holes and stuff) and which is tightly knit. Put your pant ends inside the socks and if you want you can tie the laces tight over the socks.
4. Don’t wear shoes with huge lace holes, which welcome the little guests.
5. Carry a firm and strong stick which isn’t too long. Of course to remove the leeches stuck to the shoes.
6. Carry at least 4 litres of water each. You can fill it at the stream, which is the only source of water.
7. Carry fruits like oranges which quench thirst and gives energy.
8. Carry enough glucose; there are definitely chances of getting faint in the sun.
9. Never ever leave the group and wander alone when inside the forest. It is always better to stick together.
10. Having at least one person who has done this trek helps loads. In my directionless case, it is for staying on track.
11. Carry a deodorant spray each, lest you start fighting among yourselves for it. Spray it a little at the place where the leech has stuck and after few seconds it will fall off.
12. Carry hats/caps. Covering head in the direct sun avoids feeling too fatigued.
13. Don’t, for the love of all that you love; don’t scream/shot/have loud conversations in the middle of the forest. This scares the wild life. Don’t interrupt their lives with your presence. Just because you had nowhere to go, you don’t have to invade their space. Talk in hushed tones or don’t talk at all if you want to spot something.
PS: S spotted a Cobra and a deer. I of course was busy all the while looking at my shoes. Duh!
14. The above doesn’t hold in forests which have too much wild life. Screaming and talking loudly is considered healthier. You’ll guess why if you understood the 13th point.
15. Don’t be too scared, or else don’t go there. The forest and the sounds don’t help. Have a little courage; the animals usually keep to themselves and away from the trail.
16. FINALLY, DON’T EVER LITTER THE PLACE. It is a natural habitat for many beings, don’t spoil their home. Carry a plastic bag to throw your waste in. Carry it back to your place and dispose properly. Better to go with a group that follows this.
PS: This is true for so many tourist places which I’ve stopped visiting for the same reason.
After all this, while climbing down, we found a group which was climbing up and the guys were wearing, floaters!!! On asking he said, the first time there were too many leech bites though he wore shoes, so he wore floaters this time and he got only one. Now that’s what I call brave. Though attempt this at your own risk.
It was a beautiful morning. A bit too sunny for my liking, but it was beautiful nonetheless. According to our plan we headed towards Madapur from Somwarpet by around 9 am and reached Madapur 15 minutes later. Since we had a private drop-off, we chose to get down at the HattihoLe bridge (a little further from Madapur). It was me, S and our friend. The river HattiHoLe flows with such a melodious sound that it stayed with me for a long time. In Kannada we call it “jhuLu-jhuLu naada”. It is melodious and rhythmic. Made me want to take a dip in the water, but we had a much serious business at hand. Also, I couldn’t see a way from where we could get into the water. I wasn’t sure of the currents either. Better not venture into unknown waters.
We started on the beaten path taken daily by workers and owners at the estates en-route. Yes, there are a lot of coffee estates on the way. At some point we came across a signboard indicating the direction of Kotebetta and the distance.
We saw a hanging bridge on our way, which was very well-built. I personally have a phobia to step on anything that doesn’t hold still. It was a great experience to walk on this bridge while it swayed above the river in full flow. But we didn’t cross the bridge for our trek.
Then we walked through bushes, patches of forests and open lands trying hard to ignore the scorching sun. But he didn’t ignore us. We were tired more often and kept sipping water throughout the climb. The climb was made worthwhile by breathtaking view of the mountains around.
The clouds drifted freely, making our view hazy but equally wonderful. We could feel the cool wind as we reached a considerable height. We also experienced clouds on our skin once we reached the peak. They drifted toward the peak, and we stood there, arms wide open as if to embrace the passing clouds. Meanwhile getting chilled by their cool.
Temple at the peak. Not the actual peak. The actual peak can be seen behind the temple.
After spending some time there, we decided it was time to climb down. The climb down somehow seemed never-ending. We got back to the bridge where there is a bus stop and had some tea at a nearby shop. In Coorg, private bus transportation is really good. Everybody seems to know everybody else. And people are very friendly, making jokes about things and generally being joyful. It was raining faintly and the bus we got into was a small one. The conductor loaded a bunch of bananas into the bus and I was surprised to see that he gave everyone in the bus a banana each while he ate one. Now, who does that these days?
We got down at our stop and walked back to my sister-in-law’s house for a hot bath and food, while remembering the wonderful trek.
Updated after a few memory refreshers from my husband 🙂 I should give it to him, he has a great memory. | 2019-04-22T12:54:55Z | https://mytreksntravels.wordpress.com/tag/climb/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.916039 |
typepad | Some of my lace bobbins - I adore ancient bobbins made from bone but sadly don't have many.
More about my lace making here.
My brooches and inspiration books.
For the next few days I'm going to be sharing a few photographs of around the house. Anth has an exam on Friday and I need to be spending less time blathering on my laptop and more time supporting him and keeping house. So this will mean less words everyday (I hope I can control my need to talk,) more cooking (darn it) and more pictures until normal service is resumed.
So let's start in the kitchen in a small sunny corner and turn to our right.
I'm writing this letter to encourage you, if like me, you had wondered where the son you bore some years ago had disappeared to. In his place we have had someone who sometimes was unrecognisable from the laughing, sunny boy we knew so well.
But do not despair - your son will return - and in our case he returned to be a wiser, more lovelier son than we could have ever hoped for.
Anth: Hi Tom, what have you done today?
Tom: Well I got up at 7.30 (miracle 1) had breakfast and went into town to apply for a job (miracle 2). I then dashed to uni to go to a lecture (miracle 3) which I really enjoyed (miracle 4). The lecturer told us about a book we will be using so I went straight to the library to get it (miracle 5). I spent 3 hours in the library (miracle 6) and then when I left the library I saw a poster wanting volunteers to help old people do their gardens so I signed up (miracle 7).
That was an '8 miracle' phone call - and most of our daily phone calls are sprinkled with the odd miracle or two. In hindsight, we now think he spent his first year at Uni being rather overwhelmed (understandably) and is now coming into his own. Praise God. He even has 2 jobs - yes 2, after a year or two spent cajoling/encouraging/begging him to at least try and get one or do some voluntary work instead. Anth and I could weep with relief and are sending up quiet prayers of thanksgiving. He is even making his own packed lunches instead of buying sandwiches; he's worn the black skinny jeans (bought 2 years ago after ensuring me he would wear them but never did,) nearly everyday. Everyday. On Sunday he spent 6 hours in the library..and so the transformation continues.
But seriously, if you have a teenager you don't recognise, be patient and hang on in there because when the time is right the bedroom door (cocoon) will open and this new person will emerge and you'll realise that it was going to be OK all along.. | 2019-04-23T00:19:49Z | https://posy.typepad.com/posy/2009/10/?asset_id=6a00d8341ca2e153ef0120a5ae9efb970b | Porn | Home | 0.72113 |
sfgate | Harvest sprouts when they're still tender and without leaves.
Crisp vegetable sprouts grown right in your kitchen provide a consistent and convenient supply of fresh greens year-round. Whether you prefer large mung sprouts or more delicate broccoli or alfalfa sprouts, the method used to get them growing is the same. Only use seeds sold for growing edible sprouts. Seeds meant for the vegetable garden are often chemically treated, which makes the sprouts unsafe to eat. Enjoy your sprouts raw or add them to soups, stir-fries or vegetable dishes.
Pour one-quarter cup of large sprouting seeds or 1 tablespoon small seeds into a quart-size glass jar. Run lukewarm tap water into the jar until it is halfway filled.
Place a cheesecloth square over the jar opening, and secure the cheesecloth with a rubber band. Soak the seeds in the water for 12 to 24 hours, or until they double in volume.
Drain the water from the seeds. Add more water, swirl it around, and then drain immediately.
Lay the jar on its side in a dark space, such as a cabinet, that maintains a temperature of 68 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
Rinse the seeds with lukewarm water twice daily, in the morning and evening. Drain the water immediately after rinsing, and place the jar back in the storage area.
Add water, rinse and drain the sprouts a final time once they have reached the desired length, which is about 1/2-inch long for small seeds or 1 to 1 1/2 inches long for larger seeds. Most sprout varieties take about four to six days to reach their mature length. Fill the jar with water, skim off any seed hulls that float to the surface, and then drain so only the sprouts remain in the jar.
Shake the excess moisture from the sprouts and pat them dry. Store unused sprouts in a sealed bag in the vegetable crisper drawer for up to one week.
If you prefer green sprouts, provide them with light for several hours before harvesting.
Disinfect your sprouting jar by washing it in the dishwasher or rinsing it with a solution of one part bleach to nine parts water before starting a new batch. Use fresh cheesecloth each time you start a new batch.
Unless they are 100% certified organic, do not eat sprouts from vegetable garden seeds because the chemicals used on conventional seeds are concentrated in the sprouts. Instead purchase seeds sold specifically for the purpose of producing edible sprouts.
Harrington, Jenny. "Sprout Gardening: How to Cultivate Fresh Sprouts Right in Your Own Kitchen." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/sprout-gardening-cultivate-fresh-sprouts-right-own-kitchen-96193.html. Accessed 21 April 2019. | 2019-04-22T01:11:37Z | https://homeguides.sfgate.com/sprout-gardening-cultivate-fresh-sprouts-right-own-kitchen-96193.html | Porn | Home | 0.171049 |
wordpress | The Liberals record? Not much better.
“I can’t answer the question about the former government, what their reasons were,” said Sajjan, also noting he does not believe any of the metadata inadvertently shared could have ended up in the hands of any countries beyond the Five Eyes.
The political comedy pranksters at SHD.ca are releasing a one hour film on YouTube, October 14th, 2015. The film focuses on the expansion of state surveillance in an era of climate change and offers a timely look at Canada’s history of racism and Islamophobia. The comedic documentary features Canadian surveillance targets Cindy Blackstock, Obert Madondo and Mohammad Mahjoub.
The film also features never before seen footage of the artists’ numerous interactions with CSE officials and a behind the scenes look at how the pranksters have repeatedly breached the Prime Minister’s personal security. Director Sean Devlin is a Filipino-Canadian comedian and filmmaker who was recently arrested at one of the Prime Minister’s campaign events (Read about it in The Globe and Mail). In recent weeks the group also caused a stir with a parody Conservative site that the government intervened with (Read about it in The National Post).
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google | An apparatus for measuring wall thicknesses of objects, comprises: a coordinate measuring machine comprising a probe holder and an object support, the coordinate measuring machine being configured to provide relative movement between the probe holder and the object support in three dimensions; and an ultrasonic test probe which is held by the probe holder. The coordinate measuring machine brings the transducer of the ultrasonic test probe into contact with a position on a surface of an object at the object support so that the probe can measure an object wall thickness at the probe contact position.
The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring wall thicknesses of objects, and particularly, but not exclusively, to an apparatus in which the measured wall thicknesses can be converted to spatial coordinates on surfaces of objects.
Manufactured objects often have to conform to dimensional and/or geometrical tolerances. These may be specified by the manufacturer or ultimate user of the object e.g. to ensure that the object behaves correctly in service. Thus it is common to subject objects to post-manufacture inspection procedures.
A known technique for determining the dimensional accuracy of objects involves driving a coordinate measuring probe or stylus over the surface of the object. Such a probe typically comprises a stiff elongate member (formed e.g. of carbon fibre) having a small hard (typically industrial ruby) sphere at the measuring end. An example of a commercially available probe is the Renishaw SP600™ analogue scanning probe. In one arrangement, the probe is fitted to a Renishaw MIH™ head providing angular movement about two orthogonal axes in 7.5 increments. The head is then mounted to the quill of a programmable coordinate measuring machine (CMM) , which controls the movement of the probe. A typical CMM comprises a quill providing z- direction movement, a carriage assembly which carries the quill and provides x- and y-direction movement, and a measuring table, as shown for example in US 5189805. The CMM typically also comprises a programmable computer to control the probe movements. CMMs are commercially available from a number of suppliers.
Sensing means associated with the probe detects when and where the sphere contacts a surface and the CMM translates that information into a spatial coordinate for the surface contact point with the sphere. Thus by making contact with the object at spaced apart points along a programmed guide path, the probe can provide discrete measurements of the relative positions of these points. In this way, shape characteristics (such as profiles or outlines) of the actual object can be built up, and these characteristics can then be compared for conformity with e.g. predetermined tolerance limits.
Conventionally, the operator programs a guide path by a teach-and-learn technique in which he drives the probe under manual control to specific points along the desired guide path, and saves the positions of those points in the memory of the CMM. When performing a measurement run, the CMM subsequently drives the probe from point-to-point in an order determined by the operator, taking measurements along the way. In defining the guide path, the operator will also specify approach directions and probe angles to ensure that the probe or quill does not collide with the object. As and when necessary, the operator may also program the quill to change the probe (usually at a probe change station remote from the object) so that e.g. a probe with a longer elongate member is used to reach otherwise-inaccessible parts of the object .
Gas turbine engine components, and particularly critical components such as blades, vanes and discs, are commonly inspected using such techniques.
A problem can arise, however, when the object under inspection has internal surfaces (which are inaccessible to the probe. For example, it is common for gas turbine blades and vanes to be formed as hollow components, with internal cavities which reduce the weight of the component and/or provide cooling channels. In particular, a known technique for producing hollow titanium alloy fan blades involves superplastic forming of the blade to expand internal blade cavities, followed by acid dipping of the blade to taper etch the external surface and provide the desired aerofoil shape. The external surface may then be linished to give the desired surface finish. However, as a result of these procedures, variability can be introduced into the thickness of the blade walls which define the cavities, i.e. there can be a degree of uncertainty in the positions of the internal surfaces of the cavities.
Thus an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus which enables the measurement of wall thicknesses and preferably the spatial coordinates of positions on internal surfaces of an object. The present invention is at least partly based on the realisation that an ultrasonic test probe can be mounted to a CMM to provide wall thickness measurements at predetermined probe contact positions on an object. If the spatial coordinates of these contact positions are known, each wall thickness measurement can be converted into spatial coordinates for the opposing position on the other side of the wall to the probe contact position.
Thus, in a first aspect, the present invention provides an apparatus for measuring wall thicknesses of objects, the apparatus comprising: a coordinate measuring machine comprising a probe holder and an object support, the coordinate measuring machine being configured to provide relative movement between the probe holder and the object support in three dimensions; and an ultrasonic test probe which is held by the probe holder; whereby, in use, the coordinate measuring machine brings the transducer of the ultrasonic test probe into contact with a position on a surface of an object at the object support so that the probe can measure an object wall thickness at the probe contact position. Preferably, the apparatus further comprises an angle adjustment mechanism that adjusts the angle of the ultrasonic test probe when it is brought into contact with said surface so that the measured wall thickness is along a line perpendicular to said surface. For example, the angle adjustment mechanism may comprise gymbals. The gymbals can connect the probe to the probe holder. In this way, when the probe is offered to the object surface, the gymbals can correct any misalignment between the probe and the surface. However, preferably the probe holder is adapted to provide angular movement of the probe about two or more axes so that the coordinate measuring machine can at least approximately align the probe before it is offered to the object surface.
An object may be located at the object support, the object having walls which on one side are contactable by the ultrasonic test probe and on the other side are not contactable by the probe. For example, the object may be a vane or blade of a gas turbine engine.
Preferably, the coordinate measuring machine further comprises a computer system which (i) controls the probe movements, (ii) commands thickness measurements by the probe, and/or (iii) stores thickness measurements made by the probe. Alternatively or additionally, the computer system can relate each measured wall thickness to one or more reference positions for the object and thereby converts the measured wall thickness into spatial coordinates for the opposing position on the other side of the wall to the probe contact position. For example, the computer system may store the spatial coordinates of each probe contact position, whereby the reference position for each measured wall thickness is the corresponding probe contact position.
Preferably, when the measured object is a component of a gas turbine engine, the computer system defines the spatial coordinates relative to one or more axes and/or directions of the gas turbine engine. For example, the fundamental axes of the coordinates system may include the gas turbine engine centre axis. Typically, when the component is a vane or blade, the axes include the engine centre axis and a radial engine direction along the length of the vane or blade.
Typically, the coordinate measuring machine is also used to measure the spatial coordinates of the probe contact positions. Thus, the apparatus may further comprise at least one coordinate measuring stylus which is interchangeable with the ultrasonic test probe, such that the coordinate measuring stylus can be held by the probe holder when the ultrasonic test probe is not in use. The coordinate measuring stylus is then movable by the coordinate measuring machine into contact with the object at the probe contact positions.
Desirably, the apparatus further comprises a system for delivering couplant to the face of the probe transducer before it is brought into contact with the object. This avoids a human operator having to intervene before each thickness measurement to apply the couplant.
Preferably, the couplant is carried in a reservoir which is mounted to the ultrasonic test probe. More preferably, the apparatus further comprises: a probe change station where the ultrasonic test probe can be docked when not in use by the coordinate measuring machine; and a larger couplant reservoir which replenishes the reservoir mounted to the ultrasonic test probe when it is docked in the probe change station.
(d) relating each measured wall thickness to the measured spatial coordinates of the corresponding probe contact position to convert the measured wall thickness into spatial coordinates for the opposing position on the non- contactable side of the wall.
Step (c) may include adjusting the angle of the ultrasonic test probe when it is brought into contact with the object so that the measured wall thickness is along a line perpendicular to the contacted surface.
Any one or more of the optional features of the first aspect of the invention may be applied to this aspect of the invention.
For example, the object may be a vane or blade of a gas turbine engine. The spatial coordinates may be defined relative to one or more axes and/or directions of the gas turbine engine. The axes may be the engine centre axis and a radial engine direction along the length of the vane or blade.
Figure 2 shows in more detail the ultrasonic test probe of the apparatus of Figure 1.
Figure 1 shows schematically an apparatus according to the present invention. The apparatus comprises a conventional CMM which includes a table 10 on which an object O to be measured is supported. In the drawing of Figure 1, the object is a hollow titanium alloy fan blade held in a jig J.
The CMM has a Y-slider device 20 which is movable in the "Y" direction of the table. The Y-slider device has columns 21, 22 at opposing sides of the table which support a beam 23 traversing the table. On the beam, an X-slider device 30 is mounted which is movable in the λλX" direction of the table. The X-slider device in turn contains a quill 40 which is movable in the "Z" direction of the table. The lower end of the quill has a head 41 which can detachably hold a measuring probe and provides angular movement of the probe about two orthogonal axes. The measuring probe can be either an ultrasonic test probe 50, or a coordinate measuring stylus 60. As shown in Figure 1, the ultrasonic test probe is held by the quill, the coordinate measuring stylus being docked in a probe change station 70 of the CMM. However, the quill is drivable to the probe change station to allow the interchange of the probe and the stylus. Thus the CMM can move either the probe or the stylus relative to the fan blade in three dimensions.
41 and quill 40 to the computer system, where they are stored in memory until needed. Likewise, command signals pass to the probe or stylus from the computer system, to command e.g. the performance of measurements and the ejection of couplant onto the transducer of the ultrasonic test probe.
The titanium alloy fan blade O has walls which define internal cavities. Thus, one side of the walls is formed by the external surface of the blade, and the other side of the walls is formed by internal surfaces which are inaccessible to the probe and the stylus. The processing operation by which the blade is produced is such that there is a degree of uncertainty in the locations of the internal surfaces relative to the external geometry of the blade.
In order to measure spatial coordinates on those internal surfaces, the ultrasonic test probe takes thickness measurements across the walls of the blade. These measurements are related to contact positions on the external surface of the blade. If the spatial coordinates of those contact positions are known, the thickness measurements can be converted into spatial coordinates for opposing positions on the internal surfaces. Thus a first step is to determine the spatial coordinates of the external contact positions. This can be accomplished by defining a set of coordinate axes for the blade. Conveniently, these axes are the engine centre axis, a radial engine direction along the length of the blade, and a third axis orthogonal to the previous two axes.
Reference markers are provided on the jig. In use, the blade would be mounted in the engine in a predetermined relationship to the engine centre line axis and with its stacking axis aligned with an engine radial direction. The blade is held by the jig such that the reference markers have a known spatial relationship to the defined coordinate axes. Thus the spatial coordinates of the probe and stylus in a coordinate system of the engine can be calibrated with reference to the jig reference markers. That is, at any instant the spatial coordinates of the probe or stylus are known in the coordinates system of the CMM, but by knowing the spatial coordinates of the reference markers in the CMM coordinates system, a simple coordinate transformation allows the CMM spatial coordinates of the probe or stylus to be converted to the engine coordinates system.
With the jig and blade on table 10, and the reference marker positions properly calibrated, the next step is to run coordinate measuring stylus 60 to contact positions on the external surface of the blade in order to measure the spatial coordinates of those positions. This can be accomplished using techniques and procedures known in the art.
The stylus is then returned to probe change station 70 and ultrasonic test probe 50 is picked up by head 41. The probe is driven by the CMM to the contact positions previously visited by the stylus and at each a wall thickness measurement is made.
When the wall thickness measurements are completed, they are converted by the computer system into spatial coordinates for the opposing positions on the internal surfaces of the blade.
Figure 2 shows probe 50 in more detail. Probe 50 attaches to head 41 at connector 54. The probe has a delay line transducer 51 which emits and receives ultrasonic signals when coupled to the surface of object O. In order to properly couple the transducer to the object surface and to maximise the return signal, the axis of the probe should be perpendicular to the surface. However, although head 41 provides angular movement of the probe about orthogonal axes A and B, the movement proceeds in 7.5° increments. Thus, while the CMM can be programmed to offer the probe to the blade at an angle that is approximately perpendicular to the surface of the blade, in the majority of cases the probe measurement direction will not be precisely aligned.
To overcome this problem, the probe has gymbal mechanisms 52 which automatically adjust the angle of the probe when it contacts the object to so that its axis is perpendicular to the contacted surface. In Figure 2 one of the gymbal mechanisms is indicated. The other is largely hidden by the body of the probe in Figure 2, although its eight mounts 57 are just visible. The adjustment effected by the gymbal mechanisms introduces a small degree of uncertainty into the actual contact position of the transducer with the object surface, but for most objects this does not lead to any significant loss in measurement accuracy because the external and internal surface curvatures are small enough such that the thickness measured post-adjustment is essentially the same as the thickness that would have been measured at the nominal contact position. Of course, if necessary the gymbal mechanisms can be adapted to send a signal to the computer system indicating the amount of adjustment and thereby allowing the spatial coordinates of the actual probe contact position to be calculated.
When the CMM has positioned the probe at a contact position, and the gymbal mechanisms have taken out any probe misalignment, the CMM commands the probe to take a thickness measurement. A return signal from the probe to the CMM provides the thickness measurement and an indication of measurement quality. If the measurement quality is insufficient, the CMM can command the probe to take repeat measurements . Although couplant can be placed on the face of the transducer by the CMM operator before each thickness measurement, for fully automated operation of the probe, application of the couplant can be under the control of the computer system. The probe shown in Figure 2 has a couplant reservoir 53 which is carried by the probe. A stepper motor (hidden by the body of the probe in Figure 2) controlled by the computer system draws couplant from the reservoir and ejects it onto the transducer via hose 56 before the probe is offered to the object surface.
A further and larger couplant reservoir (not shown) is maintained at the probe change station. When the probe is docked at the station reservoir 53, finger 55 activates a switch (not shown) to automatically refill reservoir 53 from the larger reservoir. Typically, the coordinate measuring stylus and the ultrasonic test probe are used in alternation, so reservoir 53 can be refilled when the stylus is in use. Although the apparatus has been described above in relation to measurements of the spatial coordinates of positions on inaccessible surfaces, it will be apparent that the apparatus can also be use simply to measure wall thicknesses, and that these need not be converted into spatial coordinates.
While the invention has been described in conjunction with the exemplary embodiment described above, many- equivalent modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art when given this disclosure. Accordingly, the exemplary embodiment of the invention set forth above is considered to be illustrative and not limiting. Various changes to the described embodiment may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
1. An apparatus for measuring wall thicknesses of objects (0), the apparatus comprising: a coordinate measuring machine comprising a probe holder (41) and an object support (J), the coordinate measuring machine being configured to provide relative movement between the probe holder (41) and the object support (J) in three dimensions; and an ultrasonic test probe (50) which is held by the probe holder (41); whereby, in use, the coordinate measuring machine brings the transducer of the ultrasonic test probe (50) into contact with a position on a surface of an object (0) at the object support (J) so that the probe (50) can measure an object wall thickness at the probe contact position characterised in that an angle adjustment mechanism (52) that adjusts the angle of the ultrasonic test probe (50) when it is brought into contact with said surface so that the measured wall thickness is along a line perpendicular to said surface.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that the angle adjustment mechanism (52) comprises gymbals.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2 characterised in that the object (0) has walls which on one side are contactable by the ultrasonic test probe (50) and on the other side are not contactable by the probe (50) .
4. An apparatus according to claim 3, characterised in that the object (0) is a vane or blade of a gas turbine engine .
5. An apparatus according to any of claims 1-4 characterised in that the coordinate measuring machine further comprises a computer system (80) which relates each measured wall thickness to one or more reference positions for the object (0) and thereby converts the measured wall thickness into spatial coordinates for the opposing position on the other side of the wall to the probe contact position.
6. An apparatus according to claim 5, characterised in that the computer system (80) stores the spatial coordinates of each probe contact position, the reference position for each measured wall thickness being the corresponding probe contact position.
7. An apparatus according to claim 5 or 6 as dependent on claim 4, characterised in that the computer system (80) defines the spatial coordinates relative to one or more axes of the gas turbine engine .
8. An apparatus according to claim 7, characterised in that the axes include the engine centre axis and/or a radial engine direction along the length of the vane or blade.
(60) can be held by the probe holder (41) when the ultrasonic test probe (50) is not in use; whereby the coordinate measuring stylus (60) is movable by the coordinate measuring machine into contact with the object (0) at the probe contact positions so that the probe can measure the spatial coordinates of the probe contact positions.
10. An apparatus according to any one of the previous claims characterised in that a system (53, 56) is provided for delivering couplant to the face of the ultrasonic test probe (50) before it is brought into contact with the object (0) .
11. An apparatus according to claim 10, characterised in that the couplant is carried in a reservoir (53) which is mounted to the ultrasonic test probe (50) .
12. An apparatus according to claim 11, characterised in that it further comprises: a probe change station (70) where the ultrasonic test probe (50) can be docked when not in use by the coordinate measuring machine; and a larger couplant reservoir which replenishes the reservoir (53) mounted to the ultrasonic test probe (50) when it is docked in the probe change station (70) .
14. Use of the apparatus according to any one of the previous claims for measuring the spatial coordinates of positions on object surfaces which are not directly contactable by the ultrasonic test probe.
(c) moving an ultrasonic test probe (50) into contact with the object (0) at each probe contact position to measure a wall thickness of the object (0) at that position; and (d) relating each measured wall thickness to the measured spatial coordinates of the corresponding probe contact position to convert the measured wall thickness into spatial coordinates for the opposing position on the non- contactable side of the wall.
(0) so that the measured wall thickness is along a line perpendicular to the contacted surface.
17. A method according to claim 15 or 16, characterised in that the object (0) is a vane or blade of a gas turbine engine.
18. A method according to claim 17, characterised in that in step (b) , the spatial coordinates are defined relative to one or more axes of the gas turbine engine.
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wordpress | “1. Whether in proceedings under section 18 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, the Court can grant interim maintenance?
2. With regard to the first question, after considering the various decisions, the Division Bench of this Court (V.P. Tipnis & Mrs. R.R Desai, JJ.) by judgment and order dated (16th and 17th December, 1997 in Appeal No. 14 of 1997) has arrived at the conclusion that, in a suit filed under section 18 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, the Court has jurisdiction and power to pass appropriate interim and ad-interim orders. We agree with the said conclusion.
3. Further, it is to be noted that the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 codifies the law relating to adoptions and maintenance among Hindus. It only declares and codifies the law with regard to adoptions and maintenance by Hindus. The basis of such obligation to maintain wives, widowed daughter-in-law, children and aged parents may be a pious obligation of Hindus. The provisions relating to maintenance are in Chapter III. Section 18 deals with maintenance of a wife during her life time under certain circumstances, as provided in sub-section (2) thereof. Section 19 provides for maintenance of a widowed daughter-in-law to the extent that she is unable to maintain herself out of her own earnings or other property by her father-in-law. Similarly, section 20 provides for maintenance of his or her legitimate or illegitimate children and his or her aged or infirm parents. The liability to pay maintenance to children is on the father or mother. Similarly, liability to pay maintenance to infirm parents is on the son or the daughter. Section 22 further provides that the heirs of a deceased Hindu are bound to maintain the defendants of the deceased (as defined in section 21) out of the estate inherited by them from the deceased. Section 23 provides for the objective criteria for determining the amount of maintenance. Further, the requirement is that no person shall be entitled to claim maintenance if she or he has ceased to be a Hindu by conversion to any other religion (section 24). Section 25 empowers the alteration of the amount of maintenance on change of circumstances justifying such alteration. Further, the proceedings initiated for getting maintenance would be under the Civil Procedure Code. Hence, there is no reason why inherent jurisdiction of the Court cannot be exercised for providing interim maintenance. If a deserted wife, widowed daughter-in-law, minor children and aged parents are not provided with interim maintenance, it would cause lot of hardship for a long period. The entire purpose of the enactment would be defeated because of the proverbial delays in disposal of cases resulting in grave hardship to the applicants who may have no means to survive until final decree is passed. There is no provision under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act or under the Civil Procedure Code that interim maintenance cannot be granted; there is no provision under the said Act which would meet the necessities of the case in question. Therefore, for doing real and substantial justice, Court can exercise power under section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code for grant of interim maintenance. It would also prevent abuse of the process of the Court.
For arriving at the above conclusion, the Court has observed that every Court must be deemed to possess by necessary intendment all such powers as are necessary to make its orders effective. The Court further observed that whenever anything is required to be done by law and it is found impossible to do that thing unless something not authorised in express terms be also done, then that something else will be supplied by necessary intendment. In a civil suit filed for maintenance on the basis of the law applicable under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, such power is required to be exercised. In our view, there is no reason not to apply the ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in Savitri’s case (supra) to the question involved in the present case.
In our view, even if matrimonial proceedings are pending between the parties, it is not the requirement that the application for interim maintenance must be made only to the Family Court under the provisions of section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act. Once we arrive at the conclusion that an application under section 18 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act is maintainable during the pendency of proceedings under the Hindu Marriage Act, then, obviously, the result would be that the application (or interim maintenance could be filed before the Court dealing with the right arising under provisions of section 18 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act.
6. With regard to the provisions of section 18 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act and provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, the Apex Court, in the case of Chand Dhawan v. Jawaharlal Dhawari, 1993(3) Supreme Court Cases 4061, has held that, without affection or disruption of the marital status, a Hindu wife sustaining that status can live in separation from her husband, and whether she is living in that state or not, her claim to maintenance stands preserved in codification under section 18(1) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act. She may also be entitled to relief under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; but this is an alternative measure. The Court clarified that, in a petition under the Hindu Marriage Act, the Court is empowered to grant interim maintenance; but, in those cases where the marital status is to be affected or disrupted, then the Court would pass orders for maintenance. In other cases, the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act would be applicable. Hence, in our view, even if matrimonial proceedings are pending between the parties in the Family Court, it is not necessary that for getting interim maintenance, an application must be made to the said Court under the provisions of section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
7. We, however, make it clear that, once the interim maintenance is granted either under section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act or under section 18 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, then, there is no question of entertaining the application under the other Act. This would avoid multiplicity of proceedings, because the criteria for awarding maintenance under both the provisions would be the same.
8. Reference stands disposed of accordingly.
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“…If, on the other hand, the husband petitioner’s plea of adjustment be negatived only on the ground that the order under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act is a temporary order ….. it would virtually mean saddling the husband-petitioner with a liability to comply with both the orders and make the double payment of maintenance allowance, irrespective of the question other actual requirements of her maintenance. I am afraid, such a course would not be in consonance with the fundamental concept of justice, equity and good conscience.
JUDGMENT Dibyendu Bhusan Dutta, J.
The instant application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code is directed against the order dated 30.11.96 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, Seventh Court, Uluberia in Misc. Case No. 42 of 1995.
The said case arose out of an application filed by the opposite party No. 1, Anita Ghosh under Section 125, Cr.P.C. The petitioner is her husband. Their marriage was solemnised according to Hindu rites and customs on 18.2.92. After the marriage, they lived together in the matrimonial home for some time. The opposite party No. 2 being infertile was undergoing medical treatment. There was no issue born out of their marriage. The opposite party No. 2 abandoned her matrimonial home on 30.10.94. The petitioner filed a matrimonial suit for divorce against the opposite party No. 2, being Mat. Suit No. 321 of 1994 in Second Court of Additional District Judge, Hooghly. The opposite party No. 2 lodged a complaint on 25.1.95 in Chandernagore Court alleging matrimonial cruelty against the petitioner. The opposite party No. 2 filed an application under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code praying for maintenance allowance against the petitioner in the Court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Uluberia. Both the matrimonial suit and the complaint case are pending. In the matrimonial suit, the opposite party No. 2 had obtained an order being order No. 17 dated 8.7.96 directing the petitioner to pay alimony pendente lite at the rate of Rs. 700/- per month as well as litigation cost of Rs. 1500/- to the opposite party No. 2 and the petitioner has been paying the alimony pendente lite in terms of that order. During the trial of that case under Section 125, Cr.P.C., the petitioner gave evidence in support of the payment of alimony at the rate of Rs. 700/- per month to the opposite party No. 2. But the learned Magistrate by his impugned judgment and order disposed of the case under Section 125, Cr.P.C. awarding maintenance allowance at the rate of Rs. 800/- in favour of the opposite party No. 2 without, however, considering the fact that the opposite party No. 2 was already receiving a sum of Rs. 700/- towards alimony pendente lite by virtue of the order passed in the matrimonial suit, as a result of which, the opposite party No. 2 is getting maintenance allowance from the petitioner twice a month.
Mr. A. Goswami, the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner contended that the learned Magistrate ought to have made provision in the impugned order for adjustment of Rs. 700 /-, the amount which the opposite party No. 2 is getting by way of maintenance pendente lite in terms of order dated 8.7.96 passed in the matrimonial suit against the amount of Rs. 800/- which he awarded in her favour towards her maintenance allowance. If this adjustment is not allowed, the petitioner will be unjustly saddled with a liability to make payment of maintenance allowance to the opposite party No. 2 twice a month. Accordingly, Mr. Goswami wants this Court to modify the impugned order by making provision for adjustment of the maintenance pendente lite.
Mr. Goswami placed his reliance on two Single Bench decisions of our High Court. One is reported in 96 CWN 861 in the case of Gosai Ch. Das v. Beauty Das and State of W.B., and the other is a subsequent unreported decision dated 16.6.96 in Criminal Revision No. 2504 of 1995 in the case of Manoj Kr. Chowdhury v. Jharna Chowdhury.
Mr. Amit Talukdar, appearing for the opposite party No. 2, sought to resist the claim for adjustment. He argued that the two proceedings, namely the proceeding under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act and the proceeding under Section 125, Cr.P.C. are two different proceedings. The order granting maintenance pendente lite in the matrimonial suit is not a final determination so as to be entitled to any serious weight in the proceeding under Section 125, Cr.P.C. The mere fact that the opposite party No. 2 is receiving maintenance pendente lite from the Matrimonial Court cannot disentitle her to the order of maintenance allowance from the Magisterial Court under Section 125, Cr.P.C. Mr. Talukdar also submits that the two decisions cited on behalf of the petitioner must be construed as per inquirium inasmuch as the Supreme Court decision in the case of Ramesh Chander v. Veena Kaushal, reported in 1979 Cr.L.J. 3 corresponding to has not been considered or referred to in the said two decisions and as such, the said two decisions will be of no avail to the petitioner in claiming adjustment. Mr. Talukdar relies on the aforesaid Supreme Court decision as well as the decision of Andhra Pradesh High Court reported in 1996 Cr.L.J. 2284, T. Rajender Singh v. Maya Devi.
In the Supreme Court case of Ramesh Chander (supra), the husband sought divorce through the Civil Court and the wife claimed maintenance through the Criminal Court. As an interim measure, the District Court awarded maintenance and the High Court fixed the rate at Rs. 400/- per month. Meanwhile, the Magistrate, on the evidence before him, ordered ex-parte, monthly maintenance at the rate of Rs. 1,000/- for the wife and her two children together. Two points were urged before the Supreme Court on behalf of the husband. First, the Civil Court’s determination of the quantum is entitled to serious weight and the Criminal Court in its summary decision fell into an error in ignoring the former. The second point that was urged was that the awardable maximum for the wife and children as a whole under Section 125 of the Code was Rs. 500/- having regard to the text of the Section.
The Supreme Court virtually answered the first point only at paragraphs 6 and ^ thus: “Broadly stated and as an abstract proposition, it is valid to assert that a final determination of a civil right by a Civil Court must prevail against a like decision by a Criminal Court. But here two factors make the principle inapplicable. Firstly, the direction by the Civil Court is not a final determination under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act but an order pendente lite under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act to pay the expenses of the proceeding, and monthly during the proceeding such sum as, having regard to the petitioner’s own income and the income of the respondent, it may seem to the Court to be reasonable. Secondly, this amount does not include the claim for maintenance of the children although the order does advert to the fact that the respondent has their custody. This incidental direction is no comprehensive adjudication. Therefore, barring marginal relevance for the Magistrate it does not bar his jurisdiction to award a higher maintenance. We cannot, therefore, fault the Magistrate for giving Rs. 100/- on this score”.
The Supreme Court appears to have dealt with the second point in die remaining paragraphs of the reported judgment. While dealing with the question of awardable maximum under Section 125 and interpreting the meaning of expression “in the whole” appearing in that Section, the Supreme Court made the following observations : “This provision of Section 125, Cr.P.C. is a measure of social justice and specially enacted to protect women and children and falls within the constitutional sweep of Article 15(3) reinforced by Article 39. It also observed that the brooding presence of the constitutional empathy for the weaker sections like women and children must inform interpretation if it had to have social relevance. So viewed, it is possible to be selective in picking out that interpretation out of two alternatives which advances the cause – the cause of the derelicts”.
In our case, we are not concerned with any such interpretation. No question had really arisen in the Supreme Court case as to whether the husband was entitled to any adjustment of the amount of maintenance allowance life awarded by the Matrimonial Court against the maintenance allowance awarded by the Criminal Court under Section 125, Cr.P.C. The Supreme Court enunciated the abstract principle that a final determination of a civil right by a Civil Court must prevail against a like decision by the Criminal Court. But the Supreme Court made that principle inapplicable to that case for two reasons. One is that the direction by the Matrimonial Court was only an order pendente lite under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act to pay not only maintenance but also the expenses of the proceeding and was not a final determination under me Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act. The second reason that weighed with the Apex Court in making the principle inapplicable was that the amount awarded by the Matrimonial Court did not include the claim for maintenance of the children . In our case, the order that was passed under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act directed the payment of Rs. 700/ – exclusively towards maintenance allowance which did not include any expense of the proceeding since the said order directed the payment of a separate amount towards the expenses of the proceeding. Moreover, the sum of Rs. 700/- awarded by way of maintenance was meant for maintenance of the Opposite party- wife alone and not of any other children since it is admitted that there was no issue born out of the marriage between the petitioner and the opposite party No. 2. It is with reference to the facts of the case of Ramesh Chandra (supra), that the Supreme Court did not fault the Magistrate for giving lis. 1,000/- towards monthly maintenance for the wife and two children together holding inter alia that the order under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act did not bar the jurisdiction of the Magistrate to award a higher maintenance, put it must be pointed put here that the Apex Court while making the observation at paragraph 7 did not categorically hold that the order under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act was totally irrelevant vis-a-vis the order under Section 125, Cr.P.C. It is significant to note here that the Apex Court used the expressions “barring marginal relevance for the Magistrate” at para graphs 7 of the reported judgment. It suggests that the Apex Court did consider the order under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act to be of some relevance for the Magistrate, however, marginal it might be, while he exercises his jurisdiction to award maintenance under Section 125, Cr.P.C.
In our case, the husband petitioner has not at all challenged the jurisdiction of the Magistrate in awarding a higher maintenance of Rs. 800/- as against the lower amount of Rs. 700/- awarded pendente lite under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act. In Ramesh Chancier’s case (supra), no question of any adjustment of maintenance pendente Ute under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act against the maintenance awarded under Section 125 of Cr.P.C. was specially raised or fell for consideration by the Apex Court nor did the Apex Court hold in that decision that the order under Section 24 was not relevant for claiming adjustment against the maintenance to be awarded under Section 125. In my view, the decision in Ramesh Chander’s case (supra) is not an authority for the proposition that the plea of adjustment is not at all entertainable by the Magistrate while he awards maintenance under Section 125, Cr.P.C. That being so, the two decisions cited by Mr. Goswami cannot be categorised as per inquirium merely because of the fact that the Supreme Court decision in case of Ramesh Chander (supra) was not considered therein.
In Gossai Ch. Das v. Beauty Das (supra) , it was contended in the revisional application filed before the High Court that the wife’s application under Section 125, Cr.P.C. was not maintainable since an application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act was pending before the Matrimonial Court concerned and that pending the disposal of the application under Section 24, the proceeding under Section 125 should remain stayed. Justice J.N. Hore, as his Lordship then was, held that a proceeding under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is an independent proceeding unaffected by the provisions of Sections 24 and 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, and Sections 18 and 20 of the Hindu Adoption and Main tenance Act, 1956 and that it cannot be held that an application under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not maintainable simply became an order of alimony pendente lite has been passed under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 in a matrimonial proceeding between the parties, and that there is also no question of staying the proceeding under Section 125 of the said Code fill the disposal of the matrimonial suit. But his Lordship, at the same time, held that the amount paid as alimony pendente lite in the matrimonial suit by the husband to the wife may he adjusted against the maintenance payable under Section 125 and accordingly directed suitable modification of the Magistrate’s order under Section 125, Cr.P.C.
In the unreported decision of our High Court in connection with the criminal revision NO. 2504 of 1995, cited by Mr. Goswami, it was urged on behalf of the revisionist husband that the Magistrate did not consider the interim maintenance which was granted to the wife in the matrimonial suit and has, accordingly, committed an error and his lordship, while dealing with the question of quantum of maintenance allowance, was of the view that the amount awarded by the Magistrate was liable to be reduced in view of the maintenance pendente lite granted in favour of the wife in the matrimonial suit, so long the order of maintenance pendente life in favour of the wife remained in force and allowed the husband’s plea of adjustment with liberty to the wife to make suitable application before the appropriate Court for modification of the quantum of maintenance, in the event of any change in the quantum of maintenance in the matrimonial suit or of the disposal of the suit itself.
It may be useful here to refer to a Division Bench decision of our High Court presided over by A.M. Bhattacharjee, J. as his Lordship then was, , Geeta Chatterjee v. Probhat Kr. Chatterjee. The respondent-wife in the appeal before the High Court filed an application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act for maintenance pendente lite and expenses of the appeal against the appellant-husband. In the Court below, the husband did not contest the wife’s application for maintenance pendente lite and the Court passed an order directing the husband to pay to the wife Rs. 350/- as maintenance during the trial. Before the High Court in the appeal, however, the application by the wife for maintenance pendente lite and also for expenses for the appeal was seriously opposed by the husband-appellant on the ground that he has come to learn that the wife owns valuable lands in Calcutta and could not be regarded as one who “has no independent income sufficient for her support” within the meaning of Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act so as to be entitled to invoke that Section. The question arose as to whether in ordering maintenance pendente lite under Section 24, the Court shall have regard only to the income of the applicant and not to her or his asset or property. The High Court answered the question in the affirmative. It was of the view that the amount of Rs. 350/- ordered by the Court below, was quite reasonable. The High Court was also of the view that the husband should pay to the wife a sum of Rs. 500/- as expenses of the proceedings before the High Court. It was brought to the notice of the High Court during the hearing of the appeal that the wife obtained an order in her favour under Section 125 from the Criminal Court directing the husband to pay the wife Rs. 200/- per month and the High Court allowed the adjustment of the said sum of Rs. 200/- against the sum of Rs. 350/-. It directed the husband to pay to the wife a sum of Rs. 350/- after deducting therefrom the amount that he would be paying m compliance with the order of the Criminal Court. It is thus clear that the Division Bench allowed adjustment of the lower amount (Rs. 200/-) awarded by the Magistrate against the higher amount (Rs. 350/-) awarded by the Matrimonial Court.
Reference may also be made to two other decisions of the Allahabad High Court on this point. They are reported in I (1985) DMC 175; Puspa Devi v. Anup Singh and I (1990) DMC 38, Khem Chand v. State.
In I (1985) DMC 175 (supra), the wife filed an application before the Judicial Magistrate under Section 125, Cr.P-C. for maintenance allowance. During the Course of that proceeding, the husband filed an objection on the ground that in a divorce proceeding between the parties the wife was already getting monthly allowance. The Magistrate rejected the application of the opposite party-husband. Aggrieved by the order of the Magistrate, the husband filed an application before the Sessions Judge. The Sessions Judge dismissed the application under Section 125 on the ground that the applicant is already getting maintenance allowance in the divorce proceeding under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act. Aggrieved by this order of dismissal, the wife came up in the revision before the High Court and it was contended on behalf of the applicant- wife that the allowance awarded under Section 24 is for a temporary period during the pendency of a divorce case and that the said allowance cannot be considered to be the maintenance allowance inasmuch as it covers the part of the expenses. The High Court observed that the proceeding under Section 125, Cr.P.C. and Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act are quite independent proceedings and the maintenance allowance under Section 24 is for a temporary period and that the order under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, cannot override the order of Section 125, Cr.P.C, But, at the same time, the High Court was of the view that the Magistrate while passing an order under Section 125 may give such direction so that the amount awarded by the Civil Court under Section 24 may be adjusted during such ‘period for which the order directing maintenance allowance under Section 24 subsists. Accordingly, the case was sent back to the Court of trial Magistrate for rehearing with the direction to give due weight to the order passed under Section 24, as indicated above.
In the later decision of the Allahabad High Court in Khem Chand v. State and Anr. (supra), the High Court was hearing a revision by the husband directed against an order granting maintenance allowance to the wife under Section 125, Cr.P.C. and it was contended on behalf of the husband that he has already filed a petition for divorce and in that divorce proceeding, he has been directed to pay maintenance to the wife. The High Court directed adjustment of the amount paid towards maintenance in the matrimonial proceeding against the maintenance payable under Section 125, Cr.P.C. The Court held that double payment of maintenance is not intended by law and that if any money has been deposited towards the payment of maintenance in the divorce proceeding the same was liable to be adjusted in the payment of maintenance ordered under Section 125, Cr.P.C.
In the Andhra Pradesh High Court decision in T. Rajender Singh v. Maya Devi, reported in 1996 Cr.L.J. 2384, which was cited by Mr. Talukdar, it was held that during the operation of the order of interim maintenance under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, the maintenance granted by the Criminal Court under Section 125, Cr.P.C. shall also continue to be paid and that both the orders of matrimonial Court and Criminal Court are required to be complied with till the final decision is rendered by the Civil Court and that it is only after the rights of the parties are finally decided, that the party can approach the Criminal Court under Section 127 of the Cr.P.C. for cancellation or variation of the order under Section 125. The question whether or not any adjustment between the two amounts-one awarded under Section 24 by the Matrimonial Court and the other awarded under Section 125 by the Criminal Court – would be permissible does not appear to have been specifically raised nor considered in the said decision and as such, this decision will not be of much avail to the opposite party on the question of admissibility of the p lea of adjustment which is confronting us in the present case.
Thus, following the three decisions of our High Court referred to above, namely, Geeta Chatterjee v. Probhat Chatterjee, (supra); Gossai Ch. Das v. Beauty Das (supra) and the unreported decision in the case of Manoj Chowdhury v. Jharna Chowdhury as well as the two decisions of the Allahabad High Court reported in Puspa Devi v. Ann? Singh (supra), and Khem Chand v. State (supra), it can be safely held that the plea of adjustment is quite maintainable and the Supreme Court decision in Ramesh Chancier (supra) does not, in my opinion, militate against this view.
The matter can also be looked at from another angle. Obviously, the object of Section 125 is meant to achieve a social purpose. The object is to prevent vagrancy and destitution and also to provide quick and summary remedy to a class of persons who are unable to maintain themselves. It is true that this is a measure of social justice and specially enacted to protect women and children and falls within the constitutional sweep of Article 15(3) reinforced by Article 39 of the Constitution, as observed by the Supreme Court in the Ramesh Chander’s case (supra). But then, Section 125, Cr.P.C. can be invoked by a wife only when she is unable to maintain herself. The expression “unable to maintain” connotes that the wife, has no other means or source to maintain herself. Inability on the part of the wife to maintain herself is undoubtedly a sine qua non for the grant of maintenance allowance under Section 125, Cr.P.C. If a particular wife has some other means or source sufficient to maintain herself, there would be no point in awarding any further allowance in her favour so long such means and source continues to subsist. In the instant case, the wife has already obtained an order from the Matrimonial Court directing the husband to make payment of Rs. 700/- per month towards her own maintenance pendente lite under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act and another order (the impugned order) from the Magistrate’s Court under Section 125, Cr.P.C. directing payment of a sum of Rs. 800/- per month by the husband towards her maintenance. It has not be contended on behalf of the wife-opposite party that the amount of Rs. 800/- that has been awarded by the Magistrate under Section 125, Cr.P.C. by the impugned order is not at all sufficient to meet the requirements of her maintenance according to her standard of life. She has not assailed the impugned order of the Magistrate with regard to the quantum of allowance that has been awarded by the impugned order. We can, therefore, take it for granted that, for the present, a sum of Rs. 800/- would be sufficient for her maintenance per month. Viewed from this angle, allowing the plea of adjustment, in such a case, would not in my opinion, militate against the object of Section 125, Cr.P.C. If, on the other hand, the husband petitioner’s plea of adjustment be negatived only on the ground that the order under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act is a temporary order and not a final determination of the exact quantum to which the wife would be entitled as of right towards her maintenance allowance or on the ground that the Magistrate’s jurisdiction to grant maintenance allowance under Section 125 remains unaffected by the order under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, it would virtually mean saddling the husband-petitioner with a liability to comply with both the orders and make the double payment of maintenance allowance, irrespective of the question other actual requirements of her maintenance. I am afraid, such a course would not be in consonance with the fundamental concept of justice, equity and good conscience. The order under Section 24 may be temporary and not a final determination and it is true that if an order for permanent alimony is made under Section 125, it will automatically supersede the alimony pendente lite. But, if the amount of maintenance pendente life is discernible from the order under Section 24 and if the said amount is paid by the husband there is no reason for disallowing adjustment of such payments against the amount awarded under Section 125, even if the latter amount is quite sufficient for the wife’s maintenance. If such payment is temporary, the adjustment will also be temporary and will continue to be made as long as the payment would be made. The mere fact that the order under Section 24 is temporary cannot thus constitute a good ground for making claim for adjustment inadmissible if it is otherwise admissible for the purpose. Adjustment cannot, however, be allowed as a matter of course. Whether such a plea would be admissible would depend upon facts and circumstances of each particular case.
Thus, having regard to the facts and circumstances of this case, I am inclined to hold that the amount paid by the petitioner-husband to the opposite party-wife towards her maintenance in pursuance of the order passed by the Matrimonial Court under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act is liable to be adjusted against the amount payable under Section 125 of Cr.P.C. towards her maintenance.
21. In such view of the matter, the impugned order is liable to be made subject to the modification to the effect that the amount paid as alimony pendente lite in the matrimonial suit by the petitioner-husband to the opposite party No. 2 be adjusted against the maintenance payable under the impugned order. In the result, the revisional application succeeds and is hereby allowed subject to the modification of the impugned order as directed above.
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“………… 5. Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act goes a step further inasmuch as it permits maintenance to be claimed by the husband even against the wife.
6. While considering a claim for interim maintenance, the court has to keep in mind the status of the parties, reasonable wants of the applicant, the income and property of the applicant. Conversely, requirements of the non applicant, the income and property of the non applicant and additionally the other family members to be maintained by the non applicant have to be taken into all. Whilst it is important to insure that the maintenance awarded to the applicant is sufficient to enable the applicant to live in somewhat the same degree of comfort as in the matrimonial home, but it should not be so exorbitant that the non applicant is unable to pay…..
1. I do not intend to catalog the various decisions under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955. It would be sufficient for me to note the judicial principles required to be applied while deciding an application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955.
2. Since the Section relates to entitlement of the appellant spouse to receive interim maintenance from the non-applicant spouse, it is obvious that the focus of enquiry has to be the means of the applicant spouse to maintain him/her self as also the financial means of the non-applicant spouse. The issue of conduct or misconduct of either spouse is irrelevant for the reason, in every proceedings for divorce, dissolution or judicial separation, there is bound to be some allegations or the other pertaining to matrimonial misconduct. Thus, if conduct or misconduct were to be considered, no spouse would get any interim maintenance under Section 24.
3. The Section contemplates a summary enquiry and not a trial at length.
4. Right to maintenance is an incident of the status from an estate of matrimony. Interim maintenance has an element of alimony, which expression in its strict sense means allowance due to wife from husband on separation. It has its basis in social conditions in United Kingdoms under which a married woman was economically dependent and almost in a position of tutelage to the husband and was intended to secure justice to her.
8. Unfortunately, in India, parties do not truthfully reveal their income. For self employed persons or persons employed in the unorganized sector, truthful income never surfaces. Tax avoidance is the norm. Tax compliance is the exception in this country. Therefore, in determining interim maintenance, there cannot be mathematical exactitude. The court has to take a general view.
style as he/she enjoyed in the matrimonial home.
the amount awarded Under Section 24 of the Act.
9. With the backdrop facts aforesaid validity of the impugned order dated 13.5.2004 has to be decided.
10. The non-applicant Smt. Saroj Hegde sought dissolution of her marriage on grounds of cruelty and desertion. She filed a an application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act praying that she should be awarded a reasonable interim maintenance from her husband. She stated that she was unemployed.
1. Property No. 229, Raj Mahal Vilas Extension, Bangalore valued Rs.
2. Fionika Building, Walkeshwar Road, 12th Floor, Bombay valued Rs.
3. Ancestral property at Sidapur, Mytri valued Rs. 1 crore.
4. Peeneya Industrial Estate, II Stage, Bangalore valued Rs. 50 lakhs.
5. Flat at Ferozshah Road, New Delhi valued Rs. 2 crores.
6. Coffee Gardens at Coorg, Karnataka valued Rs. 10 crores.
i) Property No. 229, Raj Mahal Vilas Extension, Bangalore-560006 Rs.
14. It may be noted at the outset that the husband has not denied the assertion that he is the owner of the properties disclosed in para 7 of the application filed by the wife under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
15. By and under the impugned order, Rs. 25,000/- per month has been awarded to the wife besides litigation expenses in sum of Rs. 25,000/-.
16. Shri K.N.Bhatt, learned senior counsel for the petitioner urged that while awarding maintenance to the respondent, learned Judge had to consider only the revenue income of the husband. Consideration of capital assets may be relevant in a claim for permanent alimony, urged the counsel. It is wholly irrelevant for purposes of deciding a claim under Section 24, submitted the learned senior counsel.
17. I do not agree.
18. If the capital asset is an industrial property, a coffee plantation, an orchard or any other agricultural holding, there would be a presumption that the said capital asset is yielding some income. It is not presumed to be a dead asset.
19. As noted herein above, unfortunately, nobody pays proper taxes to the Government. Self employed persons seldom disclose their true income. Prudence and worldly wisdom gained by a judge before whom citizens of all stratas of society litigate it can always be used by a Judge to broadly ascertain as to what is going on in the society. By no means, said knowledge can be used where law requires a fact to be conclusively proved. But where the law requires a Judge to form an opinion based on a host of primary data, a Judge can formulate an opinion pertaining to the likely income from the capital assets of the husband.
20. The matter can be viewed differently.
21. It is not the case of the husband that he has abandoned his capital assets. It is not his case that he is not residing in Raj Mahal Vilas Extension, Bangalore.
22. How is he maintaining the said properties?
23. The husband has disclosed nothing about the salaries paid to the various employees, servants and others employed at the various capital assets owned/co-owned by the husband.
24. It is a well recognized principle of law that where a person withholds vital information, a presumption arises against him that had he disclosed the information, the same would have been adverse to him.
25. Keeping in view the capital assets owned/co-owned by the husband, his social status, his place of residence, it is difficult to believe that the husband does not have the requisite means to support his wife a monthly maintenance of Rs. 25,000/-.
26. As regards the wife, there is no proof of she having any income.
27. Order sheets of the present case show numerous attempts made to effect a reconciliation or separation on amicable terms. Unfortunately, the attempts have failed.
28. I find no merit in the petition.
30. The husband is directed to pay costs of the present litigation before this Court to the wife quantified at Rs. 25,000/-.
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Husband paying 2000 under section 125 CrPC is asked to apy addition 7000 under section 24 of HMA. Husband appeals saying he has an ailing mother etc. However court says 9000 is fair !!
* Court says 9K (total of 2 + 7 ) is just !!
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Mr. Manik Lal Poddar …for the petitioner.
Mr. Narayan Chandra Ghosh ….for the respondent.
The petitioner claims that since the husband is being paid Rs.2000/- per month under orders passed in proceedings under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the direction by the trial court on the wife’s application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 to pay Rs.7000/- as alimony pendente lite should include the amount of Rs.2000/- already being paid.
CO No. 3203 of 2014 is disposed of with the observation that the petitioner will pay his wife Rs.7000/- per month as alimony pendente lite in addition to the sum of Rs.2000/- being paid in the criminal proceedings.
Urgent certified website copies of this order, if applied for, be made available to the parties upon compliance of the requisite formalities.
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