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wordpress | SA: “Yes. To me, Palin is a rare politician in what I call the End Days because she has a real desire to help everyday people. She also rejects the idea of a permanent political class exerting control over everyone. And her amazing record speaks for itself, although in the novel I am very specific about her many accomplishments. Nikola Tesla discusses them in Part Two when the souls of Palin and the eleven other world leaders who comprise the ‘Salvation Twelve’ end up in heaven after a terrorist attack. I don’t know why anyone would have a problem with that because I selected Palin thanks to her strong character and integrity. In the novel, Moses makes it very clear that God is very pleased with every member of the Salvation Twelve, which also includes the fictional Israeli Prime Minister, Eyal Grad. Palin is very supportive of Grad in the aftermath of Israel’s isolation and the two of them share a warm, cordial and professional relationship. At this point, Eyal Grad has been an innovator himself for Israel, implementing many commonsense policies that have created wealth for individuals, improved every citizen’s quality of life and stopped the jihad in their country. That’s why Grad leads the way to Salvation once the characters wake up from their comas and return to earth.
Today American Journal posted Part One of my interview with Daria. I am excerpting a bit of it here but ask that you visit American Journal to read the whole thing. Thank you.
SA: “I have always been a person who questions everything. For example, from the time I was a little kid I was constantly challenging my religion. I grew up in Tel Aviv in a traditional Jewish home and had questions about the nature of God and what I was being taught. Sometimes this got me into big trouble with my parents and the rabbis. But I was like that about everything.
I love to learn ways to make things better and pass that information along to help people all over the world. But with the book, the process started with a horrible motorcycle accident I had in 2003. Well, at first I thought it was horrible, but later I realized it was the best thing to ever happen to me. I was pronounced clinically dead and while my body was in a coma, my soul traveled to the other side where I met with ‘The Council’ — three angelic beings. They greeted me as if they’d just seen me a second ago, which was very confusing because at first I thought they were doctors.
I was pretty angry when they asked me what I wanted to do. I demanded to know what kind of hospital I was in and what they were going to do for me, since I was the one with a broken body. They just shushed me and said ‘we recommend you go back and finish your work.’ That’s when it hit me that I wasn’t in a hospital but on the other side.
“I initially thought I was in a hospital because there were people waiting in line (yes, there are lines on the other side and you do have to wait when you pass over). I thought they were patients and that the angelic beings were doctors. At that point in my life I really didn’t believe in God or an afterlife. Before it was my turn to see the ‘doctors’ I saw my whole life running like a slide show — very fast. Yet I was able to understand and see each one with precise detail.
In these slides I saw all of my f*&#-ups from childhood to present. I felt a terrible stomach pain which was very strong and very unique — unlike anything I’d ever felt before. Even though I’d had many bodily injuries in life and am familiar with pain, this particular pain was very different. Kind of like an urgent need get to the bathroom, except one is not available.
I am looking forward to Part Two of my interview and to releasing the book in June. I will keep you informed.
New Book, Steps to Salvation, inspired by author’s Near Death Experience, reveals his practical vision for worldwide limited government, fulfills his promise to the angels ‘to go back and finish his work’.
In his first book, Steps to Salvation, Israeli born-and-raised Shlomo Attia – a resident of South Florida since 1990 — redefines the concept of Salvation and incorporates his own Near Death Experience into a thought-provoking journey through history.
Set in the year 2412 in Arusha Africa, this fantasy novel tells the story of how a terrorist attack at the G20 Summit in 2012 sends twelve world leaders to The Other Side where God’s selected project manager Moses and a cast of Ascended Masters and Advanced Souls give them their assignment: bring Salvation to Earth.
These familiar Biblical and historical figures also provide practical solutions for vital industries like food, medicine, energy, money and real estate.
Visit American Journal to read the rest. Thank you. | 2019-04-25T20:38:45Z | https://shlomoattia.wordpress.com/tag/american-journal/ | Porn | Home | 0.193967 |
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wordpress | Weapons of Choice: Melee, Shotguns.
General Health: Unhealthy, Smoker and Drinker.
Warren Benjamin was born in Dresden city, America on the 13th July 1964. He grew up with his mother Natalie because his father left when he was very young, but he was generally happy as a child. The neighborhood he grew up in was very friendly and quite nice but when he was 11 they had to move to a poorer area of the city because his mother lost her job. The new area he moved to was rough and to fit in he went off the rails a little bit and started missing school and getting into trouble with the police.
Warren finished school with no grades at all and wasn’t able to get a job. He was on benefits and living with his mother, most of his friends in the neighborhood had turned to a life of petty crime to live but Warren didn’t want to. He did eventually give into crime because his mother was struggling with money and he needed to help, Warren got away with a few petty crimes before getting caught and arrested for burglary. He was in prison for 2 years and when he got his mother was still struggling with money so he continued with his criminal life going in and out of prison.
Whist serving some time in prison his mother was tragically murdered and he vowed that when he got out he would track down the murderer. He got out of prison a few years later and the murderer still hadn’t been caught and the police had given up the search. Warren went on his own search and after a while got some leads from local people that the murderer was apart of a gang that hung around at an old house on the outskirts of the city. He went to the house armed and looking for revenge, he scouted the place out and a mysterious guy came out the house and headed straight towards him. Warren shot at him and hit him a few times but he carried on coming, until an unknown man came out of the shadows and put a stake through his heart. He took Warren to a safe place and explained that the gang where vampire’s and tells him about how supernatural creatures exist, since then Warren has been helping people deal with the supernatural whilst still seeking the head vampire that killed his mother. | 2019-04-22T06:29:06Z | https://ryanglover92.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/protagonist-warren-benjamin/ | Porn | Health | 0.983569 |
wordpress | Ginette Claudette has been on our radar for quite a while now. She recently released a fantastic mixtape titled Everythings Coming Up Roses which you can download for FREE right HERE . Fade is the first release from her debut project, the song was written by Ginette and produced by August Rigo (who has written hits for tons of heavy weights *ahem Justin Bieber for example. ) Fade really showcases her talent as not only a phenomenal singer but also an extremely talented song writer. FYI: she also wrote No Such Thing As Too Late for Brandy. Check out the official video for Fade below. | 2019-04-23T12:54:14Z | https://popdropandroll.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/ginette-claudette/ | Porn | News | 0.260958 |
wordpress | I am on a chalkboard kick – what have you done? I love the look of a nice, clean chalkboard.
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wordpress | I’m so proud of you. congratulations on your PhD.
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wordpress | How is it that such few words could stir so much controversy?
You either believe this passage as truth or you vehemently deny the truth behind these words. You can live your life looking to the hope that these words bring, or you can live your life in total mockery of those who do. You can look upon all people as children of God and worthy of grace, or you can look upon others as inferior, and objects to be dealt with.
Jesus stirs up so much discord. He even told us that this would happen.
“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
Based on His words, a time is coming where Jesus will be even more controversial. A time is coming where our faith will be tested.
Stand firm in your faith. Stand firm in your convictions. Stand firm in the knowledge that Jesus was sacrificed to take away the sins of the world. Stand firm in your faith that He will return. Stand firm in your faith that salvation is yours. | 2019-04-22T06:44:00Z | https://dailylivingministries.wordpress.com/tag/controversy/ | Porn | Society | 0.71825 |
wordpress | The Tyler Files #1: Smarty Pants! by Brian Rock plus giveaway | Yet another blogging mummy!!!
I have received a free e-copy of the book Smarty Pants! by Brian Rock for son2 to review. This is the first title in The Tyler Files series. You may find out more about the author on his website.
Wimpy Kid meets Gravity Falls!
Tyler has a big problem. His pants won’t stop talking! How will he make it through the day without becoming the school laughing stock? And how will Tyler survive his pants’ “off the cuff” remarks to the school bully (and to his secret crush?) With a little help from his best friend, Tyler gives a first-hand account of the mysterious, improbable and occasionally funny events that are so strange they can only be found in THE TYLER FILES.
In addition, THE TYLER FILES breaks new ground in the chapter book genre by adding interactive backmatter to the end of the story. Tyler poses questions to stimulate creative thinking in readers. He introduces and give examples of idioms related to the story. He gives 10 fun facts about pants, and even tells some jokes!
I love this book because it is funny especially when Rob’s trousers split open.
To put son2’s comment into context, Rob is the school bully Rhino, so it is extra-funny when his trousers split open, when he bends down to try to punch Tyler, who had just lay down on floor, at his own talking trousers’ suggestion. It is an American book, so trousers are referred to as pants throughout. Of course this made it all the more funny in my son’s opinion. The story centres around the bizarre theme of a talking pair of trousers, but as far-fetched as this sounds, it works very well as a children’s title.
The Tyler Files series are written by Brian Rock and illustrated by Joshua Dawson. Smarty Pants! is the first book in the series and books 2 and 3 will be published later this month. These books are targeted at children age 7-10. After the story, there is some interactive material, so I tried asking son2 what everyday object he would choose to bring to life. He couldn’t think of anything but when I posed the same question to son1, he said a mushroom. He hates mushrooms, so we had some interesting answers to all the follow-up questions. There were also jokes, idioms and fun facts, although most of the facts were aimed at an older age bracket than the story.
Smarty Pants! is available on Amazon, currently priced at £7.99 in paperback and is also available in kindle format. Highly recommended by son2.
And I’m hosting a rafflecopter competition to giveaway a paperback copy of Smarty Pants! to one lucky winner. Open worldwide.
I’d love to hear what everyday object you would choose to bring to life and why?
This entry was posted in Book reviews, Giveaway, Reviews and tagged book review, books, Brian Rock, kids book, review on September 26, 2017 by mumjd.
The TV, so it could find me stuff to watch without me having to change the channels. Remote’s not working at the moment, so it’s good fun (like the olden days).
I like this one… Martian Mustache Mischief – Sounds like fun! Thanks for the competition.
Martian Mustache Mischief is great.
id bring a hoover to life so it knows when its time to hoover!
He’s has so many interesting topics!
I like the sound of Deductive Detective.
I love the sound of Martian Mustache Mischief, looks like a really fun book, my son would love it.
I think my two boys would enjoy reading #2 Hollow Weenie! | 2019-04-20T03:00:11Z | https://blogmumjd.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/the-tyler-files-1-smarty-pants-by-brian-rock-plus-giveaway/ | Porn | Kids | 0.819857 |
wordpress | If you’re waiting for the upcoming MSI Wind looks like you’ll be waiting a bit longer still–it’s been delayed again.
The MSI Wind was supposed to be shipping today but looks like MSI has hit a little snag and the Intel Atom-based UMPC now won’t be shipping until June 27th.
A bit late to the party, Dell is preparing to launch a new, smaller Inspiron mini notebook computer to compete with the likes of the Asus Eee PC, MSI Wind, etc.
Not much is known yet about the system but it is expected to launch by August of this year and feature an 8.9-inch display and no function keys–the F1, F2, etc. keys will be dropped.
The mini Inspiron will likely be using Intel’s Atom processor and be available with either Windows XP or Ubuntu Linux.
MSI has announced that they are working on a new version of their Wind UMPC that will be aimed at business users.
All we know so far is that it will be thinner than the current version and have a lot of the same components of the current Wind model, so it will be running the same Intel Atom processor.
The focus of the new Wind will be on design and functionality that appeals to business users.
They have no plans on competing with the Apple Air from a specifications perspective, that that’s the general idea–small and light.
Expect the business version of the Wind to be released at CES in January.
MSI is also working on a new handheld device that will be smaller than a mini-laptop and likely feature a 7-inch screen and slide-out keyboard for users that want to surf the web while on the go. Sounds a bit like the Nokia Internet Tablets.
When you think of the processor inside of a UMPC, you probably think of a chip by Via or Intel–after all, it’s their processors that are powering Asus Eee PC’s and the MSI Wind.
Visitors at the AMD booth today at Computex Taipei found out that AMD is working on their own solution to allow UMPC makers to produce an AMD-based system.
There aren’t a whole lot of details out right now, but a company called Malata is currently building a system using an unknown AMD chip which is presumably part of AMD’s new solution.
Look for systems using this new AMD hardware in the second half of this year with a price of less than $400.
Courtesy of Japanese website Impress, we have benchmarks of the much talked about Intel Atom processor and the MSI Wind PC (the tiny desktop computer, not the Asus Eee PC competitor).
The 1.33HGz Atom did manage to beat both the 900MHz and 630MHz in PCMark05 1.20 but in the benchmark suites CPU Score test the Atom fell in between the two Celerons.
The Atom is designed more for saving on power than winning benchmarks, but if you are thinking about picking up a computer with an Atom chip you might want to take a good look at a few reviews first before jumping on one.
I have three slow computers right now so personally I’m not so keen on getting another one but we’ll see…maybe some later reviews will give me a good reason to pick up up an Atom-powered device.
Sure, the MSI Wind UMPC got priced a few days ago by UK online retailer eXpansys but that was for a version that could be exported to the US.
For its official US release the Wind will be going for $399 for the Linux version, and $549 for the Windows XP version. It’s worth mentioning that while MSI will be making a version of the Wind with an 8.9-inch screen and another with a 10-inch screen, only the 10-inch model will be coming to the US.
Look for these to each be available on July 3rd.
For a bit more info check out this post at LAPTOP Magazine. | 2019-04-22T14:13:24Z | https://dgiul.wordpress.com/tag/wind/ | Porn | Business | 0.084883 |
wordpress | I Am What I Am & What Will Be Will Bee.
This pretty little fly jumped in front of me & kept hopping around the on leaf like crazy, demanding a photo shoot.
Came across a friendly neighborhood Banded Garden Spider. Pretty wicked, vibrant & harmless! Says if you got bit, it would be like getting bit by a bee or wasp. Not that I knew that or was trying to find out. | 2019-04-19T13:25:22Z | https://cjsinsight.wordpress.com/tag/macro/ | Porn | Health | 0.628106 |
wordpress | Dr. Tomer Persico is a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and teaches at the department for Comparative Religion in Tel-Aviv University. His dissertation, dealing with techniques of meditation in the Jewish tradition (past and present), and analyzing the cultural transformations leading to the observed shifts in meditative emphasis through the generations, was published as a book by Tel Aviv University Press. His fields of study are contemporary spirituality, Jewish Renewal and forms of secularization.
Persico is a social activist for freedom of religion in Israel. He has contributed numerous articles to newspapers and periodicals in Israel, and writes the most popular blog in Hebrew on these subjects. Here is an interview with him English about his work.
This blog will present a few of his Hebrew articles, translated into English. His main blog, at tomerpersico.com is the most popular blog in Hebrew on religion and spirituality. | 2019-04-18T13:03:49Z | https://tomerpersicoenglish.wordpress.com/about/ | Porn | News | 0.428521 |
wordpress | 2018 International Functional Trait Course – (Svalbard, Norway, 16-27 July – Applications due April 1st 2018! ). International field course on traits, scaling, and macro ecology.
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Integrating and cleaning biodiversity data: Workflows to model ranges and merge associated ecological, phylogenetic, and trait information. Course taught at the 2017 International Biogeography Society meeting in Tucson, AZ, 2017. Course overview here. | 2019-04-18T10:34:19Z | https://brianjenquist.wordpress.com/teaching/ | Porn | Science | 0.906039 |
wordpress | I like my whole house!
If you haven’t already watched this video, you should. Because it’s funny.
Everyone in the universe moves into someplace in Boston in the first couple of days of September. Okay, not everyone, obviously. But a lot, because 30 universities in the area means a massive influx of people at this time of year. When we returned our Budget truck today, the man told us that the price for a truck within the city jumps from $29 per night to $299 per night between August 25 and September 3 because of demand.
Moving stuff up a flight of stairs makes you begin to reconsider all of your packing decisions. Why, you’ll ask yourself, do I need these clothes? What do I have so many books for? Why ever would I need a bookshelf this big? Are couches really important? Are chairs? You will begin to think about abandoning some of the things you once loved just so that you don’t have to carry them up the stairs.
But if you persevere, eventually it will be over and you will be glad that your favorite things are with you. And that you have clothes to wear.
It takes almost a day for the soreness and stiffness to really set in. Ugh.
My dog is amazing–she spend the majority of the move-in period lying down in the living room even though the front door was wide open (and I mean OPEN–Dad took it off it’s hinges so it would be out of our way). She didn’t bark, whine, leave the apartment, or get underfoot the whole time.
I slept in my own bed last night.
To my unending delight, Hurricane Earl has cooperated by not coming inland and by decreasing in strength.
Today we’ve been working on getting stuff put up. Mom spent pretty much the whole day in the kitchen washing and putting away my kitchen stuff. The cable guy came and set up my cable and internet. We got my router set up. Dad put together my couch and my dining room chairs. I registered my car with my building’s management company so that it won’t get towed when I park it. Mom and I went to the grocery store and got a few things.
And then, my favorite part of the day. I took Spur on a nice, long walk. She needed one badly after four days in a truck and then one more in the apartment. One of the best things about the location of my place is the nearby reservoir with a walking path around it. That’s where we walked today, and it was beautiful. It was foggy and misty and quiet, and the water was lapping soothingly against the rocks, and the trees lining the path were big and gnarly. There were lots of geese that were, inexplicably, hanging out on the path instead of in the water. And they clearly had the right of way, remaining calmly in place as joggers ran around them. But Spur apparently made them reconsider and they moved out of our way, though not without indignant looks and honks and hissing. Yeah–didn’t know that geese hissed but they certainly do. Or at least, it seems that every group had an appointed hisser. There were also a pair of swans swimming in the water. Spur and I both felt settled and relaxed when we got back.
Here’s hoping for more settling in tomorrow. | 2019-04-22T01:58:43Z | https://friendofmysoul.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/i-like-my-whole-house/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.499827 |
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wordpress | In a community of people, it’s very much possible for common understandings to develop without needing to elaborate the idea in words. One of ideas I was thinking of earlier is the ability of certain things to be recalled just with the word “that,” mainly capitalized as THAT for emphasis. For instance, someone could just refer to an episode of a series they have both seen just as THAT episode, in such a way that a particular episode is more memorable than any other. So I wondered, what exactly gives an episode that status? | 2019-04-19T14:28:18Z | https://lowermidtable.wordpress.com/tag/tengen-toppa-gurren-lagann/ | Porn | Reference | 0.757735 |
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wordpress | Honoka`a’s favorite party, Western Week rides into town May 21-29, 2017, celebrating the colorful, tasty, and somewhat bodacious paniolo heritage of Hamakua! From Portuguese Bean Soup to Stick Horse championships, line dancing and more, events lead up to the Paniolo Parade and Block Party on Mamane Street on Friday night, followed by the 61st Annual Hawai‘i Saddle Club Scholarship Rodeo over the weekend.
Event organizers are recruiting talent now for the Saloon Girl and Cowboys Got Talent Contests. Men and women who love the spotlight are invited to dress up in their best boots and fancy duds, and strut their stuff in a talent and personality competition on the streetside stage. There are no entry fees, and winners receive cash prizes.
“No experience required!” said contest honcho Michelle Hartman. “The more contestants we have, the merrier it is for everybody. This is definitely not a beauty pageant, and we definitely welcome all kinds of talented people. Our past winners have been folks of all ages, shapes and sizes—singers, dancers, storytellers—it’s all about letting your hair down and having some fun with the crowd.” For more information and entry forms, call Michelle at Big Island Grown, 775-9777.
Commemorative HWW buttons will be available to purchase as show of support, as well as automatic entry in the “lucky number” drawing during the Block Party. Although buttons are not required for admission, attendees receive fair warning that those without buttons at the Block Party risk being thrown into the hoosegow by roving sheriffs. (All in good fun).
🔸May 21-29. Celebrate Honoka’a Western Week with Honoka’a Business Association. Everyone is invited to dress up western-style, visit Honoka‘a town merchants, and enjoy different paniolo-themed activities every night.
🔸Sunday, May 21, 8am-3pm 2nd Annual Farm Festival @ Hamakua Harvest.
🔸Monday, May 22, 3:00 p.m. Art Event: Make-your-own Stick Horse for the Races, at Hamakua Youth Center (HYC). Limited to the first 30 applicants to turn in registration forms at HYC. Please call 775-0976 for more information.
🔸Thursday, May 25, 4-6 p.m. Talk Story with author Ross Stephenson, “Honoka‘a Town,” and Leilani Hino -Cowbboy Kaona, documentary photos from 1979-1988 at the Honoka‘a Public Library. Then at 6:00, Rowdy Rodeo at the Landing Restaurant.
🔸Saturday, May 27-Monday, May 29, Hawai’i Saddle Club Scholarship Rodeo. Tickets $9 in advance $10 at the gate. | 2019-04-22T06:47:11Z | https://karenbail.wordpress.com/category/hamakua/ | Porn | Arts | 0.475103 |
wordpress | FAITHfully Yours? – A photo art exhibit – coming soon.
Living in this world is an act of Faith.
The faith of a baby thrown into the air that a safe pair of arms will catch her when she falls.
The faith of a wife that her husband will return home in the evening.
The faith of a worker that he will receive his fair wage at the end of the day.
The absolute, unwavering faith of a true devotee in his god.
The faith we still have in the essential goodness of human nature.
Faith is an amulet on an arm, the crucifix on a chain, the smear of sacred ash on a forehead.
Faith does not seek reasons, faith does not judge.
Faith is an expression that comes from the heart.
Seven talented photographers have come together to explore what faith means to them. They each have their unique interpretation of faith which they have captured through their lens. | 2019-04-23T18:34:54Z | https://ambikasethi.wordpress.com/2013/01/ | Porn | Arts | 0.982657 |
wordpress | Lebanon’s public education system can’t cope with hundreds of thousands of extra Syrian refugee kids. So nonprofit groups are trying to fill the gaps.
My radio story aired on PRI’s The World.
~ by Ari Daniel on March 14, 2017. | 2019-04-22T16:08:27Z | https://aridanielshapiro.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/syrian-refugee-kids-find-success-in-school-theyre-the-lucky-ones/ | Porn | Kids | 0.936964 |
wordpress | Whelp, time for Monday again! You know it usual comes after Sunday?! Yet, for so many people Monday is the most dreaded day of the week. It must really stink to be “Monday.” You start off the week, your nickname is the Monday blah’s and most people curse you when you come around. Poor, poor Monday. I guess he does not have many friends either. So sad. I decided today to rally behind Manic Monday, consider me his PR agent. Instead of hating Monday for doing its job embrace it because Monday is not going anywhere anytime soon.
So make it a “Moving Monday” kind of day, make up your mind to have a good day no matter how great your weekend because Monday likes to feel appreciated too! So I have included some encouragement to help you beat the Monday blues. Happy Monday! | 2019-04-25T14:04:26Z | https://supermomdel.wordpress.com/tag/encouragement/ | Porn | News | 0.272874 |
wordpress | Some of the most worthwhile things to read are not necessarily those which tell you something new so much as those which remind you of something you have forgotten or which express your own thoughts more clearly than you ever could. I had an experience like that when I came across a an article titled Progressives Against Progress, written back in 2010 by Fred Siegel in City Journal. Reading the article, I was reminded why I don’t pay too much attention to the modern day apocalyptic preachers who insist that global warming or some other environmental catastrophe is going to destroy the world. Part of the reason is that they have been shown to be wrong again and again, as Siegel points out.
The interesting thing is that these “progressives” seem to be against progress of any time and seek nothing so much as to turn the clock back to a simpler time when the lower orders knew their place.
I have noticed that a lot of the people who call loudest for restrictions on peoples’ lifestyles and who rail against the ways in which billions of people in developing countries are lifting themselves out of poverty never quite seem to believe that they should cut back on their own excesses.
There is a lot more to the article.
Gore Compares Climate Deniers to ‘an Alcoholic Father Who Flies Into a Rage’…but This Leaked U.N. Report Might Stump Him (theblaze.com) When the facts are not on your side, try name calling.
$1,000 question: Did the population bomb ever explode? (grist.org) Somehow it never did.
Arctic Sea Ice Grows By 29% In 2013 Despite Global Warming Claims (americanlivewire.com) But the ice is growing because of global warming. Don’t you stupid deniers know anything? | 2019-04-20T22:45:14Z | https://davidscommonplacebook.wordpress.com/tag/ronald-reagan/ | Porn | News | 0.785208 |
wordpress | The following post links to Family Tree Magazine’s list of best websites. Thanks to Upfront from NGS for permission to share this here.
Every year, Family Tree Magazine publishes a list of 101 Best Genealogy Websites and I always take a look! With a steady plethora of new websites, websites disappearing, etc, it’s nice to have such an annual list to allow one to quickly see if some “juicy” new sites are now available to help us with our genealogy and family history research.
Do recognize that there are specific categories (which are not necessarily the same each year) and so all the “great” websites you use may not be listed and, you may meet a “new” best friend!
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wordpress | As a writer, I sometimes find myself battling the enemies of isolation and loneliness associated with the job. Because I work from home, I feel this way often. Feeling restless, I went to a coffee shop. As I worked, I needed to ask the manager some questions about the shop for a chapter of a book I am writing. I came with a notebook and pen in hand ready to take copious notes. I found myself pleasantly surprised by direction the conversation took as I began to talk with others about what my book was about. Once I mentioned it was religious in nature, the conversation turned to the churches in the area. I realized after my encounter that so often I focus on my agenda associated with writing. I often focus on the what instead of focusing on the why of the writing.
Writing is not just words on a page. It is an art form, a medium I use to make a mark on my world. All of the words I interact with everyday shape who I am. The words I use in response, whether spoken or written dictate what permanent mark I make on it. When I focus only on the mechanics of the writing instead of the purpose of it, the words become meaningless.
I had an agenda when I walked into the shop. But God had other plans. He knew the people in that shop needed not only my spoken words more than they needed my written words that day.
Do you get lost in the what of writing rather than on the why of writing? Leave a comment and share!
I left her office flabbergasted at the response. I mean, if there was no written explanation of the expectations of my job, how would I know if I was doing my job well, or if I was doing my job at all?
I have worked at many jobs where I was never presented with a clearly written list of expectations. I found myself wandering aimlessly through daily tasks, often creating work for myself when there wasn’t much to do. I often questioned whether what I was doing was enough. Because there was no accountability, it became easier to slack off on my tasks. That always ended with the same result: a lack of passion and focus.
Unfortunately, writing doesn’t come with a job description. The hours are unpredictable, the deadlines are arbitrary and the pay, well, non existent. Because there is no accountability, it is easy to push your writing into the corner while the demands of life take precedence. But what if there was a way you could treat your writing like a job rather than a hobby?
The first step to regain your focus is treating your writing like a part time (or full time) job. If you want to make writing your future career, you need to manage your time wisely and write as if you will be compensated for it in the future (even if you aren’t right now).
Once you have done this, you must set a clear schedule with specific hours,projects and tools to do your job as effectively as possible. One tool most organizations use to evaluate if an employee is fulfilling the expectations of their employer is a job description. Job descriptions help employers clearly communicate their expectations, and employees can accurately assess whether or not they can complete the job expected of them.
I want to challenge you to create a job description for your writing profession. Creating clearly defined boundaries in your writing will help you effectively measure how productive you are being at your writing. This differs from your writing goals in that it is more of a skeleton of the what, when ,where, how and why of your writing. A job description is general, while the goals are much more specific. The goals you set should be based off of what you choose to include in your job description. Think of it this way: the job description is your vision statement, while your goals are the mission statement.
Once that is drafted, write three specific goals on how you will complete it.
1) I will research three curriculums by April 15th, 2013.
2) I will write a blog post that reviews each curriculum and give my opinion on which one is the best.
3) I will implement the best curriculum into my own homeschooling routine and then write blog posts on the challenges and successes associated with this.
Do you have a job description for your writing? Once you create one, leave a comment and share with us what yours looks like. Let us all learn from each other!
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typepad | Ms. Watson was a participant in her employer’s qualified retirement plan. At age fifty-five, Ms. Watson received $30,006 in distributions from the qualified plan and included the amount as income on her income tax return. Ms. Watson paid the tax on the $30,006 but did not include the ten percent additional tax of that amount.
The IRS issued a notice of deficiency and determined that because Ms. Watson had not reached age fifty-nine and half at the time of the distributions, she was liable for the ten percent additional tax of the $3,000.60. Ms. Watson argued she qualified for the exception to the additional ten percent tax because she did not receive the distributions until after she was fifty-five years old.
See Adam Bair, Taxpayer Required to Pay Penalty for Early Retirement Distribution, Wealth Strategies Journal 2.0, Sep. 29, 2011.
Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (WealthCounsel) for brining this article to my attention.
Section 411 of the Uniform Trust Code allows a court to modify an irrevocable trust if the settler and all beneficiaries petition to court to do so.
A settler can name one or more protectors as a means of modifying the trust (however, only a few states have codified provisions regarding Protectors). Protector powers generally include the ability to change the manner of distribution and allocations among beneficiaries.
A settler can keep substantial control by creating a single member LLC with an irrevocable trust as a member and the settler as the non-member manager.
Other options that allow the settler to keep control over trust assets include private trust companies, grantor trust flip switches, powers of appointment, decanting powers, charitable foundations, and extended distributions clauses.
See Owen Kaye and Bruce Givner, How Do Parents Keep Control: Irrevocable Trusts, Aug. 24, 2011.
Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (WealthCounsel) for bringing this article to my attention.
The federal financial services regulators have approved a new final living will rule that will implement Section 165(d) of the Dodd-Frank Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC will issue the rule jointly.
Section 165(d) requires companies designated as systemically significant by the Financial Stability Oversight Counsel to give regularly updated living wills or plans for the companies’ “rapid and orderly resolution in the event of material financial distress or failure” to the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC. Under the new law, a company’s resolution plan must include a strategic analyses of the plan’s components; an analyses of the company’s organization, material entities, management information systems, interconnections and interdependencies; and a description of the range of specific actions to be taken in the resolution.
Companies operating mainly as banks must submit plans before December 31, 2013 and update their living wills annually.
See Allison Bell, Feds to Big Nonbanks: So, What if You Die?, National Underwriter, Sept. 9, 2011.
By combining three tools that independently are beneficial to taxpayers, clever estate planners have devised a transaction - the installment sale of discounted assets to an intentionally defective grantor trust - that saves their ultra-wealthy clients millions of dollars in estate and gift taxes. This transaction, which is a foundational part of many estate plans, takes advantage of rules that Congress never intended to be used in this way. Because the Internal Revenue Service has conceded its inability to challenge the transaction based on current law, any solution lies with Congress. This Article proposes an amendment to § 2036 that would close the hole in the transfer tax base by eliminating taxpayers’ ability to form intentionally defective grantor trusts. Because this simple, targeted proposal leaves intact nearly all of current law, it could be adopted quickly as an interim solution in anticipation of fundamental tax reform.
Katt & Company’s recent newsletter addresses life insurance policy valuations. In the newsletter, the author states that spring-crash-values further complicate the issue of whether a taxpayer should report a policy’s account value or cash surrender value as income when policies are transferred to the insured. The IRS argues that the account value is the appropriate method, while buyers, administrator, and sellers argue for the cash surrender value method.
The newsletter also addresses Schwab v. Commissioner (136 T.C. No. 6 – 2/7/11) where the court faced the issue of deciding the proper valuation for two variable universal life insurance policies. The Court concluded that the policies’ values should be based on the guaranteed cost of insurance to the termination date of the first policy and until the second policy’s premium was paid a few months later. The author fears that the Schwab holding has only “muddied the water” when it comes to setting logical life insurance valuation methods.
See Life Insurance Policy Valuations, 13 Insurance Perspectives 9, Sep. 2011.
The lawyer replied, “First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are several times her annual income?” Embarrassed, the director mumbled, “Um…no.
“Or that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?” The stricken director began to stammer out an apology but was interrupted.
“So if I don’t give any money to them, why should I give any to you?
Scott R. Zucker, The Rarity of Lawyer Jokes (With 3 of My Favorites), Estate Planning Info Blog, Oct. 17, 2010; Dan B. Evans, My Favorite Lawyer Jokes (1998).
Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (WealthCounsel) for bringing this to my attention.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s expansion of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) has made arbitration clauses ubiquitous in consumer and employment contracts, and provoked heated debate. Recently, though, arbitration clauses have become common in a different context: wills and trusts. Courts have reached wildly different conclusions about whether these provisions are enforceable under state arbitration law. However, no judge, scholar, or litigant has considered the more important question of whether the FAA governs these terms. In this Article, I fill that gap. I first examine the statute’s text and legislative history, and conclude that Congress intended the FAA only to govern “contracts.” Nevertheless, I show that the Court has stretched the definition of “contract” for the purposes of the FAA. Indeed, the Court has predicated arbitration on the mere fact that the parties have entered into a consensual relationship, even if it does not meet the test for contractual validity. I then argue that estate plans, which arise from mutual assent and feature elements of exchange, are “contracts” under the FAA. Finally, I analyze how some of the most challenging features of the Court’s interpretation of the FAA - including the non-arbitrability doctrine, the separability rule, and the statute’s preemptive ambit - would play out in the field of wills and trusts. By doing so, I seek not only to provide guidance for courts and policymakers, but to illustrate that testamentary arbitration may not suffer from some of the flaws that make contractual arbitration so polarizing.
L. Michael Stelmacki was the CPA for Southwest Missouri Bone and Joint Inc. (SMBJ). Brain Ellefsen owned SMBJ and his brother, Mark, was the corporation’s business manager. In 1997, the Ellefsens attended a presentation on the Aegis Business Trust System, which utilizes foreign and domestic trusts to shelter assets from taxes. Stelmacki urged the brothers to not participate in the Aegis system, but the Ellefsens decided to enroll in the system anyway in July 1997.
For two months Stelmacki asked his clients to reconsider their enrollment in the Aegis system and sent the brothers articles on the IRS’s crack down on abusive trust schemes. Though the Ellefsens did not head their CPA’s advice, they did keep him on as their preparer.
On SMBJ’s 2000 corporate tax return, the corporation deducted the transfers to the Aegis-created entities as management fees. Brian Ellefsens declared that he had no interest or authority over any foreign accounts on his personal tax return. Stelmacki requested that Brian represent in writing that the transferred management fees were legitimate.
In 2001, Stelmacki raised concerns about the corporation’s categorization of the transfers to the Aegis-created entities as management fees. Stelmacki informed the Ellefsens that the expenses would likely not meet the IRS test as being ordinary and necessary business expenses. Stelmacki included a number of articles discussing abusive trust schemes and the possibility of criminal ramifications in his communications with the brothers.
Again, the brothers did not heed Stelmacki’s advice and were later convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States. In U.S. v. Ellefsen (108 AFTR 2d 2011), the appellate court upheld the brothers’ criminal convictions. In the end, though Stelmacki intended for his numerous warnings to help his clients remedy their actions, the warnings actually served to help the government build its criminal case against the Ellefsens.
See Peter J. Reilly, Can a CPA Bury his Client by Trying to Save Him?, Forbes, Sep. 25, 2011. | 2019-04-21T16:30:14Z | https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/2011/09/index.html | Porn | Business | 0.774981 |
wordpress | I’ve done the “no partial credit” thing in math classes before with some success. I relax the grading scale (by a lot – think 80-60-40-20 as cutoffs in the most extreme case) and simply refuse to give any partial credit.
While it is perhaps a bit unfair to give the same zero scores to someone who works the problem correctly except for some minor arithmetic mistake as well as someone who has no clue how to even setup the problem, the fact is, a wrong answer is still wrong.
One thing I do see when no partial credit is given is that the better students will actually start to check their work. I have always shown students how to check their work (in part, by always checking my work on problems I do at the board), but they start to see the importance of it after getting a bunch of zeros on problems they know how to do. Spend the 30 seconds to verify that your solutions to the equation are actually solutions!
Regarding partial credit: for the past few years, I have graded everything based on rubrics which essentially boil down to 3 points for fully correct solutions, 2 points for minor mistakes, 1 point for major mistakes, and 0 points for no work (or, more precisely, they get zero if none of their work makes any progress towards a solution).
Missing 1/3 of the points on a problem due to a minor mistake is generally enough to get people checking their work, and this scale does allow differentiation between the careless and the clueless.
The reason for using partial credit is because the instructor is assessing understanding and process. The final answer itself is often much less important for assessing mathematical learning. When a student performs analysis, solution process, and gives a final result, if that final result is wrong, but nearly all of the analysis and process was right, then most of the item’s credit should be earned. | 2019-04-25T12:55:56Z | https://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/what-i-learned-at-the-ictcm-day-1/ | Porn | Reference | 0.406994 |
wordpress | Hoarding is a devastating disorder. As anyone who has seen one of the many reality-TV shows on the subject knows, people who suffer from the worst cases of hoarding effectively pin themselves in their own homes or apartments, surrounded by piles of newspapers, boxes, and other detritus they can’t bear to get rid of. In addition to the social and familial isolation this can cause, it also brings with it an increased risk of fire and health problems from all that dust.
If you want to know more about hoarding and how experts are trying to treat it, the Washington Post published a really good article on the subject by Sara Solovitch Monday. The article also hints at a depressing possibility: that we’re about to see a big upsurge in hoarding.
Other than the above excerpt, Solovitch’s piece doesn’t really dive into the question of whether hoarding is going to become more common in the U.S. in the long term, but there’s a strong case that it will. That’s partly because in the U.S. we don’t just have an aging population — we have a population that’s aging in a particularly unhealthy, tumultuous way. We know that white people, for example, are dealing with rather shocking levels of mortality and morbidity, much of it stemming from drug use (less-educated white people are particularly susceptible). And nationwide, millions of people are still dealing with the fallout of Great Recession–era foreclosures, or live in pockets of the country where getting evicted over and over is the norm.
There has always been poverty in middle and old age, of course, but things seem to be getting worse on these fronts. So, given that hoarding is associated with certain types of crises in middle and old age, and given that we know middle-age and older people are increasingly likely to experience exactly these sorts of crises, the overall prognosis doesn’t look good.
Posted on 16 Jun 2017 14 Jun 2017 by Jonah A. SteinhausPosted in Aging, Anxiety, Dementia, Depression, Gerontology, Mental Health, Psychology, RelationshipsTagged Aging, Anxiety, Dementia, Depression, Gerontology, Mental Health, Psychology, Relationships.
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wordpress | Every time I make a photo book, photo calendar or slideshow, I’m surprised by how long it takes to complete. Playing with photos is fun for me, and I can get lost in the activity without being aware of time passing. When you’re creating a photo gift for someone else, be sure to allow both time for creating the gift and time for it to be made and delivered.
We live in a wonderful age where technology makes so many things possible. When it comes to photo products, you can have a picture printed on almost anything. Mugs and t-shirts, sure, but how about aprons or ties or phone cases? Print your favorite photos on canvas, wood, metal or glass to decorate your home. Enlarge a photo as big as a poster or make a collage of photos into a fun shape. Tell a story by combining photos and words in a photo book.
I like to follow a number of companies that make these kinds of photo products. Special offers are a great way to try something new. Signing up for a company’s e-mails allows you to learn about sales and discounts to try out a new product.
Christmas and Hanukkah are big gift-giving holidays that seem to approach very quickly. Allow yourself time to select the appropriate photos, make and order your gifts, and allow them to be created and shipped. Photo gifts require a bit of forethought to pull off, but if you miss the deadline for creating a gift, you can always give a gift certificate for someone to make a product themselves.
Have a vision – Is there a theme to follow (How our family celebrates Christmas, a year in the life of our family, our family tree)? What one photo or group of photos will suit the gift? Are you capturing a lifetime or just the most recent X number of years?
Gather photos – Do you need to get copies from other people to complete the project fully? Are the photos you need in digital format for an online order? Do you need to print hundreds for a physical scrapbook?
Choose a vendor and/or photo organizer – There are many companies making photo gifts at many price points and quality levels. There are also people who will do the work of creating the gift for you. What are you willing to spend and for what end result?
Get started – Allow time to focus on the project and arrange the photos and designs in the way you want them. Come back to it in a day or two and see what changes you think need to be made. You might need a third or fourth review before you’re satisfied.
Order the photo gift – Look at the estimated shipping time and add a week just in case. Allow time to re-order the gift if something was done incorrectly or with poor quality (don’t be afraid to call a vendor on a blurry result).
Photo gifts take more time to pull together than pulling a gift off a store shelf, but they are so much more rewarding, too. The recipient will appreciate the effort, even if they don’t know just how much effort it took. What photo gifts and displays will you start planning today?
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The amount of time US viewers spend watching online video and mobile video is growing rapidly – but still accounts for a small fraction of total video content viewing.
That’s the conclusion of a study into how people spend their time consuming media, including live TV programming, time-shifted television, DVDs, video games.
Another key finding was that households buying a new HDTV viewed more live TV – up to double – initially, but that over time, this increased usage began to subside. | 2019-04-25T10:16:46Z | https://insightandresearch.wordpress.com/category/publications/hdtvbiz-net-com/ | Porn | Business | 0.87522 |
wordpress | As before, lots has gone on since my last entry, much of it paperwork, research and so on, but there are some new faces around the turntable at York – two returnees and a new guest. Green Arrow and Evening Star are back, whilst North British Railway “Maude” is on a three year holiday from the Scottish Railway Preservation Society. In a reciprocal move, the Duke of Sutherland’s saloon has made the journey north to Bo’ness – and will be joined by the Midland Compound in the Spring, with Cornwall then moving to the Severn Valley Railway’s Engine House museum from Shildon. Musical locomotives indeed! There are more moves in the pipeline – news of them when they happen.
Evening Star gets a clean after being positioned around the turntable. Green Arrow in the background returned about three weeks previously.
Class J36 "Maude" has been cleaned by teams of staff under the direction of Stathis, and was awaiting a shunt onto the turntable for display when I photographed it.
In addition, Richard Pearson brought back the replicas of Sans Pareil and the sectioned Rocket from Nuremberg, where they were celebrating 175 years of German Railways. It’s a return home for the replica of Hackworth’s machine, but a first visit to Shildon for the 1934 built Stephenson replica.
The replicas of Sans Pareil and Rocket get used to being back on English rails at Shildon. Rocket will soon be joined by appropriate carriages.
During October, Shildon was joined by “Juno”, a wonderfully original Hunslet Austerity loco on loan from the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. Built in 1958, it only worked commercially until 1969 when preserved, then ran into the early 1970s before spending most of the next four decades stored undercover. As an “as withdrawn” machine, it will be placed in NRM+ instead of our own Austerity, which would have taken too long to restore in house. The latter is now under assessment for overhaul at the Flour Mill in the Forest of Dean.
Finally, the North East has been particularly hit by the snow and ice, resulting in a couple of days’ closure at Shildon and a few difficult days at York. My pictures show a little relief in amongst the struggles, along with the return of a large part of a certain iconic member of the collection.
Meanwhile, in the South Yard, the class 108 does its best impression of a Christmas cake – very seasonal.
Up at Shildon, someone appears to have hidden the rails.
Finally – a taster of the Crab in the last stages of its transformation into a Crimson Lake masterpiece at the hands of Phil Anderson.
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wordpress | While driving through Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood in last days of January 2016 I was delighted to see a familiar face. It was that of Eugene Debs, legendary Hoosier radical, looking triumphant and happy, waving his hat from the first floor fire-escape of a boarded-up tenement. The life-size photograph was from the day of his release from prison in February 1921 after serving three years for sedition for his outspoken opposition to the Great War.
More familiar faces greeted me when I returned to Pullman in May. Dolores Huerta, another Debs, a piercing-eyed Pullman porter (which honestly I first thought was someone peeing in the alley), and even more labor heroes appearing beyond the immediate neighborhood: Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, A Philip Randolph, a young Caesar Chavez, Lucy Parsons, even Debs’ beloved hunting dog Babe.
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wordpress | There’s now an updated version of this tutorial which also covers incorporating MySQL.
If you’ve ever needed a very fast, stable, no frills, web server to serve up some pages on a home system, then look no further than nginx. The server is rock solid and gets the job done. And the setup and configuration is unmatched in simplicity for other servers of similar capability.
Nginx is native to the UNIX platform, so you’ll need to get a precompiled version or install Cygwin. I opted for the former because there’s already a package available by Kevin Worthington that works very nicely.
Download the stable package and install it. Because of the Cygwin configuration, it will install to c:\nginx.
Then download the latest PHP Windows binaries (not the installer) and extract all files to c:\nginx\php. We will be using php-cgi.exe because of the nginx fast-cgi capability. Make sure the path is c:\nginx\php\php-cgi.exe during the installation.
Go into c:\nginx\conf and uncomment or modify the following lines in nginx.conf.
It’s not a perfect solution, but works for non-production applications.
Now to startup nginx with fast-cgi PHP, just double-click launch.js. To stop, double-click shutdown.js.
Changed the php.ini file location to an absolute path.
Changed the stop-nginx.bat commands to taskkill instead of multiple process -k lines (you can never tell how many instances there may be of php-cgi.exe, so it’s impractical to do it the old way).
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wordpress | Beth Corning in CorningWork’s The Glue Factory Project: “Beckett & Beyond.” Photo by Foo Connor.
Dancer/choreographer Beth Corning has been a unique voice on the Pittsburgh dance scene since arriving in 2003 to take over the reins at the now defunct Dance Alloy. It has been with her 5-year-old umbrella organization CorningWorks however, that she has upped the ante on the level of dance-theater work she is producing. Work that is more often than not entertaining, detailed, cerebrally challenging and powerfully moving. With her latest Glue Factory Project (projects featuring performers over age 45) work Beckett & Beyond, Corning and crew offered up perhaps her most theatrical work yet.
The 70-minute Beckett & Beyond, set to music by MaryEllen Childs, Kronos Quartet and Meredith Monk, was bookended by two short physical-theater pieces by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett.
On a set designed and constructed by Stephanie Mayer-Staley featuring a white dance floor raised at the back end that led into a white back drop with papier-mâché clouds suspended above, the production had the look and feel of a work one might see on stages in Stockholm or Berlin rather than at North Side’s New Hazlett Theater. It began with Beckett’s “Act Without Words II.” In it, a pile of clothes and two large bags were left onstage from which veteran performer Francoise Fournier emerged from inside one after some prodding from a long pole that humorously inched out from a side wing to poke the bag she was in. Fournier’s character was a pill-popping woman soured by the seeming drudgery of her everyday life. She muddled through getting dressed in an oversized mens suit, had a distaste for vegetables and struggled with the metaphoric chores of life, represented by her unsuccessfully trying to drag hers and the other bag across the stage. Former Cullberg Ballet dancer Yvan Auzely, who then emerged from the other bag after more prodding, was Fournier’s opposite, an archetypical “morning person” who approached the same tasks as Fournier’s character but with energetic vigor. The pair’s performances in Beckett’s bleak and simple commentary on human existence were meticulous and captivating.
The Corning choreographed middle section of Beckett & Beyond that followed felt as if it, and the Beckett works, had always been linked. The work’s thematic questions on existence and humanity’s place in it were a potent heart and mind stimulant. At once provoking the viewer to see the cyclical and often futile nature of life, then spurring them to ponder their own existence.
Yvan Auzely in CorningWork’s The Glue Factory Project: “Beckett & Beyond.” Photo by Foo Connor.
It began with Corning, tethered by a thin red bungee cord, walking as if teetering on a high-wire, keenly aware of her balance. The red bungee cord a metaphoric reference to an East Asian legend/belief that we are all connected by an invisible red thread to those we are destined to meet in our lives. In Corning’s case that thread was suddenly severed, as the cord that ran from her into a side wing snapped, pelting her with its recoil. The red thread theme continued with Auzely in a solo in which he weaved a spider web out of the red bungee cord across the stage, and then with Fournier in a solo, looking pregnant and acting mentally unstable. A highlight of the work, Fournier’s bundle of joy turned out to be a bundle of clothes stuffed under her shirt that she treated as cherished memories. Muttering in French, she wandered about the stage pulling children’s outfits and others out from her shirt and then with a laugh, sigh or tear, pinned them to the red bungee cord as if it was a clothesline. Each brief, emotional moment conjured up a universally relatable story about her character’s past life. Fournier is a marvelous dancer/actress and she shone in the solo.
The work continued with the trio of dancers performing perhaps the most physical dance choreography I have seen in a Glue Factory Project production to date. The 50-plus-year-old dancers hurled themselves onto one another and trotted around the stage without strain.
Perhaps intentionally or unintentionally Corning’s choreography at times was reminiscent of the late Pina Bausch’s work. The dancers as a trio, arms about each other’s waists and running in a circle, along with scenes of rapid emotional changes in expression, were Bausch-esque. Similarities aside, the work had Corning’s choreographic style imprinted all over it.
Yvan Auzely and Francoise Fournier in CorningWork’s The Glue Factory Project: “Beckett & Beyond.” Photo by Hakan Larsson.
Beckett & Beyond reached its climax with the second of Beckett’s physical-theater works, “Rockaby.” Performed impeccably by Corning, the repetitive solo, directed by Pittsburgh’s Melissa Grande, was perhaps the most challenging for audience member’s attention spans but was also the most beautiful and poignant section of Beckett & Beyond. Like a narrative version of Ravel’s “Bolero,” Corning, in a dimly lit rocking chair, rocked back and forth as if on autopilot while a voiceover of her reciting Beckett’s dialogue for the piece repeated. With each go round, another phrase was added telling the story of an elderly woman who, locked in her own mind, spent her remaining days rocking in her chair and staring out a window. Corning was at her very best in “Rockaby,” her emotionally nuanced facial expressions and yearning utterances of the word “more” were soul-piercing. Was she calling for more of the story to be revealed; hers or the universe’s? Or did she just not want her life to end?
The production concluded with twenty-something guest artists Anna Thompson and Taylor Knight (a.k.a. slowdanger) reprising Beckett’s “Act Without Words II,” further driving home the idea that life’s treadmill was never ending, generation after generation.
Beckett & Beyond is a complete work from top to bottom and worthy of repeated viewings to soak in everything it has to offer and for the simple fact it’s pretty great. To CorningWorks I say: more please. | 2019-04-24T05:52:04Z | https://artsair.wordpress.com/2015/09/26/corningworks-beckett-beyond-an-artistic-triumph/ | Porn | Arts | 0.850869 |
yahoo | Girls with curly hair know it can be a daily struggle maintaining their textured tresses without falling into a pattern of repeating the same natural hairstyles.
If you’re ready to try something different without putting in a ton of effort, this tutorial is just for you. Makeup artist and curly hair influencer Christina Vega uses a printed headscarf to transform her natural hair from blah to beautiful in less than five minutes. Watch and learn!
1. Spritz hair with a hydrating spray like Curls Aloe & Blueberry Juice Curl Moisturizer.
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cnn | AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- Three apparent suicide attackers detonated nearly simultaneous explosions Wednesday night at hotels in downtown Amman, Jordan, killing at least 67 people and wounding more than 150 others, the deputy prime minister of Jordan said.
There have been no claims of responsibility, Karim Kawar, the Jordanian ambassador to the United States, told CNN.
But Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher said Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al Qaeda in Iraq and that country's most-wanted terrorist, is among the suspects.
"Obviously, he's a prime suspect," Muasher said.
The blasts occurred first at the Radisson SAS, then at the Grand Hyatt and then at the Days Inn between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. (2 p.m. and 3 p.m. ET). The three hotels are within a few hundred yards of one another.
The blast at the Grand Hyatt also appeared to have been caused by a bomber wearing an explosive belt, Muasher said.
At the Days Inn, a car failed in an attempt to breach a security barrier and exploded outside the hotel, he said.
Randa Jaaqoub told CNN she was in the Hyatt lobby with her fiance when that blast occurred.
"Everything just exploded, and we had fire and smoke all over," said the Jordanian-American from Illinois. "We saw the bodies and blood all over."
The couple ran into the kitchen and then outside, where they made their way to a hospital. Jaaqoub suffered superficial wounds, and her fiance's knee was cut.
"We were just in total shock because, here in Jordan, it's a safe place," she said.
Though security forces sealed off the hotels soon after the attacks, a reporter for the Jordanian Times, Rana Husseini, said she gained entrance to the Radisson about 20 minutes after the explosion.
The lobby and wedding hall were "destroyed," with shattered glass all over the floor, she said.
"There were tables and chairs turned over, there was blood on the chairs," she said. "It was really a horrific scene."
Ashraf Khalid, the groom, told reporters the blast took place as he and his bride were entering the banquet hall at the Radisson.
He lost as many as 10 of his relatives, including his father, Khalid said, adding that no westerners were at the party.
"This is not Islam," Khalid said. "This is a terrorist attack in our capital."
Muasher said the attacks were "something that Jordan is not used to."
"This is the first really extensive attack we've had, probably ever, in the kingdom," he said.
"This has come as a shock to all of us," Kawar told CNN. He added, "We try to be as vigilant as possible but, at the end of the day, we're all vulnerable to such attacks."
Video from the scene showed hundreds of police and emergency officials cordoning off the area around the hotels. Inside the Radisson, a hole was blown into the ceiling of a ballroom and tables and chairs were strewn across the room.
Dozens of ambulances were lined up outside the hotels, loading up and speeding off, their sirens wailing.
At Khalidi Hospital, near the affected zone, Dr. Khalid Salayman said some of the casualties were Iraqis and Germans.
American Dana Burde said she was in the lobby of the Radisson when the blast there occurred.
"We were sort of blown out of the room, but our group is all fine," she said.
"There was a lot of debris and, certainly, there were people killed," said Burde, a New Yorker who is in Amman attending a conference on refugee education.
She said she heard an explosion at the nearby Hyatt five minutes after the blast at the Radisson.
An Italian businessman who was in the Hyatt said he saw three apparently lifeless bodies there.
Jordanian Embassy officials in Washington said the blasts came without warning and that no Jordanian government officials were in any of the buildings.
Prime Minister Adnan Badran told Jordanian television that all government offices and schools would be closed Thursday.
Soon after the attacks, Jordanian King Abdullah condemned them, telling reporters, "Justice will pursue the criminals."
The king also vowed that Jordan "will be resilient," Kawar said. An emergency Cabinet meeting was called.
Prior to the millennium celebrations, the Radisson was the target of a plot that was broken up by Jordanian law enforcement.
Jordan, considered a key Arab ally of the United States, helps train Iraqi troops and is host to the headquarters of many international aid agencies that pulled relief workers out of Iraq as the insurgency there deepened.
In a written statement, Jordanian House Speaker Abdel Hadi Majali called the blasts "a criminal terrorist act."
Asked whether al Qaeda may have been behind them, he said: "There is definitely an organization behind these attacks. Al Qaeda tried before and we foiled some attacks."
Though the hotels cater to international travelers, it was not clear whether those people were targeted.
All three are commonly used by Jordanians, said a Westerner who has lived in Jordan for more than a year.
In Washington, a White House spokesman said the administration knew of no U.S. casualties.
The State Department had not recently issued travel warnings for Americans visiting Jordan.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice condemned the attacks and said the United States "has offered Jordan whatever assistance and support it may need."
U.S. President George W. Bush called the attacks "cowardly" and "barbaric."
The United States has proposed sending a team of FBI agents to help determine details of the attacks, such as what type of explosives were used.
Asked who is suspected of masterminding the attacks, one State Department official cited al-Zarqawi.
Two U.S. intelligence officials concurred that the attacks bear the hallmarks of al-Zarqawi, who has expressed an interest in launching attacks outside Iraq.
Days Inn issued a statement saying four of its guests were wounded, three of them seriously, but no one had been killed.
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yahoo | When is the next Republican debate? When was the last one?
Best Answer: They are having a debate (actually more of a forum) in Iowa June 30, but I have no information as to when or if it will be televised (Rudy Guiliani, John McCain and Governor Jim Gilmore are not participating by choice, and Ron Paul has been excluded).
They have a debate August 5 which will air on ABC News, This Week from Iowa (ABC News says all candidates will be included that wish to participate).
The last debate was June 5 in Manchester, NH (CNN aired).
Source(s): The Dems have a debate on June 28 on PBS from Washington D.C.
Debate? They don't debate. They fall in line and march to King George's tunes.
I haven't seen any debates..whether it be from Repubs or Dems...it all finger pointing and bitching.
I can see that at work.
Are you looking forward to the next Republican debate, do you think it will be as funny as the last one?
So, who do you think came out on top in the republican debate last night?
Of the 10 canidates, who won the Republican Presidential Debate last night?
How weak was that so-called Republican Debate last night?
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msu | Professor Steven Lund of the Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy has been named the new Director of the U.S. Particle Accelerator School (USPAS). His four-year renewable term begins on December 1st, 2017. He will succeed Professor William Barletta of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has been USPAS Director since 2006.
The USPAS is recognized as the nation's premier training program in accelerator science and engineering. USPAS started in 1981 and convenes twice a year to offer a broad range of graduate-level accelerator science and engineering courses in an intensive-school format. Training and documentation produced by the sessions has been recognized for excellence and has had a profound positive impact on the field. All business and activities of the school are coordinated by the director and the USPAS office at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Lund has been a professor at MSU since 2014, and currently serves on both the Director's Advisory Council and the Curriculum Committee for the USPAS, working with Director Barletta to coordinate school programs in the community interest. Lund's position at MSU is at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), with a joint appointment with the Department of Physics & Astronomy, and his focus is theoretical accelerator physics, emphasizing analytic theory and numerical modeling. He also teaches graduate courses in accelerator physics and advises students.
MSU is developing its own world-class particle accelerator. FRIB will be a new scientific user facility for the Office of Nuclear Physics in DOE's Office of Science. Under construction on campus and operated by MSU, the heart of FRIB is a high-power superconducting linear accelerator that will accelerate heavy ions to half the speed of light. FRIB will enable scientists to make discoveries about the properties of rare isotopes, supporting a community of currently 1,400 scientists. FRIB is presently slated for completion by 2022, with first portions presently undergoing commissioning. Lund's research aims to identify, understand, and control processes that can degrade the quality of the particle beam.
Before arriving at MSU in 2014 to work on FRIB, Lund held a joint appointment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory working on physics issues associated with the transport of beams with high charge intensity, design of accelerator and trap systems, large- and small-scale numerical simulations of accelerators, support of laboratory experiments, and design of electric and magnetic elements to focus and bend beams. Lund received his Ph.D. in physics from MIT in 1992.
Fermilab is America's premier national laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research. A U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science laboratory, Fermilab is located near Chicago, Illinois, and operated under contract by the Fermi Research Alliance LLC, a joint partnership between the University of Chicago and the Universities Research Association, Inc. Visit Fermilab's website at www.fnal.gov and follow us on Twitter at @Fermilab. | 2019-04-18T18:35:22Z | https://www.pa.msu.edu/news-events/news/steven-lund-named-new-uspas-director/ | Porn | Science | 0.95944 |
wordpress | I’ve never been one to wear jewelry. I don’t have my ears pierced so you will never see me wearing earings. My wedding ring is a family ring that is a simple wide band with a cluster of small stones instead of a focal point. I’m simple. I enjoy being simple. While I rarely wear jewelry, I hardly ever go anywhere without my mala beads. After my 30 day commitment to Blissology this spring, I found my mala beads (or they found me). Christian and Cole gave them to me as my mother’s day present. A few days after they arrived in the mail, I discovered that I was pregnant. Since then they have become a huge part of who I am.
My mala beads go with me yoga. They sit on my mat and absorb the energy of the room. They are a part of my meditation practice. My mala beads have been with me at every child-birth class I’ve attended. My mala beads are at the top of my “must pack” list for the hospital.
I know it is “just a necklace,” but they mean so much more to me than a pair of beads I wear around my neck. They symbolize all the intentions I have set for myself. They are a constant reminder of how I want to live my life, and they are a reflection of the person I know I am. I can’t imagine not having my mala beads with me. I can’t imagine not having my mala beads with me in the delivery room. My mala beads were going to serve as my reminder of why I’m having a natural birth. When I feel like I can’t do it anymore, my mala beads were going to be my visual reminder that I am doing it and that I can do it.
Yesterday I was sitting at my desk at work talking to my mom. Out of no where I heard the beads tumbling to the floor. I looked down and the necklace had broken at the guru stone on the right side. The left side was still hanging in the middle of my chest. I quickly hung up the phone and my coworker Kate came to my rescue. She picked up all the beads for me off the floor (since I’m not graceful anymore). I put them away safely, and I emailed the company in Canada that sent me the necklace.
My initial reaction to the beads breaking was sadness. I love my mala beads. I feel naked when I don’t have them on. I need them. I need them fixed before Chet’s due date because they have to be with me during delivery.
Before I got a response from Tiny Devotions, the idea of restringing the necklace just didn’t seem right. The idea of buying a new one felt even more wrong. The idea of not having it makes me sad though.
The owner of the company emailed me back to reassure me that they would restring the necklace if I’d like them too, but a mala breaking resembles a karma break through.
The history and tradition of mala beads believes that if your mala breaks it represents karma breaking or a breakthrough. (This is not a bad thing, but rather a positive sign of progression.
“I think this is a good thing she said.” After we explained the energetic links of a mala to karma she related it back to an experience that she had just had where she felt like a massive block for herself had just disappeared – shortly after – the mala representing this block became caught on something and broke.
So what was my karma breakthrough? I’m not sure, but I do know one thing. I was drawn to my mala beads because of the guru stone. The Citrine stone is a powerful cleanser and regenerator that holds energy. It is the stone of prosperity, joy and abundance. It also helps inspire the exploration of possibilities. When I first found the necklace, I was drawn to idea of possibilities. I was searching for joy and abundance. Christian and I were on the fence about having another baby. I wasn’t unsettled on many questions in my life. I was searching for something. I was questioning my own strength. Over the course of my pregnancy, I know I’ve grown a lot as a person. I’ve discovered happiness in parts of my life that I never imagine would be comforting to me. In the past weeks, I’ve found peace with all the pieces of the puzzle that are my life right now. I’ve found confidence with my birth plan, acceptance with my body and what it is capable of doing, and joy in family life. I feel incredibly rooted to my life right now, and that is the only thing I truly want out of life.
Maybe my mala beads broke because I’m ready for the next chapter in my life. I’m ready to discover what is next. My mala beads have carried the energy I needed to get to this point. I need to let go of the importance I’ve placed on this one item, and I need to trust that everything I love about my mala beads is within me.
I don’t think I’ll be restring my mala. It feels like hitting rewind on life. I’m not sure what the next phase of my journey entails although I know it is great and exciting. I know it will make me a better person, wife, and mom. My next set of mala beads will find me just like this set did earlier this year when I was struggling to make sense of defining strength in my life.
Although I don’t want to recreate this set of beads, I don’t want to forget about what they mean to me. I’m exploring ideas of how to repurpose the beads. I might create something to bring with me to the delivery room. I may create a different piece of jewelry, but I think they served their purpose as my mala beads. The next set will find me when I’m ready for it.
I was once told by a friend that if an item that one owns and wears all the time suddenly breaks without reason, it is because that person who owns the item is about to come to some sort of harm, and the item-which loves the person who owns itself dearly–will put itself in harms way and sacrifice it self so that its’ owner will be spared of harm’s way.
I hope you find something that feels right soon, but just thought you might appreciate this small story (be it true or not) just as I did when one of my personal favorite items broke for no reason.
I love that story! Thank you so much for sharing it. I really do feel like it broke for a reason and that I find something new and right to take its place.
I purchased a mala with Africa Jade over a year ago. I just returned from a trip to Africa, where my mala broke exactly at the same time as I discovered something very beautiful about myself. The beads spilled all over the floor, and due to my location, I was unable to collect them all. I have the piece of Africa Jade, and half the seed beads; however, half of the seed beads are still in Africa. I love that mala. I know that it broke exactly when it needed to… when I found the beauty and freedom within myself that I was purposed to find. A new mala… a new possibility… I’m ready now.
I love this! Thank you for sharing it with me. I did replace my mala a few days before I went into labor with my son. The stone felt so cold and refreshing on my always hot skin. They meant so much to me. I feel like I’ve out grown them yet they are still with me. So I’m waiting…and know they have something special to teach me!
It was so interesting to find this post, as I was just driving home from dinner with a close Buddhist friend, and my citrine Tiny Devotions mala just broke in the car. No reason! My friend had been sharing her wisdom with me over dinner, and I felt that I had learned some important things about myself….but the breaking mala on the way home took the shine off the evening. As I got out of my car, I could hear the seed beads and the larger rudruksha seeds hitting the ground and bouncing into the grass. I know I won’t be able to retrieve all the beads to restring the mala. And then I found this post and I saw the event in a whole different light. Much more positive! Thanks so much!
Thank you for your comment! This is why I love my blog! It makes connections that would have otherwise never existed.
Hello, and blessings to all! In 2009, I had just made a mala using extraordinary rutilated quartz crystal beads, and I took it with me to a Chenrezig Mandala dispersal ceremony. HH Ngwang Tenzin Rinpoche (a very respected teacher in Bhutan) was performing the ceremony, and while they were setting up, I decided to do some mantras, when right in the middle of the Chenrezig mantra, my mala broke, and the beads went everywhere. I was very fortunate to have four kind people help me find every bead (yay!),and because I was very attached to the mala (attachment=one of the three poisons…argh!), I felt heartsick; I was also attached to the idea of using the mala during the ceremony. When Rinpoche came in, I asked his assistant if Rinpoche could tell me what it means when a mala breaks. He told me that it is VERY AUSPICIOUS! He said that it symbolized ‘breaking’ a negative trait (or relationship, situation, phase, etc.). Receiving this (favorable) news from Rinpoche himself was so wonderful, and I knew right away what was ‘breaking’ in my life: my attachments–and it was revealed to me by my ‘favorite’ mala ‘breaking’, literally! So, if this has happened to you, be assured that it is a good thing! May any merit that is generated by this site and all of its readers be dedicated to benefit all beings! Om Mani Padme Hum!
Thank you so much for these words!!! and for providing the perspective on attachment. Until you wrote this I hadn’t thought of my mala in that context, but you are absolutely right. And what I needed after it broke was to let go of my attachment to so many things.
I am old now. I have had 3 experiences during my lifetime with malas breaking. The first occurred a few years after I began meditating. My life seemed to be falling apart after radical cancer surgery and a divorce and I felt sad and lost but committed to practice and the hope things would get better. One night while home alone, the Mala saved me from what could have been a catastrophic accident — as I tripped and lost my balance and started to fall, the Mala caught on a little knob on a cabinet and caught me from falling to the ground, even though the Mala broke. The second time a Mala broke occurred about 15 years ago after the death of a loved one. And recently I have been working through attachment and deep grief following a life review and family changes. I had completely forgotten these incidents until today and the memory of what followed the Mala breaking –that is, deep healing and auspicious events which ushered in a rebirth and New Day!
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This happens all the time with Malas strung with rope – capping it with silver or gold solves the problem -; not sure so about karma break – usually rudrakshas are quite fragile by itself and these needs to be oiled with either mustard or olive (later is a 21st century alternative) but if you have no allergy problems go with mustard it goes with the fiery nature of the bead, pure Mysore Sandalwood oil will also work miraculously well as the antibacterial nature of the oil protects the beads. The key is to also cleanse the beads of negative energy as these absorb a lot from you and yes – maybe it absorbed too much ! Cleansing is done by drowning the beads or mala into oil overnight , it’s called the elimination of doshas.
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wordpress | Stockemer, D and Sundström, A. (2018) ‘Do young female candidates face double barriers or an outgroup advantage?’, The case of the European Parliament. European Journal of Political Research (online first) 2018, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12280.
In the recent article, Stockemer and Sundström ask whether young women, compared to older women, are more likely to be elected to parliaments. Since most male representatives are middle-aged to senior, such a negative relationship between age and electoral success of women appears counter-intuitive. Yet, theories about biases in recruitment practices indicate that candidates with two outgroup traits such as young women might actually have better chances to be granted viable list positions. The intersectional identity (in this case being young and female) allows party gatekeepers to increase the representativeness of lists with candidates who complement the traditional profile of incumbents (i.e. typically white middle-aged men) while securing their own superiority. The authors look at the European parliament to test this expectation studying all MEPs that served between 1979 and 2019. They show that women’s representation is highest among the youngest representatives aged 40 or younger and lowest among MEPs 60 years and older.
By analyzing the attributes of women who get elected to the EP, this study takes an interesting angle going beyond most studies on women’s descriptive representation. Through this mean, they identify a moderating effect of candidates’ gender on the relationship between age and electoral success: Age increases chances to enter parliaments for men but decreases them for women. However, what is the causal mechanism at hand? The article’s rationale focuses on nominating strategies of parties, but does not consider candidate lists which are the direct outcome of parties’ recruitment procedures. Hence, I would be interested to see whether the articles’ results remain similar when analyzing candidate lists or even viable list positions rather than election results, or whether voters’ reactions to the candidates placed in front of them might partly affect the electoral success of younger and older women differently. Based on this innovative study, researchers can now address a whole new range of research questions that aim to uncover the mechanisms at hand.
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wordpress | Thanks for addressing this. It really bothers me how much non-humans and non-human oppression are left out of–or even perpetuated and promoted by–“revolutionary” philosophies, including socialism and anarchism. I personally cannot accept an exclusion of non-humans from radical liberation theory and praxis, just as it is a mistake to isolate non-human exploitation as its own problem (i.e., failing to be pro-intersectional as anti-speciesist activists).
I tend to gravitate more towards anarchism than socialism, simply because I do not trust any form of concentrated power to avoid the pitfalls of holding power. Although it is difficult to imagine, a communal-style anarchism feels much more sustainable and in line with the effort to respect individuals fully.
Great post. I am still researching socialism and anarchism and trying to figure out what holds the most hope for justice for all animals, as well as for the future of this planet. Even if many socialists are incapable of seeing nonhuman animals as people, I would hope that they’d come to see that animal agriculture is inherently unsustainable.
Right there with you, Pax. Reassuringly, the socialist literature I found did pretty universally decry factory farming, but not “humane” or small-scale animal agriculture.
If you consider what school of thought is doing the most to relieve/avoid nonhuman suffering instead of what’s the most personally comfortable, then Singer deserves a lot more than you give him here. His approach of using sentience rather than species boundaries as the standard for moral concern has generated far more action on behalf of nonhuman animals than any other, at least in the West, where human/nonhuman dualism reigns. Singer didn’t come to his view all by himself, either; 19th century utilitarians were among the leaders of anti-slavery and child and nonhuman animal welfare movements. If you’ve only read “Animal Liberation,” you might pick up Singer’s “Darwinian Left” for some perspective. Maybe one day revolutionary socialism will spill out of the ivory tower and actually make such a difference in the world — and if there’s a strategy for that beyond ISO folks talking to themselves, sign me up — but until that day, I’ll keep using Singer.
I have a lot of problems with utilitarian philosophy, as well a the racism and ableism embedded into Singer’s work on animal rights. I also reject the notion that Singer was the first to think in anti-speciesist ways; he was just the first one whose ideas gained traction, since he’s in a position of power as a white man at an elite academic institution.
B. It’s a sad day when nominal animal activists spend more time bashing Peter Singer than the speciesism of broader society.
Thank you for the article on the ISO! That kind of thing is exactly what I’m looking for right now.
As for Singer, see my comment above.
There are tons of socialist — or specifically Marxist groups out there, if that’s what you are looking for — that don’t have the ISO’s culty baggage. They just don’t have as much of a college presence as the ISO does for whatever reason.
Orgs like SPUSA, DSA, Solidarity, etc are much better from what I’ve heard.
okay, cool, thank you! i’ll definitely do some researching. | 2019-04-24T07:58:32Z | https://chickpeasandchange.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/where-can-animals-fit-into-revolutionary-socialism/ | Porn | Reference | 0.093003 |
wikipedia | Ìnagijẹ: "The Crescent City", "The Big Easy", "The City That Care Forgot", "Nawlins" and "NOLA" (acronym for New Orleans, Louisiana).
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wordpress | Had my heart check-up at Guy’s. All A-OK. They then ask if they can check my Pacemaker, as such has not been done for a considerable time. In so doing, they are aghast to learn it’s kaput; the Pacemaker, that is, not my heart. In fact, my little ol’ heart has been doing the biz all on its little ownsome. As more than one person has observed, given time, perhaps the miracle that is our body can self-correct its own state. Be that as it may, come 2 February, and I’ll be in St. Thoms’ getting fitted with a new, all singing, all dancing Pacemaker.
The book? Come again? What book!!?
Just to let you know I’m still alive; at least until tomorrow, when I have my annual check-up at the Cardiology Unit at Guy’s Hospital. They’ll confirm, one way or the other.
Things are quiet for me, but my Publisher is working hard to get the word out about my book. To be exact, their Marketing Department. A lovely, and very competent young lady, by the name of Ellie, is ‘riding point’ on this; that’s good old American Old Western jargon meaning taking the lead. ‘Get ‘em up, move ‘em out!’, ho ho.
That’s it …. until the next posting.
I’m still treading air at present. Still waiting for something to happen. I know something will, it’s just a question as to when. As far as I’m aware, ‘PROMETHEUS ASCENDING’ has still only been read, cover to cover, by one person, and even then only when it was in its manuscript form. The reader was Damien, at the publisher AUSTIN MACAULEY, after which he suggested they ‘take it on’.
Even I haven’t read it in its published form. Mind you, this weekend past I have read bits of it. Too early for me to read it from cover to cover.
Perhaps that’s the way of it for anyone who creates, in whatever medium. That they never read, see or hear what they produce …. as others would …. simply because they are part of their own work.
MIND’SFLIGHT has passed the 15,000 ‘hits’ mark. It’s offline at the moment, but will be back on shortly, as I spoke to “Smiley” last night.
Right, back to lazing around for a little while longer.
Happy New Year to you all, and may it be all that you would wish it to be. However, be careful what you wish for …. you may get it!
Nothing to report at the moment, as this New Year is just cranking up and getting into gear. And that goes double for me.
Take care, I’ll post again soon. | 2019-04-21T03:18:37Z | https://williampthomson.wordpress.com/2016/01/ | Porn | News | 0.45066 |
typepad | Well, not all of us asked for it.
Get ready for the coming storm.
But wasn't the Affordable Care Act supposed to make healthcare prices more, well, affordable?. Well no, as we have explained time and again, most recently last summer.
Who woulda thunk that at some point "we" would have to actually pay for all that "free" stuff.
Remind me who was President way back in 2012?
The CBO telling you today, what Republicans have been saying for years..
The nonpartisan agency found the reform law’s negative effects on the economy would be “substantially larger” than what it had previously anticipated.
It said the equivalent of 2.3 million workers would be lost by 2021, compared to its previous estimate of 800,000, and that 2.5 million workers would be lost by 2024. It also projected that labor force compensation would be reduced by 1 percent from 2017 to 2024 — twice its previous estimate — and that declining economic growth would add $1 trillion more to deficits.
Chuck Todd can't even spin it. And "FactCheck.org" proves yet again that it was ironically named. I'm sure both Mr. Todd and FactCheck.org will pay more attention in the future.
Democrat Senate votes to shut down Government..
The Democrats had the opportunity to keep the Government funded, and voted against it.
On a strict party-line vote, the U.S. Senate rejected a measure passed by the House which would fund the government and delay the implementation of the Affordable Care Act by one year. By a vote of 54 – 46, the Senate rejected the measure and sent the bill back to the House.
Why does Harry Reid want to shut down the Government?
"No one who favors it, wants to be bound by it"..
On Wednesday, the Nevada AFL-CIO passed a resolution declaring that “the unintended consequences of the ACA will lead to the destruction of the 40-hour work week.” That’s quite an accomplishment for a “health” “care” “reform” law. But the poor old union heavies who so supported Obamacare are now reduced to bleating that they should be entitled to the same opt-outs secured by big business and congressional staffers. It’s a very strange law whose only defining characteristic is that no one who favors it wants to be bound by it.
But it also has a broader destabilizing effect: As I noted a couple of weeks ago, at the low end, about 40 percent of Americans now do minimal-skilled service jobs — the ones that, in the wake of Obamacare, are becoming neither full-time nor part-time but kinda-sorta two-thirds-time in order not to impose health-insurance obligations on the employer. In the middle, a similar number of Americans are diverted into those paper-shuffling jobs that do provide health benefits — say, in the “human resources” department of the bureaucracy; the kind of job in which you pass the time calling someone in Idaho to say you need them to fill in a W-9 before you can send them a 1099, or vice versa. And, at the top end, privileged Americans spend six-figure sums acquiring college degrees that admit them to an homogenized elite that tells itself Obamacare makes perfect sense for everyone except them.
Doesn't speak well to the strength of the housing industry, does it?
Other smaller cuts had been made in the past few weeks in various sites around the country, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the changes haven’t been publicly disclosed. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo was the largest employer among U.S. banks at midyear with about 274,000 people.
Wells Fargo has said the bank expects the pace of mortgage lending to slow for the rest of this year as higher interest rates cut into demand for refinancing.
Folks aren't buying homes, and now they aren't refinancing. "Recovery Summer", indeed.
Paper that endorsed Obama now admits his signature legislation is a joke..
Is it a sign your Economy is good when 15% of your citizens get food stamps?
What You were promised v. what You got.. | 2019-04-21T04:13:05Z | https://wherearemykeys.typepad.com/where_are_my_keys/economy/ | Porn | Health | 0.946311 |
livejournal | I’m pretty certain Castle Ross is down in the Killarney area, though I could be wrong and it could be up by Shannon. No, I’m right, I’ve just checked and it is Killarney. Also apparently it’s Ross Castle, not Castle Ross. Oops. :) Anyway, I believe this is one of the restored castles (well, not *this*, this is obviously boats outside of it) and that it was super cool to visit.
I know that Muckross House is down that way too.
There must be a way. Google it? | 2019-04-24T22:36:33Z | https://mizkit.livejournal.com/857437.html | Porn | Reference | 0.428661 |
wired | I am again running an annual book fair for a worthy high school. This year (along with Powells Books) we are helping Ballou High School in Washington DC. I have a post up at GLW explaining how it all works and, most importantly, a video of how empty the school's shelves are. They made the video in January and there were 1,150 books in the library and 1,200 kids in the school - which is less than a book a kid which is, honestly, appalling.
Don't get me started on how I feel about the fact that the librarian has to get people like me to help them fill those shelves.
We have 900+ books on the list which is a mighty big thing and while we've sold more than 400 so far, we have a long haul to go to get them all on the way by the 20th when the fair shuts down. Melissa Jackson, the librarian, doesn't really believe it will happen. We've always sold out before though and I do hope, for her and her students, we can do it again.
This sounds like a cause GeekDads can really get behind. Let's join with Guys Lit Wire and give Ballou Senior High a hand in reaching their goal! | 2019-04-21T01:11:33Z | https://www.wired.com/2011/05/help-guys-lit-wire-fill-library-shelves-at-ballou-senior-high/ | Porn | Kids | 0.864276 |
livejournal | As part of the SHARE A STORY celebration, I am blogging today about new books for tweens that address classic themes. I decided this morning that books about family life probably best met the spirit of SHARE A STORY. So here are 6 books that celebrate all the different ways families play roles in books for tweens. What I love about these books is the diversity of the types of families portrayed: nuclear, extended, foster, but mostly just wonderful and supportive.
In THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE by Jacqueline Kelly, readers meet a 12 year old who has moved to rural Texas with her extended family of six brothers, mother and father and grandfather. Grandad is an amateur naturalist who, along with Callie, discovers a hitherto unknown species of vetch. Callie soon comes to realize that though she would love to become a scientist, society and its conventions might make that dream impossible.
In SAVVY by Ingrid Law, Mibs Beaumont is ready to celebrate her 13th birthday, a momentous one in her family since this is when her special ability, her "savvy" makes itself known. Who knows what the savvy will be? When her father is seriously injured in an accident, Mibs hopes that her savvy will be one that can save his life. She and her brothers begin a journey to the hospital. Along the way, Mibs' savvy becomes more apparent leading to a raucous set ofg adventures and misadventures. Ingrid Law's incredibly inventive use of language begs this one to be read aloud.
Jon Scieszka relates stories (and some tall tales) from his childhood in KNUCKLEHEAD. Growing up in a family of six boys certainly was interesting to say the least. Short chapters and doodles in the margins along iwth the comic book cover assure readers that this will be an enjoyable reading experience. Parents could share stories from their own youth after reading this book with their children and tweens.
THE WILLOUGHBYS by Lois Lowry ups the ante of books such as the Series of Unfortunate Events as readers encounter a family where the children do not really care for their parents and vice versa. The sharp tongue-in-cheek humor is perfect for readers with a well developed sense of humor and will delight adult readers, too. The children send their parents, who are distant and detached, away on a trip around the world hoping they will not return. The parents leave willingly not informing the children that they have put the house up for sale. This slim book sends up many of the poor unfortunate orphan books of my own childhood while providing hilarious twists and turns for even the most jaded readers.
PEACE, LOCOMOTION by Jacqueline Woodson is an award winning sequel that continues with the story of Lonnie Collins Motion. Lonnie and his sister live with two different foster families following the death of their parents in a fire. Lonnie is a budding author who, in a series of letters tells his sister about his memories of their family life and what is happening in his own home now that Lonnie's foster brother has returned home from his tour of Vietnam. Families come in many shapes and sizes, and this book shows the love that grows in families and helps its members address all of the problems they face.
David Almond gives readers an interesting look at a single parent family in MY DAD'S A BIRDMAN. Lizzie's father has entered a competition known as the Great Human Bird Competition. Family members and even outside agencies grow concerned about Dad's fervor (he has even taken to eating worms to get in the spirit of being a bird-man). But Lizzie comes to understand that time together, even trying to fly, is something to be cherished.
Polly Horvath is known for her eccentric characters and unexpected events. MY 100 ADVENTURES is no exception. Jane, 12, longs for a summer of 100 adventures. Be careful what you wish for, Jane. What lies ahead over the summer is a trip in a hot-air balloon dropping Bibles on unsuspecting people below, adventures in a seemingly interminable car ride, and other "adventures" that might lead to a new father in Jane's life.
Families do come in all shapes and sizes and configurations. Readers of this blog know I have a resident of the back bedroom, age 17, one of the 3 grandchildren my husband and I have reared for some time now. I was the child of a single parent family. Defining what one means by family depends upon perspective and experience. Allowing tweens to see all of the variations will, I think, help them develop a broad definition of family.
I am currently reading ("screening") Knuckleheads now and am loving it. It's not one I can read anywhere near my daughter's bedroom when she's supposed to be sleeping, though!
Family is probably the most timeless, bonding theme there is ... thank you for sharing and being part of Share a Story 2010.
I completely agree with you. It's so important for us to incorporate a variety of stories dealing with all types of families into our own and our children's reading. It can prepare you so much for life in general, not to mention what happens when you get married or become involved in a serious relationship. People come from all walks of life, even when they only live miles apart and it's so wonderful to take that in in our reading. Wonderful list and I'm definitely going to have to add a few titles to my TBR pile!
I loved family books as a child, and love them still. Even mildly dysfunctional families like Horrid Henry's have great appeal. Several new ones to me here, thanks! | 2019-04-20T06:40:11Z | https://professornana.livejournal.com/396011.html | Porn | Kids | 0.795263 |
wordpress | Playlist exhibition now in Brussels | Rabato's Game Boy music site.
Playlist exhibition which was hosted at Laboral Centro de Arte in Gijón on December 2009 has itinerated to Brussels and can be seen now at Imal.
Three of my toy DIY instruments are shown there so if you’re around try not to miss it. Lots of other great chiptune artists take part in it too. | 2019-04-24T14:35:20Z | https://rabatomusic.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/playlist-exhibition-now-in-brussels/ | Porn | Arts | 0.924299 |
wordpress | Returning client Harry and Robert were onboard with me on October the 19th to chase king salmon on the river. It had rained the night before, so we had a barometric weather change and a south wind blowing in the morning. We headed out and started fishing when we were maybe half way down and the port side rod got hit but didn’t stick and then about 50 yards later the starboard side went down hard and Robert grabbed the rod and we soon had our first fish of the day in the boat, unfortunately that was it for the day, we did have a couple more quick grabs but nothing stuck. A tough day fishing for sure. Thanks again guys. | 2019-04-21T14:27:17Z | https://goldcountryfishingguide.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/sacramento-river-king-salmon-10-19-2017/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.665822 |
wordpress | The art of anger and loud screaming, without anyone or anything to stop them. Forgetting that the other person has feelings because your pride and ego trump even the bonds and loyalty of the relationship. No one takes accountability for their actions and points the finger away without accepting that an issue between 2 people is exactly that. A problem that those individuals contributed to and created. The ugly experiment gone wrong…“Frankenstein!” comes to life and brings chaos to everyone within distance.
Love can induce the best high you’ve ever experienced or it can feel like I would imagine as the shock and pain of a parachute failure before crash landing back down to the reality of gravity hitting the Earth.
I thought I knew how to explain my feelings and get my point across. I feel myself sometimes on the brink of insanity. I’ve held so much pain inside along with new wounds being pierced through my heart and soul. I try so hard to keep it together and not let that dark side of me come to surface. I can’t let the shadow take over my spirit and pull me deep into the dark where the sun no longer can grace me with its light and soulful energy. The mind has capabilities of creating enormous evil. Sit in the dark with scars on your heart you will see what I mean.
I went and talked my therapist today to try and deal with some anger issues that I have. I have noticed that I have had issues with my attitude and anger as of late which I need help with. She told me to stop being so hard on myself. Everyone makes mistakes, it’s just having to learn from them. I can’t hold on to feelings of resentment and things from my past. I’m going to continue to write on this blog. It seems a good place to have release of my stress and it leaves me with the ability to have reflection of the growth (or not)that I make. I also need to learn to find a happy medium to reduce my stress and live in the present moment. She spoke of this present second being all we have at the moment so we need to be thriving and worrying about our immediate issues now. Don’t dwell in the past and don’t get to anxious for the future. I hope with her help I can pull the pieces together. I made my next appointment to see her soon. | 2019-04-25T14:01:06Z | https://tboisuites.wordpress.com/category/riding-the-wave/ | Porn | Health | 0.624091 |
sfgate | GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The first time Christian Kirk returned a punt in college, he took it back for a touchdown. He almost did it again on his first touch in the NFL.
"I was thinking to myself `It's happening again,'" the speedy Arizona rookie said.
He slipped making a move, against the punter (a former college teammate) no less, but the 38-yard return set up a touchdown drive in the first-team offense's only series of the game, and the Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Chargers 24-17 in their preseason opener on Saturday night.
Rookie Josh Rosen completed 6 of 13 passes for 41 yards in his Arizona debut, playing the whole first half after the opening series.
"There's a lot of things he's going to be able to learn and grow from off this first game, watching the tape," Cardinals first-year coach Steve Wilks said. "We expect him to get better, along with myself and everybody else."
Geno Smith, battling Cardale Jones for the backup job behind the Chargers' Philip Rivers, completed 14 of 23 passes for 218 yards, including a 47-yard touchdown throw to Geremy Davis . He was intercepted once.
"At some point, I want to know what we have in Cardale Jones," coach Anthony Lynn said. "He came into this league and he's never really been given a legitimate opportunity, in my opinion. I want to give him that opportunity."
Kirk, Arizona's second-round draft pick out of Texas A&M, took the Chargers' early punt and broke free . He might have taken it all the way had he not slipped trying to make a move against Los Angeles punter Drew Kaser, Kirk's teammate at Texas A&M.
Kirk probably could have run right past Kaser.
"I gave him the benefit of the doubt, thought he could run a little bit," Kirk joked.
"He thought I was going to keep running, too. It's definitely disappointing, obviously, when you think you had an opportunity to get in the end zone, especially on my first touch."
Arizona's David Johnson reeled off a pair of 14-yard runs on the first two plays, his only carries of the night, and rookie Chase Edmonds scored on fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line. Edmonds was hit behind the line of scrimmage but used a second effort to barely stretch the ball over the goal line.
Sam Bradford, making his debut as Arizona's starting quarterback, directed the scoring drive in his Cardinals debut but mostly handed the ball off. He completed his only pass for 6 yards.
Charles Kanoff, an undrafted rookie out of Princeton, threw a 14-yard TD pass to Bryce Williams for the go-ahead score with 10:06 to play. The game ended when Chargers QB Nic Shimonek was tackled at the Arizona 2-yard line.
Arizona was 0 for 11 on third-down conversions.
"I think I did some good things and some bad things," Rosen said.
Los Angeles left tackle Russell Okung raised his right first during the national anthem.
Okung stood behind the rest of the players, who had lined up on the sideline. He was the only player on either side to protest visibly.
Okung is a member of the executive committee of the NFL players' union.
Los Angeles turned the ball over four times, three times on fumbles and once on an interception.
The Chargers also were penalized 15 times for 155 yards. Arizona had one turnover and 11 penalties for 110 yards.
"You could tell it was definitely preseason week one," Lynn said. "It was too sloppy."
Chargers: are home against the Seattle Seahawks next Saturday night.
Cardinals: play at New Orleans on Friday night. | 2019-04-25T22:20:11Z | http://stats.sfgate.com/fb/recap.asp?g=20180811022 | Porn | Sports | 0.608001 |
wordpress | The Doctor is acting more strangely than usual, pondering the mathematical coordinates of zero. The Tardis seems to be behaving in a far more sentient fashion than normal. And Leela, still learning from her children’s fairytales, does not question when a paintbrush mysteriously materializes…and the objects she paints seem to turn real?
Why has the Tardis stopped? What is the Point of Stillness? And why are imaginary childhood friends returning to pay The Doctor a visit?
On one level this is a simple story of revenge, with mad Timelady Marianna (Stephanie Cole) returning from a long exile within the very heart of the Tardis to wreak vengeance upon her homeworld of Gallifrey for their long ago betrayal.
But layered into all this is a sort of children’s book illogic that defies more clearcut and rational discourse. Much like certain televised Who scripts over the years (think Barry Letts and Robert Sloman’s Planet of the Spiders or Christopher Bailey’s Kinda), it taps into Buddhist jiggery pokery, hallucinogenic drug-incuded psychedelia, mystic arcana and a general feel of borderline schizophrenia that brings the pre-verbal, pre-realist undefined borderless fantasyland of childhood into a more sinister adult iteration.
There’s also a more central theoretical scientific theme going on, referencing the properties of zero (or the dimensions of nothingness, if you prefer) and tapping into theoretical physics of black holes and the Big Bang…but it all comes out far more Terrence McKenna than Isaac Asimov, more Carlos Castenada than Stephen Hawking in the end.
Regardless of the success or failure of the story per se, it continues to be an absolute pleasure to rejoin the Tom Baker Doctor and Jameson’s Leela in their monthly travels. In fact, it’s often one of the true highlights of the Big Finish oeuvre in that respect, with their warm banter and, given their relations in the days of the teleseries, surprisingly affectionate interplay offering perhaps the most human of relationships across the many lines the company provides.
Whether the childish (or Zen-like?) inanity of much of the actual script detracts from that centrality or no, I leave to the listener to decide.
But as a first time at bat? I’m giving a slightly grudging nod to Jameson and look forward to what she manages to come up with next time around. | 2019-04-25T22:30:52Z | https://thirdeyecinema.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/audio-drama-review-doctor-who-fourth-doctor-adventures-the-abandoned/ | Porn | Reference | 0.462224 |
yahoo | Are Republicans right, will scraps from the corporate master’s table be able to buy enough votes to keep them power for 2 more years?
If it takes 60 votes to change or eliminate the filibuster rule, how did the Republicans manage the SCOTUS change?
Why is the most powerful military on earth still fighting ground wars?
If the idea is to hunt down and kill the enemy before they kill us, is it really necessary to provide the enemy with easier targets?
Why don’t Senate Republicans want to eliminate the filibuster rule completely?
If they did, they could “do what is best for America”, without Democrat obstruction.
Do cons whining about the Democrats shutting down the government know that Republicans can end the filibuster rule with a simple majority?
If the Democrats can’t filibuster, they can’t do 💩. Senate rule changes only require 51 votes. They eliminated the filibuster for SCOTUS, now if they finish the job they can run America “the right” way.
Same question again, why haven’t the “adult” Republicans spanked the obstructionist Democrats by ending the filibuster yet?
Republicans keep telling us America is with them, and they can fix what Obama broke, but wasted a year being blocked at every turn by the “America hating” liberals. How much longer will they make America suffer?
Isn’t it amazing that cons are willing to allow a gvmnt shutdown if they don’t get funding for a wall Trump said Mexico would pay for?
I say allow because Republicans can end the filibuster anytime and the threat ends with it.
Why haven’t the noble, patriotic, Republicans ended the threat of the evil socialist Democrat filibuster for the good of the country?
Surely they are not afraid of losing it forever? America has spoken.
After 8 years of incessant whining from the “fiscally conservative” Republicans, why didn’t they balance the budget?
Obviously they could not eliminate the massive debt, but surely they could eliminate the deficit. After all the tax cuts they passed, they did without Democrats.
Why didn’t Republicans simply the tax code like they said they would?
Wouldn’t cutting all federal tax brackets in half and eliminating the deductions and loopholes have done a better job? Include return free filing, and you would save even more time and trouble.
If cutting corporate tax is good for business as Republicans claim, then why didn’t they eliminate them entirely?
Surely that would grow the economy way faster, according to their theory.
Republicans have total control of the House and Senate and the White House, why is there still a deficit?
You would think the “fiscally responsible adults” would make that a priority.
Are the cons who have been “worrying” about Democrats winning elections relieved after New Jersey and Virginia?
Why hasn’t Trump destroyed ISIS like he promised?
Politics: A neutral non-ideology based question. Why do individuals believe they represent the group as a whole?
Pundits , demagogues, and John or Jane Q Public, speak as though they speak for their friends, religion, political groups, city, county, state and the entire country. Where does it come from?
Politics: Do the cons know that the flag lapel pins politicians wear, violate the flag code?
Are the flag worshipping cultists (patriots) going to start boycotting all businesses that “disrespect the flag” by violating the flag code?
Anyone else spot the irony of Tommi Lahren calling anyone else a “snowflake”?
I only catch her rants when they hit my Facebook page, but she seems to spend her “final thought” railing about liberals like Kaepernick, who hurt her feelings.
Politics: Why do trolls in this section feel it is America's job to solve other countries problems or fight their wars for them?
At least one poster wanted to know how many missile North Korea fired over Japanese air space before we should "stop them". Isn't that Japan's job?
Politics: Which do you think is the motivating ideology behind the NFL not hiring Kaepernick, patriotism, or capitalism?
Would Kaepernick have already been signed for another ridiculous some of money, if not for taking that knee during the anthem? | 2019-04-24T01:04:32Z | https://ph.answers.yahoo.com/activity/questions?show=X4CZSV5ML4CCB7SSQLKDSTU3IE&t=g | Porn | Business | 0.398346 |
pbase | Excellent gallery! The babies are sooooo cute!
Cute and fun does not get much better..Really nice collection here.
Ohhh this is a most cute gallery I've ever seen! Very beautiful! My big Vote!
just beautiful - I have enjoyed your gallery very much.
Excellent gallery, but a shame they will only survive in zoo,s in the future.Not only do they have to contend with global warming but in Canada also trophy hunters who come up from the USA, pay around 35,000 dollars to hunt down these creatures.They then drag their trophies back into the USA with the permission of the US goverment.Funny when polar bear huntinmg is banned in Alaska.But the best one is that they can also claim their wild animal trophies on tax..SICK SICK!!!
Love this collection. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful gallery with beautiful shots which show us a lot about these bears.
This has got to be the cutest gallery ever! :) They are so precious, thanks for sharing them with us.
Exciting gallery! Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful gallery Erich. I really like your shots.
How can we imagine that one of those cuties can kill us in one second !
Fabulous stuff, they're unbelievably cute.
WHat a wonderful heartwarming gallery. The cubs are just so cute!
What a wonderful gallery ! I never saw that !
Who could resist these photos?? Wonderful gallery!
This is one of the most enjoyable galleries on PBase! Terrific shots! Voted.
Very nice gallery. Lovely polar bears!.
What a fabulous gallery. Well done.
these are a beautiful set of images of which you must be so proud of, well done!!
Fabulous sequence of photos. Lovely to see them as small cubs and then as mischievous youngsters.
So,I voted for the Gallery as for every pic.Love this Gal.
these r sooo cute!! polar bears rock!
These are gr8 for my polar bear project ty!
ur bear pics are so cute! i have my own polar bear! its a teddy tho!
i loved the baby polar bear pictures im using them for my endangered species project.
polar bears are more cute than any other animal alive or dead! i love them so much and i could just go up and cuddle one if i ever saw one. I LOVE THEM!!!!!
these pics are so cute... and i just love they way you captured the bears playing!
the polar bears are very cute they act like humans.
i love how cute the polar bear cubs are! i wish they were pets!
These polar bears are the cutest ever! I love them so much!
i think this is the cutest thing ever and i hope these little guys and their mother have a great healthy life and they are never harmed. i wish these animals would have a chance to be wild but if they do their mother will have to leave them because she has been raised in captivity.
I love these pictures! The polar bears are SO cute. Just think if you had one they'ed be so fuzzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are so cuite! I could die for them!!!!! They are my favorite animal!!!!!!! I call them my BABES!!!!!!!
they are the most gorgeus creatures on earth.
these pics are shoooo shweeeeet...and in fact i jus' love polar bears...:)lolz.
very good pictures of these beautiful creatures, although it would make feel happier if they were in their natural habitat. good job!
thank you for the work you obviously put into this. look forward to seeing updates in the future. maybe other species can get this kind of attention, i think it would help in saving some of them.
they aer so cute and i hope you get more great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the way you captures these wonderful polar bears.
hats off to the photographer for the cracking shots . But not forgetting the keepers for encouraging this new life .
I just wanted to say thank you so much for all the polar bear pics. I am making a scrap book because I love polar bears. These are so adorable as I didn't have many cub pictures. Keep up the tremendous work and thanks again.
the polar bear pictures are cute!!
awwwww!!we love it sooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!! the are sooooooooo cute!!!!
OH MY GOD THEY ARE SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is such a cute website because of all the baby bears! now it makes me want my very own baby bear to hold, cuddle and love!
Oh my gosh these pictures are very cute and they jus' put a smile on your face!
Nice gallery to have fun watchin those cute cubs.
I was hoping to see some bears mauling people...yet again i am disappointed.
Danke für die unterhaltsame Galerie!
I've been back a lot. This gallery makes me happy. Thanks Erich.
Ohh, this is such a marvelous gallery. Thank you for sharing!
Polar bears are cool. Baby polar bears even more so. And the way you've captured them, even more than that. Props!
Very cute pics! Thanks for posting them.
A wonderful gallery! Thank you for sharing!
Great Gallery, what a cool subject to shoot.
Awesome shots, Erich! Absolutely LOVE the second one with the 2 sleeping cubs!!! Well done, my friend!
Very good bear pics, Erich! I came and voted. I do not like zoos but these cubs are proof that sometimes they help.
Awesome!. Something not seen often.
ganz süss. Nächstes Mal komme mit :) ich liebe Eisbären!
I love these guys, thanks for sharing. You've got my vote.
Very nice gallery Erich, gets my votes. How much did you have to pay them to pose like this?
excellent gallery. i feel as though i were there with you.
Ich habe den festen Eindruck,sie fühlen sich bärenwohl bei uns in Wien,in ihrer angestammten Heimat müßten sie sich jetzt doch nur anstrengen,eine Fettschicht zu erarbeiten,hier können sie "spielen"... ;))) Ausgesprochen gelungene Fotos!
Impossible de choisir une photo plus qu'une autre tant elles sont toutes superbes. Cadrages soignés,lumière impeccable, et un sujet magnifiquement beau. C'est un plaisir de découvrir ces photos.
Wonderful images of animals that we don't often get to see at this age. Thanks!
Soooo cute! I just love this gallery!
Leider fotografiere ich selbst nicht, aber ich habe noch nirgends solche Eisbärbilder gesehen. Einfach HERRLICH !!!
Auch Ihre anderen Galerien sind einfach sehenswert. | 2019-04-21T16:05:11Z | https://www.pbase.com/erichmangl/polarbear | Porn | Arts | 0.116242 |
salon | "That's a question I'll have to determine after my attorneys have some discussion," Stone told the "This Week" anchor on Sunday, according to ABC News. "If there is wrongdoing, I know of none, but if there is, I would testify honestly."
Later during the interview, Stephanopolous asked Stone if he had "ever had any conversations with the president during the campaign or since the campaign about Russia or the Mueller investigation?"
Stone denied any wrongdoing: "None whatsoever. Categorically... Zero. Zero."
"I think the way I was treated on Thursday is extraordinary. I think the American people need to hear about it," Stone told Stephanopolous.
He also claimed that the shock and awe tactics used by the FBI agents who arrested him was "an attempt to poison the jury pool." This aggressive response to being arrested was foreshadowed when Stone spoke to reporters outside a courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Friday and said that he had been "falsely accused."
Trump has also taken an aggressive stance toward the criminal justice system in light of the criminal charges against Stone, which included accusations that he had lied to the Senate Intelligence Committee, obstructed justice and engaged in witness tampering.
"Greatest Witch Hunt in the History of our Country! NO COLLUSION! Border Coyotes, Drug Dealers and Human Traffickers are treated better. Who alerted CNN to be there?" Trump tweeted on Friday.
On Saturday, the president tweeted that "if Roger Stone was indicted for lying to Congress, what about the lying done by Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Lisa Page & lover, Baker and soooo many others? What about Hillary to FBI and her 33,000 deleted Emails? What about Lisa & Peter’s deleted texts & Wiener’s laptop? Much more!"
Later that day Trump posted a pair of tweets which argued, "CBS reports that in the Roger Stone indictment, data was 'released during the 2016 Election to damage Hillary Clinton.' Oh really! What about the Fake and Unverified 'Dossier,' a total phony conjob, that was paid for by Crooked Hillary to damage me and the Trump Campaign? What about all of the one sided Fake Media coverage (collusion with Crooked H?) that I had to endure during my very successful presidential campaign. What about the now revealed bias by Facebook and many others. Roger Stone didn’t even work for me anywhere near the Election!"
He later added, "WITCH HUNT!" Stone seemed to reinforce that message with an Instagram post on Saturday which characterized the Mueller probe into him as a "nothingburger." | 2019-04-25T23:46:41Z | https://www.salon.com/2019/01/27/roger-stone-tells-this-week-that-he-might-cooperate-with-robert-mueller/?fbclid=IwAR2KOGzdOiyEwCfYMefiKyB-QE5l5dJkB_YYf6DNBIsC55c2_hRJl3kT45Y | Porn | News | 0.869141 |
wordpress | Did Tory delegation see Republican delegates throw peanuts at a black camerawoman?
You know the old saying – “A man is known by the company he keeps” ?
So why have the Conservative Party sent an official delegation to the US Republican convention?
Of course they love Mitt’s plan to reduce taxes for the richest 1% while cutting universal healthcare and welfare for the poorest if he becomes President. We know they love it because the Tories are doing exactly the same here.
But to be fair, the Tory delegation must surely be starting to get an idea what the Republicans are like. Especially after yesterday, when some of the Republican delegates threw peanuts at a black CNN camerawoman and called her an animal.
Disappointingly though, even after that event, the UK Conservatives were not at all put off by such an insignificant display of racism and are still there enjoying the hospitality of their sister party in the US.
And talking of sister parties, next week Conservative Party Co-Chair Lady Warsi is to speak at an event of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists – the grouping the Tories belong to in the EU parliament along with their allies the Polish Law and Justice Party and the Czech Civic Democratic Party as well as a few other assorted nuts.
We’ve all heard about some of the controversies surrounding the Tory’s allies in the new grouping – with their climate-change denying, anti-gay, SS celebrating ideas.
But I wonder if Lady Warsi knows about the Polish Law and Justice MP who gave a speech in the Polish parliament saying that Barack Obama’s inauguration as US president would mean the end of the civilization of the white man?
Considering Lady Warsi’s ethnicity, maybe someone should tell her.
So she at least knows what kind of people she’s going to be talking to and sharing aperitifs with next week.
An excellent article you’ve linked to there Sue. Scary actually.
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wordpress | #1. We train llamas here. Oh Yes We Do.
The Llama Rendezvous and Drive-In took place here in the park. Every year the Back Country Llama Association – a group specifically dedicated to llama packing – and Rattlesnake Ridge Ranch, a breeding ranch specializing in pack llamas and llama rescue, sponsor a gathering of working llamas.
This year the event was hosted by Hidden Oaks Llama Ranch in Estacada, Oregon. Pack llamas, cart llamas and working llamas of all types gathered with their handlers to learn together and educate others and have fun. How can you NOT have fun with dozens of Llamas in the house (or park in this case…).
These llamas don’t just hang out and look pretty – these suckers work. They were here today to go through their paces – endurance, stamina, skills – tested during field trials staged in a realistic packing environment.
Extreme – the Derek Jeters (athletes) of the llama world.
The llamas and their human companions were here going through the trials and getting practice on the horse obsticle course. Once the trials were finished, they had a llama happy hour in the field surrounding the horse course.
I wish I had one of these suckers on grocery day. And trips back from wineries.
#2. Lake Estacada is overshadowed by a dam that resembles a Stephen King Prison.
There’s a spot in the park, above where the wacky kayakers paddle, and it’s beautiful and dangerous-looking like a certain notorious jail. There’s wildlife, there’s sunshine, there’s a bit of a current – but nothing you can’t swim against once you get downstream. And then there’s this huge dam. It’s industrial, and towering, and ominous . How does it connect to the raging water below?
You feel like you’re on a sound stage, or standing at the base of a hard-to-escape insane asylum. Walking up to it from the river, you pass these small water-carved pools full of churning pine needles – why? Unreal things happen here, like steelhead the size of my thigh (and let me promise you, that’s huge!) jumping straight out of the water.
It’s weird and quiet, apart from the rush of the water – or a random yelp from fish-catching excitement. It’s nature and industry all balled up together in one wartime package.
Milo McIver is home to one of the few nursery colonies in the state for a special type of bat – the rare Townsend’s big-eared bat, which looks as amusing as it sounds. It’s listed as a sensitive species in Oregon.
Park staff discovered the bats living at Milo McIver about 15 years ago. Each summer, female big-eared bats gather to roost in a weathered horse barn that was once part of an old homestead— fruit and nut trees still grow in the surrounding meadow. PS – we are hoping those fruits and nuts are growing while we are here!
Today, the meadow and the barn are a home for six different types of bats, including the little brown bat and the big brown bat. Bats aren’t able to bore holes in wood or make nests, so they find tree branches, caves or man-made structures where they can roost. A barn is an ideal place for bats to raise their young because it stays warm and dry throughout the rainy winter. As many as 70-80 bats have lived in the barn during the summers. The park’s bat housing options expanded when Eagle Scouts built eight bat houses on posts for the animals.
Don & I are in charge of counting bats. Wish us luck!
Summer of 1970, tens of thousands of people converged at Milo Macin for “Vortex 1”. This “biodegradable festival of life” celebrated freedom — freedom from violence, from drug laws and from clothes. It also served as an elaborate ploy to lure young people away from Portland. And to this day, Vortex remains America’s only large-scale rock festival ever sponsored by a Republican (yes – you read that right!) governor. Sure he would not have been welcomed by the Tea Party today. Oh No!
Summer, 1970. Richard Nixon was president and the Vietnam War raged on. The preceding months had seen the shooting of war protesters at Kent State University and the beating of demonstrators in Portland. Now anti-war activists were planning to converge on Portland during an American Legion convention. The FBI was forecasting 50,000 people and a violent outcome.
Vortex I is the only state-sponsored rock festival in U.S. history. It was a diversion to lure young people away from planned — and potentially violent — anti-war protests at an American Legion convention in Portland. And it succeeded.
The festival took place at Milo McIver. Some now-unknown person created the name “Vortex I: A Biodegradable Festival of Life,” and it stuck. And many people came. Estimates range from 30,000 to 100,000.
PS – The Park is hosting a Vortex Anniversary Celebration August 9 -with live music and tie-die for adults. Really!
One Example? The Indian Pipe – aka ghost or corpse plant- which is a lazy little thing.
It doesn’t make its own food like most other plants and gets its food from other organisms. Indian Pipe has zero chlorophyll necessary for photosynthesis to make it’s own food with sunligh – with no need for true leaves with are replaced with small scales on the stem. One of the few plants that able to live in the darkest areas of the forest. Welcome to Milo!
The roots of the Indianpipe connect with the underground elements of a fungus. It does not stop there – that fungus needs to have other mycelia attached to the roots of a tree. The fungus provides the tree with certain minerals it has absorbed from the soil. The tree supplies sugars to the fungus. A whole circle of life thing going on.
Fungus has absorbed some sugar from the tree, the Indianpipe rips off sugar from the fungus. What does the fungus and/or the tree get from the Indianpipe? Zippy.
MIlo Mac has these – and other rare plants – on its numerouse hiking & horse trails.
#5+ Bonus Weird Thing: It has the best Kayak Program in the Oregon State Park System!
Led by Ranger Andrew Brainard and his two slacking assistants, the Park offers kayak tours every Monday, Thursday & Sunday (early morning on Sunday, so no parties Saturday Night). Ranger Brainard takes his yakers on a two-hour tour of Estacada Lake, showing the highlights of the lake and discussing local history as well as flora & fauna.
Due to the success of the 2013 program, the park expanded the 2014 kayak tours offered to the public to three per week – maybe more, depending on demand. Come in costume for a extra-special experience! (joking here).
Come Experience the Weird and Not-Weird at Milo Mac! | 2019-04-21T14:24:10Z | https://winecoastersblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/milo-mciver-state-park-weirdness/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.860037 |
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No matter where you live I just want to send my gratitude to everyone!
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Thankful for mildly conditional love…..
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Truly the greatest thing in life!
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If you woke up today be thankful….
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The art of training to our maximum ability and having a family is a tight rope that many of us have to walk on a daily basis. I am the primary caregiver (aka stay at home dad) of all things domestic in my home with my amazing wife, 3 little boys, 5 chickens, and 1 dachshund being the focus of my daily routine and responsibilities. I am truly blessed to be able to have this life and love every minute of it! I gained a ton of time this year now that 2 out of the 3 are in school, which leave the 2 year old and I to ride around town on our beach cruiser. The grocery store, the gym, and any other errands that need to be handled we take the bike, its a sweet life for both of us. Then we meet the older boys at the bus stop with their scooters and roll home, its very important that we instill the need for physical activity into children while they are young. the boys are also about 95% plant based with the 5% coming outside the home when they are able to make their own decisions and I would say most of those choices are vegetarian. They are three of the happiest little boys I know!
My family dictates the time I train, my training never dictates the time with my family. I do take my training extremely important and have purpose in every workout I do, because I never know when I may be pulled away from the next session. So what’s my weekly workout schedule? Well here we go….. Monday thru Friday I get up at 5:30ish in the morning and get what I like to call my, money in the bank, runs they are never more then 3 miles and intensity is based on feel. With this 25 minutes I know that I at least have put in that minimal amount of work for the day. Then there is my, on paper training schedule, that consists of Tuesday thru Thursday night runs after the boys go to bed between 4 and 12 miles depending on the difficulty of the week (2 hard to 1 easy). I try to get to the gym at least twice a week for a spin class on Wednesdays and Fridays just for more intensity in my training with out any real impact on my legs or body in general. Plus the class gives me a chance to interact with other adults and Carolyn the instructor is awesome; so I feel like I’m playing more then getting in a workout in. It’s important to keep playing no matter how old we are. Now the weekends are when I put in the real “work.” Saturdays are the big days. My most recent long run was 28 miles. I usually try to get out of the house by six so I can be home by 10:30 for Saturday Night Live and/or a movie with my special lady. Sundays are big breakfast and the day everyone is home and we can really enjoy the day. I squeeze in an easy 10 miler at some point usually at night or when everyone is vegging out in the middle of the day. This formula will be tested on race day in two weeks and if it works, awesome. If it doesn’t work, we go back to the drawing board. At the end of the day a 7, 5, and 2 year old don’t care, they just know dad stinks and will walk funny for the next few days. My wife has been through all this before and knows what to say and more importantly what not to say if things don’t go as planned. She knows not to take anything personal and that if had to choose between racing and my family, 1000 times out of 1000 my family wins. I’m extremely blessed to have the life I have and I never take it for granted.
Its important to instill health into all children not only by words but by action, don’t expect kids to buy into anything that you don’t.
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Ive got the computer setup and oh man it is AWESOME! Its like going from a 13 inch tv to a 65 inch in HD!
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wordpress | I suppose the last day of the year is a time for reflection on what has passed and looking forward to a new start but I’m not going to do that. It’s been a year I’m happy to put behind us. Yes, there’s been plenty of good but there has also been heartache. I would rather concentrate on the now.
It will likely be a quiet New Year’s Eve for us. Kristen and the kids will probably not be here as she’s come down with some kind of bug. I’ll try to stay up until midnight to help ring in the new year but, realistically, I rarely stay up that late. Part of today will be spent making olie bollen (fritters) and I may make some soap but I’m not even sure about that yet.
I do know I will be doing some knitting… have already, in fact. John’s cardigan is coming along, if slowly. The back is finished and I’m working on the fronts simultaneously, sort of. I started with the right side and have it almost to the armhole shaping. Then I decided it would be a good idea to work on the left side as well, and get it to the same point, then work the shaping at the same time. That way, the shaping will be the same, at the same time.
Incidentally, the soap making thing? It’s really coming along. I’ve been making, and selling, quite a bit of soap. Christmas, it seems, is a good time for soap sales. This week, I even made shaving soap… real, use a brush, soft, creamy, shaving soap. It’s awesome!
Anyway, I need to get this day going. To all of you, from all of us, we wish you a very happy 2016. I’ll borrow an image, posted by an online friend, that perfectly describes what I wish for all of you. | 2019-04-22T20:26:09Z | https://stringthingstwo.wordpress.com/tag/happy-new-year/ | Porn | Reference | 0.152284 |
wordpress | I look around quite frequently and realize that stuff is still quite a mess. You are definitely not alone there.
Just remember that I’m here for you, girl. Let’s work on that schedule more. | 2019-04-22T06:08:55Z | https://insanctum.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/what-a-mess/ | Porn | Reference | 0.376155 |
wordpress | The wait is over! Kindle owners now have the option to download ebooks from the library’s digital collection.
Visit our website: http://digital.rochesterpubliclibrary.org/ to browse our collection, download books, and to view tutorials on how it all works.
Find out how to check out free eBooks for your eBook Readers (such as the Nook and Sony Reader) and downloadable audiobooks from the library’s collection. Register online, at the first-floor Fiction, Movies and Music desk or by calling 507-328-2305.
With all the excitement about several long trips and filling the Kindle with things to read, I have downloaded many books. As in MANY books. The vast majority were free books, but not the classics (I do have an archive of some of my favourites which I return to often). This time I found several titles of Zane Grey that I recall nearly verbatim! (My father is an avid western reader and we shared quite a few authors; I have also seen many a cowboy movie!) Then there were several of my favourites by Gene Stratton Porter – I was so thrilled when these were re-issued a few years ago thinking more people would read them. Nearly a local author! (Wisconsin, but also with an ecological message). I suppose in a way they were the Romance novels that I read, not being exposed to the Harlequin kind. Further back in time, I was astonished to find Thornton W Burgess on the Kindle! Old Mother West Wind stories. Reddy Fox, Old Mr Toad, and so many other long lost friends. I am definitely looking forward to becoming reacquainted with them after 40+ years! I have started to think of other books to look up too = some of my earliest scifi for example – John Wyndham. Anya Seton.
And then of course, there is the use of the iPad with the Kindle app. Trying to find ONE device that will function as lightweight portability to read, listen, access, etc. I hate to confess that I love the slide on the iPad instead of the Kindle. Most especially when reading non-fiction, or when re-reading old familiar tales. I was appalled at myself to be in the comfort of my own home, reading the Kindle though. Back to my books! I have so many that need reading! So many books have recently been published! Yet another list of 20… More details/reviews later!
I went into the Rochester Public Library yesterday to pick up several books (from my online search, after the first few chapters on Kindle), and walked out with an armload. There were SO many new arrivals, fabulous displays (especially the wall of new additions to the collection, with most of the books facing out), and the carts of books that have just been returned……that I added another 5 books to my arm for checkout. I can only hope the weather keeps me indoors for a couple of days 😉 4 books in one series, a completely new author (French! historical fiction), a continuation of another series. I don’t know which one to read first! You will find the reviews here next week!
Another book by Diana Norman which I had recommended previously, Taking Liberties, has a prequel “A Catch of Consequence” which includes one of the characters I was so curious about in Taking Liberties. No one seems to have that book, so it will become a Kindle order! I wish the Library had more of her titles; again in one of my last book clubs we were passing around her other series The Mistress of the Art of Death. Find them all full of wonderful historical detail.
Which brings me to one I am very excited about, but again, can’t figure out why the library doesn’t have this one either! Lauren Belfer “A Fierce Radiance” – which concerns the trial and error during WWII of making penecillin a useful antibiotic. After its discovery years before, no one could figure out how to make it available for ‘production’/ treatments. And with so many people injured in Pearl Harbor and the coming war, the need was enormous. The main character is a woman who lost her child to a staph infection; she is now a photographer and is assigned to document the scientfic process of trying to save patients/learn how to administer the drug. The writing was absolutely breathtaking, the characters were fascinating within the first chapter, and it is top on my list to read! It has been 10 years since her last book The City of Light about Buffalo NY. Her research is meticulous and the stories are intricate, believable, heartwarming and tragic.
I think I have found another fun series of (probably) victorian romance – by Deanna Raybourn. I could tell from the first few chapters that Silent on the Moor had a prequel, but it appears there are at least 5 of them! They were classified as mysteries, but the writing style felt more like Amanda Quick or Stephanie Lauren. They all have ladies who are free thinkers, acting against the constraints of society and with moral consciences. If the temperatures get back into the 90s I have something light to read! | 2019-04-26T08:57:38Z | https://friends4rpl.wordpress.com/tag/kindle/ | Porn | Arts | 0.095592 |
wordpress | This website is a brief presentation of my scientific and academic work. It will be regurly updated to unsure the best accuracy. If you want to contact me, please email me to nuno.m.reis@ipleiria.pt or through any of the other contacts on the side bar.
PhD in Management from University of Coimbra (2017). I hold a previous BSc in Management (2008) by the School of Technology and Management – Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and a BA in Foreign Languages Applied to Business (2004) by the Portuguese Catholic University. I am currently an Assistant professor at the School of Technology and Management – Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and a researcher at CARME – Centre of Applied Research on Management and Economics.
I have co-authored several textbooks in portuguese about several issues in management. For a brief presentation (in portuguese), please visit the Livros page.
In the Publicações page, I present a brief outline of my CV. For an online version, you may visit my Google Scholar profile.
The Media page lists (and links when possible) some media articles I have written (in portuguese) over the years. | 2019-04-19T10:18:40Z | https://nunorreis.wordpress.com/english/ | Porn | Business | 0.973255 |
livejournal | Unfortunately this stunt seems to be pulled every few years. It's old enough I don't remember the names, but this pattern of buying a ton of art and then charge backs/claiming stolen accounts is one I've seen a couple times.
They always claim to be kids, but sometimes I wonder if that's just an excuse to make them seem less guilty. | 2019-04-20T04:59:13Z | https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/941838.html?thread=32821518 | Porn | Arts | 0.891984 |
wordpress | I’ve been reading a lot of top 10 lists lately and I decided I want to do one of my own.
My other major hobby besides reading and writing….is listening to music.
So I was thinking of the Top 10 Songs that I have listened to the most of my life.
3) The Lovers: Alexander O’Neal (Alexander O’Neal is my favorite R & B singer of all time. The Hearsay album is a classic and I have worn this song out over the years.
5) My Life: Mary J. Blige I must admit I’m not a huge Mary J. Blige fan. But she gets deep on this song and I have listen to it a lot over the years.
6) Consider Me Gone: Sting I always Sting and the Police and this is song on his Dream of the Blue Turtles CD is the one I have listened to the most.
7) Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You): Stevie Wonder This is my favorite Stevie Wonder song. It’s a beautiful song. Stevie is incredible!
8) It Never Rains in Southern California: Tony Toni Tone One of my favorite bands as well. I love listening to this song. Simple and elegant.
9) Hotel California: The Eagles A surprise! I’m not a huge Eagles fan…but this is a great song. I played it several times last week going to work.
10) Cantaloupe Island: Herbie Hancock: I love jazz and this is a great song to listen to.
Honorable Mention: Friend of God: Israel and the New Breed. My favorite worship song.
There’s my list….what about yours!
Those lyrics are some of my favorites from Bill Withers. He is my favorite singer (along with Sade) in music. That’s interesting since he hasn’t release any music since 1985. Wow!!
Lean on Me, Lovely Day, Grandma’s Hands, Use Me, Who Is He (And What Is He To You), and Ain’t No Sunshine are some of the many classics that Bill Withers provided to his fans in a short window of time.
His music is emotional, stirring, soothing, and refreshing. In today’s What-Have-You-Done-For-Me-Lately culture, its so nice and incredible that we have a musician’s work that has and will continue to stand test of time.
I believe the key to Bill Withers’ music is his simplicity and ability to tell a story. He has songs of love won and lost(Lovely Day, Use Me, & Who Is He And What Is He To You), a parent’s love (I’m Her Daddy), the power and influence of a Grandma (Grandma’s Hands), and friendship (Lean on Me). Those subjects will always interest people from here to the end of time.
For anyone who is not familiar with his music, please download a few of his songs from iTunes or look him on Youtube and I will assure that you become a fan.
There has been no one like Sade on the pop music scene in the last 25 years.
With hits like Smooth Operator, Your Love is King, The Sweetest Taboo, Love is Stronger than Pride, Paradise, No Ordinary Love, Cherish the Day, By Your Side, and her most recent hit, Solider of Love, Sade has blazed her own trail in modern music.
I will write I’m one of her biggest fans. I know there are some of you that will dispute my claim. I’m okay with that. But, she has been my favorite female singer hands down.
Unlike most pop stars, Sade has only released 6 recorded CDs in 26 years on the music scene. The music industry usually wants their stars to put out a CD every year or two because they think the audience would forget about them and go on to the next pop sensation.
However, Sade has managed to have a large and devoted audience for all these years despite her relative low output. For example, her latest CD, Soldier of Love, released earlier this year made it the first for her in ten years.
What pop star could wait released to a new CD ten years after their previous one? I could probably count on one hand on how many artists could get away with doing that.
Okay, I some of you reading are asking why I do I like her so much?
Sade’s music has this laid-back, jazzy appeal that makes her easy to listen to. Her voice, while not a big voice like Mary J. Blige or Mariah Carey or Patti LaBelle, is distinctive and unique and fits the music. When you listen to her, you know it’s Sade and it’s original.
Also, she sings about love with such depth and heartache that I actually feel for her.
That was from Hang On To Your Love (my favorite Sade song) on the Promise CD and Sade sings this with such earnestness and heartfelt emotion unlike anybody else in pop music.
I may be showing my age in this review…however I believe Sade’s music is timeless and we will still be writing or talking about her music 25 years from now. | 2019-04-23T06:09:51Z | https://kammbia1.wordpress.com/category/music-reviews/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.657633 |
wordpress | The weekend of the big 24 hour race is upon us. Dave and I will pack up and venture to Albion hills where the premier Ontario 24 hour race will challenge the best of the best, and those that just go to drink beer.
This will be our second tag team 24 H with one more in August.
I have personally trained hard though I have not exactly trained frequently with only about 1 or 2 times on the bike a week for the last 7 weeks. I even made it out 3 times a week once.
I am ready as I ever will be. My new support crew consisting of Amy, Jenn, Julie and Scott will ensure that I ride my best by providing me with food, water and pep talks. I will provide them with grumpy-ness, complaining and at times foul language. But in the end I will thank them to the ends of the earth and they will feel a part of the podium finish. It will be a fun time.
I shall post the results and the pictures when we get back.
I wish I could be there to watch you guys go for it. Just remember the slow steady turtle wins the race. I can’t wait to hear how this goes for you guys.
You have my Cell Number right.
We can be reached at the race chummy. | 2019-04-22T18:04:24Z | https://denisbuchwald.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/24-hour-summer-solstice/ | Porn | Sports | 0.580413 |
wordpress | One of the first questions new arrivals often ask is “how do I open a bank account in Germany?”.
Well, now with online banking the answer couldn’t be any easier. Many banks offer the possibility to open current accounts (Girokonto), Instant access savings accounts (Tagesgeldkonto), limited access savings accounts (Sparbuch), securities accounts (depot) etc. without even going into the branch (although you will have to go to the Post office for an ID check). Most banks offer accounts with differing levels of service and a differing monthly charge ranging. Accounts without a monthly fee will include free internet banking EC-cards but will charge for any transactions made in the branch. EC-cards (Debits card) are issued as part of the package. Some banks offer Visa Debit cards as well for free. Most banks charge extra for Credit cards. The most widely accepted are MasterCard and Visa. American Express is not so popular in Germany but still has its advantages. Overdrafts are usually only granted after a 6-month history with the bank (or another German bank) and a positive SCHUFA rating. They will usually grant you between 2 and 3 times your usual net salary.
The advantage of filling out the forms online is that you don’t have deal with grumpy bank staff. The disadvantage is that you may not be able to navigate the websites and find the type of account that best suits you if your German is limited.
Some banks ( Comdirect and Deutsche Kredit Bank DKB are some) offer free access to all cash machines worldwide through a Visa card as an alternative to Cashpool/Cashgroup mentioned below. Remember to read the terms and conditions for each account to find out how the costs of this card are hidden or if it truly is free.
Cashgroup comprises of the big national banks and their subsidiaries along with Deutsche Post’s Post bank. Cash machines are widely available in all larger towns and cities throughout the country. Cash machines in smaller towns and villages are often limited to Post Bank and Hypovereinsbank (predominantly Bavaria).
Cashpool comprises a mix of foreign owned banks and smaller, local banks.
Each city, town and/or local municipality has a state-owned bank called a “Sparkasse”. These banks are the bank of choice for those who enjoy a more personal relationship with their bank. The banks usually have strong relationships with local businesses and offer more branches, especially in smaller towns and villages. However, many people find these banks to be far too beaurocratic and inflexible, especially when it comes to international transactions. Every local Sparkasse is a member of the Sparkassenverbund, so customers can withdraw money without charge in any Sparkasse cash machine in the country.
The process of opening a bank account “online” is roughly the same at all banks. Detailed instruction to fill the forms (English translation of forms) for particular banks is provided below in the recommendation section.
Step 1: Go the relevant website of the bank and find the appropriate form for a Privatekunden Girokonto.
Step 2:Fill out the form. You will able to select from a few options. If you wish to use this account for your wages/salary and would like an overdraft, you have to select this option. (Overdrafts are normally given after 6-months credit history and with a positive SCHUFA rating and you usually get 2 to 3 times your usual monthly salary) The options for Visa-card with PIN, securities deposit account and instant access savings accounts are already selected. If you do not wish to have one of these, you have to de-select the option.
Step 3: Check the completed form and print it off.
Step 4:Follow the instructions and take the application forms together with the “Postident” form and take them along with your passport or identity card (as a new arrival it may be necessary to also provide a copy of your residential registration, “Anmeldebescheinigung”) to any post office (Deutsche Post). Deutsche Post will confirm your identity (necessary to comply to EU laws on money laundering) and sent this confirmation along with your account application to the bank in question. You will then be informed a few days later whether you application has been succesful.
If you prefer the personal touch and perhaps require some advice before opening an account you can drop into any branch, though some banks require you to make an appointment first, so it is best to check at the branch first.
DKB : Highly recommended in the forum. Free bank account with free VISA card and free worldwide withdrawals. English instructions.
Banks-Germany.com provides English information about different banks in Germany with instruction on how to open a bank account.
Aspekt-online offers comparison of bank and insurance products in German. | 2019-04-19T16:56:06Z | https://berlinew.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/how-to-open-bank-account/ | Porn | Business | 0.751814 |
he | IPV6 Enabled Web Based Scanning Tool?
In the process of administering my new ipv6 connectivity I have been implementing router ACLs to restrict and control the way traffic comes down my tunnel.
Typically I have done this on ipv4 with linux and iptables.
Now however I have entered the cisco world so my proficiency is not quite as high.
I wish to have a web based external tool by which I can test the ACLs I put in to place. Does anyone know of such a resource ?
Re: IPV6 Enabled Web Based Scanning Tool?
I don't know of any web-based scanning tools, but nmap, a popular port scanner, has been given IPv6 capablilities. | 2019-04-24T10:27:30Z | https://forums.he.net/index.php?topic=235.0 | Porn | Computers | 0.735326 |
wordpress | Looking up, one sees a few trees with thinning colorful leaves against a blue sky.
While underfoot, fallen leaves are dry and crunch with each step.
Crimson, orange, and yellow leaves and all the spectrum in between cover the ground. More flutter downwards with the strong gusts of the chilly November wind.
remains lit on the porch that evening. At home, I folded a Sonobe Cube with six pieces of paper printed with leaves.
Sonobe refers to the unit of modular Origami. This cube is one of the simplest Sonobe shapes. How appropriate for the season. | 2019-04-20T16:16:05Z | https://myfolds.wordpress.com/tag/modular-origami/ | Porn | Home | 0.499849 |
wordpress | Props go to Sean & Karie Walker who put together not only a fun, but highly challenging Obstacle Course for Team Day! It was so encouraging to see strong team members helping others to push themselves beyond what they thought possible so as to enjoy that satisfying feeling which comes from doing more than you thought possible!! A special thanks as well to David & Sonja McPherson who helped with sports all week and to the many other camp volunteers who helped to make the event so special for your camper!
Below are some pics throughout the day – It easy to see after looking through this pictures that everyone had fun out there today!
Closing out the night was MSC’s own Logan Grim and JT Hall performing for all of the 2018 MSC Staff and campers.
It’s always sad to think about the end of camp week, but thankful for the new friendships that were forged and that our conviction to God and doing his will is stronger now than when we arrived.
Tomorrow morning is filled with packing up, cleaning cabins, sports fields, recreation halls and the Kitchen along with our closing ceremonies. We will share final team standings tomorrow once those are revealed. Good luck to ALL of our teams!
The last year campers are in the midst of giving their speeches and handing off the torch to the next class – You will never be far from our thoughts and prayers 2018 last year campers. Thanks for your many contributions and come back to see us any time you need a hug or just a monster cookie!
More to come tomorrow as we wrap up MSC 2018! | 2019-04-18T21:37:32Z | https://allthingsmsc.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/2018-msc-obstacle-course/ | Porn | Sports | 0.596757 |
livejournal | I would rather gouge my eyes out with a spork than watch the show, this post is about as much thinking about the programme as I will do.
I know who Heidi Fleiss, Stephanie Beecham and Vinny Jones are.
I heard about the cross dressing cage fighter taking on a homophobic idiot, but wouldn't know what his name was.
I have heard of Sisqo but don't know any of his music (if someone said his name, my head would come up, because of Sisko in DS9, obviously. Mmm, Sisko... sorry what was I saying? | 2019-04-26T04:18:43Z | https://dougs.livejournal.com/833219.html?thread=4760259 | Porn | Reference | 0.939512 |
wordpress | A recent publication from Van Hoecke and colleagues (Van Hoecke et al., 2012) suggests a novel therapeutic approach to the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; also called Lou Gehrig’s disease). ALS is a progressive degenerative disorder that affects 1-2/100,000 people per year and results in death, normally by respiratory failure, 3-5 years after onset. It is caused by a loss of the motor neurons that control muscle movement. There is a hereditary component in about 10% of all ALS cases and in these familial ALS subjects, a variety of genes have been implicated (Al Chalabi et al., 2012), including SOD1, TARDBP and FUS and which encode superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD-1; which was the initial gene reported to be associated with familial ALS in 1993) TAR DNA binding protein (TDP-43) and the Fused in Sarcoma protein, respectively. Recently, a hexanucleotide repeat expansions that occurs in the chromosome 9 open-reading frame 72 gene (C9ORF72) has been described to be associated with ALS with frontotemporal dementia (DeJesus-Hernandez et al, 2011; Renton et al, 2011).
The huge advances in our understanding of the genetics underlying the familial form of ALS have yet to result in breakthrough therapies for this disorder and Riluzole remains the only FDA-approved treatment for ALS. It was approved in 1995 on the basis of clinical studies that demonstrated that it increased survival times in patients, yet the effects are relatively modest and there is a clear need for new and improved treatments for ALS. Since Riluzole was approved, there have been over 30 clinical trials of new treatments but for a variety of reasons (including poor clinical trial design and drug delivery or dose selection issues) none have reached the market, although dexpramipexole, which enhances mitochondrial function, is currently undergoing Phase III trials sponsored by Knapp (Cudcowicz et al, 2011).
A key challenge to the development of new drugs based upon the genetic information derived from familial ALS, as well as genes associated with sporadic ALS, is to understand how mutations in the various genes produce a similar clinical and pathological phenotype. In other words, what is the final common pathway by which these genetic mutations produce ALS? Generic explanations such as mitochondrial dysfunction or alterations in protein degradation pathways have been suggested but how these processes are affected by genetic influences remain vague. However, it is not necessary to understand the mechanism if one can develop a screen that rescues the phenotype produced by different mutations, and this is what Van Hoecke and colleagues did. Hence, they screened for different morpholinos (antisense oligos in which ribose or deoxyribose is replaced by a morpholine ring) that rescued a SOD-1 induced axonopathy in zebra fish. The most protective morpolino targeted the zebra fish Rtk2 gene, which has 67% identity to the human EPHA4 gene that encodes for the Epha4 receptor tyrosine kinase that can bind both type A and type B ephrins. Knock down of the Rtk2 gene rescued the phenotype in zebra fish with various SOD1 mutants (A4V, G37R and G93A) and SOD-1-induced axonopathy could also be rescued pharmacologically by inhibition of Epha4 using 2,5-dimethylpyrrolyl benzoic acid. Importantly, knockdown of Rtk1, which is a paralog with 83% identity to human Epha4, was able to rescue the axonopathy induced by either mutant SOD-1, TDP-43 or knockdown of Smn1 in zebra fish, indicating that inhibition of EphA4 is protective against motor neuron degeneration irrespective of the genetic determinant of vulnerability. Having identified Epha4 as a potential modifier of SOD1-mediated pathology, the authors also studied the effects of a deletion of the Epha4 gene in mice overexpressing the G93A mutant SOD1 and were able to show that in heterozygotes, a 50% reduction in Epha4 was able to prolong survival.
As regards ALS itself, EphA4 mRNA expression in total blood was inversely collected to the age of onset such that patients with lower levels of EphA4 expression had an age of onset older than those with higher levels of expression. Suggesting that reduced EphA4 expression is associated with a reduced disease severity. Collectively, these data shed light onto an intriguing pathway in which rescue of the axonopathy is achieved irrespective of the genetic cause. A further understanding of the mechanism by which Epha4 exerts these effects could provide the basis for novel therapeutic approaches to treating ALS.
Al-Chalabi, A., Jones, A., Troakes, C., King, A., Al-Sarraj, S. and van den Berg, L.H. (2012) The genetics and neuropathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Acta Neuropathol., 124:339-352.
Cudkowicz, M., Bozik, M.E., Ingersoll, E.W., Miller, R., Mitsumoto, H., Shefner, J., Moore, D.H., Schoenfeld, D., Mather, J.L., Archibald, D., Sullivan, M., Amburgey, C., Moritz, J. and Gribkoff, V.K. (2011) The effects of dexpramipexole (KNS-760704) in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nat. Med., 17:1652-1656.
DeJesus-Hernandez, M., Mackenzie, I.R., Boeve, B.F., et al. (2011) Expanded GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat in noncoding region of C9ORF72 causes chromosome 9p-linked FTD and ALS. Neuron, 72:245-256.
Renton, A.E., Majounie, E., Waite, A., et al., A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD. Neuron, 72:257-268.
This entry was posted in Neurodegeneration and tagged ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, degenerative disorder, EphA4, Ephrin type-A receptor 4, health, medicine, Riluzole, science by Sussex Drug Discovery Centre. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-20T21:11:43Z | https://sussexdrugdiscovery.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/eph-in-als/ | Porn | Science | 0.310755 |
wordpress | A Pair of Red-Hot Sophisticated Scotties.
Are these little red dog cufflinks by Paul Smith not dorable? They would make a sweet Valentines Day gift for your canine canoodling human companion. Get suited up, spritzed, and accessorized… and don’t forget to paint the town red boys!!
No More Chomping, Gulping, Bloating.
At least I hope. I just received Alpha’s new food bowl from Doctors Fosters and Smith. It’s a pewter and ivory stoneware bowl molded into a shape that is supposed to curb the fast intake of kibble during feeding time. I typically feed her a good heaping 1 Cup scoop of Royal Canin for German Shepherd twice daily. This is a pic with the whole serving. I’ll let you know how it goes at dinner time. I’ll do anything to keep her from any avoidable emergency situations – like canine Bloat.
I was lounging on a boat a few months ago chatting up ideas with my honey and I began to wonder if there was a way to get a door knocker in the exact likeness of my pup Alpha without spending a gazillion dollars. With the recent emergency pet hospital room visit (cha-ching), anything custom is going to have to go hide in the dog house for a little while. In the interim, Michael Healy satisfies my yearning with his collection of handcrafted solid bronze door knockers sand casted as popular dog breeds — mine being the German Shepherd Dog – of course.
My dog Alpha got the life-threatening canine disease called Bloat (a.k.a Gastric dilatation-volvulus) over the weekend. She made it through emergency surgery at Friendship Hospital and is now trying to recover. It’s been an excrutiating few days and she’s still having some minor complications but we are all hoping and praying that she recovers painlessly and is her fluffy fun self in a few weeks. She’s now a at home and I’m sure its much less stressful then the hosital. It’s been a roller coaster as well for me as I hate seeing her going through this. She’s lucky to be alive and I thank the heavens that she has made it this far. There is a bit of a rocky road still ahead but I’m hoping to see those perky ears and wagging tail again soon.
Please send any extra healing prayers this way.
A symbol of the German Shepherd Dog named 'Friendship' at Friendship Hospital.
Jackson 20, at the pet-friendly Hotel Monaco Hotel in Alexandria, has a doggie happy hour with drink specials for you and treats for fuzzball starting at 5pm in the courtyard with no cover.
And if Saturday’s find you eventless after your pups long morning walk, head to Union Pub on Capitol Hill where the happy hour begins at noon and ends at 4pm – the corn dog buckets, Dog Tail wine, and Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale are sure to cure your nothing-else-to-do-today blues.
My German Shepherd dog has been blowing her coat this week. I finally got down to business this morning and gave her a good brushing with the Furminator (THE best dog hair brush on the market). Is this gross of what?! Is that her twin? Looks like I brushed out another entire dog! She stood still the entire time – loves getting her hair brushed. Don’t we all!
Doggie’s for GaGa and Jesse Friedin. | 2019-04-21T22:01:15Z | https://dcdesigncoop.wordpress.com/tag/dog/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.125791 |
wordpress | 1. Last Monday, We got together as a district in Gander, and we played the most epic game of fugitive in POURING rain through the whole town. It was AWESOME! Sister Buhcanan and I dominated, and were the only ones who made it to the finish line without getting caught.. so fun!
2. We woke up bright and early as usual on Wednesday morning and we had NO WATER!! So, for exercise we decided to run to the nearest Tim Hortons.. because they are everywhere.. so we could go to the bathroom. Then I remembered I had accidentally left my running shoes in the Edwards car. So I was like, well, guess I am running in my Jellies. So we go and we are coming back and I walked through the wet grass and stepped on the first step down to our apartment and slid all the way down. I have quite a few battle wounds and cuts everywhere.. BUT, they actually have been getting a lot of peoples attention and has helped in the efforts of street teaching.
5. On Wednesday, we got to go and play some bowling with the people over at the retirement home and it was SO FUN! I love getting to hang out with them because they are just so excited to get up and do things and have fun together and they love each other so much. The cutest little old lady rolled a strike like EVERY TIME! I was so jealous of her bowling skills!! I’m going to practice really hard so that I can get to that level.. life goals!!!!
I really did have an amazing week this week. We started teaching a few more people and they are all so different and so special and I love all of them. It is so amazing how I can just meet someone and within five minutes I can be in tears with them on their door step. One thing I have really learned since being out here, is how incredible Heavenly Father is.. I mean, I knew he was amazing, but he is performing miracles every single day with these people, and the best part is that I get the chance to be right at the front to see it all happen.
The work of the Lord is hastening. And even if you are not at the front lines out here, You can be a help and a guide to those around you by just caring and serving and lending a hand when you can. Forget yourself and remember to live as Christ did. We are all human beings and we are all brothers and sisters, So remember the importance of kindness and love to everyone! I love you all and wish you the best this week!
There is a little teenage girl in Cornerbrook Newfoundland praying for each and every one of you!
Sister Kilmer-Thanks so much for sharing your mission experiences. We loved reading your newsletter. May the Lord continue to bless you immensely as you carry out his work. | 2019-04-21T01:00:04Z | https://worthytostand.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/rain-rain-rain/ | Porn | Sports | 0.492187 |
google | 2016-05-27 First worldwide family litigation filed litigation Critical https://patents.darts-ip.com/?family=24105610&utm_source=google_patent&utm_medium=platform_link&utm_campaign=public_patent_search&patent=US5072856(A) "Global patent litigation dataset” by Darts-ip is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The combination of known components to produce a new toy shooting apparatus. A toy that makes it possible for a player to act like a spider person by shooting webs from the palm of his or her hand. The webbing material consists of string foam delivered from a hidden pressurized container through a valve incorporated into a glove worn by the player. A trigger mechanism enables the player to activate the valve at will by the exercise of pressure with the fingers of the hand wearing the glove.
This invention pertains to the general field of toy shooting apparatuses. In particular, it provides a new device for expelling string foam from the palm of a glove to create a spider-like web for amusement purposes.
All kinds of shooting toys have been designed and built over time for the amusement of children and adults alike. Water is normally the medium used as projectile and water guns are the most common type of toy utilized for this purpose. They come in the shape of hand guns, rifles, machine guns, and other configurations allowing the player to squirt water from various parts, often hidden, of his or her body.
Other shooting devices simply consist of a can container that is hand held, pointed in the desired direction by the user, and triggered by some sort of mechanism incorporated within the can itself. These devices often deliver projectiles meant to be more impressive than water, such as washable paints, foams or colorful mists. Recently, aerosol string foam cans have enjoyed particular success among children as party novelty substitutes for streamers and similar items.
Some of the technology applied to these kinds of devices is obviously available also for other uses that require the directional spraying of liquids or gases. Thus, some of the same concepts are found in paint spray guns, in apparatuses for delivering insecticides and herbicides, in aerosol weapons, and in other similar devices that involve a portable and self-contained system of storage and delivery.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,445,046 to Wilson (1969) describes a holster for aerosol containers with a valve actuator that allows a person wearing it to eject fluid in a predetermined direction without handling the container itself. Designed for use on a belt, the invention is directed particularly to the fast and accurate spraying of tear gas by policemen without having to draw the device from the holster.
In U.S. Pat. No. 3,523,645 (1970), Beauchamp discloses a complicated apparatus to repel mosquitoes and similar insects without having to handle the dispensing container. This invention is directed to people who wish to be able to protect themselves from insects when the need arises without interrupting their normal activities, such as fishermen and farmers.
Rash, in U.S. Pat. No. 3,945,571 (1976), shows a new kind of portable spray-gun apparatus. The objective is the ability to carry the source of pressure around while applying the paint, instead of having to rely on a long air hose from a compressor, which is often cumbersome and limiting. The invention is directed solely to the use of spray guns for painting purposes.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,037,790 (1977), Reiser et al. describe a toy water glove featuring a valve in the palm section of the glove that allows the wearer to spray water while shaking hands. A bulb containing the liquid is kept directly in the palm and it releases water in a forward direction from the wrist when squeezed. No umbilical cord from a water tank is necessary.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,214,674 to Jones et al. (1980) illustrates a self-contained toy water gun. Capable of squirting either intermittently or continuously, this device consists of a pressurized tank and a line to a toy handgun to be worn and carried around by the user. When the tank is empty, it can be refilled and re-pressurized by a pumping mechanism. The attraction of this invention lies in the relatively large amount of water made available and in the continuous delivery option.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,890,767 (1990), Burlison describes a headband water squirter connected to a hand-held reservoir and trigger mechanism. Basically a water gun, this invention squirts from the wearer's forehead instead of his or her hand. It is intended to provide children with a more exotic amusement weapon than the usual handgun-shaped toy.
Finally, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,903,864 (1990), Sirhan discloses a glove amusement device for squirting water from the tip of a finger. Connected to a water reservoir by a length of flexible tubing, the glove contains a mechanical trigger to activate a pump for squirting through the opening on the fingertip. The pump is driven by an electrical power source incorporated in the reservoir.
The present invention involves a device for shooting string foam in the air according to a novel idea to create the impression that a spider web is being formed. The device combines a variety of components found in prior art and incorporates novel features to achieve the specific objectives of the invention.
One objective of this invention is the development of a novel device for shooting string foam from the palm of a hand to give the impression that a spider web is being formed by the actor. This is achieved by an apparatus that comprises a glove with a hidden delivery nozzle in the palm with a trigger mechanism that is activated by the tip of a finger curled over it.
Another objective of the invention is a system that permits the user to carry a string foam reservoir inconspicuously under the playful pretense that the string foam, and therefore the spider web, is generated in the hand. Thus, an umbilical cord is provided to carry and deliver the pressurized string foam in aerosol form from a container holstered around the body of the wearer. Both cord and container can be easily concealed, if so desired.
A further goal of the invention is an apparatus constructed with separate components to avoid waste upon disposal. Therefore, the disposable pressurized string foam container and cord are separate and detachable from the re-usable glove and trigger components.
Yet another objective of this invention is that it be safe for children's use as a party novelty or similar items. For this purpose the device consists of known components of proven reliability and safety.
A final objective is the easy and economical manufacture of the web-shooting glove. This is achieved by using commercially available components and materials, modified to fit the requirements of this invention.
Various other purposes and advantages of the invention will become clear from its description in the specifications that follow and from the novel features particularly pointed out in the appended claims. Therefore, to the accomplishment of the objectives described above, this invention consists of the features hereinafter illustrated in the drawings, fully described in the detailed description of the preferred embodiment and particularly pointed out in the claims. However, such drawings and description disclose but one of the various ways in which the invention may be practiced.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the web-shooting glove according to this invention, including a pressurized string foam canister, an umbilical cord, and a glove with a release trigger mechanism incorporated into its palm.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a release valve at the end of the umbilical cord.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a valve housing attached to the palm portion of the glove to hold and actuate the valve shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a view of the web-shooting glove according to this invention showing a user pushing on the valve's trigger and a stream of string foam being released into the air.
The heart of this invention lies in the optimal combination of known mechanical principles in order to produce a new toy shooting apparatus. It is well known that shooting toys enjoy wide commercial acceptance. Similarly, items that stimulate children's playful imagination are in great demand, especially when they lead the player to identify with popular cartoon characters or heroes. Accordingly, this invention creates a toy that makes it possible for a player to act like a spider person by shooting webs from the palm of his or her hand. The webbing material consists of string foam delivered from a hidden pressurized container through a valve incorporated into a glove worn by the player.
Referring to FIG. 1, a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the invention 10 is illustrated. This web-shooting apparatus consists of two distinct parts. The first part constitutes a single unit and comprises a pressurized canister 20 containing the string foam in aerosol form, a flexible line 22 attached to the canister and forming an umbilical cord for the remote delivery of the string foam, and a valve 30 for its release attached to the end of such line (shown in detail in FIG. 2). The second part is a glove 50 that incorporates a valve housing 40 (shown in detail in FIG. 3) capable of holding the valve 30 for actuation by pressure exerted by the player's fingers, curled over it. This embodiment of the invention is so designed in order to permit the simple connection of the disposable canister, cord and valve ensemble with the reusable glove and trigger unit, and the practical disconnection thereof after use.
The canister 20 is of the type well known in the prior art for containing pressurized fluids in general and for string foam in particular. Instead of having a valve for spraying the foam from the top of the can, as done with commercially available string foam cans, canister 20 is connected directly to one end of the line 22, which is also pressurized by the canister's contents. This line is flexible and long enough to permit the umbilical connection of the canister with the release valve 30 hermetically connected to the other end of the line and attached to the palm of the glove 50. Line 22 must be capable of safely withstanding the of the foam suspension in canister 20 under normal conditions of use. If desired, a belt or harness for a holster to carry the canister can also be provided (not shown in the figures).
The details of the valve 30 are illustrated in FIG. 2. Using the same principle of the valves typically found on spray cans, valve 30 consists of a seat 32 with an opening 34 capable of slideably and hermetically housing a spring-loaded hollow plunger 36, which is in turn incased into and through a trigger 38. The seat 32 is connected to the line 22 and contains means, well known in prior art (not shown in the figures), for releasing the pressurized foam when the trigger 38 (and therefore the plunger 36) is pressed inward and for interrupting the flow when the plunger is released. Thus, when the trigger 38 is pushed, it actuates the valve system by causing the plunger 36 to slide through the opening 34 and release the flow of foam from the line 22, first through the plunger itself and finally to the outside environment in spray form through the orifice 35.
Referring to FIG. 3, the valve housing 40 is described in detail, It consists of resilient material formed with a flat base 42 and two side members, 44 and 46, protruding upward from it. This valve housing is attached to the glove 50 by inserting its side members from the inside of the palm portion of the glove through two appropriately sized apertures, so that they protrude out of the glove itself (see FIG. 1). The valve housing is kept in place during use by the pressure exerted on its base by the palm of the user's hand against the glove or by any other fastening means, such as stitches or glue. The side member 46, placed toward the wrist of the hand, protrudes backwards at an obtuse angle from the base 42 and it contains an opening 48 capable of receiving and holding the line 22 so that the base 32 of the valve is seated on the inside surface 47. The side member 44, placed toward the fingers of the hand, protrudes approximately parallelly to the side 46 from the base 42 and it contains a notched portion 49 for receiving and holding in place the trigger 38. This side member 44 also contains an opening 45 to permit the free flow of foam when the valve is activated.
Thus, the valve 30 is connected to the valve housing 40 by inserting the base 32 and trigger 38 between the side members 46 and 44, and by snapping it in place by pushing the line 22 into the opening 48 and the trigger 38 into the notched portion 49. Although not necessary for practicing the invention, the line 22 leading to the valve 30 may be hidden inside a sheath along the wrist portion of the glove (as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4). By wearing the canister 20 on a belt or in an inside pocket and by running the line 22 along a long sleeve, the device can be disguised to look like a common glove. In an alternative embodiment, the canister could similarly be strapped to the wrist of a wearer, possibly hidden under a long sleeve, and be connected to the valve 30 by a short length of line 22. The trigger 30 and housing 40, located approximately at the center of the palm, are easily hidden by the fingers curled over them.
By pushing backwards on the trigger lever 44 with the fingers of the hand wearing the apparatus of this invention, the plunger 36 is caused to activate the valve and release the pressurized foam through the orifice 35 and the opening 45. The relative positions of the opening 48 and the notched portion 49 are chosen so as to insure a trajectory of spray that is generally forward, but sufficiently raised from the plane of the palm of the hand to insure clearing of the fingers while in a folded position. An illustration of the operation of the web-shooting glove is given in FIG. 4.
Various changes in the details, steps and materials that have been described may be made by those skilled in the art within the principles and scope of the invention herein illustrated and defined in the appended claims. Therefore, while the present invention has been shown and described herein in what is believed to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is recognized that departures can be made therefrom within the scope of the invention, which is therefore not to be limited to the details disclosed herein but is to be accorded the full scope of the claims so as to embrace any and all equivalent apparatuses and methods.
said pressurized assembly and said glove constituting two separable units to permit the replacement of the pressurized assembly upon exhaustion of the foam suspension.
2. The toy glove described in claim 1, wherein said valve means holder consists of a resilient bracket capable of holding said valve means in place pointing generally in a forward direction and capable of actuating said valve means by transferring the action of the fingers of the hand wearing said glove to the trigger mechanism of said valve means.
3. The toy glove described in claim 1, wherein said valve means consists of a plunger-type valve actuated by a trigger affixed to the tip of the plunger, wherein the valve is activated at will and reversibly by pressing on said trigger thus causing the flow of string foam through the plunger and the trigger to the surrounding environment.
4. The toy glove described in claim 1, wherein said delivery line consists of flexible tubing permanently attached to the outlet of said canister at one end and to said terminal valve means at the other end, of sufficient length of provide hydraulic connection between said canister hidden inside a garment word by a user and said terminal valve means in the palm of the glove worn by said user, and capable of withstanding the maximum pressure generated by the foam suspension stored in the system.
5. The toy glove described in claim 1, wherein the wrist portion of said glove comprises a sheath for hiding the portion of said flexible tubing proximate to the connection with said terminal valve means.
(c) a body harness for carrying and holstering said canister.
7. The toy glove described in claim 1, wherein said canister is strapped to the wrist of the glove wearer and the length of said flexible tubing is limited to the distance between the wrist and the palm of an average user.
9. The method described in claim 8, wherein said valve means holder consists of a resilient bracket capable of holding said valve means in place pointing generally in a forward direction and capable of actuating said valve means by transferring the action of the fingers of the hand wearing said glove to the trigger mechanism of said valve means.
10. The method described in claim 8, wherein said valve means consists of a plunger-type valve actuated by a trigger affixed to the tip of the plunger, wherein the valve is activated at will and reversibly by pressing on said trigger, thus causing the flow of string foam through the plunger and the trigger to the surrounding environment.
11. The method described in claim 8, wherein said delivery line consists of flexible tubing permanently attached to the outlet of said canister at one end and to said terminal valve means at the other end, of sufficient length to provide hydraulic connection between said canister hidden inside a garment worn by a user and said terminal valve means in the palm of the glove worn by said user, and capable of withstanding the maximum pressure generated by the foam suspension stored in the system.
12. The method described in claim 8, wherein the wrist portion of said glove comprises a sheath for hiding the portion of said flexible tubing proximate to the connection with said terminal valve means.
14. The method described in claim 8, wherein said canister is strapped to the wrist of the glove wearer and the length of said flexible tubing is limited to the distance between the wrist and the palm of an average user.
16. The to glove described in claim 15, wherein said valve means comprises a seat with an opening capable of slideably and hermetically housing a spring-loaded hollow plunger, which is in turn incased into and through a trigger; said seat being connected to said delivery line and containing means for releasing said foam suspension when said trigger and said plunger are pressed inward and for interrupting the flow when said trigger and plunger are released; and said trigger being held in place by said notched portion in said second side member of said resilient housing.
17. The toy glove described in claim 16, wherein said delivery line consists of flexible tubing permanently attached to the outlet of said canister at one end and to said terminal valve means at the other end, of sufficient length to provide hydraulic connection between said canister hidden inside a garment worn by a user and said terminal valve means in the palm of the glove worn by said user, and capable of withstanding the maximum pressure generated by the foam suspension stored in the system.
18. The toy glove described in claim 17, wherein the wrist portion of said glove comprises a sheath for hiding the portion of said flexible tubing proximate to the connection with said terminal valve means.
(d) a body harness for carrying and holstering said canister.
20. The toy glove described in claim 18, wherein said canister is strapped to the wrist of the glove wearer and the length of said flexible tubing is limited to the distance between the wrist and the palm of an average user.
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wordpress | Where will science take us in the future?
A while back (well in 2003) BBC Radio 4 did a series on “where will science take us in the future“, presenting 4 programmes ….
Programme 2 is about the human brain, and how it works, and covers such subjects as how we form memories, and what makes us conscious….
Its well worth a listen…. the audio can be found here .
For 2 1/2 weeks i will be unable to post any updates,ect (from wednesday onwards)……….however, i will make sure i’ll be up to date, and send out loads of information as soon as possible…..
The Local (swedish News in English), mentions that “UFO Hunters Scour Sweden for Tips” ;they claim that 90% of sightings are explainable, but there are those that are not; there are a few examples of those that are unexplainable.
With Roswell’s 60th anniversary coming up, there is a lot of articles out there on the internet…. here’s a selection of them…… “Roswell in LA at the UFO cafe“, “UFO fest adds fuel to Roswell legend“, “Did so-called UFO cover-up have ties to port“?, “Roswell embraces UFO sightings, plans 60th anniversary festival“, “UFO fest fills Roswell hotels“.
The BBC have done an article on “Saucers in the sky” which is a very general look at the last 60 years in ufology, there is also the welsh version, here (which to me seems more interesting).
An interesting, if rather strange article “UFO : from canada to Italy and return“, is worth a read, involving an Italian immigrant and a ufo experience he had in 1967.
UFO blimp sighted in Salt Lake city.
An unknown object/UFO, was seen over Salt Lake City, on the 13th june, 2007….. it was around 26 foot long, silver and was a UFO blimp….
A local Utah resident was testing the “hyper blimp”, when it got out of control….it was interesting to see eyewitnesses say it was around 100ft long; Daniel Geery, claimed it back soon after it went down. see here for article and a video of the event, on the right hand side of the article.
See Daniel Geery’s you tube video here of the hyper blimp, being flown (radio controlled).
I believe that he tried out a new propeller, which worked much better than the last one, but unfortunately the battery ran out quicker, and he lost control of it (although i also heard that he was trying out a new battery power pack too, and that is why it lost control)….hence what happened above.
Also, if interested please see this link for solar powered airship, designed and flown by a teacher in Utah (clearly would not work in the UK, not enough sun).
First off today (a bit late i’m afraid) …….Planet-hunters find bonanza of new solar systems (may 29th,2007).
Whilst looking around for American Aviation Air Traffic control, i came upon several Aviation Audio live feeds… at liveatc .
There were several interesting links on this site…one in particular was an experimental link to world communication on a planet globe, with links to other aviation links in other countries.
Other interesting Aviation links were found at atcmonitor , and amfly also links to airport monitor sites and inks at passur to radar airport sites available.
links for NASA satellite tracking, and also other things like tracking of international space station can be found here .
I did notice the link for O’Hare airport down however….mmm.
I’ll give these a try/listen in the near future………..
UFO balloons (or fire balloons) are a small balloon, heated by a flame below….. there are based on sky lanterns (invented by Chu Ko Liang), from China, which were traditionally made from a combination of bamboo frames and rice paper…. and they used a rag dipped in paraffin which is then lit, to get them airborne.
UFO balloons (i think commercialy started in 2005?) use a clear plastic bag (others use other material such as dry cleaner bags), and fitted below with a firelighter, held in place by wire; others have used balsa wood and drinking straws to make them, and a candle in place of the firelighter.
A ufo balloon being lit and put into the air can be seen here on you tube…..
These balloons need to be put into the mix, when researching and collaborating UFO sightings, to confirm that it is not these that have sparked off the reported sightings…. they do have some characteristics that can help in this though…. they have a whiteish-yellow glow, although in some weather conditions, these can be orangey red, and do not move quickly (unless in a strong wind-although this could create a fire risk) and always with the wind too, obviously.
They must be used in the right weather conditions, otherwise there is a real possibility that they can catch fire to the surrounding countryside, property, etc.
The ideal conditions to use them are on cool, clear non breezy evenings… they last for around 8 to 10 minutes (but sometimes slightly longer) and can rise as far as about 1000 metres; it can also move with airstream’s as it rises. Although i have heard of some that can last for far longer (up to 40 minutes they claim) using a candle framework to keep it alight for longer…. i’m sure there are other variations too.
Another thing is that they do not come out well on camera or video, but can be quite visual when seen real time.
So UFO followers must take this into account when considering reports of ufo’s, along with other phenomenon.
For instance, many recent accounts in the UK, could possibly fall into this category.
Examples of this, can be seen at Southend ufo group site (2004) and give an indication of what they are like.
and this site will be reorganised, so things can be found much better, as its a bit of a mess at present.
I will also be starting a new site Liverpool 2008 (with links to liverpool leading up to it becoming European capital of culture, but with articles only once a month)…in 2008, i will be going to some of the events, and will video and show them on this blog.
The photography, and other info i’m not sure what to do with at present…..
Whilst surfing the web…. ie whilst trying to find out about early man, and ending up looking at metal detectors for beginners links, came across this site best online documentaries and had a look through it. All these can be viewed online for free (all 445 videos)…some i have seen before, but had a look at some others.
I particularly liked under the link history, the video “viking visitors to north america”, and under (geo) politics, a programme by dispatches- called “stealing your freedom” (mmm that might be worth a blog in its own right in future, scary stuff indeed).
There are other videos listed under anthropology (so i found what i was looking for in the end), biographies, business,environment and so on. | 2019-04-20T01:24:44Z | https://dandare.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/page/2/ | Porn | News | 0.721012 |
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wordpress | We went to visit Cafe Bar Celona in the newly renovated Schloßhof for dinner this week. It’s part of a chain around Germany so does have a bit of a generic feel. But overall it’s a good family restaurant with nice architectural touches. There is an indoor play area in the corner and outside is a pirate ship playgroup. Lots of outdoor seating too so should be nice when the weather warms up.
On other restaurant news – Bultmanshof has sadly closed.
“Django Unchained” will be playing in English at the Lichtwerk Cinema in Ravensburger Park starting on Thursday. It’s almost three hours long and obviously pretty violent, but if that doesn’t deter you, it’s a relatively rare chance to see a movie in the original English in Bielefeld! The full schedule is here. Shows are at 6:10 and 9:00 p.m. every evening, running this Thursday through the following Wednesday.
A note on figuring out whether a movie is in the original language or not at the Lichtwerk/Kamera cinemas in Bielefeld: check the .pdf or print version of the brochure.The little blurb on the website doesn’t necessarily indicate whether or not the movie is dubbed, but the brochure has a little more information in it. (Of course it would be easiest to just call and ask, but the theaters have really limited hours, and we couldn’t get a hold of anyone before we tried to go see a movie recently).
Travelling to London became harder when Air Berlin cancelled their flights from Munster Osnabruck, Paderborn and Hannover last year. So I was excited to hear City Jet (part of Air France and KLM) are now flying from Munster and also Paderborn (starting April 22nd). Tickets are reasonably priced and include a bag, plus they fly to City Airport in London, which is tiny so less delays and much easier to get into central London. And with the new highway extension to Paderborn now open, it’s even quicker to get there. Getting home is getting a lot easier!
Now I’m just waiting for the long promised euro channel train service to run direct from London to Köln…. | 2019-04-24T15:47:21Z | https://mybielefeld.wordpress.com/2013/01/ | Porn | News | 0.912642 |
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wordpress | the better or the worse.
no other to the climb.
if thankful be, who cares?
having rattled, feel no better.
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wordpress | It is indeed a grand city. Beautiful regal architecture (and an eye-popping modern one with the revealed archaeological dig at its footing), wonderful old bars, ancient alleys, a slow and broad river (the Guadalquivir), a night-life of great repute which we never manage to stay up for (we did, though, manage a couple of post-midnight nights), a great regional cuisine (better in the back streets and suburbs), loads of tour groups, and you’d never complain about the cold.
Geeeez – it is hot! We walk slowly these days. 44 degrees in Sevilla most days with no let up. No wonder they don’t do much activity until the late evening. I haven’t really adjusted to the Spanish eating and siesta routine; I haven’t had much appetite for luncheon meals so by mutual agreement we have ended up just starting our day with café con leche and a toasted bun with olive oil and mashed tomato (that, at least, is Spanish) and often a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. For the rest of the day our food and beverage intake is all out of kilter with their routine but, I assure you, immensely satisfying.
My Spanish cousin, Manny was once again a boon with his ability to direct us into fabulous local eating and drinking places and is a mine of information about Spain and Sevilla in particular. He is a very talented, professional photographer but Spain is a particularly difficult country to work in, especially in that field at present and his impoverished state and necessity to continue with some photography and book projects precluded our going on any side trips this time. So, we limited our stay to four nights. However, my nephew Thomas (son of brother Tom) and his partner Gabby arrived to make family connections on the second day and we were able to introduce them, permitting Manny to ably demonstrate his aforementioned expertise and knowledge. They enjoyed their visit and it was a pleasure for us to connect with Thomas again and to meet his partner.
From here we can see the rock of Gibraltar just across the Bay. We arrived to the same oppressive humidity and heat. The reason for this weather is the hot wind that blows over, across the Straits of Gibraltar (and, indeed, across all the Mediterranean) from North Africa’s Sahara Desert. In Spain this wind is called The Levant, in France – perhaps more famously – it is called Le Mistral. It brings with it energy-sapping heat and humidity, and frequently dumps sandy dust from that desert as far inland as Sevilla where it will coat all the streets and cars.
We arrived in Algeciras on the day of a local Fiesta, Santa Cristina. Just before sunset we watched the blessing of the fishing fleet from the upper plaza. It involved many boats going about the harbour tooting their horns, firing water at each other and setting off parachute flares (you wouldn’t want to have been a boat in trouble that day).
Later that evening, as we lay zonked on our beds under an ineffectual ceiling fan in the sweltering heat, the music and parading of the saint’s effigy through the local streets started up, culminating in the lighting of innumerable fireworks. The band’s drum beat thudded a repetitive funeral-dirge rhythm (the saint’s carriage, supported by many men, is very heavy) and the band, made up of oboes, saxophones, clarinets and trumpets, played its distinctively Spanish-fiesta refrain.
It was quite effectively haunting (as befits the mystery of the church), however, even as the fireworks started up I lay unmoved and sweating abed; I heard Rachel go to the window once and mutter something about the cost of the fireworks. Fortunately, we have been lucky enough at other times to witness a few of these fiestas and processions so didn’t feel we were missing anything.
At dawn (and quite oddly for this urban environment) roosters started crowing. A lot of people living near us seem to live in one room apartments which open right onto the street (now where have we seen that before?) and, god knows, in their economising they may keep the chickens indoors. Fresh eggs, at least. Alternatively, they could be penning them up on the flat roofs.
Not unexpectedly in this port that services Morocco, there are also many things Moroccan here in the way of food, clothing, etc.; an interesting and positive mix. Last night we ventured uphill to the old plaza mayor (major) and fed ourselves up there in a place we used to frequent but, good as it is, it is a more costly exercise and we are now content to spend our remaining time down below where things are more modestly priced: in fact they are really affordable but will get even more so when we sail over to Tangier from Tarifa (a short bus ride from Algeciras) tomorrow.
And the very next day, much to Noddy’s delight, he and Big Ears embarked on a ferry to cross the Straits of Gibraltar to land in the Kingdom of Morocco. Make sure you read next week’s exciting story of this adventurous couple as they make breathtaking discoveries and drink lots and lots of mint tea. Bye bye for now dear readers . . . | 2019-04-20T22:49:12Z | https://zamoaproductions.wordpress.com/tag/la-linea/ | Porn | Science | 0.229009 |
wordpress | Roast of Veal – Food for Champions?
I do not eat a lot of meat. I call it inefficient food as it mobilizes way to much energy in my body to digest it. But when I do, there is nothing like a good roast of veal. I love to cut fresh rosemary and thyme in the garden, bundle them up, cut lots of red onions, carrots, parsley roots (this was new), tomatoes & potatoes.
While I quickly prepare 1.5dl a broth for the veg and the meat at the bottom of the cooking pan before throwing everything for 2 hours in the oven, I “flash-grill” the meat. And then 160 degrees for 2 hours. time to drink a glass of red.
Author 2seventyPosted on September 23, 2012 September 24, 2012 Categories Alain's Cooking, Off The ShelfTags cooking, food, Own Food Creation, Roast, rosemary, thymeLeave a comment on Roast of Veal – Food for Champions?
Donna Hay is “my Jamie Oliver”. . . I have never thought, with my Swiss-French origins that I would take an Australian cook as reference. But I have now done dozens of recipes from her and they always pan out. No bad surprises with quantities, cooking times given can be trusted etc…. I like the assemblage of ingredients and her simple, modern way of cooking.
I always think of myself an absolute rookie when it comes to baking desert. I treat even the simplest desert recipes with greatest respect and measure everything with the constant fear of doing something wrong. Here is a simple cake recipe I tried and found quite nice…especially when accompanied by a sweet white wine.
Preheat the oven to 160. Place the butter, sugar and honey in a bowl and beat until light and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Fold the flour and baking powder into the butter mixture. Spoon the mixture into 12x 1/2 cup capacity lightly greased non-stick muffin tins. Bake in the over for 15-20 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Cool the cakes on wire racks. Spread the cakes with the cream. Before serving, drizzle with the chilled honey.
This recipe is a classic in our family. It is done in less than 30 minutes with a ready made curry paste. It may sound like a sacrilege to use ready made paste, but I swear the one I buy from my local Asian store is so good, I can’t beat it! so why bother?
Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the oil and the onion and stir until golden add the paste and cook the mixture 3 minutes. Add the stock and reduce the heat to medium. Add lemongrass, aubergines and beans. Cook for 10minutes. Add the coconut milk, prawns and the baby corn. Cook for another 10 minutes. Stir regularly.
When cooked, remove the lemongrass, serve curry on 1 side of the plate. Add some roughly chopped coriander on top of the curry. Serve with Basmati rice.
This is one of my all-time favorite pasta recipe. The original recipe, from Michele Cranston in Marie Claire’s cook-book “Fresh”, foresees spaghetti but I prefer it with penne. It really is fresh, “mid-summery” and I love the mix of parsley & capers.
Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil for the pasta. Heat a deep frying pan over a medium heat and add the olive oil and garlic. Move the garlic around the pan with a spatula until it is lightly golden and then add the grated zucchini.
Slowly braise the grated zucchini, stirring it as it cooks, for about 15 minutes or until it begins to dry out and catch on the bottom of the pan. | 2019-04-18T21:19:06Z | https://2seventy.wordpress.com/category/alains-cooking/off-the-shelf-alains-cooking-2/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.251442 |
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wordpress | Parties and play dates… my blog idea!
If I had to pick a passion of mine, it would probably be planning… I’m an organized person and have a hard time living in the present because I am always planning for the future. At one time my planning centered on my wedding, themed dinner parties with my girlfriends and starting a family. Today it revolves around play dates, parties and holidays. This will be a great way to see how my plans, cake decorating skills and ideas evolve. Looking forward to seeing where this will take me. | 2019-04-26T16:15:49Z | https://taniasharman.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/parties-and-play-dates-by-blog-idea/ | Porn | Kids | 0.882727 |
livejournal | So another year is over and a new begins. L and I went out for A drink at Missie B's on NYE. Wasn't as busy this year, but still crowded. We only ran into a couple of people we knew.
XMAS day wasn't any more exciting. Which was fine with me. L ended up making hoodies for his family and several friends. We also made several batches of cookies to take into the store.
My vacation wasn't really a vacation, since I had to come into to work on 6 different days to fix problems. And then got told that some of the VPs didn't like that I took off at the end of the year. Can we say "screw you"? But I'm smiling, really I am. | 2019-04-20T04:36:09Z | https://spudpuppy.livejournal.com/247697.html | Porn | Business | 0.742118 |
wordpress | “Live” life. Drink its nectar. Be like a river that bends beautifully and changes its course, at each obstacle that comes its way. The twists and turns, seem so obvious to the river as it moves, in a dance, unhindered.
I keep reminding myself to adapt to life, accept, go with the flow. I remind myself to look for alternate paths but keep moving, keep “living”, fully. Yes that’s what I am born to do. We all are.
I’ll move on to talk about this post, Yeast free Whole Wheat Pizza. Mr Cinnamon’s (ok I am the “Chillies”) low tolerance to yeast made me resort to this workaround. I am glad…no I am delighted…no we are delighted by the way it came out. I used a combination of Whole Wheat flour, Buttermilk and Soda Bicarb combo for the base and it turned out to be a light and delicious one. And no waiting for the dough to rise! yay! Alright I know, many yeast lovers may not be enthusiastic about this idea. But believe me, this workaround does not compromise on taste. It is a deviation from conventional method, yet a delicious one. I have used it for a thin crust this time, but I would like to try it for a thick crust sometime too.
Mix together, Whole Wheat Flour, Soda Bicarb, Sugar and Salt. Add Olive Oil and mix. Now add Buttermilk little by little and form a soft dough. Keep aside.
Pre-heat the oven at 200C or use the temperature mentioned in your oven manual. Some people bake it at 220C. For my oven 190C works best for me.
Divide the dough into two parts and shape them like a ball. Sprinkle dry whole wheat flour on the surface. Flatten the dough ball and roll it into a thin pizza base. Don’t worry about getting a perfect round shape, but do keep the thickness even.
Place the base in a slightly greased pizza tray.
Spread the Pizza Sauce on the base with the back of a spoon. Here I have used home-made thick tomato puree and added salt, sugar, Red Chilli, Oregano, Black Pepper, Dry Basil. I have added pesto separately later. But you can add chopped basil leaves to Home made Pizza Sauce while cooking.
Add Pesto. I am using simple basil paste with salt and pepper.
Spread the veggies. Ok! I confess! Mine is really loaded! I have sautéed the veggies in Olive Oil. I have chopped the veggies into thick pieces for a chunky bite.
Spread Cheese. Sprinkle Olive oil. It helps to give a smoother and shinier texture to melted cheese.
Top it with Basil leaves. The Basil gets really wilted when baked. I didn’t mind that. If you do not like that you could add it at the end. And bake it say for 30 sec to 1 minute.
Place the Pizza in oven and bake for 15-20 minutes till crust is browned and cheese is melted and begins to brown.
Sprinkle Pizza Seasoning or any seasoning of choice. Cut into slices with a roller knife. Serve hot!
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wordpress | Everything is pure and everything is sacred. Oh, but how I corrupt so quickly.
Paired in innocence my passion (now named vice) and I were a reflection of Glory on a path, being gloried. It was the trickery inherent in me that (pathetically, pitiably) made that passion my object.
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wordpress | Yesterday a bunch of people from Juneborg made a short day trip to see some historical places of interest not far from home. We visited 2 churches and a 3 m high phallus not farther than 60 km from home. It makes you realise that here in Sweden you don’t have to travel that far to discover lots of neat things for a medieval anacronist.
First stop was Vireda church. It’s one of the few medieval churches left in Sweden that is made of wood. It was built during the first half of the 14th century and has a lot of beautiful al secco paintings on the walls from the late 15th century.
Painting from 15th century in Vireda church.
The we left for lunch at the phallus made of stone in Bredestad. It’s a 3 m high phallus made of stone from 200 AD and it was raised as a symbol of fertility for the god Freyr. This part of Bredestad was inhabited early and produced iron with great success during the Iron Age.
Last but not least we went to the church in Askeryd. It was probably built during the 13th century. On the walls and ceiling are al secco paintings from early 16th century. Probably painted by Sven Målare (“Sven the painter”) from Jönköping. In 2008 a lot of work was done to preserve the painting and it is a wonder to see.
The picture shows the to saints with their attributes. Margareta to the left with a dragon and Dorotea to the right with a basket of flowers. One can only imagine the beauty these paintings when they had their original colours of red, blue and green. | 2019-04-20T16:45:47Z | https://stolte.wordpress.com/tag/sightseeing/ | Porn | Arts | 0.976852 |
yahoo | Is British American (BTI) a Good Pick for Value Investors?
This level actually compares pretty favorably with the market at large, as the PE for the S&P 500 stands at about 17.7. If we focus on the long-term PE trend, British American’s current PE level puts it above its midpoint of 16.3 over the past five years, with the number having risen rapidly over the past few months.
Further, the stock’s PE also compares favorably with the Zacks Consumer Staples sector trailing twelve months PE ratio, which stands at 18.4. At the very least, this indicates that the stock is relatively undervalued right now, compared to its peers.
We should also point out that British American has a forward PE ratio (price relative to this year’s earnings) of just 9.5, so it is fair to say that a slightly more value-oriented path may be ahead for British American stock in the near term too.
Right now, British American has a P/S ratio of about 2.5. This is lower than the S&P 500 average, which comes in at 3.2x right now. Also, as we can see in the chart below, this is well below the highs for this stock in particular over the past few years.
If anything, BTI is in the lower end of its range in the time period from a P/S metric, suggesting some level of undervalued trading—at least compared to historical norms.
In aggregate, British American currently has a Value Score of B, putting it into the top 40% of all stocks we cover from this look. This makes British American a solid choice for value investors, and some of its other key metrics make this pretty clear too.
For example, the PEG ratio for British American is just 1, a level that is lower than the industry average of 1.7x. The PEG ratio is a modified PE ratio that takes into account the stock’s earnings growth rate. Clearly, BTI is a solid choice on the value front from multiple angles.
Meanwhile, the company’s recent earnings estimates have been mixed at best. The current quarter has seen one downward revision in the past sixty days compared to no upward revisions, while the full year estimate has seen three upward and one downward revision in the same time period.
Nonetheless, the stock with long-term EPS growth rate of 7.5% has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), which is why we are looking for outperformance from the company in the near term.
British American is an inspired choice for value investors, as it is hard to beat its incredible lineup of statistics on this front. Moreover, the Zacks Rank #2 stock flaunts a strong industry rank (top 12% out of more than 250 Zacks industries), which indicates that the broader factors are favorable for the company. | 2019-04-21T20:09:39Z | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/british-american-bti-good-pick-144502542.html | Porn | Business | 0.572358 |
wordpress | The Congressional Budget Office has a 100% track record: they always underestimate how much government programs cost; and they always fail to project how soon they will go to hell.
It is ironically fitting that we have the news that Social Security is going into the red way ahead of schedule the same week that we pass a law based on a massively erroneous CBO projection.
This year, the system will pay out more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes, an important threshold it was not expected to cross until at least 2016, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Okay. The CBO was off by a whopping six years.
And we’re supposed to trust the accuracy of their bogus politicized “score” of ObamaCare why?
Mr. Goss said Social Security’s annual report last year projected revenue would more than cover payouts until at least 2016 because economists expected a quicker, stronger recovery from the crisis. Officials foresaw an average unemployment rate of 8.2 percent in 2009 and 8.8 percent this year, though unemployment is hovering at nearly 10 percent.
The trustees did foresee, in late 2008, that the recession would be severe enough to deplete Social Security’s funds more quickly than previously projected. They moved the year of reckoning forward, to 2037 from 2041. Mr. Goss declined to reveal the contents of the forthcoming annual report, but said people should not expect the date to lurch forward again.
Do you get that? The report that said everything would be just peachy dandy until 2016 was just written LAST YEAR.
These people don’t have a freaking clue. And that is simply a fact.
These people don’t know what the hell will happen next week, let alone next decade.
All I can tell you is the Democrats’ math wasn’t even explicit in step one.
There were so many gimmicks, shenanigans, and outright lies in the legislation they sent to the CBO for scoring that it isn’t even funny.
This bill will boomerang back at us in the coming years and it will bankrupt the country. We’ve had wildly wrong budget projections in the form of analysis justifying Social Security and Medicare. And now we’ve got $100 trillion debt in unfunded liabilities to show for those totally bogus projections. We’ve managed to weather the massive red ink deficits in those programs until now, but there’s a fundamental difference with ObamaCare. That difference is A) that we’re stacking ObamaCare on top of those massive liabilities and compounding trillions on top of trillions; and B) that the economy is in FAR worse shape than it was than when these massive programs went off the rails.
79% of Americans see a complete economic collapse coming. They’re right. Get ready for it. Because the beast is coming.
Only a total fool would trust the government’s ability to do anything other than massively underestimate its debts.
The problem is that fools from the party of fools are in power. | 2019-04-19T22:16:46Z | https://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/tag/2016/ | Porn | Health | 0.46711 |
wordpress | Zeke Lunder grew up in the woods, and has always loved maps and steel. Erika Dietrich Lunder learned to sew and make clothes from her grandmother, and has worked as a clothing designer, bag maker, social worker, and publisher.
Zeeko Salvage formed when we fell in love and began sewing purses and totes made from feed sacks and mylar-printed Hindu comics. We worked with fire hose, military surplus, inner tube, tweed, and leather, and just about anything else that can fit thru an industrial sewing machine. Lately our late-night sewing time is become dedicated to sleeping, and our focus has shifted to blacksmithing, toolmaking, and publishing.
We work with found materials of all kinds to create heirloom goods that will last for a long time. If you have something that is broken, we can probably fix it. | 2019-04-23T23:12:17Z | https://zeekosalvage.wordpress.com/about/ | Porn | Arts | 0.529215 |
wordpress | Most of us are familiar with Mt. Everest, the world’s highest mountain peak, in Katmandu, Nepal. In 2001, two Americans reached the Everest summit. Sherman Bull, a 64-year-old physician from Connecticut, was the oldest climber to ever summit Mt. Everest. The other climber was Erik Weihenmayer, 32 years old, of Golden, Colorado. He was the first blind man to conquer the 29,035-foot peak.
Within each of us, there are obstacles that can seem as challenging as climbing Mt. Everest. Perhaps it is the need for more education to be able to seize that company promotion. Or perhaps it is to develop the relationship skills necessary to get along with the people we work with…or live with.
For many of us, our Mt. Everest is FEAR. Fear can paralyze us from being open to new opportunities of personal growth. As human beings, we resist the process of change. This condition of equilibrium, called homeostasis, is difficult to overcome. Even when we are miserable in a situation, we’ll work hard to keep things the same, simply to avoid change. However, just as a rocket ship can break through the atmospheric barrier, we too, can escape from those things that hold us back. In doing so, we experience tremendous personal and professional growth.
Perhaps it is time to take a thoughtful look at the Mt. Everest’s in your life. No matter if you are old or blind, when your intention is clear, the mechanisms will appear. There are ways to reach the summit no matter how great the obstacles…or the fear. What is holding you back from discovering ALL God has for you?
1. Identify the Abundant Thinkers in your network of relationships. Intentionally build relationships with people, who like you, want to achieve their dreams. Synergy is created when like-minded people put their heads together!
2. Find an Accountability Buddy. This is someone who will hold you accountable to the daily/weekly activities that will cause you to stretch and grow. A good Accountability Buddy will not allow your excuses to derail you from your dreams.
3. Find a Coach or a Mentor. Take advantage of someone who can help you identify Who You Are, What You Want, and your Mt. Everest. A Coach or Mentor can help you devise an Action Plan that will move you out of your comfort zone into the land of possibilities!
It is said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results. Insanity can look a lot of different ways, but it certainly cowering to FEAR, which then keeps us stuck from moving forward. Perhaps it’s time to explore who you are, what you want, and to overcome your Mt. Everest. You are worth it! | 2019-04-26T03:52:32Z | https://margistarr.wordpress.com/category/personal-development/page/2/ | Porn | Reference | 0.187747 |
wordpress | “She knew, “Death is inevitable.”; she still wanted to live the beautiful lie…” Hola!! To all my fantastic bloggers!!! How’re you all? I hope, you all are doing great…. if not, read my posts..just kidding 😁 So, what do you think about this one liner? Do share your thoughts with me. Have A Happy Day!!!… Continue reading A Beautiful Lie!
Hola! To all my lovely bloggers!!! How are you all? I hope you all are doing great. Now this is quite hilarious. Lol! I didn’t know, I have a phobia until now.. What about you guys? Do you have a phobia? Do share it with me. Have A Happy Day!! Happy Blogging Fellas!! | 2019-04-25T12:33:24Z | https://happy08wordpress.wordpress.com/2017/04/ | Porn | Reference | 0.35725 |
wordpress | I love this picture that I took at the Economics of Happiness conference. I don’t really know why. I don’t know her. But I think somehow she reflects how I felt about this very positive conference that was based in knowledge and commitment to the future, rather than empty corposystem hype. | 2019-04-21T19:00:25Z | https://factfictionfancy.wordpress.com/category/bare-bones-biology/imagine-this/ | Porn | Reference | 0.501611 |
wordpress | January | 2012 | The Jamestown Comet.
I have known people in my life who are very religious, counting on and crediting God for every positive thing in their lives. I’ve also known those who have no god at all – relying entirely on practical indecision to produce the same unpredictable outcome to a situation. While polar opposites in belief, these people are actually different sides of the same coin.
Anyone who depends on prayer or supernatural intervention to solve every problem is doomed to a lifetime of disappointment. The same can be said about someone who continues to make bad choices on their own, letting an indecisive nature create self-doubt and shadow individual common sense.
While it appears nowhere in the Bible, there is an old saying. God helps those who help themselves. The saying is attributed to Benjamin Franklin but probably originated much earlier in Ancient Greece.
Even though some Christians have criticized the expression as being contrary to the Bible’s message of God’s grace, but I disagree. Indeed, for the faithful, I think it may be the quintessential stepping stone to that enlightenment.
Some argue that this statement nullifies charity and faith. Instead, it implies a common sense approach to helping others and ourselves. After all, before we can help anyone else, we must stand on solid ground. Every structure needs a foundation.
The phrase also illustrates that each of us must take action to be successful in our endeavors or improve our situation. We can’t depend on others – God or otherwise – to solve our problems.
Of course there are times when we must make decisions for which we need guidance. In those instances, a prayer, a talk with a friend or family member, or just quiet meditation can help. But, in the end, we must still act on our own accord to bring about the desired outcome. Dependence solely on prayer may do far more harm than good.
There is an anecdotal story about a very religious man who was seriously ill. Friends and neighbors begged him to seek medial help, but he just insisted he would pray and God would save him. After a few weeks the man finally died, never having seen a doctor. He is said to have had a simple case of pneumonia that could have been easily treated with antibiotics.
One interpretation of this story is that the man didn’t recognize God was, indeed, sending him help – in the form of friends and neighbors who were trying to get him to a doctor. So how do we know when and how to act? Good question, to which we all have to look inside ourselves for the answer.
Regardless of the denomination, to the devout, understanding what their god wants of them is rarely clear but all important. Even when the opportunities are placed in front of us, sometimes our own interpretations can get in the way of taking the action necessary to solve the problem for ourselves.
Even more confusing, however, is the realization that there are times when inaction is the best action to take. And, for some people, one of the hardest things to do is nothing. I’m one of those people.
As my mother’s Alzheimer’s disease exhibited more symptoms and complications, sometimes there was nothing to do but wait and watch. Nothing could have been more frustrating. Still, we all made the decision to wait and see what happened. But even in our day-to-day lives, sometimes we have to decide what to do, take whatever actions we can and then wait.
Whatever we are faced with, we each have decisions to make every day that determine the outcome of our lives. Should you have turned left instead of right, zigged instead of zagged.
There is no way to know for sure what to do. Whether we are guided by prayer, an inner voice or a Magic 8 Ball, how we act on those decisions is what really counts.
Gery L. Deer is an independent columnist based in Jamestown. More at http://www.deerinheadlines.com.
Liz Coley, of Cincinnati, Author of the young adult fiction novel, "Out of Xibalba"
XENIA, OH – Blue Jacket Books, located at 60 S. Detroit St. in Xenia, Ohio, will host a reading and book signing by noted Cincinnati author Liz Coley from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday February 16th.
Originally from San Diego, CaliforniaLiz Coley is a prolific author of young adult science fiction and fantasy. Her published works include six short stories and two novels, including her newest work, Pretty Girl-13, a contemporary psychological thriller set for a 2013 release by Harper Collins, Katherine Tegen Books. Her work is also featured in three recently published anthologies, The Last Man Anthology: Tales of Catastrophe, Disaster, and Woe, Strange Worlds Anthology and More Scary Kisses.
During her presentation, Coley will offer her own insight on the writing process and read from her book, Out of Xibalba, (pronounced Shi-bal-ba) a young adult novel about a teenage Ohio girl thrown back in time over a thousand years. Finding herself in pre-Columbian Belize and mistaken for a Mayan goddess, the young heroine is immersed in the culture of her father’s ancestors. The fast-paced story is told from two points of view and based on the Mayan prophecy foretelling the end of time on December 21, 2012.
The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Copies of Out of Xibalba will be on sale at the event for $14.99. Blue Jacket Books is south of the Greene County Courthouse, just off Main St., downtown. For more information visit the author’s website, http://www.LCTeen.com or contact her publicist, Gery L. Deer, at (937) 902-4857.
Recently, USA Today reported that an increasing number of employers, primarily hospitals, are imposing bans on smoking – even on personal time. More employers are rejecting applicants who test positive for any traces of nicotine in pre-employment drug screenings.
Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemical compounds. More than 250 of these chemicals are known to be harmful, and more than 60 are known to cause cancer. Regardless of the proven health risks involved however, there are an estimated 46 million smokers in the United States.
Employers of all stripes are tightening their belts just to keep the lights on. Productivity and healthcare costs can both have a major impact on the bottom line in any business. Smoking is considered an addiction caused by the nicotine contained in the tobacco – though some also attribute the problem to artificial additives. Either way, many smokers see it as their right to disrupt productivity and force non-smokers to make more expensive contributions to employer-sponsored health insurance.
Contrary to what some would like to believe smoking is not (yet) protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act or equal opportunities laws. Smoking is a choice, unlike being a paraplegic or having some other kind of legitimate disability. Smokers do not deserve special treatment any more than someone hooked on alcohol or even caffeine.
Since the anti-smoking campaigns of the 1990’s, many companies have instituted a ‘no smoke break’ rule. That doesn’t mean that people cannot smoke on their breaks. It means they have to wait and take the same number of breaks as everyone else, and rightfully so.
If a company hires someone to work, they expect the employee to honor his or her agreement to do so. In exchange they receive a paycheck, possibly health or retirement benefits, and valuable experience which may provide future opportunities.
When a worker is spending more time for smoke breaks than doing the job, however, they are costing the employer far more than they are producing, in more ways than one. Studies suggest that smokers cause a substantial increase in employer healthcare premiums and reduce earnings and productivity.
One of the earliest investigations into this issue, a 2007 study of more than 14,000 Swedish workers, was performed by Petter Lundborg, Ph.D., an economist at the Free University of Amsterdam in theNetherlands. Lundborg’s research found smokers took an average of 11 more sick days than non-smokers.
In the current state of unemployment, any individuals who would rather spend more time smoking than working should quit the job and let someone who wants to work have the position. Outside of work, however, is another matter entirely and therein lays the controversy.
Except for those working certain government or military positions, or short of criminal behavior, an employer really has very little say in what a worker does outside the office. However, smoking, alcoholism or drug abuse, have a significant effect on the overall performance of an employee and sometimes affects the public’s perception of the employer.
First is the aforementioned hike in the insurance expense caused by having smokers on the group plan. Smoking drives up the cost. No explanations required here –though many smokers see this policy as discriminatory as well, ignoring the science and economics behind it.
In short, Nicotine is a controlled substance. Employers have the right to refuse a job to anyone who fails their drug testing criteria. Who knows, perhaps this kind of regulations will give some die-hard smokers the motivation to finally kick the habit. There is never a down side to quitting.
Jamestown, Ohio – Since its inception, men and women have struggled to find the perfect Valentine’s Day gift, often settling for the tired triad of dinner, flowers and candy. Shared activities, however, are enjoyed by both and remembered far longer than some clichéd gift.
One Ohio-based performing arts studio urges couples to forget ballroom dancing and horse-drawn carriage rides this Valentine’s Day and try something new – bullwhip lessons. For the fifth year, The Whip Artistry Studio based in Jamestown, Ohio, is offering special bullwhip handling lessons designed just for couples.
“Whip artistry” is a relatively new concept applied to an ancient skill. The term refers to the use of a bullwhip or stock whip, not just to crack it and make a loud noise, but for precision sport and performance art.
The Whip Artistry Studio opened in 1998 as the only full-time, permanent facility in the United States dedicated to the study of whip arts. The studio is the home base of the Society of American Whip Artistry and operates like a creative arts center, providing certified individual or group lessons and stage performances.
Each year, individuals, couples and even entire families come to The Whip Artistry Studio to learn the whip for fun and sport. Most are hobbyists who are just interested in learning a unique skill. Others are professional performers and stage entertainers who want to add the whip to their repertoire.
Couple’s bullwhip lessons starts with a quick safety overview and covers the basics of whip artistry. Contrary to what one might think, the couple does not crack the whip at each other nor is it used in any dangerous manner. Instead the couple shares a unique experience and learns a new skill together.
An award-winning whip artist of 20 plus years, Deer has coached and performed around the country including Dayton’s Victoria Theatre as well as national television programs like The Bonnie Hunt Show and NBC’s America’s Got Talent. He also develops whip-holstering equipment and specialty training for movie studios and theatrical companies.
Deer says, “Similar to ballroom dancing, whip artistry is learned in steps with basic techniques branching into precision movement. It really is a unique and entertaining activity, and much safer than people might expect.” In addition to training, The Whip Artistry Studio also supplies custom-designed whip accessories for stage, film and television productions.
Couple’s whip lessons start at $85.00 for 90-minutes, including equipment rental. Individual lessons are also available at a reduced cost during this promotion. To get the special rates, a deposit is required and reservations must be made by Tuesday, February 13th,but the actual lesson can be scheduled for any date. Studio hours vary and all activities are by appointment only. For more information go online to The Whip Artistry Studio website http://www.thewhipstudio.com or call (937) 902-4857.
Was Verizon Payment Fee A Publicity Stunt?
In November of 2011, a consumer backlash led Bank of America to scrap plans for a monthly, $5 fee levied on all debit card users. Customers took to social media like Facebook and Twitter, berating the company for punishing the middle class with nickel and dime fees.
On average, the lower and middle classes are the largest group of debit card users. But what if another company, seeing the tremendous amount of free media attention bestowed on Bank of America, decided to try the same thing?
Within moments of the announcement, however, customers began railing against the proposal through social media and online discussion boards. By December 30th, less than 72 hours after the fee announcement was released, Verizon Wireless, the largest cellular wireless carrier in the United States, scrapped the entire plan.
It should be noted that Verizon Communications, one of two parent firms that owns the wireless giant, experienced 12 percent growth over the last year. The company employees more than 83,000 workers nationwide and services approximately 90 million customers.
The consistently volatile economy has made consumers more sensitive to overcharging, particularly by major corporations. Based on what happened with Bank of America, it’s hard to imagine that Verizon executives wouldn’t have predicted a similar, overwhelmingly negative response? Or maybe that was their plan all along.
While no evidence exists to support such a statement, there are those who are speculating that the fee and its subsequent elimination were little more than a publicity stunt. Theorists imagine that Verizon executives and marketing wizards were inspired by the staggering amount of free media coverage Bank of America as a result of the ATM fee debacle.
Where Bank of America was concerned, it’s unlikely that executives were concerned about losing customers. Sitting atop an industry that already had its share of bad press and facing legal troubles over bad mortgages, it’s far more likely the financial behemoth backed down to minimize the amount of negative attention they were getting. In this case, bad press was only making things worse.
Similarly, under attack for excessive and often hidden fees, Verizon has been getting some equally bad press. But they may have decided to see if they could make the negative media work to their benefit by creating a situation wherein they would end up the good guys. It’s possible they may have even initiated the aggressive social media barrage on their own accord just to prime the proverbial pump and get people talking about it.
Going on the old adage, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity,” the company might never have intended to charge the fee in the first place – unless no one complained. If that had happened, they could simply apply the fee where stated, rake in millions in extra revenue, and maintain business as usual with the public none the wiser. They really couldn’t lose either way.
Could the stunt have cost them customers? Maybe, but the number would have been insignificant compared to the amount of free, national media coverage that, in the end, painted a bright, sunny picture of a big corporation that listened to the little people.
Consumers need to be smarter than to think a multi-billion-dollar corporation is really going to be so responsive, regardless of how many people Tweet about them. They are all in the business to make money and as long as they have what the buying public needs, they will continue to do so, unfair fees and all.
Gery L. Deer is an independent columnist based in Jamestown. More information available at http://www.gerydeer.com. | 2019-04-21T07:21:04Z | https://jamestowncomet.wordpress.com/2012/01/ | Porn | Health | 0.324088 |
wordpress | While I really enjoyed Tainted Energy, Lost Energy was so much better! It was fast-paced and action packed. It picks up where the first book in the series left off. While love is still a major theme, Tarek doesn’t play as big a role in this book as he did in the first. Instead, the relationship between Farren, a Protector, and Lena seems to be the focus. Farren takes on the role of trainer, Protector, and big brother of Lena. With his help and the help of other Guides and Protectors found hiding on Earth, Wilma, Zander, Tarek, and Lena take on Cassondra and her army in an epic battle to save the other dimensions.
This book has a real teary ending. It leaves you wanting more. I can’t wait to see how Lena plans on carrying out revenge on Cassondra. I am looking forward the reading the third book Fractured Energy.
This entry was posted on July 21, 2015 by theantibibliophobiac. | 2019-04-19T02:22:29Z | https://theantibibliophobiac.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/the-energy-series-book-2/ | Porn | Reference | 0.209927 |
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your edition looks better than mine.
My sad used paperback doesn't have the matching sleeve.
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