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"By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable." ~ Friedrich August von Hayek
What Would You Do?
With age comes a few regrets of fading youth. For me, these are the occasional pangs of desire to flake out with a stack of comic books like I used to do when I was a kid. Nevertheless, although I resist the callings of my inner child, I have managed to get vicarious comic book fixes from two really good Spidey flicks.
There is something about reading about grown men in long underwear and their adventures that to me aren't what an adult should spend time doing. Young adults like me should move on to the real world and leave fantasy to children and those writers and artists who cater to them.
Of course, I don't really believe that. Although it is the typical response to fantasy in general, I, like most people, find value in fantasy and sci-fi precisely because it allows moral dilemmas to be presented and considered fresh from the commonplace world that we actually live in. After all, isn't the moral of The Lord of the Rings that even the smallest and weakest can defeat evil, not just the stereotypical mighty hero. And what is the moral of Star Wars but that evil can arise and triumph, but also can be defeated, from the most unlikely sources and opportunities. Liberty can triumph over slavery.
All fantasy is typically about a struggle between Good and Evil, which has obvious application to the real world (especially in these dark times). That, in extraordinary circumstances, the Good Man will not succumb to Evil, whether it's Evil Men and their works, or just Evil ideas, but will fight ever more enthusiastically against it. As all moral story telling teaches, every man (or woman) has it within them to do heroic deeds, to be more than what is expected of the average man, to be in a certain sense, supra-men, and superheroic.
Everyone knows the story of how Superman was born on the doomed planet Krypton and sent to Earth where he grew up as a farm boy in Kansas . Why has this character endured for now almost 70 years? With his super-strength, speed, indestructibility, heat, X-ray, telescopic and microscopic vision and ability to fly, he would seem to have little relevance to you or me and our daily lives and any challenges we may encounter.
The character of Superman was created by two Jews, Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster (a Canadian!) leading many to identify several Jewish cues in Superman's origin. Like Moses set loose on a river in his basket, the son of a doomed people, Superman was sent to Earth in a rocket ship, and like Moses, was raised in a mysterious land. However, most people don't know that Superman's powers are the unforeseen byproduct of Kryptonian eugenics, although this was added decades later as part of the back story to explain why Krypton later exploded.
Famously, Superman uses these powers to defend 'Truth, Justice and the American Way ' and is considered in his comic books as the most powerful man in Metropolis, if not on Earth. Actually, the dispute over this status is the revised origin for Lex Luthor's vendetta against Superman. Originally, many decades ago, Superman inadvertently caused Luthor's hair to fall out, causing Luthor to swear revenge for this humiliation. This is a pretty lame origin story for a supervillain, but on the other hand, it shows how, as a rival to a super-man, his arch-nemesis is a small and petty man. However, when Superman was reinvented in the 80's, Lex Luthor was also given a tune up, so that their rivalry stems from Luthor's claim, as the wealthiest and most influential man in Metropolis, to also be the most powerful man in the city ' until Superman arrived on the scene. And instead of the humiliation of going bald, Luthor was now humiliated when he was sent to jail for staging a fake terrorist attack on his yacht in order to lure Superman into the open to meet him.
So, why is Superman relevant to today's world and to you and me? The key to the answer is that in fiction the reader is encouraged to imagine or identify themselves as the heroes of the story. Who hasn't wondered what they would do if they had all the powers of Superman?
The real, underlying moral theme of Superman, is the recurring unasked, but obvious question to readers, of what would you do if you were Superman in this situation? What would you do with the powers of Superman if you had them? Would you use them for personal wealth and glory? Conversely, what would you do if you had all the wealth and influence of Lex Luthor? Would you use that wealth to pursue petty vendetta's and endanger the innocent?
With all the powers of Superman no crime would be impossible for you. Who could stop you? What could stop you?
Of course, what makes Superman Superman is not his Kryptonian heritage and the yellow Sun of Earth, but his childhood in Kansas and his parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent. It is his upbringing, the ideals and morals taught and lived out by Clark Kent that makes Superman a hero instead of the global conqueror that he was originally sent to Earth to be, sent to impose on humanity 'proper Kryptonian ideals.'
What does all this say about another person who is regularly called 'The most powerful man on Earth?' A man who endlessly lectures all within range of his voice of his noble intentions, his superior morality and the power of his corrupt office?
George W. Bush, sadly and frighteningly, is indeed the most powerful man on Earth, made so by the inhumanity of the U.S. military machine, able to rain death down from the skies on thousands, and potentially billions, with a flick of his finger and a tug on his Bible. And this is not mere hyperbole. When presented with the opportunity to use this awesome and evil power that he wields, he had a choice, to choose between the moral, Good choice, and the immoral and Evil one. Sadly, we know which he chose.
When the choice came, Bush choose to use his power to further the cause of Evil. The enslavement of the human race under despotism and war, and looting present and future generations to fund his cronies.
When presented with a crisis, Bush didn't hesitate to tip his power onto the evil side of the moral scale, promoting and extending a fearsome regime of perpetual war, torture, fear mongering, a burgeoning police-state, and crony capitalism.
When the public was clamoring for revenge, eager to strike out and kill any target that could be claimed to have even the faintest connection to the wound of 9/11, did George W. Bush urge caution and restraint? Did he recognize that with great power comes great responsibility for how that power is used (and abused)? Did he marshal arguments against the use of violence and the murder of the innocent? No.
When the choice came, Bush, like every depraved madman, embraced not the ways of peace, but any excuse to revel in the martial spirit and kill at will. Instead of arguing for the dignity of every human being, he seized the opportunity, like any other tyrant throughout history, to engage in human experimentation through violence. His whims would redesign societies both abroad ' and at home.
Instead of behaving like how we would all expect everyone to act, with restraint, patience and consideration for guilt and innocence, before considering a proportional response, Bush unleashed a wave of violence and murder. All because he had the power to.


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|Alexandria Man Arrested After Shots Fired
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On Monday, April 13, the Thayer County Sheriff's Office arrested Jesse Durflinger, 24, of Alexandria, after a 911 call was made regarding an incident in which the caller and the suspect were involved.
Around 6:30 p.m., a male caller reported having an altercation with his son, Durflinger.
The 24-year-old reportedly fired a weapon during the incident then fled the residence, taking the weapon with him.
The Nebraska State Patrol responded to assist.
They offered the service of their Air Wing and a K9 unit.
The Alexandria man was taken into custody at approximately 7:45 p.m.
He was found about one mile south of Alexandria in a field.
He was arrested without incident and lodged in the Thayer County Jail with five charges:
Bond has not yet been set.
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If you're a Jakartan chances are recently you've been held in due to rain outside, stuck in traffic when braving a downpour, or trapped in a flooded area. Some Jakartans have experienced all.
Just as our luck, the wired Jakartans who go on social media to question, discuss or vent are immediately presented with two thin options by the increasingly polarizing Netizens; either the new gubernatorial duo Jokowi-Ahok has done their best, or has failed the worst. Picking one, the other camp would mob you. Trying to be objective, both camps would lynch you. Been there, suffered that.
Flood problems are never one-dimensional. It doesn't take an expert to see that Jakarta's drainage and sewage systems are narrow, shallow, disjointed and often incomparable to the volume produced by the neighborhood. To make it worse, the sewers are often clogged by trash or covered on the top by concrete slabs to make parking space—a common sight on previously residential areas turned into commercial like Kebayoran Baru and Kemang. When extra volume of water is pouring during rainy season, it easily fills up the inadequate sewers and has nowhere to flow to but onto the streets.
It then gets really ugly because it will meet the lovechild of poorly disjointed mass transportation system and population's increased income; the massive amount of private vehicles. Clogged sewers, clogged streets, clogged arteries of our very distressed bodies. Realize how people have started to die in their thirties now? Jakarta has become very inhospitable to its inhabitants.
Now, what has the new city-province head executives done to improve our living? For starters, the duo has put into effect a few policies to manage better Pasar Tanah Abang, banish illegal parking in certain downtown spots, return busway lane fully to Transjakarta buses and reform bureaucracy under their command. The duo was lucky to start term after the long preparatory stages of MRT and canal cleaning that, let's all be honest, were initiated and budgeted by the previous governor.
Is it reasonable to expect Jokowi-Ahok to fix floods and traffic problems overnight? Absolutely not. Have the residents shown their appreciation to the early efforts done? In different ways, mostly yes. Are Jakartans eligible to question, criticize, and demand more of their elected leaders 15 months and 2 rainy seasons into their 5-year term? Democratically, resoundingly yes.
Isn't accountability reviewing by constituents an integral part of democracy? Beyond the extreme first-100-day reviews there's a more common annual performance reviews. The bad thing about Indonesian bureaucracy is there are no explicit, quantified and time-tabled personal goals for public servants to link to reward & punishment—something that corporate employees have been measured against for decades—so everyone gets subjective and easily polarized into all-positive worshippers or all-negative haters.
Yet the polarizing debate would have probably been less fiery if only this wasn't presidential election year. Jokowi's well-documented achievements as mayor of 1-million population Surakarta and early efforts in capital Jakarta has made him a freshly-scrubbed darling for the presidential bourse that's so far dotted with old faces and their baggage, even if Jokowi himself never announced intention to run. Enough factions vying for him to be on their running ticket, to the point that they get flamingly hostile when a critique, however objectively justified and raised by a Jokowi-Ahok voter, is addressed to Jokowi—in stark contrast to Jokowi's famed friendly demeanor. On social media some of them may even call you names or accuse you of being paid off, as if one can't tell the difference between professional (negative) buzzers to random citizens mustering enough intelligence to provide feedback. Insulting at best, damaging to Jokowi's own long-term leadership at worst.
I value leaders' commitments more than their smiles. After all, we elect them to lead and execute, not to be our tea-party guests. I think Jokowi and Ahok must step on gears much faster, step on some toes if must, to really turn around this badly-mismanaged metropolitan in the next 3.5 years. New rules may not be needed as much as upholding the current rules for any citizen, even at the risk of being accused of not favoring 'the little people'—a political capital the duo has been banking on since the beginning—or irking the elite for not turning the other cheek.
Elected leaders to stay full term in office to fulfill campaign promises, especially if the situation is this dire, before I can even think of voting them into a bigger office. For those who've argued that if elected Jokowi could still 'reform' the 15-million populated DKI Jaya province from Merdeka presidential palace, how colossally egoistic you are to expect the elected President of 245 million citizens to still be absorbed by our monumental problems just because we house his office? Indonesia stretches so far beyond Jakarta and your narrow attention span or political gain, just in case you forgot.
To Jokowi and Ahok, soldier on in Jakarta, much faster and more decisively. Deliver your campaign pledges, like honorable adults do. To Indonesians, Jokowi and Ahok already have full-time jobs, so we need to keep searching elsewhere for presidential candidates however grim these early prospects are because, fellow citizens, that would be the honorable and adult thing for us to do.
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The Good Thief: Thief No More!
Three groups of people mock Jesus on the cross. First, people passing by. They raise their voice and utter blasphemies against Jesus. They mock his claim to destroy the temple and then rebuild it in three days. They taunt him to save himself by coming down from the cross. But Jesus had taught that "whoever would save his life will lose it." (Mk 8:35). These are individuals with no deep knowledge of religion; only great antipathy.
Next the chief priest and scribes jeered at Jesus. Their knowledge of religion is more extensive. But knowledge alone does not save. Even the devils in hell know who Christ is.
This second group is proud. They are unwilling to receive the gift God is offering them in Jesus. They judge themselves already saved. They have set the standard for truth. They are closed to a truth that is greater than any human mind. A Messiah who suffers. A Messiah who is God. They literally "turn their nose at" Jesus for saying he is the Messiah (Lk 23:35). They challenge him to come down from the cross so that they could believe in him. Theirs is the exact opposite challenge that Jesus gives his disciples. "Anyone who wishes to follow me must take up his cross…" (Mk 8:34).
Lastly, those crucified with Jesus revile him. Matthew calls them criminals ("
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The hostility to Jesus is complete. The casual passer-by, the professional religious and the criminals, all society is turned against him. Well could Jesus make his own the words of Psalm 27:7: "I am reviled by men and considered nothing by the people."
The criminal to Jesus' left repeats the insults of the others. He has no reason of his own to hate Jesus. But the venom of his own evil heart is found now on his accusing lips. He is the prototype of that individual who does not look into his own soul and face his sin, but instead lashes out at the innocent man and makes him a victim of his own self-loathing. This criminal does not even tremble before death and judgment before God. He has no faith.
But the criminal to the right confesses his own wrongdoing. He is justly condemned to death. He rebukes the other criminal for his insolence and hardheartedness. "This man has done nothing wrong" (Lk 23:41), he tells him. Only those who acknowledge their own sins can recognize innocence. Sometimes we hate in others what is wrong in ourselves.
In his suffering, Jesus is broken, but not defeated. He remains loving and even kind to his killers. The criminal witnesses Jesus' prayer of absolution for the world, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing' (Lk 23:34). True nobility cannot be disguised in suffering. Already on the face of the suffering Christ, the love of heaven shines forth.
Jesus has touched this criminal to the right deeply. So moved is he that he makes the most unexpected request of one crucified man to another. With unfeigned sincerity, he pleads: "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom" (Lk 23:42). This is the only time in any of the gospels that someone addresses Jesus directly without a title. The moment for formality is past.
"Remember me," the man prays. He asks for mercy. Nothing more. He prays with the humility of the publican who did not dare raise his eyes when he prayed, "Be merciful to me, a sinner" (Lk 13:13). His prayer is short. His hope is deep. It is not the length of our prayers that gives them strength, but the intensity of our faith and confidence that make us bold enough to petition.
Jesus is more generous in his response than the criminal could ever have imagined. Jesus now speaks for the very last time to anyone in his life. "Amen, I say to you this day you shall be with me in paradise" (Lk 23:43). Jesus assures him of salvation. He fulfills the mission he inaugurated in the synagogue of Nazareth when he announced his ministry of proclaiming release to captives and setting the oppressed free (cf. Lk 4:18-19). The criminal will join Jesus in paradise at the banquet with the poor, the lame and the crippled (cf. Lk 14:21).
Jesus had said, "If I be lifted up, I will draw all men to myself" (Jn 12:32). His prophecy is being fulfilled as the criminal to his right turns to him in faith. This criminal is literally suffering, dying and rising with Jesus. His deathbed conversion has turned him into a true disciple--someone who is with Jesus. The Crucified Jesus does not come down from the cross to save himself. He remains nailed to its wood to save us. His pierced body becomes the overflowing font of mercy to every sinner.
welfth century
Gospel of Nicodemus
names the criminal who prays to Jesus on the cross as Dismas. Another apocryphal gospel relates his earlier years. According to that gospel, Dismas was the leader of a robber band in Egypt. When the Holy Family fled Herod the Great after Jesus' birth, they met up with him. He discerned something special about them and had his men spare them. Thirty years later he saw that child once again, nailed to a cross (cf. the sixth century
Arabic Infancy Gospel
). This is simply legend. But the offer of salvation from the Crucified Christ is not!
The entire gospel is found in this scene. Jesus is found in the company of sinners. Some accept him. Others do not. The dying man is the sinner, guilty of evil. He has harmed others by his life. He has offended God. Yet he does not hesitate to turn to Jesus on the cross and ask for what he does not deserve. Tradition affectionately baptizes this criminal "the good thief." With his dying words, he stole heaven. But it is good to remember you cannot steal what is being freely given. The good thief is thief no more!


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Downtown Music: Celtic
Sandra Parker celebrates Celtic music
By Leslie Grace | A! Magazine for the Arts | July 31, 2013"The only thing certain in life is change," Sandra Parker, chair of the Virginia Highlands Festival music committee, says. "A lot of people, like me, resist change. You have to drag me screaming, crying and grumbling, and then I experience it; and I'm like "oh, why didn't I do that before.'"
The Virginia Highlands Festival has undergone a great deal of change in its 65-year history, including changes that Parker introduced. The biggest of those was the introduction of the Celtic Music Festival 13 years ago.
Celtic Music Weekend at the Virginia Highlands Festival is Aug. 3-4 at the Abingdon Market Pavilion.
"When I started the Celtic weekend I had been over to Grandfather Mountain Highlands Games. It was so exciting, and there was so much going on — that's what sparked the idea. And the first Celtic weekend we had, two of the groups were from that festival. Now there are so many ways to find groups. I look on the Internet, check music sites, check other Celtic festivals and listen to musicians on the computer. You don't have to e-mail them and ask for a CD anymore. Now it's instantaneous. I can't read the newspaper without scissors, because I'm cutting out stories about groups I want to check out on the Internet.
"Sometimes it's frustrating because I only have so many slots to fill. If I had as many slots as Rhythm and Roots has I'd be like a kid in a candy store, but I'd probably go insane."
Parker tries to book a mix of favorites and new groups. "This year Maidens IV is a favorite; this is their fourth year. Rathkeltair is back this year, and Sharon Knight is new. The audience seems to have their favorites, and they'll just keep coming back for those favorites. Last year, I brought in some new groups, and I think our attendance was down a little. One woman said she didn't come, because Rathkeltair wasn't there."
Parker has been on the music committee for 17 years. A friend encouraged her to join the committee; and she's been there ever since, although there was one year of panic. "I was told that I'd been appointed co-chairman with Donnamarie Emmert. I freaked out and said "are you kidding?' I dumped it all on Donnamarie and just helped her. And I took it over the next year. One thing that keeps me on this committee is my love of music and the Celtic Music Weekend. That was my brainchild. I didn't know how well it would go over. Some people said "are you sure about this, we're in the bluegrass belt.' I felt fairly good about it and thought it would do well. Since the first weekend, it's proven to be very popular. I'm a big Celtic music fan, and I've developed relationships with the bands. We have a real mix, very traditional and edgy. I haven't got Celtic punk in there yet, but maybe one year. I can't seem to turn my back and walk away."
The music committee is unlike a lot of committees, according to Parker. It has several chiefs. Parker is chairman because she says, "somebody has to have that title." But others take care of specific portions of the music. Daveena Sexton ran the bluegrass weekend until this year. Major Calendar schedules the gospel night, and Marva Wheeler organizes the classical Sunday series. "All I have to do is take care of the groups I personally book," Parker says. "I'm very fortunate. I've got a great committee. It works really well. We have a couple of people on the committee who get the volunteers together and sell the armbands. I don't know what I'd do without Richard Clayton. He's a very important part of the committee; he takes care of all the logistics. It's a well-oiled machine. I've been here a long time; sometimes I feel like I'm getting a little tired. When I first came in, I was one of the young folks on the board, but I'm not one of the younger folks on the board anymore."
The other members of Parker's committee have orchestrated musical festivals within the Virginia Highlands Festival. The opening night concert features Annabelle's Curse and The Return, a Beatles tribute band. They've also arranged a weekend concert series featuring local up-and-coming groups, classical music, gospel concerts, 7 Bridges (an Eagles tribute band), and more.
All of this isn't free. Parker says that the festival committee works very hard to raise money through sponsorships to pay for it. "The committee does a great job getting sponsorships. I'd rather just book the bands, and I've had that luxury."
Parker, who sings Celtic folk songs and plays the Celtic harp, says she booked herself once since she started the Celtic Weekend. "The first time I ever played the festival, my friend Susan and I had this little duo called Fairlight. We were street musicians. I played guitar, and we sang two-part harmony. We were on the Barter Green playing on a tree stump, and the chairman of the music committee came over and said that her noon series band hadn't shown up and could we play instead. That was exhilarating. I performed with the noon series for several years and at the Celtic Weekend once. Because of all my other responsibilities, I'm not going to try to perform during the Celtic Weekend again.
"I've loved music since I was a child. My father played guitar and sang, and he would teach me songs when I was little. My mother had a beautiful voice and played piano. They put me in piano when I was little, and thank goodness they did. The piano is one of the basic things for all music, I believe. I can't remember not liking music. When I was a child, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I said a "singer.' I didn't quite make it, except maybe locally. I picked up a Celtic harp about 10 years ago, and I'm just in love with that. Where I might have played the piano for a wedding in the past, people want me to play the harp now."
"I've always been a big supporter of live music," Parker says. "I was sad growing up because we didn't have much around here at that time. The Down Home in Johnson City has been around for a while, and I was envious of that when I was young. Live music has brought a lot of life back to Bristol and Abingdon.
"What I'd like on my tombstone is "Let music charm me last on earth and greet me first in heaven.' Music is like so many other of the art forms; I can't imagine life without it."
A crowd enjoys Celtic music at the Virginia Highlands Festival.


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Impact investment, the term was created in 2007 by an initiative coordinated by the Rockefeller Foundation. The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has defined impact investment as investments made into companies, organisation and funds with intention to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. This financial return differentiates impact investing from grant funding. The deliberate strategy for positive benefit to society separates it from traditional investments. According to the GIIN, impact investing has attracted increasing interest among investors who are allocating more capital to impact investments year-over-year. It has identified the overall global investment is worth U$212 trillion and projecting the prospects for capturing at least one percent of this investments, which is U$2.0 trillion, for global Impact Investment. Impact investment are now being used to finance initiatives such as aged care, health, housing, education, infrastructure, water and sanitation, financial inclusion, sustainable agriculture and development of the service sector. Impact Investment is already having optimistic effect globally in catalyzing new markets and inspiring entrepreneurship and innovation for the benefit of society.
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White Bison Forgiveness Ceremony at Trinity
A Ceremony of Forgiveness will be held at noon Friday, May 2 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 701 N. 20th St., in connection with past abuses at government
boarding schools for Indian children.
The public is invited.
The ceremony will be led by Trinity Pastor Jerry Boles, a Navajo, and Don Coyhis of White Bison, an American Indian non-profit organization.
White Bison is planning a cross-country Forgiveness Journey that will stop at many of the school sites May 16 through June 24.
Before the ceremony, at 10 a.m., the movie about boarding schools, "Our Spirits Do Not Speak English," will be shown at the church.
For more information, call 632-9295.
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Today I am looking forward to attending a Draft Day in Brisbane [organised by the Simeon Network] where Christian academics talk about issues related to their research.
Here are some talk titles.
"The success of the Victoria Institute and the failure of the metaphysical society"
"Considering the role of the church in population ageing"
"How artificial intelligence may affect human decision-making"
"Justice and inequalities in cancer outcomes"
"The 1958 Prisons Act: Queensland's missed opportunity in reform"
"The demotion of Pluto and the sociology of Science"
Here are some of the slides from my talk on "Engaging universities with the big questions"
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Christian academics talk about their research
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James S. Lasch, 79, of Findlay and formerly of Monroeville passed away Monday evening, April 9, 2018 in the St. Catherine's Manor of Findlay following a lengthy illness.
He was born May 16, 1938 in Norwalk and was a 1957 graduate of Monroeville High School. Jim had been employed at International Tubing, Bellevue and prior to this he had worked for the former Lasch Furniture in Monroeville, as well as spending a short time working for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
He is survived by one brother, Hank Lasch of Sandusky; nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Catherine (Schaub) Lasch; two brothers, Robert Lasch and Lawrence "Larry" Lasch, Sr.
Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 11:30 AM in the St. Joseph Cemetery, Monroeville. Fr. Ronald A. Schock will officiate. A luncheon will follow in the St. Joseph Social Hall, Monroeville.
Memorial contributions may be made to the donor's favorite charity.
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It's the battle of cheese balls vs. cheesecake!
In a special episode of "Family Feud," Mama June, Honey Boo Boo and the rest of the Thompson/Shannon family members from "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" will face off against "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro and co.
Cameras will roll on Monday, July 22 in Atlanta, GA when "Family Feud" host Steve Harvey will be joined by the stars of the two TLC shows: "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo's" Honey Boo Boo (Alana Thompson), Mama (June Shannon), Pumpkin (Lauryn Shannon), Chickadee (Anna Shannon), Chubbs (Jessica Shannon) and Sugar Bear (Mike Thompson) vs. the "Cake Boss" himself as well as his sister Maddalena Castano, his sister Lisa Gonzalez, his sister Mary Sciarrone and his wife Elisabetta Valastro, who are competing in an effort to win money for their favorite charities.
The episode will air in the upcoming season on "Family Feud," which premieres Monday, September 16. Check your local listings for more.


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So, here we are, at the conclusion of my overview of books I have read in 2014. If you missed it, you can revisit Parts One, Two and Three before reading.
40. Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
by A. J. Jacobs (4/5).
This book was really really funny. There is such a large amount of information out there about what we should be doing to ensure we stay healthy, and most of it is impossible to do on a daily basis. However, over a two-year period, A.J. Jacobs has tried to do everything to improve his health. He has a list of over 1000 things to work on, and attempted to work through them all. Frustratingly for him, things seemed to get added to the list quicker than he could cross them off. It was good to see someone try a ton of health promoting things, and see his conclusions regarding what worked and what didn't. It's especially important given that a lot of the information we receive about health today can be conflicting, or difficult to do. I would definitely recommend this book as a light-hearted read.
41. Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Hooks, Helps and Hurts Us
by Murray Carpenter (4/5)
In this book, Carpenter looks at caffeine, and both its positive and negative effects on the human body. The book starts by providing a social view of caffeine, meeting cocoa and coffee growers in South America, and illustrating how the Western worlds reliance on this drug is helping, in part, to create a local booming economy in these regions. Carpenter then goes on to discuss the downsides of this, such as gang related crimes. The book them moves on to discuss the methods by which we get caffeine into our systems, whether these are safe, and whether caffeine in general is good or bad within our society. Again, really interesting points were made, and overall I really enjoyed the history of caffeine, along with the discussion regarding how "healthy" our caffeine habits are.
42. Psy-Q: You know your IQ – now test your psychological intelligence
by Ben Ambridge (4/5)
Yes! A popular psychology book. It's always interesting to see how your brain works, and this book certainly does that, explaining some common psychological myths along the way. Overall, I really enjoyed this book, it exposed why some well known psychology experiments are a bit misleading, and was also full of fun little games and challenges used to illustrate the authors points on various aspects. Very good!
43. The Sports Gene: Talent, Practice and the Truth About Success
by David Epstein (5/5)
I read this book in two days. It is excellent! Epstein explores what makes elite athletes different from the layperson, and whether or not this might be genetic. It's an adventure that takes us to Jamaica, Kenya, and other talent hotspots around the world. Throughout, Epstein discusses genes that might be linked to sprint or endurance ability, baseball, and other sports. Interesting aspects include a family in Finland with a genetic polymorphism that causes them to have very high levels of EPO – and they just so happen to be good at endurance sports; whether there is a gene that can place at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's from multiple concussions, or a gene that increases the risk of sudden cardiac death. The genetics of the NBA was also very interesting.
Another important aspect of this book is that it adds to the 10,000-hour debate. Epstein does a good job at debunking this arbitrary score by illustrating that Donald Thomas won the 2007 World Championships at High Jump having only been doing high jump for a year. In my opinion, it seems like in sports where physical attributes are more important, such as athletes, genes play a larger role than in skill dependent sports, where skill-level and experience is also important. Throughout the book, Epstein also shows the important of a good environment to enable you to get the most out of your genes.
Please read this book, it is brilliant.
44. The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance
by Nessa Carey (3/5)
Enthused by "The Sports Gene", I decided to pick up another book about genetics. This one was still an interesting read, but based more about general health and well-being. Because my interest in this area isn't so great, and this book goes into a good amount of scientific detail, I found it slightly harder going. It was well written, and good examples were given to simplify various aspects, so I was still able to enjoy the book. Of particular interest was the section on obesity – our grandparents and our mothers nutritional status at various points in their lives can have a big effect on how likely we are to be obese or not. Fascinating!
45. Ready to Run
by Kelly Starrett (4/5)
I'm a big fan of Kelly Starrett, and I think you should be too. Kelly runs the website www.mobilitywod.com, where he has regular videos showing and explaining the need for various mobilisations. Kelly's first book, Becoming A Supple Leopard, was excellent, and really changed my thinking about how I move, as well as how I look after my body. In today's world, we as humans are engaged in motor patterning and positions that wreck or biomechanics. These poor patterns and positions then lead to pain and/or injury. People involved in exercise at any level are then at an increased risk of injury and poor performance during physical activity. For example, most people slump at the shoulders, which causes issues at the cervical spine. Taking this forward into physical activity, a cervical spine that is not functioning correctly places unnecessary risk on the shoulders, and also reduces cervical rotation in certain exercises.
This book was written by Kelly for runners. The primary audience will be people involved in longer distance runs, but as a sprinter I still found it useful. Kelly introduces 12 different standards that he feels are necessary to be able to run injury free, and then provides ways to hit these standards.
His first book is a be better introduction into the general themes of human movement and mobility, but this book is also useful for individuals involved in running activities. If that is you, you should consider checking it out.
46. The Lazarus Effect: The Science That is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death
by Sam Parnia (3/5)
This is another book split into two parts – the first examines the historical and current practices involved in resuscitation, and the second is a slightly philosophical discussion about what happens to our consciousness when we die. The main premise is that with today's resuscitation science, it is now possible to be dead for a longer period of time (hours), and then come back to life without any real negative effects. Take Fabrice Muamba, who in 2012 died on a football pitch, and was then successfully resuscitated. Fabrice was without a heartbeat for well over an hour, and in this time showed no sign of consciousness. So where were the constructs of Fabrice's consciousness, the things that make him who he is, in this time? Do they just exist on a cellular level, as some people think, or are they a bit different? Parnia himself is particularly interested in near death experiences (or as he terms them, actual death experiences). He has set up a large, multi-centre study in the UK to examine the frequency of near death experience, and then record some of the individual's experiences of this experience. It's certainly very interesting, and it does raise some very interesting questions. However, the incidence of near death experience is so low (I think the study recorded two cases of NDE) that the questions aren't really answered.
47. The Geek Manifesto: Why science matters
by Mark Henderson (4/5)
This is a really enjoyable book, exploring and discussing the role that geeks can play in shaping public policy. It looks at politics, education, the judicial system, and healthcare (among other things), explain what geeks can do to make these areas better. Similar to Ben Goldacre's book "Bad Science", there is a really good discussion of the scientific process, as well as how the scientific process has failed with homeopathy. I'm not a political person, but this book has made me more determined to ask for more evidence when politicians or people making decisions make bold claims. I want to understand the process by which they have arrived at these decisions. Anyone that likes science should take a look at this book to see how you can better shape the world you live in.
48. How to Take a Penalty: The hidden mathematics of sport
by Robert Eastaway (3/5)
This is an enjoyable short read about how maths shapes sport. Subjects covered include where to aim a penalty to increase your chances of scoring, the best tactic for average darts players, how angles affect snooker, and world record progression in athletics. Throughout these subjects, the authors introduce and simplify various statistical techniques, such an extrapolation, as well as a very light introduction to Bayes Theorem (they don't call it that). Overall, very readable, and not too heavy on the mathematical proofs, making it very accessible.
49. No Easy Day: The Only First-hand Account of the Navy Seal Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden
by Mark Owen (5/5)
I'm sure just about everyone knows about the operation to kill OBL in 2011, in which US Navy SEALs carried out a raid in Pakistan, killing the leader of al-Qaeda. The film Zero Dark Thirty does a really good job of showing the whole process, and this book further adds to that. It gives really good insight into how SEALs prepare for missions, and tells a bit more of the story about what actually happened (as an aside, in November 2014 Robert O'Neill claimed that he was the individual who fired the shots that killed OBL. The author of this book, of whom Mark Owen is a pseudonym, disputes that – he states that a person ahead of him fired the critical shots, and then both he and O'Neill fired secondary shots into OBL to ensure that he was dead and no longer a threat. Newspaper reports with SEALs speaking anonymously tend to corroborate Owen's account over O'Neills. By all account, the actual shooter, who is known only as "the point man" in this book, is an individual who doesn't want any fame from this act. After firing the critical shots, he was rushed by two women who he thought were wearing suicide vests. He grabbed both of them and used his body to shield them from the other SEALs, in the expectation that he would absorb the bomb blast and save his team-mates. Fortunately there were no suicide vests, but this guy is undoubtedly a very brave, but humble, man). I really enjoy books like this, as they give a really good outline of the preparation involved. I always try to draw parallels between Special Forces and elite athletes; Special Forces are the military's version of elite athletes, and they do things in training and preparation that have similarities between both. Really good advances come from the military that elite athletes can utilise in their training and lifestyle. The pre-mission prep that Owen describes is very similar to my own pre-race routine, checking and re-checking important pieces of kit. Obviously, the danger is much higher for him!
An interesting addition to this story is that the author is now being sued by the US Government for publishing this book, as they feel he has given away secret information. The author counters this by stating that everything is the book can be found in other sources. To check this, I watched the film "Zero Dark Thirty" after reading this book. The film mirrors the book's telling of the raid almost exactly, to the point where I can pretty much determine which actor is playing the author. But Zero Dark Thirty was filmed before this book was released, which means that the author isn't responsible for this telling. The book also doesn't mention the use by the US of stealth helicopters, something that the US media widely reported. Overall, it seems a bit odd that Owen is being prosecuted for this, despite the fact a Hollywood blockbuster shows the raid essentially exactly as he tells it, and Owen purposely holds back other information.
50. Armed Action
by James Newton
James Newton was a helicopter pilot in a naval air squadron during the 2003 Iraq War. He was involved in conflict with Iraqi tanks in a dangerous environment, and as a result was well decorated after the war. This book was decent – I've certainly read worse war memoirs. I liked that it detailed some of the training that the crew had to go through to be war ready. One of the aspects that stuck out most to me was that they weren't able to do much desert combat training in the run up the war. Instead, they had to fall back on their Arctic combat training. Apparently snow behaves very similar to sand when you are hovering over it in a helicopter – it billows up around you, reducing visibility and making you and easy target. The important lesson to take away from this is that you can't always have sufficient training time in your "game" environment. Instead, you need to look for parallels and lessons learned in other environments. In addition to this, you need to think about how the "competition" environment differs from your usual, well-known environment, and what you need to do to offset this. So, using this example, flying a helicopter is pretty much the same across the board, with a few differences. In a desert, due to the heat it makes it harder to hover and take off, so the pilots had to find a way around this. In the end, they did a rolling take off, similar to a plane.
Another aspect covered really well in this book is that of stress. Now, of course the stress of being a competitive athlete pales into insignificance next to the stress of being in a combat zone, but it is still possible to learn from military personnel. Newton details some of the down time methods used by his team, and also mentions the decrease in performance he found with increased fatigue – a timely reminder that consistent rest in a high stress environment is important.
51. No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy Seal
by Mark Owen (5/5)
I really enjoyed this book, written by the same author as No Easy Day (#49 on my list). This book focuses more on the other missions and aspects of training during his career as a US Navy SEAL. Each chapter looks at a specific lesson or aspect, and then uses a real life example to illustrate this point. A lot of the lessons can be applied to sports, which is part of the reason why I thought this book was great.
One particular example regards the aspect of fear. As a SEAL, the author is put in extreme environments, such as having to jump out of a plane at night, or climb huge mountains as part of their training. In sport, we often also experience fear, although probably to a lesser extent, in the form of nerves. For big races in both athletics and bobsleigh, I used to stand on the start line not being able to feel my legs, and with my hands shaking. One trick the author utilised is that of the "three foot world". In situations that were causing fear, he learned to only focus on things he could affect. So, when doing a night-time parachute jump, he focused on his gear and altitude, as opposed to looking around and focusing on how fast he was going, or how high he was. Similarly, when climbing a mountain, he would focus on his process, not how high he was. This crosses over into professional sport too; you have to learn to detach yourself from the larger goings-on and focus instead on what you can affect. So, in a race that is your performance – not the size of the crowd, or the people to your left and right.
Another useful lesson comes from the author's experience of working within small teams of elite soldiers. These soldiers have all passed a gruelling selection and training process to get to this point. The parallel here with elite sport is that selection for high-level sports teams is also a selection process. For example, selection onto an Olympic relay team means that you have proven your speed and relay ability through both competition and training. What both teams have in common is that team-members do not need to be micromanaged. The author recalls a time where, as a team leader, he made the mistake of micro-managing a team member, who called him out over this during the after-action review. I've seen this quite a few times during my experiences with relay teams; once a coach starts to get a bit nervous close to competition, they start to micromanage the athletes. This can result in the coach passing his anxiety onto the athletes, or giving them too much information, which lessons their capacity to focus on the time in hand.
There are plenty of other lessons within this book that I think are applicable to sport, which over all made this book a very enjoyable read for me.
So that is the end of my 2014 reading review. As you can see, I missed out on getting 52 books by just one book. It was a really close call!
There were plenty of other books that I used in 2014, but because I didn't read them cover to cover, I feel like I can't count them in my list. Strength Training for Speed: Scientific Principles and Practical Application by James Wild was really useful for me when writing presentations on how to get people to run quicker, as was The Mechanics of Sprinting and Hurdling by Ralph Mann. I've read specific chapters from High-Performance Training for Sports by David Joyce, and really enjoyed what I came across. Stability, Sport and Performance Movement: Practical Biomechanics and Systematic Training for Movement Efficacy and Injury Prevention by Joanne Elphinston gave me some really good ideas for my coaching of younger children in fundamental movement skills. I aim to read all these books from front to back in the future, if not this year.
On top of these books, for 2015 I also want to read I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That by Ben Goldacre, as well as re-visiting Bad Science by the same author to refresh my knowledge of the scientific process (my girlfriend says I need to do this). I need to increase my knowledge of endurance exercise physiology, and to that end I aim to read The Science of Running: How to find your limit and train to maximize your performance by Steve Magness, and Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?: Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise by Alex Hutchinson.
Overall, the end result of this challenge has been an increased amount of reading for me in 2014 compared to previous years. I have deliberately set aside times to read, usually pre-bed, and done all I can to protect these times. It has been a useful endeavour, although with some much new information I do tend to forget certain books that I didn't find all that useful. I also found myself not attempting to read books that were more than 300 pages, as I knew I would struggle to finish. This year, with no specific goal in mind, I can relax a bit more, and read longer books if possible. I'll update you on my progress this time next year!


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Leo men and women will put their pride aside for love.
For men -The Magic of the Bracelet with nine knots.
The bracelet represents the magic circle - a beginning without end, success that comes and goes; the number nine represents idealistic, visionary, passionate, impulsive, unorthodox, and naive and the knots signify minor worries.
Commitment is important to Leo's. Must be a mutual determination to offer yourselves to each other.
The Queen (Lioness) - undressing
The Magic of the Entwined Rings.
The rings represents the magic circle - a beginning without end, success that comes and goes. Entwined symbolizes to twine or twist together.
Honesty and devotion between partners are born of daily pleasures. You must try to seduce your partner every day as if it was always the first time.
Most Leo's are protectors. They take who they love and they embrace them. Leo's put the people they love in their protective space and spend their time and focus on them to make them feel cherished and safe.
Leo is born between July 23rd and August 20th feel like royalty and look for rather the same in a partner. An August husband expects to be king in his own home. He has a great sense of dignity.
I love me a Leo! Yes I do. I can spot in a split second a male or female entering or standing in a room. They are magnetic, honest and real charmers! The men are strong, and charismatic. They demand respect (in a good way, because they have earned respect). There is some real learning to do with a Leo male partners. When a Leo male takes a stance, he won't budge. No one will tell them or make them do any different. I pity the Fool who will try.
Ring up the curtain! Start the play!
Let thee minor actors strut away
A little while, Then - breathless stir!
The limelight plays direct on Her,
Leaving all else subdued and shady,
And enter - center - Leading Lady!
Bows to the applause 'ere she can start,
Magnificently plays the part,
The at the curtain final fall,
With thunderous claps, she takes her call!
Oh Leo Girl, that is the bit
Of life you live, now isn't it?
No one was ever more efficient
More calm, and capable of proficient
In all a girl should know and do,
More apt at carrying big things through!
Child of the sun, as is but fit,
How you do love your place in it,
A place of course, bang in the center,
And yet you win when you enter,
For you are so generous, loyal ad true,
That we all fall in love with you!
Courtesy Of The Book Of Fortune Telling Agnes M. Miall
A person under this sign is called a Sun child. Their is a self-styled, signature touch with Leo's. The Sun-ruled sign of Leo in high summer, they all reflect the sign's need to express itself, to find what is truly the Self, and project it through creative endeavors, love affairs and recreation. All these creative endeavors or extensions of an individual. In Leo, people become their own art form. Pride, vanity, and arrogance can stunt Leo's growth and detract from the sign's essential giving and loving nature.
A Leo's love can be the greatest love of all! When a Leo's go solo, they are more self focused.
Leo and Leo rising - I have a Leo rising sign in my birth chart.
July has been a big transition time for Leo's. Check out the journey of the Fool for major life lessons and growth. Take a time out, contemplate and process what is going on around you, and then make your move.
LEO'S don't put so much on your to do list. You will need to make choices that are best for you, because at this moment you are causing your self unnecessary mental anxieties. Do what you must, stay focused, have faith that things will work out when and how they are suppose to. Within nine days abundance is coming in.
Full Moon Magic - three days before, day of the Full Moon, and then three days after the Full Moon light two green candles and ask one to heal your heart. The second green candle ask to attract earned financial abundance. So Mote it Be!
August 2015 -
Brand new path - perky, spontaneous, ventures, surrender to love, coming together or putting a spin into a relationship. Fabulous new business opportunities. Follow your passion. Take a gamble kind of month.


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Associated Securities Corp.
December 19, 2002
Jonathan G. Katz
Re: SR-NASD-2002-162
Dear Mr. Katz,
I am the President and Chief Executive Officer of Associated Securities Corp. an NASD member broker dealer that has approximately 240 registered representatives located in 170 branch offices. Of our 170 branch offices, the majority are what the NASD has defined as Offices of Supervisory Jurisdiction ("OSJ") under its rules. As background, I started out in this business as an examiner trainee with the Los Angeles office of the NASD in 1976. Since that time, I have worked for three prior brokerage firms, and become an attorney here in California. I am a current member of the NASD District 2 (Los Angeles) Committee, current chairperson of the SIA's independent firms committee and a former member of the FPA's broker-dealer compliance advisory council (1998-2000).
As a matter of first impression, I was very disappointed that the NASD consciously chose to bypass getting any input from its membership before filing this proposal with the SEC. I am further disappointed with the timing of the rule filing-that is, picking the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas to file a proposal that I believe will have a significant operational and financial impact on many broker-dealers. As a current member of the NASD Los Angeles committee, even I was surprised to find out about this rule filing on a timely basis.
As I read through the NASD proposal, I was struck by the apparent intent to separate supervision of various business processes from anyone receiving compensation related to sales.
As a matter of reference, I have not seen any other business that realistically separates the responsibility and care of business production between line managers and an independent group of detached persons. In our case, we are a fairly typical broker-dealer, with experienced staff and experienced professional reps. Our reps are independent contractors, as far as the labor and employment laws are concerned, but are registered and regulated by NASD and other industry precepts, much as any other broker-dealer. We have a compliance department that conducts regular branch office exams, both on a scheduled and unscheduled (unannounced or "surprise") basis.
Many of our reps are former reps from more traditional brokerage firm models-employees who were either on salary or who were paid a percentage of the business that was generated. In our case, we have a number of OSJ-branch offices that have chosen to group a small number of reps, with one rep assuming a leadership role and becoming the so-called OSJ branch manager. As such, that person now takes on the traditional role of supervising the activities of the OSJ branch, as well as the people within it. One of those functions is to see that all business processed within the OSJ is done within the law.
Under current industry rules, we are also allowed to have small "satellite" offices that may report up to an OSJ and the OSJ manager.
Our OSJ managers are fully accountable for the actions of their staffs and their businesses. To somehow artificially separate a large portion of their supervisory responsibilities will result in less, not more, accountability.
To ask us to have a separate group of persons to supervise each and every bit of business that is conducted, is to unnecessarily duplicate the daily efforts of our branch office managers. I do understand the concept of supervising producing managers-we have a regional officer system that provides that every one of our OSJ managers has a regional manager above them. The regional manager is paid a salary, and does not directly participate in any percentage of the business generated.
What is interesting to me, is that one of the primary reasons that many of our most experienced reps have chosen to work alone, is that they don't want to be responsible for anyone else's production and work habits, nor do they want to make someone else responsible for their own conduct. They do understand the need to have some supervision and control under current laws, but would like at some point to be treated as working professionals, rather than as mere salesmen from an earlier era. The many men and women who work hard to satisfy an ever increasingly demanding public should be thought of in better terms than what is being proposed here.
I understand that much of the NASD proposal is a direct result to try and prevent a recurrence of the infamous Gruttadauria scheme. It is my opinion, that if you have put dishonest people in high places, no amount of law or regulation will deter such people. It is clear that everyone knows that it is wrong to steal money from unknowing clients, and it is clear that it is wrong to make up false statements for client accounts. I don't see it so much as a failure to have additional laws in place-perhaps it was a simply a failure of the higher-ups to take a look at a very large producer. In many cases, such behavior is well-hidden by the perpetrator, so that even a very sophisticated system of checks and balances cannot detect the wrongdoing.
It sometimes seems that every time there is wrongdoing, the answer is more rules and regulations. Often however, it seems that the only ones that suffer, are those that are attempting to follow the law, without inadvertently violating it.
If it was the NASD's intent to eliminate our business model (independent contractor reps located in small branch offices with no branch office staff that is paid directly by the broker-dealer), than this proposal will certainly accomplish that feat. We and many others, will simply not be able to afford an independent, paid compliance officer in each and every one of our branch offices.
If you would like publish the NASD's proposals as recommendations, that would be fine with me. But can we leave "a system of reasonable supervision" up to each firm, according to its business and people? That would be the best system of all.


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Police went to the home of Tiffany A. Sullivan, 26, of 770 Beaver St. to serve an arrest warrant on Johnathan T. Diegdio on aggravated assault and burglary charges. Police said officers saw Diegdio in the house through a living-room window, but when officers entered the house, Diegdio was hiding.
While searching the house, police found grow-lights with power supplies, foil for lining the walls and several pots with what appeared to be marijuana growing in them, police said.


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Martin Hanzal of the Arizona Coyotes and Radko Gudas of the Philadelphia Flyers should be punished by the NHL for dirty hits during Saturday's game, argues the HockeyBuzz blog:
Gudas' name has come up too many times this season and during his career when it comes to borderline or over-the-line hits. It's time the NHL does something about it. He's been one of the Flyers' best players down the stretch, too, but what's right is right.
However, the response that Martin Hanzal chose –targeting Claude Giroux for a similarly dirty hit and then intimating afterwards that it was deliberate — is worthy of an in-person hearing and a long suspension.
What we've seen a lot in the NHL, though, is that they suspend mostly based on outcome.


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The result: the 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar broke all previous records, selling for $10,016,875, and The Cardinal Collection of which it was a part accounted for $27 million in total sales.
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Small room and bath room but clean good bed very helpful staff overall would defy stay again....
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Dreadful single room with no room to swing a cat!
I checked in around 7pm and I was in a rush to get changed as I was running late for an event Receptionist was extremely helpful I had a big shock when I saw how small my single room was The bedroom was about 7x 6 only .
The bathroom was appalling - a tiny cold wet room -with no heating and a noisy fan and a missing wall tile
I had no time to complain as I was late
I returned around midnight and when I turned over the duvet to get into bed there was blood on the underside of the cover, I dialled zero to ask for it to be changed, but no one answered. Only one pillow. No spare blanket. I put my coat on top of the bed and wrapped myself in the bath towel to keep warm overnight. Although the bedroom did have heating, I was cold. I left around 5 am and had no chance to complain. I will never book a single room again
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Liberty of London is everywhere right now. I can't flip through a magazine or the channels on TV without seeing an ad for their collection at Target… not that I mind, the collection is super cute. I'm just kicking myself that I wasn't at Target the day of the collections release. I waited 1 day and I was far too late.
Liberty of London has also made an appearance in the beauty world as part of it's collaboration with MAC for the Give Me Liberty of London collection. As with everything collaboration around the same time each year (Hello Kitty and Fafi for example), MAC is giving us special limited edition packaging true to Liberty of London's style. Isn't the packaging gorgeous? I am really loving the look of the entire collection.
The very latest in a series of famous M∙A∙Collaborations, it was only a matter of time before the demure-to-daring kaleidoscopic prints of Liberty of London coloured our world with Brit wit and bohemian chic. From the unstudied, Sienna Miller style of Spitalfields Market to the grit and glamour of Portobello Road, the swinging London girl has always been an unstoppable M•A•C makeup force! Spring 2010 blooms with the ultimate flower fusion as M∙A∙C joining forces with Liberty, creating cool Britannia compacts and Lipsticks, Eye Shadows, Powder, Blush, Nail Lacquers and blushing, bountiful, quite British accessories.
Let's check out what is part of this collection…
- Peachstock – neutral peach (satin)
- Ever Hip – creamy light coral (cremesheen)
- Blooming Lovely – creamy greyed lilac mauve (amplified)
- Petals & Peacocks – creamy bright magenta pink (amplified)
- Frankly Fresh – neutral pink beige with soft pearl
- Perennial High Style – creamy bright pink coral
- English Accents – creamy mid-tone blue pink
- A Different Groove – deep purple brown with pearl
- Give Me Liberty of London – flat creamy pink (matte)
- Free to Be – creamy true coral (matte)
- Dame's Desire – frosty mid-tone reddish purple (frost)
- Bough Grey – mid-tone bluish grey (satin)
- Birds & Berries – frosted dark green blue (veluxe pearl)
- Vestral White – creamy white (cream)
- Blue India – dark green blue with pearl (Cream)
- Dirty Plum – sheer dark plum
- Prim & Proper – neutral nude
- Shell Pearl – pale peach with gold pearl
- Summer Rose – soft violet pink with pearl
- Liberty of London Small Makeup Bag – measures 8″ x 2 3/4″ x 3 1/2″
- Liberty of London Medium Makeup Bag – measures 8″ x 2 3/4″ x 5″
- Liberty of London Scarf Makeup Bag – measures 27″ x 82″ and fabric is a wool/viscose blend
So there you have it, the entire collection. What do you think? Of course, in true Carla fashion, I am a little late in posting about this but I'm crossing my fingers that you'll find what you're looking for at your local counter!
I have yet to see the collection in person but have received some samples from MAC. I love grey shadows so I can't help but like Bough Grey, especially with the bit of blue in it. Speaking of blue, I'm also loving Blue India nail polish. You can find swatches of it over at All Lacquered Up. What I will be scouring MAC counters around Seattle for is the Shell Pearl Beauty Powder, it just looks beautiful and I've read of a few uses for it I am dying to try.
How about you? Have you picked up anything? Will you be? Let us know in the comments.


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Jets agree to terms with first-round pick EhlersNHL.com @NHLdotcom
The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms with forward Nikolaj Ehlers on a three-year, entry level contract with an annual average value of $1.625 million, the team announced Tuesday.
Ehlers was selected by the Jets in the first round (No. 9) of the 2014 NHL Draft, where he was the first player to be chosen out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Ehlers, 18, had 104 points (49 goals, 55 assists) and 51 penalty minutes in 63 games with the Halifax Mooseheads last season. He appeared in 16 playoff games, scoring 16 goals and 11 assists with 18 penalty minutes, and was named the QMJHL Rookie of the Year, Offensive Rookie of the Year and Best Professional Prospect.
A native of Aalborg, Denmark, Ehlers was part of the Danish teams that won second division of the 2014 Under-20 World Junior Championship and the second division of the 2013 Under-18 World Junior Championship where he led all players with eight assists and 11 points in five games.


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BRIER SHOW MARCH 6.... It's a Tuesday, and our first show full band since new years eve. To this point in the new year I had only done 3 shows. Jan 7 in Swift Current (4 songs solo at a SCMA show), Jan 28 CD release for the Lyric theater CD (house band only one song), and March 10 in Chaplin (solo 4 songs at a SCMA show). My regular bass player (Vern Nixon) was unable to make the shows this week so I had my comrade Irv Fines filling in. He's done shows with me before so no worries.
This is one of those festival style shows with full production and backline provided. Giant screens so everyone has a good seat. The full "rockstar" treatment. Wish they could all be that way.
The weatherman was oddly correct in his predictions and we woke up that morning to a blizzard. I mean the mother of all blizzards. Saskatoon is only an hour drive up the highway and that old saying always comes in....the show must go on. So we set out for the gig around 1 pm for a soundcheck at 4, and a 5;30 showtime. The one hour drive took us over 2 hours. About 60 kmh and white knuckles the whole way. I mean, no sane man was on the highway in this.
We checked into the hotel and after a few minutes of looking for our reservation at the Travellodge (I hate it when that happens) we were off to the gig, room key in hand. after finding the place to be, we began unloading my rig of 4 guitars and other miscellaneous (but necessary) toys. the regular loading doors were plugged with 4 feet of snow so the walk to the backstage area was a long one. This venue holds 4500 and we had to traverse it all, so you can imagine. 2 trips and the gear was in.
Shane and Irv were already backstage hangin out. Dee went to the mile long bar to grab us all a beer since the backstage rider had not yet arrived. I quietly set up my rig on the stage. We had worked with this crew before at the World Women's Curling Championships in 2010. Great bunch of guys.
me and the boys went over the potential set list. Jammed a couple of my songs backstage to refresh memories. Soundcheck took only a few minutes.
Roger, the promoter came backstage to BS for a few minutes and before we knew it...2 minutes guys.
there were about 2000 out there for us. Not a full house but a helluva crowd. from the first second it just felt good. Except for the silence and darkness that followed the MC's amazing introduction. I started to launch into John Fogerty's "old man down the road" (a bit of an impromptu guitar intro that I do) but had no sound from my guitar....don't panic...think.....volume pedal was off. Only a few seconds of "oops" and we were off.
this one drew betwen 3 and 4000 (best estimate) we hung out at the venue for a while just sipping beer backstage and jamming a little. just as we're going on Irv says "uh oh I might have to piss before this set is over. Do you have something you can do if I need to slip out for one?" I said "yeah I'll do "Simple Man" by Skynyrd"... around mid set Irv comes to me and says "how about Skynyrd" and I immediately thought of "Sweet Home Alabama" and launched...Irv comes back with a painful look and says "no I meant I have to pee"...oops too late... he's a pro, he made it
The people loved my rendition of the song...I loved doing it...and if Irv didn't have to pee I would not have done it. The Pee song. Cool moments come from odd places. The video of it is a little out of sync but oh well.


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A sophisticated, contemporary villa located on 1.8 acres just steps away from a secluded beach.
Bayhouse consists of two separate pavilions linked by an open terrace. The main house includes living area, kitchen and dining area all opening up to the large covered terrace and swimming pool deck. A covered dining terrace is ideal for alfresco dining.
The second building includes three air-conditioned bedroom suites all with stunning ensuite bathrooms and private terraces. The villa enjoys lovely 180 degree views of the Caribbean Sea and benefits from year-round gentle trade winds. A gentle sloping path leads down to the beach access.This private villa offers a relaxed and elegant lifestyle defined by its impeccable clean lines and simple yet sophisticated interiors.
Its comfortable floor plan, designed for indoor outdoor tropical living is enhanced by the use of contemporary fixtures and fittings and fine finishes. The villa is located at Crooks Bay, within an established, private and covenanted residential estate.
…a magical 9 days in paradise. The pictures cannot do this property justice. S.P. NY, USA
Paradise found!. … S.F., GA, USA
It was really hard to leave and can't wait to return. … Jason G., IL, USA
Simply Magical … We love fabulous architecture, wonderful art, great food and good service. We found it all at Bay House. … Sue G., PA, USA
… The property's aesthetic was exactly to our liking and it really is set up for an exceptional stay. The views are 180+ degrees of Caribbean ocean, the beach is wonderful for early morning or sunset strolls, and the pool provides a great oasis for daytime lounging. … This really was a phenomenal vacation due almost entirely to the villa, and we are already arranging to return next year and make this a yearly tradition for our two families. Jessica M., Boston, USA
"… The layout of the home is Architectural Digest quality, great views, great pool, beautiful grounds. Planning to go again next year." … Guest Review, Boston, MA, USA
"It is without a doubt a beautiful house on a beautiful property with beautiful views. We loved absolutely everything about our stay." Guest Review, N.C., USA
"Exceeded Expectations: The BayHouse was nothing short of spectacular for our vacation. I have nothing but positive things to say about our experience at the BayHouse and the pictures really don't do it justice. I highly recommend this house if you are staying on the island." Guest Review, Midwest, USA


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I went a little crazy with these ones as they play with one of my favourite things; mark making. I used a mixture of brushes and old credit cards to smear the paint over the paper and then randomly scratched into the paint with different objects. The last two were made using the same colours only varying the layers working from light to dark paint layers in the first and then dark to light in the second:
Archive for March, 2017
Studio Experiments (5)
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Studio Experiments (4)
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The idea behind this set was to play with both intuitive shapes and oil pastel as well as acrylic paint. Thin washes were used over oil pastel scribbling then thick areas of paint were added to solidify the composition all in slightly different ways playing with line, blended shapes (the first two) and finally bold areas of shape set out in pure colours:
I love how the oil pastel comes through the paint offering subtle changes in texture and interest thanks to the resistance it has. Which one is your favourite and why?
Studio Experiments (3)
Posted in Painting, Uncategorized, tagged abstract, acrylic, experiment, painting, studio on 20/03/2017| Leave a Comment »
Playing with 'harder' geometric shapes is something I don't do very often. Naturally I tend to work with curves and flowing movement so for this set I tried to push myself to experiment with squares and rectangles. Two played with the same composition in separate studies where as the third layered and overlapped the shapes to create the composition:


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This is a scene from Sunday's episode of Californication on Showtime. For those who do not know who Eva Amurri is, here is three references: 1) She's super hot, so who really cares! 2) She's Susan Sarandon's daughter. 3) She's super hot, so who really cares! Check out the lovely video below: Via: Dailymotion Continue reading


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Davidson grad can sing, can write, can outrun dinosaurs
Jana Mashonee speaks proudly of getting her first record contract while attending Davidson College, of being nominated for a Grammy Award in 2007, of starting a foundation that helps Native American and Aboriginal kids find their way to college.
If you want to see her blush, though, say these three words: "The Dinosaur Experiment."
The straight-to-video film – which debuted at Redbox locations last month and landed in Walmart stores Tuesday – stars Mashonee, 34, as a waitress and aspiring singer who spends the first half being harassed by creepy humans and the second half being chased by bloodthirsty dinosaurs.
Aside from dabbling in community theater while attending Providence High School in Charlotte, she had never acted before, much less carried a movie. On top of that, the $3.5 million production endured multiple work stoppages and ultimately took almost five years to finish.
In the end, "The Dinosaur Experiment" can best be described as ... we'll let Mashonee explain this one.
"Oh my gosh," she says, bursting into laughter and briefly burying her face in her hands when the topic is brought up.
"Yes, it's a goofy movie, I knew it was going to be goofy, I knew it wasn't going to be any Oscar-winning thing. ... I've looked online and there are horrible reviews; I expected that. But I wanted to get a chance at a lead role, to see if I could handle this, or if I even liked acting."
And here's why: Mashonee has had her foot in the music business since being discovered while doing song-and-dance shows at Carowinds theme park in the late '90s. Nearly 10 years and three CDs later, she pursued acting in the hopes that film might help her music reach new audiences.
She got a bit more than she bargained for with this one. The film halted production twice, replaced directors midway through (an American one with a Russian one), changed locations (from northeast Texas to St. Petersburg, Russia) and sat on a shelf for a long while.
But Mashonee is used to navigating challenging, unfamiliar waters.
A deal with Curb Records
As a student at Davidson, she parlayed her warm, sensual pop sound into a record deal with Nashville's Curb Records, with which she released several singles – all covers, or songs written by others.
But she says the two parted ways because "they actually wanted to market me as Hispanic, and I'm not Hispanic. They said, 'You can be like Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.' I said, 'But ... I'm not.'
"Being Native American is really important for me," says Mashonee, who comes from a family with ties to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
She went on in 2006 to release "American Indian Story," a concept album centered on the experiences of a young Native American girl. After it was nominated for the Best Native American Music Album Grammy, Wampum Books approached her about turning it into a novel; she'd never written one, so she deferred to a ghostwriter.
"When the first draft came in," Mashonee says, "I read it and told them, 'This is not what it's about.' It was nothing against this person, I just realized I had to tell them: 'This is my story, I need to put in the effort – let me give it a shot.' "
She and her producer/songwriting partner Stephan Galfas took over, and the book was finished in 2009.
For years, she has lived mainly in Charlotte while frequently shuttling up to Greenwich, Conn., where Galfas is based and where she has an office and a recording studio.
"In general nowadays, there are two levels: The artists not making any money, and the superstars. Jana's in the middle," Galfas says. "She does OK. She's not rich, but she's not on the poverty line, and she's able to contribute a lot of her money to her foundation. It's not easy."
Still, the girl who got her start singing Mariah Carey and Celine Dion songs at a karaoke machine in uptown's old Adam's Mark Hotel is now a full-time entertainer.
A turn at gospel music
Mashonee recently finished recording a fifth album (due out in the next few months), but also has a sixth in the can – a gospel CD she recorded a few years ago and has been waiting for the right time to release. She's also weighing multiple TV and movie offers that have come in since "The Dinosaur Experiment."
"It's been quite a journey, and a lot of hard work," Mashonee says. "But that's why I forayed into each of those opportunities.
"Especially today, as an artist, it's not just about having a music career, you have to have a movie career, you have to have all these different things. Because in order to have people hear your music, you have to get yourself out there ... even if it's by doing a ridiculous movie."


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UC Master Gardeners, San Luis Obispo County inforamtion on plants and insects, beneficials and pests
- Author: Tami Reece
Published on: April 26, 2012
I have caterpillars eating the leaves on my oak trees, what should I do?
Ann M. Arroyo Grande
The California oakworm is probably your pest. On a typical year, there may only be two generations of oakworms, but this year was unusually warm and dry in mid-winter, which has created a perfect environment in order to have a third generation. The life cycle of an oak moth starts with eggs, then maturing to a larva...
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In the years following World War II, Santa Fe Railway purchased two groups of welded tank cars delivered in 1949 and 1953, respectively. Prior to these two car classes, riveting was the primary method of assembling cars. Conversely, the TK-N and TK-O cars had welded bodies and underframes. Freight car builder General American's retooling during and after the war allowed it to offer improved car designs and enhanced construction methods. Santa Fe ordered these tank cars equipped with AB brakes, Ajax handbrakes, and 70-ton ASF A-3 Ride Control trucks. Santa Fe adopted a color-coding system to delineate the tank car's lading. As such, these cars wore more colorful paint schemes than typical tank car fleets. The railroad upgraded many of these cars with modern safety appliances beginning in the 1970s, which included installing roller bearing trucks and removing the lower side walkways. The safety railing designed to keep employees from under the car replaced the lower side walkways. Many of these cars lasted up until the 1990s in company service, having been rebuilt yet again for diesel fuel transportation or Maintenance-of-Way service.
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*MC 5.3 is a bug-fix over v5.2 due to changes in host sites. Most of the description below holds true for 5.3.*
MangaCrazy v5.2 is out. Below is a comparision of MC v5 series and the old v3.9 to give you an idea of the features of the program. Read here to know more about v5.2.
I have made both versions 5 and 3.9 available here.
Check out this video intro to MangaCrazy v5.0 to know what the (slightly earlier version of) program can do.
As for the versioning, I skipped no.4 and went straight to 5, because of tons of new features that demanded it, like:
|MangaCrazy v5.2
|MangaCrazy v3.9
|Partial Search
|Supports partial manga-name search. Lets you choose the manga you wish to download
|Supports full manga-name search. Compares different manga names to get the exact match and then proceeds to download
|Manga Description
|Has a dedicated area for description of mangas.
|No such facility present.
|Separate areas for manga-search and Downloads
|Lists mangas in other languages
|Yes (Batoto only)
|Allows download if link is pasted
|Button to download all chapters at once
|Queue Chapter Downloads
|Proxy Connection Facility
|Download Progress
|Download progress as well as wait estimate
|Just download progress
|Track manga chapters downloaded
|Store Mangas systematically
|Compress Mangas
|.cbz and .zip
|.cbz and .zip
|Supported Manga Sites
|MangaFox, Batoto and MangaReader
|Direct download of chapters from link
|MangaFox, Batoto and MangaReader
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MangaCrazy- the free Manga Downloader (Previously known as MangaFox Downloader) downloads manga chapter by chapter from the websites Mangafox.me, Mangareader.net, Mangago.me and Bato.to absolutely for free. Get the latest versions from the table above!
Update History:
Updated – 25 Dec 2016: MangaCrazy v5.3 is out. MangaFox is functioning again, will work on other sites.
Updated – 01 Apr 2015: MangaCrazy v5.2 is out. Queued downloads, fewer 'Error' stats, proxy connection and an improved progress bar. Also, Archive has been updated too
Updated – 29 Oct 2015: MangaCrazy v5.1 out to fix quick errors.
Updated – 09-Mar-2015:MangaCrazy v5.0 is released early!
Updated – 14-Nov-2014: MangaCrazy v3.9 is here! Batoto issues and 'error' issues have been resolved, and now manga can be downloaded in .cbz format. Read more here!(Download link available in the post too)
Archive has been updated, so if interested you may check out previous versions too 🙂
Updated – 18-Aug-2014: MangaCrazy v3.5 is here! The UI has been changed, and the search algorithm has been revamped. Read more here!
Archive has been updated, so if interested you may check out previous versions too 🙂
Updated – 26-May-2014: MangaCrazy v3.0 is now up! MangaCrazy now supports
MangaBird and MangaReader too! Check out the blog post https://bakshree.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/behold-mangacrazy-v3/ for details!! Download link present both in the post and down below.
Archive has been updated, so if interested you may check out previous versions too 🙂
Updated – 05-Apr-2014: Some bugs have been brought to my notice, but still not sure about one (fixing the tiny other one ASAP!) Please check this post (sorry about the redirection, but it's important… ) https://bakshree.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/i-heard-there-is-a-bug/
Updated – 24-Jan-2014: The URL has been changed/updated! Grabbing the file is now easier. Please contact me if there is any difficulty.
MangaCrazy has been created using Java, so there is no need to install the file. The only requirement is that you need to have JRE on your system. If you don't, you can get it for free here.
- It's platform independent
- No need for installation
- Small program size (about 110 kBs)
- Supports downloading from the mangahosting sites Mangafox, Batoto, Mangabird and Mangareader
- Just type the name of manga and all the chapters will be listed (same result if a manga's URL from Mangafox/Batoto is entered)
- If specific chapter URL from mangafox/batoto is entered, download starts directly
- Choose where to store your manga
- Choose how to store them: Systematic storage of manga chapters by Manga Name, chapter-wise or volume-wise
- New: Keep track of manga chapters you have already downloaded to avoid mistakes
- New: Choose your default/first choice of sites during search
- New: Compress the downloaded manga chapters for easy viewing with manga-reading softwares.
- New: Compression in .cbz form now provided
- New: Double click on a completed manga to open it directly
Check out the features explained with snapshots here! (It's article about an older version, but all those features are still available.)
How to use:
- Download the .jar file from the link given above and store the file where you want your manga to be stored. Let the location be C:\foo
- It is an executable .jar file so it should run instantly on double clicking.
If the file does not run on double clicking:
- Please check if you have (the latest version of) JRE installed on your system.
- Check your .jar file association – it might have gotten associated with some other program like WinRar (esp in case of Windows). However, don't worry as this can be fixed. This is how: http://johann.loefflmann.net/en/software/jarfix/index.html. I've tested it myself and it works.
- But if it doesn't, there is the command line way.
- Command line way: From terminal or command prompt, go to the location where you have stored the MangaCrazy.jar file and type
java -jar MangaCrazy.jar
If you face any problems, or have any suggestions or feedbacks, please leave a comment!
To get a better understanding of how to use the program, check here, here and here. To see how the MangaFox Downloader (now MangaCrazy) came into being and progressed through different phases, go here.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the manga content downloaded , nor MangaFox or Batoto or any other sites that will in the future incorporated in this program. And these sites don't own the manga content either. Mangas solely belong to their authors/artists, and it is an ongoing debate whether or not mangas should be scanslated (scanned + translated) and put online. So if it is possible, one should support these authors by buying their content whenever possible.
About reading these comics in places than Japan/Korea/China… it is made possible by the dedicated fanbase/scanslators… So I have endeavoured to retain the credits page while downloading the manga… and having made this program and making it available for free myself, I know the value of acknowledgement… So I suggest you just drop by their site and leave an encouraging comment to keep up their good work!
Thank you for downloading MangaCrazy… Hope you all enjoy it. 🙂