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20 years ago we built our dream home and as time goes on, I realize I don't want to leave...but want HIM to leave (he won't).
I know it is difficult to prove in most states and it does not seem to affect anything in terms of who gets what, but I wondered if anyone managed to kick out their spouse and keep the house.
I know this is a legal issue, but humor me....someone tell me they got it all because their spouse was a cheater!
This is a current battle for me. We built our house ten years ago and I am hanging on to it for dear life...partly from financial problems and the rest.
That doesn't help your question, but I will respond by writing about our neighbor, who has managed to keep hers. Problem is, it is not an open-ended deal and it is not a pleasant deal.
First, she can remain in the home as long as she has physical custody of one of the kids. However, ExH there has already tried to take them away and failed and returned one when he got in trouble, lol, kind of!
The next part is that she only has until the youngest is "emancipated" or 18 or whatever legal age is in each state.
It put her in a decent position at the time DDay came around, but as time goes on, there is a daily clock ticking. She said it's nerve-wracking, on top of the other things.
What I hear now also (and this helps me think about issues as they arise) is that the ExH is very, very bitter about that money and still fighting and threatening her, several years later. Daily conversations somehow manage to bring up that he pays all their bills and he uses any avenue with which to toss it at her.
She is rather unkind to him, to be fair I suppose, insulting to him to his face and to his family and in town, where it is very small where we live and full of both of their relatives. So he also hears things on the wind, I'm sure and is continually upset by them and then takes it out on her further.
I am not certain how difficult it was to prove he cheated or if she had to. She was abandoned as we were so it may also be related to that portion of the pie.
It gives me a lot to weigh and measure, though, thinking of what it could be like years from now.
And, it's another connection she has with the guy, where if she moved, could have broken. But there was no money for her to handle a mortgage with being a fellow long term SAHM.
She amazes me in some ways, though, with the B Boots because of her strength. She simply opened the front door and tossed all his belongs out onto the yard before the locksmith came.
But she was not TT'd or anything, it was much more immediate, BOOM! in her face there stood OW.
Hope anything helps and I'm sorry to write so long.
A person is a person, no matter how small. -Dr. Suess
Perserverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
-George Washington
So I keep the house, he gets everything else.
I should add no children in this marriage...but considerable assets in the marriage.
I would be willing to give him any and all assets (we've been together 30 years, married 15) and it is quite a lot...but I just cannot stand the thought of losing my home....I cannot afford another place like this...ever...and the idea of relocating my 5 cats is impossible.
He has a huge garage and I would be willing to let him have access to that from now until Hell froze over and other things.....if I can just keep the house....and not have to force a sale or buy him out.
I know I'm dreaming...but have to hope.
So, he didn't want to pay alimony... and I was a SAHM, (now self-employed and scratching out a living.)
I let him take his toys (boat, guns, music equipment - I got the entire contents of the house, tools etc. The mortgage is lower than rent would be, with only 3 years left on it now. He signed a quit claim but his name stayed on the mortgage. I could not have qualified with no work record for 15 years.
I still get half his pension. Kept my Ira (tiny) and got his small IRA, plus health insurance for a year.
Lost&Hurt - Have the house appraised, or at least have a realtor in to do a market valuation. Deduct the mortgage owed, cost of repairs to sell, updated septic or roof if it needs doing, the cost of a realtor, sales tax, everything... cut the equity left in half to get to the bottom line of the actual amount of his share. Then value the other assets and start your trade off.
Don't trade the house for everything... (now there is some value for the bird in hand...and not having that life long connection through checks or court battles to get them...) But this is a business transaction - look at it all dollars and sense and look sharp to realistic cost/value/assets. Can you afford the mortgage, insurance, taxes, utilities, etc. on your own with other living expenses?
The danger here is what my lawyer called becoming "house poor". So don't cut off your nose to spite your face. My L was very concerned with my plan - until he realized the actual numbers, (which I had worked out and labeled on a spread sheet).
We had built our dream home 3 years before d-day and it broke my heart to lose it. We had to sell it. I moved into an apartment and I love it. And I never have to see him again.
I also had a large garage on the property that he worked from. I allowed him to continue to use it for almost 2 years until I made him move everything out. It was too hard for me to move on with him coming and going all the time.
Use whatever tools you have to get the house, if that's what you want. Good luck- I love my house. We built my house from the ground up20 years ago, and I'm so happy here with my 4 dogs.
fwiw, I ended up agreeing to not go after my share of ex's pension, in order to keep the house. I did get a small retirement account though, and in the end, I think I came out the winner in the settlement.
I can easily afford the payment on my own....the house was built well and should not need major repairs for a long time.
He is a builder and has no fixed pension other than the money he's socked away. I don't want any of it....I don't care about any of the contents...he can have what he wants....all cars are ancient, so little value there....but his garage is his "office" since he's a builder and has lots of equipment.
The house and property were valued over $700,000 at the top of the real estate market....probably about $500,000 now.
Understand, we have not yet discussed "divorce" but I don't see how we can avoid it....
Six years after his confession, I discovered he was never out of touch with MOW...and he's had numerous "one more chance."
I'm taking steps now to get proof of his continued cheating....If he's not, well, I would be very surprised....
If he is, I've got to have a plan to do something more than grow old with a cheater.
All I want now is to be left in peace with my cats.....He's killed our relationship to the roots....I don't think I can ever be happy again....at least with him.
[This message edited by Lost&Hurt at 7:35 PM, June 25th (Tuesday)]
I got half his retirement... and he got his car, tools, clothes, a freezer and a rider lawn mower... and some furniture. He makes almost 10 times what I do...he is able to afford new furniture than I am.
It was important to me to keep the kids in familiar surroundings. Things were happening so fast and the kids were reacting to the rapid changes. The house meant stability to them.
I has worked out for 10 years.... Last child graduated.. so my house will be empty soon. I don't know if I will keep it.
An old boss of mine was the cheater. His XW kept the house, he got the payment. He also got the tax write off for the mortgage. He did not pay alimony, he did pay CS. When the last kid moved out, after college. She took over paying the mortgage and got the tax write off for it. I do think he was still on the mortgage when the payments transferred.
Good luck,
Okay so 30,000 to the realtor, about 60,000 to the bank and misc... down to probably 400,000 ball park - (but you want to hone that to specifics) Which means you each have 200,000 in equity.
How much does he have socked away? - if you don't know -- snoop and Find out! And how much equipment - What do you estimate that is worth? And don't underestimate the value of tools!! Let alone big machinery. Now chances are he listed these as 179 deductions on his taxes or is depreciating them -- go back through the taxes and hunt down the numbers. For large equipment that could be a number of years!
He is going to want the tools and equipment - so what does he have to bargain with...? Household possession? Your answer is "I don't want them we can sell it all and split it".
So it all comes down to the house and the business...
Personally I wouldn't want him in my backyard - and my guess is he'll want to negotiate keeping his business where it is - Should that happen recognize that the building he is using has value. Value that needs to be offset (if he is using it then it's value has not been shifted to you, unless he wants to pay rent...). I wouldn't agree to letting him stay - but that is me.
Then there is alimony... Because you are already collecting your retirement - it is income (not an asset) at least here in my state. Who makes more right now? If he does that gives you some leverage. Make sure you have your hands on at least 3 years back tax docs for the business!
Knowledge is power! If you don't understand the numbers get the information to someone who does - and whom you trust to decipher it and guide you...
[This message edited by Take2 at 9:06 PM, June 25th (Tuesday)]
I am getting our house and everything in it. In exchange, he is getting the toys (ATVs, boat, firearms, trailer, etc.) It was all the things I will willing to concede anyway. He will be Quit Claiming the house and all equity, and that is what I really wanted out of this.
It is very do-able, but you need to work the numbers to know how you will negotiate. I also got an appraisal on the house because he thought it was worth more than it really was and I knew he would dispute a basic market assessment. I was right and that ended up reducing the equity for negotiation purposes (the less the equity, the less his half is worth).
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I have a similar concern.
I want to stay in our home with our children.
We have been separated for six months. WW moved out. Her apartment lease is in her name.
I have continued to live in our home while we coparent.
We have always assumed this would continue while we were separated or divorced. But now that we are definitely divorcing, she has been making insinuations that I should move out and she would move back in.
I am NOT leaving our home.
She is now framing her leaving as a mutually agreed-upon separation. It really wasn't. SHE wanted to leave because according to her,
Our relationship had become too volatile (why? Because she was having an affair)
She needed to find herself (reality: she wanted to continue the affair unimpeded by me)
She needed to heal (reality: see above)
Etc. blah blah blah
The best case scenario is that she will concede that it is in the best interest of our children for me to stay, since they are already accustomed to this arrangement (me home, mom at apartment).
Plus my job is such that I am home every day in time to get them from school and be with them for the remainder of the day and night.
I am concerned about the worst case scenario: she will want me to move out, maybe saying that SHE will get a job that will mirror mine, time-wise.
I live in a no-fault state, so adultery would be irrelevant.
Would the fact that she moved out into an apartment in her name have any legal relevance if it comes to that?
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
I'm not D and we're in R, so I don't see D in the near future (ready to do it if necessary!). This is just my practical life advice for a complex legal and financial situation. An accountant is going to make sure you have all of the info you need, s/he will understand it (that's the biggest bonus), and will be able to advise you on the pro's and con's of different financial scenarios.
Accountants think differently than lawyers. You need both for this situation.


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"It's always insulting to me, that line of thought, because even while I was in that relationship, I had members of his family think some of my cars were his…. and he has never given me money, which he knows. Never!",
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The peer was falsely accused after a BBC Newsnight investigation. He was not named on the programme but was wrongly identified on the internet.
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The case of the birds, the bees, the Beetle and cows
FEARS that swarms of bees will chase frightened cattle through the Burren have put a stop to plans for a bee apiary in the area.
Farmers say that the bees would cause significant upset for the local livestock and, for the moment at least, Clare County Council agrees.
Cllr Michael Kelly (FF), who is leading the charge against plans to locate the bee apiary in the Burren, claims that the centre "will result in death or injury for the cattle concerned".
"I'm farming 50 years in the Burren and I know how cattle behave around bees," he said.
"I am not being flippant about this, this is serious and the Burren shouldn't be treated as some kind of no-man's land. The bees should be brought elsewhere.
"I have seen the damage that swarms of bees can do, especially when they are in close proximity to cattle. There are serious ramifications for the Burren if this apiary is allowed to establish there.
"If the Burren is to thrive, cattle need to graze but cattle won't graze if there are bees swarming all over them."
Cllr Kelly was yesterday responding to a motion at the council's January monthly meeting by Cllr Johnny Flynn (FG) asking for the support of the establishment of a native Irish honey bee apiary or centre in the Burren.
Cllr Flynn said its establishment would be for the conservation, protection and development of native bees, pointing out that the most recent figures show that bees are an important pollinator of crops, and worth €58m a year to the Irish agricultural economy.
"And that doesn't take into account the importance of the bee to the food chain," he said.
"The research that would commence in the Burren would be to establish a strong strain of the native Irish honey bee that is currently under threat," he added.
Cllr Flynn said that Cllr Kelly had identified risks to farmers and he was quite happy for councillors to hear expert opinion from both the conservation and agriculture sectors in order for councillors to support the proposal.
"It is very worthwhile for Clare, which already has a reputation for high-quality, artisan food," Cllr Flynn said.
Clare mayor Cllr Joe Arkins (FG) quipped "to bee, or not to bee" before adjourning the matter to allow the experts come before the council to give their views at a future meeting.
A GOOSE walks into a garage forecourt looking for a beetle -- it could be the opening line of a joke but it happens to be true.
The hapless bird wandered into a Volkswagen dealership looking to be fed and was happy to linger for most of the day, posing in front of a Beetle for a shot, unaware he had become a talking point on local radio.
Staff at Divane's garage in Castleisland, Co Kerry, were surprised when they turned up for work at 8.30am to find the goose in the middle of the forecourt, and he was in no hurry to leave.
"I know they eat beetles but the only type of Beetles we have were no good to him," sales manager John Vahey joked.
Instead, he had to be satisfied with bread and was happy to accept the offerings of staff.
"He was tame as could be, so we knew he must have wandered from a farm, but he seemed in no hurry to leave.
"You'd want to have heard the craic here with him today. People kept on coming in saying they wanted a gander at the new Golf."
The garage posted pictures of the goose online and sent some into Radio Kerry, which also posted them on its Facebook page.
Before calling into the garage, he had taken up residence in Beth Carty's garden nearby where he availed of her hospitality before moving on.
Callers to the radio station also detailed sightings of him at different locations around the town over the past few days.
And although an owner has yet to come forward, he is in good hands and is now in the care of the Kerry Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a bird sanctuary in Currow has offered him a home if he isn't claimed.
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The Islamist group Hamas fired two Qassam-2 rockets from Gaza into southern Israel on Sunday, creating craters in two fields. Israel viewed it as a serious military escalation because rockets launched from the West Bank and Gaza could reach some Israeli cities.
In response, Israeli planes fired six missiles yesterday into the Saraya security compound in central Gaza City, setting buildings ablaze. More than 30 people were hurt.
Hundreds of Palestinians ran to the compound, demanding the release of suspected militants jailed there. Palestinian police said detainees were moved to another jail shortly after the Israeli attack.
Israel warplanes had attacked a separate Gaza City security compound on Sunday near the offices of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat.
In Washington, state department spokesman Richard Boucher criticised Israel for bombing in populated areas, warning that it could intensify the fighting. He also called on Mr Arafat to make efforts to stop the rocket attacks.
In the West Bank city of Hebron yesterday, about 300 people stormed a security prison and released 17 prisoners.
Referring to the rocket attack, the Israeli defence minister, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, said it represented "a new level of threat".
"You try to deal with it in all sorts of ways - by intelligence, by prevention and by struggling against those places where you suspect and discover that there are factories or workshops for manufacturing those rockets," he said.
The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, met senior cabinet ministers and security officials on Sunday, and Israeli media reports suggested the army might reoccupy Palestinian areas close to Israel for an extended period to push rockets out of range.


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The Souris River neared its crest Saturday in Minot, where city officials hoped to ride out the high water without losing more than the thousands of homes already damaged by flooding.
The river had been expected to peak Saturday evening at some 8 1/2 feet above major flood stage, but it appeared to be leveling off hours earlier as it approached 6 1/2 feet over that mark.
Damage was already widespread, with Mayor Curt Zimbelman reporting more than 4,000 homes had been flooded in an evacuation zone of neighborhoods nearest the river. About 11,000 people were ordered out earlier this week.
Sgt. 1st Class David Dodds, a spokesman for North Dakota's National Guard, said the situation had "kind of stabilized" Saturday. The Souris' channel wasn't getting any wider.
"The fact that more homes aren't being engulfed or being touched by the water, that's the one silver lining if you can even say there is one," Dodds said.
City spokesman Dean Lenertz said updated estimates of the flood's toll were being prepared. The city's water, sewer and electric power systems were still working. Workers labored to keep the Broadway Bridge, a major north-south thoroughfare, from being overwhelmed, a possibility that would divide the city in half.
Zimbelman and others had fretted about rain in the forecast, but the National Weather Service said the storms didn't appear to be widespread or long-lasting.
Fed by heavy rains upstream and dam releases that have accelerated in recent days, the Souris surged past a 130-year-old record Friday and kept going.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency pledged assistance to flood victims in Burleigh and Ward counties, which include Minot and Bismarck, the state capital, which has been damaged by Missouri River flooding. Sens. Kent Conrad and John Hoeven and Rep. Rick Berg had pushed for the aid in a call to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and said they hoped it would be extended to other flood-ravaged counties.
Hoeven said a helicopter flight over the Souris valley showed damage to smaller cities around Minot.
In nearby Burlington, more than half of the town's 1,000 residents left late this week to escape the Souris. In Velva, a small town about 20 miles downstream of Minot, emergency levees were being built in anticipation of an expected crest on Tuesday.
Sawyer, a town of about 350 people, was under a mandatory evacuation order Saturday after the Souris flowed over the main dike around daybreak. National Guard soldiers worked on a secondary levee. Mayor Cy Kotaska said about three homes had been flooded.
The National Guard activated 870 members for the crisis. Minot is best known as home to an Air Force base responsible for 150 Minuteman III missiles in underground launch silos scattered over 8,500 square miles in northwest North Dakota.
Col. S.L. Davis, commander of the 91st Missile Wing, said there was some "localized flooding" at a handful of missiles sites because of the wet spring and summer. But he said the silos are designed to safely handle some water and protective measures were taken at a few sites similar to what's done in preparation for spring runoff from snowmelt.


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For the first time in 30 years, Ray Johnson isn't with the El Camino High boys basketball team. Still, the influence lingers from the coach who turned the Wildcats into a regional power.
El Camino's full-court man-to-man defense remains a trademark of the team as much as the school's brown and gold colors. Players and coaches have long been immersed in the Wildcat way, directed this season by former junior varsity coach Jeffrey Jarrard.
There's a certain aura instilled through years of success under Johnson, who is on a one-year leave to test the waters in the college ranks as an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, N.J.
Johnson left El Camino as the San Diego Section's all-time winningest coach (661-185).
"The expectation to win is there," said Jarrard, who coached the JV for 10 seasons. "The players are used to winning, and it helps when the game gets close. They are just expected to win and compete. It's a mindset."
It's an approach developed through winning eight section titles, reaching the section finals eight other times and claiming 19 league championships under Johnson.
"It's his philosophy that we can beat anybody going into a game, being El Camino and the past that we've had," senior guard/forward Preston Butler said. "He gave us that confidence that it doesn't matter where the team's from or how well they can shoot or how high they can jump as long as we stick to our game plan and play man-to-man hard-nosed defense."
The Wildcats took their latest section title last season but lost seven seniors who played significant roles on that squad. This season's young team has gone 8-7 approaching its Palomar League opener against Rancho Buena Vista at 7 p.m. Tuesday at home.
"We're making a lot of progress," said junior forward Ryan Ena, who has become a starter this season after serving as the sixth man last season. "We're getting better every game, every game, every game. Every practice we get better. The coaches stay on us to improve."
The Wildcats coaching staff includes returning varsity assistants Phil Arvidson and Todd Roerig as well as Jarrard's father, Tom, who previously helped with the JV. There has been near daily contact by a staff representative with Johnson.
"We're going to lead the league in assistant coaches," Jarrard said. "Sometimes, it seems like more coaches than guys on the bench. We can really give individualized attention in practice."
Sophomore forward Dayton Boddie, who played for the varsity last season, is poised to help spearhead the team up front this season with Ena. Directing the attack is junior point guard Chris Gorman, who had the same role with the JV last season.
"There's a legacy here, so it's a daunting task, but we're up to it," Butler said. "We've been playing real hard, and the determination and will to win is growing with every game. We're going to be all right."
In that sense, it's like when Johnson stood on the sidelines.
"The only thing missing is his presence, really," Ena said. "We run the same offense and defenses. We are coached the same way and practice the same way."
It's the Wildcat way, still very much in effect.


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Akbar asked Birbal:-
" Tell me a sentence that: If we read in Happy times we become Sad
if we read in Sad times, we become Happy"
Birbal replied:-
" This too shall Pass "
Akbar asked Birbal:-
" Tell me a sentence that: If we read in Happy times we become Sad
if we read in Sad times, we become Happy"
Birbal replied:-
" This too shall Pass "
On a cold winter day Akbar and Birbal took a walk along the lake. A thought came to Birbal that a man would do anything for money. He expressed his feelings to Akbar. Akbar then put his finger into the lake and immediately removed it because he shivered with cold.
Akbar said "I don't think a man would spend an entire night in the cold water of this lake for money."
Birbal replied "I am sure I can find such a person."
Akbar then challenged Birbal into finding such a person and said that he would reward the person with a thousand gold coins. Birbal searched far and wide until he found a poor man who was desperate enough to accept the challenge. The poor man entered the lake and Akbar had guards posted near him to make sure that he really did as promised.The next morning the guards took the poor man to Akbar. Akbar asked the poor man if he had indeed spent the night in the lake. The poor man replied that he had. Akbar then asked the poor man how he managed to spend the night in the lake. The poor man replied that there was a street lamp near by and he kept his attention affixed on the lamp and away from the cold. Akbar then said that there would be no reward as the poor man had survived the night in the lake by the warmth of the street lamp. The poor man went to Birbal for help.
The next day, Birbal did not go to court. The king wondering where he was sent a messenger to his home. The messenger came back saying that Birbal would come once his Khichri was cooked. The king waited hours but Birbal did not come. Finally the king decided to go to Birbal's house and see what he was upto. He found Birbal sitting on the floor near some burning twigs and a bowl filled with Khichri hanging five feet above the fire. The king and his attendants couldn't help but laugh.
Akbar then said to Birbal "How can the Khichri be cooked if it so far away from the fire?"
Birbal answered "The same way the poor man received heat from a street lamp that was more than a furlong away."
The King understood his mistake and gave the poor man his reward.
Joke ki jagah puri Story post kr di...........:^)
oye yaar, se second wali story toh koi school di text book ki hai....for sure....
Good one dude!! and most funny too. I had read this story several times, and i ca say that it is one of my favorite comic. These are some comics which can never be forgotten. Anyways good one.
Stories of Akbar and Birbal has made lot many laugh. It has also made them think. Just like this:
At a time, when Akbar was given a bad time by Maharan Pratap Singhs valient army and Akbar was unable to do something to them. To make Pratap down he hanged a portrait of Maharana Prataps outside his lavatory.
Birbal was passing . suddenly he saw the picture. Shocked at Akbar for this mean act he thought of teaching him a lesson. When Akbar was resting in his Harem with his Ranis, Suddenly, Birbal came holding Akbars pulse in his hand He asked How are you now? Akbar said, What happened to me? Birbal: After seeing Maharana Prataps portrait outside your lavatory, I thought, you probably suffer from constipation and seeing his picture helps you in clearing your motion !!! And Badshaah was totally balled over
During my school days I used to watch Akbar Birbal serial without a fail. Even today if I get a CD of it I will buy it. Akbars foolishness and Birbals timely intelligence always maid be laugh and at the same time there will be some message for the society.
The stories of famous Akbar and Birbal came into existence during the time phrase of 1542-1605 when Mughal regime formed in India. These stories of Akbar and Birbal are not only funny but very witty ones that are delight to the intellect as well as the lay men. Some of the interesting stories based on Akbar and Birbal are like:
1) How many crows in the kingdom?
One day Akbar was strolling in his palace gardens with his dear minister Birbal. Many crows were flying around. The King enjoyed their flying. Just then he thought, that how many crows could be in his kingdom and immediately posed this question to Birbal. Birbal thought a moment, then said, "They are ninety-five thousand, four hundred and sixty three (95, 463) crows in your kingdom, Huzoor." "How do you know that for sure?" the King asked. "You can get them counted, Huzoor." Birbal said. The king again said, "If there will be less than that, then?" Birbal replied immediately, "That means that the rest of them have gone on vacation to some neighboring kingdoms." "Or if there were more than that, then?" "Then it means that other crows are visiting your kingdom, Huzoor."
Akbar was very pleased with this answer of his question.
2) Birbal caught the Thief?
It so happened that once a rich merchant's house was robbed. The merchant suspected that the thief was one of his servants. So he went to Birbal and mentioned the incident. Birbal went to his house and assembled all of his servants and asked that who stole the merchant's things. Everybody denied.
Birbal thought for a moment, then gave a stick of equal length to all the servants of the merchant and said to them that the stick of the real thief will be longer by two inches tomorrow. All the servants should be present here again tomorrow with heir sticks.
All the servants went to their homes and gathered again at the same place the next day. Birbal asked them to show him their sticks. One of the servants had his stick shorter by two inches. Birbal said, "This is your thief, merchant."
Later the merchant asked Birbal, "How did you catch him?" Birbal said, "The thief had already cut his stick short by two inches in the night fearing that his stick will be longer by two inches by morning."
oye yaar, se second wali story toh koi school di text book ki hai....for sure....
i have jokes 3 to 4 line no story about the jokes.
Teacher : who was AKBAR?
Boy : Akbar was gay!!
Teacher : why?
Boy : v hav heard. Laila-Majnu, ......Heer-Ranjha, Adam-Eve, Soni-Mahival & only Akbar-Birbal...
(Just for comedy...no offence)
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SAN CLEMENTE — Promotional materials are appearing around town this month, asking for help to establish a San Clemente Center for Cinema and Performing Arts.
It's the brainchild of Fred Divel, co-founder of the San Clemente Historical Society more than 30 years ago. He wants to buy the former San Clemente Theater, restore the structure at 1700 N. El Camino Real and turn it into "a working and teaching school for the performing and cinema arts."
His vision includes a working theater with a coffee house/wine bar and a restaurant incorporated into the property. He said he has backers who are ready to purchase the Spanish-style building erected in 1937, and he submitted an offer earlier this month to Terry and Susie Hirchag, owners of the theater, through Dena Van Slyke's firm, Beacon Brokerage.
Divel would not disclose the amount, saying only "it would be several million."
Susie Hirchag had no comment when contacted by the Sun Post News, except that the offer was being researched. The Hirchags are proposing to demolish the theater to make way for a Miramar Plaza, a four-story Spanish-style complex including a restaurant, retail stores, offices, 13 residential units, a spa, a coffee house and underground parking. The design includes a re-creation of the theater's tower.
An Environmental Impact Report is in preparation, evaluating the Hirchags' plan and possible alternatives for the City Council to consider at public hearings. Divel said he believes he can put together a viable alternative to demolition that can be the anchor attraction in an impending redevelopment of the North Beach area. Parking for the theater could be provided as part of the North Beach project, Divel said.
He is proposing a San Clemente Foundation for the Performing Arts to spearhead his alternative to tearing down a movie theater commonly known in town as the Miramar, its name in its latter years. It has been vacant since the 1990s.
Divel and the Historical Society have been outspoken advocates of preserving the theater. The Hirchags have offered to give away the building if the taker would move it to another site. At an EIR scoping meeting in August, most of the audience supported preservation and felt it would be a shame to lose the theater, fearing that demolition might lead to other demolitions. Others supported the Hirchags' plan, questioning whether the theater is worth saving and whether parking needs could be met.
Mike Cotter, president of the Historical Society, said the society is not involved with Divel's endeavor. "We do appreciate this idea that it could be a performing arts center," Cotter said. "We don't endorse any particular business plan over another. The historical society is really about historical preservation. We're not about business plans or anyone's particular vision for a particular enterprise."'
The society has "Save the Miramar" signs and petitions in its museum at 101 S. El Camino Real.
Divel said his idea came together during a recent four-month world cruise, during which he was responsible for shows, dinners, themed parties and other events aboard ship as a producer and special-events coordinator for Crystal Cruises.
"I got to know some of these well heeled passengers," he said. "We'd end up talking between shows. I had all these people saying 'how much do you need and when do you need it,'" he said. "I thought, 'Let's do this.'"
Divel said backers are prepared for the purchase but he still would need $2-3 million to restore the theater.
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Several studies have described hypercoagulability in neurosurgery with craniotomy for brain tumor resection. In this study, hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.42 was used for hemodynamic stabilization and initial blood loss replacement. HES can induce coagulopathy with thromboelastographic signs of decreased clot strength. The aim of this study was to prospectively describe perioperative changes in coagulation during elective craniotomy for brain tumor resection with the present fluid regimen.
Perioperative Medicine is the official journal of Evidence Based Peri-Operative Medicine (EBPOM).
EBPOM is a not for profit collaborative project between a number of UK and international academic institutions that exists to promote the examination, discussion and application of evidence based medicine to perioperative care. Its aim is to improve the outcome of patients undergoing surgery, through creating a forum for research development, practical acquisition of essential skills and dissemination of evidence based perioperative knowledge.
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Dr Mark Hamilton is Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at St George's Hospital, London. He trained and has worked in London for the past 20 years, and is currently undertaking a postgraduate degree in preoperative physiological testing at University College London. His research interests include haemodynamic optimisation, tissue oxygenation, nutrition and care of high risk surgical patients. His clinical interests include preoperative testing and anaesthesia.
Care of the surgical patient is increasingly recognised to rely on a coordinated approach to healthcare by a multidisciplinary team. Perioperative Medicine brings together the best research from all of these fields and applies it to the care of patients undergoing surgery to help healthcare providers improve their patients' outcomes.
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He is also an Elected Council Member of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Leads their Perioperative Medicine Programme; Chair of The Board of the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia; A Director of Xtreme-Everest; Co-Chairman of Evidence Based Peri-operative Medicine (EBPOM). Board member and Chair of the advisory board of the American Society of Enhanced Recovery (ASER).
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The National Association of School Psychologists will soon be releasing the third edition of Helping Children at Home and School.
It will include hundreds of short articles (handouts) that cover a wide variety of subjects. The handouts are designed to be practical and easy to follow. The materials will serve as a great resource to aid school psychologists when working with parents, teens, educators, and child advocates.
As in past editions of Helping Children at Home and School, IUP's professors, students, and graduates have provided significant contributions to the contents of this well-designed, educational tool.
Dr. Joe Kovaleski, professor and director of the doctoral program, co-authored an article on "Response to Intervention (RTI) and the Identification of Learning Disabilities: Guidance for School Teams." This article gives a brief explanation of how RTI can be implemented, the advantages of using RTI in comparison to the ability-achievement discrepancy model, and how RTI data contributes to decision-making for special education eligibility.
Dr. Mary Ann Rafoth, dean of the College of Education and Educational Technology, contributed two articles. The first, titled "Kindergarten Programs: Full-Day Versus Half-Day," provides information to parents on the advantages and disadvantages of full-day and half-day kindergarten and how to decide which is best for their child. The second article, which Dr. Rafoth co-authored with Anthony Iapalucci, a recent graduate of the IUP specialist program, is entitled "Bedtime: Guidelines for Parents." This is a short informative article that will help parents intervene with their children with sleeping issues, including various sleeping problems and how to address them.
Recently retired Professor Edward M. Levinson contributed three articles in Helping Children at Home and School III. The first, co-authored with IUP specialist graduates Matthew Ferchalk, Tara Lynn Seifert, and Jaime Slonim, titled "Postsecondary Transition Planning for Young Adults with Disabilities," highlights key issues that must be considered when planning for transition and the importance of school and parent involvement.
The second article by Dr. Levinson, "Career Development: A Guide for Parents and Educators," was also co-authored with two IUP graduates, Ryan Conn and Jaime Slonim. This article provides some helpful tips and strategies for parents and educators to help youngsters become more involved and aware of career development.
The third article by Dr. Levinson, "Vocational Assessment for Transition Planning: Guidelines for Educators," was co-authored with former IUP students Ashley Ross, Denise Ohler, and Ryan Conn. This article explains the importance of a comprehensive vocational assessment and describes the domains that are evaluated. The article also explains how this assessment will lead to the planning and developing of a transition plan and how it will be implemented and evaluated.
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Anne Bancroft, R.I.P.
Actress Anne Bancroft passed away this week. She was 73.
Whatever I saw her in, be it her-Oscar winning turn as Annie Sullivan in "The Miracle Worker" (reprising her Tony-winning stage role) or as Harvey Fierstein's Ma in "Torch Song Trilogy," she was wonderful.
I liked the NY Times obituary, despite its sword swipe at "Demetrius and the Gladiators," in which Anne Bancroft starred in a minor role. I took notice of her in that role too. That's how memorable she was.
Her husband Mel Brooks survives her; she will be missed.
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EUR/USD (a 4-hour chart)
General Overview
The EUR / USD continues bullish impulse, establishing a new support at 1.33 that is likely to open the way to the marks 1.3485/1.3520. Failure to reach this level would mean a return to the level 1.33. The next support is at 1.3215/05. Breakthrough at around 1.3520, on the other hand, will finally open the way to the marks 1.3620/1.3820.
According to the Ichimoku indicator, the pair is a medium upward trend now. Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-sen are horizontal. Tenkan-sen is below the price. The Cloud is growing.
Bollinger bands are widen and directed slightly downward.
The MACD histogram is still located in the positive zone, giving a signal for correction.
Trading recommendations
Despite the break of strong resistance at 1.3400, there is a resistance line 1.3460 - 1.3480, carried out by the previous highs rising waves. The approach to this line may cause a roll back, after which the price will return to the line with levying sales volumes trying to break it up, thus opening the way to 1.3500 - 1.3520.


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While the quarterback situation is the main focus, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers also have some primary secondary concerns.
First, veteran cornerback Juran Bolden, who just returned from the NFL two games ago, has returned to his Tampa, Fla., home to be with his wife who had gone into labour. Although the Bombers expect Bolden back in time to play their next CFL game against the Argos in Toronto on Sunday, there is always an element of doubt involved.
Meanwhile, both defensive back Davin Bush (hamstring) and cornerback Greg Moss (hamstring) are doubtful to play Sunday. So, it looks like Chijioke Onyenegecha will get another chance to suit up for Winnipeg. The rookie import started three games and has dressed for five this season.
"When he played, he showed great signs of having a lot of talent and of course, the longer he's been with us the more practice time he's gotten," Bomber head coach Doug Berry said yesterday. "He's a very talented guy and we'd be comfortable putting him back in the game again."
Since returning to the practice roster, Onyenegecha had actually been taking some reps at strong-side linebacker spot but is ready to play either cornerback or DB if, as expected, he is called upon.
"This is a rough sport and guys go up and down so, I don't know when my time's going to come," said the 6-foot-1, 209-pound Oklahoma product. "I'm just being patient, humble and I'm working hard.
"I think I played decent. Of course, I always think I could have played 10 times better. But this is a veteran team and I was on practice squad and I moved up. So, I knew when those guys got back, it was going to be their opportunity to play because they've been here for a couple of years and they're sharper than me. I'm still learning the system, learning the game ... Hopefully I'll be ready to play so, I can stay here as long as possible."
NEW BLOOD: The Bombers also added another CB to their expanded practice roster, Art Thomas. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Virginia product was cut by the NFL's Miami Dolphins last year. Thomas, 27, had been allocated to the NFL Europe's Amsterdam Admirals, where he recorded 25 defensive tackles, three knockdowns and a blocked field goal in 2006.
"He's a big guy who moves around pretty good," Berry said. "I know he went to a good academic school so I know he will be capable of handling things at a rapid pace. He played at a major college and has some background in the NFL."
Thomas took some limited reps at yesterday's short workout.
"Basically, I've got to get back into game shape," he said. "I've got to learn the defence and to understand the (CFL) game as a whole because it's a little different as to what they can do on offence and what we can do on defence here."
HASHMARKS: Bombers GM Brendan Taman is still hoping to fill the last available spot on the expanded practice roster with a QB this week ... The Bombers are closing in on a record sixth straight sellout as they have already sold about 22,000 tickets for the next home game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, to be played Sept. 29.


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CANNON BEACH, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Jessica Smith, accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter and critically wounding her teenage daughter at a Cannon Beach resort, made her first court appearance to face murder charges.
Smith, 40, faces charges of aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder. She appeared at times detached and even smiled during a video arraignment in Clatsop County Circuit Court and is being held without bail.
During her appearance, Smith's defense attorney, William David Falls, asked the court to restrict the Grand Jury's access to information on Smith's medical and mental health background but would not say why.
"Because we try things in the courtroom not in the media. That's the way things should be done," he said.
If convicted of aggravated murder, Smith could receive the death penalty.
Isabella Smith, 2, was found dead and her 13-year-old sister, Alana Smith, was found critically wounded by the housekeeping staff at the Surfsand Resort in Cannon Beach on Friday.
The housekeepers found them around 9:45 a.m., Clatsop County officials said in a release, and no adults were in the room.
The teen was airlifted to a Portland area hospital for treatment of critical cuts. Authorities said she is in stable condition and in protective custody.
Jessica Smith was arrested Sunday when the US Coast Guard Sector Columbia River spotted her on a logging road in a heavily forested area 15 miles from Cannon Beach around 5:30 p.m.
"They flew they think four hours of missions on Saturday, and this was frankly a Hail Mary pass on Sunday to see if we could do one last run," said Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis.
The children's father, Greg Smith, was ruled out as a suspect in the crime. Court records from Washington state showed that the couple was going through a divorce.
Those documents also showed that Jessica Smith filed for a restraining order and order of protection from Greg Smith, claiming "daily emotional abuse" and an environment that was "life-threatening, traumatizing and unsafe."
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Extensive modelling experience both here and abroad; Spain and USA (Playboy)
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i have appeared on page3 of the Daily Star, and also on a double page centre spread. I have been published in American Playboy's special editions.
I appear regularly in a national newspaper, and in the 'Dear Deidre' section of The Sun newspaper, and 'Dear Jane' section of the Sunday People.
I have modelled for numerous other mens' magazines, including Loaded, FHM, Maxim and Zoo, and recently amercian Playboy Special Editions magazines, published December 2006.
I have also modelled for a various underwear catalogues, including Pabo.
I have done numerous calendar shoots, and currently feature in the HSS Hire Shop 2006 calendar, and am featured on three months and the back cover in the Bad Girls 2006 calendar.
i have a fair amount of video experience for mobile phone download work, and also from the Dear Deidre video case books.
I do regular trips abroad for photo shoots, and enjoy the travelling element of this.
I have worked in Portugal three times, Spain (Marbella and Javea, Lanzarote, Majorca),and most recently Los Angeles, USA.
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I have appeared in FHM's High Street Honeys (booklet) in 2004.
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Mondo Zombie Boogaloo
Southern Culture on the Skids, Los Straightjackets, The Fleshtones
Todd-O-Phonic Todd (WFMU)
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11249
Doors 6:00 PM / Show 8:00 PM
This event is 21 and over
Southern Culture On The Skids has been spreading the rock and roll gospel since since they formed in Chapel Hill, NC in 1983. Guitarist/singer Rick Miller, drummer Dave Hartman and bassist/singer/heartbreaker Mary Huff, play a greasy mix of surf, rockabilly, R&B and country-fried garage with a side of psych, all the while driving fans into ecstatic, sweat-drenched paroxysms of joy. It's a musical gumbo Miller calls, "Americana from the wrong side of the tracks." The band has been prolific and ubiquitous for over thirty years, touring everywhere from the North Carolina Prison System to Mt. Fuji, Japan and delivering what Rolling Stone calls "a hell raising rock and roll party."
In 2014 the band was honored by the Southern Folk Life Collection at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with an exhibition featuring their music and cultural contributions. The flame-adorned La-Z-Boy from the cover of their Plastic Seat Sweat LP now resides at UNC-CH!
Southern Culture On The Skids' newest album, The Electric Pinecones, will be released on September 16, 2016. It's the band's fifth album on their own label, Kudzu Records. The album features 12 original SCOTS tunes - 11 brand new songs and a whole-lotta NOLA remake of the SCOTS classic, "Swamp Fox - The Original." All the tunes were produced and recorded at Rick's studio in NC, The Kudzu Ranch.
The Electric Pinecones is a bit of a departure for the band conceptually and sonically. The inspiration for the record was born in an alter-ego side project from the early years of the band. "The Pinecones was folk-a-hill-a-billy garage band we used to put together just for kicks," Miller relates. "We loved the sound of '60s west coast folk rock and psych bands. The Pinecones was our outlet for material that was not in the SCOTS vein. We even opened for ourselves occasionally. The Pinecones set list was the jumping off point for this latest collection of songs."
The first single off the album, "Grey Skies," is a minor key mood piece with that folk-a-billy, psychedelic sound. Listen to how the acoustic 12-string riff slides into the band's hypnotic rhythms that propel Mary Huff's reflective vocal into the mind's eye of times past and love lost. "Check out the Mellotron on the chorus - that is a first for us," Miller says.
The lead off track, "Freak Flag," is more upbeat, but no less tweaked, with modulating guitars riding on pounding drums after the first verse. The song's message is a good one - it is okay to be different and always respect yourself. The band debuted the song to an auditorium full of rowdy students at Carrboro Elementary School. "I was nervous," Miller says "if the kids don't like something they let you know, but when they started singing along with the second chorus and waving their imaginary freak flags in the air, I knew it was a hit!"
"Dirt Road" is Mary's three-minute ode to sances, thunderstorms and good lovin' long gone. The song is a backwoods southern gothic ghost story that opens with a big tom fill then twists and turns around a folky strum and a fuzz guitar. Mary's spooky-good vocal takes it down that dirt road way back into the piney woods.
The album also has some country rock songs that highlight the melodic side of SCOTS, with "Baby I Like You," "I Ain't Gonna Hang Around" and "Given To Me" featuring some of the best harmonies Rick and Mary have ever recorded."Waiting On You" is the longest song on the album, coming in at 4:22; it's a folk-garage-rocker with a sing-a-long chorus that segues into a surf raga breakdown before heading back to the big riff and out.
The album has traditional Southern Culture flavor too. Check out the remake of "Swamp Fox - The Original". This take goes back to the beginnings of the song and is much closer to capturing the essence of the many all-nighters the band pulled in NOLA with friends and colleagues. The country funk of "Rice and Beans," is a good humored tale of a cash strapped southern courtship, and "Midnight Caller" is Mary's slinky R'n'B flavored woman-to-woman warning about bad men looking for good times.
Song for song, on The Electric Pinecones, Southern Culture On The Skids continues to blow minds and blur the lines between genres delivering a stellar album. From their 1985 debut Voodoo Beach Party, to their 1988 international smash, Dirt Track Date (featuring the hit single "Camel Walk"), and now to the SCOTS-ified tunes of The Electric Pinecones, 30 years, 200 songs and 1,000,000 road miles in, Southern Culture On The Skids just continues to get better with time.
When it comes to delivering high-energy rock and roll instrumental music, no one equals the finesse, power and perseverance of Grammy-nominated Los Straitjackets. Yep Roc Records is pleased to deliver the band's latest offering, Jet Set, a collection of 14 carefully crafted guitar-driven songs that prove to be the most diverse and inventive of Los Straitjackets' oeuvre.
Before Jet Set evolved, the band was hit with a crushing blow when original guitarist, Daddy O Grande a.k.a. Danny Amis, was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in the summer of 2010. "It took me out of commission for two years, even put me in a wheelchair for a while, but once I started recovering I began writing new songs like crazy and was able to record with the band again," Amis explains.
After Amis underwent a successful stem cell transplant in 2011, the band played a benefit concert for Amis in Los Angeles that featured guest appearances by Conan O'Brien, Johnny Rivers, and more. As Amis recovered, and grew stronger thoughts turned to a new recording and Jet Set was underway. The group decided to include Amis' replacement, Greg Townson (of The Hi Risers), along with Amis and fellow founder Eddie Angel in a three-guitar alignment.
Longtime friend and revered musician Janne Haavisto, formerly drummer for Finland's Laika and the Cosmonauts, produced the album. Los Straitjackets returned to The Pow Wow Fun Room studios in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles where they recorded The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets (2009) and Twist Party!! (2006). Haavisto put melody at the forefront of this collection, backed by an amalgam of sweeping percussion, lush horn arrangements and distorted strings.
"It's all here, the instrumental fury and superb melodic textures. It brings me back to the magic feeling I had when I first saw the band in 1994," said Glenn Dicker, co-founder of Yep Roc Records.
Jet Set has its fair share of guest appearances. Friends from Conan, The Basic Cable Horns, added their signature sound to two songs on the record: "Crime Scene" and "Walking Down Third Street." Additionally, Finnish actress and musician Irina Bjorklund contributed to tracks like "Low Tide" and "Sardinian Holiday."
It's been 18 years since Nashville-bred Los Straitjackets first dressed in their easily recognizable attire of Lucha Libre masks. Since then the group has toured around the world, released 11 studio albums, 2 live LPs, including collaborations with Eddy Clearwater and The World Famous Pontani Sisters. But it's Jet Set that brings something extra to the table. Guitarist Eddie Angel reflects, "I think it's remarkable that this far into our career, we could do something that I'd consider our best work."
The Fleshtones are garage rock standard bearers, mixing fuzz guitar and Farfisa organ sounds with rockabilly, '50s and '60s R&B to create a potent retro stew the group likes to call "super rock." The band formed in 1976 in Queens, NY, and have been killing it in live performance for more than 3 decades. The Fleshtones are vocalist/keyboardist Peter Zaremba, guitarist Keith Streng, bassist Ken Fox, and drummer Bill Milhizer and aimed to return rock & roll to the simplicity and unself-consciousness of the '50s and early '60s.
Todd-O-Phonic Todd (WFMU)
The terrifying Todd-O-Phonic Todd will be spinning scary surf, ghoulish garage, sinister soul and repugnant rockabilly in honor of the horrific holiday!
Tickets Available at the Door
Upcoming Events
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Wed, November 22
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Fri, November 24
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THE WEIGHT BAND - Performing songs of THE BAND (ft. former members of The Band, Levon Helm Band and Rick Danko Group)
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The temperature has dropped enough that hot tea is again a viable option. yaay! I've got a few teas waiting to be tried that I want to try hot before messing around with cold brewing or chilling. Give the tea some respect!
This tastes like…black tea. there's a refreshing astringency. The texture is smooth with the barest tang of tannin. Good mellow cup. It is neither too assertive nor to weak. I have no idea how else to describe this. I can tell the quality is good and I'd serve it to company. Tastes leafy. Not the toasty autumn forest of dark oolongs, but something like that. Vaguely. It doesn't seem strong enough to take milk too well.
I always feel like I'm missing something when I drink black teas. Few have the nuances that I love in whites and oolongs. Is it just me? I drank down the whole cup trying to figure it out. I can never discern anything special about any black tea. Perhaps I just don't like it. I suppose I'll keep trying anyhow. I think my next swap partner might get the rest of this pouch. :)
I think I'll go have a cup of something caffeine free now.


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Craig sports briefs: Deven Mosman brings home youth gold
March 3, 2010
Wrestling at Saturday's Colorado All State Youth Wrestling Tournament, the Craig Bad Dogs youth wrestling team brought 37 grapplers to compete against the state's top youth wrestlers.
Deven Mosman pinned his first two opponents, and won, 9-2, to bring home a championship trophy.
Kaden Hixson finished second overall, Mikinzie Klimper finished fifth, Hugo Hernandez, Stelios Peroulis, Cody Pleasant and Dominic Beck finished in sixth place.
On Saturday, the Bad Dogs will compete at the Little Warrior Tournament in Grand Junction.
Sea Sharks registration is at 4 p.m. March 10
The Craig Sea Sharks competitive swim club will have a registration session at 4 p.m. March 10 at the Craig fire station, 419 Yampa Ave.
The Sea Sharks are composed of swimmers from ages 5 to 18 who can swim the length of the Moffat County High School pool.
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Silver team registration costs $130, and gold team registration is $230.
The first Sea Sharks practice will be at 4:30 p.m. April 9 at the MCHS pool, 900 Finley Lane.
Anyone unable to make the March 10 date can hand in their registration poolside.
For more information, call Bonnie at 824-5662.


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Summit scenes
SUMMIT COUNTY — A morning search of the shores of Dillon Reservoir yielded another encounter with the resident bald eagle — and this time I had the right camera and the right lens to bring him in a little closer. The mighty birds favor the tallest dead lodgepoles as perches, often out on the tip of one of the peninsulas that jut into the reservoir. Even though I had both dogs with me, the eagle seemed fairly serene and let us approach quite near. When I got within good camera range, I lay down prone to stabilize the camera and clicked away. All in all, it's been a few good days for photography, with dramatic clouds, golden trees and Friday's sunset and moonrise, which was, simply put, mind-blowing.


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USE Exposure enduro maxx, 720 lumens.
What do you guys think? The entire unit w/battery is the size of a HID lamp head and weighs 315 grams.
It's got 3 seoul emitters. The run times at 720/480/240 lumens are 3/10/24 hours. (240 lumens for 24 straight hours!!). Most 13 watt HID's are ~675 lumens.
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Looks nice but 300 pounds! Is there a USA distributor? Right now, I'd lean towards Ay-up and Nightlightning for high power LED alternatives. Aussie and NZ exchange rates are much more favorable.
I don't need a workhorse for commuting anymore but something long running for night and weekend tooling around w/o worrying about having to charge batteries too often is good.
Price aside, it seems like there's nothing else out there that packs so much light and runtime into such a small self contained package. It's like, the size of a dinotte light w/o the battery pack.
Geoman Gear is supposed to be carrying them sometime in the near future. They usually have the best prices around.
EDIT: I just contacted GeoMan and contrary to what they told me three weeks ago, they will not be carrying USE lights.....
It does look nice. I couldn't find beamshots of this model but their previous Enduro Turbo can be found here:
(scroll down to about the middle of the page).
The Maxx should resemble this but should be brighter (3 vs 2 LEDs).
Sweet, i think the 3 newer led's pack 2x more light than the old one.
If it came to the US priced at about $450, it would be a no-brainer.
Impressive!! I wonder which Li-Ion batteries it uses...
I sure love the convenience of my Alias HID for commuting. It's quick mount/dismount is invaluable.
Is LED and battery technology advancing as rapidly as computer technology does/did?
for $450 that looks like a top choice. 750 lumens is a ton of light. I am a huge Dinotte fan, but I would have really considered this if I were buying today. Dinotte has 600 lumens for $400
Now that I think about it, there's not really a dimming scheme. Each LED puts out 240 lumens, so the power settings simply correspond to how many are turned on.
Edit: Now that I think about it again, I bet there is a dimming scheme. One LED at full power could not possibly last 24hr. Their 1-LED Jostick Maxx model only runs 3hrs at full power (240 lumens), but 24hrs on low (which I bet is 80 lumens). LEDs are much more efficient when dimmed.
Hint: Rally for a group buy discount! :)
I wished they had a 4-5th mode with walking/fixing/survival-mode set at say 50-80lm and a strobe/flash mode.
Edit: Ok it has a flash mode. Just RTFA :P
Also an issue may be carrying all that weight of the head unit on the handle bars. As much as I love my HID Alias for commuting, I often worry about it falling off the bars while hopping curbs or when hitting big washboard roads in the winter, or off roading for that matter, due to the weight of unit on the bars. That's the primary reason I went to a component system for off roading and for extended road rides. Hpwever the USe may be mor esecure with the Aluminum clamp.
That said, it looks to be a killer light for anybody looking for an integrated solution. At the limited time price of $450. I would jump on one if I didn't have all the lights I needed :D I do like integrated systems!
The weight is actually 235 grams for the unit, not 280. The l&m lamp head, which I consider pretty light is about 180 by itself. So the extra 55 grams on my handlebars aren't an issue. And they also offer an external battery pack which basically doubles the battery life to 6/20/and 48 hours (sorry VIP... time to open up your wallet :p). The company says that the light actually dims, the 3 LED's are always on.
The measurements make it the same size as the cateye EL200 light and just about the same weight too.
I'm Good..... :D
-XLS Extreme, 14 hours (4 packs) 1200 lumens for nighttime daylight power,
-Alias HID, 6 hours (2 packs) for daily commuting
-200L, 4hours (2packs), 200 lumens for Daytime running and road rides in the early evening.
-140L, 4 hours (1 pack) bringing up the rear
-Whole host of Blinky, cluster and single LED's to tack all over the bikes :lol:
However I would like to add something like the USE Joystick, Fenix or similar just to have something else to play with :)
BTW, that is a KILLER price on your L&M Arc. Anybody in need of a lighting system, wanting to spend $200, should talk to Slvoid first!
I'm curious what the battery voltage and Ah is on the USE unit.
I'm wondering if there is a way to make your own battery and shove in there as a spare. While a self contained unit is clean looking one of the major downfalls I can see if they propritary battery inside and changing it later when it dies out. You'll be paying a lot if the battery is messed up later. With a external battery you can buy another battery from places like BatterySpace and you're good to go again on the cheap.
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University Park, Pa. -- Pennsylvania Forest Fest, a celebratory and educational event in recognition of the United Nations' International Year of the Forest, is planned for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, in The Arboretum at Penn State.
The event, sponsored by Penn State's School of Forest Resources, Penn State Extension and the College of Agricultural Sciences, is seeking exhibitors from across Pennsylvania and from within the Penn State community.
"This is a tremendous opportunity to connect with others who share connections to and interests in forests," said Sanford Smith, senior lecturer in forest resources and coordinator of Forest Fest. "Exhibitors can showcase their organization, research and activities."
All exhibits must be educational or informational in nature; exhibit space is free.
For more information and to register as an exhibitor, visit http://sfr.psu.edu/public/pa-forest-fest online. The deadline to reserve exhibit space is Sept. 1.


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Mud making you cry? This cultivation tool might make you smile if you're heading out to saturated fields
The Joker RT, with its unique steel spring packer wheels, was touted as the ultimate mud cultivation machine when it was introduced in 2009.
However, Horsch has now brought out a radically different Joker model called the PT, also touted as the ultimate mud cultivation machine.
Everett Boyd farms at Boissevain, Man., an area plagued by wet conditions for the past two decades.
Producers in the region have been trying numerous techniques in their battle with mud.
Boyd bought a 30 foot Joker RT in the spring of 2013, thinking it might be the answer to saturated soil. He still has the RT, but this spring he also bought the new 40-foot Joker PT, which is also promoted as the answer to wet fields.
"I was looking for something that would work better in the more extreme wet conditions. The RT didn't seem to be cutting it," said Boyd, adding that the spring loaded packer wheels did not shed the mud the way he thought they would.
"The packers were clogging. They'd fill right up with mud because the discs aren't far enough ahead of the packers. In wet spots, the discs would spin and throw too much mud into the packers and plug them right up."
Boyd, who used both Jokers this spring, said the two machines are supposed to be designed to carry out different functions, but he's not convinced it works that way.
The PT is intended to help dry out the soil.
"I think the PT works better than the other one for that. When they sold it to us, they told me seed bed preparation wouldn't be as good with the PT, but it's really not too bad. In some conditions, it's even better than the RT finish."
However, Boyd said the PT uses all the power generated by his 500 horsepower tractor, and it could use more. As well, he found it to be finicky to operate.
"My son was running it first. Then we had an older gentleman running it. But it seems they didn't have such good success. It's not really totally user-friendly," he said.
"The baskets will fill with mud, just like the packers did on the RT. You have to have your head screwed on backwards to run this machine properly and get the baskets lifted to the right height. We have that lift capability with the PT that we don't have with the RT, but if you don't get the baskets up to the right height, it's no better than the RT machine."


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Motions Filed to Defend Federal Marriage Definition
In an effort to breathe new life into legislation to protect marriage nationwide, the ranking Republican in the House Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith of Texas, and his legal team have filed two motions in defense of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.
The motions, filed Tuesday, argue that the act has been left vulnerable to legal challenge because "the [Department of Justice]'s current DOMA defense, which happens to fit the current administration's policy preferences, is really no defense at all."
DOMA, enacted in 1996 under the Clinton administration, defines marriage as "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife" and the word "spouse" as "a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife" for the benefit of federal laws for items such as federal employee benefits. The act also re-establishes states' right to define marriage in their own terms without having to defer to other state rulings.
DOMA was challenged and declared unconstitutional in two lawsuits. In The Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Judge Joseph L. Tauro of the Massachusetts District Court issued a ruling denying a USDHHS motion to dismiss the state's lawsuit, proclaiming that DOMA violates the 5th and 10th Amendments. In companion case Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, a similar ruling was given.
Both rulings have since been appealed, but the appeals have been sitting idly for over two months, complained Smith and the attorneys representing him.
Dale Schowengerdt, legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, further decries how DOMA is being under represented by the DOJ.
In its motion Tuesday, ADF asserted, "The DOJ's practical abdication of its own proven legal arguments, plus its ambivalence on whether it will even appeal, warrants intervention to ensure that widely-supported Congressional legislation like DOMA receives a fair and vigorous defense."
"If the Obama administration won't defend marriage, we are ready and willing to do so," Schowengerdt added.
According to Pacific Justice Institute Chief Counsel Kevin Snider, Smith and ADF will have to demonstrate "an interest in the motion's outcome that is unique" in order for the motions to be successful.
"It is usually to protect interests that are being under represented," he added.
Snider also highlighted how some suggest that the attorney general and DOJ may be ambivalent toward the act because "President Obama has articulated some displeasure in DOMA."
Though opposed to the federal marriage act, the Justice Department filed a motion last year to dismiss a gay couple's lawsuit against DOMA. Obama explained at the time that he had a duty to uphold existing law.
In the same statement, the president also reiterated his commitment to reverse the act. His administration has stated that it "does not support DOMA as a matter of policy, believes that it is discriminatory, and supports its repeal."
Despite the "displeasure," Snider said he hopes that the attorney general will continue to "defend the law fully and vigorously, even the laws they don't believe in."
"[I]t's their job," he reasoned.