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FRD300R-301R Rotary Detector
Have a question? Freephone: 08000 869 769
Product overview:
A compact Rotary Laser Detector (receiver) type FRD300R-301R to extend the range of the Fukuda FRE-301R to 300 metres diameter.
It also suits ALL BRANDS & models of visible red beam Rotary lasers spinning at 600+ rpm.
(Note: This Detector is NOT suitable for green beam Rotarys nor any Cross Line laser levels)
Large detecting range compatible with visible red output lasers
from 635 nm to 780 nm.
High accuracy.
Audible and visual indication of set LEVEL.
Staff mounting clamp bracket
Detecting accuracy: fine & course settings +/- 1mm & +/- 2mm
Display: Front & back LCD
Audible pitch warning. (selectable On/Off)
Power supply: 1 x 9V battery
Operating time: Approx 30 hours continuous, at 20 deg C.
Low battery warning via LCD
Power Conservation: 10 minutes auto cut-off.
Dimensions: 63 x 23 x 135mm
Weight: 350g (with battery & bracket)
Calibration and servicing:
If you routinely work on large job sites, which require you to have a physical Calibration certificate, issued in your name and matched to the Laser via its serial number, you must ensure you tick the above box marked "Paper Certificate" (where applicable) to add a Calibration certificate to your order. The Certificate will then be generated and included with your Laser. Please note the issuing of a Calibration certificate DOES NOT delay or hold up the despatch of your Laser in any way.
Kit comprises of:
Fukuda FRD300-301R Detector
Mounting bracket
9V Battery
VAT Invoice:When the order is dispatched, a PDF (digital copy) of the VAT invoice will be attached to the dispatch confirmation email and a paper copy of the VAT invoice will be in the box.
Key information:
|Detector / Receiver
|Laser beam
|Laser colour
|Red Beam
|Indoor & Outdoor (Although mainly an Outdoor product)
|IP rating
|IP44 (Protected from water spray from any direction)
|Automatic 1 Year Warranty
You may also be interested in the following similar products:
Spectra HL450 Detector
£189.00 Incl. VAT: £226.80 As low as: £215.46
Spectra HR320 Detector
£130.83 Incl. VAT: £157.00
Questions and answers about this product:
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Hi I have got a bosch grl 150 professional rotary laser level, will this receiver work with it thanks Chris.
Posted byon Wednesday 11th of December 2019
Hi Christopher,
Thank you for your message.
This Detector will work with all red beam rotary lasers which spin at 600RPM including the Bosch GRL150 professional series.
Best regards
Laser Levels Online
will the receiver work with the Stabila rotary laser LMR (2006ish model). Here a few specs: class 2 red laser (635nm), max rpm 680 Thanks
Posted byon Wednesday 4th of September 2019
Hi Lars,
We have had a lot of issues over the years where the detector "should" work based on the spec but the laser fails to trigger the detector and this seems to only be the case with Stabila lasers and non-standard detectors.
My recommendation would be to only purchase a Stabila detector to ensure compatibility but sadly this is not something we sell.
Best regards
Laser Levels Online
Has this receiver got a spirit level bubble in the handle?
Posted byon Monday 30th of October 2017
Hi Wayne,
Yes, the Receiver has a spirit level via built into the handle.
However, for best accuracy in the plumb position, it is always recommended you use the measuring staff's clip on or built in spirit level vial.Best regards
Mark Roberts
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Langham Hospitality Sets Plans for Eaton Hotel in China
Hotel & Resort July 26, 2011
Langham Hospitality Group has signed its fifth Eaton property as the Asian-centric brand based on the principles of essential hospitality proves popular with owners and developers. The group has sealed a management deal with Shenzhen Warmsun Real Estate Development to open the upscale Eaton Luxe, Shajing, Shenzhen, China in the Warmsun•International Complex in late 2013.
Eaton Luxe, Shajing, Shenzhen will offer 220 suites and rooms. Located in the Warmsun•International Complex in Shajing, this upscale luxury property includes three contemporary dining facilities, a 1,000-square-meter ballroom, as well as a host of meeting facilities to cater some of the city's special events. The property forms part of a mixed-used development that is part of an urban renewal project. It will include residential, commercial and retail elements in the heart of the Shenzhen's industrial zone. The Fortune 500 retail giant WalMart has also confirmed it will become an anchor tenant.
Located eight kilometers from the Fuyong Ferry Terminal, 10 kilometers from Baoan International Airport, and close to the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Superhighway, the Warmsun•International Complex is an ideal for domestic and international business travelers. The complex is also a short drive from two major industrial areas -- the Jinggang Industrial Town and Shapo Wai Industrial Zone. The Warmsun•International Complex has been designated as one of Shenzhen's 10 major Urban Renewal projects aimed to spur economic growth and attract local and foreign investors. For more information, visit www.eatonhotels.com.
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To those too young to get the reference, it's what people used to ask about the Lone Ranger. Our modern day identity query concerns Barack Obama. As he continues to take the political world by storm, we want to know who he is and what he stands for.
Obama's public statements on free trade and NAFTA in particular help us to understand him. If you recall, Obama took a somehwat protectionist stand during the primary, criticizing NAFTA and threatening to pull out of it unless it is renegotiated. This alarmed our neighbors, Mexico and Canada, enough that Obama's economic advisor had to go to Canada and reassure them that it was all talk. But he got caught and Obama had to disavow him, embarrassingly.
Now Obama, in a new Fortune magazine interview, is tacking back toward the free trade side of things, suggesting that he may have overdone it with the rhetoric a little on NAFTA. So what does Obama *really* think about free trade?
Having observed the man for some months now, this is what I see. Obama is a smart person. Smart enough to know how to play the political game of pandering to the people he needs to win over, but also smart enough to understand the benefits of free trade. He's also a global thinker – he lived in Indonesia and has relatives in Kenya. He knows what international trade means for the standard of living of people in those countries.
So I do not think, in his heart, Obama is a protectionist. But his voting record in the Senate shows that he will only vote for a trade agreement if the unions don't oppose it. It may be that he does not feel strongly enough about the issue to take a political hit over it.
And therein lies the heart of the matter and its importance to us. A great leader is someone who is willing to part company with the special interests that support him or her in order to do what he or she feels is right for the country. A perfect example from Obama's party is Harry Truman. As President, Truman ticked off every group that supported him – the Missouri Democratic machine, the unions, Southern whites – and made decisions that he thought were in the best interests of America. As a result, he almost didn't get elected in '48, and couldn't run again in '52 because he was so deeply unpopular with voters of every political stripe. Yet some of those decisions, like de-segregating the military, turned out to be not only right, but exactly what needed to be done.
Barack Obama is still very young in political terms. Up until now, he may not have encountered many situations where his convictions require him to part company with powerful supporters (Reverend Wright does not count as "powerful".) How he responds in such a situation will speak volumes about his character and his leadership. For now, at least to me, this is an unknown.
McCain, on the other hand, has virtually made a career out of giving the finger to his own party and the special interests that usually support Republicans, knowing it could hurt him politically, when he felt it was important to do so. But again, he's had a longer career in public service, and by his own admission, it wasn't until his brush with the Keating Five scandal that he really began to understand how problematic the influence of special interests can be.
If Obama turns out to be cast from the mold of Truman and McCain in this area, then America may not fare too badly over the coming years regardless of which candidate is elected President.
Preview of the Fortune interview with Obama is here: http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/magazines/fortune/easton_obama.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008061810


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Veterans display is a Moving Tribute to designer
The Moving Tribute, a 28-plus panel display honoring lives lost during and in U.S. military response to 9/11, will be the centerpiece the Nov. 18 Veterans Muster at The Avenue Viera during the Boomer Bash & Senior Expo in the former Sports Authority.
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The Moving Tribute is the perfect centerpiece exhibit for the Veterans Muster, set for Nov. 18 during the Boomer Bash & Senior Expo at The Avenue Viera.
The nonprofit exhibit of Some Gave All, headquartered in Rockledge, is made up of 28-plus panels containing the growing list of names of U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives responding in the war on terror since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and also includes the names of the nearly 3,000 lives lost that day.
The graphic designer of the display is the current-day community liaison for Indian River Colony Club, the sponsor of the Veterans Muster for the marketing and publishing firm hosting the expo, Bluewater Creative Group.
"It was very emotional," IRCC staffer Maureen Reeder said. "At the time, it was very difficult doing the research and collecting all the names of those who lost their lives on 9/11. They had never been collected all together in one place yet."
The Veterans Muster is a twist on the traditional Veterans Salute that Bluewater hosts each year just before or after Veterans Day.
"This year, Veterans Day fell on the Friday we normally use, but we wanted to delay our event and promote all the veterans salutes that occur on Nov. 11," Bluewater CEO Jill Blue-Gaines said.
The Nov. 18 event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 in the former Sports Authority, 6729 Colonnade Avenue, Viera. The Veterans Muster will feature active-military and veterans exhibits throughout the day and will close with an actual Veterans Muster, or calling together, in a 1:30 p.m. ceremony. Speakers include Norman Moody, award-winning veterans issues writer, and retired USMC Lt. Gen. Robert Winglass, IRCC resident and community leader.
The expo will also include live Blue Grass music by the Penny Creek Band, fun things to see and do, and free giveaways and prizes, health fair with flu shots, a number of inter-activity areas, exhibits, line dancing, pickelball demonstrations, a variety of entertainment and more.
For more information, go to BoomerSeniorExpo.com or call 321-242-1235.


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Pussymon: Episode 10
Here's Pussymon monthly update and this month developers celebrate its first anniversary. It means we're getting the largest version of this game so far.
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Comments (25)
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alina 2020-06-27 12:48:16
The future of adult sex games >>> fifo.cc/b5bd7d4d
alina 2020-06-27 12:35:01
Adult multiplayer game >>> fifo.cc/b5bd7d4d
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Jonny234 2020-04-17 12:20:12
graet game love the witch and gangbang
Nikki234 2020-04-17 09:09:47
rebel says amazing
Moe 2016-09-09 16:29:49
You can teleport using the buttons inside your bag. No idea about that gate.
random 2016-03-23 04:58:48
still cant figure out how to get past the main island
morf 2016-03-16 09:50:38
too much bla bla, too little action in itself a nice game, but not much of a game tho :/ 7.8/10 too much water
guba 2016-03-11 23:15:08
Take out the actual game. Leave in the grinding for money. Put the sleep/save point behind an extra click for no good reason. More plot than ever. 2/10
Anon 2016-03-11 10:44:44
This game has potential, they must just keep at it, the idea behind it is brilliant.
FakeSlimShady 2016-03-11 02:46:25
It needs to be longer like the other ones as well as the fact that I belives the MF is different then before.
superanon 2016-03-11 00:47:13
This game its terrible. there is no point to anything should of just been a gallery, also the animation makes my dick hurt..zero faps given.
astupata 2016-03-10 21:25:40
how can u open the snake door in the desert area?
Special 2016-03-09 22:32:58
This part of the game is just a special, it's where you can see all of the pussymon easy and fast, plus it builds main story. The rest of the games are all gonna be normal then this one. Now we just gotta wait.
gg 2016-03-09 22:04:31
Well that's one way to take the adventure out of the quest
travel 2016-03-09 21:10:18
to go to different locations open your bag and click on the images
jim 2016-03-09 21:08:37
i got it nice game
jim 2016-03-09 20:49:34
how you play this all i can do is work sleep and go where the old guy is where you buy the balls
Why 2016-03-09 20:43:44
The FUCK did they do?!
Guy 2016-03-09 20:28:37
Best one yet
Chicken 2016-03-09 20:13:47
Nvm, figured it out :D
Chicken 2016-03-09 20:11:28
How do you get out of the first main area? What du fuck
Noooo 2016-03-09 18:18:23
He took out all the game out of the game...
Firebuble 2016-03-09 17:26:27
im the first?


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Joma Jewellery A Little Thinking of You Bracelet. A golden plated flower charm hanging from a stretchy 3mm silver ball bracelet. The bracelet is elasticated so one size fits most and can be easily slipped over the wrist.
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Little Passports is a monthly adventure for your kids to explore the world, learn and have fun all at the same time, or as they call it a 'Global Adventure'! Westy loves reading and learning and is the smartest little man and he really liked this box. He can put his toys in the suitcase which he'll love. They have 3 options;
- The Early Explorers (aged 3-5) – photo above. The first box will have the suitcase so less activities. But it did include a passport, luggage tag, stickers, a world map, and activity book. That map is super cute, and large enough to teach a child the basics! Your child can expect to learn topics like music, space, landmarks, dinosaurs (Westy's favorite!) and oceans! He's going to jump for joy knowing there are more of these boxes on their way! Max, Mia & Toby take you on an adventure of learning here!
- World Edition (aged 6-10) – very creative little gadgets in this box, hands-on activities for the child to get more involved. The map in this one is more detailed, I absolutely love maps and find it fascinating how much you can learn about Geography so can't imagine how much the kids would love this! Travel around with Sam & Sofia
- USA Edition (aged 7-12) – full activities in this box, journals, and in-depth learning tools here. There is an in-depth map of USA for this box which is a great learning tool, and even a disposable camera!
They even have an option for classrooms. Are you a teacher? This would be great for your Grade 1-4 classes, class discussions and activities will help the kids learn about the different cultures and geography. These would include a 6 month subscription, 30 individual passports and sticker set, and teachers guides (and quizzes too)! Use code LEARN15 for $15 off your 1yr subscription which starts at only $11.95 a month plus shipping depending on the category you choose ($14.95 for Early Explorers). Order here;


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Major Strategies for Time ManagementPosted by Jordan Muela in Property Management Articles
Time management strategies are helpful to people in many lines of work. For instance, a legal secretary with dozens of calls to make as well as paperwork to file, benefits from prioritizing their work tasks. Alternatively, the owner of a trucking company is able to determine the whereabouts of all of their shipments due to an organized filing system in their office. Whether an individual has a lot of small projects or just one, time management strategies are crucial in getting a job done in an organized, timely fashion.
Task Listing
At times, a person may feel overwhelmed in thinking about the work he or she must complete at the office or at home. Often, the individual has only a vague idea of the projects that need attention. By making a task list, the person has a definite idea of what needs to be done. For example, while driving to work a bookstore owner may envision an immense amount of unfinished work waiting for them in their shop. Once they arrive at work, creating a task list may reveal that there are only six overall tasks that need to be done. In short, task listing allows a person to see the specific tasks that need to be accomplished.
This time management strategy is an extremely effective one. Once a person has made a task list, he or she can determine which tasks are the most pressing. For instance, the bookstore owner may prioritize setting up a display for an upcoming sale ahead of reorganizing the biography section. The owner gives the task of setting up a special display abou the city of Phoenix in preparation for local history month. A person who is prioritizing tasks may want to examine the details of each project. Prioritization helps prevent a person from expending time and energy on an insignificant task at the expense of an important one.
- A Look at Time Management
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- Suggestions on Prioritizing Various Tasks
A lack of organization can be a leading cause of wasted time. After a person prioritizes his or her tasks, time needs to be put aside to complete the tasks. For instance, if returning phone calls to customers is a priority, then an adequate amount of time must be allotted for that task. Attending a meeting during the time allotted to make customer phone calls is not an effective use of time. An organized schedule means assigning the proper amount of time to each task in order to accomplish it in a thorough way.
- A List of Time Management Tips that Apply to Students and Others
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Flexibility is also an important ingredient in the effective use of time. For example, the owner of an art supply shop may give top priority to returning customer phone calls on Monday morning. In the middle of making phone calls, the owner receives a call from a supplier who is having problems filling an order for the art supply shop. In this case, the owner must be flexible in stopping their calls to customers to work out a solution with the supplier. After all, if the supplier doesn't deliver the goods to the art supply shop, then the shop owner is liable to lose new customer orders. The art supply shop owner was flexible when another issue came up and adjusted their task list.
Once the tasks on a person's list are accomplished, a reward can reinforce the benefit of organized time management. For example, a student who completes the task of organizing items for a class presentation can reward themselves by going to a movie with a friend. Plus, they have the added reward of avoiding the stress of last-minute preparations for their presentation. A fun reward can be a great incentive to get organized.
Procrastination can sabotage any of the time management strategies noted above. When it comes to a task, people procrastinate for a number reasons. A person may envision a task as being unpleasant or difficult. Also, a person may be fearful of working on a particular project. For instance, a student may procrastinate in writing a speech for a public speaking class because of his or her fear of speaking in front of others. Organization and an eventual reward can help a person to overcome procrastination. Of course, the idea of just getting a project done and out of the way is another motivation to knock out procrastination.
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By Shadow
Click on the links to read the prior posts Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
It's day 12 of adoption awareness month, and the prompt for today is relationships with significant others. I never know, when I start a post, just where it will go, what my point is, or, sometimes, even if I have one. It's, apparently, not a new trait. My husband, lovingly I hope, tells me regularly, "Your mind just goes places; no one else's mind dares to go." I don't know if he's right. I don't know if that's a good thing, or not, but I am who I am. How has being adopted affected my relationships with others? Isn't that a loaded question? Now, how do I tie that in with the conclusion of "Isn't Life Interesting"?
In my mid 40s, and, approximately, three years into my reunion with D, my first father, the final, knock-out, punch, of the reality of adoption, hit me, and sent me to the mat for the count. The best description I can give you is that, for me, as they say in the world of addiction recovery, I hit rock bottom with this realization. What I am about to say has the potential to upset, offend, and possibly anger, a lot of first parents, first family members, and maybe even a few adoptive parents. It upset quite a few of my family members, so prepare yourself if you are a bit sensitive to some of the realities of adoption. However, harsh, and cold, it may sound, it is the truth, and a fact of my life. Though, many of my family were, and are, angry that I point this out, not one of my family members has denied its truth.
Though this does not pertain to all adoptees, it does pertain too many of us, especially those of us from the baby scoop error (yes, I intentionally used that word). It hit me like a speeding freight train from out of nowhere, when I realized that on the day I was born, there was not a soul on the face of the earth that was happy about it. Having grown up with the belief, as most people do, that the birth of a child is always a joyous occasion, this, particular, reality of adoption, that not all babies births were joyous occasions, and I, in fact was one of those babies, well, I guess you could say it sort of rocked my world.
There was no happy, joyous family waiting to see their new baby girl. My welcome into the world was full of sadness, and denial. When I entered the world, I was not placed in the loving arms of my mother, father, or family. I was not placed in the loving arms of my new adoptive family, as there were no waiting adoptive parents. For me, there was only a hospital nursery, where I lay alone. The only family there was my first mother's sister. Though the nurses did allow her to sit with me for a while, she was not allowed to touch me, or hold me. Yes, on the day I was born there were no doting parents, proud, and ready to take their baby home. There were no happy faces smiling at me cooing and telling me how precious I was. There was just a baby, alone in a hospital crib. If that isn't one hell of a welcome into the world, I don't know what is. If it isn't obvious how that might have affected my relationships with significant others in my life, I don't know what else I can tell you. If the effect of adoption on me isn't obvious in, not only this story, but my own story, as I've shared it, I don't know how better to explain it.
As I mentioned in part THREE, if you look CLOSELY, my journey through the stages of grief, is apparent. The final stage, in the grieving process, is acceptance, and with that, let's get on with the conclusion of "Isn't Life Interesting".
"Well, I think I went from making a point in the beginning to getting some things off my chest. So, what was my point? I've reunited with my entire biological family on both my Bmom's and Bdad's side. I've witnessed the countless issues, effects, emotions, and other issues adoption has brought into the lives of my entire biological family for good and for bad. I've experienced my own issues caused by adoption. I've seen the good and bad there as well. Someone asked me once about finding my birth parents, "If you knew then what you know now, would you do it again?" I didn't even have to think about it. I answered with an emphatic, "Yes." For me, knowing my biological family, even with all the pain and emotions, was worth every minute. Even though, I have little or no relationship with some of them, it was worth it. Would I have rather grown up in my biological family as opposed to my adoptive family? Well, what an interesting scenario that would have been, to be raised by my bio parents, but I can't honestly say either way. Wondering what might have been, though sometimes fun, doesn't change anything, and usually just causes me pain. My life is my life with all the good and all the bad, which brings me back to my cousins precious little one.
Because of adoption, a couple, who could not have children of their own, will now have an opportunity for the family they wanted so badly. A child, who was a victim of circumstance, is now an adoptee with a loving family. There are new bio parents, who will someday feel the loss of relinquishing their child, but will know they did what was best for her. Someday, because of adoption, she may choose to find her biological parents, like I did, and another roller coaster will take off.
Isn't it interesting that a family, my Bdad's that had never been touched by adoption has now been touched twice? I feel a kind of kindred spirit with my cousin's daughter. I don't know what her future holds, but whatever it is; there will be someone there for her who understands what it is like to be an adoptee.
Whatever your part in adoption, Adoptee, Adoptive family member, or biological family member, whatever feelings you have about adoption at the moment, I hope, by sharing my cousin's story, you will see, like I did, that though there is so much pain and emotions for all of us involved in the triad, that in the midst of all the pain happiness can be found. I also hope that doesn't sound too completely sappy, and you get my point, which I'm not really sure about myself anymore. Lol"
Happiness can always be found if you look for it; if you want to see it. Isn't happiness everyone's goal in life? You see, it's that insistence that we have to, always, be happy, that I have a bit of an issue with. I began my life surrounded by denial, and grief. I know, from experience, that some will accuse me of being overly dramatic, and some will say I am just feeling sorry for myself. Though I know what I've stated, about the day I was born, will upset, and anger, some, I refuse to live my life surrounded by that denial. The facts of my life are what they are. Sad as some of those facts are, I have to live with that knowledge. I do not dwell on them, as some may think, and will accuse me of such, telling me to leave the past in the past. Writing about the facts, the truth, having the courage to face it, grieve it, and talk about it, is not dwelling. It is acceptance. It is the acceptance of my past.
Not fully accepting the facts of my past, acknowledging those facts, for me, is the same as denying the past, and denying they are part of who I am. No, they are not happy facts. My acknowledgement of those sad facts may be an emotional trigger for some. For me, however, they have been a part of the grieving process, and part of my acceptance of it all. Without acknowledging all the sad facts of my life, how can I truly appreciate all of the happiness in my life? When I started with Part 1 of this story, I had no idea that this is where I would end up. Ah, yes. Isn't life interesting?


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Motorcyclists love the freedom of the open road, but unfortunately, other vehicle operators are not always eager to share. According to the Kentucky State Police, there were 92 motorcycle fatalities in the commonwealth in 2016, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that the rate of fatalities per registered vehicle was six times greater for motorcyclists than it was for passenger cars in 2015. These numbers confirm what we already know: when an accident occurs, motorcyclists run a greater risk of a serious injury or wrongful death. But, because motorists are likely to claim a bike "came out of nowhere," and juries are all too willing to believe bikers take unnecessary risks, injured motorcyclists also have a more difficult time proving their case for personal injury. That's why it's important to retain a skilled personal injury lawyer from the Banks Law Office, PLLC. Not only does Banks Law Office draw on more than 35 years of combined litigation experience to assist you but Estill Banks is experienced rider, who know exactly what cyclist face on the roads.
What are the most common causes of motorcycle accidents in Kentucky?
Operating a motorcycle safely requires a great deal of skill, and some riders don't acquire sufficient skill through practice before they encounter a disabling accident. Novice riders are prone to accidents due to:
- Misjudging speed or necessary stopping distance
- Oversteering or understeering on turns
- Failing to avoid slick objects like manhole covers or painted portions of the road
- Failing to observe obstacles up the road
- Poor braking skill
- Splitting lanes at an unsafe speed
Once a biker has enough skill to keep himself safe, he still needs to cope with other vehicles. Passenger car drivers often fail to notice the motorcyclist, make incorrect assumptions about motorcycles, or get nervous around them unnecessarily. This causes other drivers to cause accidents with motorcycles by:
- Making unsafe left turns across traffic
- Failing to yield
- Tailgating
- Attempting to share a lane with a motorcycle
- Attempting to pass a motorcycle while in the same lane
Because motorists do not know how to behave around motorcycles, they often blame the biker and invoke Kentucky's comparative fault law to escape responsibility for an accident their own negligence caused.
What are the most common injuries from motorcycle accidents?
Because a rider's body is so exposed, motorcyclists and their passengers can suffer painful and debilitating injuries from relatively minor collisions. Common injuries to motorcyclists include:
- Concussion and traumatic brain injury
- Neck, back, and spine injury
- Skin lacerations
- Broken bones
- Internal injuries
Such injuries can be catastrophic, requiring a lifetime of adjustment and ongoing care. But, even worse, motorcycle accidents often result in wrongful death. Under such tragic circumstances, you deserve the maximum compensation for your losses.
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A 400 level law student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Oladipo Olalekan Ige was found dead in his room outside the campus.
Dipo is believed to have to committed suicide as he left a note in his room before going ahead with the act on Sunday evening.
According to sources, Dipo was reported to be suffering from depression.
The late Dipo stayed off campus, at Asherifa, an area not far from the school itself.
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You may be aware that Ian Todd passed away on 4th July. He was a longstanding and well respected member of Beverley RUFC and will be sorely missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
The funeral will be at 11.30am on Friday 26th July at Haltemprice Crematorium, Willerby.


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After many years of waiting in the shed my LT began to develop carb problems as I begin to drive it frequently.
There are lots of threads on forums discussing pierburg 2e3 carb failures those of which are solved either by replacing fuel lines, autochoke mechanism or totally replacing it with a weber but I can't find an exact solution pointing what causes failures and how to fix them, most of the times solution is just a coincidence.
In case of mine causes are clogged fuel filter + fuel vapour seperator + cracked accelerator pump diaphgram. LT starts fine and runs normally until auto choke comes down and then engine begins to stall, refuses to start, hesitates to rev, looses power etc. and one can smell unburnt gasoline. You can restart the engine if you wait for a few minutes and let the fuel pump run for a while without starting the engine but you have to rev it up and it stalls again. When everything cools down the process restarts as usual.
Clogged filter and swirl pot limits fuel supply as expected but even some fuel reaches the carb most of it is lost through the accelerator pump housing which I think also drains the fuel reservoir somehow. When the engine is hot it's not very easy to detect leaks because fuel almost instantly evaporizes. Also checking spark plugs and etc. doesn't help very much. In my case the crack in the diaphgram got bigger and bigger so that I can see fuel draining and I realised my fuel filter is transparent eventhough it looks totally brown.
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When it comes to designing handcrafted custom furniture, wood choice goes a long way in determining the finished look. Different types of wood also offer a range of durability, so, when deciding on your cusotm piece, it's a good idea to find a perfect balance between form and function. Here are five common types of furniture wood and there general characteristics:
Choosing custom furniture means you won't have to settle for anything less than exactly what you want. When shopping for mass-produced furniture, you might find a table that, as a stand-alone, you're in love with. But the piece might not perfectly mesh with the room where you plan to put it. Or maybe you like everything about the table except its skirt or its stain or the wood used to build it. If it's mass-produced, what you see is what you get. But with handmade custom furniture, you're free to modify ever aspect of the piece. You could use an existing table as a reference point, then alter what you don't like. Or you could completely dream up your own design and have a craftsman bring it to life. Here are some questions to ask yourself when considering a specific custom furniture piece:
A common question we hear is "What does dovetail mean?"
Dovetail refers to a type of joint in which two pieces of wood interlock. Joints that have been dovetailed are extremely strong and secure. They are usually used to construct drawers.
Dovetail drawers are recognized by their distinct pattern at the outside corner of a drawer. They look like jigsaw puzzle pieces joined together at a 90 degree angle. When you see a dovetailed joint, you can be assured that it is constructed of solid wood. Drawers are meant to be opened and closed many times and dovetailed joints allow the glides to be placed in a position that protects them from wear and tear.
Hopefully that helps clear up what dovetailing is. When you see that pattern as you look around our store, know that it is a symbol of strength, durability and craftsmanship.
Solid, beautifully made furniture seems to be hard to come by in today's age. With the prevalence of mass marketing, furniture is becoming more and more disposable, showing wear and breaking down after just a few years.
When making furniture decisions for your home, please stop to consider the long run. The old saying "buy nice or buy twice" is more true than ever. Simply put, sometimes spending more is the economical way to go.
Real, solid wood furniture is a sound investment and Amish made furniture takes it a step beyond. With timeless techniques such a dovetailing joints instead of using screws and glue, you can see that your furniture was made by someone who knows the wood and knows how to craft it into a work of art. These functional works of art become tomorrow's heirlooms and can be passed down from generation to generation. With a variety of timeless styles available, you can feel great about your decision.
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The Causes of Growing Anxiety in Today's Kids
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Via Allah, (I have typed that so much in the last 2 weeks that I might start accidentaly using it in spoken form) comes this tidbit about Fred!
The Chick's dig him, which ain't a bad thing at all, hell they describe Fred! in a way that almost makes ME want to bang him.
Question though. Look at the lead up to each quote.
The Hollywood actor and former Tennessee senator racked up an impressive list of conquests during his swinging bachelor days in the 1990s
The insinuation is that Fred! was a viking tearing through hollywood and washington, using his crank as a machette in a jungle of pooter.
A less offensive insinuation, but the insult is still there.
At 24 years his junior, Kehn has been described as a "trophy wife" but the former Republican consultant is as clever as she is vivacious, according to Mosbacher.
Meanwhile Kerry, who had at least the same reputation as Fred! is now credited with, was simply described as "something of a swordsman while he was single," and such. Noone really made an issue of Kerry marrying someone a billion dollars his senior, oh, WE *wink wink* knew it, but it wasn't an "issue."
Other than that, you got half a dozen ex-girlfriends on your side, when a lot of people in washington aren't even liked by their spouses *cough*hillary*cough* that can't be a bad thing.
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Joe Scarborough, a television presenter, was recently pilloried for wondering on air whether Thompson's wife "works the pole", although he later claimed that he had been referring jokily to the pole fitness craze rather than to stripping.
Actually, the joke wasn't about working a stripper pole, I when I saw and heard it, I don't think joe was talking about strippers, I think he was talking about whore's who work a pole that isn't brass (well it might be, but that is some serious kink) he was talking about Jeri Kehns manipulation of "The Pole." Anyone who thinks it was a sarcastic joke about "pole dancing" which itself was created for it's phallic content is lying to themselves and anyone who hears them. Also, note the use of the word "pilloried." I didn't see joe in stocks, I didn't see joe suffer, I just saw him get called on his crude comment about a professional woman who happens to be hot, and married to a soon to be President of The United States of America.


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Happy Turkey Day? Well, maybe not so happy for the turkeys.
Nor is it so happy for those without family or friends with whom to celebrate, unless they've been invited to a "Friendsgiving," and unless the other guests are Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives, Progressives, FurBaby People, NeverBaby People, Brought-My-Baby People, Atheists, Agnostics, Vocal Vegans, Calvinists, Arminians, Cal-minians ….
At Thanksgiving, as all through the year, we can be grateful for our many blessings of family, friends, God's gracious gift of salvation, and so much more.
But can we also give thanks for hard circumstances? For difficult people (like the one across the table, just south of the cranberry sauce)? For physical pain? Emotional pain? Searing loss? C.S. Lewis thinks we can. He wrote, "We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country."
Gratitude is what you feel. Thanksgiving is what you DO.
Giving Thanks
So we can give thanks in all circumstances, by following the example of Jesus, who, for the joy set before him, endured the cross (Heb. 12:2). Did he feel grateful that he was going to be separated from his Father and tortured to death? Probably not, but he saw the joy of what his sacrifice would bring, for eternity. Can we ask God for the grace to glimpse him working in us to produce patience, humility, and the blazing certainty of our eternal life with him?
Yes. We can.
The Hebrew and Greek roots of the word thanksgiving include extending hands, and active gratitude, including grace. How do we walk out this understanding? Jesus points the way: But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind …. (Luke 14:12-13
Songs 2:4
Songs 2:4 says "He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love." In their book Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus, Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg write that for the Israelites, "… the table was much more than a place to eat. It was a place of mutual trust and vulnerability. Sitting down at the table to eat with someone meant you had a protected relationship with them. Whom you ate with revealed something important about who you were, showing to whom you belonged …. In fact, table fellowship implied a nearly inviolable relationship. To be a guest at a family's table meant … they were honor-bound to defend you, even at the cost of their lives."
Do we know anyone who is poor in faith, in friends? Lame, crippled by circumstances, by crushing? Blind to beauty, to blessings? Perhaps they are someone whose knees are already scheduled to be under a groaning table with ours – and we're already groaning? Or maybe it's a difficult colleague; a challenging neighbor; someone from another culture who feels alienated here.
Don't Be A Turkey! Say – And DO – Thanks!
Could ours be the hands that hold Jesus' banner of love over them? Could we show our gratitude to Jesus for the bread of his body and the wine of his blood, by extending a hand of grace and peace to those whom he loves lavishly? To defend their opinions even when opposed to our own? Could the table where we sit together be the place where people feel like they belong? Like they are lovable? Even loved? Can we make our table be an altar where we offer thanks for the opportunity to be the hands and heart of Jesus to them?
Yes. Yes. We can.


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Continuous development for SAP
Achieve continuous development for SAP.
Developing at pace or moving to more frequent SAP releases usually means parallel development - with separate dev environments for support and projects.
But running two or even three SAP development systems brings with it complexity, cost and risk. Unless you have the right tools in place.
Watch this video and we'll talk you through how you can implement a Continuous Development approach with the help of our SAP tools.


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One member of my congregation has been dealing with nasty kidney stones. As most of you probably know, kidney stones are terribly painful. I, thankfully, have never had them. My husband has and it brought him to his knees. The thing with kidney stones is most often they need to be taken care of by a surgeon. Carrying them around is painful; having them removed is painful. But ohhh, how much better it feels when they are gone. Carrying around guilt, unforgiveness, and worry is painful; learning how to let go of guilt, and worry can be painful as well. Sometimes we let it go, and then we take it back. I call it boomerang guilt or worry. We just can't seem to believe that God holds us guiltless because of our faith in Jesus. We just can't seem to fully trust God. We worry about the guilt. We worry about not feeling guilty. We worry about other people's guilt. We worry about our children, our parents, our country, our church and sometimes we worry about our future with God. Guilt, unforgiveness, and worry are emotionally painful and spiritually unproductive. These are heavy burdens to carry around. If we go to the surgeon for kidney stones, then why wouldn't we go to our Heavenly Physician to help with these spiritual maladies…ohhh how much better we would feel. Jesus tells us time and again not to worry. He showed us on the cross how important we are to God and how forgiving He is. He died so that our guilt could die. He lives so that we could live guiltless, forgiven lives. He lives forevermore, and so can we. James 5:15-16 reads, "And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power to prevail." Be healed, my beloved. You have no idea how good it will feel!
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By Don Dinnematin of The Don Father Blog
It goes without saying, when you're pregnant, sleep is essential for your health and the health of your baby, but it is often easier said than done.
Being pregnant can be a tiring experience for a woman's body. Both the physical discomforts of pregnancy as well as the emotional stress of this major life change can cause sleep problems and keep a mother-to-be awake at night.
As a husband I have experienced this first hand with my Wife in both our pregnancies, but with that comes some advice to help create a good night's sleep and ultimately a pleasant pregnancy experience, because as we all know, a lack of sleep is quite a disastrous thing.
Nearly 28 percent of expecting moms get less than seven hours of sleep per day, according to data from The nuMoM2b Pregnancy and Sleep Duration and Continuity Study. This is less than the National Sleep Foundation's recommended seven to nine hours of sleep per day for optimal health during pregnancy.
Get a better night's sleep
Here are some tips to help you get a better night's sleep, both during pregnancy and once baby has arrived:
Get plenty of exercise
Keeping active during the day may help you sleep at night, and exercise can also help with symptoms that can affect your rest, such as leg cramps. Walking, swimming and yoga are all great choices during pregnancy. We often go for a walk around the block in the late afternoon. Just try to avoid any strenuous exercise for a few hours before bed, as it could make you feel more awake.
Have a soothing nightly ritual:
This is simple, and everyone should probably be doing something along these lines. Treat yourself to a relaxing routine before you settle down for the night, such as reading, taking a bath, or having a warm drink. Aim to start winding down about an hour before you intend on sleeping.
Cut back on drinking too much in the evenings:
During the first trimester, the hormones leading to the bladder get sluggish, which increases a woman's urine production. This can cause her to wake up and need to go to the bathroom more frequently at night. Cutting back on excessive drinking in the evenings can help eliminate those annoying night-time trips to the loo, which may also prevent you from falling asleep straight away again.
Minimize Your Exposure To Blue Light At Night
The light emitted by electronics with screens can drastically affect your body's ability to fall asleep at night. It's so disruptive because blue-wavelength light boosts attention, reaction time, and mood. The blue light is basically fooling your body into thinking it's still daytime.
To minimize the influence that blue light has on your body at night, turn off all electronic devices at least an hour before going to bed. This gives your body time to relax and slow down so you are better prepared to fall asleep.
Pregnancy Pillows
A must for helping your pregnant wife get, and stay comfortable during the night.
Choose The Right Mattress
This is without a doubt, one of the most important parts of getting that good nights sleep you so badly long for. And this is essential for both Mom & Dad!
The mattress you choose can have a major influence on the quality of your sleep. A mattress that's too firm means you'll feel pressure points at your hips and shoulders. A mattress that's too soft doesn't provide enough support for your neck and back. Get a new mattress if your current one isn't working for you. Milly and I recently bought a new bed and it has completely changed our lives, and this is not an exaggeration.
Be sure to try out the mattress before you buy it so you find the one that is right for you.


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Frequently Asked Questions » How long will it take to get replacement windows for my home?
How long will it take to get replacement windows for my home?
At BM Windows, all of the replacement windows we sell are made to order. That means they will fit perfectly in the space that your current windows occupy. However, that also means that the process of getting new replacement windows takes some time.
When you call to schedule your initial appointment, we do our best to set up a time to meet you at your home in a timely manner. We'll take measurements and give you a quote at that in-home meeting. As soon as you decide that BM Windows is the replacement window company you're going to go with and give us a deposit, we'll order your windows. Your windows will typically take 4-6 weeks to be completed by the manufacturer (though that can fluctuate depending on whether they're ordered during the busy season or the slow season for our manufacturers). Once we have a delivery date from our manufacturer, we'll schedule your installation date for the soonest date that is convenient for you.
On the day of installation, our team will arrive on time and get right to work. They can typically install all of the windows in your home in one day. If it's a particularly large or a more complicated job, it may take a little longer. Our customers are always amazed at the efficient manner in which our installation team works. The efficiency is likely due to the fact that they are professional window installers, not general laborers or subcontractors. They have been highly trained in window installation and are great at what they do!
You can expect the overall process, from your initial inquiry to the completed installation, to take approximately two months. However, at your in-home consultation, a BM Windows representative can give you a more accurate estimate based on the season. Contact us today to get the process started. So many of our customers tell us that if they had known how great their home would look and feel with new windows, they would have contacted us much sooner!


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Fred Bowden interview: Starting at work
At the age of 14. I became a farm labourer for one year till I was 15. I was hospitalised because of acute appendicitis anyway, so I was out of work as a youngster for 12 months. At the age of 16 the Junior Labour Exchange sent for my father to take me to their office where he was presented with a list of jobs which I should take or my proportion of the dole that he received would be stopped. I landed up the best I could find, or that he could find for me off that list . Was working as a furnace hand in a tube works in West Bromwich where I was in lodgings. They found lodgings for me. The wages were 17 shillings a week, the lodgings cost me 17 shillings a week. So each Friday evening after work we had to go to the local Juvenile Labour Exchange to obtain half a crown spending money. Now that went on for 12 months from the age of 16 to 17. I worked on the furnace, very difficult, very hot and I was growing. I grew up, I lost weight. It wasn't doing me any good at all. And I worked there for another year. I worked for two years on this furnace and then I gave it up. I couldn't stand it any longer. At the age of 16 to 18 I was there. I went back home to Swansea. Whilst I was there my brother came under the same jurisdiction at the age of 14 and he was sent away to the Birmingham area in a factory there, and when I packed this job up which was about Easter in 1938 we both came home to Swansea. Down to Gower. We had enough money for him to have a train fare to take two suitcases. I cycled all the way from West Bromwich, down through mid-Wales, over the Brecon Beacons. I started at 7 o'clock on a Saturday night and I got into the outskirts of Swansea and surprised my Auntie Grace, which was the first port of call at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning. I had been cycling all night.
I was back on the dole. My father had been on the dole all these years. He never worked again.


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I saute onion, garlic and zucchini cubes along with tomatoes and herbs. This mix is piled into a gratin dish and drowned in egg and milk. Some adeptly arranged feta is nestled in to the veggies before they are baked. The resulting gratin is pleasing mouthful, letting zucchini and feta fight for dominance. A delicious accompaniment to the adjacent Cajun fish filets.
Serves 4
2 medium size Zucchini
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
1 large Onion
2-3 Garlic cloves
2 Tomatoes
1/4 cup chopped mixed Herbs-- Thyme, Parsley, Basil, Oregano
1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
Several grinds of fresh Black Pepper
1/4 cup Feta
1 1/2 cup whole or 2% Milk
2 Eggs
Cut zucchini and onions into 1/2 inch diced cubes.
Mince garlic finely.
Heat olive oil in a pan.
Add onions and garlic and sweat then till translucent.
Add zucchini cubes and saute for 5 minutes till zucchini is tinged brown.
Slice tomatoes and add to zucchini. Saute for a few minutes.
Add herbs and seasonings. Stir well to mix. Take zucchini off heat.
Heat oven to 350F.
Divide veggie mix between 4 gratin cups.
Wedge pieces of feta into gratins.
Whisk milk and eggs well.
Divide between gratin cups making sure the batter covers veggies.
Place cups on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
Take them out of the oven and enjoy them warm.
Today's special goes well with spicy Cajun flavors. The mellow tones are the perfect foil for tongue tingling southern spices! Tomorrow is another day... I see a grilled zucchini pizza in my future.


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text: [Minghui Net] My name is Piao Lianying and I live in Changchun City, Jilin Province. Because the police have been constantly searching for me, I decided to stay away from home. Since July 1999, I have been illegally arrested and detained many times for appealing and promoting Dafa in Beijing. My last experience was at the Heizuizi Women's Labor Camp where I was detained for two years, without legal process. In an attempt to make me give up practicing Falun Dafa, the wardens used all forms of cruel and ruthless torture on me during this period. At first, they handcuffed my hands to my back and made me stand with my eyes open for four days and nights. To ensure my eyes stayed open, they made my cell inmates watch me in turn. The moment they saw my eyes closed, they would start beating me. Later, under the instruction of the supervisor, three other prisoners dragged me to a toilet and took turns belting me until they got tired. Seeing that I refused to give in, they then chained me on to a cold steel door for the rest of the night. Eventually, Secretary Gong and Camp Director Fan personally instructed a prisoner to have my limbs permanently chained onto a steel bed, where I remained immobilized for the next several days. One prisoner, by the name of Guo Shuhua, tried hard to dissuade me from practicing Dafa. Seeing that my mind was set, she punched me in my face. Even the wooden boards another prisoner, Yang Yang, used to hit me with were splintered. My body was covered with black and red bruises all over. They only allowed five minutes for someone to feed me at mealtimes. The supervisor would snatch the food away and follow by a kick if there was any time overrun. They would not let me have a blanket at night either. Because of that, I passed out once due the coldness of the night. It took them a long while to bring me back that time. So the torture went on. Provided I agree not to practice, which I refused, they would set me free. The ordeal lasted for nine days. Because other practitioners had been protesting strongly against my brutal torture, and they did not want their superior to see me in this condition during his visit, they transferred me to a cold room, where I was hung by my handcuffs above a steel bed near a window so that I would get the full force of the wind. Under such extended periods of torture, I was completely exhausted, and finally, I succumbed and signed a repentance statement against my will. I questioned the two cell inmates afterwards why they had treated me so. They replied, "We didn't want to, but did we have any choice? They would have applied the same punishment to us if we didn't." Through my further understanding of the Fa, I realized my mistakes. I went and withdrew my repentance statement from the captain, but ended up with more severe punishments. Under the instruction of their leaders, a group of hired thugs shocked me with an electric baton, on my face, neck, and scalp. I collapsed many times. "If you refused to sign," the captain said, "we will continue [this torture] until you do." Once again, I succumbed to their pressure. In fact, under such brutality, many practitioners had succumbed against their will. Some of them were compelled to appear and speak on TV, knowing very well that they were lying to the public. But once fallen in their trap, there was no return. Later on, my wounds started to inflame and developed into an abscess, and for 10 days afterwards I had a high fever. I started to lose control of myself and at times, I went into a coma. The camp sent me to its medical clinic for a check up. The diagnosis was general blood poisoning. Officer Lian told me that if I sign a repentance statement renouncing Falun Gong, they would let me go to the hospital for treatment immediately. To that, I refused. He then lured me into accepting the four "Do-not(s),"(i.e. - Do not appeal, do not associate, do not mass assemble, and do not practice in the park) which I refused to accept either. Eventually he said, "You must put something in writing on paper. Otherwise, I do not have an excuse to let you go." I was thinking then: I must consolidate myself by continual practice and Fa-study. Stubbornness alone does not get me very far. Perhaps, if I stopped going to Beijing to appeal for a while, but spent more time studying and consolidating my understanding of Dafa when I got out, I would be in a better position to change the environment when I returned to the Labor Camp. With that in mind, I wrote: "I will not appeal in Beijing during my convalescent at the hospital, and will return to the Labor Camp as soon I recover." Surprisingly, they actually released me the very same day. Under the pressure of my relatives, I went to the hospital for a check-up as soon as I was released. The doctor sternly said that my life was in grave danger and I was required to stay in the hospital for immediate treatment. But the hospital would not take responsibility if I died. I then understood why the Labor Camp was so anxious to let me go. Just as expected, I collapsed as soon as I arrived home. Through practicing Dafa, I slowly recovered. Many times, I wanted to go back to the Labor Camp. But, the death of Yin Shuyun made me realize that one or two persons alone could not change the state and conditions of the Labor Camp. Therefore, I decided to promote Dafa and explain the truth to the public in the outside world instead. During this period of travelling, I often felt ashamed of myself when any of the names Zhao Jinhua, Zhou Zhichang and Chen Zixiu were mentioned. They were the practitioners who had sacrificed their lives defending Dafa. What upsets me most is that my closest friends and relatives are now using the so called "Reformed" examples read from newspapers or seen from TV to dissuade me from pursuing Dafa. This has made me understand the seriousness of my failures. Many people are still deluded, and do not know the truth behind the so call "Reformation Process." I signed the repentance statement under the pressure of their torture. With the hope that the media, now under full control of the government, would not further beguile the public, I want to speak out now. Furthermore, I want to redeem some of the negative effects on the public at large caused by my earlier weakness. From now on, I am determined not to sign any more repentance statements even if it means death. January 29, 2001


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Wk02: Market Forecast
10 Jan
In the week ahead look for these news announcements to act as potential market movers…
A few big economic news announcements coming out this week including International Trade Tuesday, Retail Sales Thursday, and Consumer Price Index & Industrial Production Friday. In addition, Alcoa kicks off earnings season Monday, not to mention Option Expiry Friday! That being said, there are a lot of catalysts that could act as market movers this week.
We are looking for the top line figures to continue its uptrend through options expiry week with a target of 1155 on the S&P, but will shift our bias if the market reacts negatively to any of the catalysts early on during the week.


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It's so refreshing to be somewhere that isn't touristy at all. We feel like we've struck a goldmine with Bantayan and our boat trip today was no different. Everywhere is so quiet and peaceful and you have the place to yourself which is hard to find in Asia with the tourist trap it's become! – Appreciating every moment ☺✨
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Sarah Cho Bio
Birthday: September 22, 2005
Nationality: Canadian
Age: 14 Years, 14 Year Old Females
Sun Sign: Virgo
Born in: Mississauga, Canada
Famous as: YouTuber
siblings: Hannah
City: Mississauga, Canada
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Sarah Cho is a slime enthusiast from Canada who runs a YouTube channel called 'sarahxcho' on which she shares slime guides and other slime-based videos, such as recipes, tutorials, how-to's, hacks, and more. She also runs a vlog channel called 'the cho's' on which she publishes vlogs related to her private life. Till date, Cho's slime-based channel has earned over 261k subscribers. Her vlogging account also has a decent number of views and subscribers. Smart and intelligent, Cho is a very talented young girl. She possesses vast knowledge when it comes to slime creation and recipe development. She believes in sharing her knowledge with the outside world and also aims to teach people about slime-making through her videos. On a personal note, the Canadian YouTuber is a sweet and soft-natured girl. She enjoys engaging herself in innovative and creative activities. Being a school girl, she tries her best to efficiently balance her YouTube career and her studies.
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FRAUD EXPOSED – A favor for a friend.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Ross Kelly's Ana Code Cult Exposed.
A thorough repudiation of the ana code cult and Ross Kelly's completely unfounded delusions, for your consideration. Please take the time to read through each point, think about it and then freely draw your own conclusions from it.
Ross's delusions are in "quotation marks".
"The solar system is exactly that, a working living polarity system that has to be kept in balance. If you think of the nucleus,the sun,the positive pole as love's eye (because it is) and understand that the light (love light) from that eye is total love it is easy to see why trees and flowers and fruits and all the other necessary beautiful life supporting ideas are sustained."
I'm sorry ross but light from the sun is not love, love is an emotion. Love is not a thing in and of itself, it is a way we feel, a feeling ross, not a physical thing. Light is light, that simple. The universe and solar system are already balanced, it's ross that is unbalanced. Ross quite simply has absolutely no understanding of how the solar system really works, everything he has said in this statement is merely nonsense, with absolutely no real independant evidence to support this delusion in any way.
"But there's one problem, we are the negative pole that receives that light, it's illuminating your mind right now. We are not the love. So we behave badly and in doing so replace all the beauty with death and destruction, take the Amazon for example."
No ross, it is you who is replacing all the goodness in the world with death, destruction and fear. That's what apocalypse cults do. You sap all hope and destroy free will, so you can more easily control people, you don't give them options, you give them dogma, a dogma of the death, destruction and fear. Negative reinforcement it is called in behaviour modification. Who's negative ross? The amazon is being cut down because of greed, which if everyone believes your cult, you will also bring as in a culture of fear as if an asteroid was about to hit, people will hoard, become greedy and less likely to share, so again it is you that is bringing also bringing greed, look up culture of fear.
"That in turn causes the loving eye to have to look upon evil (the opposite to the beauty displayed in the creation. Add to that the negative mind state that living in such a world causes us to have."
That is nonsense. The suns poles are not eyes. They are poles. You saying that the earth is itself negative is ridiculous because the earth also has two poles, one of each polarity. And that just proves that you are a negative person with a negative outlook to think the earth itself is negative. I do not have a negative mindstate. I'm very hopeful, rather positive about the future and quite happy, so obviously I have not been caused to become negative. As you are.
"Love cannot look upon evil without loving it, but a lover of evil is by definition evil so the more of it that the loving eye is caused by us to love the more negative it becomes and the result of that is that it can not create any more good expression because evil would not be evil if it did good things. "
As I explained earlier, (remember this is in my opinion only) that love is a term used to describe a feeling, an emotion. It cannot look upon anything. One can look at someone with a loving eye so to speak, but it is only a way of describing something, not the thing itself ross. It seems to me that it is you that is focused on all the evil in the world. Almost everything is evil to you, in your mind. Evil, is in the eye of the beholder. You are not pushing creation, you are pushing destruction, by asteroids, because we are all negative and evil as you claim. All of that is in your mind, you are obsessed with death, destruction, threats, lies, fear and evil. Doing good things would be to spread hope, peace and love, not what you are spreading.
"Then catastrophe's start happening because they are the opposite to beautiful life sustaining creation and when they happen what's left of the loving eye has to look upon it and become even more negative, so we end up with a rapidly accelerating snowball effect, a self perpetuating negativisation of the entire system."
Cults have been using this old trick forever. Morals have nothing to do with natural physical phenomenon. The are completely independant of one another. Christianity uses this in Noahs flood and the judgement day/rapture. Every one will die because they are bad, but follow me, do what I say, and I can save you! That's pretty much the jist of it right ross? Typical cult. Can you prove any of that with scientific studies? Of course not, because it is nonsense.
"The 1996 intervention was timed to warn them that we are on the brink of it being unstoppable but the problem is that the people that it was directed to were the realy powerful negative ones so they saw it as an attack and rejected it. The result of that is now being seen all over the world on an almost daily basis as the catastrophe's speed up and get bigger."
This is merely a delusion that you cannot support with real evidence. You support this delusion as it supports your greater delsuion.
"Unless it is nipped in the bud it will reach a point of absolute negative soon and at that point total annihilation of all life on Earth will occur. God had to love the negative because she is love even if it meant that it had to be allowed to bring about it's own destruction. If all life on Earth died the positive pole, at that point also negative, would die too."
This completely proves everything I say. It is typical cult bullshit! What you really mean is if we all dont do exactly as you say, we will all die. Trying to threaten people with asteroids with no evidence ,scare them, so you can control them with this fear tactic is very negative ross. Because of course only ross or one of his cronies could ever find the supposed date of the unprovable asteroids, he wields ultimate control over the group. His outlook that the entire world is "negative" and everyone is "evil" shows me that he is atleast very depressed, and at worst a psychopath. His obvious need for power and control lend me to believe psychopath. A psychopath with ultimate control over the minds of his followers is a very dangerous man, especially in an end of the world cult where he is promising the only salvation. I believe it to almost text book suicide apocalypse cult, in the early stages. Luckily unlike most cult leaders ross is not very charismatic, and he has a complete and total lack of any real supporting verifiable evidence, thusly he has been relatively unsuccessful in both his attempts to sell, and market his thoroughly basless cult theories. I would not be surprised one bit to see violence come from this cult. They have shown their mean spirited need to bully and dominate, so anything is possible with those types when delusional.
"So God had to figure out a way to let that happen in all the solar system stories throughout the universe yet still keep the light shining otherwise there would be an eternity of evil and light could never be, and that's where the time circle solution comes in handy because once it is done it can NEVER be destroyed and everyone in it which means EVERYONE that ever lived lives forever. Such is love."
No ross. Love is love. What a bunch of nonsense. Do you have anyscientific studies that back this up ross? Of course not, just a bunch of new agey woo woo bullshit.
"The time circle is created by a number of people being time shifted by God from just before the end to the beginning, the same beginning that we all started from. From the moment the bridge is made the time of light on planet Earth becomes forever indestructible along with the lifetimes of all who ever lived, so there is no judgement, all are equally loved from Hitler to Gandhi, it had to be that way otherwise God would not be love and if that were to be the case there would be no love at all."
By drinking Kool Aid right? The first time the sun shined it's light on earth it was a molten ball. Uninhabitle ross, not the place to be.. The illogical nature of this statement itself procludes it from being true, the statement itself makes no logical sense. Time travel implies travelling within the same reality, just back or forward in time. Since this supposedly happened in the ancient past, and if this age of light forever, did last forever, it would still be going now. Since it is not, it could not have happened in the past. What ross is describing is obviously not this realm of existence, it is not this reality, nor has it ever been, or ever will be, therefore it is impossible to time travel to it. What ross is really describing here is his idea of heaven. I've never heard such a ridiculous statement. No time however is a different concept to a time loop, you have meshed them together when they have nothing to do with each other. They are mutually exclusive concepts that disprove each other ross. So basically, when you are promising you can take us to heaven, if we follow your cult. You really are planning on a mass suicide and "ascending" exactly like the Hale Bopp asteroid cult, my goodness ross, really, get help man.
"Jesus is quoted as having said "blessed is he who will stand in the beginning and know the end" and "the first shall be the last and the last shall be the first" He knew what the solution to the polarity physics problem is."
Jesus is another cult, get your own sayings. Polarity physics is a completely made up nonsense term you invented to support your delusions with psuedo scientific sounding wording. The term has no meaning. Polarity, is studied in the subject physics. It's as simple as that and has nothing to do with anything ross is implying. No study anywhere in the world exists that shows that intention, morals or emotions such as love any effect upon polarity of any kind. It is ridiculous made up nonsense.
"The circle was made an eternity ago all in a single instant but in the time story it contains we are now approaching the time of the making of the bridge. Christians, who don't know what it is to be call it the rapture and have an unreal expectation about what it is. Religion is man's attempt to understand in this negative period of deep ignorance. The one thing that can be said with 100% accuracy about God is that she is a realist."
You obviously are not are realist. You have not one shred of real scientific evidence that backs any of your claims, because it does not exist, it is all made up new agey woo woo bullshit. You are using the old christian cult model, fear the judgement at the end of the world, follow the will of god (as you interpret it) and you will be saved to live in a perfect heaven forever! It's exactly the same, just not the fiery judgement day, you switched it for asteroids. Typical cult fear tactics and negative reinforcement to control people. I really hope you are stopped long before you make this "bridge", more like drink the Kool Aid, and we have another typical suicide apocalypse cult.
~Characteristics of a cult~
I. Behavior Control
1. Regulation of individual's physical reality
a. Where, how and with whom the member lives and associates with
b. What clothes, colors, hairstyles the person wears
c. What food the person eats, drinks, adopts, and rejects
d. How much sleep the person is able to have
e. Financial dependence
f. Little or no time spent on leisure, entertainment, vacations
2. Major time commitment required for indoctrination sessions and group rituals
3. Need to ask permission for major decisions
4. Need to report thoughts, feelings and activities to superiors
5. Rewards and punishments (behavior modification techniques- positive and negative).
5. Individualism discouraged; group think prevails
6. Rigid rules and regulations
7. Need for obedience and dependency
II. Information Control
1. Use of deception
a. Deliberately holding back information
b. Distorting information to make it acceptable
c. Outright lying
2. Access to non-cult sources of information minimized or discouraged
a. Books, articles, newspapers, magazines, TV, radio
b. Critical information
c. Former members
d. Keep members so busy they don't have time to think
3. Compartmentalization of information; Outsider vs. Insider doctrines
a. Information is not freely accessible
b. Information varies at different levels and missions within pyramid
c. Leadership decides who "needs to know" what
4. Spying on other members is encouraged
a. Pairing up with "buddy" system to monitor and control
b. Reporting deviant thoughts, feelings, and actions to leadership
5. Extensive use of cult generated information and propaganda
a. Newsletters, magazines, journals, audio tapes, videotapes, etc.
b. Misquotations, statements taken out of context from non-cult sources
6. Unethical use of confession
a. Information about "sins" used to abolish identity boundaries
b. Past "sins" used to manipulate and control; no forgiveness or absolution
III. Thought Control
1. Need to internalize the group's doctrine as "Truth"
a. Map = Reality
b. Black and White thinking
c. Good vs. evil
d. Us vs. them (inside vs. outside)
2. Adopt "loaded" language (characterized by "thought-terminating clichés"). Words are the tools we use to think with. These "special" words constrict rather than expand understanding. They function to reduce complexities of experience into trite, platitudinous "buzz words".
3. Only "good" and "proper" thoughts are encouraged.
4. Thought-stopping techniques (to shut down "reality testing" by stopping "negative" thoughts and allowing only "good" thoughts); rejection of rational analysis, critical thinking, constructive criticism.
a. Denial, rationalization, justification, wishful thinking
b. Chanting
c. Meditating
d. Praying
e. Speaking in "tongues"
f. Singing or humming
5. No critical questions about leader, doctrine, or policy seen as legitimate
6. No alternative belief systems viewed as legitimate, good, or useful
IV. Emotional Control
1. Manipulate and narrow the range of a person's feelings.
2. Make the person feel like if there are ever any problems it is always their fault, never the leader's or the group's.
3. Excessive use of guilt
a. Identity guilt
1. Who you are (not living up to your potential)
2. Your family
3. Your past
4. Your affiliations
5. Your thoughts, feelings, actions
b. Social guilt
c. Historical guilt
4. Excessive use of fear
a. Fear of thinking independently
b. Fear of the "outside" world
c. Fear of enemies
d. Fear of losing one's "salvation"
e. Fear of leaving the group or being shunned by group
f. Fear of disapproval
5. Extremes of emotional highs and lows.
6. Ritual and often public confession of "sins".
7. Phobia indoctrination : programming of irrational fears of ever leaving the group or even questioning the leader's authority. The person under mind control cannot visualize a positive, fulfilled future without being in the group.
a. No happiness or fulfillment "outside" of the group
b. Terrible consequences will take place if you leave: "hell"; "demon possession"; "incurable diseases"; "accidents"; "suicide"; "insanity"; "10,000 reincarnations"; etc.
c. Shunning of leave takers. Fear of being rejected by friends, peers, and family.
d. Never a legitimate reason to leave. From the group's perspective, people who leave are: "weak"; "undisciplined"; "unspiritual"; "worldly"; "brainwashed by family, counselors"; seduced by money, sex, rock and roll or most commonly "evil".


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Big Finish Day 5 was a convention held at the Copthorne Hotel, Slough, 13th September 2014.
The multi-talented Nicholas Briggs opened the day. Warm and witty, he's a natural compere and kept the panel going nicely. After a humourous introduction, he was then visibly moved by the long applause in tribute to the late Paul Spragg. After a brief panel with Big Finish colleagues Jason Haigh-Ellory and David Richardson, Briggs introduced Tom Baker.
It was a joy to see the great man step out of the TARDIS once more, but he now seems very unsteady on his feet. He was walking with difficulty, even with a stick.
Once he'd taken to the stage, though, Baker was in great form. A consummate raconteur, his famous voice still boomed out with warmth and eccentricity. I was there early, so I grabbed a front-row seat, and it was a real privilege to see Tom Baker on stage at such close quarters. He has lost none of his gift for story-telling or comic timing. For a man who must be so used to audience appreciation, he was charmingly delighted by the applause and laughter. Shortly afterwards he was joined by his erstwhile producer, Philip Hinchcliffe.
Looking tanned and dapper, Hinchcliffe is lean and straight-backed. He didn't get to say much while his leading man held court. Baker matched every question from Briggs or the audience with a hilarious anecdote, from childhood confessions in the Catholic church to shocking a royal at Buckingham Palace (while John Hurt stood on his foot in warning). He spoke about how happy he is now, something which is re-iterated in the excellent Big Finish release Tom Baker At 80. It's good to hear, especially in contrast to when he touched on not wanting to leave Doctor Who rehearsals because his home life was so unhappy. In his autobiography, Flight of the Budgerigar, John Leeson talks about Baker being late for rehearsals one day, explaining when he arrived that he hadn't been able to stop crying.
"I don't think I've ever been happier. Because, as you know, I've never stopped being Doctor Who. Well, I started being Doctor Who because of course I'd been playing Doctor Who for years before I got the part. So nothing much has changed. There's a continuity to my life."
"Being Doctor Who is so much more interesting than being Tom Baker. So therefore I'm not going to give up what's interesting am I? just to revert to being Tom Baker, who, for all I know, whoever he is, he might be full of anxieties and like the average man in the street. I've never wanted to be the average man in the street. Well, I don't mind being in the street, but I wanted people to laugh and I wanted to be involved in adventures."
Unfortunately I, along with much of the room, missed Philip Hinchcliffe's interview as this was the slot for a photo with Tom once he'd left the stage. I would have liked to hear him the former producer speak. Again, Baker was on fine form for his fans over the next few hours posing for photos and signing autographs. He had time for everyone, answering questions and giving an enthusiastic response, even when it looked like he didn't really know what someone was talking about.
The Early Adventures Panel
Companions of the First Doctor William Russell (Ian Chesterton), Maureen O'Brien (Vicki) and Peter Purves (Steven Taylor) assembled on the stage. They are all starring in the Big Finish Early Adventures series.
Peter Purves on regeneration: "I think that lots of people expect that because we were in it, therefore we know all about it. We were not necessarily fans of the programme after we left it…. I enjoyed Patrick's performance, but he could never be the Doctor. And I was a very good friend of Jon Pertwee's. He was never the Doctor to me. He just couldn't be. I thought it was preposterous performance, but I loved him as a man. Funnily enough I always thought that the nearest anyone came to being my image of the Doctor was Sylvester, and that of course was when the show met its untimely BBC end."
Maureen O'Brien on An Adventure in Space and Time: "I just didn't think it brought to me what the people were really like… I just didn't go with it, and I found it depressing, because Bill, although he had his snarling, nasty side, was full of joy and fun, and loved actors and acting, and all that. It just emphasised the wrong things about him. I found it depressing, sad and it wasn't like that, you know. With the exception of this wonderful girl, I'm now going to forget her name of course, who played Jackie Hill. And she was simply wonderful. Shivers up and down my spine every time she appeared. I thought, 'Oh my God it's Jackie.'"
Purves on Day of the Doctor: "We saw this incredible production, which had the three Doctors in it. I'm sorry, I haven't a clue what was going on. I thought it was magnificent, it looked stunning, the effects were brilliant on it. What the Hell was it about? I've no idea. The show actually defeats me. It's beaten me. I've given up. I can't follow the modern stories, they're too complicated for me."
O'Brien on Christopher Eccleston: "I never watched Doctor Who at all after I came out of it. Not before, not after. Because I'm not crazy about science-fiction. It just doesn't interest me. So I never watched it until Christopher Eccleston, because he's an actor who really interests me. I thought, 'I'll have a look at this.' And I watched several episodes then and, for me, he came the closest to Bill Hartnell. I thought he and Billie Piper together were simply wonderful; they were so motivated and there was a reason why they were whizzing around space. They were both addicted to kind of travel. Anywhere for anything. I just thought it was a wonderful relationship and he was a wonderful Doctor. He had this quality that Bill Hartnell had, which was this kind of real, human anger, or fixation, or something about him that was frightening. And I think that was an element of Doctor Who that all the Doctors in-between, well I think, I could be wrong, between Bill Hartnell and Chris Eccleston lacked. They were funny. They were charming. They were a bit dizzy and whizzy and wozzy, and they were charming, but for me they lacked this element of real human danger."
William Russell on playing the First Doctor for Big Finish: "I like it very much. I always like doing it because it brings back Bill; I remember him and I think about him when I do it. So I am very concerned about how it goes over and I'm always delighted, I mean someone just came up to me and said to me how much they really love me as Doctor Who."
William Russell on Jacqueline Hill: "We became great friends. We planned our removal, which was difficult with Bill, because we knew what the reaction would be. But we worked it together, Jackie and I. Sort of went and said, 'We won't be here next week, Bill.' …It was very difficult. But Jackie was a great friend. We did a play together, a Terrance Rattigan play together, when we left and I enjoyed that very much But she was, I felt, somehow such an underrated actress. She was a really wonderful actress and her capacity was never really tested, in a sense, in Doctor Who I think. But she was terrific, Jackie."
There was much to fit into the rest of the day. One room had Blakes 7 costumes in it, so at least I saved ten minutes there. There were opportunities to speak with, and get autographs from, Maureen O'Brien, Matthew Waterhouse, Peter Purves, William Russell, Dan Starkey, Nick Briggs and Lisa Bowerman. Writers on hand included Jonathan Morris, Justin Richards and Andrew Smith. I particularly enjoyed speaking with Mr Smith. We discussed his recent appearance on The Memory Cheats podcast, our fears that Douglas McKinnon gave too much away about upcoming series eight stories in his recent Radio Free Skaro interview, and writing his writing for Tom Baker and Lalla Ward again. He was very generous with his time, and seemed genuinely interested to know what I thought too.
Doctor Who: Domain of the Voord (Doctor Who Early Adventures)


text: Hello Stakeholder Groups,Over the last few days, I have been looking at the funding numbers sent our way for next year. I have prepared a spreadsheet (click HERE to access) showing how the funds were to be spent this year, and have included a new column showing my initial thinking for how best to use our resources for next year.Please know that no final decision has been made. I will have several planned meetings for stakeholder input as required under new Local Control Funding requirements. The first will be at our SSGT meeting Thursday, February 11, 2016, at 2:30 pm, and the next will be Tuesday, February 16th, at 2:30 pm, and 6:00 pm.Please know that several years ago the state/district/school had a reduction in funding based on the state economy at the time. As a result, there were a number of staffing positions that were reduced in hours and/or eliminated. With a slight increase in funding coming back to UCHS, my initial thinking is to begin to restore some of these hours that were cut or lost from the school. These restorations would benefit students and the overall ability to support the needs of parents and staff.Please note at the bottom of the spreadsheet there are 3 sheets.Please let me know if you have any feedback or need more explanation.In partnership,Jeff Olivero