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About ABC Halton Chapter
ABC believes that all children, including bright children, deserve to be accepted for who they are. They deserve the opportunity to realize their potential as fully as possible.
The ABC Ontario Halton Chapter is supported by many volunteers and parents of gifted children in the Halton area: Oakville, Milton, Burlington, Halton Hills, Georgetown, Acton.
About ABC Ontario
The Association for Bright Children of Ontario is an all-volunteer, provincially incorporated support and advocacy group, with many chapters across Ontario.
It is dedicated to providing information and support to parents of bright and gifted children and adolescents through newsletters, networking, an annual conference and local workshops.
It offers the parents' voice to local school boards, educators, professional groups and the Ontario Ministry of Education.
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It has come to our attention some children who are identified as gifted are not being granted access to the gifted self-contained classes in the Halton District School Board.
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So I'm visiting New York City for the first time, and needless to say, the sights and sounds are quite impressive everywhere you turn. Walking around the Big Apple without a decent camera in hand is a mistake for any tourist, so I decided to swing over to J&R Computer World near Ground Zero to find the best deal possible on a digital camera.
Since my budget was about $300, I could instantly rule out any kind of DSLR camera. I still wanted a DSLR-like camera, though, so I began searching through the hybrid cameras most of which feature substantial zoom capabilities, high mega pixel resolution, and many of the features that you'd find in a DSLR. I came across the Fujifilm Finepix S1000fd, and it seemed like a perfect fit. It was a 10 MP, 12x optical superzoom with a decent sized 2.7-inch LCD display, and it was relatively compact as well. As a matter of fact, the Fujifilm S1000fd became the smallest 12x optical zoom camera on the market when it was released back in April of 2008.
For around $230, I was able to purchase the S1000fd, and for an additional $40 I picked up a nice camera bag and 2 GB SD card. By the way, this camera does accept xD cards, but I've always been an SD card kind of guy. So for a grand total of about $270, I was ready to take New York City by storm with my new Fujifilm Finepix S1000fd.
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"...the Imagination (or love, or sympathy, or any other sentiment) induces knowledge, and knowledge of an 'object' which is proper to it..."Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was a scholar, philosopher and theologian. He was a champion of the transformative power of the Imagination and of the transcendent reality of the individual in a world threatened by totalitarianisms of all kinds. One of the 20th century's most prolific scholars of Islamic mysticism, Corbin was Professor of Islam & Islamic Philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the University of Teheran. He was a major figure at the Eranos Conferences in Switzerland. He introduced the concept of the mundus imaginalis into contemporary thought. His work has provided a foundation for archetypal psychology as developed by James Hillman and influenced countless poets and artists worldwide. But Corbin's central project was to provide a framework for understanding the unity of the religions of the Book: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. His great work Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi is a classic initiatory text of visionary spirituality that transcends the tragic divisions among the three great monotheisms. Corbin's life was devoted to the struggle to free the religious imagination from fundamentalisms of every kind. His work marks a watershed in our understanding of the religions of the West and makes a profound contribution to the study of the place of the imagination in human life.
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Book Review via Taylor & Francis online
Philosophy and the Abrahamic Religions: Scriptural Hermeneutics and Epistemology, edited by Torrance Kirby, Rahim Acar, and Bilal Bas, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013, xniv + 445 pp., E54.99/$92.99 (cloth)
Chapter Twenty Two: Henry Corbin's Hermeneutics of Scripture by Hadi Fakhoury
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Times Interview With Gary Hammonds
When talking to somebody who owns a Pit Bull Terrier, it is unavoidable that the subject of pedigrees comes up. Pedigrees make up a very important aspect of breeding any type of animal, but especially so with high performance animals such as Pit Bull Terriers.
When it comes to breeding and raising puppies into full grown healthy dogs some people seem to have more success than others. Anyone who has experience in the field will tell you that it takes a lot if time, money and patience along with plenty of common sense before any good results will come off.
Unmistakably, Gary J. Hammonds from Texas is one of the very few that can look back at a very successful career, breeding a high percentage of good dogs. Some of the better known dogs that he bred are such as Frits Jansen's Champion SPIKE, which turned out to be one of the best producing dogs in Europe. Ronnie Anderson's Champion SPADE, Champion SMILEY and Champion GOOSE. But the dog that Gary gained most fame with is, without any doubt, the RUFUS dog who proved to be one of the best producing male dogs in the World.
Gary is known to be a very scientific breeder and is most famous for his ALLIGATOR line of dogs which are still playing an important role in the breeding program of many serious breeders around the world. During my trip through North Texas, I decided to look him up and ask him about his experience on the subject of breeding dogs. Upon arriving he spontaneously agreed on doing an interview. While Gary was finishing his last preparations for the weight pull of the following day, I started to ask him the next question:
Gary, why have you chosen to bred the ALLIGATOR bloodline? Years ago I had access to a bunch of dogs and I had mainly BRUNO/HEINZL dogs. I could have taken good BULLYSON and good CORVINO bred dogs, but I've seen the ALLIGATOR stuff and really liked what I saw. The main thing that I liked so much about these dogs; SOKO, RENEE and ALLIGATOR was that they were smart dogs, they were hard to hurt, and they were real game dogs. This was 10 or 15 years ago. The mom and daddy to these dogs were not really impressive, they were NIG and SATIN LADY, but together they certainly produced some good dogs. I didn't like either of them as individuals, but they sure produced. At this moment I have about one hundred and ten dogs and most are bred from this bloodline.
Some people that I have spoken to told me that NIG was a cur. What do you think about this? I've heard the same thing. I don't know if it was true. But, too many people tell the same story that it had to be true. See NIG was one of the last of the Tudor stuff. NIG was heavy JEFF and BABY breeding, so when you got down to that end and you wanted to breed to that stuff you were pretty much limited and NIG was, I suppose, the best producer of them all.
How did you get started with these dogs? When I was 3 years old I had a Bulldog that saved my life. He pulled me out of a bar ditch that was flooding and without that dog I would have drowned. He was not a full blooded top line Pit Bull, but he was ¾ Pit and ¼ farm dog. He thought he was 100% Bulldog and looked like it too. He would jump on anything. His name was TIPP. That's how I got started with Pit Bulls and I have had a love affair with them ever since.
How do you feel about heavy inbreeding? I sure like inbreeding. It's a tool that if you take it a generation or two far you will lose what you are inbreeding for. Those types, those characteristics, that are linked with inbreeding, many times, are lost due to too heavy inbreeding.
What's the catalyst factor in your breeding program? I've used BULLYSON and BRUNO/HEINZL as the catalyst and with good results. Right now I've got a little stud dog that is out of the NIGERINO type stuff. JOLIE BLOND bred to MITZIE and I think that's going to be a good catalyst along with the RALPH dog I have. He is down from PEDRO. I think either of these can be good catalyst blood. PEDRO is from that RASCAL type breeding and he was owned by GARNER.What do you do to prevent this from happening? With every generation you take a hard look at what you've got and you decide if the individuals from that generation are good enough to breed back to the previous generation, like; father to daughter, mother to son, or whatever and if you can't justify it then you don't need to carry it on any further. Although you could very easily cutcross in that generation, or even introduce a catalyst blood to that family of dogs to keep it vigorous. Some times that's the only thing you can do.
What is the main quality you are looking for in a stud dog? An ability to reproduce. The qualities that a dog has to have in today's environment, whether it's Pit environment, Catch dog, Weight pull dog or whatever. The qualities I breed for are GAMENESS and INTELLIGENCE, a good example is GARY and CHRISTI ATHANS SAIGON. SAIGON is a tremendous weight pull dog and comes from a good family of dogs, he is straight out of my stuff. But you don't see many of my dogs that are good weight pull dogs.
There is a lot of growing interest in breeding dogs for weight pulls and etc…. It seems that most of these people are not interested in gameness and other traditional qualities. No they aren't. But of course there are a lot that are just Pulling dogs. For instance, a lot of weight pull dogs are straight stifled UKC type dogs that would have a hard time with the more fighting type dog whether it be a good fighting dog or not. At the APBA Nationals, I see more and more of the Pull dogs that look like the old fighting dogs with the roached back and long legs.
Do you make a distinction between a fighting dog and a stud dog? In my opinion what you need in a stud dog, whether he is a fighting dog or not is a dog that can reproduce. Sound genetic structure both between the ears and in the heart, and also, the body has to be sound. Too many times people lose track of this and they breed to Champion so and so or Grand Champion etc… but because of their title it doesn't mean they will be able to produce that type of dog. So what I look for in a stud dog is a relatively tight genetic pool, and a family rather than two or three good individuals.
But that means you have to by pedigrees and you know as well as I do there are a lot of dogs out there with fake pedigrees on them! Yes, I use pedigrees a great deal, but it's not just what you see on paper…. Like the dogs I've messed with, I've seen their grand-parents first hand, as well as the parents and other similar bred individuals and I've used those dogs instead of the dogs from another part of the country that I was not sure about the pedigree.
About pedigrees. Practically all of your dogs go back to Maurice Carver stuff. There are a lot of rumors about him mixing up pedigrees when he was still alive. Since you work a great deal with pedigrees do you believe to know the true ancestry of your dogs when it goes back to SATIN LADY for instance? I believe so and I'll tell you why. It was too screwed up of a breeding, as far as on paper, not to be the truth. If you look at SATIN LADY , she was a scatter bred bitch out of IRONHEAD and BLACK BEAUTY. She was a big black bitch and I asked Maurice about it on one of my visits to his place. I asked him; "Maurice why did you make a breeding like that?" And he said, "Well son, I tell you, I thought it be good." Maurice had a way of mixing blood on papers and pedigrees and whatever it took to make it work. I think that part of the reason for Maurice putting out bogus pedigrees was to keep the secret to himself. I sincerely believe that the pedigrees on the dogs that I use to be right. If they're not, it's too late to worry about it anyway because I'm 3 or 4 generations away from what Maurice owned or sold to old man Williams, like the SATIN LADY bitch and others, but I will say this, in the seventies Maurice Carver was the BEST breeder in the country. He bred more dogs in those years, first class dogs, than any other 5 top breeders in the country. But the pedigree thing I really sincerely believe it's no more than Maurice's way of keeping his secrets secret. He would sell you the cake, but keep the recipe.
What about your Howard Heinzl dogs? They were certainly good dogs but…. And I hate to say this, they lost a lot of what they were famous for in the sixties and seventies. It is no fault of Howard because he bred with some real good genetic back ground and put it together the way it was suppose to be. I think he lived bred those dogs just too tight and they played out. It would click if you would cross it, but Heinzl kept it pure. The stuff he used before and what I liked so much was line bred; 50/50 Colby/Dibo. That combination was hard to beat. My TAFFY bitch was one of those combinations. She was a hell of a dog and I saw some more that were bred the same way, that would make the owner proud. She was a double MUSTY bred dog off BAT and TWIGGY.
Texas is a very big state with an awful lot of Bulldogs and a great number of dog men. Some claim the best dogs and breeders are in Texas. Do you agree with this? I think we have a tremendous base in Texas because there have been a great deal of breedings between the top dog men from Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana and to a lesser degree in Mexico. When you have a situation like this and the competition of the last 40 or 50 years right here in Texas between top dog men it's only logical that you come up with some top notch bulldogs and dog men. Also, another thing that has made the Texas dogs so good is that several breeders from here went out to buy dogs from Corvino, Heinzl, Tudor, Kinard and Boudreaux. All these very good bloodlines were put together so it's just the situation that arose. I'm sure at some time in history, there will be another spot in the world the dogs will be just as good as the dogs in Texas are right now, but they really have to do their work to get there.
If you were to breed a bitch outside your own yard, which male would you pick? Right now I'm picking the MACHO dog from Gary. He comes from Rick Burns and he is a Thibodeaux bred dog. This man bred some very good dogs down from the CLINT stuff and that STOMPANATO blood he had. I sure like what MACHO produces. There are several good stud dogs around the country that I sure wouldn't be afraid to breed to. One of them is a little dog here in Dallas; the JAP dog. He is a Grand Champion and goes back to some of my blood I used several years ago. He should be a good producer. Two other good ones are the WINO dog in the North East, and Greenwood's OSCAR in the North West. PATCH EYED PETE would be worth a gamble too. There are a few others I would like to try, but I probably will not for the simple fact that I've got several dogs on my yard that I like very much.
Who would you describe as being the best breeders in the country? I can think of a few that I consider very good breeders. Pat Patrick would of course be one of the better breeders. He is a real scientific breeder and has proven himself in the fact that he probably produced as many good dogs as anybody. There are a hundred people who breed some good dogs and especially in Texas you have a great number of good breeders. (I hate to name one for overlooking the others) but Jim Uselton is an awful good breeder. I don't know if he is still breeding it, but the RED BILL line has been real good for him. Also someone else I have a tremendous amount of faith in is Wendell Trussels. Through the years I've seen Trussels' bred dogs that were not suppose to be good, but they were sure good dogs. Also from what I understand Sorrels and Girley Crum breed some good ones.
What was your relation with Ronnie Anderson? Ronnie was a real competitor. Ronnie was a good friend of mine and as tough as ever come down the path. One of the reasons why I think Ronnie was so good was that he had a tremendous eye for a Bulldog. He could spot a good one and tried them very hard. In his days he was probably one of the very best conditioners in the country. He started out with some dogs that he got from me. I believe the second dog he ever owned was the SPADE dog and of course he made Champion with him. He was into some tough, tough competition in those days.
What about Ronnie's Champion GOOSE and Champion SMILEY? Yes. GOOSE was off of RUFUS and that bitch from Trussels called MIDGET. There were two Champions in that litter, SMILEY and GOOSE and there was another dog in the same litter that won two and got killed the third time out. His name was GATOR. When we bred RUFUS to MIDGET it produced all first class dogs, except one. The one that lost was 16 months old, so that happens. The best dog in that litter, and Ronnie might disagree with me, was a little dog I called REGINALD. PJ ended up with him and, as far as I know, never did anything with him. REGINALD was head and shoulders above the rest of that litter. The reason why I liked him so much was because he was a very smart dog and used the head to his advantage. He was a very defensive dog, plus he was a dog that could take you out.
George Gillman! God bless George, he and Mac were good friends of mine. He was a very good person deep down. I lived just down the road from him. George started out by buying any and every dog in the country and was just going to get there by maxi-mizing the quality instead of minimizing. George made tremendous impact on the Bulldogs here in Dallas/Fort Worth area. He sure would keep things stirred up. He used and liked the NIG-ALLIGATOR stuff.
Don Mayfield! He was a top conditioner and handler. I guess I heard about him before I heard about anyone else. I had a good friend that helped me more than anybody else in getting my first dog, his name is John Langham and he told me about Mayfield. What a tremendous conditioner he was and a top competitor. I saw Mayfield match several dogs and that was pretty good. He was a hell of a conditioner. The first dog I saw him match that I was really impressed with was the SWIG dog of Weldon Stockton. All of this was before there was a law against fighting dogs, somewhere in the late sixties. I saw SWIG go into a little dog that Jimmie Jobe had, a dog called RUSTY. Well RUSTY was an odds-on favorite. He was a hell of a ear dog and was hard to get to. I remember that Mayfield brought in SWIG and he was 5lbs lighter that I would have brought the dog in and perhaps about 2lbs lighter than Ronnie Anderson would have brought him in. Razor thin and one of the strongest malnourished looking dogs I've ever seen in my life. That's when I developed a great amount of respect for Mayfield as a conditioner. The dogs Mayfield had at that time were probably pretty good dogs, but he often used dogs that belonged to other people like Weldon and a lot of George's dogs. Mayfield and George made a team that were real hard to beat. I never had much dog dealings with George or Mayfield. I bought the old BUD dog from Mayfield, which was a pure Heinzl dog. He was bred like Greenwood's GENTLE BEN.
Do you believe the breed has improved over the years? Tremendously so. I think the dogs we have today are 20 or 30% better than the dogs back in the sixties, and perhaps 5% better than the dogs in the seventies. I look for the dogs to get better if the standards are kept and if the people are responsible in how they breed dogs. Because the genetic pool of good dogs is bigger than it has ever been before. The thing that I've seen happen with Bulldogs is that the popularity has grown immensely and a lot of people get Bulldogs that don't need them. We have seen a lot of bad media on the dogs with the result that the general public doesn't look at Bulldogs as any other breed, but see them almost like a white shark. A wild animal that is looking for something to mouth, something to kill. If we can change that image in the public eye, for what reason, and if the breed continues to exist, we have to do that. The main thing that I think is a problem and probably will be until the dogs are gone is indiscriminate breeding. What started out with a genetic pool of very, very few dogs that were man aggressive has changed into a situation where we've now got several first class dogs that are very man aggressive, that's a trait the old timers surely wouldn't have carried on. I don't know if it is all that bad a trait, but when it is in an uncontrollable man aggressive trait it sure can cause serious problems. Man eaters in the wrong hands, are also bad for the breed.
Being a President of the Long Star State Pit Bull Club… what's that all about? The club was formed years ago by Perry Reneau to create a better understanding of the breed, to sort of fight the laws that were being enacted at the time. At that same time I became affiliated with the club. I went to Austin and spoke against the felony law, in other words, like spokesman for the club. Next time when the election came up, I was elected President and have been ever since, which has been 4 or 5 years now. We had 70 or 80 active members and about 20 or 30 workers. Most members are from this area, but also from Louisiana and Oklahoma and several other places. We can use everybody we can get, but this number of members is pitiful when you start thinking about the large group of Pit Bull owners in this Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
Where did you get RUFUS? I got him from some people in Ft. Worth that are named Burnett. They had him as a pet, just a backyard dog. The reason why I liked him was because he was double up on that SATIN LADY side of the pedigree and I figured that was the strength. I knew that if you tighten the NIG stuff you seem to lose something because I've seen the tight NIG dogs and didn't particularly like them. Some of them were good, but most were not. The SATIN LADY stuff was a gamble. I didn't bred RUFUS a whole lot because I didn't get him until he was 7 years old. I had RUFUS for a long time before I figured out he was deaf. The only deaf dogs from the ALLIGATOR line comes from RUFUS, but most of these deaf dogs are pretty Game dogs. I do think it is a disadvantage for a dog to be deaf and I certainly wouldn't like to breed a line of deaf dogs, but I get one in every fifty or so dogs down from RUFUS that is deaf, but they are almost all those dogs and their littermates are always Game dogs.
What were the most successful combinations you have made? Well, I was very reluctant to use the BULLYSON line of dogs back years ago and one of the first people to encourage me and told me it would do good with the ALLIGATOR blood was Carver. I remember I thought he had good luck with it and I probably would fall on my face trying, but I've had good results with it, even better than with the ALLIGATOR/BRUNO cross. RUFUS bred to BLACK SISTER produced MICHELLE and Champion SPIKE of Frits Jansen, who proved to be as good a dog and also produced a good percentage of top Bulldogs in Europe. BLACK SISTER was from STOMPER and BONNIE BOOTS, that's BULLYSON and ELI JR. STOMPER was a very good dog, a rough mean crazy Bulldog. I don't know if he would have been my type of dog, but I sure was impressed with him. We bred RUFUS to LUCELLE, which was a STOMPER kind of bitch and we got Champion BRUTUS which is registered as SIMBA. Also, we got Champion TAR, ALLYEYSON, and several other good ones. Then I bred RUFUS to MAURICE and we got Jay Howard's Champion JACK. MAURICE was out of Carver's yard. And of course the breeding to MIDGET produced a bunch of good ones. MIDGET went back to GR. CH. ART and BLACK GEORGIA, so you are talking about a tremendous genetic pool and it is hard to go wrong when you breed such a bitch to a producer like RUFUS.
What is your ANDY L. dog out of? He is out of RUFUS bred back to MICHELLE, she is one of RUFUS daughters. MICHELLE was stolen after her first match where she did pretty good. ANDY L. is a pretty good dog. He is 8 years old. Andy Leteff had a brother to him called ROOSTER that was a good dog too.
What about your BRUNO dog from some years ago? He was a good one. I sure liked him. Everybody thought he was a cur, but he gave me 1 hour and 56 minutes against George's COMER in Louisiana. I got him from some people in Arlington that had him as a pet. He was a little over 1 year old when I got him. He was a super dog. Intelligent and rough, and just a real good dog. The minute the fight was over with, BENNY BOB and BULLYSON, the Plumbers went up to Rick Halliburton to match BRUNO into BENNY BOB. Halliburton said he didn't think he was interested. That shows you the quality of dog BRUNO was, BENNY BOB was a very good 50lb dog. BRUNO lost to GOMER which was a Champion dog, GOMER was a NIG bred dog. I believe GOMER was the first NIG cross bred dog that George used that came from Salty McKnight.
Can you tell a little bit about your VITO dog, and about the brindle male called PIG? VITO is the ugliest dog in Texas. I won several ugly dog awards with him. He is right out of RUFUS and SUE. He is a pure ALLIGATOR bred dog. He is producing some pretty good dogs. The man that has most of these dogs is Billy Haynes from Louisiana. He uses them as weight pull dogs. They are not suppose to be pulling dogs, but they don't know that and they pull pretty good. Billy bred them even tighter than I would have and he had some good results doing it….so…the VITO dog is getting so old that part of the year he is not having good sperm anymore, so I have to check his sperm before I bred him. So far he has turned out to be a very good producer for me. The PIG dog is out of RUFUS and MAURICE. He is a straight cross, but comes from a good family and has produced some pretty good dogs too. His sister HARRY is the dam of that Champion EVIL dog and RUFIN, so I look for that to be a good foundation family of dogs for the future. I use PIG quite a bit and like what I'm getting from him. He is a smaller type of dog although he goes back to STOMPANATO on bottom and ALLIGATOR on the top. Both real big dogs.
What is the best weight pull dog you've seen? I've seen a couple I really like. But up until I saw BIG HEAD I thought weight pulls were for the other guy, I wasn't really excited about it, but when I saw BIG HEAD come to the track I sat down and watched him pull, I was impressed. When his owner, John Bettes, dropped the pull lead and said, "pull BIG HEAD," he would drop his head and here he comes. It gave me the chills to see him pull. He was strictly a command pull dog and the best I've seen.
What is the best fighting dog you've ever seen? That would be a very hard question to answer. I was involved with the Plumbers quite a bit. They had ALLIGATOR, SOKO and other good dogs. I got to handle ALLIGATOR in some pretty hard rolls. He was a rough "go and get them" kind of dog. He didn't have a defensive bone in his body which would probably get him killed in today's competition, but still I think there is not a whole lot of big dogs around that could compete with ALLIGATOR. He did take the bottom to win a couple of times, went uphill and went into some dogs that would have killed him if they had been more game. I've seen a bunch of dogs I liked pretty good, but even though he is a controversial dog, I have to say that GR. CH. ART was an awfully good dog. I refereed, I believe, two of his fights, one for sure. Also, JEREMIAH was a tremendous dog. I saw him win his last fight with no more than 2 teeth and he whipped a dog that Gene Ridley had that was a good one.
What is the best stud dog you've ever seen? I don't know, there a lot of good stud dogs, but even the best stud dog can miss and produce nothing once in a while.
If you could make a choice between BIG HEAD, GR. CH. ART, or that famous stud of your dreams, which one would you pick? The stud dog for sure. The one that could produce the good ones. Breeding Pit Bulls is probably the hardest animal to breed in the world. I feel certain that dogs from Game stock make better protection animals, better catch dogs, and better pets than the scatter bred stuff in somebody's back yard. The real dogs are just better dogs. I like to think that I'm a breeder of good dogs and some of them can fight a lick.
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It's not everyday you see a Boeing 767, on a barge, heading up the Wild Atlantic Way. But you can today. A disused Boeing 767 set sail from Shannon to it's new home in Co. Sligo where an entrepreneurial Mayo man plans to create a new and unique glamping experience. The plane is currently making it's journey up the Wild Atlantic Way from Shannon Airport by sea to its new home in Enniscrone.
Quirky Nights Glamping Village will have an alternative transport theme and feature a number of unusual accommodation options including buses, taxis and a train. The Boeing 767 was bought for €20,000 from Shannon Airport and had previously been owned by Transaero a Russian airline.
The usual journey has made for some very bizarre photos making the rounds.
Spotted on a training exercise by @ClifdenRNLI. We wish the Boeing 767 #PlaneSailing to her new home in Sligo! pic.twitter.com/MVZfP72bnU
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767 plane being towed past Galway for a new home in Enniscrone campsite. Bon Voyage! #planesailing (©DroneAppLab) pic.twitter.com/6AbjkXnQKQ
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News Library
Osmond General Store
Donny And Marie Coming To Toronto With Vegas Show
National Post
by Melissa Leong
March 7, 2011
Before there was Bieber fever, there was Osmond Mania.
"I remember at Chum Radio. It might have been 1971 maybe. There were so many screaming girls surrounding the building that it posed to threat just to get out of there," Donny Osmond, former teen idol, said in an interview.
"In the '80s, I went away. My career was washed up and I had to reinvent myself. It took me a whole decade to do it. They called it the comeback of the '80s. It's going to happen to Justin. We all know it. Give it a couple more years. It'll be interesting to see how he reinvents himself and rides that rollercoaster."
Osmond's rollercoaster will roll into Toronto in July with Donny & Marie Live, which is now playing at the Flamingo Las Vegas. Dancap announced Monday that the famous siblings will perform at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts for two weeks. Dancap also revealed that Green Day's American Idiot will come to Toronto from Broadway in December and Colm Wilkinson, who originated the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables and starred in Toronto's The Phantom of the Opera, will do two shows in August.
Osmond, a 53-year-old grandfather of three, strode into the press conference on Monday wearing a dark suit and a wide grin. He called Toronto his "second home." He was last in the city 20 years ago when he played Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In six years, he did 2,000 shows.
"You [and Marie] were my first Barbies," one woman told him.
"You didn't put needles in it did you?" He quipped.
"Is the show something that I can bring my daughter to?" She asked.
"The whole family can come to this show," he said. "After every show, we have a meet and greet. A mom walks up to me and says, 'This is my 16-year-old daughter. She's turning 16 today. All that she wanted was to see Donny & Marie.' About five people later, this lady walks up with her mom in a wheelchair. She says, 'This is my mom. She's turning 102 today. All she wanted to see was Donny & Marie.' "
Osmond, who lives in Provo, Utah, started his career at the age of five and had collected 18 gold records by the age of 13. Marie and Donny became the youngest primetime hosts in television history with their 1976 variety show. They got together again for a talk show in 1998. Following that, Donny Osmond hosted game shows, recorded albums, toured and performed on Broadway.
Donny & Marie Live started as a reunion show in 2008 and was intended to have a six-month run at the Flamingo Hotel. It features their greatest hits, including Paper Roses and Puppy Love, and a dance competition between the two (in 2009, he won Dancing With the Stars; Marie came in third in 2007).
Osmond says he's now working on his 60th album. "I don't let grass grow under my feet."
Donny & Marie will play the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts from July 5 to 17. For more information on the show, Colm Wilkinson in Concert and American Idiot, visit dancaptickets.com.
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Now, lets get down to business. Sunday night was recipe #218 Spanish Style Pork Chops with Chorizo and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce and Green Beans. If you read the last post you will realize that the other meat in the bag that was left behind at the grocery store by your truly was the pork chops for this recipe. So I felt some added pressure that this better be a good meal since poor Kevin had to drive all the way back to the store to get the main ingredient.
My whole family loves chorizo, we lived in Southern California for most of my kids' lives, as well as my own. So chorizo and egg burritos on the weekends were something we all looked forward to. We are trying to initiate Kevin into the burrito fan club. You know the whole if you mix just about anything with eggs, cheese, and hot sauce, it goes great in burrito line of thinking? So far he is not buying it, but I am not giving up!
So we got the chorizo cooking and immediately I am happy with the smells coming from my kitchen. Then you blend the roasted red pepper sauce in the food processor and YUMMM it just made my mouth water. Kevin even said it smelled terrific.
I did stick right to the recipe on this one, believe it or not! The only thing is I feel I over salted a bit. I didn't take into account the salt in the chorizo, so make sure you taste the final sauce before you salt.
I was lucky that my grocery store had preground chorizo in their meat case. If your grocery store doesn't carry Spanish chorizo you could substitute the Mexican chorizo, just be aware that Mexican chorizo is fattier and melts into a sauce really, not like ground meat. You also could use linguica.
I did the pork chops in a cast iron skillet and transfered them to the oven like it called for. But I feel the chops were a bit overdone going by the times listed in the recipe. Kevin felt the same, but Seth and Melissa said they felt they were just fine. Jessi by the way wouldn't even eat them so we have no input from Miss Picky Pants. I mentioned to the family that I felt it was over salted but again the kiddos told me they thought it was really good.
So all in all it is an iffy review dear friends. I am not sure if I am much help if you use my information to guide you on whether or not you should make this recipe. On the one hand the roasted red pepper sauce was awesome, in fact I am currently trying to think up a recipe I can incorporate the sauce minus the chorizo in. I can say I think the pork chops should be cooked less time. I did get the inch and a half thick pork chops but it was just too much time. It would definitely be too much time for a thinner chop. We also felt the green beans should be cooked a couple of minutes longer.
Here is the finished product. I love it when you can see the steam coming off the plate.
Spanish-Style Pork Chops with Chorizo and Red Pepper Sauce and Green Beans
- 2 tablespoons EVOO, plus some for drizzling
- 4 1 1/2 inch thick boneless center cut pork chops
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika (half a palmful)
- salt
- pepper
- 1/4 pound chorizo, casing removed, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 small yellow onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, chopped (from about 4 good sized sprigs)
- 1 16 ounce jar of roasted red peppers, drained
- 1/2 cup flay leaf parsley leaves (a couple of generous handfuls)
- 1/4 dry sherry or dry white wine (eyeball it)
- 1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed (available ready prepped in sacks at many markets)
- crusty bread, to pass at the table
Preheat oven to 350
Heat a large skillet over meduin-high to high heat. Add the 2 tablespoons EVOO. Season the chops with the paprika, salt, and pepper. Place the chops in the skillet and sear the meat to caramelize, about 2 minutes each side. Transfer the chops to a rimmed cookie sheet and place in the oven to finish off, 8 to 10 minutes, until the meat is firm to the touch, but not tough. Remove from the oven and let the chops rest, covered with a piece of aluminum foil, for a few minutes.
While the chops are in the oven, return the skillet to medium heat. Add the diced chorizo and cook, stirring frequently, for two minutes. Add the garlic, onions, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook chorizo and onions for about 3 minutes.
Bring an inch or two of water to a boil in another skillet with a lid.
Process the roasted peppers and the parsley in a food processor until smooth. Add the sherry to the chorizo and onions and stir, then pour in the roasted red pepper puree.Cook for another minute or 2, until the puree is heated through.
Place the green beans in the boiling water. Salt the water and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, until the beans are just tender. Drain and dress the beans with a drizzle of EVOO, the lemon juice, and salt and pepper.
Place a chop on each dinner plate, top with the chorizo and roasted red pepper sauce, serve with green beans and crusty bread for plate mopping.
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Thinking back to our first days at Nurture Outdoor Kindergarten, we really had a lot to learn. From the small details and practicalities of where to hang our belongings to the safety and risk-benefit for our children of walking across the Top Barn site to the farm. Our team spent hours thinking, talking, and making changes to try to make the days at Kindergarten safe and engaging. We've also had challenges and moments of uncertainty on our journey, but the love and support from our families at Kindergarten has encouraged us to stay true to our values and beliefs.
I think it is these values that have encouraged our children to explore, experience and engage in their surroundings with confidence and trust. They know that we are there for them – to make sure they are safe, that we can help support their emotional development (and so much more). They are keen to seek new challenges, to question ideas and philosophies. They use "I wonder" questions with each other, and "I'm feeling…" They take time to think through their ideas and to take risks when sharing their hypothesis with others. They look closely and are eager to understand the world around them. They are so curious and it is a joy to see them unfold before our eyes into passionate learners full of ideas both big and small.
Together we have grown and we are so grateful to the children and parents for believing in us and making this outdoor nursery a most special place for us all. We are honoured to be part your children's lives and we hope to continue on this amazing journey with you.
Please know that as your child moves on to school, you will always be part of our community (you helped us build it afterall) – you are always welcome here. Our lives have been touched by yours and we are the better for it.
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Walsden travel to Unsworth in the first round of the Wood Cup on Sunday for a tie which has suddenly gained banana skin status for the visitors.
James Rawlinson's side will be among the favourites to win the trophy and are particularly keen to do well this year as they will host the final of the Central Lancashire League's main knockout competition.
However, Unsworth left their previous form this season behind by beating leaders and champions Norden at Pole Lane last Saturday, bowling out the visitors for 133 in reply to Unsworth's 162.
Local professional Chris Williams and overseas amateur Aussie Jeff Keyt are the Bury side's danger men.
Although Walsden have been champions twice in recent years, their cup record is modest with their last success in 2004.
The visitors will hope to be at full strength for Sunday's game and Saturday's home Twenty/20 group game against Middleton (3.0).
Walsden had back to back wins in the long form of the game last weekend, before a Twenty/20 defeat to Lowerhouse at Todmorden on Bank Holiday Monday.
They made light of several absentees at Rochdale on Saturday, when they recovered from 14 for three to post 163 for eight with 40 from Nick Barker, 39 from Umesh Karunaratne and 35 not out from Kristian Halstead.
Sri Lankan Karunaratne then bowled through from one end, taking six for 37 as Rochdale mustered 117 after being 38 for six.
Sunday's home game with Leyland had been billed as the tie of the first round in the LCB Cup.
Walsden looked likely to come off second best when the visitors reached 170 for three chasing 214 but Jake Hooson's four wickets tipped the scales the home side's way.
Both Leyland's top scorers chipped catches as Walsden earned a home tie with Bolton League side Heaton, conquerors of Haslingden, next month.
Earlier, Nick Barker had been the star performer with the bat for Walsden, making 73.


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Morning Kickaround
*Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is none too pleased about Liverpool Manager Rafael Benitez's accusations.
"Perhaps he is looking for something to destabilize us before the match. If he wants me to stay on my feet, maybe he should tell his defenders to stop hitting me."
Today's the day: The second leg of the Champions League semifinal between the English rivals at Stamford Bridge (2:30 p.m. ESPN2), with the winner facing Manchester United in the May 21 final in Moscow.
Maybe this is what Benitez was talking about:
*CONCACAF will decide its club champion tonight (9:30 p.m. Fox Soccer Channel) when Saprissa visits Pachuca following a 1-1 tie in the first leg in Costa Rica.
*On a sobering note, click here for the Gordon Bradley obituary. If you would like to make a contribution in his name, please click here and be sure to specify the Gordon Bradley Scholarship Endowment.
*Newly signed Francis Doe has received his work visa and is eligible to play for D.C. United this weekend at Colorado. ... That mystery Frenchman who is in talks with United about overseeing, among other things, the club's youth development? Still no name, but I hear he has connections with French club AS Nancy.
*Let's chat: Today at 1 p.m. on washingtonpost.com. Click here to submit your question or read the transcript later.
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C20 Society
We need to open our eyes to the fascinating diversity of 20th century building styles in the UK explains Catherine Croft, Director of the Twentieth Century Society, or we risk losing them forever.
We need to open our eyes to the fascinating diversity of 20th century building styles in the UK explains Catherine Croft, Director of the Twentieth Century Society, or we risk losing them forever.
Opinions of 20th architecture are often divided: the century saw a huge range in building styles and construction, and buildings such as neo-Tudor semis, the National Theatre and Milton Keynes Shopping Centre inspire passionate support from some and baffled dislike among others. Last year, when the Twentieth Century (C20) Society – which campaigns nationally to protect buildings from 1914 onwards – wanted to mark the centenary of the period under its remit, members and supporters were invited to nominate a building for each year from 1914 to 2013, to celebrate this very diversity of views and buildings. The final selection, 100 Buildings, 100 Years, was featured as an online gallery, a book and an exhibition at the Royal Academy.
A former C20 chairman nominated Battersea Power Station (1933) by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. Its four massive chimneys and finely-detailed jazz-modern brickwork have survived, thanks to a long-running campaign by the Society, despite current construction work which is sadly surrounding it with dense new development.
The loss of Sir Edwin Cooper's classical Lloyd's building in the City of London was one of the Society's founding cases, yet subsequently the organisation called for the listing of its 1986 replacement by Richard Rogers. This High Tech masterpiece was nominated by C20 member Nicholas Aleksander. He compares the way it stood out on the London skyline to the way that Wren's spires must have done after the rebuilding of London following the Great Fire.
The whimsical House in the Clouds in Thorpeness, Suffolk, dubbed a 'monstrous pigeoncote' by the Sunday Referee when it was built, started life as a water tower and has become a symbol of this seaside holiday village. The war years include D Block at Bletchley, the beautifully decorated Italian Chapel at Lamb Holm in the Orkneys, and Waterloo Bridge, referred to as the Ladies Bridge, as so many women worked on it.
Owen Hatherley, passionate current advocate of socialist architecture, wrote in praise of Wyndham Court in his native Southampton, a 'monumental, civic housing project on the grandest scale' by Lyons Israel Ellis, a confident essay in 'high-density, city-centre living for council tenants'. Other representatives of currently fashionable, if still controversial, concrete brutalism include the South Bank Centre (1967), recently listed Preston Bus Station (1969), and the Barbican (1974).
Nominations for later years show the architectural reaction to this style: architectural journalist Elizabeth Hopkirk praises the humour of No 1 Poultry (1997), James Stirling's post-modernist 'Egyptian temple' (the building Prince Charles described as a 1930s wireless set), while Neil Baxter, Secretary of RIAS (Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland), judges the Scottish parliament (2004) as 'one of the great works of European architecture of this, or indeed any other, century.'
Fine buildings, even from much-loved eras such as the 1930s, are still being lost: in 1980 the scandalous demolition of the Firestone Factory (1928), an Art Deco landmark on the Great West Road, was the first major case for the then recently-formed Thirties Society (which became the Twentieth Century Society) and as recently as 2003 an important Modern Movement house, 'Greenside', was demolished without consent (both were nominated for 100 Buildings). Such cases highlight the importance of the C20 Society continuing to campaign for the listing and protection of the best 20th century architecture and design.
Whatever your taste in buildings, finding out about the innovation, inspiration, idealism and ingenuity of 20th century architecture enriches your everyday life – and who knows, you may find you start to appreciate some of those 'hard-to-love' buildings.
The Twentieth Century Society is delighted to have the support of ACE in increasing awareness and understanding of some of the most interesting buildings of our period and hope you will be inspired to join or support the C20 Society, to receive our magazine, journal and updates – as well as helping to save important buildings for future generations.
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The Other Woman's Child
Sunday, May 19 th, 2019 at 00:05 am
The Other Woman's Child – Theater Review
When the folks at Hanover farm hear their long-lost big city half-sister – "that other woman's child" – is coming to Kentucky to claim her share of the farm, all hell breaks loose! They've dreaded this moment for twenty years, and they ain't gonna let no city woman take what's theirs. Little do they know that she's actually coming to connect with the family she never knew. That Other Woman's Child is a joyful, bluegrass-laced look at the trials and tribulations of the ties that bind. (No longer playing)
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I'm a huge TV junkie! I love comedy sitcoms! I think the best job in the world is to be a regular in a comedy sitcom, its like being paid to have fun! And if the show is good, you'll have a steady job for 4-10 years. And if the show is REALLY good, you'll get money from re-runs and DVD sales! Damn!
I feel that there is one or two characters in the show that really makes the show awesome like….
I just cannot get enough of Sheldon cooper! He truly makes the show very entertaining.So happy that he won this year's Emmy! Like Finally! This scene is one of my fav Sheldon Scene
Modern Family is another one of my fav shows! I lalove Cameron and Gloria. OMG Sophia Vergara is just smokin hot! Did you know that she once dated Tom Cruise and Enrique Iglesias! Like wOW! I wanna be a Gloria,she's got a cute son, Gorg CLOTHES, amazing house, not sure bout the old husband part tho haha. I kinda like Phil and Claire too, they are a really cute couple.
Speaking of cute couples, my favourite FRIENDS are Chandler and Monica! I'm shocked that Courtney Cox is the only one that was not nominated for an Emmy for Friends… Like hwattt? c'mon she's sucha good comedic actress, like outta the 10 years she's been on Friends, they couldn't at least nominate her one time? But I gotta say ..I'm kinda bummed that her Cougar Town's not really that funny.


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Raise your hand if you've ever answered a compliment with something like "yeah, but…"
Got that hand in the air? You're far from alone. For this month's Year of Mental Health article at Geek & Sundry, Dr. B gets into the topic of compliments: how to respond to them, how to listen to them, and how to know when they really matter.
Something some of my colleagues and I talk about is what we informally call the yeahbuts. Basically, if someone hears something complimentary or kind about them, they respond with, "Yeah, but…" and then proceed to justify why that that compliment or kindness is wrong or not very important. It's an umbrella term for a whole slew of psychological terms (e.g. minimizing or negative attribution bias). This is not an uncommon thing to hear from the people I work with, and they're often not even aware they're doing it.
That's tip number one: be aware. Listen to yourself. If you find yourself frequently saying things like, "Yeah, but…" or, "Actually…" when you talk with other people, pay attention to what kinds of things they say right before you say it. There may be a pattern. It may be that you're denying good things about you. Once you notice a pattern, you can more consciously try to change it, difficult as that might be.
Taking compliments isn't always easy, but Dr. B has some tips for making it a little easier. While he's at it, he explains why that's a skill worth learning.


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Dr. Linda McElroy earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana State University, a master's degree from Purdue University and a doctorate from the University of Utah.
She has made numerous presentations on topics including nutrition for athletes, fitness/wellness, family bereavement, homemade physical education equipment, blood-borne pathogens, women's issues, stress management and cheer coaching.
She is a member of the Oklahoma Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. She was named Outstanding Physical Education Faculty Member at Oklahoma State University in 1984, and named to Who's Who in America's Young Women in 1982.
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- M.S., Purdue University
- Ed.D., University of Utah
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At lunchtime today the supporters of Coventry City Football Club will march again. Over the last two or three weeks or so, the penny has started to drop that this city is set to have its football club ripped from it, stolen by the sleight of hand of its owners whilst those who are charged with the job of regulating the game have stood by impotently, full of press releases that express "regret" whilst doing nothing to impose their will over the small matter of keeping a football club in its home town. As time progresses, however, it is starting to feel as if the future is nowhere near the done deal that the club's owners would like everybody to believe. There is still something worth fighting for at Coventry City – for now, at least.
With just over two weeks left to go before the start of the new season in the Football League, season tickets went on sale for "home" matches to be played in Northampton this week, and the fact that they have been priced from just £184 – for a seat in the family area at Sixfields – may speak volumes about the volume that the club is expecting to sell. There is open revolt in the Coventry area at the moment, and whilst the number of people who will make that tortuous seventy mile round trip every other match for what are laughably described as "home" matches isn't known, it certainly isn't expected to be high. This, coupled with the low cost of those season tickets in the first place, can only have one effect on the club's ability to keep itself financially afloat over the coming months.
It seems that everybody has done – or is doing – everything that they can in order to keep the club in Coventry. ACL, the stadium owners, had already agreed for the club to continue to play at The Ricoh Arena for as long as it remained in administration, and then, last week, the club's former vice-chairman Gary Hoffman offered to pay the rent for the use of the stadium for the next three seasons and also to underwrite any compensation that would have to be paid if the club was to pull out of its agreement to ground-share with Northampton Town. SISU rejected the offer, a decision which, we might reflect, can only be interpreted as one which speaks volumes about their intentions for the club. If the matter of the rent to play at The Ricoh Arena was the real root cause of where the club finds itself today, then surely an offer to pay rent-free there for the next three seasons would be ideal for all concerned, wouldn't it? Apparently not.
This week, further attempts to get the club back to the city of Coventry were rebuffed by the owners. Peter Knatchbull-Hugessen, a director of Ricoh Arena stadium management company ACL, told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire that he had arranged for the Football League to mediate on fresh discussions to ensure that the club stays in the city of Coventry, but that these were declined by SISU unless ACL go ahead and sign the CVA agreement which would push through the sale of the club to the SISU-owned Otium Entertainment Group. Considering that agreement to the CVA and completion of the sale of the club would end any chances of an investigation into the murkier waters of the club's accounts in the recent past, it is hardly surprising that a growing number of Coventry supporters are now pleading with ACL to not sign the CVA, regardless of what the consequences for the club might be.
Considering these developments – an offer to use The Ricoh Arena rent-free and an attempt on the part of the owners of the stadium to mediate towards a return, the Football League, whose reputation as an organisation with any integrity whatsoever is already heading rapidly towards the gutter over this matter, need to explain now how they could have arrived at the conclusion that it was "impossible" for the club to play at The Ricoh Arena next season. If they are unable or unwilling to do so, then the Football Association, who have been utterly silent on this matter in recent months, need to intervene to assess whether they are actually up to the task of acting as a regulator in the first place. And while this might sound like hyperbole, this subject has now reached the point at which questions are being raised on the subject with government ministers in parliament, as could be seen from these exchanges on the floor of the House of Commons this week:
Bob Ainsworth (MP for Coventry North East): Does the Secretary of State have any plans to look at the Insolvency Act 1986? Hedge funds appear to have the ability to acquire companies, to empty them of their assets, to appoint administrators of their choosing and to proceed without fear of being pursued vigorously. That certainly seems to be what is happening at Coventry City football club. Will he look at the situation and the framework of the law?
Vince Cable (Secretary of State for Business, Innovations & Skills): Yes, we are doing just that. I spoke on Monday about that question in the general context of trusted business. We are, indeed, looking at the insolvency provisions. We are looking at insolvency practitioners' fees, at some of the potential conflicts of interest that arise in that industry and at the regulatory framework.
Mr Jim Cunningham (MP for Coventry South): Will the Secretary of State get together with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to have a look at the way in which the Football League applies its regulations to private ownership of football clubs, because there is a diabolical mess at Coventry at the moment?
Vince Cable: Coventry seems to have some problem in that area. I come from the city of York, which went through this misery, as many towns have done in the English league. I can certainly have a look at that; it is not immediately clear to me where I fit into the picture, but I am interested in football and want to see it healthy.
Meanwhile, Bob Ainsworth has being continuing his campaign for answers over events of the last few months with fresh series of Early Day Motions in the House of Commons, the first of which read:
This house notes that Companies House has written to the directors of Coventry City Football Club (Holdings) Ltd warning them that they may face criminal proceedings if their overdue accounts are not filed; that in the accounts for year ending May 31, 2011 of CCFC Ltd, the company now in administration, 108 players, football staff and employees were registered; that the joint administrator Mr Appleton has been asked to check whether these accounts were signed off as correct by the company auditors BDO and claims he has been unable to get an answer, believes that the issue of when and how assets assigned to CCFC Ltd were transferred elsewhere goes to the heart of whether there has been a conspiracy to defraud and calls upon BDO to say whether they have been asked this question, if so when and whether they have provided an answer and whether indeed they signed off the accounts; calls upon the club's directors to give a full explanation of when and how those assets were moved; and calls upon them to file the long overdue company accounts 2012 for CCFC (Holdings) without further delay.
A further two have since raised questions about the company structure of the club and the role of company secretary Adam Bradley, whilst also asking that the government reviews the law in relation to the role company secretaries. Appleton's response has been as bullish as we have come to expect in recent months:
Unfortunately, this particular EDM is littered with factual inaccuracies and betrays a complete and comprehensive misunderstanding of the facts and the process. To state that I have not used the powers vested in me by the Insolvency Act is simply wrong. I have used those powers available to gain answers and information, and I have used those same powers against several of the parties involved in the process. Indeed, it is my use of those powers that has resulted in the delivery of a significant amount of information which is assisting me going forward.
It would perhaps be appropriate to remind Mr Ainsworth that all the main bidders have acknowledged that myself and my team have carried out an open and transparent sale process. We have sold the right, title and interest of the various assets within Limited having made extensive enquiries into those assets. This has been carried out within a time-frame which will allow the football club to meet its obligations under the rules of the Football League and Football Association.
Otium Entertainment's bid offered the deal that allowed, in our opinion, for the purpose of the Administration to be achieved and gave the greatest return to creditors. Put simply, it was the best offer received. Obviously, we have liaised closely with the Football League who have been happy with the way the process has been carried out.
Where Mr Ainsworth seems most confused is between the sale of the business and assets and my ongoing investigation. The investigation is a totally separate issue and could still take some time to finalise. However, I'm happy to report that our thorough and deep-rooted investigation – as demanded by the main creditors, which would, in any event, be carried out – is now making excellent progress.
As I have stated before, my reporting of this contentious matter will be done via the provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 and not through the media. We are in constant dialogue with all the stakeholders and, as I'm sure Mr Ainsworth would acknowledge, have written to him directly answering any questions he has raised, as well as having met with him personally. Perhaps he would have been better served in requesting another meeting with me rather than publicly betraying his lack of understanding of the process.
The problem that Appleton has is that practically nobody believes him any more. Nobody really believes that he is an independent administrator, and nobody believes that his decision to make the Otium Entertainment Group was a decision made that will best secure the future of the club. Whether he is technically or even broadly right has become an irrelevance in some respects. His appointment as Joint Administrator of this car crash of a football club has resulted in his name being associated with the phrase "conspiracy to defraud" by a Member of Parliament on the floor of the House of Commons.
There are several actions which must now follow the events of the last few months with regard to the debacle that Coventry City Football Club has become. ACL must reject the CVA proposal put forward, if for no other reason than to keep alive the chance an independent and thorough investigation into what has been going on at the club in recent years. The Football League must be called to account over their role in facilitating a ground-share which they stated was agreed because there was "no prospect of an agreement being reached between Otium and ACL" (as per their statement made on the eighth of July) when ACL have explicitly offered talks mediated by the Football League, and made to explain what they are doing to enforce their comment that – as per the same statement – "I urge both Otium and ACL to continue to explore every possible opportunity to resolve this dispute."
If they can't get a satisfactory answer to the question of why Coventry City Football Club are moving to Northampton when it is perfectly evident that the club could continue to play in Coventry, the Football League should veto their earlier decision and tell SISU that they must return to The Ricoh Arena or face an investigation over whether the club should be allowed to participate in this season's Football League competition. SISU have played – and been allowed to play – their games and issued their threats for far too long. It is about time somebody stood up to them and said "no more," and the fact that other parties are starting to become dragged into this matter means that the likelihood of this happening can only increase. It's not much, but it's a start.
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My family had a Christmas Eve party for the family. Helen enjoyed playing with the cousins.
We spent Christmas Day with Reuben's family. The brunch was delicious: ham & egg cups, French toast, sausages, oranges, Rommegrot (made by yours truly), and orange juice.
Little Bella is already changing and getting a double chin. She has such nice hair (no fair).
The kids got minion hats (from Despicable Me). Helen got an evil minion hat - I thought it was quite fitting. ;) I'll have to get a picture of all of them wearing their hats.


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This time of the calendar year every publication does it- they post a list of New Year's resolutions that should be implemented into your life. Well, here are mine, from a fitness trainer's point of view. This is a list of, shall we say, 7 perfectly achievable suggestions to make you fitter and healthier in this banner year of 2017. Make the next 365 days your best and happiest and healthiest ever. You deserve it.
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Research shows that people who eat breakfast tend to take in more vitamins and minerals, and less fat and bad cholesterol throughout the day. The Mayo Clinic recommends eating a variety of foods (steel cut oatmeal, whole grain toast, low-fat dairy products, fresh fruit) rich in protein, carbohydrates and healthy fats. Never skip breakfast, but instead take the time to pause, prepare these healthy foods and try to eat them in a non-rushed manor. Your first meal of the day will set you up on a ritual of healthy eating all day long.
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Conference Reports for NATAP
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 2003 Conference
Boston, MA
Oct 24-28, 2003
Natural History of Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C
Reported by Jules Levin
54th AASLD
Oct 24-28, 2003
Boston, MA
Poster abstract #56. John B Wong, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA; Thierry Poynard, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
This study examines HCV monoinfection. Natural history of HCV/HIV co-infection needs to be addressed. In the post HAART era studies find HIV accelerates HCV fibrosis 1.5 to 2 times. One study suggests HAART might slow progression but other studies find differently. One study finds HIV accelerates decompensated HCV-cirrhosis 5 fold.
The natural history of hepatitis C (HCV) remains controversial with little data beyond the first 2 decades and conflicting estimates based on study design and population characteristics, such as age and gender. Using 2313 liver biopsies from untreated patients including some with biopsies 20 to 40 years post infection, we translated a Cox proportional hazards model into a fibrosis-based Markov model.
The study aim is to compare cohort simulation projections to published outcomes and to predict future outcomes. Cox proportional hazards models estimated the likelihood of developing Metavir fibrosis stages F1, F2, F3 or F4 over time. For all models, covariates included age, gender, alcohol consumption (>50 gm/day), injection drug use, and Metavir inflammation A2 or A3. These Cox models and recent UNOS, SEER and NIH data were used to modify a previously published computer cohort simulation (Wong, JAMA 1998). Summary patient characteristics from the retrospective-prospective Kenny-Walsh (NEJM 1999) and Thomas (JAMA 2000) studies were then applied to the fibrosis-based Markov model to estimate the observed outcomes and to project future outcomes.
For the Kenny-Walsh study (n=376), the mean age of the Irish women when they received HCV-contaminated anti-D immune globulin was 28 years. After a mean of 17 years, liver biopsy revealed F0 in 49%, F1 in 34%, F2 in 10%, F3 in 5% and F4 in 2%. Markov model projections were 50% F0, 36% F1, 10% F2, 2% F3 and 1.6% F4. After 27 years of follow-up, the model predicted 20% F2, 4% F3 and 7% F4; and after 37 years of follow-up, 27% F2, 8% F3 and 20% F4. To examine the impact of selected cohort factors, the 17-year incidence of cirrhosis (base-case estimate 1.6%) was 3% if all of the women had instead acquired HCV through injection drug use and 6% if they drank >50 gm alcohol per day. If the women had been older, the 17-year cirrhosis incidence rose to 5% for 38 year-olds and 14% for 48 year-olds. Thus, age and duration of infection are the primary determinants of fibrosis progression. Despite the slow fibrosis progression, the projected life expectancy for this cohort was 41.8 years and 37.3 quality-adjusted life years compared to an expected 51.7 years for 28 year-old women. The projected lifetime medical care costs were $52,000 without antiviral treatment.
For the Thomas study (n=1667), the median age at first injection drug use was 20 years. With follow-up exceeding 15 years in over 75% of patients, cirrhosis was found in 2.4%. The Markov model predicted a 2.5% incidence of cirrhosis after 15 years. Future cirrhosis predictions were 11% after 25 years and 30% after 35 years. Again, to examine the impact of selected cohort factors, the 15-year incidence of cirrhosis (base-case estimate 2.4%) was 1.3% if all of the patients had instead acquired HCV through transfusion and 7% if they drank >50 gm alcohol per day. If the patients had been older, the 15-year cirrhosis incidence rose to 8% for 30 year-olds, 21% for 40 year-olds, and 46% for 50-year olds. Thus, age and duration of infection are the primary determinants of fibrosis progression. The projected life expectancy for this cohort was 30.4 years and 26.2 quality-adjusted life years compared to an expected 56.3 years for 20 year-olds. The projected lifetime medical care costs were $66,359 without antiviral treatment.
Our fibrosis-based Markov model predictions matched observed community cohort HCV outcomes well. The model suggests rapid fibrosis progression beyond 20 years and very rapid progression beyond 30 years. Despite the slow early progression, hepatitis C may still significantly reduce life expectancy and quality of life and induce substantial medical care costs because of the normally long life expectancy in these community cohorts and this delayed rapid progression. Although men, injection drug use, alcohol use and active hepatic inflammation all raise the likelihood of progression, increasing duration of infection and older age at infection onset are the primary determinants of fibrosis progression.


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Phoenix Receives M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards
Vince Colistra, senior managing director and shareholder of Phoenix Management Services and Phoenix Capital Resources, accepted two awards presented at the 6th annual M&A Advisor Turnaround of the Year exclusive Gala.
"Phoenix Management Services and Phoenix Capital Resources represent the best of the turnaround, restructuring and distressed investing industry in 2011 and earned this honor by standing out in a group of very impressive finalists," said Roger Aguinaldo, CEO of the M&A Advisor.
Colistra received the honorary awards for "Cross-Border Deal of the Year (Middle Market)" and "Divestiture Deal of the Year" for his integral role as chief restructuring officer in the acquisition of Gas Turbine Efficiency Limited by Wood Group GTS.
In a ten-month span, Colistra, along with Mark Karbiner and Joseph Nappi, both directors at Phoenix, led the successful operational stabilization, turnaround, recapitalization/restructuring, refinancing, "go private" transaction and ultimate sale of GTE's stock to Wood Group, an international services company with $5.5 billion in sales, employing more than 36,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries with headquarters in Scotland.
"It was an honor to have been recognized with these prestigious awards," said Colistra. "Our team was fantastic thanks to Mark and Joe. We would also like to acknowledge all of the folks at GTE as well as the various constituents involved in the ultimate sale of GTE to the Wood Group."
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Author Comments:Kohikki, July 15th, 2011, 11:52 pm
- Did I say Wednesday? I actually meant "Incomplete on Friday/Saturday".
Black and white for now, colour later.
Thanks for reading, guys!
@Ang: She should have thought about that before she went eavesdropping!! Haha, nah, she deserves some waffles at the very least.
And I'm glad! I hoped they'd convey the whole "aaaawkwaard" thing okay.
@Coffinsforkids: Definitely. :D Now he's the jerk, haha.
@ pwii: XD Well, if it was funny to you, that's fine too! Any kind of response is fine.
@ Iron: And now on top of that, no breakfast!
@ mildtarantula: Or at least show her a little more respect, haha.
@Tallinn: It's almost a given, isn't it!? You can't do that to someone without giving them a breakfast to make up for it. :D
@P!K: Oh you know they will be. Dan does! Haha, Chris has a hairy face and Dan has hairy arms. I... like... drawing body hair. I have a problem. u_u
@ orenji: Indeed, haha.
@DarkWolfDelta: Not exactly the silly romp Chris was expecting, that's for sure. Aw, sad. :( I'm sorry
@fakecamel: She'll feel better with breakfast don't worry!
@mananabiscuit: Afraid so. ;(
@Mookie: Indeed! She is a revenge driven girl.
Thanks for all your comments you guys. :) They make me really happy. I'll try to have the next page up as soon as possible!!!!
Reader Comments:
Awwww Lily you need a hug and some waffles.
posted by Angel (Guest) on July 16th, 2011, 12:03 am
Ah ha ha ha. Karma is a bitch. Shouldn't have teased her.
posted by Coffins_for_Kids on July 16th, 2011, 12:43 am
I laughed out loud. I don't really know if I should've though...
posted by pwii on July 16th, 2011, 2:42 am
Oh noes, poor Lily D':
posted by Iron on July 16th, 2011, 3:28 am
ohhh you guys D: now you've done it! poor lily :( i hope they take her seriously now.
posted by mildtarantula on July 16th, 2011, 6:04 am
Smooth, dudes, real smooth. Now you have to give her breakfast.
posted by Tallinn on July 16th, 2011, 8:34 am
awkward moment is awkward ._.
posted by orenjibeat on July 16th, 2011, 2:30 pm
No. Not a fun story at all. T^T
posted by DarkWolfDeltas on July 16th, 2011, 3:26 pm
posted by mananabiscuit on July 17th, 2011, 5:27 am
AWWWWW!!! That's so sad. But now we know why she is hunting this thing.
posted by Mookie (Guest) on July 17th, 2011, 1:13 pm
oh wow there was a new page back in july 15th? i hadent seen you post a new page on the boards so i thought it wasnt update, but i see it was! well uhmm i guess since you havent posted a page on the boards illl comment here >_> omg this comic got supppeerr seriel just now O__O what with lilys mom saying thats how she died thats so sad! i still think shes cute tho lol. and dan is lolz with his sooo its like cartooning huh? ahhh anyways yay! new page!!!! sorry for super late comment i should check back here more often!
posted by Cidz (Guest) on August 6th, 2011, 1:56 am
Ouch! Poor Lils!
posted by StellaCadente (Guest) on October 7th, 2011, 3:24 pm


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More stamp head people ATCs. I do love making these but I think I'm a bit of a one trick pony when it comes to them. You know, take a magazine image, stick a stamp on, a bit of pen, a bit of washi tape, and bob's your aunty's brother. I don't have many people stamps though and my drawing skills aren't up to bodies. Just had a thought though - the standard queen's head type stamps may work with my Stampotiques as they are not too big. Off for a play - hopefully I can get some more done in a different style.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
High school Cliques.
This post is going to be confusing and since I'm realtively sure no one reads it...it's more for me to put things down they way I see 'em and maybe get some closure for myself.
When I was in high school, I was an average girl. But I didn't really fit in anywhere. You know I knew the jocks and had friends and a couple of boyfriends who were jocks, but I also knew nerds, geeks, stoners, etc. I married a guy who was quiet and hung out with the same few guys his whole life. Where did that put us, as a couple you ask, pretty much in limbo. Most people move on after high school and apart from my husband's friends and a girlfriend or two of mine we did too. But after a while we got back in touch with some friends from high school. Over the years we were accepted into the group made up of all the different types of cliques. It was interesting to see the dymnamics removed. Until something happened. There were several things...actually that led to the end result. A falling out with one of the women who used to be one of my best friends, something this woman did caused two other friends (who are married)something that could have been extremely detrimental, I stood up for the two friends and now it seems we are on the outs with all. We still get invited and stuff but it's not the same. And truthfully, it's sad. The couple that had been harmed (in my mind) during this whole thing...didn't feel that it was an issue and so I left it at that. The man of the couple had once told me, when I was having issues with my old best friend, that he would always be my brother and be there for me. But that he'd always tell me the way it was straight up. Now, as you women know you judge men and they way men treat you by your daddy or the daddy figure you had in your life. I had a step dad and we didn't have much of a relationship with him...so I judge men by my husband. My husband may I start out by saying is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. I'm saying that because all the rest that follows makes him sound as if he is and we all know that's impossible. My husband is honest,trustworthy, loving, giving, a hard worker, dedicated, loyal, and loves God. He never says something he doesn't mean and if he gives you his word...it's as good as gold. He's strikingly handsome and a good kisser too! Wink, wink! With that said, after all that this man told me I found him to be not like my husband and all. And truthfully this is the most disappointing of the whole situation. I put him up there with a man in my life who has rarely let me down when it counted. And he didn't deserve to be up there. I'm not feeling badly about that woman who used to be my friend because she was very manipulative and controlling and I could see after awhile of getting back in touch with her that she wasn't sincere but just a selfish, bitter, unhappy person who put on a big fake front to fool herself. I'm truly wounded and sad about that man though because there are very few men in my life I have faith in. It's a great loss and one I'm not soon to get over. A valuable lessoned learned. I put my faith where it deserves to be placed.
Posted by Ana's World at Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Labels: bitter, faithful, Friends, trustworthy, unhappy
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- andsewon said...
Hello Ana! Thanks for following my blog! What a wonderful looking pair you all are! Yes your DH is a HUNK!
I try to leave the past in the past. For me it works! Sorry you have been hurt. Hope you can make new friends and enjoy your self in the present!
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(Above: using Pilates principles in a functional surf strength exercise)
My first exposure with Pilates occured after a surf trip to the south coast of NSW, Australia. This area is known for heavy reef breaks and hardcore local rippers. While surfing a ledgy right I took off a little late (and lazy for that matter), was pitched by the lip, slammed on the ocean floor and as a result was left with an unstable lower back. By this stage of my life i had a regular Yoga practice which undoubtedly prevented more severe damage to my back. After the incident I attempted to go back to my yoga practice yet found that i still had ongoing lower back pain. It was not until a friend introduced me to Pilates and 'core strength' that my back pain subsided and I was hooked, immediately training myself and becoming a teacher. Read on to learn what this inspirational form of training is and why it can fix your 'surfers back'.
As a surfer Pilates will provide the following benefits for your surfing:
Strengthens the deep abdominal muscles that support your lower back, pelvis and hip joints. This reduces risk of injury in the surf.
A strong 'core' will allow you to transfer weight between your upper and lower body with greater strength, power and speed. This in turn produces greater strength, power and speed through all of your surfing turns with less effort.
The lower back, pelvis and hip joints need to move through extreme ranges of movement during many surfing maneuvers. Stronger 'core' muscles gives you greater support and control through these extreme ranges of movement and creates 'control' in your surfing.


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