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Thinking about applying
This section has information for people who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse who are thinking about applying to the National Redress Scheme.
You can apply to the National Redress Scheme up to 30 June 2027.
It is normal to feel nervous or distressed about the idea of applying.
We have designed the process hoping it will not cause further distress. But there still might be times when this process may be difficult.
You may want to think about talking to someone you know and trust to give you support. You can also get support through the Redress Support Services. These services can provide you with emotional support, support to apply, legal advice, or help with managing your financial situation.
The steps are:
If you would rather chat to someone than read this website you can call the National Redress Scheme on 1800 737 377.
Deciding to apply
This information might help you to decide whether or not to apply:
- Who can apply?
- You can only apply for the Scheme once.
- If the National Redress Scheme or civil litigation is the best option for you (you can't have both).
- How a redress payment might affect your finances.
- If you are ill or elderly your application can be actioned quickly so you can receive redress as soon as possible.
- You can withdraw your application up until an offer is made.
- How your information will be used and protected.
Filling in the application
It's your choice how you apply. You can apply online or by paper. You won't be asked about your experience in front of a person or panel.
You can also get a copy by calling 1800 737 377 and getting an application sent to you or asking a Redress Support Service for one.
- You can apply online through myGov. You can create a myGov account at any time if you don't already have one.
Before you apply you might like to think about who could give you support to apply if you would like it. You could speak to someone you already know and trust or Redress Support Services can help.
- Download the Redress Nominee Form for more information about what nominees can do on your behalf in the Scheme.
If you have any questions about the Application for Redress please call the National Redress Scheme on 1800 737 377. If you are overseas, please call +61 3 6222 3455 and ask to speak to someone from the National Redress Scheme.
To apply you need to:
- Decide if you prefer to apply online or by paper. They ask the same questions.
- Complete all three parts of the application. You can attach copies of supporting documents if you have them, but you will still need to complete the application.
- Confirm your identity.
- Sign and complete the statutory declaration in front of a witness. The witness does not need to look at any of your personal information in the application. They only need to see you complete and sign the declaration, then fill in the witness details and sign it themselves.
- Make and keep a copy of your application for your records.
- Apply in your own time and pace; you can complete the application in multiple sessions if you wish.
- Be thorough. While you can provide updates or submit a new application, once a determination is made, you cannot provide any further information or apply again.
The Application for Redress is made up of the following:
Part 1 asks personal information
This section asks for information about:
- your name, date of birth and contact details
- your eligibility for the Scheme
- your identity
You need to answer all of the questions in Part 1.
Part 2 asks about your experience of sexual abuse
This section asks questions about your experience of child sexual abuse and non-sexual abuse, please:
- write about the institution responsible for bringing you into contact with the person or people who abused you
- if you were abused in more than one institution, please include each one separately in this application
- answer with as much detail as you can
Part 3 asks about the impact sexual abuse has had across your life
You need to answer this question however, you can choose if this information is provided to relevant institutions. If you don't want this information to be provided to institutions you must indicate this when prompted at question 58 of the application form.
Statutory declaration
When you make an application for redress under the Scheme you need to make a statement that the information you are providing is true, and any documents attached are true copies of the originals.
To do this, you will need to sign the statutory declaration and have it witnessed. The witness only needs to see you sign, they do not need to read your application.
Some people who can witness a statutory declaration are doctors, lawyers, justices of the peace or pharmacists. A full list of people that can witness your statutory declaration is included with the statutory declaration.
It is an offence to make a false statement in a statutory declaration.
There is a checklist at the back of the application so you can make sure your application is complete.
The Scheme will create one unique identification number that will be attached to your application, known as a Redress ID.
Please keep this handy as it will help if you need to make changes or ask questions about your application.
Getting help to apply or having someone else apply for you
Under the National Redress Scheme, there are two ways of getting help to apply or having someone else apply for you. They are having a legal nominee or an assistance nominee.
A nominee is a person or an organisation who can act on your behalf with the National Redress Scheme. A nominee may be a person or an organisation.
If you choose to have a nominee regardless of type, they must fill in the Redress Nominee Form.
Confirm your identity
Confirming your identity is one way your privacy and information is protected. There are options for confirming your identity for the National Redress Scheme.
Using your Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN)
If you choose to use your CRN, the National Redress Scheme team will call you to ask some questions about your identity and to discuss next steps.
In most cases, we can confirm your identity over the phone. If you need to lodge a document, provide identity documents or have any queries regarding the National Redress Scheme, please contact the National Redress Line on 1800 737 377 to discuss your options.
I don't have a CRN
If you do not have a CRN or choose not to use it, the National Redress Scheme team will let you know what you need to do and what documents you will need.
What if I don't have identity documents
It may be difficult for some people to confirm their identity, if you are finding it hard to find your identity documents or to visit a Centrelink service centre, please contact us on 1800 737 377. If you are calling from overseas please call +61 3 6222 3455 and ask to speak to someone from the National Redress Scheme. You can find your nearest Centrelink service centre on the Department of Human Services website.
Words used on this page
- Application
- The application is available online or by paper. You can make an application at any time between now and 30 June 2027.
- Assistance nominee
- You can ask someone to help you apply to the National Redress Scheme. This person is called an Assistance Nominee. They need to fill in an Assistance Nominee form.
- Child
- A child is a person under the age of 18.
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Under the Scheme, child sexual abuse is when someone involves a person under the age of 18 in sexual activities that they do not understand, or that are against community standards.
- The Customer Reference Number used for accessing or verifying a Centrelink account
- Independent Decision Maker
- Independent Decision makers will consider applications for redress. They are highly experienced people from a range of backgrounds.
- Institution
- An institution means an organisation, such as a school, a church, parish, mission, a club, an orphanage or Children's Home; or government department.
- Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
- When the child sexual abuse occurred, for example, on the premises of an institution, or where activities of an institution took place (such as a camp), or by an official of an institution.
- Legal Nominee
- A person who can apply for and accept an offer of redress on your behalf. For example, a power of attorney. They need to fill in the Redress Nominee Form.
- myGov
- myGov is a secure way to access government services online with one login and one password.
- National Redress Scheme
- The Australian Government set up the National Redress Scheme to provide redress to people who experienced institutional child sexual abuse. The offer of redress can include: access to counselling, a redress payment and a direct personal response.
- Non-sexual abuse
- Includes physical abuse, psychological abuse and neglect.
- Redress
- Redress means acknowledging harm done. The National Redress Scheme provides counselling, a direct personal response and a Redress payment.
- Related non-sexual abuse
- Includes physical abuse, psychological abuse and neglect related to the occurrence of sexual abuse.
- Scheme
- The National Redress Scheme for people who experienced institutional child sexual abuse. See National Redress Scheme.
- Statutory declaration
- A written statement that you are providing true information. This is signed in front of an authorised witness.
- Withdraw
- To stop an application being considered by the Independent Decision Maker and National Redress Scheme.


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I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume, because you're reading this, you've doubted your faith. Maybe not recently or maybe right now!
Am I right?
Well, I know I have personally had doubts in the past. They were more frequent in my younger "angry" years (ahem, teenagehood) but occasionally popped up once I was a much more committed believer. But that's not something one should live with forever. We must overcome this little issue of doubting our faith because so much depends on our confidence and our trust of Jesus and His Great Commission for us (see Matthew 28).
That is why I'm compelled to share with you absolute assurances God gives us. This post is for you if:
- You have doubted your salvation
- You are doubting your salvation
- You are a brand new Christian and have not heard this teaching yet
- You are seeking and want to know what God promises concerning salvation
I happened upon a rock solid book when I married my husband (called Growing in Christ: A Thirteen-Week Follow-Up Course for New and Growing Christians). Since he became a Jesus follower as an adult, he really studied aspects of Christianity on a much deeper level than I did since I was raised in the church and, unfortunately, I took a lot of things for granted. I married into a lovely bunch of resources for new Christians that I'm sure I'll reference from time to time.
This book is not long, but offers an incredible foundation for your faith. It's not meant to teach everything about Christianity but is kept simple for a very specific purpose — to get new Christians on their feet and be empowered with some basic truths about their new faith. The first part includes lessons on assurance while the second has lessons on Christian living. You'll need to pick up the book for the latter. 😉
5 Assurances to Help You Stop Doubting Your Faith
In agreement with the writers of this book, I highly encourage you to memorize each passage associated with each Assurance below. Remember which "assurance" it goes with, too, so that you can mentally draw up this list in times of need.
Assurance of Salvation
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:11-12
It's practically unfathomable, this gift God has given us. If we believe that Jesus is Lord, we will be saved? That's it? Surely there's more… It's likely the enemy will attack you with doubting thoughts like this and it's important you have the Word etched into your heart. When you waiver, recite the above verse and bask in its promise.
Assurance of Answered Prayer
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. John 16:24
Do you feel like your prayers go unanswered? Or do you not take the time to ask things, because you don't think God would be concerned with such trivial matters? "God wants you to come confidently into his presence through Christ and to talk to him about everything (look up Philippians 4:6 and Hebrews 4:14-16). He is intensely interested in you and your needs." Trust him when he tells you this and start building a beautiful relationship with your Lord.
Side Note: One reviewer of this book wrote a highly negative review saying that certain sections weren't accurately painting what the greater passage intended. I must give a rebuttal: The book is written as a workbook. Each chapter starts out with the memory verse(s), has a small description of the concept and then several questions with blanks. It is in the questions where the full picture can be obtained. The authors intended for the reader, the new Christian, to do some investigative work in order to better solidify the promises of God's Word. The questions to answer draw from many different passages — not just the memory verse — and, in my opinion, accurately portray the "assurance" being discussed. I attest to its Biblical accuracy.
Assurance of Victory
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
God wants you to succeed. He wants you to have victory! Remember in times of being tempted that you have His strength working in your life now. Rely on him, trust him and look for his direction away from the temptation.
Assurance of Forgiveness
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
Of course, admitting our sins to God is only part of this — it must also be accompanied with the willingness to forsake the sin. But he gives us a black & white promise in the Bible that if we confess our sins and turn from them, he forgives us! He makes us clean and whole again! Remember to read the whole passages which include these highlighted verses to grasp the greater concept of God's teaching.
Assurance of Guidance
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Isn't it so hard to not know the future sometimes? Life forces things on us that we wish we could have predicted and it takes a strong trust in God to be able to walk through certain chapters. Then again, it can take an even deeper trust in the better times. Trust that He will lead you perfectly through it all — if you just let Him.
I challenge you to put a plan in place today — a plan to memorize these. Maybe work on one a week if you're busy, but get them in front of you. Tape them up on the mirror or in the flap of your Bible. Review them. Be able to recite them. I personally like taping up Bible references in front of my treadmill. Whatever works for you, do it! The more confident you are in your faith, the more God will be able to use you for His glory.
"When we truly live in 'the secret place,' it becomes impossible for us to doubt God. We become more sure of Him than of anyone or anything else…Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything." –Oswald Chambers

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Formula Auditing group buttons of Formulas tab Microsoft Excel
Formula Auditing group tools MS Excel 2016
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We've discussed about on the Defined Names group, in the previous post. And before that, we got to know about on the buttons of the Function Library group. So, now in this post, we'll have an overview of the tools of the Formula Auditing group. The Formulas tab has this group.
The inspection, survey, or the review of the tasks done is known as Auditing. So, this group has the collection of various such tools. Because these are necessary for the checking purposes. The review of the formulas, errors and their evaluation are achieved by the buttons of this group.
In this first place, the Trace Precedents, Trace Dependents and the Remove Arrows etc; tools are part of this group. Also, are the Show Formulas and the Error Checking buttons etc. Additionally, the buttons are the Evaluate Formula and the Watch Window. The Remove Arrows and the Error Checking tools have the Drop down buttons.
Formula Auditing group buttons Formulas tab Excel
Firstly, the Trace Precedents tool shows the arrows indicating which cells affect the value of the selected cell. Secondly, the Trace Dependents button shows the arrows, indicating which cells have been affected by the value of selected cell.
Thirdly, the already drawn arrows by the Trace Precedents; and the Trace Dependents buttons is removed by the Remove Arrows button. Also, this button has the Remove Precedent Arrows and the Remove Dependent Arrows buttons.
Fourthly, the formula in cells can be displayed using the Show Formulas tool button. The Error Checking button helps to check for the common errors in formulas while writing them. Even more, the Trace Error and the Circular References buttons are part of the Error Checking drop down button.
The Evaluate Formula button is helpful in debugging the complicated formulas in steps (in parts). Lastly, the Watch Window button adds the cells to the Watch Window list. Hence, helping users to keep an eye on their values, as other parts of the sheet gets update along time.
Formula Auditing group commands MS Excel
- Formula Auditing
- Trace Precedents
- Trace Dependents
- Remove Arrows
- Remove-Precedent Arrows
- Remove-Dependent Arrows
- Show Formulas
- Error Checking
- Trace Error
- Circular References
- Evaluate Formula
- Watch Window
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War. War never changes. This can't be truer even in a real life. On Facebook, there are so many Fallout fan pages we simply lost count. We might even say that there is a whole another virtual Fallout on Facebook; Love the creators? - there is the Vault-Tec page, love BoS? - there is a page, love the NCR? - there is a page, love the Enclave? - there is a page. No, wait, there WAS a page... That's right - the Enclave is officially wiped in a horrible manner, or in the act of a pure awesomeness, yours to judge. Just like in the game, in a "virtual Fallout" on Facebook, there are faction wars (aka page wars), and you know, it's true - war never changes.
By high sneak and speech skills available to one brave wastelander, the Enclave has fallen for good. Just like in the Fallout universe, the Enclave on Facebook was a huge organization, with about 30k of followers. The Prez is not dead, however, he retired. As a privilege the Vault-Tec inc. has with every government official, we asked the Prez about the whole thing. At least, you can now read the last words that will go down in history.
"I don't know where I stand; Am I the most stupid admin for what I did, or am I the most liked admin for being stupid for what I did?"
~ QWERTY - a former Enclave admin [Vault Girl]
Interview with the Prez
Q: In the name of Vault-Tec inc., I would like to thank you for this opportunity! However, do you mind reveal your true identity now?
A: My name is Jordan, as people have deemed it necessary to harass me on my personal account for shits and giggles, I'm not revealing my full name. They've even found it funny to bother my fiancé, who has nothing to do with ANY of it. Regardless of what ANYONE thinks, Tiffany is VERY real. You know this to be true.
Q: That is great Jordan, thank you. Now, when did you actually hear about the whole incident, and what were you doing at the moment?
A: I was actually passed the fuck out at the time. I'm a bit of a night owl, so whoever did this clearly knew when to strike.
Q: Okay, but what exactly happened?!
A: My second-in-command, QWERTY, received a message from someone impersonating me, claiming that I'd lost access to all of my accounts and needed to be added to the page. Yes, she should've messaged me or one of the admins who had my phone number and had them call me to confirm. But that's neither here nor there. She was doing coursework for college at the time and had her head somewhere else. I'm not even mad about this one bit, as I was going to give her the page when I move Las Vegas next month anyway. I was planning on retiring to begin with, so all this amounts to is an early retirement. I'm asking people to stop calling her stupid or talking shit to her about it because if I am not mad, no one ELSE has a right to be because it was MY page and nobody else's.
Q: How would you rate the attack - the act of a cowardice, or a brilliant move with some skills involved?
A: I'd rate / categorize it as a combination of the two. It was cowardly and moronic because whoever did it apparently had nothing BETTER to do with their time. On the other hand, I'd call it a stroke of brilliance due to them thinking up such a devious plan to oust me. Either way, I don't really care about losing the page. I was going to retire anyway, but it's still a bit of a disappointment that I didn't get the chance to walk away on my OWN terms.
Q: How did you process the whole thing? You did put years in the Enclave, can you even remember how it all started?
A: When I heard about what happened upon waking, my first thought was one of indifference. Sure, it kinda sucks losing something I built up over a period of 2 1/2 years, but nothing can be done about it now. I'm not losing sleep over it. I have a life to live and I'm not giving anyone the satisfaction in believing that they affected my life in the least because they did NOT. It all started on October 8, 2012. I was part of a smaller page, Caesar's Legion. They did a purge of all admins and I was a casualty. I thought to myself "hmm, what major faction isn't represented by a large page?" I did a little research and just so happened to find that my favorite faction, the Enclave, had a page of only 900 as its largest.
Q: Why did you add a co-owner to the page and do you believe she could done better?
A: I added a co-owner back in December 2014 due to the fact that someone infiltrated my page and attempted to get the Enclave removed. He almost succeeded, which made me add two admins I trusted the most due to them being amongst the oldest and thus more mature. That and the fact they were already owners of larger pages made me trust them, as they were unlikely to hijack the page. However, one left due to having a lot on her plate. I personally think QWERTY did a great job as Vice-Prez. The ONLY thing she could've done differently is double check with me or another admin before adding "me" to the page. We're still friends and always WILL be. I hold no animosity against her over this in the least.
Q: Are there any plans for the future involving the community?
A: No, there are not. I'm retired at this point, which was in my immediate future anyway. I was added to the replacement page, yet have no plans on posting and may very well just remove myself.
Q: Any last words for the community?
A: All I ask is that people who dislike me leave me and my fiancé alone. I'm out. I'm done. She had NOTHING to do with the page to begin with, so harassing her is about as low as it gets. Doesn't matter who thinks she is fake, but I assure you, she is not. ALL that I ask is that we are left alone to live our lives in peace without worrying about who is going to message us talking shit next. I've met some good friends along the way and will miss all of the page's TRUE fans. You guys rock. Until we meet again, this is President Jordan Henry Eden, signing off.
[R.I.P. Enclave]
Author's note: I would like to personally thank Jordan for this interview - Thank you, and I wish you all the best in private life! To my personal belief, it is no way to go in such terms, no matter what. Qwerty is also not to blame for what happened, moreover, I think I would do the exact thing.
What are your thoughts about the way this page has fallen, let us know. Leave your comments about the whole "Enclave thing"! I will leave you with some personal closure from Qwerty as well:
What are your thoughts about the way this page has fallen, let us know. Leave your comments about the whole "Enclave thing"! I will leave you with some personal closure from Qwerty as well:
"Yeah, basically, I'm aware that it was stupid and I am sorry, but what's done is done. The Enclave had a good run and I enjoyed being a part of the team; I made some good friends. But it's time to say goodbye, it was fun while it lasted."
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Who should register?
The electoral register is a list of people who are registered to vote. If you meet the requirements below please register.
- 16 or over (you cannot vote until your 18th birthday)
- British or Commonwealth citizen/citizen of the Irish Republic/citizen of another EU state
Citizens of EU member states cannot vote in UK Parliamentary elections and must fill in a separate form to vote in the European elections.
For details on registering as a service voter or overseas elector, please see the Electoral Commission.
How you can vote
You can vote in person, by post or ask someone to vote on your behalf (proxy vote). See the downloads and links section.
If you would like to cancel an existing postal or proxy voting arrangement, use the form in the downloads section.
If you are setting up or cancelling any current arrangements because of an election or referendum, please refer to our forthcoming elections or referendums web page as statutory deadline dates may apply.
In person at the polling station
If you are registered to vote, a poll card will be sent to you a few days before the election. Your card tells you where your polling station is and when it will be open. You do not need your poll card to vote although it will help the staff at the polling station if you bring it with you.
You will be allocated to a polling station. If you would like to find out where your usual polling station is, please contact the Electoral Services team on 0300 456 0112.
Please visit GOV.UK for more information about how to vote in person.
Why is my name marked in the register and why is my number written down before I am allowed to vote?
Every ballot paper has a unique serial number and by law, a record is kept of every serial number issued to each voter. The copy of the register used in the polling station is already marked to show who has a postal or proxy vote. The poll clerk on duty will put a small mark against your name to show you have voted and to make sure that nobody tries to vote at the station pretending to be you.
At the close of poll, documents which list the serial numbers of the ballot papers and who they have been issued to are sealed in special packets and cannot be opened without a court order. This enables checks should a legal challenge be made to the result of the election.
It is very rare for the documents to be examined except in cases where fraud or impersonation (i.e someone voting illegally on someone else's behalf) are being investigated. Because of these safeguards, it is virtually impossible for any person to be in a position to match the voter to a particular ballot paper. For that reason, voters can be confident that the ballot remains secret.
Instead of using a household form to register to vote, everyone is responsible for their own registration.
IER has been introduced nationally to help tackle electoral fraud. The system also means that people can register online, making it easier for you to make sure you are registered.
You will be asked to provide identifying information such as a date of birth and your national insurance number. This means your application is verified before you are added to the register and reduces the risk of fraud and inaccurate entries on the register.
Once registered, you will receive a letter to let you know that either:
- you have been successfully transferred to the IER register and do not need to do anything further
- you need to provide additional information to the electoral registration officer in order to be registered under IER
I've received a household enquiry form (HEF) but I have already registered online/completed an application form
The household enquiry form is used to ensure we have a list of everyone in the property that should be registered.
Although you may have registered individually, you are still required to return the household enquiry form.
The household enquiry form is used to ensure we have a list of everyone in the property that should be registered.
If you make amendments to any pre-printed information on the form, we are required to send a form to the individual elector for completion to authorise the change.
If you have added any names to the form, this does not automatically add the electors to the electoral register. Now each individual is required to make their own application to register, they will be sent a letter inviting them to either register online or complete and return an application form.
There is usually a 7-10 day overlap for the printing and sending of reminder letters. If you have applied within the last few days and you have received an acknowledgement please ignore the reminder. If you have not received an acknowledgement letter, please call us on 0300 456 0112 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we can check our records.
I've registered and provided my date of birth and National Insurance number, why do you need more information?
If we cannot verify your application after you have provided your National Insurance number and date of birth, we will write to you requesting further information.
To verify who you are, you will be required to provide evidence of your identity such as a driving licence or passport. You do not have to send us original documents, photocopies are acceptable. Once we receive the evidence we can then process your application.
Emergency Proxy Voting
You may be able to apply for an emergency proxy vote for employment or medical reasons. To qualify, you will have only been made aware of the circumstances after 5pm six working days before the polling day. You can apply from this time and up to 5pm on polling day itself.
To apply, you must be registered and your appointed proxy must meet the following criteria:
- Registered to vote
- Eligable to vote in this particular type of poll
- Cannot act on behalf of more than two people at any one election, unless they are a close relative
To apply for an emergency proxy please contact the Electoral Services Team on 0300 456 0112 or download the emergency proxy application in the sidebar. If you are applying for a postal or proxy vote during an election timetable which is already running, specific deadline dates will apply.
The electoral register explained
The electoral register lists the names and addresses of everyone who is registered to vote in public elections. The register is used for making sure only eligible people can vote. It is also used for other limited purposes specified in law, such as detecting crime (e.g. fraud), calling people for jury service and checking credit applications.
It is a criminal offence for anyone to supply or use the register for anything else.
The current full electoral register is available for inspection under supervision at our four main council offices:
- Trowbridge - County Hall, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN
- Devizes - Devizes Community Hub and Library, Sheep Street, Devizes, SN10 1DL
- Salisbury - The Council Offices, Bourne Hill, Salisbury, SP1 3UZ
- Chippenham - The Council Offices, Monkton Park, SN15 1ER
The open register is an extract of the electoral register but it is not used for elections. It can be bought by any person, company or organisation. For example, it is used by businesses and charities to confirm name and address details.
You can find more information about both registers and how they may be used on the GOV.UK website.
Your name and address will be included in the open register unless you ask for them to be removed. You can remove your details at any time by contacting us. Please provide your name and address and state that you wish to be removed from the open register.
Email us: firstname.lastname@example.com
Call us on: 0300 456 0112
Write to us: Electoral Registration Officer
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If you would like to buy the open register or any part of it, please contact the Electoral Registration office on 0300 456 0112.
Rolling registration means you can register at any time of the year. The dates below show when your details will appear on the electoral register, subject to successful verification under the Individual Electronic Registration (IER) process. If you wish to register for a local election in your area, you can register up to 12 days before the poll.
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Thursday 10 October 2019
Friday 1 November 2019
Wednesday 11 December 2019
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Friday 1 May 2020
Thursday 7 May 2020
Monday 1 June 2020
Tuesday 9 June 2020
Wednesday 1 July 2020
Friday 10 July 2020
Monday 3 August 2020
Monday 10 August 2020
Tuesday 1 September 2020
Annual Canvass
Once a year we send a Household Enquiry Form (HEF) to every property in Wiltshire. This form is used to collect information to ensure anyone who is eligible to register at the property is actually registered.
Although you may have already voted in elections or in a referendum, it is a legal requirement to provide the information requested to ensure it is still current and accurate.
It is important that you respond to this form to avoid reminders being sent even if there are no changes to the information.
To respond please choose ONE of the options below:
- Visit www.householdresponse.com/Wiltshire
- Call Freephone 0800 197 9871
- Text NOCHANGE to 80212
and use the security codes printed at the top of your form.
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Ajaxian.com Annual Reader Survey
We have opened up our third annual Ajaxian.com Reader Survey.
We are looking to learn more about the Ajax community, so please spare a couple of minutes and let us know more about how you are using Ajax.
Sample questions are:
- Which browser Plug-ins have you used or have you considered using?
- Which frameworks have you used or have you considered using?
- What languages/platforms do you primarily use (both on the client and server-side)?
- What are your biggest concerns around Ajax-based development?
We are looking forward to seeing what Ajax developers are up to, and hence where the market is moving. Can't wait to share.
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The Lead: Now parliament can remove the monarchy by a two third majority if it finds the 240 year old feudal institution meddling with the election of constitution assembly election. The parliament yesterday passed a bill that has amended the constitution and added the new provision on monarchy. The Maoist has been demanding that the republic be declared by the parliament before the CA election while Nepali Congress maintains that the first meeting of the CA should decide the fate of monarchy.
By Yuvraj Acharya in the Kathmandu Post
KATHMANDU, June 13 – The Interim Parliament effected the second amendment to the five-month-old Interim Constitution on Wednesday, empowering parliament to abolish the 240-year-old institution of the crown, and deferring the constituent assembly poll till Mangshir (mid-December). The parliament at its meeting added a separate sub-clause to Article 159 of the Constitution that authorizes the interim legislature to abolish monarchy by a two-third majority.
The government is to table a motion for the abolition of the monarchy if the cabinet concludes that the king is creating serious obstacle to constituent assembly polls. No authority except the cabinet will have the power to decide whether or not the king is creating such an obstacle. Continue reading Monarchy Can Be Abolished in Nepal, Constitutionally!


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|Courtesy of Ian Smolderholic
Previously on The Vampire Diaries…
- Elena is sired to Damon, but can now drink Capri Suns O'Blood.
- Salvatore Road Trip.
- Hayley betrayed Tyler for her Zombie parents.
- Tyler is Alpha dog now. Can't wait to see what Klaus thinks of this.
- Elena shocked Caroline and Bonnie with her true (sex) confession.
- Flashback Lexi and wigs.
While Tyler and his hybrid posse plotted Klaus' demise, Caroline and Stefan tried to thwart the gang's plan in all things 'Save Elena.' Meanwhile, Bonnie, Shane, Damon, and Elena were up at the Gilbert cabin to attempt to "cure" Jeremy of his homicidal tendencies towards Elena. Basically, everything was about saving Elena is some capacity. For everyone except Tyler's crew. They didn't really give a shit.
"I thought Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves…"
Stefan deluded himself into believing Damon had followed through with his plan to release Elena from her sire bond, and bought the lies both of them were selling him. To their credit (Damon's at least) they weren't trying to hurt him. Elena was still trying to prove her love to Damon, and I guess didn't want an angry Stefan getting in the way. Damon, however, felt guilty. Guilty he didn't follow through. Guilty he didn't kick Elena out the house (and his bed). Guilty he lied to his brother about Elena's whereabouts so Stefan wouldn't know the two were spending the weekend together at the cabin. Stefan was happy to live in this delusion until Caroline pulled him into action. (More…)


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10 Cheap Decorations to Jazz Up Your Apartment
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You've thought about it and you've decided you are not about the dorm life. They feel way too small and if you have to spend another whole year with a roommate in that tiny space, you might just scream. Having your own off-campus apartment means you get to have your own space when you need it… which means you can decorate it however you want. Goodbye, clashing color schemes and drab white walls: It's finally time to get your perfect room. Here are 10 shabby cheap decorating ideas you can use to make your apartment uniquely yours. 1. Removable Wallpaper...
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11 Beach Decor Ideas to Transport You Back to Summer Vacation
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Ah, summer—those beautiful days where you can sleep late, play out in the sun, dress in a way that would make your mother gasp without worrying about freezing and don't need to cram a week's worth of studying into one sleepless night for tomorrow's exam. That feeling of walking down the boardwalk or sinking your feet into warm sand can get easily swept away by your cold, boring dorm room, so make sure you hang onto your favorite parts of vacation by adding some summer fun. Hit the beach in your dreams with these chic and fun room decorations. 1....
10 Donut Gifts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
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Forget about Van Gogh. The donut is the best thing the Dutch ever gave us. Everybody loves the sugary, deep fried rings, so what better gift than a simple reminder of this incredible food? These 10 donuts gifts will satisfy your sweet tooth without the calories. 1. Starry Donut Pin "I love the idea of an outer space detail in the icing, instead of standard sprinkles," Cal Long Beach alumni Aylea Denoy said. "It would give any donut accessory a unique touch." Garfield was the first to mix astrophysics with dessert, observing that the expansion of the Universe only means that...
10 Cat Gifts to Remind You of Your Furry Friend Back Home
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When you go off to college, you leave a lot behind. Yes, of course you miss your family and friends but who do you miss the most? That lovable ball of fur never judged you and snuggled with you when you were sad. Your cat. If you have a best friend that misses their furry best friend, look at this awesome list for the purrfect gift. Or, treat yourself. These 10 cat gifts remind you of your furry friend back home no matter where you go. 1. Wall Décor with a Kitten Twist Do your dorm room walls look empty and...
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10 Wall Tapestries to Fill Your Space with Personality
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The simplicity of the white—sometimes even cinderblock—dorm room walls can quickly begin to look more like a jail cell than your home away from home. Revamp those drab walls easily with a wall tapestry that suits your style. 1. Motivational Sayings Sometimes college students just need that extra little push to get through their tough days. A motivational saying hanging on your wall might just get you out of bed for that 8 a.m. you regret taking. Indiana University Isabella Gutierrez and her roommates found a pretty tapestry that represented them as strong female students. The phrase GRL PWER, surrounded...


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Turn down the podcast/Pandora/XM radio just for a moment, and consider the much-mocked original, AM Sports Talk Radio. It's the secret youthful shame of many an enlightened sports blogger, right up there with claiming one never was an AIM or Myspace-obsessed teen or had an emo phase.
There's a bubbling desperation and pathos about AM sports talk radio that's surprisingly addicting. You have the host, underpaid, with a face for radio, coming on after a boring game knowing that generating content will be a struggle. As you listen closely, you can hear the wheels turning and the smoke flowing, the host in a desperate 1-1 battle with dead air, trying to say something, anything to trigger a call. There's that moment where it's clear not even the host quite believes what they said. The host is battling against so many better-trained, more supported, HD faces to make a dent, and at times you can smell the sweat seeping through the ill-fitting freebie polo shirts.
Then you have the callers, flowing in an uneven rhythm of tropes and occasional flashes of genius. The old men, beaten and bitter, hoping for just one more sports high before they become too old to get to the park. The kids, nervous, stuttering, and with the charm of a defecating puppy indoors, trying to prove they can talk a man's game. The underemployed, perpetually angry 20-something, blaming the local team for their own life failings. The 30, 40-something dad, bereft of hobbies and dreams, calling in to sports talk radio during the 30 minutes a day that dad is alone in the worst car the family owns, running yet another errand for the expectant, demanding brood at home. And yet...
Every so often, sparks of real humanity and insight emerge from this parade of (overwhelmingly male) angst projected onto a third party. A caller makes sense, then another. The beleaguered host finds his rhythm and strings an eloquent rant together. You can hear the smirk in his voice as he throws it to commercial and slurps the energy drink nearby before the commercial plays. The snarled intersection of host, callers, sponsored content, and the least-talented starter who had to make an appearance to satisfy the team's agreement on the station attains rhythm. The emotional deflection and projection breaks down. A caller talks about his dead dad taking him to the park. Another caller talks about how going to spring training with his ex-wife was the best memory he has of her. Humanity somehow makes an appearance at midnight, and then everyone involved agrees to pretend it didn't happen.
And so, admittedly, I like sports talk radio; the later, smaller, and more disorganized, the better.


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Fun fact: Did you know that the average person uses the toilet around 2500 times each year? That's a lot of water used just to go to the bathroom. Were you also aware that toilets made since 1994 have a 1.6 gallon per flush restriction? It's still a great deal of water.
Although it looks simple, a toilets design is actually quite complex. Every part needs to be working well for it to function. One area that you should try and check often is the toilet bowl. Check for any signs of cracking or chipping in the porcelain. You might find it interesting to note that a home inspector would list a toilet as defective in it had this kind of damage.
In order to test whether your toilet is operating correctly, flush each toilet in the house. Observe how long it takes to fill back up again and if it is taking too long to flush. These may be signs that it is not working properly.
Perhaps you have a toilet that is continuously running. Maybe its something you have become used to, but constant running water can cost you a lot of money, and if you use well water, it could even be damaging the pump.
As you can see, there are a few simple things we can do to ensure our toilet is in good condition. If you have any questions about your bathroom or any area of the home, please feel free to contact us.


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I am in the midst of moving this week, trying to make a little progress for a couple of days before the movers show up on the weekend. In addition to the move, I'm fighting a cold that comes and goes and yesterday I fought it all day, plus being tired...the day looked like this:
5:20 am - left my house with Tahoe loaded down
6:00 am - unloaded at new place, got ready for work
7:15 am - in the office and a full work day
4:00 pm - last time to commute home in rush hour! Amen.
4:45 pm - Home Goods, new laundry hamper
5:15 pm - Ulta. Didn't really have time to stop here, but....
I needed a couple of things, had a coupon for 20% off whole purchase, knew I wouldn't be out this weekend running errands and it was right by Ross which was my next stop. Picked up what I needed and then walked through Clinique counter, looked at lipsticks....I don't typically re-apply lipstick, I usually wear a light shade and was looking for something a little more bold. Found this new color, Cola Pop, checked out and headed on my way.
5:30 pm - Ross - my feet are tired after all day in heels, was feeling super stuffy and wishing going home to my couch was only thing left to do for the day. Then a girl spoke to me as she and I were both walking in the store
"You look really pretty today."
I smiled and simply said "Thank you."
As I walked away, it was one of those times I was reminded how giving a compliment is free, how a few simple words can pick someone up who's weary, and mostly how important it is to build up other women instead of tearing them down.
And, though I do try to compliment often, today I was thankful to be the receiver. So, thank you kind stranger for speaking when you could have just walked on by.


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What is money?
Money is something that serves as a unit of account, a store of value and final payment. Today there is no money in the system, because debts are not a reliable store of value. In today's debt-money system, people refer to cash notes as money, because they serve as a unit of account and as final payment. But they do not serve as a store of value. After all, fiat money was created to steal value.
What is credit?
Credit is an agreement transferring the right to access money from the owner of the money to someone else. A bank deposit is a credit from the depositor to the bank, giving the bank the right to access that money. A mortgage loan is a credit from the bank to the consumer, giving the consumer the right to access money on deposit at the bank.
What is debt?
A debt is the borrower's agreement to pay money to the creditor.
What is default?
A borrower who can't pay his obligation is said to be in default. When he cannot pay interest or principal, he has defaulted on the loan agreement.


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Okay, enough fooling around. It's time to get back to work. I've been doodling some ideas for the next piece with nothing lighting a spark, so I spent the day yesterday in a local park with my camera looking for other people enjoying the day. I found this woman, Jan, who was kind enough to let me take a photo of her, and I think I can make it into an interesting ink drawing.
I made a small outline sketch that I enlarged to fit onto a sheet of illustration board, 20 x 30″. I think I'll prep the board with a coat of shellac primer, so that I can scratch away ink marks, which will work well for the grass.
There a a couple other things to think about before I start. She had a tattoo on her shoulder that I might either keep, change, or discard. I might also place something in the foreground, so I have some more doodling to play around with on this.


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Refresh Your Skills
Has it been a while since you've been scuba diving? The PADI ReActivate™ program is the perfect way to update your dive skills and knowledge from the PADI Open Water Diver Course before jumping back into the water. Whether you want a few reminders or need to go over the basics, ReActivate is personalized for you: You conveniently review scuba concepts on your tablet, mobile device or computer, then go diving with a PADI Professional. It's quick and easy, and a good way to prepare for your next PADI course or get ready for a diving vacation. The best part is, PADI divers who complete both the knowledge and in-water skill refresher receive a replacement certification card* with a ReActivated date on it.
*Your PADI certification does not expire. Participation in PADI ReActivate™ is not mandatory, but recommended as an easy way to refresh your foundational scuba safety knowledge and skills if you haven't been diving in a while. PADI divers who complete both the knowledge and in-water skill refresher receive a replacement certification card with a "ReActivated thru" date on it.
What You Learn
Using ReActivate Touch (for tablets or mobile devices) or ReActivate Online (for your personal computer), you'll immerse yourself in dive scenarios and make decisions that test your understanding of important dive safety concepts, dive planning essentials and problem management. Move through ReActivate at your own pace and delve deeper into topics when you need or want to.
In the water, your PADI Professional will help you regain comfort and confidence in scuba diving. You'll practice a few safety-related skills and then go over anything you specifically want to review.
Are you a PADI certified diver?
If so, then you can use PADI ReActivate Touch or ReActivate Online to complete the knowledge review part of the course. Once you complete the full Touch or Online program plus the inwater skills, you can earn a replacement certification card with a ReActivated date on it.
Not a PADI certified diver?
You can still enjoy all of the benefits of the course! You will also take the same online course and receive recognition for completing the program.
- Minimum age: 10
- Certified as a PADI (Junior) Scuba Diver
- Mask, fins, snorkel and possibly dive booties (depending on which fins you have)
- Regulator
- Audible emergency surface signaling device (whistle, etc.)
- Dive computer OR timing device and eRDPml/RDP table
- $125 includes review materials and a pool session with an instructor or divemaster. Rental gear is available.
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The Keppel Support Services Office (SSO) provides a full range of services to "at risk" and "special needs" students. The Support Services Office provides direct services and support at every school site and houses all the student records for special education.
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Pyrrhic Pressure
It's been a season of win-lose here in Gritropolis. This, so pointedly captured by this weekend—on the court, on stage & sigh, at the movies.
Having a Pyrrhic victory may be fine for some. Not for me. Sure, that fat head no talent Tyler Perry, finally let a woman wear the dress. But his dreck came in number one at the box office. The one solace I have is that all people buying tickets for that movie have been tagged by Homeland Security, as no threat whatsoever to US intelligence.
While Serena Williams blew up at the US Open ( tennis ) for what she felt was an umpire's wrong call on a foot fault*, Kanye West retained his title as Biggest Loudmouth in Music. Homeboy still believe he can hit that Beyonce groove thang, soon as the girl see he prettier than Jay Z. Or delusional that Taylor Swift has jungle fever & digs stupid guys. Either way, he on crack. One thing I know for certain—Taylor Swift's videos are better than Tyler Perry's. Watching hers only get you tagged by the local Fish & Game Commission. And that's so they can call you for a donation.
If Serena can be fined an amount the equivalent of her tennis shoe allowance for a Grand Slam tournament (just kidding-I know she gets them gratis), why can't that ahole Kanye get fined by the FCC. Why? for being an ahole in prime time. I bet Mr. Obama's backhanded smack of Kanye got more play than anything he might've said publicly about Joe Wilson (R-Rep. South Carolina). He probably just got an atta boy from Rush Limbaugh—ha ha ha ad infinitum. Times like these I wish James Brown was still alive to advise some entertainers. Not the sports James Brown. Or the other sports James Brown. Or one of the Steve Smiths. The late great King of Soul. Of course!
There's more, but I like to stick to the headlines. I do feel compelled to inject a future story—Prince Fielder, the really talented & large (+ packing a few more lbs. than needed ) first baseman of your Milwaukee Brewers, is likely to be trade bait over the Winter. Team very interested resides in Boston. Since they are allowed to make any move & be praised for it by buttboys at ESPN, I can't fight the power. It is true, they have gone too long without a big fat guy to play first for them, since Mo Vaughn left. And Pig Papi Ortiz admitted his " protein drinks " only enable him to do one thing well—hit v. the Yankees.
Speaking of baseball, who won the World Series? The season must have ended while I was on my retreat in Nepal, searching for the home of Deechen Lachman.** I had no joy finding it, though I did run into the Dalai Lama.† When I asked him if he knew her, he said vexedly—" she's Australian, you moron." If I'd have known the MLB season wound up early so ESPN could go football 24/7, I'd have asked the Dalai Lama about the WS. Hey! he was all ready pissed off, I had nothing to lose there.
All I can get from ESPN is football f*gs, enabling gamblers with point spreads & injury reports & sucking up to coach. They are stat diligent to the point of being anal. I'm amazed they don't do the Pop Warner games. Must be a licensing fee conflict. Or maybe the authorities draw an age line for boys locker rooms those bozo can invade. Why don't I just Google? have I mentioned the page-load times for me & this old dial up here on the Copper Line yet this post? Oh look! there's some mail from the Dept. of Homeland Security. . ..
* it was a bad call
** actor Dollhouse Fox-TV series
† I know I know—the DL is in exile in India
The Artless Dodger…
It seems Manny being Manny was aided and abetted by performance enhancing substances†[please see below]. All those clutch, drop the Yankees hits while with the Boston team, were bullshit. Now, while that city and its players enjoy the rewards their envy and hypocrisy continue to provide them, they need to admit they are phonies. If they can hate on and gloss the NYY as the evil empire, riddled with cheaters, then they themselves are surely the Weasel World of sports. Yankees suck? you m*****r f****rs suck and blow.
I have been watching, and for a short youthful period, playing baseball since 1956. I steeped myself in the game via what media was available then— TV, radio, books, magazines and baseball cards. It never seemed enough—sure baseball was talked year round—with friends. Nothing like the current media, carpet bombing 24 hours a day, seven days a week; pervasive and invasive coverage. Really, it's too much. It encourages excesses and it gets them. From everyone involved.
Too much and yet the magpies who pass for talk show hosts on all sports radio outlets, discrete team owned tv, and networks like ESPN & Fox, turned a sycophantic blind eye to some tried and true practices. Amphetamines before games and shopping trips after—lining up groupies for stars. AND the last 20 plus seasons of slowly unfolding revelations of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones (HGH)usage by the big names of the big leagues.
It has resulted in the breeding of hack writers such as Selena Roberts (Sports Illustrated) who indicted the Duke Lacrosse team for party fouls at the rapist level before they were found NOT guilty*, to her present exposé book of Alex Rodriguez. These jock sniffing carrion eaters turn on you faster than a whirling dervish and they care not a whit if they are subsequently off the mark. The bullshit "court of public opinion" is the demographic they court. The lowest common denominator, once the exclusive stained and chawn turf of the National Enquirer, a newspaper no self respecting journalist would've been employed by when I was in J school, is catered to via sensationalism passing for reporting and writing.
It has also grown the barely literate radio talk host, most of whom have never read a book. If they have, it was about sports and no doubt, at the level of a fifth grader. Video games began cutting into the sports dollar heavily during the eighties and in some cases supplanted it for youth recreational time and bucks. The spawn of gamers are the announcers of today's media. Dumb as rocks without the charm and personality. The majority of athletes, even less so. Easy to see how in this environment a clownish thug such as Manny Ramirez can thrive and pull the double-knit polyfiber over the eyes (and the limited intellect within their heads) of the feral media. One moment they are sucking up, the next, sucking the life out of their prey—the superstar, over paid and undereducated.
Major league baseball itself is led by a septuagenarian former team owner and used car salesman. He needs to step down; he never should have been there to need to do so. Baseball needs restructuring, it is at once archaic and contemporary, the new parts grafted on top of its decay, an aging Hollywood actor made of plastic. A Joan Rivers face, attempting to deceive the world into thinking she's Megan Fox. A world moving so fast, it almost works—one because even if they had attention spans, most humans own the observational skills of two year olds.
No Boston fan will ever own up**—Manny ain't theah prawblem anymore. I'm sure they'll say he never got caught copping 'roids down by the Charles River. He is however, the true face of the MLB, smug and bloated, and they only suspend him for 50 games? ha ha ha. Manny loves a vacation, he comes back well rested (pumped full of some new undetectable designer dope) for the stretch run and leads a slumping LA to the playoffs again. This is almost a strategic gift! Blow up baseball and bring the Dodgers back to Brooklyn—if you rebuild it they will come. But you won't, you're too fucking stupid. And so are your ugly, dumbass friends.
Did I mention beam me up, Simon? Simon! Theodore? ALVIN!!!**
† Ramirez tested positive for a female(!) fertility drug HCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin. HCG is popular with some steroid users because it can mitigate the side effects of ending a cycle of the drugs. Going off steroids can stop testosterone production, decreasing sperm count & shrinking testicles. Manny apparently wants to maintain those big balls as well as cheat…
* Niether Roberts nor SI printed a retraction—creeps.
** Denis Leary, Doris Kearns Goodwin & Jonathan Schwartz might, but they are exceptions because they are exceptional.
** Simon Pegg appears as Scotty in the new Star Trek movie—Alvin & the Chipmunks reference 110% gratuitous, though a nuts connotation is implicit
A Ronic?
It may be awhile before any of the new smoke clears around Alex Rodriguez. Will he have surgery? or be muy macho, make that muy pendejo and play through it. Until he drops. Then we can have some real fun. The next month will tell the tail ( sic ). Sports people are so ignorant, it's painful. They prefer to wait until there is real damage—meaning the guy can't cut it on the field. Sheesh, do you think Madonna. . . oh, never mind.
AND if you have enough money to buy an expensive MLB licensed jersey with A Fraud on the back of it, you need to be made to also have A Hole on the front. It would be stupid any time, but during an economic recession, your credit card should be cut up and you need to see a shrink. That's not freedom of speech, that's being free dumb.
All sarcasm aside, this is a serious health issue and the last few weeks have been both figuratively and now literally degenerative, for Rodriguez, the increasingly devalued Golden Boy. The best part really, will be if the healing process will include doctor prescribed anabolic steroids.
NOTE: as of March 8, Mr. Rodriguez has opted for a two-stage hip operation. He has plans to play this season, following a period of rehab. Scheduled return on or about May 11.
A is for A non. . ..
Alex Rodriguez aka A Rod aka A-Fraud aka A Roid * tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003, according to a story in Sports Illustrated. He was a then member of the MLB franchise Texas Rangers ( now a New York Yankee ). Yankee haters have all ready jumped on the NY organization, as if they needed another excuse. This because Roger Clemens, Jason Giambi & Andy Pettitte, past & present NYY, are also tainted by purported juice use. Barry Bonds, who may actually walk on his charges, missed being a Yankee because he didn't like the way they treated his father Bobby, who by all accounts swung to his own beat.
All these issues go much deeper than athletes doing drugs to enhance their performance. When the US passed the Volstead Act in 1919 and the Prohibition Era ruled American life, it was with the best of intentions. The negative effects of alcoholic beverage consumption on the family and society was the virtuous ( ? ) impetus. And it failed early and often, creating lots of crime, drunkenness & the Kennedys of Boston, Mass. After 13+ years & a lot of flapper pregnancies, it was repealed and Americans went back to getting a good old legal buzz. I don't drink alcoholic beverages because I don't like the taste of alcohol though I have been known to make a few women under the influence, sober magically, once they get a load of my act.
Anabolic steroids are illegal without a doctor's prescription. This is due to long term effects, one of which is premature death. Even after steroids were against the law, sports entities lagged behind in the rule making department. So, part of many players defense is—it wasn't against the rules. Then. For the record, the list of players who failed the drug test, was supposed to be sealed information. It's not the first time the steroid issue provoked an illegal leak; an act much more sinister than a jock abusing a PED. Meanwhile, for many reasons ( mo$tly obviou$ )the National Football League rolls on, laughing up its sleeve while organized baseball weathers the firestorm.
OK enough history. It's covered better, with more detail and annotation, elsewhere, ad nauseum. I just wanted to show I knew something about the subject, other than, it's nothing new. Humans always want an edge. Literally, for example, as in the Stone Age case of Ogg v. Grrrn. Ogg objected to the fact Grrrn had honed the edge of his stone knife. Mr. Ogg was fighting fairly, using a blunt stone. The case was never adjudicated, as Mr. Grrrn stabbed everyone in the cave and ran. All survivors agreed Grrrn made his point—he didn't need an edge. He was just competitive & possibly the first known sociopath.
Alex Rodriguez catches heat for everything. Choking in the clutch, dating strippers, being a numbers hanger & being seen with Madonna. All the former are moot, the Madonna thing might just prove he needs glasses and could explain the need for performance enhancement. . .. Regardless, he's an easy target, a Golden Idol, who is turning out to be a gilded lily and getting more tarnished with each passing pigeon carrying bad news.
The Jockocracy hopped on a bandwagon ( they love to—for most of them, it's their only form of exercise ) a few years ago. This one was called Athletes Are Rôle Models. Then some rebels ( ha ha ha ) got on the Athletes Are NOT Rôle Models float. Well, they are and they aren't, so they got that part right. Uh, some did–never mind. Any way most of them had been hoping Mr. Rodriguez would erase Barry Bonds' current but tainted homerun total, because in the sports world, A Rod passed for a good guy. Oops.
What I mean is, sports figures are certainly looked up to by young athletes. Guitar godz are looked to by kids with their first six-string. Rappers, by other no talents dreaming of bling & bad fashion statements. But are they models for morality & integrity? Nope. In fact, hardly anyone is. Certainly there are always exceptions. Mainly because they haven't had their privacy invaded by a voracious media. Or been caught with their pants off in Thailand. Yet.
The true disconcerting thing is the so called Court of Public Opinion. Essentially this means guilty until proved innocent (it used to be the other way around in the US) and likely even after you're proclaimed innocent, because idiots who go by the CoPO, are too ignorant to form a new opinion. You know what they say about opinions—every one who has one is one (that's a W quote btw).
I wish athletes never cheated. Or spouses. Or me, and I really didn't cheat, I just happened to see a copy of a Math test once in 7th grade. Didn't help my career—QED. I can't condone it and I do think our culture is going downhill faster than Spanky & Alfalfa in that barrel episode of Little Rascals. That said, it might be the time to reveal Santa isn't real. The Easter Bunny is not a hot chick who visits good boys on Easter. Though the Tooth Fairy is a fairy ( and that makes his dad sad ).
Still, somebody needs to answer why Bud Selig, Commissioner Of Baseball, makes almost 20 million per annum. Federal fatheads won't, he's one of them. For now. As for A Rod? I think Madonna is punishment enough.
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Ars Gratia Ici
I've finally figured it out. Lucky you, now you won't have to do it, you get it here, virtually free of charge.
The godz, the hired powers or the big gas cloud, rules existence in its own cruel to be kind way. Mostly it makes stuff to break stuff then makes more stuff to break it, ad infinitum. Which seems to place the age of this particular universe in the Terrible Two's; not even the dumbest Christian thinks life is that young! All of that is usually depressing and/or befuddling for any survivors, until it's their inevitable, tough shit turn in the barrel.
Oh sure, there are some neat misdirection tricks, geeks get hot chicks & underdogs win World Series. Favorite sons get erected U.S. President ( not a typo.) That kind of thing. We all tune in for the show, because it's so random, there really is a chance we might be a winner. Odds roughly being googolplex to one. Sadly, there be dragons. The ever present dark side they never teach you in school. Unless of course you're a cognitive genius and have an epiphany waiting in the cafeteria lunch line ( c'est moi naturelement.) Yes, we are the Mystery Meat. Which was the original title of that We Are the World song. It was changed for our protection.
OK, the answer is coming, eventually. Be patient, remember, it's free. Lately I have noticed more and more, how what passes for creative, is just crap. At least 25% of the males starring in mainstream media look like the bastard sons of the Pillsbury Doughboy. AND fully 60% of dudes in rock bands, the spawn of the Michelin Man. Back when I was a boy (creak)those whey-faced lardos, were nerds and football players. Oh and please, somebody slap a cease and desist order on those endless SF/Fantasy book series. My time travel hitlist will now have to include Tolkien for baby daddy-ing that phenomenon. I'm all for EOE but it's gone too far. So far in fact, its let the fat cat out of the bag.
Before I say any thing else, let's all agree on something. There are always exceptions. For every Seth Rogen there always will be a Zac Efron ( is it me or did somebody at Disney edit out a K, P & H?). For every Sarah Palin there will be a Michael Palin. For every Oprah there will a photo of Oprah( they should change the spelling of ego to egO and yeah, put a pic of her as the definition.) Nothing will change that. Well, nothing short of a Cosmic singularity occluding us, harshing our dubious high.
The first sign of the Apocalypse as far as I'm concerned, is the exponential proliferation not of nukes in OPEC nations and/or dictators rocking wardrobes from Army Surplus stores, but that of one named recording acts. If you've stumbled across this blahg before, I mention those pretentious aholes every chance I get. If people known by three names are serial killers and people with the standard two are us, what does that make the uni-noms? Please reread this paragraph slowly and focus. Voila, you too can be a visionary. If only I had some product tie ins to sell you.
So what if Wall Street is headed for Wall-E, wearing their throwback jerseys from the October 1929 season. No fear. The stock market was established back when it actually was a stock market, cows & pigs—bulls & bears are metaphors. It's all based on speculations and futures. We all have just one future. Fuck Dow Jones and the SUV he rode in on. The only sure thing in life is debt and Texas. Then you eat out of a dumpster until you actually do die, do die.**
That said ( whatever that was–I am trying to be entertaining and enigmatic ), I have had a revelation. The reason things start to seem so awful in the arts as we age is for one reason only. It's so, that with our last thought, we don't gasp a final hacking deathbed breath of regret, in which we utter the immortal words:
" Now I'll never get to see HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 86 arrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhh. . .."
Anybody know what we're having for lunch? hey dude, no cutting in line!
* the word unpverse ©2008 JukeofUrl Productions
** cryptic Johnny Cash song reference – 20 points
Better Fed than Read
Everybody is now after once immortal lock for baseball's Hall of Fame, Roger Clemens. Latest arm of the Federal Government piling on ( a fitting term seeing as Mr. Clemens was/is a pitcher ) are the Boys of Hoover. He's lucky it's not the CIA. I saw a movie where Meryl Streep was in the CIA, she was one stone hearted mama. BTW Meryl is getting chunky, got to be from all those years of scenery chewing. . ..
Yes sir, the FBI will be investigating, while The CEO of the USA, is making dead grandma jokes about Latin lunkhead Manny Ramirez. Manny, being Manny, a state of being coined by somebody in Boston, likely not from Harvard, depicting moronic behavior as an expression of Ramirez' individuality. I know he can't, but can you say: E U P H E M I S M?
Seems Ramirez didn't show up for the Boston victory lap around the Rose Garden. Again. He didn't make it in 2K4 either.
I'm betting his excuse is he was off in his home country, the Bronx. Manny doesn't know that's in the US, a hundred miles or so to DC being too much of a hardship expense for a multi-millionaire. He does know he's wealthy because he owns way too many vintage cars. Probably didn't want to drive one of those babies on the Beltway. Elijah Dukes is with the Washington Nationals now, he'd key a quarter million dollar Bentley just because he saw his reflection in it.
Now looky here. No, here> If you break a law, especially one they made for your own good ( anabolic steroids & human growth hormones [HGH] bad! ), you shouldn't be allowed to skate. I guess the cheating in sports angle really pisses a lot of people off too. Bettors get surly, makes things unpredictable, er, more unpredictable. I certainly didn't care much for Roger Clemens when he was with another team, hmmmm what was that team? ah yes, those nurturing, benevolent Mother Theresa's of Massachusetts, the Boston Red Sox, that's who. They must have known someday he'd turn to drugs, so being high minded, they dumped him. Nothing to do with his four consecutive mediocre seasons. Nope. Which rhymes with ____?
I, for one, will sleep better and better, each time an athlete is punished to the full extent of the law for attempting to extend his career or get an edge. When Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are taught a lesson, possibly water boarding, who knows, maybe all the political/religious extremists who hate US Americans, will rehabilitate themselves. Ray Stevens would like it, he could release a song parody of his old hit, the new one would be Rehab the Arab( pronounced w/a long A, like Mr. Bush would ). I wouldn't want a PED Clemens fastball coming at my head in a dark alley! AND I damn sure don't like the idea of Bonds breaking up my no hitter with a HGH homerun. Hell no!


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When Beverly Baker sits at her desk, the ritual is immutable: she begins by placing books or magazines, open to the pages of her choice, around the blank sheet of paper that she is about to cover in signs. This grouping thus forms a sort of impenetrable belt that appears to protect it from its environment. At the same time, it offers her a starting point, or even a formal alphabet that she will then take care to transgress with determination and spirit.
Beverly Baker was born in Kentucky, in 1961. With Down's syndrome, like Judith Scott. It must be underscored, rather than giving into moral taboos that, under the guise of stigmatization, end up effacing this difference that nonetheless forms the fertile ground of her works. This particularity, though it doesn't enlighten us completely, nonetheless offers us an unheard perspective on the human experience of the creative gesture.
But, as with Scott, the meaning of her output escapes us, places us before an enigma, and just as with the latter, the language that Baker has chosen for herself to "speak" to us is susceptible, with all due respect to purists, to formal comparisons with contemporary art. It is indeed difficult not to think, in examining her works, of certain drawings by Serra, Twombly, or Tapiès when they were working on the sign, the letter, the word, to the point of exhaustion, to the point of its disappearance in an agglomeration of matter. Bringing us to this point where Baker brings out what Soulages used to qualify as "secret light coming from the darkness."
The ballpoint pen begins by tracing letters, often in a serial manner, then the lines come to provoke a new tension by striating the sheet, by electrifying it from one edge to the other, ending up, in some places, in a degree of saturation such that the ink, always digging deeper into the fiber of the paper, polishes and animates it, creates crevices, sometimes to the point of damaging it.
And everything she tells us is there, tormented, like a destroyed but sublime landscape. Like a palimpsest on whose surface vibrate the successive generations of signs that make a bed for the light.
On exhibition at the Maison Rouge, in Paris, successively in "Le Mur" ("The Wall"), in 2014, then recently in "Collection abcd/Bruno Decharme," this is her first monographic exhibition.
sans titre, 2014. stylo à bille sur papier, 38.4 x 56.1 cm.
sans titre , circa 2012. stylo à bille sur papier, 23 x 31 cm.
sans titre , circa 2013. stylo à bille sur papier, 28.2 x 43.4 cm.
sans titre , circa 2013. stylo à bille sur papier, 28.2 x 43.4 cm.
sans titre , circa 2013. stylo à bille sur papier, 29.2 x 30.5 cm.
sans titre, circa 2013. crayon de couleur et stylo à bille sur papier, 28 x 38.3 cm.
- Beverly Baker, c'est Twombly équipée d'un stylo bille authors Philippe Godin in Libération, La diagonale de l'art, February 3, 2015.
- Beverly Baker, Palimpseste authors François Salmeron in Paris Art, February 12, 2015.
- Beverly Baker, Palimpseste authors Bénédicte Philippe in Télérama Sortir, February 11, 2015.
- Beverly Baker, galerie christian berst authors in News Art Today, February 17, 2015.
- Les portes, entre ombre et prières, Beverly Baker et Jill Gallièni authors Pascal Ordonneau in Soliloques sur l'art, February 2015.