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Reading Plato in Junior High
Between 6-8th grade at The Saint Constantine School, students in our Introduction to Great Books course series will read over 65 great works of philosophy, theology, fiction, and poetry. While this set includes perennial favorites like The Hobbit or The Chronicles of Narnia, our junior high students will also read twelve Platonic dialogues during this time.
While no one has raised an eyebrow at the thought of our middle schoolers reading Tolkien or Lewis, I've met several people over the last few years who have expressed surprise and even consternation at the thought of junior high students reading Plato. Here are some of the questions I've grown accustomed to hearing.
Isn't Plato too hard for them?
There is a degree to which this is a reasonable question, and the answer is yes. If a student cannot comprehend a subject with 100% mastery, then I suppose you could say that it is in some sense too hard for them. But then, I've never met an educator I trust who thinks we should only teach what can be easily mastered.
Wouldn't it be better to read that in high school or college?
Students in high school and college should be better equipped to read Plato than middle school students (though this is not always the case), but that doesn't mean that junior high is too early to begin this encounter.
Looked at another way, this question is a bit silly. Is Phaedo difficult to understand in 7th grade? Absolutely, but only in the way that it remains difficult whether you're in high school, college, grad school, or suddenly find yourself leading discussions on the text.
Don't they hate it?
Do students hate reading Plato? Sure, some do at first, but not necessarily because of their age. The problem that I have with this question—and others like it—is that it reveals an unhelpful mistrust of young minds to engage in a meaningful pursuit of Truth. The speaker of such questions is most likely someone who would not be willing let a 12-year-old sit and grapple with a really hard question, and if that is the case, he may be the sort of person who is not willing to sit and grapple with a really hard question himself.
What can a 12-year-old possibly get out of reading Plato?
Quite a lot, it turns out, and Plato even asks me to consider whether a young mind might get more out of reading and discussing the text than I can; since they are young, they are less likely to be married to their ideas than someone my age. Now, if I am both older and have been faithfully pursuing Wisdom, I will be further along the path than my students; but if I have not been careful, I could end up more set in my ways, my soul encumbered by bad opinions that prevent me from seeing Truth clearly. Junior high students are naturally less experienced, but they also have the advantage of being intellectually curious, an invaluable trait that can too easily disappear if neglected in later life.
Despite these questions, I have come to be convinced that Plato is an excellent guide for middle schoolers. Here are my reasons.
Plato teaches us how to think without telling us what to think.
Students beginning middle school are also entering a new phase in intellectual development that, in the classical terms of the Trivium, is known as the Logic stage. Much to the chagrin of parents and authority figures everywhere, students at this age are developing the capacity for rational argumentation (though, as with all of us, the capacity for irrational argument remains strong). This means that they are capable of engaging with big ideas at an important level, because so many of the what, who, and how questions of the elementary years are now accompanied by why? They are moving beyond what have I been told? to why have I been told that? or why should I believe it? They are capable of reasoning, of making important distinctions, and of disagreeing.
While this may at times feel inconvenient or even threatening to those in authority, we should not lose sight of the fact that this growth is in fact a very good thing, and that these years are critical in equipping them to think and reason well. This is where Plato can be so helpful; rather than write lectures for us to receive passively that tell us what to think, he wrote dialogues that actively engage the mind and teach us how to think. Students must first work through the questions and proposed answers of the dialogue, and once they have discerned what is lacking in Meno's definitions of virtue or Euthyphro's account of piety, they must attempt to form their own arguments.
The fact that Plato is so often able to anticipate their arguments is exasperating to the students, but of vital importance in demonstrating how difficult it can be to speak accurately about the most important things. Plato not only gives young students the vocabulary to discuss ethics, the soul, ontology, cosmology, and all that fun stuff, he invites us to join actively in these discussions so that we can learn to think well about that which truly matters.
Plato wrote for lovers of Wisdom, not experts.
There were indeed "experts" in Plato's day, men like Hippias, Gorgias, and Protagoras. These men belong to the set that Socrates frequently refers to as Sophists, and the most charitable way to understand this term would be "wise one" or "knower," someone capable of delivering wisdom to others. But what Socrates found to be frequently true of these so-called experts was that they did not care about Wisdom for its own sake, but instead bent fragments of Wisdom to their own advantage to gain wealth, status, and acclaim. As a result, they did not truly know what they claimed to know, and deceived themselves and others.
Socrates does not appear to be interested in using Wisdom in this way, and would most likely consider this harmful both to himself and to those around him. Wisdom is worthy of our love—worthy of being pursued for its own sake. Plato did not write so that we might become sophistical experts, but so that we might learn to love Wisdom. When teachers believe that students are not as capable of learning to love Wisdom as we are, we deceive ourselves and are in danger of sophistry.
Plato's dialogues are an ideal introduction to the depth and care with which Great Books are written.
Great texts reward not only careful and patient reading, but continual re-reading as well. When I tell my students that Plato put careful thought into every line and every word of his that we read, it is at first easy for them to doubt, and why shouldn't they? We are often so careless with our own words that it is difficult at first to believe that such a profound level of mind and artistry are at work in the words before us.
But once we start discussing, we begin to see that there are immensely important answers in response to such questions: Why does the Republic begin with the words "I went down"? Why does the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur serve as the backdrop for Phaedo? Why are we told that that Socrates' eyes are open when he dies? Why does Socrates cover his head during his first speech in Phaedrus? Why does Socrates call Meno a "rascal?" For Junior High students, these questions can seem like a strange but exciting dialectical puzzle, and they are likely to bring an enthusiasm to the search that is so vital to the pursuit of Truth.
The reading is difficult, but the discussion is illuminating.
Reading Platonic dialogues for the first time can be difficult at any age, but I'm willing to grant that it may be especially so for students of middle school age. Thankfully, we are not simply meant to read a dialogue to find out what Plato "thought"—that would be an exercise in folly—but rather to have the courage to pick up the argument and grapple with the questions posed in the dialogue.
When we first read Plato, students frequently come in saying that the dialogue was boring or confusing, but when asked, What is virtue? they suddenly find themselves having the best discussion they've had all year. This is a continual exercise in learning to love Wisdom for all of us, and the hard work in discussion is so much more rewarding because of the hard work done in reading. Too often in education, we let the thought "this is hard for them" lead to the conclusion "they can't do this," and this is a disservice to our students. Real growth is always difficult, but well worth the struggle.
We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know. – Socrates, Plato's Meno
After our third discussion on a particular dialogue, one student said, "When I first read it, I thought it was boring, or at least just confusing. But after we talked about it, I feel excited now when I read it because I know it's important, even if I don't know why."
This was a wonderful thing to hear for several reasons. First, it reveals not only growth in the student, but an awareness of growth—something is there that wasn't there before, and the student knows it. Second, enthusiasm had been inspired by following the Logos, giving new life and energy to the mind. Finally, a desire for Truth that was beyond the student's grasp had been kindled, and even if she didn't know exactly what that might be, she had the notion that she was now capable of finding it.
Another student, new to the program, recently asked in frustration, "Why doesn't [Plato] just give us the answer?" This is a great question, and the answer given by her classmate (a returning student) was helpful: "he wants us to find it ourselves. Even if we don't get it today, we're getting closer."


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Germany 29 May 1995 District Court München (Computer hardware case) [translation available]
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/950529g1.html]
Primary source(s) for case presentation: Case text
CASE HISTORY: Unavailable
SELLER'S COUNTRY: Germany (plaintiff)
BUYER'S COUNTRY: Switzerland (defendant)
GOODS INVOLVED: Computer hardware
APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes
Key CISG provisions at issue: Article
Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:
(a) UNCITRAL abstract: Unavailable
(b) Other abstracts
English: Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=161&step=Abstract>
Italian: Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (1997) 739-740 No. 152
Original language (German): cisg-online.ch <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/235.htm>; Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 1996, 266-268; Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des internationalen Privatrechts im Jahre (IPRspr) 1995 No. 146 [294-297]; Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) 1996, 401-402; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=161&step=FullText>
Translation (English): Text presented below
English: Ferrari, International Legal Forum (4/1998) 138-255 [195 n.505 (definition of "goods"), 215 n.694 (implicit exclusion of CISG), 225 n.786 (scope of CISG: standard contract terms), 252 n.1074 (interest issues)]; Article 78 and rate of interest: Mazzotta, Endless disagreement among commentators, much less among courts (2004) [citing this case and 275 other court and arbitral rulings]; [2005] Schlechtriem & Schwenzer ed., Commentary on UN Convention on International Sale of Goods, 2d (English) ed., Oxford University Press, Art. 6 para. 18 Art. 57 para. 11aGo to Case Table of Contents
Queen Mary Case Translation Programme
29 May 1995 [21 O 23363/94]
Translation [*] by Thomas Arntz [**]
By action, received by the District Court on 14 December 1994, the Plaintiff [Seller] (from Germany) sought from the Defendant [Buyer], seated in Switzerland, payment of the purchase price for the delivery of computer-hardware.
[Seller] submits the following argument:
[Seller] has had an ongoing business relationship with [Buyer] since March 1994. The parties agreed that [Seller] only delivers under its general terms and conditions. Pursuant to Art. 20 of its terms and conditions, the contractual relationships are only subject to German law; the application of the CISG is excluded. The exclusive venue for all contract related claims is agreed to be Munich. Moreover, there are notes on the respective order acknowledgments of [Seller] declaring that the place of performance and the exclusive jurisdiction is to be Munich.
An employee of [Buyer] placed the following orders:
The computer parts were delivered to [Buyer]; [Buyer] however, did not make any payments. The check of a customer of [Buyer] -- the main purchaser of the delivery of goods -- was stopped. After repeated reminders, [Seller] set [Buyer] a time limit for payment until 30 September 1994. [Seller] draws on credits, for which it has to pay interest of 12.5%, at least in the amount claimed.
[Seller] requests the court to render a default judgment pursuant to § 331(3) ZPO [*] and to hold that:
[Buyer] was not represented by an attorney.
Since [Buyer] did not advise of its willingness to defend itself through an accredited lawyer within the time limit of four weeks since service on 8 March 1995, as stipulated in the order of 16 December 1994, the claim was to be decided by default judgment pursuant to § 331(3) ZPO:
I. The [Seller]'s action is admissible. The District Court of Munich has jurisdiction (Art. 5 No. 1 Lugano Convention [*]; § 29(1) ZPO [*]).
The jurisdiction of the court does not result from the alleged choice of forum agreement by way of inclusion of [Seller]'s general terms and conditions.
Despite [Buyer]'s default, [Seller]'s assertions concerning this issue are not considered as conceded pursuant to § 331(1) ZPO.
[Seller] did not prove the existence of a choice of forum agreement meeting the requirements of Arts. 17, 53 Lugano Convention.
1. The Lugano Convention has been in force between the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland since 1 March 1995 (BGBl [*] 1995 II p. 221; cf. Zöller-Geimer, ZPO, 19. ed., Art. 1 EuGVÜ [*] para. 2). The domestic provisions (here § 38 ZPO) do not apply within the scope of the EuGVÜ.
Since the writ was served on [Buyer] after the Lugano Convention entered into force, the jurisdiction has to be determined in accordance with this convention (compare Wieczorek/Schütze/Hausmann, ZPO, 3. ed., Inroduction to the Lugano Convention (Einl. Luganer Übereinkommen) para. 22, p. 960 -- concerning the relation to the EuGVÜ, Art. 54 b (2)(a) Lugano Convention).
Pursuant to Art. 54(1) Lugano Convention, its provisions are only applicable to legal proceedings instituted after its entry into force in the State of origin and, where recognition or enforcement of a judgment is sought, in the State addressed. The convention is silent as to when the proceedings are considered to be instituted (Wagner, ZIP 1994, 81, 82). With recourse to the corresponding provision of the EuGVÜ, Art. 54 EuGVÜ, concerning which voices in literature and jurisprudence opine that the relevant point in time is when the writ is served (compare Kropholler, European Law on Civil Procedure (Europäisches Zivilprozeßrecht), 4. ed., Art. 54 GVÜ), the tribunal considers this to be also the decisive point in time concerning the Lugano Convention. Pursuant to case law of the EuGH [*] (Judgment of 13 November 1979 -- Rs C25/79, RIW 1980, 285 -- Sanicentral GmbH/Collin), choice of forum agreements concluded before the EuGVÜ entered into force are -- concerning proceedings initiated after this point in time -- to be considered as valid, even if they would be void pursuant to the domestic provisions applicable at that time, because the EuGH considers choice of forum agreements to be an option only taking effect when the suit is brought. Thus, it cannot be assumed that choice of forum agreements concluded in accordance with domestic law before the EuGVÜ and the Lugano Convention respectively entered into force, remain valid concerning proceedings initiated after that time.
A restriction of Art. 54 by reasons of protection of confidence is not to be accepted (compare Zöller-Geimer, Art. 2 EuGVÜ para. 17; MünchKommZPO/Gottwald, Art. 54 EuGVÜ para. 3 fn. 3; Art. 17 para. 13; Schack, International Law on Civil Procedure (Internationales Zivilverfahrensrecht), para. 465; Hausmann supra, Art. 17 EuGVÜ para. 11; Kropholler, Art. 17 para. 10; other opinion Stein-Jonas-Bork, ZPO, 21. ed., § 38 paras. 25, 20). Additionally, in the case at hand there is no need for such a protection because in spring and summer 1994 the parties could have prepared themselves for the entry into force of the Lugano Convention between Germany and Switzerland (compare Kropholler supra; for Switzerland the Lugano Convention is in force since 1 January 1992; Hausmann supra Lugano Convention (Luganer Übereinkommen) para. 3, p. 954). Thus, it is irrelevant whether the choice of forum agreement would have had to be measured on Art. 17 EuGVÜ regarding the seat of [Seller] in Germany (compare Hausmann supra, Art. 17 EuGVÜ para. 5).
2. A choice of forum agreement in the sense of Art. 17 Lugano Convention requires a clear and distinct agreement between the parties. The form requirements are meant to ensure that there is mutual consent by the parties (EuGH NJW 1977, 494 -- Colzani/RÜWA). These requirements are only met, if the agreement is either in writing or with subsequent written acknowledgment from one party in a form which accords with practices which the parties have established between themselves or, in international trade or commerce, in a form which accords with a usage of which the parties are or ought to have been aware (compare Lindacher in: Wolf/Horn/Lindacher, AGBG [*], 3. ed., § 2 para. 111 et seq.). It is sufficient if there is a reference to standard terms and conditions in the form of Art. 17 Lugano Convention (EuGH supra, p. 495; BGH NJW 1994, 2699).
None of these alternatives is fulfilled:
a. There is no written agreement (Art. 17(l) 2 a 1. alt.) which includes the standard terms of [Seller].
b. There is also no agreement meeting the form requirements of Art. 17(1) 2 a 2. alt. Lugano Convention. This requirement is only fulfilled, if the parties have orally concluded a contract, in which they agree upon a forum and that this agreement was evidenced in writing by one party (BGH supra, p. 2700; NJW 1986, 2196). Concerning this agreement it is sufficient that the parties have agreed upon the applicability of standard terms which include a choice of forum clause, if these terms are available to the other party at the time of conclusion of the contract (BGH supra p. 2700; Hausmann supra, Art. 17 EuGVÜ para. 39 et seq.). Such an agreement also exists if the parties -- who regularly do business with each other -- orally conclude a contract and if the business relationship is subject to the gerneral terms and conditions which include a choice of forum agreement. (EuGH supra p. 495; BGH supra p. 2700).
On the basis of [Seller]'s submission, it is not clear whether the parties orally concluded a contract during their telephone conversation or not. But that may be as it is, as [Seller] did not assert that it informed [Buyer] of its standard terms or the choice of forum clause during the telephonic orders or that [Buyer] accepted them (compare EuGH RIW 1985, 737; Lindacher supra, § 2 para. 102; Hausmann supra, Art. 17 EuGVO para. 40).
Furthermore, [Seller] did not give conclusive arguments that the parties' previous business dealings included the application of [Seller]'s general terms and conditions. [Seller] neither showed to which extent the parties transacted business before the orders, nor that its general terms and conditions were included in these contracts (compare OLG Bremen TranspR 1995, 32, 33; Hausmann supra, Art. 17 EuGVtJ para. 41).
c. There was also no agreement "in a form which accords with practices which the parties have established between themselves" (Art. 17(1) sentence 2 b Lugano Convention -- this form requirement is not only fulfilled if it is in writing, but also if it is in any other form which accords with practices which the parties have established between themselves (compare Hausmann supra, Art. 17 EuGVÜ para. 48)), as the existence of such a practice before the conclusion of the contracts cannot be ascertained (compare above under b).
d. The fourth alternative of Art. 17 ((1) 2 c) is also not fulfilled. The general terms and conditions of [Seller] were not incorporated into the contract by [Buyer]'s silence upon [Seller]'s order acknowledgments. Standard terms and conditions can be incorporated into a contract by transmitting an acknowledgment referring to them, if the receiving party accepts delivery without objections and thus gives its assent to their application (compare BGHZ 61, 282, 287; NJW 1994, 2699, 2700; LG Rottweil NJW-RR 1992, 688; Schmidt, in: Ulmer/Brandner/Hensen, AGBG, 7. ed., § 2 para. 33; compare further Lindacher supra, para. 109; KG NJW-RR 1994, 1265; OLG Köln NJW-RR 1994, 1431). However, in the case at hand, the fact that the goods concerning the acknowledgments of 16 March, 12 August and 5 September 1994 were already delivered to a third party (presumably customers of [Buyer]) before the acknowledgments were sent, has to be taken into consideration. Thus, there was no uncontradicted acceptance of delivery by [Buyer].
Furthermore, [Seller] did not assert that -- pursuant to the lex fori of [Buyer] -- silence upon an acknowledgment is considered as an acceptance of the standard terms and conditions referred to therein.
3. The District Court of Munich has jurisdiction pursuant to Art. 5(1) Lugano Convention, § 29(1) ZPO.
a. The agreement upon a place of performance (§ 29(2) ZPO) is not subject to the form requirements of Art. 17 Lugano Convention (compare EuGH NJW 1980, 1218; Zöller-Geimer supra, Art. 5 para. 10) but to the law applicable according to the principles of international private law (EuGH NJW 1977, 991; BGH NJW 1988, 1466; OLG Bremen TranspR 1995, 32, 33).
The question of whether [Seller]'s general terms and conditions -- without consideration of the choice of forum agreement -- were validly included into the contract or not, has to be decided in accordance with German Law. In default of a choice of law, the law of the State where the seller has its seat is applicable pursuant to Art. 28(1) 2, (2) 1 and 2 EGBGB [*], as it is the seller who has to perform the characteristic obligation of a sales contract (Palandt-Heldrich, Art. 28 EGBGB para. 8). The general provisions of the AGBGB [*] concerning the requirements for the inclusion of standard terms do not only apply to domestic contracts, but also to contracts with a connection to an international facts pattern (compare Palandt-Heinrichs, § 2 AGBG para. 31).
The requirements of Art. 2 AGBGB do not apply to merchant dealings (§ 24 No. 1 AGBG; the merchant status (Kaufmannseigenschaft) of [Buyer] can be derived from its legal form). However, in principle the requirement of an inclusion by act of the parties is also applicable to merchant dealings (compare Ulmer/Brandner/Hensen, AGBG, 7. ed., § 2 para. 80 fn. 198). The party using the standard terms has to refer to them in a distinguishable manner at the time of conclusion of the contract and the other party has to act in a way from which its assent can be derived. The reference to the standard terms has to be made during the contract negotiations. A reference on documents, sent to the other party after conclusion of the contract, is not sufficient (Palandt-Heinrichs, § 2 para. 24).
The question of whether a valid agreement as to the place of performance pursuant to Art. 17 Lugano Convention has been concluded does, however, not need to be decided.
b. If [Seller]'s standard terms and conditions were not included into the contract, the District Court Munich still does have jurisdiction pursuant to Art. 5 No. 1 Lugano Convention; Art. 1(1)(a), Art. 57(1)(a) CISG; § 29(1) ZPO, because in this case the clause including the disclaimer concerning the CISG (Art. 20 of [Seller]'s general terms and conditions) would not be valid and there are no indications of an exclusion of the CISG. In Germany, the CISG has been in force since 1 January 1991 and in Switzerland, since 1 March 1991 (compare v. Caemmerer/Schlechtriem, CISG, 2. ed., appendix I p. 801 and before Artt. 1 -- 6 para. 17). Pursuant to Art. 57(1)(a) CISG, in default of an agreement as to the place of payment the buyer has to pay the price to the seller at the seller's place of business, which is in the area of competence of the District Court of Munich (compare EuGH [*], judgment of 29 June 1994 -- Rs.C-288/92, report 20/94 p. 5 et seq. = RIW 1994, 676).
II. The [Seller]'s claim is justified.
1. The assertions of [Seller] which are considered as conceded pursuant to § 331(1) ZPO justify the claim (§ 433 para. 2 BGB [*] and Art. 53 CISG respectively).
The parties concluded four sale contracts for the goods and in the amount stated above. The goods were delivered to [Buyer] and its customers respectively.
2. [Seller]'s claim for interest is justified due to [Buyer]'s default (§ 284 Abs. 1 sentence 1, § 286 Abs. 1 BGB [*] and Art. 74 CISG respectively). [Seller] stated to have reminded [Buyer] on 30 September 1994. Art. 78 CISG does not exclude the claim for default interest. Rather, a higher damage due to the availment of bank credits can be claimed as compensation (OLG Frankfurt NJW 1994, 1014, 1015; Eberstein/Bacher, in: v. Caemmerer/Schlechtriem, Art. 78 para. 34; Piltz, International Sales Law (Internationales Kaufrecht), § 5 para. 288).
III. The decision on costs is rendered pursuant to § 91 ZPO [*]; the decision concerning the provisional enforceability is rendered pursuant to § 708(1) ZPO.
* All translations should be verified by cross-checking against the original text. For purposes of this translation, Plaintiff of Germany is referred to as [Seller] and Defendant of Switzerland is referred to as [Buyer]. Amounts in the former currency of Germany (Deutsche Mark) are indicated as [DM].
Translator's note on other abbreviations: AGBGB = Gesetz zur Regelung des Rechts der Allgemeinen Geschaftsbedingungen [German Code on Unfair Contract Terms]; BGB = Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch [German Civil Code]; BGBl = Bundesgesetzblatt [the German Federal Law Gazette]; EGBGB = Einführungsgesetzbuch zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche [German Code on Private International Law]; EuGH = European Court of Justice; EuGVÜ = Europäisches Gerichtsstands- und Vollstreckungsübereinkommen, 1968 [European Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments on Civil and Commercial Matters]; Lugano Convention = Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, adopted at Lugano on 16 September 1988; ZPO = Zivilprozessordnung [German Code on Civil Procedure].
** Thomas Arntz is a law student at the University of Cologne. During 2003-2004 he spent a year in Clermont-Ferrand, France, as an Erasmus student. In 2004/2005 he participated in the Twelfth Willem C. Vis Moot.Go to Case Table of Contents

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A bronze statue named "Paternal Love" has been installed by the North entrance of the Taipei Main Station today, Aug. 8, coinciding with Taiwan Father's Day.
"Paternal Love" was first showcased in front of Main Station Aug. 8, 1988, however due to typhoon and earthquake damage the sculpture was removed for restoration in 1992, and has not been seen publicly since, until today.
The statue was created by the sculptor Arthur Yang (楊奉琛) to portray the benevolent father and filial son ideal. The restoration was possible through donations by the Taipei City Rotary Club.
Director Lin Wen-chin (林文進), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member of the Legislative Yuan, Gao Jyh-peng (高志鵬), Taipei City legislative member, Li Ching-feng (李慶鋒), and other officials attended the statue's unveiling ceremony this morning, according to CNA.
Director Wen remarked during the unveiling ceremony that he hopes those who pass by the north entrance of Main Station will think of the hardships fathers must endure for the happiness of their children and households, reported CNA.
Former President Lee Teng-hui (李登輝), who was in office when the statue was first erected, was specially invited to the ceremony to cut the ribbon.
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By the time I went to bed on Monday evening I had been on the go for 36 hours. Luckily, I don't seem to be bothered with jet-lag after USA trips, maybe because I just need to keep going and get back to normal. It took some time to unpack, even though I had not bought much then I had to sort out my expenses and file paperwork which is a job that I loathe.
I had 2 DIY quilting customers this week – one was a long bed runner done using Qmatic but the other was a large Gravity Quilt which the customer bravely chose to do entirely with ruler work, never having done any before. It took her 2.5 days to "simple" designs on her quilt and it looked great when it was done.
While she was busy I decided to make a couple of By Annie Clam-Up bags to control my ever increasing cables. I feel like I am always coming up with cable storage solutions yet every time I go on a trip I open up my bag to find a tangle of spaghetti wires. I can't believe that I went to the trouble of cutting 2 pieces of quilted fabric which was directional then ended up with one half of the bags upside-down. I realised that I had flipped the template for the second half when I should have cut two pieces the right way up. I will just have to pretend that I am not an idiot and used a single piece of folded fabric. All of this was done on my Singer Featherweight because the Bernina is still in Cardiff. I have noticed that you don't actually appreciate a machine until it is not available so I feel that I need to get a sturdy, back-up machine without any computerised parts. This might be the Elna Lotus after it has had a thorough service or maybe I need to find a mechanical Bernina 1008 before they are discontinued.
We went to see Fergus at a gig in Aberdeen in a post-punk, metal line-up. The crowd sang along to his lyrics and chanted his name which was great. I think some of the crowd wondered what I was doing there when the mosh-pit and feedback really got going but I have actually experienced the frenzy and noise of a live gig in similarly seedy venues, albeit 35 years ago!
I had a bit of a panic when I looked at the calendar and realised that there are only 3 weeks to go before I go to Norfolk with the kids and all of my FOQ stuff has to be ready as it is a week earlier. Once I go away I will stay away until after the show which means almost a month away from here. There is a lot to organise from sending off 2 show quilts, getting teaching materials sorted out and checking our camping gear. Things are going to be hectic…!


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The Invisible Liberal Award for
Camouflaging Ideology
Ever since the
George McGovern disaster of 1972, the party has routinely chosen
technocratic moderates for standard-bearers.
Times Joe Klein in the magazines May 19
cover story, Why They Dont Make Democrats Like They Used
To (And How to Fix It). [41]
Judy Woodruff:
The rap on Dean is that the Burlington Birkenstock crowd,
people who put Dean signs in bars called the Red Square, cant
take their man to the White House, that hes just too far
Vermont political reporter Peter Freyne: His entire
time in Vermont politics, going back to his days in the
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CNNs Inside Politics, July 11. [28]
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involved in public policy. No First Lady had done that without being
severely criticized. Did you realize what you were getting into?
I dont think people realize how strong your faith is.
Barbara Walters to Hillary Clinton in a June 8 ABC special
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HBOs Bob Costas: How, from where you sit, have you maintained your dignity, and how can you be so controlled under circumstances that would be trying for the best of us?...If you became President, what kind of First Gentleman would Bill Clinton be?...What are your best and worst qualities as a politician?
Senator Hillary Clinton: Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.
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Senator Hillary Clinton: - to help them improve our homeland defense.
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Jennings on World News Tonight, March 20. [33]
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The Connected Audience Dialogue at the end of the conference with Pat Munro and Jeff Beeson brings together all thoughts, models, ideas, critical remarks and experiences of the last two days. It will provide a platform for the collective wisdom of the conference to emerge.
In preparation for the design of the dialogue, interviews with all the keynote speakers and panel coordinators have been undertaken to inspire the dialogue's design. During the conversation rounds, insights from the conference will be collectively discussed by the participants. This is not only an opportunity to share your learnings and insights with others but also to listen deeply for the new emerging wisdom from the entirety of the Connected Audience Conference experience.
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After receiving a BA in Humanities from Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania, USA), Patricia Munro was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in Latin America. She continued her studies at George Washington University (Washington, DC) where she received her MA with a concentration in Management. Patricia is an alumna of INSEAD's Social Entrepreneurship Programme (Fontainebleau, France). Her book "Wegweiser Evaluation" presents a stakeholder-driven approach to impact assessment. Patricia is a co-founder and board member of World Café Europe. Her know-how as a facilitator has been used for strategic planning meetings, presentations, speeches and conferences throughout Europe and abroad.
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Deepavali/Diwali is just few days away and am sure you are gearing up for the festival. From today I am planning to share recipes that can be prepared during this season.
Ajwain/Carom Seeds in Tamil is known as 'Omam' (ஓமம் ) This savory snack takes flavor from Ajwain and hence the name 'Omapodi'. It acts as a base for various other savory snacks like Mixture. So light in texture and serves as a great evening snack. It is the one of the most popular snack items that is prepared in South India during Diwali. This is my mom's recipe. The following measurement makes upto 10-12 Omapodis. Kindly adjust measurements to suit your needs.
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- 1/4 cup Ajwain Seeds / Carom
- 2 cups Besan Flour
- 1/4 cup rice flour
- 1/2 tsp chilli Powder
- pinch Perungayam Hing / a generous
- 1/4 tbsp salt
- pinch turmeric (optional) a
- Soak Ajwain in water for about 20 minutes.
- Drain water.Clean and remove any impurities. Grind to a paste.
- Squeeze Ajwain water from the paste.
- In a wide vessel, add besan flour, rice flour,salt, chilli powder and hing.
- Add the ajwain water and mix everything well.
- Drizzle little oil and form a dough by adding plain water.
- You will approximately need about 1/2 cup of water and not more than that.
- Since we are using Besan Flour, the dough will be sticky. Use a spoon to clean your hands in between.
- If the dough is sticky then the omapodi will come out crispy and not too hard.
- Heat oil in a kadai.
- In the Murukku Press use the plate that has lot of small holes.
- Fill the press with dough and start making omapodi.
- Once it is cooked, turn on the other side and wait until the bubbling of oil stops.
- At this stage remove omapodi from kadai, drain extra oil in a tissue.
- Serve as an evening snack with tea or coffee.
- As said earlier you can use this as a base to prepare Mixture. Shall update the recipe of Mixture soon.


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This morning I heard an author on NPR (don't know who, sorry) say something to the effect that a writer should always put themselves in the place of their audience when writing. I got me to thinking (this is the part where you should run away and hide).
I do think of my audience when I'm writing, but it's usually before I start a novel, when I'm the plotting/outlining stages. For example, I write paranormal romance. That means an HEA is a must or I will be strung up by my neck by my readers and left to die a slow, choking death. There also other considerations when crafting a story for the romance reader that I always take into account when plotting and planning. Sexual tension, placement of love scene, character development, ect…
But once I start writing, I'm really not thinking about y'all anymore. 😉 At least, not when I'm sitting there looking at my MS. When I write, I'm not in the head of my audience; I'm in the head of the POV character I'm writing at that moment.
Creative visualization is a must-have tool for a fiction writer. The ability to place yourself in the environment your character is in, to smell what they smell, see what they see, hear what they hear. The hardest thing about this is, of course, thinking the way they think because those characters are not you. They have different backgrounds, different ways of seeing the world, are driven to make decisions differently than you would. The mark of a skilled writer is getting the reader to believe the characters, but in order to do that (in my opinion) the writer has to be fully in the head of the character, not the reader, when they're writing.
This is on my mind right now because I'm writing an especially tricky character right now—two of them, actually. It's easier when a character is sort of like me. I can name a few of my heroines to whom, were they real people, I'd probably relate pretty well. Then there are characters like, oh, Daria from The Chosen Sin, who are so different from me that they're a real challenge to write. That's okay, I like challenges. Prefer them, in fact. Makes the experience more interesting.
Right now I'm writing a historical fantasy ménage a trois romance for Berkley Heat called JEWELED. There are three main characters in this story. The two characters the story opens with are Evangeline and Anatol. Both of them are challenging characters, who have worldviews much different than mine. The challenge is keeping their POVs true and not letting too much of my own personality seep into them. I really have to get deep into their heads to write them.
So, you see, as much as I love you all and appreciate the absolute hell out of you and HOPE like a crazy person you like the end result, I am not thinking of you when I'm writing. Or of myself, for that matter. I'm only thinking of the fictional character on the page and trying to get them right.


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God (Source) and the Intention are One and the same. We know it mostly by its common name: 'Love' although it is genuinely much higher than Love. This Cosmic Love is the primordial current, which is always in the eternal now; it is origin, purpose, and destiny. Naturally, we can call it One(ness), Absolute, Ultimate Reality, Cosmic Consciousness, Nature, the Way, Universe, Cosmos, Et al. I call it Self Love for the simple reason that Self Love is the source of its Self; the Self-Loving oneness we call existence for a better lack of a name. Before you read on I want you to remember the following sentence for it matters most; 'You are born from Love, you live Life as Love and you return to Love.' It is what you must never forget. The most basic way to explain it is that Love illumines all matter. This illuminated matter... we call it Life. We, Life, are sparks from source; the source is indescribable, but these are the words: Pure Love, Warmth, Engulfing, Bliss, Joy, Home, Happiness. It is basically 'Love-matter' what we essentially are. This is why we tend to look for (romantic) love our entire life as Love is Source; our true home. In reality, in this beautiful world of ours, there is, therefore honestly nothing that divides us. As all of us are part of the same all-inclusive source which always 'is.' It is Love and only Love that underwrites us all without exception. Let us continue to grow in the clarity of this truth, for we always find ourselves in one another. All is One quite literally so; One Unity of Love. Please have no fear; Love is truly always near. Please just remember; God is One.
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I am continuing to enjoy being in the mountains of Colorado. It has been a sweet time of rest, projects, Bible study and fun. The beauty around me is a moment by moment reminder of my Creator.
I took a drive up to Silverton on Tuesday. It had snowed the night before we went so we had the privilege of seeing fall color and snow! I got some beautiful shots and I would love to share them with you.
I don't know about you, but when I look at the sheer beauty of God's creation, I am overwhelmed by His goodness. He didn't have to create these trees to change into beautiful colors before their leaves drop. He didn't have to create majestic mountains for us to enjoy.
He chose to express His attributes through His creation. I am so thankful for an artistic Creator who delights in beauty and chooses to share it with all of us.
I am thankful for my Awesome God
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Was it Cork's worst defeat by Kerry in a decider since 1938? (Yes.) Had Cork gone almost 40 minutes without a score? (Yes.) When was the last time a team in a Munster final had managed six scores? (1999, when Kerry scored 2-4.)
In the circumstances Ronan McCarthy would have been forgiven for being slow to handle his press duties, but the Cork manager was swift to face the microphones, admitting frankly that he hadn't anticipated his side's collapse.
"It's hugely disappointing result and performance from us," said the Douglas clubman.
"We have to put it behind us very quickly because we have a very quick turnaround to the next game in two weeks' time.
"I'll be honest, that's one thing I didn't see coming today, but it's happened and we have to get on with it."
There was some criticism of referee Ciaran Branagan's black card for Ruairi Deane, who had impressed early on for Cork, but McCarthy put that decision in context.
"You're beaten by 17 points, a black card... I felt the black card calls, a couple that were given which probably weren't, a couple that weren't given were.
"We just have to suck that up, we can't complain. We were beaten too comprehensively for that to be a factor in what we can talk about."
Why was the defeat so comprehensive? McCarthy pointed to Kerry's quality and work ethic: The Kingdom had identified Cork's preferred option, running the ball upfield, and worked hard to counteract it.
"I thought (Cork keeper) Mark (White) did OK, he tried to vary it by putting a few out towards the sidelines, that he did OK.
"Our big problem was that Kerry didn't want us to run the ball out and blocked up the centre very well, they worked hard to stop us.
"We hadn't enough people supporting the ball carrier when we came out with the ball and we ended up being turned over: I think it was 19 times in the first half. Some of those were very cheap, losing the ball in contact.
"That was the most disappointing thing for me, that I felt our real strength is our running game and support play, and Kerry obviously were not going to let us come out easy. We lacked support so many times, then we were turned over and they were straight through.
"We got disjointed. The two goals we got early on kept us just in touching distance at half-time.
"They could have been further ahead at half-time. And they pushed on from there."
As the game wore on, Cork fell into the classic vicious cycle: Trailing significantly on the scoreboard, they had to take risks to try to narrow the lead, but when those risks didn't pay off the home side were stretched at the back and Kerry punished them ruthlessly. That hollowed out Cork's confidence, the deficit getting bigger and bigger.
"We had no options, no one showing. Credit to Kerry for that, they were well set up, but when you let a team with that quality seven, eight, nine points up... you're always vulnerable when you're chasing the game.
"The question is do people want us to fold up our tent and defend out the game to the end? We're not going to do that under my regime, anyway. It did (affect confidence), but to be fair to them they're probably a bit shell-shocked. Nobody was saying we expected to come out and win by 10 points like we did against Tipperary.
"We felt we'd be competitive, they felt that, and at half-time I felt we could still, possibly, get back into the game, but Kerry got a goal and a couple of points quickly. After that it's damage limitation because you're trying to chase the game and that leaves you wide open at the back. I couldn't disagree with you (on confidence)."
McCarthy agreed Kerry are traditionally a team who can punish opponents if they get a chance to press home their advantage.
"They have quality players, but they're no different to any Kerry team I played against, they've always had quality men up front," he said.
"My last year playing, we played Kerry three times in one year — we drew in Killarney, beat them here in Cork comfortably enough, by six or seven points, and lost the All-Ireland semi-final by 15 points.
"They're the kind of team that if they get a run on you and get away from you, they can hurt you. They can play with abandon and freedom. Fair play to them, they were ruthless to the end.
"They're like every Kerry team I ever played against, they have quality up front, and if you allow them to play, they'll hurt you."
For Cork, the options are stark. They go into the qualifiers on the back of a historic beating and must meet the challenge of another ambitious side, keen to see the Super 8s.
McCarthy acknowledged the pressure.
"People have been on about three-year terms and so on, but the performance tonight has nothing to do with a three-year term. I'm not interested in a three-year term, I'm interested in getting the max out of this season.
"I felt we could be competitive tonight, that we'd have to play well — let's acknowledge the opposition, they have real quality all over the field, an outstanding manager who's tactically very astute.
"We knew we'd have to play well, that it was in us, and we didn't do it, and that's the disappointing thing.
"But we have to turn around quickly. We have a choice now, to lie down and die or turn around and get ready for two weeks' time."
A fortnight, then, until the questions are asked again.


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Looking through the Faithlife Store saw this https://ebooks.faithlife.com/products/56349/frames-season-1-the-complete-collection-ebook and was wondering if it includes the infographics and pictures.
The preview is just of type, no pictures but Iw anted to ask just in case.
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I found the Kindle version and it looks like it has your infographics. I would assume the fleb version would be the same. Check out the preview on Amazon first. If not you can always return it
Mattillo:the Kindle version and it looks like it has your infographics. I would assume the fleb version would be the same.
Sweet - it's not an expensive title. I may give it a swing...
The infographics are indeed included in the FLEB version.
What is the resource? I have never seen such a generic description as they have for this resource!
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Christophe Claret is proud to call three Michelin-starred chef Guillaume Galliot one of its muses
Christophe Claret is proud to call three Michelin-starred chef Guillaume Galliot one of its muses
Guillaume Galliot trained in Tours at Charles Barrier and then Château de Noizay, before going on to work in several prestigious restaurants in both Montpellier and Paris: Jardin des Sens, Taillevent, Maison Blanche, before jetting off to Saint Barthélemy and New York.
His Asian adventure started in 2004, when he became Sous Chef at Raffles in Singapore.
In 2006 he was offered the position of Executive Chef at Raffles in Beijing.
2008 saw him undertake a new challenge with the opening of a Signature restaurant in Macao.
The Tasting Room by Guillaume Galliot was opened in 2012 and won its first star that same year, followed by a second in 2016.
After politely declining several offers from Caprice, a traditional Four Seasons restaurant in Hong Kong, in 2017 he finally joined the team.
It is here where the Michelin guide is enshrined and, in little over a year, Galliot joined the ranks of the world's top chefs when he received his third star.
To mark the occasion, Christophe Claret has customised a Maestro watch for Guillaume Gaillot that proudly features his three stars.
"I am thrilled to share my passion for cooking and watchmaking with a pioneer of the industry, Mr Claret. Having ties with a brand as prestigious as Christophe Claret is both an honour and a continuation of the quest for excellence."


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How to Win a Free iPhone 11 Pro Max in PUBG Mobile
The festive season is up for India and PUBG Mobile is well aware about the same. The festival of lights Diwali is around the corner. If you are living in India then there is a great news for you as PUBG Mobile has announced an event exclusively for it's Indian gamers named as the "Dussehra Lucky Draw" event. The participants of this lucky draw event could win a brand new iPhone 11 Pro Max along with other exciting rewards. All the rewards have been stated below.
Dussehra Lucky Draw Rewards
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- BOAT Headphones
- PUBG Mobile Exclusive Cap
- In-Game Outfit/Skins/Coupons
How to Participate in the Lucky Draw
This is a time limited event that means PUBG Mobile players will only be able to participate in the event from September 30 to October 9. Now in order to participate in the event one must be logged in to the game and go to the events section present on the bottom right corner of the screen. Once you are there go to the Time Limited section from the option present at the top right corner of the screen. Once you are in the Time Limited section, search for the Dussehra Lucky Draw option and click on "Get it Now" button present on the banner.
Also, in order to get free spins you need to complete the daily random missions such as "Win 1 Match", "Kill 3 Enemies" etc. These are quite easy and can be done without much effort. There is no server restriction, so you can complete these missions on any server you want. Once the required missions are completed you will be rewarded with free spins which you can use to participate in the Dussehra Lucky Draw and spin the wheel. All you have to do is keep doing missions and keep spinning the lucky wheel until you get the reward you want before 9 October.
PUBG Mobile x The Walking Dead Collaboration Detail
Apart from the Dussehra Contest, PUBG Mobile has partnered with The Walking Dead which resulted in the inclusion of many exclusive Walking Dead specific items such as character skins, vehicles, and other cool in-game items. Starting October 1 until the end of this year player will have the chance to get themselves these Walking Dead exclusive items by participating in various events. All the Skins that will be coming or has come are as follows:
- Negan
- Michonne
- Daryl Dixon
- Rick Grimes
- Daryl's Motorcycle
- Michonne's Katana
- Negan's Bat, 'Lucille'
As of now the Daryl's Motorcycle is available in the PUBG Mobile shop for 1500 UC which anyone could win for free by participating in The Walking Dead Board game. In order to participate in The Walking Dead board game you need to tap on the banner present at the bottom right corner of the screen. After tapping on the banner a board game type interface will open where you can use the gas cans in order move forward on the map. The gas can be obtained by completing the daily missions that can be viewed from the events section. The more the gas cans you will use the more you will advance on the board game map and your chances to win the cool Daryl's Motorcycle worth 1500 UC would increase.


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Located in Evergreen at 1552 Bergen Parkway on the 2nd floor at the historic Hiwan Barn, Salon and Spa at the Ridge offers a relaxed and comfortable salon ambiance.
Small and cozy, Salon and Spa at the Ridge has a highly trained team of professionals dedicated to providing the highest quality and best service to every client.
From the moment one enters the salon, it is clear that much time, thought, and energy has been devoted to creating a friendly and welcoming environment for all.
Because of its intimate size, Salon and Spa at the Ridge is able to provide comfortably over sized chairs for clients to relax in, a nice deck with great Evergreen views and beautiful flowers in warm weather, and an array of complimentary beverages such as coffee, tea, soda, and wine.
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We Australian's love going off the beaten track to discover the vast tracts of land we have preserved in our country. Some Australian's always know a 'back way' to get to most places because they love to go off road.
Motorcycle riders are no different.
We have a lot of land to explore – around 7.7 million kms to give you a figure – so what better way to do it than on two wheels?
Off-road riding is a great way to get outdoors, explore those un-driven tracks and see part of nature that people in cars or on foot wouldn't normally go to or get to see.
With so much land to ride over, there are so many trails in different parts of Australia that you haven't even seen yet.
Not only can you do this alone or with friends, but there are sanctioned events including organised trail rides ran in Australia. Clubs and organisations are given one-off permits to run these events for all off-road motorcycle lovers.
Why not turn your love for going off the road into a holiday? Outback Adventure Treks offer a range of motorcycle tours that offer the ultimate off-road motorcycle adventure which includes many different locations around Australia, giving you the ability to experience different parts of our outback.
Off-road motorcycles are a popular choice amongst us Aussie's, but can you blame us? We have a lot of free space in this big country.
Anthony Poci, our Manheim National Account Manager and motorcycle specialist at the business, shares some interesting facts about off-road motorcycles that you might not know.
"Overall purchases of off-road motorcycles in Australia in 2016 accounted for 35 percent of the total market with just under 40,000 sales and this has risen since 2015.
Yamaha would be the most popular off-road motorcycle with brands like Honda, KTM, Kawasaki and Suzuki being other good choices if you are looking to buy".
Here at Manheim we sell a range of motorcycles weekly as part of our online-only auction every Friday. We sell a range of off-road motorcycles and we also sell salvage motorcycles, which are good for purchasing if you require parts or spare parts for your own collection.
"Manheim sell a full range of Adventure, Off Road, Trail and Motorcross bikes from all the big brands including Honda, Yamaha, KTM, Husqvarna, Husaberg and many more.
Manheim sell over 4000 damaged and un-damaged motorcycles every year, many of which have been used purely as off road motorcycles. Manheim is also a great place to purchase damaged motorcycles for parts or full repair. This is however subject to the bike being repairable or WOVR exempt. Whilst the majority of the motorcycles we sell are damaged there are many un-damaged bikes available for purchase as well," said Poci.
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Anyone ordered Pcom from Dg?
I'm specifically thinking about PCOM winstrol......
Why not order straight from basic? They're domestic too.
I order from them all the time.
U receive ur orders? Id heard they were being intercepted too much
Nevermind misread
I meant buying from pcom overseas
Not from dg
Has anyone had experience with the human grade he carries. I saw the bayer Testoviron in stock. He also carries organon Sustanon but doesn't seem to be in stock. Are these real? Organon is out of business since 2009. Name no longer exists. It's owned by msd. All other Sustanon in the world says msd or aspen under license from msd. And comes 1 to a box. Many OBS products even say msd If you look at the site. but these sust still have organon logo. Says license from organon. License should be from msd.
I placed a order and payed.....
The email I used will no longer log in....
I sent email with all the info, please get back to me
Is He still getting out orders right away? I have one small item I need to pick up before the weekend, and was just wondering if hes still clockwork like he always was. I haven't ordered from him in probably a year and his thread has kinda died off. Which is actually probably a good thing lol, if your thread is not full of people bitching, that means you're doing what you're supposed to with no issues
All seems great still recently
Cool thx bro
With solid ugl's why waste your money? You could run a bunch of other shit with the money you'd save. Fuck even hgh
Not so much with aas, but I used to buy his ansomone frequently. It was legit, passed all of the anti-counterfeit measures. Some may not consider that pharmaceutical/human grade Because it is Chinese, but I do. Not us pharm but legit. Not sure if he has it in right now, but he was out of stock with that for a very long time. But if you have questions about sust authenticity, with so many other options out there, why bother? Moot Point though if he is out of the sust, Because he has been out of it for years and I wouldn't expect it to come in anytime soon
Ordered once before about a month ago, fast t/a and quick communication.
Another order this afternoon, and I haven't heard anything (payment confirmation, etc).
Anyone in touch with this guy lately?
Anyone ordered their CABER?
I ordered from DG a year or so ago & they were gtg.
That said - and maybe I'm paranoid - but I ordered from them last week and after payment I've heard nothing. Sent a few emails, but still no word.
Shit happens, I get that, but hopefully it's still g2g.
To follow up; I think the miscommunication was on my end. DG contacted me, we exchanged some info and 2 days later my stuff arrived.
So he seems to still be G2G
Any update
Literally updated right above your post lol
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Expired inj Dbol and Anadrol...any thoughts on this? From what all I read it should be fine. Anyone else ran expired AAS?


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Upstate: A Novel
The battle of Saratoga was a decisive victory for the Americans in the Revolutionary War, and nearly 250 years later, James Wood sends his British hero, real estate developer Alan Querry, back to Saratoga to do battle with his estranged daughter Vanessa's demons. "The British troops had what you would call their arses handed to them in September 1777," Josh, Vanessa's overbearing boyfriend, announces to Alan upon first meeting him. Alan apparently takes the brash American's introduction as a call to arms and determines not to return to England without securing his daughter's well-being.
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Alan actually has two daughters. Their mother divorced Alan when they were teenagers and the impact of that and her subsequent early death hit the sisters hard and with divergent results. Where Helen is a very outgoing and a successful executive at a music company and married with twins, Vanessa withdraws into books and philosophy. Though she becomes a professor at Skidmore, her life has been marred by a couple of breakdowns, a lack of a love life, and an inability to fulfill her professional promise in publishing. Things seem to be looking up for Vanessa at the start of the novel as she has a new boyfriend, Josh, but this is put into question when he emails Helen asking her to come to America because Vanessa has slipped into a depression and possibly intentionally injured herself in a fall.
All of this is what brings Alan, Helen, and the reader to the strange world of "upstate"—upstate New York specifically. There is possibly no better way to experience your hometown than through the eyes of someone foreign to it. Alan takes in everything—from the differences between train speeds and America's obsession with parking lots—to far more intellectual insights on architecture and politics. The upstate reader will particularly enjoy Alan's bewilderment of the area's strange town names and when Helen describes Troy as "bleak" and even "Soviet," she hilariously corrects herself saying, "All right, it's not bleak. But it's so bloody cold...Maybe with the other place, its name laid a curse on it? What were they thinking? 'Troy' indeed."
Though this is James Wood's second novel, he is best known as a literary critic currently teaching at Harvard and regularly publishing as a staff writer for The New Yorker. Woods's How Fiction Works was a bestseller and he is known for coining the term "hysterical realism" used to describe a trend in contemporary novels that are extremely long and inhabited by manic characters and unnecessary subplots. Author Zadie Smith famously described the label as a "painfully accurate term for the sort of overblown, manic prose to be found in novels like my own White Teeth."
In comparison, Upstate clocks in at just over 200 pages and contains itself to the single story of a father's estranged relationship with his daughters over the course of six days in a snowbound town. But the experience of reading these 200 pages feels more like three times that because of what Wood packs into every paragraph in each short chapter. Wood's rich prose not only captures physical and historical details of the setting but populates the scenes with fully realized characters whose interactions perfectly capture the duality of happiness and unhappiness unique to all families. But there are also philosophical questions that Vanessa's character demands to be addressed when her own mental stability is questioned. Ultimately Vanessa wants to know what it takes to be happy and how a life can be well-lived when you are acutely aware of how ephemeral it all is. Alan realizes he too has been asking these questions all along, and perhaps now, in a land of towns with funny sounding names, he can join forces with his troubled daughter and find out.


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As far as I know there are not 12 gates (or any, actually, unlike, say, Florence), and it is not heaven by any means, but Oaxaca is quite something. The state of Oaxaca is very far south in Mexico, the south side of which borders on the Pacific. It is west of Chiapas where Guatemala and Central America attach. The city of Oaxaca is in its center, with mountains to the north and south. It is very Mexico but very different from the border and even the Yucatan further east. A colonial city with many beautiful old buildings, including the converted mansion we are now staying in two blocks east of the zócalo, Casa de Sierra Azul. It is a UNESCO world heritage city (see more later) and the zócalo is lined with restaurants and cafes, many on the second floor. Adjacent to it is the beautiful Cathedral, and several blocks north an even more impressive church, the Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán. Impressive, indeed, although it is hard to think about them and incredible amount of gold used in decoration without thinking of how many Indian lives it cost, to mine the gold and build the temples. There is a Plaza outside the Temple also, and many more through the city. The food is wonderful, Oaxacan cuisine based in large part on molés, red and green and, especially, black. Oaxacan chocolate (the unsweetened basis of the moles) is also ubiquitous. The city and the surrounding pueblitas are famous for their textiles (the Muséo de Textils is across the street) and their pottery – black from Coyotepec, green from Aztompa, etc. The most famous wool weaving are from Téotitlan del Valle, but there are others as well.
But for now, walking around the city! What a lost art in the US! Very few cities are walkable any more in the US, but the existence of historic "centers" still characterizes European and colonial Mexican cities, with plazas, courtyards, and places to sit and rest, as well as, of course, stores. Lots of them here, but most sell either the regular necessities of life (provided your life requires two shoe stores, zapatarias, per block!) or the crafts and foods of the region. Very few chains (mostly "Italian Coffee", as ubiquitous as Starbucks on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and apparently using Italian syrup not Oaxacan chocolate for their hot chocolate!) and none of the American ones. Frankly, I have not been in Guanajuato or Puebla and it has been a while since I was in Mérida, so I can't compare the historic colonial center of Oaxaca to those, but it is very nice. They have closed a major street, Macedonio Alcalá, to traffic from the zócalo to the plaza of Santo Domingo, so it is a great place to stroll. Given that Oaxaca is a poor state, and that tourism is about 1/3 of the economy, it is an area that they want to focus on; were I an advisor to the city fathers, I'd suggest that it would be even more inviting to tourists if they'd close much more of the historic center to non-commercial traffic, say at least 2 blocks in every direction from the zócalo.
So walking around is great, however not completely hazard free. The beautiful slate paving stones on the sidewalks provide an uneven surface for the inattentive walker; they are also (typically) narrow and when a streetlight or mailbox or public phone (yes! There are public phones!) takes up half the width and a pair of people is going the other way, it can be a squeeze.
But who cares! So much to see! So many places to try the molé! The zócalo is always great for strolling around, promenading. We saw two formal concerts there, one by a band of mostly young people that was more like song—45min interlude—song, so we didn't stay for a lot of it; the other was the state marimba band, much more fun and exciting, with the interludes filled with digressions into the history of Oaxaca but the elderly (now wheelchair bound) man who directs it. One evening, we actually attended an indoor concert at the lovely Téatro Macedonio Alcalá. And even when no concerts, there is always interesting stuff happening. The first day we were there there was a demonstration in front of the municipal
palace that lines the southern side of the zócalo. The city was hosting a big meeting of the UNESCO "patrimonio" cities, and the demo seemed to be about the fact that while Oaxaca gets lots of money from UNESCO for this designation, the state is still very poor and the money is spent on – no one seems sure what. But not helping the poor.
The conference certainly generated a major police presence; police, both municipal and state, patrolling on foot, in cars, and on trucks with machine guns mounted on every corner within several blocks of the zócalo. After the weekend, the end of the conference, the police presence dramatically decreased, but there was still an obvious presence in the streets of the historic centró. Other political activity continued in the zócalo, particularly a booth advocating for communal benefit, rather than privatization, of the nation and state's oil resources. Also the zocálo and adjacent square outside the cathedral were full of stalls selling many goods – food, textiles, pottery – that had been apparently "cleaned up" for the UNESCO conference. In addition to the stalls, many individual vendors have returned.


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The Rajasthan Government has waived off farm loans upto Rs. 2 lakh for all the farmers in the state under Kisan Karj Mafi Yojana. The Government has launched Loan Waiver Portal lwa.rajasthan.gov.in for the farmers where they can check their names in the beneficiaries list along with the loan waiver application status. It is a short-term crop / farm loan waiver scheme for the farmers in the state. The main objective of the scheme is to reduce burden from the farmers.
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Silver (0.917) 1 Rupia coins of Portuguese India, minted in 1935. These coins were minted by the Portuguese Republic, which succeeded the Portuguese Empire - following the abolishing of the monarchy after the Lisbon regicide. These silver coins are the same size, weight and silver content as the Indian silver rupee.
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As most engineers do when they have an upcoming quiz, assignment or midterm, I find myself contemplating the truly important aspects of life. Most of the time these things are completely stupid, like how I'm going to find a career after school or if I truly need an education to release my mix tape. Like I said useless stuff, well maybe not the mixtape idea that shits fire. Anyway, occasionally I experience an epiphany that will completely revolutionize the world.
Imagine if overnight all the tastes on earth suddenly randomized, you wake up start making your morning cup of coffee only to horrifyingly discover your cup of joe actually tastes like G-Ma Joe's sweaty bingo fingers. You immediately spit the vile concoction across the room but the damage has been done, after rinsing your mouth with soap that surprisingly tastes like reeses peanut-butter cups you've recuperated slightly, slightly…
You grab your phone and open up insta? Snapchat? Tinder?? I don't know whatever you hip kids are using these days, yes I used "hip" in a sentence deal with it. Carrying on, once you've opened (Preferred shitposting app) you discover everyone else is posting the exact same thing.
Your first thought is, fuck I forgot to charge my phone last night, then your second thought is that something fishy is going on, or whatever fish tastes like now, maybe Strawberry's? Something Strawberry is going on? That just sounds stupid.
After raiding the fridge and eating some fish you find out that its actually cinnamon so the correct saying is something cinnamon is going on, feeling relieved for solving the mystery you continue your search.
After months of undercover investigation, you finally manage to link everything together and determine who the bastard is who made kids hate the taste of cinnamon toast crunch. The criminal mastermind who caused you to stare at any object and contemplate sampling it in order to find out if its chocolate only to be proved horribly wrong. You find out that this maniacal genius is…
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Mr Loco and I spent years popping in and out of each others life. We emailed, texted, sent Facebook messages, talked on the phone, shared articles, memes and anything we thought the other would find interesting. That never stopped. We were constantly sending each other links, YouTube videos, texting photos of what we were up to or chatting. When Mr Loco and I first "became a thing" we were on opposite sides of the country. He started sending me songs. These are the little things that mean so much to me now. I have this playlist of songs that we sent to each other. He told me how he felt about me every single day but this playlist will play on and remind me how loved I am even though he is no longer here to tell me himself. If you have time, take a listen to a few of these.
The Luckiest by Ben Folds was the song we walked together down the aisle to get married. We would often say to one another "I'm the luckiest." and the other would chime right back "No, I'm the luckiest." We would battle for a while trying to convince the other that we were indeed the luckiest out of the two of us. Mr Loco always told me I would never win and he would forever be the luckiest. I should just accept that his love for me was greater and he was lucky to have me. My plan was to get "The Luckiest" tattooed on my wrist so I could use that to help me "win" this battle. We played lots of Ben Folds during those long hospital stays. (A LOT OF BEN FOLDS!) I played The Luckiest for Mr Loco during his last hospital stay. (I played Ben Folds and then this entire playlist, but this song was the last song I played.)
Landed by Ben Folds- Maybe someday I will tell you the story of when Mr Loco and I met up for the first time after telling each other how we felt. This song has 249 plays. The text Mr Loco sent me when he arrived in Chicago was a simple "Come pick me up. I've landed".
Take A Chance On Me by ABBA was the song I played over and over (and over and over like a high school girl with a crush) as the spark that was always there was now so bright it could not be ignored.
Slide by The Goo Goo Dolls- I remember texting back after Mr Loco sent me this one "This says Do you wanna get married or run away" He replied "Yes, it does"
Come on Get Higher by Matt Nathanson
Black by Pearl Jam is the tune that Andy listened to in high school that was mentioned in a previous post.
Accidentally In Love by Counting Crows
I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
In Love With A Girl by Gavin DeGraw
Only Want to Be With You by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Bit Part by The Lemonheads
I'm No Angel by Gregg Altman Band
Miss You by The Rolling Stones
Think I'm In Love by Beck
Into My Arms by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
500 Miles by The Proclaimers
Sweetest Thing by U2
Fell In Love With A Girl by The White Stripes
If It Kills Me by Jason Mraz
Only Want To Be With You U2
Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Calliat
Hey There Delilah by The Plain White T's
All My Love Led Zeppelin
Patience by Guns n Roses
Your Ghost by Kristin Hersh
Smile by Uncle Kracker Don't know how I lived without you, 'Cause every time that I get around you, I see the best of me inside your eyes. You make me smile
Only Wanna Be With You by Hootie and the Blowfish
This playlist is full of the songs that have the most plays in my collection. Some songs make me think of how much in love we were (stupid, crazy in love), some remind me of us singing together in the car on road trips, others really tell a bit of our story or have one or two lines that mean a lot. I doubt many people actually play the songs or search for the others on YouTube and take a listen. That is ok. This one is for me. It is a reminder of the role music plays in our life and how certain songs remind you of certain times or people. It is a reminder that music can bring back a flood of memories. It can make you laugh and cry. Music is the yearbook of our life and these songs comprise OUR love story. The cheesy ones happen to be from me and the good ones are from Mr Loco.


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October 2, 2008 at 4:08 pm #299820
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I bought 12 C. thaianum off of Jared a couple of weeks ago, due to a c##k up by Royal Mail they arrived after 5 days rather than next day and looked a little grotty.
Anyway after trimming them down and taking a couple of the outer layers of skin off I weighted them down and left them to it, the most green growth on one of them was around 3/4″ and this is what they look like now in my 24″ deep tank:
Once I have moved these to the back of the tank I will be ordering moreOctober 2, 2008 at 6:04 pm #310630
They certainly seem to be coping with the flow mate! Going for a weedy effect in that tank?October 2, 2008 at 8:10 pm #310638
Good job it was crinums and they are more or less indestructible! Anything else probably would have died back to nothing.
Will look brilliant at the back of the tank – you'll have to post some pics once you've moved 'em.October 2, 2008 at 8:19 pm #310639
Glad they're doing well after the post office cock up. The tank looks well. As Dave has said, these things are pretty much indestructible. And grow like triffids.
Nuphar japonica are the same. They grow at about an inch a day!January 9, 2009 at 4:12 pm #311976
I think with all the extra bulbs you've bought mate, we're due some updated pics!January 9, 2009 at 6:34 pm #311978
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They have gone beserk so I am moving some of the more established plants into pots and putting them into the 7ft, once that done I will supply photosAuthorPostsViewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
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